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Well, the nightmare part has kicked in.
Bear with me, folks, because I'm going into some detail so others may learn from my pain.
The other night I was up until past 3 a.m. trying to get the Linux machine to access shared folders on the Win 98 machine. At least I found out that many, many other Linux users faced the same problem. Even better news, thanks to somebody named Rafal and his "LANMAN fix," I got it to work. More on that later.
First some background.
Last time I documented the extent to which I could share files among my Windows (Win 98, Win XP and Vista) machines.
There was just one thing that didn't work, so I decided to add Mac and Linux machines into the mix before tackling it.
One big problem is that I'm a Linux newbie. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on my old work ThinkPad and have been learning Linux on the fly. It installed fine from a disk image I downloaded and burned onto a CD. I actually have dual-boot options with XP but Linux is the default.
I don't know if documentation isn't keeping up with the actual OS development or what. I know it's a free volunteer community effort and all, but there's an annoying disconnect between what the documentation describes and what the user actually sees, even in the most basic menu options.
And spelling and grammar errors are minor in effect but distracting and indicative of the general sloppiness. And instructions seem to be too complex and all over the place with no continuity in form or substance, with different packages needed, different ways to get them, etc. But you can usually find what you need thanks to the vast user community.
I ran into this sloppiness immediately. My Linux PC connected to my wireless network just fine (I've had hellish problems when the correct drivers weren't available). I clicked on "Places>Network" to bring up a WINDOWS NETWORK icon.
Opening that showed the HOME workgroup, which displayed the three Windows machines: "Windows shares on home." The location box displayed "SMB:///," indicating connections would take place via the Server Message Block file sharing protocol.
"Samba's testparm returned error 1: Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Loaded services file OK.
ERROR: lock directory /var/run/samba does not exist
ERROR: pid directory /var/run/samba does not exist"
Up popped a box with the notice "Sharing service is not installed. You need to install Windows networks sharing service in order to share your folders."
I clicked on "Install Service" and this time it installed the Samba file-sharing service.
I wanted to make sure exactly how it worked so I installed the same Ubuntu package on a desktop drive and tried it again (after spending a couple hours tracking down and installing the right wireless driver.)
Strangely, the process was different.
This time, after clicking on "Create Share," it immediately downloaded Samba after I supplied the password. There was no initial error message.
But when it was done installing I clicked on the "Details" switch and that brought up a terminal window showing all the activity that had taken place. It said it was replacing the "smbclient" with a later version, and toward the end there were a bunch of error messages.
Perhaps this install included the "smbclient" somehow while the other didn't, because of an inadvertent update or something. I did use different install disks, but they were burned from the same file on the Ubuntu site.
Anyway, after rebooting, I could access the Linux shares from the Windows machines (and even the Mac, but that's a story for a different day). The Linux laptop showed up in a workgroup named "WORKGROUP" and the Windows PCs were in the "HOME" workgroup, but that didn't impede anything.
But I had the same problem as before: the Win 98 shares just wouldn't work. I couldn't get past the log-in box.
I searched the Web and found a lot of people had experienced the same exact problem, but no one had any answers. Many people said the problem hadn't existed in earlier versions such as 7.10, or prior to "Hardy."
Upon upgrading, they couldn't access authenticated shares in Win 98 and some other Windows versions. If the password protection was removed, the shares could be accessed -- which I verified. Some people were quite annoyed and didn't want to do that and actually reverted to earlier Ubuntu versions.
Finally I found the answer on a bug report site. It was titled "SMB error: Unable to mount location when server configured with security=share" and had some 160 posts about similar problems, ranging from March 31, 2008, to Feb. 23, 2009 -- just over a week ago. There were dozens of proposed solutions but none of them worked.
"Hi folks - I was trying to fix this for hours, and have a (albeit idiotically simple) fix that worked for me:
on the client, /etc/samba/smb.conf file
client lanman auth = yes
client ntlmv2 auth = no
Notice the word CLIENT in front of both of those... try to re-mount the smb share again and it all works nicely.
Bless your heart, Rafal, wherever you are. I don't know what those settings mean, but I plugged them into the smb.conf file and it worked like a charm. All the Windows machines can now access Linux shares and vice-versa.
Hopefully those settings didn't just deactivate all password protection on the Win 98 machine or do something else risky. I'm going to investigate that when I get a chance, to learn a little more about Linux.
But right now it's on to the next nightmare: the Mac.


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While I watched the 2012 Comedy Awards, this speech from Matthew Perry stuck out:
"This year we saw many hilarious performances by women, as well as many idiotic articles from men about how women suddenly became funny. Yes, imagine how great The Mary Tyler Moore Show would've been had Mary, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Harper actually been funny. If only Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, or Julia Louis-Dreyfus had been able to get a laugh. I guess what I'm saying is this wasn't the year women became funny; this was the year men finally pulled their heads out of their asses."

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New Need for Speed due out!
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New Need for Speed due out!
YouTube - eavision's Channel
Project RS28 build
German cowboy walks into a car showroom and says "Audi".......
look sick!!
Gone but not forgotten......
S3 - Phantom Black - Black Optics - Most Extras
Mods: Revo Stage 2+ - 18" BBS ch/Michelin PS2 - Recaro OEM Buckets - Milltek TBE NonRes/Sports Cat - Evoms Intake - APR hpfp - H&R Springs/ARBS F&R - Sachs Clutch/Luk DMF - AP Racing 6 Pot BBK - 10mm Spacers - Black Rings
Mods To Do: Full Retrim - MY11 RNSe - Coilovers- Plenty Carbon
I had the first shift, I couldn't stand it tbh so I'm not holding much hope for the new one, I'll still be getting it so I will see how good it is then, the graphics from that clip do look good though.


