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Get Ready For Gigabit Wi-Fi
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Most enterprise 802.11n wireless LANs deliver speeds between 450 Mbps and 600 Mbps -- not too shabby. But this is one area where you can't rest on your laurels.
To meet our ever-growing need for speed, the IEEE is working on Enhancements for Very High Throughput for operation in bands below 6 GHz, commonly known as the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. Wi-Fi certified products based on a draft of this standard will likely emerge by mid-2013, boosting maximum data rates above 1 Gbps. By late 2014 or early 2015, products aligned with the final 11ac standard will nudge the Wi-Fi speed limit closer to 7 Gbps. For IT, 11ac promises room for growth by focusing on less-cluttered 5-GHz channels, doubling or quadrupling channel widths, using more efficient encoding, doubling maximum spatial streams and eventually letting wireless access points service multiple clients simultaneously.
These benefits are appealing, but IT teams that have barely finished migrating to 802.11n may justifiably wonder why they can't sit back for a year or so. After all, didn't 11n just increase speed an order of magnitude over the 11a/g standard?
Yes, but many 11n WLANs are already suffering growing pains. First off, the small, crowded 2.4-GHz "junk band" has grown far too congested; 11ac kicks migration to 5 GHz into high gear by avoiding 2.4-GHz channels entirely. Second, while many applications operate fine at 11n speeds, some need higher throughput. For example, delivering uncompressed high-definition video to a Wi-Fi display requires 1.5 Gbps to 3 Gbps. Finally, and perhaps most painfully obvious to IT, bring-your-own-device programs have caused an explosion in the number and diversity of Wi-Fi devices access enterprise WLANs. And wireless carriers are encouraging people to off-load smartphone browsing to Wi-Fi to conserve scarce spectrum.
To keep your company's mobile initiatives on track, you'll need 802.11ac. The spec really does make some technological leaps. A biggie is multiuser multiple input, multiple output, or MU-MIMO, an advanced option that lets 11ac access points (APs) simultaneously service as many as four devices at once, using diverse spatial streams to communicate with each other. Today's APs operate similarly to how a single-core CPU handles multiple application processes "at the same time" -- in fact, it's really just rapidly switching among them. With MU-MIMO, an 11ac AP can operate similarly to a multicore CPU -- that is, using different transmit/receive chains to communicate with different users simultaneously.
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The new spec also brings incremental improvements in key areas, including modulation, channel width, spatial streams and transmit beamforming. We discuss these in our full report.
Bringing 11ac To Market
As usual, we'll see two distinct Wi-Fi product waves. The first will be based on Draft 4.0 of the emerging IEEE 802.11ac amendment, followed by a second wave aligned with the final IEEE specification, which is expected in the first quarter of 2014. The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to launch a draft AC program in the first half of next year, focused on elements that are in near-final form. "We will avoid areas that we expect might undergo more work in the IEEE," says the group's technical director, Greg Ennis. "However, we're expecting there won't be significant changes to the text of the final standard."
Some consumer "pre-11ac" products are already available from vendors such as Buffalo, D-Link, Netgear and Cisco/Linksys. As for the enterprise, Broadcom product line director Michael Powell says adoption will be driven by the wave of phones, tablets and laptops that employees are bringing to work and that IT teams are scrambling to support. Powell expects to see notebooks with 2x2 11ac by year's end and 3x3 in early 2013. By the third quarter of 2013, 70% of smartphones will ship with 11ac -- mostly single-stream, he says. Still, enterprise WLAN vendors are actively developing 11ac while continuing to sell 11n APs; we break down their plans (see on next page).
The key to reaping business benefits from 802.11ac is a smart plan for if, when and where to deploy. After all, widening a highway from two to four lanes is meaningless if it's traveled by just a few cars. Likewise, 11ac may add 80-MHz channels, but does your workforce really need them?
To prepare, take stock of your current and expected employee devices, your current WLAN setup and the technical particulars of 802.11ac. "Smartphones and tablets may prefer a single stream with wider channels to extend battery life," says Manish Rai, VP of marketing at Meru Networks. "In higher education, seasonal [churn], new devices and the number of devices doubling each year makes client density more important. And that is very different than backhaul, video surveillance or healthcare imaging, where 11ac must be optimized for capacity."
11ac's biggest single benefit is increased capacity, says Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks' director of product management. "If you have a mix of laptops and tablets, 11ac will drive more time to tablets," says Gast. That's because laptops and tablets share airtime on a channel, and 11ac will let more-capable laptops operate at faster speeds and thus take a lot less time to transmit. That will free up airtime for less-capable devices like tablets, meaning new APs will increase performance even for older devices. "The first wave [of 11ac] might not bring multiuser nirvana, but it will still offer measurable improvements," says Gast. "Even if everyone operated at 48 instead of 36 Mbps, that alone would have a big impact."
Whether you're itching to deploy Wi-Fi Certified draft ac as soon as products hit the shelves or looking for a slow rollout once final 11ac APs with MU-MIMO become available, start planning for an upgrade. Plan around peak capacity rather than coverage, says Chris Spain, VP of marketing for Cisco's wireless business unit. As your mobile workforce and dependence on mobile applications grow, you'll be well-positioned to tap 11ac to increase user density.
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to 802.11ac
Aruba Networks New access points due early 2Q 2013 | Migrate to 5 GHz, deploy 11ac in a targeted fashion to extend 11n WLANs, look at user behavior to choose mix of rates and widths. Aerohive Networks New APs due 1H 2013 | Start dropping new APs into existing WLANs to increase user density in hotspots and learn how 11ac performs. Cisco Systems New module due 1H 2013 | Deploy AP3600 with 4x4 11n radio, field-upgradable to new 11ac module. New 11ac AP to follow in three to six months. Meraki New APs due 1H 2013 | Use Cloud Controller predictive analysis to identify where to drop in 11ac APs. Meru Networks New APs in mid- to late 2013 | Use $499 investment protection coupon to trade in 11n APs for 11ac, mountable in same brackets. Motorola Solutions New APs due 3Q 2013 | 11n has long life; majority of customers will wait for second wave. Use WLAN Planner to evaluate implications. Ruckus Wireless New APs in mid-2013 | Think about AP density and plan for 5 GHz coverage. Draft 11ac may be underwhelming if goal is max capacity; focus on second wave. Xirrus New module due mid-2013 | Deploy field-upgradable XR-2200 Wireless Array with two open slots for modular 11ac APs (may be pre-purchased at discounted price).
This dense deployment technique is already becoming a best practice for large 11n WLANs, at least in locations with lots of devices accessing them. Is the distance covered by 11ac at 5 GHz different enough from 11n at 5 GHz that you'd want to put your new APs in different locations? Yes, if you can start from scratch, because rate over range will improve for 11ac. But in general, redesigning an AP layout for 11ac probably isn't worthwhile.
Begin tracking client density and bandwidth utilization per application to see where your WLAN is hitting a wall. Migrate high-throughput applications to 11n 40-MHz channels now; that will help you learn where 40 MHz is sufficient and pinpoint cases where it isn't. As with 11n, 11ac APs will require more power to fuel additional transmit/receive chains and antennas. Early indications are that 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet won't be adequate, says Gast. Eventually, you'll need 802.3at PoE+ for 11ac, but that shift will probably happen during normal upgrades to Gigabit Ethernet switches anyway.
