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Enter now to win the iPhone, iPad, or iPod of your dreams from iMore!
Have you been dreaming of a new iPhone 5 for Christmas? An iPad or iPad mini for Hanukkah? An iPod touch for Festivas?
Well you're in luck! Every week for the next four (4) week we're going to be giving you a chance to win the iOS device of your dreams! (Technically four (4) $350 U.S. Apple Store gift certificate for you to buy (or put towards) whichever Apple device or devices you wish!)
You can enter each contest, each week, for a total of 4 chances to win! And entering this week couldn't be simpler:
- Just leave a comment below telling us which iOS device you want and why!
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Enter now to win the iPhone, iPad, or iPod of your dreams from iMore!
I want a new iPad so I can watch cartoons while my wife is watching her terrible shows on Bravo.
Got amazing family:. Big papa macbook pro with, with little son iphone 5, missing only Chinese wife ipad mini. Help back family together.
iPod Touch for me! :D
A nice new slate iPod touch would be a nice present for me this year.
Any Apple product would make my holiday brighter! Thanks!
I would like the iPad Mini so I can replace the Mac Mini carputer I currently have in my car. All in one mounted in the dash would be amazing!
Dying to have the ipad mini please :)
I'd like to get the new iPad. It's faster and, since I already bought the new charging cables for my iPhone 5, I'm ready to take it anywhere I want. Plus, my 3rd generation iPad already feels sluggish, believe it or not, compared to my new iPhone 5. So, can I please get my fourth generation iPad?
My ipad I gave to my brother for school. Now I'm without one. Would love to have one again. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
I would like an iPhone 5, because after being constantly teased by apps being updated for the iPhone 5, I find myself longing for the 4-inch screen and beautiful design that it has!
I would give it to my mom who needs a new computer, but is considering the convenience of an iPad in the next few months.
Hey, thanks for the opportunity, iMore! I want an iPad Mini, because I'd like a more portable computing/reading device for school and for personal entertainment. The iPad Mini seems to be the perfect device for people who are always on the go.
I'd really like an ipad mini 16gb wifi from imore because everywhere else is out of stock :) Merry Christmas
I would love to get a iPad so I could give it to my wife for Christmas
An American iPhone 5 would make my regular travels between France and the US easier to manage.
i would like the ipad mini thanks!
I would choose an iphone for my wife, or an ipad for my daughter or a ....oh darn it what a choice to make....I choose an iphone. Merry Christmas !!
I would love a new iPad. Thank you.
I would like an iPad to read comics on.
I would love an iPad Mini :)
today is my birthday, i would like an iPhone 5 please.
i would love to have an Apple product anytime
I would love an iPad mini it would be great for school and work
iPad for reading. I have an old kindle, but its actually inconvenient with no backlight sometimes. :\
I'd love an iPad mini! Just got an iPhone 5 and keep on wishing that I could do the same stuff I do on it except on a bigger, tablet screen.
4th gen ipad for steven please!
I want the iPad Mini. I'd carry it everywhere and it's so thin and light that would be easy to do. Since saying "I'd make iMore my home page on the iPad Mini" won't increase my chances of winning so I won't say that. Oh wait.....
I would love to get an iPhone 5!
An iPad4 because my wife has all but stolen mine but is opposed to buying another; winning would avoid the inevitable argument to come.
My wife loves her first gen iPad, but it's showing it's age. But getting latest iPad (4th gen) for Xmas would certainly put a smile on her face :)
I would really like to get an IPhone to pair my wonderful IPad mini. Please, make me win!!!
I would love the iPad 4 64GB so I could give my kids my iPad 2!
The Ipad Mini
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iPad 4 because my 6 & 3 year old are always on our iPad 2.
Would love an ipad or ipad mini, been wanting one for a while. santa never seems to bring me one.
Whould like to win an ipad mini for Xmas,it be a great gift to give to my son!! Thanks and good luck everyone
I'd love to be able to win an iphone 5 i have a old iPhone 3gs with a cracked screen and been stuck with it because i never been able to afford a new phone because I'm a full time college student living on my own so it would be so awesome to win an iphone 5 it would be a better Christmas gift then just the homework i been getting i'll keep my fingers crossed hope you all enjoy your holidays merry christmas!!
I would like to win an iPad mini for the small size.
pick me please
That would be a pleasant surprise winning a gift card. Thanks!
I recently purchased the new i-phone5 and as a first time Apple product owner, i must say this is the finest cell phone on the Planet hands down ! And oh, what a Merry Christmas it would be to find a brand new White ipad mini under my tree on Christmas morning. It would be a nice 2nd addition to my household as a new diehard Apple owner. You guys rock us with your giveaweays! Another Great year for Rene and all of you that make up the I-More gang ! Merry Christmas to All !
I've got 5 kids & its looks like I may be going down the route of Kindle Fire HD for Christmas..... Please don't let that happen!!!!!!
I want an iPad 4, cause I sold my iPad 3 to get an iPad mini, and as much as I love my mini, I miss the Retina display.
You people are great, I would love the iPhone
here we are again, another great contest from imore, i would like an ipad mini, christmas is around the corner and that would be the perfect gift to set my spirits up, 10" tablets are way too big for me that 7.9" is just right, all the reviews for it make it look excellent, let that be mine imore
iPhone 5 for me :)
iPad mini for my son.
Gimme Gimme never gets, don't you know your manners yet?
Yes I do, thanks so much, gimme gimme any how. ^_^
I want the iPad mini! Perfect for gaming on the plane & train!
I would love to have the iphone 5 since i was forced to upgrade to the iphone 4s. I was at work during the fourth of July and students thought it would be funny to get my wet. Well they also got my iphone 4 wet and forced to get the iphone 4s and work couldn't pay for my iphone. This would be awesome to be able to receive an iPhone 5! :D
Iphone 5
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I would love a white iPad mini. it would make the perfect christmas gift for my son :)
I'll take the new iPad please :)
I would like an iPhone 5 because they're cool.
pleaseeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! i want an ipad mini so much and I really need it pleaseeeeee! i Am crazy about the size of the ipad mini i have been waiting a lot to get a tablet from apple on that size but right now i am a bit tight on money so i dont think i might be able to buy me one for christmas :( ...
An iPad would be nice
Thanks for the opportunity. I would like to have a White Verizon IPhone 5 16GB so that I could give IOS a fair shake with out having to spend my hard money. I like a lot about Iphone and IOS but have always been Windows or Android. That and it would be a nice Christmas present. **I attempted to edit my last post but wouldn't work so I refreshed and couldn't find it. **
I'd like an iPad 4 (or maybe an iPad Mini). I just upgraded from a BlackBerry to the iPhone 5 so I think one of these tablets would compliment the iOS experience nicely.
Oh, I'd love an iPad mini as I love reading eBooks and it would be so handy to carry around.
