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A 40-year-old Naperville, Ill. woman has been charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bail in the slaying of her 8-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting inside a suburban Chicago townhome.
Elzbieta Plackowska, of the 200 block of Bailey Road, allegedly stabbed the two children on Halloween Eve Tuesday, ABC Chicago reports. The children's bodies were discovered during a well-being check around 10:18 p.m.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Plackowska fled the home in the 800 block of Quin Court after she allegedly stabbed the children "dozens of times." Two dogs were also found stabbed to death in the home.
In bond court Thursday, disturbing details of the attack surfaced. DuPage County prosecutors alleged that the victims, identified as the suspect's son Justin and Olivia Dworakowski, were ordered by Plackowska to kneel down and pray before she stabbed them to death, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Prosecutors say Plackowska stabbed her son about 100 times and then killed Olivia because she witnessed the attack.
Bail was denied for the suspect, who has no prior criminal record.
Plackowska was "covered in blood" when she was taken into custody Wednesday. Sources told the Sun-Times that Plackowska feared the children were being threatened by demons and had taken them to an area church before their slaying. The alleged killer then returned to the church after their deaths.
She admitted to police that she had heard "demonic voices" prior to the attack. Plackowska was also reportedly upset with her husband and struggling with the recent loss of her father.
"She stated the children had evil inside of them and she was trying to drive the devil out of them," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said Thursday, according to the Tribune.
Another explanation Plackowska initially offered to police, was that an intruder had stabbed the children, Fox Chicago reports.
Naperville Police Chief Bob Marshall on Thursday said the crime scene where the children were found was the "most gruesome and horrific" one he had ever witnessed in 30 years on the job, the Daily Herald reports.
"The senseless taking of the lives of these two children defies logic," Marshall added, according to the Herald.
Marta Dworakowski, Olivia's mother, told NBC Chicago that her daughter "was a beautiful little girl who had her life taken." Olivia was a kindergartener at Brookdale Elementary School, while Justin attended Scott Elementary School in Naperville District 203. The district's crisis team was on hand at both schools to help students and staff deal with the disturbing news.
Justin Plackowska, 7, and Olivia Dworakowski, 5, were found stabbed to death in his home in Naperville, Tuesday night, Oct. 30.
A makeshift memorial is seen outside a home in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, where two children were found stabbed to death on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Elzbieta Plackowska was accused Thursday of stabbing her 7-year-old son 100 times and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting about 50 times. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Police cars are seen outside a home in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, where two children were founded stabbed to death on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, was charged with first-degree murder and denied bond at a hearing Thursday in Wheaton, Ill. Prosecutiors said Thursday that Plackowska stabbed her 7-year-old son 100 times because she was angry with her husband and a 5-year-old girl about 50 times because she witnessed the attack, as both children prayed and begged for their lives. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
This Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 booking photo provided by the DuPage County Sheriff's Department in Wheaton, Ill., shows Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, of Naperville, Ill., who was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl. Prosecutors contend that on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, Plackowska stabbed her son because she was angry with her husband and killed the 5-year-old girl she was babysitting because she witnessed the attack. Plakowska was ordered held without bond at a hearing Thursday in Wheaton. (AP Photo/DuPage County Sheriff's Department)


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Your daily (Mon-Fri) roundup of links from around the blogosphere, typically Trail Blazers related.
- You know what always eases the pain after a tough loss Duck fans? Watching the Blazers beat the Knicks.
- Joe Freeman of The Oregonian, checked out Blazer practice yesterday following the tough defeat to the Heat. Freeman asks Coach McMillan about the final play of regulation, the one that found a freezing cold Andre Miller taking the deciding shot(s) of the game.
"I thought Andre had a pretty decent look and it didn't go down. The difference is you make that shot you win with no time on the clock and if you don't, you gotta go into overtime and get it. So we had our go-to guys, the guys that we played off of in a two-man game."
A designed high screen and roll is the usual play run by the Blazers at the end of regulation in a tight game, only this time the Blazers were without All-Star Brandon Roy initiating the offense. Obviously, the play is not as effective with an ice cold Miller running it.
- In NBA non-news, Carmelo Anthony trade talks are getting ugly. Bruce Arthur of The National Post believes Carmelo Anthony has made some mistakes trying to force a trade.
- John Hollinger of ESPN (Insider) discusses six good NBA teams that are flying under the radar; the Blazers are one of them.
- Per your NBA D-League update, Antoine Walker is Killing it. Seventh Grade me is begging for him to be called up and let's be honest, would it be worse than having Luke Babbitt on the bench? If not Walker, definitely this guy needs some consideration.
- Because it's a relatively slow news day concerning the Blazers, Here is a picture of Nate Robinson displaying his "3 goggles". There is no more exclusivity with the goggles, and if I see Timofey Mozgov throw them up tonight, I am just going to snap.
- Make sure to check out what TrueHoop Network sister site, Knickerblogger has to say about the game tonight.


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RENO, NV - Reno police are searching for a man who stabbed another man at a Reno motel Tuesday night.
The attack happened just before 6:30 p.m. at the 777 Motel on South Virginia Street near West Taylor. The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to live, according to police.
Police say the attacker is described as a black man, around 40 years old. He's around six feet tall and 240 pounds. He wore a white shirt with large flowers and blue jeans.
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Working-class Girls of Algerian Descent in a French School
This chapter analyzes the processes of identity formation among working-class female students of Algerian descent in a French school. It argues that the school -- as a social space -- is at once a contested terrain within which these young women's identities are being constructed and a powerful tool for their own identity formation.
Indeed, the public (state) school, because it is a secular space, brings different groups into contact with one another materially and symbolically and pulls competing and conflicting discourses onto a shared terrain. This chapter explores how a particular group of young women actively engage in a work of self-definition within and against these competing discourses.
