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Amplifier Remote Wire Locations?
For everyone that has hooked up aftermarket amplifiers to the stock system, what source did you tap into for the remote wire? I know many people have tapped into the fuse box, others the cigarette lighter wire, and some people have even found wires in the trunk to tap into. I'm curious as to what route people took and why, because I'm looking to move away from the remote turn-on feature of the LC2i.
I used a wire that controls power on to the amp in the trunk location. I used pinouts from a schematic for the amp wiring layout; if I can find it again in my documents I'll post it. The only thing I had to run from the front of the car was the 4ga wire for my sub amp and LC2i.
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I removed the cigarette lighter and installed a switch using the cigarette lighter power. Works great, no noise, well conceal to keep the stock look easy to access and simple to remove if I ever sell. See the attached. Btw, I'm using the Lc2i and a Rockford fosgate amp with dual JL's. At first I didn't want the switch but I'm glad I installed it, I'm also glad I purchased the JL woofer grills with all of the kids gear being thrown into the trunk. Take a look at the attached pics (sorry for the crappy photos).
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Looks like pin 12 of the connector on the first page (going into Stereo Amplifier) goes HOT with ACC. I'll pull apart my trunk sometime when cleaning it to see what I tapped... I know I didn't write it down, but I did use a multimeter to confirm. I'm also fairly positive that even if the stereo is off, the amp is still hot while the car is on (bluetooth phone calls use the amp as well) but I'll confirm that too.
I'm loving the cigarette lighter switch idea, I might have to borrow this idea for LEDs.
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One of the wires that plug in there is hot when car is on, not when not. I'll look sometime this weekend. I didn't have to unmount the amp, I did remove the plugs that were necessary to vampire tap....
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Hmmm. My wires look slightly different...? Mine is non-nav non-Levinson... I vampire tapped the gray wire as shown from the third connector from the top... Gray wire is right beside a blue wire. It's pretty thin.
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Despite a shaky third quarter, the Lonoke Lady Jackrabbits cruised through their semifinal matchup with Stuttgart on Thursday night at Bulldog Arena in Bald Knob.
Lonoke managed four points in the third quarter, but picked the intensity back up in the fourth quarter when the Lady Ricebirds threatened to make a game of it after trailing 35-13 at the half. The Lady Rabbits went on for a 53-35 win, but head coach Nathan Morris says one bad quarter of play is one too many, regardless of the cushion.
We played pretty well in the first half, Morris said. But we had a slip of intensity when we came out for the third quarter. We have to get that back; you cant have slips like that when it comes tournament time.
The Lady Jackrabbits have been solid all season, but have suffered on occasion from limited shooters. That appears to be a problem of the past for Lonoke, with the addtion of freshman sensation Cara Neighbors.
Neighbors, appearing in her first varsity contest, made her entry known from the very start. She subbed in for senior guard Hayley OCain in the final minute of the first quarter, and got a steal that she took coast-to-coast for a layup. That gave the Lady Jackrabbits a 13-8 lead, but the youngster was only getting warmed up. She led Lonoke with 15 points.
We feel like Cara can help us out in getting to the basket, Morris said. We need her to push the ball and attack zone defenses, and she certainly did that tonight.
Neighbors started out the second quarter with an inside jumper set up by an assist from sophomore guard Ashleigh Himstedt. She came down with a defensive rebound on the ensuing Stuttgart drive, and then returned the favor to Himstedt.
Himstedts layup at the 7:08 mark put Lonoke up 17-8, and a steal by Michaela Brown led to a three-pointer by Neighbors to extend the lead to 20-8.
Stuttgart finally broke a seven-minute scoreless streak with a three-point basket by Sontreka Johnson, but OCain answered right back with a three pointer to make it 23-11 with 5:17 left in the first half.
It was Neighbors turn once again after that. She drove inside for a field goal and a free throw to give the Rabbits a 26-11 lead. Neighbors and OCain combined for five more points in the frame, and post players Carrie Mitchell and Asiah Scribner each hit shots from the inside to close out the half.
The highlights were scarce during the third quarter. Stuttgart outscored the Lady Jackrabbits 9-4 during the lackluster frame, enough to avoid the dreaded courtesy clock, and put itself back in the game. Lonokes only offense in the frame was generated by shots from Scribner and Mitchell. That led to a 39-22 Lonoke lead heading into the final eight minutes.
Neighbors finished 6-of-8 from the field, and 2-of-3 at the foul line. Asiah Scribner finished 5-of-7 from the floor for 11 points, and had seven rebounds. OCain had nine points from a trio of three-point shots, and Mitchell rounded it out with eight points and 10 rebounds.
Lonoke shot 52 percent from the floor (23-44) and 44 percent from the three-point line (4-9). The Lady Jackrabbits were 3-of-6 from the foul line, while the Lady Ricebirds shot 38 percent from the floor and 60 percent from the foul line. Stuttgart finished the season 11-16.
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Today, this osmania medical college hyderabad is regarded as one of the most prestigious and innovative medical colleges of India, with ample international reputation. Initially, this medical college was affiliated to the Osmania Uiversity (Hyderabad), but now, all its medical courses are recognized and recommended by one of the most reputed medical universities of Andhra Pradesh, the Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. The well-facilitated and lavish campus of this osmania medical college india, is located at the heart of Hyderabad city at Koti. Funded by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, this osmania medical college hyderabad india, provides medical education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and highly impressive and free medical treatment services to patients residing in places all across the entire State.
This osmania medical college is regarded as being one of the toughest medical colleges of Andhra Pradesh for finding admissions into. It is because of the fact that this medical institute is conspicuously outstanding and hugely reputed for its ace academic standards and clinical excellence not only in Andhra Pradesh, but also in entire south India. It has a rich and highly constructive history of pioneering diverse medical innovations. For providing thorough and fully professional practical training to its medical students, this osmania medical college has close associations with as much as nine highly prestigious and popular hospitals, which are located in Hyderabad, and other nearby cities of the State. The following are the various medical courses offered by this one of the most reputed and leading medical colleges of Adhra Pradesh:
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Could you have made it this far without RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)?
I don't think so. I don't mean to say this generally, I wouldn't have known where and how to begin, if I didn't go to RADA. Because, I didn't have any connections, there's literally nobody in my life who's in the industry. I wouldn't have known how to get work, or get an agent in the first place. Getting into RADA put me into that stage to be seen, and for three years I've learned about acting. There are so many different styles of acting, and ways of getting a performance out of you and you have to find your own way, and you take bits of it, not the whole lot. You take things that work for you and go with it, but I think drama school is an amazing things to do. There are a lot of actors that haven't and don't feel like it's necessary, but for me it was.
Thanks to Chuckie for the scans.
– Movies & Television > Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Related Clippings > F*** (UK) – Issue 6 – June 2010
– Scans from 2013: InStyle (USA) – October 2013
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By Hayden Manders
Hollywood had better be prepared for the rise of Gemma Arterton. The theater-turned-film actress has already proven she can kick some action hero butt like 007, and already has two British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations under her belt. For a girl whose resume is only beginning, that's pretty darn impressive. Oh, and not to mention, she's absolutely stunning.