I would like to win the Ipad. Reason: I will love my mother-in-law to have it as a gift for Christmas! She has always been good to me and this iPad will make her day as she always said she wished she had one!
I would love to get an iPad (4th generation)
I'd love to give an iPad a spin, Perhaps the Apple bug will bite and allow me to gift my Android tablet?
I would like to have an iPad mini for my college classes and entertainment. I need a device that is flexible enough to help me take class notes and reach my media archive virtually anytime. Weight is a huge concern because my 15" laptop gives me backaches :( An iPad mini would be both a good tech tool and health saver (in my case).
Happy holidays, I would really appreciate an iPod. Thank you very much.
I would love a new iPad with retina display. Having put 2 kids through college and the last one starting next year...just can't afford one. What a thrill it would be to have one. Thank you
ipad mini because i already have the iphone 5 :P
Doing a lot of work with cars and various other appliance repairs, electronic repairs I could benifit from owning an iPad or ipad mini. I view a lot of live engine data in addition to schematics, flow charts on my iPhone 4S and it makes it a pain viewing a lot of technical information on my iPhone. I usually end up going to my desktop machine at times to view certain things I need to do the job right. The end result is wasted time from going to my desktop back outside or whatever I may be working on. The screen size on an iPad would be very helpful for me and not wasting so much time going back and fourth between a repair job and to my desktop
Love to have the iPad Mini up here in Canada. Thanks Eh!
I would LOVE to have an iPhone for Christmas my little sister wants one really badly and we can't afford to get her one so this would be an awesome gift for me to win and give to her. Crossing my fingers :)
I would like to win an iPad Mini. I'm a great apple fan but has't got a tablet of apple. I want it so bad for my christmas but my father won't budge. Please give me an iPad Mini. I'm looking forward to use it as my portable browser. I just want the lowest price no celluar or huge storage just 16GB Wi-Fi only version please. I'm sorry for my bad English.
New iPad retina would be awesome sauce! And help me through my new job.
I just upgraded to the iphone 5, and would love to upgrade my ipad as well. The Ipad celluar att is what I would love to have
i would love to have some luck this time around and i would love to win the ipad mini,i just have to have that and money is very tight right now and i would love to have it
iPad Mini!!
I would love to win a iPad mini.
Happy holidays, I could really use an iPad. Thanks
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iPhone 5 please!! Happy Holiday everyone!
I would love to give my son a new ipad for Christmas
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iPhone 5!!
I would like an iPhone 5, but I would probably just by a 64GB iPod Touch. Need a 4" screen for development testing.
Would love to get my hands on a black/slate iPhone 5 as a festivals for the rest of us gift. It's just sooo badass!!
64gb iPad mini would be dandy!
Prefer an iPad mini, because it is awesome.
I'd love to win an iPad mini, very functional and right size!
A black ipad mini would be nice for school, reading, and entertainment. Would be good for watching movies or playing games.
I will prob get a new Ipad or Iphone 5. Chee Hoo!!!
I would have the best Christmas and be MERRY with an iPhone 5!!
iPhone 5 please, because I have a year to go on my upgrade from my android phone and I wants me some 4G Verizon iPhone goodness!
iPad mini
i would like a blue iPod touch thank you
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I'm very simple and humble.. I'll take anything lol.. But perhaps the iPad 3 (4th gen)
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I would love to win a iPhone 5! It would be a great birthday and Christmas gift!!! I love anything Apple!!!
iPad to give to my teenage daughters! A single mom's Xmas wish


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The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) has been successful in securing a $135,000 federal Tourism Infrastructure Regional Fund (TIRF) grant for a project that will significantly enhance the visitor experience for cruise passengers.
The funds, which will be matched dollar for dollar by the Authority, will be used to extend its current jetty facility at Port Arthur with a purpose built landing for visiting craft, to address the specific needs of cruise ship tenders and also allow simultaneous access to the berth by tender vessels and our own harbour cruise vessel, providing a safer and less congested experience to more visitors.
This congestion has been cited by cruise companies as a risk factor and disincentive to increasing the number of port calls made by cruise ships at Port Arthur. By removing this disincentive, we will attract more visits by cruise ships to Port Arthur, either en route to or from port calls in Hobart. This will both enhance the visitor experience for the passenger (the alternative being up to four hours on a coach to visit Port Arthur as a shore excursion from Hobart) and increase overall length of stay and expenditure by cruise passengers in Southern Tasmania.
By virtue of its location, Port Arthur's historic development is closely tied to maritime industries, with early settlers and convicts arriving at the site by boat. Over one hundred vessels were built at Port Arthur's dockyard, once the busiest and most productive in Van Diemen's Land. Here, convicts crafted hundreds of whaleboats, ships' buoys, brigantines and barques for private and government customers.
When the site ceased to be a penal settlement in the late 1870's it became one of Australia's first tourism attractions, with early steam boats transporting visitors from Hobart from 1870 until the 1920's. The contribution of our history is so significant that the Historic Site was included in the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage listing in July 2010.
Design work on the project is underway and PAHSMA hopes that the jetty will be ready in time for the next summer cruise season, Port Arthur's busiest ever, with at least ten cruise ship visits scheduled.
Carnival Spirit at Port Arthur on March 19.
Port Arthur offers a brilliant experience for cruise ship passengers
However congestion at the jetty can take the shine off the day.
All go on Port Arthur: Pacific Pearl on March 6, with a seaplane and tender vessels.
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This page www.portarthur.org.au/index.aspx?base=3868 was last updated Monday, 15 March 2010.

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I re-watched Joss Whedon's Serenity (2005) last night, having only seen it once before in the theater. I enjoyed the television show, and I love Whedon's work, but this second viewing left me fairly cold. The River character is so predominant in the plot, and the character tics are SO prevalent (the cryptic phrases, the head tilt, the freaking out on the crew) that I found her insufferable. Really, I prefer every other character on the crew to her.
And then there's the garbled foreign language they all speak. Very overused to the point where it is twee.
There are many great moments in this film, and that's why I liked it so much when I first saw it. But the bad came close to outweighing the good this second time around. I wonder if the show still holds up as well as I remember it.
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It's funny that you bring this up because I recently started watching Firefly on Netflix. I've been avoiding watching it because I am not a big fan of Wheddon's Buffy or Angel, but surprisingly enough I'm really digging it so far (I'm seven episodes in as of this post), although I can't say I'm head over heels in love with it like so many other people I know.
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Clearing out some non-horror titles from my Netflix: WI queue. The ones which are going to be retired by 9/30 and 10/1. Watched...
