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The San Antonio Northwest Rotary Club will host its 11th annual charitable Jeans & Jewels Jubileeon Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Leon Springs Dance Hall, 24135 W. Interstate 10, San Antonio, TX 78257.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the local family services agency, Any Baby Can, SA, the Northwest Rotary Foundation's college scholarship fund, and Rotary International's various global initiatives, such as Polio Plus. Over the years, many South Texas residents have benefited from Rotary's programs promoting world peace and understanding.
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An anonymous reader suggests a Cosmos Magazine note that nicotine has been shown to enhance attention and memory in schizophrenics. Research is now aimed at developing new treatments that could relieve symptoms and prevent smoking-related deaths. "A strong link between schizophrenia and smoking — with over three times as many schizophrenics smoking (70 to 90%) as the population at large — prompted scientists to investigate the link. Researchers led by Ruth Barr, a psychiatrist at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, set out to find if the nicotine in cigarettes was helping patients to overcome their difficulties with cognitive function, such as planning and memory in social and work settings."


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CSU welcomes Miranda July, creative jack-of-all-trades
Author. Actress. Filmmaker. Performance artist.
The multi-talented Miranda July is all of the above. She'll visit Cleveland State University this month as a guest of the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing consortium (NEOMFA).
July gives a reading and interview with novelist Alissa Nutting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 19, in Drinko Hall. The event is free and open to the public. On Wednesday, November 20, July is back on campus for an invitation-only salon with NEOMFA students.
"The range of Miranda July's work in nonfiction, fiction, film and performance art makes her a perfect fit for our program," said CSU English Professor Mike Geither, director of NEOMFA. Besides CSU, the consortium includes Kent State University, the University of Akron and Youngstown State University.
July's books include It Chooses You (2011) and a collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More than You (2007). Her first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) – which she wrote, directed and starred in – won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Her latest film is The Future (2011).
"Miranda July is successful in a number of genres," Geither said. "Our students are very excited by her work. We encourage students to work intensively in at least one genre outside their own."
While in Cleveland, July also appears on "The Sound of Applause" on WCPN 90.3 FM at 2:30 p.m. November 19. At 7:30 p.m. November 20, The Future screens at the Cleveland Cinematheque, followed by a Q&A session with July. Admission is $7 with a CSU ID.
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Summary: Small tablets like the Nexus 7 are not designed for heavy duty writing but can easily step up in a pinch. Having the right apps and utilities is key to make this work and these 10 apps turn the Nexus 7 into a real writer's machine.
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Google Drive
If you use Google Docs then this app is a must-have for Nexus 7 owners. Easy access to cloud-based documents is perfect for the writer juggling multiple projects.
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Collaboration can be a big part of writing projects and this app leverages the Google+ network to good advantage.
It handles text IM and video chats for sessions that work well with the front camera on the Nexus 7.
Google Hangouts can be a good way to have a group video conference and this app makes it easy.
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RSS is a good way to conduct online research and this app is designed to fully sync with Google Reader.
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Yellow Hairy Hermit Crabs have bright yellow bodies covered with short hairs. Their legs and claws are fairly stout. This is a large, predatory hermit crab. Most hermit crabs are scavengers. Some smaller crabs will feed on algaes like nuisance hair algae, while larger hermit crabs like this one, are scavengers and carnivores. Most hermit crabs are opportunistic - they will not actively hunt for a fish or active invertebrates but will prey on sick, dead, or dying individuals.
Habitat: Coral reefs in the tropical Pacific
Food: Crustaceans, mollusks, worms
Breeding: Female carries the eggs on abdomen inside shell
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Size: Up to 4 inches/10cm long
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures maintained gains after government data showed worker productivty grew more than economists estimated and jobless claims decreased.
S&P 500 futures contracts expiring in June rose 0.3 percent to 1,315.4 at 8:38 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures expiring the same month advanced 16 points, or 0.1 percent, to 12,290.
Worker productivity, the measure of employee output per hour, increased at a 1.8 percent annual rate after a 2.9 percent gain in the prior three months, revised figures from the Labor Department showed. The median economist forecast was for 1.7 percent.
Jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 422,000 in the week ended May 28, Labor Department figures showed. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a drop in claims to 417,000, according to the median forecast. The number of people on unemployment benefit rolls and those receiving extended payments decreased.
The S&P 500 sank 2.3 percent yesterday, extending its decline from an almost three-year high on April 29 to 3.6 percent, as slower growth in jobs and manufacturing fueled concern that the economy is faltering. The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index, which tracks the degree to which data beat or missed forecasts, yesterday closed at its lowest level since January 2009.
Investors also awaited tomorrow's monthly non-farm payrolls data to assess the severity of the economic slowdown. Companies added 38,000 workers to payrolls in May, according to figures from ADP Employer Services reported yesterday, less than one- quarter of the median forecast by economists. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index showed that U.S. manufacturing expanded in May at the slowest pace since September 2009.
The reports sent the S&P 500 to a six-week low yesterday. The index now trades at 13.2 times the estimated earnings of its companies, according to Bloomberg data, the lowest valuation since March 18.
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President Don Reardon and members of the Executive invite you to the Charitable Irish Society's family BBQ and (short) Quarterly meeting. WHEN: Saturday, September 6th, 2014–3:30 pm to 6:30 pm (rain or shine) WHERE: Home of Tom & Kathleen Cahill, Glen Margaret ENTERTAINMENT: Special Irish Dance performance If you would like to attend, please contact…Continue Reading »
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Team Rocket finally found their swag
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Originating in ancient Chinese myths dating back centuries, the Korean gumiho (pronounced "goo-me-hoe") shares many similarities to the Chinese huli jing and the Japanese kitsune. All explain fox spirits as being the result of great longevity or the accumulation of energy, with gumiho said to be foxes who have lived for a thousand years, and give them the power of shape-shifting, usually appearing in the guise of a woman. However, while huli jing and kitsune are often depicted with ambiguous moral compasses, possibly good or bad, the gumiho is almost always treated as a malignant figure who feasts on human flesh. It is unclear at which point in time Koreans began viewing the gumiho as a purely evil creature, since many ancient texts mention benevolent gumiho assisting humans (and even make mentions of wicked humans tricking kind but naïve gumiho). In later literature, kumiho were often depicted as a bloodthirsty half-fox, half-human creatures that wandered cemeteries at night, digging human hearts out from graves. The fairy tale The Fox Sister depicts a fox spirit preying on a family for livers.
