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After 10 successful years in the movie business, Alexander Payne remains in touch with his inner loser. He is a good-looking, friendly and articulate man, with an Oscar nomination to his name and all his own hair, but inside him there is a smaller, meaner version, who says the wrong thing and wants other people to fail. He is inspired, he says, by "the dire patheticness of life on this planet".
In his 1999 satire Election, Payne's inner loser was played by Matthew Broderick as a high-school history teacher whose hatred of an ambitious student causes him to lose his job, his wife, his every shred of dignity. In About Schmidt, it was Jack Nicholson as a retired insurance salesman who sets out to sabotage his only daughter's wedding. And in his new film Sideways, it is Paul Giamatti - last seen as the terminally gloomy cartoonist Harvey Pekar in American Splendor - as a failed novelist who takes his best friend on a disastrous wine-tasting holiday. Payne is brilliant at getting under the skin of the male midlife crisis; he has an un-American passion for the underdog.
Sideways is a much warmer, more complex film than either Election or About Schmidt. It centres on the friendship between Miles (Giamatti) and Jack, a former soap star who is about to get married. Before he does, Miles wants to take him to the vineyards of the Santa Barbara valley - partly because he wants to get drunk and show off (he knows a lot about wine), and partly because he wants Jack to have a good time. But Jack just wants to sleep with other women, which Miles finds embarrassing, repugnant and sad. The two men are moving sideways through life, never forward. Payne has assembled a great cast, including his wife Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen, and in spite of its many bleak moments, the film is shot through with a hazy Californian sunshine.
But can you make a film about a man in search of the ultimate wine experience in California? In Britain, its most famous exports come courtesy of Ernest and Julio Gallo - hardly the height of taste. Payne is stunned at such stupidity: like Miles in Sideways he knows a lot about wine. "That is pathetic ignorance! Have you tasted an Andrew Murray?" There is an enormous amount of drinking, and talking about drinking, in Sideways. Payne says that in reality only the women, Madsen and Oh, knew what they were talking about. "The guys don't know anything about wine." Were they interested in learning? "No. Paul only acted it."
Payne got into wine after graduating from film school at UCLA. (Before that, he read Spanish and history at Stanford and thought about being a journalist.) "It was taking me a while to get to my first feature and I found myself diving into cooking a lot, and the more I cooked, the more I needed to know about wine. And I had a girlfriend who knew. The nicest thing about making this film was I broke through that barrier of being a prisoner of wine stores and wine magazines. I got to hang out with winemakers, be in the vineyards, the barrel rooms. That's what was really cool."
With three critical and commercial successes under his belt (Sideways has been nominated for seven Golden Globes and Giamatti, Madsen and Payne are now tipped for Oscars), you would think the pressure would be on Payne to make a big American movie, but in fact he says the pressure gets less: you are more trusted and less bullied by whichever studio decides to take you on. When Payne made Election, Paramount wanted Tom Cruise to play the Broderick character, not because he made sense in the role (he wouldn't have), but because he made sense at the box office. "They go through that process where they think you have to find the most famous people possible," says Payne, "and then they go down the line. That's a game I'm increasingly uninterested in - unless the most famous possible person also happens to be very correct in the part, like Jack Nicholson." With Sideways, he was allowed to use his own crew and do all his own casting. "Fox didn't say, 'We'll trust you if you get stars.' They said, 'We trust you as a director to deliver us this film.' "
Payne has nothing against commercial movie-making per se, and points to a number of recent blockbusters made by independent-minded directors as a positive thing. "When studios entrust big Hollywood blockbusters to strong, intelligent directors, like Steven Soderbergh or Sam Raimi [Spider-Mans 1 and 2] or Alfonso Cuarón [the latest Harry Potter], I say 'God bless 'em', because those films will have legs and might stand the test of time. But if they rely on just product , like two examples from this year, Van Helsing and Catwoman - I'm glad they tanked." As a writer, he has dabbled in the mainstream: he polished up the final draft of Meet The Parents (uncredited) and, less gloriously, Jurassic Park III (credited). But actually making one of these things, giving up three years of his life as opposed to a few months, is not something he is eager to do. "I want all of my films to belong to me. There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. Which is why I want Sideways to succeed, to encourage other film-makers."
