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Malayalam Review: 'Manjadikuru' - A nostalgic trip
'Manjadikuru' is one such film which was waiting for long to fetch the best of the recognitions.
Even after many visits to International film festivals with a number of recognitions, some movies find it difficult and take time to grace their ultimate audience. 'Manjadikuru' is also one such film which was waiting for long to fetch the best of the recognitions- that is the popular approval. And when we are finally into the film, we recognize that here comes a women director in Mollywood to look out for her creations that are sure to make their strong presence in the list of 'best's in Malayalam.
Yes, Anjali Menon with his debut movie 'Manjadikuru' (Lucky Red Seeds), unquestionably proves that she is the best among the few women who had ever contributed to the list of Mollywood history. A nostalgic trip down the childhood of the eighties, 'Manjadikuru' told through the viewpoints of a few children is undoubtedly likeable giving an air of similar international movies from countries like Iran. The movie has been rated best in many international festivals and is a treat to watch for its perfect pitching of the period and narrative styles.
The movie is told through the narration of 'Vicky' (Prithviraj), who makes a homecoming in his age of ten (A very convincing display by master Siddharth) to attend his grandfather's funeral. Back from Gulf with his pompous parents (Sagar Shiyas and Urvashi), Vicky is joined by the fragmented family members from very different places, who stay together for a sixteen day long funeral period, nurturing their differences and similarities.Initially Vicky finds it difficult to connect with the 'desi' friends and curious looking rituals but very soon he is in the centre of events, contributing to the fares with his childhood curiosity and consideration.
After the funeral, the interests of the adult members are more on the division of their ancestral property while young Vicky, and his cousins Kannnan and Manikutty (Rijosh and Arathi Sasikumar), are plotting plans to somehow send their young Tamil maid Roja(vyjayanthi) back home to Sivakasi to enjoy a better life.
The movie is in fact a near masterpiece with a nivcely woven storylines and the director's skillful handling of the masters and the children alike. Starting from a perfect presentation in a baritone voice by Prithviraj which is immensely likable, the movie's, heartrending narratives are wisely picturised by Peter Zyuercher.
Moreover, right from the selection of the name 'Vicky', to the very lovable, natural dialogues, the movie stands as a good example of rightest approach and execution of a promising subject. Effective performance by the child cast, all of them engaging us in more ways with their meticulous observations and contrasting thought processes than never before. Siddharth and Rijosh are revelation for their perfect natural acting skills. Perfect casting and near perfect performances by all including Jagathy, Murali, Praveena, Rahman, Bindu Panikkar, Sindhu Menon,and Urvashy. The music by Kavalam and Pt. Ramesh Narayanan is thoroughly enjoyable.
The only pitfall is a little drag that we feel in the second half. Had the movie been cut short by twenty minutes, it would have immensely boosted its BO chances too. Anyhow, this 'Manjadikuru' is a right addition to the list of well made films that came out this year. Just have a go into this scent of fresh air.
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- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 2 tablespoons chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery
- 2 cups cubed day-old bread
- 1/4 cup dried fruit bits
- 1/4 cup water
- Dash ground allspice
- 2 Cornish game hen (20 to 24 ounces each)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1-1/2 teaspoons honey
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender. Add the bread, fruit bits, water and allspice; cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated through.
- Loosely stuff hens with stuffing. Tuck wings under hens; tie drumsticks together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Combine butter and honey; brush over hens.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180° for hens and 165° for stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings. Cover loosely with foil if hens brown too quickly. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Yield: 2 servings.
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Guo, Huanqing, Atchison, David A., & Birt, Benjamin J. (2008) Changes in through-focus spatial visual performance with adaptive optics correction of monochromatic aberrations. Vision Research, 48(17), pp. 1804-1811.
Lambert, Andrew, Birt, Benjamin J., Atchison, David A., & Guo, Huanqing (2008) Applying SLODAR to measure aberrations in the eye. Optics Express, 16(10), pp. 7309-7322.
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Birt, Benjamin, Cowling, Ian, & Coyne, Steven (2005) Reflections of Ultraviolet Radiation at the Surface of the Eye and Basal Cell Carcinomas. In Julian, W (Ed.) Towards a Sustainable Lighting Future: Proceedings of the 5th Lux Pacifica, 24-26 July 2005, Australia, Queensland, Cairns.
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Birt, Benjamin Joseph (2007) Evaluation of the contribution of reflected UVR to the inner canthus' total dose. PhD by Publication, Queensland University of Technology.


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Welcome to Candlewood Suites® Hotel Jacksonville East Merril Road / JAXPORT. Situated within minutes of the sparkling Florida coast, JAXPORT Cruise Terminal and NAS Mayport, this pet friendly hotel's accommodations in Jacksonville offer spacious suites suited for vacation, business, relocation and an extended stay.
The hotel's Jacksonville location offers Florida guests a quick commute to Mayo Clinic and Baptist Medical Center, as well as academic institutions such as Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida. Blount Island and Dames Point seaports, Mayport Naval Base and the Foreign Trade Zone are all within a short drive, as are companies like Crowley Marine Services, Hanjin and Bank of America.
