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SIA RU009527, Oral history interview with A. Myra Keen 1983
- Interviewee:
- Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra) 1905-1986
- Title:
- Oral history interview with A. Myra Keen 1983
- Creator:
- Keen, A. Myra
- Data Source:
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Date:
- 1983
- Notes:
- A. Myra Keen (1905-1986), was an invertebrate paleontologist and malacologist associated with the Stanford University Department of Geology for almost forty years. She received an A.B. from Colorado College in 1930, an M.A. from Stanford University in 1931, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1934. Educated primarily in psychology, Keen was a self-taught malacologist. Appointed Curator of Paleontology at Stanford in 1936, she began teaching during World War II, eventually advancing to Full Professor in 1965. Keen concentrated her research on molluscan systematics, but her studies ranged widely to include Recent marine mollusk fauna of the Panamic Province and marine molluscan Cenozoic paleontology, neontology, and zoogeography of western North America. She added to, cataloged, and systematically arranged the Cenozoic mollusk collections at Stanford. She advised advanced graduate students, several of whom have become leading malacologists.
- Summary:
- This interview of Keen by Eugene V. Coan, malacologist and former student of Keen's, covers her education and early interests, career at Stanford University, research interests and field work, and reminiscences about colleagues and students, notably Ida Shepard Oldroyd, Thomas Oldroyd, Paul Bartsch, and Robert Robertson.
- Topics:
- Invertebrate zoology, Mollusks, Paleontology
- Subjects:
- Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra) 1905-1986, Oldroyd, Thomas, Bartsch, Paul 1871-1960, Robertson, Robert, Oldroyd, Ida Shepard 1857-, Stanford University
- Form/Genre:
- Interviews, Collection descriptions, Audiotapes, Oral history
- Local Number:
- Physical Description:
- 1 audiotape (Reference copy)
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Record Unit 9527
Keen, A. Myra,(Angeline Myra),1905- interviewee
A. Myra Keen Interview, 1983
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|Keen, A. Myra,(Angeline Myra),1905- interviewee
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Historical Note
Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986), an invertebrate paleontologist and malacologist, was an international expert on the systematics of marine mollusks. She influenced her profession as a researcher and fieldworker, teacher and advisor, curator and exhibitor, author and public speaker. Her work was of interest both to academic scholars and to shell collectors.
Raised in Colorado, Keen became an amateur naturalist and photographer in her teens, and pursued her research interests in birds and insects at Colorado College, graduating with an A.B. in 1930. She earned an M.A. in psychology from Stanford University the following year, and then a doctorate in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Finding herself with no employment prospects, graduating in the depression year of 1934, she volunteered to help identify shells in the Stanford geology department's collection. This was the beginning of Keen's serious study of shells and her thirty-eight year association with Stanford. She had some coursework in biology, geology, and statistics, but was self-taught in malacology.
In 1936 Keen was appointed Curator of paleontology in the department of geology, and began teaching there during the Second World War. She was appointed Assistant Professor of paleontology in 1954 and Curator of malacology in 1957. Despite her stature, Keen waited until 1960 for appointment as a tenured Associate Professor and until 1965 for a full professorship, becoming one of three women professors in the sciences at Stanford. Upon her retirement in 1970, she was made Professor of Paleontology Emeritus and Curator of Malacology Emeritus, and taught two more years.
Keen's research focused on molluscan systematics, but ranged widely within the field to include recent marine mollusk fauna of the Panamic Province and marine molluscan Cenozoic paleontology, neontology, and zoogeography of western North America. Keen was particularly interested in bivalve systematics and nomenclature. She spent many years adding to, cataloging, and systematically arranging the Cenozoic mollusk collection at Stanford. She also wrote fourteen books and sixty-four papers in the field of malacology.
Keen was the primary teacher of students in malacology at Stanford, advising advanced degree candidates in geology and biology. She also taught courses in advanced paleontology, biological oceanography, and curatorial methods.