Speaking of wired network backhaul, 11ac is another reason to perform a wired network audit, assessing existing capacity, identifying potential bottlenecks and budgeting equipment upgrades to meet growing demands. For example, will your WLAN controllers need to be upgraded along with 11ac APs? Also plan ahead for network management, troubleshooting and wireless IPS updates.
Finally, talk to your WLAN infrastructure vendors about their 11ac upgrade paths and options to minimize expense and protect past investments. No matter how bullish you are on 11ac, client migration will occur gradually over several years. So think in terms of mixed 11n/11ac deployments, using equipment refresh to bring your WLAN into the fifth generation of very-high-throughput 802.11ac.
Lisa Phifer is president of IT and security consultancy Core Competence. Write to us at email@example.com.
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I'm Vicky, 25 and from Worthing in West Sussex, England and have been interested in photography for a long time and taking photos since the age of at least 8 or 9.
I own a number of cameras, all film (either 35mm or 120) and am passionate about black and white. I do my own processing and printing in my 'darkroom' (aka the bathroom ) and enjoy landscape, street and urban photography. I do sometimes shoot colour but largely black and white is my thing. This year I walked the South Downs Way from Winchester to Eastbourne in a week (100 miles) and shot the whole journey on my Canon EOS 3 with 35mm lens and HP5+, Tri-X and a smidge (2 frames?) of PAN-F.
I've attached a little sample of a recent photo shot again with my EOS 3 w/50mm lens and PAN-F 50 at ISO 50 developed in Ilfosol 3 (1:9) I also own a Mamiya C330 TLR with numerous lenses, and an Olymps Trip 35 and XA. I hope to soon acquire a Bessa R3a. It's of the South Downs here in West Sussex, somewhere I'm immensely passionate about.
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Baltimore Specialty Donut Catering for Your Wedding
Want an item that will be the talk of your event? Have Zeffert and Gold Catering provide Baltimore specialty donut catering for your wedding or special event. These donuts are hot, delicious and are able to be customized to fit your event perfectly! Regardless of whether you are using these donuts as a late night snack at your wedding, dessert at your corporate event, or a savory station at your affair, it will be a one of a kind item that guests are surely not going to see anywhere else. The special part about these donuts is that they are made right in front of your guests and enjoyed immediately. Hot, fresh, donuts…whats not to love?
Let us bring our miniature donut machine to your event and make hot, fresh, mini donuts for your guests as they watch. Your guests will be entertained as they watch the donuts being made and overjoyed as they top the donuts with their choice of toppings before devouring them and wanting more. Not only are donuts a great dessert, but they make an amazing late night snack.
These donuts can then be sprinkled with your guests' choice of toppings based on your event theme, season, color or taste!
We guarantee that these donuts will be the hit of your event. Make sure you call us for any Baltimore specialty donut catering for your wedding or special event.
American Visionary Arts Museum Wedding Happy Hour
What are you doing this Thursday, March 26th from 5:30 until 8? The only correct answer is that you are attending the American Visionary Arts Museum Wedding Happy Hour. This show is going to feature all sorts of the best wedding vendors in each category and should be an amazing time. What better way to meet Baltimore's Best wedding vendors than while enjoying delicious food & cocktails? Don't forget to pre-register with Michele Goldberg at 410-244-1900 x 228, or via firstname.lastname@example.com. Did we mention it's free? Hope to see you there!
Check Out Pictures from both of their amazing spaces here:
Wedding at Historic London Town
Zeffert and Gold Catering had the absolute pleasure of working with Katie and Matt on their wedding at Historic London Town. This amazing couple planned an amazing wedding that is sure to leave their guests with pleasant memories for a very long time. Making the day even more special were special little touches that were important to both Katie and Matt.
The couple was married overlooking the beautiful South River, with family and friends surrounding them for the fun and comfortable ceremony. With so many beautiful places for a ceremony for a wedding at Historic London Town, this is possibly our favorite. Check out their website for tons of great pictures of setups of this beautiful venue.
Immediately following the ceremony, the guests were ushered to the beautiful garden where guests were treated to an amazing spread of delicious food and a plethora of tasty drinks. This was just the start, after appetizers guests enjoyed a buffet full of delicious breakfast foods. There was such a variety of foods that all guests were able to eat until they were content.
The special touches at this wedding were done by the amazing girls over at Two Hands Studios. They set up an awesome gift table, a dessert spread that would make anyone drool, and cute signs for every detail imaginable.
We wish Katie and Matt a lifetime of happiness!
Where To Have Your Holiday Party In Baltimore
Looking for a venue for the company holiday party, but tired of booking the same local ballroom or restaurant? This year, why not reward your team's creativity with an equally original location? From funky speakeasy's to an upscale arcade, let Zeffert and Gold help you create an awesome holiday party in Baltimore that will leave your employees counting down the days until next year.
Here Are 8 Ideas That Are Sure to Please:
Library: Whether you are a book lover or not, Baltimore is home to an array of beautiful historic libraries that would make for an eloquent venue for your holiday party in Baltimore. Since we design custom menus we can work with you to create a holiday menu that will reward your guests for all their hard work this year.
Arcade: The saying age is just a number is one that rings true especially during the holidays. Why not host your holiday party in Baltimore at an arcade? Your coworkers will appreciate any company outing that involves skee-ball and a delicious Baltimore catered menu.
Museum: Hosting your holiday party in Baltimore at a museum is a fantastic way to combine food and entertainment. There are so many unique museums in Baltimore that your guests will appreciate the company holiday party being at a venue that they can explore.
Speakeasy: Take your holiday party in Baltimore down memory lane by hosting it at a speakeasy. These fun and nostalgic venues that are a tribute to the 1920's Prohibition era, are sure to be a unique venue for your guests.
Sports Complex: Are your coworkers an athletic group of people, or just the type that do not want to sit still at an event? Consider a sports complex for your holiday party in Baltimore. We'll have gourmet sliders & sausages waiting for you, after your turn in the batting cage.
Winery/Brewery: Another way to get in the holiday spirit with your coworkers is to host your company party at a winery or brewery. There are so many great options in Baltimore. We are happy to pair your menu with any type of beer or wine.
Barn: With a chill in the air, hosting your holiday party at a warm, rustic barn would be a venue idea your guests may not be expecting. With hearty winter meal options, and perhaps a hot cocoa bar, your guests will be happy you were put in charge of planning the company holiday party in Baltimore.
Historic Mansions: Spend some time with your coworkers at an eloquent venue that will reward them for all their long hours this year. We work at some amazing mansions all over Maryland. Venues tend to offer discounted rates during their off-peak seasons, so don't let the word "mansion" deter you if you are on a budget.
For a complete list of venues where we have catered in the past, please visit our website. Please contact us if you are planning a corporate holiday party in Baltimore, or would like information on building a menu for your holiday event. Remember we specialize in building customized menus for your next event needing catering in Baltimore.
The Best Baltimore Team Building Event
Want to make your next corporate function the best Baltimore team building event? How about a "chopped" style crab cake building demonstration and competition? Yes, we are a fan of the Food Network's popular show, and wanted to bring a Chopped style catering event to Baltimore. We did an event Monday evening at the Top of the World, at Baltimore's World Trade Center for The National Association of Trial Lawyer Executives. This was an amazing team building event that had everyone excited, entertained, and of course well fed.