Leisure travelers seeking extended stay hotels near Jacksonville Cruise Terminal, the beach and Florida sports venues like the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars love this hotel's central location. Other notable sites nearby include the famous Jacksonville Landing, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, the elaborate Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens and retail giant Regency Square Mall.
Boasting such conveniences as free Wi-Fi access, 24-hour Fitness and Business Centers and free self-service laundry, as well as fun family features like an outdoor pool, a gazebo with guest grills and pet friendly suites, this hotel's accommodations in Jacksonville caters to you. You can "Consider Us Home!"
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It's hard to leave your best buddy at home when you're traveling for extended periods, so we provide a pet friendly experience. Restrictions and fees apply.
Whether you are booking suites for a family reunion or suites for your company's training needs, Candlewood Suites hotels can accommodate your group.
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UK's Darklight scheme selects 10 women for horror projects
The UK has launched a new training and production initiative to encourage women film-makers working in the horror genre. Darklight: Women Direct Horror has been established by Warp X with Threshold Studios, and support from Skillset.
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Tom Cruise Gives Katie Holmes The Gift Of Himself
The diminutive actor is so full of himself that he found it fit to give his pregnant fiancee his entire celluloid history on DVD. This way Katie can cherish every moment of Days of Thunder and Far and Away over and over.
Tom Cruise has given his pregnant fiancee Katie Holmes a unique 27th birthday present – a DVD compendium of every movie he has acted in.
The War Of The Worlds star, 43, decided there was no better gift for his wife-to-be than a full history of his long and fruitful career.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "Each was inscribed with a special handwritten love message to the future mother of his child."
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The liberal progressives on both sides of the political spectrum have had a head start; for quite a few decades managing; nudging us to their ideology; in media, in our schools propagandizing our children and frankly we didn't see it coming at least I didn't; being to busy living; believing our elected officials were in place to secure the American peoples interests; to keep us safe and make common sense solutions for our country. But today we wake to find a new day with evil all around where people are not what they seem.
Main stream media seemed out of touch; wanting to advance an agenda one ideology. Their attacks were harsh and nonsensical; they were no longer trust worthy. I found a few fair and balanced news sources, on cable and online, I could finally listen to like mined people, people that spouted common sense solutions about our debt, and other pressing problems that the nation faces.
So I started listening and investigating on my own, I found an out of control government, an economy on the brink of collapse and realized inflation would be our downfall. In the 1980s the government always calculated the REAL rate of INFLATION; then in the 90s things went array or did they? This deception was managed; our own government changed the way inflation was calculated, to misinform and mislead the American people so we would not see what they were doing behind the scenes?
The reason is that they wanted to keep the real numbers from the American People so they could fundamentally change America, even against our wishes. Somehow the elite always think They Know Best. Well I have news for them; We the People Know Best.
Take a look at this chart for the real numbers.
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The CPI chart on the home page reflects our estimate of inflation for today as if it were calculated the same way it was in 1990. The CPI on the Alternate Data Series tab here reflects the CPI as if it were calculated using the methodologies in place in 1980. In general terms, methodological shifts in government reporting have depressed reported inflation, moving the concept of the CPI away from being a measure of the cost of living needed to maintain a constant standard of living.
Further definition is provided in our CPI Glossary.Further background on the SGS-Alternate CPI series is available in the Archives in the August 2006 SGS newsletter.
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CPI Year-to-Year Growth
The CPI-U (consumer price index) is the broadest measure of consumer price inflation for goods and services published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
While the headline number usually is the seasonally-adjusted month-to-month change, the formal CPI is reported on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis, with annual inflation measured in terms of year-to-year percent change in the price index.
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Washington keeps up this facade telling us that inflation remains relatively low. Even after they change the way we calculate the rate of inflation in the 1980s if you look at the Commodity Price Index chart indicates that the real inflation rate was over 20 percent for the past 12 months, more than 30 percent for food even higher for commodities we really need to live.
Cotton is up 132 percent, Agricultural raw materials up 39 percent, Oil up 21 percent. Coal up 36 percent & Metals up 57 percent, Coffee up 70 percent, as well as Wheat up 62 percent, Beef up 39 percent, Fish up 31 percent. Hard logs are up 19 percent, Soft logs up 27 percent. Rubber is also up 79 percent. Wool is up at over 57 percent. Fertilizer is up to 39 percent. Soy beans up 42 percent. Corn is up 58 percent, and Silver up 60 percent; Industrial Inputs Price Index up 51 percent. Commodity Food Price Index up 30 percent. Commodity Fuel Price Index up 20 percent. Overall Commodity Price Index up 20 percent.
This just over the last 12 months!
Lets see, what else do we need to live?
Can you say catastrophe? States Ben Hart
I am thinking Obama's words would be with a smile. Yes we can say Catastrophe exactly what he is hoping for?
