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"The Innkeepers" is streaming online through Amazon Instant and Vudu. It is also offered on some cable systems' On Demand channels and opens theatrically in a limited release February 3rd. The official website is here.
The trailer for "The Inkeepers" betrays a basic insecurity common in low-budget indie films nowadays: They want you to think they're as loud and hectic as their big-budget counterparts. They're afraid you won't show up otherwise. And so this horror film which builds its scares slowly, stealthily and through the peculiar quirks of its characters is sold as just another clangy, generic mainstream fright flick. Mercifully, the actual film shows only a little of this poisonous "ambition." It's mostly just a good old-fashioned ghost story, well told.
This film's wealth of personality is apparent early on, as director Ti West takes his time recording the subtle oddball chemistry between Claire (Sarah Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), the only staff on duty at the Yankee Pedlar Inn. Luke is obsessed with documenting a legendary ghost at the Pedlar for his website. He is surprised to find that Claire, his secret geek-girl crush, is just as fascinated by the subject. For a healthy stretch of the film we just watch them goofing off and pranking each other when not rendering poor service to the inn's only two guests (one played by Kelly McGillis from "Top Gun," appearing about 15 years older than her actual age--the biggest jolt of the movie, for a viewer over 30).
You probably already know that the ghost is somebody who met a violent end back when the hotel's eerily antiquated architecture was brand new. There is no ingenious new twist or complex backstory in West's screenplay, but, as with his bare-bones instant cult classic the "The House of the Devil," the script is there basically just to provide structure and momentum for his suspense set pieces. If such discount storytelling irks you, consider that those horror classics which endure, like "Psycho," "Alien" and "Halloween," take this spare, clean-lined approach. The tiresome (and gruesome) inventiveness of the "Saw" franchise and the glut of Cliffs Notes backstory in Rob Zombie's "Halloween" remakes ditch suspense for shock and grotesquerie. Boring.
West luxuriates in screen time and space, exploring the inn in claustrophobic widescreen frames that make it easy to understand why Claire utters a line from Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby." She's in a Polanski kind of space. When she enters unsettlingly symmetrical, coldly lit hallways, "The Shining" comes to mind. There's even a direct visual quote of a shot in Kubrick's Stephen King adaptation (the first time the sight of a pretty young white girl made me think of Scatman Crothers). I'm sure I missed a lot more such loving references to horror films made in a time before CGI-enhanced torture porn.
The tone is light, cultivating the kind of nervous laughter amidst frightening silences that John Landis perfected in "An American Werewolf in London." But what I wouldn't give to see how much more nervous the laughter would have been without Jeff Grace's incredibly obvious musical score. This is where the indie film insecurity comes into play: The cues tell us precisely when to laugh and jump, in the blandest possible way. Graham Reznick's imaginative sound design becomes less so in the mix with Grace's ready-for-the-multiplex bleating strings (which I had trouble telling apart from that of the recent, far less subtle spookhouse flick "Insidious"). Maybe it's all West's tribute to the wall-to-wall horror scores of old, but it forgets a lesson in restraint that Alfred Hitchock once imparted to young John Williams.
The average viewer won't make such picayune complaints about the music; they'll just note that "The Innkeepers" is entertaining, never losing its grip on the viewer but often feeling like it just might. It's definitely worth any horror fan's time, but I hope West's eventual DVD/Blu-ray edition includes the option to leave out the orchestral cheerleading in favor of deeper, less predictable thrills.
"The Innkeeper" was produced by Larry Fessenden and his independent company Glass Eye Pix. Fessenden's work as a director ("Habit," "Wendigo," "The Last Winter"), along with other films released by Glass Eye in recent years, represent a provocative challenge to mainstream horror (and crossover indie companies like Lionsgate). With budgets that are a sliver of what the major studios blow on bloated, mediocre tentpole movies, this new class of filmmakers weaned on the 16mm and digital DIY ethic reminds us that it all comes down to great storytelling. Don't believe the hype about "The Inkeeper." It might be advertised as a bid for entry into the big leagues, but it's so much better than that.
Steven Boone is a writer-at-large at Capital New York, conrtibutor to Fandor's Keyframe blog and Indiewire's Press Play blog. He experiments with images and video at Hentai Lab.
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Forget college basketball. This is the week that the baseball season begins. Everything else is beside the point.
- Russell Branyan made the Dbacks' roster. He hit the crap out of baseballs this spring. He's done that fairly often in his career, actually, though never in quite the way people like, leading to him never really having a solid job. Just an oddball career for the guy. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
- Bronson Arroyo has mono. No, not that mono. The sucky one.
- Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia get the last two Yankees' rotation spots. Wish I could have made bets with Yankees fans last November that, at some point in 2011, there would be a Freddy Garcia-Gustavo Molina battery pitching for New York.
- Clint Barmes broke his hand. Oh, deer.
