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The problem a user describes in the text below is the kind of thing ATI needs to overcome to be a star product. It's a report from a user of ATI2012"
"I had my machine off for several days while I moved. When it started up, ATI wanted to do all the missed backups (I indeed had it set that way) but didn't need all those identical backups. So I cancelled the backup (for my "c" drive backup), and figured I would just let ATI backup according to schedule. Except that after the cancellation, all further scheduled backups stopped (which I did not realize for two weeks). So I ran it manually hoping that would restart things. But validation said it was corrupted. And scheduled backups won't run with such a condition. I went through this backup merry-go-round several times with the same result (each time, the validation ties up all my 12 GB of memory for about 20 minutes making the machine pretty much unusable). Meanwhile the interface started showing new backup templates (or tasks or whatever you want to call them) in the list. And ATI wasn't deleting old backups ... and it was all getting quite messed up. I manually deleted unwanted backup templates (tasks), also deleted unwanted validation-failed backups. Everything was getting more messed up. ATI was mixed up.
I spent a couple of hours looking at alternative programs. Almost pulled the trigger on a couple of them. Finally ATI successfully ran my main backup with a good validation - so now it will run on schedule (I can hope can't I?). Of course I'll have to babysit my backup directory until the automatic delete process catches up.
All I want is dead reliable full backup that will run on schedule. I'll even manage the backup directory manually. I have pretty much had to do that with ATI anyway - I even once turned off the autodelete feature for about a year or so - figuring that was less time consuming to manage the backup directory manually. At least when I manage it manually, I know exactly what's going on, and I don't randomly discover that nothing has been backed up for weeks (unbeknownst to me)."
I quit running the more recent versions of ATI on a schedule. So I ask, can anyone attest that ATI2013 or 2014 performs better on scheduing and managing backups or is something like chain2gen still necessary?
Can't you just tell the backup to make a full backup every X backups? There is also a place where you tell it to keep the first chain, or completely disable automatic clean up.
So far TI 2014 has followed the rules correctly for me. I only make full backups and keep 2 recent backups. The issue I have seen is the built in Shutdown does not work properly. I'm now using the my shutdown.cmd file as a post-processing task to see if that solves the problem. I used this approach with Chain2gen with TI 2010 which worked quite well for me.
I have ATI 2013 scheduled backups set on some PCs, and they work as expected including confirmation e-mails sent to me.
As the preceding posters have indicated, their response was favorable. Mine would be as well.
BUT, a big however, much will depend upon the user and their experience level with the software. For example:
a. If the user asks the system to store more backups than space permits, the program will eventually error out. Most users do not understand that the program creates a replacement proior to deleting the old backup. This temporary need for additional storage space can sometimes cause a "disk full" error as user has not planned for this extra space need.
b. If the user modifies the original task settings, sometimes those changes are more than the program can redirect. Most often, the results of the changes are not what the user is expecting. Rather than edit an existing task, a new task produces better results.
c. If the user restores an old backup, the program finds it difficult to continue the prior backups without some kind of backup numbering change or may continue the backups until complete new cycle has complete--requiring much more storage space than planned. When a restore is made, new tasks should be created rather than expect the old tasks to continue without problems.
d. If the user fails to connect the external target drive, the program will error out based on a "cancelled by user" message as the program has timed out due to failure to attach target within a specified time period (user controlled).
I wrote a simple batch file as a reminder to attach target disk immediately prior to scheduled backup time.
e. There have been several reported problems with the consolidation option which involves merging of data.
But, I have found that automatic cleanup seems to work best--or at least for me. A setting of custom/full or custom/inc or custm/dif--all with automatic cleanup has been my recommendation.
f. So, if you are aware of these "traits of the program" and adjust your settings or actions accordingly, then my experience has been that the program will perform backups when indicated and will do its cleanup correctly--when tasks are set according to program space limitations. My link #2 below illustrates ( figures 11-Full; or 11-Inc; or 11-Diff ) some examples of how the program might be properly custom configured. These work for me.
g. I would discourage using the automatic cleanup settings based on "elapsed days" or "space limits" but both 2013 and 2014 automatic cleanup has worked very well based on keeping "x number of recent version chains" (providing user provides adequate storage space) and leaves the original task unedited.
h. If you want the program to shutdown the computer at backup completion, I find that putting the shutdown command inside the batch file and having TI run a post command to execute the batch command works most consistently for me. Usually, using a "cmd" extension rather than a ".bat" extension works best for any pre or post command execution.
Chain2Gen--This program is still applicable due to its many special features such as (just to list a few):
If you want backups files to be deleted before replacement is created
Run backups on a specific day of the week such as on a specific week, etc; or if you need to have multiple batch programs run before TI starts, C2G is capable of doing this.
However, if the user wants a simple backup created (with or without x inc or dif) and a replacement created after x number of backups or a replacement chain after x number of chains, then 2013 or 2014 has performed correctly and C2G is not needed--keeping in mind the limitations or requirements listed above.
Yes, program modifications/corrections would help and the comments above are just personal comments on how to make the program work without user inflicted issues. I find custom backup schemes perform better than any default backup scheme settings. For reliable results, user must be aware of how much storage space will be needed and getting this informtion is often times a matter of "trial and error" backups before an error free backup task can be created.
My apologies for such a long post but a short answer does not due justice to the user or the program.
I agree with this. My backup last night using the the shutdown batch file worked as expected. When I tried the Shutdown check box under Advanced Settings I was not successful unless I opened the Full TI GUI. Something causes the Shutdown and consolidation not run using this setting.
Thanks folks, I quit using the scheduler several years ago because of the unreliabliity. It will be great if marketing (release every September no matter what) finally let the programmers get it right before release.
Thanks folks, I quit using the scheduler several years ago because of the unreliabliity. It will be great if marketing (release every September no matter what) finally let the programmers get it right before release.
WTB new Marketing Department staff...
I scheduled a backup (ATI2013) to create a differential chain of 1 full followed by4 differential backups. The first chain ran fine creating the backups as expected (1 full, 4 dif.). I received the confirmation emails. But that was the end, no more backups. there is plenty of space on the disk (attached USB drive), etc, and nothing changed except the expected 6th backup, which should have been a full one, did not run, nor did any subsequent ones. (WinXP Pro SP3)
I think there is a problem with the backup scheduling, and it is not ready for prime time. To bad, I was hoping to use this company wide for backup, but unrealiable backup = no backup.
I don't think I'm missing anything, since nothing changed (I didn't even open the program) between the first chain and what should have been the second one. Happy to hear suggestions though.
Can't you just tell the backup to make a full backup every X backups? There is also a place where you tell it to keep the first chain, or completely disable automatic clean up.
His prob occurred despite that.
Can't you just tell the backup to make a full backup every X backups? There is also a place where you tell it to keep the first chain, or completely disable automatic clean up.
Step 1 in troubleshooting would be to look at the TI log file and see what information is provided. The log should indicate if they started and did not complete and perhaps an explanation or error message.