US inflation data going back to 1665 shows it was fairly stable up to the Fed's 1913 creation. It then began rising and accelerated post-WW II. Government calculations mask it. Alternative ones are more revealing and accurate. Except for minor price declines in 1944 and 1955, the US hasn't had a deflationary period since the 1930s. Abandoning the gold standard is why. It imposed monetary discipline. Roosevelt went off it in 1933. He had to. The banking system collapsed, money supply imploded, and economic stimulus was needed. It released the Fed to create money freely. Therein lies the problem and it shows up in the numbers.
Given the federal deficit and out-of-control spending, fiscal policy limits have been reached. The Fed's in the same bind can neither stimulate the economy nor contain inflation. Rate cuts have done little. Saving the dollar may require raising them, but that won't "contain non-demand driven inflation." It shows up in high food, energy, health care, and companies like Dow Chemical announcing on May 28 that it will raise prices across the board up to 20% to offset increased costs. States Walter John Williams
These deceptive tactics illustrate one more reason why We the People need to take control over our government. We the People have neglected our duties, teaching our children and preserving our history, failing to protect our Freedoms and the coming generations; so please lets get busy we have a lot of work to do!
1. Downsize by 50% or more to a manageable entity
2. Congress meet every two years, this limits legislation
3. Term limit amendment, this is not a career.
4. Adjust Congress pay scale to military pay. Entry level pays, only.
5. Abolish the Federal Reserve; they are the root cause economic bubbles
6. Abolish the Dept. of Education, this is a state responsibility
7. Abolish Home land Security, let the FBI, CIA, do their jobs
8. Abolish the IRS then replace with a fair tax10% is good enough for God its good enough for my government employees to use to protect us.
9. Abolish EPA and FCC and frankly any agency that seeks to over regulate
10. Abolish all Public Unions, implement safety reform for workers can be at state level; today union money and members are being used as a political machine, it has become a corrupt entity.
Williams mentions various types of hyperinflation. They range from the double or triple-digit kind, several-fold that level, to what happened in Weimar Germany when it went to infinity. Once the genie is unleashed, there's no telling how bad things may get. Williams sees them getting pretty bad. So much so that dollars get dumped, holders flee to safety, and a downward spiral intensifies with no idea of a bottom.
In his view and others, the culprit is fiat currency, without gold backing. Its worth depends solely on the full faith and credit of the issuing government. Absent and the currencies crash; print too much of it, and that's its future. Examine Fed policy under Greenspan and Bernanke, and draw your own conclusions.
They've been virtual money-creation machines unmindful of the history they should know. By issuing too much of a good thing for too many years, they fueled asset bubbles. When they burst, they made things worse and may now have headed the economy for collapse. In Williams's judgment, America today is no different from other nations in other eras that followed similar policies. They all met the same fate, and today this country has already "obligated itself to liabilities well beyond its ability ever to pay off." Not a cheery assessment and he's not alone in his beliefs. States Stephen Lendman
Free market economics predict that this recession will last a long timemore than likely culminating to another Great Depression; inflation is going to climb as our currency becomes useless and unless Congress listens to the American people and talk serious about the debt, and spending in Washington our economy will collapse. Prepare America for time is running out.
I believe this administration is making it happen, if our president can collapse the economy then they can move us to a fundamental transformation into the slave market of his utopian dream of socialism. Where we will be forced to live within the standard that the administration deems appropriate not what we were endowed by our creator.
Where redistribution of wealth is achieved to make us dependent on the government and grow the size of government all with a smile well thanks but no thanks I am an American and I will be free and let me say it again, I will be free.
Lets face it the progressive liberal truly believe we need to exist at a lower standard of living to appease the rest of the world
How about you America do you want to keep the great American experiment alive? Then lets continue to fight for our freedoms together!
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INDIANAPOLIS — Electronics retailer Hhgregg announced that it has lowered its third-quarter forecast, reflecting weakness in the video category.
The company said that fiscal third quarter comparable-store sales are estimated to have increased 3.9%, with the video category expected to have decreased 4.8%, the appliance category expected to have increased 6.8%, the home office category expected to have increased 91.4% and the other category expected to have decreased 7.1%.
Total sales for the quarter are expected to increase by 26.9% to $829.5 million, as compared with net sales of $653.7 million reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2011.
Hhgregg said it is expecting a drop in net income to approximately $22.5 million, or 60 cents per diluted share, from net income of $26.9 million, or 66 cents per diluted share, for the comparable prior-year period. According to the company, third-quarter earnings were negatively impacted by lower than expected margins in the video category and increased advertising spend aimed at gaining market share and launching its mobile category.
Dennis May, president and CEO commented, "We are pleased to report our second consecutive quarter of positive comparable-store sales, which resulted in market share gains in the appliance and home office categories. In addition, we remain pleased with our performance in the new markets we entered in fiscal 2012 and our execution throughout this holiday season. However, the video industry experienced heavier than expected promotional activity across all screen sizes, which negatively impacted industry average selling prices and margins. While we believe we maintained our market share in video during the quarter, the difficult industry trends negatively impacted our results beyond our expectations."