The first half analyzes how the Algerian community and French mass media create a potent discursive link between the young women and school. The second part explores the ways in which the young women construct themselves within the school in relation to others -- in particular to French women in their age-group and similar class background and men within their own community.
As I pose the seemingly simple research question "How do young women construct themselves in relation to others in a given context?, " the raucous, explosive, troubled debates that have emerged at the margins of feminist and postmodern scholarship come to mind. How does one frame a non-essentialist analysis of the construction of subjectivity that allows for agency while still recognizing
Catherine Raissiguier, "The Construction of Marginal Identities: Working-class girls of Algerian descent in a French school",in Marianne H. Marchand, ed. Feminism, Postmodernism, Development ( New York: Routledge, 1994): 79-93. Reprinted by permission. Editors' note: The reference list for this chapter was culled from the bibliography for Feminism, Postmodernism, Development.


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Tina and Keith are starting to worry that Colby might side with Amber at the final 4. Being up 5 to 3 over the Kucha alliance, they wonder if they should side with them again. Colby spends a night with some Outback cowboys.
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TSOL: Backing out of LOST, one episode at a time
David Gaynes is back, and making up for lost time with a combined reaction to "The Candidate" and "The Last Recruit," which fans may remember as two hours of Machiavellian power plays culminating in the death of Sayid, Jin and Sun.
Over the past few weeks, I've gotten word from a few readers that they are really enjoying David's columns. He really appreciates the feedback. David and I are now actually a couple episodes ahead of the columns in terms of viewing, which should make it easier for the columns to come out somewhat consistently as he continues working on his next feature.
Hit the jump to learn a bit more about his very personal Island experience.
Suiting Up to Tweet Your Mother
Just wanted to give you all a heads up: How I Met Your Mother comes back tonight. I'll be suiting up and enjoying the show with a bro or two, and for those of you who can't make it, I'll be live-Tweeting the season premiere. Just follow me on Twitter and it will almost be like being in the room with us. (Without the scotch-and-sodas.)
As an added bonus, anyone who tweets a photo of themselves with a yellow umbrella wins my admiration.
It's going to be legen–meh. You know the rest.
And Hell Freezes Over…
It seems Glenn Beck–a Fox News personality whose style I feel perpetuates and exacerbates the trends in American culture that are least-conducive to responsible citizenship–has made a point I actually agree with. I'm not going to link to it, because I don't want to use the awesome influence of my readership to boost his hit count (I don't want to brag, so I won't get into specifics, but my readership for new articles regularly exceeds the single-digits.), but the quote comes from a brief blog post Beck wrote in response to the upcoming Burn a Koran Day: Read More
People Who Kind of Look Like Minor Characters from LOST/An Ode to Rose and Bernard
Rose and Bernard's story will likely be remembered as Lost's most consistently compelling and surprising plot thread: L. Scott Caldwell's theater commitments meant that she wasn't available often enough for the characters to become the subject of wheel-spinning, and so no scene with Rose or Bernard was ever wasted. The show's main characters may have consistently missed the point of their own stories, but Rose and Bernard could always be counted on to put a button on who the people around them were and bring the show's underlying themes to the surface.
Bernard's introduction was also one of the show's biggest surprises. Not only did the moment redeem Rose's unflappable confidence, it was also Lost's clearest statement about love and prejudice: Because Rose had never mentioned that she was in an inter-racial marriage, most of the audience members had just assumed that her husband was black. Hurley spoke for the audience, as he so often did, when he said, "Rose's husband is white? Didn't see that coming."
When we finally saw Rose and Bernard reunite, their easy comfort with one another seemed like the type of mature love that is earned through decades of living, fighting and laughing together. I for one expected their inevitable flashback episode to explore what it had to have been like for them to meet and fall in love decades ago: Did they meet as young kids during the Civil Rights era? Maybe we were going to be in for an inverted version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Was it possible that their relationship was going to serve as some kind of analysis of 1980s American business?
As we all know now, their flashback didn't go further back in time than a year or so. It was silly to think that they would have been able to find two actors to believably represent both of the late-middle-aged characters twenty years earlier. But part of me thinks that if they really tried, they could have found someone to play Young Bernard. I know that I did on the subway a couple months ago, and you can see a picture of him after the jump. Read More
For No Good Reason: The Upper West Sayid
Thanks to Sara Cohen.
You're Welcome, World: Werner Herzog Talks About Pro Wrestling
It's easy to ramble on for a couple hundred pages (or blog posts) about how amazing German filmmaker Werner Herzog is, and that's before you even get to discussing any of his finished films. The man has forced actors to work at gunpoint, ate a shoe Charlie Chaplin-style when he lost a bet, was shot while giving an interview*, and even hypnotized Joaquin Phoenix into surviving a car crash.
*By the way, remember a second ago when I said he was shot while giving an interview? Well–and this part is important, so pay attention–he didn't stop giving the interview. Not while being shot at. Not after having been shot. Not while having a doctor remove the bullet from his body and patch up the wound. Herzog promised the reporter an interview and that was all there was to it.
"Okay, Rick," I can hear you thinking. "We already know that Herzog is secretly an emissary of the Time Lords, his quirky ways the natural result of understanding and processing the world on a level not yet matched by any human thought. That's old hat. But what does he think of professional wrestling?"
And I am oh so glad you asked, because, as part of an interview promoting a film that has absolutely nothing to do with professional wrestling, Herzog recently took a few moments to discuss his opinions of professional wrestling. Check out the video after the jump. Read More
TSOL 3: Backing out of LOST, One Episode at a Time
David Gaynes has offered up his thoughts on "Across the Sea," the Lost episode that contextualized the contest between Jacob and the Man in Black (and finally revealed what those freaking skeletons were). David's reactions to Alison Janney's bad parenting and a REALLY off-color caption about Walt Whitman after the jump! Read More
Flasharound 2: Backing out of LOST, one episode at a time
After the jump, David Gaynes provides his somewhat dampened response to Lost's penultimate episode. It looks like season six might be a bumpy ride for him…
A Love Letter
One of my favorite episodes of How I Met Your Mother centers around the gang engaging in one of my favorite pass-times: Hunting down the best burger in New York. (For my money, by the way, it's at Stage Restaurant on 2nd Ave.) However, being HIMYM at its best, the episode makes a greater statement about life in New York: It opens with a voice-over lamenting the way the city has changed over the years, with favorite rock clubs, dive bars and lounges giving way to drug stores, restaurants and banks.