Guests were split up into 9 teams, and had the challenge of creating a delicious and award winning crab cake. Members of NATLE span from all over North America, so we didn't leave them completely on their own to tackle this challenge. Our Executive chef, Daniel Elardo, gave a quick history and demonstration about how we build our crab cakes. After the demonstration, teams were able to get any ingredients that they wanted from our pantry. They then had 25 minutes to build the crab cakes. After that, our chefs took the crab cakes in the kitchen and broiled one crab cake sample from each group to perfection. After the crab cakes were cooked, we displayed them so guests could enjoy a dinner sampling of their creations and those of other teams. Everyone really enjoyed this event and the fruits of their labor. Helping to make this the best Baltimore team building event, was our friends at Jazzy Blu who played great music for our guests the entire night. If you're interested in planning a team building event for your next corporate networking event, or would like more information please contact us at 410-944-4481.
Baltimore Catering; Fred and Nicole's Stunning Wedding at the Maryland Zoo In Baltimore Mansion House
What do you get when you combine a teacher with a man who loves buffalo wings? You get the wedding that we had the pleasure of catering this past Saturday. Fred and Nicole tied the knot at the Mansion House at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. What an amazing and special place for a wedding! Guests were treated to a picturesque ceremony at the Zoo's Lakeside Pavilion. They were then invited to the Mansion house where they were greeted by a penguin and a Flemish rabbit. Along with the Zoo's animal ambassadors friends and family of the newlyweds were able to dine on delicious appetizers including shrimp cocktail shooters, smoked mozzarella topped marinated mushrooms, brie en brioche and of course buffalo wings among other things. During cocktail hour guests were happy to find out that their table assignment cards were actually Berger cookies! Fred and Nicole had an awesome entrance with their bridal party and then went right into their beautiful first dance. After four toasts and speeches from both fathers, it was time for the main course. Guests were able to enjoy their choice of marinated prime rib, all Maryland jumbo lump crab cakes or Parmesan crusted chicken topped with a basil beurre blanc. After the meal everyone wasted no time getting on the dance floor and enjoying the rest of the night. We wish Fred and Nicole a lifetime of happyness and thank them for letting us be a part of their awesome Baltimore wedding!
For more information on renting the Zoo contact them here
Kelly and Ryan's Fun Wedding at the Cloisters Castle in Baltimore Maryland
Kelly and Ryan were one of the most amazing couples that we have had the chance to work with. We met Kelly and her mom at a Cloisters Castle open house last year. We immediately knew that this would be an awesome couple to work with and we were lucky enough to cater their wedding this past Saturday. Kelly and Ryan both looked amazing and enjoyed themselves to the max. They were dancing, eating, and drinking the entire night, just thoroughly enjoying the energy from their friends and family celebrating such an amazing and momentous occasion. Another one of my favorite aspects of this wedding was the hand crafted decorations that Kelly and one of her bridesmaids created. Check out the detail in these pictures. We wish Kelly and Ryan a lifetime of happiness!
Zeffert and Gold Catering Wedding Spotlight: Paul and Jenn at the Irvine Nature Center & Erin and Brian at the Baltimore Museum of Industry
Jenn and Paul at Irvine Nature Center
Jenn and Paul had an amazing setup for their wedding at the Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills, Maryland. Family, friends, and of course the bride and groom took full advantage of Irvine's amazing setup that allows for a comfortable wedding ceremony and reception. Guests were able enjoy the neat animal exhibits inside the nature center, while others enjoyed the amazing deck and tented reception area. Towards the end of the night people took advantage of the picturesque campfire and sat around, relaxed and enjoyed being at such an amazing wedding. We are so happy to have worked with Jenn and Paul and wish them nothing but happiness in the future!
Erin and Brian at the Baltimore Museum of Industry
Erin and Brian celebrated their wedding overlooking the Baltimore harbor, waterfront and skyline and then went inside for a reception that continued the Baltimore theme. Tables had centerpieces of Old Bay shakers, Berger Cookies, and Utz Crab Chips. These centerpieces weren't just for display, guests enjoyed all of their yummy contents. After an extravagant cocktail hour guests were treated to a station style menu which had a carving station with chef marinated meats, a pasta station with delicious sauces and house made pastas, and my personal favorite of the stations was the custom designed slider station. The slider station featured miniature sirloin burgers, Kahlua pork sliders with a spicy coleslaw served on King's Hawaiian Rolls. Guests spent the night eating, drinking, and dancing the night away. As the sign by the guest cards said "You can find your seat here, but your place is on the dance floor!" Erin and Brian had such an amazing wedding and we are thrilled we could be a part of it!
Passover Holiday Treats; Lox Lollipops with Matzoh Dust
Want a delicious treat to help you get over your craving for bagels and lox during the Passover holiday? Try our Lox Lollipop with Matzoh dust! It is guaranteed to cure your craving and keep you coming back for more.
For all of your Baltimore catering needs contact Zeffert and Gold Catering at 410-944-4481!
Zeffert and Gold Catering: Amanda and Dan's Amazing Wedding at the Cloisters Castle in Baltimore Maryland
On Saturday April 5th, Zeffert and Gold Catering had the pleasure to work with Dan and Amanda as they celebrated their wedding with friends and family at the Cloisters Castle in Lutherville. Amanda and Dan had a beautiful outdoor ceremony and then moved inside for dinner and dancing. Guests dined on delicious food (some of which can be seen below), drank perfect cocktails, and danced the night away with family and friends. From the first meeting that we had with Dan and Amanda we knew that they would be awesome to work with, and they truly were. The small wedding details that they designed really set the room off and created the perfect backdrop for their awesome wedding. We wish Dan and Amanda nothing but happiness as they start their life together.
Venue: Cloisters Castle
Photographer: Photography by Brea
Second Shooter: Jeana Lombard
Officiant: Paul Kaup
Caterer: Zeffert and Gold
Bakery: Pink Rhino Cupcakes
Dress: Allure Bridals from Arielle Bridal
Florist: Ellen from Local Color Flowers
Hair: Leanna Bernsten
Makeup: Sarah Berkowitz with Featherweight Makeup Artistry
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First Page: chick lit/espionage novel
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The phone rang.
Swan Shreve ignored it, and continued to flip through files in the black, metal file cabinet until she reached the right tab. The phone had been ringing like a malfunctioning car alarm all morning. It was as though every idiot in the world had signed a pact to call her today to ensure she wouldn't get the filing done. In all, she'd gotten two sales calls for magazines, one man selling siding, three irate and rude customers, and a woman who called to complain about a bill and when Swan explained she'd called the wrong department said, "Why don't you know? Can't you just call it up on your computer?" Swan said she couldn't look it up and she'd transfer the woman to accounts receivable. The woman brightly explained that they never pick up there. That's why she'd called this office instead. The phone rang again as Swan slid a piece of paper into the file. She hated filing.
"Are you going to get that?" Mr. Kowalchik yelled from his office.
She closed the drawer with her hip and reached for the phone. "Good morning. Mr. Kowalchik's office. Swan speaking." Mr. Kowalchik's front office was predominately white with mass produced office furniture. The fake cherry veneer was chipping off a corner of the desk. Swan considered herself fairly lucky because Mr. Kowalchik, as head of a section in the engineering department, had a corner office with wide windows and this meant she too had a window, overlooking the vast green lawn of the Bova Technologies campus. No one was ever out on the lawn and it probably had more chemicals spread on it than it was healthy to think about, but Swan liked it just the same.
