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Hey nd, I have spent the last week re-playing Riven, thanks to you.
It was well worth it, I was sooo stuck before and got fed up with the game and shelved it.
This time I got one hint that hepled my game-play immensely.
[The fire marbles were tricky as I had to get my co-ordinates just right].
I know this is an Indy Forum, so the rest of you will excuse me for the lapse into "another Age".
One more thing, what is your favourite game of all time (and why?).
I'm not a big gamer at all. Started with Indy's Fate of Atlantis some years ago and liked that very much. This got me focused on LucasArts. I eventually played the Infernal Machine and afterwards Monkey Island III. That was it so far - until I got Myst Masterpiece Edition. I then got stuck on the Myst trilogy, played Myst, then Exile, then succeeded to get RealMyst at eBay and enjoyed this one very much and finally - Riven. I think I can really say that Riven is by far the most challenging game I ever played, yes, my favorite of all time. The problem is: once you solved it you cannot repeat the experience of the first time again, you simply know what to do next time. I'll play it once more as soon as I have more disk space so that I can avoid the CD swapping. And - the next Indy game is coming soon...
Shame on me, I forgot a real wondeful one:
Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic
Should you succeed to find a copy: Get it! I really loved this game, very very funny and some quite challenging puzzles.
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Ramada Plaza Pudong South Shanghai
- Location: New International Expo Center
- Address: No.938 Hunan Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai
- Tel: 021-68659888 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 上海金钵华美达广场酒店
- Lowest Price: $112
Opened in 2009, the Ramada Plaza Pudong South Shanghai is located in Pudong New District in Shanghai, adjacent to the Metro Station Line 7. It is about 5 minutes drive to the Maglev Train Station, 10 minutes drive to the Shanghai Expo Pavilion, 15km away from the city center, 20km to the Shanghai Railway Station and Pudong Airport and 25km to the Hongqiao Airport.
The Ramada Plaza Pudong South Shanghai offers a total of 541 guest rooms of various types. All rooms are provided with free broadband internet access, hair dryer and IDD/DDD phone and other service amenities. As for dining service, there are Chinese restaurant, western restaurant and bar in the hotel. The Chinese restaurant with several private rooms in the hotel provides guests mainly with Cantonese dishes. For recreation and relaxation, fitness center, spa center, chess and card room, table tennis room, massage and sauna are avaialble. Other facilities in the hotel include business cemter, meeting room, parking lot, wireless internet area and ATM machine, etc. Apart from these, the Ramada Plaza Pudong South Shanghai also provides service such as meal delivery service, pick up service, foreign currency exchange service, ticket booking and postal service and so on.
- Prices not include 18% service fee and tax.
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Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gymnasium , Billiards, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Fire Detector, KTV, Chess & Playing Cards Room, Table Tennis room
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Mission Viejo makes most of Tesoro's squandered opportunity
Tesoro was within four points of a three-set sweep over Mission Viejo on the opening night of South Coast League play Thursday. But when the Titans couldn't take care of the Diablos in the third set, that little bit of oxygen fed the Diablos' flame and the hosts rallied to win in five sets, 30-32, 20-25, 25-23, 25-16, 21-19.
"They out-worked us," Tesoro coach Rich Polk said afterward.
Katie Roux's 22 kills lead the Diablos while Shaina White and Charity Hardaway also recorded double-digit kills.
"It (was) all about the want tonight, basically we wanted it more than them and we went out there with aggression and just total energy and working as a team," Roux said.
Mission Viejo coach Gus Culver also praised the complete team play.
"I thought we played really well … the girls really gelled together and played as a team tonight," Culver said.
Tesoro's Sierra Bates had a game-high 39 kills and Brooke Walsh added 17 more. Setter Macy Looft recorded 50 assists.
"It is very nerve wracking to have a crowd screaming at you, it's a home game for them and we just try to look at each other and calm each other down and say 'focus on the volleyball.' Sometimes it works but tonight it didn't," Bates said.
After winning a marathon first set, Tesoro (12-6, 0-1) took the second thanks in large part to a six-point run that broke open what had been a 16-16 tie.
Mission Viejo got out to a five-point lead in the third set but Tesoro clawed its way back to a 19-19 tie and even a 21-19 lead. The Diablos finished on a 6-2 run punctuated by Hardaway's set-winning point, keeping the match alive.
Mission Viejo ran away with the fourth set, finishing on an 11-4 run, to set up a winner-take-all fifth.
Fitting of such a close match, extra points were needed to settle a tight fifth set. The back-and-forth deadlock was finally broken when Hardaway and White recorded the final two kills.
"From this mainly we can learn to – when we're up by two games – work hard, like as hard as we can, in the next game and close it out because by that fifth game you're really winded and you're really tired and it's really hard to go your hardest," Bates said.
Culver said the Diablos (5-7, 1-0) hadn't been in a game so tough all season. "Unfortunately for Tesoro that was the best we've played all year long," he said.
The two teams will meet again Oct. 22 at Tesoro.
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Aspen reflections – an aura of ideas
Last week, I returned from the Aspen Ideas Festival where Thomson Reuters and our Foundation showcased a number of fascinating ideas and ideals for the world we live in. Thomson Reuters was well represented in Aspen and in good company among like-minded leaders and industry icons. I tried to explain the event to my father who was seeing my various updates via social media: "Imagine a town where everyone is highly influential and relaxed," I explained, "but open and motivated to connect to new opportunities and ideas."
Sitting in my office overlooking the hullabaloo of Times Square, I'm thinking back to this place, which may be my new favourite place in America, and its aura of ideas. A few reflections:
On TRust…
My favorite sound bite was from Gillian Tett from the Financial Times. She was telling a group of us about a story she published recently through which she learned that the word "credit" comes from the Latin word credere which means "to trust". A scholar overhearing our conversation leaned in and corrected her. It actually comes from the root credo which literally means "I believe". So unfolded a narrative around trust and its significance in rebuilding the global financial community. This is a vital element that is getting so much attention and it occurs to me that we confuse trust and belief. You can't trust if you don't first fundamentally believe.
At a dinner I sat between the Chairman and CEO of a small Chicago based investment bank and a partner at a midsize law firm. Here again, our conversation turned to trust and other professions, such as legal, that are so rooted in trust. What struck us quickly is that the TRust Index can be turned naturally towards large law firms and other professions we serve. Thomson Reuters adds value – actionable insight is all about the outcomes – not just in financial, but in every professional field. This is really encouraging for our business; from finance to law – we have answers for both.
On our brand…
I was blown away by the power of our brand. As marketers, we have a short lease on the brand – we are custodians of the brand, here to reinforce the brand values and remind customers that ours is a brand rooted in 160 years of heritage.
We had a fantastic showing of our own panel on Trust as the Currency of the New Economy; a well attended event, a packed restaurant and an impressive panel. Over 200 people swarmed to watch the topic of trust debated and this was a direct reflection on the profound effect of our brand. This made me realize something; as marketers, we need to connect more passionately to the business.
In Aspen, I reflected on the changes in our marketing organization. We weren't there to "paint the streets orange" – this is not what marketing is about. Marketing is the messaging and machinery to create opportunities for our business and our sales engine that remains such a vital element of our business. How we approach shifts in our market and how we react to them is a vital component of business.. It is the fabric that threads together product, proposition and sales. Just as belief is a vital component of trust.


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Today, the Examiner spoke with acclaimed chef Amar Santana from his restaurant in Laguna Beach, Broadway by Amar Santana, about the new spring menu items and cocktails he has introduced. "The concept of the menu is 'springtime'", Chef Amar said. "Lots of fresh peas, asparagus and things like that. A great, great new dish for that is the Sweetbreads, with crispy sweetbreads and a sweet pea ravioli. It's really good, with a balsamic brown butter and a dehydrated tomato. People are loving the whole dish right now!", he continued. The snow-white sweetbreads are really a nice, light, summery preparation and a great addition to Broadway by Amar Santana's spring menu.