Payne doesn't think Sideways is a great film. He likes it a lot and wishes it all the best, but it is still what he would call a "minor work". All his films are, he says. He says the next film he makes will be in black-and-white Cinemascope, a big ensemble piece with a lot of actors and overlapping story lines, inspired by La Dolce Vita. He doesn't measure himself against contemporaries such as David O Russell (a friend), Sofia Coppola or Paul Thomas Anderson, but against the Italian greats - Visconti, Antonioni, Fellini. He would like to make something on the scale of The Leopard or L'Avventura, but in the meantime there is Sideways, a funny, moving film - Payne's best yet - about male friendship, our capacity for failure and our capacity for love. Also, of course, it's a passionate love letter to wine. Already, winemakers have been sending Payne their choicest bottles as tokens of their esteem; by the time the film reaches France and Italy his cellars will be award-winning. "Yeah," he smiles, "and did I say the next film will be all about massage?"
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has brought in sweeping changes for the mutual fund industry. The impact of SEBI guidelines will be felt on the investor in more ways than one.
1) First, for New Fund Offers (NFOs): They will only be open for 15 days. (ELSS funds though will continue to stay open for up to 90 days) It will save investors from a prolonged NFO period and being harangued by advisors and advertisements. The motivation behind the rule seems to be simple – if you can invest anytime, why keep NFO period long?
2) NFOs can only be invested at the close of the NFO period. Earlier, Mutual funds would keep an NFO open for 30 days, and the minute they received their first cheque, the money would be directly invested in the market; creating a skewed accounting for those that entered later since they get a fixed NFO price.
The market regulator has corrected this by extending Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) to mutual funds. This will become effective starting July 1st this year.
By the ASBA process (Application Supported by Blocked Amount) one can continue to earn interest in the bank account until the NFO closes (remember there is usually no rejection or "over subscription" in a mutual fund NFO) which means that the cheque goes for clearing after the NFO has closed irrespective of when it was sent. The fund manager will be able to invest once the NFO closes.
3) Dividends can now only be paid out of actually realized gains. Impact: it will reduce both the quantum of dividends announced, and the measures used by MFs to garner investor money using dividend as a carrot to entice new investors.
4) Equity Mutual funds have been asked to play a more active role in corporate governance of the companies they invest in. This will help mutual funds become more active and not just that, they must reveal, in their annual reports from next year, what they did in each "vote". SEBI has now made it mandatory for funds to disclose whether they voted for or against moves (suggested by companies in which they have invested) such as mergers, demergers, corporate governance issues, appointment and removal of directors. MFs have to disclose it on their website as well as annual reports.
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7) Regarding the Fund-of-Fund (FOF) – The market regulator has stated that information documents that Asset Management Companies (AMCs) have been entering into revenue sharing arrangements with offshore funds in respect of investments made on behalf of Fund of Fund schemes create conflict of interest. Henceforth, AMCs shall not enter into any revenue sharing arrangement with the underlying funds in any manner and shall not receive any revenue by whatever means/head from the underlying fund.
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I am battling intestinal yeast overgrowth, and this has helped me tremendously. I get very weak and sick if I try to cut carbohydrates down very low. I also have a severe gastrointestinal reaction to caprylic acid. I have no adverse reaction to this, however. My ND has me taking four of these tablets with each meal. It has kept my bowels more normal, and has greatly lessened the itching of my upper body and scalp that comes after eating any type of carbohydrate. Before I began taking these tablets, I was taking this in liquid form, which is very bitter. These tablets are coated with a thin coating so you don't taste the bitterness - allowing you to take higher amounts and reap greater benefit thereby. I've ordered probably ten bottles of this, and will keep ordering.
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|Travessa Conceição da Glória, 1250-083 Lisbon, Portugal
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Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and is made directly in the apartment, but please call or send a message to our representative after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
If you need a different check-in/out time, please inform us as soon as possible, so that we can try to accommodate you the best way we can.
Check-in after 23:00 is subject to a 25 EUR fee.
We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. Keys delivery: In the apartment / Cleaning: On departure
The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person.
House rulesDeposit €100,00. Please Note the deposit value will be returned via bank transference after your check out.
Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and need to be arranged before the day of arrival. Please call or send us a message after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
Check-in after 23:00 is subject to a 25 EUR fee.
Check in on the 24th of December and 31 of December after 6 pm are not allowed..
We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person. Keys delivery: In the apartment. Cleaning: On departure.
Please note that from the 1st of January 2016 a city tax of EUR 1 per person, per night is not included in the total price and should be paid on site. This tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. It is subject to a maximum amount of EUR 7 per guest.