How much free space on the attached usb target drive.
What size was the last full backup?
Current free space on the target disk must exceed the used space on the source disk.
It sounds the same since ATI2010 when Acronis adopted this new model of scheduling and managing backups--instead of using Backup Locations set up with control files, ati switched to using a database that keeps track of backups provided absolutely nothing goes wrong and you don't edit the tasks or try to run manual backups from a task ( which can confuse the database into treating some backups as being a different tasks).
Thanks Grover, we appreciate the help. However, my point is that the prob is more systemic and more serious than that--all of which is reflected in the Amazon reviews, e.g, where recently over 47% of reviews were 1-star, the lowest possible rating out of 5 stars, and well over half of the reviews were only 1-star or 2-stars. This is not atypical for ati.
In the immediate case at hand, none of the normal conditions were violated except that he turned off the machine for several days to physically move it and, when he turned pc on, since running all the missed backups would just be duplicates, he cancelled the first missed backup. At which point ati was expected to keep running the schedule but instead stopped running the schedule at all. The best advice for him at that point was to delete all tasks and remove all backups to another off-machine location, and start with new tasks. And, I put it, that is a very sad fact. That's a lot to ask of a user that just wants to reliably make simple full disk image backups and why ATI isn't, at least not yet, a star program. Right now it's still a lot of duct tape. Using ati successfully is too often learning workarounds to use it despite its persistently faulty operation. I appreciate that the programmers want to make better code. I've spoken with them briefly about this. alas. . .
Step 1 in troubleshooting would be to look at the TI log file and see what information is provided. The log should indicate if they started and did not complete and perhaps an explanation or error message.
How much free space on the attached usb target drive.
What size was the last full backup?
Current free space on the target disk must exceed the used space on the source disk.
You know I respect you, Grover, so don't take this as a comment about you rather than ati---but, I guess I'm seeing it like this: it's like yours and the other suggestions for changes in how the user acts are saying look at the wound and see if you can tell what club hit you. And the bigger point, I'm saying, is why should ati be continually beating the bejezus out of its users?
Not to mention, there is plenty of disk space, the last full backup was normal size (he only runs fulls) etc. . . .it's not the body in the wrong place, it's the thing beating the clubs into the body. It's not the victim, it's the guy with the club.
Step 1 in troubleshooting would be to look at the TI log file and see what information is provided. The log should indicate if they started and did not complete and perhaps an explanation or error message.
How much free space on the attached usb target drive.
What size was the last full backup?
Current free space on the target disk must exceed the used space on the source disk.
Sadly, I would believe that most users would agree with your assessment. The program seems to add new features and new problems without fixing existing problems.
Having watched Acronis and ati since version 7, I think i's possible Acronis simply does not have the expertise to properly build a scheduler and file manager. More likely it's a questions of where resources are devoted.
In any case Acronis has never delivered a reliable scheduler and file manger, error handling being the weakest area.
As I said recently in a PM, Acronis should get rid of the database and keep all info about a backup file in the file--then ati could report the info no matter where it found it. It could even report what instruction set built it on what date, although that info might not be useful given tht once you change an instruction set, it's not really the same set-- a problem ati doesn't reliably handle now. So many headaches would go away if they got rid of that database and cockamamie interface that they started in 2010. This idea of having an instruction set be the paradigm for making, tracking, and analyzing backups just hasn't panned out.
At this point in time, if the user wants to continue using 2013, my recommendation for a workaround would be to restart with a completely new task and use the options settings as per this link. Use automatic cleanup and avoid consolidation and the elaspsed time or space limits options.
or if using full type backups, then use
This example uses automatic cleanup and avoids the use of consolidation.
It would help if the user is aware of program traits as mentioned in post #4 above.
This recommendation does not correct the problem but mght provide a workable solution to the issue of backup cleanup and retentiion.
Deletion of some backups may be necessary in order to provide adequate space for any subsequent backups.
Perhaps my comments make it appear using the program is more complicated than it really is. My comments are merely meant to imply that these are my recommendations based on my success with the program and other problem postings. The more the user understands the program traits, the fewer the problems there are.
If you jump through enough hoops AND nothing goes wrong othetwise, one can almost make ati work. That's a poor bargain for any user.
Scheduling incremental backup schemes once a day at shutdown with ATI 2013, either was not reliable or did not work at all. 2nd level support could not get it working after many attempts and finally said it could not be fixed. I upgraded to 2014 and the problem is just as bad.
While I cannot correct the existing problem, I can offer a couple suggestions on how you might achieve the same results via different methods. This is not a fix but a workaround that should work. If interested, you might consider starting a new posting.
1. Use Windows Scheduler (instead of TrueImage) to run a specific backup task at shutdown. The backup task would need to have a post command batch file to shut down the computer.
2. or, At shutdown time, click a desktop shortcut which could trigger the backup task after which the computer would be automatically shutdown. The backup task would need to have a post command batch file to shut down the computer.
Here is one example of a shutdown command batch file
Here is one example of using Windows Scheduler to initiate TI backup.
The Scheduler requires so much babysitting to ensure that it is working more or less correctly, that one puts in about as much effort as one would running tasks manually. In fact, the prudent choice is not to use the ATI scheduler at all but to run tasks manually. This only fails when the user fails, which, it turns out, will be much less often, unless copious amount of alcohol are involved. ;)
What seem to be the factors that cause ATI scheduled tasks to fail? I've used them on several systems and they work reliably, so I wonder what may be different on the systems on which they fail.
If you find out lets us know. ;) What I really mean, you won't find out; it doesn't appear to be systematic; more like if anything unexpected happens, then all bets are off. The bugs are many and the error-handling is insufficient. E.g., yesterday, an insufficient space warning popped up and after making space and selecting continue, the program made the backup, tried to and could not validate. So we just ran the same task by hand (Back Up Now).
Once the task completed ATI showed two tasks where there used to be only one, one task including the invalid backup and one, the manual backup. If we deleted the one with the invalid backup it would have deleted all the backups--this we've seen before. I know there are ways to eventually work around all this nonsense, at least until the next unexpected thing happens, then all bets are off again. My complaint is that all the workarounds are still required after 5 years and 5 versions. ATI is a petulant child in dire need of rational discipline.
I certainly cannot convince paying clients that the way ati behaves is acceptable behavior or that the number of support calls I have to make to keep the program in are a reasonable burden for me to bear.


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Redmond radio station KBNW reported Arnett's aircraft went down just beyond the end of the runway at around 7am Friday morning. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators were on scene later in the day to determine what may have caused the crash. In such crashes when an aircraft goes down right after take-off there are several common causes including lifting off with too many people or too much cargo aboard, forgetting to turn on the gas flow from the fuel tank, banking too hard at too low of a speed, sudden downdraft or pilot inattention. And Arnett being age 87, there is also the distinct possibility of a medical issue.
An NTSB report can take weeks or even months.