Due to the expected weakness in third-quarter sales and earnings, Hhgregg said it now anticipates that annual net income per diluted share will be within a range of $1.05 to $1.15 for fiscal 2012. This compares to previous guidance of net income per diluted share of $1.26 to $1.41 in fiscal 2012. The company also expects that fiscal 2012 comparable-store sales will be flat to positive 2%, as compared with previous guidance of flat to positive 3%. Net sales for the year are expected to increase 22% to 24%, as compared with previous guidance of net sales increase of 20% to 25%


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The problem as I see it, was when he asked to leave the scene. After he left, it was a one sided story and who knows what the security guards said.
I guess he'll have to wait till his day in court to find out.
This is a discussion on Bad: Virginia Man arrested for Brandishing...his finger (MERGED) within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Originally Posted by merlin82plus By the book, maybe. I feel for the guy in his experience with the rent-a-cops, reminds me of some TSA stories. ...
We're all in favor of reducing violent crime. It's just that pro-gunners have a method that is proven effective. Anti-gunners don't.
John Moses Browning day is January 24th, 2011
The problem as I see it, was when he asked to leave the scene. After he left, it was a one sided story and who knows what the security guards said.
I guess he'll have to wait till his day in court to find out.
Don't believe what you hear and only half of what you see!
-Tony Soprano
One thing stories like have convinced of, when I get home I am getting a mini digital recorder and will turn it on ANYTIME I am having an "official" interaction. I think I have seen one that looks like a ballpoint pen, gonna hafta to some web searches.
It's an unfortunate thing that this guy is going through. If that measly security guard asked to search me or my car, I'd simply decline and just leave. He/she is no position to order me to stay in his/her area of control. If I stay, it's my word against his/hers. Not worth risking my permit/gun rights over something trivial like that. Stuff like this is also another reason why I personally prefer to not open-carry.
BS like this is why I don't open carry. How unfortunate. And I do hope he wins and then sues the sheriff and that rent a cop.
Problem #1 was the guy going out of his way not to avoid getting into a heated dispute while visibly armed but instead going out of his way to get in one.
He should have just left instead of stopping to complain to the supervisor. At least if he knows he has a short temper and his own attorney posting about the incident appears to confirm that he indeed does. In the Attorneys own words his client "may be more easily offended by the bullying of petty tyrants that other people."
So far of course there is only ONE side of the story, the side trying to rally the troops and raise money for skidmark.
I personally would be much more likely to handle the situation differently in order to avoid such nastiness. I may or may not be inclined to exit my car. If not, I'd leave. No words, no arguing, no pointing. I'd write a letter and send it. People tend to respond to professional correspondence much better. If a police officer asks me for my identification, I'd likely be inclined to show it to them whether I am required to or not. If they ask me for my carry permit, I'd likely show it to them whether I was required to have one to OC or not. At some point, I would say, "You know who I am and that I have a squeeky clean record legally carrying a firearm in a safe manner. Am I being detained? If so, I will not say another word without an attorney. If not, am I free to go?" Go from there. Remain calm at all times.
Regardless of how I would have handled it, I have a dog in this fight because it could happen to any of us. An injustice is being done to a citizen who shares common beliefs and supports something that is important and valuable to us. I support him, financially and otherwise.
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Unfortunately, and having worked in the system..... even I , myself, have had "conversation" with similar type LEO's......
There are some, that think the "badge" or power, makes them the LAW. They are idiots. It's unfortunate that any citizen has to deal with them. Hope he gets a good attorney and fights it.
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
I agree with most of the first part of your post, with the exception of I would not under any circumstances in any situation where the cops were called on me play the "Am I being detained, am I free to go" game. That appears to be exactly what skidmark did and it didn't work out well for him.
As already noted if you go that route then you are leaving the person who called the cops on you to be the sole source of what THEY say happened.
On the last half of the post, I think I would wait to hear BOTH sides of the story before deciding if an injustice has been done. So far there is only very sketchy info on what happened and the only thing that can definitely be determined from the story so far is that Skidmark displays poor judgment.
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What should be taken from one who extremely over exaggerates the details of most things in order to acheive story dominance and self acclaim. Meaning 10 percent of what is presented is the truth, the other 90 percent is usually entertaining and a lie.
Philip said that the store was giving away $10,000 dollars at the end of the night, but I called and they said they were only giving $1000. I guess thats another one of those Philip "10 percent rule" exclamations.
by Dax_Emil February 08, 2007
A rule for driving and for dating. In terms of driving, you shouldn't go more than 10% above the speed limit. Dating, don't date someone 10% younger than you.
1. The cop didn't pull me over cause I was only doing 55 in a 50.
2. He's 20, she's 18. It works cause of the 10 percent rule.
2. He's 20, she's 18. It works cause of the 10 percent rule.
by Slaynerdsallday May 11, 2012
Cleveland Steamer Plush
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
Immediately Spending 10% of money acquired from prize winnings, pay checks, sales, etc... towards celebrating in order to attain good luck.