Most legends state that while a gumiho was capable of changing its appearance, there is still something persistently fox-like about it (i.e. a fox-like face, a set of ears, or the tell-tale nine tails) or a magical way of forcing; its countenance changes, but its nature does not. In Transformation of the Gumiho (구미호의 변신), a gumiho transforms into an identical likeness of a bride at a wedding and is only discovered when her clothes are removed. Bakh Mun-su and the Gumiho (박문수와 구미호) records an encounter that Pak Munsu has with a girl, living alone in the woods, that has a fox-like appearance. In The Maiden who Discovered a Gumiho through a Chinese Poem (한시로 구미호를 알아낸 처녀), the gumiho is ultimately revealed when a hunting dog catches the scent of a fox and attacks. Although they have the ability to change forms, the true identity of a gumiho was said to be zealously guarded by the gumiho themselves.
Some tales say that if a gumiho abstains from killing and eating humans for a thousand days, it can become human. Others, like the drama Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child, say that a kumiho can become human if the man who sees her true nature keeps it a secret for ten years.
Much like werewolves or vampires in Western lore, there are always variations on the myth depending on the liberties that each story takes with the legend. One version of the mythology, however, holds that with enough will, a gumiho could further ascend from its yokwe (monster) state and become permanently human and lose its evil character. Explanations of how this could be achieved vary, but sometimes include aspects such as refraining from killing or tasting meat for a thousand days, or obtaining a cintamani and making sure that the Yeoiju saw the full moon at least every month during the ordeal. Unlike Yeoiju-wielding dragons, gumiho were not thought to be capable of omnipotence or creation at will, since they were lesser creatures.
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Hi Guys, I have bought a 04 Z1000 to use all year round to go to and from work as well as weekend riding with sports bikey mates. I have been riding for 12 years and have been known for being a bit of a.... idiot, with everyone telling me I'm gonna kill myself one day. Anyway I am now a husband and father and have calmed myself down. I find the Z a practical big bike to use everyday, with enough poke to wheelies to show off but when it comes to corners it is not giving me the confidence I want at all. And I am known for being over confident if anything! I find getting my knee down to much of a strain and worry that the big things gonna slide out from under me! high speed corners are a little better, but what can i do to improve the handling so i can relax and plant my knee on the twisties not wondering "is it gonna make it?" How can I make it handle better. I have tried a narrower back tyre and am thinking on raising the rear by 40mm also insuring the suspensions sag is set up for my weight, but does anyone know of any tricks they may have tried to get they're Z handling like a sports bike.
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You sound like a hooligan and should be on a race track not on our well kept greasy roads.
Sports tyres as you know but are you talking choppy handling or faulty/uneven power delivery?
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Hi IsraelsRSV
Thing is the RSV is a full on sports bike,not a retro type all rounder like the Z 1000,for a start the Z 1000 is about 40 lbs heavier than a RSV that in its self is a big thing to overcome.The suspension on the Z 1000 isn't fully adjustable,and without looking the rake angle on the Z1000 will be very mild compared to much steeper head stock angle of the RSV 1000.So all in all it could cost a bit to get the more comfortable softer all rounder Z1000 to handle like a full on sports bike.But you can make it much better at a cost(or if that's what you need in a bike,buy another sports bike) .Good Luck
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Hi again
Why don't you try dropping the forks through the yokes 5mm at a time until you find a happy place you want to be(will speed the steering up,but could make it twitchy at higher speeds ?) ,if you go beyond 15mm you will have to check the that the exhaust down pipes don't start bottoming out under very heavy braking(if you have a belly pan fitted could be even earlier than 15mm ?)just a thought,could save messing about jacking the back up?.Good Luck
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MISSION - Adriana P. Salinas, 43, passed away on Sept. 20, 2013, at her home.
She was employed with the City of Mission as the executive clerk in the city manager's office.
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GUELPH, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/25/13 -- Armtec Infrastructure Inc. ("Armtec" or the "Corporation") (TSX: ARF) (TSX: ARF.DB) today announced the final director election results from the 2013 annual and special meeting of its shareholders held on June 24, 2013.
The director nominees listed in the table below were all elected as directors of the Corporation for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed.
The number of shares, which were voted in favour of or withheld from voting by proxy for the election of each such director nominee, were as follows:
DIRECTOR NOMINEES NUMBER OF SHARES ----------------------------- FOR WITHHELD----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ron V. Adams 4,445,592 458,087----------------------------------------------------------------------------Farouk M. Ahamed 4,805,535 98,144----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark D. Anderson 4,814,672 89,007----------------------------------------------------------------------------Donald W. Cameron 4,817,435 86,244----------------------------------------------------------------------------Brian W. Jamieson 4,359,366 544,313----------------------------------------------------------------------------John E. Richardson 4,789,816 113,863----------------------------------------------------------------------------J. Mark Richardson 3,922,676 981,003----------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael S. Skea 4,420,467 483,212----------------------------------------------------------------------------Robert J. Wright 4,708,586 195,093----------------------------------------------------------------------------
About Armtec Infrastructure Inc.