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Even though Drupal is not 100% perfect , by taking the advantage of its flexibility we can reach almost to it. I belive that by default drupal sites are good and search engine optimised. How ever the users who develop their site without taking the advantage of the drupal sites will experice a poor performanance. Optimizing your site for the search engines is a huge topic.Let me narrate briefly about this.
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The UAE is expected to continue to see strong growth in 2013, across all of its freight modes. The country is rapidly developing one of the world's top logistics markets through investments in ports, airports, rail and free trade zones. These are utilised by the country's air freight and logistics companies, which are becoming a familiar presence throughout the world, serving the globe from their UAE hubs.
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* 2013 Jebel Ali and Port Rashid total tonnage throughput growth forecast at 5.7% and to average 4.8% per annum to 2017.
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* The UAE's total trade real growth in 2013 forecast
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With the Best Translated Book Award announcements taking place Friday, May 4th at 6pm at McNally Jackson Books it's time to highlight all six poetry finalists. Over the course of the week we'll run short pieces by all of the poetry judges on their list of finalists.
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"engulf — enkindle": by Anja Utler, translated by Kurt Beals
Language: German
Country: Germany
Publisher: Burning Deck Press
Why This Book Should Win: Burning Deck! Rosemarie and Keith Waldrop have done more for "experimental" international poetry in translation than anyone. They deserve to be honored.
Today's post is from Erica Mena.
engulf — enkindle is a stunning book of poetry. It literally stunned me into absolute submission; it is the book of poetry I'd been wanting to read for years. It's a small volume, and I read it in one sitting, faster than I normally read poetry, because I couldn't slow down. The language sunk its hooks into me and pulled me through the book, like rafting down rapids. If some of this sounds violent, that's no mistake – the book is full of sensual violence, done to the body of language and the body in the poem.
want now: you – drive into me
want to push to the edge, hang, you
haul all my: shale, scrape
it off from: the head, from the shoulders
to rootstock throat gravel: you split me
give me – as if severed – sharp
countours – fangs wolffian ridge
questions too – will i? –
i – take you to me
balances I
The stacatto lines, broken by strange punctuation, expose themselves as duplicitious; the punctuation is superfluous, and yet it's not. It's a violation of the line, of the rules of grammar, but it forces a rhythm on the almost unwilling reader. It's pleasurable and distressing simultaneously, mimetic of the poems. The I in the poem submits to the violence of the you, while exerting her own controlled violence over the reader, and the poem and ultimately her poetic body.
Like most "experimental" texts this work demands more of its reader, a different set of tools and strategies. It is a text that has been splayed wide open, disgorging multiple readings. This extract from the second poem could be read as describing what the poetry itself is doing:
– percieve: just at the opencuts: set free
furrow – to stand, sense, to drift now am: pitching to you
through the: fissures [. . .]
[The bracketed ellipsis is mine.] Pay attention to the slippery shifts of meaning across and through the punctuation, the way caesura is inserted into the lines and creates tension with the phrases that follow the colons. Feel the tension that is created by the speeding up and slowing down of the lines, the gaps in meaning and thwarted grammatical expectations (the missing subject for "am" for example).
This is poetry that demands several readings, at least one of which must be aloud. When I teach poetry, I always ask that the students read the poems out loud, as well as to themselves, and if I suspect they have not done it we do it together. Great poetry creates sonic space on the page, and visual space in the voice, and the movement between these opens up new meanings. Traditionally, this happens behind the semantic content of the poem, but Beals's rendering of Utler's poetry prioritizes its lyric qualities. In engulf – enkindle, the poems hinge on sound and silence, on rhythm and breaking, with meaning following.
finally, startled from sleep, find:
the larynx deseeded is
hollowed: hands palpate,
it: fumbling, feathered, from
ribcage entwine themselves
deeper into the: reed swallow: light,
gurgling, darkly well, dimly
they: keel towards hulls towards hollows
weave: cavities, gorges of
stalks of fingers of (..)
so to speak: towards the bittern – neting place,
in the singing reed so it's called – grow
entangled as – flotsam and jetsam – stitched
up to the: glottis rustling
almost trembling i hear you again: say
song you say song – what is: song
Kurt Beals is a genius. I can't imagine how these translations could have come to be otherwise. He may have been working at an advantage; Germanic languages share many rhythm and sound paterns, two of the most impressive features of this translation. Still, the strangeness of these poems, which demand so much of the reader, must have demaned even more of Beals. To create this kind of complexity in translation is nothing short of stunning, an acheivment compounded by the shifting registers and pacing of the language.
This is an uncompromising work of brilliance on both Utler and Beals' parts. It's sharp and sexy, challenging and riviting and absolutely relentless. This is the poetry I've been waiting my whole life for.
Upon completing Albertine Sarrazin's Astragal I was left to wonder why it ever fell from print. Aside from the location, Astragal could pass as the great American novel. Its edginess and rawness capture the angst and desires we all had. . .
When my eyes first crossed the back cover of Fabio Genovesi's novel Live Bait, I was caught by a blurb nestled between accolades, a few words from a reviewer for La Repubblica stating that the novel was, however magically, "[b]eyond. . .
"I preferred the war to the plague," writes Curzio Malaparte in his 1949 novel, The Skin. He speaks of World War II and the destruction it has wrought on Italy, the city of Naples in particular. But the plague he. . .
With the steady rise of feminist scholarship and criticism in recent decades, it is little wonder that the work of Louise Labé should be attracting, as Richard Sieburth tells us in the Afterword to his translation, a "wide and thriving". . .
In Conversations, we find ourselves again in the protagonist's conscious and subconscious, which is mostly likely that of Mr. César Aira and consistent with prototypical Aira style. This style never fails because each time Aira is able to develop a. . .
You are not ashamed of what you do, but of what they see you do. Without realizing it, life can be an accumulation of secrets that permeates every last minute of our routine . . .
The narrative history of. . .
Literature in translation often comes with a certain pedigree. In this little corner of the world, with so few books making it into this comforting nook, it is often those of the highest quality that cross through, and attention is. . .


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Come on now. Your constant whining about: You are so over people treating you for less than your worth, that you are second option, walked over, lied to and on and on and on. Tears :(
Take a good look at yourself sweetie. YOU are the things you do and you know exactly what it is I am talking about, is the reason NO ONE WANTS TO BOTHER WITH YOU!!
Who could ever take someone like you seriously for a true "ride or die friend" or a girlfriend?? No way


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The Austrian Kronen comes in different denominations, one of them being the 100 Kronen gold coin and the other varieties are the 10 and 20 Kronen Austrian gold coins. The 100 Kronen gold coins were the coins that replaced the Gulden during the Monetary Union in 1892 between Austria and Hungary. This is how the 100 Kronen became the first Austrian gold currency.
It was minted by the Austrian Mint in a gold content of 30.49 grams and a total weight of 33.8750 grams. From its first mintage in 1892, the 100 Kronen was minted until 1988, an issue in almost every year with few exceptions. However, as a denomination the 100 Kronen gold coins were issued only until 1918, when Austria became a republic.
A 100 Kronen gold coin has a purity of 21.6 carats of gold meaning 90.00% fineness. Other dimensions to be mentioned are the diameter of 35.00 mm and 2.15 mm thickness.
On a 100 Kronen gold coin we will find the same design as 100 years ago. The Austrian Corona, a name under which this coin is also known, depicts on the obverse the uncrowned bust of Emperor Franz Josef I who is facing right accompanied by the inscription "FRANC IOS I D G IMP AUSTR REX BOH GAL ILL ET AP REX HUNG".
On the reverse of the Austrian 100 Kronen it is illustrated the famous crowned double headed eagle which is a representative symbol for the Austrian Empire. It is displayed the Austrian Coat of Arms.
On the reverse of all the 100 Kronen gold coins, at the bottom of the coins, it is inscribed the 1915 commemorative year no matter the year in which the Austrian gold Corona coins were minted. This is valid for all the coins minted after Emperor's Franz Josef death. This particular year pays homage to one of the European Monarchs with one of the longest modern reigns.
100 Kronen gold coins demonstrated how volatile an economy can be when the paper Krone became pretty much worthless. It was a phenomenon that happened in conditions that resemble those of today almost entirely. Then it was the end of World War I that brought hyperinflation which made paper money worth 14,000 times less than the 100 Kronen gold coins.
Nowadays we are faced with an inflationary economy with banks printing money and governmental debts increasing. These are strong reasons for which the intrinsic value of gold has been continually increasing. There are reasons for which investors have turned their attention to gold and especially gold coins like the 100 Kronen which is a beautiful way to diversify ones portfolio. The 100 Kronen gold coins are traded in order to preserve wealth and increase fortunes and are also investment means that are tax-free.
Another factor that influences investors into buying the Austrian 100 Kronen is its low premium, compared to other bullion gold coins, due to the fact that these coins are no longer minted. These coins are known among gold dealers as cheap gold.


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This week Google has added a new way to enter search terms on mobile devices. I'm adding my perspective here to what many other bloggers have already written about it. Any additional option for entering text can only be a good thing, especially for anyone who finds other available options challenging.
Handwrite is available on any mobile device with a touch screen that is running at least iOS5, Android 2.3, or Android 4.0. To use it, you need to enable it in Google's search settings. Once enabled, there will be a 'g' in the lower right corner of the screen. Tapping this button then turns the handwrite feature on and off.
When handwrite is turned on, you can use your finger to write a search term anywhere on the screen. Google says handwrite is in beta, and that it works best in the Chrome browser on an Android device. I find that it works quite well on my iPad. When used in conjunction with the built in word completion feature of a Google search, many terms don't need to be written out in full.
Here's a video from Google that demonstrates what can be done with 'handwrite'


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Pom poms, gold tassels, pink feathers, and bling: these are a few of Atsuyo et Akiko's favorite things. Since 2007, Brooklyn-based designers Atsuyo Kang and Akiko Mukae have been turning out whimsical children's clothing, jewelry, accessories, and home décor items adorned with fun little charms or hand-screened with quirky prints. Here you'll find gauzy tutus, feather-and-ribbon angel wings, vintage-style T-shirts, and organic cotton tote bags emblazoned with everything from Mickey Mouse to the words, "Je t'aime, Brooklyn." Atsuyo et Akiko frequently collaborates with other designers and companies, including the Walt Disney Company and Tamar Mogendorff, to create glittery bird houses, Micky Mouse onesies, and other treasures.
Perfect dresses for every occasion, from birthday parties to playtime.
Stock up on graphic tees, colorful sneakers, and more everyday essentials.
Basics get a cool twist with classic cartoons, retro logos, and more hip graphics.
Pretty little frocks for play dates, school days, parties, and beyond.