Eyewitness (1981 / directed by Peter Yates) - 5/10
It was a meh-at-best thriller. Weaver was wasted, she wasn't given much to work with anyway. William Hurt was... sympathetic and attractive. Christopher Plummer was amusing. As a pretentious boob. And cultured hitman on the side. He wasn't in it enough. James Woods was... doing drugs, like crazy, at this time in his career- right? That's all I could think about when he was onscreen. He was capital-A annoying. Morgan Freeman is here for about 2 minutes. Pamela Reed (Kindergarten Cop) is apparently (per the film's description of her character) something like 20 y/o here. She also looks like she's been sniffing something. She's got the sweats and the shakes here something awful. I recoiled at the screen quite a lot but... it wasn't because the film was thrilling. The plot actually involves Weaver's character falling in love surprisingly quickly with a stalker...and because he's nice and cute, she benefits him the doubt. Oh yeah... and apparently, there's a huge, complex conspiracy involving the just execution of some kind of Asian corporate(?) tyrant by Russian and Jewish immigrants in some kind of syndicate and... it's imperative that Hurt do or not do something illegal which isn't really addressed - because the movie ends after the "heroic" defeat of assassin Plummer, and he's barely 1/4th of the big picture - in order to save a group of 6 unnamed / unidentified... mob families? This is never explained. One minute, the highly fantasy-rooted romance between TV Reporter + Janitor is the main focus. The next, because something resembling intensity is apparently required by someone on the Hollywood boardroom end of this project, the screen is a mixing bowl of hollow ethnic stereotypes from around the world with Plummer trying to address them all in their native tongues. Everyone, thank the nice Hollywood people for being gracious enough to drop some culture on us.
Body of Evidence (1993 / directed by Uli Edel) - 2/10
Put Basic Instinct and Final Analysis together, take away all their substance, and intelligence, ... and fun, and you get this. Man, I thought Analysis's courtroom scenes stunk (the rest of the film I've always enjoyed a lot). They at least had Haris Yulin. These scenes are so terrible (the judge - Lillian Lehman - was one of the worst Judge Actors/tresses I've ever seen in my entire life) that they had to throw in some "gay intrigue" to wake the audience up. Worse still, it's the final testimony of the film's trial scenes, so there's zero subversion value in it. Up to that point, the trial had been about using Madonna's character's promiscuity and "dangerous" sexual lifestyle (Dita is not amused) against her to sway the jury. And they really were just slut-shaming her. What does she do to fight this? Pretty much goes: "well, if a powerful woman threatens them this much, I'll just bring in someone that scares the straights even more: a homo." Was she using their intolerance against them? Nope. She was, in essence, fag-bashing for money. Upon reflection, I really hope Madonna is doing a George Clooney on Batman Returns and (at least secretly) wishing she'd never done the film. I know in "Human Nature," she clearly says "I have no regrets." She should regret this one. It really isn't the "why is everyone else so afraid to cut and burn themselves for kicks" glory of BDSM, challenging outdated sexual norms, liberating flick it thinks it is. Madonna looks like a flake and is literally copying everything Sharon Stone did but with a fraction of the talent. Dafoe is dumb. And... yeah, you know this is not a good movie. But, really: how bad is it? Really bad. And, it's not fun either. I was expecting a truly fun disaster. But, while every last scene is top-to-bottom wrong and poorly executed (except in the camerawork and cinematography department... and, I guess the music's not too shabby either), it's not funny. It's sad. I believe the only person in the entire cast who could walk away with their dignity is Julianne Moore. Who gets to slap Madonna, by the way. Wonder if that's on YouTube... it should be. (LOVE YOU, MADONNA- you're still Queen! But, what the fuck @ this movie?) Whatever she hoped to accomplish with this project was by far and away better done in any of the Erotica music videos. And "Human Nature."
Blue Steel (1990 / directed by Kathryn Bigelow) - 8/10
Wow; it's been so long since I've seen a great movie for the first time, I started to forget there was such a thing. Flaws first: the guy hears voices... I can't believe they did that. Ron Silver's performance was already so obvious, it made Curtis's character look a little special-ed that she didn't pick up on the fact that he's a nutjob (or at least a really hollow person on the inside) by the time they go out for their first dinner... and they made him hear voices. In a scene in which he's working out and wearing those kinky, black, fingerless leather gloves. Given that, he does a pretty nice job. Of course... the more psycho he goes, the harder it is to accept the whole police force so aggressively against Curtis. Or, at least every single person with a dick. I'm not saying it isn't also a dose of cold water right in the face; I'm sure there are a lot of sexist higherups in cop districts. But, I was ready to snap a few times- this movie has too much tension in it. Which makes the point of the film... women can take more shit than a man can? Oh, well. Just short of that and a really hacky domestic abuse sub-subplot (why is it impossible for Hollywood to ever get this right?), this is quite simply My Kind of Action Film. There isn't a sign of pretention for miles around. The dialogue is sharp, tight, and entirely direct. The style is harsh (Steven Seagal fans would probably have a heart attack watching this) but smart, the story is a little far-fetched but this is where the impressive and toweringly solid action scenes take it into pure art territory. The climax is some kind of surreal Terminator stuff. Violence erupts, destruction reigns, and the editing rocks you like a hurricane. Great damn movie.
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realized I posted this in the TRACK the films you watch thread, like a total n00b. re-posting:
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Wizard People, Dear Reader
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The combined weight of the horrors I have authored wrought would crush your carbon hearts into perfect diamonds of terror!
A Few Ants Short. And what the hell, check out my DVD Collection won't you?
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Went on another Netflix WI cleaning-jag:
The Tomb (1986 / directed by Fred Olen Ray) - 3.5/10
Couldn't be any slower to start with cripplingly boring "characters," pointlessly dull "dialogue," and in the interest of trying to show he has some legit cinematic-artistic cred, sleaze guru Fred Olen Ray shoots, paces, and edits all the movie's scenes leisurely. Being a Trans-World production, I do believe this got some play in theaters. If so, let me be the one to apologize to the audience's butts. MGM owns the rights and decided Netflix WI patrons deserved a pretty spiffy looking widescreen 1.85:1 transfer. The obligatory Egyptian ceremony scene definitely looks a little better than Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers' (though that one had a fire-eater). Anyway, it's still an awful movie but it hits a comfortable point of mediocrity when Michelle Bauer (sometimes McClennan) takes over. She's always fun. And there's no question that the men are competing against the women for eye candy. Though none of them can compare with Bauer, David O'Hara (sometimes Pearson) fills his wife-beater (among other things- this boy is big) pretty well and Richard Hench is a likable enough Zach Galligan/William Ragsdale/Bruce Abbott-esque leading guy. The rest of the cast are remarkably transparent. Ray definitely moved up with his direct-to-video features.