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It is a spacious, clean and well located (short walk to Bairro Alto, Viewpoint, Rossio, etc.) ikea flat. Marisa estimated our arrival time pretty right, so the check-in went smoothly and on top we got a lot of good advice what to do, see and how to get around! :) If you plan on cooking in the flat you might bring your own salt and pepper from home, if you don't want to buy it. All the kitchen supplies are available but there is nothing like salt, tea or coffee.
The bed is comfortable. Not sure about the couch, if you are more than tweo people, but it will work for a few days I guess. If you have a light sleep you better bring earplugs (it's a quiet neighbourhood and not loud at all, but if there's noise outside you can hear it).
I can definitely recommend the flat as homebase for a short trip to Lisbon and the Short Stay Flat team and service is wonderful! :)
Great, beautiful and clean apartment in perfect location, super nice and helpful host - recommended us where to go, what to do and where to eat - we took the advice and were 100% happy with that!!! We totally recomment that apartment :)
accommodation did well up to expectations, you're reasonably fit, you can see a lot of walking, public transport is nearby, tips of the host were fine.
accomodatie voldeed goed aan de verwachtingen; ben je redelijk fit, kun je veel lopend bezichtigen; openbaarvervoer is dichtbij; tips van de host waren prima.
An excellent apartment for 2 people in the center of Lisbon. Is central. (Quite a steep climb party) Many close walking distance and the metro. Fully equipped in a very quiet street. A friendly welcome explaining what to do in the turn, easily accessible and quick response.
Een prima appartement voor 2 personen in het centrum van Lissabon. Ligt centraal. (wel een flinke klimpartij ) Veel op loopafstand en de metro dichtbij. Van alle gemakken voorzien in een hele rustige straat. Een prettig ontvangst met uitleg wat er allemaal te doen is in de beurt, goed bereikbaar en een snelle reactie.
It is a really great apparment very close to all popular places and quiet surprisingly. Margarida was very helpful and I could always ask for help when I needed something. I highly recommend it!
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We had a wonderful time in this little appartement in Lisboa! Everything was clean and cozy! The appartement is directly in the Barrio Alto so we could do everything by foot. We also cooked two times in the kitchen and had super nice evenings in the appartement with the two little "balconys"! We can definitely recommend this place!
Clara, Lena, Theresa, Laura
The Apartment is prefectly located, clean and has everything you Need. Filipe and his Team Are very friendly and helpfull. He also allowed us to Check out two Hours later, which was very kind. I highly recommend the Stay there.
We spent some days in the studio and really enjoyed the nice view of the kitchen-window. It is no worth cooking in the apartment as going out for lunch is really cheap and the kitchen is just equipped to prepare a quick sandwich or pasta, not a hole meal. Clean bathroom and rooms, only the bed is, in my opinion, very uncomfortable and not like written "getting out of the bed will be difficult" in a positive sense. Communication with the host was very easy, friendly and cooperative!!
For the last days we had to move to another apartment as they started with some demolition works next door. But this may occur at any place and WIMDU really did a good job to solve this problem. Thanks a lot for this!
Nice apartment and very friendly and helpful hosts. Only we were missing a wardrobe or some shelfs to store our cloths. The area was perfect to start exploring Lisbon. At night a bit loud.
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The Dental Assisting Program at Pueblo Community College is the only local school that has a full service dental clinic that is open to the public. Dental services are provided by licensed dentists and certified dental assistants. It not only helps the students get exposure and experience in a clinical setting, but it helps serve the community by providing greater access to dental care at reduced cost fees. There are no requirements to become a patient and some dental insurances are accepted, please inquire when scheduling an appointment. We offer a variety of quality dental services: Digital x-rays, fillings: amalgam/composite, extractions, root canals, crowns, bridges, partials, and dentures.
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Politicians beware: Bob Biswas says 'ek minute'
Actor Saswata Chatterjee's portrayal of killer Bob Biswas has achieved cult status among legions of thriller fans.
New Delhi: "Nomoshkar, ek minute." Remember this phrase. The next time a nondescript Life Insurance Corporation agent rings your doorbell in the middle of the day and reaches into his worn leather side bag, you may want to barricade the door and call the police. But Saswata Chatterjee, the actor who immortalized the character of the polite assassin in Sujoy Ghosh's superhit film Kahaani, is only mildly surprised at his new-found cult status amongst pop artists and cinema lovers. He said he never saw it coming. Not even when he scared the daylights out of his own wife when he took her to see the film.
