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Score from 90 reviews
Dinner was excellent and very well priced Nice atmosphere, very good staff
The short version: it was just perfect!
Large rooms, very clean and luxury
Accueil sympathique , superbe chambre . Un grand merci
Chambres très joliment décorées et grandes, pt déj excellent,tout est bien.
Alles was prima! Fijne ruime kamer, privacy en een uitstekend restaurant! we hebben ervan genoten en komen zeker terug!
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- Très bon accueil. Bien que le petit déjeuner doive être pris avant 10h30 et que nous n'ayons pas pu être présents, celui-ci nous a été proposé lors de notre départ à 11h. - Chambre magnifique (Blue Ocean)
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Fifty years ago, Inuyasha and Kikyo discovered the legendary Horai Island – a place which only appears out of the mists every few decades. During that time, they found several half-demon children who were subject to the demonic rule of the Four War Gods, but had to leave before they could do anything about the situation. In "modern" feudal times, the island reappears and one of the children escapes, seeking out Inuyasha to rescue them all from the Four War Gods. Can Inuyasha liberate the children with the help of the Tetsusaiga, before the island once again disappears into the mists?
The positions of the main male characters involve having to go around and protect the heroine of the series in InuYasha and Full Metal Panic. Both hero's' seem to be reluctant to do so and the series are filled with hilarious undertones.
In the distant future many things have changed. Worlds are colonized and people travel the stars freely. The GOTT (Galactic Organization of Trades and Tarifs) exists to maintain order and peace along the galaxies. Enter two ES members. Eclair and Lumiere. They are sent on missions to keep the universal peace, under the flag of GOTT. But soon they come to realize that there is more going on behind the scenes than they previously imagined...
In the world of Prestal, Noble men perform noble deeds for noble purposes. All of this is performed under the careful gaze of the Guild, a race apart who live in cities in the sky. We see this world through the eyes of Claus Valca and Lavi Head, as their travels take us above, beyond and through Prestal, and their actions cause ripples that shall never fade.
Last Exile and Full Metal Panic have a similar feel to them in regards to the combination of action scenes and character drama. Full Metal Panic involves fighting in robotic machines, while Last Exile is centered around warfare in the skies, but both have well developed characters and interactions, not to mention friendship and relationship drama. If you like either series for its plot tension, it's safe to say you'd like the other.
Keitaro Urashima is somewhat of a failure. In order to fulfill a promise he made to a girl fifteen years ago, he has tried time and again to get into Tokyo U but has never managed to pass the exam. However, fate smiles upon him and he ends up working for his aunt, managing an all-girls dorm! Living with the feral Kaolla, the timid Shinobu, the sake-loving Mitsune, the blade mistress Motoko and the punch-happy Naru, can Keitaro keep his focus and keep his promise? And will he ever end up meeting that girl from his past?
If you liked watching either Love Hina or FMP you might also like the other. Both anime include strong female characters and clueless males who are always getting themselves into trouble.
After years apart, childhood friends Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman reunite as rival pilots, each showcasing an experimental plane for the military. But their mutual love for longtime friend Myung threatens to spin their already tense feelings out of control! Now, each battles to secure Myung's affections, but even more dangerous than their own dark secrets is a clandestine plot involving superstar singer Sharon Apple that threatens all of humanity!


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The Fan's Jim Colony made his usual trip down to the South Side this week, where he caught up with Steelers' center Maurkice Pouncey for their regular "In Depth With Maurkice Pouncey" spot and also chatted with cornerback Ike Taylor and defensive end Ziggy Hood.
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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 848363, 6 pages
Intraoperative Pachymetry Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography during Accelerated Corneal Collagen Crosslinking
1Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong
2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
4Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
Received 29 April 2013; Accepted 17 June 2013
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Current Population Survey, March/April 1982 Match Files: Alimony and Child Support
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The Con Man Who Also Published Novels
Friday, November 09, 2012
Hey y'all.
Been a long time. Sorry about that.
Why so long? Partly because I've been writing other things, including
this magazine feature
. It's the amazingly true story about a novelist who also happened to be a con man.