Armtec is a manufacturer and marketer of a comprehensive range of infrastructure products and engineered construction solutions for customers in a diverse cross-section of industries that are located in every region of Canada, as well as in selected markets globally. These markets include Canada's national and regional public infrastructure markets and private sector markets in agricultural drainage, commercial building, residential construction and natural resources. Armtec operates through a network of offices and production facilities across the country. Armtec operates in two business units: Drainage Solutions manufactures and markets corrugated high- density polyethylene pipe, corrugated steel pipe and other drainage related products including small bridge structures. Precast Concrete Solutions manufactures and markets highly engineered precast systems such as parking garages, bridges, sport venues and building envelopes as well as standard precast products such as steps, paving stones and utility vaults.
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Hello All, this has been a long year...in so many ways. Yet the joy of family and the many beautiful births I attended, have left me with lasting moments of perfect peace. Choas all around, and I choose hope to anchor my boat in the storm.
So with that being said, I am starting a new chapter. I have decided to start working on writing a childbirth related book. I will not be extending my contract with the ADN another year for several reasons. I may host another blog at some point in the future, as I really enjoy passing along information and also listening to you and your conversations. Thank you for sharing.
I have recently found out that we are expecting our third child and I am thrilled! So I wanted to leave you with the positive birth story of our little girl who was born in 2008. I believe that birth stories should be shared, especially if they are empowing.
I went into labor at 4:15 a.m., and wasn't even sure that it was labor. Just contractions that were making it difficult to rest. As I realized that this could be it, I started to do the top three things that help labor progress. Drink fluids, empty the bladder, and change position every half hour. My husband went to work at 5:00 a.m. and the contractions were about 8 minutes apart, so I told him to call me in an hour.
I was singing and cleaning my bathroom, because I knew that midwives and my mom would soon be in my house, and I wanted it to be semi-presentable. I felt relaxed, and made a few phone calls in between contractions. Everyone I spoke to, I said "but take your time, I'm doing just fine". I guess the inner doula and childbirth educator in me, was coaching me to stay calm.
By 6:30 I was on my hands and knees gently moaning with the strength of the contractions. It felt good to be in this position. I called the midwife and she was getting ready to come, but I told her to take her time too. My mom had said she would come by soon too. At 7:00 p.m. I called my husband to say "you might want to come home, maybe in a half hour". Immediately after I hung up the phone, I realized I was in transition. My body instictually told me to stand up and lean forward...so I did. The fan was on in our room and it felt wonderful on my face.
I was in the bathroom when my husband arrived at 7:15 a.m. He was casually asking if I'd like him to hold my hand, when I declared that my water just broke and I was pushing! My body pushed twice on it's own, and out came a baby before my brain could even catch up with the fact. My husband rushed into action to catch our little one, and she was quickly on my chest. Soon after, my mom arrived in time to hear her first small cry. My husband called the midwife, who gave instructions to us over the phone. She was almost to our house. Then she helped with everything postpartum.
What a miracle! Our baby girl born at home. However, as a caution to you, I do recommend that you and your partner read some emergency childbirth books so that you know how to handle a situation where a baby comes quickly. Keep in mind that this was not my first child and that we spent almost the entire pregnancy praying for a fast and easy delivery...which is what we got. It's not always going to be that way, and the next birth will be a whole new adventure. But I share this story to inspire you and ease any fear you may be feeling. Birth is beautiful.
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Ducks No. 10 in AP poll
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Oregon moved up to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll and remained No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll released today. The Ducks will learn their bowl fate tonight.
Jerry Palm, CBS' BCS guru, projects Oregon to the Alamo Bowl (Dec. 30) to play Texas on Dec. 30 in San Antonio. The Big Lead would like to see Alabama vs. Oregon in the Sugar Bowl.
Ryan Thorburn covers Oregon football for The Register-Guard. Like Mark Helfrich, Oregon's rookie head coach, Thorburn came to Eugene from Boulder, where he covered the Denver Broncos (2000-'07) and Colorado athletic department (2007-'13) for the Daily Camera. Follow Ryan on Twitter @rgduckfootball.


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Minutes -- Feb. 28, 2002 -- Board of Trustees -- University of Louisville
Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Louisville
In Open Session
The Board of Trustees of the University of Louisville met on Thursday, February 28, 2002, in the Jefferson Room of Grawemeyer Hall with members present or absent as follows:
Ms. Jessica Loving, Chair
Mr. Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr.
Mr. Carlton Brown
Ms. Linda Wallbaum Cauble
Mr. Kevin D. Cogan
Dr. Richard C. Feldhoff
Mr. Owsley B. Frazier
Mr. Nathaniel E. Green
Mr. Grant M. Helman
Mr. Darryl T. Owens
Mr. J. Chester Porter
Ms. Joyce Hagen Schifano
Ms. Annette Schnatter
Ms. Melissa Long Shuter
Ms. Sandra Metts Snowden
Ms. Elizabeth H. Worland
Ms. Marie K. Abrams
Mr. Milton M. Livingston
Ms. Mary A. Yarmuth
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|Mr. William Mulloy, Sr.
|From the University:
Ms. Angela Koshewa, University Counsel
Ms. Trisha Wolf, Board Liaison, President's Office
Ms. Debbie Dougherty, Board Liaison, President's Office
Ms. Rae Goldsmith, Associate V. P. for University Relations
Mr. John Drees, Director of Communications and Marketing
Ms. Kathleen M. Smith, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees
I. Call to Order
Having determined a quorum present, Chair Loving called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. Chair Loving thanked members of the media for attending, but noted the trustees wished to meet in executive executive session to express its support for President Shumaker to remain at the University of Louisville. Chair Loving stated the Board has admired President Shumaker's leadership for the past 6 ½ years.
II. Executive Executive Session
Chair Loving asked for a motion to go into executive executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Ms. Schifano made a motion, which Ms. Worland seconded to go into executive executive session. The motion passed.