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I haven't just yet but that's okay. I was trying really hard to get all the wrapping done before I left for Arizona, but it's not too bad since it's all I need to do when I get back to Texas later today. I know I'll be using some of the Free Christmas Tags I've seen on the web and wanted to make sure I shared them with you to use as well.
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Sustainable West Seattle Picnic on the Beach Aug. 20
SWS August Forum: Picnic on Beach @ Lincoln Park, Try Electric Bikes & Kayaks
August's Sustainable West Seattle Community Forum will be our traditional pot-luck outdoor dinner barbecue at Lincoln Park Shelter #3 on Monday August 20. Join us starting at 5:00 pm and lasting through sun down.
Join us as we set up the grill and provide the condiments. Please bring your favorite summertime dish and your own cup, utensils and plates. Shelter 3 is on the beach at the south end of Lincoln Park. Sustainable West Seattle turns 5 years old this year, so be on the lookout for some green cake!
Adding to the fun, Alki Bike and Board and Alki Kayak Tours will be provide a few electric bikes, paddle boards and kayaks for you to take a spin.


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Clouds: The HOT seat
By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 29, 2010
People still roll their eyes when they hear Marc Benioff talk about "the end of software". The reality of course is, it took guts and vision for his company to relinquish an existing, established industry sector definition and create a "polym…
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Best of HfS in 2010
By Phil Fersht on December 28, 2010
As the world prepares to shut down, recharge its batteries and anticipate a frenetic 2011, we take a look back at the highlights of 2010, as seen by your friends at HfS Research
Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Enterprise Irregulars, Horses for Sources company news, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Research, social networking, The Future of Outsourcing
Six big trends to watch in 2011
By Phil Wainewright on December 28, 2010
I've long been a fan of Geoffrey Moore's classic business books about the evolutionary path taken by emerging technologies and the companies that champion them. Especially now that several of the key emerging technologies I follow are at such different stages of their evolutions. These contrasting cross-currents are going to make 2011 a fascinating and […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011 Predictions, Cloud Computing, Geoffrey Moore, SaaS, software as a service | 2 Responses
Ten great software glitches for 2010
By Michael Krigsman on December 28, 2010
Top ten failure lists are a dime a dozen. This one is exceptional because the guy who compiled it wrote the book on this subject.
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged McAfee, Software bug, Software Glitches, Top 10, Top ten list, Verizon Wireless, WebLayers
A vendetta to get you up in the morning
By Jevon MacDonald on December 28, 2010
I always like to say that a little vendetta is healthy for a startup. A vendetta, or keeping frenemies as Mark Suster wrote, can be a positive way to differentiate yourself if you understand the bigger picture. It is risky as part of of a company culture, but when you believe in something enough you […]
Posted in Business | Tagged frenemy, Marc Benioff, mark suster, salesforce.com, startups
Finally! The CRM 2011 Watchlist Part I
By Paul Greenberg on December 28, 2010
To read this in the proper Watchlist mood, listen to what my fellow Playaz compadre and CRM thought leader Brent Leary tweeted to me yesterday while calling me Paul "Purple Haze" Greenberg. You'll get it when you hear this. Okay, I know its been tough (for me. I'm sure you've had a lot better things […]
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A Look Back at 2010
By Michael Fauscette on December 28, 2010
As father time creeps toward rebirth I'm spending some time looking back at this year. It's something of a tradition now (okay, I've done it for 2 years, that's sort of a tradition) to take this time between Christmas and New Years to reflect on our predictions for the year and how things came out. […]
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Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers
By R "Ray" Wang on December 28, 2010
This blog was jointly posted by @Chirag_Mehta (Independent Blogger On Cloud Computing) and @rwang0 (Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc.) Part 1 was featured on Forbes: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For CIO's And Business Technology Leaders As Cloud Leaders Widen The Gap, Legacy Vendors Attempt A Fast Follow Cloud computing leaders have innovated with […]
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Another Trip to the Cookie Jar
By Basab Pradhan on December 27, 2010
In August Congress passed a bill to fund enhanced border security which is now Public Law 111-230. The funding for this bill was achieved by increasing the visa fees for H-1B and L-1 visas by $2,000. The fees apply selectively to companies who employ more than 50 employees in the US and if 50% or […]
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ChromeOS is a Very Big Deal
By Charlie Wood on December 27, 2010
Google's ChromeOS is a very big deal. Well, not yet, but it will be. However, some very clever people disagree so I thought it might be useful to go through my rationale for believing what I do. Let me first make a disclaimer: I'm a big fan of Google. For the last four years I've […]
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Worst cruise ever: MSC Opera Cruise Review by dcsingl
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Worst cruise ever
Destination: Spain
Embarkation: Southampton
Our problems continued with the food. This being our 9th cruise we are very familiar with the quality and quantity of cruise ship food. The food on this ship was mediocre at best and of poor quality most of the time. Portions in the main dining room were small. On numerous occasions we had to go to the buffet after our meal to feel we had a complete dinner. One of my main courses consisted of veal cutlets about the size of a More silver dollar. There were a total of three on my plate and about 2 ounces of potatoes to go with it. Three of our meals were inedible due to the meat being over cooked and dried out. Most of the fish dishes were of poor quality. I could go to any Denny's or Applebee's restaurant and get far superior meals than anything served on this ship. The chicken cordon bleu was breaded and deep fried and tasted like a McDonald's Happy Meal. In addition coffee or tea were not available with dinner in the main dining room. I will not even go into the buffet food as I would just because it was even worse than the dining room.
My troubles continued with a member of the reception desk staff. Prior to leaving for the cruise we had contacted MSC regarding transportation to Amsterdam from the port, which is about 45 minutes away. We had been told that the bus ride was complimentary. Once on board we found this not to be the case. We had to buy a bus excursion into Amsterdam for 32 euros each. The next day, I received a note in my room to come to the reception desk to talk about these charges. As mentioned, before the problem with my credit card at check in was raising its ugly head. Upon my arrival at the reception desk and showing the young lady the note, her first words to me were,"You can't make any more charges to your room". When I asked why she said, "You didn't run a credit card when you came on board". When I related to her what had happened when we checked in she then told me, "That's not how we do it, the people on shore don't know what they are doing and you didn't run your credit card". After several more exchanges like this, and her telling me not to be rude, I asked to see her supervisor. Other than an apology from the supervisor nothing else was said or done about the incident.
I have attached a picture of the shower floor in our state room. Most of the edge of the shower is coated with mold. This was indicative of the cleanliness of the rest of the ship. Windows and mirrors smudged and dirty, tables in the buffet wiped with only a wet cloth that just spread the mess around instead of removing it. On one occasion I observed a bus boy drop his cleaning cloth on the floor, step on it, pick it up and continue to "clean" tables with it. I did not even contemplate going in the pools or Jacuzzis. At one time I saw an infant of about 12 months in one of the Jacuzzis, with a diaper on, and none of the staff asked it to be removed.