"Is Mr. Kowalchik there?" asked the caller. He had the harsh, impatient voice of someone who wanted to convince her he was very important.
Swan braced herself. "May I ask who's calling, sir?"
"I asked you a question first," the man said.
"I'm sorry?" She considered herself well schooled in caller rudeness by now, but this tactic was new. It was also not working.
"Don't be sorry. Put Mr. Kowalchik on the damn phone," said the man.
"Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way," she said, trying to keep her voice mostly pleasant. "You have to give me your name and an idea of what you want."
"Well, if you aren't going to put me through to Mr. Kowalchik, what good are you?" the man demanded.
Swan clutched the phone, largely because she couldn't clutch the caller's neck. "I'm good for screening out rude, idiot callers. I'm not going to give you Mr. Kowalchik, because I'd rather hang up on you."
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Academic Affairs message
A message from Kathleen Curphy
Thank you for your warm welcome. I have been truly overwhelmed with the support I have received since I have been here. I have met interesting, exciting and innovative faculty and staff as I have made the grand tour of our campuses and centers. Your programs and facilities are impressive. I would like to thank those of you who took the time to visit with me about your programs and students. I am very excited to be here and look forward to being a part of an innovative institution that has a strong impact in the community.
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MCC and Nebraska Department of Labor NEworks partnership
MCC has partnered with the Nebraska Department of Labor to serve MCC students and alumni and community employers in the job-seeking process. The MCC- Nebraska Department of Labor partnership allows students and employers to use a free state-provided service employment engine to post available jobs and résumés: neworks.nebraska.gov. A "Recruit MCC" keyword allows employers and students to connect more efficiently.
The Nebraska Department of Labor will provide MCC with aggregate reports on student and employer activity related to MCC. Currently, 859 MCC students are registered, and we expect that number to triple by Fall 2014 when the Human Relations courses are run this fall.
Tutoring changes in the Academic Resource Center
Let students know about the free drop-in tutoring for many academic subjects in the MCC's Academic Resource Centers. We have recently changed our tutoring model and expanded tutoring hours. Now day and evening tutoring for science, foreign language, accounting and social science courses is available at the Fort Omaha, South Omaha and Elkhorn Valley campuses and the Sarpy Center.
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IFEX is moving!
The Institute for Faculty Excellence will be moving to a new location on the Fort Omaha Campus. The team plans to be moved to 14S by the beginning of Winter quarter. The IFEX team members are Lynn Bradman (Center for Learning Effectiveness, Assessment and Research), Cindy Catherwood (Curriculum Design Studio) and Teri Quick (IFEX coordinator, faculty development and learning communities). Plan to stop by and check out the new digs up on "the hill" at 14S.
Teamwork Makes the Dreams Work
At MCC, colleagues come together every day in service to students and communities. Teamwork is key to our success and has been for the past 40 years. Every generation of the MCC family has done its part to contribute to past milestones, present hallmarks and future opportunities. Through teamwork, MCC has earned its reputation for ensuring student success and learning. We know our students' names, we know their goals and we help them get to where they want to go. At the same time, we understand the barriers students experience, and we work together to address them because we know education creates opportunities.
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HOUSTON – The GED has always been a tough test, but it will get tougher on Jan. 2 with a new version and curriculum set to be introduced.
The GED (General Educational Development) exam has been a safety net for those who do not obtain a high school diploma and is typically used as a measure for readiness for college and a requirement for government jobs and many private sector jobs.
Houston School District stopped giving the test this fall, mainly because Itawamba Community College and WIN Job Center offer the test in Chickasaw County. The new test has many trying finish up their course work before the new year.
"It will be a totally different test in January," said Debbie Harmon, Director of Curriculum and Assessment for Houston Schools. "We have known about this change for several years and the (school) board made the decision not to offer a GED class this fall for a number of reasons."
Harmon said the district felt the money spent offering GED classes and testing could be better spent on traditional learning and classroom teachers.
"A district also does not get graduation credits if a student successfully passes their GED," said Harmon. "It does help our drop-out rate when we have a former student complete the program."
Schools in Houston, Okolona and Houlka have repeatedly seen their state test scores severely lowered because of a high county-wide dropout rate.
Chickasaw County School District had a 67.9 percent graduation rate, a 12.9 percent dropout rate and a 80.2 percent completion rate in 2013.
Houston School District had a 70.7 percent graduation rate, a 13 percent dropout rate and a 81.9 percent completion rate in 2013.
Okolona School District had a 73.9 percent graduation rate, a 9.4 percent dropout rate and a 87.3 percent completion rate in 2013.
These statistics are for students who began as freshmen in 2008 and graduated in 2012. The completion rate includes those who earned their GED.
The current GED is a five-part exam that scores math, reading, science and social studies on a paper test. The new GED will be a four-part test that is only administered by computer.
Those who have started but not completed and passed the old GED will have to start over when the new test is rolled out Jan. 2.
The GED was introduced in 1942 as a way for those who served in the military, or who needed to drop out to support their family, could still finish high school. Over the years the test became an option for students who quit school but realized the need for some type of diploma.
The new test is designed more for those students with college in mind and will be the door for many who quit school and later decide to go to college or have an employer who expects them to take college level training.
The new test will also focus more on higher critical thinking skills and more analysis of data. And since the test will be administered via computer, more computer skills will be required.


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Home Deconstruction Services
Deconstruction is an eco-friendly way of remodeling your home. It will not only benefit you, as the homeowner, but also Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles.
Using deconstruction during your home remodel or building project can save you money in waste disposal fees, construction costs and project requirements.
Benefits of Deconstruction
Here's why you should choose deconstruction for your next real estate project.
Full Deconstruction
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles does not provide direct building deconstruction services.
Instead, we have partnered with the Deconstruction & ReUse Network to assist with your full home deconstruction needs. The Deconstruction & ReUse Network (DRN) is a fee for service 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, that strongly supports the green building philosophy by advancing the general environmental principal of "reduce, reuse and recycle."
DRN recycles and reuses materials, from roof to foundation, by providing the ReStore with the bulk of usable materials removed from the deconstruction site. Ask our Donations Center for more information on how to contact DRN.
Partial Deconstruction
Talk to your contractor about carefully removing easily-accessible items from your home.
Items such as modular cabinetry, vanities, sinks, appliances, lighting fixtures, bathtubs, crown & base moulding, shower doors, interior & exterior doors, windows and home décor items that are less labor intensive to remove.
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This is a group for all PC gamers from all gaming generations. From the time of PCs like the Comadore 64 to the modern PCs. By PC i don't mean just Windows, I mean them all like Mac and Linux.
Gravitron is updated with another version. New level, options menu, updated graphics, tweaks and fixes. Check it out!
Posted by defaxer on Apr 18th, 2013
This (almost) weekly update. Now I'll be keeping this rhythm of more frequent updates until final release.Main features of this version are: new challenging level, options menu with adjustable mouse sensitivity as well as some tweaks and fixes.
New level puzzles extend use of movement inertia (similar to level #4), feature moving lasers and of course flipping gravity!
As reported by users, mouse sensitivity was way too high, but it turns out it was broken!