V. Open Meeting Reconvenes
Chair Loving reconvened the open session at 1:12 p.m. and reported that a personnel matter was discussed.
VI. Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, Mr. Owens made a motion, which Mr. Bridgeman seconded to adjourn the meeting at 1:13 p.m. The motion passed.


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On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Rodney Joffe wrote:
By the way, to expand the thread, I have the feeling that the three
OC-3s from NASA Ames side to MFS all go to GIGA 1, which then has fddi
loops to GIGA 2 and then to GIGA 3.
Does anyone know if this is the case?
If it is, seems that a better design would have been to route some of
the OC-3s to the other GIGAs first. If 1 is down, then it can't pass
traffic through to 2 and 3, so there is a single point of failure for
all the switches at MFS.
The Gigaswitch constrains us to a loop-free topology, so there's no way to
avoid a single point of failure in a case like this.
The Gigaswitch systems in general have been quite reliable over the last
few years, modulo individual line card failures. The problems we tend to
see are either load-related or caused by human error. This is the first
major outage caused by a Gigaswitch itself that we've seen in a very
long time.
By the way, as of yesterday it's four OC3's between Ames and MFS.
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Time: Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:10 pm, plus conference hour TBA
Location: Kiely Hall, room 315
Course Code for Registration: 54736
This course will focus on Interactive Media Theory.
The emergence of interactive technologies has profoundly altered our relationship to media and art from the position of passive spectators to that of active players - at least potentially. For longer than we might imagine, cultural theorists have foreseen these shifts, feared them, fought for them, celebrated them, and, clearly, misunderstood them. In this seminar, we will explore the thread of interactivity in cultural media as well as the opportunities and perils posed by the associated rise of mass interpretation, authorship, and bottom-up organization. It is our purpose not only to understand theories on interactive media as they emerged, but also to be capable of developing and arguing our own theoretical approaches.
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Instructor: Mara Einstein
Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:10 pm, plus conference hour TBA
Location: G-Building, room 200.
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An examination of the complex dynamic among business, technology and consumers. Learn the objectives, strategies and tactics that are used to brand and sell across a variety of products and services from consumer packaged goods (CPG) to personal branding. Topics include consumer behavior, industry analysis, media planning and buying, and the development of creative communication. Case studies will be used to put theory into practice.


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Incoming to the DC area tonight is the biggest snowstorm in four years.
I am ever so excited.
Work hasn't announced a closure yet. Well, officially. The big boss ordered pizza for lunch for everyone in our division (200+ people) and closed the office at 4 so we could all get home safely.
I've got toilet paper. I've got bread and milk. Bet your ass I've got beer.
With Presidents Day on Monday, this could be the start of a five day weekend.
I love snow.
The Monuments Men (2014)
I was going to lead this post off with the Churchill quote, about how he's asked how can money be spent on the arts during a war, and Churchill replied, "What then are we fighting for?" Too bad, it's a made-up quote. Oh, the internet.
I went up this afternoon to see The Monuments Men at The Uptown. What isn't to like, right? Based on the non-fiction book by Robert Edsel about a team of art specialists put together to recover what the Nazis had looted and stolen from across Europe, co-written, directed, and starring George Clooney, with a supporting cast including Matt Damon, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray (!!!), Jean Dujardin (the guy from the silent film The Artist, also starring Goodman), and Hugh Bonneville (from Downton Abbey, as a washed up drunk offered a chance at redemption).
It isn't that the movie is bad. It isn't even that the movie isn't good. It's that the movie doesn't feel cohesive – story? We can work something together! And I don't know how I can make this claim as I haven't read the book, but it feels like if I had read the book, I would understand better how what amounts to an hour and a half of almost seemingly unlinked vignettes link together. Call me silly, but I think I should be able to watch a movie without having to reference a book to try to puzzle my way through the plot – there's a whole bit about Matt Damon being smuggled into France with the French resistance to get him into Paris ahead of the Allies, but when he arrives in Paris, he's in full uniform, sort of implying the Allies are there too — did the American troops just arrive earlier than expected? Was Damon delayed? It wasn't clear to me.
I think, when people are making films of non-fiction books, there's a tug of war between scripting a good movie, and scripting a historically accurate movie. Monuments Men makes the case that if you're interested in being historically accurate (and I can't say – haven't read the book), just make a damn documentary.
I didn't feel like I'd wasted going to see the film. At the same time, I would have been happy waiting until it was out on DVD or streaming on Netflix.
And ironically, as the movie was about art, can we talk about the missing artwork at The Uptown?
The Uptown, built in 1936, is a historic movie theater in Washington, DC, located in Cleveland Park (near the Zoo). Cleveland Park, waaaay back in the day, was where the hoighty-toighty of the District would take their summers to escape the city heat. The theater is a single screen with a large balcony, owned and operated by AMC. After my own heart is this little fact: the Uptown was one of only 36 theaters in the U.S. to screen Star Wars on opening day in 1977 (it would, of course, go wider).
The first movie I saw at The Uptown was Dances With Wolves, and this had to be 1989 or 1990. Went with my folks. I remember being bored to tears by the movie; I was like twelve, okay? I found an appreciation for it in later years. The second movie I saw here was Contact, with a couple of friends. And then I moved to DC many years later, and live only a short walk away. I can't even count the films I've seen here in the last five and a half years: The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises; Harry Potter 6 and 7 and 7 part 2; Oblivion; Argo; State of Play; Star Trek Into Darkness; Hunger Games; Skyfall and Quantum of Solace; American Hustle; Red Tails; more that I'm sure I've forgotten.
It used to be that the upper level of the theater, behind the balcony, there were large posters of classic films. I mean, classic if you grew up in the 80s and 90s: Back to the Future, Cape Fear (which I've never actually seen), City Slickers. And when I say oversize, I mean larger than your regular 27×40 movie posters.