- Mike Hampton retired. Now he will have the freedom to enroll his children in the best school district he can find anywhere in the country without the need for it to be near a Major League Baseball team.
- Good news: Zack Greinke, who recently suffered broken ribs, is playing catch again. Bad news: He's just checking the ball in, ready to drive it hard to the hoop against a bunch of big guys who are all elbows.
- The Nyjer Morgan trade that was first rumored then denied actually happened. I'm going to pretend that Milwaukee never actually considered the trade until Ken Rosenthal tweeted about it, then they thought "hey, that Rosenthal had a good idea" and only then did they decide to pursue it.
- The Cubs released Carlos Silva. Milton Bradley is still playing for the Mariners. Ergo, the Cubs win. No, that's not a mistake.
- Terry Francona was less-than-pleased at Buck Showalter's comments in a recent interview. This marks the first time anyone with the Red Sox paid attention to anything related to the Orioles since 1996.
Three days until Opening Day, my friends. Three days. This video pretty much sums it up. Well, this one does too.
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Branyan- Gonzo II.
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anyone wonder what craig would look like with all that hair-band hair??
- Utley's Hair - Mar 28, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Mrs. Calcaterra probably wonders that.
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It's here…… Who has a .42 era in 21 innings this spring?
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The Brics have contributed a total of $73 billion in commitments to the IMF to help ward off a crisis largely made in Europe, as the single-currency bloc threatens to break apart with potentially devastating consequences for the global economy. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde (above) said: "These resources are being made available for crisis prevention and resolution and to meet the potential financing needs of all IMF members. They will be drawn only if they are needed as a second line of defence."
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The spectators would not take their eyes off him. Or, rather, they could not.
This was not the master at work, nor the artist. He was playing a familiar role of building and guiding the innings, conducting impromptu coaching sessions, enjoying the focus of being in the thick of action.
A generation has grown watching Sachin Tendulkar perform this role.
Once Haryana, resuming at 224 for nine, set Mumbai a target of 240 runs, it was again one man's relentless pursuit to deliver. And deliver he did, giving Mumbai hopes of winning this Ranji Trophy match on the final day.
Mumbai needs a further 39 runs with four wickets in hand. The home team's ploy to extend the match into the final day exploiting the early conditions worked well.
"The moisture should help us but we need a discipline line and length," said seamer Mohit Sharma, who stood out with his hard work this day.
Mumbai banked on Wasim Jaffer to give solidity but the opener failed the second time. It was left to Kaustubh Pawar and Ajinkya Rahane to steady the Mumbai innings.
They raised 86 runs for the second wicket before Haryana hit back and maintained the pressure, forcing Tendulkar to shield his partners.
The opposition had its plans. So did the master.
There was a refreshing touch of application from Tendulkar. The elbow guard was back, the bat had its bottom taped, the middle stump guard and the perceptible change in stance, bat not grounded, were indications of his resolve. He had read the pitch, Mumbai's batting form and made precise adjustments to the conditions and challenges.
He had to shoulder the chase and play the role of a finisher. He was hanging in there with a half century that should do a world of good for his preparation for his farewell Tests against the West Indies.
Haryana skipper Ajay Jadeja led brilliantly, keeping the pressure, attacking the batsmen with stifling field placements. The bowlers responded well: Mohit, especially, with a 12-over third spell that kept the intensity of the battle in a fierce mode.
It was exceptionally competitive as Tendulkar chose his areas to score runs from. His partners failed even as he strove to keep the contest alive.
The scores:
Haryana — 1st innings: 134.
Mumbai — 1st innings: 136.
Haryana — 2nd innings: Nitin Saini c Tare b Zaheer 9, Rahul Dewan c Tare b Dabholkar 44 , Sunny Singh b Kulkarni 63, Abhimanyu Khod c Dabholkar b Zaheer 8, Jayant Yadav b Dabholkar 45, Sachin Rana lbw b Dabholkar 19, Ajay Jadeja c Rahane b Zaheer 0, Joginder Sharma c Tare b Zaheer 2, Harshal Patel c & b Kulkarni 33, Mohit Sharma c Pawar b Dabholkar 0, Ashish Hooda (not out) 5, Extras (lb-4, nb-7, w-2) 13; Total (in 70.2 overs) 241.
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-97, 3-113, 4-153, 5-186, 6-199, 7-201, 8-203, 9-206.
Mumbai bowling: Zaheer Khan 20-2-62-4, Dhawal Kulkarni 13.2-2-46-2, Javed Khan 10-1-45-0, Abhishek Nayar 10-3-26-0, Kaustubh Pawar 2-1-4-0, Vishal Dabholkar 15-1-54-4.
Mumbai — 2nd innings: Wasim Jaffer c Saini b Patel 1, Kaustubh Pawar c Saini b Mohit 47, Ajinkya Rahane b Yadav 40, Sachin Tendulkar (batting) 55, Abhishek Nayar b Hooda 24, Aditya Tare run out 3, Hiken Shah c Jadeja b Mohit 8, Dhawal Kulkarni (batting) 6, Extras (b-4, lb-12, nb-1) 17; Total (for six wkts in 75 overs) 201.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-87, 3-109, 4-160, 5-167, 6-190.