Hope you enjoy it. Thanks to the fine people at
Atlanta Magazine
for providing guidance to myself, a fiction guy wading into nonfictional waters ("what do you mean I can't just make it up?").
I've been on the blog less, so if you're dying to know what I'm up to on a near daily basis, check out my
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Townsend Prize, HuffPo rant, a piece of the moon, and other stuff from April
Monday, April 30, 2012
There are several problems with a writer having a blog. One is that the writer by definition is probably supposed to be writing something else right now. The other is that the line between posting something of genuine interest to readers and something that is cravenly self-promotional is a hard one to spot, and constantly moving, and perhaps even imaginary.
Also there's the irony that, when a lot of blog-worthy things are going on, that's a sign that I'm busy, and therefore having trouble making time to blog about those things that I've been busy with.
Hence my relative lack of blogging lately.
But, I'm back. Last week was a bit of a whirlwind, but a good and productive one, so I'm posting a few links below. If they seem annoyingly self-promotional, and if they seem to be coming from Thomas Mullen the brand rather than Thomas Mullen the writer, or even Thomas Mullen the person, my apologies. I do hope instead that the below is genuinely interesting.
1. Thursday night I was thrilled to learn that my second novel was named the winner of the Townsend Prize, which is awarded to the best work of book-length fiction by a Georgia author over the preceding two years. Past winners have included Ha Jin and Alice Walker, so it's wonderful company to be included in. Also, last year's winner was some book called
The Help
, so I have dramatically brought down the average sales figures of past winners. Oh well.
To see the Atlanta Journal-Constitution story,
click here.
It was a fun evening, at which I got to meet the other nine nominees (a few of whom I'd already met, including one whos literally my neighbor), as well as other writers, professors, booksellers, readers, and other assorted book people.
One of the cool things about being in Atlanta is that, while it's a major city with various dynamic things going on, it's unpretentious and laid back enough for writers to meet up randomly, have coffee, chat, etc. I've met a ton of other writers in my three years here and look forward to a long literary future in the ATL.
2. In less warm and sunny news: Discouraged and dismayed by the recent Department of Justice settlement with publishers over e-book prices, and just overall frazzled by the state of publishing in general, and the strange netherworld in which writers like myself find ourselves as we try to reach an audience and possibly be paid for our work at a time when Amazon and Apple are themselves minting money,
I wrote a satirical op-ed piece.
In it, I offer to turn myself in to the DOJ for the crime of writing for profit.
It was published in the Huffington Post, and has been reposted and tweeted a fair amount, for whatever that's worth.
If you're wondering whether I am aware of the irony of writing such an article and posting it on the Huffington Post, a web-only venue that does not pay its writers: yes, I am so aware. And deeper into the rabbit hole we go...
3. Last Tuesday I tripped down memory lane, sort of, by visiting Central Catholic High School to give a reading and meet with students. The 1,000-students-strong school and many parents had read my first novel,
The Last Town on Earth
. A number of colleges and universities have done this with their freshmen classes, but to my knowledge this was the first time an entire high school has tackled it this way.
As a Catholic high school alum myself, and someone who went to college in Ohio, it was a surprisingly nostalgic experience. Oh, and I got to add an awesome Toledo Mud Hens T-shirt to my now fairly extensive collection of minor league T's and hats. Score!
The other cool thing about CCHS: one of their alumns is NASA's Gene Krantz--Ed Harris played him, and won the Oscar for it, in
Apollo 13
. Krantz is a generous alum, and he donated to the school an actual piece of the moon. It's on display in a special "moon room" in their library, complete with blown-up B/W shots of the NASA control room and one of Krantz's senior year astronomy papers (grade: 97).
For a photo of the moon, which I orbited around,
check out my Facebook fan page here.
4. I was very excited to learn that I'll have a short story in the next edition of the Grantland Quarterly. The lovechild of ESPN and McSweeney's,
Grantland's web site
offers excellent longform journalism about sports and culture, sometimes offered not by traditional journalists but by novelists like Dave Eggers, Colson Whitehead, and John Brandon. They also publish a McSweeneys-ish quarterly book-type thingy, containing some of the best columns from the preceding few months, plus a few extras. My story will be one of the extras. Look for "The Art of a Basketball" in Vol. 3 in June, and/or
order a subscription to the quarterly here.