Well, sadly, they're gone. I noticed for the first time that they were gone when I went to see American Hustle on Christmas Eve. There was repair work done to the theater (notably to a bannister that looked like it had been ripped off the wall and was sort of gently placed back in the wall), and maybe a fresh coat of paint, so I thought perhaps the posters had been taken down temporarily and would be back up at some point.
Well: six weeks later, still no posters. It's ironic to go to a movie about recovering lost art and realize that the theater you're seeing it in is suffering from some lost art of its own. Hopefully those posters will find their way back to The Uptown.
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Help My Buddy Find His Stolen Bike
Help my buddy Matt locate his beloved, stolen bicycle:
So, it turns out that my bike (which was stolen last September), was fenced, 'donated' to a local Arlington bike shop, then sold at an off-site event that said bike shop was hosting at Big Bear Cafe in the city on December 7 2013. If you see it, please let me know.
This picture was taken by a buddy working for Capital Bikeshare who saw it on the corner of M and New Jersey SW on December 17th 2013. A stolen property report and the serial number of the bike are on file with the Fairfax County Police Department and with MPDC, so if you know who's riding it around, please let them know they're riding my baby and I'd really love to get it back! Share, circulate, etc. Thanks everyone!
If you see the bike, or know who "owns it", you can contact Matt here!
I was at Target yesterday morning. By this point, I was in the checkout lane. It was 8:20 or so. Early. I'd unloaded my cart: a kitchen cleaner, a bag of cat food, a bunch of Hot Wheels cars for my niece's Christmas gift, two rolls of wrapping paper under my arm.
A woman with one item asked if she could cut in front of me so she could get to her bus. Sure.
The cashier started ringing me up. A woman came in line behind me and unloaded some Monster School toys. The cashier asked her if her daughter, who was standing next to the customer, was a fan. Another Target employee came over.
"I don't understand," the customer and both cashiers said, referencing the popularity of what I assume is a TV show.
"You just don't get it," the little girl rolled her eyes.
Really Shaken Up
Thursday night was the holiday party. This is my second holiday season at work, but the first holiday party I could attend – I was at a funeral during last year's. I was one of the first in, I was one of the last out. Traffic in Foggy Bottom, courtesy of a bomb threat at the Swedish Embassy (in Georgetown), was a slog fest. Got on a bus with a couple of coworkers. Got home eventually.
Today was a relaxed day. Many were already starting their holiday vacations, not to return until the new year. Many spent the day de-cluttering file cabinets and cleaning desks. I stared at spreadsheets and databases and wondered why the time moved so slowly.
A good friend of mine was back in town from San Francisco, where she moved earlier in the fall. Happy Hour at 5, and I ducked out 4:30, walking to 20th & M to catch the number 37 bus.
An ambulance, a firetruck, and police cars were on the street, lights flashing. 20th Street was reduced to one lane northbound. I crossed to the north side of M Street. There was a red scooter. Broken glass. A sock. I crossed 20th.
A former coworker of mine was at the bus stop. We worked together at Border's. We sometimes see each other on the L-route buses.
"I saw what happened," she told me. "The woman on the scooter was clipped by that car." She pointed. "The car was turning right from the wrong lane, she was on the inside lane. He didn't hit her that hard, just tapped her, but she went down and skidded across the road. I called 9-1-1. Helped lift the scooter off her. Her leg is all fucked up, her arm is broken, her shoulder is dislocated."
She pointed at a guy standing on the road, the driver. "He handled it right. He stopped. I'm really shaken up."
The 37 still wasn't coming. A dude in a suit started cursing.
"I don't understand why that ambulance isn't moving. She's been in there for ten minutes. I think they should take her to the hospital."
A guy got out of the back of the ambulance. He was smiling. "Maybe they gave her pain-killers?"
An older fellow with a big shaggy gray beard observed, "That's a good sign." The D6 pulled up and almost pulled away. He jumped off the bench and started screaming at the driver.
"He is so drunk."
The police stopped traffic so the ambulance could back up and drive away on M Street. The police waited as a tow truck worked to load the scooter.
There was still no bus.
The Crazy Story Of How "Clue" Went From Forgotten Flop To Cult Triumph
When I was a kid, Clue used to scare the crap out of me. My parents always regretted showing it to me and my sister because after every viewing we would see hidden passages everywhere, and imagine assassins behind every door.
And then I didn't see it for years and years, and as an adult, actually get some of the jokes that previously went over my head. Now I understood what it meant after Mr. Green shot Wadsworth and said he wasn't a fruit, he was a plant.
There's a great article on Clue, and its production, and its legacy on, of all places, Buzzfeed. It's well – and I do mean well – worth the time to read: Carrie Fisher was originally cast as Miss Scarlet?! And more:
In point of fact, while Lynn certainly allowed for a loose and convivial set, he exercised the most control when it came to his script. "Jonathan is a by-the-book guy, and if it was written, that was the way we did it," says Mull. "For Madeline, of course, that's like telling Cicero not to speak, you know what I mean?" Indeed, while most Hollywood comedies today are often largely improvised, all the actors I spoke to said there was really only one time Lynn allowed anyone to significantly break from the screenplay: Madeline Kahn's "Flames on the side of my face" speech.
It lasts only 20 seconds, but for many Clue faithful, this is The Moment, when the movie passes through the threshold from genuine enjoyment to something approaching love — think Roy Scheider saying, "You're gonna need a bigger boat" in Jaws. It comes toward the very end of the film, when Mrs. White is confronted with her hatred of Yvette for sleeping with her husband. "All that was written was, 'I hated her so much that I wanted to kill her,' or something like that," says McKean, still smiling from the memory. "But she just kind of went into a fugue about hatred. She did it three or four times, and each time was funnier than the last. I thought that they could have strung a bunch of them together because they had plenty of cutaways of all of us going, What the fuck is she talking about?"