Avon made a good call in making her the face of its beauty line. Her flawlessly fair skin is almost as famous as her acting ability, and she makes good use of both in her latest film, Byzantium. Arterton plays Clara, a hyper-sexual vampire trying to outrun her 200-year history. Arterton's personal history doesn't run that deep, but it does extend into the theater world, where she hopes to end up after her stint in film is done (but that won't be for a long, long time). The girl's got talent, and her infectious personality could put her in the running to be our new BFF, but we won't jump the gun just yet — don't want to scare her off right away.
In Byzantium, your character uses a lot of sexuality and intensity to get her own way. Was that her antiquated view of a woman's options in the world (as opposed to Eleanor, who was much more upfront and honest), or do you think that is still a reality which women have to face?
"No, they don't. They don't have to do that at all. She does it because it's what she knows; it's her best trick. She knows how to manipulate men sexually. It was just something I decided was her strongest weapon. I think there are definitely women out there who use their sexuality to get what they want, but I don't think it's the way. I think having a brain is the best."
Not to go back in time, but we have to ask: The sexual tension between you and Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince Of Persia was palpable. How was it working with him? How did you guys develop chemistry?
"Yeah, actually the last time I was in New York, we went for dinner. We hadn't seen each other in a couple of years because he's been away, and I've been away. I was so young when that filmed — 20 or 21. It was a strange time. It was quite a hard movie to make for the both of us, but since then we've been getting on really well. He's just a really lovely guy. He's very giving. I think he's a proper actor. He was really sweet."
What did you learn from him?
"Resilience. I think he's very resilient, and detailed. Everything matters to him. He's very attentive. He really takes everything into his own. He's very responsible, and makes sure everything is right. I tend to be all over the place, and hippie-like, but he always stressed being attentive."
Does this "hippie" kind of work ethic carry through into your personal style?
"No, I'm not hippie in personal style, but I guess I'm sort of airy. I tend to go with the flow a lot. Sometimes I can be a bit passive. I'm a bit of a contradiction: I'm passive, but very fiery. I started off in the theater, and I'm used to being more actor-y. Film is a lot different, there's a lot more ego involved. Theater is about doing the right thing and having fun. It's been a process finding out how it all works."
Would you ever go back to theater?
"I always want to go back. I've always got my finger in the pies. I'm hopefully doing a musical next year, and also a play. I've tried to do a play every year, but you have to really, really commit to it. It's quite hard. For me, my heart is in theater. I'll always be primarily a theater actor. Film, this is what I'm doing for the moment. I'm doing it because I can, and the opportunities are there, but the theater is where I feel the happiest. My dream is to own my own theater. Ever since I moved to London, I found this theater that's derelict in South London. I want to buy it and make it into my own theater. That's my ultimate goal. I think I'm going to do it. I've got this feeling I'm going to do it. I want to be the head of my own theater and be an artistic director. That won't be for a long time, though. I've got to finish all this film stuff."
– Scans from 2013 > Sunday Telegraph: Stella (UK) – January 27, 2013, thanks to Chuckie
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Song For Marion is released in UK cinemas on February 8, 2013.
by Jessica Kiang
Last week at the Marrakech Film Festival, we got to sit down in a small press group with jury member Gemma Arterton. She's an actress who for a while seemed to be following a fairly standard route, especially for a British starlet, following up her first film "St Trinian's" with some period TV before landing a Bond girl role in "Quantum of Solace." However, since that breakout, while she's done studio fare ("Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," the upcoming "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"), we've also seen her skew more eccentric with some of her choices, taking small, British films like "Tamara Drewe" and "Song for Marion" along with edgy indie thriller "The Disappearance Of Alice Creed," and she boasts a forthcoming lineup that promises much more interesting fare to come.
One of those interesting-looking movies is next year's "Runner, Runner" from "The Lincoln Lawyer" director Brad Fuhrman. Penned by David Levien and Brian Koppelman ("Rounders"), the film — which will see her star alongside a great cast — will tell the story of a Princeton student who gets cheated out of his tuition playing online poker, but winds up as the right hand man of the dude running the site. "It's a thriller about online gambling in central America and the dirty, filthy underworld of that. Ben Affleck is in it, and I play his right hand woman I guess, and also it's a bit sleazy — our relationship," Arterton said. "Justin Timberlake is the hero of the piece; there are some great actors in it — Anthony Mackie who was in 'The Hurt Locker' — he's brilliant. It's all very sexy and shot by the guy that shot 'Avatar' [Mauro Fiore] so it has a film noir feel to it — that dirty bling world."
She goes on to clear up some confusion (ours, we confess) surrounding a movie about famed war photographer Robert Capa, a project to which she was also linked a couple years back with Andrew Garfield said to be in the lead. It appears we might have a Capote/Hitchcock situation on our hands again here: "There's two versions: 'Waiting for Robert Capa' which is Michael Mann's and my version which is just called 'Capa,' " says Arterton. "It's now being directed by Paul Andrew Williams who directed 'Song for Marion.' The original screenplay was by Menno Meyjes… We're in the process of casting our Capa, and I hope it happens because it's such a great story. And I hope we do it before Michael Mann! I'm like, 'Quick, hurry up!' because obviously ours would be a lower budget."
I've just added brand new scans from a Belgian magazine from 2010, Le Vif Weekend, that features a very interesting new old interview with Ms Arterton and also an unseen before outtake from her Observer photoshoot.
– Scans from 2010 > Le Vif Weekend (Belgium) – August 13-19, 2010
When filming began for the Hollywood adaptation of the video game The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Rinaldi was working for Oscar and BAFTA award-winning hair and make-up designer Jan Archibald, whose wig company London Wigs was charged with the hair design.
"I did all the wigs for Gemma Arterton, who's the lead actress in it. She had these really long wigs, which were really hard to get the long hair for."
With each wig requiring about 50 hours of work, when the movie was finally released in 2010, all Rinaldi could look at was Arterton's character's hair. "To see it when you make it and then to see it in the film is quite different. It certainly adds a different dimension to watching a film," she said.
Rinaldi uses only natural human hair for her wigs, preferring European or Russian hair.
"We don't use Asian hair that has been stripped and dyed, especially if I'm doing blondes or whites. You can process Asian hair to make it blonde, but the texture is different."


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Getting to know kulula Airlines
"Welcome on board this kulula Airlines flight to Durban. Please pay attention to the safety announcement, because you will be writing a test shortly." kulula humour has been the unofficial trademark of South Africa's first low cost airline since launching operations in 2001.
The name kulula is derived from the Zulu word for 'easily' and this is exactly how the airline operates. kulula wants you to feel like travelling is as easy as a Sunday breeze. I guess if you're one of the top 10 airlines in Africa, and your staff is voted top 10 for airline staff in Africa 2016, making travel easy is no big feat.