Spots you love tend to disappear around here. Sure, some places that have played a big role in my personal experience of New York so far are still around—we still have Skylight Diner and the UCB Theater, for example—but in the eight years that I've been here, even hallowed institutions like the Second Ave Deli have shuttered their doors. Other places that are still open, like Castro's in Fort Greene, are barely recognizable.
For me, though, I think my biggest New York loss will always be K'av'eh'az.
Backing into Lost, One Episode at a Time
You can decide for yourself which is sadder: The fact that multiple people have asked me this year what I'm going to do once Lost is over, or the fact that I actually have an answer.
As the final episode approached, preparing for my finale party ended up consuming a lot of my time. I have several written-but-unedited posts about "The Candidate," "Across the Sea," and "What They Died For" sitting on my hard drive, but getting ready to host thirty Lost-loving revellers (in my none-too-spacious Manhattan apartment) took priority over finishing them. You'll see them in some form soon, as well as my own take on "The End."
However, this post isn't about wrapping up my own coverage of Lost's final season. Instead, I'd like to introduce you to David Gaynes, an award-winning documentarian who is going to continue writing about Lost for us from a fresh and unexpected perspective. David is a unique voice in the world of independent documentary film. He is the director of the forthcoming documentary feature Saving Hubble and directed the award-winning Keeper of the Kohn. His films have been seen on PBS stations, film festivals, educational venues and in his parents' living room. David is from Weston, CT, studied Public Policy at Hamilton College and currently lives in New York City.
And he has never, ever seen an episode of Lost.
David has graciously agreed to be the subject of a little experiment: Given the chronologically fractured nature of Lost's narrative and the show's habit of posing questions and only imply the answers, what would it be like for a new viewer to go through show backwards? Starting with "The End," and ending with "Pilot," David is going to answer that for us.
You can find David's first entry in Flasharound: Backing into Lost, One Episode at a Time tomorrow evening. He's going to aim for one or two episodes a week, but as this is a magnanimous side project for him, please be patient with him.
Me, on the other hand? Feel free to lambast me whenever you want for abandoning you for two months at a time.


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Dunedin 15 Zingari Richmond 5Posted by Neil in Premiers, Senior Club News
In a match which failed to reach any great heights, Dunedin did enough to beat Zingari Richmond at Montecillo.
Dunedin led 15 5 at halftime and no points were scored in the second half, despite both sides having chances. Zingari, especially, was plagued by errors at just the wrong time and its ball security was not good enough to challenge. Dunedin started with a rush and had 10 points on the board in as many minutes. Greg Dyer kicked a penalty and No 8 Gareth Evans on loan from the Highlanders came off the back of a scrum and crashed over from 5m out.
Zingari made too many sloppy errors and was not helped by two men, Tom Rowe and Steve Roberts, spending time in the bin. The home team's kicking lacked accuracy while Dunedin rather fumbled its way through the second half. Home captain Joe Latta lost the ball in the act of scoring in the second half.
Best for Dunedin were second five eighth Callum Bruce and Evans, while hooker Sam Anderson Heather made some strong runs before leaving the field early in the second half.
Lachie Moore looked dangerous with the ball for Zingari while Latta and Blair Tweed got through plenty of work up front.
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Pre-Market: Retailers Gear Up for Holiday Sales as Stock Indices Head for Record Highs
Wall Street is gearing up for yet another record-high session as
shoppers flock to retail stores for Black Friday deals.
Before the opening bell, Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) futures were up 0.28% at 16,119.00 while futures on the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) rose 0.23% to 1,808.40. Both indices reached record highs. After hitting a 13-year high on Wednesday, Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) futures were up 0.48% to 3,485.25.
No major economic data points are scheduled for today. With many Wall Street professionals still out for the Thanksgiving holiday, trading volumes are expected to be low for today's half-day session.
Retailers like Wal-Mart ( WMT ), Best Buy ( BBY ), Target ( TGT ) and Macy's ( M ) begin the official holiday sales season, when their revenue should spike. Investors will be alert to how successful each retailer is at bringing in Christmas shoppers for Black Friday deals. Morgan Stanley ( MS ) analysts said in an October report that year-over-year sales growth during the crucial holiday quarter is only expected to be 1.6% compared to a 3.5% increase last year. Retailers have responded with steeper discounts and more marketing. Thanksgiving came later this year, making the intra-holiday period shorter by six days.
JC Penney (JCP) is hoping for a spark to get sales back on track, but the retailer will leave the S&P 500 index by the end of the day.
Apple (AAPL) sales gained 1% in the pre-market after a report showed that it claimed 76% of new smartphone sales in Japan in October. Last month, NTT Docomo (DCM) started carrying the iPhone.
Overseas markets were also on the upswing on Friday. Japan's CPI, excluding food and energy prices, rose 0.3% year-over-year in October, the biggest increase in 25 years. The government and central bank have been on an aggressive anti-deflation push for just over a year now. Manufacturing PMI showed that the sector's growth accelerated in November. The index rose to 55.1 from 54.2 in October. (Readings over 50 indicate expansion.) October industrial production disappointed, rising just 0.5%. Unemployment in Japan was steady at 4%, but worker incomes fell 1.3%.