Keen's professional honors included Phi Beta Kappa, a 1964 Guggenheim Fellowship, and appointment as Fellow of the Geological Society of America and as fellow of the Paleontological Society. She received the Fellows Medal from the California Academy of Sciences in 1979, becoming the first woman to do so. She served as President of both the American Malacological Union and the Western Society for Malacology, and chaired the Committee on Nomenclature of the Society of Systematic Zoology.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also interviews conducted by researchers or student on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
The Keen interview was donated to the Oral History Collection because of her long career and many contributions to the field of American malacology.
Descriptive Entry
Keen was interviewed by Eugene V. Coan, malacologist and former student of Keen's, because of her long career and many contributions to the field of American malacology. The interview includes her reminiscences about her education, research interests, fieldwork, colleagues, and students. The interview complements the A. Myra Keen papers, also located in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
- Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960
- Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-
- Oldroyd, Ida Shepard, b. 1857
- Oldroyd, Thomas.
- Robertson, Robert.
- Stanford University
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9527, Keen, A. Myra,(Angeline Myra),1905- interviewee, A. Myra Keen Interview
Container List
Box 1
Transcript of Interview
Interview 1: September 1983
Audio Recordings of Interview
Interview 1: September 1983
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Please note "BBC Sunday AM" must be credited if any part of this transcript is used.
There have been black clouds over the White House recently.
Even staff changes at the highest levels there haven't done much to dispel the gloom for President Bush whose approval ratings have plumbed new depths.
The lowest for any President since Richard Nixon during Watergate, not so dissimilar to Tony Blair's here.
But the biggest headache of course is Iran and her nuclear plant which led to a major row in New York this week between Condoleeza Rice and her Russian counterpart.
So how serious is it all, could there be war?
On this side of the Atlantic the man whose job it is to represent the Bush Administration is of course the American Ambassador Robert Tuttle. Ambassador welcome to the programme.
Thank you.
There was clearly a difficult set-to between Secretary of State Rice and her counterpart at the United Nations. How worried is the American Administration about the attitude of the Russians when it comes to Iran?
I think that these diplomatic negotiations, Andrew, have been going on a long time. And I think that there's going to be ups and downs in any negotiation and I think that it's admirable the way the EU three Russia and China and the United States have been stepped together and been consistent and said that they want Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment programme. And I think that's what's important. There will be ups and downs but as I've said before, I'm optimistic and I think eventually I'm hopeful that there'll be a diplomatic solution to this serious problem.
Our former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said on this programme that talk of going to war, attacking Iran at some stage was nuts. Do you agree with that?
What I believe is, as I said just a second ago, that there will eventually be a diplomatic solution. But no responsible leader takes all his options off the table and I think that's all the president..
...talked about other options being there down the line. Because the talk, the rumour, is that nothing will happen this year, but next year if there's still no advance from the point of the view of the west there could be an attack.
I think that there will be a diplomatic solution and I think that's wrong to say that there'll ever be an attack. I just, all we have said is that we will not take all of our options off the table and again, to repeat myself, that's what a responsible leader does.
And in President Ahmadinejad you have in Iran a very, very difficult guy to deal with, don't you?
I think that's what everyone should focus on, suggesting outrageous statements that he has made, wiping Israel off the face of the earth, holocaust denial, he is a really a very, very dangerous man and has said some just incredible things. And I think that that's why we need to stick together with the EU three and Russia and China and come up with a solution to this thorny problem.
OK. Let's turn to another thorny problem - Guantanamo. Now the Attorney General has made some remarkably tough comments calling for its closure. He did say that that was in a personal capacity, but nonetheless it's the clearest message we've had from a senior British minister so far.
As you said, it was in a personal capacity. The President has also said that he hoped, just last week, that Guantanamo Bay would be closed, that it could be closed in time. I think we need to go back to the beginning, since the liberation of Afghanistan there've been 10,000 detainees. We're now down to between, I think, 400 to 500. All of these people are allowed once a year a review of their case. And it's now been, that how that's going to be handled is before the US Supreme Court. A decision is expected in June. There have been 280 members of Congress and their staffs who visited Guantanamo, the International Red Cross has access to it, there have been over 1,000 members of the media to go to Guantanamo.