As always, thanks for reading!
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Hi, Internet! Been a while.
This is my first blog post in about four months. I blame publication/publicity burnout. When my third book,
The Revisionists
, came out at the end of September, I was writing a lot of online essays and interviews and other random things for many other Web sites. This took a while, plus, honestly, one only has so much to say about oneself. I ran out of enthusiasm for Facebook and tweets and blogs and whatnot. Burnout caused me to turn my back on the blog for a month, which became two, and then three, etc.
Ok. I'm back now. I even have a twitter feed, if y'all are interested: check out @mullenwrites.
(There have been some bloggable things of late, interviews and reviews, including a talk I gave on NPR that guest-stars a certain recently retired Georgia-based rock band, so I'll put those links up soon. Promise.)
I've decided to kickstart the blog because, though most days in a writer's life just aren't all that interesting to recap, yesterday qualifies. A lot of people ask me what it is I do, how I do it, when I do what, etc, and the answer is usually so dull I feel compelled to make things up. Oz didn't seem so powerful when people peered behind his curtain, after all. I don't want to pierce your illusions by telling you, "well, I sit in a chair and stare at a screen and daydream, and some of these daydreams cause my fingers to twitch, striking the keys, and then at 4:00 I have a thousand words, on a good day." It would be more fascinating if I also fought bulls or hunted rhinos like Hemingway, or something.
BUT, back to yesterday.
The day began with the aforementioned sitting/staring/daydreaming/typing. Working on some freelance assignments, as well as an original screenplay. I've dabbled in screenplays before but this is the first time I've tried an original idea that is extremely close to completion, so that's exciting. And it's fun to write in such a new form, in a very visual medium. No telling if it's any good, but we shall see.
Then I drove to Atlanta's KIPP Charter School as part of their Writing Tutors program. Writer-types like me are paired with 5th-7th graders, who are trying to write a 3-5 page historical fiction story. My 5th grade student is crafting a dazzling, riveting tale set at Jacob's Pharmacy, the birthplace of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta. I don't want to give much away, but I will mention that aliens are going to invade the Pharmacy during our young hero's school field trip, and the aliens (who hate Coke) will arrive in a space ship emblazoned with a Pepsi logo. I'm not making this up. Serious battling is going to go down. The "historical" aspect of this story might have been slightly lost on my student, who, when reminded of this requirement, decided maybe we could set it in the 1990s. He's going to write a draft this weekend. I'm dying to see it.
Oh, and I found out that his mother went to the Rhode Island high school that was rivals with my RI high school. Small world.
Then, after our hero (me) swiftly raced home to pick up one of his sons from school, and quickly started cooking a dinner he himself would not have time to eat, and his awesome and awe-inspiring wife arrived home with Son #2, I changed into slightly-more-presentable-attire-than usual and got back in my car (lots of driving here in Atlanta) to race to Midtown to attend a book club of attorneys who had just read my new book.
I've done a lot of book club visits, but only one for my new book, and that was with my mother-in-law and her friends. Never done one with all lawyers. I've done all-students, all-teachers, all-retirees, all-public-health-workers, and even all-inmates-of-a-women's-correctional-facility, but this would be something new. Last night's was held at The Lawyer's Club of Atlanta (I swiped a nice cocktail napkin), a snazzy space on the 38th floor of one of ATL's signature skyscrapers, though I can't remember its name. (It's the pointy reddish one.) The fact that one of
The Revisionists'
main characters is an attorney, and there's some legal intrigue in the book, made me wonder if they'd nail me for getting some key legal issue wrong.
Luckily, they didn't. Everyone was friendly, even the ones who admitted they hadn't read it yet but came because this was the first time an author had crashed their proceedings. I sat beside a judge. A few folks were wearing "I voted!" stickers with GA peaches. Occasional political remarks were made, but not too many. Debate broke out as to whether in fact my main character was a shizophrenic living in a created mental universe to hide from his difficult reality, leading to debate as to whether I myself as a writer am schitzophrenic, hiding in my invented fictional worlds (my verdict:
). The board room in which we met had a fabulous view of the city, but I sat with my back to it.