Haryana bowling: Mohit Sharma 21-3-65-2, Harshal Patel 14-5-33-1, Ashish Hooda 11-4-24-1, Joginder Sharma 9-4-10-0, Sachin Rana 4-0-16-0, Jayant Yadav 16-3-37-1.
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Inovar Camera: Sham Lens Reflex, but Still Okay
7 4 Share TweetThe Inovar Camera is a completely plastic camera that is similar to an SLR in design but...well, isn't an SLR. Its plastic lens, combined with cross processed film, produces great results. This camera has some surprising features. Learn more and see some sample photos in this review.
The next camera that I found some color negatives for was a mock SLR camera which goes by the name of "Inovar." I have literally no idea where or when it was made. But, what I do know is it is very plastic-y and so light that it actually has a lump of lead in the bottom.
I bought the camera some time ago off ebay, and it cost very little, around £2. It was plastic and looked interesting so I took a shot.
When the camera arrived I was made aware of just how plastic this camera was. When I opened the small "forks" that rewind your film, it had snapped off, which meant I had to unload it in total darkness and rewind by hand.
Now, onto the specs, which this camera has more than expected.
It has a "Kinetic Optical Color Lens," but I have no idea what that means! Anyway, it's meant to be 50mm f./6, which is quite unusual for a camera like this; most are 35mm f./8. The lens is completely plastic. Now, for the bit that surprised me: you can change the aperture, and it has weather symbols—-cloudy is f./6, cloud with sun is f./8, sun is f./11 and bright sun is f./16. It has a single shutter speed of I'd say 1/100th. Another thing that surprised me was that this camera has a hotshoe.
Initially, the camera sat around collecting dust but one day, I decided to take it out for a spin. I was helping out with a school trip for GCSE students at my school (I'm doing my A levels) so I took the Inovar.
I decided I would use some slide film and cross process it—the first and only time I ever did it. The reason I decided to use cross processed film was because most plastic lens cameras produce very muted colors and have low contrast, so I thought I'd help it along.
Here are some results from the trip and some other random shots:
My scanner has had trouble scanning the negatives.
I actually find the images quite pleasing and think they are pretty decent for a £2 camera.
Overall, the camera is average. I'd recommend it to those who like to use x-pro film, since as with most plastic lens cameras, I think it would produce poor colors. This is the reason I never x-pro film, simply because it doesn't actually show what the camera and lens are capable but only what the x-pro film is doing.
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Start with the pastoral, yet creepy, "Images." Discover a seemingly peaceful retreat with deadly secrets to hide
an aching loneliness that can't be assuaged. Another chance for a new start, a chance to recapture happiness
and love, appears doomed from the beginning in the unsettling surroundings of the hotel in "Dead Men's Shoes." But,
then, how often do things work out for the lost, wandering characters in Maynard and Sims' hauntingly lovely fiction?
Perhaps you already know that there are those who suffer from a phobia of antiques. If you're already stricken, or are the
suggestible type, it is probably better that you avoid "A Victorian Pot Dresser." With this vintage piece's history and
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shopping at megastores. Another supposedly inanimate object becomes the twisted solution to a man's suffering as he
comes to accept the offering of a new home in "Sand Castles."
The world -- and the world of Sims and Maynard -- is more inhabited with hopeless, lonely people than we care to admit
most of the time. Every other person who passes us on the street is trying desperately to forget something too painful to
carry around all their lives, someone they can never replace, some peace that cannot be theirs. In Falling Into Heaven,
there are ways around this suffering, but they seldom lead where we and the characters hope. And pain has many more forms
than we imagine.
Often their stories only hint at the agony and retribution, earned and unearned, their characters experience, but in one
particular selection the stomach-churning violence is on full display: "Soaking Wet without a Boat." The menace is plain
from the start in this piece, though the reasons are kept as much a mystery to the reader as they are to Thomas. Innocence,
even relative, is no protection against the beings who lurk in the shadows of Maynard and Sims' tales.
In every collection of superb stories there is one that lingers on the fringes of your thoughts, that you can't quite
shake when it is time to move on to another book, another author. In Falling Into Heaven that haunting tale is the
eerily entitled "Flour White and Spindle Thin." Rather than describe it, I leave it to readers to visit Flatland
Marsh and see what awaits.
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Breaking Down Three Of The Most "Undervalued" ETFs
23 January 2012 at 3:32 pm by Gary Gordon
Morningstar used to be a one-trick pony. The company rated mutual funds… and they weren't particularly good at it.
For instance, in 1999, nearly every investment in the Janus stable held 4 or 5 stars. The primary reason? Janus products demonstrated superior performance on a relative basis in most stock categories over popular time frames (e.g., 1 year, 3 year, etc.).
