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A man accused of holding three women captive for a decade was scolded repeatedly by a judge to raise his head and open his eyes in a brief court appearance where he pleaded not guilty Wednesday to nearly 1,000 counts of kidnap, rape and other crimes.
For the most part, Ariel Castro, 53, responded to the judge's questions with one-word answers as he faced charges that included 512 counts of kidnapping and 446 counts of rape.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Pamela Barker repeatedly told him to raise his head and keep his eyes open so "I make sure that you are listening to me and understanding what I'm saying, OK?"
"I'm trying," said Castro, who in past court appearances had kept his head down and his chin tucked on his chest.
One of his attorneys, Craig Weintraub, declined later to discuss Castro's courtroom demeanor. "I'm not going to comment on that," he said.
The charges returned Friday by a grand jury against Castro expanded on a 329-count indictment filed earlier that covered only part of the time frame of the alleged crimes. He previously pleaded not guilty to that indictment.
Castro has been jailed since his arrest on May 6 shortly after the women escaped to freedom.

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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Norwegian immigrant Knute Nelson served state and country throughout his life, first as a soldier and a lawyer, then as a legislator and the twelfth governor of Minnesota. He was the state's first foreign-born governor.
The O'Connor layover agreement was instituted by John O'Connor shortly after his promotion from St. Paul Detective to Chief of Police on June 1, 1900. It allowed criminals to stay in the city under three conditions: that they checked-in with police upon their arrival; agreed to pay bribes to city officials; and committed no major crimes in the city of St. Paul. This arrangement lasted for almost forty years, ending when rampant corruption forced crusading local citizens and the federal government to step in.
As Minnesota's first Farmer-Labor Party governor, Floyd B. Olson pursued an activist agenda aimed at easing the impact of the Great Depression. During his six years in office, from 1931 to 1936, he became a hero to the state's working people for strongly defending their economic interests.
Democrat Rudy Perpich was Minnesota's thirty-fourth and thirty-sixth governor. The son of an Iron Range mining family, he was recognized for his innovative ideas, support of women, and emphasis on foreign trade.
In forty-six years as a Minnesotan, John Sargent Pillsbury helped establish what eventually became one of the world's largest flour-milling businesses, served three terms as governor, and contributed—generously and often anonymously—to numerous causes he deemed worthy.
In the late nineteenth century, Minnesota was rife with political discontent. A national movement to support the interests of working people against elites took hold at a local level. Crusading figures like Ignatius Donnelly challenged the power of big business and wealthy tycoons. The movement, called populism, arose from the people's urge for reform. It shaped the young state's politics for close to three decades.
Republicans from across the nation came to Minneapolis in June 1892 for secret meetings, public rallies and speeches, and their official national convention, which culminated in the nomination of then US President Benjamin Harrison as the party's presidential candidate.
Minnesota State Senator Anton J. Rockne took pride in the nickname "Watchdog of the State Treasury." Yet as America's Great Depression deepened in 1932, he fought against programs for the poor and his opponents branded him "Commander-in-Chief of the Hunger Brigade."
Joseph Rolette was a fur trader and politician during Minnesota's territorial period. A colorful character in his time, Rolette is remembered for the drastic action he took to prevent removal of Minnesota's capital to St. Peter.
When Leonard August Rosing became chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1896, he had his work cut out for him: Republicans had controlled the governorship since before the Civil War. But Rosing was successful in unseating Republicans and getting Democrat John Lind elected governor in 1898.
Francis H. Shoemaker's 1931–1932 journey from a Leavenworth prison cell to a seat in the U.S. Congress ranks among Minnesota's most bizarre political odysseys. But little about Shoemaker surprised those following the meteoric career of the radical newspaper editor from Red Wing.
Henry Hastings Sibley occupied the stage of Minnesota history for fifty-six active years. He was the territory's first representative in Congress (1849–1853) and the state's first governor (1858–1860). In 1862 he led a volunteer army against the Dakota under Taoyateduta (Little Crow IV). After his victory at Wood Lake and his rescue of more than two hundred white prisoners, he was made a brigadier general in the Union Army.
Alice Gustava Smith, better known by her students and readers as Sister Maris Stella, taught English at the College of St. Catherine (now St. Catherine University) in St. Paul for nearly fifty years. During that time she also published books of verse that built her reputation as a skilled and spiritual poet.
Susie Williamson Stageberg is known as the "Mother of the Farmer-Labor Party." The Red Wing activist spent a lifetime fighting for unpopular political and social causes. She strongly opposed the merger of the Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties in the 1940s.
An unusually close election in 1962 led to a recount in the race between Minnesota Governor Elmer L. Andersen and his challenger, Lieutenant Governor Karl F. Rolvaag. The outcome remained in doubt for more than four months as thousands of ballots were recounted all across the state.
Minnesota Territory experienced a boom period starting in 1855. Industry flourished region-wide and companies amassed incredible wealth. The Financial Panic of 1857 brought the good times to a halt and interrupted the growth of the fledgling state.
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization which existed from 1866 to 1956. It was composed of veterans of the Union Army, United States Navy, Marines, and Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. The organization allowed veterans to communicate with one another and plan reunions. At its peak in 1890 it was a powerful organization, supporting the rights of veterans and primarily Republican politicians.
In 1855 a federal treaty moved the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people from their reservation near Long Prairie to a site along the Blue Earth River. The Ho-Chunk farmed the area's rich soil with some success, but drew the hostility of white neighbors who wanted the land for themselves. Though they did not participate in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 they were exiled from Minnesota during the conflict's aftermath.
In 1848 the U.S. government removed the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) from their reservation in the northeastern part of Iowa to Long Prairie in Minnesota Territory. The Ho-Chunk found the land at Long Prairie a poor choice to meet their needs as farmers. In 1855 they were moved again, this time to a reservation in southern Minnesota.
In 1854 legislators in St. Paul requested a grant from the federal government to create a rail line across Minnesota Territory. Public outcry led to scandal and the repeal of the territory's first land grant bill.
In 1857 elected delegates met in St. Paul to draft a state constitution so that Minnesota could officially join the Union. Due to a bitter rivalry, Democrats and Republicans refused to meet jointly until near the end of the convention. Finally, a Compromise Committee with five members from each group proposed language that both sides accepted. Yet they refused to sign the same document. As a result, Minnesota has two copies of its constitution: one Democratic and one Republican.
Exploited by powerful corporate and political interests in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Midwestern farmers banded together in the early twentieth century to fight for their political and economic rights. Farmers formed the Nonpartisan League (NPL) and wrote a significant chapter of Minnesota's progressive-era history.
The growth of cities and industry in the late nineteenth century brought sweeping changes to American society. Minneapolis and Saint Paul grew rapidly. Urban labor provided new opportunities for Minnesotans as well as new challenges. Business practices and labor rights became topics of heated debate. The Progressive movement spread amid growing concerns about the place of ordinary Americans in the new urban landscape.
The second Treaty of La Pointe (1854) ceded most Ojibwe land on the northern and western shores of Lake Superior to the U.S. government. It also established the Grand Portage and Fond du Lac reservations. In exchange, the Ojibwe received annual payments and a guarantee that they could continue to hunt and fish throughout this territory.
The Treaty of Mendota was signed between the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of the Dakota and the United States Government in 1851. By signing this treaty and the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux the same year, the Dakota transferred ownership of their lands to the United States. The Treaties of 1851 opened millions of acres to white settlement. For the Dakota, the treaties represented a step towards the loss of their homeland, and the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
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Whenever Cross Canadian Ragweed gets asked if theyre a country band or a rock band, they just laugh and offer up a resounding Yes! Lead singer Cody Canada, rhythm guitarist Grady Cross, drummer Randy Ragsdale and bassist Jeremy Plato figured out a long time ago that their job was to make great music and let everybody else figure out what to call it.
These lifelong friends spent years developing their sound in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and then with a relentless tour schedule they became kings of the Red Dirt and Texas music scenes. They grew their audience the old fashioned wayone fan at a time.
Like many of their fans, the guys in CCR grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC and Merle Haggard. Thats how they seamlessly blend the energy, sex appeal and theater of rock n roll with the emotionally direct honesty and working class themes of country music.