And then, to top things off, I had dinner with Jimi Hendrix. (!!!) His health wasn't very good -- he had an oxygen tank with tubes leading into his right nostril, which he tried to conceal with some interestingly placed dreadlocks. And he coughed a lot. Still, it was great to talk to him and hear his take on contemporary bands like The Black Keys.
Actually, I dreamt that last part. Honestly, I did. But I felt the need to include it here because, a few hours agao while I was in fact dreaming, I even thought to myself, "wow, this is so amazing, a day that included tutoring a middle schooler about a space/soda story and then meeting a book club of lawyers is now ending with dinner beside Jimi freakin' Hendrix -- I have GOT to put this in my blog." So I am. Even though it didn't actually happen.
There you have it, a day in the life. Today, however, looks to be less interesting. But I started by writing a blog post, and in fact am typing it right now, like literally now, and you're reading it. Thanks! But I should go to work now.
Even though I'm already here.
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My take on the whole Q.R. Markham plagiarism thing
Monday, November 14, 2011
For those of you not in the know, the scenario is thus: a new spy novel called
Assassin of Secrets
was published two weeks ago, and less than a week later the publisher pulled it from the market upon realizing that large swaths of the book were stolen, verbatim, from earlier works. The plagiarized texts ranged from Ian Fleming's classic James Bond novels and newer spy thrillers to nonfiction books about the intelligence industry, like James Bamford's tomes about the National Security Agency.
A few things to note: Markham and I have the same publisher and, in fact, the very same editor. I feel badly for my editor, not only because he's had to deal with this mess but also because some people will doubtless use this as yet another example of the inferiority of "traditional, legacy" publishers in a digital world, evidence that the gatekeepers of the publishing world are incompetent, etc etc.
Here's the deal: if you really want to pull one over on an editor, it isn't that hard. Editors have only so much time, and they spend that time doing things other than, say, Googling random phrases of a manuscript to see if they turn up any matches. We should not expect editors or publishers to play the role of high school English teachers looking for cheaters, mainly because we should not expect writers to act like 13 year-olds.
Another thing: Any writer with a "traditional, legacy" publisher signs these boring, analog things called legal contracts. The contract explains your royalty rate, what will happen if someone sues you for libel, what happens when your book is remaindered, and other fascinating tidbits of Inside Publishing. There also is a clause in which you, the writer, do solemnly swear that the work is entirely yours and does not contain passages taken from other writers.
If a writer wants to pull a fast one, fine, but you're breaking your contract. You're being a fraud. It's clear that there was some weird element of performance art with Markham, who published under an alias and even used stolen lines in his interviews. Perhaps he was intending to make some grand statement about influence and appropriation, or the art of fiction and lying, or sneaky spies, or whatever. I'm just not all that impressed. Congrats, you got your name in lights for a brief moment, and you fooled people who trusted you. Hats off, old man.
Another random thing: My editor had asked me, a few months ago, if I would read Markham's book and, if I liked it, if I might contribute a blurb. (Like "an amazing work from a writer to watch," a line which someone once wrote about a first novel and which countless blurbers have appropriated.) I've actually never given a blurb, and I wasn't sure the book would be my thing, but I said I'd take a look. I read the first chapter, didn't like it. I read a few more, as a favor to my editor, hoping it would get better. It didn't. After maybe 50 pages, I gave up, and sent my editor my regrets.
Of course, now it's coming to light that the book was not so much a cohesive novel as a series of stolen lines, woven together into something approximating a narrative. Maybe this is why I didn't like it, though I'd be lying if I said I felt there was something suspicious afoot.
A few of the stories about Markham have playfully noted that Publishers Weekly and Kirkus gave the book starred reviews, delighting in the fact that the publishing empire (whatever that is) could be so easily fooled. Others have wondered how the editor could have failed to notice the thefts, as if he should have possessed instant recall of spy thrillers he might have read as a teenager (which is when I myself last read a few Ian Fleming books).
