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Secure Spread Spectrum Watermarking for Multimedia Young K Hwang The characteristics of watermark Unobtrusiveness Robustness Common signal processing Common geometric distortion Collusion and forgery Universality Unambiguousness Design for a strong watermark Watermark structure i.i.d. samples from Gaussian distribution Insertion strategy Embedded in perceptual frequency area For a watermark to be robust and secure, these two components must be designed correctly Watermark in the frequency domain Spread Spectrum Coding of a Watermark The watermark is spread over many frequency bins The location of watermark isn't obvious Sufficient small to be undetectable Is it possible to verify watermark? The owner know where the watermark is Increase the energy at a particular freq to detect the watermark. Cox's scheme: Embedding Cox's scheme: Detecting Watermark procedure D : each document V= v1 , v2 ,....., vn : a seq of D to be inserted by wmk X= x1 , x2 ,....., xn : a watermark to be inserted V'= v '1 , v '2 ,....., v 'n : watermarked sequence D' : watermarked document D* : attacked document * : attacked watermarked seq of D* V X * : attacked watermark Inserting the watermark X V = V' Three formulae for computing V' v 'i vi xi (1) v'i vi (1 xi ) (2) v 'i vi ( exi ) (3) Extracting the watermark Find the inverse function of inserting watermark. (2)-> 1 v 'i xi 1 vi Choosing the length of the Wmk The choice of n indicates the degree to which the watermark is spread out among the relevant components of the image. Proper value of n makes it easy to identify the watermark. Too large value of n -> distort the image. Too small value of n -> cause robust problem Evaluating the similarity of wmk The similarity of X and X* can be measured by X*X Sim( X , X ) * X*X* To decide whether X and X* match, one determines if Sim(X,X*) > T, where T=some threshold T : chosen to minimize the prob of both false alarm and miss detections. Evaluating the similarity of wmk Cont. Creator of X* has no information on X. X* is created independently to X. * For fixed any xi , each x i will be independently distributed according to N(0,1) n X X ~ N (0, xi* ) N (0, X * X * ), 2 * i 1 Thus, Sim( X , X * ) ~ N (0,1) Thus, false alarm prob doesn't depend on n But, the large n increases the value of similarity func. Questions Why does large value of n increase similarity function when X and X* are correlated? x* x ei n n X X xi ( xi ei ) xi2 xi ei * i 1 i 1 n E[ xi2 xi ei ] n i 1 n n X X E( x 2 xi ei e ) 1 c n(1 c) * * 2 i 2 i i 1 i 1 Thus, sim( X , X * ) ~ n Post-processing options xi should be detected by similarity after many kinds of signal processing. Some processes make it hard to detect watermark due to severely distorting watermark (for example, D/A-A/D, dithering process) Setting T to low value result in increasing false alarm prob. A method to increase sim(X,X*) is required for some processes Robust statistics for a specific X*(distortion version of X) * Goal : Increase Sim( X , X ) increase * X X decrease X*X* Method 1) xi* xi* Ei ( X * ) xi* , if xi* tolerance Method 2) xi* 0, otherwise Method 3) x sign( x Ei ( X )) * i * i * The original image The dithered image Question on previous slide Can such postprocessing steps affect the false positive probability? According to Cox's paper, that process doesn't affect the statistical significance calculation as long as X* depends on D* and D. Resilience to Multiple Document (Collusion) Attacks The most general attacks consists of using t multiple watermarked copies D1'...,Dt' of document D to produce an un- watermarked document D*. If the i-th watermark is the same for all copies of the document then it cannot be detected, changed or removed. Collution attack cont. Marking copies of one document with a customer signature. original + … W1 W2 WN … N customers Robust, secure, invisible watermark, resistant with respect to the collusion attack (averaging copies of documents with different marks). Experimental Results Response of the watermark (ROW)=32.0 Experiment 1: Uniqueness of Watermark Experiment 2: Image Scaling To recover the watermark the quarter sized image was rescaled to its original dimension, Fig. 7b.(ROW=13.4, 75% of the original data is missing) Experiment 3: JPEG Coding Distortions Here are two JPEG encoded versions of the Bavarian couple Image with different percentages for the quality and smoothing. ROW=22.8, 13.9 respectively Experiment 4: Dithering Distortion ROW=5.2, 10.5 with a postprocess Experiment 5: Cropping Cropping involves the cutting out and removal of portions of an image.(ROW=14.6, 75% of the original date is removed Experiment 6: Print, Xerox, and Scan This image represents the result after it has gone through the 4 stage process, printing, xeroxing, scanning and rescaling. ROW=4.0 7.0 with a postprocess Conclusion A need for electronic watermarking is developing as electronic distribution of copyright material becomes more widespread. This paper outlined the necessary characteristics of a watermark Fidelity preservation Robustness to common signal and geometric processing operations Robustness to attack Applicability to audio, image and video data. Conclusion …continued Using the Bavarian couple image, the algorithm used can extract a reliable copy of the watermark from imagery that was degraded with several common geometric and signal processing procedures. These procedures include translation, rotation, scale change, and cropping. The algorithm displays strong resilience to lossy operations. Finally, this proposed methodology is used to hide watermarks in data, the same process can be applied to sending other forms of message through media data.
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That sequence of punches... I dont know whether that was technique or anxiety. Many people told me he was dying of fear to face me so that must have been anxiety [that drove him]. Sooner or later [the rematch] is going to happen. Im ready to face anyone, including him.
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President Abraham Lincoln used a larger map of the South -- viewable here -- in determining which states might secede from the Union. Missouri had 114,900 slaves in 1860, accounting for 9.7 percent of the state's total population. States such as Mississippi and South Carolina had more than half their population enslaved.
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Justice John Paul Stevens has announced his plans to retire. Let the shortlist parlor game begin. Of course, it already has. The three names that the White House has been bandying about to reporters are Judge Diane Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, and Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. We asked some of our favorite legal friends to weigh in with their less-obvious choices. Here are their answers so far, and we'll add more as they come in. Tell us your own choices in the comments, and we'll round those up, too. Here's Slate's shortlist from last year, when the winner was Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Pam Karlan, Kathleen Sullivan, Deval Patrick, Cass Sunstein
At risk of compromised objectivity, I will suggest two of my own colleagues at Stanford, Pam Karlan and Kathleen Sullivan, both accomplished Supreme Court litigators, highly influential scholars of Constitutional law and uncannily perceptive and energetic interlocutors. If you want an antidote to the "umpire calling balls and strikes" nonsense that has passed for jurisprudence recently, read Karlan's book Keeping Faith With the Constitution. If you want to see a model of the judicial temperament in action, listen to almost any argument or lecture Kathleen Sullivan gives.