But you know Ambassador, that it had done your country terrible propaganda damage, if you like, around the world. Lord Goldsmith said it was a symbol of injustice. Is it not now time to actually set a date, we're talking about setting dates not context. Is it not now time to set a date by which this camp which has caused so much outrage around the world, is actually closed?
I think there have been large concerns about Guantanamo, and I understand that. But we, these people are, you know, against us, they're serious criminals. Just as an example, we were very pleased last week that five... we asked countries to take them. The only country in Europe which we were very pleased, the Albanians took all five. But there's a big question of where these very, very dangerous people are going to go if Guantanamo is closed.
Your trade is diplomacy. We're sitting right beside the headquarters of the London government. You have been engaged in the most extraordinary war of words over the congestion charge on your Embassy. The Major of London, Ken Livingstone, called you a chiselling crook which is not exactly diplomatic. Is there any way this can be resolved?
I think, you know, I'm glad you gave me a chance. And one of the reasons I have only spoken out once before on it publicly. Is that the rhetoric has been so heated. What I think people need to understand is over 50 countries are not paying this charge. And responsible, very, in many regions of the world are not paying it. Germany and Switzerland are not paying it.
When the Vienna Convention and there are several other treaties behind it were set up, is that diplomats are specifically exempted from paying municipal taxes and any form of taxes so that there would be no obstacles to doing diplomatic business, and that there won't be double taxation. Sweden, a very responsible country, has a congestion charge and they have specifically exempted diplomats. And in addition to that, Andrew, we pay our fines, we pay tolls where they're applicable. We pay our parking fines. So...
I mean in the government's case, the British government's case, is that this is in effect, it's not tax like that, it's a toll. It's a toll as in the toll for crossing the Brooklyn Bridge which British diplomats would pay as they crossed the bridge.
But we pay our tolls, Andrew, where there are tolls here in the United Kingdom we pay them. And the one issue I agree with on the Mayor, he said early on that this was tax. It is a tax and municipal taxes, diplomats are exempted from that. And the reason this is an important issue, and why we've taken a principle stand, is that State Department lawyers have really studied this issue, and congestion around the world is a big issue. So we're talking about...hundreds of millions...
...huge amounts of money around the world.
...all over the world, and that's why we need to take a principle stand here. I would like to see the issue resolved as the way it is in Sweden where diplomats are exempted.
Ambassador, thank you very much. America stands firm on that. Thank you so much for joining us.
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Classic Reviews Round-Up #34
The Best of 2006 and New Announcements (Continued)
VCI has been busy mining its relationship with Kit Parker Films to give us a number of interesting if sometimes uneven multiple feature releases. Along with its traditional B western, serial, and other classic offerings, this has resulted in the company being a major source of classic content for collectors.
I've been remiss in covering many of the company's 2006 second-half releases, so herewith some brief observations. I reviewed an abysmal version of the Robert Newton
Long John Silver
film for DVD Verdict four years ago, so I looked with interest at VCI's new restoration. The film itself is still a pale follow-up to Newton's work in
Treasure Island
, but at least it looks presentable now. Based on the restoration comparison on the disc, the new 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer is a marked improvement over the faded mess previously available although there's still room for substantial improvement. The latter's unlikely to happen, so if you like this film, this new version is the one to get.
If film watchers think of comedian Joe E. Brown nowadays, it's likely only because they've recently seen 1959's
Some Like It Hot
, but enthusiasts know that Brown was big in films in the 1930s when he toiled at Warner Bros. and later worked with independent producer David Loew. Four of his films from the 1936-1938 period are available in the
Joe E. Brown Comedy Collector's Set
Earthworm Tractors
Flirting with Fate
The Gladiator
, and
Wide Open Faces
). The wide-mouthed comedian could play broad, boastful characters as well as simple, sincere ones equally well and both are on display in this set. The films are mainly appealing entertainments that fly by in about 70 minutes on average, with
Earthworm Tractors
(Brown as a fast-talking tractor salesman) the best and
Flirting with Fate
(Brown as a vaudeville crew manager) the most trying (Leo Carillo is irritating as usual as a bandit chief). The transfers are nothing special, but all are watchable with a reasonably detailed image though rather variable sharpness and a fair bit of debris. Well worth a recommendation.