No doubt some voices are already calling Markham a genius, a sly jester whose theft (and whose very brief period of Getting Away With It) exposed the flaws of big publishing and shined a spotlight on the notoriously muddy concept of artistic inspiration. We all borrow from each other, such voices say, and we all rip each other off. Right?
Yawn. I think it just proves that if someone in today's world wants to get a lot of attention for something other than hard work or artistic prowess, it isn't all that difficult. The rest of us will trudge along using our own words, thanks.
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Posted: 5:22 pm Thursday, January 30th, 2014
Dimitroff: Clowney will be difference-maker
By Jeff Schultz
NEW YORK — Falcons general manger Thomas Dimitroff made his annual trip through radio row at the Super Bowl Thursday. When he was finished, Darryl Ledbetter and I had a private audience with him. Darryl will have a full story later on MyAJC.com on some of Dimitroff's plans this offseason but here are a few comments that stood out to me:
– Ignore speculation that he or any NFL team is down on former South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney: "I'll just say what everybody in the country knows: Jadeveon Clowney is a top notch talent and he's going to make a team happy and he's going to be a legitimate difference-maker in this game. The people with the top two picks know that."
– The obvious suggestion there is that Clowney may go in the first two picks. The Falcons are slated to pick No. 6. Could they trade up? Possible, especially with two former Falcons' executives now running other teams at No. 2 (Les Snead at St. Louis) and No. 3 (Dave Caldwell at Jacksonville). Dimitroff did not close the door to the possibility of a trade up but it's doubtful he would part with a lot. Comment: "The top 10 in the 2014 draft is a group of top notch players. So we're not going to be disappointed if we're picking in the top 10."
– Dimitroff had his most candid comments yet on what the Falcons' lack, particularly along the offensive and defensive lines: "We need to focus on getting more gritty and rugged in certain areas. That's going to be more important for us. This is a warrior game and we have to come to the line of scrimmage with the proper mentality. … We realize we need to ramp up our ruggedness, not only on the field but off the field, in the locker room."
– On gaining insight into some players who were forced into significant roles last season, largely because of injuries: "Unfortunately, going 4-12 allows you to experiment with a lot of different personnel groupings, which we never would've done if we were a 13-3 team. … We were mindful [of that] going into the fifth or sixth game."
In other words, the thought process for the 2014 season began very early this season. D-Led will have more later.
Previous blogs, columns from Super Bowl
– MyAJC: Peyton Manning's legacy secure, win or lose
– Blog: Manning may be No. 1 QB in history now
– Blog: Expect Atlanta to get Super Bowl despite storm
– MyAJC: John Fox goes from heart surgery to Super Bowl (like Reeves)
– Blog: Digi-Blog goes to the Super Bowl!
– MyAJC: Richard Sherman succeeds in changing narrative
– Blog: Seattle made more right decisions than Falcons
– MyAJC: Goodell has put Super Bowl at unnecessary risk
– MyAJC: Falcons' makeover should start with Clowney
– Blog: Poll: Should Falcons make a run at Clowney?
According to the value chart to trade from #6 to #2 we would also have to give up our #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 & #7 picks and still give another 4th rounder next year. I'm sure some of the picks would be given next year but they would be higher picks. To move to #3 we would also have to give up a 2nd and 4th pick. To move back to the #10 we would get another #3 and #4. Personally, I think we need to stay right where we are. Remember, we are picking in front of 26 teams in each round.
Here is what we should do. Trade or cut Roddy White and sign proven free agent linemen on both sides of the ball. Draft Watkins if he is available or move up to get him. You are set at WR for the next five years. Roddy White is on the backside of his career. He may have another good year left in him...but that is far from a sure thing. We need proven guys on the O line. I don't trust Dimitroff to make a good call on the draft for someone that step right in and get to work. I want proven guys in there. Use the rest of the draft for Defense and hope you hit a homerun on someone.
Clomney may be that good, but Ryan won't last through the 2014 season without a substanial upgrade in the offesive line. Dimitroff showed his limited knowledge of the game by not recognising the value of the offensive line. Even Schultz should know that. I wouldn't be surprised if Dimitroff used the first round pick for a wide receiver. He should use the first, second and third pick for offensive linemen.