The Netherlands, a stalwart of the eurozone, was stripped of its AAA rating by S&P. The country's debt is rated at AA+ because the ratings agency does not believe that economic output will be below 2008 levels for the next three years at least. S&P also lifted its outlook on Spain to stable, and reiterated its BBB- rating. The analyst expect Spain's economy to shrink 1.3% this year and grow 0.8% in 2014.
Unemployment across the eurozone fell for the first time in nearly three years in October. The region's jobless rate fell to 12.1% in October from 12.2% in September.
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Analysis: Bold Action Required on Renewal of the Information Technology Agreement During APEC Summit
In the end, Ernst concludes, both the U.S. and China have a strong interest in finding a compromise during the APEC Summit. From the U.S. perspective, a mini ITA-2 without China would be an oxymoron. Not only is China the world biggest smart-phone market, it is also by far the most important market for U.S. semiconductor firms.


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noun laun·dry \ˈlȯn-drē, ˈlän-\
: clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that need to be washed or that have been washed
: a business or place where clothes, towels, sheets, etc., are washed and dried
plural laundries
Full Definition of LAUNDRY
a : a room for doing the family washb : a commercial laundering establishment
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
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Examples of LAUNDRY
- There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
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14th century
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noun laun·dry \ˈlȯn-drē\
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Custom Ink Rendering in Silverlight 2
Drawing ink with the built-in stroke objects works great for handwriting and annotations. In some scenarios, however, you may want something more fancy that takes advantage of Silverlight's rich graphics capabilities. Creating ink strokes with a customized appearance is fairly straight forward with...
1 Dec 2008
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Erasing Ink in Silverlight 2
Another frequently asked question around inking in Silverlight is about erasing Ink strokes after they have been collected or loaded. Unlike WPF or the Tablet SDK for COM & Winforms, Silverlight does not come with controls that have built-in eraser modes in the box. However, with a little bit of...
30 Nov 2008
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Saving Ink to IsolatedStorage with Silverlight 2
One of the questions I have seen quite a few times in the Silverlight.net forums is how to persists (and de-persists) ink in Silverlight 2. Unlike WPF, Silverlight does not support a binary persistence format (ISF), but you can write some code to save and load ink to and from XAML. To demonstrate how...
1 Nov 2008
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TabletPC Development Gotchas Part 7: Detecting the input device in Silverlight 2
When writing an application that supports multiple input devices (mouse, stylus, touch) it is often neccessary to detect which type of device is sending the input events.Silverlight 1.0 offered a DeviceType property on the StylusInfo object that gets reported in every mouse event. In the Silverlight...
1 Nov 2008
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Silverlight 2 Released - Write On!
Now that Silverlight 2 is released, I finally got around to updating my blog after a long time of silence. For those of you interested in handwriting and Tablet related technologies, I want to start out with a canonical example of a Silverlight 2 Inking application. There have been a couple of OM changes...
14 Oct 2008
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Snipping Pictures with Silverlight
One of my favorite tools on the Tablet PC is the 'Snipping Tool'. I have been using it frequently since the early XP days (back then we shipped it seperately as a Power Toy). Now in Vista, it's part of the main OS and I find myself using it quite often event on my desktop PC. When I was using the...
18 Dec 2007
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Ink Reflections - in Silverlight
I have received several question from folks about my earlier post on Ink Reflections in WPF . People were curious how to accomplish the same or a similar effect in Silverlight, in the absence of the VisualBrush object. Clearly, WPF's VisualBrush is the main object that enables scenarios like this...
2 Dec 2007
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Rendering ink and image to a bitmap using WPF
To follow-up on my previous blog post and to complete the story about rendering ink onto pictures and saving the results as a bitmap file, I want to show how this is done in WPF. In WPF all rendering uses the pipeline - pictures, videos, ink, text, all gets rendered via WPF's 'Media Integration Layer...
2 Dec 2007
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TabletPC Development Gotchas Part 5: Rendering ink and image to a bitmap using Winforms
Annotating pictures with handwriting or drawings is a fun and useful scenario for digital ink. In many cases the application user wants to create a new image file with the ink annotation "burnt" into the picture, so they can use the result of their work in other contexts and with other applications ...
2 Dec 2007
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Annotating Video with Ink using Silverlight
Silverlight makes delivering video content in the browser very easy. Silverlight also has ink support built-in. So why not combine these two features to enable some great new scenarios? I have put together a little sample using Silverlight v1.0 to record and play back ink annotations, synchronized...
15 Nov 2007
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Ink blogging - using Windows Journal and Silverlight Streaming!
Are you using Windows Journal to jot down your thoughts on your Tablet PC? Did you ever wish to publish your handwritten notes to your blog? Here is one way to do this: The TabletPC SDK provides a Journal Reader API that provides access to the content of the .jnt file. Now you can read all content...
4 Nov 2007
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Fun with Ink & XAML Part4: WPF BitmapEffects applied to Ink
Want to create some fancy looking handwritten text or drawing? Tweaking the standard DrawingAttributes on an ink stroke won't get you very far - and creating a custom ink renderer is a lot of work. Why not just apply some of the WPF BitmapEffects to your ink. All you need to do is add a few lines of...
4 Nov 2007
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Silverlight Ink SDK Sample - hosted through Silverlight Streaming
With the 'Silverlight Streaming' service you can now invoke a hosted Silverlight application using an IFrame - without any JavaScript! This allows you to embed Silverlight content on sites that do not allow adding JavaScript, as long as they support IFrames. For details refer to this MSDN topic . ...
3 Nov 2007
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Fun with Ink & XAML Part3: Ink Data Binding
Data binding in WPF provides a great way for applications to present and interact with data. Elements can be bound to data from a variety of data sources - for example XML files. I have put together a sample that uses data binding to retrieve a collection of handwritten ink documents from a data store...
3 Nov 2007
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TabletPC Development Gotchas Part3: Coerce to Factoid (XP vs. Vista)
If you are writing (or maintaining) and application that uses handwriting recognition, please be aware of a subtle behavior difference between XP and Vista when coercing the recognition result to a Factoid (or an input scope or a word list). This may easily be missed in your application testing, but...