Tip for Unity developers (in case you didn't know):
mouse movement is framerate-independent, multiplying it by Time.deltaTime makes it framerate-dependent. So if you have 200 fps mouse gets very sensitive, and vice versa.
Now mouse speed is not only fixed but also can be adjusted in options menu.
On some people videos there were broken colors, so this update has changed graphics (different color space). Tell me what you think of it now (if it have changed at all).
Now alpha has total of 5 levels + tutorial. This level will really need checkpoints... but you can try and beat it without them.
New features fixes and tweaks are coming, and I get more feedback from you, guys.
As usual feedback is as always welcome, so keep developer (me) aware of your problems and/or propositions.
I knew this moment will come, as 'Gravitron' is a name already taken by other game (as well as 'Gravity', 'Gravitation' and 'Gravi') I've decided to rename my project, and came up with some variants. This link leads you to my facebook poll, feel free to vote for a name you like best, or leave your version in comments section. VOTE!
grammar nazi the game
Nah, man.
I dont know if this is a coincidence, but your logo looks exactly the same as the czech gaming portal Gamepark.cz
Pure coincidence! But my is 45 degrees tilted =) Anyway logo will be probably changed, when game will be renamed.


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The Magic got their man! Well, not that man. Not Superman.
It's just Jason Richardson actually who inked a four-year, $25 million deal according to Yahoo! Sports. One of the top guards in this free agent class for sure, but not exactly the primary target or someone that will necessarily encourage Dwight Howard to stick around.
Magic general manager talked to the media Saturday evening and said the team was close to a deal with Richardson and would have one done by Monday. He was asked if Richardson were just trade bait or for the long-term and Smith said he intended to keep Richardson. Smith also said the re-signing of Richardson would not have been possible without the amnesty on Gilbert Arenas.
The Magic are in such an interesting place right now with their roster. Just because Dwight Howard might be out doesn't mean it's time to blow everything apart and start anew. Orlando will be receiving a nice package in exchange for Howard that could include someone like Brook Lopez and/or Nene. So there needs to be quality pieces in place for when the roster is rebuilt.
He's only 30 and still has a number of good years ahead of him. He gives the Magic a lot of depth at shooting guard with J.J. Redick and keeps the team with a bevy of outside shooting threats, which is something coach Stan Van Gundy likes. Especially if Dwight Howard is his center. And while he might not be in a week or so, there's a good chance Van Gundy will have a new talented big man in his place, so having those marksmen flanking the wings isn't a bad thing.
Richardson averaged 15.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game with a 15.02 PER playing in both Phoenix in Orlando last season. With the Suns in 25 games he put up 19.3 ppg but with the Magic in 55, he only averaged 13.9. Four years at a little more than $5 million per year is a pretty good bargain for a player like Richardson. Considering what a lot of other guys in the same neighborhood as him are going for, I'd say the Magic did pretty well. But that's not the whole story. Because the Magic are in flux right now, or at least should be.
Richardson faded mightily last season and will greatly damage the Magic's chances of getting under the cap in the near future. Which seems like the logical plan post-Dwight. Cut salary, open up some flexibility and rebuild. Instead, it seems like Otis Smith is trying to prep to continue on with a mediocre roster that may include Nene or Brook Lopez in the near future.
Related: Consider this curious quote from Richardson though that he had over the summer:
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Learn to use Visual Studio, Visual Studio Online, Application Insights and Team
Foundation Server to decrease rework, increase transparency into your application and increase the rate at which
you can ship high quality software throughout the application lifecycle
You want to run some of your business logic during your TFBuild process. Maybe before, or maybe after Team Foundation Build (TFBuild) compiles or tests your code. For example, before you compile, you want to set the version of your assembly files. Or after you compile, you want to control the build outputs that get dropped to your staging location.
Until recently, you would have to customize your build process. Plenty has been written about how to develop a custom build process. I recently released a topic that I hope makes getting started on this kind of effort a bit easier: Create a custom build process. Regardless, developing and using custom build process activities of any complexity can be tricky and requires a learning curve.
What if you just want to run a simple batch (.bat) file? Or maybe you need a bit more power and you want to run a PowerShell script, perhaps to leverage even a bit of .Net code. Well, I'm here to share some good news: with Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2013 you can do it! In fact, to help you kick off your adventure in TFBuild scripting, following are a few examples you can literally copy, paste, and check in to your team project and use today.
As you can see, the following build definition is based on the default template; no customizations up my sleeve:
Before you begin using these scripts, a few bits about how they work:
To use these scripts, simply copy the code below into .ps1 files, check them into your codebase, and then reference them from your build process as shown above. Also make sure to include the folder that contains your script on the build definition Workspace tab.
While there are many tasks you might want to perform before MSBuild compiles your code, one of the most common of these might be to apply a version to your assemblies. Jim Lamb wrote a canonical blog post on build process customization: Create a Custom WF Activity to Sync Version and Build Numbers. I patterned the following script using his approach to assembly versioning.
You can get this script here: https://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#Scripts/ApplyVersionToAssemblies.ps1
When you set Output location to AsConfigured, TFBuild yields control of which binaries are dropped to you. The binaries are compiled and left in the source directory, organized essentially the same way as if you used Visual Studio to compile them locally on your dev machine. The following script gathers some of the typical binary types from the typical locations and copies them to the folder from which TFBuild copies and drops to your staging location.
You can get this script here: https://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#Scripts/GatherItemsForDrop.ps1
You'll notice that these scripts leverage some environment variables to get the key bits of data they need to perform their functions. I've cataloged these and all the other environment variables that are available to your scripts: Run your scripts in a default build process. (Note: there is a known bug with the TF_BUILD_TESTRESULTSDIRECTORY not being correctly handled by TFS 2013 Preview. This bug will be fixed in the next release.)
To debug the script while logged on to your dev machine or on the build server, you can manually set the TF_BUILD environment variables in your PowerShell console session. In fact, you'll notice the scripts automatically prompts you to do so. Use the -verbose parameter if you want to get details about what the script is doing and view them from the diagnostic log. Specify -disable if you want to disable any changes the script might make while leaving it referenced by your build process.
I invite you to post your comments here. For questions, I encourage you to post them on our forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home.
Curious why you used "$PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Disable')" instead of $Disable.IsPresent ?
Would be great to integrate a checkout/checkin for the assembly Version script.
@David Gardiner: Thanks for the tip!
@Thorsten: Agreed. I thought some about how to provide that option. In the spirit of agile, I decided to ship these in their current form now.
@Andy, can we expect to get complete build script examples with check-in, check-out of the of the assembly version file? Agile doesn't mean you can ship incomplete forever...and I worry that this post will be mothballed for all eternity here on MSDN without completed scripts.
@Kevin T, @Thorsten, and all others who want to check in the assembly files: I've talked this angle over with a few folks on the product team. I've got a fix in hand to do this, but before I update this post, please share some information about your scenarios. Specifically:
1. Why do you want to check in the change to the assembly files? I ask because in this scenario, the data that supplies the version stamp is automatically generated. So please help me understand: What benefit do you get from hard coding it each time into your assembly files?
2. Do you also want to associate the changeset generated by the assembly file check-in with the build? I need to know because doing this is tricky and likely would require you to customize the default build process the way it exists in its current form today.