Deval Patrick, Massachusetts governor and former assistant attorney general for civil rights. It would be a welcome departure from recent practice to have a former elected official on the bench and Patrick also has experience in business on the board of United Airlines, and in private legal practice. He has been an effective and innovative executive and a strong advocate for social justice. Patrick's range of experiences and skills would add a great deal to the high court. Bonus: an African-American voice on the court other than that of Clarence Thomas.
Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School professor and Obama's head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Yes, he has the longest paper trail of any nominee since Robert Bork; and yes, the extreme right will go ballistic. Who cares? Sunstein is someone any sensible conservative should embrace. He has been an eloquent advocate of judicial moderation and as a scholar he has consistently put good judgment and sound methodology above ideology. He has written broadly and convincingly on a wide range of the most important issues facing the country and he has developed a nuanced and compelling political philosophy and theory of constitutional and statutory interpretation.
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I've been saying for some time now that I believe Pam Karlan is truly in possession of a once-in-a-lifetime legal mind. Through her work at Stanford's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, she's had the kind of experience on the defense side that is really lacking at the court. At 51, she has served as assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, authored three leading casebooks on constitutional law, and worked tirelessly to articulate and defend a principled liberal view of the constitution. I really do believe that nobody else talks like Karlan, thinks like Karlan, or brings the kind of crackling youth and brilliance and intellectual energy I'd frankly pay to see on the left side of the high court.
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In the spirit of an off-beat list, my vote goes to 40-year-old Jeffrey Fisher, co-director of Stanford Law School's Supreme Court litigation clinic. He has the temperament, track record, consensus-building skills, and life expectancy to make him a formidable nominee. Wildly accomplished for his years, Fisher is already considered one of the most influential lawyers in the country. Charmingly, he also served as a clerk for Justice Stevens. As a litigator, Fisher has compiled an astonishing string of high court victories, in part because of his impressive ability to persuade Justice Scalia to side with criminal defendants. That skill alone would make him a formidable presence on the court. Moreover, having never been a judge, (before joining the Stanford faculty, Fisher worked at the well-regarded law firm of Davis-Wright Tremaine), his paper trail is mostly academic. The big strike against him is age. Then again, in 1811, James Madison swore in Associate Justice Joseph Story. His age at the time: 32.
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(March 7, 2013) -- You may recognize this voice over the public address system at the Ferrell Center.
It belongs to Derek Smith. Since 2005, Smith has manned the mic for Baylor basketball games.
I knew announcing was something I wanted to do and when I came here to Baylor," Smith said. "I was able to get involved in the athletic department a little bit and started with softball, and I still get to do play-by-play for softball."
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OLYMPIA, WA – Today, Governor Jay Inslee announced a jobs package for Washington that contains strong measures on accelerating the clean energy economy, including a proposal for legislation that would require mapping a plan for Washington to meet its climate pollution limits.
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OLYMPIA, WA – Today, Governor Jay Inslee announced a jobs package for Washington that contains strong measures on accelerating the clean energy economy, including a proposal for legislation that would require mapping a plan for Washington to meet its climate pollution limits.
"This legislation and the conversation it cues up is a critical step forward," said Becky Kelley, Deputy Director at Washington Environmental Council. "We have a responsibility to our children to reduce climate pollution by transitioning to clean energy. The good news is that climate action will also make Washington more competitive, attract new investment, and create jobs. Governor Inslee's climate action proposal will create a roadmap to our clean energy future."
The legislation (bill number TBD) would evaluate the climate pollution reduction programs of other states and Canadian provinces and use their experiences to develop a plan to achieve the state climate limits (enacted in 2008). The jobs package also includes proposals to invest state funds in clean energy innovation – measures to grow the state's economy.
Currently, Washington sends approximately $15 billion each year to out of state oil and gas companies. With a booming clean energy economy, those dollars could be invested with Washington companies to create Washington jobs. States and regions with climate policies in place have seen strong growth in their clean energy economies, including California and New England.
"We are in a new 'Era of Consequences' when it comes to experiencing global warming," said KC Golden, Policy Director at Climate Solutions. "Superstorm Sandy flooded the backyards of Wall Street brokers and the front doors of major news outlets; historic droughts left the middle of the country beyond parched, while wildfires torched the West . Today's climate disruption is enough to give us a taste of the devastation that would result from business as usual – the devastation we can and must prevent. We can create an economy built to last and grounded in Washington's history of innovation and clean energy leadership."
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Governor Inslee announced the jobs plan at a press conference today in Olympia.
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Hypospadias is a birth (congenital) defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis. The urethra is the tube that drains urine from the bladder. In males, the opening of the urethra is normally at the end of the penis.
Hypospadias occurs in up to 4 in 1,000 newborn boys. The cause is often unknown.
Sometimes, the condition is passed down through families.
Symptoms depend on how severe the problem is.
Usually, boys with this condition have the opening of the urethra near the tip of the penis on the underside.
More severe forms of hypospadias occur when the opening is in the middle or base of the penis. Rarely, the opening is located in or behind the scrotum.
This condition may cause a downward curve of the penis during an erection. Erections are common in infant boys.
Other symptoms include:
This problem is almost always diagnosed soon after birth during a physical exam. Imaging tests may be done to look for other congenital defects.
Infants with hypospadias should not be circumcised. The foreskin should be kept for use in later surgical repair.
Surgery is usually done before the child starts school. Today, most urologists recommend repair before the child is 18 months old. Surgery can be done as young as 4 months old. During the surgery, the penis is straightened and the opening is corrected using tissue grafts from the foreskin. The repair may require multiple surgeries.
Results after surgery are most often good. In some cases, more surgery is needed to correct fistulas or a return of the abnormal penis curve.
Most males can have normal adult sexual activity.