Did Morningstar adjust for sector risk? Did they analyze individual holdings of funds? Did they re-rate funds when a manager departed? Not really. In fact, when tech-heavy Janus vehicles crashed with the NASDAQ in the 2000-2002 bear, 4-star and 5-star ratings didn't adjust until after the dot-com disaster. In other words, Janus mutual funds didn't receive 1-star and 2-star ratings until it was too late for investors.
Yet, to be fair, Morningstar has come a long way in a very brief time. The company improved upon their mutual fund rating system in the 2000s, hired qualified financial analysts to research and rate individual stocks, as well as add ETFs to their assessments. Today, Morningstar can offer fair value estimates on scores of ETFs based upon proprietary valuations of the underlying stock holdings in the ETFs. That's far more sophisticated than the old Morningstar method of using relative performance data alone.
Form time to time, I check in with the ratings giant. Premium Members are privy to "ETF QuickRank," where an investor can sort a variety of ETFs by a valuation rating. Based on an ETF's current price as well as a proprietary methodology for determining fair value, Morningstar may designate an investment as "overvalued," "fairly valued" or "undervalued."
Undervalued designations will have some of the lowest "P/FV" ratios in the database. And for the purpose of this exercise, I wanted to take a look at 3 of the lower P/FVs around:
1. Market Vectors Steel (SLX). Morningstar currently shows an overall, 1-star rating for SLX. It seems a bit ironic to give the lowest possible rating to an ETF with one stroke of the keyboard, then serve up a quick-rank "undervalued" valuation rating with a P/FV of .72. In fact, you won't find a less expensive price tag than this steel-producer investment in the entire Morningstar quick-rank listing.
There may be a critical reason for why the most undervalued bargain on the board receives the lowest overall rating (1 star) possible. I imagine it is primarily a function of the dramatic underperformance of steel producers in 2011, particularly international steel producers; iron ore prices have been erratic and global demand plummeted. That said, if China is indeed on its way back from the "forgotten," resources-related investments may bounce back in a big way in 2012.
2. iShares DJ Oil & Gas Exploration (IEO). Exploration and production of oil and natural gas may be a risky endeavor, but the potential reward for selecting IEO may be worthy of the investment risk. Not only do the folks at Morningstar give IEO an overall rating of 4 stars, but the current price is roughly 20% below the fair value estimate (P/FV =.81).
On the other hand, IEO is highly dependent on the price of oil and natural gas — commodity prices that are prone to extreme fluctuations. Natural gas is so cheap in the U.S., in fact, that many of these corporations are hoping to export their discoveries abroad. The political risk involved with exporting fossil fuel makes it even more difficult to identify IEO's prospects.
Here, then, it might be best to incorporate favorable fundamental ratings with some technical analysis. Below, we can see that IEO is above its 50-day and 200-day moving average. That said, IEO made a similar move in November that didn't hold up.
3. iShares DJ Telecom (IYZ). At first glance, I was a bit surprised to see telecom on the undervalued list. After all, Verizon and AT&T constitute 1/3 of the investment returns. And with the stocks of both companies performing so well recently, I would have expected IYZ to receive a less attractive "fairly valued" rating.
On the other hand, telecom giants are increasing part of the TV/Internet picture. (They're not just for phone lines anymore.) Moreover, businesses are using networks to move data from point A to point B. And the ever-increasing world of mobile services accounts for a substantial portion of telecom revenue. Plus, IYZ would need to climb 16.5%… just to get back to previous 52-week highs.
You can listen to the ETF Expert Radio Show "LIVE", via podcast or on your iPod. You can follow me on Twitter @ETFexpert.
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SSDs Ready For The Enterprise
Because the storage subsystem is the performance bottleneck for most commercial applications, system designers have sought to speed the flow of data from disk to main memory using a variety of schemes. The latest move relies on solid-state disk technology. Over the past year, flash-memory-based solid-state devices have emerged that deliver data in a few microseconds; are significantly less expensive than RAM on a per-gigabyte basis; and, like disks, store data reliably when powered off.
Enterprise-class flash devices are still pricey--averaging more than $100 per gigabyte. But for those with deep pockets and a real need for speed, these systems can deliver up to 45,000 read I/O operations per second, or 16,000 write IOPS, compared with the 170 IOPS typical of a 15-000 RPM drive. A single mirrored pair of SSDs can outperform 100 spinning disks that would cost several times as much after drive enclosures, array features, software that's licensed by capacity, and other so-called slot costs are figured in. Flash devices also can help you go green because that pair of high-end SSDs will use much less power, and generate less heat that the data center cooling system must remove, compared with a group of 15,000-RPM drives delivering the same IOPS.
