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Aaron Eckhart knows he's demanding. "Oh, yeah," he said in Toronto on Monday. "I'm challenging. I'm not demanding like, I need special-colour M&M's. I'm demanding in that I need to be allowed to try things when I'm making a movie, to have an atmosphere of creativity. I demand to be allowed to try to be good."
At this point, we're 10 minutes into a 15-minute conversation, and we've reached a tricky place. Eckhart has a career that's hard to categorize. He started strong in the late-1990s in two Neil LaBute films (In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors). He's worked for Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich), Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) and Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight). But he hasn't found an easy or recognizable groove.
Now he's playing a monster in a film that's admittedly a departure for him, I, Frankenstein. Based on a graphic novel, it's an expensive update of the Mary Shelley classic, laden with special effects – and baggage. It was directed by Stuart Beattie, who wrote two of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. By the time it opened yesterday, I, Frankenstein had been bumped from two earlier release dates, and late January is not exactly an auspicious launch time.
Neither of us is admitting what we think of the finished film, and we're both aware of that, too. Eckhart is sitting on a sofa, dressed in black (jacket, shirt, jeans, lace-up shoes). He's 45, with a cleft chin and the requisite actor frame: large head, lean body. His manner is direct – not testy, but he knows there's an edge to what he's saying, and he's saying it anyway.
We'd started our chat innocently enough. I asked Eckhart how long he'd spent daily in the makeup chair to play Frankenstein's monster (who's called Adam), and how he'd passed the time. His answers: two to three hours, and quietly. He likes to think – to stare at his eyes in the mirror, to have conversations in his head, even crazy ones. He doesn't like to play music or read or gossip. And he doesn't like others to do that stuff around him.
"I want to get closer to my character, not father away," he says. "When I'm thinking, I'm working – planting seeds. I could be talking to myself in a little boy's voice, saying, 'Daddy, come get me.' Or be talking to my father about why he did this to me."
The point is, he wants to concentrate. His character may be doing extreme things – killing demons, burying the "father" who made him. But as an actor, "I take it totally seriously," he says. "Otherwise, what's the purpose of doing it?"
Here's where our conversation starts sliding onto thin ice. Eckhart recently worked with an assistant director who'd worked with Jared Leto on Dallas Buyers' Club, which earned Leto an Oscar nod and numerous awards. "This AD said, admiringly, 'Leto stayed in character the entire time,'" Eckhart says. "Why are people so impressed when actors stay in character? Why don't more actors do it? I'll tell you why: It's hard to do. There's so much pressure not to. Because you make the crew uncomfortable. You're deemed difficult. You're weird. You can't imagine the pressures to get you out of what you're hired to do. You have to fight all the time."
Eckhart doesn't understand why more directors don't foster his kind of intensity – why, for example, they don't alert the crew to stay out of an actor's way on a tough day. He always says to directors, "Audiences don't notice lighting or camera moves. Performance and character are what they're looking at."
In fact – and oh, the cracks are spreading beneath us now – Eckhart thinks most directors are afraid of actors. "They view us more as competition than as a partner," he says. "The first thing you hear about an actor is, 'He was nice.'" He furrows his broad brow in puzzlement. "Ooo-kay, but I don't understand that. Why would you want your actor to work his entire life to get these feelings, and then throw them away, just to be genial to people on a set? If I do that, I'm not going to have those feelings when I need them."
I am torn. Do I skate away from this line of conversation, because I like Eckhart's work and respect his honesty? Or do I let him keep going, though he may crash? I keep going.
Is Eckhart suggesting that his artistic demands have prevented some directors from hiring him? "For sure," he answers. "People want to have a good time. That's the bottom line. But in my defence, every actor who I admire has a difficult reputation. I'm not saying mean. I'm saying they're artistically disciplined. Denzel Washington, Sean Penn, Christian Bale, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Those are the guys I'm looking to. I always endeavour to be great. And I endeavour to work with people who want the same thing."
Some directors understand what Eckhart wants. "Neil LaBute, because we were friends and did theatre together," he says. "And Antoine Fuqua, on Olympus Has Fallen. He's not afraid of his actors. He relished the idea of always going further. But most guys, if you fight back, they shrink."
When I ask who, Eckhart finally stops himself. "No," he says laughing. "I'd never say. But I've got spirit, I've got passion. To me, that's a great thing." Eckhart isn't directly blaming timid directors for the rockiness of his career, but he's not shying away from implying it, and that's rare.
He's not finished, either. Eckhart also thinks many male characters are too timid. "I'm interested, now more than ever, in projects that explore what it means to be a man," he says. "My version of a man."
Which is? "I can't exactly articulate it, but it's around the notion of responsibility," he replies. "The responsibility a man has to his children, his partner, his place in his community. The steps he has to take, the sacrifices he has to make, in realizing that. I think men have become afraid to voice who they really are. We've become afraid to be men. It's certainly reflected in movies today. I want to make movies that address that, get back to an original toughness, that code of, 'This is who I am.' I think there's a lot to mine there."