Call your health care provider if your son has:
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July 30, 2007
Ingmar Bergman, 1918 - 2007.Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday, local media reported. He was 89 years old.... He was "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera," Woody Allen said in a 70th birthday tribute in 1988. Bergman first gained international attention with 1955's Smiles of a Summer Night... The Seventh Seal, released in 1957, riveted critics and audiences. An allegorical tale of the medieval Black Plague years, it contains one of cinema's most famous scenes - a knight playing chess with the shrouded figure of Death.... Though best known internationally for his films, Bergman was also a prominent stage director.... The influence of Strindberg's grueling and precise psychological dissections could be seen in the production that brought Bergman an even-wider audience: 1973's Scenes From a Marriage. First produced as a six-part series for television, then released in a theater version, it is an intense detailing of the disintegration of a marriage. Bergman showed his lighter side in the following year's The Magic Flute, again first produced for TV. The AP. See also: Ingmar Bergman Face to Face, the official site; Acquarello, Books and Writers, Hamish Ford's profile for Senses of Cinema and, of course, the Wikipedia entry. "Mr Bergman dealt with pain and torment, desire and religion, evil and love; in Mr Bergman's films, 'this world is a place where faith is tenuous; communication, elusive; and self-knowledge, illusory,' Michiko Kakutani wrote in the New York Times Magazine in a profile of the director. God is either silent or malevolent; men and women are creatures and prisoners of their desires," writes Mervyn Rothstein in the NYT. "For many filmgoers and critics, it was Mr Bergman more than any other director who in the 1950's brought a new seriousness to film making. 'Bergman was the first to bring metaphysics - religion, death, existentialism - to the screen,' Bertrand Tavernier, the French film director, once said. 'But the best of Bergman is the way he speaks of women, of the relationship between men and women. He's like a miner digging in search of purity.'" "What worries me is how his stock has fallen over the years and how many younger film buffs have little exposure to his works," writes Edward Copeland. "Sadly, not one of his many remarkable films made the final 100 on the list put together by The Online Film Community announced yesterday.... Even though Bergman began making films as far back as 1944, the first feature that grabbed me and one of my very favorites, even though it's somewhat uncharacteristic of his later works, is 1955's Smiles of a Summer Night." Brendon Connelly offers a modest proposal for a web-wide tribute. "In Europe, movie directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut helped break visual and narrative rules, but Mr Bergman stood out for dreamy and often disturbingly psychological films that expressed emotional isolation and modern spiritual crisis," writes Adam Bernstein in the Washington Post. "He is often mentioned as one of the three most influential directors in the world next to Fellini and Ozu, whom he has now joined," notes Boyd van Hoeij at european-films.net. "With his death a reassessment of his impressive output positions him among such talents as Antonioni, Kurosawa, Ray, Wilder, Visconti," writes Brian Baxter in the Guardian, which has opened a special section devoted to Bergman. "These second rung, but never second rate, directors hover fitfully behind the handful of geniuses - Bresson, Dreyer, Ozu, Renoir, Rossellini - where poetry and originality transcend matter and realism. What Bergman and the others lack is the (seeming) simplicity of expression that belies inspiration: an inspiration which makes true what would not otherwise have been apparent. In short there is an over-emphasis, an over-weaning power of expression, that obscures the counter currents of emotion lying beneath the surface of the work of those five pantheon directors, in such of their masterpieces as Voyage to Italy (Rossellini), Gertrud (Dreyer), or Lancelot du Lac (Bresson) which are truly beyond criticism." The "final phase of his career as director is notable for the magnificent Fanny and Alexander (1982), shown worldwide in two versions - at 312 and 197 minutes. The period is 1907, and the setting is a Swedish university city. Arguably the most optimistic of his works, it proved an international success and received four Oscars, including one for best foreign film in 1983. It was the culmination of a cinema career that has few equals in terms of quality, volume and integrity." "Bergman, dead at last, I think," writes Spurious. "Did his demons subside as he grew older? Was he calmer? Some kennels keep old dogs apart from young ones, housing them in a 'contemplation room.' Did Bergman contemplate at the end of his life? Was he more content, less fiery? What was his last wife like? He found happiness with her, didn't he? or did he? Happiness - and for Bergman?" Via wood s lot. Michael Atkinson thinks back on Bergman, "at once a dinosaur, a one-man New Wave, a mammoth formal influence, a pioneering pop existentialist, a despot in his own nation of cinematic currency, an unexploitable navel-focused artiste who did not bow to the world's entertainment will but instead made it bow to him, an unestimable provider of cultural fuel to the rise of college-educated counter culture between 1959 and 1980, and, let's face it, an astonishingly adventurous sensibility that embraced virtually every stripe of expression available to him, from melodrama to the world's most overt symbolism to gritty realism to epic pageant, farce and avant-garde psycho-obscurism.... Today, we are aswarm with Antonioni imitators, but no one seems to want to be the new Bergman.... Still, as cinephiles with memories know, fashion will not win in the end, and Bergman, a classical giant with modernist ordnance, will eventually reemerge as essential for all ages.... When will he reenter the pantheon?"
Posted by dwhudson at July 30, 2007 2:46 AM
What a man.Posted by: b at July 30, 2007 8:24 AM
Here's some random personal thoughts I had about Bergman's films. Cinephiles might enjoy reading Joe Queenan's experience of seeing all the Bergman films at once (which alas, I see Greencine already covered a few months ago). Great Hamish Ford article. I like his insight about how Scenes from a Marriage used the television medium. Reading Ford's essay, I remembered that I saw Scenes from a Marriage and Fanny & Alexander in forms truncated from TV. I look forward to watching them in original form.
Besides Allen, I find Jill Sprecher to be carrying on Bergman's torch in USA.Posted by: Robert Nagle at July 30, 2007 8:25 AM
Bresson, Dreyer, Ozu, Renoir, and Rossellini the 'Pantheon' directors and Bergman, Antonioni, Kurosawa, Ray, Wilder, Visconti the 'Second Tier?' Those highbrow Guardian critics sure like to slight American filmmakers (John Ford and Buster Keaton, of course, can't even make second tier). And what of Mizoguchi, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Sjostrom, and Murnau (to name but a few who apparently don't deserve the second tier, either)? Ack, what a bunch of phonies.Posted by: Kris at July 30, 2007 10:40 PM
i just heard that antonioni has passed away as well. on the same day as ingmar bergman. i have tears streaming down my cheeks - two of my favorite directors, whose works of unparalleled intelligence have inspired so many filmmakers, gone on the same day. it's absolutely heartbreaking - especially at a time when movie theaters are filled with mind numbing, moronic "films" whose main aim is to make as much money as possible, spurring lucrative sequels... it's such a sad day for people who believe in cinema as the "seventh art."Posted by: Elena at July 31, 2007 3:18 AM
Good Lord, Elena. This is one July we'll never forget.
Someone check in on Godard, make sure he's ok.Posted by: David Hudson at July 31, 2007 3:35 AM
I heard Godard has been hiding in his basement for the last three days and Resnais is bringing him his cigars every morning.
By the way, in the great pantheon of filmmakers I have yet to see Bunuel's name mentioned. Surely he is in the "upper tier" or whatever pretentious name they give it. Forgotten because he was one of a kind and never imitated except in "surreal" commercials. Still, I wish someone would mention him.Posted by: Levari at August 1, 2007 10:59 PM
Kris: Why worry that your favorite artist didn't make somebody's list? Isn't it a nice feeling that some director is "yours" and doesn't belong to "critics"?Posted by: sorie at August 7, 2007 9:47 AM


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After we placed our order, the waiter ask "any drink for us?" We says:"Nope, thanks." Suddenly, he served the drink to each of us and said it is free of charge. So sweet of him. By the way, he is a Thai Chinese. We communicated in Mandarin and get many useful info about Bangkok from him.
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NEWPORT NEWS — Lillie J. Sherrett, 70, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000, at Riverside Regional Medical Center.