The answers to these questions will not only help me formulate the next version of these scripts, but also may help the product team make some decisions about future enhancements.
@Andy - please post the updated scripts.
To answer your questions:
1) We checkin the assembly files because we don't trust labels (slip the label, etc). We need to have the assembly version in source control so when we re-gen the build (turning off increment) we have the exact same binaries / version numbers.
2) Yes we also want the associated changeset for the build to include the fact that the TFS Service account versioned the files. We need this to have a BOM that includes ALL changes that went into the build.
Thanks for the dialogue and the script examples!
@Andy -For those of us who are using MTM we depend on the build number to be consisently stamped into the version info of the builds we are installing in our lab environment. We also have the build number stamped into our WIX installer, deployed SQL Database instance name, and we update our testplan description in MTM with the build number out of version control.
We also would want the changesets in the build to include the fact that the build process itself touched the file and incremented the number so the build report would accurately ALL of the changes.
Taking a look at 2013, can you please post the complete scripts with checkin of the assembly?
Thanks to all who have given me feedback on the assembly version scenario! These scripts are a work in progress. I expect I will release them next in MSDN Library for our RTM release.
Meanwhile, you can adapt the scripts to check out and check in as you see fit. Here's how:
# to check out instead of manually setting a file to read-only,
# replace this:
# attrib $file -r
# with this:
& ($env:VS120COMNTOOLS + "..\..\common7\ide\tf.exe") edit $file
# to check in:
& ($env:VS120COMNTOOLS + "..\..\common7\ide\tf.exe") checkin $file /i
You can use the beginning of this pattern to run any version control command such as label (msdn.microsoft.com/.../9ew32kd1.aspx).
I've been sharing your feedback with the product team. So far as I can tell at the moment, associating the check-in with the build for this scenario cannot be done only with a script given the current design of the product.
@Andy - thanks for posting the command. The more examples you can provide the better!
Is possible to pass $(BuildDefinitionname) between 2013 build definitions using new script feature? ex. With success CI build, CI build script call into stage build script, with success stage build, stage build script call into QA build script? Deployment of SQL via script example would be very useful.
@Gary Carty: Hear you loud and clear.
@Qiang Nuo: TFBuild does not have this capability.
@AndyLewis - There is no stage pipeline in TFSBuild and that makes build process very manual and more difficult to manage.
We work 90% of the time with SQL code changes via database projects...deployment of SQL changes via DACPAC's with MSBuild parameters is hard, would new buildscripts make easier? Example SQL deploys with teambuild scripts would be most helpful.
I really dislike the use of $env to pass parameters to the script (i.e. $Env:TF_BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY)
Why are these not explicit parameters that are passed to the script like this:
param( $Binaries, $Sources, $DropLocation, $Configuration, $LogLocation, $BuildUri)
"***AfterCompileBeforeTest.ps1***" | write-host
"Binaries: $Binaries" | write-host
"Sources: $Sources" | write-host
"DropLocation: $DropLocation" | write-host
"Configuration: $Configuration" | write-host
"LogLocation: $LogLocation" | write-host
"BuildUri: $BuildUri" | write-host
Adding three PS script hooks into the 2010/2012 DefaultTEmplate.xaml is the first thing I do for any project. I always pass them like this:
Filename: powershell.exe
String.Format("-File ""{0}"" -binaries ""{1}"" -sources ""{2}"" -droplocation ""{3}"" -configuration ""{4}"" -loglocation ""{5}"" -builduri ""{6}""", BuildHookPs1, BinariesDirectory, SourcesDirectory, BuildDetail.DropLocation, platformConfiguration.Configuration, BuildDetail.LogLocation, BuildDetail.Uri.ToString())
Very helpful post. Great sample ++ Please provide many more.


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Doubles: Marissa Walsh/Grace Flaherty, Xavier; Kaylee Johnson/Savannah Skamra, Ripon; Abby Loritz/Jami Turriff, West De Pere.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
|Four Weddings and a Funeral
UK theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Mike Newell
|Produced by
|Duncan Kenworthy
|Written by
|Richard Curtis
|Hugh Grant
Andie MacDowell
James Fleet
Simon Callow
John Hannah
Kristin Scott Thomas
|Music by
|Richard Rodney Bennett
|Michael Coulter
|Edited by
|Jon Gregory
|Distributed by
|Gramercy Pictures
Release dates
Running time
|117 minutes
|United Kingdom
British Sign Language
|Box office
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant. It was made in six weeks and cost under £3 million,[1] becoming an unexpected success and the highest-grossing British film in cinema history at the time, with worldwide box office in excess of $245.7 million, and receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.[2][3]
The film follows the adventures of a group of friends through the eyes of Charles (Hugh Grant), a good-natured but socially awkward Briton, who is smitten with Carrie (Andie MacDowell), an American whom Charles repeatedly meets at four weddings and at a funeral.
The first wedding is that of Angus (Timothy Walker) and Laura (Sara Crowe), at which Charles is the best man. Charles and his collection of single friends wonder if they will ever get married. At this wedding, Charles meets Carrie for the first time and spends the night with her. Carrie teases him by pretending that, now they have been to bed together, they will also have to get married, to which Charles endeavours to respond before realising she is joking. She then goes back home to America, observing that they may have missed an opportunity.
The second wedding is that of Bernard (David Haig) and Lydia (Sophie Thompson), a couple who got together at the previous wedding. Charles is happy to discover that Carrie is attending the wedding, until she introduces him to her fiancé, Sir Hamish Banks (Corin Redgrave), a wealthy politician from Scotland. At the reception, Charles finds himself seated at a table with several ex-girlfriends who relate embarrassing stories about his inability to be discreet and afterwards bumps into Henrietta (Anna Chancellor), known among Charles' friends as "Duckface", with whom he had a particularly difficult relationship.
As the evening wears on, Charles finds himself in an empty hotel suite, sadly watching Carrie and Hamish leave in a taxicab, only to be trapped in a small cupboard after the newlyweds suddenly stumble into the adjoining room to have sex. After Charles awkwardly exits the room, Henrietta confronts him about his habit of "serial monogamy", telling him that he is afraid of letting anyone get too close to him. Shortly after this encounter, Charles runs into Carrie (without her fiancé), and they end up spending another night together.
A month later, Charles receives an invitation to Carrie's wedding, in Scotland. While shopping for a present in London, he accidentally bumps into Carrie in a shop and ends up helping her select her wedding dress. Carrie also astonishes him with a list of her more than thirty sexual partners (he learns he is #32). He later tries to confess his love to her and hints that he would like to have a relationship with her. However, he says it rather lamely, and the confession obviously comes too late.
The third wedding is that of Carrie and Hamish at a Scottish castle. Charles attends, depressed at the prospect of Carrie's marrying Hamish. As the reception gets under way, Gareth (Simon Callow) instructs his friends to go forth and seek potential mates; Fiona's brother, Tom (James Fleet), stumbles through an attempt to connect with a woman until she innocently reveals that she is the minister's wife, while Charles's flatmate, Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman), strikes up a conversation with a tall, attractive American named Chester. As Charles watches Carrie and Hamish dance as husband and wife, Charles's friend Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) deduces his feelings about Carrie. When Charles asks why Fiona is not married, she confesses that she has always loved Charles since they first met years ago. Charles is appreciative and empathetic but does not requite her love. During the groom's toast, Gareth dies suddenly of a heart attack.