Needless to say, between the actors' natural talents, and all the concentrated time they spent having so much fun together on set and off, it really is no wonder that they played off each other so well in the film. On the other hand, all that good cheer did occasionally make it difficult for the actors to do their jobs, no more so than for Tim Curry, who often had to unfurl lengthy globs of exposition at the brisk, Howard Hawksian clip Lynn desired. "Tim is a very disciplined guy," says McKean. "Every time when Marty and I would be goofing around — we thought quietly — between takes, Tim would give us a look like, I'm trying to remember the fucking phone book here. And he can give a good look."
"There were an awful lot of instances where it was impossible to keep a straight face," adds Mull. "In fact, we were laughing so much, one thing that has stayed indelible in my mind is before every take of every scene, Michael McKean would say to everyone in the cast, 'Something terrible has happened here,' to try to bring us back to the reality of where we were. It got to be quite a funny little catchphrase."
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There was this odd booming sound coming from our right.
My friend R.W. and I were walking past the Capitol. It was past 10pm and there are few streetlights. It was very dark. Ahead of us, framed by buildings and trees, was the lit-up Washington Monument.
"Is that thunder?" I asked.
"No," she replied.
"Construction, maybe?"
It actually kind of sounded like gunfire.
I, and a number of others, had been out across from Eastern Market (the actual building, not the Metro station) a few blocks away celebrating two friends who are relocating to Baltimore City next weekend. I had been expecting to get out to Capitol Hill by 3, with works closing at 2:30 for the holiday weekend, but things being what things are, I wound up stuck at my desk until 4. $2 Yuenglings? I really couldn't complain.
People came, people left money for the tab, people left. The check itself was a clusterfuck (thank goodness I brought cash!) and our server got a $120 tip on $290.
Finally it was time to leave. A cab was flagged for our Baltimore bound friends, and people made their way home on foot, by bus, or by train. I volunteered to walk R.W. most of the way home by Waterfront — I would detour to the blue line once we were in that quadrant.
"Oh, look!" R.W. said, pointing south as we came down the hill and had an unobstructed view of Nationals Park. The weird booming echoing sound were fireworks detonating over the stadium, celebrating a New York Mets' victory. (That's weird, right?)
R.W. and I parted company, she heading south for home, me walking a block east to Federal Center SW. I waited a few minutes and got on an empty Metro car. It filled with baseball fans at the next station.
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Seven weeks after giving birth to her daughter Maxwell, Jessica Simpson was spotted hard at work trying to get her body back to her pre-pregnancy weight.
This coota makes me want to hurl. Her godawful fake blond hair looks ridiculous with her features. Brown eyed women rarely look good with platinum hair. (Gwen Stephani excluded.) She looks like a trailer park welfare mom.
Didn't she have a Cesarean section??? That would prevent her from being able to work out for at least 4-6 weeks... She will be fine and if not, I'm highly doubt she really cares what all of you haters think about what she looks like... She has a new baby and I'm sure that's all that matters right now... I think the weight watchers thing was in hopes to motivate herself, nothing more. She certainly doesn't need the $$$....
TMZ are you going to bully Jessica every week about losing weight? Show me one person on your staff that is perfect besides Max! lol Give the woman a break & leave her alone. Be nice for a change & don't be a bully.
That's great. I'm sure she'll feel better once she unloads all of that lazy lard she packed on. However, she'll still be stupid.
give the girl a break! She just had a frickin' baby human!!
Hitting the gym eh? You'd think a celebrity of her stature would have her own gym AND personal trainers...
Maybe I'm missing something here but what is so hard to understand about healthy eating, like fresh vegetables, fruit, lean meats, limited fats and carbs etc.? You really don't need more than the 9th grade education that Jessica has to understand what lettuce is.
But WHO CAN TELL TO EUROPE WHO IS THIS TURKEY girl you always talking about ???
She's simply awful and seems to have no interest (except on TMZ^^)
American people seem to like TURKEY...
It's your choice
I feel fat just by looking at this cow! Put a bell around her neck!
She will lose it to some degree. But you could tell she was a larger lady waiting to come out. But she's still beautiful inside and out. Oh the millions to represent is also a motivation as well. You can do it. Personally cut the carbs and sugars and watch what happens... It took a year to gain and sometimes if you do it safely it can take a yr to lose.
C'mon, go easy on her, so many snipey comments, and TMZ is at the helm. Give the girl a break.
She really let the rip cord go!
Well at least she was actually pregnant unlike that stupid lyin Beyonce who was never pregnant and miraculously lost all her baby weight in 2 days lol. Get over it we have babies, we gain weight, we get stretchmarks.. we get old.....keep on living and see what you look like....who cares!!
If Jessica Simpson doesn't get a hold of her issues with alcohol she will always be heavy. More than a few times I have seen pictures of Jessica being helped out of a restaurant because she has had too much too drink. She seems to have very little discipline when it comes to alcohol and food, she is not 23 anymore, Daisy Duke is long gone, she is now a mother in her early 30's and will have to work very hard not to look like Oprah
Poor thing she looks so sad. She'll get the weight off in time, with hard work. I must say I really appreciate Jessica's authenticity, she is showing she is human like everyone else and working to get the weight off. She didn't just get all of her fat sucked out and then face the cameras a month after birth like she "magically" worked off her weight like some of these other celebs. Keep working Jess you'll get there. #teamjessica


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As many scheduled airlines cancelled flights amidst the Spanish general worker strike yesterday, we were pleased to be able to operate our full planned schedule of flights with minimal disruptions.
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Managing Director Kevin George said careful planning sessions were held in the days leading up to the strike. "These sessions led to a multitude of options being considered; including cancelling a percentage of our planned flying in line with the Spanish CAA's minimum services provisions and rescheduling flights to arrive after the end of the strike.