Chef Amar also made part of the spring dishes a project for his Bar Manager, Gabrielle. "Peas are in season now; there are peas everywhere. I told her 'I want you to create a cocktail using peas'. At first she looked at me and said 'I don't want to do it', but I told her that I wanted a cocktail on the menu, so she created this amazing pea cocktail. It's super delicious and bright green, just like peas. It's just like drinking a nice pea soup---with alcohol! It's amazing, it's very refreshing and very summery".
"We're also starting to serve for spring time an Asparugus and Meyer Lemon Orzo Risotto with Chicken. The sauce for the chicken is a chicken jus with fermented Black Garlic. The Black Garlic is amazing, you could put it with a cup of ice cream if you wanted to!". With Chef Amar so enthusiastic about the Black Garlic, this certainly may be a very special chicken dish.
The new spring dishes are not on the online menu yet but are available as part of Chef Santana's ode to spring. The new sweet pea cocktail is also available either at the bar or as part of a lunch or dinner and should be a highlight of any diner's enjoyment of our beautiful spring time. Tied in with a nice walk to the ocean, only a few blocks away, to watch a beautiful spring sunset over the ocean at Laguna Beach, Broadway's new spring dishes will be a great way to usher in the season.
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(Washington, D.C.) – Joe Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and Chair of Change to Win, today released the following statement to join Walmart associates in the demand for leadership changes at the retail giant.The corruption scandal and reported cover-up exposed an unacceptable failure of leadership within Walmart. Walmart Chairman Rob Walton and CEO Mike Duke must resign immediately in an effort to restore integrity and accountability for Walmart associates, shareholders, customers, and communities. The New York Times exposed a widespread pattern of Walmart executives bribing government officials to secure permits to build stores in Mexico, followed by a cover-up led by corporate leaders including Duke and Walton. The article raises serious questions about whether Walmart has used the same tactics for its expansion in the United States and across the globe. For decades, Walmart has pursued a growth-at-any-cost strategy in cities and towns across the United States and globally. In the U.S., we have watched Walmart secure the building permits, variances, and zoning changes to open its stores, in spite of concerted community opposition.The public deserves a wholly independent and thorough investigation of Walmarts practices. Communities across the globe should take heed of Walmarts reported unlawful and unethical practices in Mexico, as the company works at a rapid pace to in expand its retail stores in South Africa, India, and China, to name a few, in addition to its global supply chain operations.
April, 2012
UFCW Members Voice Concerns, USDA Extends Comment Period on Poultry Inspection Rule
Last week, in response to UFCW members around the country submitting their opposition to a Big Poultry-driven inspection process being considered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Secretary Tom Vilsack agreed to extend the comment period on this proposed rule by 30 days. The rule, which would increase the speed that birds are processed from 70-91 a minute to a maximum of 175 a minute, could put workers at poultry plants in increased danger.
The UFCW has called on USDA to halt this rule until the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts comprehensive studies on the impact it would have on the health and safety of workers in poultry plants. It will use this 30-day extension to work directly with NIOSH to determine a course of action to study the probable effects of increased line speeds on worker health and safety. This extension is a victory for all poultry workers who can rest assured that their safety on the job is being taken seriously. Members can continue to submit their comments online by visiting www.regulations.gov and referencing Docket No. FSIS-2011-0012 "Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection."
UFCW Members Call for Closing Tax Loophole and for Giant-Carlisle to Disclose Income Taxes Paid
Members of UFCW Local 1776, along with concerned consumers and activists from the Philadelphia area, rallied on Tax Day in front the Giant Food Store in West Chester, to call on Pennsylvania's largest supermarket chain and one of the state's largest employers, to disclose how much they pay in state income taxes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The event was part of a statewide Tax Day push for tax fairness sponsored by the Coalition for Labor Engagement and Accountable Revenue (CLEAR), an alliance of labor organizations representing over 1.1 million hard working Pennsylvanians that are united to fi ght for essential services and critical investments in Pennsylvania's state budget and beyond.
Most of the companies evade some taxes by shifting income earned in Pennsylvania to tax-haven states like Delaware.
In February, the non-profi t Keystone Research Center sent a letter to Pennsylvania's 1,000 largest for-profi t employers asking them to disclose how much each pays in state income taxes. The ten largest multi-state corporations doing business in the state, including Giant Food Stores did not disclose their tax statements.
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Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) is a global technology company, headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and founded in 1968. Intel currently dominates the computer components industry, marketing such products as processors, flash memory, motherboards, and chipsets used in desktops, notebooks, and mobile internet devices. Since 2005, Intel has been led by CEO Paul Otellini. Intel ranks No. 188 on the 2008 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies, with more than $38 billion in revenue and nearly $7 billion in profits.
Company Description
When they founded their new company in 1968, scientists Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce wanted to call it "Moore Noyce," perhaps as a nod to Hewlett-Packard. After realizing that "more noise" might not be the best moniker for an electronics company, they settled on "Intel," short for "Integrated Electronics" -- and then had to buy the rights to that name from the hotel company currently using it.
Under the leadership of Andy Grove (employee No. 3), Intel got its start building computer memory, the precursors of today's RAM and flash memory chips. But in 1971, Intel also invented its first microprocessor, more or less tying Texas Instruments as the first company to cram numerous miniaturized transistors onto a single chip. When Japanese rivals made the memory market increasingly competitive in the late '70s and early '80s, Grove decided to bet the company on microprocessors -- at the time, sought only by hardcore geeks and hobbyists building their own crude computers -- instead. Fortunately for Intel, one of its customers for those processors was IBM, which used the chips in its fledgling line of personal computers, giving the company a prime spot to profit from the home computer revolution.
Today, Intel is the top dog in the semiconductor business, fending off constant attacks from scrappy microprocessor rival AMD and devoted graphics guru NVIDIA. Long associated with PCs running Microsoft's Windows -- remember those disco-dancing engineers in their brightly colored clean-room suits? -- Intel scored a coup in 2005 by winning over Apple, which had once scorned its chips, with the strength of its new and upcoming processors. Intel continues to work diligently to fulfill co-founder Moore's famous law that the speed of microprocessors will double, or their price will fall by half, roughly every two years. So far, so good.
IBM provided financing to allow Intel to expand into microprocessors but in return required that Intel license AMD to produce 80286 microprocessors as a second source of supply. Hence, Intel and AMD share technology roots.
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Motorola will shut down R&D in China, firing 800 staff. Leaves 200 total for sales&marketing
Last week WSJ reported that Motorola is cutting another 10% of its workforce, on top of 4000 employees they have fired since last August.
According to the e-mail Moto management sent to staffers in U.S, China and India:
"… our costs are too high, we're operating in markets where we're not competitive and we're losing money".
Today we got more details of where those coming staff cuts will happen. And, it seems, Motorola's presence in China will be hit the hardest.
According to Sina.com, who talked to Motorola Mobility Beijing branch staff, there are about 1000 employees in mainland China left after last year's layoffs, doing all kinds of R&D, technology, sales and marketing work. According to the plan, all R&D and technical roles will be eliminated, leaving only about 200 in sales and marketing to push Motorola wares.
According to Sina sources, Google decided to concentrate all Motorola's R&D work in the United states. Which makes sense, since Motorola smartphone sales in China are barely noticeable and even those handsets that ship there, come without any Google services on them.
Keeping fully staffed R&D shop, bleeding money without even a chance to promote Google's own agenda, is pointless.


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HTC One delayed until mid-April in the Netherlands
The HTC One is delayed in the Netherlands as well. The first delay we reported on was in the UK, where HTC's new flagship smartphone will go on sale two weeks later than first anticipated. And the situation is pretty similar over in the Netherlands, despite the fact that the US seems to be delay-free for now.
The HTC One was first supposed to be released in the Netherlands in mid-March. Last week, word got out that it won't be in stores before the beginning of April. And now HTC told Tweakers that its plan is to slowly start shipping pre-orders in the first days of April, but actual general availability should only come in mid-April. The phone is expected to be widely available in the Netherlands starting on April 16. That's a delay of exactly one month compared to the original shipping estimate, so it's twice as bad as in the UK.