Vendors from EMC to Xiotech are debuting innovative SSD technologies suitable for enterprise data centers and branch offices. But there are a few downsides. Long-term reliability is unproven, the bottom-line cost on a per-gigabyte basis could send your CFO into cardiac arrest, and advances in data classification and tiering are still needed to gain maximum benefit. IT groups need to be aware of the trade-offs.
How Flash Works
While flash is semiconductor memory, like the RAM that makes up a computer's main memory, it doesn't allow direct read and write access to each byte, the way RAM does. Just as a disk drive is divided into sectors, the NAND flash chips typically used in SSDs are organized into pages, typically of 4 KB each. These pages are in turn collected into blocks of 256 KB to 1 MB.
Data can be read from the flash memory on a page-by-page basis and written to empty pages. However, to overwrite data in a previously used page, the entire block containing that page must be erased--a relatively slow process. If other pages in that block contain valuable data, that information must either be relocated to pages in another block or loaded into RAM cache in the SSD and written back once the block has been erased. This results in flash-memory devices being three to 10 times slower to write data than to read it. In addition, the high voltages needed to erase blocks cause wear on the drives' microscopic transistors and connections, eventually wearing them out.
Storing 2 or 3 bits per cell increases density, and therefore reduces cost, but it also slows access and reduces the longevity of the device. Therefore, most server and array flash systems use SLC technology.
Even among SSDs using the same flash technologies--or even the same flash chips--performance can vary significantly, however. A main variable is that individual vendors design the controllers that put a storage interface on their flash chips.
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STEC Zeus IOPS | 146 GB | $16,000 | 45,000 | 16,000 | 8.4 W |
Intel X-25E | 64 GB | $699 | 35,000 | 3300 | 2.6 W |
Seagate Cheetah 15K | 146 GB | $350 | 185 | 169 | 17 W |
TMS RamSan-20 | 450 GB | $15,200 | 120,000 | 50,000 | 15 W |
Fusion-io IoDrive | 160 GB | $7,200 | 116,000 | 83,174 | 19 W |


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On Jul 12, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: I'm just looking at linux support for power management on au1100 CPU and I found that there are a lot of problems on enabling it... it seems that current support cames from 2.4 series. I provided most of the recent generic updates for the Au1xxx power management in the 2.4. It's quite a challenge since you also need hardware support for external peripheral control (which should be in the drivers) and a cooperating boot rom for deep sleep. Is anybody dealing with it? I'd like to cooperate in order to have a functional support. I'm sure there are some custom derivatives of this around. I'm not actively working on it since I don't have a project that requires the features. I don't really have the time to do so, either :-) The one thing to keep in mind is we probably shouldn't promote any of the variable processor frequency, as Alchemy has warned they don't qualify parts at anything but their stated operating values. You can run the processors at different frequencies, but this can require different external components to support it, not something we should be dynamically changing for a particular system design. Thanks. -- Dan |
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MacBook Pro :: Cannot Get Past "Enter Your System Lock PIN Code To Unlock This MAC"
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I read a few posts and articles before i ordered my new i7 MBP with HR matte display about some of the models sometimees froze all of a sudden, now it seems mine has this same issue.. 3 time now, since i got it on the 25th of May. 15 min ago i was sitting and responding to a thread on Facebook, then out of the blue, everything stops repsonding. System is running, mouse is frozen, nothing i can do but to hit the "big button" and restart the entire system. Loosing any work that i might be doing is actually the worst scenario since im a photographer.. Anyone experience these random freeze ups too ? And last but not least, what will Apple do a about it when i contact them in the morning?.. Replace it or let me cancel my purchase and if replaced, how long does that normally take? (Bought it through Apple Store).
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I had to reboot again, and eventually my hard disk no longer appears in Disk Utility. I tried to boot into safe mode and get this:
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I have an iMac G4 with Leopard, and there seems to be a glitch with my System Preferences. I can lock and password protect all of the panes available as I would normally. I have however discovered an issue. These locks seem to unlock themselves after powering back on. I'm not sure if the same happens upon logging back in, as I never log out to start with. Any solutions for this? Better yet, am I the only one who experiences this?
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I would like to know if there is a way to get into the bios and reset the whole system without password prompts and all that. Which is the best way to do this?
I have the mac osx install disk from my ibook but I tried to boot the disk and it's not booting. I also have the install disk for os tiger and that's not booting either. There must be a super secure lock on the system.
I recently bought a replacement keyboard on ebay for my MBP and just installed it. It's been about a week, and just today, I noticed the capslock key doesn't work.. I'm not sure if it has been this way, or if it recently just stopped. The light doesn't come on at all.