She is survived by her children, Jenny Keasey and her husband, Scott, of Salisbury, Md.; Frank Eudailey and his wife, Nancy, of Newport News; Ronnie and Timmy Eudailey of Williamsburg; Kathy Nader and her husband, Phil, of Williamsburg; and Dan Eudailey and his wife, Susan, of Yorktown. She also leaves behind two brothers and a sister, Jim A. Jones and his wife, Marie, of Maryland, Doris Hutchens and her husband, Robert, and Billy Jones and his wife, Ginny, both of Chase City; and their families. Mrs. Sherrett was blessed with 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and many lifelong friends, including Francis Eudailey of Hampton, Shirley Foard of Gloucester, and Carol and Lyn Sparrow of Hampton.


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ELIZABETHTON — A discussion on the sale of fireworks and when they should legally be used was the topic of a workshop session of the Law Enforcement Committee of the Carter County Commission on Monday evening.
The discussion was prompted by a recent proposal by volunteer fire departments to grant them exclusive rights to sell fireworks in the county.
Chief Jason Shaw of the Stoney Creek Volunteer Fire Department said the firework sales have become an important source of revenue for the departments, but the month-long sales do take up a lot of man hours for the volunteers.
Shaw said Stoney Creek used 1,273 man hours selling fireworks this year. The department had a total of 3,611 hours for all tasks since Jan. 1 and firework sales took the most hours. The next most hours were for training, at 1,135 hours. Actual fire calls only took 124 man hours.
Citizen Janice Birchfield said she thought fireworks were dangerous, and she questioned why the county did not better fund the volunteer fire departments so they would not have to sell them.
The sale of fireworks has become an important way for the department to raise funds. In recent years the departments have faced increasing competition from out-of-county vendors who come in during the firework seasons and set up temporary sales booths. It was this competition that has led the fire departments to request an exclusive franchise from the county.
The Law Enforcement Committee heard complaints about business people coming into the county only for the season and taking the profits out of the county. There was concern that if the fire departments did receive the franchise, the established full-time fireworks businesses in the county may be grandfathered in.
Chief Deputy Ron Street of the Carter County Sheriff's Department said the fireworks sold by the county fire departments provides a lot of benefits for the citizens. "The fire departments are here for the citizens," Street said. The profits go to "buy equipment to benefit the citizens of this county. The fire departments have no other purpose."
Committee member Jo Ann Blankenship said the average citizen does not know how much it costs to run a volunteer fire department, both in the cost of equipment and in the cost of mandated training.
Shaw responded by saying just the cost of a pair of firefighting pants and coat costs $1,300 per firefighter.
The committee is also considering the dates and hours in which fireworks could be used. One man who attended the meeting, Bobby Hardin, said he has had a problem with neighbors firing bottle rockets at late hours and is concerned that they could fall on his roof and could start a fire.
Committee member Robert Gobble said it was important to discuss any proposed fireworks regulation with the city of Elizabethton and with Johnson City before taking any action.


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Here's a piece of Beatles trivia you may not know….
John Lennon razzed Paul McCartney so much about writing lightweight lyrics to their music, that he responded by creating "Silly Love Songs" in 1976. Regardless of how silly love songs can be, they are the most popular genre in the music industry. They help us explore our need to understand and express that crazy little thing called love.
This week Mike and Claire are having a very special adventure together inChina. They will give us their entertaining and informative perspectives on love songs, and how they can enhance a relationship.
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My name is Marnie Perry and I have written two novels, The Devil To Pay and its sequel The Devil You Know, both of which you can download for free on Smashwords and BookRix. I only ask that if our enjoy one or both please let your friends know.
After years of drudgery and unpaid servitude to her demanding and abusive mother, shy, reserved Adela Faraday is finally free. She has won a great deal of money on the lottery and with her mother now dead embarks on the trip of a lifetime, touring the southern states of
On her third day in
On her fourth day she herself rescues a young girl on the run from the rich and powerful but sadistic Dashiel Glissando. After several frights and near misses Adela finally manages to get the girl out of the country and thinking that is the end of her adventures continues with her tour not knowing that the enraged Glissando has discovered her part in the girl's escape. He enlists the help of a hitman, Sterling Hennessey, with instructions to extract any information about Desdemona's---Glissando calls all his employees by names of character's in Shakespeare's plays---whereabouts then kill her. Hennessey tracks her to her next port of call, Mississippi, and there befriends her hoping to illicit information the easy way before he does what he's been paid to do.
But Hennessey, the world weary, dispassionate, cold hearted killer is not prepared for the feelings she engenders in him. Feelings of respect, protectiveness, and affection.
But he's torn between the five million dollars Glissando has promised him, a personal oath he himself has made and his affection for Adela.
Then something happens that causes him to act quickly and he kidnaps Adela, but she escapes and seeks refuge in the home of Jonas Lando. But it's not long before Glissando's men come calling and Adela has to decide who to trust, the troubled and tormented Jonas Lando. Sterling Hennessey, the man who taught her what it was like to be a woman yet is a ruthless, cold blooded killer. Or Ellis Leyton the detective, undecided whether she is Hennessey's accomplice or his victim.
An abused, desperate runaway. A naïve but stout hearted tourist. A ruthless, determined killer. An embittered, jaded ex-cop. All cross paths in this story of trust and betrayal, truth and deceit, revenge and love.


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Two OLBH nurses receive awards
RUSSELL, Ky. -- Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital celebrated National Nurses Week by announcing Gail Johnson has received the Sister Ruth Ellen James Nursing Excellence Award and Lisa Massey's receipt of the Outstanding Nurse Leader Award.
Johnson was nominated by her peers due to her demonstration of clinic excellence in the workplace. She has been an employee at OLBH since 1973.
Massey serves as the hospital's director of Service Excellence, Palliative Care and the OLBH Emergency Room. She has worked at the hospital for 32 years, and earned her bachelor's degree from Ohio University.
"Both Gail and Lisa are loved by patients and coworkers," OLBH interim vice president of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer Peggy Smith said in a press release. "Gail is a wonderful caring nurse, while Lisa personifies what it means to be a nursing leader. Both are perfect representations of the values of Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital."
Veteran receives VAMC's Nurse of the Year
HUNTINGTON -- Joslyn Snyder, an Air Force veteran, was recently named the Huntington VA Medical Center's 2014 Nurse of the Year. She was selected by her peers.
Snyder began her career at the VAMC in June 2011, and currently serves as a nurse in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center. She served in the Air Force Officer Nurse Corp from 2004-2007 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. After leaving active duty she worked at a community hospital, but said something was missing.
"My passion is alive again because my heart is with the veterans," Snyder said. "... It's an honor to work at the VAMC. Everyone I work with is here for the right reason, and we feel privileged to serve veterans."