Clowney is a "Show Dog" for fans and media. So what if the Falcons sign him. Who is going to admit they wanted him if he turns out to be a slacker. I think Clowney will look for reasons not to play(like Sam Baker). Any one player can be neutralized but not an entire defense. I'd rather see the Falcons get 2 really good players than one alleged superstar like Clowney. No doubt he has the talent....but will he use it or take the money and lay down.
Sign Incognito on the Oline immediately. I'd love to see him rant on a few Falcons, starting with this idiot Spikey haired little pencil-necked geek GM. Football is won by the most violent of violent play by violent men. The woose's in charge of this franchise starting with blank, smith and Dimitroff have softened the entire organization. And it shows.
The Falcons have been having to completely re-work this team since CMS and TD got here. Truthfully, its been decent coaching that has made them players since then. They had to bring in some talent and then start building depth. They have been in a process. It takes time to build for the long run in the NFL. They have done that and are continuing to grow. The evil genius took time to become the evil genius up on New England. Our guys are getting there. Great things to come.
I am not sold on Clowney. We need some Wilfork type guys in the middle that can take up two blocks and shut down the middle. Those are available all over the board. Get a OT with that #6.
I think we should trade up for Clowny if we can do so by trading TD to move up. Wow, how astute..."we need to get more gritty....". TD and Smitty traded away all their grit and drafted cream puffs to replace them.
Clown man will be the next big bust! out of shape, takes plays off, poor work ethic & lousy attitude, DONT take him, hopefully he will be gone when Falcons pick, take either Matthews or Robinson for the OL, Matty Ice will thank you!
What makes people think that he is trouble off the field? He has gotten 2 speeding tickets. That is the only trouble he has been in.
After all the hype, all the speculation, and all of the who we should pick, the Falcons are keeping their real thoughts to themselves. Good poker players put out a lot of false signals. I'm not sure Clowney is what they really want. A good quarterback looks left then throws to the right. I think what the Falcons need is deep talent, not just one player that any team can block. Clowney was pretty much neutralized during this past season.
Ill keep sayin it untill Im blew in the face. Flacons need 2 pix Johnny Fottball
Clowney has bust written all over him. Had one big game in a bowl and everything thinks he's the next reggie white. What a load.
Yeah, Clowney will make a 4-12 semi-happy team into a 2-14 very unhappy team.
He'll be a changer alright.
Pass on the guy - he's nothing but trouble in pads...and yeah, off the field too.
The proof will be in the pudding this year. Mike Smith and Thomas Dimiroff haven't won but one playoff game in six years. That's why, even with the success they've had It's not enough. I feel they must get to the big dance and soon. Another drop off year should get them fired. NO explanation no excuses.
Like most fans, nobody can take this guy seriously, can they? Corporate shill? Absolutely. Look at the record. Look at the facts. Look at Artie the Smartie who actually runs this outfit. Fired Dan Reeves. Brilliant. Hired Jim Mora, Jr. Now coaching college ball where he belongs. Hired Bobby Petrino of all people! Now coaching college ball. Hired Mike Smith. No head coaching experience. Reject from NFL's worst and losingest franchise ever. Might could make a half way decent high school ball coach. It's one loser after another in Losersville, USA!
Far too much laughin and smilin and jokin around on the sidelines by Smith and Company while we lose games over and over due to zero play calling variety and total lack of any halftime adjustments.Then you guys fire the Oline and Dline Coaches.Absolutely Disgusting.Can you say 'Scapegoats' ?
We need someone like Harbaugh,focused,serious. We SUCK and it's not a damn bit funny!
TD is the epitome of a business corporate shill, doing nothing but mouthing the current mantra. After what, 6 years, figures out we need stout D and O lines?? Great job. What vision. He keeps making huge personnel and team status assessments and therefore mistakes. Baker contract, Jones trade, jettison the line vets, several free agent and high pick busts, etc. Surprised he is still around.
Incredible really.
IMO, Anthony Barr would be the best pick for the Falcons by far if he's still on the board at #6. If not, draft Matthews or Robinson even though OL would be better filled through the FA market. Clowney may be a good player with a lot of upside, but his poor work ethic is well chronicled and would be a gigantic gamble for TD.