I have many more examples of problems with this ship including tendering issues, lack of amenities, and certain crew attitudes that would take too long to relate to you here. Overall, we were very disappointed with this ship and would never take another MSC cruise. We did not have any issues with the multiple languages on board and this was one of the bright spots of the ship as was the nightly entertainment. This ship was advertised as a 4 star ship and I would not even rate it a 2. This was not just our opinion but that of many other passengers we talked to while on board. One experienced traveler we met called this a Dollar Store cruise, which fits it very well. I would not recommend this cruise line to anyone in the future. Less
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If you want to see the face of the Inland Valley, take a look at "Here I Am: Extraordinary Lives in the Inland Empire."
You'll meet Pat Yeates who grew up in poverty in Pittsburgh with dreams of learning to dance. Dancing would lead to a stint with the Ice Capades and a more prosperous life.
Or Gordon Ayers who got married and drafted into World War II within a heartbeat of each event and spent the next two years fighting across the Pacific. Or Fred Roccatini of Alta Loma who grew up in war-torn Italy and owes his life to an anonymous German tank commander who saved his life.
Not all the stories are wrenching. You'll also meet Mary Martha Barkley who was driving a truck at age 9 simply because she was "tall" for her age and could.
What you will find if you visit http://is.gd/pKHozr is a remarkable collection of stories, family stories, that provide an insight to this community.
It all started last fall when the Chaffey College Wignall Museum hosted an exhibition called, "When I'm 64." What began as an artistic look at seniors and aging has taken on a life of its own, one that residents should embrace.
"As part of the public programming in support of the exhibition we held an event called Your Story Here. We solicited applications from our local seniors to apply to participate in a one-day oral history project," said Rebecca Trawick, Wignall Museum director/curator.
Twelve participants were selected, and they sat down with Jane and Peter Shafron of Your Story Here, Inc. When the sessions were completed, the Shafrons edited the film and then gave free copies to each. But the Shafrons were intrigued and took it a step further, making the 20-minute documentary of the process but also the people involved.
Participants were given topics to review and then talk about. The entire process resulted in six hours of filming. The Shafrons said editing was a must, but they didn't want to leave so many memories on the cutting room floor. They came up with the idea for the documentary. Some historical material, music and graphics were added.
"The exhibition grew in ways we couldn't foresee at the beginning which was incredible. It's like it had a life of its own," Trawick said.
Trawick sent a copy of the documentary to local Public Broadcasting Station channel KVCR and is hoping to hear back.
Chaffey College now has a copy of the documentary for its archives and so does professor Catherin Baccus who uses it as a teaching tool in her gerontology classes.
"As a curator, this is exactly what I'd hope for an exhibition like this that tied into our local community. It was far beyond what I could have hoped, but the exhibition and all the related programming helped us to reach out to artists, performers, seniors and their families and many others who haven't ever visited us before," she said.
"It was an amazing way to connect to segments of the local community that we haven't had a chance to in the past."
For Mary Martha Barkley, her daughter Floy Biggs and the rest of their family, it was sheer fun.
"I enjoyed the opportunity to reflect on my past," Barkley said.
"Telling stories is something that is so familiar to me - I grew up in a time where all we did was tell stories. Gathering around and listening to my own parents and grandparents tell stories is such a wonderful memory for me. The seniors involved in the project were such an inspiring group. It was a very easy process, and I am grateful to have been a part."
"I was so excited when my mother was chosen to participate in the Story Boarding. It was an opportunity for her to reflect on her life and share words of wisdom. My whole family loved watching all the videos. I think an opportunity to see such extraordinary stories from such an eclectic group of seniors was quite inspiring. We all must capture the stories of our parents and grandparents or we will lose them with their passing," said Biggs, chief executive officer of Community Senior Services in Claremont.
Jane Shafron couldn't agree more.
"Everyone has a story that is important to their families and deserves to be preserved for future generations," she said.
"You don't have to be famous or have had a dramatic life to have an important story for your family. And certainly, people who were born and grew up in the 20th century have lived through dramatic times. Knowing about those experiences can make history come alive for their descendants. And, if we know the stories of our ancestors we know something about ourselves."
In today's tech-savvy age, Shafron said there is no excuse.
"We have the technology to capture not just the stories but the personalities, the laughter and tears, in video. And telling your story is worthwhile whether you do it on video or as a memoir," she said.
"There are people who can help. The Association of Personal Historians, I am a director, has members, professional personal historians who can help record stories on video, audio or in writing."
Shafron has a website at www.yourstoryherehome.com


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As far as I know, there is a waiting period in all of Florida. Most counties are three days, but Palm Beach is 5 working days.
To answer your question, yes, you can buy a gun anywhere in Florida, since you are a resident.
My suggestion, if you do not want to wait, is to get your CCW. It will take at least 90 days to get it after the class, but makes it easier to purchase a firearm.


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Dual Quality - Field and Show for a Balanced Hunting and Family Companion Brittany. Top Standings in Canada for Show, Obedience and Field ( Puppy and Derby so far ) . American and Canadian Champions ,with Field Trial pointed and Hunt Test Titled. Health Certified with OFA and CERF. Family house raised puppies. References available. I'm very proud of my puppies and my wonderful owners and I try to show that on my website. I'm posting a Few here but there is alot more on my website that my owners have shared with me, Have a look! I am there for my owners to help if they need me. My puppies are excelling in Show , Field ( Trials or Hunting ) , Rally-O , Obedience, Aglitiy. One of my pups is also being trained for Search and Rescue in the Colorado Mountains which is exciting to know he will be Saving Human lives!
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Am.BISS / Am.Ch./Can.Ch. Jayhawker's Masked Bandit - OFA Good ( USA Field Trial placements , 1st Award of Merit at the American Brittany Club Summer Specialty )
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Picture of Can.Ch.Jayhawker's Agent Ninety Nine FDJ , FD - Dallas, Can. Field Trial Pointed, Awesome hunting Dog pictured here retreiving from Water:
and Dallas again on Land, Dallas even retrieved a Canada Goose for her owner( Not pictured). It was hard for her with the birds size but Dallas's desire to please and retrieve is very strong..