Snyder received her bachelor's in nursing from Marshall University, and her master's from Walden University.
Allen named Goldy Auto salesperson of the month
HUNTINGTON -- Goldy Auto has named Brad Allen salesperson of the month for April. Allen is a resident of Ashland, and has been a member of the Goldy Auto sales team since February.
Geneseo selected to serve in child development program
CHESAPEAKE -- Stephanie Geneseo, owner of All Nestled Inn Family Childcare in Chesapeake, has been selected to serve as a professional development specialist for the Council for Professional Recognition's Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program.
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GenreAction, Adventure
Release DateJuly 16, 2010 (Limited)
Duration90 min.
StudioIFC Films
Official Siteclick here
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Cast and Crew
DirectorShane Stanley
ProducerShane Stanley, Derrick Doba, Lee Stanley
ScreenwriterShane Stanley, William Tae Smith
- Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye
- Gary Lewis
- Jamie Sives
- Callum Mitchell
- Andrew Flanagan
- Douglas Russell
For years, the fearsome figure known only as One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen - "Phusher", "Flame & Citron", "Casino Royale") has defeated everyone he's encountered, but he's treated more like an animal than a warrior. The only person he has any relationship with is the young boy who brings him food and water daily. Constantly caged and shackled, One Eye has drawn the attention of a new force now sweeping the countryside and displacing the society's leaders: Christians.


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xo-in my room: furniture for kids
I really love finding great furniture for kids, just like the charming furniture made by xo-in my room. And I also love finding out that the people behind the brand are from Barcelona – Spain. This is a three brother adventure: one is a photographer, the one in the middle is in charge of publicity and logistics and the youngest brother is a craftsman. With this unique combination they decided to get together and build up xo-in my room.
They design, produce and sell all the furniture which is made with recycled wood and sometimes they add a vintage touch which makes them unique. Beautiful handmade, very clever and really creative.
I am big fan of them and of their blog, full of nice things! Congratulations xo-in my room!
– Maria
The Rocking Company — cool retro finds!
I think little Ava might have inherited my love of chairs! I got her one of these beautiful little Tica chairs from the new French Rocking Company and she can't let go of it. She takes it to her bedroom at night, and back down to the living room in the morning. So cute! Don't you love the look of these chairs? The retro design and cool colours (we have the red one) appeal to me big time. And the size is perfect for children, both for Ava (now 22 months) and also for her big sister Sara (a very tall 6-year-old).
The Rocking Company also has a selection of durable, cool bibs, made from thick and soft fabrics with an unmistakable retro feel to them as well. A very nice selection of first products — I wonder what else Sandra (the owner) will come up with next!
xxx Esther
Junior Chair from Ikea
I'm kicking myself now, but I never bought Stokke Tripp Trap chairs for my children when they started on solids. I wish I had looked to the future and realised they would last them for years to come!
So I was very excited when I happened to come across these chairs in IKEA the other day. We have a very high table to accommodate the tall Dutch folks but sitting at it with a normal height chair was a bit of a problem for my 4½- year-old. Now that she has this chair, she can sit in one spot without wriggling around trying to reach her plate. I will buy another one for my son when he grows out of his high chair. I love the simple design and the fact that they are super easy to clean!
Steph xo
STEK — cool pieces, bold lines
For the past few months we've had a little STEK rocking chair living in our living room and we're all really, really pleased with it.
I'm loving the bold, modern lines and the great colour (I chose the olive green one). It's an unmistakable piece in the room, it has a very strong shape, which makes it a really cool design piece and adds a certain amount of style to the room. For the kids, it's a chair, that rocks, that they can play with, use, have fun with.
STEK is a Dutch design agency that has produced a series of lovely handmade children's furniture, all recognisable by the strong, simple, bold and basic shapes and cool, strong colours. A great addition to every room!
xxx Esther
Nina's House
I'm so impressed by the design of this little house. How clever it is: crib, playpen, storage cabinet and changing table all in one! Such fun, so super innovative and beautiful!! The Dutch designer, Dave Keune, thought about all the little details: the entire roof can be opened with bright yellow ropes. The base can be lowered and the rails removed to create a bed when the baby gets older. And (I love this detail), the chest of drawers below the changing table can be opened and closed with a slight push of the knee, so that both hands can still be available while changing the baby's nappy. Good thinking, Dave!!
xxx Esther
I absolutely love these children's couches by KOUCH. Hand crafted in Melbourne, they are good looking, safe, sturdy, functional and built to last (with a lifetime guarantee to boot). And they don't sport a single Disney/Wiggles character (so your living room won't suffer in the name of your toddlers faddish inclinations). Although specifically designed for children 1 – 5 years, the Kouch has ample room to share with a 'big' person for a book, a play, a snuggle or best of all… all three!
It's good to know that they are also endorsed by specialised children's chiropractors for providing good postural support to delicate little spines!
For more information as well as color customised orders, just click here.
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MadeIt for unique handmade finds
Packed to the rafters with local designers and craftspeople, MadeIt is a virtual craft market containing a wealth of handmade housewares and goodies. It is my go-to source when I want something unique, affordable and hand-crafted. It is similar to Etsy but supports only local Australian talent.
What I love about the site, apart from the fact that everything is handmade and local, is that it brings you, in one spot, everything you can't buy at your local shopping mall. It takes the legwork out of shopping for those unique, handmade goodies which I love to buy but can take me forever to look for. And of course there is something gratifying about buying a locally made gift, supporting your local economy. (more…)
Decorating a kids room (part 1)
We are in the process of buying our first home after 13 years of renting. For the girl who was still playing 'house' when she was 13 (!) this is a big deal. Most evenings I drift into sleep dream-decorating and imagining how each room will look. The room that gets most of my 'dream' time is the kids' bedroom. It is a small room but we have decided to put our 2 children in together — they like each other's company and we like the idea of having a spare room for guests with the other bedroom. Over the next weeks I'm sure I will be posting various of my dream-decorating ideas but yesterday I made one of these ideas a reality — uh huh… I have made the first purchase for the room.
I found these lights from Swedish company, Nud Collection in Skandium. They are such a simple idea but beautifully executed (isn't it always the way with good ones!). Textile cables with a porcelain lamp holder which takes an E27 light bulb*. My idea is to get 5 or 6 different colours (and my do they do great colours!) and group them together hanging them at different heights for a 'chandelier' effect. (more…)
Family Life
Most parents discover fairly early on that if they want to meet in a cafe with friends and have any hope of conversation (one that spans more than 10 seconds), then a distraction for the children in the form of a book/toy is imperative. It allows at least some semblance of communication between the adults whilst in the company of young children — where you can form a full sentence… in one go!!