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SpaceShipTwo (SS2) named VSS Enterprise is an air-launched, suborbital space plane capable of routinely reaching a maximum altitude of 110 kilometre apogee. This is a location just outside the Earth's atmosphere above the Kármán Line.
The SS2 is carried by the mothership WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) to a height of 51,500 feet AGL (altitude above ground level). From there the SS2 launches into space by switching on its single engine hybrid-fuel rocket which accelerates it to a peak velocity of Mach 4. The rocket boost is for around 60 seconds after which it follows a typical ballistic arc.
The spacecraft has a capacity to carry a total of eight people, consisting of two pilots and six passengers.
The spacecraft and the mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, were developed for Virgin Galactic by Scaled Composites, a company founded by Burt Rutan. In 2004 he claimed the $10 million Ansari Prize for the world's first privately developed manned spacecraft.
Virgin Galactic is the world's first commercial spaceline fully-owned and privately-funded by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS.
This is the first rocket-powered airplane capable of carrying humans on board to receive a certification permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The total estimated cost of SpaceShipTwo project is around $400 Million USD. This includes the development cost of Spaceport America. Considering that this is a reusable spacecraft that is environmentally friendly and economical to run, will create jobs and industry, it's a bargain.
Besides being the cleanest form of space travel currently available, it is also the cheapest. Its simplicity in design, as well as a lower component count, also makes it the most reliable. This is quite possibly one of the biggest breakthroughs in space travel, and will set the standard for the next generation of space craft. It is one small step for Sir Richard but one giant leap for mankind.
The possibilities for its use are endless. It can be used to send satellites into orbit. It can be used to train future astronauts. It can also be used by NASA to conduct experiments in the micro-gravity environment... The great thing is that the internal cabin has been designed to be flexible, and accommodate any foreseeable applications.
News 2013: "Virgin Galactic, owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS, is on track to be the world's first commercial spaceline."
Orbiter: A sub-orbital flight is where a spacecraft reaches space, but its trajectory intersects the surface of the Earth, and therefore cannot complete a single orbit around the Earth.
Space tourism: This has been getting very popular in recent years. If you are considering buying a flight there are only two options available; SpaceShipTwo Vs Soyuz.
Unique Reentry
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This craft uses a unique way of returning to Earth. The re-entry involves the "feathered" configuration where the tail sections of the vehicle are rotated upwards to a 65° angle to the fuselage, whilst the body is maintained at a level pitch. The descent is almost vertical.
It remains in this configuration for 1 minute and 15 seconds whilst descending at a speed of 15,500 feet per minute.
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At 33,500 feet the pilots reconfigure the spaceship to its normal glide mode and execute a smooth runway landing sequence. This functionality of the craft has been tested many times through powered flight and drop tests and works every time without any problems.
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Blue Print: The hybrid rocket motor is one of the safest ever developed. It is called a hybrid motor because it uses a combination of solid and liquid fuel for its propellant. This type of rocket motor has been well tried and tested, and used for over 76 years.
The solid fuel typically tends to be rubber, whilst the liquid part is Nitrous Oxide which acts as an Oxidising catalyst. Since one fuel is a solid and the other a liquid there is no chance of a runaway uncontrolled reaction occurring.
Accident: Nitrous Oxide is an inert compound at room temperature. and therefore completely safe. It is also more commonly known as Laughing Gas. If any of it leaked there would not be an explosion, however you could die from laughing :-). But the chances of a leakage occurring are zero.
The Oxidiser is pumped at a precise rate, and the extremely short 60 second burn tends to be pre-programmed within the control system. It is simplicity and reliability working together and the use of Nitrous Oxide is pure genius. These rocket engines are actually safer because they have very few moving components, the thrust is created purely by the chemical reaction, and therefore there is very little that could go wrong.
Problems: There have been no incidents on this particular engine build. This engine has undergone extensive testing and has performed well in every engine test. You have a greater chance of winning both the National Lottery and NS & I Premium Bonds on the same month than experiencing engine failure.
In comparison, the RIP - Space Shuttle engines were over-engineered and extremely complicated which resulted in high operating costs, and higher flight risks. SpaceShipTwo is far more safer. For the engine specs including a video of the engine test please refer to the SpaceShipTwo Rocket page.
|Single Rocket Motor
|Liquid / Solid Hybrid
|Mach 4 Peek
|Carbon fibre composite
|Mass of SpaceShipTwo:
|9740 kg (with fuel)
How Fast: Exactly how fast SpaceShipTwo travels is difficult to tell but its peak speed reaches the speed of sound when the rockets are ignited.
More information will be added as it becomes available. For the specs currently available please refer to the SpaceShipTwo Specifications page.
|Pete Siebold
|Scaled Pilot flying SpaceShipTwo
|Mike Alsbury
|Scaled Pilot flying SpaceShipTwo
|Mark Stucky
|Scaled Pilot flying WhiteKnightTwo
|David Mackay
|Scaled Pilot flying WhiteKnightTwo
|Mike Melvill
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|Virgin Galactic Pilot
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|Virgin Galactic's Commercial Director
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|Scaled: Designer & Developer
|Paul Allen
|Scaled: Partner and Investor
|Michael P. Moses
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|Steven J. Isakowitz
|Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
|Kenneth H. Sunshine
|Chief Financial Officer
|Kevin Mickey
|President of Scaled
This is a list of just some of the people involved in the project based on the current press releases. The list is not in any particular order. Being a Trekkie, there is only one job I'd like to have in this list; The Chief Engineer of VSS Enterprise. :-)
History: Spaceshipone was scaled composite's Tier One Programme. This was funded by the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The Spaceship Company (TSC) is licensing this technology from Scaled Composite for the build of SpaceShipTwo.