I just got my tax refund for $2,456, According to the 10 percent rule I have to go blow $245.60 on getting wasted and motorboating some bitches. Cause bitches get brunched.
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The Australia in the Asian Century white paper recently released by the federal government is wholly unrealistic and a lot of wishful thinking.
The white paper lists 25 national objectives to "navigate the Asian century". Emphasis was given to "building capabilities" through mass educational reforms. But do we have the manpower and resources to meet these expectations?
The white paper calls for Australia's schooling systems to be among the top five of the world. Do we have enough sufficiently skilled teachers to make this possible?
They say every student will have the opportunity to study Asia and its languages. Highly improbable, given that an increasing number of schools and universities are dropping foreign language programs altogether because of a lack of funding or lack of interest on the part of students.
The white paper also calls for improvements in Australia's tertiary education system and an increase in the number of graduates passing out each year. In this regard, we are extremely late to the party.
Many universities in Asia, such as the Indian Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo, are already considered highly by international rankings.
There are about 15,000 colleges in India, some 400-odd universities, 1500 research institutes and the second-largest pool of engineers and doctors in the world, with nearly 3.5 million graduates and about 850,000 postgraduates passing out each year.
An OECD report indicates that by the year 2020, four out of every 10 graduates worldwide will come out of India and China.
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I booked (and paid in full - $66.30) for a room on May 1, thru a 3rd party service. On May 2, I called to change the date from May 18 to 22, and was told it would not be a problem. When I arrived, they could not find the reservation, and charged me $86.23 (extra charge because I have 2 small dogs). When I arrived home, I checked my Credit card statement, and had been charged fro bothe the $66.30 and the $86.23. I called the hotel. They acknowlege they received both payments, but refused to refund any amount because they said I was a "no-show" for the original reservation date and therefore responsible for the charge (even though I called 20 days before the original date to change it). Additionally, the room was not very clean & seemed very old. I only asked for what is fair - I agree to pay $86.23 for the room, and if the 3rd party reservationer (BringFido.com) held a commission from what they paid, they can keep it, but $66.30 (minus BringFido's commission) should be returned to me.
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January 20, 2013. 11:00 a.m. Paris time.
Salon-de-Provence, France. Beneath l"Eglise de St. Michel
Professor John Morse shined his flashlight into the Nostradamus Vault. The only
things in the stone room were two walnut chests. Could these be the famous chests
Nostradamus willed to his eldest daughter Madeleine in his codicil? The wood appeared
very old and was covered in dust. Morse took out a rag and wiped the dust from the top
of both chests. Each had a painted lid which read in black ink ―M. Nostradamus.‖ A key
stuck out from the keyhole on each chest.
―Pops! This is tight! Can I open them?‖ asked Zach.
―No,‖ said Morse. ―Zach, these are artifacts, centuries old. We have to be very
delicate with them. You two kids stay back a little bit. Father du Bois watched on with
the teenagers as Morse gingerly turned the key on the chest on the left and opened the lid.
Inside, wrapped in black velvet, were stacks and stacks of vellum paper. Each page
contained handwriting. Morse inspected the papers. There were ten neat, banded stacks
of paper. It did not take Morse long to figure out what the papers were.
―These are the original Nostradamus ‗Propheties!' If these are genuine, this will be
one of the greatest anthropological finds of the century!‖ Careful not to damage the
paper, Morse gently removed some of the bands.
―This is very interesting. I notice that Centuries I through IX have 100 quatrains
each, and the last century, Century X, only has 42 quatrains. But in all the published
versions we have on file, the century with 42 quatrains is Century VII, not X. It is
possible that Nostradamus intended his final 58 quatrains to be the final chapter of his
book, ending his work on a high dramatic note, but when the 58 verses could not be
produced by Nostradamus before his death, the publisher made an editorial decision to
bury the ‗defective' century into the middle of the text, so it would be less obvious to the
reader. It makes us wonder more about those missing 58.‖
―This is lame,‖ said Zoey. ―We go through all this and the only treasure is a bunch
of stupid books. I thought there was going to be gold or jewels or something.‖ Zoey
strummed her guitar. ―Lame-o, lame-o,‖ she sang. ―This trip is Lame-o.‖
―What's in the other box, Pops?‖ asked Zach.
Morse lifted up the lid of the second chest. There was one small item in the bottom
of the chest. Morse removed the black velvet case. Inside was a rectangular piece of red
wax, about an inch thick. As Morse examined the side of the wax tablet, he could see
there was a piece of metal in between two rectangular slabs of wax. He took out of his
black nylon bag of tools a small chisel and hammer, and making very delicate strikes,
managed to separate the top piece of wax from the metal. Removing the wax, he peered
at the rectangular piece of metal underneath. Buried just beneath the metal was a
handwritten letter, signed ―Michel de Nostradame.‖ The document read:
Aux bonnes gens de la Terre et aux futures générations de croyants:
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I'm a systems administrator, and I have an extra PC under my desk that I'd like to be able to run Kubuntu on. I've tried setting up a KVM in the past but I always run into issue with my USB mouse, as I only have a PS2 kvm, and while my keyboard works my mouse usually doesn't. I'd like to setup a RDP type session from my Windows Laptop so I can just remote into my linux box via KDE like I would another windows server. I know I can always SSH to the machine, but I'm looking to be able to use KDE not just a shell. Is there any free software that would allow me to do this?