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A's Reddick awarded Gold Glove
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Session Y48: Focus Session: Statistical Physics of Active Systems Away From Detailed Balance: Swimmers and All That
8:00 AM–10:48 AM, Friday, March 2, 2012
Room: 161
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBIO
Chair: Daniel Needleman, Harvard University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.Y48.3
Abstract: Y48.00003 : Microfluidic one-way streets for algae
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Jorn Dunkel
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Vasily Kantsler
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Marco Polin
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Raymond E. Goldstein
(DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
Controlling locomotion and transport of microorganisms is a key challenge in the development of future biotechnological applications. Here, we demonstrate the use of optimized microfluidic ratchets to rectify the mean swimming direction in suspensions of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which is a promising candidate for the photosynthetic production of hydrogen. To assess the potential of microfluidic barriers for the manipulation of algal swimming, we studied first the scattering of individual C. reinhardtii from solid boundaries. High-speed imaging reveals the surprising result that these quasi-spherical ``puller''-type microswimmers primarily interact with surfaces via direct flagellar contact, whereas hydrodynamic effects play a subordinate role. A minimal theoretical model, based on run-and-turn motion and the experimentally measured surface-scattering law, predicts the existence of optimal wedge-shaped ratchets that maximize rectification of initially uniform suspensions. We confirm this prediction in experimental measurements with different geometries. Since the mechano-elastic properties of eukaryotic flagella are conserved across many genera, we expect that our results and methods are applicable to a broad class of biflagellate microorganisms.
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Market Research Myanmar
Solidiance is a leading marketing strategy consultancy trusted to deliver better results in Myanmar and the rest of the Asia Pacific region. We provide market research and strategy recommendations to clients so they may grow their businesses. We have helped multinational clients understand the Burmese economic landscape by delivering comprehensive market entry and growth strategy services. Some of these services include market sizing, competitor profiling, customer segmentation, site selection, and evaluation of investment partners.
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Myanmar : Go-to-market advisory
Start here to understand the promising emerging Myanmar market. Solidiance publishes its second version of the Myanmar market handbook to assess local industries and challenges ahead. Myanmar has many promising sectors with attractive returns, yet several issues exists and obstruct business to fully prosper. This short document highlights what an international executive needs to know before landing in Myanmar.
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Selling Online: Myanmar's Emerging E-commerce
September 2013 | News
'Online shopping' in Myanmar is currently still an infant purchasing method, partly due to the underdevelopment in the telecom and banking sectors. However, the Myanmar e-commerce industry is taking off as the country's economy is preparing for a transformation from cash to cards and online transactions driven by their younger and more techno savvy generation. However, drastic transitioning may not be advisable, and according to Manager, Michael Sieburg, staying flexible during change is pivotal. Offering an online purchase may add some edge to the business, but retaining cash payment is worth considering as an alternate option.Read more
Consumption Boom in Myanmar Attracts MNCs
March 2013 | News
The impending consumption boom in Myanmar has attracted big brands to tap on this market. As the people grow into a more brand-savvy global consumers, a lot of multinational companies take a chunk of risk to invest in the country to gain their market share. According to Solidiance's Managing Partner Asia, Damien Duhamel, the profit potential is enormous -- the only question being constantly imposed is to know when to land their brands and products strongly in the market.Read more
Myanmar Thrust onto the Frontline of Consumerism
March 2013 | News
The big brands have now swept into Myanmar, determined to have a share of an anticipated boom and transform the nation's impoverished people into brand-savvy global consumers. Damien Duhamel, Solidiance's Managing Partner Asia remarks that rushing in to untapped market of Myanmar to seek for 'pioneering advantage' is a laden risk. Meanwhile MNCs from Taiwan, HK, Singapore are likely to enter in 2nd or 3rd wave to build sustainable market share.Read more
Multinational Companies Start Entering the Myanmar Consumer Market
March 2013 | News
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Looking into Myanmar's Strategic Tie with Thailand in the Automotive Sector
March 2013 | News
Thailand has been spearheading economic growth in South East Asia, even before ASEAN was formed. Although we can't neglect its political instability, it has accumulated knowledge and experiences especially in automotive sector and by now it is known as "Detroit in Asia". Aki Nakamura, Solidiance's Head of Japan Desk, assesses this existing superiority and its strategic tie with Myanmar as an interesting aspect to look into.Read more
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Sept. 7, 2009
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville football head coach Steve Kragthorpe met with members of the media on Monday to review last week's 30-10 win over Indiana State and preview Sept. 19 game against Kentucky. The Cardinals and Wildcats will kick off at 12:00 p.m. ET at Commonwealth Stadium in the annual showdown for the Governor's Cup trophy and the game will be televised locally by WHAS-TV.
The Cardinals enter the game 1-0 after their home-opening win against Indiana State, while Kentucky also enters 1-0 overall following their 42-0 victory over Miami (Ohio) at Paul Brown Stadium. Junior Justin Burke made his first Louisville start, going 17-of-31 for 223 yards with two interceptions. The running back tandem of Victor Anderson and Bilal Powell combined to rush for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Anderson led the Cardinals with 93 yards on 14 carries and two scores, while Powell was just as effective, running for 76 yards and a score.
Quick Notes
- Junior quarterback Justin Burke returns home to Lexington to face the University of Kentucky. Burke, who made his first career start last week versus Indiana State, was a record-breaking quarterback at Lexington Catholic.
- Since the Kentucky-Louisville series resumed in 1994, the Cardinals are 6-3 at Commonwealth Stadium.
- In three seasons as the head coach of the Cardinals, head coach Steve Kraghtorpe is 3-7 on the road and is 1-1 in road openers.
- The Cardinals have lost their last three road games. Louisville's last road win was a 35-28 decision at Memphis on Oct. 10, 2008.
The Series - U of L and UK
Louisville and Kentucky will meet for the 22nd time in school history with the Wildcats owning a 12-9 advantage. The Wildcats have won the last two meetings against the Cards, including a 27-2 win at Papa John's Stadium last year. This is the third meeting between Steve Kragthorpe and Rich Brooks. UofL lost 40-34 in their last game in Lexington but have won four of the last five meetings on the road. Since 1994, the Cardinals are 9-6 against Kentucky.
GAME FACTS - Louisville (1-0) at Kentucky (1-0)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 19
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Site: Commonwealth Stadium (67,606), Lexington, Ky.
TV: ESPNU will televise the game with Clay Matvick (play-by-play) and David Diaz-Infante (analyst)
Radio: Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Craig Swabek (analyst) will call all the action and Doug Ormay will report from the sidelines on WHAS 840 AM
Also: SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Ch. 91
Rankings: Both teams are unranked in this week's AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll.
Coaches: Louisville's Steve Kragthorpe is 41-35 in eighth seasons as a head coach and 12-13 in his third year at Louisville. Rich Brooks is 33-41 in his seventh season at Kentucky.


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Free Skin Cancer Screening Tour: How Five Minutes Can Save Your Life
You know how passionate we are about SPF and suncare here at Temptalia, so it should come as no surprise that we want to do our part in raising awareness and spreading the word about the Skin Cancer Foundation's latest campaign.
WHAT: The official ribbon cutting by Dr. Perry Robins for the launch of Skin Cancer Foundation's Road to Healthy Skin Tour presented by AVEENO and Rite Aid will take place in front of the Tour's 38-foot customized RV. Free full body skin cancer screenings by board-certified dermatologists will be offered in a private room inside the RV for the public. Guiding Light actors will also be stopping by to receive screenings.
WHERE: Union Square 16th Street between 5th Avenue and Union Square West
WHEN: Friday, May 2nd, 12:00 – 3:00
WHY: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with more than 1 million cases diagnosed annually across the country. Skin cancer is also the most preventable and curable form of cancer if it is detected early. This kick-off is the first stop of the Tour which will visit more than 50 cities at 100 different locations across the country to educate people about the importance of an annual skin check with their doctor, and get the message out that it is crucial for everyone, no matter their skin color, to practice sun safety. More than 10,000 people are expected to be screened during the entire tour.
"Many people don't know that they should get a yearly skin exam. The goal of this tour is to educate the public about skin cancer and encourage people to schedule regular skin screenings," said Perry Robins, MD, President of The Skin Cancer Foundation. "Caught in the early stages, skin cancer is almost always curable."
The Road to Healthy Skin Tour will kick off in New York City in early May and run through the fall. The tour is expected to screen more than 10,000 people and will visit more than 50 cities at 100 different locations across the country. The screenings will take place in one of two private rooms and are quick, easy and potentially life-saving. The tour will provide printed informational materials and sunscreen samples to help protect skin.