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Shoppers at the Stony Brook Borders on Tuesday said the death of the bookstore chain is a big blow to the area, brought on by the spread of digital readers and e-books.
"It's a tragedy. Every time you lose a bookstore it's pretty significant," said customer Pat Stollmeyer. "People are losing work. You won't have a place to go in and browse books. It's inevitable with e-books, but I like to hold a physical book."
The bankrupt big-box chain announced Monday it will liquidate its franchise to pay off creditors, closing 399 stores across the nation including its Stony Brook location. A last-minute bid to save the company failed after investors refused to approve an offer to buy the chain. The stores could close as early as Friday.
"I'm using my Borders card today before it's worthless," said Stony Brook resident Mary Shaddox as she entered the store Tuesday.
Shaddox admitted she's made the transition to primarily reading e-books, which she buys online. However, she browses at Borders to find picture and story books to share with her classes as a teacher at Patchogue Emmanuel Lutheran School.
"Children who are learning to read have a relationship with books," she said. "I've seen kids knock each other over to be the first to see a new book."
Like Shaddox, Scott Ringfield of St. James said he's starting to buy more books and e-books online, but still he heads to Borders to browse computers books.
"It's nice to bring a laptop into the field and be able to pull up an e-book for reference," Ringfield said.
Yet, he admitted he will miss the sense of community at Borders.
"I've a very convenient store and it's got free WiFi," Ringfield said.
That sense of community, free WiFi and its café were the location's biggest assets during the recession, according to some customers.
"Over the few years, during times of financial hardship, I would seek people go in, open a book and read. It's a place of comfort," Stollmeyer said.
In addition to the Internet, many shoppers said they will turn to the nearby Barnes & Noble in the Smith Haven Mall plaza when they have the urge to browse books.
Borders fans, however, will find no sympathy across the street.
Many Barnes and Nobles shoppers told Patch on Tuesday that they didn't care about Borders closing because they were already shopping at the better store.


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A 40-year-old Reading man pleaded guilty to cocaine possession with intent to distribute, after a in Charlestown revealed a stash of cocaine in his vehicle.
According to the criminal complaint, Vazquez was told he was free to go after being issued a warning for speeding and window tint, but he kept answering questions and agreed to a search of his Lincoln Navigator.
Below is the full press release from the Chester County District Attorney's office:
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the conviction of Felix Vazquez for drug dealing. The defendant pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute over a kilogram of cocaine. The defendant was sentenced to 9-20 years in state prison.
The defendant was a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania. He is 40 years old. The defendant also is known by the name "Felix Romero."
The defendant was arrested on March 19, 2012 in Charlestown Township, Chester
County. Members of the Pennsylvania State Police initially stopped the defendant for speeding. Trooper Justin Hope and Trooper Jason Laudermilch then located over a kilogram of cocaine in a hidden compartment in the defendant's Lincoln Navigator. The defendant has a prior conviction for dealing drugs.
District Attorney Hogan stated, "Chester County residents sometimes ask whether large amounts of drugs are in our County. Here is your answer. We caught this defendant with over a kilo of cocaine. The hidden compartment in the defendant's vehicle could have and probably has held over 10 kilos before. The District Attorney's Drug Unit, working with state and local police, will continue to lock up drug dealers who bring this poison into Chester County."
The defendant's Lincoln Navigator was forfeited as part of this case. The cocaine in the defendant's possession has a wholesale price of approximately $30,000. The street value is approximately $100,000.
Assistant District Attorney Chris deBarrenaSarobe, part of the DA's Drug Unit, stated, "This is a perfect example of how a case isn't always what it seems at the beginning. Something relatively benign, like a speeding ticket, when placed in the hands of a highly trained, sophisticated and observant officer, can end up taking down even the most clever drug dealers. These interdiction officers are tremendous assets to Chester County."


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The Lions are about where everyone expected them to be after two games – 1-1, a .500 record. This is similar, mind you, to twenty other NFL teams and every team in their division at this point. One of the biggest factors for this middling start is the schedule – Home vs. the Rams, Away vs. the 49ers.
A cause for celebration would have been a 2-0 start (which would have meant a win at San Francisco – no easy task) and a cause for true frustration would have been a 0-2 start (which almost happened if they lost to the Rams). Since the Lions can't control the schedule, let's focus on what they can control.
On offense, quarterback Matthew Stafford has yet to hit his 2011 stride. He rebounded from three first half interceptions against the Rams to lead a strong second half comeback. Calvin Johnson has been spectacular against defenses that spend all week scheming to stop him on Sundays. Stafford and Johnson need more help in the passing game from the tight ends – Pettigrew and Scheffler – and from non-existent receiver Titus Young. Young was expected to have a breakout second season – and may still have it in him.
After Sunday's 49ers game, a lot has been made of the Lions strategy to establish the running game against the 49ers great defense. I thought they did a decent job of staying with the run and putting the offense in 3rd & sixes as opposed to 3rd & longs. With Leshoure coming back from suspension this week and the emergence of Bell in the 49ers game, I think that the Lions can still be a better running team in 2012 than they were in 2011. The key is the blocking up front (this may be where rookie tackle Riley Reiff comes into play) and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan staying with the run game.
The defense has also had their share of struggles but has been the stronger of the two units. In both games the Lions have been without injured defensive backs Delmas and Houston. Surprisingly this has not produced nearly as many errors as I thought it would. Both players are expected back soon. Delmas especially will help against the big pass catching tight ends in the NFL.
The Lions front seven on defense were dominant against the Rams and just so-so against the 49ers. The defensive line remains the best unit on the team when all eight players are healthy and in the rotation (as they are now). The linebackers have played better than I expected save for their inability to stop the 49ers rushing attack in the first half.
Overall I thought there were a few more negatives to take away from the Rams win and a few more positives to take away from the 49ers loss than some people thought. The offense needs to find a way to start faster in these games. Similar to last season they rely too much on coming back in the second half, which puts too much pressure on everyone (fans included).
Imagine a Lions team with a decent lead heading into the fourth quarter – the Lions could attempt to run out the clock with a revamped running game led by Leshoure. They could unleash their strong defensive line on weary quarterbacks looking to make their own fourth quarter magic. I am pretty sure this is how the coaching staff envisions it, but for some reason the Lions start historically slow offensively in these games.
This is something that the Lions can control. However, if they can't change their first quarter fortunes they will have to rely again on something out of their control – the schedule: Away vs. the Titans, Home vs. the Vikings and then Bye week. That is a favorable schedule that should produce a 3-1 mark heading into a difficult October slate of games.
I have been a die hard Lions fan since 1991. I played football in high school and began a college playing career at Wayne State before hanging up the cleats. I will try to provide a perspective on my favorite NFL team as the season progresses for the Patch.