Many cafes in Melbourne answer this need, providing crayons and butcher paper to occupy the kids. And that certainly helps! But Family Life Home & Café in Grattan Street, Prahran goes one step further. Not only is it a divine Balinese inspired space, incorporating a cafe and boutique, but it has a gorgeous imaginative play area for the children. (more…)
Very portable kid's desk
I just love it when people come up with different ways of using an object; it's nearly like inventing something new!
Apparently the Ikea Bekvam step stool is quite prone to being reinvented. I particularly like this idea from lovelydesign to use it as a children's desk. It's great for small flats but also as a portable back-up desk.
You can take it in the kitchen while you cook or in the living room while you read the papers (do you still have time for them?).
I'd read about trendy kid's shop Giggle a few times (most notably in Cookie magazine), and finally had the chance to check it out this week. I have to say, it lives up to its expectations of being a well-edited, fun, bright kid's shop. The boutique stocks all the trendy brands, with a slant towards great design and colors that pop. It's a great place to outfit a modern nursery or pick up a sure-to-please gift. After all, who can resist something from a shop with a name that brings a grin to your face?
xx Rebecca
A mountain even little people can climb
I have one of these babies who loves to climb up on EVERYTHING. She can't walk, can't talk, but she can definitely climb! Her greatest joy in life is having a mountain built for her out of lots of pillows. The assent of a 50 cm high mountain can keep her happy for the longest time and when she gets on top she is as proud as if she was Sir Edmund Hilary himself.
To celebrate this budding mountaineer I could not keep myself from investing in her very own mountain…. in the form of her very own beanbag. I fell in love with this great toy/design piece a while ago and finally gave in. Isn't it great? It is made to look like Sweden's tallest mountain, the Kebnekaise (I guess in Sweden even the mountains are well designed!), and is created by a very talented design team called Little Red Stuga. You can get it via Little Fashion Gallery or through the Little Stuga website.
As they say: If the baby will not come to the mountain, the mountain will come to the baby… (or something like that!)
– Emilie
With a granddad who divides his time between houses in Belgium and France, grandparents and a (tiny) weekend house in the south of the country, and friends all over Europe, our little family is on the go pretty much every weekend. I must say that we're becoming quite handy at getting everything organized: clothes, laundry, toiletries, food, etc.
My daughter asks every morning to what country we'll go today!
I find this Blankie a really handy addition to our 'on the go' lifestyle. It's the perfect size for the kids. They use it in the car, on the couch, for playing and camping in the garden, etc. It's great because it's warm, fluffy and soft but it rolls up to a tiny package and is very light. It is also conveniently machine washable, and I find it handy to have around for little guests.
Available through Gifts Like These.
xxx Esther
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Pop chicken feet:
What is this Macintosh with giant chicken feet on it? It is a Dior Mac! With its poppy colours, your little one will want to wear it even when it does not rain. If she has trouble falling asleep she can always count chicken feet, instead of sheep. Dior '60s pop trench in piqué cotton, chicken feet print.
Arfa by Sirch:
Following the Maison et Object fair, we have been able to admire the new designs by the German Sirch. After designing toys, these Bavarians have turned to designing kids furniture. They have dreamed up a beautiful desk, made out of wood and felt. Available in three colours, it is accompanied by a chair or a stool, designed with the same clean lines in mind. You can already order it on File dans ta chambre, the site that is always on top of the most sparkling novelties.
Kup Kup Land:
This Spanish artist whose creative universe is called "Kup Kup Land" creates collages. In mixing bits of paper sourced from all over the place and fabrics such a felt she creates dream-like worlds. Sometimes they are animal dreamscapes and sometimes scapes of rain clouds. The easiest way to discover her world or purchase her work is by visiting her Etsy shop.
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It's been the talk of town. Merci, Paris' newest concept store opened its doors last week. When I visited it was so new, they were still finishing off the paintwork.
Even if you are just in Paris for an afternoon, it is worth checking it out. A huge loft style space houses a florist, an eclectic bookstore, a wonderful vintage collection, designer clothes at a discount, homeware and a great kid's clothing and accessories area. It is the kind of place you can pick up a delicate Isabel Marant necklace for 20 euros or spend several thousand euros on a sofa. (more…)
Ikea hacking
We all love Ikea, don't we? It's pretty cool, modern and most of the things are practical and durable. But the planetary success of this furniture maker means that homes all over the world are filled with the same pieces. I don't mind so much if everyone else has the ivar bookcase, or the benno cd storage unit or the expedit storage system. But you might, and so do other people. That is why a new branch of DIY was invented, and it's called 'Ikea hacking'.
I discovered Ikea Hacker a few months ago while browsing the internet and I have been following its updates regularly. The site collects the ideas and projects of people who have found new ways of using Ikea pieces. Some are simple, just different ways of using a product, while some are serious DIY projects. But they're all interesting to look at — it's amazing what people can come up with for a benno cd tower, or an expedit or the ivar! (more…)
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Laptops are truly great because you can take them with you wherever you are, but that means you end up using the computer in very unsuitable places. I don't know if this happens to you, but I often tap on the keyboard or browse the internet keeping the computer on the armrest of the couch and with my shoulders twisted and cramped. Not healthy at all!!!
Bräda the new laptop support from IKEA is doing wonders for my shoulders. It's a moon shaped plastic board on top of a cloth bag that stays level on your laps or any uneven surface. It's such a simple product and it does not even look that bad!
I truly recommend it to any computer addict!
Rietveld crate chair
The other day I was at my friend, Miriam's house. Miriam is an architect, like me. In fact, we studied together, and lived in the same students' house!
Miriam's daughter Myrthe is exactly one week younger than Pim (our son), so it is cute to see them together. Of course, we're constantly joking that one day they might end up getting married…
Well, I think Pim should definitely consider this, because Myrthe is already working on a fantastic dowry — she owns a chair that makes her future MIL (me) green with envy: a Rietveld Crate chair!!
Rietveld is one of the Netherlands' most famous designers/architects. He designed this chair in 1934, and because his ideology was to design beautiful things within everybody's reach, he used packing materials (old crates) to create this chair, and also, in a pre-Ikea way of thought, sold it in do-it-yourself kits.
Rietveld's grandson and great-grandson (who oddly are the same age) recently re-developed the crate-chair in kiddie size – a third of the original size. How cool is that! A wonderful chair for my grandchildren, I would think… 😉
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Keet in Huis
KNSM island used to be quite a rough and industrial part of the Amsterdam harbor before it was transformed into a very cool residential island, and nowadays, this is where you can find one of the finest kid's lifestyle shops of Amsterdam: Keet in Huis.
Keet in Huis ('Mess in the House'), sells everything from furniture, bed linen, interior accessories, baby buggies, toys and books, which, you might think, by itself is not so extra-ordinary at all, but if you consider the amazing taste levels of the owners, you would be sold like every other mother who has ever set foot in this shop. Wonderful!