The only good part here is that if you're in the Netherlands and already pre-ordered an HTC One, you might get it one or two weeks before it goes on sale.
Interestingly though, the One doesn't seem to be delayed in the US, since apparently the release over there is on a 'different timeline' compared to the rest of the world, and, most notably, Europe.
The One was supposed to be HTC's big break, the device that would help it regain some of that lost momentum, and, with its release timed before that of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, it should have had some mindshare to rake in some sales even before the Korean flagship arrived in stores. Now though, that seems increasingly unlikely. We don't yet know when the Galaxy S IV will be released, but there's a very small chance it will be more than a month after today's announcement. So HTC will have to compete head-on with the Samsung juggernaut, and may just lose this battle once more – like last year. But we'll see.
HTC has never said why these delays are occurring, but rumor has it that they have something to do with problems sourcing components, and low yields on manufacturing the Ultrapixel camera used in the One. Of course, this could be wrong, but since the company has left us guessing, this is the most plausible explanation we've heard so far.


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To commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Bangalore University, authorities have initiated a unique programme of affixing stickers to the telephone instruments at the university with the unique Logo created for this purpose.
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Mystery shrouds the exchange of fire between the forest staff and a gang of poachers in M M Hills area which was once controlled by slain forest brigand Veerappan. The forest department has complained to the Chamarajnagar police that their ground staff spotted poachers inside the Palar forest in M M Hills and opened fire on Saturday night.
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Chennai is organising an information seminar in Hyderabad titled: "ReDiscover Germany - Higher Education & Beyond". This event takes place on April 5 at DST Auditorium, University of Hyderabad from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm (online registration is required) and is open to all interested students and researchers from all study areas.
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Chelsea, 26 Octr 1854—
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I have, with many thanks for your goodness to me, received your pretty little volume.1 Everywhere in it, I find proof of your assiduity, your ingenuity,—in short, of your talent for doing something much more useful in the world than writing rhymes never so well. If you will take any advice of mine in this matter (which I hardly expect you will), then know that, according to my notion, a man's speech is next to nothing in comparison with the man's deed: what he can do, and practically perform; not at all what he can speak or sing, is the first question we ask of every man;—to which I only add that if the man has anything to say, he had better say it instead of singing it, at this time of day.
Silence, with pious thought and strenuous practical exertion superadded, will do much more for a man of worth and parts than any "speech" can or could.— You may depend on it, I have nothing but goodwill towards you, tho' I say these unwelcome things. I am
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Some of the best games of all time are the simple, yet challenging ones. Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Tetris all have simple concepts, yet immense difficulty that challenges the player and keeps them coming back for more. While the puzzle meets retro arcade gaming sector has seen a number of successes in recent years, Nnooo's escapeVektor: Chapter 1 goes above and beyond all expectations, as it offers an inviting and unforgettable experience.
Gorgeous simplicity - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 is a simple yet gorgeous game. Set inside the inner workings of a CPU, players are greeted with a colourful, vector based graphical display that simulates what most 80's film believed a computer world looked like. With deep blues, warm purples, glowing reds and more, Nnooo brings this seemingly simple world to life, the symmetrical lines of while is simply the icing on the cake. Everything stands out on its own, and makes this a terrific achievement in minimalistic graphical adventures.
Great controls - Nnooo has offered players two control methods, which is more than most first party Nintendo games offer. Players can use the Classic Controller attachment if they like, but the game controls perfectly fine with a lone Wiimote held horizontally, mimicking the NES controller for those retro gamers out there. Controls are tight and respond immediately, which is extremely important considering you will need to make some very important twitch movements from time to time.
Challenging gameplay - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 is easy enough to grap, but hard to master which is half of its appeal. The premise is that Vektor is stuck inside the CPU and needs your help to break free. The system is becoming self-aware and is trying to thwart your efforts to help him along the way. You control a small "ship" of sorts and you will need to travel across the sectors outlined by a white line to "fill" them. Your enemies will range from those that simply patrol, Hunters who will follow you if spotted, and Interceptors who will come at you with full force. A good range of enemies in a variety of situations makes for some exciting gameplay along the way.
The game kicks things off with an introductory world which teaches you the basics, yet Nnooo has done a great job to make this not feel like a traditional tutorial. The hand holding here is minimal, and before you know it you'll be on your own facing off against an army of CPU enemies, armed with your boost and detonations attacks.
It's through the simplistic nature that escapeVektor: Chapter 1 thrives, thrusting players into difficult situations where the outcome is very clear, getting there is the challenge. It's fast paced, it's addictive and it's a whole lot of fun.
Rewards and incentive - Players like to be rewarded; the success of the Xbox Live's Achievement system and PSN's trophy system are indicative. Nnooo has offered up a number of medals and badges for performance, scores and unlocking hidden worlds to keep players striving for perfection. It just adds another element to the experience, and for the completionists out there it will definitely add to the replay value of the title.
Bangin' soundtrack - Along with the colourful graphical interface, players will be treated to one bangin' soundtrack. An awesome mix of retro inspired chiptunes and beats are present as you move your way through the story. Retro meets modern in the best way possible, here's hoping they release this as an official soundtrack CD at some point.
Online leaderboards - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 tracks your score data per level and records your fastest times. It would have been great to see an Online leaderboard that tracks the world ranking best scores and times, and perhaps even a friendcode option so you could compare with your mates. Not a major problem at all, but it would definitely be a nice addition.
Very rarely do we see a game come through with such perfect design and gameplay, but escapeVektor: Chapter 1 nails it on debut. Mixing simple yet challenging gameplay with a bangin' soundtrack, a retro feel, great rewards and a memorable graphical design, Nnooo have released their best game to date. Everyone with a Wii should take it out of the cupboards, dust it off and download this game right now, you won't be disappointed.
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Dwayne Epstein, best known for his popular line of young adult biographies [e.g. Denzel Washington and Adam Sandler], bravely ventured into uncharted territory in 2013, penning the near definitive Lee Marvin: Point Blank. In the finale of an engrossing interview series, Epstein draws a proverbial line in the sand in his quest to convince readers of Marvin's enduring appeal.
Lee Marvin: Point Blank is the first biography written about the late actor – best known for conquering Hollywood's stale status quo in the 1960s with such laudatory films as Point Blank and The Dirty Dozen – since Donald Zec's 1980 Marvin: The Story of Lee Marvin. Zec's tome was published while the notorious rabble rouser was still among the living. Critics and fans alike have greeted Point Blank with stellar notices. According to 130 Amazon customer reviews as of this writing, the bio has accumulated an impressive four and a half out of a possible five stars.
In case you're just joining the conversation, consider visiting Part Three of the interview ["Dwayne Epstein Shines a Light Between the Covers..."] to catch up. Otherwise, the Cerritos, Calif. native candidly admits his choice for the perfect photo capturing his subject's essence, who his favorite interviews were, and which dying Marvin costar graciously agreed to be interviewed. The author doesn't shy away from examining his failed interview attempts with several major Hollywood players and extremely close encounters with Charles Bronson and Ernest Borgnine.
Epstein offers insights into Marvin's drinking escapades – namely, who really attacked the ubiquitous Vegas Vic sign in Vegas while the actor was filming The Professionals in 1966. Often inebriated during the height of his career and wary of reporters, Marvin surprisingly retained an encyclopedic film knowledge. The ardent deep sea fisherman was facing a myriad of health problems when character actor-buddy Mitch Ryan visited his hospital bed. Stick around to learn the touching parting shot Marvin bestowed to his dear friend.
The Dwayne Epstein / Lee Marvin Interview, Part Four (Conclusion)
It's serendipitous that you collected so many fascinating interviews with people who are no longer with us.
Absolutely; I got very lucky being able to interview them when I did. Over 100 exclusive conversations are part of the book, and I'm very proud of that fact.