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TiPb Asks: What would like to see in a TiPb App?
We have often been asked why we do not already have a TiPb application. The reason we have not yet gotten one in development is that we are not sure what features would make the application better than what is already available on the web. So we ask our you, our readers what features would you like to see in a official TiPb application?
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I would like to see tipb live work thorugh the app! So I can watch and comment while on my iPad. Also maybe a really east way to access the tipb store. Thanks for everything you do, love the site!
Look at the Engadget app. If you can't match it at a minimum, don't bother. It is more than their website wrapped in a native app. You can access their podcasts, their videos, save article for offline reading, view comments, post comments, etc. I prefer the iPad app to their full website on my MacBook.
I completely agree. At the least, that's what it should be. Also enable Landscape functionality the the while app, not just while reading the articles.
Correction: in the whole app, not just ...
But at the same time learn from the limitations of the engadget app and overcome those weaknesses.
Oh and just for anyone keeping score a few that bug me: lack of ability to resize images. A lot of their images are too wide for the app and thus require opening up their website to view. Oh and fixing their live blogging tech to work correctly with the app.
In short at minimum make it so that there's never really a reason to ever leave and look at the site itself.
From a computer, TiPb offers an elegant experience with a clean layout and organized contents...but when you transition to the webapp for the iPhone, the experience becomes quite different.
I find the web app more difficult to navigate and the initial loading, even though it's only a few seconds, may annoy me just a little.
From an official TiPb app, I would love to see the older articles stored onto the device for quick viewing upon opening the application, or even viewing when the wireless network isn't available.
Another key feature that I would like to find in an official app would be iPhone and iPad live..the Ustream viewer app is great, but again, it lacks support to play in the background and we can't get to the chatroom.. I am not quite sure if that would be a possibility, maybe I'm just dreaming.
A third killer feature would be a cleaner TiPb store..I find navigating the store on the iPhone quite difficult..
I love my TiPb and I would enjoy to have an official app on my phone..who knows..maybe even notifications for new articles? :)
Thank you for reading
- Brian
on that note I sometimes find that embedded youtube clips get clipped a bit off the right edge (including the fullscreen button)
same clean layout as the website.
keep the ads separate on a ads page.
like a news app. keep the headlines with expandable stories.
add a share to twitter/facebook option.
- News blog
- Forum watch, monitoring Your subscribed threads and sub forums.
- Latest App recommendations.
- Tip of the week
Google listen for podcast. I know that wont happen but I hope they change the way you subscribe to podcast in iTunes. I would like to be able to subscribe to podcast from my iPhone. . I never use iTunes and I always have to search for podcast. Sometimes I forget podcast that I've tried and liked.
Sorry you were talking about a tipb app.please disregard post. While were here, why oh why is your sister site android central (even on android devices) not a mobile optimized site
Its funny you mention a mobile site for Android Central. I'm in the exact opposite camp in that I don't like mobile sites of any kind. I have the user agent on my Droid X set to desktop just so I don't ever get mobile versions. I've found that. Safari and the Android browser both render full pages very well and I her the full experience. When I had a Blackberry I felt differently because the browser was slower than anything and the screen was 2.75 inches.
As for a TiPb app I would definitely like to see the ustream feed and have the
I use tapatalk for forums right now. It's an amazing forum app. But a TiPb store app would be epic.
Mac OS Ken, and Today in iPhone or IOS built apps, and they are great! I don't use them I don't connect well through the app experience with podcasters for some reason.
Apps are apps, people are people. Your website is rock solid, it's a treat everyday to visit. And the weekly connection through podcasts. I would buy your app for support, I most likely would not use it.
I can't always get to a computer in time for tipb live so I'd be interested in an app that would stream a radio broadcast of tipb live when it's happening. Plus push notifications when it's about to start.
I use calendar events for that.. what 'd like to see in a app is push notifications for when episodes become available on iTunes (as that's not on set schedule)
Push notification when there is a new article so we can all try to be (First) :)
So TUAW has an app and I just use the web. It's the same stuff wrapped. Mobile is fine 4 me
A minimum age limit of 30 years-old to download.
Firstly it should be a universal app for all iOS devices. It should be free.
- Blog / news tab
Nice clean look like you have on the website
Easy to filter and search archive
Either no ads (make money from TiPb store sales), or implement iAds!
AirPlay for any media
Push notification altering you to new posts
- TiPb Live tab
Ability to watch the show live with all video streams playing at once like you can view on the website on a desktop, and ability to listen to all old podcasts (with streaming in background too)
Chat room
Being able to WATCH the shows even after theyve been broadcast would be awesome too
Push notifications to tell you when TiPb live is starting!
- TiPb forums tab
Easy to use forums section
- TiPb Store section so you can sell your TiPb gear/accessories and make some money from the app.
Some sort of social media integration for sharing TiPb content with your friends
(1) A filter, by categories, for the types of TIPB articles your readers would like to have populate the app.
(2) A filter, by categories and tags, for the types of TIPB news your readers would like to receive push notifications.
(3) If your going to mimic the Engadget app, please make sure the comments section is on the same page as the article.
I agree with Ally. Tipb is fine as a web app but a smart phone expert store like the apple store app would get me to impluse buy. $$$
If you could use the Engadget app as a model that would be great. Then add twitter and Facebook integration. I'd love to be able to watch iPhone and iPad live from the app as well.
Ya! Agree!
An advanced search function, like on the website, would be nice to have on the app. Can't do that on the "optimized" version of the website. Really frustrating on 3g to have to spend 3 minutes running a couple searches.
Everyone's already made some really good points so I'll point out some of the not so obvious:
- A good icon— I can't stress this enough; needs to be WAY better than the sample in the picture above.
- Retina Display & Multitasking— This should be obvious but a lot of apps are still missing this.
- Simple, yet elegant UI— Interface can make or break an app.
- Polish, polish, polish— Should feel smooth and just work.
Anyway, I can't wait for a TiPb app. Should you decide to go for it however, make sure you hire someone who knows what they're doing and will really try to create something that will do justice to the site.
I'm not really sure what the point of a TiPB app would be. I can't think of any. Recreating the web app in a downloadable app form would be fairly pointless.
Needs easy podcast streaming, and easy access to reading and writing posts in the forums
Multitasking! Wanna be able to switch between apps without loosing where I was
Forum integration: the ability to post and respond to threads would be amazing.
No need. Loads and works fine in safari. Same with the forums
I don't have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad2. What I would want would be some way to customize the content of the app to only the device that I want to read about. This would include accessory reviews, app reviews, etc.
Content and presentation are obviously the most important aspect, so good luck with that. I also would like the option to buy an app to avoid ads. I don't want another monthly fee, but a one-time fee. I don't like ads in my apps.
Integrated forums is great as well. I don't want to have to login to the forums when I visit on the TiPb app, it should know who I am once I install (and login only once). When I'm browsing on my iPad, I don't like to type most of the time, however if I do, I don't want it to be my username/password, I want something that makes life easier.
This is one of, actually maybe the only, apple-centric site I visit. Feel free to do throw the kitchen sink in your app, as long as it's related to iOS, but please allow for filtering in case we (your visitors) are a little less rounded.
Thanks for asking!
I would appreciate a nice mobile framework for tipb.com. Then there is no need for an app.
Your reviews of apps & accessories are top notch, but they're hard to find in your website. Add the often excellent user- submitted reviews in the forums and you have a wealth of really useful information for users of all experience levels. The thing is that this information is really hard to find by searching within your site ( forum searches are better). Usually I google the app + TipB and get it that way. If you develop an app, please focus on making searches within the site more effective. It would also be nice to see a subscription-like service for TipB tv with push notifications.
Yep, a search function. An advanced search function.
Pass. Really not needed. Only your hard-core fans would use it, and then they'd constantly complain about everything it doesn't do, wanting updates, etc. Do you really want the hassle of maintaining an app? I suggest you put your ideas for the app up as a poll and then compare the number of positive responses to your total number of visitors (not just the negative responses, since many people skip polls altogether).
Push notification when new stories are available and the ability to have the post read to you if you are driving.
This is the only thing I would want from the app
The TiPB store of course!
Agree with comments suggesting the TiPb store should be integrated into the app. Also with USMC re: push notifications about new stories.
Start simple, then add features as you see fit.
Searchable tips and how-to's. Apps gone free (or cheap).
I would use a tipb app if it had readitlater/instapaper and sharing to twitter capability.
I think TiPb has done a great job of making the site viewable on iPhone and iPad. Although it would be a feather in your cap to have an app, I don't believe it is necessary.Personally, I wouldn't use it because it would be one more app to organize. I don't use any apps associated with web pages, it seems redundant to me.
A favorite section to put articles in for reading later. A separate section for TiPb TV. On streaming the podcast live, could it be done with airplay to Apple TV with live chat on the big screen using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to chat.
Using pulse for the blog, tapatalk for the forums and iTunes for the podcasts. The only thing I'm missing in all this would be a way to see the live videos as a podcasts.
It should have Notifications for importants news, but we could decide with topics we would like to get notifications..!!1
Whatever you do, you've got to have a nice UI design. I really hate apps with so much stuff packed into it that it make the app look all cluttered and messy. Also I like the idea of implementing push notifications somehow.
Clone the engadget app, fix what they've broke. ???? Profit.
having others do the heavy lifting tipb? don't you have design ideas of your own?
A simple and attractive icon is key, but for the app itself it needs to offer more than just your news feed. Apps like flipboard, taptu and zite can show this along with hundreds of other sites in an intuitive and unique ways.
Customization would be a good idea, so people can pick the bits they want to see. Areas that easier to acces, or updated from the page like app review sections, and tip sections on a main page to accompany the feed.
Also social network integration is key, not just twitter and facebook posting, but a feed showing recent tweets from tipb and your staff.
Being able to watch your live videos in the device and allow comment, but also a way to access past episodes from within the app.
The UI most importantly must be simple and easy to use. A good example is perhaps the BBC website, the version we have in the UK not the new international one, which has customizable widgets but doesn't clutter the screen.
I would like to see push notifications when a certain type of article comes out. For instance, I could subscribe to the daily tips. I really hope to see this app out!!
Release the App on Android as well. :)
.Notifications about the latest and most useful Cydia apps
.Notifications about daily app deals
Obusly the blog with comment posting
Live podcast with chat
Notification for livepodcast
Other podcasts streaming and downloading
Push icons for when there is a new post
Tabs in order to switch between iPad and iPhone news.. Or categories I guess.
And definitely notification system for new stories!!
Looking forward for this!!
- Push Notifications for new articles...
- videos in html5...
- easy setup for comments
I haven't read all of the comments but I'm probably in the minority but I don't think TiPb really needs one. But if you make one it has to be phenomenal. There are too many tech sites with crappy apps. I use Reeder for the blog and Tapatalk for the forums. I come weekly to live shows. When I miss a show I use Podcaster to catch up. I'm highly doubtful we'd get an app that would let us watch the live shows so as of now I can't see what an official TiPb app could offer me.
An app would be awesome, then I can stop using the ugly google reader on my iPhone to manage what I've read and haven't read.
Also would be great to download articles and have offline capabilities.
My 2 cents
1- Full web streaming experience of iPhone/iPad Live!
a- Full Chat
b- Being able to watch one or all participants at the same time.
2- Tipb Store similar to how the Apple Store app is designed.
3- Customizable Push Notifications for blog postings.
4- Everything in Helvetica. :)
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A function, such that, when the app is opened there are random giveaways (i.e. every time I open the app, there's a chance I might win something). That'd make me want to use the app frequently.
I actually like the mobile site... better than the website. Clutter free, focus on the articles, and no other crap (ads, bios, etc.) JUST NEWS. No need for the app, mobile site works great.
Have to agree with Kagan. I prefer the mobile site for the same reason. I could see the use of Tipb store app though.
A player for linked videos.
Access to TiPb live podcasts inside the app.
Browse TiPb store in app.
A search feature for all posted blogs.
Quick/snappy and easy photo gallery.
View and submit comments.
Be able to view blogs while disconnected from Internet (load and store data feature?).
Submit stories within the app.
Oh, and a nicely designed interface.
A section for wallpapers or even a wallpaper of the day!!
Isnt there already an app???
Faster loading times than moblile version...
Y'all do a good job Rene. The only thing a tipb app would need is the ability to listen/watch to iPhone/iPad live. But I understand why you wouldn't. When ustream allows you to embed their viewer in your own app then that would be a good time to run with it.
You do a great job too Georgia.
The biggest things you could put in an iOS app to make it a home run would be all of the quality informational articles and how-tos that everyone looks to TiPb for on their website.
Spare us the ads, though - please?
offline reading for touch, different tabs on the bottom for different types of subjects like ipod, mac, rumors, apps that are fully customizable like the old NYT app. easy way to comment that saves your info so all you need to do is comment and not put in your name/email. option to save articles. pull down to load.
TiPb OnDemand
All the TiPb live broadcasts archived ready to watch on iPhone/iPad. Maybe even a way to actually watch live right in the app.
Forums. Watch TiPb live. Enter contest. Things that are offered that r not offered on mobile TiPb.com. Stuff that will make my computer collect more dust.
Everything that the website has, plus wall papers, extras, and NO ADS.
The TiPb site is great, but it would be nice to have extras and fun things on an app.
Oh, and a feature to pull the website's info every morning, then allow for non-wifi reading. My iPad has no 3G, and I'd like to read it in the car.
David seltz YYYYEESSS!
Acess to forum stories and tips and everything tipb has then give us the store that would tempt me to look at the store more often oh and also give us the ability to watch/live to tipb live! Oh and maybe download tipb articles maybe even some kind of notifications/subscriptions?!? and post searching ability is a must! And in live let us chat!
I love the mobile site. If you had to make an app I'd say make it easier to view forums and easy to comment on them. Other than that I think the mobile site is perfect.
VoiceOver accessibility.
I don't see myself using TiPb official app as I read blog entries using RSS.
Simple to start. The Tipb app should include 3 things at least
- A way to watch TIPB live (with push notifications when shows start)
- The mobile version of the Tipb Blog
- Mobile version of the Tipb Ipad/Iphone accessory store!


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The judge said he wanted to send a message that looting would not be tolerated when he gave the maximum sentence to Coralnelle Little, 36, Rhonda McGowen, 42, and Paul C. Pearson, 36, all of Kenner.A jury convicted the trio May 2 on a portion of the state's looting law that took effect two weeks before the Aug. 29 storm. The amended law set a three-year minimum sentence, and a maximum of 15 years in prison, for looting during a declared state of emergency.
Two men each have been sentenced to a year in prison, a $5,000 fine and two years of supervised release in a Hurricane Katrina fraud case, U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton said.Mitchell Glen Kendrix, of Memphis, Tenn., and Paul Darrell Nelson of Lisbon, Maine, pleaded guilty on March 21 in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg. Lampton said sentencing was done Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett in Hattiesburg.Kendrix and Nelson were charged in December with conspiracy to commit bribery of a federal official for allegedly making a deal to falsify debris removal documents after Hurricane Katrina.The two could have been sentenced each to up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The amended law set a three-year minimum sentence, and a maximum of 15 years in prison,
That disparity seems to be based on the whim of the legislature.
The place to deal with looters is on the spot, then you are sending a message.
I was thinking more along the lines of detention and quick trial.But it does bring to mind the reason that historically looters (and arsonists) are threatened with shooting during times of crisis.I don't see how sentencing these guys now spreads any different message than the one already sent for people who burgle a liquor store on a quiet Sunday morning.If he wants to sentence them to the max, that's his option, but let's not pretend it sent some special message to people that they're going to recall during the next hurricane spawned looting opportunity.
But it does bring to mind the reason that historically looters (and arsonists) are threatened with shooting during times of crisis.
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Despite the fact that it really is only been about two months considering that Apple launched the iPad 2, rumors of the iPad 3 happen to be surfacing, while using the most current report declaring how the next-generation tablet will come with a 3D show.
"The idea that the iPad 3 is 3D is actually a dead cert," a "Hollywood insider" reportedly advised RCR Wireless.
The fundamental cause also allegedly declared that "the huge film studios [are] at the moment running like blue arced flies seeking to gear up to release a lot of 3D subject material with time for Apple's subsequent launch."
We are seeing buzz which the iPad 3 may just be released since this fall, nonetheless notorious Apple rumor monger DigiTimes debunked that myth very last month. It mentioned releasing an additional iPad so quickly "would basically bit off share from iPad 2." DigiTimes reported that Apple is inside "initial preparing stage" while using the device. Considering Apple reported a decline in iPad sales included in the most up-to-date quarterly earnings get in touch with, into 4.69 million from 7.33 million, there could possibly be real truth to that report.
The iPad 3 will allegedly have a brighter, higher-resolution Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode AMOLED display screen, DigiTimes also claimed.
If Apple's track record of merchandise releases is any suggestion, one third iPad won't be released till Spring 2012. Apple generally sticks to an annual products update cycle.
Even so, the organization could break this practice together with the iPhone 5. It has been extensively documented the cellphone is delayed and won't look this June at Apple's yearly Globally Builders Conference (WWDC) since it has in the past. Some have stated the device will never be unveiled until this fall for the earliest.
Nonetheless, Apple item rumors undoubtedly are a dime a dozen, plus they really should be taken using a heaping dose of skepticism. Apple seldom, if ever, comments on rumors.
I ultimately got a bit of hands-on time with Apple's iPad 2 this past weekend after a stop by to any local Apple Retailer.
It is extremely good. Much nicer compared to the iPad 1. It feels substantially lighter and slimmer. The sensible cover is very cool. And Apple's obsessive focus on detail is see-through, including a new, quieter, easier-to-double-tap house button.
Anyone who buys the iPad 2 need to adore it — and many millions may get it. Of course, if funds are no object, therefore you curently have an iPad 1, you can not go awry while using upgrade, as soon as Apple will get more in stock. (I joked while using Apple Retailer man, "I'll consider two!" Not amusing, I assume.)
But based upon what I've skilled until now, I am not getting an iPad 2, and definately will procrastinate with an iPad 3. There's no doubt that most iPad proprietors will work identical. (Despite the fact that I know some that are upgrading to work with FaceTime, and naturally many developer-types are upgrading for "work" functions.)
Why am I telling my gadget lust to back away? Simply because although iPad 2 is noticeably faster, this doesn't happen look all that different than the iPad 1 I already have, i never use that a lot.
Above all, feature-wise, it's the identical display for the reason that initial iPad. I've made the decision that we are longing on an iPad using a "retina" screen just like the one on my iPhone 4, which nevertheless blows my mind practically 12 months later. That upgrade could well be value the value. Heck, I'd possibly even spend double the amount for doing it. Reading, pictures, online, and games could well be much cooler.
Though the iPad 2 display screen will not be a good enough intensify to warrant the upgrade expense after a little year owning the iPad 1. (Also, I recently purchased a new MacBook Air, that is acquiring a lot more use than my iPad.)
Here's what could alter my thoughts and acquire me to order an iPad 2 in the end.
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May be an activity, getting some "augmented reality" app, or some different. It could should be so awesome that it might be definitely worth the valuation on upgrading merely to work with it. My business is personally skeptical that it will transpire, but I'd want to see it.
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Here's my issues, which have only recently started, and nothing about my browser has changed. I haven't changed browsers, or upgraded versions.
First- I can't drop photos into ANY old albums. I know there's a cap on album size, but I can create an album, drop 1 photo into it, then 3 days later, I get the message "Move Failed" with ANY photo I try to drop into the album. Subsequently, that means I am having to create a new album every time I go in to try and organize my photos. I have a TON of hidden albums right now because of that mess.
Second- I can not delete albums. One part of my organization process is to declutter my photos, and clear out older photos, or duplicates, etc. So, I have about 4 albums set up with the "Delete these" types of names. Why so many? Well, see my first rant. Anyway, when I try to delete the entire album, it hangs up on it for close to 5 minutes, then goes to a blank page.
Third- When I upload more than 1 photo at a time and designate it to be uploaded to an album, I get through the process up to the point of adding a description and a tag to them. When I do that and hit continue, it errors out. When I go back to look and see, they are not in the album, and only the very first photo is uploaded. Instead of it being in an album, though, it's sitting in the "other photos" area.
Has anyone been having any of these issues? It's driving me nuts. I need to upgrade my IE (I currently use Firefox, because I hate the new IE, and because it doesn't play nicely with Vista), then try it there, but at the moment, I only have Firefox on my machine and useable.
I know, first advice I give everyone is "Try another browser", which I intend to do now that I've gotten to the ranting point of things.
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As a boy growing up in the Hollywood suburb of Burbank in the 1960s Burton immersed himself in pop culture as a form of escapism. From horror to science fiction, via comics and film, the young Burton was drawn to all things scary and obscure. In a 1992 interview published in Inner Views: Filmmakers in Conversation (David Breskin, Faber & Faber) Burton said "Monster movies are my form of myth, of fairy tale. I linked those monsters, and Edgar Allan Poe, to direct feelings. I didn't read fairy tales, I watched them."
The films Burton enjoyed throughout his youth have common features; unsettling locations and vulnerable 'outsider' characters, often tackling dual-identity or deformity. These films share qualities with the films and artworks Burton went on to create, as we see through the exhibition and this film program.
It was up to ACMI Film Programmer Roberta Ciabarra to distil the mind of this creative genius and curate a program representing Burton's inspirations, influences and the films he enjoyed throughout his formative years.
As Roberta explains, "The season features films and genres that fascinated Burton growing up - films such as Universal's classic horror and monster films from the '30s - films that feature some of Burton's cinematic heroes (Vincent Price appears in two features adapted from stories by Edgar Allan Poe, a literary touchstone for Burton), films that influenced the development of Burton's own visual style (F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, Mario Bava's Black Sunday) and films that share some of Burton's key thematic preoccupations; films such as Freaks and The Elephant Man which both seek to affirm the humanity of marginalised characters; a point of identification with all of Burton's films and one with particular resonance in films such as Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish and Ed Wood." The result is ten days of film; 13 features and two short films, both directed by Burton.