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Running Kubuntu from Windows(3 posts)
Cgywin is for running Linux programs on Windows kind of like Wine runs Windows programs on Linux.
I suspect though with the mention of RDP that the topic op wants instead to connect to a Linux machine with something like VNC and run Linux programs there.
From searching online I found the following article on setting VNC up on kubuntu: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/kubuntu/enable-remote-desktop-vnc-on-kubuntu/
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BeschreibungWorld War II has produced a multitude of 'Military' books. 'TED'S WAR' fills an important niche among the fewer 'Home Front' books thus providing, in depth, more pieces of the Social History jigsaw during an epic time.This true story vividly describes the day-to-day life of a youngster growing up through London's six-year war turmoil, and the austerity years that followed. Sadness, anxiety, happiness, and humour during those formative character-building years are all here in this book which is packed with endless interesting facts and fascinating details. It is a first-rate reminder of why we should never forget this heroic era, and the thousands who gave their lives for us in order that we might today have a better life - especially the lucky youngsters of today, so many of whom have never had to face 'real hardship'.
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The 5 Browns
Five sibling Juilliard-trained pianists all onstage at the same time. Pretty cool. Add to that the fact that they are former Houstonians, and it gets cooler still. The 5 Browns (and their five Steinway pianos) take the stage at Jones Hall today, playing music by Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Piazzolla, Prokofieff and Stravinsky, among others. Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody and Ryan, now in their twenties, each performed with a major symphony before leaving high school. These days theyre best-selling recording artists whose second album, No Boundaries, held the top spot on the Billboard classical music chart for 20 consecutive weeks. Those interested in finding out how exactly one rears a supertalented quintet can attend a pre-performance lecture by the Browns parents. (Gosh, think theyll sound anything like Britney and Jamie Lynn Spearss mom and dad?) 8 p.m. 615 Louisiana. For information, call 713-227-4772 or visit www.spahouston.org. $15 to $50.
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The MicroNews is a company newsletter that appears on the Microsoft corpnet each
week. By and large, it is whitebread for weenies: a bland, unnourishing,
squishy, play-it-safe view of a really amazing and dynamic company. On those
rare occasions when I do read the MicroNews, I go straight to page two, where
Dilbert is a regular and the "inbox" letters to the editor are famously funny. In
recent memory, the most famous were a series of bellicose notes to the editor
about the lack of handwashing that occurs on visits to the bathroom at Microsoft.
The writer(s) actually conducted a study of Microsoft's collective hygiene habits
and then sought to embarass us into washing our hands more frequently. Their
crusade was riotously funny. And it worked.
This week, the "inbox" includes a note from my friend Mike
Pope, who pokes fun at a representative of MS Dining services who
recently railed against his companywide Web service, http://snax,
a subscription-based snack notification service, on the grounds that it was encouraging
MSFT employees to eat potentially sickening leftover food. "Be careful about
eating leftovers that have sat around a while!" they wrote. I hang my head in
laughter. Mike responds, "(And, because this is a MicroNews letter, we simply
have to say, "Wash your hands!")"
Also appearing in this week's MicroNews is a rant about a spate of buggy milk cartons
and an explanation of how the issue was resolved. Drinks, which include skim,
nonfat, and chocolate milk, are free to Microsoft employees and guests. Recently,
the company's milk vendor changed and our milk cartons became practically impossible
to open. One morning, I actually hacked into a milk carton with my
handy Leatherman.
Around this time, across the street, in a large, nondescript building, a SQL Server
test engineer logged a bug to track progress toward the resolution of this unacceptable
product defect. It looked something like this (all names have been changed/obfuscated
to protect the identities of the guilty):
Bug 17630017882
by Larry (Day 0)– The new 2% milk cartons are clearly dysfunctional. They don't open
properly. This seems to be a regression from the older Vitamilk design.
— Need more info on customer impact.
— Recently we have added a new persona (SQLServerDev)
— Not a defect – tracking.
— Clearly this is a Pri1, Sev1 bug as I'm encountering it 2-3 times a day.
by Abbott — Response from msdining (CostelloGoth)
you for contacting us about the new milk. Vitamilk has been purchased by Wilcox Family
Farms. There was a press release sent out the media at the end of last month. We have
met with Wilcox Family Farms last week to go over all the details and to make sure
that they meet the Microsoft standards. We found out that the reason that the milk
is hard to open is because Wilcox's has just bought a brand new machine for the pint
size milk cartons and they adjusting the machine now, not to have such a tight seal.