Why even listen to this dimwit after all his draft and free agent whiffs? He and the entire organization are always a few steps behind and should start listening to the fans who saw the line problems during last year's "10 yards from the Super Bowl" season.
Yes Clowney is going to make some teamS happy – the ones who draft after his selection. They will not have a valuable prospect otherwise taken off the board.
Even with Pioli babysitting him, Dimitroff will likely screw up the draft & other roster moves again this year. Picking Clowney would be horrible in itself, but throwing away other draft choices to do so would simply lengthen the Atlanta Falcon's time at the BOTTOM of the NFC South.
Agree with 2nd paragraph but not the first. Every GM will make some good decisions but TD has made some bad ones with high picks or let them get away and has depleted much of what was decent before he got here.
@Joe-T Oh Joe-T(for trailerpark),you remind me of Pro 'Rasslin and fights on Jerry Springer...
you keep all us rubes so delightfully stirred up...
@inoto20 that is the most ignorant statement. obviously, you didnt follow his career at USC. he was a total nightmare for opposing qb's. clowney this season had to deal with nagging injuries and being doubled/triple blocks. you will see... clowney will be a serious force to be reckoned with. ftr... how many defensive end's you know of can run a 40 in 4.46? yeah...
another ignorant statement... kid kept his nose clean his whole tenure at usc. wow!
"Reject from NFL's worst and losingest franchise ever."
"Losingest" (ever) would mean the Tampa franchise, the Cardinals, or the Falcons themselves. When you have to win 13 games for 10 straight years to even sniff being a .500 franchise; you can't look down your nose at anybody! Shoot, as bad as Jacksonville has been the last three season; they are only 16 games below .500 (same goes for Carolina)!
You have no freaking idea what you are talking about. TD and MS have brought success to the Falcons like no other management team. I love how snobbish Falcon's fans are. You hadn't won a darn thing before these guys showed up.
Surprised you're surprised. We are talking about an ATL pro sports team, after all--hardly a bastion of excellence over the years.
@ChopChamps95 Falcons need 4 new O line starters . Blaylock is the only one that could play for other teams that win over 5 games. Hard to do all that in free agency alone..Also need some studs to develop(and they don't include Konz or Holmes who couldn't start for UGA).
Clowney only runs that fast a 40 when he trying to keep from getting arrested for speeding
@TheRealJay @SOB Ohhh...like a Superbowl under Reeves,who was then very classlessly fired...like the NFC Championship,beaten by Dallas on one bad call.
You might wanna factcheck before you Shill...just sayin'.
@TheRealJay @SOB haven't won a damn thing after they showed up too....Least you forget Dan Reeves got ATL to a super bowl!


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I called today, no mention of a contract or a cap after 1tb traffic or anything and i could remove the $25 i was paying for an extra 125gb
If you pay $10-30 more all those capacity issues suddenly disappear clearly showing this had absolutely nothing to do with capacity.They are just hoping the smart ones like us dont take notice.
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Article ID: 2518670 - View products that this article applies to. SYMPTOMSWhen Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 denies a request for an authenticated user, the user receives a "502" error message to inform the user that he or she is denied access. Additionally, the user is not prompted to provide alternative credentials. The ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property can be set so that when an authenticated user is denied by the TMG policy, the user receives a "407 Proxy Authentication Required" message. This allows for the user to provide alternative credentials. For more information about the ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website: ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied Property of the IFPCWebListenerProperties Interface If an administrator creates a deny rule that applies to all users and sets the ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property to True, a user who is denied by such a rule receives a "407 Proxy Authentication Required" message. This behavior occurs even though all users would be denied by this rule. This behavior may not be desired and could lead to unnecessary authentication prompts.
CAUSEThis behavior is by design. But this behavior may not be the desired behavior because an All Users deny rule blocks all users. Additionally, the prompts for alternative credentials does not resolve this issue. RESOLUTIONTo resolve this issue, install the software update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 2517957 After you apply this software update, run the script that is provided in the "More Information" section on one of the TMG array members to set the SkipReauthWhenNonDefaultRule property to True.