Eckhart holds out hope that he can find like-minded filmmakers who'll go there with him. "I want to say what I want to say, and I don't want to be penalized for it," he says. "Sometimes I have to temper myself so much that I almost can't be around people. But I don't want to do that; I don't want to have to mould myself into somebody else's vision of me. I want to roar, man."Report Typo/Error
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Was originally going to be Amy but I love Viola's look so much i must do her @.@ i mean cosplay her xD x.
I've given this display another try buy editing a lilac dress I bought on eBay and its working!! =D x
Update 11/04/12 - today is my last day to finish this cosplay @.@ it's been such a long ongoing problem and caused me so many tears >.< But i am nearly complete! The roses i ordered never arrived so i've had to make some from scratch - i need to make two more to put on the cloak, i need to just attach two more lines of beads, edit the second boot, embroider some red on the dress & varnish the claws. Then i am complete! The lights never arrived for the orb and the wire i got to hold it doesn't work too well so although i'm very dissapointed (the base of the orb costing me £30 in itself >.>) i will be leaving it behind for kita, will definetly have it for when i do viola's alternate outfit though!!
tut tut i cant wait to see how you create this XD
wow this is gonna be a challenge! Look forward to it!
om nom nom nom =P
Awesome. Love the character design. Been looking forward to seeing someone do this.
Can't wait to see this...such a good looking character
Thanks guys, i'm really looking forward to cosplaying her and can't wait to get the new gaaame! x.
Now there's a fortune teller fighter in SCV? O_O?
Crud this what Samurai Shodown 3D should be like back then.
Umm...getting off topic. Good luck with the cosplay. ^^b
as you are our only SC V contestant i have a competition for you http://media-center.namcobandaigames.eu/Misc/legal-contest/competition-r... here are rules etc you better enter it do our group proud XD
I don't know if i'll be able to finish it in time xD But i will try. Doubt i'd win but i'll do it for you Jac xD x.
you make me proud XD
Well Jell I can't come to Kita. This is gonna look Awesome!
Even though I do not know much about the character, :O I so LOVE her design!!! You are gonna look so so gorgeous as her!!! 8D
Loving the wig and you can weft? That's awesome...^_^
I love this design, I can't wait to see this, I bet it'll look awesome! :D
I can't wait to see this in action love! you're gonna be amazing! It's gonna eb so cool walking along side you at the Masq!
haha naww thanks hun xD x.
Wow that costumes pretty :) Good luck with it ^_^
love the wig progress!
Hair is looking amazing!
love the wig
loving the progress
This is looking AMAZING!
Progress of this is looking absolutely beautiful! 8D
Oooo~ askjhdkjdsh this is looking really pretty 'o' really impressed! :D
oooo this is looking soooooooooooooooooo nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's coming together nicely. I'm still waiting to see your magical-purple-orb-floating-ball thingy :D
You looked so great as Viola, beautifull. was great to meet you ^_^
Simply amazing seeing you as Viola! Seriously it was amazing! And you were so cute!!! Those claws!! Ahahaha and the things you were doing, just like everyone there was a pose, instead of a serious one you just curtsied and waved! TROLOLOLOL! You do me a great service being Viola! Simply stunning!
looool! Thanks guys xD Soul Calibur group was awesome!! x.
All your hard work paid off...you looked fantastic on the day ^_^
Love it, you made an awesome Viola
I so wanted to get a photo of you in this! You looked absolutely gorgeous!! I love the colours and detail 8D Much love for this cosplay <3 <3
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Bought the rest of the stuff (Posted 20th March 2012)
I've bought all my last things for viola today including some beautiful red contact lenses. Thank goodness there's two bank holidays before kitacon - these will be viola days!
Last Go (Posted 6th March 2012)
I decided today to give this one last shot by editing a lilac dress which i found on ebay for £27.
start of "claws" (Posted 4th February 2012)
Done this a while ago but only now been bothered to put this picture up xD This is the start of the claws - next will be some lovely foam detail :3 x.
4th time lucky... (Posted 2nd February 2012)
Yes i did it again >.> I've never been this bad with materials for a cosplay before. But i am very unhappy with all the purple material i've had so far >.< I've got some lilac leatherette to make the dress with, i'll use some of the stretchy material i already have to make the armwarmers. I've bought some burgundy leatherette to make the cloak - AND I GOT A BACK SHOT NOW! =D So as soon as that arrives i will be making the cloak ^^
Progress so far - (Posted 26th January 2012)
One wig arrived. Still waiting on the other, when that arrives i can start to style that. I've bought some res velvet for the inner part of the cloak and some silver bias binding, going to get some burgundy leatherette and then start making that. I've bought 85% of the materials i need for the dress, will start making that closer to the time. Now just to buy some roses, boots to edit and some beads and we're good to go! =D x.