A strange kind of obsession has gripped the nation since the release of Kahaani. It started slowly but gathered momentum on all social networking websites based mostly on the word of mouth. Incredibly, within four weeks of the film's release, the discussion on Kahaani shifted from its powerful protagonist Vidya Balan and co-actor Parambrata Chatterjee to the hired assassin whose polite detachment from his victims became a talking point.
The Bob Biswas fanfare
Pop culture enthusiasts and minimalists created Bob Biswas art that have gone viral on Facebook and Twitter. Almost overnight, a Facebook page was created and several Twitter profiles sprouted sharing jokes and status updates, all tagged with his now iconic dialogue, "Nomoshkar... ek minute." The Facebook page has over 21,000 'likes'.
Those who have seen Kahaani will know what followed the polite but ominous statement. Biswas, the contract killer who masqueraded as an LIC agent by day to give him easy access to his victims, pulled out his gun and shot in cold blood the people whose photos he received in advance on his cell phone.
Days of thugs are over
The irony is, if you asked anyone in the Bengali film industry, they would be quick to point out that Saswata did not use a mobile phone. He had to be contacted the old fashioned way, on the landline number at his home. I called him at an appointed time set by his wife and he picked up the phone himself.
I almost expected him to say "nomoshkar".
But the congenial actor praised my punctuality instead. "These days, no one ever keeps the time set for an appointment," he said. I congratulated him on his new-found fame. "Not even in my wildest imagination had I expected this kind of reaction to Bob Biswas. None of us did, probably not even Sujoy. I was given the brief that I had to be 'Binito Bob' (polite Bob), a man so non-descript that he could melt into the crowd soon after a crime. I personally feel a villain took a story forward. The day of old fashioned thugs with a scar running across their face are over (laughs). If you could immediately spot a villain in a film, then what was the point? A negative character need not be boorish. He could be so creepy that he made your blood run cold, right?"
Even before the filming had begun, he said Sujoy had the idea of Bob Biswas clearly sketched in his mind. "He had to be polite, unfit, with a paunch and so plain that nobody would believe him capable of murder," he said. Indeed, in the film Biswas, the LIC agent, dozed in his office, was regularly shouted at by his boss for not meeting his targets and had difficulty climbing long flights of stairs. But Saswata brought his own wonderful nuances into the character, for example the absentminded rubbing of his fingernails. "I had heard somewhere that people with baldness believed that rubbing of fingernails stopped hair loss," he said.
He scared his wife
He had taken his wife Mahua to see the film. "The camera work was fantastic. In the Metro Rail scene Bob is shown slowly approaching Vidya from behind. The next shot jumped to Vidya turning around and the camera is now behind her and we see a glimpse of Bob's face with the intention written all over it. My wife clutched my hand in fright."
Saswata, the son of renowned actor Shubhendu Chatterjee, is a household name in Bengali cinema. His theatre background helped him prepare for what now looked like the best role of his career. The actor is as polite in real life as his screen alter ego.
He had none of the trappings that characterized a film star. "I am basically an introvert. I like to watch films alone. I do not party much and only go to those that have people I like and know. I like to come home after a day's hard work." No amount of requests from friends and colleagues could persuade him to get a cell phone. He was neither on Facebook, nor on Twitter. He got to know about the buzz surrounding Bob because his "wife showed some articles on the laptop." When I asked for an email address he gave me his wife's. I think. He said he had to check if it was the correct one.
He thought he had done a good job with Kahaani when he got a call from singer Usha Uthup a day after the film's release. "She called me from Kochi and said 'arrey darling, I didn't know you could be so mean!' That was the best compliment I got." Since then he has been approached for a mainstream Bollywood film role which he had to turn down due to unavailability of dates.
The camera work was superb
The actor was generous in his praise for Sujoy and the entire team of Kahaani, especially editor Namrata Rao and cinematographer Setu. "The loving way in which they explored the city of Kolkata, from the massive scale of its festivities during the Pujas to the corner tea stall, is just stunning," he said. "That was Triangular Park, you know? A chase scene was shot at an actual traffic signal in Park Street, waiting amongst other cars for the light to turn red. We did not have the kind of budget that filmmakers have in Mumbai to reconstruct a road scene by lining up 200 cars."
Bob, the Paresh Rawal fan
"I do not know what Sujoy saw in me. In Bollywood I thought Paresh Rawal could have done this brilliantly," he said.
Saswata's interpretation of Bob has given him a cult status among legions of thriller fans. Not since Sholay's iconic dacoit-villain Gabbar Singh has an actor in a negative role been feted across the country like Saswata has been.