As a no frills, no fuss budget airline in South Africa, kulula Air aims to provide a hassle free experience for customers from check in, to their tongue-in-cheek inflight services and safety demonstrations. No matter which way you look at it, kulula Airlines really is a fun way to fly.
Book cheap kulula flights with Travelstart today!
Why fly with kulula
- kulula believe their humour to be their trademark and which has in fact set them apart from the rest their fellow low-cost carriers.
- The only way to travel is with a smile. Take a look at kulula's "seven tips to making friends on a plane"… Its Good vibes all the way!
- There is no reason to be separated from your loved ones when travelling with kulula when you can select A 'Pre-Paid Seat' when booking online from as little as R55.
Baggage policy
Your kulula flight entitles you to one free checked bag weighing up to 20kg and one piece of hand baggage weighing up to 7kg plus a slimline laptop bag or small handbag.
Anything above this resctrictiion, means you can stress or simply purchase extra bags online at a discounted rate or at the airport. Any bag weighing between 20kg and 32kg will incur a heavy bag fee at the airport.
Check in
kulula Airlines check in counters open 90 minutes before domestic flights depart and close 30 minutes before the flight departs. Bring your ID document, driver's license or Passport as well as your Travelstart flight booking reference to check-in for your kulula flight.
All kulula flights use the code MN. For example, a flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town on kulula could be called MN6441 - this is the number that will be on your air ticket/boarding pass after checking in for your kulula Airlines flight.
Cabin Classes
kulula only offers its passengers economy class seating
Food on board
The kulula inflight experience is enhanced by the pay-onboard catering service. Pay cash or by credit card for a variety of enjoyable snacks and beverages by Woolworths on all kulula flights. The airline also caters for vegetarians.
Travelling with Pets
In accordance with international standards, kulula Airlines won't accept the following pets for travel:
- Puppies under 10 weeks old
- All Mammals declared to be pregnant unless accompanied by a veterinary health certificate certifying that the animal is fit to travel and less than 6 weeks into the gestation period, and there is no risk of birth occurring during the journey.
- Nursing females with suckling young
- In accordance with the IATA Live Animal Regulations (LAR) ZAG – 01 that states the "South African Government regulations prohibit the carriage of all live animals destined for or in transit through the Republic of South Africa as excess baggage. Live animals destined for or in transit through the Republic of South Africa may only be shipped as manifested cargo."
- Unaccompanied pets can't be checked in at the airport but must be taken to the kulula cargo agent
- Reservations for a particular kulula flight of your choice should be confirmed 24 hours prior to departure with the Cargo Agent
- Once you've booked your kulula flight with Travelstart, please contact kulula on 0861 kulula (585852) to make a reservation for your pet at least 24 hours prior to departure.
- You must ensure that you obtain the necessary health and vaccination certificates and other documentation needed for the animal as these may be requested at the airport prior to travel. If you fail to present these on request, kulula may refuse carriage of your pet. A quick visit or call to the vet will sort this out to ensure your pet has been inoculated against most diseases.
- As per general airline policy for travvelling with pets, it is the pet owner's responsibility to ensure the animal is suitably sedated so as to lessen any anxiety or stress while flying. It is suggested that you discuss this with your vet prior to travel who will advise you according to the type of pet and its disposition.
As a major player in South Africa, kulula's fleet flies to all centres in South Africa including Lanseria airport in the north of Johannesburg.
Scheduled flights are only offered between the following destinations
- Cape Town
- Johannesburg (O.R. Tambo)
- Lanseria
- George
- Durban
- East London
- Nairobi - Kenya
Green Fleet
As the budget airline arm of British Airways Comair in South Africa, kulula has helped make domestic travel in South Africa affordable.The kulula fleet is green and their livery varies from flashy designs that adorn the sides of their planes to the ever-recognisable mambo green they're known for. Some memorable livery includes the 'This Way Up' plane and the 'Flying 101' design.
The kulula Boeing 737 planes are fuel efficient and offer enhanced legroom in the low cost range.
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It's safe to say using Facebook on a mobile device can be a frustrating venture. Despite several advances, including a cleaner interface, there are still some minor hiccups that creep into its mobile app.
It's most apparent when attempting to post a photo. When users aren't tediously adding mobile pics one image at a time, they may need to perform a quick rotation because Facebook insists your image looks much better sideways.
The social network is attempting to provide an answer: the standalone app Facebook Camera for the iPhone. Having explored the app and posted some photos, it's an easier, more elegant experience.
After connecting to Facebook Camera, a feed pops up highlighting only photos posted by friends. Users can access their camera by tapping a button in the left corner. Images from the camera roll stream across the top, letting users scroll left to right to look up any saved images.
The highlight of Facebook Camera is the ability to select several photos at once. Tapping on the camera roll feed pulls up saved photos, and hitting the check mark adds them to a post. Once users collect the photos they want, they can add to their profile in one post with a description.
Users can also crop images and add one of several filters, just like a certain photo sharing app Facebook recently bought for $1 billion.
It's a simple, clean app. Photos take center stage, taking up plenty of screen space on an iPhone.
Facebook also really wants users to activate their iPhone's Location Services. Users can't access their camera roll without turning it on, then they must enable the app. Fortunately, users still have control over whether they want to share the location of a photo before publishing to their profile.
Facebook Camera holds up nicely next to Instagram, but the current king of mobile photo sharing still has advantages. There's no Location Service required to get to the camera roll, and transitioning from taking a photo to publishing is a bit more seamless.
However, Facebook Camera is far better than using the social network's primary app.
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Reggie's Prayer
Late NFL hero Reggie White stars in this uplifting film as Reggie Knox, a football star moved by a community tragedy to retire and help kids. Under the guidance of an inner-city principal (Pat Morita), Knox takes a job as a teacher and coach to at-risk students. But a gang leader (Paul "The Giant" Wight) is ready to do whatever it takes to retain his control of the neighborhood. Brett Favre, M.C. Hammer and other stars make cameo appearances.


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Cap-to-Cap About More than Business, Education is Important Too
Cap-to-Cap isn't just about business. There's a serious educational component, too. Right now there are federal efforts to establish a national ratings system for higher education.
Some say this one size fits all solution that will likely restrict the capacity of public and private institutions in Sacramento, at the same time we need to increase the number of students with relevant certificates and degrees.
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On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 05:50, Ping Kwong wrote:
> I was able to establish a remote connection with the built-in PPTP
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> resolve external DNS names. If you ping with IP addresses that works
> fine. Is there something I'm missing? I am using built pb23r570.
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pb26r614 (built on Sun Jan 25 2004) as you are running an old version -
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or if it is now no longer there.
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Opera star Sumi Jo has made brisk exits from Australia before, but none as dramatic as her departure from Sydney yesterday.
The acclaimed soprano was to make her final Opera House performance tomorrow in Lucia di Lammermoor but unexpectedly returned home to Italy.
Opera Australia's management was startled to learn of her hastily organised travel plans. "It took us by surprise," said the chief executive, Adrian Collette. "The hotel staff told us about a change in her reservation - that's the first we heard of it. She didn't let us or her personal management know but we gather she left for Rome on doctor's orders.
"We are used to dealing with singers who are indisposed and there's no question that the role of Lucia is in the stratosphere of vocal demands. We deeply regret her decision not to fulfil her contract."
Sumi Jo's New York-based agent, Tony Russo, was also shocked. "I've spoken to Sumi twice since she's been in Australia and she's been very happy there. The reviews she got were fantastic.
"I had no idea that there was anything medically wrong with her but I suspect her problem is that she's pregnant ... I don't really know what's going on until I speak to her."
An OA spokesman said no mention had been made of pregnancy. "Usually you hear of these things but there's been no
rumours to that effect."
When Sumi Jo performed an Opera House concert last year she left for Korea immediately after. "Sumi is giggly and flighty, so it doesn't come as a surprise to hear of these things," a source told the Herald.
Collette said tomorrow's matinee would go ahead with Joanna Cole in the role.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for Joanna and as brilliant as Sumi Jo is, Lucia di Lammermoor is a whole show and audiences come for the entire package."
Ticket-holders can get a refund, however, if they contact OA before the matinee.
The company has not ruled out hiring the Korean diva in the future but her behaviour has made management cautious.
"Sumi has had a major success here and obviously after this experience we would look for every assurance if we were to invite Ms Jo again."
Cole, who is winning praise for her portrayal of Gilda in Rigoletto, is happy to take Sumi Jo's place.
"I like to prepare intensely for a role," said Cole, who gave a heroic performance as Lindy Chamberlain in the opera Lindy last year. "But I always have time for Lucia - she's like a next-door neighbour who I enjoy calling on from time to time."
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Infrastructure Engineer (Lead)- Security, Networking, Devops
Infrastructure Engineer (Lead)- Security, Networking, Devops Linux (Move towards Infrastructure managers) Are you a hands on Technical Lead Infrastructure engineer looking for a growing company to join to allow you to take a step up and move towards management where you can stay hands on but work alongside the CTO as an infrastructure manager? Europe's fastest growing retail E commerce firms based in the Homespace are looking for an experienced and technical Infrastructure Team Lead to help the company manage the infrastructure as they look to rapidly scale the business. The company themselves are brilliant having quadrupled in size over the last 2 years they are still growing at an insane rate which has meant the need to scale the infrastructure to allow them to maintain this growth rate. They have set aside a few million to invest in infrastructure over the next year as they realise the importance of IT infrastructure within the business. The company are undergoing a massive migration over to Linux from Windows and as part of this are adopting 'devops' principles which involve bringing IT to the forefront of the business and having open communication between all aspects of IT. As part of this the individual who would come in would be helping to champion this movement and leading a team of systems administrator, applications support engineers and technical architects. The role will involve being the most senior technical person in the team who is comfortable to get hands on if need be in a number of key infrastructure focused projects particularly relating to improving the security and network infrastructure and making the company PCI compliant. The company have a majority LAMP infrastructure and their platform is hosted in AWS with puppet being used for configuration management so the candidate coming in will need experience working in such an environment with the mind-set to help push the company more towards continuous integration/ delivery. What are they looking for? Strong Linux Background Experience managing network infrastructure Experience working in a high security environment Strong experience with Cloud technologies: AWS/Azure Knowledge of Voip Technologies This is fast growing organisation who have just moved into a newly furnished office in the middle of London so in terms of scope of growth in the role there is no where better. You will be reporting directly to the CTO managing a team of 15 set to double in the next year. The ideal person will be very technologically motivated who will want to be hands on with the latest tech but is keen to move upwards in his career to a 'Head of infrastructure' position in a growing company where they can be part of scaling a platform and changing the landscape of the Ecommerce industry. If you are interested in Infrastructure Engineer (Senior)- Security, Networking, Devops Linux (Move towards Infrastructure managers)- APPLY NOW No terminology in this advert is designed to discriminate on grounds of gender, race, colour, religion, creed, disability, age, sex or sexual orientation. Talent Point Ltd (including the trading name First Point) is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) 00072652, an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate against these or any other class protected by applicable law. Key Words: Linux, devops, networking, security, puppet, Aws, LAMP, php, Azure, systems, infrastructure This job was originally posted as www.cwjobs.co.uk/job/66902253


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Thursday, 7 March, 2002, 18:48 GMT
Bacteria 'holds key' to river blindness
Cheap antibiotics could revolutionise treatment for a disease which blinds thousands every year in developing countries.
River blindness is caused by a worm which burrows into the skin before releasing many hundreds of offspring which spread throughout the body.
Over decades, they appear to cause inflammation in the eye which eventually destroys sight.
In some parts of Asia and Africa, where the disease is endemic, as many as 15% of people carry the worms.
Traditionally, drugs have been employed to tackle the worm and its descendants, but research in Liverpool, Hamburg in Germany, and the US could change that.
According to experts, the worms are heavily dependent on a particular type of bacteria, called Wolbachia, which they carry in their guts.
They may need the bugs in order to reproduce successfully.
Mouse tests
And the new evidence, published in the journal Science, suggests that the bacteria also cause the inflammation which causes lasting damage to skin and eyes.
These bacteria appear to be vulnerable to simple and inexpensive antibiotics, giving doctors working in developing countries an effective tool to attack them.
Two researchers from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, infected some mice with the contents of worms treated with antibiotics, and others with extracts from non-treated worms.
Mice exposed to the treated extracts showed significantly less thickening and haze of the eye's cornea, and fewer overall signs of inflammation.
Drug resistance
Dr Mark Taylor, from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, said: "This research has totally changed our understanding of the disease and opens up new options for its treatment.
"Even in a mud hut medical centre, you will find the antibiotics, which are effective at sterilising the worm and clearing the bacteria.
"The hope is that this new approach to treatment will both clear the pathogenic bacteria from existing worms and, through sterilisation, prevent the release of new worms, so preventing the onset of disease and recurring infection."
The worms, Onchocerca volvulus, which are responsible for river blindness, are carried by a black fly, and passed on humans via their bite.
While many strategies to combat river blindness focus on prevention of infection, with frequent washing, infected patients are given the drug ivermectin, which targets the worms directly.
There has been concern that the worms are now developing resistance to this drug.
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Lori Lightfoot, '89: The Highest Standards
Credibility and integrity were traits that made Lori Lightfoot, '89, a leader at the Law School and are traits that have distinguished her career as well. While still a student, Lightfoot was instrumental in getting a law firm banned from on-campus interviewing because the firm had mistreated a fellow student. "What they did wasn't illegal," she says, "but it was immoral." Lightfoot says of the battle with the firm, "Because people knew me in a broader context, they knew I wouldn't be pushing for something unless I had a good reason for it."
Perhaps it is this backbone that City of Chicago mayor Richard Daley recognized in Lightfoot earlier this year when he appointed her to work in the Office of Procurement soon after it came to light that certain companies that had been certified as Minority Business Enterprises or Women Business Enterprises were fronts, created in order to benefit from the city's "set aside" program. The set aside program is designed to foster the economic development of women- and minority-owned businesses in Chicago. Neither the state nor the federal government offers programs of this sort, and the city is committed to this type of economic development. The scandal "really hit the public consciousness," Lightfoot says. "The mayor felt he needed to take a dramatic step." She is taking at least a six-month leave from her regular job to work for the Office of Procurement, but she told the mayor she would stay as long as necessary. "Our charge is to maintain the public trust," she says. "The goal is to make things as understandable and transparent as possible."
Her "regular" job is Chief of Staff and General Counsel for the Office of Emergency Management. In this capacity Lightfoot is tasked with managerial oversight of homeland security efforts in Chicago, the 911 call center, the 311 call center, emergency management, and traffic management.
Lightfoot's reputation for fairness and integrity began to be widely known during her tenure as Chief Administrator of the Office of Professional Standards for the Chicago Police Department. Lightfoot says the biggest challenge in this position was "walking a difficult line between maintaining the integrity of the department and handling complaints against it." One memorable incident occurred in April of 2003, when a van was stopped by police because of an outstanding warrant. The occupants initially refused to get out of the vehicle and the situation rapidly escalated as several squad cars and a large crowd gathered. The police eventually broke the windows of the van and sprayed pepper spray inside. When the driver exited the van the police pushed him to the ground to handcuff him, and even though he was not resisting, excessive force was used. "OPS had to find out who laid hands on this man and who was responsible," she says. The officers wouldn't admit to anything. Lightfoot reflects, "When a community is outraged the only fair thing to do is to follow due process. Unfortunately it's a slow process and it doesn't always satisfy the community." Ultimately, OPS recommended the lead officer be fired, and he ended up facing criminal charges. Lightfoot said that situations like these helped show her staff that this was "not just another job."
She approaches everything with this level of commitment. At the Law School, she was quarterback for the women's intramural football team, Apathy, which in her time had a remarkable record—not only was the team undefeated, it was unscored upon. But memories of her time here are bittersweet. "The Law School has come a long way in terms of diversity, but it has a long way yet to go," she says. "I would like to see greater efforts made to include minority voices in the intellectual life of the Law School, and to reach out to minority alumni for fundraising and volunteer support. Why not have a world-class law school that is a truly inclusive place?"


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Turbine Gagarin tshirt design
February, 2013
Occasionally, really fun little projects come along, and this was one of them. Matthew Stibbe from Turbine wanted a tshirt to celebrate their V9.1 release. The brief was to create something that showed the iconic smiling astronaut Gagarin in a Russian propaganda style and a similar feel to the Obama 'Hope' campaign image.
I traced a reference image with vector paths. It may be easy to create a 'poster style' image with auto-tracing filters in Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, but I find these never have as aesthetically-pleasing results as working by hand, picking out the shadows and highlights that make up the core of the image. This is the same technique I used for the illustrations for Power Of One.


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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:53:17 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Paralell startup On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 12:10, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:problem with parallel startup is that it *ALSO* increases how much the disk has to seek, which slows things down. For me it's not clear if it's actually a real gain or just a placebo one.I am hearing much good from the gentoo camp about paralell startup, and how it brings down boot times to about 30 secounds. Is this possible to do with fedora as well?
You are right ... just starting up everything that can possibly be started up all at once makes no sense since it will undoubtedly add overhead above and beyond the time for each to start separately.
There are some situations/landmarks that are independant of disk access though.
I would break things up into three phases of booting:1) Hardware detection and configuration - pretty much everything has to wait for this (and all the HAL/hotplug/udev stuff is looking really slick, BTW) 2) Network connection - there are going to be many things that need to wait for a network interface to be established but many others that couldn't care less and could continue on loading up without waiting for slow DHCP resolution or a bit long timeout before ifup failure (both things catch me on a regular basis). 3) X server startup and presentation of GUI login - this could be spawned quite early on while everything else keeps loading in the background. Psychologically, many people believe that the boot is done when they can interact with the machine. Windows uses this trick extensively. While it looks like it has booted, try opening up an app ... it takes *ages* until it has truly finished loading everything in the background.
Each of these milestones can "fork" off a parallel ordered branch of startup scripts which may _seem_ to start up faster and avoid big pauses when there is trouble. It shouldn't add too much complication to the init. Each script just has to identify whether it needs networking to be up or if it blocks X.
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Now one of today's most accomplished writers of biblical fiction answers the questions millions of people of faith have been asking: Who was Jabez? Why did he pray this prayer of blessing? And what happened next?
In Jabez, Thom Lemmons lifts the veil of silence surrounding the life of this prayer warrior to tell a story of struggle and pain...of courage and honor...of hardship and brokenness...of faith and blessing.
It's about a simple prayer. A complex man. And a life-changing encounter with God.
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I enjoy reading Lynn Austin's historical fiction. Her books oh the Civil are awesome as well.
I love biblical fiction and this one did not disappoint ! The story brought to light the actual biblical account and added some fictional and artist events which helped understand the story which does unfold in scripture. This book is well worth the investment and one I will listen to over and over again.
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GameThrust 184.108.40.2061 Publisher's description GameThrust is a tool for all that allows you to modify your computers settings to increase gaming and internet speed performance. No modifications to your hardware are made and all adjustments and settings are done in an easy to use interface that a child could use. No more frame rate glitches or slow downs can be achieved by using GameThrust with your favorite games. GameThrust has been tried and tested and proven to work. Are you tired of playing your favorite game only to find your computer isnt fast enough any longer? Or are you sick of games crashing because of not enough available resources? GameThrust not only fixes these errors from occurring it also enhances your computers gaming performance. Speed up your Windows environment and internet connection with this tool, while fixing errors that are in the way of your gaming. Requirements: Pentium 90+ Mhz or Compatible What's new in this version: Added Unicode support for the customer name portion for serial numbers fixing the problem where customers with unicode characters in there name were not able to register the software properly.
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Subbing for Superman: LAUSD's Steve Zimmer on how Hollywood could transform L.A. public schools
Over the course of profiling LAUSD board member Steve Zimmer, who is the subject of this week's cover story, I discovered a sad truth about Hollywood's relationship to Los Angeles public schools: There really isn't one.
Shouldn't the epicenter of the largest creative industry in the world have the best arts education programs in the country? And what about creating a feeder program that trains thousands of students with skill-sets that could get them industry jobs, even those unglamorous but indispensable ones that form the bulk of film crews? Are there internship programs designed exclusively for public school students (and not just those who have connections to the industry)? For the hundreds of thousands of students matriculating at LAUSD schools, many of them from families of low socioeconomic backgrounds, these opportunities could change their lives.
Individuals from the industry have made their mark—for example, Philip Rosenthal, creator of the series "Everybody Loves Raymond" and his wife, Monica, fund an arts education campus on skid row called Inner-City Arts—but on the whole Hollywood seems afflicted by apathy.
"I shouldn't be scraping together budget shards for elementary school arts programs that literally sit in the shadow of Paramount Studios or Fox," Zimmer said when I asked him about recent budget cuts to arts programs district-wide.
"The centerpiece of the L.A. economy is entertainment so that should be made real in our public schools. I challenge the industry to help us to not have to worry about funding our arts programs year to year because it's the most sensible investment they could make." Zimmer also said he's like to see a massive apprenticeship program develop so that "every union job for the next generation that comes out of the film industry goes to LAUSD graduates."
These grand dreams are fair in a town that was built upon dreams and depends on them for its lifeblood. But how to realize dreams when a crisis permits nothing more than survival?
"What I'd really like to see is a summit, a meeting of LAUSD folks, arts advocates and entertainment industry people where we really sit down and determine how to secure arts education funding for the next decade," Zimmer said. Funding is a start, Zimmer said, and has heightened importance during a time of crisis, but he wants more than money from Hollywood. "I'm looking at something more dynamic than that. I'd like to see a partnership. A mutually beneficial relationship."
Every successful person in Hollywood should feel a responsibility to this, Zimmer said, but Hollywood Jews? Even more so.
"As Jews we have an obligation to our community, to the future of this city, and we have a calling – we've always had that calling—to Tikkun Olam. Here, it is not just healing it's also investing. It's the paying forward of tikkun olam so that we don't have to heal another generation."
Excerpted below is my profile of Zimmer but you can read the whole thing here.
It's been dark for almost five hours, the city has slowed, and even the 101 Freeway is sparse and quiet. Steve Zimmer has just wrapped his last appointment, but rushing home seems foolish when a rare sit-down dinner is an option. Most days Zimmer hardly notices how alone he is, because he never stops working.
On this wintry night earlier this year, the then-18-month veteran of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is coming off a 14-hour day, a zigzag tour of schools from West Hollywood to the Elysian Valley, from parent meetings on the Westside to policy meetings downtown, home to Hollywood to walk his blind Chihuahua-pug mix and is about to wind down — finally — with dinner and a very necessary nightcap in Echo Park. By this point, Zimmer is hungry, tired and melancholy, so once he's decided upon the kitschy French bistro Taix on Sunset Boulvard, he pops in a Leonard Cohen CD and sinks into the driver's seat of his LAUSD-owned Prius.
"So you know that everybody covers 'Hallelujah,' but this version, this live version is just … unbelievable," he says. "The instrumentation is very different than his studio albums. I didn't realize how Jewish-influenced his music was until I heard this. It almost has a klezmer-y feel."
Zimmer moves to another favorite, Beck, whose album "Sea Change" he calls "the breakup album." "It rips your heart out," he says, explaining that he listened to it on loop for months after a six-year relationship ended recently. At 41, he has never married, but he says his last breakup felt like a divorce.
"I've been good — or at least passable — at a lot of things in my life," Zimmer tells me. "I haven't been as good at relationships. An artist can't help being an artist — in the same sense that I can't help what I do. It's a focus thing.
"I don't know how to do things any other way. It's a complicated balancing act to have two passions. It takes a very, very special person to be willing to be part of a balancing act."
Two Hollywood stars who do care about public education—Brian Austin Greene and Megan Fox—created the following PSA to bring attention to the impact of budget cuts on LAUSD students:


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Black Cat - Poem by Angela Wybrow
A sleek, black cat sat there in my path;
He soon wound himself round my calves.
I had never encountered the cat before,
But he was not shy - that was for sure!
Eager to give and receive some affection,
He soon happily headed in my direction.
To be my friend, he seemed really keen –
This lean, mean, little killing machine.
Between us both, there was an instant bond;
Of my new found friend, I felt really fond.
His coat was smooth, with a lovely shine.
His movements were fluid, just like wine.
His liquid gold eyes looked up into mine:
Of our impending friendship, this was a sign.
From deep inside, there came a loud purr,
And he totally ignored any passing bird.
He rolled on the ground upon his back:
Of false affection, there was no lack;
For anyone else, he'd have done the same –
Whether or not they knew of his name.
If he could have had his way,
He'd have kept me there all of the day.
But I had an appointment and had to go -
That I see him again, I really hope so.
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Without a doubt the funniest story so far! I love the expressive voice of whoever plays the wife. I'm wondering how frustrated a wife would have to be to send her husband out for a hook up!
This one is so silly. But very entertaining. Weak ending.
This is only the second episode that I have listened to that attempted to be funny; and it was. The comedic voice of the Eberhard's wife is fantastic. This is a great listen if you are looking for a lighter, different episode. "How Eberhard Won His Wings:" 5 stars. By the way, Pandora, I thought the ending was hysterical!
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An amusing tale of a man so good that God rewards him with a pair of wings. While he likes them they are a bit of a nuisance: clothes don't fit, has to take cabs to avoid teasing, etc. His wife hates them and they try to figure out how to get rid of them without offending the man upstairs. They decide to attempt committing the 7 deadly sins. What follows is his escapades. A fun episode!
This was an "O.K." tale, a little too corny for my taste. It definately had the feel of one of the more sappy, sentimental "Twilight Zone" episodes that they would occasionally throw into the mix. I was surprised Elspeth Eric didn't pen this one. I did enjoy the restaurant scene and the the sequence with Arnold Moss as the drama coach. Hans Conried was perfectly cast for the role of Eberhard. As I stated in a previous post, a tale never to be confused with something like "Dracula"................
Kinda figured how it'd go, but it was very enjoyable watching it all unfold. Loved the ending.
A good episode for the funny/corny ones voiced with choice actors. I thought it funny that the being giving him the wings wouldn't have an idea how they would cause him problems, or how the replacement would be even worse.
I remember listening to this episode in my grandparents bed while looking their glowing radium Waltham clock dial next to me. They need to bring this imagination back to the radio.


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|Amherst Gets Back on Track with 65-51 Win Over Bates
Amherst Gets Back on Track with 65-51 Win Over Bates
January 13, 2007
By Justin Long
AMHERST, MA – The Amherst College women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing skid by defeating visiting Bates College in a conference match-up, 65-51. Three Amherst players finished in double figures, with first-year Samantha Swensen (Rockaway Park, NY) leading all scorers with a career-high 22 points. The Lord Jeffs improve to 8-7 (1-1 NESCAC) on the season, while the Bobcats fall to 9-6 (1-1 NESCAC).
After Sarah Barton knocked down a three-pointer to put Bates ahead 5-2 early on, Amherst went on an 8-0 run to control the opening five minutes of the game. The Bobcats gained their composure and hung with the Jeffs, eventually taking a 15-14 lead with 11:07 remaining in the half, but neither team would let the other gain enough momentum to pull away, as the first half featured 11 lead changes and six ties. Amherst finished the half with a slight edge, using a 7-2 run in the final three minutes to head into the locker room with a 35-31 lead.
Amherst carried its momentum into the second frame, opening the half on a 13-3 run to take a 48-34 lead with 14:25 remaining in regulation. Not to let the game get out of hand, Bates went on an 11-4 run to cut the deficit to seven points, but that would be as close as the Bobcats would get. Amherst's lead hovered around 10 points for the remainder of the game and grew to as high as 14 points, as the Jeffs held on for a 65-51 victory.
The Amherst offense was on key throughout the game, shooting at 52% in the first half and 46% in the second. Swensen added six rebounds, two blocks and a pair of steals to her game-high 22 points, while senior tri-captain Jenny Muller (Andover, MA) and junior tri-captain Stefanie Reiff (Hinsdale, IL) finished in double figures with 12 and 13 points, respectively.
Junior Shaina Pollack (Great Neck, NY) dished out a game-high five assists to share time at the point with Muller, who added four assists to her 12 points. Junior Anne-Claire Roesch (Westport, CT) pulled down six rebounds in a solid all-around performance in the paint, adding a pair of blocks and a steal for the Jeffs.
Katie Franklin led the Bobcats with a team-high 14 points, adding six rebounds and three assists. Matia Kostakis pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds for Bates, while Val Beckwith put in a solid performance with eight points and seven rebounds.
The Lord Jeffs return to action Tuesday, Jan. 6 for a conference match-up with Little Three rival Wesleyan University. Game time is set for 5 p.m. at LeFrak Gymnasium.
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Director: Sunu Gonera
Cast: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold, Brandon Fobbs, Alphonso McAuley, Regine Nehy, Nate Parker, Kevin Phillips, Evan Ross, Gary Anthony Sturgis
MPAA Rating: (for thematic material, language including some racial epithets, and violence)
Running Time: 1:44
Release Date: 3/23/07
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I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it. If horror movies make up the most overdone genre coming out of the Hollywood marketplace, then inspirational, based-on-true-events sports dramas are in a distant second. As soon as the title "Inspired by a true story" pops up on the screen with the strains of rousing music over the soundtrack, it's pretty much a done deal as to what we can expect from the movie. The formula of the underdogs playing for their own glory and something larger than themselves while facing off against personal hardships only to achieve what they sought has been done to death. I repeat: There is a formula to this. The folks who make these movies rely on a certain naiveté on the part of the audience. If something is based on a true story—they argue—then what happens isn't formulaic. If you happen to be of nature to fall for the ruse, well, I hate to be the one to burst your Hollywood dreamland bubble, but that's a load of codswallop. Pride follows the formula to the letter. It doesn't distinguish itself from it in any way, but as is the case with most of these movies, that doesn't make it terrible—just uninspired.
Our determined hero with something to prove is Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard). In 1964, he was arrested after assaulting a cop who tried to kick him out of a swim meet after the other, white participants humiliated him by not even bothering to compete against him. In Philadelphia in 1974 (or "Ten years later," the movie so graciously tells us—duh), Ellis has a job interview for a teaching position at Main Line Academy, but his interviewer, nicknamed "The Bink" (Tom Arnold), "frankly" tells him they want someone who can communicate with their students—in other words, someone white. Seeking employment with the city (after lying about his arrest record), he's given a job to help clean out the Philadelphia Department of Recreation's center in the inner city before it's torn down. This is the first Elston (Bernie Mac) has heard of the city's plan, and he's worked at the center since it opened. Ellis cleans out the pool one day, and after their basketball rims are taken away, five regulars (Kevin Phillips, Nate Parker, Evan Ross, Brandon Fobbs, and Alphonso McAuley) come in for a swim. Ellis teaches them to swim properly, and along with a girl (Regine Nehy), they form a swim team.
They get cocky and lose their first meet to Bink's Main Line team, amid the whispers of the all-white crowd (a woman pulls her purse closer; someone assumes it must be some kind of protest), but not before one Main Line swimmer kicks one the PDR's in the face. Even though Bink admits to the stupidity of the move, it only results in a convoluted piece of dialogue about respect between Ellis and Bink that makes as much sense as the coach admitting that one of his swimmers kicked an opponent in the face without the team suffering any repercussions. The whole ordeal of course means it's a montage where their training gets harder, Ellis yelling things like, "It's not about being tired; it's about being strong," and "When your legs get tired, let your heart do the rest." Inspirational speeches abound, and it gets to the point that the movie actually thinks a scene of dueling inspirational speeches can be taken seriously. Thankfully, Terrence Howard's sentimental but genuine performance (a spontaneous hug is the movie's single honest moment) helps keep a certain balance between what the movie is attempting to accomplish and the clichés that completely undermine those intentions.
Yes, we've seen this all before, and if you're still not convinced of it, here's a bit more. One of the swimmers' sister (Kimberly Elise) is a city councilwoman determined that her brother continue his schoolwork (even though we never see these kids in school), and watch as his participation on the swim team helps him grow academically. Another must try to avoid being led back into a criminal life, symbolized by the neighborhood's crime honcho Franklin (Gary Anthony Sturgis). Seeing as everything, from school to a hostile neighborhood, is entirely implied, the script forces an actual physical conflict between Ellis and Franklin (life of purpose vs. life on the street), just so we know the struggle is important without the bother of actually showing it. Similarly, the swimmers learn valuable life lessons by the end of the movie—again without the bother of showing those lessons being learned. It all leads up to an anticlimactic climactic swim meet, where everything is on the line and the team's captain gets to take on the inspirational speech necessity. First off, there's little attachment to the characters to make the State championship involving, and first-time director Sunu Gonera weakens whatever might be there by repeatedly cutting away from the competition.
Race plays a big issue here, but even that's resolved by meaningful nods from the movie's biggest perpetrators of ignorance. Yes, Pride is entirely formulaic, but that only magnifies the bigger problem. The movie doesn't try to expand upon the important elements within that formula, hoping that formula alone will carry it through to the end, hoping that meaning will be found solely by hitting each note, and, as usual, coming up short.
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> that at least explicit shutdowns (reboot through webgui or from the
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Why? I haven't had any problems with the fact that the lease database
is lost on reboot. The ISC DHCP server, as used by m0n0wall, also
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firewall products I know save the DHCP lease database on reboots.
I think it's enough that the DynDNS information is stored on flash
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Are you ever in a rush and stop to eat fast food but feel guilty immediately after? Happens to me all the time. Well, we're in luck!! Health.com came out with a list of the healthiest options at all the major fast food chains. Check them out and eat a little bit healthier next time you're in a hurry!
Try: Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich, fruit and walnuts, black coffee.
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Try: Six-inch Turkey Breast Sandwich on nine-grain wheat bread
Load up your turkey sub on wheat bread with veggies, avocado, and some mustard. This is the best food-on-the run solution because it's got all you need: protein, fresh veggies, and a carb, for 360 calories. Plus, it's very satisfying, and who doesn't love a good sub?
Try: Grilled Chicken Drumsticks, green beans, mashed potatoes, unsweetened iced tea
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Sochi 2014: The Russian Police Choir Gets Down to "Get Lucky"
What's funnier than a bunch of foreigners singing a pop song? A bunch of foreigners in uniform singing a pop song in Russia during the Olympics Opening Ceremony.
According to Wired, members of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs choir got down with their bad selves to perform Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."
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Trek to the National Baseball Hall of FameSubmitted by SharpMan Editorial Team on Tuesday 12th October 2010
- Why you need to visit Cooperstown, New York.
- How to convince the woman in your life to join you.
- Other things to do in Cooperstown besides baseball.
Work got you down? Do you long for the days when summer was a carefree vacation from real life? Sure, you take a little vacation every year, but aren't you getting a little burnt out on camping and boating? Don't you dread that annual trek to Disney World or visiting your in-laws in St. Louis? Doesn't today's SharpMan deserve better? We feel your pain and are here to help. Our advice: forget all your troubles and head east young man — to The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Sound interesting? Read on...
Small Town, USA
Located in Central New York State, Cooperstown is 70 miles west of Albany, and 30 miles south of the New York State Thruway. A small lakeside village, visiting Cooperstown is like stepping into a time machine and dialing back 100 years to a time when people were friendly to strangers, the streets were clean and safe and barbershop quartets performed on street corners in the evening. Charming is an understatement. It is America at its most innocent.
The Hall of Fame
But before we get into all the "charm" and "historical stuff," first things first... Cooperstown is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and therefore an absolute must for any baseball fan. Awe inspiring, the hall is a tribute to the sport and the men that breathed life into our national pastime. Ruth, Cobb, Aaron and Banks are all here, presented in glowing tribute like an army of baseball talent. Whether it's the very first baseball, the contract documenting the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees, or a montage of last season's Yankee repeat championship, the museum's collection of pictures, statistics, records and memorabilia is second to none. Watch today's modern parks of brick and steel rise from the old time sandlots and wooden castles; see how uniforms and equipment have evolved over the last 100 plus years; or check out exhibits on Women in Baseball, the Negro Leagues, Minor and Youth Leagues, baseball in the movies, baseball cards and even baseball music. If it's baseball, it's here.
The Details
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (http://baseballhall.org/) is open seven days a week throughout the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Summer hours: May 1 through September 30, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Winter hours: October 1 through April 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: Adults $9.50, Seniors $8, Juniors (7-12) $4. There is no charge for children six and under. Discounts are available for AAA members. Telephone: (888) Hall-of-Fame or (607) 547-7200.
The Town
The head-first slide into the legend and lore of our national pastime doesn't end with the Hall of Fame. The entire picturesque colonial town of Cooperstown is dedicated to its baseball heritage. Be sure to stop by the Where It All Began Bat Co. and have your signature engraved on an actual major league bat fresh out of the local factory. While you are waiting, take a peak at the world's largest baseball bat (18', 1500 pounds). And look for Mickey's Place (http://www.mickeysplace.com/), one of many memorabilia shops carrying team apparel from the major, minor, college, Negro and Japanese leagues.
Hungry? There is no fast food and no Starbucks in Cooperstown — just old-fashioned "Mom and Pop" restaurants. Try a BBQ-chicken sandwich at the Shoeless Joe Cafe or have a home-style breakfast at the Shortstop Coffee Shop.
And by all means, don't forget to visit Doubleday Field — the original diamond laid out by Abner Doubleday, the father of baseball. This is not merely "a" baseball field, it's "the" baseball field. Take the time to watch an amateur game on this historic spot and be reminded of how the game was meant to be played. Suddenly develop an itch to swing the old lumber yourself? Great! Step into the Doubleday Batting Cages adjacent to the field and take your hacks at classic sliders, curves and knucklers from a pitching machine.
But My Wife/Girlfriend Hates Baseball
No problem. Even if your significant other doesn't care to know an RBI from an ERA, Cooperstown is still the place for you — you'll just have to be a little creative with your sales pitch. It's all in the presentation. Instead of saying, "Hey, how about we take a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer?" try:
"I just heard about this great little town in upstate New York that is supposed to be beautiful and really romantic. It's nestled [be sure to use "nestled", it sounds cozy] right on a big lake and they have this 200-year-old bed and breakfast and lots of cute shops and restaurants. What do you think?"
If that doesn't do the trick, you might as well pop in a tape of Fried Green Tomatoes and kiss the next 30 years good-bye. You ain't goin' nowhere.
In fact, there are actually plenty of non-baseball things to do in Cooperstown. You can take a cruise on Lake Otsego aboard the Chief Uncas; visit the Fenimore Art Museum; check out the Farmer's Museum or (should she feel generous) visit the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
How Do You Get To Cooperstown?
Practice, practice, practice... Sorry, old joke. Actually, the easiest and most economical pilgrimage route to the baseball mecca requires flying into Newark, New Jersey, renting a car and driving the 225 miles into town. You can also land in either of the New York airports, but Newark is far less crowded and a bit closer. The majority of the drive is incredibly scenic. Upstate New York is one of the most beautiful areas of the country, as well as one of the best-kept secrets. Once out of the city, rolling fields, evergreens and farms escort you on the 3.5-hour tour. There are a number of highway options to follow, so pick up a map to choose yours — they all work. To really enjoy the drive, watch your map and try some of the smaller (but more direct) rural routes. You'll be moving a bit slower, but passing through a number of charming towns with more history and character.
If driving isn't your bag, there is commercial air service to Albany, Utica and Syracuse, but flights are limited and expensive. Private air service is available directly to the Cooperstown-Westville Airport (607-286-9013).
Finally, Pine Hills Trailways provides twice-a-day round trip service between Cooperstown and the NYC Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Where To Stay
The fanciest place in town is the Otesaga Resort Hotel (www.otesaga.com). Built in 1909, it sits on the Leatherstocking Golf Course and provides an amazing view of Lake Otsego. Complete with a game room for the kids, outdoor heated pool and tennis courts, summer season double occupancy rates range from $300-$500 per night. Another option is the Tunnicliff Inn (www.cooperstownchamber.org/tunnicliff/) located in the heart of the historic district, a half block from the Hall of Fame. Built in 1802 and refurbished in 1986, the Inn provides charming, comfortable accommodations with a private bath, phone and television in each of the 17 rooms starting at less than $200 per night. Additional bed and breakfasts and motels can be found at www.cooperstownchamber.org.
An Unforgettable Experience
Be advised that visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame can be quite a moving experience, especially for the serious fan. Even though, as Tom Hanks said in A League of Their Own, "There's no crying in baseball," the true SharpMan knows there may be in Cooperstown. Enjoy your trip!This article last updated on Thursday 9th February 2012


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What a great story!!! First and foremost, thank you Lt. Col. Boak for your service!! I certainly hope you and your family have the time of your lives while you are home and that you will soon be home for good! God Bless You!! Also, thanks to everyone involved in making this trip happen!!!