Software Update 1 Rollup 4 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. MORE INFORMATIONThis software update introduces a new property, SkipReauthWhenNonDefaultRule. This property provides new behavior. For example, consider the following scenarios. Scenario 1 An administrator creates an All Users rule that denies access to an authenticated user, and the ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property is set to True. In this scenario, if the SkipReauthWhenNonDefaultRule property is set to True, the user receives a "502" error message and is not prompted to provide alternative credentials. Scenario 2 After you apply this software update, run the following script on one of the TMG array members to set the SkipReauthWhenNonDefaultRule property to True. The default setting for the SkipReauthWhenNonDefaultRule property is False.The default rule is applied, and the rule denies the request. Also, the ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property is set to True. In this scenario, the user receives the "407 Proxy Authentication Required" message as expected. Note This script will only change the behavior when the ReturnAuthRequiredIfAuthUserDenied property is also set to True.
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On May 8th I was admitted to the hospital for a heart transplant. While still in the hospital recovering from my transplant surgery my wife informed me that I had recieved a notice of garnishment from the bank on Assets behalf. After recieving this information I required sedation to get my blood pressure under control. The very next day which was May the 18th I attempted to contact Assets attorney of record to discuss the exempt status of the funds. When I called their offices they refused to connect me with their attorney's. Instead they had me talk to a collection representative. I explained that the funds they were attempting to garnih were exempt because they were disability proceeds and exempt by law. I further explained that the bank account they were going against had been opened specifically to hold these funds and at no time had any other funds from any other source been in the account. I explained to their agent that I was calling from the hospital ten days after my heart transplant. I explained the physical stree and emotional distress that this was causing me. Their representative agreed that disability proceeds were in fact exempt but that he would need proof to release the garnishment. I asked him what he needed to verify the status of the funds and to release the funds. He said he would require at least 2 months of bank statements to verify the source of the funds. I had my wife fax every statement from the day the account was opened. I indicated that I would follow up with him the next day to make sure we were on track.
When I called the next day he said he was waiting on a decision from his supervisor. I had my wife look up the attorney's direct phomne number in the Bar Journal. I attempted to reach her by phone but only got voice mail. I left a message detailing the situation and requested that she return my call. On Monday the 23rd I still had not heard from either the attorney or the collection representative. For the next five days I called each of them without any response. I then understood what they were attempting to do. They were hoping that I would fail to file a formal objection. If I did not file a formal objection they would be allowed to keep the money. I imediately filed a formal objection with the court and a hearing was set for June 7th.
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Anatole Broyard was a relative, he told her. Janis asked if she could meet my dad. No, she was told; she must never contact my family because we were living on the other side and we didn't want to know her. I could hear in her voice the hurt her young self must have felt. "It made me think there was something about me that I should be ashamed of," she said. I protested that I would have loved to know her except I wasn't ever given the chance. But nothing I could say would undo this legacy of my father's. I hoped, though, that my yearning to be a part of this family might make a small amends. On the last night, Mark, another cousin, described the challenges his family faced by staying in the black community, the bricks thrown at his older brother on the way to school as New Orleans struggled toward integration, his parents' success in the face of discrimination. 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Billing module - SOAP-ENV:ServerCall to a member function fault() on a non-object
I'm trying use a remote billing_invoice_get_pdf function, if invoice number is like 0001 pdf is created. But if number is like 2013/AB/0001 then this not work, and I see this one error message: SOAP-ENV:ServerCall to a member function fault() on a non-object SOAP Error: Call to a member function fault() on a non-object Is this bug in billing remote module? With normal work in ispconfig everything work properly. Br. Arek |
Which billing module version and ispconfig version do you use?
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Slashes in invoice numbers are not supported in that version of the billing module as the invoice number is used as filename for the pdf invoices, so only chars that are allowed as filename on Linux can be used inside a invoice number. The billingmodule prerelease for ISPConfig 3.0.5 supports slashes as the invoice naming has been changed.
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It might be possible to replace the internal get_invoice_filename(...) function of the interface/lib/classes/billing_functions.inc.php with the one from the rev 4 release. If you want to try that, send me an email to the address were you received the billing module from and I will send you the rev4 version RC. |
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