I can spend hours in 'Keet in Huis', and have an especially hard time pulling myself away of the downstairs bedding area. My kids don't mind, because there is a lovely little play area where they can meet little friends whose mums are in a similar situation (stuck with the choice: which duvet cover to pick?).
Courtney, who has been a few times (it's always on her list of things to do in Amsterdam), finds the bedding to be extremely Dutch. This means, according to her, that there are loads of very bright colours, and tons of gingham. This is probably true, as there are loads of bright colours in my kids' bedroom – and loads of gingham! (more…)


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I've read the Shining and as it's one of his early books I don't know but apprently there are references to Salem's lot? Does anyone know and could someone tell me anymore links it has with any other King book.
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I've read the Shining and as it's one of his early books I don't know but apprently there are references to Salem's lot? Does anyone know and could someone tell me anymore links it has with any other King book.
I dunno about Salems Lot, but the cook, Dick Halloran, makes a brief appearance in It during the burning down of the Black Spot (was that the name of the club? Not sure...)
Like Jerusalem's lot, the overlook hotel had a bad history. The lot had Marsden, and the lots residents had quite a few dirty secrets, And the overlook had the bad history with all the gangster/mafia ownership and murders. The Point im trying to make is that the two books involve bad places with bad history/people attracting the supernatural. Thats just my opinion i guess.
I have yet to read The Shining. But it is on my Top 10 must reads this winter. Looking forward to it since a lot of people think it's SK most scary book. Looking forward to it.
While reading The Shining I noticed that Jack's dad had called him Jacky Boy, made me think of Travelin' Jack from Talisman.
I don't know anything about about Salem's Lot, I haven't read it, unfortunately. But as far as I remember, there was a brief mention of Overlook hotel in Misery. Although, I've read Misery quite a long time ago, but I suppose it was there that the hotel was referred to. Well, if someone has already mentioned it and I haven't noticed, then excuse me.
You are right Lina, and let me warn whoever didn't read Misery: Don't read it before The Shining, it has a HUGE spoiler from The Shining in it. And to the OP, the future books make this connection happens. For instance: Annie Wilkes from Misery talks about the Overlook Hotel, then years later, some character in Rose Madder is reading a Paul Sheldon book (he's a character from Misery), the book makes a brief comment about a character named Susan Day who appears in Insomnia, that is obviously linked to IT, and Dreamcatcher, and mostly of the others books, and of course with The Dark Tower, in which Father Donald Callaham, a character from 'Salem's Lot appears. So, there is your connection between Salem's and Shining.
Yup, the cook in The Shining might be the same cook seen in IT, at the Black Spot bar, which got burned down.
The "REDRUM" word also appears in a fighting fantasy gamebook by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone, titled "House of Hell", where the main character gets trapped inside after a car accident in an old rickety haunted house ruled by Lord Kelnor, the Count. In the cellar, there'z a secret door with can be opened with the password "MURDER". Normally this wouldn't be a reference. However, during the gamebook, the main character needs to talk with a hunchback named Shekou, and give him brandy to ask him about passwords. Shekou tells that the password openin' the secret door in the cellar is something like the house's name, but the letters are all shuffled. And the house is called "Drumer". This just screams for a linking to The Shining.
ALL of Sk's books are somehow related to one another-hence the book "The Stephen King Universe"...these connections are sometimes blatantly in your face-other are much more subtle, but they are always a blast to look for...
I wondered alot about the incident that happened to Jack & Al, when they had been out drinking all night & were driving home & ran over the bike that was in the middle of the road. They never found a body but what was the bike doing in the middle of the road? It made me think of something that I had read in The Long Walk, when Garraty was remembering about Freaky's death, being hit & killed while riding his bike on the highway. I wondered if the two incidences were related? I don't know, probably not, but I always wondered, whose bike was it that Al ran over & why was it in the middle of the road, deserted?


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IO::Socket::INET: Bad protocol 'tcp' at /tmp/script.pl line 7, <DATA> line 225.
You may receive this error if your system cannot convert the tcp protocol to its number using getprotobyname().
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In my case, this happened because after configuring a Solaris LDAP client using ldapclient. This command copies /etc/nsswitch.ldap over /etc/nsswitch.conf. The problematic line:
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El GrecoEl Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname,a reference to his national Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος , often adding the word Κρής.El Greco was born in Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings.-Wikipedia
I have been given classroom art assignments the required piece to begin with one of the old masters.
I have chosen his work many times. Awesome pieces!
Wish others would post their view of his work.
You asked for our views of El Greco's work. I join just about everyone else in thinking his paintings are magnificent.
I am proud to say that El Greco and I both worked in Toledo at one point in our careers. El Greco worked in Toledo Spain and I worked in Toledo Ohio. That's about as close as we ever got.
However, it was in exhibitions at the beautiful Toledo Museum of Art, where I went to school, that I first saw some of his originals. They were wonderful to see. You can never mistake an El Greco as being the work of any other artist. His figures have an distinctive, elongated look. To me, they look like soaring spirits, almost other-worldly.
There are always a few people around who want to explain the unique and truly creative in pedestrian or even scientific terms. In El Greco's case people have tried to attribute his elongated figures to an eye problem. Don't believe it. You can take that from an artist from Toledo.
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When a father tries to force early success on his musical prodigy child, he soon realizes what his child needs most is his love. On its own, the storyline provides meaningful and poignant scenes and makes a heartwarming film. Weave the use of music into the mix and the film becomes even more powerful and stunning. But, at the true heart of this film is the relationship between the old man and the child. This film proves that no matter how high of expectations we set for our children, we never stop loving them even if they don't achieve all that is expected. A meaningful film for anyone who at one time was someone's child—meaning a film for all.
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I order the DVDs, Blu-rays, and Audiobooks at the Niles Library. I love movies almost as much as I love being a librarian. Also, I am an Anglophile, Hitchcock-phile, destined to move to London/England one day, loves to travel (Europe), loves to read, wishes for some more time to write.


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 25, 2008) – It looked as though Colin Braun was going to get a top-10 finish in his first start at O'Reilly Raceway Park Friday night, but he became an innocent victim in a late-race accident that put him back in 15th. He was running 10th with 13 laps to go when he literally stopped on the track for an accident in front of him and then got hit in the door.
After posting the fastest time in the final practice that afternoon, Braun qualified fifth for the Ford Power Stoke Diesel 200. When the race began he fell back to ninth and told crew chief Mike Beam his Con-way Freight Ford F-150 was free in and off the turns. It was too early in the race to pit for adjustments, so Braun hung on as the loose condition worsened as the race continued.
A caution on lap 86 brought the lead-lap trucks down pit road. Braun was 13th when he pitted for four tires, fuel and a wedge adjustment. The team had a quick 15.5-second stop which helped him gain five positions in the pits and return to the track in eighth place for the restart on lap 91.