New Year's Evil (1980 / directed by Emmett Alston) - 3/10
Empty-headed, big-mouthed, conservative-leaning and incredibly sexist early 80's slasher. With plenty of sleaze but no real gore, therefore it's all up to the music and potentially over-the-top performances to pony up something in the way of entertainment value. Nil on both counts. The music is terrible and everyone plays this garbage straight. The plot pretty much says it all: sassy redheaded woman is 1980 pre-Mtv VJ celebrity host of punk-type rock TV show and psycho killer calls her warning he will murder someone at midnight, Detective Guy shows up and tells her that she shouldn't be surprised by this because she is responsible for all crime in the country thanks to the kind of music she promotes. Anyway, killer kills someone 4 hours early and calls Blaze (sassy redhead) to tell her that his plan is actually to kill 4 people- 1 at midnight for every time zone in America. So, while Blaze is doing her "so give it up for Random Band and their new hit: Blonde Girls Are Dumb," the movie cuts to the killer in a car driving a booby blonde girl they've written to be very stupid talking about entirely random things. It just goes on like this. The killer puts on a Priest costume and bikers act like bulls who just saw the color red around him. Leading to a drive-in where a guy practically OFFERS the killer his car and his girlfriend to do whatever he wants with if he doesn't kill him. He drives away and she of course says, "we can have it off if you want" (some equivalent of that). Cut to 3 midnights have passed, 3 victims dead, and the killer goes after Blaze and has a long-winded speech about killing her to prove that all women are born bad as well as to avenge her son because she allegedly didn't pay enough attention to him. He then ties her up with rope, handcuffs her, chains her into the elevator shaft- everything but gag her mouth and we watch this thing for almost 2 minutes screentime, every detail of her being tied up and then the elevator "will it or won't it" crush her. She's treated like an object, he gets all the "character development" (which as you can imagine is pretty odious), and we end the movie with him totally being in charge of how he dies and he even gets some final words in. And... then Blaze's son sees this and is touched by the killer's deed and hops into the ambulance, kills the driver, puts on a freaky mask, and clearly plans to kill his unconscious, trapped in a gourney mother. Poor Men: the only way to right a wrong done to a man is to fuck a woman up. Great message.
Soapdish (1991 / directed by Michael Hoffman) - 5.5/10
This one's interesting. Because it's actually somewhat entertaining. As in: I enjoyed nearly the entire thing. But... I can't really pinpoint a reason. I mean, Kevin Kline was excellent. As was Cathy Moriarty. Well, for most of the movie. They kind of realized she sounds "funny" when she screech-yells and had her overdo that a lot. And Whoopi looks great. Even though she does practically nothing, she gets a lot of screentime. Elizabeth Shue is a serious presence onscreen, and her character is very likable and sympathetic for awhile. Then she turns into a giant spoiled brat and you stop paying attention to the movie and wonder, "what's her problem?" Garry Marshall says little but I remember being impressed... until he insists all the ad-libbing is what the soap needed all along, then it appears he's off his rocker. Carrie Fischer gets a great "and I'm a bitch" moment. Teri Hatcher looks like a nightmare. Not a good moment for her, though it's easily her biggest part until the Superman series. Robert Downey Jr... let's forget he was ever here. I don't have a problem with him but it's another example of- lots of screentime, nothing to do. And, then, there's Sally Field... she is miscast something awful. They mock her for her age, and it fails to be either witty, insightful, dramatic, or something she turns around to empower her character (which it could have been- she looks wonderful in the movie). Her character is all over the place- neurotic and jittery to... I think it was supposed to be funny. It's not. She goes on these unbelievably annoying fake sobbing jags (you'll know them when you hear them- she does them again and again). She apparently doesn't have the range of Faye Dunaway, even though they go for the same "don't you ACT for me" effect of Mommie Dearest. She can't decide whether she wants to be a likable mess or an interesting-to-watch mess. Her character does a lot of bitchy things, which again I think is supposed to be funny, but she just doesn't have it in her. I buy both her and Meryl Streep as being incredibly sweet people in real life, but look at what Streep was able to do in She-Devil and Death Becomes Her. Sally Field is easily the most failed element in the film. And, yet... I had a great time from start to finish. Not sure why.
Masquerade (1988 / directed by Bob Swaim) - 5/10
Another fun one. If a little conspiratorially homophobic (it's definitely a tad implied that the Most Evil Man in the Movie - which is a real contest it seems - is an actual "cocksucker," who seductively strokes and manhandles Rob Lowe after revealing his plot to frame him, later he tells Lowe his entire masterplan while strutting around in nothing but very tight, very skimpy underwear) and with a generally low opinion of women (Kim Cattrall is catty, Dana Delaney is bitchy, and Meg Tilly is extremely naive). But to be fair, no one is really a complex character here. There are about a dozen backstabs, seedy trysts, and secret pacts going on- it's almost hard to keep up. It's pretty well-written, in terms of dialogue at least. And solidly acted, by everyone. None of the characters are likable, the music score is literally ATROCIOUS, and visually- it's a "passion of sailing" movie that doesn't make its' coastal, ocean-side setting look ideal. Instead, it focuses too much on the fancy, well-to-do people who live there; which means there's a lot more baby pajama pink and faded navy blue in the film's color palette. But, it makes up for nearly all of this with a pleasing load of onscreen male partial nudity. Lots of Rob Lowe ass, lovingly photographed by the camera. Doug Savant in tighty-whities with a nice upper body. And... John Glover in speedos. Hotter than it sounds. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. And, the ending nearly set off a misogyny red-flag with some very surprising (blink and you'll've missed it) brutality; Savant starts beating the crap out of Tilly, but, she throws his fucking ass out the window. It's a sight to see. Before you have a chance to utter the words "what the- ?", she's already taken out the trash. Not exactly empowering or enough to beef up her previous passivity but, especially with the look on her face and the force the movie gives her while she does it, it's a nice gesture.
Final Combination (1994 / directed by Nigel Dick) - 4/10
Detective Movie. About catching a killer (shocker). A serial killer who kills women and rapes them after they're dead. Your late 80's / early 90's Detective Movie Usual = main plot. "Hard boiled" / no-nonsense "hero" sleeps with lots of women but hasn't found the right one yet = the subplot. Secondary surrogate detective disguised as reporter shows up with secret intention to avenge her sister's death, becomes love interest = more subplot. I'm not sure a single thing here isn't a burned out cliche. What makes it watchable are Michael Madsen, who's very charming (despite his silly bleach-blond hair) and engaging (always sexy) so he isn't playing the pretentious "anti-hero" b.s., and Lisa Bonet, the best thing in the movie though the writing doesn't give her much. What makes the movie unwatchable is its' remarkable predictability, the downright painful supporting characters (especially the hotel manager), another unbelievably awful music score (there isn't a single scene in the movie paired with appropriate or even acceptable music), and the killer, who fits every single stereotype of the rape-movie serial killer in the book (I'm starting to really miss D.W. Moffett, who actually surprised me in Lisa).