3rd time lucky? (Posted 3rd January 2012)
bought some more purple fabric, fingers crossed this one is good >< x.

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Studies of the roundworm C. elegans yield new type of serotonin receptor.
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The identification of the new serotonin receptor began with experiments designed to probe why certain strains of the roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, fail to slow down when they encounter food. When well-fed worms are presented with food, their rate of locomotion slows in what scientists call the "basal slowing response." In contrast, worms that have been deprived of food for 30 minutes before encountering food exhibit an "enhanced slowing response." In an article published in the November 23, 2000, issue of the journal Nature, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator H. Robert Horvitz and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report that they have isolated one of the genes responsible for the enhanced slowing response.
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"Although we had evidence that serotonin is involved in the enhanced slowing response," said Ranganathan, "we did not expect the mod-1 protein to represent an entirely new kind of serotonin receptor." There are two basic types of serotonin receptor, those that trigger fast responses in neurons and those that trigger slow responses. While the "slow" receptors can either excite or inhibit the firing of neurons, the "fast" receptors discovered to date can only excite neurons.
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Additional understanding of the serotonin receptor's properties came in experiments carried out in collaboration with Stephen C. Cannon of Harvard Medical School. The investigators inserted mod-1 RNA into frog eggs, which then expressed the MOD-1 protein in the cell membrane. The scientists conducted electrical and chemical studies on these altered frog eggs to determine the function of the receptor. They discovered that the receptor acts as a selective ion channel that opens to allow the influx of chloride ions. Negatively charged chloride ions alter the electrical properties of neurons, making them more refractory to excitation that would trigger transmission of a nerve signal.
According to Horvitz, many questions remain for future studies, not the least of which is determining whether such a receptor exists in mammals. "The sequence of the MOD-1 receptor protein looks quite different from the fast serotonin receptors known to exist in humans," he said. "However, the discovery that C. elegans has a fast serotonin receptor that is likely to be inhibitory raises the possibility that a receptor with such properties will likely be found in mammals."
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Polly, I asked my dh about the price for a decent computer. Not bottom of the line and not top notch either and this is what he said:
Desktop- $500-$750
Monitor $150
Printer $150
Be sure and watch for sale ads at Best Buy or your office supply stores.
When my computer was acting up last December, I bought this one I use now through the computer place where I go for any repairs.
Supposedly this was a 2 yr old machine back then, and the cost was $ 175 plus something else which brought it just over $ 200. It included the keyboard and mouse. I did break down at that time, and bought a flat monitor on sale for $ 100. My old one I had since 1999 was losing color badly and just did not look right.
I actually did a good thing by buying used. I got clobbered by a trojan the first friday in December this year, from a site I had visited daily. Sneaky trojans. And I had protection too. Sigh.
Anyways, when he called and told me I could pick it up, I got good news and bad news. Bad news, was the whole system had to be wiped out. Good news, because I bought it there, he had the image pkg and I only had to pay $ 24 for a total bill.
My machine before this Dell, was the Acer, I bought at a garage sale for $ 25. It still works as a backup. It was overheating and shutting down, when I stored it a year ago, but when I pulled it out for a backup this December, it behaved while the Dell was being worked on. I can't figure out computer behavior
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Depends on how much computer you need. You can get a decent refurbished system for web surfing and email for about $200. If you need to do computer development you can get a much more powerful machine in the $750 range. Does not include monitor and keyboard.Come on people now
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If you can hold out another 8 months you can get really good discounts on computers since they go on sale for everyone going back to school.
Would also give you enough time to research the computer and what your needs will be. When I purchased the one I have now I wanted a computer that would last for a while for my basic needs.01-01-2012, 02:40 PM #6
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Thanks everyone. I was just putting out feelers. Our computer is a dinosaur. I'm not in the market right now, but I'd like to get an idea for the future.
When I was at the library I tried their computer and it was amazing! The websites loaded right away, no waiting. No freezing. It was like magic! LOL! And their monitor was not held up by a book because the base broke. LOL!
The only computer we ever bought was $179 for everything. Well that was oh, I don't know 10+ years ago, 15 years? Every year they come out with new computers and programs, never felt the need to update. Now there are sites I can't even get on, it all just freezes up. I'm guessing that means that eventually all websites will out new fangle my computer.01-01-2012, 02:51 PM #7
Bought my Acer Aspire computer bundled with CPU, monitor, keyboard, and speakers about 2 years ago at Walmart for $489.00. This was around the Thanksgiving - Christmas timeframe. This has Vista installed on it. Has lots of perks on it that I still don't know how to use. I thought this was a good price, because I know nothing about piecing components together. Still works great. No problems. Good Luck !01-01-2012, 02:58 PM #8
I'm in the market for a new laptop but I really don't want to spend more than $500 on it. I've been watching Slick Deals everyday for a bargain.01-01-2012, 03:39 PM #9
Polly that is basically what happened with my old computer. Even getting on to FV was a pain. I waited until the end of August and was able to get a really good package deal which included the monitor and printer/scanner/copier for around $700. Definately worth the amount. I do not do any gaming so for my needs it is just fine. Most of what I do is web browing and e-mail. Some pictures.01-01-2012, 06:01 PM #10
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I just got a nu-2-me laptop for $100 on ebay. Before that I had another laptop from ebay for $160, lasted 18 months.
I have automatic continuous backup for my files, so I am not worried about that.
I was looking at new ones, cheapest was about $350 I think.01-01-2012, 06:36 PM #11
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It all just depends on what you want out of it, and where you shop at. I do strongly recommend that you do alot of research, and comparison shopping online before you make a decision01-02-2012, 06:43 PM #12
You can get a good home computer for around $300, especially if you already have a monitor and printer, and you only need something for general use.
Make sure you create the image/restore discs when you first get it home. So many people don't do that, and then can't reimage their computer if it becomes necessary.01-02-2012, 07:36 PM #13
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Costco had HP laptops fo5 $550. and $750. for the higher graphic one I got Ds.
You didn't say laptop or desk top?01-03-2012, 05:48 PM #14
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Computers used to come with a disc that allowed you to reinstall the operating system to how it came out of the box. If you got a brutal virus, corrupted the registry, or the hard drive just went to crap, you could start over.
Nowadays, it seems that those files are stored in a partition on your hard drive. This is fine, unless you lose your hard drive. There is a way to create the install discs yourself, so that you can store that image in a safe place. Unfortunately, people rarely do this.
If you are buying your operating system separately, it doesn't really matter, as you typically order an operating system disc containing those files. For example, if you are building your own computer, or upgrading an existing one.


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Dutch Prince Friso is fighting for his life after being buried in an avalanche while skiing in Austria with his family.
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The FPSO Stakeholders Dialogue featured Terry Hughes, Project Director, Tullow Oil, Curtis Lohr, Stones Project Manager, Shell, David Hartell, Senior Development Manager, Premier Oil and Puneet Sharma, Vice President, MODEC as they discussed the effect of low oil prices on the entire FPSO project lifecycle, and how the industry needed to re-align expectations and move towards more practical strategies.
Contractors Power Panel
This was followed by the FPSO Contractors Power Panel, where CXOs and senior decision-makers from Teekay Offshore, Yinson Production and SBM Offshore debated the direction the FPSO market was headed and more importantly, the strategies the leasing market needed to adopt to remain economically robust.
FPSO Working Group Roundtables
The Europe Congress featured for the first time the FPSO Working Group Roundtables, a platform which allowed interactive dialogue and discussion among all the delegates. Broken down into 5 separate topics, delegates immersed themselves in the discussions, expertly facilitated by our Congress Chairman Curtis Lohr from Shell.
Congress Cocktail Reception
We signed off Day 1 in style, with our Annual Congress Cocktail Reception hosted by Teekay Offshore, as delegates and speakers kicked back, networked and enjoyed themselves over drinks and canapés.
Key Highlights Day 2
Key highlights on Day 2 included recently completed and upcoming project spotlights. Curtis Lohr, Project Manager at Shell kicked off the day with an illuminating presentation on the Stones FPSO and the lessons learnt from the construction and execution stage.
"Very good presentation content and met potential partners in future developments."
"The event was a really valuable use of my time. The high-calibre, honest and open speakers allowed excellent ideas to flow and the whole event provided a unique networking opportunity unrivalled in this industry."
"Great event with impressive attendance and covered several important issues in our market to be discussed."
"The FPSO Europe Congress was an excellent opportunity to assess the challenges and opportunities of offshore and FPSO projects worldwide."
"A great opportunity to test the waters of the wider FPSO community, providing a very useful overview before entering discussions with individual parties."
"The variety of topics and ample panelists and speakers made the event rich in context and strategic information."
To discover what the key industry players are planning over the short to mid-term, we have compiled the findings from our latest survey conducted with attendees FPSO Europe Congress 2016.
FPSO Europe Congress Attendee List 2016
Download the attendees list and discover who you will meet for yet another exciting gathering of Europe's leading oil operators, FPSO contractors, EPCs, shipyards and solution providers to discuss the most topical and critical FPSO developments in the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa market.
The FPSO Europe Congress gathered industry leaders from oil companies, FPSO contractors, EPCs, financiers and solution providers to critically discuss the drop in the price of oil and what this means for projects moving forward in the North Sea. Now in its second year, the FPSO Europe Congress was proud to welcome over 250 delegates to our European edition of the Congress. Key participating stakeholders included SBM Offshore, Shell, BW Offshore, Teekay Petrojarl, MODEC, Enquest, Premier Oil, Tullow Oil, BP, Sevan Marine and more as they debated and discussed the way forward for the industry in the current oil price environment.


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I thought we agreed that El Nido was the OnRPG server? Don't tell me I'm gonna be the only one in the whole damn server AGAIN.
my computer keeled over and died a little while ago.
so i'm using one without the game on it :[
<3 you boom. AND I am wolf, hear me RAWR
I play league of legends now! Feel free to add me Jikael or Jikeal... can't remember.
The majority of people in this section did start on El Nido, it doesn't mean we cant play on other servers though.
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How To Clean The Floor Pan
Anyone know an easy way to clean the floor pan and frame?
Besides removing the body and using a rotisserie?
I need to clean the floor and frame of my first car. One thing I have working for (or against) me is the previous owner(s) allowed the transmission and rear end seal to leak for long periods. This softened the factory undercoating. But, it also makes for a very messy situation.
I tried using a wire brush on a high speed grinder. I am concerned about breathing all that dust it makes. This stuff is 50 plus years old and who knows what GM used to manufacture undercoating back then? Even wearing a paint mask I don't feel safe.
I can scrape a lot of the stuff off. But if there was a easier way to remove it, I'm open for suggestions.
A rotisserie would be great. But not in my budget.
I use a propane torch and a putty knife to get the majority off then wire brush it using solvent.Use some common sence with the torch,have a fire extenguisher handy but just don't get carried away with the torch.This method works fast and easy.
This is how I do it too.
A few tips: use the defuser tip, you just want the heat so dont let the flame touch the undercoating and you just want to warm it up and it'll come right off ...If your working upside down,cover up ,that stuff sticks to skin like contact cement and it burns. take the carpet out....
use a heat gun . cheap at hf and wont burn down your garage.
more than one hotrod has been burnt to the ground by a torch. :( a cheap heat gun works better anyway. with a torch by the time you get it soft it ignites. heatgun will turn it to butter.
Salvage yard I used to frequent, they told me about a few times they cut body pieces out for customers. One time they thought the fire was out. Even threw water on the spot they cut the metal from. Later that evening they had to call the fire department cause the undercoating re-ignited.
No one should ever use acetylene to heat up undercoating ,what we use is the small ,blue Propane bottles...The diffuser tip is the wide ,oval tip that slips over the torch tip very little flame comes out. its what house painters use to strip paint off old wood houses.(by softening up the paint)..I'm sure someone ,somewhere could start a fire an burn down their garage with a propane torch but that same person would be using the heat gun outside in the rain.or painting a car with a kerosene salamander for heat.
.Someone mentioned using common sense....
I've used both, the heat gun works ,its just way too slow for me,especially if I'm working upside down and on my back..The feature I like most on my torch is the one finger on/off switch,you can set it down without fumbling around or using a striker to light it....
BTW, you dont need an open flame to start a car on fire, mig welders start more fires than a cutting torch ever did,Mostly because the danger is obvious and people are prepared if something goes wrong...Everything in this business is dangerous so...use common sense and be prepared ,just in case...Just having a water hose around isnt good enough and mostly useless for the type of fires that would happen working on cars...You NEED Fire extinguishers that are charged and properly rated....and dont go to HF for them either....
If your thinking of working on cars at your home the fire extinguishers go in before the car does...
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Easy SEO for Joomla and DrupalGuest_Blogger | Nov 11, 2008
In most cases, a website content management system (CMS) is not just an option for success of a website, it's a requirement. Two of the more popular CMS choices around today are Drupal and Joomla.
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Read below for a short SEO to-do list that will help draw traffic to your Drupal or Joomla website.
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The Joomla CMS has been a popular choice for websites for a few years now. Early on, it lacked in SEO features, but it appears to be strengthening in this area. Follow these steps to help make your Joomla site SEO-friendly:
1. Choose an SEO extension for your website, and install and configure one extension:
- Joomseo. This is easy install, but not quite as flexible as other options.
- Search Engine Friendly Patch. This is also easy to install and optimizes core code, not URLs.
- Sh404SEF. This is a little harder to set up, but the most useful in the end. Basically, if you're willing to take the time, this extension is the way to go.
2. Be sure to choose a template that focuses on the text rather than images.
3. Write great content for search engines to find. Yes, this one is obvious, but can't be emphasized enough.
SEO Tips for Drupal Websites
SEO is very, very easy with Drupal. There are a few modules that will all but automate the onsite SEO value of any Drupal site. Follow these steps to make any Drupal website SEO-friendly:
1. Install and configure the following Drupal modules:
- Nodewords – Meta Tags
- Automatic Node Title – Automatic Title and H1
- Pathauto – SEO friendly URL aliases
- XML Sitemap – Sitemap
- Global Redirect – Auto redirects machine URLs to aliased URLs
- Path Redirect – Custom and automatic redirects. Integrates with Pathauto
2. Write great content for search engines to find. It's just as important with Drupal as it is with Joomla ;-).
3. Be sure to use smart 'node' titles because these are your H1s and Titles.
4. Also, be sure to use pager, a post setting manager, to break up a long list of nodes.
5. I like to use a custom CCK, Content Construction Kit, field to create a content field that allows a custom teaser.
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text: The Hacme Bank example would be great to demonstrate the dangers of SQL injection; particularly given the high-profile events of last year. I've practiced on Hacme Bank, and it's a good learning tool. Don't understand why your professor would think that's too vague. If you have a fairly beefy laptop, you could install BackTrack in a virtual machine, along with a victim (could be Windows, Linux, etc), and demonstrate recon techniques (and how much info can be gathered using Nmap & Metasploit).


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I need at least one center cap for my OZ Superleggera wheels. Maybe someone has a few lying around collecting dust?
They measure ~ 55mm across at their widest point and have three clips that retain the cap to the wheel. The bottom image shows one clip missing.
Please PM if you have one or more. If you know of a commercial source for them pass that along as well. I'm thinking the Ultraleggera might have a similar cap. If you have four of those, measure and let me know.
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The list of people who thought the Patriots should have won on Sunday night are adding up. Add Kevin Faulk and Matt Chatham to that list.
Faulk said that at first glance, he thought the game-winning field goal by Justin Tucker had traveled wide right. He wavered on his decision based on replays, but former teammate Chatham has talked him back into the no-good camp.
Faulk wasn't just worried about whether the field goal went in or not. After he saw his friend Vince Wilfork rip off his helmet and take off after the replacement officials, he didn't know what the big man was going to do.
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About MeI have no idea what to use as a title. The title usually always come to me as I am drawing or it starts the idea for a drawing, but not in this case. Ideas are welcome!
It is 18.5 x 13.5 and is one gray Stonehenge paper using Prismacolor Pencils, Luminance pencils, Neocolor II and a couple of dots of white gel pen. :)
Reference is my own and the model is once again Alison Anthony, one of my all-time favorites. She is such an inspiration.
My Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lori-Garner-Art/193380467429742?ref=tn_tnmn. My web address: Lorigarnerart.com
I am a female professional artist. You can see my work at: lorigarnerart.com to view my style of art, or, of course, view some of the art pieces here!
I take photos of models in various poses and settings to use as artistic reference for my artwork. I saw some local models on this site that would work perfectly for me, so I decided to join so that I could contact them to see if they would be interested in working with me to fulfill my visions.
I am pretty successful with my art--I recently got published in a book and one of my drawings, with the lovely MM model, Britany Blair #2245532, is on the cover of an art magazine. I have had my art hang in numerous galleries in the U.S. and am an award winner in several international and national art competitions.
I am very easy to work with. A good sense of humor and not demanding. I pay for your time. The shoots are creative and fun and always tasteful. My art is romantic type of art and also some quirky, fun type. I tried to show some variety on the art pieces I posted here.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come out against plans to offer license plates with the Confederate flag on them.
Many say the battle flag is a racist symbol while for others it simply commemorates the memory of the Civil War.
Says the Associated Press (via the Washington Post):
The Republican presidential hopeful was in Florida for a fundraiser and told Bay News 9's "Political Connections" and the St. Petersburg Times that, "we don't need to be opening old wounds."
A group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans had requested the plates. Its logo includes a depiction of the "Stars and Bars." Because of his presidential run, the issue left Perry on the hot seat even though he was leaving it to a Texas Department of Motor Vehicles board. It deadlocked 4-4 last time the issue came up.
The AP says Perry's position drew praise from civil rights leaders.
"This is great news," Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP's Washington Bureau, is quoted as saying. "Perry should be commended. With this kind of attitude, maybe we can actually see the healing of the wound he mentions."
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Gelman's a top bloke.
*two thumbs up*
Gelman's a top bloke.
*two thumbs up*
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
In the course of human history, major milestones would be ranked thus:
1. Gelman is born.
2. Fire is discovered.
-My beliefs summarized in words much more eloquent than I could come up with
How the Universe came from nothing
I didn't know that Pasag was the same guy who wrote those fantastic articles on CW... hats off to you mate!
Self Proclaimed World's Greatest 12th Man.
I like wasting homo sapiens' time - like the way I wasted yours just now.
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Worst thread in history. Congrats on your failure.
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Top bloke, clearly.
Surprising that a jew is a Carlton fan tho; I thought you needed to be a complete prick to support them.
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- As featured in The Independent.
"I don't think that they'll come close to us to be honest."
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Hahaha I get it.
Gutted I didn't start this thread myself tbh. A true CW legend our Pasag. A hero to many. Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen Pasag and Spider Man in the same room together? Just saying...
This society is really more of a cult, made up of deluded individuals whose beliefs clearly contradict scientific fact (that Gelman's a **** etc...) but who are dragged in nevertheless by an endless web of deceit and brainwashing.
Thus, Gelman would be right at home, and I can't bear to deprive him of it, so good luck.
**** knows I won't be joining, though.
It's cold on the outside they say
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Forrester's Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now To 2018
Posted by Brian Hopkins on February 7, 2013
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The pace of technology-fueled business innovation is accelerating, and enterprise architects can take a leading role by helping their firms identify opportunities for shrewd investment. In our 2012 global state of EA online survey, we asked again what the most disruptive technologies would be; here's what we found:
The results shouldn't surprise anybody; however, if you are only looking at these, you are likely to get smacked in the face when you blink -- things are changing that fast. In the near future, new platforms built on today's hot technologies will create more disruption. For example, by 2016 there will be 760 million tablets in use and almost one-third will be sold to business. Forrester currently has a rich body of research on mobility and other hot technologies, such as Forrester's mobile eBusiness playbook and the CIO's mobile engagement playbook. But by 2018, mobile will be the norm, so then what?
To answer this question, we extended the horizon of our annual The Top Emerging Technologies to Watch report out to 2018 and investigate beyond the "big four": cloud, mobile, social, and data. We went a level deeper in our research by examining how today's hot technology create platforms for future disruption. For example, you won't find mobile in our list; instead mobile is built into emerging technologies such as next-generation devices and UIs, advanced collaboration and communication, systems of engagement, and cloud application frameworks.
This year we organized our findings into four groups based on where we thought the biggest impact would be: 1) end user computing; 2) sensors and remote computing; 3) process data management; and 4) infrastructure and application platforms. I intend to blog a few more details and examples for each group in the coming weeks, but for now here are our top 15 emerging technologies to watch from now until 2018.
End user computing technologies. These technologies will expand client computing capabilities, improve collaboration, and provide much more personalized mobile experiences:
Sensors and remote computing technologies. These technologies enable more information collection and processing outside of data centers, extending the boundary of businesses' digital realms:
Process data management technologies. These emerging technologies add intelligence and adaptability to process management and enable more value from more data, more quickly and more cheaply.
Infrastructure and application platforms. A wide range of innovations is happening at the infrastructure layer to create much more capable infrastructure and application platforms:
Many clients I speak to admit to getting blindsided by emerging technology opportunities or failing to avoid disruptive threats. They further admit that getting caught unaware hurts. Use this list as a basis for your investigation and technology watchlist.
Stay tuned for our emerging technology playbook; it will tell you how to best recognize the emerging technology capabilities that are right for you and make great decisions that help your firm navigate digital disruption.
What about 3D printing?
Comment from Brian Hopkins on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 17:55
A few folks have asked so I thought I'd address.
At lot of "top emerging tech" lists include it. Understanding why we didn't requires you think about who we wrote the report for - enterprise architects and technology strategy professionals in large IT shops. We didn't think that 3D printing was something that should be at the top of IT's list to watch.
If we were writing this report for business strategy pro's on the business side, especially focusing on the industries where 3D printing will have the biggest impact, then we definitely would have included it.
Does anybody have a reason why IT should be watching 3D printing? I'm open, and we will be updating this list periodically.
Why IT Cares About 3-D Printing
Comment from Chris Curran (not verified) on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 09:44
A few thoughts on why IT should care about 3-D printing:
1. 3-D printing is driven by CAD-like data files that many organizations don't currently use -> new data types, new data models, new content types to search and organize, etc.
2. 3-D items must be designed or imaged, requiring new cameras, CAD tools, etc.
3. 3-D printers are new devices that need to be connected to networks and secured (unless all of the printing will be done by 3rd parties).
There is a lot of energy now about democratizing technology, yielding the "why does IT need to be involved in X." I think we need to embrace the skills and expertise of IT when it comes to getting value from new tech/innovation but that IT should be seen more as a coach/advisor and less of a gatekeeper.
All good points
Comment from Brian Hopkins on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:30
And we may cover them in the future.
Internet of things
Comment from Denis Failly (not verified) on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 05:01
To complete the previous comment and more widely What about Internet of things ?
The Internet Of Things is too broad and squishy
Comment from Brian Hopkins on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 10:28
Like cloud and big data. We covered the technologies that will enable the IOT - see M2M, Smart Products and even In-location Positioning
Interesting ideas here Brian.
Comment from JP SFU (not verified) on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 12:59
Interesting ideas here Brian. Along these lines, I just wanted to bring to your attention some emerging research that I think you'll find both interesting and useful, and that is relevant to a number of categories that you delineate here.
It's called the "The Theory of Crowd Capital" and it provides a theory explaining the "how" and "why" of phenomena such as crowdsourcing and citizen science, and very well applies to sensors (among other aspects) too. We'd love to hear your view.
You can download it here:
Comment from Joseph Puglisi (not verified) on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 08:55
Great summary and spot on, as always, Brian. But we cannot overlook another significant trend that is or must be building. Security has always been a concern, but increasingly this is becoming a major topic with both public and private leaders. The CIO will see new and different technologies aimed at detection and protection from cyber threats. If I am wrong, we are all doomed.
Security implementations of advanced analytics
Comment from Brian Hopkins on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 10:42
Hi - yes we discussed whether to be more specific in calling out security emerging techs, but we think that the most interesting applications will come from cognitive computing on top of new databases like triple stores and associative indexing. We did identify quantum cryptography, but think it will be beyond the 5 year horizon before it will be ready for prime time....maybe next year we will include it.
Great post Brian. We are
Comment from George Genel (not verified) on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 16:54
Great post Brian. We are seeing the same trend in our searches, especially when it comes to Big data analysts and Business developers.
GEorge Genel
GSI Search International, LLC
Time for Software Defined Robots?
Comment from GP Pal (not verified) on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 00:10
Interesting commentary on emerging technologies. The one that drew my attention was "Smart Process Applications and Semantics". Is it time now for Software Defined Robots a.k.a Agents? This technology has been talked about for a while, but I think we are on the cusp of realizing them. The emergence of applications like SIRI, API's and ubiquitous availability of connectivity through SmartPhones allow us to imagine a future where I might tell my Software Defined Robot (agent) to actually find a Hotel and make reservations based on my preferences?
Who and how
Comment from Anne-Caroline Tanguy (not verified) on Wed, 08/14/2013 - 01:47
Hi Brian,
Great post, thank you! To complete it, I'd love to see:
1) the companies who are involved with these new trends including the incumbents who will have to adapt and the new comers.
2) What it means for both groups, the IT and the Business strategists.
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Improv 301: Introduction to Scene Games
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Improv 301 is the introduction to the concepts and rules of improv games. This class will focus on building a unique and interesting scene within the format of an established short form game.
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"Dynamical entropy production in recurrent neuronal circuits"
Neurons in the cerebral cortex fire action potentials in highly irregular, seemingly random sequences. Since neurons in isolation reliably respond to the repeated injection of identical temporally varying inputs, irregular activity in the cortex is not believed to result from a randomness in the spike generating mechanism, but rather from strongly fluctuating synaptic inputs. Several explanations for the origin of such fluctuating inputs have been proposed. The prevailing explanation is a dynamic balance between excitatory and inhibitory inputs, also known as the balanced state of cortical networks. Such a balance in neuronal circuits has been demonstrated experimentally in vitro and in vivo. Its statistical characteristics have been extensively studied theoretically. The dynamical nature of the balanced state, however, remained controversial and poorly understood.
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The three dimensional strong topological insulator (STI) is a new phase of electronic matter which is distinct from ordinary insulators in that it supports on its surface a conducting two-dimensional surface state whose existence is guaranteed by topology. I will discuss experiments on the STI material Bi2Se3, which has a bulk bandgap of 300 meV, much greater than room temperature, and a single topological surface state with a massless Dirac dispersion. Field effect transistors consisting of thin (3-20 nm) Bi2Se3 are fabricated from mechanically exfoliated from single crystals, and electrochemical and/or chemical gating methods are used to move the Fermi energy into the bulk bandgap, revealing the ambipolar gapless nature of transport in the Bi2Se3 surface states. The minimum conductivity of the topological surface state is understood within the self-consistent theory of Dirac electrons in the presence of charged impurities. The intrinsic finite-temperature resistivity of the topological surface state due to electron-acoustic phonon scattering is measured to be 60 times larger than that of graphene largely due to the smaller Fermi and sound velocities in Bi2Se3[2], which will have implications for topological electronic devices operating at room temperature. In the thinnest Bi2Se3 samples (~3 nm) we observe the opening of a bandgap due to coupling of the top and bottom surfaces which hybridize to form a conventional two-dimensional insulator[3], and by controllably thinning regions of Bi2Se3 samples we achieve quantum dots with gate-tunable insulating barriers[4].
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I will describe recent efforts to understand the mediation of supersymmetry breaking in stabilized compactifications of type IIB string theory. By geometrically separating the visible sector from the supersymmetry breaking effects one may hope to achieve sequestered supersymmetry breaking and much ameliorated constraints from bounds on flavor changing neutral currents. However, in this talk I will discuss how non-perturbative superpotential cross-couplings between the visible sector and the Khler moduli may spoil sequestering and introduce a sensitivity to the global details of the compactification. As a simple example, I will describe the structure of these `de-sequestering operators for a class of visible sectors realized by D-branes probing an orbifold singularity, and I will discuss their importance in the KKLT and LVS moduli stabilization scenarios.
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