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My $69 Work Sharp 3000 (the subject of much recent discussion around here) was delivered Tuesday, and last night I had a chance to set it up and try it out. I pulled out an old, dull chisel that I only use for rough work, and put the WS3000 to the test. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the speed and edge quality. I had a mirror-finish razor-sharp chisel in a matter of a few minutes. I did have one minor issue, and that's the topic of my post: I noticed as I was sharpening that I seemed to be putting a slight skew on the chisel. I consulted the manual and found that there is an adjustment for this, but I did not have time to get into right then, so I plan to look at it again tonight. My question is did anyone else need to adjust theirs right out of the box, and, if so, are there any tips or pitfalls to watch for when I make the adjustment? -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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#1 posted 02-03-2011 07:07 PM |
where did you get a $69 Work Sharp Charlie? -- Smitty!!! |
#2 posted 02-03-2011 07:09 PM |
Charlie -- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture |
#3 posted 02-03-2011 07:13 PM |
Smitty, if you search the forum you will see a number of related topics. Home Depot , through a computer program, offered them online at that price. Almost immediately they we on backorder if you tried to order one, then HD came along and said there would be no more available at that price. After a bunch of LJ's cried foul, the Work Sharp and HD folks got together and agree to fill the back orders at the sale price. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
#4 posted 02-03-2011 07:15 PM |
Jim, there is definitely an adjustment cam for changing the skew angle of the guide. I was just asking for anyone who has already done it to let me know if there are any "secrets" I should know before I do it. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
#5 posted 02-03-2011 07:19 PM |
I noticed the same problem on mine but I haven't got around to fixing it…..I'm tied up with the lathe for now. -- Only the Shadow knows.................... |
#6 posted 02-03-2011 07:22 PM |
Charlie, it sounds like you got the worksharp 3001 – the skew edge model – NICE! those are rare. -- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route. |
#7 posted 02-03-2011 07:24 PM |
thanks Charlie, I missed that one, wish I had seen it I would have bought one. -- Smitty!!! |
#8 posted 02-03-2011 07:25 PM |
Why thanks, Sharon. Maybe I can make you a deal on it?! :-) -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
#9 posted 02-03-2011 07:43 PM |
well, I don't think I can give you any more than $1M, which is probably not worth it to you… sorry -- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route. |
#10 posted 02-03-2011 07:48 PM |
Hey Chuck, I got mine too, and played with it just a little. I got a skew on one 1" chisel and none on another 1" chisel. The one that had the skew was a cheap Buck, the good job was on a quality chisel, so I don't know what to think of this. I watched the DVD, and in it they describe exactly which way to move the lever to counteract the skew, but I am at work and don't remember the answer. But since the quality chisel worked OK, I don't know if it was operator error, or a cheap chisel. What angle did you use? I think I used 25 degrees. Did you use all four grits yet? Steve -- -- I'm no rocket surgeon |
#11 posted 02-03-2011 07:49 PM |
That could be the down payment on the financing. Send me a plane ticket to Baaaaston and I'll deliver it personally. You can even take the airfare out of MY $1M. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
#12 posted 02-03-2011 07:51 PM |
Charlie: My HD special is the same way. The first one I did was a block plane iron. I used a try square to test the skew…it wasn't bad, but it did "show some light" on the right side of the bevel. I had to unscrew the setscrew and lift the little lever up slightly. It improved it, but I can't seem to get it perfect. There's just not much precision in that adjustment. I am probably splitting hairs with it. It's still the best I've ever sharpened my tools, but that little aspect of it will probably bang it back to 4 1/2 stars. Then again, I don't believe in a perfect tool, so when I start my review of it, you'd likely not see 5 stars anyway. -- jay, www.allaboutastro.com |
#13 posted 02-03-2011 07:51 PM |
Oh, one more thing. If you make an adjustment, be sure to start over with the 120 grit. If you don't, you'll develop a bow in the bevel. The only other thing is that it really needs the 80 grit paper as standard. It takes awhile with the 120 in some cases. -- jay, www.allaboutastro.com |
#14 posted 02-03-2011 07:55 PM |
Steve, now you've got me thinking too. I did use 25 degrees and went through all four grits. This was a pretty old Craftsman 1" chisel, and as soon as I started with the coarse grit I could see I was grinding it skew in relation to the edge/shoulders that were already there. Now I'm wondering if that was an optical illusion because the original edge wasn't right. I'll have to check it with a combo square tonight… I was just relying on eyeballing it so far. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
#15 posted 02-03-2011 07:58 PM |
Thanks, Jay. I was looking for comments in other forums, and someone else also mentioned is was hard to get it adjusted just right. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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How to Globalize Yourself
If you want your career to move forward, be prepared to move outside the United States. Here are seven real-world strategies for working smart around the world.
Kelly O'Dea used to think of himself as a Lone Ranger, living and working in countries where only a select breed of American businesspeople had gone before. As president of worldwide client services for Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, O'Dea commutes between London and New York. He's outside the United States about 70% of the time; for the past 15 years he's handled assignments in dozens of countries on five continents.