The funeral is that of Gareth. At the funeral, Gareth's partner Matthew (John Hannah) recites the poem "Funeral Blues" ("Stop all the clocks...") by W. H. Auden, commemorating his relationship with Gareth.[4][5] After the funeral, Charles and Tom have a discussion about whether hoping to find your "one true love" is just a futile effort and ponder that, while their clique have always viewed themselves as proud-to-be-single, Gareth and Matthew had in fact been a "married" couple among them all the while.
The fourth wedding takes place ten months later, and is that of Charles, who has decided to marry Henrietta. However, moments before the ceremony, Carrie arrives at the church and reveals to Charles that she and Hamish are no longer together. Charles has a crisis of confidence, which he reveals to his deaf brother David (David Bower) and Matthew. At the altar, when the vicar asks if anyone knows a reason why the couple should not marry, David who was reading the vicar's lips asks Charles to translate for him, and says in sign language that he suspects the groom is having doubts and loves someone else. The vicar asks whether Charles does love someone else, and Charles replies, "I do." Henrietta punches Charles, bringing the wedding to an abrupt halt.
Carrie visits Charles afterward to apologise for coming to the wedding. Charles confesses that, while standing at the altar, he realised that for the first time in his life he totally and utterly loved one person, "and it wasn't the person standing next to me in the veil." Charles makes a proposal of lifelong commitment without marriage to Carrie, saying, "Do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life?" Carrie responds by saying, "I do."
The song "Chapel of Love" is then played as we see Henrietta marrying an officer in the Grenadier Guards, David marrying his girlfriend Serena (Robin McCaffrey), Scarlett marrying Chester, Tom marrying his distant cousin Deirdre (whom he met, for the second time in 25 years, at Charles's wedding and instantly fell for), Matthew with a new partner (Duncan Kenworthy), Fiona marrying Prince Charles, and Charles and Carrie with their son (apparently unmarried).
- Hugh Grant as Charles
- Andie MacDowell as Carrie
- James Fleet as Tom
- Simon Callow as Gareth
- John Hannah as Matthew
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Fiona
- David Bower as David
- Charlotte Coleman as Scarlett
- Timothy Walker as Angus
- Sara Crowe as Laura
- Rowan Atkinson as Father Gerald
- David Haig as Bernard
- Sophie Thompson as Lydia
- Corin Redgrave as Sir Hamish Banks
- Anna Chancellor as Henrietta ("Duckface")
- Duncan Kenworthy (uncredited) as Matthew's "gorgeous" new boyfriend
The film was shot mainly in London and the Home Counties, including Hampstead, Islington where the final moments take place on Highbury Terrace, Greenwich Hospital, Betchworth in Surrey, Amersham in Buckinghamshire, St Bartholomew-the-Great (wedding #4) and West Thurrock in Essex.[6] Exterior shots of guests arriving for the funeral were filmed in Thurrock, Essex overlooking the River Thames with the backdrop of the Dartford River Crossing and at stately homes in Bedfordshire (Luton Hoo for wedding two reception) and Hampshire.[7] Many of the extras were recruited by Amber Rudd who is described in the credits as "Aristocracy Co-ordinator"—among those used were Lords Burlington and Woolton.
The original score was composed by British composer Richard Rodney Bennett. The movie also featured a soundtrack of popular songs, including a cover version of The Troggs' "Love Is All Around" performed by Wet Wet Wet that remained at number 1 in the British charts for fifteen weeks and was then the ninth (now twelfth) biggest selling single of all time in Britain. This song would later be adapted into "Christmas Is All Around" and sung by the character of Billy Mack in Richard Curtis' 2003 film Love Actually, in which Grant also stars. The soundtrack also features Elton John's "Crocodile Rock", "But Not for Me", and "Chapel of Love", and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".
Critical response[edit]
The film was very well received with critics, currently holding a 95% "Certified Fresh" approval on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating, "While frothy to a fault, Four Weddings and a Funeral features irresistibly breezy humor, and winsome performances from Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell."[8]
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "delightful and sly", and directed with "light-hearted enchantment" by Newell. He praised Grant's performance, describing it as a kind of "endearing awkwardness".[9]
The film did have its detractors, though. Writing for the Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum called the film "generic" and "standard issue", stating that the audience shouldn't "expect to remember it ten minutes later".[10]
Time magazine writer Richard Corliss was less scathing, but agreed that it was forgettable, saying that people would "forget all about [the movie] by the time they leave the multiplex," even joking at the end of his review that he had forgotten the film's name.[11]
The character of Carrie was voted one of the most annoying film characters of all time in a British online poll.[12]
Box office[edit]
Upon its North American limited release on 11 March 1994, Four Weddings and a Funeral opened with $138,486 in 5 theatres.[13] But upon its wide release on 15 April 1994, the film topped the box office with $4,162,489.[14] The film would continue to gross $53,700,832 in North America with an additional $193 million internationally, earning $245,700,832 worldwide.[15]
- Best Film
- Best Direction (Mike Newell)
- Best Actor (Hugh Grant)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas)
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Comedy Film
- Most Promising Actor (Hugh Grant)
- Best Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas)
- Best Screenplay (Richard Curtis)
- British Film of the Year
- British Director of the Year (Mike Newell)
- British Producer of the Year (Duncan Kenworthy)
- British Screenwriter of the Year (Richard Curtis)
- Film – Screenplay (Richard Curtis)
- Best Picture (lost to Forrest Gump)
- Best Original Screenplay – Richard Curtis (lost to Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction)
- Best Film Music – Richard Rodney Bennett (lost to Backbeat)
- Best Original Screenplay – Richard Curtis (lost to Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction)
- Best Supporting Actor – Simon Callow (lost to Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction)
- Best Supporting Actor – John Hannah (lost to Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction)
- Best Supporting Actress – Charlotte Coleman (lost to Kristin Scott Thomas for this film)
- Outstanding Directoring – Feature Film – Mike Newell (lost to Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump)
- Best Musical or Comedy (lost to The Lion King)
- Best Screenplay – Richard Curtis (lost to Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction)
- Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Andie MacDowell (lost to Jamie Lee Curtis for True Lies)
The film was voted the 27th greatest comedy film of all time by readers of Total Film in 2000. In 2004, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest British film of all time. It is number 96 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".
See also[edit]
- Notting Hill (1999), also written by Curtis and starring Grant
- Love Actually (2003), another film by Curtis starring Grant and Atkinson
- Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley, worn by Hurley to the film's premiere
- ^ BBC Radio 4 – The Reunion – Four Weddings and a Funeral, 13 April 2014
- ^ Business Data for Four Weddings and a Funeral Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
- ^ Richard Curtis. Cinema.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ BBC Leicester: Interview with Simon Callow. Retrieved 7 May 2012
- ^ John Hannah Unofficial Website: John Hannah interview in The Scotsman, 17 April 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2012
- ^ "The Making of Four Weddings and a Funeral". Empire. June 1994. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Filming Locations for Four Weddings and a Funeral. Movie-locations.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Four Weddings and a Funeral at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Four Weddings And A Funeral :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Four Weddings and a Funeral. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ CINEMA: Four Weddings and a Funeral: Well Groomed. Time (14 March 1994). Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Handy, Bruce (June 2015), "The Daring Genesis of J.J. Abrams's Star Wars: The Force Awakens", Vanity Fair, retrieved 7 November 2015
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for 11–13 March 1994. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for 15–17 April 1994. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n IMDb: Awards for Four Weddings and a Funeral. Retrieved 7 May 2012
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State Sen. Mike Folmer will hold an education-focused town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 9 the Red Land Community Library, according to a news release.