Conformation is just as important to me. Here is a picture of Kiddy winning 2005 Canadian National Specialty Best Puppy and Reserve Winners Female, She has Field Trial Placements. Kiddy is Sired by one of my Ch. Boys - Can.Ch./1999 NBPIS Jayhawker's Sharptail Ranger FDJ. Kiddy is OFA Good and CERF Certified and will have puppies early 2008 sired by AFTCH / FTCH / Ch. Kinwashkly Smoking Hank FDX - OFA Excellent / CERF - Click here to see her page
Picture below is of Jayhawker's Tucker To The Rescue - learning to repell down a Mountain in his Search and Rescue Training, He is also learning Water Cadavor Training. You can read about Tucker on my website. One day soon he will be Saving Human lives like his Companion Brittany he lives with:
Am.Ch./Can.Ch./Can.National Best Puppy 2004 / BPIS Jayhawker I'm A Teddy Bear Too, CD, AmRN - Tess, pictured below with a perfect score in Rally-O, She is amazing in the Field also with Strong Pointing Skills. She will be going for her field Titles in time. She is my most Health Certified Pup. Her owner took her in for OFA Hips , Elbows , Heart , Thyroid and Patella and CERF for her eyes and she has now passed all the Tests with great results. Very proud of that girl and Very Proud of her owner. She will have pups in 2008. Click here to see Tess's page
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Submitted by: Joanne Archibald on Nov 14, 2007We first met Lori over the internet in early 2006 and were delighted to meet her in person a few weeks later. Shortly thereafter, our female Jayhawker's View From Saturday joined our household. She is now 21 months old and has 9 points toward her Canadian championship. She is a great representative of her breed, correct for height and weight, beautiful mahogany coloured markings. Throughout our dealings with Lori, we have found her to be enthusiastic, ethical, open and fair-minded. Her breedings are carefully planned and the success is evident. She is eager to follow the lives of her dogs long after they have left the nest. Her Brits are defintely bred to be dual purpose, but they are also beautiful pets and precious family members, reflecting true Brittany temperaments, intelligence, loyalty and affection.
Submitted by: Vic Retherford on Nov 14, 2006In my opinion, Lori Haldorson is a quality breeder ranking with the best, both in Canada and the U.S. I believe this opinion has been repeatedly validated by the accomplishments of the dogs bred by Lori.
I feel so very fortunate to have contacted Lori through her website where I found my best friend, great hunting partner, and a beautiful show and field trial competition dog.
Lori kept my boy, BISS/AM/CA Ch. Jayhawker's Masked Bandit, for 6 weeks and made it possible for him to become a Canadian Ch. She has kept in touch asking for updates frequently and has never failed to answer one of my numerous emails.
Lori is a hard working, dedicated and conscientious person. She strives for excellence in the quality of her dogs and she helps and nurtures her carefully selected owners as much as their needs dictate and her time allows.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you Lori for my wonderful dog, Bandit, and for all the help and support you have given me these past 5 1/2 years. You are doing a SUPER job. Keep up the good work.
Vic Retherford
Submitted by: Greg Biamonte on Oct 25, 2006Hello everyone!!
I am exceedingly happy with the dog I purchased from Jayhawker Kennels. The dog exceeded all my expectaions thus far though he is only 9 months old. He already hunts ducks and upland game birds like Pheasant and Hungarian Partridge.
Here for example is an experience I had this past weekend.
My father and I took Casey (our 8 1/2 month old Brittany) Pheasant hunting for 2 days in southern Alberta. The birds we were pursuing were not "released" birds, but the wild ones. Casey had been exposed to "released" Pheasants on a couple of previous occasions and I had spent considerable time training him with a frozen pheasant since August. He was already well familiar with the scent of a Pheasant. What I was unsure of was how he would deal with a running bird.
When we reached the designated area, I equipped Casey with his "skid pad" chest protector and a "beeper" collar. The chest protector is useful in limiting burr attachments on his chest and belly, as well as prevent brush from stripping hair and scratching his underside. The "beeper collar" sounds when Casey locks up into a point.
Once we were ready, I released Casey from his traveling crate, gave the command to "hunt the bird" and began to follow him. Characteristically, Casey runs with his nose down for about 25 yards, then stops, raises his head to scent the wind, and checks back for my position. He never lets me out of his sight. Casey quarters and extends as much as 50 yards in front of me. When he gets wind of a bird, he snaps into the direction of the bird like someone yanked on his leash. Nose down, he then investigates further.
There were a couple notable events in the day for Casey. One was when he found a wily old rooster Pheasant. We were hunting in an area already passed over by another group of hunters with dogs. Casey had been quartering about 40 yards in front of me when I heard his "beeper collar" sounding. I look over to him and saw him pointing in an unlikely spot for a Pheasant. I was not sure if he had spotted a snow bunting, a rabbit or something else but carefully played along. I slowly walked over to Casey with gun at the ready while encouraging and coaxing Casey by repeatedly saying "eeeaaassyy" "eeeeaaasssy". When I reached Casey, I slowly walked past him...but no bird flushed. I then commanded Casey to "find the bird". At this command, Casey jammed his nose against the ground and moved on the hot trail of the Pheasant. His tail wagging profusely. He also stopped, puffed his lips and snorted a couple times, I had never seen Casey snort or slink along the ground like that before. I knew something was up. He bulldozed through brush and I knew he must be on a running Pheasant. In less than a minute we had covered about 60 yards. Suddenly, a long tailed rooster exploded from the grass about 20 yards in front of us. I loosed two shots but missed both. Casey did not seem to care. He was so excited, he chased the bird for over 100 yards as it flew off into the distance. I let Casey go and savor the moment. After all, hunting was supposed to be fun for everyone.
Over the course of the 2 days, we put up 21 Pheasant and over 60 Hungarian Partridge. We all had a great time nonetheless.
I cannot imagine how good the dog will be next year.
Submitted by: Ed & Janet Rossie on Oct 24, 2006We decided to own a Brittany about 5 years ago, we looked at all the breeders, noting their commitment to Hips, as we knew this was breed issue.
Lori Haldorsen at Jayhawker Brittanys was the most diligent breeder we could find on the web, she was committed to breeding only the best Brittany's that she could.
We started out looking for a PET. we fell in love with a Brittany "Show" and "Field" dog that Lori had bred. Lori would not sell her to us unless we agreed to either show or field train her, and have her hips OFA certified at 2 years.
We loved that dog and so we agreed and signed a contract on the dotted line...
Have we been repayed? You Bet! Many times over. Sienna (Ch Jayhawkers Sienna Marnier) had her OFA xray at the University Hospital in Saskatoon and the doctor there brought me into the xray room to show me what he believed was the best Hips he had ever seen!
That was when we agreed to Breed Sienna, because we know nothing about Dogs, but we knew we had something special, and if Lori was committed to breed dogs like that we were more than willing to help her along....
check out her website at www.jayhawkerbrittanys.com we did and now we are also committed to helping Lori breed the Best Brittanys.
Ed & Jan Rossie.
Submitted by: Franco Tallarico on Oct 23, 2006I am very glad I went with Jayhawkers. Lori was a dream to deal with. Professional and very helpful. Our dog, Jayhawker's Princess Leia, is doing exceptionally well in the field. She got her FD in three consecutive tests and scored 98 on her first leg of FDX! She also has 7 points twards her show title with a major win under her collar.....I highly recommend Jayhawkers if you're at all serious about an awesome dual dog. Bred for Field and Conformation....ALWAYS>>>
Submitted by: Ann Harris on Oct 23, 2006After 25 years of German Shorthaired Pointers I decided a smaller dog was needed and decided on a brittany. I very luckily found Lori who sent me the very best brittany anyone could possibly have. She (at 3) is now Am.Cdn. Ch. Jayhawker I'm A Teddy Bear Too, Am. RN, (OFA Good, Elbows Normal, Heart Normal, Cerf'd, Thyroid normal and Patella normal)aka Tess, is without doubt the dog of my dreams. She has a tremendous work ethic and will succeed in any field I decide to turn her to. I couldn't wish for a more ethical and supportive breeder than Lori - she believes in health testing and testing the dogs in the field and show ring - this was very important to me. Tess is certainly a credit to her breeding program.