Six months ago, on a layover in the Bangkok airport, O'Dea realized that the Lone Ranger wasn't alone. He struck up a conversation with the woman sitting next to him, an investment banker who was also making the 25-hour flight from Sydney to London. As the two of them talked about their companies' urgent emphasis on global operations, two others chimed in with similar stories. The four of them soon realized that they represented a completely new kind of business leader: one who is multicultural and multiskilled, who doesn't regard an overseas assignment as either exotic or traumatic. It occurred to O'Dea that people, just like brands, must be "globalized" if they're to compete successfully in rapidly changing international markets.
"International work experience is no longer just an option — it's mandatory for anyone in business," says O'Dea. "Five years ago, only 6 of our 15 largest clients were actively marketing brands across borders; now all 15 are. So it's no longer adequate to think about only your domestic market. You need to have a firm understanding of how business gets done in different countries."
Before you rush off for parts unknown, a few words of caution: an overseas assignment helps only if you do it right. The experience you gain won't do you much good if you lose touch with the home office. Or if you alienate local businesspeople because you don't understand the culture. And you'll find it's virtually impossible to master the intricacies of international finance or marketing if your spouse is miserable or your kids are complaining about their new school.
To help you understand what you're getting into, we've asked three global workers to share their greatest challenges while on overseas assignments — and their advice for meeting those challenges, along with additional reflections from three experts. Taken together, the tips, tools, and resources you'll find here are your passport to a new world, a world where business as you have known it will never be the same.
Negotiating Finances
Frans Ryckebosch, 55, founder of China Management Consulting, Westport, Connecticut.
Overseas Assignment:
General manager for Xerox in Shanghai from 1987 to 1990, responsible for a $30 million joint venture with two Chinese partners to manufacture and market Xerox copiers in China.
Global Challenge:
Avoiding the hidden costs of living overseas. Before I took the China assignment, I negotiated with Xerox for a 25% hardship allowance on top of the standard Xerox package. Even so, many hidden costs remained hidden — from the pricetag for new appliances to late-payment fees on bills.
Lesson #1: Visit the country before you negotiate with your company.
The better you know the conditions in the country you'll be living in, the more effectively you can negotiate a deal that will make you happy. For example, my TV didn't work in China; I should have negotiated an allowance to lease new appliances when I arrived. I also should have gotten an allowance for calling home, since China's long-distance charges are far higher than U.S. rates.
Lesson #2: Opt for automatic payment.
It's hard to keep up with your U.S. bills when you're living overseas. And when you fall behind, your credit rating plummets. So I had my salary deposited automatically in a U.S. bank, and I used automatic payment whenever possible — or I'd contact the company, explain that I was living outside the United States, and ask for a grace period. I was never turned down.
Coordinates: Frans Ryckebosch, firstname.lastname@example.com
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When negotiating expenses with your company, focus on the "three-legged stool" of finance: 1. Housing allowance. Negotiate an allowance if your new housing exceeds the cost of your housing in the United States — your company should pick up the difference. 2. Cost-of-living allowance. If the cost of a U.S. basket of goods and services is double overseas, expect your company to reimburse the difference. Data providers such as Organization Resources Counselors in New York measure cost-of-living differences (212-719-3400). 3. Tax equalization. As a U.S. citizen working overseas, you'll be hit with U.S. and foreign taxes. Typically, you pay U.S. taxes on your annual earnings; your company is responsible for everything else, including U.S. taxes on cost-of-living and other allowances.
Coordinates: Robert Klein, email@example.com
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Andrea Davis, 54, director of the San Francisco office of Cornelius Grove & Associates, a consulting firm that helps businesspeople prepare for the cultural differences they'll encounter while working in foreign countries.
Overseas Assignment:
Davis and her husband, Del — a marketing executive with IBM — took their three children to Brazil, Hong Kong, and Indonesia on assignments from two to five years long.
Global Challenge:
Dealing with culture shock. My husband traveled almost 80% of the time when we lived in Brazil. I was really isolated. IBM didn't give us any advice on what to expect or how best to adapt. It took me six months to adjust, and I was really a burden on my husband for those six months.
Lesson #3: Think creatively about finding work.
Work gets you involved with other people. By talking to other mothers at my kids' school in Sao Paulo, I got in touch with the American Women's Association. (A support group for expatriates, they have offices in almost every country where there's an expat community.) They helped me get a job teaching English in corporations in Brazil. I also studied Portuguese — a good way to meet Brazilians. But don't expect someone to tell you about job opportunities. You need to do a lot of digging.
Lesson #4: Don't go 100% native.
We decided that we weren't going to become part of the expat culture, where you live and work with other Americans and all you know are other Americans. We really wanted to get immersed in Brazilian culture. So we sent my three-year-old to a Brazilian nursery school, even though he didn't speak Portuguese. Big mistake. For the first three months he never spoke at home. He didn't know whether his language was English or Portuguese. We threw ourselves into much heavier culture shock than we ordinarily would have encountered, and that was devastating for our family. It's better to go fifty-fifty: get to know the American community as well as the native community.
Lesson #5: Think of your assignment as permanent.