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Santa Fe Water Tank Car
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On many railroads, tank cars were converted to work duty to haul water, fuel, and other liquid supplies. The majority of Santa Fe work tank cars were used for storing and hauling water, an essential supply for thirsty workmen and for operation of steam power equipment.
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There's no way Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien could have known back then that his 417-yard, four-touchdown performance in a Nov. 27, 2010 win over NC State would hold so much significance.
But looking back on it more than three years later, there's one name on the opposing team's roster that gives the victory a bit more weight.
Who started at quarterback for NC State on that day? A guy named Russell Wilson.
On that day, the Terrapins stormed back from an early 14-0 deficit to defeat Wilson, a newly minted Super Bowl on Sunday night with the Seattle Seahawks, to take down the Wolfpack, 38-31, at Byrd Stadium in College Park.
For O'Brien, those 417 yards were a career high. All four touchdown passes were to another eventual Super Bowl champion, Torrey Smith, who won a title last season with the Baltimore Ravens.
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Hundreds of volunteers showed up at the Food Bank's distribution center in The Bronx.
Avonte's family and volunteers continue to man a 24-hour command post in Long Island City.
Nilka Martell founded the green volunteer group G.I.V.E. after she was laid off from her job.
Residents say the park struggles with poor maintenance.
The Parks Dept. is painting over the apple-green paint at Woodside's Doughboy Park with a darker green.
The city told a volunteer-run hub to move so that New Dorp Beach can open on Memorial Day.
The park hopes to maintain its gardens with an army of volunteer landscapers.
The Cedar Grove Community Hub stayed open, despite being told they'd be closed down on Jan. 1.
The mayor's office said they had no plans to shut down the relief camp on New Years Day.
Where to Turn, a Staten Island nonprofit, will run a free toy store for Hurricane Sandy victims.
The group started an online petition asking for a three-month moratorium to help volunteer workers.
The action star grew up in the West Village artists' complex on Bethune Street.
Several parks lost dozens of trees, but hundredes of volunteers have helped clean up.
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Restore from SDR on a remote server won't work
I come here again, because I'm proceeding my bunch of tests. Currently, I try to restore my main domain controller (Active Directory + DHCP + DNS) on a remote server.
The two servers are from Dell brand, physical.
The disk configuration "appear" to be the same (not the case apparently), but the system reserved and OEM partitions are recognized as incompatible, the size is ok.
*For the OEM, I've created a RAW partition instead of NTFS
- The system reserved partition is recognized as System, but not Active, when I boot on the SDR disk
- The OEM Dell Partition can't be manually created I think, I just need to the right file format I guess.
But my question, is why the System Reserved 100 Mb partition is not compatible ? I mean, it's the same both side !
Thanks in advance,
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So, I sucessfully restored the C: drive, ... that led to corrupt my Windows, and I wasn't able to boot, either on Active Directory revcovery mode, normal mode or fail safe mode.
I would like to understand something, if you don't mind :
Let's say I don't want to use the SDR anymore, and I want to restore my AD backup on a remote server, the briefs steps in order to make it, would be the following (please correct me if I'm wrong somewhere) :
On the remote computer, I have to install the RAWS, etablish a trust link between BE and the remote server, NOT install AD services. Then check if partitions are the same as the ones I want to restore ( >= capacity and same filesystem)
On the backup exec server, I have to restore the C: first, restoring over existing files, preserving tree and security. Then, when it's done, (I have a bluescreen to the reboot at this point, so it's obviously a bad practice.), I have to reboot in AD recovery mode, and then make a system state recovery.
I've seen some guy restoring both System state + C: drive on a video, I'm unable to do this, I can only select one of the two options.
Thanks a lot, I'm struggling with this for a week.
I'm a bit upset right now ... Even opening a technical case and talking with a technician, didn't changed anything. Pay around 8500$ for a software that can't restore an Active Directory on another server is a pity.
Let's say we can't restore this one. I've tried SDR solution, restoring in 2 different jobs from BE, manually recreating the Dell partition (it worked, but BE didn't recognized it as an OEM Partition, even if Windows have shown at the disk 0, partition 1, the OEM Partition (exactly the same as the one which is on my origin server). I know it's the same partition because I've edited this one to a very low level (seen the same type (DE), cylinders, same heads, sectors ...).
SO, I started from scratch, again.
- Reinstalled a new Win2k8 R2 Server, promote it as an AD, nammed it "SRV-DCTEST"
- There is only 2 partitions to backup in order to activate the SDR feature : Reserved for system (100Mb) and C:\ drive.
- Created some fake OUs, security groups, users ...
- Joined a client machine to this domain, it worked.
- I've made a complete SDR backup of my SRV-DCTEST
- Created a VM with brand new Win2k8 R2 Server
- Installed the Remote Agent on a different partition than C:
- Modifyied the name to match with the SRV-DCTEST.
- Checked the 100 Mb reserved partition was here, and checked I had free space enough to restore C:\
- Made a backup of this server (in order to generate the ".DR" file for this server)
- Created a SDR .iso of it.
- Booted my virtual server with the SDR .iso, followed the steps without errors and then ...
My reserved system 100 mb partitions wasn't corresponding.
The one of my remote virtual server, marked as "Active" and assigned a letter.
The one of my physical server, marked as "Active" and "System" without any letter.
I tried to change or delete the letter on the remote server partition, but it didn't changed anything, it wasn't matching again.
If you opened a support case then keep working with that technician and possibly even ask if it can be escalated to the next level.
Gut feeling is this is either because of the original partition layout (with OEM partition sitting before the system reserved one), OR an odd effect related to installing our agent into a drive other than C: (which is supported, just very very few customers do this)
Hi Colin,
I've tried first with the agent on C:\ drive but a technician advised me to install it on a data partition, as it could disturb the restore.
here is some pictures to embroider and provide more details :
It's not about an OEM partition right now, as my 2 test servers were installed without any utilitary, but with a raw windows .iso. The impossible step :
And, here is when I remove the letter assigned :
I was digging a bit more on this and while discussing it with your assigned technician to work on the case stumbled upon
Are you using a UEFI based physical server? If yes, you would need a UEFI based server to be able to restore to. Hope you are doing this and getting the errors.
It worked with a VM under HyperV.
I manage to recreate an environment which could host a restore of my physical DC.
I ticked "Erase the hard drives ..." checkbox under the quick view of the partition of the server / the backup (like the picture of a post by me, upper) and the SDR utility was able to delete/format the partition in order to match with the backup I want to restore.
I've done the same thing as I've done with my physical server to restore. I guess a VM is more "flexible" than a physical machine.
Anyway, I got my answer, but not to restore on a physical server yet. But I thinks it's enough and I spent way too much time than I would normally have to spent.
Thanks for the support


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When Movies Remind Us Who We Are
The dark, smoldering eyes I notice first, peeking out from under a misshapen pile of bargain DVDs. It is Doctor Zhivago. On impulse I buy it. For some reason I feel it belongs in that bookcase of movies we never watch.
And then I realize why this movie. If James Garner was my mother's nice-boy crush, Omar Sharif was the bad boy. Not infrequently she mentioned his magnetic, brooding eyes. Somewhere I filed this away in that place where movies and memories intersect. Doctor Zhivago fires up a synapse reacquainting long-dormant neurons.
Throughout my life – and yours, if you love movies, too – all sorts of such connections exist. It's the reason we watch movies over and over, or collect them. A bridge to another time and place. The reason we revisit or cherish anything, I suppose.
Sometimes a movie can even remind you who you are, or were, or who you are supposed to be.
And then I think, what other movies might I pull from this same $2.99 bargain bin were they there?
Mind you, this isn't intended to be all-inclusive or a list of "Best" anything. Just a handful of selected milestones in one person's life in which a not-insignificant amount of time has been spent at the movies.
The Deer Hunter
They had me at I love you, baby. A group of friends who've grown up together in the Pennsylvania steel town of Clairton rejoice at the sound of the mill's quitting-time bell. Soon they're at their favorite tavern pounding down Rolling Rocks and singing along with Frankie Valli.
I love you, baby, And if it's quite alright, I need you, baby, To warm a lonely night. I love you, baby. Trust in me when I say…
You have the sense you're seeing something fragile, soon to be forever lost. And indeed you are, because these boys are bound for Vietnam. Much of what comes next for Mike (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steve (John Savage), both at war and at home, is hard to watch.