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The "Gift" as a New Paradigm: A Discussion with Jeffrey Solomon, Sandy Cardin, and Rabbi David Gedzelman
Jewish Communal Service Association of North America (JCSA), Spring 2009
Birthright Israel, from its inception, was treated as a "gift from the Jewish people" despite market research that indicated a $250 price tag would help participants take the experience more seriously. Three major contributors to Birthright Israel discuss the importance and impact of the ten-day trip being a gift, emphasizing its overwhelmingly positive reception by participants, its role in changing the perspective of what it means to be Jewish in America, and its effect on other Jewish philanthropic ventures. David Gedzelman summarizes: "When those who have not been involved with Jewish life receive a gift from the Jewish people, it sends the message that being Jewish is itself a gift. The more we design educational experiences that drive this message home, the more that gift will be reinforced writ large and the more American Jews will regard being Jewish as value added to their lives."
Topic: Philanthropy and Fundraising, Development, Jewish Identification, Engagement, Israel Experience, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Students
Name of Publication: Journal of Jewish Communal Service
Editor: Gail Naron
Volume/Issue: Vol.84/no.1/2
Page Number(s): 74-81
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Vehicle Burglary/Theft
Vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts are the most commonly reported crimes in Torrance. The difference between a burglary and a theft is whether or not your vehicle is locked. A theft occurs when you leave your vehicle unlocked, and a thief steals property from inside of your vehicle. A burglary occurs when your vehicle is locked, and a thief enters your car by means of force, and then steals property.
To avoid becoming a victim of theft; always make sure that your vehicle doors are locked when your vehicle is parked. To lessen your chances of becoming a victim of a burglary, know that there are two basic criteria that vehicle burglars look for prior to committing a theft. First, they want a good "score." In other words, they want to steal money or steal an object that they can easily sell. Second, they want the easiest target with the lowest risk. For example, a purse that has been left on the front seat of a car is an easy target that a thief can quickly steal. The majority of vehicle burglaries that occur in Torrance and the rest of the South Bay, are the result of a purse, wallet, laptop computer, or other valuable item left in plain view on the seat of a vehicle.
Many people also make the mistake of covering up their valuables with a towel or other object once they have already parked their car. Unfortunately, burglars know this trick also and will frequently target vehicles with items obviously covered up, but still in plain view. To greatly reduce your chance of becoming a victim of a vehicle burglary, remember to never leave valuables in plain view inside of your vehicle. If you must park your vehicle with valuables inside, always hide the valuables prior to arriving at the location where you will be parking. And remember, if you have a vehicle alarm, use it whenever you park and leave your vehicle, even for a short time.
And remember, always report suspicious persons to the police department.
To crimes in progress crime, call 9-1-1
For non-emergency reporting, call 618-5641
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The ISO 14000 family of standards provides practical tools for companies and organizations of all kinds looking to manage their environmental responsibilities.
ISO 14001:2015 and its supporting standards such as ISO 14006:2011 focus on environmental systems to achieve this. The other standards in the family focus on specific approaches such as audits, communications, labelling and life cycle analysis, as well as environmental challenges such as climate change.
The ISO 14000 family of standards are developed by ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 207 and its various subcommittees. For a full list of published standards in the series see their standards catalogue .
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ISO 14001:2015 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system and can be certified to. It maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental management system. It can be used by any organization regardless of its activity or sector.
Using ISO 14001:2015 can provide assurance to company management and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved.
Learn more about the benefits of ISO 14001:2015.
There are more than 300,000 certifications to ISO 14001 in 171 countries around the world. Learn more about the ISO Survey of Certifications.
ISO 14000 was revised in 2015. Visit this page to learn more about the key changes and the revision process.
Get an overview of ISO 14001:2015 and its benefits in this handy powerpoint presentation.
The group of experts that develops ISO 14001, the world's most recognized framework for environmental management systems, has been awarded the Lawrence D. Eicher Award for excellence in technical work.


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International Business Machines reported a ninth straight quarter of declining sales as demand fell for hardware and computer services, underscoring the urgency of its plan to get more revenue from newer businesses such as cloud computing.
Second-quarter revenue dropped 2 percent from a year earlier, to $24.4 billion. Analysts had, on average, projected $24.1 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Adjusted earnings rose to $4.32 a share.
Cloud offerings delivered as a service are at an annual run rate of $2.8 billion, compared with $2.3 billion at the end of the first quarter.
"Our performance continues to reflect pricing pressure and client contract renegotiations, as well as a reduction in elective projects," IBM Chief Financial Officer Martin Schroeter said during the earnings conference call.
— Bloomberg News
IT jobs grew 0.3 percent between May and June to 4,663,800, according to a report from the TechServe Alliance, a trade association for IT and engineering staffing companies.
Compared with the same period in 2013, IT employment has grown by 3.2 percent, said the report, which is based on data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. About 144,200 IT workers have been added to the workforce in that time, according to the report.
IT jobs in the computer systems and decision services sector were up 0.4 percent from the same period a year ago, the report said. Data processing, hosting and related services were up 0.6 percent, and management and technical consulting services were up 0.7 percent.
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Here's a mere glimpse of some of the damage I did this weekend:
- J Crew Tissue Sequin Spotted Tank - It goes with everything.
- J Crew Drapey Drexel Skirt - The perfect LBS (little black skirt).
- Joe's Jeans Jude Bag - The most buttery, perfect crossbody bag! (and it was only $65 at anthropologie)
- J Crew Featherweight Cotton Ruffle Cardigan - Yep, I already wore it to work today.
- J Crew Boys Secret Wash Shirt {in giant gingham} - Because sometimes you need to channel your inner (little) boy.
- Vintage Turquoise Cocktail Ring {similar style shown} - From Hidden Treasures in Topanga Canyon and possibly the best $5 I ever spent.
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Jennifer Condon was born in Wollongong in 1983. In 1989 she attended her first Opera Australia production and from the age of 11 determined to be an opera conductor.
Music scholarships for her early education at The Illawarra Grammar School and Wollongong Conservatorium and Kambala in Rose Bay assisted with this course.
Kambala accelerated Jennifer's music education and organised mentoring at Opera Australia as part of her regular curriculum. From this time, Jennifer has worked closely with Simone Young, a strong influence in her development.
Jennifer attained her A.Mus.A and L.Mus.A in Piano and completed a Bachelor of Music Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium. During her undergraduate years, she studied operatic conducting with Vladimir Vais in Melbourne, was assistant conductor for Melbourne City Opera's La Boheme, and conducted The Tales of Hoffmann for the Sydney University Arts Festival.