I did get to interview Lee's only sibling, an elder brother named Robert, and his longtime agent, Meyer Mishkin. Meyer and Lee were together from the very first moment Lee was on film up until the day he died. Both Robert and Meyer unfortunately passed away in 1999. Lee's lawyer from the Michelle Triola palimony suit, David Kagon, was a gentleman and a pleasure to interview.
I chatted with a lot of Lee's costars who had a great affection for him…or didn't have affection for him but had worked with him a lot. Jack Palance, Woody Strode, longtime stuntman Tony Epper – they're all gone now. Many of the directors he worked with – John Frankenheimer, Stanley Kramer, Budd Boetticher – were all wonderful interviews.
What were some of your favorite interviews?
Each and every one of them were memorable in their own way. All of them gave me revelational bits of information that no matter how much book research you do – and I went to the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, different bookstores, dug through old magazines and what have you – nothing will be as impressive as actually talking to an individual who was there at the time of the specific event. They have on site information that isn't necessarily published.
Woody Strode – one of my all-time favorite interviews – was so wonderful. At the time of our interview in 1994, he was dying of cancer. But, because it was for Lee, whom he loved dearly, he said, "I don't do interviews anymore but come on over and I'll talk to you." You could tell he was quite uncomfortable, but he put on a brave face and spent a day with me. It was terrific.
Angie Dickinson was another revelation. She worked with Lee more than any other female costar [e.g. M Squad, The Killers, Point Blank, and Death Hunt]. Her insight was phenomenal. She's a very intuitive person in terms of knowing what somebody's personality is really like beyond what they're trying to put forth, and she knew Lee pretty well.
Some of the best stories in the book were interesting anecdotes told to me by people nobody had ever heard of, such as Betty Ballantine – an early friend in Woodstock – or Ralph O'Hara – a bartender at The Raft in Malibu and a lifelong friend. Or people he went to school with. Seeking those people out was not easy.
Who were some of Lee's acting cohorts that you really wanted to interview but ultimately turned you down?
Paul Newman worked with Lee in the contemporary tongue-in-cheek Western Pocket Money [1972]. When I contacted Newman, he just did not do interviews anymore. Period. Gene Hackman, who worked with Lee in Prime Cut, also declined.
The three interviews that were like the Holy Grail for me consisted of Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine, and Charles Bronson. All worked with Lee prolifically. I did get Palance to go on the record, albeit briefly.
I had been in contact with Borgnine's agent/publicist who really wanted him to talk. Borgnine was very polite in telling me that he would love to discuss Lee. However, he was so saddened by his passing – even 20 years later – that he just couldn't talk about him. I remember Borgnine saying, "It would hurt too much." Lee meant so much to him.
Bronson was another who just didn't do interviews. I came very close in that I had dinner at a friend's house who was in the industry and lived right across the street from Bronson. The entire time I was looking out the window thinking, 'All I gotta do is run across the street and knock on his door real quick' [laughs]. But I said to myself, 'No, you can't do that.' I understood and have to respect their privacy. Other journalists and reporters don't seem to care.
Was it a tough process selecting the cover photo?
Oh gosh, yes! I loved the photo we eventually chose as the cover – a black-and-white publicity shot from M Squad – a TV cop show Lee had in the late '50s and early '60s. I like it mainly because of not only the look on his face but his body language. He has a look of kinda like, 'Go ahead…hurry up and take the picture. I've got more important things to do.'
While I'm glad we went with the M Squad photo – that was not my original choice. My very first choice was a photo of Lee taken on the set of Pocket Money by renowned celebrity photographer Terry O'Neill.
Lee is sitting at a table on a soundstage made to resemble a bar. On the table are a bunch of cigarette butts, empty tequila shot glasses, and a bottle of tequila. Wearing a fedora, Lee is looking straight at the camera as if he's looking at you from across the table. He looks very Lee Marvin-esque. It's one of the best photos of him I've ever seen. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the rights to that because of O'Neill being a very known photographer, and it would have been very expensive.
The other was a studio shot of Lee taken in the early '60s where he's lighting a cigarette and looking at the camera. He looks very cool. My publisher as well as the distributor said, "You can't have a photo of somebody with a cigarette. It will make it hard in some circles to get sales." So I had to acquiesce. It's always difficult dealing with copyright problems and political correctness issues.
People of course do judge a book by its cover even though they're not supposed to. I wanted a cover that would catch somebody's eye if they saw it in a bookstore and I think our final choice does so perfectly.
Were there any working titles for Lee Marvin: Point Blank?
There was a whole page of ideas my publisher and I went through. Two still stick in my memory – A Portrait in Violence and From Hell to Hollywood: How Lee Marvin Created the Modern American Cinema of Violence. What's funny is the title we went with was actually the first title I suggested. Go figure [laughs].
Did you uncover any interesting stories that you wish you could have included in the book?
Oh sure. Not a lot, thankfully. There wasn't anything like, 'Oh man, why didn't I find that out before it went to the press!' Some people came forward after the book came out and remarked to me, "I wish I'd known you were working on this book. I could have told you such and such."
Those instances were pretty much keeping in the spirit of the book – just lacking in a specific story. You know what I mean? Overall, the book is pretty straightforward in the way it depicts Lee.
Were there any aspects regarding Lee's life and career that had to be omitted from the book?
Sure – the biggest reason being space. One of the things I discovered was that writing about Lee's drinking escapades can get a little depressing after awhile. They are initially fun to hear about. Lee was definitely having a good time.
But when you start hearing these same kind of stories over and over again…you realize the guy really had problems that he never properly dealt with. Maybe he relished being a public buffoon. I quickly realized the reader would be disgusted and find these drunken episodes redundant so I tried not to constantly regurgitate.
I just decided to pick and choose which ones to use to tell the story. I have been accused by some reviewers that there were too many drinking stories. They have no idea what I left out. That's fine – everyone's entitled to their own opinion [laughs].
There were instances of the way certain things were worded that will be fixed in the paperback version. One of the most legendary stories of Lee's drinking escapades was when he was working on The Professionals in 1966 and they were billeted in Las Vegas. Lee, Woody Strode and stuntman Tony Epper supposedly went out and attacked the famous Vegas Vic sign – the waving hand. The media infamously coined it "The Robin Hood Party."
Lee didn't have anything to do with that incident at all, which both Woody and Tony confirmed to me. Lee had passed out in his hotel room hours before. Being a big star and recent Academy Award winner [i.e. Cat Ballou], he took the blame to keep his buddies from going to jail.
Consequently, Michelle Triola used the story during the palimony trial in the late '70s to make it look like Lee was out of control, which wasn't true. I'll clarify Lee's non-involvement in the paperback edition. That was my fault for not wording the account clearly.
I admire your chronicle of Lee's valiant final days in a Tucson hospital, especially when Christopher visited his ailing father.
As Christopher leaned down to his father's bedside, Lee summoned the strength to say, "Get out of here while you still can." Yup, that got to me too.
I also liked the story that Mitch Ryan told me. Mitch and Lee bonded during the making of Monte Walsh [1970], and their friendship was highly visible onscreen. Mitch practically saw Lee die when he was in the hospital.
Lee couldn't speak very well but when Mitch walked in and saw all the tubes and machines he was hooked up to, he said Lee just kinda rolled his eyes. He was conscious and he was able to say, "This is how you end up when you live a life like I do." He knew his condition was a result of a life he had lived.
Matter of fact, whether symbolically, or literally, Lee went out fighting. He was a fighter his whole life. When they were treating him in the hospital for a multitude of problems, one of the things they were trying to do was put a tube down his throat so he could breathe better and he fought the nurses off. In the fighting, he had a heart attack and died. He never pulled his punches. He was always Lee Marvin to the very end.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET! To revisit the very beginning of the conversation, head on over to "Battle Scars and Violent Interludes." Epstein's point blank prose covers his subject's harrowing World War II experiences, why he believes Marvin suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, the chilling tale of a Silver Star recipient and future Marvin co-star who briefly wound up in a California mental hospital, Marvin's perhaps surprising reaction to the ongoing debate of onscreen violence, and much more.