I saw this movie many times sophomore year of college. When you're young and you have a small crew of friends who know all your secrets, these are the films that resonate. We knew the dialogue by heart, of course, and we subjected each other, girlfriends, acquaintances, and on occasion perfect strangers to our recitations of various pivotal scenes.
"Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this."
Much of the movie was filmed not 100 miles away, in towns we knew. Many things were familiar to us. But so much was not. Mike, Nick and Steve were the boys we knew or heard about from home. The ones a few years older than us, the ones who went to war.
The Deer Hunter is not an anti-war film, but it does provide an unflinching view of war, and the way it can mar the psyches of those who fight. It is also about friendship and commitment, and about cherishing what you have, while you have it.
"A man who says no to champagne says no to life."
Cinema Paradiso
I fell in love with my wife the day she told me that Cinema Paradiso was her favorite movie. To me, the simple admission spoke volumes.
In 1940s Sicily, a village movie house projectionist, Alfredo, takes a troubled six-year-old boy under his wing. He makes a place for young Salvatore in the booth where he shows movies for the townspeople each weekend. There's a priest who screens and censors the movies, sitting with a little bell at the ready. Every time we come upon a scene too racy for the Church – any scene in which people kiss – the bell rings, the movie stops and the offending images are cut from the film reel and tossed aside.
They are kindred spirits, Alfredo and Salvatore, and the heart of the film is the bond between the young assistant and his adopted father. As Salvatore grows to be a young man, he falls for a local girl named Elena, but the romance is not without complications.
It is sad and sweet and I think it is safe to say that anyone with a love of movies will adore Cinema Paradiso very much. At one point, we see a montage of the deleted kissing scenes, from the great, classic movies of the era, and it is nothing short of magical.
Watch it with someone you care for, or someone you want to get to know better. But if you do check out Cinema Paradiso, I recommend the original version, not the three-hour Director's Cut (Apologies to writer-director Guiseppe Tornatore, upon whose life this story is based, but dude, it was fine as is).
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
"He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him."
I've never figured out if Steven Spielberg has some sixth sense about what's "trending" in people's minds, or if his movies just start a national conversation of which we all become a part.
Obsession with strange lights in the sky was at a peak with Close Encounters came out in 1977. Or maybe it was just me, as I have always been a geek about such things. I can debate both sides of the Fermi Paradox and the E.T. Hypothesis, contrast Project Bluebook with Project Sign, even help you connect the dots between J. Allen Hynek, Vannevar Bush and the 1952 UFO Wave over Washington.
I was a high school senior when I heard this film was being made, and by the time it reached my local theater, it was if I myself had the five tones burned into my brain.
"Watch the skies please… We now show uncorrelated targets approaching from the north-northwest…"
But none of that matters, really, because Close Encounters is just a darned good movie. I know of no other that captures the essence of pure wonder, or the enduring allure of an unsolvable mystery. Now and then, remembering what those things feel like is important.
And where else can you get dialogue like this?
"Down a major third…Up a perfect fifth… She sent us four quavers, a group of five quavers, a group of four semi-quavers…"
A shame this movie is often labeled mere "science fiction," because it is a very human story of an everyman driven by a vision he didn't ask to receive, and then compelled, at great personal cost, to find an answer. Roy Neary, as brought to life by Richard Dreyfuss, is each of us, just wanting to know who and why.
I should warn you that repeated viewings may produce an uncontrollable compulsion to visit Devil's Tower, Wyoming (omg you should go, just off I-90 and it is AWESOME).
"Listen to me Major Walsh! It is an event sociological!"
Last Tango in Paris
I've never seen this movie, but bear with me. In 1973, when I was 14, I had an epic crush on my eighth grade English teacher, Miss Snyder. Her name was Allison. She was a couple of years out of college, I suppose, a glamorous and mysterious older woman.
She had long, auburn hair, dark eyes, a cross between Ann-Margret and Audrey Hepburn. Allison's lips pursed in the cutest way when she was pensive or angry, not unlike a young Elizabeth Taylor.
If I said something in class that made Allison laugh, I was euphoric. If I missed a homework assignment and Allison scolded me, I was devastated. At age 14, a crush can consume every waking thought, color perceptions, fog the mind. If you see a 14-year-old walking around in this state, treat them kindly.
I came to believe that Allison and I bonded during a class discussion about movies and current events. She asked the class if anyone knew "the name of a controversial movie that has been in the news, an art film starring Marlon Brando. "
In the corner, Mike Carrier's hand shot up. "The Godfather!" he said.
"No," Allison replied. "Anyone" The room fell silent. My heart raced. "Anyone?"
I heard myself say "Last Tango in Paris. It was Last Tango… in Paris." Allison smiled. I smiled. It was exciting that Allison and I were the only two people in the room who shared knowledge of the naughty art film generating Oscar buzz.
Like I said, never did see the movie.
Ordinary People
Screenwriters will tell you that every movie has an "inciting incident," a point early in the film in which a specific action sets the story in motion. Things like a fiery explosion, a shark attack, someone confessing a terrible secret.
In Ordinary People, the incident is the seemingly trivial action of a cold and troubled mother named Beth Jarrett, played by Mary Tyler Moore. Her teenaged son Conrad (Timothy Hutton) says he isn't hungry, so she snatches away his breakfast plate and dumps its contents down the garbage disposal.
"You can't save French toast."
It's emblematic of their relationship, or what's left of it, upon the death of Conrad's brother, Buck. You see, Buck was the favorite. Handsome, athletic, outgoing. Now she is left with Conrad, too weak, self-destructive and full of doubt to ever take his place.
Conrad blames himself for Buck's death, which happens when the two brothers are caught in a storm on Lake Michigan. Their boat capsizes, and Buck drowns.
Eventually we learn why Conrad cannot forgive himself. After Buck is swept away and lost, Conrad hangs on to the boat. This act of self-preservation is too much to bear.
Watching a movie at age 20 is a very different experience than watching the same movie at 40 or 50. But Ordinary People always leaves me with the same thoughts.
When I first saw it, I was just learning about loss and how it can affect a family. As somber and dark as this story was, I found its message, especially its conclusion, more about hope than despair, and it came to mean something to me.
Imagining a brighter future is not just a good trait to have. As it turns out, it is everything.
Because life can and does blow up storms. And anyone who has been around a while can tell you. It's all about hanging on to the boat.
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jjk On Monday, October 17 at 6:53 am
I will have to check out some of these films. I tend to have songs "drop" me back in a different time and place. It is an eerie feeling, so I prefer 2-3 minutes (song) instead of 2 hours (movie)!
Mrs.P On Monday, October 17 at 7:02 am
I will forever love Timothy Hutton because of his performance in Ordinary People. Great list, great writing!
CaliJilly On Monday, October 17 at 12:23 pm
Me too. He is still so handsome. He was also great in "The Falcon and the Snowman." Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland were outstanding in this film. One of my favorite of all times.
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh On Monday, October 17 at 7:28 am
Sadly I haven't seen any of those but you put on Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club or more obscure ones like The Last Starfighter and Real Genius and I'm at different periods of my life that I find myself yearning to revisit as I approach that whole "midlife crisis" age.
Yogamama On Monday, October 17 at 7:42 am
I remember being fascinated by Ordinary People the first time I saw it. Mary Tyler Moore's performance transfixed me. I couldn't understand how a mother could be so cold, distant and unloving to a son through no fault of his own. Love this movie.
Mamadallama On Monday, October 17 at 8:03 am
I love how films make you feel when you see them for the first time and the best ones do resonate with you–maybe it's just the most memorable ones, not always the best. Sometimes they take you back to a time and place, like A Christmas Story does for me or sometimes they take you places you never want to be like Aliens. The best ones always take you someplace.
Jean On Monday, October 17 at 8:26 am
Great post. Will need to see, or re-see this group. Except, like you, The Last Tango in Paris. Perfect!
Patrice On Monday, October 17 at 8:35 am
hmmmmmm, are you sure you were 14 in 1973???
K On Monday, October 17 at 2:04 pm
Why do you wonder? Is 52 too old? Gosh I hope not! And Ordinary People… chilling if you had a mother like that…and heartbreaking because there are SO many people who believe their own worth comes from the opinions of others. Hang onto the boat is right…No one is worth more than any other person.
Mark On Monday, October 17 at 5:28 pm
Bless you, K.
TiffH On Tuesday, October 18 at 8:20 am
I wonder if she thought Ree wrote this post. Many commenters say things directed toward Ree like she writes every single post, it always makes me laugh a little.