3 Nov 2007
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East Asian Handwriting Recognition - the WPF way
I have put together a sample that demonstrates the integration of East Asian boxed handwriting recognition with the inking and 3D features in WPF. The key, reusable component I have written here is the 'SingleLetterRecognizer" user control. It can, btw, also be used for western languages (by setting...
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Some marketers are wiser today about sending out birthday e-mail greetings that contribute to business goals. Here's how.
It's that time of year again: the start of the baseball season, the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs...and my birthday. Four years ago, I wrote a column about e-mail greetings I received from companies I do business with on the Internet. My take then: while it was nice to be remembered and these companies did earn some goodwill, they were missing a major marketing opportunity.
Fast-forward four years to good news: many e-mail marketers listened and are making the day a win-win for all involved. Here's an update, with real-life examples of many of the recommendations I made then and some additional suggestions for making birthday greetings a bigger contributor to your business goals.
Thirty-three percent of the "happy birthday" e-mail messages I received included a gift; four years ago, none did. My best gift was a free entree from Capital Restaurant Concepts (CRC), which operates restaurants in my neighborhood:
Agraria, another local restaurant, is going to treat me to a free appetizer or dessert the next time I visit. Do you think I'll be dining alone? Of course not. So these free gifts will generate at least one other full meal, which will be paid for in full, for the sender's bottom line.
Sephora also offered me a free gift, which I will pick up the next time I visit its brick-and-mortar location, and heaven knows I can never leave there without finding something I "need":
Under "it's the thought that counts," we can file Astrology.com, which sent me a free reading. This gesture basically cost the site nothing, but I did enjoy reading it and this "free sample" made me more seriously consider its other offerings.
Another popular way to recognize my birthday was with free shipping. Seventeen percent of the birthday e-mail I received offered free shipping, including Macy's and Red Envelope:
While not quite as exciting as the first-tier gifts, these did spur me to check out their sites to see if there was anything I wanted to spend my birthday money on. More potential revenue, as well as goodwill, for them.
Another seventeen percent of the e-mail messages offered me points in their loyalty programs along with a birthday wish. While I haven't been active in the points program from "The Washington Post," I'm now intrigued. I'll look into what I can redeem them for and see how I can earn more. The other gift of points came from Nature Made, the vitamin company. I've no memory of its program, but I'll now check it out. Bonus from Nature Made: it also gave me a coupon for money off my next purchase:
As I did four years ago, I still received some simple "Happy Birthday from us" messages; 25 percent of the total, to be exact. Nice that they remembered me and I'm all for building goodwill, but as a marketer I can't help but think about the missed opportunities.
Two of these "just the wishes" messages came from Coca-Cola, one from the main brand and a second from the Coke Rewards program (disclosure: they came to two different e-mail addresses, so Coke had no way to know they were both coming to me).
How might Coke have made these messages more rewarding for its own business goals? First let's talk about the Coke Rewards e-mail:
Taking a page from "The Washington Post" and Nature Made, Coke could have offered me some free points as a gift. At the very least it could have included a doubling of any points I submitted on my birthday, an offer it's used for past holidays.
Next let's talk about the message from Coke proper. A coupon offer would be a natural here. Another idea: why not invite me to join the Coke Rewards program, if I wasn't already a member, along with some points as an incentive (which I could either add to my current account, if I had one, or to a new account, if I create one)? This would either help the loyalty program grow or reward a current member -- a win-win.
SportsTalk 980, my local sports radio station, also recognized my birthday with just good wishes -- and a somewhat odd image:
I understand the sports tie-in, it is a baseball, after all. But it's also a bit creepy, isn't it?
What could SportsTalk 980 have done to make sure it got more than just goodwill out of sending that e-mail? Make it an advertising opportunity. Is there a local sports bar that would like to offer SportsTalk 980 listeners a free appetizer or dessert on their birthday? I bet there is. Anyone who advertises on the station or its Web site would be a candidate to provide a gift; it might even be able put together a virtual basket of offers from various advertisers. The radio station gets the goodwill and the advertising dollars, the advertisers get new or repeat business, and the recipient gets a gift, not just a card, on her big day.
One e-mail (eight percent of the total birthday take) I received really stood out from the crowd for its creativity. Mars, maker of M&Ms, sent me a newsletter filled with ideas to make my birthday party more fun:
The recipes, decorating tips, party favor ideas, and activities made me smile. Most involved Mars products, which is a revenue opportunity for the candy maker. It wasn't quite a gift, but it did much more to boost awareness and usage of its products than the "message only" e-mail.
That's a lot of good news compared to four years ago. Now the bad news: the sum total of my birthday greetings from companies I have an e-mail relationship with was 12. Even sadder, many of the organizations I buy from most frequently online weren't on the list. Some of them may not have asked me for my birthday, so they get a pass -- for now. But others...I know that they have the information, they just didn't use it.
If you don't have a program to recognize your e-mail subscribers' birthdays, now's a great time to put one in place. Do it right, and in addition to goodwill you can generate return on investment. If you have one, think about what you can do to make it more rewarding, for both your organization and the recipient.
Until next time,
Want more e-mail marketing information? ClickZ E-Mail Reference is an archive of all our e-mail columns, organized by topic.
Jeanne Jennings is a recognized expert in the email marketing industry and managing director of digital marketing for Digital Prism Advisors. She has more than 20 years of experience in the email and online marketing and product development world. Jeanne's direct-response approach to digital strategy, tactics, and creative direction helps organizations make their online marketing initiatives more effective and more profitable. Digital Prism Advisors helps established businesses unlock significant growth and revenue opportunities in the digital marketplace; our clients learn to develop and implement successful digital strategies, leveraging data and technology to better meet bottom line goals. Want to learn more? Check out Jeanne's blog and Digital Prism Advisors.