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Further Reading: Charles Bronson appeared in an impressive 160 television and film productions, and he never received proper credit for his understated acting and screen presence. Many fans may not realize that Bronson's only network series, the crime drama Man With a Camera, debuted while his future buddy's more popular M Squad aired on a competing network. Incidentally, the duo made their film debut together in Gary Cooper's 1951 wartime comedy You're in the Navy Now and later shared significant screen time in The Dirty Dozen and Death Hunt. To read an extensive profile detailing exactly who the star was behind his hardened tough guy persona, featuring anecdotes from costars such as James Coburn, James Garner, Tony Curtis, actress Lee Purcell, and Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia, head on over to the following link: "A Face Like An Eroded Cliff..."
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(6:34 p.m. EDT) -- On the heels of Crystal Cruises' decision to return to the ailing Alaska market in 2011 for the first time in six years, Disney announced its plans to offer Alaska cruises for the first time…ever. Could this be a sign that both mainstream and luxury lines are taking a new interest in the region?
Joining Crystal Symphony -- which will offer 12-night itineraries, roundtrip from San Francisco to Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway and Sitka -- will be Disney Wonder, featuring a series of weeklong Alaska sailings between May and September that will sail roundtrip from Vancouver and call in Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway.
Both lines' announcements come at a crucial time for Alaska, which is currently battling for the repeal of a $50 head tax, implemented in 2006 as part of a state initiative. The extra fee, which is assessed to each cruise passenger, has been partly to blame for a recent reduction in the number of cruises -- and, subsequently, the number of tourists -- traveling to the region.
Several cruise lines -- including Royal Caribbean, Cruise West, Carnival, Princess and Holland America -- have traded in Alaska sailings for those in other, more popular and less expensive destinations, leaving natives of many tourism-dependent port cities scratching their heads for a solution.
As far as luxury cruises are concerned, the only lines in 2009 to sail an entire season of Alaska cruises were Silversea and Regent Seven Seas, both of which plan to continue offering itineraries in the region in 2010. Crystal also called in Alaska this year, but did so only during a repositioning cruise from Japan.
In the past two months, summits have been held in Juneau and Anchorage to discuss tactics for increasing tourism in the region and the possible reformation or eradication of the head tax. After several presentations -- including a speech by new Governor Sean Parnell -- and a survey to determine next steps, a third summit has been scheduled for October 5 in Fairbanks in an attempt to take action.
Although the added sailings could bring more than 56,000 passengers to the area in 2011, the city of Juneau alone expects to lose $25 million in tourism revenue in 2010. Whether Crystal's decision will mark the beginning of an Alaska upswing remains to be seen, but we'll keep you posted.
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Crystal Returns, Disney Arrives: Is Alaska on the Upswing?
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Even though this review is a few months late, there still aren't a bevy of exclusive titles for the Playstation 4. Whatever the situation may be now, though, this was even more true back when Infamous: Second Son released. As the second big exclusive for the new system, Infamous had a lot of hype leading up to its release. The added pressure of the game's impressive pedigree meant it had to be an especially exceptional game to truly meet expectations. Does Infamous: Second Son achieve greatness, or will it ultimately be lost amongst future releases?
It won't take long for players to notice one of the few inarguable truths about Second Son: the game is beautiful. The characters are almost boring in how much they look and act like real people, and Sucker Punch's take on Seattle is visually impressive from the moment you reach the city. The same level of detail extends to the powers exhibited by the characters in the game, making the limited selection of abilities fun to look at from start to finish. It's too bad the impressive visuals exist mostly at surface level only. For instance, the game starts you off on the shore of a Native American reservation, yet Delsin doesn't leave a single footprint in the sand. The same can be said for what happens when Delsin walks through puddles. Not only do they not ripple when his feet make contact, but he doesn't leave wet footprints behind him afterwards, either. While the game is a pleasure to look at, even more so after the Picture Mode update, it falls apart in small, but noticeable, ways once you actually start playing.
You play as Delsin, an outcast from the get-go, and he looks and acts the part. It feels like pop culture has moved beyond this counter-culture style character at this point, but after an hour or so Delsin doesn't even fully commit to this identity anymore, making him much more tolerable than one would initially think. The story takes a few interesting twists and turns, but it's over far too fast. The short length of the game can be partially attributed to the lack of any meaningful side-quests, but the story itself, while pretty good, doesn't have much depth to it. What is there, though, is well-executed for the most part, with great voice-acting and some good boss fights - especially the final one -, and the powers you get throughout are all fun to play around with. The side characters get the shaft in terms of development and screen time, and unfortunately the final power comes only once you've beaten the game, and even if you take the time to play around with it, it is easily the shallowest of the three.
Seattle may be beautifully rendered, but Infamous: Second Son is in desperate need of more life within the city. There are only a handful of naturally-generated activities, and they all involve either saving someone or hurting someone. The collectibles are much more attainable than they have been in past games, but this also means it takes far less time to fully complete the game. One of the biggest crimes the open city makes, though, is taking away the Space Needle as a climb-able building. You only climb it once in the story, and then you can never scale it again. There isn't a ton of verticality in the city to begin with, so taking away the city's tallest landmark is a shame.
What remains is all scalable, though the climbing mechanics are the worst they have ever been for the series. Often times, trying to climb without using your powers means fighting with Delsin every step of the way, as the game has a hard time figuring out which objects he should be clinging to, and you can forget about getting around any abutments. The neon power largely negates this frustration, but it's unclear how Sucker Punch can be struggling with the urban exploration aspect of their game at this point.
There isn't much to do once you finish the story for Infamous: Second Son. The best thing left is to raise the difficulty and play through making the exact opposite choices you did the first time. The differences between an Infamous and Heroic playthrough are largely superficial, but it's fun to see the different ways Delsin interacts with people throughout the storyline, and they way the crowd treats you. Unfortunately, your powers don't change much - you have access to one or two different variations based on how you are playing - which is a standard set by earlier games in the franchise. An Infamous playthrough should grant you more brute-force powers, while playing as a Hero should give you more ways to figure things out in a nonlethal manner, but this isn't the case, nor does the game make it matter.
Infamous: Second Son isn't as good as the other two games in the franchise, which hurts it more than it probably deserves. Were this an original IP, it would be a great launch-window title for the Playstation 4. In reality, it is just a decent third entry in Sucker Punch's series. There's a lot to like, from the visuals to the tight combat and the well-done story, but the lack of depth means most people will be trading this game in well before another major exclusive is even available, nevermind once there are a ton of choices for the console. Play Infamous: Second Son now, because it will be hard to appreciate the game in a year.


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Has anyone utilized something aside from a SAN to run their VMWare images off? We are looking to drop in two HP Servers and VMWare on them and run them off a SAN. Due to the cost of SAN though our CFO and VP are wondering if there are any viable alternatives (I.e. NAS) that can effectively run a VMWare. I can't think of any off of the top of my head. IF anyone can provide one or a good article outlining why to stick to SAN that'd be great.
Just use the vSA
I run a couple of virtual machines stored via NFS to a FreeNAS server and everything goes OK. You could use snapshots or HA independent from the VMWare Server.
You are not making yourself totally clear. What do you mean by SAN (storage area network)? Fiber channel SAN? Then yes you are on the expensive side. What do you mean by NAS? Copper based ethernet storage? Also, NFS would require some storage server somewhere with an NFS server running. Not far different from a dedicated NAS.
Then why not do what we have done. Our storage elements are off the shelf systems with plenty of storage slots (ex. DELL R510). Installed CentOS (or your flavor of Linux), made it a iSCSI host. Ditch VMWare and run CentOS/KVM on your VM hosts attaching iSCSI devices on them using a good quality copper ethernet switch. Of course, depending on your budget/applications you can mix and match some of these. You could also start small and grow into fault tolerant systems (dual storage systems, several VMhosts etc etc).
It really depends on what level of performance and reliability you are trying to achieve. ESXi can happily run VMs using iSCSI or NFS, so any system which can expose its storage using one of these protocols will do.