Chrysa On Tuesday, October 18 at 1:04 pm
TiffH, I've noticed that too! I laugh every time as well. The top of the post always indicates who is writing it.
AngAK On Tuesday, October 18 at 5:04 pm
indeed. so many in these messages think Ree wrote the post. Mark gets all the credit for this wonderful post.
TWO BARKING DOGS On Monday, October 17 at 8:42 am
You forgot a few … and I share one of my favorites "Back Street" with John Gavin and Susan Hayward.
This movie has been one of my favorites since I first saw it in the '70s. Fast forward 20 years, and I had occasion to speak with John Gavin on the phone, and I couldn't string enough words together to make a coherent sentence. I think I giggled. Oye!
Patti Rabbit On Monday, October 17 at 1:36 pm
Back Street and Imitation of Life, both were movies that moved me at a young age. Still cry uncontrollably at both.
Rossana On Monday, October 17 at 4:03 pm
Patti, Imitation of Life is my favorite movie to this day. I first saw it on TV as a kid with my mother and sister. I'd always prided myself on not crying (even when I got spanked!), but I couldn't help it. I didn't want my mother and sister to see me crying but when I looked up they were crying, too. If that movie doesn't bring on the tears then nothing will. My husband refuses to watch it with me because he's heard bits and pieces of it when I've watched it and knows what tear-jerker it is. If you ever need a good cry, that movie will do it.
Lolla On Monday, October 17 at 9:01 am
Ordinary People is one of my favorite books and one of my favorite movies! Whether reading the book or watching the movie it rips a hole in my heart but by the end repairs it!
NorthwoodsCatie On Monday, October 17 at 9:24 am
Nice post. Very nice post.
zoom On Monday, October 17 at 9:44 am
Mary Tyler Moore blew me away in Ordinary People. Zany Laura Petrie and sweet Mary Richards were banished by the Narcissistic Beth Jarrett. I remember looking for a glimmer of the comedian , in fact longing for some levity, which added to the anxiety and tension of the film.
Sarah M On Monday, October 17 at 9:53 am
I know what you mean about movies and relating to times in your life when you saw them and connecting you to that time.
But the most moving thing in the post was the last part about life and the storms it can give us and it is all about 'hanging on to the boat'. My sister-in-law was just diagnosed with lung cancer and our family boat is in a storm…I want her to hang on to the boat..I will share that with her..
Matykol On Monday, October 17 at 10:07 am
Beautifully said review.
Patty Paulsen On Monday, October 17 at 10:17 am
"Ordinary People" was hard to watch. Still is. But only because that depth of pain was close–the family pain felt too personal and I was a voyeur.
And, you are so right, seeing "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" makes you want to visit Devil's Tower. I finally did, and it was an almost spiritual experience. To me, this was more than a movie, it was a life lesson (insert big geek symbol here). Still is, when I need to take a moment and find a way to replenish, this movie goes into the DVR.
Thanks for the review. I think I will be replenishing this week.
Mark On Monday, October 17 at 5:02 pm
Isn't is AWESOME?
Patty Paulsen On Tuesday, October 18 at 9:35 am
AWESOME does not do it justice. I am going back…
pvfrompv On Monday, October 17 at 10:39 am
And I can't forget Julie Christie's eyes in Dr Z…
Ah, Cinema Paradiso, I think I cried for the last 1/2 hr of that film. I love(d) it.
Deer Hunter – I beg to differ – I think this is an anti-war film big time. The fall out from their war experience – horrific. "To Nick"…
Mark On Monday, October 17 at 5:03 pm
I know – I more meant that is doesn't try to impart a message, it just holds up a mirror to how horrible it is…
Mark On Monday, October 17 at 5:06 pm
I know – I more meant that rather than trying to impart a message it just held up a mirror showing us how horrible it really is…
Tracy On Tuesday, October 18 at 4:38 pm
Deer Hunter came out the same year as Coming Home and at the time I remember a lot of people feeling Coming Home was horrible for it's no apology anti-war message (and Jane Fonda starring) but Deer Hunter was just seen as a sad testament to what happens in war. I loved Coming Home but had a really hard time with Deer Hunter – Viet Nam was just too recent. I have re-watched both movies in the intervening years and can now see that while they were different, they both sent a very sad message about the ravages of war.
Leslie On Monday, October 17 at 11:04 am
I love Cinema Paradiso as well! I saw it with my (then boyfriend) husband and after watching it I was transported into a different time and place! The music is beautiful, too!
Dancing Shoes On Monday, October 17 at 11:39 am
Love the music from some of these…
Cavatina from The Deer Hunter and
practically every bit from Cinema Paradiso
Mary On Monday, October 17 at 11:49 am
I too was very moved by Ordinary People. I think it is true that in life there are times we just have to "hang on" through the tough times. It may sound simple but in fact it takes courage and perseverance.
Grammanita On Monday, October 17 at 11:57 am
Understand, completely, about how some film can send us into a kind of time travel free fall. Peter O'Toole in "Creator" does that to me…every time. Story of a university professor/scientist trying to clone the cells of his dearly beloved wife who had died years before. On the verge of success, he falls in love with a student more than 20 years his junior who brings new life and fresh air into his stuffy existence. I bawl through the last half hour of the film as he comes to accept that, even if his experiment should succeed, life would not be the same…and, he lets her go. I had been widowed at 25 and this movie, with its story of lost love and trying to get back something that is gone forever is gut wrenching. "SonofaBITCH!"
Lynn On Saturday, October 22 at 9:33 am
I also love everything about Creator. I try to watch at least part of the movie when I find it on TV. Is is on my "must have" DVD list. Lawrence of Arabia is on my top 10 list of movies. Peter O'Toole is a marvel, Omar Sharif riding toward him to the well- at first all you see is moving speck & at the end it is Omar Sharif on a horse!!! Be still my heart.
Elizabeth On Monday, October 17 at 1:17 pm
What a fantastic and thoughtful post. I read each with acknowledgment — if not for your personal experience than certainly for the way you evoked how films resonate throughout one's life. Thank you.
Joelle On Monday, October 17 at 1:25 pm
great post! I was right there with you as you described each story/movie of yours, thinking of my own movies. I definitely want to check out a couple of these films now.
Dale On Monday, October 17 at 1:34 pm
I haven't seen any of these movies but I know exactly what you are talking about! And I love it when you guest post. Every post you write is touching and…human and…spot on and just G-O-O-D!
Megan S. On Monday, October 17 at 2:18 pm
Ree- It was so great seeing Ordinary People on your list. I read this book just a few years ago in my high school freshman English class and it really had an impact on me. Though sad in parts, it was also an awesome and deeply thoughtful book. I'm sure the movie is just as good too!
Broken Arrow On Monday, October 17 at 2:27 pm
Sixteen Candles brings a smile to my face, remembering all of the hilarious memories of friends renacting parts of the movie. Priceless!!!
Sara M. On Monday, October 17 at 2:41 pm
I just watched Ordinary People in its entirety about three months ago. I had always caught bits and pieces over the years. A month later my sister died. It really hit home thinking back about that movie. It means so much more now than it did before. Sometimes I feel I am just holding on to that boat.
Shari On Monday, October 17 at 2:48 pm
Dude, you're making me want to go digging through the bargain bin.
Marianne A. On Monday, October 17 at 3:03 pm
Thank you for this great list. Now I really want to see Cinema Paradiso. I am going to have to seek it out. And I have never seen Dr. Zhivago. I would like to see that one. And Ordinary People…I first saw that as a junior in high school. I was taking a psychology class and we watched it in class. Saw it again many years later, and now I want to see it again. The acting in that film is superb. I have a lump in my throat just thinking about it. Mary Tyler Moore is one of my idols.
Kristy On Monday, October 17 at 3:41 pm
Funny you mention The Deer Hunter. My mom was very open minded about books and movies I could see when I was growing up. She'd take me to anything….except The Deer Hunter. That was the only movie I wasn't allowed to see and to this day I still haven't seen it.
And yes, I've always had this strange urge to go see Devil's Tower in WY.
Patty Paulsen On Tuesday, October 18 at 9:37 am
Just do it.
Michelle W On Monday, October 17 at 3:41 pm
Ordinary People wrecks me every time I watch it. It's beautiful and heart-breaking and, ultimately, hopeful.
I was too young to see it when it came out, but I have now seen it as an adult and it is flawless.