Mary Shelley's gothic horror novel Frankenstein spawned both James Whale's adaptation Frankenstein (1931) and Burton's short Frankenweenie (1984) which will screen side-by-side in this exploratory season. In the Universal Pictures' adaptation that set a new benchmark for the genre, Dr. Frankenstein completes his monster (Boris Karloff) by thieving a human brain, and subsequently loses control of his creation. Shelley's bewildered, misunderstood creature - drawn from her nineteenth century gothic horror novel - inspired Burton's live action short, Frankenweenie as well as the titular 'hero' in Edward Scissorhands (1990), a role imbued with surprisingly tender pathos by Johnny Depp. Frankenweenie is a live action short film in which an inventive ten year old, Victor, (Barret Oliver), takes a leaf out of Frankenstein's book and re-animates his dearly departed dog, Sparky. Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern co-star in this short which is slated to become a feature film in 2011.
For lovers of the living dead, there is also Terence Fisher's Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), the fifth in the British Hammer cycle of Frankenstein horror films and arguably the most faithful to Shelley's material. Peter Cushing's Baron Frankenstein is certifiably mad at this juncture and not above blackmail or murder to further his own ruthlessly single-minded ends, while the Baron's hapless Creature (Freddie Jones) is - atypically, for a Hammer production - sympathetically rendered as a bewildered, literate innocent who ultimately turns the tables on his creator/persecutor.
Italian horror maestro Mario Bava was a prodigiously talented all-rounder who early in his career distinguished himself as a cinematographer for Roberto Rossellini and Jacques Tourneur. Black Sunday (1960) sealed his directorial credentials and launched the career of cult 'Scream Queen' Barbara Steele. Shot by Bava in luminous black and white, Steele plays a 17th century Moldavian princess, condemned to death for witchcraft and vampirism, who bides her time until a chance resurrection unleashes her vengeful powers.
Based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol, Bava amps up the gothic quotient with gorgeously dreamy visuals and striking set pieces that evoke the mood of classic Universal Pictures horror films - all fodder for a young Tim Burton's febrile imagination. He told American Cinematographer in December 1999: "Black Sunday really stood out for me, because it had very lurid, vivid and stark images, which is what you want from a good horror movie...Digital technology certainly has a place in film-making, but when you're watching a movie like Black Sunday, you really feel as if you're there. When you combine the stagebound sets with the actors, their costumes, and everything else, you really feel as if you're within that particular world... That's the vibe we were trying to capture in Sleepy Hollow."
Bava's Baron Blood (1972) also screens. Mini-skirt sporting Elke Sommer is menaced by Orson Welles-regular Joseph Cotten (The Magnificent Ambersons), a four-centuries old sadistic nobleman bent on restoring his youth, in this gruesome, Grand Guignol gothic melodrama, shot in suitably atmospheric locations in the Austrian Alps.
F.W. Murnau's iconic German Expressionist classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) also screens. This adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1893 vampire novel - a highpoint in early German cinema - is distinguished by Max Schreck's magnificently ghoulish performance as the enigmatic Count Orlok. Made up to appear a rodent-like, sunken-eyed, spectral figure, Schreck's desiccated count rather more resembles a disinterred corpse than the well-groomed vampire of Stoker's original story and also distinctly lacks the romanticised veneer of Universal's later 1931 incarnation, starring a black-caped Bela Lugosi.
Bela Lugosi's, theatrical, Hungarian-accented Count Dracula created an enduring screen persona based on (but not slavishly faithful to) Stoker's literary vampire. The role reinvigorated Lugosi's career and ushered in a golden era of Hollywood monster films, for which Universal Pictures became famous. Similarly, the role of Count Dracula dominated and defined Lugosi's career in Hollywood and for the rest of his life; indeed, Lugosi was buried in the suit, cape and medal that typecast him - a detail Burton poignantly picked up on in his 1994 feature, Ed Wood, in which Martin Landau took the role of a Seniors Card-carrying Lugosi that was both unsentimental but also profoundly moving. Thus, no season unravelling Burton's inspirations would be complete without screening Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula (1931). Tod Browning took up directing duties, with German director of photography Karl Freund (who shot F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh in 1924 and Fritz Lang's Metropolis in 1927) contributing atmospherically effective cinematography despite modestly-budgeted resources.
Browning-directed cult film Freaks (1932) will open the season on Friday 9 July, alongwide Burton's short Frankenweenie. As a boy in the late nineteenth century, Browning witnessed first-hand the feelings of morbid fascination, fear and pity the 'sideshow freaks' of a travelling carnival inspired in their public. Decades later, he would populate his own (notorious, cult) film, in which a beautiful trapeze artist marries a dwarf but harbours duplicitous intentions, with characters who were as authentic as the 'freaks' he had befriended in his youth.
David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) is an extraordinarily moving drama about a hideously deformed yet disarmingly genteel man. Set in Victorian-era London, the film shares a stylistic interest in atmospheric (fog-bound) milieu and a central thematic (the plight of individuals marginalised by an uncaring or unseeing society) that likewise resonates throughout much of Tim Burton's oeuvre.
The season also features Don Chaffey's mythological fantasy classic Jason and the Argonauts (1963) with its stop-motion-animated skeletons, which provided a source of inspiration for a young Burton. In search of the mythical Golden Fleece, Jason and the crew of the Argo face such perils as the invincible colossus, Talos, bat-winged, bloodthirsty harpies, duelling skeletons and the seven-headed Hydra - all brought to vivid life by celebrated special effects master Ray Harryhausen, one of Burton's childhood heroes. Inspired by Harryhausen's genius, Burton directed The Killers' Bones (2006) video clip, animating the band as skeletons but also integrating clips of the skeleton army from Jason and the Argonauts. Burton also drew inspiration from Harryhausen in creating the martians in his 1996 feature, Mars Attacks!.
Edgar Allan Poe gets a Hollywood makeover in the classic Universal Pictures' horror film adaptation of The Raven (1935) by director Lew Landers, featuring Bela Lugosi as a brilliant but morbidly obsessive surgeon who doesn't take rejection well and Boris Karloff as an unwitting victim. Both The Raven and Poe's later The Pit and The Pendulum serve to inform the dark fantasies of Burton's seven-year old 'hero', Vincent Malloy, in Burton's short film, Vincent (1982), which will screen with both The Raven and The Tomb of Ligeia. Young Vincent - the tormented hero of our story - imagines a transformed suburban world worthy of Edgar Allan Poe in this stop-motion animated short narrated by Burton's childhood idol and muse, Vincent Price.
The Raven also borrows from another Poe masterpiece, The Pit and The Pendulum, the 1961 film adaptation which also screens. Director Roger Corman reunited with his House of Usher star Price for a second Poe adaptation that also featured horror film darling Barbara Steele (fresh from her success in Bava's Black Sunday). Price plays the son of an Inquisition executioner who lives in an isolated, sea-bound castle conveniently outfitted with a torture chamber - complete with iron maiden - in the basement. Ichabod Crane's feverish dreams in Sleepy Hollow, in which Johnny Depp's childhood character is reunited with his beautiful, tragic mother (played by Burton's then girlfriend, Lisa Marie) pay skilful and evocative homage to scenes of a childhood trauma Vincent Price's character relives in a horrifying flashback sequence in Corman's lush, extravagant film.
Corman's final - and, arguably, most accomplished - Edgar Allan Poe adaptation The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) saw the director expand his pictorial milieu by filming on location in the UK, preferring to shoot several thrilling sequences outdoors, instead of on sound stages. Vincent Price re-teams with the director in the role of a tormented widower whose embrace of new-found love in the comely form of the Lady Rowena Trevanion (Elizabeth Shepherd) antagonises the unquelled spirit of his dead, deep-in-denial wife (shades of Burton's The Corpse Bride), who promptly rematerialises in the form of a feral feline.
MGM's sci-fi cult classic Forbidden Planet (1956) is a reworking of William Shakespeare's The Tempest and features Walter Pidgeon, Ann Francis, Leslie Neilsen and Robby the Robot, remaining one of the most ambitious and best-loved of the genre. Its matte-painted sets and sci-fi 'hardware' may instantly date it, but it's just those qualities that held a young Burton spellbound, in a childhood spent, as the director himself confirmed in a 2001 interview for Premiere; "in suburban Burbank, finding solace in monster movies, Vincent Price, cheesy '50s sci-fi cinema and indulging [an] affinity for outsiders, oddballs and aliens."
Monsters, Ghouls & Melancholy Misfits will feature films that inspired the creative genius that is Tim Burton, from 9 to 18 July, as a valuable addendum to Tim Burton: The Exhibition at ACMI.
ACMI will also screen all fifteen of Tim Burton's feature films, plus selected highlights of his work as an animator and producer, in the film season titled Tim Burton Film Retrospective starting 25 June and running through to the last day of the exhibition on October 10.