Network (1976 / directed by Sidney Lumet) - 8/10
Well, obviously everything it was saying about the state of the world, who's running it, and how people really feel about it are extremely relevant and freakishly "why isn't this movie referenced in the media every single day" today... so, it's extremely smart and wise. About that. But, as a viewing experience, it's... not actually entertainment. Nor is it infotainment- it's trying very hard to be funny. It's not. It's depressing. Drably shot, stiffly / dutifully acted, and very formal. Which isn't a problem except that I think it lacks power. The filmmakers have everything they need to make the film a hard-hitting experience but they take what feels like a certain safe distance with the truth. It doesn't feel like an angry movie (just a more suited-up version of something like The Loved One). It's too long, too wide, and then gets gummy with a love plot that I don't care very much about. Thanks to hanging this all on robotic Faye Dunaway, doing another plot with her where she isn't human like the person she's taking advantage of, and frankly it seems like it might be taking liberties with the idea of "this is what happens to any woman." But... damn it, it's smart. And is one of the most honest movies I've ever seen. Thereby assuring that historical importance. It is historically important. But... it just might be the kind of movie you only need to watch once. Not because of what it chose to say but the way it chose to say it. And given how valuable what it's saying was and still is, I find it kinda sad that I'll never watch this again.
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives (1989 / directed by Jean-Claude Lord) - 2.5/10
Been over 15 years since I saw the first film, so I don't know whether that had a serious bone in its' body- but this thing is a freaking joke. Somewhere along the line here (probably when "On the Dark Side" played for the 3rd time before the 20-minute mark), it occured to me that Eddie and the Cruisers aren't very 60's. At all. They're more... 80's era Bruce Springsteen's band, had he freshly escaped from The Outsiders gang and they been formed at Dirty Dancing's summer camp for rich losers. But, since it's the 1980's, it's now been 20 years since the first movie and there's been some epic car crash thing from wence Eddie mysteriously vanished (which doesn't reek of "the day the music died" at all) which has made The Movie Plot public insatiable for The Cruiser's music and Eddie a new "he's not really dead" Elvis myth. And, boy is the music industry eeeeevil: they drag one of The Cruiser's founding members into their huge media publicity circus to have him confirm that his dead best friend is performing on a "long lost demo" tape for some old song that they imply (directly after he leaves the room) they hired some Eddie copycat to sing over. Drudging up all those old memories of struggling to make it, only for Eddie to die. But... Eddie really is alive and working on a construction team in Canada. Watching the new Cruisers Mania unfold on TV and over the radio, with ultra-intense look on his face. Eventually we learn that what really made him feel he had to hide out wasn't the car accident as much as one of the band members dying of a drug overdose. Because not watching someone every minute to keep them from killing themselves is easily as irresponsible as being a bad driver. And he spends The. Entire. Movie, in this unbelievably funny smoldering, brooding funk. So much so that he violently lashes out at everyone he knows and throws temper tantrums, destroying guitars, stereos, song pages, etc. Meanwhile, everything is cliched (except for a Roller Skating Scene break- at Eddie's insistance), limp conflicts are thrown in with no point to them whatsoever and resolved in under 3 minutes, and most of the movie plays like a friggin' music video. With actual music video breakdowns comprised of shots from scenes we don't see play out, the New Band members we don't really get to know as characters doing things like having snowball fights (signalling comraderie you otherwise barely felt they had), and flashback clips. The story is stupid, the "drama" is laughable, 99% of the cast have zero charisma, and the movie thinks the music quality will lend some credibility to the severity of the situations in the script. Frankly: the music blows. The movie's only mildly watchable for the first 35 or so minutes for Michael Pare, who should probably have had a career as big as Tom Cruise's. (I'm so not above this: Tom and the Cruisers. Ha...)
Rockula (1990 / directed by Luca Bercovici) - 5/10
I knew from the moment I clicked Netflix's "Play" button that this movie would be an underdog. But I didn't know what kind. Would this take itself a tad seriously, like My Best Friend is a Vampire, or be a total parodic blowout of Airplane! proportions, like Transylvania Twist? I think the best way to describe it would be to say it's closer to Mannequin 2: On the Move. But with a vampire rock-rap novelty band, which forms by default so a guy can impress a girl, and Thomas Dolby (who you hadn't seen for 8 years, since "She Blinded Me with Science") in the Terry Kiser silly villain role, and Toni Basil (the infamous "Mickey") trying to pull a Debbie Harry in Hairspray and respark interest in her non-existent career. And... the results are about what you'd expect. It's not painful but it's not really entertaining either. And doesn't come close to Mannequin 2 levels of hysterical badness (unfortunately). Though it earns its' share of awful moments. Thanks to the director being so clumsy a filmmaker. Like the music video sequence where Rockula gets hit by a car. Again. This time, he gets stuck to the window and pulled along for a minute in closeup... and he just sings and kicks his sneakers up a little. There's no momentum to the attempted humor (especially where the director would have to execute a little skill with cutting), so it's just the cast mugging for attention. All of them successful in getting it, but none successful in turning it into true comedy. Or even remote entertainment. It's generally likable because none of the cast are aggressively unlikable. Dean Cameron is adorable (especially in the rap sequence) and instantly sympathetic, but... he talks to a mirrored twin of himself throughout the entire movie. A slightly more obnoxious, infinitely one-liner spewing, and not nearly as likable twin in the literal mirror. As replacement for the reflection he doesn't have since he's a real vampire. Thomas Dolby is extremely sloppy. Nothing he does is funny but you can tell he's trying. And if he weren't acting so goofy, I think he could have been a plus for the movie. Instead he's a huge con. The rest of the cast (including Susan Tyrell) are entirely forgettable. Toni Basil is the best thing here. Surprisingly less campy than you'd expect. To my chagrin.
Mulholland Dr. (2001 / directed by David Lynch) - 3.5/10
I hate David Lynch. I don't know why I bother watching his movies. Time again, it's the same goddamn thing. Quirky, goofy characters impossible to take seriously filling idiotic scenes that refuse to play drama as drama, mystery as mystery, action as action, etc. So, you end up with a 2 and a half-hour, ugly, insulting movie with a few moments you actually enjoyed. He tries to make Empiric, King-Sized movies that incorporate everything he'd like to see in a movie. Problem is, most of what he likes is fucking shit. And none of it connects to anything in the story. What it connects to is his own movie map. Made up of puzzle pieces he felt like gluing together so it looks like a Picaso statue made by Lady Gaga. Car parts stuck to ripped paintings fastened onto a record player with sculpture bits hanging off interpretive dancers. See what I mean. When someone throws a punch- that's because it happened in a toughguy movie, not because it means something here. And so it doesn't mean anything. When you see an actor playing a movie director, it's because you saw one in some other movie (I'm guessing Sunset Boulevard). A cowboy, a waitress, thugs in suits, an opera scene, limo ride of doom- I was willing to follow them were they weaved into a story rather than a pathetic visual theme. Whether I understood it or not is pointless, half the performances were fucking hammy. And it doesn't matter how much "this is only in your mind" stuff he tries to pull, Tiny Old People in a Paper Bag would have ruined the film just by itself. I've paid attention to a few Lynch fans, they really do just like him because he's "weird." Masturbatory is a better word for his sense of style. (Both figuratively and literally, in the case of this movie.)
Mean Girls (2004 / directed by Mark Waters) - 5.5/10
The cast was excellent (especially Lacey Chabert - who shockingly plays the most likable character in the movie, Lizzy Caplan, and Tim Meadows who... I never knew had such a beautiful body), it was fast-paced and stylish, and... it looked expensive. It was also in extremely poor taste (the only gay guy in the school sings "Beautiful" at the yearly talent show... that's not subversive, it's predictable and lazy), the ideas were lame (Lohan's character relating everything that happens to her experiences in Africa- this is the kind of idea Disney would have to link teen girl behavior to unbridled savagery), all the characters were shallow, neither the set-ups or revenges packed any punch, I'm not sure whether I laughed (no points for being memorable as a comedy), important issues were glanced over, and the dialogue didn't make you believe anything. Which, frankly, barely makes the film an improvement over Jawbreaker or Sugar & Spice. Which it is, but mainly in how the film is shot. And, technically, the sequence of events could be interpreted as an idealistic view of reality rather than a realistic view. Like "Regina" being hit by a bus (ala- Final Destination) so you get the enjoyment of watching "your worst enemy" being battered horribly, yet you see her later and she's okay. She even makes a full recovery and becomes a decent person, so you don't have to feel guity for wishing something worse had happened. Not realistic (I think even buses have horns). Nearly every character relationship is underdeveloped. For the sake of keeping the movie light and airy, which does nothing for the comedy and makes it more of a "Legally Blonde with more bitchiness" formula. Which doesn't make it bitchy at all, it makes it tarty. However, again it has that style benefit. Camera angles, dissolves, editing are where the movie tries to inject intelligence that the story can't exactly claim to have. Mean Girls may be better than Jawbreaker, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, The In-Crowd, and Sugar & Spice, but Heathers is still the best clique movie, Drop Dead Gorgeous (the Kirsten Dunst film) is still the superior and funniest bitchy modern high school comedy, and The Craft more interesting, respectful with characters, and raw. Oh, and: their brilliant idea for poking fun at Legally Blonde? The dog chews on her nipples. This is what I would expect from those Epic Movie guys.
Swimming with Sharks (1994 / directed by George Huang) - 4/10
The movie business is really scummy. Did you know that? People are mean to each other over there. Isn't that terrible? They say one thing and mean another. How scandalous! Bosses are total dicks. I don't want to hear this. And, people sleep with other people to get what they want. I'm not listening, lalalala!!! Hollywood is corrupt and people smoke a lot and get stressed out and they take credit for your work and manipulate you for their own amusement and throw folders and pens at you... Well! Consider my tiny, soft, addicted-to-comfort and totally-afraid-of-cinematic-conflict mind completely blown. I could be wrong, but I think this movie actually believed it was revealing, biting, nasty, compelling, and confrontational... it is not. It's not dark, original, interesting in the slightest, surprising in the slightest, or entertaining. The visual look is bland, the characters are dull, the dialogue is coasting on really overcooked and overused cliches, the cast (with possible exception of Benicio Del Toro) seem tired (and not because you believe they've actually been through something) or come off as underwhelming, and they kinda think that by throwing in some very unconvincing torture scenes (that's right- the assistant ties the boss to a chair, cuts up his face and tongue, and pours all manner of salty, spicy, tangy condiments on his wounds) somehow it really is a dark film. Or maybe that's what was supposed to be funny about it (in that case, Michael Madsen and Reservoir Dogs did it better). I would hate to think that what we were supposed to laugh at was Frank Whaley wanting to pee and Kevin Spacey pouring water into and out of a glass. Whaley is a bad choice to be the messenger of the "hard truth" that the movie business is so rough that it makes you jaded. Spacey is a disaster. He tries and maybe I'm being too hard. The dialogue sucks, so maybe he just did all he could with it. But his insults couldn't be more childish (while thinking he's being so clever and tough), and physically he couldn't be less imposing or intimidating, whether you buy him as a genuine mean jerk (let's see him size-up against any NYC cab driver) or a self-important prick with a big mouth. The ending sucks, the middle drags, and the beginning isn't great either. Benicio was a surprise, everyone else was a chore.
The House of Yes (1997 / directed by Mark Waters) - 6.5/10
The premise is really gimmicky (for a long time, everything in the film refers back to Jackie O and the Kennedy assassination), the fact that the story involves a whopping dose of incest is bound to leave a bad taste in your mouth (or that we're meant to in any way like a character whose motivations are driven mostly by jealousy... over said incestual love affair- and she is really obsessive and clingy about it too), and for too much screentime, the dialogue mainly consists of characters repeating what the previous character said but in a different tone or inflection. It's filmed like a play (so, obviously it was based on one) with entire 20 minute stretches taking place in the same room. But, after awhile the film evolves and it has some excellent stylish moments (when the electricity goes out and they arm themselves with candles- and slow mo). The cast is excellent. Which should be the same as saying "Parker Posey," but she was by far my least favorite person in the cast/film. The real surprises here are Tori Spelling (whose oddly baby-doll-like giggling is honestly the most annoying thing about her, and she gets over that pretty quickly), who shares the funniest moment in the movie with Posey (they have a hilarious Q&A session about her childhood struggles in a poor family having to eat mostly pancakes), and Freddie Prinze Jr. Seeing them on the same screen as Genevieve Bujold and Parker Posey is a shock, but then considering how likable their characters are in opposition to the intrusive, controlling, zealous nuts Posey and Bujold are evens things up. Fun movie.
Flirting with Disaster (1996 / directed by David O. Russell) - 6/10
I'm actually getting sick of hearing myself say "the cast is excellent." And, especially with this movie (Patricia Arquette, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Josh Brolin, Ben Stiller, George Segal, Tea Leoni), you already know that. It's also a seriously funny movie. Every now and then. Unfortunately, it's also a "quirky" comedy. Where situations are unutterably insane past the point of relatability and characters are far more antagonistic than they'd be in reality yet the filmmakers find them to be charming instead of so annoying, they want to punch their lights out- hopefully mirroring what the audience would like to do to them (I shouldn't say that since The Old B&B Lady is kinda top on my list, but this is one bitch I hope the reindeer saw in half this Christmas Eve when Santa flattens her). It's one of those comedies where characters start off normal and then talk themselves as a group around in so many circles that they slowly unhinge and then you find yourself "laughing" (in my case, the dialogue is sharp and amusing but the effect of actually watching so many characters say and do so many shocking things becomes extremely unpleasent) at the fact that this group of people (including all the sets of parents, both blood and surrogate) start reminding you of the backwoods rednecks from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet, I think I'd say everyone had an understandable, defendable, relatable, and 100% fair motivation for what they did. Well, everyone but Ben Stiller. And I think I mean everyone- including the butch volleyball bimbettes. But, considering how awful Reality Bites was and how he was the best thing in that, it's like a trade-off. You just don't cheat on 90's Patricia Arquette. I don't care if she has a kid or not; if you're straight- you will do no better. (I suppose I could complain about Brolin's bisexual character but, pairing him with Richard Jenkins was a red flag from minute-1).
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The world's eyes have fallen on the Philippines at the end of 2013, as countless people's lives were left devastated in the wake of one of the most destructive storm in South Asia's recent recorded history: Typhoon Haiyan.
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According to one news article about Southeast Asia, more than 6000 people have been killed in Philippine alone.
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LAS VEGAS, March 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Wynn Resorts today announced it has hired Robert J. DeSalvio to assist with the company's development activities. An experienced resort developer and operator, Mr. DeSalvio will primarily focus on the company's proposed resort in Everett, Massachusetts. The company plans to build a $1.6 billion resort, featuring a five-star hotel and spa, luxury shopping and dining esplanade, winter garden and casino.
Mr. DeSalvio has held executive positions in sales, marketing, resort operations and strategic planning. He served as an Executive Vice President for both Sands Atlantic City and Foxwoods Resort Casino. Most recently, Mr. DeSalvio was President of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He led the development, construction, government relations and staffing of the resort before opening. Since opening in 2009, Mr. DeSalvio has led the resort to significant revenue growth.
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Wynn Resorts, Limited is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol WYNN and is part of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Indexes. Wynn Resorts owns and operates Wynn and Encore Las Vegas (www.wynnlasvegas.com) and Wynn and Encore Macau (www.wynnmacau.com).
Wynn and Encore Las Vegas feature two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,750 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas, approximately 186,000 square feet of casino space, 32 food and beverage outlets featuring signature chefs, two award-winning spas, an on-site 18-hole golf course, meeting space, a Ferrari and Maserati dealership, approximately 94,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms; three nightclubs and a beach club.
Wynn Macau is a destination casino located in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China with two luxury hotel towers with a total of 1,008 spacious rooms and suites, approximately 275,000 square feet of casino space, casual and fine dining in eight restaurants, approximately 57,000 square feet of retail space, recreation and leisure facilities, including two health clubs, two spas and a pool.
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In a recent research, analyst firm IDC found that the average cost of a critical application failure is $500,000 to $1 million per hour and the average total cost of unplanned application downtime is $1.25 billion to $2.5 billion per year for Fortune 1000 companies. In addition to the findings on the cost of the downtime, the research also highlighted best practices for development, testing, application support, infrastructure, and operations teams.
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There are many considerations when moving applications from on-premise to cloud. It is critical to understand the benefits and also challenges of this migration. A successful migration will result in lower Total Cost of Ownership, yet offer the same or higher level of robustness. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Michael Meiner, an Engineering Director at Oracle, Corporation, analyzed a range of cloud offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and discussed the benefits/challenges of migrating to each offe...
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Members apply mathematics and sophisticated computer programs to solve engineering problems. Some members work in areas such as forecasting, statistical analysis and simulation. Operations Research News, an e-mail newsletter sent periodically to all members, includes articles on simulation developments and applications, and statistical process control as well as other points of interest.
The updated division bylaws were approved by the Operations Research Division professional membership on May 24, 2011. To view the Division bylaws, click here.
Mary E. Kurz, associate professor at Clemson University, will serve as president-elect for the division. Mary has served as an Operations Research Board member since 2011 and was a new faculty colloquium speaker at ISERC 2010 and 2011, doctoral colloquium speaker in 2008-2011 , and Track Co-Coordinator for the division in 2010. Elected to the Board of Directors to serve two-year terms: Lihui Bai, assistant professor, University of Louisville; and Nipa Phojanamongkolkij, research analyst, NASA Langley Research Center.
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Annual Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Operations ResearchDr. Erick Moreno-Centeno of Texas A&M University is the recipient of the 2014 Annual Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Operations Research. Dr. Moreno-Centeno has demonstrated an ability to inspire his students to continue to learn and apply their knowledge outside the classroom and is dedicated to his students' education. The award will be presented at the 2014 IIE Annual IE Conference and Expo in Montreal, Canada.
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Worried that your holiday weekend plans will cut into your precious time searching Spawn.com? Are you concerned that you might miss out on those great McFarlane Toys' that are heading to retailers this month? Your friends at McFarlane Toys took the time to put together a quick list of the hottest toys of the summer for your easy perusal.
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Halo Odd Pods Series 1
Odd Pods are the new stylized variation of our highly successful Halo figures, with special appeal for the vast "urban" figure collector market. Odd Pods have interchangeable heads, torsos and arms for countless customization possibilities. The first series includes four fan-favorite Halo characters with weapons.
Halo Series 5: Equipment Edition
Our fifth series of 5-inch action figures is ready for battle! Campaign mode fans can add the heroic Sergeant Avery Johnson and the treacherous Jump Pack Brute to their collections, while Multiplayer fans can look forward to the first Elite figure in Assault armor and a white Spartan in the ever-popular Hayabusa armor set. Both camps can make use of the heavily fan-requested Weapons Pack, featuring 16 Covenant and UNSC weapons! All this and more, as each figure also includes a piece of Halo 3 equipment.
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Wikipedia says: "Bookmarks are pointers — primarily to URLs — built-in to most Internet web browsers. The primary purpose of bookmarks is to easily catalog and access web pages that the web browser user has visited or plans to visit, without having to remember the page URLs or rely on other computer programs."
Many, many years ago, there was a single way you could bookmark a page: using the browser's Bookmarks/Favorites menu. But this option wasn't so good. What if you use more than one browser? What if you use more than one computer? What if you have too many bookmarks? Then you have to import/export them or find a software to do that for you.
Now we have online solutions like del.icio.us or Google Bookmarks. del.icio.us offers you public bookmarks (by default), while Google has only private bookmarks. I think Google is on the right path as bookmarks should be private and searchable. Unlike del.icio.us, where you can only search the descriptions, Google Bookmarks lets you search the page content. But no solution is good enough.
(1) Bookmarks shouldn't need tags or folders
Why should I tag a page that has a title, plenty of content and links from other pages with content? There's enough information for the page.
(2) Bookmarks should be integrated into the browser
The same way you can subscribe to feeds in Firefox 2.0, you should be able to bookmark pages from the Bookmark menu. You wouldn't need extensions, bookmarklets, toolbars and links in blogs.