The Legendary Outlaws Collector's Set
contains three double feature discs comprising
The Great Jesse James Raid
Renegade Girl
The Return of Jesse James
The Dalton Gang
, and
I Shot Billy the Kid
. As usually seems to be the case with these Kit Parker double features (all originally Lippert productions), each disc has one good film and one sub-standard one. The winners are
Renegade Girl
(with Ann Savage and Edward Brophy, this has a neat urban sensibility and urban speech patterns in a western setting),
The Return of Jesse James
(well acted tale with John Ireland, Reed Hadley and Ann Dvorak prominent), and
The Dalton Gang
(fine starring work by the ever-reliable Don "Red" Barry). Five of these films were made in B&W and they all look fairly decent in terms of contrast and sharpness. The one colour film (
The Great Jesse James Raid
) is in the worst shape with marked unsteadiness, poor colour, and noticeable video grain (the latter also apparent on a couple of the B&W films). There's enough value here for western fans to warrant at least a rental, but those familiar with the Lippert films will know how tolerant they are of those productions (ostensibly minor A productions of the late 1940s/early 1950s, they typically pale in comparison with the B series westerns of the late 1930s/early 1940s).
The idea of western film noir is somewhat contentious, but titles such as
Blood on the Moon
Colorado Territory
, and
are sometimes viewed as typical examples. The films included in VCI's
Western Film Noir, Volume 1
are more questionable. Grittiness (
Little Big Horn
) and elements of the supernatural (
) seem to be the raisons d'etre for classifying the films as noir, but that's about it. But whether you view the films as western noir or not, there's no denying that they offer pleasing western entertainment. Both are very well acted (the likes of Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, and Marie Windsor appear) and thoughtful films focusing on character development with just enough action interspersed to satisfy the traditional western fan. The transfers are appealing and the supplements are minor but appropriately selected. Recommended.
Now we start a descent into VCI's less appealing recent offerings.
The George Reeves Double Feature
has obviously been produced because of its timeliness given the resurrection of the Reeves Superman TV series on DVD and the recent theatrical film about him called
. Without that tie-in, however, it might just as reasonably have been called the George Reeves and Ralph Byrd Double Feature as the two actors star as buddies in each film. The two 1948 films are
Jungle Goddess
Thunder in the Pines
and if each sounds like what the titles suggest, you'd be right. These are strictly second-rate Lippert programmers with clichéd situations and stock footage. Both Reeves and Byrd are competent players who don't appear to take it all too seriously which is a good thing. The transfers are very respectable and the Reeves-inspired supplements are good. It all adds up to a nice George Reeves tribute, but it's too bad the two feature films don't really merit the attention.
Much further down the food chain is the
King Dinosaur 50s Sci-Fi Double Feature
, which pairs
King Dinosaur
The Jungle
. The former film is a Bert Gordon-directed mess about astronauts discovering a distant planet with various reptiles including a giant iguana, pardon me, dinosaur. The latter film makes a pretense at quality film-making with much of it shot on location in India, but the plot is plodding and the special effects (to create woolly mammoths which terrorize the natives) are decidedly unspecial. On disc, both features look quite good with 1955's
King Dinosaur
being presented at 1.85:1 and anamorphically enhanced.
The Jungle
is presented full screen as originally shot and retains the original sepia look.
Finally, to end on a more positive note, two western serials are worth a look -
Overland Mail
(1942) and
Raiders of Ghost City
(1944). Both Universal serials have some interest, but
Raiders of Ghost City
is the more entertaining of the two. Set during the Civil War, it concerns the stealing of gold shipments from the west destined for Washington. A Confederate gang is suspected, but in reality a foreign power is responsible, echoing the film's World War II production era and providing the serial a modest propaganda value. Dennis Moore plays a Secret Service agent tasked with straightening out the matter. Moore is fine as is Wanda McKay as a Wells Fargo agent, but Lionel Atwill is the serial's main attraction playing the leader of the gold raiders very effectively. The 13 chapters have enough decent cliffhangers and action sequences to satisfy serial and western fans and the plot is better played out than many Universal efforts of the time.