Rossana On Monday, October 17 at 3:57 pm
It was a nice surprise to see Cinema Paradiso on here. My sister saw it and talked me into going to see it. I balked at first because I didn't think I'd enjoy a movie with subtitles (is it subtitled on the DVD or is dubbed in English now?). But she said it was such an endearing movie that I bit the bullet and went to see it with my husband. I loved it. It's truly a gem. And the subtitles didn't bother me one bit.
lilysy On Monday, October 17 at 4:20 pm
These movies marked my teenage years. My parents were very strict so I did not go to movies often but I heard about them and read about them. The electric excitement about their debut definitely impressed me and I made sure to see them once I became an adult.
Mary On Monday, October 17 at 4:30 pm
I remember watching this movie my Senior year in High School in English class. There were only 8 of us in the class & we had a cool teacher who had us reading the books and then watching the movies. Every one of us cried. It opened a lot of discussion and a lot of emotion for a bunch of 17 year olds.
Ellen On Monday, October 17 at 4:53 pm
A line from the movie "Ordinary People" that often comes back to me, is when Judd Hirsch is listening to Timothy Huttons tortured character. Hirsch's psychiatrist say, "What is it that you want?" and the boy replies "I just want to be in control." Hirsch counters with (and I may not have this exactly 100%, but you get the idea), "Control isn't all it's cracked up to be." I loved that line then, and still do almost 30 years later.
Cathy On Monday, October 17 at 5:03 pm
And the irony that the supposedly weaker son was the one who hung on! I was half way through my degree/training as a therapist, I loved the counseling scenes! Some good stuff.
Lisa On Monday, October 17 at 5:19 pm
Ree – I was on the set of the Deer Hunter in the summer of '77. My Mother and I were visiting her extensive Italian family in Steubenville, OH. Some of the movie staff were staying at my Uncle's hotel and that was our in. The opening scenes of this movie are mostly from this area – Steubenville, OH and Weirton, WV – the steel mills and the hills. Being 9 at the time I didn't realize who I was sitting next – Mr. DeNiro. It was 10 years before I actually saw the movie. It was something!
Charisse On Monday, October 17 at 6:16 pm
I was in my early 20's and thought I was so grown up. I went with my mother to see "Last Tango In Paris". OMG, I was so embarassed. I spent most of the movie hiding behind my popcorn box. I didn't have much to say after the movie. I agree with some of you on here, my 2 all-time favorites are Backstreet and Imitation of Life. I've probably seen IoL 20 times and cry like a baby everytime. I still wish Mahalia Jackson could sing at my funeral.
Pam D On Monday, October 17 at 6:32 pm
I sense a movie marathon coming up this weekend. I'm a year younger than you, and I think I need to revisit these and other movies that I loved "then". Because at 51, with an 11 year old son, my "now" is a totally different place. Beautifully written review, Mark. You made me really think, and feel, and remember. Well done.
Jenn On Monday, October 17 at 7:17 pm
Cinema Paradiso is my favorite film ever, and sadly, I know few people who have ever seen it. It delighted me to read that you you fell in love with your wife upon her confessing her love for the movie. It is such a beautiful film, I wish the world to see it. And it makes me sob every single time I see it.
Karen On Monday, October 17 at 9:36 pm
My favorite, too!!! I can simply hear the music from the film and begin bawling… ahem. Sometimes there are tears of laughter (that Toto!) and of course, bittersweet tears, too.
Mark On Tuesday, October 18 at 8:29 pm
We should start a club!
Amelia On Monday, October 17 at 7:27 pm
Mark, your post gave me goosebumps as I read down the page and found 1, 2, 3 films that so define specific times in my life. Ordinary People: it was making it's first run on HBO way back when my family had just moved from California to Atlanta, and back then HBO liked to play the same movie over and over and over again. I must have related to Connie's depression and angst, because I could not get enough of that movie. That was also the first time I had ever heard Pachelbel's Canon in D, and I've never understood why people play it at weddings. To me, it's the melancholy Ordinary People theme. Always will be. The Deer Hunter is another masterpiece. How many directors nowadays would spend half the time Cimino spent just introducing us to the group of friends? He's a genius, and so was his casting director. And Cavatina just kills me. Last but not least: Cinema Paradiso. I first saw it after returning home from a semester abroad in Italy. I sobbed during the final film-kiss scene. Man, oh, man….Thanks for the awesome post, Mark. Good stuff.
mark On Tuesday, October 18 at 10:46 pm
Totally agree with you – part of the strength of the Deer Hunter was the time it took to flesh out the characters. And yes, Canon in D will always be Ordinary People to me…
Sara In AL On Tuesday, October 18 at 12:05 am
Mark, Very thoughtful post. Saw Dr. Zhivago in HS. Our history teacher arranged a Senior Day visit to the movie theater. Odd because we weren't studing Russian history, but he was a crafty devil and claimed historical importance. Loved the movie. Fell in love with Omar and the music from the movie. It is also where I learned to appreciate the lushness of costumes, and their contribution to the scenic beauty of movies. Like with GWTW. Saw it in Chattanooga, TN in the same theater that my Mother had seen it when it was first released. I saw "Last Tango….In Paris" when I was in college. They were even checking ID's to make sure we were of age to see it. I thought it was really boring, and certainly didn't live up to the hype. Many people walked out by the middle of the film, but we stuck it out. Ordinary People is a movie that is hard to watch. It is a movie that chews on your emotions. MTM is absolutely superb in the film, she plays that role magnificently. But you just can't like the character, and that is the conundrum because who doesn't love Laura Petrie?? When I saw The Deer Hunter, I was already a soldier and it was also a rocky emotional movie to watch. Now I shall go and ponder the other movies that mark a spot in my life. Thank you for the nudge.
West Town Gal On Tuesday, October 18 at 5:50 am
Well written piece. Movies are portals and their glimpses of a past you recognize or a future you leap for open our hearts and free our minds from the constraints of our narrow lives. Great movies allow you to make friends, enemies and lovers of the characters and we relish in visiting them again and again. Movies. The ultimate time capsules.
Melody C. On Tuesday, October 18 at 5:55 am
Keep this guest blogger! I really like his point of view in these reviews.
Kimberly/OKC On Tuesday, October 18 at 9:14 am
Thank you for the Entertainment section…today's is wonderful. Everyday, it's a bright spot for my day. Thanks again, Ree, for implementing it. Smart thinkin', chick!!
jenni On Tuesday, October 18 at 10:26 am
Seriously, people? Lines from this post like "I fell in love with my WIFE when…" and "I had an epic crush on…ALLISON…" and you STILL think Ree wrote this post? Do you even READ the words here, or just look at the pictures? Talk about missing the point.
Anyway, MARK, thank you so much for this post; your feelings about movies mirror mine quite a lot in spite of the fact that I have only seen Ordinary People from your list here…I was a young teen watching OP and it wrecked me good. I can't believe it's not in my library, but that's going to change asap. Also, I will add Cinema Paradiso to my must-watch…thank you again for your insight.
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Kelli On Tuesday, October 18 at 10:35 am
Deer Hunter SHOOK MY SOUL!!!! I was so affected by this movie, I loved it and hated it and had nightmares, I think it is a beautiful piece of art! It was so painful to watch, but I couldn't look away…
Gigs On Tuesday, October 18 at 11:22 am
Ahhh, Cinema Paradiso! One of my absolute favorites – just a beautiful film that just leaves you uplifted. The only movie that has left me that way recently was "Once" – a beautiful musical love story – and the soundtrack is amazing!
Rhonda On Tuesday, October 18 at 11:42 am
I am a 63-year-old grandmother (probably about the age your 8th grade teacher is now :oD ), so I assure you that I am not flirting with you when I say that reading your movie commentaries makes me wish I could know you personally and maybe have movie discussions over a beer. Excellent work, sir!
Susan B On Tuesday, October 18 at 2:08 pm
"Because life can and does blow up storms. And anyone who has been around a while can tell you. It's all about hanging on to the boat."…Well said!
Michelle W On Tuesday, October 18 at 3:03 pm
"Control is a tough nut" is the line in the novel. I think it stays the same in the movie, but the sentiment is the same.
Ellen On Tuesday, October 18 at 3:26 pm
I think you are right, Michelle. I often substitute the word "perfection" for "control" when the situation calls for it. Either one are "tough nuts" and neither perfection nor control are all they are cracked up to be. Every actor in that movie played their part to perfection, however!