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Situations where, for the benefit of patients, one or more pharmaceutical companies and the NHS pool skills, experience and/or resources for the joint development and implementation of patient centred projects and share a commitment to successful delivery
Roche has successfully worked and continues to work alongside national, regional, and local NHS organisations to support and implement developments in healthcare delivery for the benefits of patients
Our Joint Working projects to date have aimed to:
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J. Maureen Henderson, Contributor
I write about early career issues. Pithily.
When people, especially my fellow "yootz of today," talk about being friends with their coworkers, I usually roll my eyes. In 99.9% of cases (the other 0.1% being those of you who met your BFFs when you were both camp counselors at Lupin Lake in 1996), they're not really talking about forging lifelong bonds; they mean getting along with their cube mates, joking around, maybe going out for beers. "Friends" vs. Friends. Buddying up is fine. Socializing is totally doable. But actual true-blue friendship that transcends job titles? I'm a skeptic. Here's why:
You can't be friends with someone you see as competition or who sees you as competition
You can respect him or her. You can be friendly, but you can't be bosom buddies with someone who's playing the same game of corporate musical chairs that you are. Maybe you don't believe that happiness is rationed on a meta level, but that logic doesn't apply to promotions. There's only so much upward mobility to go around and if you and your colleague both have your eyes on the same prize, things will eventually get ugly or at least awkward and passive aggressive. We're a petty species. Maybe you like to believe that you're the exception to the rule (Being surrounded by great people gives me the inspiring push I need to work even harder!), but you're probably not.
This rule is particularly true if we're talking M/F friendships. Hell hath no fury like a dude who thought you were just there to take meeting minutes or who magnanimously accepted you as an equal (how generous!), only to later find that you're running circles around him and landing the plum projects. And don't even get me started on office romances. No folks, "mutual professionalism" ain't gonna save the day when things go south.
Don't flatter yourself; your subordinates or superiors aren't your pals
As much as you want to believe that you're both evolved enough to disregard the inherent unequal distribution of power that underpins these relationships, you aren't. Read some Foucault and get over yourself. You can't have a marriage of equals with the person who is responsible for deciding if you get a raise this year and you can't command respect from someone with whom you've discussed your Babeland purchase history.
If respecting the people you work with is important to your productivity, you shouldn't be friends with them
If you're judgmental/have a long memory/prefer to think of your colleagues as highly-efficient but emotionless robots/don't feel as if you owe your employer access to 100% of your heart, mind and soul in order to be a great worker, then this means you.
I used to work in a predominantly male environment. At least once a quarter there would be a knockdown, drag-out party. Like, wander out to the parking lot and pass out in the backseat of your car partay. I never went to one. Not because I didn't like my coworkers (they were pretty neat guys), but because my ability to work well with them hinged on seeing them as competent, controlled experts and nothing more. Getting all choked up when talking about your cat and cornering me with an iPhone slideshow of him sleeping in various poses (true story) is not the means to that end. Trying to go along to get along in these circumstances will eventually leave you wishing for the office equivalent of an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind squeegee job.
A big AMEN to you Ms. Henderson. What's up with the "J. Maureen?" C'mon!
I learned this lesson the hard way in my very first job out of college. I became good "friends" with my immediate supervisor, who also happened to have a band. I usually felt obligated to see her shows. One night I went to a gig and then spent a couple of hours listening to her cry in her beer over a recent break-up. The next morning, I was 15 mins late for work, and she reamed me. Friends indeed!
so true… i own my own business… & many of todays new hires want to be my buddy..i find it offensive…im a pretty great employer but im not your bff…or your mom.
This is an excellent post. Having fallen victim to the type of work "atries" you describe, I can agree that they definitely do not inspire respect or professionalism.
That, and, becoming a former friend's boss is a sure-fire way to end a workplace friendship.
I had a coworker become my boss. He's my friend still. My Dad made lifelong friends at work. I am friends with former coworkers and bosses. Are you sure about this? I'd argue that workplace friendship is a gateway to understanding all friendship
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Daryl Lee Nikle, 56, from North Dakota, admitted shooting a TV because he was angry about the volume. This has resulted in him being sentenced to six months in jail.
Nikle pleaded guilty in Grand Forks County District Court to a charge of reckless endangerment and the court ruled he will receive credit for time served. He will be able to serve the remainder of the sentence on electronic home monitoring or work release.
Police said Nikle asked three people in his home to turn down the volume on the TV just after 4 a.m. Oct. 2, and fired his .44 Magnum handgun at the set when they refused.
Investigators said the bullet went through the wall of his home.
Nikle was also ordered to undergo a chemical dependency evaluation.


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A National Transportation Safety Board factual report released Tuesday paints a picture of events leading up to the fatal June 19 helicopter crash near the Maplewood/Oakdale border.
A helicopter owned by Scott's Helicopter Services crashed at 8:12 a.m. next to a detached garage on the 2700 block of Seventh Street in Maplewood while the pilot was doing contract work for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District.
The unidentified 44-year-old who died was a commercial pilot with 2,778 hours of flight time in helicopters—including 332 hours in the Bell 47G-3B-1 model that crashed.
The pilot arrived at the Flying Cloud Airporthanger in Eden Prairie at about 6:20 a.m., made some coffee, checked the weather and preflighted the helicopter, according to another company pilot.
The pilot then flew to a remote staging area near Maplewood, where the helicopter was loaded with a mosquito control dry chemical.
GPS showed that the pilot visited two of the four areas planned for the flight. Witnesses saw the pilot apply the chemicals to a site just south of the staging area and then leave. Other witness near the crash site saw the helicopter lose altitude, turn or roll to the left and descend before disappearing behind some houses.
The report details damage to the helicopter from the crash. But since it is a "factual report," it does not specify the cause of the crash. A final description of the crash and the probable cause of the crash will be released when the investigation is completed.


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[London] Wine tasting classes / experiences?
I'm hoping to treat a friend to an 'introduction to wine' class or experience. Obviously the first place that comes to mind is the Vinopolis but has anyone actually been to one of their tours? Are they good or a bit touristy?
I'm looking for a one-off type thing rather than a full-on course and I'm not fussed whether it's in a restaurant, a bar, a hotel or a dedicated wine haven.
All ideas greatly appreciated.
p.s. Hope you all had a Chowtastic Christmas dinner yesterday x
I've been to a couple of the wine-tasting evenings at RSJ restaurant near the South Bank and really enjoyed them. It's not really tutored as such - you get to try 9 or 10 different wines (they specialise in the Loire region) along with a delicious 3-course dinner. All for the bargain price of £45. Check their website for details.
Divertimenti offers wine classes.
Vinoteca also has classes which I have always been meaning to go to - http://www.vinoteca.co.uk
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Berry Bros & Rudd also do tastings - have not had personal experience of them, but it is another possibilty
My local Oddbins (The Highway, E1) has regular tutored tastings so I assume that their other branches do the same thing. It's one of their larger "fine wine" outlets and has a dedicated tasting room. Been to a couple and they are good fun, they do have introduction to tasting sessions.
I used to teach a practically inclined wine tasting class at the YMCA, Tottenham Court Road. You might like to contact them to see if they are still running something like this? (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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James "Jim" Paul Hilden, of Waukesha, died on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at home at the age of 75 years.
He was born on July 26, 1937, in Laurium, MI, the son of Alex and Ann (Lilja) Hilden. Jim proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church and served as a former alderman in District 4 for the City of Waukesha for six years. Jim retired from General Electric in 1996 after 32 years of service. Jim will be remembered as an avid golfer.
Jim will be deeply missed by his wife, Shirley of 30 years, his children, Kelly (Dan) Poplawski of Lake Mills, Penny (Jason) Shelander of Port Washington and Peggy (Aaron) Auger of Virginia Beach, VA; six grandchildren; his brothers, George (Peggy) of Plymouth, MI and Thomas (Margaret) of Pewaukee; his sisters, Marian Gould of OK and Joyce (Charles "Chuck") Grapentine of Madison; his extended family, Ruth and Michael and Sarah Benben of Racine, other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Bob and William and his sisters, Barbara and Kathy.
The visitation for Jim will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home, 237 N. Moreland Blvd. Waukesha, WI 53188.
There will be a second visitation for Jim on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. until the 12:30 p.m. funeral service at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, 1052 White Rock Ave. Waukesha, WI 53186. The Rev. Scott Oelhafen officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha with full military honors.
Memorials are appreciated to The Blood Center of WI, 638 North 18th St., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church (see address above). The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Berman and the Oncology nursing staff at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and a special thank you to anyone that donates blood since Jim was a regular recipient of everyone's kindness over the past year. is serving the family.
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