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Spurious correlations between recent warming and indices of local economic activity†
Article first published online: 7 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1831
Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society
International Journal of Climatology
Volume 29, Issue 14, pages 2041–2048, 30 November 2009
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Schmidt, G. A. (2009), Spurious correlations between recent warming and indices of local economic activity. Int. J. Climatol., 29: 2041–2048. doi: 10.1002/joc.1831
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- Issue published online: 28 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 7 JAN 2009
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Generally speaking, a script would indicate that.
Generally speaking? No. Some writers insert a lot of parentheticals into their dialogue but the practice is not really loved by directors or actors so most use them very sparingly. If delivery isn't indicated by context then it's pretty much open.
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I have the clock running on my Model S 85 order and it will finalize in a week or so. I have seen fortunately to see all but gray and green at the local service center. Originally, I fell in love with the Multi coat Red with tan interior, 19" Cyclone wheels.
Of course, I am now second guessing that. I have had red Mercedes roadsters in the past, including recent past, but as an older woman I now am not sure I want that much of an attention getting color on top of an already attention getting car.
So my mind is moving to MC White or just plain black with the standard 19" wheels. Regular white looks a little utilitarian to me, like service vehicles.
Tan interior is something I am set on. I dislike black interior and think grey is dull. I think tan will look good with either MC white or black.
I'd like opinion of others on MC white or black, or if I am totally wrong to abandon multi-coat red with the wheel upgrade (the red just has to have to go to at least the 19" cyclone.)
Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts.
The Pearl White looks really nice in the sun. The white will stay cleaner than the black. I personally think that the 19' cyclones look better on the pearl white than black.
Billah has it right! I went through the paint dilema and chose the pearl white. The black is elegant but shows every little finger print etc. I saw what the Tesla Product Specialists had to do in the showroom to keep the black clean. Constant attention. I knew I was to lazy to keep on cleaning. The red is gorgeous but I didnt want to be a ticket magnet. 18000 miles and almost two years and I am still happy.
The Pearl White is great choice but even more important it wll reflect energy from the sun. Thr planet needs more surfaces reflecting the energy of the sun not absorbing that energy. That's why when I place my order in late September I will be ordering Pearl White with Tan performance seats.
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Go for the MC red!!! You will not regret it. It goes great with the tan interior, the pano roof, and the 19" wheels. Of course, color choice is a personal matter, but the red.......
Billah, I agree that the Cyclones look better on MC white than black, and if I get black I will go for the 5-spoke standard.
Also, I think that might also be true of the MC white. From personal observation, I determined the MC red needed the Cyclone 19s or better, but I think the MC White does not. Or am I wrong in that? I saw the MC Red with both standard and Cyclones, but say MC White with only standard.
So does the MC white look best with Cyclones and the MC black look best with stand 5-spoke? I do not want 21" wheels for any reason.
Thank for the help, Melfort! LOL, that was my original order: MC Red, pano roof, cyclone wheels. Tan interior.
Tan interior and pano roof are definite and non-negotiable. Color and wheel are my struggle.
10 years ago, and maybe still today, red would be by color. As a red fan, if you did not get red would your second choice be MC/pearl white or black, with tan interior and pano roof?
@nwatkins, did you notice they recently changed the gray to a darker version? It would have been right around the time you placed your order. You might want to double-check it just to be sure the new shade doesn't affect your thinking on that color.
I have pearl white and love it. The only problem is there are too many white cars on the street. You can hardly find a new Audi that is NOT white. As some say white is the new black.
I made the final decision after watched this video. Don't open it if you do not want to buy the pearl white.
I have found that my Pearl white is "whiter" than all the other white cars around here. Even when dirty. The Pearl really brightens it up.
I get lots of compliments from people who have no idea that it's electric, or its a Tesla, they just say it's the most beautiful car they have ever seen!
Pearl white, standard 19 inch wheels, Pano.
Pano is a must to accent the pearl white car.
Black, Pano and tinted windows. But I'm biased. :-)
Oh yeah, dark grey wheels as well.
+1 on the grey wheel too.
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Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who released a new album in May, has been a vegetarian for seven years and recently told Self magazine, "I'll never eat meat again, because I look and feel better without it."
The slim singer recently graced the cover of Self, where she discussed diet, exercise and her marriage to professional hockey player Mike Fisher. She also gave readers the inside scoop on some of her favorite meals.
We asked registered dietitian Vandana Sheth, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, to comment on the star's food choices. And as a bonus, we'll include the creative workout routine that she shared with "Self". (Warning: It's not for wimps.)
Underwood: "A vanilla smoothie with pea protein powder, half a banana, a cup of berries, almond milk and ice. Or I'll make a tofu scramble with whatever I've got in the fridge, like spinach, onions and peppers, with salsa on top. If I'm working out in the morning, I'll also have an orange or a grapefruit. And black coffee. I like a little caffeine boost!"
What Sheth says: "A good breakfast meal is one which includes whole grains, lean protein and fruits/vegetables. Both of Carrie's breakfast options sound healthy, nutritious and delicious. I would, however, suggest adding a whole grain tortilla/pita bread or toast to the tofu scramble option to provide adequate carbs."
Underwood: "I do a stir-fry with precut veggies. I like broccoli, carrots, broccoli slaw, fake chicken (such as Quorn or Gardein chick'n) and onions. I eat it with brown rice and season it with Bragg Liquid Aminos. Then I'm good to go. It's a lot of food but not a lot of fat or calories."
What Sheth says: "Carrie's lunch is perfectly balanced, colorful and nutrient-rich. It provides whole grains (brown rice), lots of veggies (broccoli, carrots, broccoli slaw, onions), lean protein (Quorn/Gardein chick'n) and is low sodium (Bragg Liquid Aminos). I would, however, suggest substituting the lean protein (Quorn/Gardein chick'n) with one that is not processed such as beans, lentils, tofu, edamame. Another option is to substitute quinoa for brown rice and enhance the nutritional quality of the meal."
Underwood: "I'll always be a fan of veggie burgers!"
What Sheth says: "When it comes to veggie burgers currently available in the market, they vary a lot in terms of nutritional quality. Overall, veggie burgers can be a healthy option for dinner along with a whole grain bun or wrapped in a whole-grain tortilla/flat bread, accompanied by a salad and fruit. However, if you have the time, there is nothing like making your own veggie burger with beans, herbs and spices."
Underwood's secret workout, as told to Self
"I have a game I love for when I'm working out on my own, without a trainer. I take a deck of cards and assign each suit a body area — say, diamonds for arms, hearts for legs, spades for core and clubs for cardio. I split the deck in half and write down exercises for each suit, a different one for each half."
"So, if I flip over the six of hearts, I'll do six squats. If the next card is ace of diamonds, that's 14 push-ups. Sometimes I'll make spades boxing and beat the crap out of the bag for however many punches the number on the card says."
"Having different exercises for each half of the deck keeps me from getting bored. I make sure there's a joker in each half — that's a mile run on the treadmill. Then I go through the whole deck. With a 15-minute warm-up on the elliptical, it takes about an hour and a half total, but it's fun because you've designed the workout yourself."
What we say: Beats the heck out of the "crunch on potato chips and swig a beer" workout that usually accompanies a deck of cards. You go, girl.


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You asked for them again and now you'll get them! The "Desktop Rockies" are back and today The Denver Post re-launches the returning players from the 2007 World Series. Soon to follow, a Philadelphia Phillies Voodoo Doll to put the hex on the first-round opponents.
These paper cutout dolls were a huge success in 2007, tallying more than 25,000 downloads.
This time around, we'll add to your collection. The creators of these dolls, artists Andrew Lucas and Severiano Galván are already designing the new players who've joined the Rockies lineup.
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It was great experience to stay in Intercon resort... 4 types of restaurants, sea view room, balcony, attached Jacuzzi ... Food was same as any 4-5 star hotel with good varieties .
Beautiful & clean beach…
There are many basic watersports are free of cost. Some of advance sports are charged which can be bargained.
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- The InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort is located on one of the most pristine stretches of beach overlooking Balaclava, Mauritius. Offering 210 well-appointed rooms including 10 presidential suites, 40 family-type, 20 Jacuzzi rooms, 20 Executive rooms with free WiFi and 120 standard rooms. Facilities include: 3 bars, 5 restaurants, 2 swimming pools including one heated pool, 8 massage rooms, a unique private island, Planet Trekkers kids club, recreational activities, tennis court, 4 meeting rooms & 1 ballroom. ... more less
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With 30,000 square feet of meeting space including 24 breakout rooms, we can accommodate groups of up to 1,000. Our grand ballroom with 14 foot ceilings creates a wonderful back drop for hosting your event. Along with our custom linens and chair covers, we offer the flexibility to bring the ...
Since our opening, we along with our sister hotel, The Westin Oaks Houston, have been called "Queen of the Galleria."
From the arrival of the first guest to a post celebration farewell brunch, we'll do whatever it takes to make your occasion one that will evoke cherished memories for the guests of honor and all invitees.
Say "I do" at our new Memorial City, Houston hotel. Whether planning an intimate wedding for 25 or grand event for 700, our friendly event planning staff will make your special day one to remember.
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Celebrate your new beginning at one of the premier Houston wedding venues, The Westin Houston Downtown. The Westin Houston Downtown will assist you in creating your dream wedding, rehearsal dinner, farewell brunch and all other wedding's related events.
Since our opening, we along with our sister hotel, The Westin Galleria Houston, have been called "Queen of the Galleria."
The spacious and newly renovated Houston Marriott West Loop by The Galleria hotel features a Glass Palace event space, an exclusive 2nd floor atrium perfect for special events and weddings.
Residence Inn is located just 5 miles from the George Bush Airport and offers free airport shuttle service. 50% larger suites welcome you with all the comforts of home: full kitchen, separate living area, deluxe bedding and free Wi-Fi. Enjoy free breakfast daily, an indoor pool and whirlpool, fitness center and ...
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Let us make your dreams come true! Our newly updated 313 room hotel is ready to host your wedding ceremony and wedding reception!
The Crowne Plaza Houston Medical Center is located in the famed Medical Center area of Houston and is literally across the street from the entrance to Reliant Park Sports and Entertainment Complex.
Oakland on Burnet Bay is a majestic and monumental estate home built in the likeness of the 1830's antebellum plantation mansions of the Gulf Coast area. In its tranquil surroundings you will truly know that Oakland on Burnet Bay is a taste of Heaven on Earth.
Celebrate life. Stress relief. Break the routine. We have the perfect spot for you. The waterfront is calming, the breakfast is super, the beds are comfy. Lounge in bed. Located close enough to the Kemah Boardwalk for fun and far enough away for a quiet night's rest.
These professionally designed guest houses each feature a living room, fully-equipped kitchen, utility room, two spacious bedrooms with queen-size beds and one large bath.
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By lavenderhill on 05/31/13 at 10:59 pm
it is good ideal. i like this. my mum is very merry :)
Deciding whether or not you can stay at home after you have a baby can be a big decision. Emotions play a big factor, especially after holding your precious newborn for the first time. It's hard to imagine leaving this tiny little thing with a stranger. On the other hand, you can gain a tremendous sense of accomplishment from your job that you couldn't feel after a day of changing diapers and wiping up spit up. No matter how you face it emotionally, if you are considering becoming a stay at home mom at all, you first need to figure out if you can financially afford to do it.