Overland Mail
from 1942 centres on the standard plot of a gang of outlaws dressing as Indians to avert suspicion. The elements of the plot, featuring Lon Chaney Jr. as a lawman sent to discover why the frontier mail delivery is being subverted, are familiar enough to once again allow Universal's frequent use of stock footage. Chaney, however, is not particularly persuasive as the lead player and the 15 chapters really stretch the unimaginative story to the breaking point. Both serials are accorded a two-disc presentation and the image transfers are quite presentable. They're reasonably sharp with some soft patches. Speckles and scratches are obvious but not really obtrusive. Trailers and bios comprise the supplements on both.
Raiders of Ghost City
rates a recommendation.
Warner Bros. had its typical embarrassment of riches to round out 2006. Of most interest to me was the
Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Volume 1
, an offering in the TCM Archives series that contains three films -
Waterloo Bridge
Baby Face
, and
Red-Headed Woman
. Surprisingly the set lacks Warners' typical attention to detail as its supplement package includes only an introduction by TCM's Robert Osborne and a trailer for
Baby Face
. The content of the set's two discs also has been inadvertently flipped compared to how it is referred to on the set packaging and shown in the disc artwork. The three films come from the 1931-1933 part of the pre-Production Code era and are all good examples of what's become known as typical pre-Code film - characterized by extraordinary frankness including suggestively presented nudity, adultery, and prostitution.
Baby Face
, produced by Warner Bros. - the studio most often associated with pre-Code film - is a quintessential such film. It is represented in this collection by both the original theatrical release version as well as a slightly longer pre-release version recently discovered and restored by the Library of Congress. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as a young woman who sleeps her way to success in the corporate world using the likes of Donald Cook and a young John Wayne as stepping stones until she meets her match in George Brent. The pre-release version is a little more explicit and has a more appealing ending.
Red-Headed Woman
is a good match for
Baby Face
for its treads much the same ground, but adds a slightly light-hearted touch (the difference between the Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow on-screen personas) that reflects the normally glossier MGM influence of the time.
Waterloo Bridge
is a straight-forward drama of a woman (Mae Clarke) who turns to prostitution when times become tough. A naïve young soldier (Kent Douglass - later known as Douglass Montgomery) falls in love with her, seemingly unaware of her vocation. The film is subtly directed by James Whale and benefits substantially from the superb job that Mae Clarke does with her role. This 1931 version isn't nearly as polished as MGM's later (and excellent) 1940 version with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor, but it stands up well in comparison. The video transfers are quite good, offering bright, generally sharp, and reasonably detailed images although with noticeable grain in evidence. The exception is the theatrical version of
Baby Face
whose sharpness suffers in comparison to the others. The mono sound on all is quite decent, although there is audible hiss present. Highly recommended, although Warners needs to give these films more and better supporting materials for future volumes.
Meanwhile, the company has followed up its 2005 release of the initial six Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films with a second volume (
The Tarzan Collection: Volume 2
) that presents the last six titles. All of these were produced by RKO during the 1943-1948 period and are packaged for DVD as three double feature discs.
Tarzan Triumphs
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
provide World War II heroics while the other four titles (
Tarzan and the Amazons/Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Tarzan and the Huntress/Tarzan and the Mermaids
) variously find Tarzan dealing with a secluded jungle tribe, a deadly cult, a gang of poachers, and a pearl-diving community. The interest and entertainment value is generally maintained throughout the period of these six films although the plots tended to become weaker with time. Personally, I find the less glossy RKO look a benefit compared to MGM's cleaned-up jungles. The DVD transfers are fairly consistent with what we saw on the last four films of the Volume 1 offering - generally sharp with some minor speckling and a bit of grain. The exception is the
Tarzan and the Huntress/Tarzan and the Mermaids
disc, which looks noticeably softer and has more debris. There are no supplements. Recommended for Tarzan fans; others should try a rental.