Thank you for your question and should you require additional information, please
feel free to contact me.
— Suggested work-arounds:
Drink water instead
Bring your own cow
Use elevator doors to clip off the seal.
Freeze the milk carton, let the frozen milk crack the carton, and then thaw.
Tell your manager that you can't work without milk and let her or him solve the problem.
— One more solution: If the problem is chocolate milk, open the carton haphazardly,
stick a spoon inside, freeze the carton, rip away the paper, and eat it like an icecream
— they adjusting the machine now, not to have such a tight seal. Doesn't that
mean, more surface area for "bugs" to attack?
— This seems to be a cross group issue. The HealthCare Solution for Internet Business
team is having the same issue. I have tried Moe's work around unfortunately the Cow
will not fit in the elevator in BLDG1.
— This bug, it is causing a lot of churn — it might sour our attempts at the RI
this week. I hope we can moo-ve on this issue quickly.
— One thing's for sure – if you get the chocolate variety, make sure you shake it,
then shake it again, then shake it some more (before opening!). Otherwise, you end
up with the yummy brown sludge at the bottom, instead of mixed in. I think this should
be opened as a separate bug, though.
MooTania –
I think we should request a hotfix.
— The exact same problem has been reported out in the Sammamish campus. We've discovered
a local workaround that might be helpful. There is a Dairyglenn dairy located approximate
1.35 miles south of our location that bottles 2% in quart sized containers that are
sufficiently easy to open. The downside is that it is typically SUBSTANTIALLY more
milk than a single person can comfortably consume in one setting. An additional step
to the work-around is finding 2-3 other people who also want to consume the milk at
the same time. I'm not sure that this warrants downgrading of the bug's severity because
the caveats associated with this workaround (1. the geographic location of the alternate
source being MUCH less convenient than the kitchen fridge, and 2. That efficient consumption
requires pooling of resources.)
by Larry
BovinIa –
The latest information I have is that Wilcox Family Farms has said that they will
not be able to release the fix ASAP as the new fix will be required to go thru extensive
testing. The testers have refused to sign-off on the fix. They said that they have
merely tested the private for the bug fix, but haven't run their full regression pass.
Currently on 3 testers are handling this component and they can only drink 8 cartons
a day. The team could conducting more carton-opening tests but carton-tasting, milkflow
testing and carton pressure tests are still remaining. Also since the seal has been
made less tight they have been observing breaks in their stress tests. The testers
are not sure how much security flaw will be induced once we loosen the seal. They
will need to completely overhaul their security tests as the earlier tests were inadequately
written as everyone relied on tight seal for security purpose. Test needs 3-4 more
— FYI: Repro also available at Willows.
— News of the bug has reached the message boards. &
— After reverse engineering carton implementation I believe that this is a documentation
issue. Some message strings on the carton are clearly misleading and may have been
copy-pasted from other versions. To successfully open the carton one should ignore
"OPEN OTHER SIDE" error message. Details to follow. (BTW, our group has experienced
and solved similar problems in related areas. Bugs linked (1082982541 and 1290))
by Larry
HereFord –
Following the suggestion of fburian I invoked Carton.Shake() several times before
attempting to open my carton. Opening the carton requires two instances of the Hand
object, one designated as the Holder, and another which actually performs the open
operarion. With the tightly-sealed carton, the tendency is that the Holder hand will
be tightly bound to the carton. Be advised that this can result in an unintentional
invocation of Carton.Spray() . Although Carton.Spray() yields only a small leak, under
(admittedly contrived) circumstances it could yield hardware damage.
— Solution: Open the milk as expected, but on the reverse side of the carton as indicated
by the small arrow. Opening the milk in this fasion will result in the expected user
experience. This work around is tested to work 100% on both chocolate and non-chocolate
milk. The bits for this fix have been budy tested and are awaiting RI into the main
build pending review. &
— The suggested fix (open on other side) doesnt always work
by Larry (Day 14) — Problem seems to have been fixed.
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In a series of posts Mike at Rortybomb, James Kwak at Baseline Scenario and the usual suspects around the finance blogosphere excoriate financial innovators for producing products like reverse convertibles: an opaque financial instrument that serves to trick unwitting life science folks into selling puts.
A reverse convertible is just a made-up security that creates a different return distribution than conventional securities. It doesn't help Apple raise capital. And there is no investor who woke up one day thinking he needed the wacky return distribution it provides: basically, a stock with a 10% cap on gains and a small sweetener in case of losses, with some weird behavior in the middle (the $80-110 range). The complexity only serves two real purposes. First, it creates transaction fees for the bank that it can't charge you for buying a stock; and second, it makes it harder for investors to understand what they are buying, which means that at least some of them will buy it, even if it's bad for them. In other words, this is an innovation that creates no value, but just redistributes it between investors and banks, with the banks taking a transaction fee just like 0 and 00 on a roulette wheel.