(3) Bookmarks should be synchronized
You should save a bookmark in your server of choice and your browser should save a copy locally. Then, from time to time, the bookmarks should be synchronized. This way, it would be easy to change your provider and you'd have more control over your bookmarks.
(4) Bookmarks should be invisible
I don't want to see a huge list of bookmarks in my browser. In fact, all I want to see is a search box, so I can search bookmarks using my online provider.
(5) Bookmarks should not only be web pages
You should be able to bookmark only some content from a page and annotate it.
(6) Bookmarks should be cached
Sometimes web pages disappear or are radically modified. A bookmark service should cache at least one version of the web page.
(7) Bookmarks should be easy to create
All I want is to click a button, the same way you do now in Google Toolbar, but I want to do the same way in any browser, on any platform, for any provider.
(8) Bookmarks should be searchable
I want my own search engine, that searches only my bookmarks. Google already does that.
(9) Bookmarks should be private by default
Sites could use aggregated information about bookmarks, but they shouldn't make bookmarks public by default.
(10) Bookmarks should be shared through lists
If I want to share some of my bookmarks, I could create a list using search. The list could be public or password-protected.
The closest to these simple rules is Google Bookmarks, who already does (7)-(9). The rest of my wishes are still far from being implemented by a single social bookmarking system or browser.
Google Bookmarks can be accessed:
* in Internet Explorer, using Google Toolbar
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Emotions are complex psychophysical processes that evoke positive or negative psychological responses (or both) and physical expressions, often involuntary. Emotions are often related to feelings, perceptions or beliefs about elements, objects or relations between them, in reality or in the imagination. They typically arise spontaneously, rather than through conscious effort. An emotion (reaction or state) is often differentiated from a feeling (sensation or impression), although the word feeling can mean emotion in some contexts.
- Feelings are a very difficult business. So outsource them.
- Anonymous poster by an unidentified painter, quoted in "Why people really do care about privacy" CNET (13 March 2010)
- "I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me."
After a pause full of intense thought on my part, I asked: "But if one hasn't always emotion. What then?"
"Do not paint," he quickly answered. "When I came in here to work this morning I had no emotion, so I took a horseback ride. When I returned I felt like painting, and had all the emotion I wanted.
- Henri Matisse, as quoted in an interview with Clara T. MacChesney (1912), in Matisse on Art (1995) edited by Jack D. Flam, p. 66
- People who think they can control their negative emotions and manifest them when they want to, simply deceive themselves. Negative emotions depend on identification; if identification is destroyed in some particular case, they disappear. The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.
- P. D. Ouspensky, in The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution (1950), Fourth Lecture, p. 70
- The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts: the less you know the hotter you get.
- Bertrand Russell, as quoted in Selling : A Behavioral Science Approach (1966) by Joseph Wilmer Thompson, p. 197
- There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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Honestly not sure what you mean here:
Do you read out of order on purpose? You hadn't even posted when I made that comment.
So by 'no debate' you don't mean 'don't express opinion'?
No, why would you even try to make this assertion?
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If WR had posted what he addressed to me as a response to CSNeg as well I wouldn't have cared as imo it applied to us both.
Honestly not sure what you mean here:
I was stoopid. Trying to tease out the difference between cnegs 'opinion' and WR critique of my response...i think..
I have not noticed a negative response from CS or at least haven't taken it negatively. So yes maybe it is reading comprehension.
"there is no debate" means "you can't express an opinion."
what I said:
So by 'no debate' you don't mean 'don't express opinion'?
this was because someone had posted opinion which to me invited debate, but WR called me on it, whilst asserted opinion was unchallenged.
It was a question.
For posting like an ass I apologize.
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So do I get some kind of award for having a post go from trollshido then back to the original forum?
Definitely the weirdest private message I've ever gotten...
Also, since Resonance10 mentioned it, I really didn't mean anything negative/baiting by my post. Sure I came off strong, but all I can say is that I have a strong opinion on qigong and neigong. Sorry if it came off like that.
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That adds absolutely nothing to a long dead thread. If you are going to do a necro at least try and expound the point. Most of us are open to EVIDENCE - something in relatively short supply for qi....and before you start, the plural of anecdote is NOT evidence
Luckily for you this is a style specific forum on the response would have been less kind.
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(1) You should get your pro fighter tag post haste. The fact that you have BTDT means a lot to people on these boards.
(2) When you are looking to post on an existing thread, remember that content is king. No one will give you **** for posting on a dead thread if it contains exciting and new information. That's what we want. :) If you post one line platitudes; well, that won't be accepted so readily.
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A recent HowToGeek post called out Deep Roy as being the only actor to have appeared in all of the Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who franchises. A comment on that post mentions that Simon Pegg has also played characters in all those franchises but, since his Star Wars role was a voice-over, I believe this stretches the definition of "appeared" just a bit.
Another comment poses this question though, which I'm interested in having answered here:
Ah but are there any actors who have appeared in all three of the big Star
****franchises? Star Trek, Star Wars, and Stargate.
For the purposes of this question, "appeared" should be taken as "had an on-screen presence". That is to say, voice-overs don't count. Photographs or casual references made by other characters do not count either. The actor must have actually had a role, and been physically present in front of the camera, in a movie or TV production associated with each of the three
Star-* franchises: Star Wars, Star Trek, and Stargate.
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Ted Cruz has done the impossible.
No, the U.S. senator didn't reverse history and complete his Don Quixote-like quest to abolish Obamacare. He did, however, perform the seemingly impossible by garnering a non-miniscule audience for his 21-hour diatribe against federal spending and the new health care law.
Cable news stations splattered his image across the screen for most of the afternoon Tuesday, perhaps riveted by the senator's firebrand style, which was certainly on display. For instance, less than a half hour after grabbing the podium, he had already compared his fight to the one against Nazi Germany in the 1940s. References to "Stars Wars," "Green, Eggs and Ham," and the World Wrestling Federation would eventually follow.
His speech on the senate floor ultimately can be described in two ways. It was either an impassioned filibuster that technically wasn't a filibuster, or perhaps the longest campaign ad in history.
Those familiar with the senator from Texas know that, despite being elected only 10 months ago, he's already garnered a reputation for casting stones. While his pursuits have at times alienated members of even his own party, he's become a darling of the Tea Party movement. If Cruz's goal was to somehow obliterate Obama's signature law on the spot, he failed. His "filibuster" didn't block a bill; it just postponed the vote by 24 hours or so. But if his aim was to fire up the base of the Tea Party, a daylong attempt to kill Obamacare is the perfect kindling.
What better way to appeal to conservative voters in key Southern states such as South Carolina? The senator's signature black cowboy boots are a good start, but those can only go so far.
Yes, the next presidential race is more than three years away. But Cruz just had his opening act and, despite the sore feet, it couldn't have been easier – a captive audience on a slow news day with hours of free air time.
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