The disturbing courtesy, blandness in his personality and cold-bloodedness is now being compared to history's famous assassin 'Jackal'.
But Saswata himself was quick to brush off the praise and joke: "By the state of affairs in the country, Bob Biswas' next visit should be to politicians. Nomoshkar, ek minute..." (laughs).
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Tributes have been paid to the journalist, broadcaster and writer Geoffrey Goodman, who has died at the age of 91.
The Cheshire-born former industrial editor of the Daily Mirror was the doyen of the industrial correspondents' group at the height of its influence, well respected for his thoughtful coverage of the world of trade unions, employment and politics.
He also worked for the News Chronicle, Daily Herald and Manchester Guardian, was founding editor of the British Journalism Review and wrote a number of books including a history of the 1984-5 miners' strike.
The TUC general secretary, Frances O'Grady, said: "This is very sad news. Geoffrey was the greatest industrial journalist of his generation, a fine biographer and wise counsel to succeeding generations of TUC leaders. He will be missed by many not just for his wisdom but as what his generation would have called a proper gent."
Goodman was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his services to journalism.
• This article was amended on Friday 6 September to correct Goodman's age in light of clarification from his family.


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All news puns are terrible.
All news puns are terrible.
PUNS and JOKES are OFF TOPIC so STOP DOING THEM
he didnt ask for threads that you think are hard to contribute to
he said impossible
chop chop dont want you to get banned now do we? (we do)
I know I sound like I'm being the fun police NO JOKES ALLOWED but if the extent of your post is a shitty one liner you're asking for a ban
The thread would probably be second page by now if it hadn't caused such a scene. There's nothing to actually discuss. It's something for people to laugh at.
Well that didn't automerge how I expected it.
Do you have any other examples?
This really isn't going anywhere.
http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1179564 - This one actually has nothing except jokes.
Albeit, some of these don't even have pun potential, but it highlights my point that there are threads out there that are meant as mild entertainment versus serious intellectual discussion.
If those threads are to die, fine. I was just asking in the first place lol.
Like, if we can make puns as long as there is actual contribution attached to the post, that's fine with me, and I thank you guys. I was asking that question for clarification, not to push.
hey check it out those threads were shit in the first place, they didn't even make it halfway down page one
a thread about leechs tracking down endangered species doesn't have discussion potential? Just because it didn't get many posts doesn't mean it has no potential. Those first three don't even come close to "impossible to discuss without puns" seriously, and the 4th has plenty of room for discussion since it's about kids doing an awesome experiment.
None of those come close to "impossible to discuss without puns" this really is going nowhere. Enough already.
All it takes is for me to make a few posts in those threads and you lose completely
And either way, I asked that for clarity. How many times should I say that I'm not trying to push the issue. I was just asking. I'm only looking for threads now and posting about it because craptasket held a ban over my head.
This conversation is so awful
Is it possible to link threads to an old thread so we can find the next 'version'?
Where is the new ME3 megathread?
are puns in the OP bannable?
Puns are bannable for the whole subforum, so yes.
yawmwen can you like please stop arguing about something that you're wrong about?
proving that some dumb thread about some cuban actors NEEDS puns isn't going to make SH a super happy fun place where you can make really lame jokes and receive many cool faces like: or the logo for electricity type pokémans:
to avoid going completely off-topic i have a question
does anyone know how much FP costs to run per month? since larry said he partially uses money from boostar to run the site i wondered what it could cost
, being so big that it can contain all these hilarious puns
Ok, it's killing me. How the hell do I rate Bad Spelling or Bad Reading?
Buy a time machine, then re-register on the forums.
What's wrong with puns/jokes that contribute to topic of the thread? It can potentially invoke a new insight on the topic and at the same time contributes to the thread. If the pun sucks then let the community dumb it down and shun him or something. If it gets out of hand then the moderators can ban them (because they are there to moderate). Everything can be deducted with some logic instead of saying "No means no I am bigger than you so shut up!!!" like a bigot. There's not much to argue against and I'm speaking with honesty, so if there is some plausible retort to my argument then by all means....


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The Bulls are finally getting some good news as they trudge through the season without their star player. Here's Nick Friedell from ESPN Chicago with the report.
CHICAGO — Derrick Rose may be ready to take full contact in practice this week as he continues to rehab from a torn ACL in his left knee.
Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau admitted as much before Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
"Very close," Thibodeau said, when asked if Rose would be cleared for full contact. "Very close. That will be the next step."