The Spaceship Company (TSC): Is an aerospace production company that is building the world's first fleet of commercial space planes. This is a joint venture by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composite. TSC's main customer is Virgin Galactic which has the goal of becoming the world's first commercial spaceline.
AABAR Investments PJS: Virgin Galactic is jointly owned by Sir Richard Branson and AABAR Investments. They are based in Abu Dhabi. IPIC acquired a stake in AABAR in 2008 and currently owns 95%. They have made numerous investments in Daimler AG, Falcon Private Bank Ltd., Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, UniCredit S.p.A., Galactic Ventures LLC, XOJET, Glencore International PLC, and a large portfolio of real estate projects.
More information: Virgin Galactic, Wikipedia, NASA Forums, National Geographic, and YouTube.
First Commercial Flight
|Climb with WhiteKnightTwo:
|~60-90 minutes
|Rocket Boost:
|~60 seconds
|~240 seconds
|~80 seconds
|~30 seconds
|Glide to Land:
|~15 minutes
Questions & Answers
When will it fly? After a large number of drop tests, the development is on schedule and very close to providing a safe and commercially viable suborbital space flight for the very first time.
First Commercial Flight Operations? Service is expected to start in 2014.
Flight Frequency? Daily.
Bookings? Virgin Galactic are taking bookings.
Ticket Limit? 1 per person.
Ticket Price? $200,000 USD in 2012 and expected to increase to $250,000 USD in 2013.
How Long In Space? The total duration of the flight is approximately 2.5 hours from take-off to landing. The micro-gravity environment will be for around 3 to 4 minutes during which time weightlessness will be experienced.
How High will it go? Outside Earth's atmosphere.
How Fast will it go? When the rocket engines starts, Spaceshipone will accelerate to Mach Speed, which is faster than the speed of sound.
How many customers? There were over 566 customers in 2013. This figure will rise.
Location of Space flights? Spaceport America.
Moon? Currently the craft is not capable of reaching the Moon, however there is every chance that Spaceshipthree or Spaceshipfour might. There are plenty of numbers left in the name.
|SpaceShipTwo Video
|SpaceShipTwo Landing Video
|SpaceShipTwo Reentry Video
|WhiteKnightTwo Takeoff Video
These test flight videos are from the Press Release. With Kind Permission Virgin Galactic. I've simply converted them into an easily viewable format on the web page.
For those like me who will not be able to afford it, there is always the paper model. :-) Actually some of them are quite nice and worth trying out.
Model Kit / Model Rocket: There are many online shops selling model rockets and kits, and they are great fun and educational to construct.
The Virgin Galactic website has a great section showing how you can construct paper model planes. A good place to start for anyone aspiring to become a future astronaut or pilot. There are also a number of card models available on line. Here is an inspirational YouTube video showing How to make an F15 Jet Fighter Paper Plane.
This article continues by using the links to the top-left of this page. You can see the interior of the spacecraft, rocket testing, the mothership, spaceport in the Mojave Desert, and WhiteKnightTwo cockpit.
Scientific & Engineering Published Articles
SpaceShipTwo Interior
SpaceShipTwo Rocket
Mojave Spaceport
SpaceShipTwo Specifications
SpaceShipTwo Video
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Holiday Party Style, DIY Decorating Tips, and More
1. Get Crafy!: In this video, Birchbox staffer Charlie shows us three awesome holiday decorations that you can make at home. Pass the glitter!
2. How To Tie a Bow Tie: This cute little video from Birchbox Man totally demystifies the intimidating prospect of trying a real-deal bow tie. Easier than we thought!
3. Holiday Party Style: Finally! The Birchbox holiday celebration is tonight, and three lucky staffers will don adorable dresses courtesy of Rebecca Taylor. See how they styled their dresses, and pick up a few tips for your own office party!
4. Awards Season Begins: This week, we were totally psyched to see so many of our favorite ladies nominated for Golden Globes. From J. Law to Kerry Washington, we can barely wait to see what beauty looks they sport on the red carpet.
5. Natural Shimmer: Meanwhile across the pond, staffers at Birchbox UK tested out some seriously shimmery eyeshadows. See how they got the understatedly chic look!
Join Birchbox before December 17 to receive our holiday-themed Sparkle & Shine December Box!


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" Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition - ( v. 9.5 ) - upgrade package - 1 user - CD - Win - English "
Lotus introduces Release 9.5 of SmartSuite Millennium Edition. R9.5 contains many more enhancements than a typical update release, while avoiding the impact of upgrading to a major release --an important customer requirement as we head into the final countdown to the year 2000. SmartSuite Millennium Edition Release 9.5 includes these important additions:
Special in-box bonus! Lotus Notes R5, the most innovative software for working with business, personal, and Internet-based information. Notes R5 quickly gets you connected to your e-mail accounts, favorite newsgroups, and more. (Note, Lotus Notes R5 is included in the retail box only; it is not included with SmartSuite Passport licenses. The client access license to the Domino server is sold separately.)
Lotus Organizer R5.0 -- the latest release of the industry-leading time, information, and contact manager. R5 includes significant enhancements to Organizer's contact management capabilities including tracking of up to 20 custom fields per contact. Send meeting invitations over the network and share your files over the LAN without needing an Exchange server.
Lotus QuickDemos - talking help demos that walk you through tasks using IBM ViaVoice characters.
Year 2000 readiness - all SmartSuite Millennium Edition applications are designed to provide consistent and predictable handling of two digit dates into the year 2000 and beyond.
Enhanced integration with Lotus Notes. Release 9.5 makes it easier than ever to share data between Notes/Domino and SmartSuite application. Lotus Approach now has the unique ability to "normalize" Lotus Notes databases making it easier to create reports with data resident in Notes/Domino databases.
This is the upgrade kit to SmartSuite Millennium Release 9.5.