You can build a SAN on almost anything, the issues are reliability, stability, performance, support, and cost.
My suggestion would be to purchase reliable hardware (think server class) with a hardware RAID controller, purchase disks to meet your performance and capacity requirements, and use something like Open-E (DSS V6 Lite) or openfiler to create iSCSI targets for your VMware hosts.
I run an iSCSI SAN at home on a Dell Inspiron 545 workstation. I'm not saying that's what you should do, but I am saying that the options are almost limitless, constrained only by your budget and needs.
VMWare runs perfectly happily on an NFS share. You don't absolutely need block storage (a SAN) to get all the storage-based features like vmotion and stuff. Any NFS share running a supported version of NFS will do, so that opens you up to anything from a homegrown NAS to a dedicated hardware NAS.
This is an old thread, but check out ClearSky data. They provide a low cost alternative to San and do it as a managed service with the performance of direct attached. Also support vVols.


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Facebook Users Scammed with Fake Zara, H&M, Amazon Gift Cards
Scammers are using fake Zara, H&M and Amazon vouchers to lure unwary Facebook users to fraudulent surveys that could lead to theft and privacy invasion. The free Bitdefender application Safego alerted users to the phony promotions that could steal their financial and personal details and leave them with their bank accounts empty.
The scam starts with an enticing message on users' timeline promising gift cards at famous retailers such as Zara, H&M and Amazon. To increase the number of targets and dodge the extra work, fraudsters didn't bother to make several fake websites. One is enough to trick as many users as possible, no matter if they are Zara, H&M or Amazon clients. Thousands of users may have already been caught in the scam.
After clicking the link promoted through the voucher offer, users are redirected to a website that has been online since before Christmas. To make the website look legitimate, fraudsters registered it on a reputable ".org" domain and lure users with the "precise" number of gift cards remaining, which varies from 134 to 173. This is in fact automatically generated, just like the pictures reproducing the legitimate Zara, H&M and Amazon logos.
"Complete the simple steps below to claim your Gift Card," the scam message reads. "You must share this page. Click add comment & type thanks ZARA then tell us how you are going to spend your gift card. After you post your answer you will be redirected automatically to claim your gift card."
Zara, H&M and Amazon fans – mostly women – rushed into complimenting the retailers.
"Thanx so much Amazon, that will come in very handy," wrote a UK-based user.
"Thank you H&M!! I will spend my Gift Card buying shoes, dresses and accessories!! I love H&M!," wrote a medical assistant.
"Thanks H&M, I will spend my gift card to refresh my wardrobe with nice spring/summer clothes! :)," said another user.
No matter how thankful their comments are, users are rewarded with fraudulent surveys, premium SMS scams and fake giveaways for Macbook Air, iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
Bitdefender advises users to be wary of free Zara, H&M and Amazon vouchers promoted on Facebook by their friends. To make sure they are legitimate, check the retailers' official pages. Installing and updating an antivirus software also protects users from malware, phishing, spam and fraudulent attacks on social media.
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In my opinion, people who fall victim to this, deserve what will happen.
So in the future, they won't even dare to look at such posts :P
So what happens if you gave away you're name and email?


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DANCE; They Come to the Dance Floor Bearing a Gift: Jazz
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Published: May 14, 2000
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.— ON a sunny Tuesday in April, shortly after arriving in his seaside room at the West Coast Hotel here, the dapper trumpeter Marcus Printup removed his horn from its case, strode out on his balcony, leaned back on his heels and played Louis Armstrong's sultry ''West End Blues.'' On the beach below, a young man in jeans rose from the sand, threw his hands to the sky and began swaying his hips as if possessed. As Mr. Printup's lustrous notes filled the air, a couple of other members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra appeared on nearby balconies with their instruments and for the next 20 minutes a jubilant sound billowed out to meet the waves.
By the time they stopped, other beachgoers who had joined the first lone dancer were clamoring for more. The musicians, beat after a flight from New York and a two-hour bus ride from San Francisco, retreated for a short break before sound check. Accustomed to touring's rigors, they were swinging hard only a few hours later at the venerable Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, led by the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the orchestra's musical director and a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. It was the first stop on the West Coast leg of the orchestra's ''For Dancers Only'' tour, named for the 1937 Sy Oliver instrumental.
On Friday night, when the band hits New York's Roseland Ballroom, where the jazz-loving Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, will do the introductions, Mr. Marsalis's 14 top-flight musicians, along with Milt Grayson, a vocalist to melt the coldest heart, and the competition-winning ballroom dancers Janice Wilson and Paulo Lanna will have encouraged audiences in 23 cities across the country to get up and dance. The BBC World Service will broadcast the concert on Sunday morning at 11. After the band's 10 years of giving concerts around the world, Mr. Marsalis and Rob Gibson, Jazz at Lincoln Center's executive producer and director, decided that audiences might like to do more than tap their toes. ''We kept being asked,'' says Mr. Marsalis in his warm New Orleans accent, ''why we don't have dances.''
Mr. Marsalis, 38, first grabbed the public's attention in 1979. In addition to displaying unusual talent at the Juilliard School in New York and with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, he had a drive to spread the word of jazz's depth and breadth. In 1991, he established Jazz at Lincoln Center to do just that, with Gordon J. Davis as chairman of the board, giving jazz its first permanent home. It is to move to even more auspicious quarters in 2003 with the completion of new facilities on Columbus Circle. Mr. Gibson, 41, a producer of radio shows and jazz festivals in his native Georgia, joined Mr. Marsalis at the outset and became his equally zealous partner. They've been trying to put this dance tour on the road, costly at $850,000, for quite some time. Johnston & Murphy, the maker of men's footwear, and the National Endowment for the Arts came up with the money.
With this tour, Mr. Marsalis and Mr. Gibson hope that Jazz at Lincoln Center, already renowned for its concerts, education programs, workshops and television and radio broadcasts, will help revive the long-lost connection between jazz and dance, currently getting a boost from the Broadway hits ''Contact'' and ''Swing.''
Jazz, a combination of minstrel songs, ragtime and blues, thrived in the New Orleans of the early 1900's, when dance halls jumped. By the 1920's, 2,000 dance bands were touring the country. A decade later, the fabled hoofers at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom captured the nation's attention with the Lindy Hop and generated a craze for new dance styles. But in the 50's, the public turned to rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues for its dance music, and some jazz musicians, perhaps defensively, came to regard playing dances as demeaning. Mr. Marsalis's attitude is just the opposite. ''Great musicians inspire great dancers -- and vice versa,'' he says. ''Dance helps jazz evolve. Maybe we'll encourage new styles.''
The orchestra's regular supporters didn't immediately go for the dance tour. ''We had to convince presenters to do what they're not used to doing,'' Mr. Gibson says. ''Plus, it's not always easy to find places with dance floors.'' They also had to figure out a danceable repertory. ''Our intention isn't to bring something back,'' he says. ''We're not into retro. We're building on what's gone before. Of course, we play Ellington, Basie and Goodman, but it's also a perfect opportunity for band members to write new music specifically for dance.''
MS. WILSON and Mr. Lanna suggested that on the first dance tour the band should stick to swing numbers, saving Latin and Afro-Cuban grooves for future engagements. Rising to the occasion, the trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Ron Westray, the saxophonist Ted Nash, the bassist Rodney Whitaker and Mr. Marsalis all wrote songs. Composing isn't new to them; every band member records independently and plays with small ensembles.
Before opening in Santa Cruz, Mr. Gordon, who is built like a linebacker but writes like a poet, divulges the ingredients for a good dance number. ''The most important thing is the melody,'' he says. ''It's got to make you want to move. I keep in mind the tempo and the length of the song. It can't be too long. It needs good ground rhythm and space for the dancers to improvise.


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Pratt & Whitney JT9D-1GT2 Turbofan Engine, Cutaway
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan was developed to power the first generation of wide-body commercial jets. It first ran in 1966, was flight tested in 1968, and received FAA certification in 1969.