That's certainly good news for the Bulls. But in that same report, Coach Tom Thibodeau cautioned that his return could still be far away. Still, if he's cleared for full contact practice, Rose will make his return on the court sooner rather than later.
It had been mentioned that he could make a February return. He had surgery in May and recovery is anywhere from eight to 12 months. He tore his ACL in the last minute of Game 1 of the Bulls' first-round playoff match-up with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers would go on to upset the first-seeded Bulls in six games.
Rose averaged 21.8 points and 7.9 assists last season. He won the Most Valuable Player award in the 2010-11 season, the youngest player to ever win the prestigious award. He was 22 years old at the time he won the award and averaged a sparkling 25.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 7.7 assists. That season, he helped the Bulls to a 62-20 record and got the Bulls to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bulls fell to the Miami in the East Finals in five games.
This year, the Bulls have been doing fairly well without Derrick Rose. Chicago is 24-16 and the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. They just recently came off a victory against the Lakers, 95-83.


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Reward offered for Wayne boy's lost iPod
WAYNE - A reward is being offered for the return of an iPod that was lost at the Riverdale Walmart on Sunday, Jan. 20.
This particular iPod is special because it meant the world to Dylan Boult, an 11-year-old boy from Wayne who suffers from severe autism, the family said.
His mother Tracianne Muller said Dylan uses his iPod to watch YouTube videos and Sesame Street videos, make his own videos, and take pictures of his artwork, which was all saved on it.
The iPod was Dylan's main form of entertainment, his mother said, and he is sad that he does not have it anymore.
Dylan's form of autism does not allow him to verbally communicate well.
Muller said he keeps saying to her, "Dylan iPod, Dylan iPod."
"It's hard for him to comprehend that he lost it. I tell him it's all gone at Walmart. It's an abstract concept for him to understand," she said.
Riverdale Walmart personnel were kind enough to review a security tape to watch the family walk through the store, Muller said, but they could not see where Dylan would have dropped it.
Muller said his father Rich Boult went back up to the store and looked but was still unsuccessful.
If anyone finds Dylan's iPod, his family would appreciate if it is returned, and no questions will be asked. And whoever returns Dylan's iPod will be rewarded with a new iPod of his/her own.
Since the story of Dylan's iPod was posted online, the family has gotten several offers from folks wanting to replace it, which Muller said is really sweet.
"We put the word out just in case somebody had heard or knew something, and if we got it back we'd be delighted," she said.
The iPod was in a transparent purple case that has a faint argyle design on it. If anyone finds it they can look up Tracianne Muller or Rich Boult on Facebook, or drop it off at the Riverdale Walmart.
"My Facebook account is attached to that iPod, so I can be contacted. I'm really hoping someone sees this and is moved to return it," said Muller.
Leslie Scott is a staff writer with Suburban Trends.


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New Orleans Pelicans guard Eric Gordon is not likely to play in Saturday's preseason opener against the Houston Rockets because coach Monty Williams wants him to gradually build up his conditioning.
``If I had to put a time on it, I would say in another two weeks he'll be ready to play in a game,'' Williams said after Monday's first opening training camp practice.
Gordon underwent surgery on his left ankle in May, but during Monday's media day he deemed himself healthy and ready to participate in training camp. `` I don't want him to get out there and try to go full bore and pull a hamstring or something,'' Williams said. ``He hasn't been going as long as the other guys have (with offseason conditioning work).''
If this leads to another "out indefinitely" on opening day I'll probably end up banned
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Congratulations are in order to Charlize Theron who announced today that she adopted a son.
"She is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson," her rep said in a statement.
This is the first child for the South African-born star, who split from long-term boyfriend Stuart Townsend two years ago, though kids have always been part of her plan. "I do want to have kids, yeah," she told Vogue just a few months back in November. "I always have. I've never had a rush for it, a moment where I really wanted to do it. I don't have a panic about it."
As far as a number she said, "I don't think about the amount so much. You have to be aware of what you can give. I don't know where I'm going to be in five years. I might be in a place where I'm like, Yeah! Six!'" After cracking up over the thought of that many children (so Jolie-Pitt!), she added: "I don't think it will ever be that."
The Academy Award-winning actress, who will next appear in* Snow White and The Huntsman*, is just one of many single celeb ladies who decided to take the plunge into motherhood without a mate. In the last six months, Kristin Davis and Connie Britton also adopted.
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Storm of protest
WFLA-TV Tampa, Fla., cut from the U.S. Open for a thunderstorm warning last week, but the real storm came when the station had to field thousands of complaints about missing some of Tiger Woods' record-smashing march to the title.