To the extent these instruments are being pushed on retail investors there is almost certainly some shadiness going on. However, who exactly are these retail investors that are wary of the dangers of puts but fooled by reverse convertibles?
Indeed, I thought the market had taken care of this problem a long time ago via an innovation known as ringtones. Ringtones allow me to know instantly that my mother is calling and indeed calling from her cell rather than home phone. This is the signal of a quasi-emergency. You see just a few months ago market irrationality tried to rear its ugly head and was duly swatted down by the ringtone.
I had instructed my mother that she was never, under any condition, no not even then, to buy a financial product that didn't end in the words "index fund" or "Treasury Bond." This time, however, she called with a sure deal. GM as I might already know was trading near $2. "It's GM honey", she exclaimed "I know it's going to come back."
"Well mother" I explained, "some of these people on Wall Street are almost as smart as I am." This is the highest praise that she can internalize for in my mother's world, no one is as smart as her son.
"If they think it's not worth more than $2, it's unlikely that you know something that they do not", I said.
"I just can't believe it", she said.
"Well, ma stranger things have happened", I went on
"Well, if you say so. Now, about your sister . . ."
And, thus another attempt at market irrationality was thwarted.
I say all of this in jest but there is a serious point. Who exactly are these investors that didn't get the message about diversification and broad asset classes beaten directly into their head? What financial channel do you watch, what publications do you read, heck what friends do you have such that diversification is not gospel.
I find it hard not to believe that a simple retail investors buying these complex products doesn't think that he is getting one over on Morgan Stanley, if not the world in general. Arguments about the distribution of Math PhDs notwithstanding, this situation is substantially less bothersome than one in which an innocent old lady is taken in by the brain trust at a big Wall Street investment bank.
Maybe I am wrong here and the allure of shinny and new is just too much for well heeled but poorly read retail investors to withstand. However, I'd like to see some real cases before I am convinced that this is more than a rehashed version of the Fable of the Bees.


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What is your favorite/most memorable moment of Kris Medlen.
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My favorite memory of Kris Medlen is when I first learned of his existence in this thread.
Got to see him make his debut against the Rockies in 2009. Didn't pitch great but it was still sweet to see a rookies first start.
Researching him to find out who he is!
Seen him pitch many times and as a lifetime braves fan and fan of good pitching he's always a treat to see. I guess I'd say seeing him pitch his first complete game shutout against the padres. Wish we had him in the rotation this year, was expecting a cy young type year
Beating whitey fords yankee record 22 straight wins by games started by kris, making it 23.
Or being one of very few pitchers to actually hit a homerun
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I would have to say the first time I saw him pitch in real life. It was two years ago on Chipper Jones Bobblehead night. I'm pretty sure he pitched a 5-hit complete game.
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Winner was pm'd but never received
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Sam Greenblatt liked working for Starbucks—he thought the company treated its employees well. But when he learned that Starbucks offers 100-percent fair trade-certified coffee and espresso at its stores in Europe, he
Newsweek's 2011 Green Rankings Are Out
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Floods are the most common cause of weather-related disasters globally, causing billions of dollars' worth of damage and the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. Flood early warning systems can significantly reduce the devastating impacts of floods on lives and livelihoods for the poorest and most vulnerable. To do so, they must be 'end-to-end', combining risk knowledge, risk monitoring,...
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Short-term projects and linear management approaches are often unsuitable for achieving resilient development in the face of volatile complexity. Adaptive management combined with longer-term project funding has the potential to deliver more appropriate development outcomes.
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Flood Early Warning System (EWS) is one of the key programmes implemented by Practical Action in Nepal since 2002. We have realised, there is a need of EWS in South Asia regional scale as the disasters are not limited within the political boundary. To make this happen, there is a need for strategic coordination and collaboration between and among the nations, and advancement of...
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Technical report on Economic Impact Assessment of Sindhupalchowk landslides in Nepal in August 2014. This study examines the socio-economic effects of landslides to the particular locality. Landslide has more broader and indirect impacts, which are difficult to calculate and sometimes almost impossible. Therefore, the aim of this study is to bring such broader impacts in discussion and pave the...
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A poster produced for the CBA9 conference which illustrates our community based climate change and adaptation work in Bangladesh.
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This report provides an Options Analysis for a South Asia regional programme on climate services for risk reduction and economic growth. It is the fourth output of a scoping project, which has reviewed evidence on climate services, early warning systems and disaster risk reduction in selected countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Burma. It considers four options for DFID...
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Making your own bars is surprisingly easy; this version requires less than 10 minutes of prep. Experiment with your favorite dried fruits and nuts.
- Yield: Makes 6
Source: Whole Living, April 2012
- 1 1/2 cups dried apricots
- 1/2 cup raw almonds, toasted
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted
- Coarse salt
- 1/2 ounce dark chocolate, melted
Pulse apricots, almonds, 1 tablespoon coconut, and a pinch of salt in a food processor until finely ground.
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Transfer to refrigerator and leave until firm, about 15 minutes. Slice into six bars.