Jennifer moved to Europe in 2005 to study operatic conducting in Vienna. She attended masterclasses throughout Europe and worked as a free-lance vocal coach in Austria and Germany.
Since 2008, Jennifer has been employed as Souffleuse at the Hamburg State Opera, where her repertoire includes over 40 operas.
In 2009, having gained the rights from the Estate of Peggy Glanville-Hicks to work on that composer's final opera, Sappho, Jennifer enrolled in a Ph.D. at the University of New England.
Largely due to the enthusiasm and support of the late James Murdoch, Jennifer has now been granted the rights to both the world premiere recording and production of Sappho.


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All that bad press about working conditions at Apple-affiliated factories apparently hasn't caused the computer giant any significant economic harm; in fact, the company, bolstered by booming sales of its shiny new iPad, is planning to spread the wealth among shareholders this summer.
Los Angeles Times:
Apple Inc. said today it will begin spending part of its nearly $100-billion cash stockpile on a quarterly dividend, as well as a three-year stock buyback program.
The company said it will pay shareholders $2.65 per share each quarter beginning in Apple's fiscal fourth quarter, which starts July 1. The company said it hopes the dividend will make Apple stock a more attractive investment to wider base of investors, including those looking to make regular income from owning the stock.
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Jan my chinese friend invited people over for a chinese dumpling party! she invited over Tom another english guy, Mal, from estonia and Corey from NZit occurred to me that night that yes in fact Tekapo is from people all over the world, that is so coool!!!
we had the best chinese dumplings i had evr tasted, but the first i had ever had, im no food expert but Jan sure can cook very good food, especially from china!
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Paco de Lucía
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Paco de Lucia (real name: Francisco Sanchez Gomez, (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014) was a Spanish Flamenco guitar player. He was born in Algeciras, Andalusia. He died in Cancún, Mexico from a heart attack.


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Chapter I.13
At the beginning of June, when school closed, Thea had told Wunsch that she
didn't know how much practicing she could get in this summer because Thor had
his worst teeth still to cut.
"My God! all last summer he was doing that!" Wunsch exclaimed furiously.
"I know, but it takes them two years, and Thor is slow," Thea answered
The summer went well beyond her hopes, however. She told herself that it
was the best summer of her life, so far. Nobody was sick at home, and her
lessons were uninterrupted. Now that she had four pupils of her own and made a
dollar a week, her practicing was regarded more seriously by the household. Her
mother had always arranged things so that she could have the parlor four hours
a day in summer. Thor proved a friendly ally. He behaved handsomely about his
molars, and never objected to being pulled off into remote places in his cart.
When Thea dragged him over the hill and made a camp under the shade of a
bush or a bank, he would waddle about and play with his blocks, or bury his
monkey in the sand and dig him up again. Sometimes he got into the cactus and
set up a howl, but usually he let his sister read peacefully, while he coated his
hands and face, first with an all-day sucker and then with gravel.
Life was pleasant and uneventful until the first of September, when Wunsch
began to drink so hard that he was unable to appear when Thea went to take her
mid-week lesson, and Mrs. Kohler had to send her home after a tearful apology.
On Saturday morning she set out for the Kohlers' again, but on her way, when
she was crossing the ravine, she noticed a woman sitting at the bottom of the
gulch, under the railroad trestle. She turned from her path and saw that it was
Mrs. Tellamantez, and she seemed to be doing drawn-work. Then Thea noticed
that there was something beside her, covered up with a purple and yellow
Mexican blanket. She ran up the gulch and called to Mrs. Tellamantez. The
Mexican woman held up a warning finger. Thea glanced at the blanket and
recognized a square red hand which protruded. The middle finger twitched
"Is he hurt?" she gasped.
Mrs. Tellamantez shook her head. "No; very sick. He knows nothing," she
said quietly, folding her hands over her drawn-work.
Thea learned that Wunsch had been out all night, that this morning Mrs.
Kohler had gone to look for him and found him under the trestle covered with dirt
and cinders. Probably he had been trying to get home and had lost his way. Mrs.
Tellamantez was watching beside the unconscious man while Mrs. Kohler and
Johnny went to get help.
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Microsoft's former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman reveals some unpleasant side-effects.
Articles by Andrew Bowman
The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions
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Allegations of ballot stuffing in this year's Duma elections have sparked the biggest protests in Russia in almost two decades. Andrew Bowman investigates.
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Fathers across North America today are celebrating Father's Day, a day on which fathers are celebrated for the impact they make on their children's life. I never celebrated one Father's Day with my dad. Heck, we never really celebrated much of anything during his short life. He has been gone 15 years, and it's on days like today that I get to wondering what it would have been like to really experience what having a father was all about.He really was a typical "bon-vivant" and there are parts of … [Read more...]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Been there, plundered that.
Been there, plundered that.
A nostalgic look back at a vanished era, but also another, better movie.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
A table of contents containing Chaz Ebert's complete video dispatches from Cannes 2017.
Chaz Ebert reports on the winners of Cannes 2017 in her seventh video dispatch from the festival.
An article announcing the premiere of Ben Lear's documentary, "They Call Us Monsters," on Netflix.
An article about the reissue of "Two Weeks in the Midday Sun."
PBS' American Masters has a special four-hours for foodies, with docs on James Beard, Jacques Pepin, Alice Waters and Julia Child.
A report on the L.A. Riots and the many documentaries looking back on it 25 years later.
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's "The Square" won the Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
We pay a visit to Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Carne y Arena," the first virtual-reality piece to be "screened" in Cannes' official selection.
Roger Ebert became film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. He is the only film critic with a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame and was named honorary life member of the Directors' Guild of America. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Screenwriters' Guild, and honorary degrees from the American Film Institute and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 1989 he has hosted Ebertfest, a film festival at the Virginia Theater in Champaign-Urbana. From 1975 until 2006 he, Gene Siskel and Richard Roeper co-hosted a weekly movie review program on national TV. He was Lecturer on Film for the University of Chicago extension program from 1970 until 2006, and recorded shot-by-shot commentaries for the DVDs of "Citizen Kane," "Casablanca," "Floating Weeds" and "Dark City," and has written over 20 books.
Q. John Candy's last film, "Canadian Bacon," was directed by Michael Moore, who made "Roger & Me." But it has never been released. What's the story? (Tank Drummond, Boulder, Colo.)
Q. Help me settle something. If Writer A and Writer B both wrote their opinions on a film--both with diligence and pride in their work--what difference in the two pieces would identify Writer A as a Film Critic and Writer B as someone just offering an opinion? Take the weekly feature you see in some papers, where kids review films. At what point do they cross the line, and can be called Critics as opposed to Reviewers? Is there some sort of certification program, like taking the Sally Struthers correspondence course in gun repair? (Andy Ihnatko, Westwood, Mass.)