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The event is the third in a series of education town hall meetings hosted by Folmer, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, the release says. Because of legislative redistricting, parts of York County, including Newberry, Conewago, East Manchester, and Springettsbury townships and Goldsboro, Lewisberry, Manchester, Mount Wolf and York Haven are part of the 48th Senate district, which Folmer represents.
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Marnie was born in Berlin, Ontario November 1, 1906, and died in Waterloo on June 11, 2003.
She was the daughter of Talmon and Martha RIEDER (ANTHES) both of whom predeceased her, as did her dear sister Helen HENDERSON, her brother Edward, and her brother Paul. She was also predeceased by her husband Elmer and her great-granddaughter, Victoria Paisley D'AGOSTINO.
Marnie's life was anchored by a deep faith which carried her through adversity but also inspired her to remarkable accomplishment. She graduated with an arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1929. Following her graduation she joined Emma KAUFMAN in Japan where she spent a year helping to build the Young Women's Christian Association in that country. Her travels through the far east had a lasting impact on her life thereafter.
She was always active in the United Church, sometimes as a Sunday School teacher, or as a summer camp director, or as a Canadian Girls In Training leader. Later, after the family moved to Toronto, she led a Family Life Education program which pioneered a nursery school for working mothers.
She was a fine athlete, who played women's ice hockey at the University of Toronto. She was an inspiring teacher. She taught high school Guidance and English at Kitchener Collegiate Institute and at Waterloo Collegiate between 1955 and 1969 where her warmth and generous spirit fostered lasting Friendships, and her devotion to young people was an inspiration.
Her compassion, integrity and wisdom made her a good listener and counsellor even into the last days of her life. She shared her knowledge of wild flowers, trees and astronomy, just as she shared herself with all who needed help, or love, or an arm to lean on. Caring for others came as natural as breathing itself. Her last breath is gone but her memory will continue to shape the lives of her Friends and family. She has surely joined the fellowship of the Saints.
She is lovingly remembered by her children Penny HOBSON and her husband Richard of Baden, and Ian and his wife Linda of Aurora, and by her grandchildren Gregory, Martha, Aaron, Matthew, Jill and Margaret. She also leaves six adoring great-grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews, especially Bonnie PASSMORE and Beth HENDERSON who found a nurturing substitute mother in Aunt Marnie after the death of their own mother when they were very young.
Marnie's family will receive Friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, in Waterloo, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2003. A service to celebrate her life will be held in the chapel of the funeral home on Monday, June 23, 2003, at 11 a.m., with Reverend Harold STEAD officiating. Following cremation, a family committal service will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.
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Fifty-Five years ago today was a monumental day in my life. I was two and a half years old. My brother was born, I had to learn to share my parents attention. He had colic, he made everyone tired. My parents walked the floor with him for many, many months.
I learned many things by having a brother, how to accurately pitch a baseball while he played either catcher or batter. We played "horse" on our improvised basketball court, we practiced game winning free throws for hours. We played badminton in the front yard. We went fishing and swimming together. We learned to hunt and shoot a rifle together. We learned how to ride a motorcycle as young teens. We learned to drive the old farm truck around in the grain fields. We both joined 4 H at the same time. I guess I am a bit of a tomboy..because of my brother.
In the winter we played endless card games like War, and Rummy. Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Sorry, Monopoly and Parcheesi were our favorite board games. We collected Baseball cards together.
When we got older sometimes we were a bit physical with each other, I was bigger and stronger..so I usually won. We would take turns slugging each other in the upper arms..the first one to cry lost. We played a terrible game, where you spit on two of your fingers and then hit the other one on the exposed forearm..welts would line up on his poor arms. We played the horrible pocket knife game (Chicken) with bare feet, both of us escaped any major stab wounds to our feet..either the knife was dull or we were good knife throwers. We had major arm wrestling competitions..sometimes I would let him win those.
My brother loves sports, he lives and breathes football, softball and soccer. In his free time..he coaches, referees and umpires in the rain..because he lives in Oregon..far away from Minnesota. I miss him some days, like today..when I would just like to grab him and give him a big hug. Happy Birthday to my brother!
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Campaign to freeze beer duty
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Campaigners fighting for less tax and public spending waste joined forces with brewers in the West last night to call for Chancellor George Osborne and 'spineless MPs' to scrap the controversial escalator which guarantees the tax on beer will go up in next month's budget.
The Taxpayers' Alliance is joining the long-standing campaign from the pub and brewery industry and from real ale drinkers to stop the annual hike in taxes on a pint.
They have told the Chancellor to freeze tax on beer in the upcoming Budget, after figures showed that a third of the cost of a pint of ale goes straight to the taxman.
Tax on beer has increased by a staggering 42 per cent in the past four years and duty on beer is the second highest in Europe and ten times the level in Germany.
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One brewer in the region said the fixed beer duty escalator gave 'spineless MPs' the chance to duck making an annual decision on beer tax.
Taxpayers Alliance chief executive Matthew Sinclair launched a 'mash beer tax' campaign yesterday, saying it was partly responsible for Camra figures revealing that since the beer tax escalator was introduced in 2008, more than 5,800 pubs have closed. The escalator automatically hikes the duty by two per cent above inflation and is fixed until 2015.
"Beer is already taxed more in the UK than almost every other country in Europe. Yet another rise in beer duty at this year's Budget would be a further blow to people already struggling with the increasing cost of living," he said.
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"The abolition of the beer duty escalator is long overdue and a freeze in the rate at this year's Budget would help people coping with so many other pressures on their finances," he added.
Leading breweries in the South West such as Devizes-based Wadworth's, Dorset-based Badger's and Bath Ales have all called for the Government to scrap the escalator, saying it actually leads to a fall in tax revenue because jobs are being lost as pubs shut. While the amount taxed has risen by 42 per cent, the amount the Treasury is receiving has gone up by just eight per cent.
A spokesman for Bath Ales slammed MPs for continually putting up beer tax. "We would argue that the beer duty rise is wholly unjustified and against a backdrop of excessive beer duty rate rises year in year out," he said.
"What a cop out this beer duty escalator is, allowing spineless MPs – our public servants – to hide behind bureaucracy and remove themselves from the real world."
Jem Ham, managing director of Cheddar Ales, said: "Something like 20 per cent of our turnover goes to the Government as beer duty, and I can't think of another business for whom that applies, apart perhaps from petrol stations and landfill.
"Our customers are 85 per cent pub-led and pubs are closing all the time. The duty affects the price, we have to pass it on, and that hits the pubs."
Another Somerset managing director, Guy Newell, of Butcombe Brewery, said: "Freezing the duty would make a huge difference. It has gone up 42 per cent in four years, but it is debatable whether the Government is better off as a result. If you add VAT and the tax on diesel for delivery it is a ridiculous situation for breweries."
Cleeve Palmer, sales and marketing director at Palmer's brewery at Bridport, said: "The Chancellor has been told often enough to leave the drinks industry alone and hopefully this time he will do it."


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