When most people take a job in another country, they don't commit to making friends because they think the other person might get transferred. That was certainly true of me. For the first six months I was always thinking we were going to leave. I really encourage people to assume that when they arrive in a foreign country, they'll be staying there awhile. Otherwise they'll say no to things that are just fabulous opportunities.
Coordinates: Andrea Davis, email@example.com
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Cornelius Grove, author (with Hu Wenzhon) of Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans (Intercultural Press, 1991; 800-370-2665).
Advice from the Expert:
Three tips to help spouses find meaningful roles for themselves while living overseas:
- Full-time employment. More than 10% of the people we deal with find some kind of employment, even if they don't have working papers.
- Self-employment. Do something entrepreneurial like Andrea Davis did — while living in Hong Kong she started a clothing export firm.
- Unpaid employment. Sometimes U.S.-based companies employ each other's spouses as volunteers doing important work, such as editing the company's newsletter.
Coordinates: Cornelius Grove, firstname.lastname@example.com
Understanding the Culture
Shobhan Porter, 27, an associate with Global Partners in Boston, Massachusetts.
Overseas Assignment:
Project director of 79 volunteers in a public health program administered by the nonprofit Amigos De Las Americas, whose primary project was vaccinating dogs and cats in Ecuador against rabies.
Global Challenge:
Overcoming cultural differences in the workplace. Ecuador's national director of epidemiology didn't understand our project. One day he drove into town and decided to revamp the entire program; we had to put our immunizations on hold until he fully understood our goals. We lost valuable time because we didn't communicate effectively. I also worked with a male nurse who ran the local pharmacy. That arrangement seemed unethical to me. He could prescribe any number of drugs and the patient would have to buy them from him. But when I brought it up with his supervisor, he just laughed. It ruined my working relationship with the nurse.
Lesson #6: Get to know the politicians who affect your business.
I should have had someone with influence introduce me to the director of epidemiology. I've often seen Americans skimp on cultural formalities — like getting introduced to local people who can help you — because they're squeezed for time. But the time you save upfront is not worth the pain that can come later in a project, when local people interfere because they didn't get their say.
Lesson #7: Don't jump to conclusions.
I judged the nurse without dealing with him directly. It turns out that in South America, it's not uncommon for a doctor or nurse to prescribe drugs and also run the local pharmacy. I learned the hard way: get as much information as possible before you form an opinion.
Coordinates: Shobhan Porter, email@example.com
Culture Expert:
Susan Squires, corporate anthropologist at Andersen Worldwide.
Advice from the Expert:
- Get a broker. When you arrive in a new country, find a veteran expat who can get you up to speed on how things get done.
- Get a "Culturgram." A four-page profile of a specific country, a Culturgram includes a map plus briefings on customs, lifestyle, the economy, health care, and travel. They cover more than 140 countries. (Available for $4.50 each from the Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University; 800-528-6279.)
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Rev. Sandy Williams' recent letter shows that he is out of his depth in matters of social science and civic policy.
He claims that "most people would condemn" the same list of sinners mentioned by Paul of Tarsus in the New Testament. I beg to differ: alcoholics, as we now generally call "drunkard," need treatment and help, rather than being told the Kingdom of God is closed to them.
But it is really Paul's adulterers, greedy and swindlers I want to talk about. Rev. Williams was replying to a letter about Maine's new same-sex marriage law. He wants it repealed. But, since he cites the authority of Paul, does he want new legislation banning adultery, greed and swindling, making them subject to civil penalty? These new civil crimes would swamp the court dockets and produce defendants from some new portions of the demographic spectrum. Maybe we would need ecclesiastical courts.
The majority of Mainers, in my view, really do understand that civil law and church teaching and precepts are different things, as our founding fathers were very wise to see. State and church serve different purposes and answer to different authority. Under current Maine law, Rev. Williams will not need to marry any gay or lesbian couples. But, whether he likes it or not, they are entitled to full justice and equality under Maine civil law.
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Metasys Version 5.0
Johnson Controls' Metasys version 5.0 Building Management System (BMS) has been enhanced to include Web-enabled reports and summaries compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, and wireless controls and sensors. Addressing the industry's demand for mobile and easy-to-access BAS reports and summaries, the system features the Ready Access Portal (RAP) that is now compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch platforms. The upgrade also features new and simplified RAP graphics which can be accessed over the building's network or remotely through Web-enabled PC devices, with all of the features of a traditional building management workstation, including system floor plans, alarms and task-based interfaces. Building occupants can access a customized view of HVAC, lighting or security systems through a hand-held device or personal computer.


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Schools in Spring Valley, WI
About Spring Valley Schools
- There are 4 K-12 schools in Spring Valley, WI, including 3 public schools and 1 private schools. Spring Valley public schools belong to one districts, Spring Valley School District.
- There are 2 Spring Valley elementary schools, 2 Spring Valley middle schools, 2 Spring Valley high schools and 4 Spring Valley preschool schools.
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