The station quickly apologized. The station broke into the final minutes of NBC's Dateline that night for station anchor Yolanda Fernandez to issue an on-air apology for the station, later echoed by sports anchor J.P. Peterson, who called Woods's triumph "the most dominating performance in golf history, and we failed to show its conclusion."
Dan Bradley, wfla vice president of news, said the pre-emption was "a bonehead call." Station President and General Manager Rick Rogala, thanking complaining viewers for "taking the time to contact WFLA-TV about your concerns regarding our U.S. Open coverage," agreed that it was the wrong call and said, in similar situations, the station will inform the public without breaking into programming.
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Premier League U-21 plan confirmed
Premier League and Championship clubs have approved proposals to revamp the current reserve team set-up with a new competition for Under-21 players.
The clubs, 17 from the top flight and six from the Championship, agreed to the proposals, meaning the Premier League overhaul of youth team football will be brought forward and will kick in this season - a season earlier than planned.
The new competition is intended to bridge the gap between academies and first teams by providing a consistently competitive environment for young players.
The first round of matches for U-21 players will take place on August 17, when Chelsea host Manchester City and Reading visit West Ham.
The 23 clubs are those who have applied for Category One status for their youth academies under the Premier League's Elite Player Performance Plan.
QPR, Swansea and Wigan are the three top flight clubs who will not feature in this season's competitions, while Middlesbrough and Wolves are among the Championship sides who will take part.
Teams from the 23 clubs will be divided into three groups before Christmas. From January, they will be put into three pools based on performance, with a knockout stage and a final to follow.
The emphasis on U-21 players means each team will be limited to just three overage outfield players and one overage goalkeeper.
"Each stage of a player's development is tailored to ensuring they have the best possible chance of progressing," Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, said.
"The new Barclays U-21 Premier League addresses one of the most critical points - the transition from academy football to the highest standards in the first team.
"We believe this competitive environment, where fans can also come along to watch the next generation of Premier League and international players, will help deliver more talented home-grown boys to that next level.''
The groups have been drawn as follows:
National Group 1 (eight teams): Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Everton, Norwich, Reading, West Brom, West Ham.
National Group 2 (eight teams): Aston Villa, Manchester United, Newcastle, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham, Watford.
National Group 3 (seven teams): Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Wolves.
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Mill Seminar Saturday, May 6th 10 am
Join us for a fun and informative day at the mill. The workshop is free and includes a presentation as well as construction and milling demonstrations. A builder will be on site to answer questions. The workshop runs from 10am-1 with optional tours of local BK homes and models. A catered lunch will be provided as well. Please call or email to RSVP
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Logs are not alike, even those of the same wood species. Many variables – age, size, strength, etc. – determine the suitability of logs for different uses, including log home construction. Although you should be concerned about the quality of the logs that will be used in the construction of your home, you don't have to become an expert in lumber.
B K Cypress Log Homes, Inc. has long recognized the problem of educating the public on the high quality of its product. Having cypress is not enough, in fact having the tidewater Red Cypress is not always enough for a company. You, the consumer, need to know if this particular species of wood is in fact of a certifiable strength level to withstand stress. It is one thing to be very appealing to the eye and another to know that this log, timber or beam will function as it is intended to do.
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed ADTM D3957 "Standard Methods for Establishing Stress Grades for Structural Members Used on Log building" in 1980 to provide uniform product evaluation criteria. It is this ASTM D3957 standard, which B K Cypress Log Homes, Inc. uses for grading its log, timbers, and beams under the supervision of the Timber Products Inspection (T.P.I), an independent inspection agency for wood products. This grading program is recognized by the three building code agencies:
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First of all, it must be noted all wood inspectors at B K Cypress go through an intense training program directed by T.P.I., plus are subject to monthly-unannounced inspections done by a traveling agent of Timber Products Inspection. The criteria used to inspect the logs, timbers, and beams are the following:
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Vallejo police are cautioning the public to be vigilant when using ATMs in the city.
In a third similar incident in the past week, a man stole money from an ATM Sunday afternoon after a transaction was not properly ended.
At 2:30 p.m., an elderly woman was using an ATM at the Bank of America at 3445 Sonoma Blvd/ when she noticed a man was watching her from the ATM next to hers.
As she walked away, she realized she hadn't properly ended the transaction, looked back, and saw the man at her machine doing a transaction, police said.