The biggest upset at the Academy Awards tonight will come if Martin Landau does not win the Oscar for best supporting actor. It's this year's sure thing. Although the movie he's been nominated for, Tim Burton's "Ed Wood," didn't set records at the box office, Landau's performance as the broken-down horror star Bela Lugosi was widely admired: He got the look right, and then added whole dimensions of pathos and dignity.
Q. I'm a photographer, and have been wondering--who started the Orange and Blue Movement? All those movies where each scene has to have something blue and something orange in it? A good example would be "Trading Moms," with Sissy Spacek. There are lots of others in the last two years. I think it began with night city scenes mimicking neon reflections on faces. The actor usually has an warm (orange) main light on his/her face from a 45 degree angle, and has a cold (blue) kicker light skimming the shadow side of his face. Warm colors appear to move forward and cold colors recede, so it adds depth to an object. Someone grabbed this theme of color and a movement began. (Jim Langley, Phoenix, Ariz.)
There is a large electric billboard in the Las Vegas airport, right above luggage area 3, which flashes the following messages, one after another:
Q. In a theater lobby I saw the poster for the new movie "Bye, Bye Love," and there seemed to be something uncannily wrong about it. After staring at it for a long time, I realized what. The stars of the movie are all lined up smiling, including a small boy in the second row who is giving a "thumbs up" sign. If you compare the size of his hand with the size of the hand of the small girl also in the same row, you will see that his hand is about three times larger than her hand--almost as big as his face, in fact. Do you think this is really his own hand? Or has it been painted in by the ad agency, as a subliminal way of giving the movie "thumbs up?" (Sheila Chesham, Chicago)
Q. I hear there's a remake of "Casablanca" in the works with Kevin Costner and Demi Moore in the Bogart and Bergman roles. True? (James Portanova, Fresh Meadows, N.Y.)
Pieces of time. That's what the movies have been called. Usually they begin with the first piece and continue with the second piece, onward to the inevitable conclusion. But currently there's a small group of filmmakers who don't think that way. They shuffle the deck. You can't put all the pieces together until the movie is over. It's challenging, and it can be fun.
A kid in Macedonia wants to be a movie director, but there are no openings in the official film school in Belgrade. One day a professor from Southern Illinois University comes to lecture in his home town, and the kid gives the professor a pitch about how he wants to go to film school, and the professor says, "Fine, send me some of your work," and the kid mails his writings and some of his short films off to Carbondale, and they give him a scholarship.
Q. In the history of the Oscars, which movie nominated for best picture has received your lowest rating? (Paul Mayes, Austin, Texas)


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Issue No. 09 - September (2007 vol. 40)
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2007.323
Consciousness and Computers
In Computer's July 2007 issue, Neville Holmes, who usually provides some references to back up his position, wrote what appears to be a secular antireligious article, without any justification of his claims (The Profession, "Consciousness and Computers," pp. 100, 98–99).
Historical documents indicate that animals have long been known to have self-awareness. Our cat was not only self-aware but showed emotions such as jealousy and love.
Holmes also erroneously claims that complex animals evolved from simple ones. Clearly, this could never happen, as the second law of thermodynamics, as well as all observational experiments, have shown.
Science requires the ability to confirm results with independent experiments. Evolution cannot be confirmed. It is merely the faith of the antireligion faction that believes in Darwin, instead of logic and facts.
Humans have been degrading over the centuries and are now more prone to disease and other problems. No new senses have evolved, and no new species have emerged. And mouthing a stallball line about just needing more time would be neither logical nor scientific.
A far better explanation is that all life is based on a preprogrammed DNA that has a calendar/clock capability and instantiates the existing potential in different forms at different times and circumstances. That is at least plausible.
Should Holmes or others then claim that that would invoke God, which they do not believe in, they would still have the problem of explaining where their first simple animals came from. Did they appear from nothingness following a random flash and boom because in the infinite duration of time events of probability zero could happen? They certainly did not "evolve" to become more complex.
Since none of this can be proven logically, the simplest solution—that is, programmed DNA—would be the better option based on the logic of Occam's razor.
William Adams
Neville Holmes responds:
I'm not clear why I am taken to be an atheist. I am aware of myself as an agnostic with a tendency to numinism.
On evolution, I have found Howard Bloom's book Global Brain (howardbloom.net) to be fascinating reading, but it's somewhat overloaded with formal citations.


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Govt vs Online India: The most sarcastic tweets
In fact #GOIBlocks was the top trending topic on Twitter all of Wednesday and Thursday.
With Assam still tense following the communal violence in some of its districts, the Central Government is trying to block offensive content on social media websites, which it claims have been responsible for the hate campaign against Northeast Indians. The government has given Twitter and other social media websites a deadline of 12 hours to remove the objectionable content or face shutdown in India.
The decision was taken after Twitter failed to respond to the Ministry of Home Affairs' request to issue show cause notices on offensive and provocative handles. But that did not deter the users from taking a potshot at the GOI. In fact #GOIBlocks was the top trending topic on Twitter all of Wednesday and Thursday.
The users saw the latest move as an attempt to muzzle free speech. Here are the some of the most sarcastic tweets on the subject.
@nice_indian: If you are banning internet..ban ek the tiger too #Goiblocks
?@shadymumbai: Dear Govt of India ...if u block Twitter or Facebook ..u will be directly responsible for Poonam Pandey's Career getting spoilt. #GOIBlocks
?@abhijitmajumder: Feeling deeply insulted that I still have not been blocked. Victim of govt apathy #GOIblocks
@YearOfRat: "This tweet is too hard. This tweet is too soft. This tweet is just right." ~ #GOIBlocks
@rameshsrivats: I've always wondered what exactly a Block Development Officer does. Now I know. #GOIBlocks
?@rameshsrivats: #INDvNZ Sehwag for PM. Why? He never ever blocks. #GOIBlocks
@over_rated: The UPA will really be sorry in the morning when it's mother makes it shake our hand and apologize. #GoIBlocks
@fakingnews: Poonam Pandey should upload a black picture and say it's a nude pic but blackened to protest #GOIBlocks #FreePRtips
@madmanweb: If Prime Minister can block himself from speaking out, surely he can block others from doing the same?
?@TheHumerus: "So, this time, we aren't the only ones getting blocked eh?" - arteries and drains.
@babumoshoy: "So you stay in Mayur Vihar? Which block?" "#GOIBlocks". #BannedHandleBrag
?@MihirBijur: UPA = Undeserving Parody Account #GOIBlocks
@neeleshmisra: Why isn't the government blocking my handle? Am I not fake enough? #GOIBlock


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Have you gotten the corporate memo from the Big 4 ( Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Group and Warner Music Group are collectively known as the "Big Four" majors - they control 80% of the music business).
They will only allow 5 musicians to get most of the music coverage.
Music and the music business, has been reduced to 5 auto tuned sound alikes. These 5 get more media attention than all t…
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The Iron Cocksman unleashed his mighty load in a torrential outpouring of magmatic semen, only to have the dirty cumpidgeon avert her face.
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush