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CARTERSVILLE — Morgan Meglio scored 18 points to spur the Oconee County girls basketball team to a 61-56 first-round Class AAA playoff victory over Cartersville.
The Warriors advance to the second round, where they will travel to play St. Pius on Friday.
Meglio also had five rebounds, and the Warriors got 14 points and five assists from Brianna Dickens and 16 points from Alley Howell.
Cedar Shoals falls short in first round
VILLA RICA — The Cedar Shoals girls basketball team's season ended Wednesday night in a 42-38 loss when a pair of late Villa Rica 3-pointers and some missed opportunities at the free-throw line combined to keep the Jaguars from rallying.
Breeana Taylor led Cedar Shoals with 13 points and Kierra Curry scored 10.
The Jaguars end the season with a 25-4 record, a lofty achievement, coach Harry Bufford said.
"This team was amazing because they overcame a lot of adversity," Bufford said. "When we lost our top two guards to injury on back-to-back nights in December, this team could have caved in, but it didn't. It was a team that overcame a lot of odds."
Rams' record season ends in first round
MACON — Terrell Academy pulled away with late free throws, ending the Monsignor Donovan Catholic girls basketball team's season with a 52-40 first-round GISA Class AA playoff loss.
Julie Barton led the Rams with 11 points, and Katie Scherer scored 10.
Monsignor Donovan finishes the season 21-7 overall, marking the most wins in school history and the program's first 20-win season.
Kendrick surges past Jefferson for victory
JEFFERSON — The Kendrick boys basketball team used a third-quarter burst to overtake Jefferson and held off a Dragons rally for a 63-56 victory in their first-round Class AA playoff game.
The Dragons led 26-20 at halftime, but the Cherokees surged and outscored Jefferson 25-9 in the third period to take the lead.
"They changed defenses in the third quarter and put a lot of pressure on us, and we didn't handle it well," Jefferson coach Bo DuBose. "We adjusted to it, but by then they got up on us."
Roc Young led Jefferson with 14 points, Tyler Patrick scored 11 and Jeshua Kidd scored 10.
The Dragons finish the season 19-10 and with a Region 8-AA title.
New Manchester outpaces Apalachee
DOUGLASVILLE — The New Manchester boys basketball team sprinted out to an early lead and Apalachee was never able to catch up on Wednesday, falling 57-40 in a first-round Class AAAAA playoff game.
Cameron Blakley led the Wildcats with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Kamar Baldwin added 11 points, six rebounds and four steals.
Ryan Edwards did much of the first-half damage for New Manchester, going all of his 21 points in the opening period.
The Wildcats had their opportunities later but could not cash in, Apalachee coach Kevin Morris said.
"I counted 16 turnovers in the second half alone, but we just coudn't convernt," Morris said. "We missed layups, we missed a dunk. It was just a frustrating night."
Apalachee finishes the season 18-10 overall.


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Profitability of Momentum Strategies: An Evaluation of Alternative Explanations
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- Author(s): Narasimhan Jegadeesh, Sheridan Titman
- Published: Dec 17, 2002
- Pages: 699-720
This paper evaluates various explanations for the profitability of momentum strategies documented in Jegadeesh and Titman (1993). The evidence indicates that momentum profits have continued in the 1990s, suggesting that the original results were not a product of data snooping bias. The paper also examines the predictions of recent behavioral models that propose that momentum profits are due to delayed overreactions that are eventually reversed. Our evidence provides support for the behavioral models, but this support should be tempered with caution.

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Airlie Beach
Gateway to the Whitsundays
08.08.2010 - 10.08.2010
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The Virgin Blue flight took us up the Queensland coast and we could see miles upon miles of beaches enroute to Proserpine airport, the gateway to the Whitsundays. Proserpine airport does things a bit differently – most of the waiting seats are outside beside the runway. We asked where baggage collection was and were told to go out to the car park and you collect it there. The cart that collects the cases from the plane drives from the runway into the car park alongside the terminal building and everyone just grabs their cases of it – much better than watching the interminable merry go round. The other thing we noticed was the heat – about 26c and sunny. It felt like the 2nd half of our Oz trip, was going to have a more tropical flavour.
When we arrived at our apartments at Airlie Beach the spa suite room we booked was lovely, including the large Jacuzzi (which was great with a nice bottle of sauv blanc).
Airlie Beach is quite a small town which is geared for booking excursions to the Whitsundays. It is also a lively town in the evenings and there are a couple of large youth hostel complexes, the main one being Magnums. This has a huge beer garden and nightclub which you pass when you're heading from the beer garden. I noticed that the stage in the club has a pole in the middle of it – I wonder what that could be for?
The next day we were collected early and headed for our Whitsundays cruise – but where had the sun gone? It was pretty cloudy and the forecast was that a front was passing over the next 2 days which would mean dodgier weather – we've been spoilt so far so we can't really complain, but I'm sure we will. On boat trips we sometimes like to try and guess the nationalities of other travellers. Its normally fairly easy – for example, Germans are usually quite strangely dressed while Italians are the opposite. Young Italian men tend to walk around like proud posing peacocks. Americans are normally excluded as you usually hear them before you have an opportunity to guess. All of these were visible on our boat – there was also one curveball. There was a bloke in a Celtic tracksuit top – however he didn't have that general haggard Glasgow look - of a life of disappointment, lack of sunshine and borderline alcoholism. He looked bronzed, slim and coiffured. I then noticed he had shaved his legs – you could see the signs of slight stubble so you knew he actually shaved them, Michelle even remarked "I wish I had legs like him". I then noticed a tour de France baseball cap – that was the picture completed; he was an Italian competitive cyclist. I could never take part in a sport that requires you to shave your legs, that and my dodgy knee.
On our way to Whitehaven beach there was a guy with a huge telescopic camera who spent 20 minutes taking hundreds of photos of a nondescript hill on one island – 20 minutes! WTF – you would have thought he was doing a playboy photo shoot or something, it was a bloody hill. It's funny that even though we were sailing in the idyllic Whitsundays, I still get frustrated by a plonker.
I had an image of sailing the Whitsundays which was a boat effortlessly gliding across a turquoise, perfectly calm sea. The reality was different, yes the sea was turquoise but it wasn't calm, in fact at times it reminded me of an Irish Sea crossing. Michelle was glad she had taken a travel tablet before we set sail.
We then arrived at Whitehaven and the sun started to appear! Whitehaven beach was spectacular – it's always listed as one of the top 10 beaches in the world, indeed we were informed that its silica (pure sand) content was the highest in the world at 99.7%.
It also has moisturising properties and after rubbing it on your fingertips they did feel noticeably softer (and there was me slagging off the cyclist for being a big girl). When the sand was damp it felt like a paste – really unusual. We then sailed to a bay to view the multi coloured coral and fish. We were informed that in sunshine Coral produces an oil to protect it from the sun and scientists have recently discovered that this is the most effective sun block in existence. They are now trying to see if it can be mass produced, in an environmentally sensitive way, so it can be used as sun tan lotion. After the coral bay we then sailed back to Airlie in evening sunshine.
That night we headed to a Mexican restaurant – where we had terrific fajitas and margaritas though I think I might regret the side of suicide sauce.
That's me signing off again – its Tuesday morning and I've typed this on my balcony with white cockatoos sitting in the tree opposite – you don't get that in South Belfast (not East Belfast Lynne!).
Each entry we type in word on my notebook and when we manage to get internet access somewhere I just copy and paste it on to the web page. For us it's been a fun and effective way to keep in touch because of the 10 hour time difference and we've enjoyed being able to post a selection of photos too (it's only a very small selection as we've taken about 400 in total!)
We are heading to luxurious Hamilton Island for a one night stay – the weather is looking a bit changeable, though sunny at the moment, but at least on Hamilton Island there's loads to do! Talk soon!
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Colliers negotiates $4.6M multifamily sale
Colliers International in greater Phoenix negotiated the sale of Villas at Montebella, a 100-unit apartment asset at 10860 N. 85th Ave. in Peoria, Arizona, for $4.6 million or $46,000 per unit. Executive Vice Presidents Bill Hahn, Jeff Sherman and Trevor Koskovich with Colliers represented both the seller and buyer. The seller was WE Villas at Montebella… Read More →
Here's your 2016 Cactus League schedule
It's finally March, and that means the 2016 Cactus League season is finally here. Spring Training games officially started on Tuesday with the Cincinnati Reds playing against the Cleveland Indians while the Arizona Diamondbacks face off against the University of Arizona. On Wednesday the fun begins as the fifteen participating teams in the Cactus League… Read More →
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The fourth annual Spring Training Poker Classic benefiting the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial Fund returns to W Scottsdale on Saturday, March 1. The grand prize winner will receive a $10,000 seat to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. with tournament starting at 8 p.m. Guests must be 21 years… Read More →
Playing The Economics Of Sports In The West Valley
Home Run Playing the economics of sports in the West Valley It's not so much a case of "if you build it, they will come" that is turning the West Valley into a sports mecca. Rather, it's the other way around. People have come to the West Valley in droves, setting the stage for… Read More →


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Hard hitting Japanese film puts atomic energy on the dock
In a year that has seen a resurgence in the success of domestic Japanese cinema—almost 70 percent of 2012's box office receipts went to homegrown product—a small, dissident documentary has captured three prestigious awards.
Japan Lies: The Photojournalism of Kikujiro Fukushima, Age 90 has only been seen by an estimated 30,000 people since its release in August, according to the Asahi Shimbun, but it was voted top doc in Kinema Jumpo's annual best 10 list, walked off with the Mainichi Film Award, and also took the Japan Film Pen Club Award (chosen by critics and film industry professionals).
What's interesting about this is the subject matter; Kikujiro Fukushima is famed for his photographs of Hiroshima's A-bomb survivors, while an anti-authoritarian streak informed his work through the student revolts of the '60s and up to the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011—the severity of which many believe has been covered up by the government.
In an interview with Japan Times, director Saburo Hasegawa said: "For Fukushima, nuclear explosion and nuclear power are synonyms. The victims of both were harmed by radiation human beings couldn't control. The state has a fundamental obligation to support those victims, but instead they were left to fend for themselves."
Continues the filmmaker: "He told me that when he saw conditions in Fukushima, he had the feeling that the same thing (that happened in Hiroshima) would happen again. That's the kind of connection that only he could make. For people of my generation, the (meltdown) was our first encounter with nuclear disaster."
There's no North American release on the horizon for Japan Lies, but a new U.S. made version of Godzilla is slated for production in March in Vancouver while just last week, Massachusetts congressman Ed Markey held a news brief explaining that he was opposing a Department of Energy proposal to allow 14,000 metric tons of radioactive scrap metal to be used in consumer products.


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Embedded Figures Test
Are embedded figures tests good indicators of healthy access to juxtapositional thinking? The paradoxical literature suggests they might be, and it makes sense for them to be testing the sensitivity of a "noisy network". The first step is to get a freely available, automated test, obtain plenty of data points, and see if activities to reduce stress can improve a person's score.
To join the experiment, practice the test below a couple of times, then do it and write down your score somewhere. Then choose some (or none if you prefer) of the new activities suggested below. Do your chosen activity for a week to get the benefit, and then do the test again. Use the form below to describe a little about yourself, the activities you tested, and your before and after scores. It's much better to remember your scores yourself - if nothing gets stored except one set of anonymous data, there are no privacy issues.
The common assumption is that everyone's score is pretty much set for them. I think it can get worse and better, and when it gets worse, that's what our grandparents called "getting stuck in a rut".
Suggested Activities
Here are some commonly suggested ways to destress - let's see what happens as the results come in.
Evening Walks. Take evening walks of at least half an hour. Take the opportunity to reflect on your day.
Cultural Activities. Go to concerts or museums that you wouldn't usually have gone to.
Imaginary Friend. The old progstone exercise. Imagine you have a friend who is smart but knows nothing of the modern world. Explain where everything comes from, and where it is going. Never stop after one step - always explain what happens next, what happens after that, and so on.
History. Learn about a different historical period. Read books about it, maybe watch films, imagine what each bit of your daily life would have been like for a person living then.
Cooking. Experiment with some recipies you haven't tried before - or cheat and eat in a different kind of restaurant!
Meditation. Of any school.
Change Routes. Leave a little time, and choose different routes during your day.
Change Job. If you are going to start a new job, try the test at the start and end of your first week.
Move Home. If you are going to relocate, try the test before and after the move.
Fall In Love. If you do fall in love during your experimental week, perhaps at a Cultural Activity, please remember to take the second test
Break Up. As Fall In Love. Do the test and make your broken heart count for something!
New Car. Try the test before and a week after taking delivery of your new car.
Vacation. Before and after your vacation.
See Old Friends. Get out of the house, and go and see some people who you know well, who make you feel comfortable, but who you haven't seen for a while.
Get More Sleep. Apparently most people are sleep deprived these days.
Disaster. As Fall In Love. If something terrible happens during your experimental week, does it balance up your awareness?
The Test
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Here's an experimental version. Please don't use this one to report the results - the idea there is to compare like with like. But if you'd like to experiment in some different ways, help yourself!
For Java fans, it only uses AWT so it will run on anything - likely I'll upgrade to Swing if things get more complicated. The source is one GPL'ed file, EFT.java.


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Y Kids Club
The Y
Kids Club, now in its second year, continues the fun educational tenor
of TV12 through off-air and in-person activities that help young children
explore their world and open their minds.
Y Kids Club members come together in a variety of settings in the community.
Activities include special screenings, character meet-and-greets, storytelling
and crafts. Parents benefit from participating with their children by
attending special workshops conducted by our Ready to Learn team.
With a Family
Membership to WHYY, children ages 1 through 8 are enrolled
in the Y Kids Club. As members they receive a welcome letter; a subscription
to BUZZ, our quarterly interactive newsletter filled with crafts,
educational games, and information on family-friendly events in the area;
a character birthday card and gift; invitations to special Y Kids Club
events; and a MemberCard.
Since its inception, the Y Kids Club has reached more than 3,000 children
and adults at events held in WHYYs Independence Foundation Civic
Space - from a Halloween bash to a Libertys Kids party and
community venues, including a preview of the Arthur exhibit at the
Please Touch Museum to meeting characters such as Barney.
In FY04 look for more activities for Y Kids Club members and their
parents, including an event focused around George Shrinks at The New Jersey
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Saturday night, Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO) takes to the ring as possibly the most undervalued and underappreciated fighter in boxing. He no longer is underrated, as he is widely considered the third-best super middleweight in the world behind his opponent Saturday, Lucian Bute, and top dog Andre Ward, who defeated Froch in the Super Six final. Yet Froch still does not seem to get full credit for his abilities in the ring and the incredible level of competition he has faced over the last three years. A simple look at Froch's opposition, results and level of entertainment in his last seven fights demonstrates what "The Cobra" brings each time he steps in the ring. He has faced possibly the toughest level of competition in the sport in the last three-plus years of any active fighter. He is 5-2 over that stretch. The level of opposition speaks for itself. Jean Pascal is a young, strong, heavy-handed fighter. Jermain Taylor may have been past his best when he met Froch bu...
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Published: March 13, 2009 at 6:58 AMRobert -
Maybe some Six Flags ads on the sidebars would help draw attention ... is there a way to control that?
I would support my local Six Flags if it was local. The closest one is in Montreal, and unless you're spending a few days in the city it's really not worth a visit.
Published: March 13, 2009 at 8:04 AMI already have my season pass for my closest park, Six Flags Over Texas. I love the park. I make the four hour drive 10 to 15 times a year (since Astroworld closed) and will continue to do so. The two remaining Texas parks really have shown improvement over the last 2 years. They are cleaner and most of the ride ops and other employees have been much more professional in carrying out their jobs. If you live anywhere near a Six Flags park, visit it a time or two this season. I'm also going to be trying out Kentucky Kingdom, Great America, and Great Adventure this year, which I am very excited about.
Published: March 13, 2009 at 1:17 PMI have a 2009 season pass to Six Flags Over Texas. As soon as possible, I will go there, take children, and spend money.
Published: March 13, 2009 at 1:23 PMThis isn't something exclusive to Six Flags. If you like your local park, this is the year to support it, regardless of who owns it. There are plenty of little guys out there who could use the business as well. A lot of those guys can ill afford a bad year.
Six Flags is at 0.19 per share. I could buy a lot of shares right now for next to nothing. I'm not totally wild about their product right now and their financial situation is horrible, but that's pretty cheap, and not a big loss if they do go down. If they hang in there and make things happen, money stands to be made. I'm telling you...unless they throw up the white flag, it's not over for them.
Published: March 13, 2009 at 1:47 PMI have a season pass to SFA (my home park for the 100th time), so in a way, going 10 times again, will hurt the company... especially with the coupons for food, games, and friends...
Oh, and Scottland, if you need help in anyway about SFA, just ask, and I can plan your day if you like and if you tell me your group and/or likings. Ok? I have your back! eheheeh.... anyway, please also write a trip report when you get back!!!
Published: March 13, 2009 at 1:49 PMwell if 6 flags would not have done the crappy things that they have done the last 2 years, then there may not have been a problem. trying to boost profit by over-charging is not the way to go. That will be a sure fire way to stop people from coming. I have had season passes for sfot for 10 years now and have noticed that the last 2, sfot has really gone to hell.. not because of the park but because of upper managements decisions, everywhere from moving their corperate hq from Oklahoma to ny, to overcharging on everything ($15 for a sports bottle? $12 for a hamburger?) and to stupid policies that they have enacted such as the parking and, no smoking but allow drinking, policy.
Published: March 13, 2009 at 2:35 PMSince working at SFOT in the early 80's I have been continually puzzled by the high in-park prices behind the "captive consumer" idea. "It's expensive to run a good amusement park so we need to generate revenue at every opportunity." Well, it's expensive to live, too, and we continue to choose where we spend our precious dollars. If we don't feel some fair sense of value then we vote with our feet, and the remaining guests will not make up for that loss.
Businesses are run by people, and most often by folks who are not particularly smart and are too lazy to really think about their business and how to make it fly. As I've gotten older I've come to respect the truly good companies the hire smart from top down and keep their heart in the game, and I've come to sneer even more at those who pursue greed first and only think about what they can get from our pockets and little about how they deliver value.
It is sad, but failure is what happens at the end of a long chain of stupid business behavior more befitting the upper echelons of the now-bereft Wall Street investment banks than places that deliver fun and deliver us from our lives for day or two. This means a LOT of business will die in the next couple of years, big and small, many because of their former greed and most as victims of their failing brethren.
I hope Six Flags will survive...it will not look the same...but if they find their heart again and work on providing a great experience that delivers real value then folks will return and the coffers will fill once more. I also hope the investors...all of us and other as owners of equity by shares or through mutual funds and whatnot...will tell the managers "grow the business and make it sustainable over the long term, and stop trying to make me happy with gobs of cash today with the threat of empty pockets tomorrow."
One good place to start is by treating guests like guests and not captive pockets of money. The next thing is to make sure the employees are proud to work in your park...it's a fun and unique place to be and that should contribute to the fun the guests have each and every day...and that it's about the magic and not the money.
Finally, I am tired of lazy-thinking executives. To them I say: sometimes you need to read something even if it takes you more than 30 seconds, and you really need to think your way through problems instead of throwing stupid, cheap answers at the real challenges you face. Businesses can be a challenge to run well, and that's part of the fun of business. You should not expect a park to be a cash cow that will boost your bonus, but a welcoming and fun place that will naturally attract people from around the world.
Bugger...another long diatribe...stopping now.
Published: March 14, 2009 at 3:05 PMToo late - I gave up on SF in 2006. My experience at the Atlanta park cemented the impressions I got at Geauga Lake in 2001 -- nice rides, but terrible packaging.
Let's hope someone with deep pockets can save the grand-daddy park in Arlington, but if not -- oh, well.
Published: March 14, 2009 at 5:46 PMI would really hate to lose our local Six Flags. Astroworld was a pretty good park and was sad to see that go. SF Over Texas has really improved in the last 5 years. We will be buying our season passes this year, and will also plan a visit to SF Fiesta in San Antonio. SF Fiesta is probably the best Six Flags park, as I feel that I'm getting a better deal because they include the water park in the package.
If we lose our SF parks, we will also lose the great thrill roller coasters that Disney does not offer. We have our Disney trips planned also for summer. But they just don't offer the really good roller coasters that SF offers.
Published: March 15, 2009 at 4:02 PMI will visit my locak SF park (SFGAM) often this year with my season pass. But I wont be spending alot of money at the park. As long as they have lousy policies like lockers/flashpass/overpriced crappy food I wonmt be spending much money in the park.
Published: March 15, 2009 at 4:30 PMI live in florida in new port richy. I have been told that Six Flages has bought the old mininng grounds on Highway 19 north of Homasessa and Crystal River. I know there are some real big chain hotels thar are almost built on highway 19souith port richy area. There are know theme parks on our side of Florida, so that tells me the hotels know the park is being built and lots of people are going to be coming in to see it.We sure do need an Six Flags to come to our area. My son lives in New Jersey, Jackson and I go to Six Flags all of the time when I an up there.My son is a State Trooper and he drives 532 the road the park is on.
JoAnn Kinaln
Published: March 17, 2009 at 8:53 PMI can't understand why they would put in a new coaster at SFMM when they're in such financial difficulties. Yes I think it's GREAT to have a new coaster to ride but, to me, it's foolish IMO to spend money which they really can't afford to spend & digging their hole even deeper rather than trying to build a ladder to get themselves out. They really need to lower their prices. Lowering prices WILL sell more, it's been proven but telling THEM that & making them actually understand that is a whole 'nother story. I pray that they will be helped & that the chain won't close any of the parks again. Bad enough they closed my fave Astroworld but I'd really hate to see anymore parks go bellyup & close for good! It's bad enough they sold what was it, six parks? This is just terrible!


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From: "Huntingdons" <>
Subject: Re: [LAN] Geneaolgy sites and boards
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:42:15 -0000
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Hi Adele
Have you tried the Lancashire Surname List at http://www.lancslist.com/ ?
Most of my family search has been aided and clarified by documents held by
branches of the extended family that had emigrated, some as long ago as 1600's.
Surname Lists usually have a description which will tell you what to expect -
e.g. the HUNTINGTON surname list is related solely to the descendants of Simon
Huntington who left the UK in 1650. Those descendants include signatories to
the "American Constitution" and are no relation to me. However by placing a
message on that list I have found several cousins who trace their ancestors back
to a small area of Lancashire, so far, that is, 22 people in 6 trees, none
connecting to the family the surname list covers, but all with Lancashire Roots,
we do not yet have a common ancestor but we co-ordinate our research, have a
website, and keep in touch via a Newsletter. We are spread across the UK,
Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa but all trace ancestors to an area
bounded by the Rivers Ribble, Lune, Wyre & Hodder.
Other list e.g. The Dewhurst Family, relate to Lancashire and Yorkshire
families, but like most UK families have descendants all over the world.
The secret is to use the lists to ask about your ancestor, be specific, use
names, dates and locations, and ensure you keep your email address up to date,
then wait, I have had responses as long as five years after posting the initial
query, although most came within a few weeks. The other trick is to search the
Archives of the list - search for location as well as names, that way you will
find anyone else who has already posted a relevant query.
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At the risk of alienating our (primarilary American) cousins, may I ask a
question ?
Are there any particular BRITISH sites, where those of us whose forebears
didn't leave these shores, can participate and contribute ?
Most, if not all, of the sites, of which I am aware, have a tendency to
become swamped with requests for links from descendents of people who left.
Please do not misunderstand me, if I can firm up the details of my family
and all the associated trees, branches and twigs, I am in a far better
position to answer questions from a possible overseas connection. And if I
may offer up my credentials, I have helped, and will continue to help,
anyone I am able to help regardless of their location.
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First off, I was quite surprised to see the cinema so full for this movie,
even on opening weekend. I guess not that many movies for women in their
30's plus exist these days!
I expected this movie, as I'm sure many people did, to be a Fatal Attraction but with the genders switched around.
I was pleasantly surprised and shocked by it NOT being what I expected, and I definitely enjoyed it alot more than Fatal Attraction.
The summary of this movie is that Diane Lane's character starts cheating on her husband (Richard Gere) with a beautiful French man(Olivier Martinez). Everything else should be left for surprise.
The pacing of this movie is perfect. We got a sense of Connie and Edward's home life before she met the dashing Paul. They have a darling son, Charlie, who adds alot of humour to the movie, but in a non precocious way. After the affair starts we see Connie's feelings range from excitement to complete disgust with herself. And of course Edward inevitably finds out. His reaction is interesting, to say the least, and perhaps very honest.
The acting is great, especially from Diane Lane. The sex scenes are pretty raunchy, and made me uncomfortable at certain points, but it's interesting to see how different sex with the lover and sex with the husband were.
At the end of this movie I didn't feel cheated or robbed with some contrived ending (although others may argue differently). This film dealt with how being in an affair must feel, and how finding out you're being cheated on could make your react in uncharacteristic ways.
As a movie critic said, this movie will indeed make you never have an affair!
I have read alot of reviews here that expressed displeasure for this film
based on the notion that this was basically "softcore porn for housewives"
and had nothing new to offer it's audience. Ok, granted; this is not the
most original film/script ever written, but I think that many reviews
Professional and Ametuer alike) have missed the point of this film.
the obvious guise of a morality tale showing what can happen if you stray
from your marital vows, there is a rather amazing piece of art to be seen.
This film is not about marital infedelity, but, rather, about DRAMA. This
is what we in the Theater refer to as Drama As Art, meaning that the plot
less important than the impact that the various plot points have on the
characters, creating more and more and more drama as the story unfolds.
is the great ballets or stage plays ('Giselle', 'Whose Afraid of Virginia
Wolf', 'Swan Lake' 'A Streetcar Name Desire'), the DRAMA is the star of
production, not the actors or the plot lines.
And in this respect, 'Unfaithful' excells! Watch carfully as the world slowly turns itself upside down and rips itself to shreds around these two people based on a SINGLE MOMENT IN TIME (the first scene outside of his apartment: Should she go in? Should she go home? One choice, one mopment in time, a world of difference). Based on her choice(s), the drama begins to build to a point when, at the end of the film, the DRAMA is the star, not Geer and Lane. And Drama does a fine job holding this otherwise middle-of-the-road film above the frey.
Whoever thought that director Adrian Lyne and star Richard Gere were
finished needs to see this haunting and provocative film. Because this is a
stunner that will put both back on the map - big time. For all their star
power though, it is the female star Diane Lane who must take huge credit
making this such an effective movie.
I've always liked Lane as an actress from when she was a kid in Francis Ford Coppola films, but she rarely got the chance to 'carry' a film. Well, she not only 'carries' UNFAITHFUL, she delivers one of the most haunting and powerful performances I have seen from an actress. Think Julia Roberts in ERIN BROCKOVICH or Ellen Burstyn in REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and you get the picture. Stunning acting.
While the committed performances are what make a great movie greater, it is Adrian Lyne who has constructed such a wonderful and effective rhythm and style to UNFAITHFUL. This is not an art-film, but it is not a blockbuster either. It lays somewhere between the two and delivers on all fronts. I was totally glued to my seat from start to finish.
Unfaithful was an extremely powerful movie and was much, much more than what i had expected when i rented the dvd. Diane Lane was the main reason i got this film out because i had heard so many good things about her performance and that she has won the Oscar nomination for best actress in the films main role. Well, the hype was true. The film is excellent and Diane is seductive, sexy and downright awesome as the films main focus. She proves here what many believed before... she is a beautiful and talented star capable of carrying a movie. Richard Gere gives very solid support to her and the films director really knows his game. An all around winner.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Adrian Lyne is fascinated by human sexuality and he presents it in a
way that is adult but without being pornographic. Unfaithful tells the
story of a perfectly normal and happy couple, Edward (Richard Gere) and
Connie (Diane Lane). They look ideal: he is a very successful
businessman, she is a wonderful and loving wife and mother to their
young son, and they live in a beautiful home. Everything is perfect
until one day Connie goes into the city to shop for her son's birthday
party when a wind storm makes her bump into a handsome French
librarian/book collector named Paul (Olivier Martinez). She is injured
and unable to get a taxi, Paul helps her and when he was unable to get
her into a taxi he offers her to come upstairs to his apartment to use
a telephone and bandage up her injury. Connie is immediately attracted
and fascinated by the handsome stranger, but nothing happens and she
goes home but she cannot stop thinking about Paul. She goes back and
finds him. In the second encounter with Paul nothing happens but she
still cannot stop thinking about him and it seems very obvious to Paul
that he is also attracted to her. In the third encounter, Paul and
Connie have sex and it is the beginning of a tumultuous affair that
will set a chain reaction of guilt, jealousy, obsession, heartbreak,
and murder.
I love how Adrian Lyne (very much like he did in Fatal Attraction) adds the human drama of the family breaking apart because of an infidelity. Connie was not looking for an affair and her relationship with Paul was the result of an accident. We don't even question why Connie has an affair with this person. She did it out of impulse, out of lust, and for the pure excitement of how far she could take it until she realizes the effect it begins to have on her: she begins to obsess over Paul, she is hurting the man she truly loves, Edward, and she begins to see the toll it takes on her as a mother. After another encounter with her lover she is late to pick up her son from school who is waiting for her on the steps of the school. We see the slow fall the family begins to take and we are even touched at the little child's innocence and how he never ever picks up the signals that his parent's marriage is breaking apart. The performances by the actors are especially effective particularly by the two leads: Richard Gere and Diane Lane. Gere is heartbreaking in a role that plays opposite to the playboy image that made him famous as he plays the role of a man whose own world falls apart as he begins to suspect his wife's infidelity and his own humiliation begins to take a toll on him. He never even asks his wife if she is cheating but hires a private detective. The ending when he tells Connie that it was her that he hated and it was her that he wished would die...what a great Richard Gere moment! And of course there is Diane Lane: she was beautiful at 13 and she is beautiful today. She is magnificent in this role which was originally intended for actresses like Sharon Stone and Kim Basinger who were the original choices for the role of Connie. But one word describes Lane's performance: luminous. The classic Lane moment was the scene with her on the train on her way home after her first sexual encounter with Paul. A scene that was shot only once and Lane's expressions changes from giddy, guilty, shameful, embarrassed, and excited as she cries and laughs and giggles. All of these expressions flashing through in a matter of seconds all in one shot! The scene where she finds the pictures of her and her lover taken by the private detective; How she looks through them and waves of nausea, embarrassment, guilt, and absolute regret. The scene where she sits by the fireplace as she burns the pictures taken by the PI and she looks back and wishes that she had never gone up in the apartment and if she had just gone home. Lane doesn't make us hate her character but at the same time doesn't really allow us to condone Connie's actions. She rather shows the audience that Connie is only a HUMAN being and she is not perfect and she made a mistake and that she feels lust and also feels guilt. It is a touching and sexy performance. Even Olivier Martinez plays his role effectively. He is if anything an innocent. He didn't fall in love with Connie and he wasn't searching for anyone. He was simply fulfilling his own desires and hers and it aroused him, but his desires in the end made him the victim of a tragedy that didn't need to happen. He is also very sexy and very mysterious and what woman in the planet wouldn't lust after him! Unfaithful really plays itself out as a human story about lust and the consequences but it doesn't preach. It's message is that no one is perfect and everyone is only human and we respond to the basic human desires and needs but there is always a consequence for every decision or impulse made. An excellent film.
Is this a "great" film? Is this a Oscar-winning masterpiece? I honestly do
not know. I was so engrossed in the plot that I didn't have time to judge
artistic value. I was glued to my seat from start to finish. This is
sassy, sexy thriller that delivers the goods and then some. But the actors
make it work. The chemistry between each of the characters is electric.
Though Richard Gere gets star billing, it's the beautiful Diane Lane who has the most screen time. I'm always delighted to see her beautiful face on screen, but this is her most powerful performance up-to-date. Newcomer Olivier Martinez shows great charisma. He is a very talented actor, and if he goes on with his career in American movies, he can become the next Antionio Banderas. I swear, there were moments in the film where even I felt charmed by him. Richard Gere hasn't had a successful movie in years, and hopefully he'll get back on the ball with "Unfaithful." He delivers a fine, subtle performance and though I may be out on a limb, I'll say it's one of his best.
I haven't seen any of Adrian Lyne's past work, but I know he's an acclaimed director and now that I've seen this film, I'm curious to check out "Fatal Attraction" and his other past films. He definitely knows how to set the tone. The scenes have a cohesive rhythm, and I even spotted moments of symbolism.
"Unfaithful" is an intriguing, compelling piece--a real edge-of-your-seat nail-biter!
My score: 8 (out of 10)
I wasn't expecting much from 'Unfaithful' as I thought it would be another 'The Perfect Murder' type thriller. But 'Unfaithful' is so much more than what 'The Perfect Murder' could ever be. It's deeper. It's darker. It has so many psychological layers. It's more a character driven drama rather than than plot driven. The plot may not be exactly original but it's the influence of it on the characters is what 'Unfaithful' is about. The film is very engaging as we witness the psychological effects of the consequences of Connie's decision. Lyne deserves praise for his excellent artistic execution. I loved how he used symbolism (such as metaphors and pathetic fallacies) and shows great attention to detail as is evident in the visuals. The editing is clear cut. Biziou's cinematography is great and Kaczmarek's score sets the tone. Note that during the key moments, when the main characters are conversing, the background music is absent. Richard Gere and Olivier Martinez, though a little too old, do decent jobs. However, it is Diane Lane who gives a career-defining performance. Her sublime portrayal of the incredibly sexy Connie is awesome. She carries the film. It is Diane Lane and Adrian Lyne's film. 'Unfaithful' is a magnificent engaging artistic drama. I don't understand why some were even harsh enough to call it soft-core. Do they even know the definition of soft-core? Others seem to have a problem with why Connie, who had the perfect life, would have an affair. But I feel it necessary to stress that nobody is perfect and therefore the perfect life does not exist. Connie's affair wasn't a planned thing. Who knows why it happened? Perhaps she wanted to feel younger, perhaps she was bored, or perhaps she wanted more from her husband. I don't think it was with the intention to ruin her 'perfect' life. There doesn't have to be a clear reason...as affair's don't necessarily happen for the best reasons.
For much of his career,director Adrian Lyne has clearly had sex on the brain,or thoughts of eroticial porno,turning out huff and puff features both good(the Oscar winning Fatal Attraction and the controversial Lolita)and bad(9 1/2 Weeks and Indecent Proposal,the latter firmly cemented as one of the worst films of its decade). Happily,Unfaithful rests more toward the upper end of the spectrum;based on a 1969 French film by Claude Chabrol(La Femme Infidele),the movie sports a continental demeanor that seems wholly appreciate,but as a whole we have seen this kind of adulterated behavior several times before. Diane Lane's standout performance is what elevates the first half,which could be easily dismissed as a straight-to-cable soaper or straight-to-video softcore porno assembly. A well to do housewife seemingly content with her husband(Richard Gere,is one of his best works here and one of his finest performances since the latter part of the 80's and early 90's),her son (Erik Per Sullivan),and her home in a quaint New York(upscale Manhattan) suburb,unexpectedly enters into a torrid affair with a French book dealer(Oliver Martinez-who looks like something out of grocery store paperback novel and one of those daytime TV soap hunks). Lane's complex portrayal of a woman caught between the borders of reason and risk is simply smashing,yet eventually she's not required to carry the picture by herself,as the second half heads off in some interesting and unexpected directions that ultimately lead to the wonderful amibiguous final shot. Unfaithful works for viewers willing to put some thought into it that only works for those who want cheap thrills will probably be disappointed,but in all its a illusion of eternal bliss that will find this easily a satisfying picture.
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The story in this film is pretty much exactly what I expected. I really
liked that they made Richard Gere out to be a perfect husband and a very
loving husband. You really feel for his character when he finds out about
the affair. I thought Diane Lane did a great job as always and looks better
than ever, she is one gorgeous woman. I thought Oliver Martinez did a good
job too, I'd never heard of him till seeing this film.
There are a few things in the film that didn't sit well with me, but they were so minor that it's not worth talking about. And the scenes that I did like made up for it. There is one scene in particular that I just loved. If you've already seen the film, it's the scene after Richard Gere finds out about the affair. Also the ending is very interesting, I won't say it's bad or it's good, but interesting. You'll see what I mean when you see the film.
I will warn you though, there are some pretty intense/graphic sex scenes in this film, so be careful who you see this film with. I'm just saying that you may feel uncomfortable watching these scenes with certain people sitting right next to you.
All in all, I thought it was a very interesting movie, and the story was told quite well. I'm not sure if I liked this film better than "Fatal Attraction", but you can tell it's the work of the same director. I hope you like the film as much as I did. Thanks for reading.
Adrian Lyne has succuced once again in making a film about the consquences of an affair. While the trailer leads you to belive the film is like Fatal Attraction it's nothing like it. The acting by Richard Gere is some of his best work in a long time, but the tour deforce performance in he movie belongs to Diane Lane. Lane gives an Oscar worthy performace as the wife of Gere. Diane Lane sexuality in the film is so sensual and awe insprining I would cheat with her my damn self. I highly reccomned this film.
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While watching Kill Bill in its entirety last weekend, I came to the stark and somewhat depressing realization that much of our culture simply does not get it anymore. I think it's fair to say that some of the more sophisticated narrative tropes long employed by mankind some time ago ceased to resonate with many of the Billy Graham crowd (chief amongst these being the capacity to recognize irony and satire), but the criticism of Kill Bill as gratuitously violent by mainstream film critics seems to have sounded the death knell for the rest of us. Though Kill Bill uses unparalleled cartoonish violence for a similarly unparalleled comic effect (one cannot help but laugh at the over-the-top severing of limbs in Kill Bill Vol. 1's prolonged finale), one finds far greater violence in far more accepted mainstream movies (Robocop, which is played on an almost continual loop on public television, has some of the most graphic and realistic violence in the history of cinema). While the pedigree leading up to Tarantino's latest pop-culture magnum opus is fairly long and distinguished, it strangely finds its closest thematic relative not in a Tarantino-directed pic, but in one for which America's greatest working auteur is credited only with writing the story; Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, a film that perhaps served as the worthy progenitor for any number of violence-satirizing films to follow.
Though Natural Born Killers has been approached by academicians from a variety of new-media, gender-obsessed perspectives, the most appropriate ground from which to approach it while recuperating from the influence of socioreligious tabanids who decry the existence of such films is likely the ground staked out by pop culture critics. While so many concern themselves with the moral ramifications of the tale of a sociopathic couple on a killing rampage through the American Southwest, the film's artful treatment of American popular culture, particularly the mystifying, tantalizing relationships between sex, violence, and the public's peculiar love-hate relationship with serial killers (or as Woody Harrelson corrects Robert Downey's Australian-tinged, Geraldo Rivera-satirizing character, "technically mass-murderer") is what should we should all be raising our eyebrows about.
Well-regarded upon its release a decade ago, the seemingly absurd premise seems even more relevant in light of the reality TV craze that has gripped the world like a case of herpes since. While Stone and writer Quentin Tarantino doubtlessly intended the film as a hyperbolic condemnation of our then incipient, fame-obsessed culture, the two look more and more like supremely sage soothsayers with each passing day's accumulation of D-list celebrity-starring, buffalo scrotum-eating, Flava Flav-is-dating-Brigitte Nielsen tripe offered up by network television and popular culture at large.
Ever the social critic, Natural Born Killers may serve as the high water mark of Stone's merrily-paranoid, conspiracy-obsessed career. What typically saves Stone's films is that even when abjuring a sound premise (as they so often and admirably do), the inspired performances he seems to elicit from many actors—whose careers otherwise belie their purported talent (see J-Lo's performance as a Latino temptress in U Turn)—inevitably tender enough sideshow clamor to earn the film some measure of positive reception, if not on the part of critics then certainly on the part of audiences. Though NBK succeeds as a film largely because of a well-rendered script and precisely-executed conceptual framework, Stone's choice of actors exemplifies his ever-sound judgment and capacity for extracting the most from his stars; Juliette Lewis inhabits the southern accent of the abused and sensual Mallory Knox with utterly convincing authority, while Woody Harrelson turns in his best performance (playing Mickey Knox) since slinging Veggie-Boy on Cheers. Even actors who have largely fallen prey to their own poor decision making and typecasting since the early 90s seem sprightly in familiar roles; Tom Sizemore plays Stone's tendentious supercop Jack Scagnetti with sleazy aplomb, while Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Downey Jr. both triumph as inflated typologies of standards of the American imagination, the jailhouse warden and sensationalist journalist, respectively.
Mickey and Mallory Knox'Äôs monomaniacal obsession with the notion of fame-through-murder eerily portends the 21st century'Äôs brimless capacity for stop-at-nothing fame seekers, whose overriding motivation for success seems to be a fun house mirror image of Oscar Wilde and friends'Äô 'Ä�art for art'Äôs sake'Äô fin de si√®cle ethos. One suspects that had Paris Hilton been incapable of garnering fame and exposure through the callow machinations of her contrived TV show The Simple Life, she might well have turned in earnest to her best-selling pornographic video in the hopes of achieving the lesser but apparently no less satisfying infamy. It is into this type of world that Stone throws us, complete with a lusty pair of killers to act as tour guide.
Opening to the desolate melody of Leonard Cohen's "Waiting for the Miracle," the vast and entangled visual and auditory landscape in which NBK's familiar plot unfolds has any number of common themes given voice to by artists who span the complete spectrum of pop music; from now-classic, soulful jongleurs like Cohen and Bob Dylan to the dry gangster rap of groups like Tha Dogg Pound (a genre of music that saw its greatest success at the very moment of NBK's release), throughout the film music acts as the fulcrum upon which its alternatingly violent and tender tone turns. The transition from Cohen's throaty perspective on a culture in atrophy while "waiting for the miracle" to L7's "Shitlist" is stark and immediate, a marker of just how incendiary and volatile the Knoxes are. As a bunch of honky-tonk cowboys arrive at the diner in a busted pickup, the music's change in tone foreshadows the film's: as Lewis begins to fight with the man who approaches while she dances (flickering his tongue and thrusting his pelvis) the lyrics of "Shitlist," doubtlessly written figuratively, become a literal barometer for the Knoxes' bloodlust. They kill every person in the room except for a solitary hillbilly, left alive to act as witness of their story for media outlets.
Images which have dominated the popular consciousness since television's inception offer a sort of indecipherable but common language throughout Stone's parodic ride, and serve as just one of a number of inventive devices that make NBK so complex. The TV Mickey watches during the opening scene flips blithely through channels on a television that is a sort of compendium of TV history, flashing back and forth between monsters from black and white sci-fi shows to moments and personas in history that doubtlessly owe their iconic status to the advent of the medium itself. Characters consistently act out their most perverse or unconscious fantasies against the seemingly disconnected influences of the green screen, and Stone's reliance on the patchwork of televised history as a literal background in NBK thankfully becomes more than mere gimmick; as Mickey and Mallory screw, Mickey watches two preying mantises mate on the motel's television, the green screen behind him filled with Discovery channel images of lions and hippos participating in the more straightforward but no more vicious mating dances of the animal kingdom. Later on, when Mickey and Mallory find refuge with an old Indian after choking down a fistful of shrooms and getting lost in the desert (a scene that perhaps serves as one of the film's best uses of background music, Nine Inch Nails' "Something I Can Never Have" lending an eerie and ominous tone to the scene as Mickey and Mallory start to lose it), the sky becomes filled with a mixture of wild, oftentimes sacred animals and footage from what look like old home movies, the cosmos having been replaced, at least temporarily, by the highly personalized mythologies of family history. What makes NBK avoid even a hint of preachiness in addressing such weighty issues is its ability to juxtapose these subtle, subconscious hints with over-the-top send-ups of the identical issue, as it does in turn with the Rodney Dangerfield-led satire of The Honeymooners' oft-ignored overtones of domestic violence.
Like modern life itself, NBK doesn'Äôt leave much room for silence, and so the cartoonish, stylized sense of violence and love which propels our interest in its barebones story receives ample backup from too many pop acts to mention. Highlights doubtlessly include the Cowboy Junkies'Äô cover of 'ÄúSweet Jane'Äù and Patsy Cline'Äôs 'ÄúBack in Baby'Äôs Arms,'Äù though the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra ain'Äôt bad either. While it'Äôs a film about popular culture and music is spread throughout, because it is a movie which is paradoxically even more dependent on the power of the image than most, one can'Äôt help feeling that NBK is a film in which pop music'Äôs usually-important role is somewhat subverted; though Stone, like any good American auteur, obviously exercised a great deal of care in pairing scenes with tracks that amplified not only the scene'Äôs emotive, intangible feeling but also the literal link between word and image, the sheer influence of the visual in scenes such as the diner massacre seems to overwhelm any appropriate music which fills the background. While this may disappoint, perhaps it serves as just another means by which Stone'Äôs unintentional mastery of the future continues to shine through; after all, our current world allows the visual to quite literally overwhelm the music, as 'Ä�artists'Äô like Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan (Britney and Christina were so two years ago), and Tyra Banks are given recording contracts large enough to float some third world countries, while songwriters like A.C. Newman have to get grants from the Canadian government to sustain them while putting out groundbreaking albums (God bless Canada). Perhaps Harrelson'Äôs character was speaking metaphorically about the future (rather than his stranded, too-stoned state in the desert) when he said, 'ÄúSnakes and birds, there ain'Äôt nothin'Äô out here. Right now I'Äôd go down on a lawn man for a gallon of gas.'Äù I know I'Äôve used it before, but amen.
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Sport mode? (might be a stupid question)
Not sure about this since the only 1er I've ever been in is my own 128i. But, did the 1ers ever come with a sport mode button on the center console or shift lever like what is found on a lot of the other BMW models?
I think I found the answer. It looks like it was only available on later model years with the N55 and SMG.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
No, you are correct. With most all BMW's, the "sport" button is a recent add in the past couple years. Not talking M's of course.
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Wavy Prom Hairstyles, Glam Waves Or Long And Loose
|Looking for wavy prom hairstyles? Then, this article is for you! Here, we will list a couple of outstanding styles for individuals who have wavy hair. You will find detailed instructions on how to prepare your hair for these styles.
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1. You will want to start by parting the hair in the middle and applying mousse all over.
2. The next step includes using a radial brush and a hair dryer. You must take the hair dryer and blow the hair straight back. Once this has been achieved, you will want to blow dry the top of the hair under and underneath the sides to add body.
3. Once the hair has been blown dried, you will simply want to roll the hair with hot rollers that are medium in size. In some areas of the hair, like the back, you may also want to implement the use of a basic curling iron.
4. Once this step has been achieved, simply apply hair wax to the back of the hair to hold the design in place.
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Published: May 6, 2014 at 1:59 PMSo um.. how long is it?
Published: May 6, 2014 at 3:26 PMThese rides can be a lot of fun on hot, crowded days when a lot of folks are riding and the competition between boats is at its fiercest. But most of the time, without the interaction that comes with a busy day, they are really boring. So, I am not sure a longer version of the ride is necessarily a good thing....
Published: May 7, 2014 at 3:47 PMI'm surprised to see PortAventura pushing Angkor as hard as they are... I got to ride last week, and it's a long way from a headliner. Much more akin to a stripped-down Jungle Cruise - sans-skippers of course - with the added novelty of water guns.
The design of the thing is beautiful, particularly when complemented by the Costa Daurada weather. But in essence, it's not much more than a gentle, pleasant boat ride past relatively nondescript scenery. There are few notable set pieces along the way and the ride vehicles, though smooth, are so clearly running along a track that any real sense of "adventure" in the journey - exactly the thing that makes Jungle Cruise an unlikely triumph - is lost.
The water guns are also something of a missed opportunity. There's no interaction with the environment here, as you would expect from an attraction with a shooting element - you're left to be content with shooting at the other boats. Fine - except that the opportunities for this are also pretty minimal, particularly when spread across the aforementioned lengthy track. (Even the chance to shoot at guests on the land are surprisingly kept to just once or twice, with the bridges over the track too high to be reached by the low-pressure water cannons.)
Queues were approaching the two-hour mark when I visited. It was admittedly a busy day, but for such a low-energy attraction, I'd be surprised if more than a few guests weren't left somewhat underwhelmed. PortAventura should be applauded for a welcome (and well-funded) addition to their roster of family-level rides, rather than pure kiddie or thrill. But Angkor is torn between attempts at a scenic boat trip and an interactive adventure - and as a result, doesn't quite hit the target on either.
Published: May 8, 2014 at 1:42 AMUnless you're a kid these types of rides look like a giant miss. The one in legoland Fl doesn't look too great either.


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Carry at work
I am a REALTOR in South Florida with a full concelled weapons permit. As a realtor i am an independent contractor with the company. I was informed today that i cannot carry my weapon in any of their offices.
When i signed up, there was no mention of this and there was no waiver that i had to sign.
With all the "new" laws, are they allowed to do this?
Looking for answers,
How exactly did the topic of guns at work come up? I've worked lots of places and it's never come up...
And yes, an employer can do that, same as a business posting a GFZ sign...
It is their office but what do you tell a client that is carrying? Good way to lose clients. Find another broker to work for. If you have a contract, a policy change is grounds for breaking the contract.
Understand, but i would never tell a client, "if you are carrying, i cannot service you"
Was speaking to another agent who also has a concelled weapons permit and i guess another agent overheard us and said something to the broker
Yep it is their right to ban guns on premises. Minnesota (where I live) has a conceal and carry law, but almost every business here "bans gun on premises".
Some mentioned you should find another Realty company to work for/ contract with - would you really feel all that dang "naked" leaving it in the car when you go inside?
Someone who totally respects your right to conceal and carry, but doesn't understand the need to 24/7
I am not a carry-er. I don't care if someone else is. I just would never change jobs because of it, IMHO that is taking things a little too far. But like I said, I totally respect and support the right......let's hope you never feel you need to unholster
@sidawoney the NRA store sells a bracket for a holster you can mount out of sight. You don't want to accidentally leave the gun in plain sight. Your biggest danger is in the field. You can get any shade tree mechanic to install it.
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. . .Yes, you read right. On Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET, the 6-6 Bills line up against the Dolphins in the first NFL regular-season game ever played in Canada. The temperature in Buffalo is expected to be in the 20s with a 40 percent chance of snow, but with the roof closed in Toronto it will be a toasty 72 degrees at kickoff. The Bills are fighting for their playoff lives, but the only time the Dolphins will feel the chill is when they walk a few feet from their hotel to the bus.
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Dodge Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Oil in a diesel won't look clean for very long.
You probably have alot of deposits in there and build up.
The new oil is picking up the black oil on the way down to the
Short trips with the truck wouldn't let the oil reach a hot enough
tempature and would cause build up.
Waiting to long to change the oil would cause build up.
Lots of idling would add to it.
Flushing is probably just washing alittle bit of it away.
Please press the Accept Button if you are satisfied with the answer.
You could keep flushing it but that could end up blocking
up your oil passages.
Take off the valve covers and see what it looks like, if it is
good and caked up then that is a good indication of what the
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Manually cleaning it would be the next step, just cleaning out the
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A second-half revival from the Baggies meant that Villa had to settle for a point, despite taking a two goal lead thanks to first-half strikes from Benteke and Agbonlahor
In a one-sided first-half, Benteke opened proceedings with a stunning strike from the edge of the area, before Agbonlahor doubled the lead before the interval, finishing off a lovely team move.
The second half produced a response from the Baggies, as, after the away side pulled one back courtesy of a well-taken strike from Brunt, Odemwingie came to the rescue with eight minutes remaining, volleying in acrobatically from a corner.
It took only 12 minutes for the first goal to materialize and that was courtesy of one piece of magic from the powerful Benteke. Having received a pass fairly innocuously from Charles N'Zogbia with his back to goal, he dropped his shoulder, went the other way and duly fired an unstoppable effort past Ben Foster into the far corner, giving Villa the lead with its first chance of the game.
With the Baggies looking increasingly listless, the away side began to dominate proceedings and, with half an hour gone, the Villains extended their lead with the second clear-cut opportunity of the game. In a lovely move, Kieran Westwood found N'Zogbia who, after cutting inside, found Gabby Agbonlahor; the striker needed only two touches as he brought it inside with his first and with his second, finished past Foster with aplomb.
Following the shock of that second goal, the home side began to attempt to mount some sort of comeback as successive long-range efforts from Graeme Dorrans and James Morrison went begging.
The only other real chance of the half, however, fell to Aston Villa as, after the effervescent N'Zogbia beat Olsson with consummate ease down the right flank, he cut the ball back to the advancing Lichaj. However, the Villa right back could only fire straight at Foster from close-range and left the away side unusually unhappy with its two-goal advantage at the break.
The start of the second half, however, finally provoked a response from West Brom as, just a few minutes in, it pulled a goal back with a delightful effort from Brunt. Odemwingie, following an excellent run from deep, found Lukaku in the area and the striker, unable to turn, laid off to Brunt who sidefooted powerfully into the corner, with a little assistance from the post.
West Brom continued the pressure on its local rivals as with 25 minutes remaining, a Gareth McAuley header from a Brunt corner required a goalline clearance from Villa center back Ciaran Clark.
Just minutes later, Odemwingie almost managed what McAuley could not as, after a hopeful long-ball, he rounded Foster but, running at pace, he was unable to keep his footing and fired over.
With eight minutes remaining, however, Odemwingie managed to take one of the chances that continued to fall his way as, after a Brunt corner was turned into his path by Olsson, the striker turned it home acrobatically from six yards out.
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From: (David Faux)
Subject: Re: [DNA] Costs, Multiplexing and Related Issues
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:54:56 +0000
Until very recently you seemed to have little regard for SNP testing (based on our earlier exchange of posts). At least that was my impression. It is clear from your recent postings that you have a very detailed awareness of the technology used to measure both STRs and SNPs. I simply was not cognizant of your obvious expertise in the matter until your posts of the last week or so. I am quite intrigued to know if you are a chemist, geneticist or microbiologist or other scientist. There is a huge talent pool on this List that one would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. Would it be too intrusive to ask about your background here?
David F.
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> Brion et al. used the SNaPShot system and designed their own PCR primers. ABI
> kits do not contain PCR primers, only extension primers. The main advantage to
> university and forensic scientists is that the test is run on the ABI analyzers
> commonly found in laboratories.
> Marligen supplies all the primers and they have been tested in-house. The
> disadvantage is that it requires a different platform ($60,000+). Unless a lab
> has high volume (throughput is 100 samples per 8-hour day), it is unlikely to
> buy the equipment.
> I will have to look into the cause of the failures in the two academic studies.
> However, it seems likely it would due to design, rather than inherent problems
> with multiplexes. It is likely that the multiplex was not well tested. I have
> found no indication that Butler's SNapShot multiplex failed nor that Marligen's
> has either. Thus, we can't make sweeping generalizations about the unreliability
> of multiplexes for haplogroup testing.
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TRUTH: Only at age 18 can an individual choose where or with whom he or she lives.
While the Florida courts do consider the child's wishes, they are absolutely not determinative. The courts weigh many factors as required by law and the child's expressed wishes are only one factor out of several.
The older and more mature the child, the more the courts weigh the child's wishes.
The more "reasonable" the child's wishes, the more weight they have.
1.Best Interests of the Child
You've likely heard this phrase before:
The court considers "the best interests of the child," when determining which parent the child lives with in a contested custody case.
"Best interests" means what the courts think it means, but the court does consider the following:
The health (mental and physical) of each parent and the child.
The age and gender of the child.
Whether there is any history of child abuse.
The established relationship with the child.
The ability to nurture the child and provide guidance.
The ability to provide for emotional and physical needs of the child.
The quality of schools available.
The child's living situation preference.
If these factors make it clear which parent should be awarded custody, the court makes its decision accordingly.
2.Stability for the Child
If the above analysis doesn't yield a clear answer, the courts use a "stability" consideration; and, the test is:
When determining the most stable environment for young children, the preference is for custody to remain with the primary caretaker.
When determining the most stable environment for older children, the preference is for custody to be granted to the parent who can maintain the child's established lifestyle (home, school, religious, and community factors.)
While we use the term, "custody," in this article because our clients do; however, Florida no longer uses the term "primary custody" anymore. The terms "majority timesharing" and "parental responsibility" are used instead. We point this out so that you better understand the current family law terminology and how it applies to your life.
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Des Moines Stabbing
A man was stabbed outside a Des Moines apartment complex Thursday morning while trying to break up a fight.
26 year old Javon Washington was transported to Broadlawns by a friend, who may have been involved in the fight.
The fight broke out in the Oak View Terrace Apartments just after 2 am Thursday.
Washington says he felt a hit to the stomach and soon realized he's been stabbed.
The suspect is described as a black male, 5 foot 9, with a short fade haircut. He was said to be wearing a dark blue button up polo shirt.


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What is Data Integration?
The information revolution of the last half of the 20th century produced rich data collection resources that fueled process and technical improvements of all sorts. In the context of Transportation Asset Management, data integration is: the method by which multiple data sets from a variety of sources can be combined or linked to provide a more unified picture of what the data mean and how they can be applied to solve problems and make informed decisions that relate to the stewardship of transportation infrastructure assets.
In general, transportation agencies rely on large quantities of data to support routine operations as well as to respond to planning, design, construction and other programmatic needs. Increasingly, divisions within a transportation agency need to exchange information with others. The speed of access to, as well as the consistency and accuracy of, that information across a variety of platforms and purposes enhances their ability to do so. Such elements also allow agencies to mine the collected data for its optimum potential value.
Data integration is a fundamental requirement for effective Transportation Asset Management. An agency's structures team, for example, may need access to information about the performance of advanced materials in use on an aging arterial bridge in order to evaluate the best technological design and construction method for upgrading the structure"perhaps offsite construction of a replacement span"while considering the impact of the decision on traffic and user costs along the corridor. Data required to analyze the most favorable scenario may exist separately in the agency's pavement, bridge, and traffic operations units' databases. The information itself is vital, but the way in which this information can be shared is critical to the success of a Transportation Asset Management program. TAM is dependent upon coordinated decisionmaking, which springs from an understanding of the interdependence of often highly technical aspects of a variety of disciplines.
In order to create that data integration process, sources of available data are considered in the context of likely needs of users. Applications are constructed that help "translate" the data into useable forms and formats, allowing for migration of the information into new channels that meet those needs.
Beyond Transportation Asset Management, the incentives for data integration are readily apparent to organizations that collect, store, and manage disparate databases. Agencies that combine or link their multiple databases can reduce data collection and management costs, improve the accuracy and timeliness of the information output, and support a variety of applications that draw data from various sources.
3.1. The Goals
As new technologies and business processes affecting data integration continue to advance, FHWA seeks to provide robust resources that help transportation agencies adopt and improve practices. Two early initiatives, the Data Integration Workshop and this Primer, are now assisting agencies. Also, a variety of publications, including several State case histories, are available at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/asstmgmt/didoc.cfm.
3.2. The Workshop
As referenced in Section II, a key resource to agencies considering or implementing programs is the Data Integration Workshop. This day-long course begins with the basics of Transportation Asset Management and the importance of data integration to the successful implementation and operation of a TAM program. The benefits of integrated data are detailed and participants receive an introduction to key concepts of data and process flow. Case histories are used to provide relevant peer experience and the host agency shares its experiences, challenges and lessons learned. Breakout groups allow participants to examine specific applications more closely and provide a chance to discuss a wide array of related issues and topics. Information on the Data Integration Workshop is available at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/asset/dataintegration/workshop.cfm.
3.3. The Primer
This Primer is another key educational resource. It offers transportation agencies an introduction to data integration and a comprehensive view of the principles and practices involved in applying it to Transportation Asset Management. It supplements FHWA's "Asset Management Primer," which identifies data integration as essential in supporting a state-of-the-art decision-making framework. The Data Integration Primer describes benefits from a general information management perspective as well as in the context of specific elements of Transportation Asset Management. It presents implementation options and describes the most common data integration challenges. Where possible, State agency examples are provided to illustrate peer success stories and lessons learned.