Jenn Rogers On Tuesday, October 18 at 3:37 pm
I've not seen any of these movies but your post makes me want to see them now.
John Cazale…if you get a chance to catch this documentary about his life, you should.
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Mark On Tuesday, October 18 at 10:22 pm
THANKS – what a great movie tip – I just looked it up and I'm totally getting that to check out.
Emily B On Wednesday, October 19 at 9:34 am
Yes! Great documentary. Loved it!
Lynn On Saturday, October 22 at 9:40 am
I also saw the John Cazale documentary. Such a sad thing that his life was so short. He was outstanding(in a quiet was) in Godfather I & II, The Deer Hunter.
Ellicia On Tuesday, October 18 at 7:15 pm
The line from "Ordinary People" that impacted my psyche the most was when Judd Hirsch told Timothy, "The truth doesn't always tingle. It reminds me to face the unpleasant things in life and keep going.
Kendall On Tuesday, October 18 at 9:26 pm
Omar Sharif is my dad's doppelganger, I swear. Awhile back there was that "doppelganger week" on facebook where you post your celeb double and he posted a pic of Omar Sharif and my grandmother actually commented on it about how she had such a handsome son, not even realizing that it wasn't my dad. Insanity.
I spent 6 1/2 years in Florida (now I'm in Kansas – been here just over a year) and there was this one night where I started watching Lawrence of Arabia. I had to stop watching because I was sobbing my eyes out on the couch. I was feeling rather homesick and watching Omar Sharif throughout the movie just made everything worse.
Martha On Wednesday, October 19 at 8:48 am
Mark, I've seen some of the movies you spoke of and find your comments about those movies 'spot on' with my thoughts. The other movies you mentioned, I've listed and will be seeing them. Thanks for the excellent post.
Emily B On Wednesday, October 19 at 9:40 am
Wow, so I dropped by today and noticed I had missed a post so I quickly decided to catch up and I'm glad I did. It's funny for years I've had people tell me Ordinary People should not have won the Oscar over Raging Bull. And Raging Bull is iconic and wonderful for sure. A masterful piece of filmmaking. However I've always maintained and I think this post and the comments bear this out, Ordinary People is a human story, a story we ALL can relate to and really grow from experiencing. A story that opens a door to life through exploring some tough themes. I remember I finally saw it one night after I had rented it at my local video store (I'm guessing 1989 here so I was about 19) and when it ended I immediately hit rewind and watched it again. I felt like there was so much to be learned from it. Such a wonderful movie. And you are right Mark, one that I can point to as a milestone.
Pam P On Wednesday, October 19 at 1:57 pm
first of all, go watch "Last Tango in Paris" put the kids to bed and watch it. I never "got" Marlon Brando before this film and it maybe because it's on the only films that he doesn't envelope someone else.
And while I realize you are already married, will you marry me Mark? you put Ordinary People, Cinema Paradiso, and Last Tango in Paris on the same list and I have fallen head over heals in love. Cinema makes me cry every single time…I keep a youtube cut of the kisses handy at all times, just to relive that moment and to hear Ennio Morricone's soundtrack. DIVINE
Erin On Wednesday, October 19 at 1:59 pm
Since you are quoting lines from one of the most quotable movies of all time I have to share the best line from Close Encounters as it is one of my all time favorite movie lines ever: "The only bad air around here is you people fartin around!"
debcurlydog On Wednesday, October 19 at 8:32 pm
Oh my…Cinema Paradiso is one of my favorite movies! I bawl every time when Salvatore is watching the reel of deleted kisses…must watch again soon!
Jutta On Wednesday, October 19 at 10:12 pm
When I was a child, Doctor Zhivago would air once a year around Christmas.
When I was an adult and married to a man who resembled the young Omar Sharif, my sister said: "For Doctor Zhivago I would tear up my last piece of underwear." Ah – memories!
Close encounters of the third kind was a fun movie. In those days, aliens were the big thing.
Ordinary People – I saw it, but I don't remember much about it.
And now I have to go out this weekend and get the others to watch.
Melinda Stanton On Thursday, October 20 at 6:46 am
"Cinema Paradiso" reminds me of one of the most beautiful CDs I've ever heard– Cinema Serenade (I believe it's called) and it has Itzhak Perlman playing John Williams movie themes- from Cinema Paridiso, Il Postino, Out of Africa, Yentl, and several others.. it's wonderful!
Pam P On Wednesday, October 26 at 7:21 pm
Just so you know, most of those soundtracks you mentioned were not written by John Williams. Williams is amazing but Ennio Morricone did the soundtrack for Cinema Paradiso (he also did The Mission which one of my favorite scores period,) Bacalov did Il Postino, John Barry did Out of Africa (one of my favorites!), and Yentl was by Michael Grand. All of these gentlemen were nominated for Oscars
Also check out anything by Thomas Newman-Road to Perdition, American Beauty, and Wall-e to name a few.
Plano Mom On Thursday, October 20 at 10:12 am
Amen, very well written.
Teressa On Thursday, October 20 at 10:55 am
I have Doctor Zhivago in my movie shelves, bought as a VHS a couple of years ago at Half Price Books. Now I'm gonna have to go bust that baby out and watch it (yes, we still live in the dinosaur ages and have 2 VCRs!
Agreed about Cinema Paradiso! Great film that only one of my friends has seen–such a shame! It's beautiful.
Brandy On Thursday, October 20 at 10:57 am
Anytime I see anything about Close Encounters I just have to throw this out there: I'm friends with Cary Guffey, the little boy in the movie. I used to do community theatre with him here in Gadsden, Alabama (where I live), but he now lives in Birmingham. I know his family very well. His mother told me she was the one who pulled him through the doggy door!
mark On Thursday, October 20 at 4:56 pm
A true 'Behind-the-Scenes' story! That's pretty cool – Thanks for sharing. He was a CUTE kid.
Javier On Thursday, October 20 at 3:39 pm
I love older movies because they take back to a place that is so errie or fun or enjoyable…..growing up in a rural community I would look forward to going to the bigger town and catch a movie or two with my sister. As we grew up and ventured our on ways we still talk about those times growing up and the experiences in the theaters with the movies. Like The Shinning, or The Omen or Ordinary People…..so many great and scary fun memories.
Seriously Sassy Mama On Thursday, October 20 at 6:05 pm
Close Encounters = GREAT MOVIE
I could never get into Dr. Zhivago.
Marlon Brando = YUM!
Linda R On Thursday, October 20 at 8:25 pm
Close Encounters is one of my all time favorite movies. I will not do the laundry, cook dinner, vacuummmmm or any thing else just to sit though it! Oh, the pipe tones. And of course the entire movie score built on those tones. Simply wonderful. Did you recognize those same tones played in a 007 movie? They were the secret tones used to open the elevator doors to the bad guy's lair (sorry, I don't recall the name of the film.) I couldn't believe it when I heard it, because the 007 movie was several years earlier and as I watched it as a re-run I recognized the tones right away from my beloved Close Encounters.
Lynn Pickering On Saturday, October 22 at 10:06 am
What a great post! I, too, am a movie freak. I can watch my favorites over & over again.
While Ordinary people is one of my favorites, the character of Beth troubles me. I guess some women do not have the "mother gene" that allows them to love all of their children, not just their favorites. I have encountered this in my own life. I have a friend who married a wonderful girl,sweet in every way. Her parents, especially her mother treated her like a stranger- her sister was the golden child. But, my friend was ignored & actually shunned. There was nothing to prompt this behavior, nothing at all. Luckily, my friend's family wrapped their arms around her in every way. I am still puzzled & horrified that a mother could treat a child this way, just like Ordinary People.
Rosemarie On Saturday, October 22 at 6:44 pm
Great list…..Ordinary People is one of my favorite movies. Timothy Hutton's performance was heartbreakingly beautiful.
Dawn On Wednesday, November 2 at 10:37 am
I just had to write to say how much I enjoy your posts. They are always so insightful and well-written, but mostly, I love how your love and knowledge of TV and movies spans many decades. No, I am not calling you old, but I am saying that there are many of us that are fans of PW who also span many decades (I span 4 decades, myself), and I appreciate someone who can stretch back into the late 60s/early 70s to bring their own life experience to their words. Great job…please keep it up!
mark On Thursday, November 3 at 6:49 pm
"Many-Decade-Spanning is the new Old." Thanks!


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Chugiak High is bringing the cartoon cast of "Peanuts" to life.
For two hours Friday, Feb. 10, the area's two local high schools put education on hold and competed in a series of challenges that tested strength, speed…
For nearly two months, Alexa Heald has been practicing for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest.
For the past week, the four Chugiak High classes and faculty have been engaged in war.
A hundred bucks will buy a lot of ice cream.
When Chugiak High teacher Angela Armstrong reflects on her time as a Chugiak student two decades ago, one event comes to mind — "Faculty Follies."
You'll never see a new student eating lunch alone at Eagle River High School.
Hard work pays off.
Chugiak sent more students than any other school to annual showcase of talent.
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Step 1: Materials
1. 14 juice pouches
2. exacto knife or sharp kitchen knife
3. sewing machine
4. thread
5. scissors
6. 16 inches of gross grain ribbon (opional)
7. 2 inches of 1 inch Velcro tabs (opional)
Step 2: Collect and clean your juice pouches
2. Once you've got all your pouches, take the Exacto or kitchen knife and cut a large slit on the bottom of the pouch. (It doesn't have to look neat or straight, no one's going to see it ;) .
**Be careful not to cut yourself or cut through to the outside of the pouch.
3. Then clean the inside of the pouches with soap and water and let dry.
4. Once dry, flatten the pouches to get them ready for sewing.
Step 3: Sewing the pouches together
1. Slightly overlap two pouches side-by-side and stitch them together. Do this with two more pouches.
2. Now overlap the two sets of two's top-to-bottom and stitch them together. You should now have a panel of four pouches. This will be the front (or back) of your lunch bag.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 so that you have two panels of four pouches.
4. Now overlap two new pouches top-to-bottom and stitch. Do this step twice so you have two sets of two. These will be your side panels on the lunch bag.
5. Cut two pouches to fit the width of the front panel (set of four pouches) and stitch them togther. This will be the bottom of the lunch bag.
Now I just have to find something in pouches like this (we don't have this product in our shops).
Thanks for an inspiring 'ible!
That would be perfect!
greetings from the Netherlands!!!!
Love this instructable. I've always seen these bags and wanted to make one. Just gotta buy some Capri Sun now. _
Nice project.


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2 lemon sole fillets
100g/3½oz plain flour, seasoned
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tomato
1 shallot
30g/1oz peas, cooked
50g/1¾oz freshly cooked rice, warm
Heat the oil in a deep pan ready for deep frying. (CAUTION: Hot oil can be very dangerous. Do not leave unattended.)
Dip the sole into the flour and deep-fry the fish for half a minute or until golden and cooked through.
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Serve the fish on a bed of rice and topped with the warm salsa.
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Jeffrey Beane
Collections Manager of Amphibians and Reptiles
B.S. (Zoology) North Carolina State University, 1982
Taxidermy Diploma, Montgomery Community College, 1983
Research Interests
Interested in all aspects of herpetology, natural history, and conservation—especially in North Carolina and the southeastern U.S. General research efforts are directed toward gathering basic information on the natural history, geographic distribution, and conservation status of all reptile and amphibian species in North Carolina. Specific projects include Project Bog Turtle (an initiative to conserve the bog turtle and its habitat in the Southeast), Project Simus (an effort to gather information on the natural history and status of the southern hognose snake, as well as other rare components of sandhill communities, in North Carolina), and radio telemetry studies with several reptile species (southern hognose snake, northern pine snake, eastern coachwhip, eastern chicken turtle) in the North Carolina Sandhills.
Selected Publications
Beane, J.C. 1998. Status of the river frog, Rana heckscheri (Anura: Ranidae) in North Carolina. Brimleyana 25: 69-79.
Beane, J.C., A.L. Braswell, J.C. Mitchell, W.M. Palmer, and J.R. Harrison III. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia, 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. vii + 274 pp.
Beane, J.C., and J.E. Corey III. 2010. New geographic distribution records for reptiles from North Carolina, USA. Herpetological Review 41(3): 388-391.
Dorcas, M.E., S.J. Price, J.C. Beane, and S.C. Owen. 2007. The Frogs and Toads of North Carolina: Field Guide and Recorded Calls. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, NC. 80 pp. and CD.
Stuart, B.L., J.C. Beane, W.M. Palmer, and A.L. Braswell. 2011. The herpetology collection at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Herpetological Review 42(3): 336-338.


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Ohio author collects tales of 'lively nonagenarians'Written by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | firstname.lastname@example.com
A positive attitude and a willingness to try new things were common among the nonagenians Ohio writer and photographer Connie Springer nterviewed for a book.
"There's just a joy of life about them. They're always ready to experience something new," Springer said. "They said if they are asked to do something, they can get ready in 10 minutes. They don't say 'no' or turn down an invitation. I thought that was really nice. Even a lot of younger people don't really do that."
Springer, a New Jersey native who has lived in Cincinnati for 27 years, is the author of "Positively Ninety: Interviews with Lively Nonagenarians." The book was a finalist in the Non-Fiction Narrative category of the 2012 International Book Awards.
Nonagenarians — people age 90 to 99 — comprise less than 1 percent of Ohio's total population, but their numbers are growing, according to researchers at the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University Ohio. In 2010, there were 76,545 Ohioans age 90 or older; by 2020, more than 100,000 Ohioans are expected to have achieved this milestone.
"It's fascinating to hear the stories of people," Springer said. "One woman, who was 98 when I interviewed her, said she only stopped jumping rope a few years before. People do these amazing things. Just because you're aging doesn't mean you have to stop what you enjoy."
Springer conceived of the project after watching her once-vibrant mother isolate herself after the death of her husband, something Springer feels contributed to her dementia and death at age 85.
"Over a decade ago my mother, in her 80s and saddled with dementia, lived in a nursing home surrounded by peers with vacant stares and immobile stances," Springer wrote in the book's introduction. "My view of aging became skewed. Do we all end up like this if we live long enough? I needed a different perspective."
Her first interview was a friend's 90-year-old neighbor, June, who attributed her long life to an optimistic bent and doing things in moderation, Springer said.
"Don't dwell on your age," the woman advised Springer. "Do as I do — just keep your body moving!"
Over a two-year period, Springer met with 27 more "lively nonagenarians," located through word of mouth. A City of Cincinnati Individual Artist's Grant helped fund the work.
Most were from the Cincinnati area, but some were from elsewhere, including Detroit, Boston and Washington, D.C. Springer spoke to each person for two to four hours, asking questions about their past, present and aspirations for the future.
She also took a portrait of each person.
Although she didn't come away with the definitive secret to long life, Springer compiled a list of common characteristics she calls the 20 Personality Traits of Lively Nonagenarians:
- Flexibility (being willing to adapt to new situations)
- Having a sense of humor
- Living simply
- Taking one day at a time
- Never turning down an invitation
- Doing things in moderation (particularly in regard to food)
- Getting regular exercise
- Having an optimistic attitude
- Keeping mentally stimulated
- Being open to meeting new people
- Relating to younger people
- Being connected to friends and family
- Involvement in enjoyable activities
- Loving to read
- A "nothing can stop me" outlook
- Sharing and caring
- Not thinking about age
- Being interested in what's going on around you
- Never quitting learning
- Being just plain lucky (blessed with good genes, good health and meaningful relationships)
"My hunch is that these traits leading to what may be called 'successful aging' are not newly gained in later years but rather are ones that these individuals have demonstrated their entire lives," Springer wrote in the book's introduction. "Although the traits are probably innate, one might attempt to emulate one or more to change a negative or isolating pattern."
Springer stayed in contact with many of the interview subjects. Eleven of the 28 have since died, she said.
"I think it was a good experience for them too," Springer said. "Older people are so often not used for a resource. People don't ask them questions about their past. It's such a shame. There's so much to learn from people's experiences and how they coped with things. I feel like it benefited both of us as well as future readers and viewers. It's very inspirational."
Springer said she often hears from people that the project helped change their outlook on aging.
"They were feeling sorry for themselves and now they feel like, 'What am I depressed about?'" Springer said. "It just changed their whole perspective."
A traveling exhibition, currently on display at Northern Kentucky University, features framed color portraits and excerpts of text from the 28 interviews and is available for display.
To order the book or inquire about the traveling exhibit, contact Springer at email@example.com or (513) 871-1677. Cost of the book is $25 plus tax and shipping.
For more information, visit www.conniespringer.com.
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