Make a Budget The first step you should take is to record your expenses. For at least one month, better yet three, record everything you spend from latte's to toilet paper to dinners out. Everything needs to be accounted for. There is no need to go on a budget diet yet, the goal is to find out how much you currently spend and on what items, so that if you find you do need to scale back, you can recognize where to do so. There are a couple of ways you can go about recording all of your purchases. One is you can carry around a little notebook and make a note every time you buy something. The other way is to charge everything you purchase with your debit or credit card and use your monthly statement as your notebook of purchases. However, if you choose to charge everything to your credit card, you must promise yourself to pay off the full amount when your statement comes. Going into credit card debt is not going to help you achieve your goal of becoming a stay at home mom. Once you have every cup of coffee, every grocery trip and every pair of new shoes accounted for, it's time to write it into a budget worksheet. Use a spreadsheet to like this one http://www.shoppingfortwo.com/Articles/Mom/Budget.xls that contains all the expense categories most households face and will automatically add all of your expenses together and subtract them from your income. When you have the form filled out, look at your bottom number. Hopefully this will be positive. Now go up and delete your income at the top. Don't forget to delete any expenses that occur from you working (dry cleaning bill, gas costs, lunches out, etc.). Remember also that your taxes will change once you drop down to one income and you may be able to change your withholdings to bring more monthly income in. Go to the IRS website and use their tax withholding calculator with only your husbands paycheck information to see how much you can change your withholdings. If your bottom number is still positive, then you are fortunate enough to be able to be a stay at home mom without much fiscal sacrifice. However if it's now dipped to a negative number, do not despair, it's time to look over your expenses and find ways to minimize them
Saving on Your Expenses Saving money doesn't always have to be painful. Many women say that one of their biggest jobs as stay at home moms is to seek out bargains and make sure the family sticks to a budget. Consider this a lesson in what could be part of your new job description. Below are four big-ticket expenses that most households face. Let's take a look at these and see if we can't save a couple hundred dollars right off the bat.
Kendra Spencer is the editor of www.shoppingfortwo.com, a website devoted to bringing new and expecting moms the best advice and cutest baby products available. Check out her line of pregnancy announcing t-shirts at www.shoppingfortwo.com.
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By lavenderhill on 05/31/13 at 10:59 pm
it is good ideal. i like this. my mum is very merry :)
By coolrunnings on 09/09/12 at 11:36 am
I can relate to this.My husband is the sole provider for the home while i stay home with the kids.
some months are better than some.We usually get ...
By MarthaG on 08/03/11 at 1:42 am
I'm a homebuddy so i think it won't be a big adjustment for me. :)


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Today I'm pleased to announce the SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course (a.k.a. SQLInsights), a new self-paced online training course brought to you by Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism. This is a is a great resource for developers, consultants and evangelists who want to learn how to build solutions that deliver rich integrated reporting, analytics and dashboard experiences using SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Business Intelligence. It contains a comprehensive set of videos and hands-on labs that are perfect for self-paced learning.
SQLInsights is a complete training course that contains eleven units covering all the key aspects of Microsoft BI solution development. This initial release contains the first two units:
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Today, 966 exemplary community leaders around the world were notified that they have received the MVP Award! These individuals were chosen because they have demonstrated their deep commitment to helping others make the most of their technology, voluntarily sharing their passion and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with the community.
While there are more than 100 million social and technical community members, only a small portion are selected to be recognized as MVPs. Each year, around 4,000 MVPs are honored. They are nominated by Microsoft, other community individuals, or in some cases themselves. Candidates are rigorously evaluated for their technical expertise, community leadership, and voluntary community contributions for the previous year. They come from more than 90 countries, speak over 40 different languages, and are awarded in more than 90 Microsoft technologies. Together, they answer more than 10 million questions a year!
MVPs are recognized each quarter for this annual award, which continues to grow and evolve to reflect the development of Microsoft technologies.
Congratulations to the new MVPs, and welcome back to renewed MVPs. We are very excited to recognize your amazing accomplishments!
For more information or to nominate someone, go to MVP.Microsoft.com
Great achievements for all, whether new or renewed. Well done to everyone.
Is there many chance of a list of those made that have been rewarded by discipline / technology. Community pillars are great learning resources, so it'll be handy to know who to follow.
Congratulations to the new MVPs, and welcome back to renewed MVPs! :-)
Thanks! I received my notification yesterday (11th year).
Congratulation to all April MVPs!
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Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi's Cube of Sugar is slated to take part in the 2012 edition of Cines Del Sur Film Festival in Granada, Spain. Mirkarimi's dramatic comedy will be screened at Isabel la Catolica Theater and Multicines Centro Cinemas movie theaters and as part of the event's competition section. A Cube of Sugar is about a family who lives in an old Iranian city and recounts the story of their attempts to deal with different problems and incidents. The film was also screened at the 2011 Montreal International Film Festival, the 2011 edition of Busan International film festival in South Korea and the 17th Vilnius International Film Festival in Lithuania. Born in 1966, screenwriter and director Mirkarimi has been awarded in several domestic and international festivals. The 2008 Golden St. George award of Moscow International Film Festival, the 2001 Best Screenplay Prize of Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the 2001 Special Jury Prize of Tokyo International Film Festival are among his many honors. Under the Moonlight (2001), The Child and the Soldier (2001), So Close, So Far (2005) and As Simple as That (2008) are some of Mirkarimi's better known works. The 6th edition of Cines Del Sur Film Festival will be held from June 10 to 16, 2012. TE/TE


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The remote VMware ESXi 5.1 host is affected by the following
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of Network File Copy (NFC) traffic. This issue may
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With landmarks such as Big Ben, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey and Tate Modern just a stone's throw away, Park Plaza Riverbank London is the perfect base for a London adventure. The hotel's 395 deluxe air-conditioned guestrooms include Executive Rooms and Suites with Bose CD/DVD player, plasma TV, complimentary newspaper and a pull-out sofa bed for the children. Choose the Family Fun in the City package for the ultimate family-friendly getaway.
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