JT9D engines powered the Boeing 747 on its first flight on February 9, 1969, and entered airline service in 1970. The JT9D also powered some versions of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and Airbus Industrie A300 and A310.
An advanced design, the JT9D was the first of the very large, high bypass ratio turbofans in commercial service. The JT9D displayed here is a pre-production engine built for ground testing rather than for flight, although it is outwardly identical to production examples.
Gift of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of United Technologies Corporation
Physical Description:
Type: Turbofan, 2-shaft
Thrust: 235,700 N (53,000 lb)
Compressor: Single-stage fan, 3-stage low pressure, 11-stage high pressure
Combustor: Annular
Turbine: 2-stage high pressure , 4-stage low pressure
Weight: 4,153 kg (9,155 lb)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- Pratt & Whitney
- Date
- 1969
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Jet Aviation
- Type
- PROPULSION-Turbines (Jet)
- Materials
- Metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- Length 305.1 cm (128.0 in.,) Diameter 241.3 cm (95.0 in.)


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The Brandywine Ballet of West Chester will sponsor a College Fair for the Performing Arts on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Great Valley Middle School, 255 Phoenixville Pike, Malvern, PA 19355. Free parking is available.
Representatives from colleges and universities who offer programs in dance, theatre/drama, and music will be on hand to speak with students and their parents about admissions criteria and procedures. High school students who have interest in the performing arts (beginner through highly accomplished performers) are encouraged to attend along with their parents and friends.
Some of the colleges that will be represented include: Delaware County Community College, DeSales University, Drexel University, Eastern University, Messiah College, Montgomery County Community College, Muhlenberg College, Point Park University, Seton Hill University, Shenandoah University Conservatory, Susquehanna University, Temple University Boyer College of Music & Dance, University of the Arts, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Ursinus College, & more!


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Mike McElroy
Kinney and Pruitt named to TSN first team; Pruitt also named to BSN first team
SIU student-athletes earn four spots for second-consecutive season
Boatright, Hampton earn team MVP awards
Saluki safety Mike McElroy is one of 12 finalists for the $5,000 postgraduate scholarship.
Second career academic All-American award for Pickard
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2011 (Senior): First-team All-Conference selection...First-team Academic All-Conference selection...Academic All-District selection...FCS Academic All-Star team selection...Named team's defensive back MVP by teammates...Finished third in school history in career interceptions with 15...Led the team with four interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown in the season finale at Indiana State...His four interceptions placed him second in the MVFC...Recorded 38 interception return yards in 2011, which gave him the third-most career interception return yards in school history with 183 yards...Tied for fourth in the conference with two fumble recoveries...Earned national co-Defensive Player of the Week recognition from The Sports Network after his two-interception game against Indiana State...Fifth on the team in total tackles with 48...Earned the MVFC's President's Council Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.5 GPA and two years of competition in the conference...Earned the MVFC's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 GPA in the previous two semesters...Team captain. 2011 (Preseason): Named as one of the top 10 defensive backs in the nation by The Sports Network...First-team preseason All-America selection by College Sporting News...Second-team preseason All-America selection by The Sports Network...Preseason first team All-MVFC selection by Phil Steele...Nominee for the 2011 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
2010 (Senior): Was granted a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA and Missouri Valley Football Conference and will have one year of eligibility remaining for the 2011 season...Suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the second week of the season...Had nine tackles in his six and a half quarters on the field...Intercepted one pass at Illinois, Sept. 11...Received the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters...(2010 Preseason) Preseason Buck Buchanan Award Candidate...Ranked as the third-best free safety in the FCS by Phil Steele and to his preseason All-America First Team...Third-Team Preseason All-America selection by The Sports Network...Named one of the Top 10 defensive backs in the nation by The Sports Network...Honorable Mention Preseason All-American by Consensus Draft Services...Selected to the 2010 MVFC Preseason Team...Preseason First-Team All-MVFC selection by Phil Steele...Nominee for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
2009 (Junior): Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second team, becoming the programs first Academic All-American since 1991...First team All-MVFC...Selected to the MVFC All-Academic second team... Earned the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 grade point average...Started in all 13 games and was second on the team with 78 tackles...Led the MVFC with seven interceptions, which tied for the fourth most in the nation and the third most in a year in school history...Accumulated 131 return yards of his seven interceptions, which is the third most in a year in school history and tied for the most in the MVFC...His 80-yard interception return for a touchdown against Missouri State is the fourth longest in school history...Had 7.0 tackles for a loss and four pass breakups...Intercepted two passes at Western Illinois...Had 10 tackles against North Dakota State and in the quarterfinals of the playoffs vs. William and Mary...Returned three punts for 29 yards.
2008 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games and finished second on the team in interceptions with three... Earned the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 grade point average...Named MVFC All-Academic Second Team...Had two interceptions against Hampton to earn conference player-of-the-week honors...Recorded a season-high nine tackles at North Dakota State.
2007 (True Freshman): Named to the conference's academic honor roll...As a true freshman, he played in all 14 games and made two starts...First career start was against Illinois State...Had 31 tackles, including 2.5 for loss...Also broke up three passes...Notched a season-high seven tackles at Hampton.
High School: Three-year varsity starter at wide receiver and defensive back...Caught 51 passes for 1,072 yards and 21 touchdowns last season...Picked off 14 passes in the secondary...Returned 11 punts for 183 yards...Led his team to a state championship in 2004...Team captain in 2006...All-state and Grand Rapids Press All-Dream Team selection at defensive back (2006)...All-conference and Detroit News Dream Team wide receiver (2006).
Personal: Born Sept. 13, 1988 in Lowell, Mich....Son of Bill and Linda McElroy...Father is a teacher and coach, mother is a registered nurse...Health education major.


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This morning's Western Mail reports that Plaid Cymru's National Chair, John Dixon was paid £10,000 from public funds to provide IT consultancy to Adam Price MP.
Details of the redacted expenses published by the House of Commons reveal that a company called Corwynt was paid a total of £10,129.51 to supervise work on a new computer system in the Ammanford office of Mr. Price, who is the MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. Corwynt is an IT consultancy registered at the home of Mr. Dixon in Llanpumsaint and both he and his wife are listed as directors of it at companies house.
Mr. Dixon explains that Adam Price and Rhodri Glyn Thomas, who represents the same constituency in the Welsh Assembly, had decided to create a unified team of caseworkers and as such they needed a new IT system to accomodate this. He was asked to oversee the work.
This sounds all very plausible and there is no evidence to contradict it but the explanation does raise a number of questions and in particular what it was that Adam Price got for his £10,000?
It is the case of course that AMs have computer equipment provided to them for their work and that they are part of a networked system which can not be tied up to any other system because of a firewall. MPs are in a similar position. So whatever work Mr. Dixon was contracted to carry out could not have involved linking up those two systems.
It is perfectly legitimate for AMs and MPs to use their allowances to buy other IT equipment to carry out tasks that their Parliamentary systems cannot deal with. This might involve the maintenance of websites, uploading videos and the design of surgery and other information leaflets as well as software to deal with casework. It would be a simple task to network a couple of PCs and a few printers to enable staff to work together as a team on these tasks. The cost of doing so would come to a few thousand pounds including the cost of hardware and software.
The questions that need to be answered therefore are:
1. Did the £10,000 include the cost of hardware and software?
2. What was the exact nature of the work carried out by Mr. Dixon?
3. If hardware and software were not included in the cost then why did a simple networking task cost so much and what was the additional cost of the equipment?
4. Was a competitive tender sought for the work so as to ensure the taxpayer got value for money?
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If you're like me, and some million-odd-or-so other people in the US today, you're probably spending this morning mentally preparing yourself for this afternoon's World Cup round of 16 battle between a highly talented Belgium squad and our little rag-tag group of "I believers": the US mens soccer team (USMNT).
Admittedly, Belgium is only a slight favorite over the USMNT, but this works better if we're all in the underdog spirit; so bear with me.
Additionally, if you're like me, you've probably stumbled upon more than your fair share of inspirational YouTube videos saluting our team. And, if you're brave enough to venture your eyes into the moral void known as the "YouTube comments section", you've probably noticed a handful of worldly people chastising us for calling their beloved football, soccer.
Until today, common courtesy was to bow to their supreme intellect; admit defeat, and call ourselves ignorant for using the "S"- word. But I propose we say "no more" to them, friends. I call on you to not go quietly into the football purists' night. Do not fold after the second IPA to the hipster in the Liverpool jersey and his arguments against the ugliness of the word soccer.
Today, my friends, we celebrate our Independence Day (three days early).
It is time, once again, to step out of the hold of the British and claim the word soccer proudly. As a nation, we have come a long way in our short history of love for "the beautiful game", and we deserve, no, are compelled, to wear the term soccer as our own unique badge of honor.
Today, hundreds of thousands of people will gather en masse in cities across the US to watch the USMNT play in a round where only 15 other countries in the world made it to. Today, one of the fastest growing supporter groups in the world, the American Outlaws, will be in Brazil cheering on our team. Today, thousands of children on summer vacation, a whole new generation of future stars, will be sitting around their TVs, falling in love with...soccer.
Yes, soccer.
But what is it about the term soccer that gets Europeans all tight in the knickers? It's not like the word is some made-up gibberish; it actually should be taken as a compliment to the Europeans that we here in America acknowledge the original ambassadors of the game.
Soccer is a word invented by the British. In fact, some theorize that "soccer" was even around before the use of the word "football". However, despite the term soccer being invented in Great Britain, and originally appreciated, its popularity there actually declines in proportion to its rise in popularity here in America.
Apparently, now that we have taken the word and rubbed it in some American barbecue sauce, the British don't want it anymore; which is fine, we'll take it and wash it down with some whiskey.
But even from a common sense, non-emotional standpoint, our choice to call the sport soccer makes perfect sense. After all, we in America already have our own version of football, and that sport and its popularity aren't going anywhere.
In other words, to call soccer "football" in America, or even "European football" would cause confusion in our country. Football, the game with pads and touchdowns, is well too established here, and to say "hey, dad, the football game is on" in the US would cause your pops to come running into the living room with a beer in one hand and a Colts foam finger in the other.
Plus, here in America, "European football" harkens us back to the days of a failed experiment by the NFL.
Meaning, we in the US were, and definitely are now, really left with no choice but to call the game soccer. It's the word we have used to describe the game ever since it came over to America, and its popularity is still too young to call it a name that would confuse it with a much bigger, and more popular, sport here in the US.
We thought adopting the word soccer, a term rooted in European culture, would be a nice second choice and a friendly nod to the inventing region of the game (although the invention of soccer is up for debate as well). But since everyone outside of the US still wants to bash us for using the term soccer, I guess, to them, there's nothing left to say but enjoy watching the USMNT play today, and I hope your team (Spain, England, Italy and others) made it back home safely after losing.


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The New X-men movie (Days of Future Past, or "6" if you count the stand alones) is as game changingly entertaining as the first installment [link: ] was, back in 2000. With Bryan Singer back at the helm after a complicated leave (long story involving Superman), this movie delivers righteously and goes on to correct (or erase) some of the major pitfalls of the third movie. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, and the rest of the cast all deliver solid performances that leave the audience extremely satisfied.
The story does contain a parallel (and then perpendicular) tie in with X-Men: First Class, so it is recommended that you see that first.
The story is simple, gets complicated, and wraps up with a nice easter egg/cliff hanger for serious fans. There are also tons of underlaying themes and messages about giving second chances, overcoming addiction and how strong friendships die hard.
Plus, after the credits there is a teaser of apocalyptic proportions (quite literally, I might add). So definitely go see this movie. Even though it is not in sync with the original story (from the comic books), it acts as sort of a reboot (and without Matt Damon cast as Wolverine).
At the close, I would like to thank Epic Theaters for their providing a very amiable theater in which to view this (and other) movies and recommend that you go to one of their several local locations for your next cinematic experience.


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April 10: I am asked to judge at a lemonade tasting. Lemonade Day is a program for children to learn the art of business via a lemonade stand, and the tasting event precedes it. Various tots arrive with jars and their mothers, and TV 3's Marcelle Fontenot, Blaise Zuschlag, and I begin. The first contestant has made watermelon lemonade and the male judge loves it, maybe because with the addition of alcohol it would make a great cocktail. Many cups later, an Egyptian boy blows away the competition with his mint-infused concoction. We announce our results and at least one small entrepreneur cries and has to be carried out.
April 11: Evangeline Downs hosts A Night at the Races with Jake Delhomme, courtesy of the Ragin' Cajun Athletic Celebration committee. Couples have paid a couple of hundred to hang out with Jake and EvD doesn't disappoint. Neither does Jake. I remember the Firefighter's Ball where I observed a lady stroking a Jake-autographed football jersey up for auction. I decide not to tell him that story.
I get a distress call from designer Raoul Blanco, who is several hours late. "We are lost. Is that event in Opelousas?" I learn there is an Evangeline Downs Races n' Aces betting parlor in St. Martinville and SIRI doesn't know the difference. Unfortunately, neither does Raoul. "I walk in and they look at me kind of funny."
Raoul is dressed expensively in head-to-toe black and sporting a diamond earring. Nobody at the betting parlor strokes his jacket.


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Epic fail. The old adage is true that you get what you pay for but the 50lb capacity is more like 40. Off to the hardware store to look at different options for hooks and a stronger rope and maybe modify it somewhat. I thought I'd check and see if anyone has a nifty solution. My ceiling is too high to simply hang it from hooks and I need to get it off the floor.
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Credit Union CEOs and Compliance Stakeholders: Join Us for the First NJ READ Meeting of the New Year!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
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Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 800-792-8861, ext. 100, to register to attend the Feb. 12th NJ READ meeting.
The Feb. 12th NJ READ Group discussion will center around NCUA's latest "Exam Modernization" changes. (Click here to register to attend the Jan. 22nd "NCUA Examination Modernization" Webinar.)
We will also have time for a discussion about the recent regulations that have come into effect, and the new exam and compliance challenges they bring to credit unions, before joining the 3:00 p.m. NCUA Town Hall Meeting Chairman Matz is hosting with CFPB Director Richard Cordray.
"I am extremely pleased that for the third year Director Cordray will be joining us for a wide-ranging conversation about changes in federal financial consumer protection regulation," Chairman Matz said. "This Webinar will be a great opportunity for credit union leaders and compliance officials to engage their regulators and get answers to important questions, especially on CFPB's new mortgage rules."
There will be an opportunity to submit questions during the NJ READ meeting when participating in the Town Hall Meeting about any topic relating to the credit union industry or the work of CFPB. If you wish to submit questions in advance to Chairman Matz or Director Cordray, please feel free to contact the Director of Compliance, Nicola Foggie, at firstname.lastname@example.com for further information.
CEOs: short on time? Feel free to send your compliance professional to represent your credit union. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of exam and regulatory solutions for credit unions!


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Referential transparency, definiteness and unfoldability
- Harald SøndergaardAffiliated withDepartment of Computer Science, University of Melbourne
- , Peter SestoftAffiliated withDIKU, University of Copenhagen
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The term "referential transparency" is frequently used to indicate that a programming language has certain useful substitution properties. We observe, however, that the formal and informal definitions given in the literature are not equivalent and we investigate their relationships. To this end, we study the definitions in the context of a simple expression language and show that in the presence of non-determinism, the differences between the definitions are manifest. We propose a definition of "referential transparency", based on Quine's, as well as of the related notions: definiteness and unfoldability. We demonstrate that these notions are useful to characterize programming languages.
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- Referential transparency, definiteness and unfoldability
- Journal
Acta Informatica
Volume 27, Issue 6 , pp 505-517
- Cover Date
- 1990-05
- Print ISSN
- 0001-5903
- Online ISSN
- 1432-0525
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Authors
- Harald Søndergaard (1)
- Peter Sestoft (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Vic., Australia
- 2. DIKU, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark