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Re: ProgressIndicator inside DynamicModule
I like to avoid talking about implementation where the implementation shouldn't
be relevant to the design and behavior (even though it sometimes is due to
bugs). Too much pontification starts to sound like documentation and/or
information necessary for understanding the system, and it's really not. And in
this case, the discussion would be so long and involved that I'd probably lose a
whole day just writing it, and hear the sound of the foreheads of 2,000
MathGroup subscribers smack their keyboards as they fall asleep in boredom.
But in answer to your question below about the workarounds...if these
workarounds work for you, they will probably work for everyone else, too. I
endorse the ones we've already covered as being things which do not contradict
the existing design, which successfully work around the bug as I presently
understand it (I have not fully explored the issue yet, but I will eventually),
and which will not be intentionally broken in future implementations.
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.
On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:58:03 +0200, Istv=E1n Zachar wrote:
> Dear All,
> thanks for the workaround suggestions, and thanks for the clarification
> of the issue, John. I (and others as well, I'm pretty sure) would
> definitely want to know more about the internal mechanisms of the
> dynamic interface, but I understand that this would perhaps be too much
> for the present forum. As far as I understand, every call *other* than
> Dynamic[pr] (like Dynamic[pr+0], Dynamic[FullForm[pr]], Dynamic[f[pr]],
> etc.) should work in such queer situations. I haven't tested it
> extensively, so I ask whether we can rely on this trick?
> Istvan
> On 2010.05.25. 18:29, John Fultz wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 May 2010 06:40:08 -0400 (EDT), Albert Retey wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>> Alas, can not answer your questions properly, but the following
>>>> modification
>>>> of your code
>>>> seems to also work fine:
>>>> DynamicModule[{range ==== {0, 100}, sw ==== False},
>>>> Module[{pr ==== 0},
>>>> Grid@{{
>>>> Button["Push me",
>>>> (sw ==== True;
>>>> Do[pr ==== i; Pause[.02];, {i, range[[1]], range[[2]]}];
>>>> sw ==== False;), Method -> "Queued"],
>>>> Dynamic@ProgressIndicator[pr, range],
>>>> Dynamic@pr,
>>>> Dynamic@Switch[sw,
>>>> True, "Calculating...",
>>>> False, "Finished.",
>>>> _, "Standing by."]}}]]
>>>> The issue seems to be with the<pr> variable. My guess is that by
>>>> localizing<pr> with DynamicModule vs plain Module or not
>>>> localizing at
>>>> all,
>>>> you somehow indicate to Dynamic that<pr> is going to change due to
>>>> Dynamic
>>>> updating, so Dynamic does not track its possible changes by other
>>>> means
>>>> (like by explicit assignments in a loop that you have). My guess is
>>>> supported by observing that once you localize with DynamicModule,
>>>> 1. Dynamic@ProgressIndicator[pr, range], works while
>>>> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[pr], range] does not
>>>> 2. Consider the following modification:
>>>> ClearAll[f];
>>>> DynamicModule[{pr ==== 0, range ==== {0, 100}, sw ==== False},
>>>> Grid@{{
>>>> Button["Push me",
>>>> (sw ==== True;
>>>> Do[pr ==== i; Pause[.02];, {i, range[[1]], range[[2]]}];
>>>> sw ==== False;), Method -> "Queued"],
>>>> Dynamic@ProgressIndicator[pr, range],
>>>> Dynamic[f[pr]],
>>>> Dynamic@Switch[sw,
>>>> True, "Calculating...",
>>>> False, "Finished.",
>>>> _, "Standing by."]}}]
>>>> You will observe that now the value of<pr> inside<f> is being
>>>> properly
>>>> updated inside Dynamic during the run of your code. In particular,
>>>> by
>>>> using
>>>> f[x_]:====x, you can get back the desired result - you can even
>>>> localize
>>>> <f>
>>>> as well as put this definition inside the same DynamicModule
>>>> (although
>>>> this
>>>> is certainly a hack). In both cases, we replaced Dynamic[pr] with
>>>> something
>>>> else, which apparently made Dynamic properly update the output. Of
>>>> course,
>>>> my observations at best somewhat clarify "how", but not "why" -
>>>> hopefully
>>>> others will have more to say here.
>>> Well, I think it's up to someone from WRI to comment, in my opinion it
>>> is certainly a bug, and one that I think I have seen in other cases,
>>> but
>>> never was able to track down to something this simple. Here I have
>>> some
>>> examples which look very inconsistent to me:
>>> DynamicModule[{range == {0, 100}, sw == False, pr == 0},
>>> Grid[{{
>>> Button["Push me", (
>>> sw == True;
>>> Do[pr == i; Pause[.02];, {i, range[[1]], range[[2]]}];
>>> sw ==== False;
>>> ),
>>> Method -> "Queued"
>>> ],
>>> Column[{
>>> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[pr], range, ImageSize -> 100],
>>> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[pr, TrackedSymbols :> {pr}], range,
>>> ImageSize -> 100],
>>> Dynamic[ProgressIndicator[pr, range, ImageSize -> 100]],
>>> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[pr + 0], range, ImageSize -> 100]
>>> }],
>>> Column[{
>>> Dynamic[pr, TrackedSymbols :> {pr}],
>>> Dynamic[0 + pr],
>>> Dynamic[pr]
>>> }]
>>> }}]
>>> ]
>>> If you first look at the second column you will find that just
>>> Dynamic[pr] behaves differently than Dynamic[0+pr], not exactly
>>> something one would expect. At least you can help Mathematica to still
>>> do what you want by using the TrackedSymbols options for Dynamic[pr].
>>> Considering that, it is not so surprising that
>>> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[pr]] does not work, but now you can't even
>>> make it work with neither the TrackedSymbols-Option nor the pr+0 trick
>>> -- even more inconsistency. The case Dynamic[ProgressIndicator[pr]]
>>> seems then to be like the Dynamic[0+pr] case and probably works for
>>> the
>>> same reasons...
>>> Are these bugs? Will they be corrected in future versions?
>>> When dealing with these issues I would also love to see functionality
>>> which would allow to have some insight in or even control the
>>> dependency
>>> tree that Mathematica uses to decide whether it has to update a
>>> Dynamic
>>> or not. The concept of Dynamic evaluation to create graphical user
>>> interface really is an interesting idea and has charm and advantages.
>>> But when it is not working reliable, I find it to take more effort
>>> (usually searching for tricks and workarounds) to create nontrivial
>>> interfaces than when using the standard concepts (MVC,Observer,...) in
>>> other languages. There I have to create the dependencies myself, but
>>> at
>>> least I have full control over them...
>>> hth,
>>> albert
>> This is a thread I normally would have commented on promptly, but life
>> and work
>> sometimes stand in the way of such promptness.
>> To be clear, this is absolutely a bug. The code provided by the
>> original poster
>> was correct (not optimal, but definitely correct) in every way. All of
>> the
>> usages in Albert's response should also have worked.
>> Put very simply, there are some cases where a Dynamic reference to a
>> DynamicModule variable does not properly update in real time as it's
>> being
>> changed by a button press. A similar issue would probably arise from
>> ActionMenu
>> choices, which act much like button presses (although I haven't
>> actually tried
>> it). I could give more exhaustive information about why some things
>> oddly seem
>> to work such as Dynamic[0+pr], but that would require a technical
>> explanation of
>> the system to a greater depth than should be necessary for
>> understanding how to
>> use it for even advanced uses.
>> As Albert suggests, the original user could work around these problems
>> by making
>> the following replacements in his code...
>> Dynamic@ProgressIndicator[Dynamic@pr, range] ->
>> Dynamic[ProgressIndicator[pr, range]]
>> Dynamic@pr -> Dynamic[pr + 0]
>> Speaking to Albert's final points...I wonder, Albert, what you're
>> looking for in
>> terms of controlling the dependency tree that the TrackedSymbols option
>> doesn't
>> offer? But I do appreciate your wanting a better tool for
>> understanding when or
>> why Dynamics fire. I am sometimes reduced to iterative testing with
>> various
>> values of TrackedSymbols to understand which symbol in a complex bit of
>> code is
>> triggering unwanted Dynamic refreshes. It doesn't seem crazy to
>> imagine a tool
>> which could do this for you.
>> Sincerely,
>> John Fultz
>> jfultz at wolfram.com
>> User Interface Group
>> Wolfram Research, Inc.


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congrats on the new SR1911,another fine pistol from Ruger.
This is a discussion on I shot my SR1911 for the first time this week within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I have been waiting all year for Ruger's SR1911 and finally found one this month. I put 200 rounds through it this week and this ...
I have been waiting all year for Ruger's SR1911 and finally found one this month. I put 200 rounds through it this week and this gun is a dream to shoot. I have never shot such tight groups before with any gun. I am truly in love and can't wait to get out again. There were some jelly people at the range admiring my new gun!
congrats on the new SR1911,another fine pistol from Ruger.
Welcome to the Forum. Glad the pistol is satisfactory. 1911 triggers are great and the pistols are lots of fun.
I'm not certain what jelly people are. If they'd make my guns sticky through handling them while admiring them then they don't need to touch the guns.
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I wish I could just find one around here in the gun shops.Where are the pics?
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Glad you got a pistol you liked. If I ever decide to get yet another 1911, the Ruger will definitely be getting a look. Hard to find bad reviews of their 1911...
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Re: the stickers, good on 'em. Running a marathon is a hell of a task and achievement.
My brother: 26.2
His wife: 50.0 (some of it walked)
Me: 1.31
If I see someone with a 13.1 sticker I say "Way to half ass that marathon".
Comments coming from people who could not run 1 mile, let alone 26.2
curtisuxor wrote:That's the same number of how many fs I give about marathon runners.
If one can run 26.2 miles FOR LEISURE, why can't they walk or run to work?
What's the connection you're making here? It's more fit to run everyday than once in awhile, or that people should run everywhere they go?
No snark, just genuinely curious. They seem like pretty different things.
I would like a .409375 sticker...
If you can't run a marathon in under 4 hours, no. If you can run a marathon in under 3 hours, you probably don't care about flaunting it and/or shouldn't even own a car, really.
But 13.1, no way.
If doing so, they should also be required to put a sticker on their car with the TIME on it.
I see NOTHING wrong with bragging rights! I've never seen this sticker, I'm not a marathon runner but if someone does a 26 mile marathon, more power to them. BRAG ALL YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT! I might try it someday, right now I can't even walk 26 miles. Keep it up runners and even walkers!
I also don't really see the connection here. I don't jog to work because A) I don't want to be a sweaty mess and B) I don't really want to have a 2 hr commute each way.
I think most, if not all, marathons/half marathons give out the stickers, so why not slap it on the back of your car. I don't have one on because I'm getting rid of my car soon and don't want to deal with trying to get it off.
I guess it's really to each their own because I absolutely hate those stick figure family stickers (except the Star Wars themed ones, those ones win over my geeky heart).
I'd like to have the knees that could do that. Go, busted cartilage and a bone chip! Depends how soon I want surgery, I guess.
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Since you live in a bad area, I would at least get a pistol for family protection. There are ways to keep it safe from the kids. If the area is that bad a your stuck there for now. be very aware of your surroundings. Stay alert!
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Since you live in a bad area, I would at least get a pistol for family protection. There are ways to keep it safe from the kids. If the area is that bad a your stuck there for now. be very aware of your surroundings. Stay alert!
yeap - arm yourself. Take firearm classes and learn how to use them - make it 2nd nature. stock up on a lot of food and water. work on possible in house gardening etc
As to securing the door, check out the katy-bar. Google it. It would go a long way to keep someone from just kicking in your door.
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Well there are some good and bad in your situation, I agree with Alpha-17 that your first priority should be to move to a better location. But the good news is there are probably more self efficient people in Alaska then any state and if you move to a better location and made friends with the proper people and get some supplies I think you would be ok.
I truly believe I would rather be in your situation than most of the population in New York City if TSHTF as I believe with just a little forward thinking you should be ok. In New York City if the SHTF even trying to protect your family and yourself may be an illegal activity.
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well, since firearms and training are addressed, i'd also think about ways not just to reinforce the entry points but also canned food, and a small propane gas stove among other quickly portable food supplies to throw in the truck on the way to the in-laws. But while i hunker down and wait i'd also tape some thick black plastic over the windows and put towels around the cracks of the doors and windows to help prevent tipping off nearby lurkers with heat or noise. to that point i might even keep some extra thick blankets around to deaden the sounds of fussy kids (put em on the walls, not the kids. what's wrong with you, anyway?)
if you're on a ground floor condo, plant thick or spiky plants in front of windows.
emergency radio with headphones.
to sum up, i'm mostly saying you should do everything possible to minimize your signature. be like a little mouse in a little hole. no noise, light, trash, smell...
and of course, put a whoopin on anyone who tries to ruin your dinty moore beef stew
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Thanks for the helpful tips!
A little more background info.
We discussed bugging out to in-laws. Problem is, that there will be at least several other siblings, & their spouses & numerous children as well. We estimate that it would be NO less than 21 & that includes us 4). Problem is, we are the only household prepping. My food & water stores will not feed that many people.
Alaska weather is harsh, frost from September thru May, & last winter we had over 130 inches of snow. A very short growing season of June to September. I'm big into canning & food prep, converted a coat closet into pantry, & additional freezer for local caught halibut, cod, shrimp, & crab...but no good if the power goes out.
Will look into gun safe. My husband is an avid knife collector, but I'd rather a gun over a knife when it comes to protection. And I love the baseball bat idea...picking one up this week! A poster mentioned self defense...good & bad for me personally. I Have trained in various martial arts, I hold black belts in 4 different styles, BUT I have torn cartilage in both knees, & currently attending physical therapy as I tore my hip labrum cuff in July & Dr said the only repair is surgery. On good days I'm not in a whole lot of pain, only with certain rotations of the hip. On bad days I'm popping ibuprofen like its going out of style, & using a cane...not too hot considering I'm 32


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HAMPSTEAD – Temporary restrictions on outdoor recess and after school activities were lifted Tuesday, Sept. 24, in some schools in School Administrative Unit (SAU) 55 – the Hampstead and Timberlane School Districts.
Timberlane consists of Sandown, Danville, Plaistow and Atkinson schools. The restrictions continue at Sandown North School but have been lifted at Sandown Central School and in Hampstead's two schools. Timberlane's other schools were not impacted.
SAU administration took a strict stance on the dangers posed by mosquitoes this year. In addition to imposing restrictions on outside recess and after school activities, the schools were provided as much information as the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has available regarding the mosquito threat and what can be done to protect against its dangers.
The SAU had stopped outdoor recess and after school activities as well as field trips last week at Hampstead Central and Middle schools and both Sandown schools because of the threat posed by mosquitoes carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus.
The restriction was lifted Tuesday morning at Hampstead schools and at Sandown Central School, so long as parental permission had been received for the students to be outside with or without insect repellent applied. Parents also could opt to have their children stay inside during recess.
Outdoor activity at Sandown North remains suspended until further notice because mosquitoes with EEE were found in the area of that school.
The SAU went through the process of procuring sufficient insect repellent that administration said is safe and affordable for students and staff to use. Hampstead Central and Middle Schools sent home letters Friday that said the outdoor restriction would be lifted as of Sept. 24, providing certain reasonable accommodations were met: activities would only take place between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., there was confirmation of commercial spraying, and insect repellants are available and used.
The letter states, "Starting on Tuesday, insect repellants will be available at both Hampstead Middle School and Hampstead Central School to be used as desired. As recommended by the New Hampshire Department of Health, the product that will be available is Off! Family Care Insect Repellent IV Spray… Hampstead School District Health Services will be instructing staff members to apply the product on students for whom we have parent permission and only on exposed skin from the neck down. Staff members and/or School Nurses will apply the insect repellant before first recess in a safe location, and before after school activities commence."
In the days prior to lifting the restrictions, the two school districts took the position of erring on the side of caution for the protection of the students and staff. As early as Sept. 11, Sandown and Hampstead schools were told to stop all outdoor activities by SAU Superintendent of Schools Earl Metzler, and outdoor recess was cancelled, along with some after school sports.
On Sept. 18, Metzler issued an alert to both districts saying, "In the spirit of keeping our students safe, we have suspended all outdoor activity scheduled to occur in towns testing positive for three mosquito diseases. This order will remain in effect throughout the weekend. Beginning next week we will conduct a risk analysis on a regular basis and make decisions about outdoor activities as needed. It is likely that some previously planned activities will be impacted as we monitor the situation."
On Sept. 19, a letter went home to parents clarifying Metzler's position. He said outdoor activity had not been cancelled district-wide but only in locations and towns detecting EEE or West Nile Virus, and as of that date, that only applied to Sandown and Hampstead.
On Tuesday morning, the insect repellent was available at the affected schools and parental permission slips were being returned. Parents can opt out of any activity the district has approved.
No surrounding towns had cancelled outdoor activities, despite a horse that was found infected in Derry and identification of mosquitoes carrying EEE and West Nile Virus in several communities. All recess and outdoor sports activities continued in Derry, Londonderry, Windham and other surrounding towns and school districts.
Hampstead and Sandown's mosquito vendor, Dragon Mosquito, sprayed both towns' school and town fields on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Hampstead Civic Club outdoor athletic activities continued after the spraying took place.
With the arrival of colder weather, the required insect repellent, and the spraying, the schools are back to more normal activities, with repellent available to students whose parents have given the schools permission to apply it, and parents able to give permission for their children to go outside without the repellent. SAU officials are hoping for a hard frost soon.
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HAMPSTEAD – Temporary restrictions on outdoor recess and after school activities were lifted Tuesday, Sept. 24, in some schools in School Administrative Unit (SAU) 55 – the Hampstead and Timberlane School Districts.


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Woman on the edge of a Hollywood breakthrough
On the rise: Bojana Novakovic, who has a key role in Edge of Darkness.
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Teetering on the brink of fame with her role in the upcoming Edge of Darkness, Bojana Novakovic is the latest in a long line of successful Australian acting exports.
AUSTRALIA has two constant, bountiful exports: iron ore and talented actors. If the former, via Port Hedland in Western Australia, is a simple matter of quantity, then the latter, thanks to institutions such as NIDA and our theatre companies, is concerned with quality.
For a comparatively small country, Australia produces a stream of thespians who, all too often, carve out an international reputation.
We do leading men (Russell Crowe, Eric Bana, Hugh Jackman), gifted chameleons (Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette) and idiosyncratic character actors (Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush); starlets and pretty boys not so much.
Sometimes it appears that the names change but the narrative stays the same: 2009 was the year of Ryan Kwanten, who managed to turn a stint on the Home and Away production line into a breakthrough role as oversexed zealot Jason Stackhouse in True Blood, the hit US gothic vampire television drama.
Another Home and Away graduate, Chris Hemsworth, is already in the box seat for 2011, playing the title role in the big-budget comic book adaptation Thor alongside Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins.
A month into 2010 and it's already clear that this year's wave will break three actors in Hollywood.
The first is Mia Wasikowska, the ethereal 20-year-old from Canberra, who will play an adult Alice to Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's forthcoming Alice in Wonderland. The second is Kodi Smit-McPhee, the preternaturally gifted child actor who crosses the hellish post-apocalyptic landscape of The Road with Viggo Mortensen.
The third is sitting on an ornate armchair at Spring Street's Windsor Hotel, legs tucked beneath her and a faded blue flannel shirt over a simple black dress to ward off a surprisingly chilly January morning in Melbourne.
The outfit is incongruous but functional, and that's what matters to Bojana Novakovic. She cares about getting the job - or jobs, she's a committed multi-tasker - done. Image, and competition, come a distant second.
''I was talking to an Australian actor and he was saying that there is no point in us being jealous of each other because we're all making that bridge wider and better,'' says the 28-year-old, who was born in Serbia and migrated to Australia with her family when she was seven.
''Let's just keep at it - it's good for all of us if one of us gets a job.''
Bojana Novakovic has had several jobs over the past few years, but only now is the public starting to see them. Last year, she had a small role as a vengeful gypsy's granddaughter in Spider-Man director Sam Raimi's horror film, Drag Me to Hell, while on February 4 she has a pivotal supporting role in the contemporary thriller Edge of Darkness.
Novakovic plays scientific researcher Emma Craven, who returns home to her widowed father, Boston police homicide detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson), with a secret that she's unable to reveal before she's murdered in front of him. The movie, which marries paternal vengeance to national security issues, moves fast, with Emma as first the troubled catalyst and then the voice of stillness.
''When I got offered Edge of Darkness I also got offered another film with a much bigger role - a really big role - but it just wasn't what I wanted,'' recalls Novakovic. ''This was the one I liked. It had something.''
It's the ease with which Australian actors meet the challenges of the material that earns them Hollywood commissions. Smit-McPhee, for example, won the part of The Boy in The Road because his audition tape included a compelling take on a crucial scene where his father teaches him how to commit suicide in case he is captured by cannibals. He was the only 13-year-old filmmaker John Hillcoat saw who could both inhabit and then put aside such material.
The original Edge of Darkness was an award-winning British miniseries from 1985. The same director, Englishman Martin Campbell, did both notably distinct versions 25 years apart (in between he did two of the better Bond flicks, 1995's GoldenEye and 2006's Casino Royale), although with hindsight that was one of the less curious elements of the production.
Novakovic freely admits her first day on set was overwhelming. She had to shoot a crucial, dialogue-heavy scene with Gibson, who she realised was an Academy Award winner (best director for 1995's Braveheart). She looked around and saw screenwriter William Monahan, (best adapted screenplay for 2006's The Departed), then producer Graham King (best picture for The Departed).
''The whole thing felt huge,'' she sighs. ''I was telling myself not to be superficial, but there's this huge fan blowing rain at us and all I can think about is the drought here. Too much was going on in my head - 1000 miles an hour stuff.''
Once her professionalism kicked in and the process started, someone on set casually mentioned that no one was worried about her. The concern was Gibson, who was shooting his first feature film in six years after a tumultuous period that included making anti-Semitic remarks after a drink-driving arrest, a stint in rehab and separating from wife of 25 years, Robyn.
''It was our first day shooting, after one rehearsal and we're meant to look like we've been father and daughter for 24 years,'' says Novakovic. ''Mel was shitting himself as much as I was. In fact, I was told that he was shitting himself more than I was, that he was really frightened, although I didn't believe them.''
Novakovic has nothing but praise for her co-star, who was one of the first Australian actors to be snatched up by Hollywood 30 years ago. At one stage she lay on the floor for six hours, not moving lest she ruin the continuity of the fake blood, as she and Gibson filmed her death scene.
''He jokes around a lot, which I can now see is really healthy, although I found it hard to understand at the time because I was being a very serious person,'' admits Novakovic, who has a healthy streak of self-deprecation. ''It's an amazing way of focusing, because he takes attention off your fear and puts it on to a punchline.''
Robert De Niro was meant to be a co-star as well, but he arrived on set and then, reportedly after a disagreement with Campbell, departed, never to return. English actor Ray Winstone took his part as a security services officer.
''It's a different business at that level,'' observes Novakovic. ''Drama should stay on the stage and screen.''
She missed De Niro's brief arc because she flew back to Sydney from Boston three times so she could direct Family Stories, a Serbian play she translated for Ride On Theatre, a fringe company with which she is an artistic director. As with Cate Blanchett and the Sydney Theatre Company, Novakovic draws creative satisfaction from the stage, as opposed to stewing over her film career; her arrival on the Edge of Darkness set was put back a day because she had to help Ride On load out after a Melbourne season in Northcote.
Achievement and varied experience, not status, matter to her. ''There will always be someone better, someone wealthier, someone with a better role, someone who has adopted more children,'' she says.
Novakovic's sense of self-acceptance stems from spending much of 2008 and 2009 in Los Angeles. Her previous Australian credits - the low-budget crime thriller Solo and a season of the Foxtel sex worker drama Satisfaction - didn't open many doors in LA, but she promised herself she would stick at it for three months.
Perseverance and a willingness to acclimatise are shared characteristics of the Australian actor diaspora - Naomi Watts famously endured almost a decade on Hollywood's fringe before she got David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Novakovic found herself with nowhere to live, $80 to her name and an email from her boyfriend in Australia breaking up with her.
Then, in 2008, she auditioned for a supporting role in a film that she is too diplomatic to name but which went on to become one of 2009's biggest blockbusters. The part called for a ''six-foot-three blonde Russian Playboy model'', recalls Novakovic.
She turned a bimbo part into a comedic role, improvising dialogue. The producers were so impressed they spent six weeks trying to hire a famous comedic actress to play the retooled part. When that failed they came back to Novakovic, but financiers wouldn't sign off. Novakovic was told she had the role, and then that she didn't. She hasn't seen the finished film, although the character appears to bear her influence, but getting close enough was what she needed.
The tide turned, and even when she shot scenes for the Will Smith melodrama Seven Pounds that were cut in post-production due to story difficulties, she had self-belief without the attendant ego.
''There are people who want to get famous, who want to look good, who want their photo taken for a magazine - Los Angeles is the place to go for that. There are a lot of those people pursuing fame for fame's sake,'' she points out.
''But if I did a film for the hope of being famous, then I'd probably just spend every day thinking about how I should be painting sets for Ride On.''
Novakovic now divides her time between creative hubs. There is theatre work in Melbourne (she is about to workshop a play she wrote at the Malthouse), low-budget features in Belgrade (for her last performance, in Skinning, she played a murderous neo-Nazi), and studio films in Los Angeles (her next film is supernatural thriller Devil). She keeps a suitcase in various cities now, storage space elsewhere.
''Success in Hollywood doesn't make you any better than you were. It just breeds a lot more choice,'' reasons Novakovic. Her contemporaries would agree: Mia Wasikowska is currently working on Gus Van Sant's next feature, while Kodi Smit-McPhee will play the male lead in the American remake of the acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In.
As she sits in her chair, no hint of an entourage, Novakovic flexes her tattooed arms and pushes herself up, balancing on the chair arms as if she is about to take off. Career-wise she just might, having learnt, as numerous others have before her, to take Hollywood as it is and deal with all it has to offer on her own terms.
''It is weird that something depends on a look or your demeanour in front of a camera, but that's film,'' she says. ''It's not for me to limit myself any more, that's for other people to do.''
Edge of Darkness opens on Thursday.
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HELP!! I'm having a major crisis! I'm needing to wire something into the fusebox on my 1993 WRX, but everything's written in Japanese - there's no English anywhere at all!!
Can anybody tell me what the fuses are, say from left to right, top to bottom (just for simplicity - it's a right hand drive).
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Review DateApril 25, 2012
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Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:Taylor Made R580XD
Summary:I bought this driver off the rack in '04. 10.5, M.A.S.2 65 stiff shaft. I am 60, shoot high 70's to low 90's, swing speed 100-105. I am long for my age and skill level (250-280 yds). My 150 club is an 8-iron.
This is my favorite club, of all time. I love the 440 cc head. The new 460's look like softballs to me. I love the looks of the head and shaft, and it sounds great: a crisp, sharp crack that makes every drive sound like it was crushed (Hate those clanking drivers!). Supposedly the shaft is mid-high flex and mid-low launch (2.9 torque, firm tip), but my draws are mid trajectory, and fades high, with superb carry. (Though I have always hit my drives high, because I tee high, and hit inside-out, on the upswing. It would be different for any down- or out-to-in swingers.) When I swing as I intend, the result is absolutely predictable. Errant drives are my fault, and I know it, usually on the downswing. Don't get the small sweet spot reviews, I find it exceptionally forgiving, all across the face (which is as large as the new driver faces).
More a love letter than a review; I have tried other drivers, even bought a few(hard to resist "new" technology!). When I play Friday, they will be in the garage, and the R580XD will be in my bag.
Review DateFebruary 24, 2012
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Shoots in the 80s
Summary:Love this driver. Sounds and feels solid. The slightly smaller head size makes it more workable than the 460cc monsters that are the norm today. Bought one when I first started playing 6 years ago and sold it right away because I did not realize what I had, bought a used one later from clubfinders. However, the factory shaft is junk. Put your favorite shaft in and it is bombs away. May I suggest a proforce V2 in the flex of your choice.
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Model Reviewed:TaylorMade R580 9.5 Driver
Summary:My wife purchased this driver for me. My first TaylorMade product, and I can tell you this is probably the best driver thats ever been created! I've swung many and none allow the control, comfort and sheer distance of this one. BEST IN CLASS- BEST IN SHOW- BEST IN GOLF
Similar Products Used:I use PowerBilt Irons, Royal Woods, TaylorMade R590 Driver, and I don't use a putter... I'm deadly accurate using my PW on the green
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Model Reviewed:Taylormade 580xd
Summary:I have used this club since 2004 when I purchased a new set (17 at the time). Everything was custom made with x100 shafts in the irons, but they didnt custom the driver. I hit this driver 300 average, and it is 7 years old. I am looking into a new driver, and will stick with the taylormade brand for that. I hit mizuno mp32 irons and taylormade rac wedges with a scotty cam putter.
This is a great club that I have used probably over 300 rounds of golf and as many times to the range.
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Summary:Very small sweet spot, not forgiving, what distance, if hit is not perfect bye bye ball. Please avoid this club, it is a total shame to Taylormade's lineup. I'll be in the market for a new driver. Any REAL recommendations?
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Letters to the Editor - July/August 2005
Social Security Reform
Dear Editor:
Your application of the "race card" to the subject of your editorial comment ("Our Social Safety Net," May 2005) is factual, real and definitely "on point." This is the most informative piece I have seen to date that addresses the "problem" with respect to its impact on the African-American community. Keep it up.
John Taylor
Ardmore, Pa.
Beauty & Influence
Dear Editor:
I read your Editor's Note, "Our Beauty, Our Influence" (March/April 2005). It is excellent information. Thank you.
Kenneth Williams
Black Fashion
Dear Editor:
Your March/April 2005 issue carried articles on leading Black designers and the Black presence in fashion. Where do I find Web sites for Black fashion designers for clothing and accessories such as jewelry, handbags and belts? I hope you will do articles in the future that will give information on Web sites of Black fashion vendors—on a state by— state basis—and of Black accessory designers, as well as books, catalogs and directories covering these
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Whites Creek, Tenn.
African Hiphop
Dear Editor:
I guess if we do not tell our stories, nobody else will tell them for us. Thank God for TNJ. Your commentary on African hip-hop ("Editor's Note," June 2005) is enlightening. So, too is your information about FESPACO, the film festival in Burkina Faso ("Africa Focus," June 2005). Major media outlets hardly, if ever, say anything about this festival.
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Ive finally decided to get back into the theme/template making game after over 1 year of no file submissions
I submitted my new html template, Lucidity which can be seen here: http://www.furtzdesigns.com/lucidity/
Now the rejection email said it had to be more unique and just… better! Im having a bit of trouble coming up with ideas, Ive got a few but nothing too drastic comes to mind.
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Your template does not provide a unique enough design with the necessary design quality, features and options to compete in the marketplace at this time. As higher quality templates become available in the marketplace, approval requirements will increase to maintain appropriate marketplace quality.You might consider improving your design with more unique features and graphics in order for it to stand out among other marketplace items. However, a unique design will be a key factor for approval.
If there isnt already a nettuts post about this there really should be. I was working a little with wp3 and i dont really know all the new features and how to implement them.
One thing i noticed is that they changed the 'add thumbnail' to 'add featured image', confused the hell out of me
Ok I had NO idea you could do this and I want in! But i want to know, is there any chance of overdrawn fees or anything like that im not aware of? Also how does this go in Australia, any one tried it out?
Hey there, i have been using the app for 3-4 months or so and it is great! But I wanted to know if it was at all possible to grab weekly sales/daily sales number and value from the API ?
The weekly sales value would be the best, thanks for the great app.
Ok i do nt know if anyone has said this yet, but it would be awesome if we could use the money already in our envato marketplace accounts to pay for store items!+1 and being able to purchase with our marketplace balance would be great .Second comment on the first page, and I agree!
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Ok i do nt know if anyone has said this yet, but it would be awesome if we could use the money already in our envato marketplace accounts to pay for store items!
I asked a similar question around the forums a few months ago and found this. It works very well!
It also helps to know that what you are asking for is called 'truncation' which will help you search for answers.
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Your Roadmap Should Make Someone Unhappy
Posted by Tom Grant on June 14, 2010
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There's a great post about dysfunctional product roadmaps at Product Beautiful. I'll add a couple of other types to the list:
- The Hatch: Much like the TV show Lost, the roadmap hints vaguely about big amazing things to come. Don't believe a word of it. There's no grand design, just someone using these portentious-sounding pseudo-revelations to disguise their uncertainty about where the plot is headed (i.e., nowhere). Similar to "the Zen Master," but more intentionally misleading.
- The Enabler: The roadmap is just an attempt to mollify "stakeholders," which in this context means people with such an aggressive, unbalanced sense of self-importance that you could imagine them waving a sharpened piece of wood under the noses of anyone who dares tell them "Boo." These "stakeholders" could be internal (i.e., bigwigs) or external (customers and partners who earned the label "strategic" through unrelenting pushiness). There is no chance that the company can deliver on these promises, but no one has the cojones to do anything beyond pretending that everything will work out in the end, so please stop all the yelling.
- The Vendetta. The competition defines the roadmap, which is a series of projects designed to counter whatever the competition is doing, or more accurately, may be doing. Anyone paranoid enough to define their roadmap in this fashion is likely to exaggerate competitive threats, far beyond what other vendors are actually contemplating, or even capable of delivering. Nevertheless, if customers are susceptible to the competition's guile and trickery, whatever countermeasures you build into the roadmap are, ipso facto, something that customers already want to hear. If a particular customer asks for something not contemplated as part of this slow-motion St. Valentine's Day Massacre, you need to find some way, any way, to make it sound as though it's on your hit list.
Whatever the species of dysfunctional roadmap, they're all counterproductive. As Product Beautiful says, the core problem is an unwillingness or ineptitude at telling people what they don't want to hear: "Depending on the political dynamics of your organization, it can be hard to push back on stakeholders who aren't used to hearing 'no,' even for the right reasons."
Unfortunately, you do have to say no, quite frequently. Plus, you're not the only person who has to say no. Salespeople have to manage expectations. Support needs to give sensible answers about plans to fix, add, or simplify functionality. And so on.
Most importantly, you have to make it clear what business you're in, and by extension, not in. I have a lot of respect for companies who are willing to say, "No, that's not what we do," instead of, "Well, maybe, if the money's right." For example, salesforce.com doesn't create vertical versions of its products. The money might be extremely attractive, but salesforce.com understands the larger cost of diluting its value proposition and its ability to deliver. Better to stay on track with the roadmap that they have, instead of forking it several times.
Admittedly, it's hard to say no, especially given the twists and turns of fate. Who knows how things will turn out? The uncertainty of the future aside, lack of total foresight is not a justification for creating a useless or misleading roadmap. In fact, your customers and partners will be happy if you're honest about the elements of the roadmap you can't predict, as long as you're clear about the general direction in which you're headed.
From the customer's or partner's perspective, the roadmap is important for two reasons:
- Ensuring projects stay on track. In every project plan, there's some amount of time in which to fold in technology that's not initially available. Some of it may be of secondary importance, so there's no problem adding it later. Other technology may be needed ASAP, but clever project leaders can manage around these gaps for a limited time.
- Getting return on the technology investment. Customers want to know that the investment in a product or service will continue to pay off, long after the project is officially completed. Partners want to know that it was worth their while to add your products or services to their portfolios.
To address both priorities, you don't need to promise too many specifics. You need the aspirational roadmap that describes where, over the course of the next couple of years, the company is headed, and how its product and service portfolio fits into that vision. You also need a somewhat more specific roadmap that gives a greater level of detail about releases, but not too much detail. The goal of the release is the crucial element, since it makes sense of the projects that are included, as well as the ones that are excluded (or may be cut). And, of course, there's the very short-term roadmap, describing what you're working on now, and how you're implementing these projects.
Imagine that your company is part of your circle of friends. Pick one of those individuals, and you know what type of friend someone is, from close confidante to passing acquaintance. You also know generally what you can count on them to do, such as the friend who's always a good person to include in weekend plans. Finally, there are the specific events scheduled for the near future, such as the skiing trip next weekend. Obviously, whenever you make plans like these, you're going to invite the stalwart friend who only cancels at the last minute when there's a damn good reason, over the flaky friend who always says yes, but shows up only half the time.
Now, imagine what customers want from you, when the stakes are a lot higher than canceling one of the room reservations at a ski lodge. Keep that image in mind for the next time you revisit the roadmap. Segment it into the different levels of specificity, and be honest about what you don't know, or don't plan on doing.
[Ultimately, we're talking about the roadmap as an offshoot of the company's portfolio: What business are we in? How will we deliver value in that market, now and in the future? But that's a big, big topic for a later post.]
Great post Tom! Having worked
Comment from Stephen Burton (not verified) on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 08:01
Great post Tom! Having worked in product management for almost 5 years I can relate to pretty much everything you've described, especially:
the core problem is an unwillingness or ineptitude at telling people what they don't want to hear: "Depending on the political dynamics of your organization, it can be hard to push back on stakeholders who aren't used to hearing 'no,' even for the right reasons."
While nothing is ever perfect in product management the biggest lesson I've learned over the years is "If everything is important nothing is important" which subsequently dilutes and kills the focus of who you are and why you exist as a company. It also places a heavy burden on your ability to try and deliver everything well vs delivering a few things really well.
I also agree that its better to be honest with customers and say "NO" upfront than to keep them hanging on the premise that you might deliver something in the future (which normally turns out to be a NO anyway.
The Value of market voices
Comment from Christine Crandell on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 15:48
Great post, Tom. You really netted out what so many of us have experienced over the years, and companies. In my opinion, roadmaps become road accidents because the voice of the markets either never enter into the product innovation process or is ignored. Validating a roadmap back to the market - to the very people who participated in ideation - is a great way of keeping the product strategy aligned to the company strategy and market opportunity. Circumvents the 'shoot the messenger' syndrome and helps manage HiPPOs (highest paid person's opinion).
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