When she approached to stop him, the man pinned her against the wall and continued to withdraw money from the account before fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The victim was not injured, and the suspect was described as a black man in his 20s, about 6 foot, 3 inches, thin build, wearing a blue hat and red shirt.
Sunday was the second such incident to happen at the Sonoma Boulevard bank, while another took place at a bank on Admiral Callaghan Lane, police added.
"We want to encourage people to be diligent when they are using the ATM," Lt. John Whitney said. "Make sure everything is properly logged out, and don't leave the machines before the transaction ends."


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Through the month of October, Chandler-Gilbert will be hosting events in celebration of the local Hispanic community.
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Residents packed the Pismo Beach City Council chambers Jan. 15 to share their overwhelming disapproval of the Spanish Springs project, which seeks to develop 961 acres of oak woodlands near Price Canyon Road with hundreds of homes, a golf course, apartment buildings, an arterial road connecting Price Canyon Road to Oak Park Boulevard, and a large hotel and conference center.
Because of the size of the project and the fervor it ignites, the council opted to split deliberations between two meetings, hearing a staff report and allowing public comment the first week, but postponing council questions, an applicant presentation, and an ultimate decision until a Feb. 5 meeting. The public will have another chance to comment then, Mayor Shelly Higginbotham promised.
"We're going to go about this very slowly and methodically," she said.
The decisions facing the council include the acceptance of a final environmental impact report and the approval of the Spanish Springs Specific Plan, changes to the city's General Plan, and a development agreement between the city and developer BHT II Pismo, LLC, run by Steve Hester.
According to city staff, developers have taken public concerns into consideration and made several concessions during the lengthy planning process, which began in earnest in 2010. Population density has changed, and large swaths of woodlands have been saved, staff said, noting that the Price Canyon area is the city's only real option for growth.
The project's impact on water supply was a major point of contention, but the developer agreed to buy 500 acre feet per year from the state as a drought buffer and to pay $3.5 million for upgrades to the city's wastewater treatment plant that will allow landscapes and the golf course to use recycled water.
Former mayor Marian Mellow wasn't impressed by the offer, warning the council not to "allow the carrot dangling before your eyes to blind you to the truth."
"It's a development we don't need and can't afford," she said.
Higginbotham asked that the public refrain from applauding and instead wave their hands to show support for an idea, a suggestion that folks laughed at but adhered to anyway. Nineteen people spoke, mostly in opposition to the project, and a small sea of hands waved most aggressively whenever anyone suggested that the council put the Spanish Springs project to a public vote.
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Just kidding, I'll check it out before making any type of posts.
And wow, they are using IPB....I like that software.
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Re:Re: st: GLLAMM multinomial: tremendous instability
KONSTANTARAS KONSTANTINOS <email@example.com>
Re:Re: st: GLLAMM multinomial: tremendous instability
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:28:39 +0200 (EET)
Dear statalisters and personally Stas, Maarten and J. Verkuilen:
Apologies for my late reply to your helpful suggestions -due to a strong (non PC) virus.
The problem has been resolved by Sophia Rabe-Hesqueth a few days ago; it has been the result of reversing the order of the expand() option variables, namely patt and chosen. With the correct order, instability has stopped.
As a matter of fact, the random effects correlation equal to 1 problem has not ceased to exist and I would be much obliged if you could post me any references you might have come accross on this.
Much obliged,
Dino Konstantaras
On 11/24/08, Stas Kolenikov [firstname.lastname@example.com] wrote:
Give your -mlogit- results, too; did you feed them as starting values to -gllamm-? Keep in mind that introducing random effects changes the scaling of your coefficients; see http://www.citeulike.org/user/ctacmo/article/3057661.
I'd fully agree with earlier reactions that your model does not appear to be identified well. Correlation of 1 are troublesome; in your particular case this may mean that there is no difference between two of the three alternatives -- is this making sense? If one of the categories is quite rare, or present in some weird patterns wrt units producing random effects, it may create those numeric problems, too.
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Dear statalisters,
In my model runs (using Intercooled Stata 9.2) I experience
tremendous instability in gllamm results, higher than has been
elsewhere reported at
statalist: I run a simple multinomial logit model with random effects,
using the results as initial matrix for exactly the same model, to get
as a result an extremely different log likelihood and coefficients
etc. The resulting loglikelihood differs by large margins (3-9%). I
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effects –running gllamm with init option-. Nevertheless the model
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Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:25 AM
1st blog of this page ..
made a new one cause ifogot my old sh-t , Lolol * sighs *