Only 10 laps into the run Braun said the truck was tight in the center of the corners now. When the next caution came for debris on lap 115, Beam made the call to bring Braun back to the pits for new tires and another wedge adjustment to fix the handling. Beam felt it would be worth losing some track position in order to get the truck better for the last half of the race.
Braun was 17th when the race resumed on lap 120. He kept working his way forward through the field and was up to 14th place within seven laps. By lap 135 he was up to 12th and finally got back into the top 10 with 17 laps to go. While running 10th on lap 187 an accident involving Todd Bodine and Terry Cook happened in front of him. Braun stopped on the track to avoid the accident and thought he made it through unscathed. Unfortunately, Bodine's truck came down the track and hit the right side of Braun's truck while he was sitting still. Braun was forced to pit for right-side tires and fender repairs.
He was 18th when he returned to the track with eight laps to go. Braun was determined to get a better finish and gained three spots in the final laps to finish the race in 15th place.
"That was pretty disappointing," Braun said. "I really thought we were clear of the accident and then all of a sudden I got hit in the door. I don't know what happened there, but we were running 10th at the time and the Con-way Freight Ford F-150 was really coming to life. We for sure could have been in the top 10, so to settle for 15th is disappointing for me and the whole team. Our pit stops were so much better this week and everything was coming together for a solid finish until we got hit. It's not often something like that happens, and I hope it happened for the last time this year."
The No. 6 Con-way Freight team moved up one position and is now 14th in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series point standings. Braun continues to lead the rookie standings. The next race will be on Saturday, August 9 at Nashville Superspeedway. It will be live on SPEED at 7:30 p.m. (ET).


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Simple finder hacking
Has anyone ever seen a program that extracts Simple finders feature set to be used in normal full finder mode ?
Why? I like the tacktile one click of buttons for everything, and the list page buttons at the bottom of the folder. It keeps things so nice and clean. Buut theolny problem with using simple finder is the lact of power that you have for everything else. But Simple finder give some order to the messy chaotic nature of the old carbon finder as is now.
So has anyone ever seen something that can hack that into admin finder ? My quess is that it is just a program that sits somewhere and pulls shortcuts from a normal finder dir and creates the folder like PHP stuff. Hince the icons with shortcuts on everything. I could do with out the shortcut icons but just the button would be nice. It would go better with apples silly hold on the one button mouse.
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Active in the real estate profession for 30 years, Nicholson served as president of the KWREB in 1986, 1987 and 2000. He has also served as a director of the Ontario Real Estate Association for two terms, as well as countless committees and task forces at the KWREB, OREA and CREA.
In addition to his contribution to organized real estate, Nicholson gives of himself as a volunteer in the community. He is a founding member of Oasis, a ministry in downtown Kitchener that attempts to reach and support the poorer members of the community. He is a former president of Ray of Hope and has also served on the board at Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region, Jacob's Well Counselling Centre and Rocky Ridge Ranch Youth Camp.
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The Sevilla winger has been linked with becoming one of the first signings of Manuel Pellegrini, set to be unveiled as the club's new coach soon.
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Lib-Tech is on a mission out of cloned marketing stagnation into the unknown frontier of design where true performance advancements can still be made. The snowboard is a beautiful canvas for visual fashion trends and a breeding ground for invisible infinitesimal technological advancements; however, it is the physical shape of the board that holds the power to change the actual act of snowboarding.
Lib-Tech MAGNE-TRACTION replaces the "two contact point ski theory". Conventional skis and snowboards have two contact points. Lib-Tech Magne-Traction boards have seven! With Lib-Tech Magne-Traction, when your two outside contact points lose grip, you've still got five more to take over. You won't fall as much. A Lib-Tech board rides like a skateboard. You can control and turn initiation from under your feet, not a foot and a half to either side of your feet. Lib-Tec has created a better edge hold.


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Research shows your partner can either help you succeed or sabotage your efforts. Here are 3 tips to get—and give—support in your relationship.
Discuss your goals
The first step in almost any diet plan is to make a goal, but it's equally crucial to talk about those goals with the important people in your life.
If your partner reacts negatively to your new diet, try to find middle ground.
Ask questions about small changes he or she may be willing to start with, says Toni Coleman, LCSW, CMC, a psychotherapist and relationship coach in Virginia.
"Could we eat at 7 p.m. instead of 8? Could we go for a walk together? Could we try eating some different foods together?" are all great examples.
Don't be bossy
Research shows when one spouse makes positive health changes, the other is more inclined...read full post »
I thought I had it good with my CSA midsummer, but the first weeks of September are truly a vegetable-lover's gold mine.
Not only am I still getting perfect summer tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, but cooler-weather crops like beets and dark leafy greens are back in rotation too. Last week's share added huge leaves of curly kale, Chioggia beets and some of the best carrots I've ever eaten to my larder.
I'm almost overwhelmed with the amount of vegetables spilling out of my fridge—but in a good way.
Here are EatingWell's kale, beet and carrot recipes that I can't wait to cook up—as well as a helpful hint on storing each if you need to.
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No matter how hard I try to be organized, I'm always scrambling to get out the door in the morning.
There are lunches to make, school supplies to organize, the question of "Do I need to defrost anything for dinner?" to answer. I'm lucky if I gulp down some coffee, let alone eat breakfast. But I know if I skip my morning meal, I'll be "hangry" by 10 a.m.
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To start the new school year off on the right foot, I'm trying something new.
I'm making breakfast ahead of time. I'm either cooking ahead over the weekend and tucking individual portions away in my freezer to reheat or whipping something up the night before.
Either way, I...read full post »
Picking healthy snack foods can feel pretty confusing. There are thousands of items to choose from at the grocery store, yet it's hard to come up with ideas for healthy and satisfying snacks.
You want something that packs in nutrients and keeps you feeling full if you're out for a hike or on the go all day. We put two snack foods head to head to find out which is healthier: this or that? Granola bars or trail mix?
The Winner: Trail mix, as Joyce Hendley first reported for EatingWell.
Both of these snacks have such healthy halos, they almost gleam—but if you choose wisely, trail mix—sometimes called gorp—tends to have a little more real health value.
Here's where the differences lie:
Trail Mix:If you choose trail mix instead of a bar, you can see exactly what you're getting....read full post »
You may be done with summer veggies, but the days are still long and warm, so chances are good that your garden, CSA share or farmers' market is still bursting with certain vegetables.
Cucumbers, zucchini and corn were on my CSA pickup this week. Again.
While I love cukes, zukes and corn, apparently after receiving them for several weeks in a row I've hit a culinary wall, since I still have stragglers in my fridge from as long as two weeks ago.
Even though I have a stack of old reliable recipes that I turn to for cooking these seasonal vegetables, at this point in the game I need some more interesting vegetable recipes.
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