One November Warners release that seems to have passed without much attention is the
Classic Comedy Teams Collection
. It's comprised of three double feature discs (all the discs are available separately, or at a bargain price when purchased in the set) with each focusing on one of three classic comedy teams (Abbott and Costello in
Lost in a Harem
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
; Laurel and Hardy in
Air Raid Wardens
Nothing But Trouble
; and The Three Stooges in
Meet the Baron
Gold Raiders
). All the films were originally MGM releases. The Abbott and Costello disc is the best of the three, as the two features represent the duo working near the top of their game. Both titles are fun (
A&C in Hollywood
particularly, because of the MGM backstage feel with many stars appearing as themselves) with each having several classic A&C routines. The Laurel and Hardy efforts are from the mid-1940s and are among their final films; neither is very inspiring as a whole although there are isolated bits of enjoyable business. The Three Stooges films are curiosities. In
Meet the Baron
, they're strictly minor support players back (1933) when they were still billed as Ted Healy and his Stooges while they're more prominent (though not consistently so) in
Gold Raiders
where they co-star in a B-western format with George O'Brien. The 1951 film is the only Stooges feature made after they became really popular in which Shemp appeared. The films look reasonably presentable on DVD offering good image detail though with considerable speckling and some debris.
Meet the Baron
is the weakest of the six as the image is frequently soft. The mono sound is okay though characterized by varying amounts of hiss and some crackle. Several trailers are the only supplements. The Abbott and Costello disc is the only one worth a recommendation unless you're a Laurel and Hardy or Three Stooges completist.
Superman and serial fans should be happy with Warners' presentation of the two Superman 15-chapter serials originally made by Columbia in 1948 (
) and 1950 (
Atom Man Vs. Superman
). The package consists of four discs and is titled
Superman: The Theatrical Serials Collection
. These serials remain quite enjoyable although they would be on no true serial fan's list of the best of the genre. Kirk Alyn stars as Superman and gives a generally pleasing interpretation though his Clark Kent characterization is more persuasive than is his Superman one. Noel Neill is excellent as Lois Lane and she would reprise her role for the TV series. Lyle Talbot gives a good interpretation of Lex Luthor in the second serial. I found the second serial to be the more entertaining of the two, perhaps because I've grown tired of seeing the Superman origins re-enacted and that takes up a quarter of the first serial. Warners offers pleasing image transfers that are fairly sharp on the whole although
looks a little more consistent than does
Atom Man Vs. Superman
. Supplements consist of a short featurette on serials and Superman's place in the genre as well as an excerpt (not directly relevant to the serials) from a new Superman documentary. Recommended.
New Announcements
Well, as I mentioned previously, 2007 is off to a decent start with Fox and Warner Bros. continuing their commitment to the classics. Universal has nothing to report this time out but at least we know they're starting a new classics line next month. Paramount and Sony continue to be puzzles with both seeming more content to reissue titles they came out with long ago rather than dig into the archives for the unreleased films that collectors want. Many other small releasing outfits have tidbits for us this time. The
Classic Coming Attractions Database
has been updated as usual and sources for this edition include studio press releases and websites, personal contacts, internet newsgroups, online retailers, and DVD news sites (
The Digital Bits
Davis DVD
, the
Home Theater Forum
DVD Times
among others).
As recently reported at inthebalcony.com, AC Comics will bring the 1942 Columbia 15-chapter serial
The Secret Code
to DVD this spring. There are no further details at present although the company is actively seeking out possible supplementary material.
Alpha has added some 48 titles to its release schedule with about half of them appearing on February 27th and the remainder on March 27th. I haven't had the opportunity to add them to the new release database, but the details can be found at oldies.com. The titles are the usual mix of B westerns (starring Bob Steele, Jack Howie, the Range Busters, the Rough Riders, Johnny Mack Brown, Tim McCoy), 4-episode compilations of classic TV series (
Range Rider
Our Miss Brooks
Frontier Doctor
Terry and the Pirates
), a serial (
The Vanishing Legion
) and the feature version of a serial (
Tarzan and the Green Goddess
derived from the serial
The New Adventures of Tarzan
), and a number of other genre films (mysteries, comedies).
The first release under Criterion's new Eclipse line,
Early Bergman
, is set for March 27th and will include five titles, each on its own disc:
Port of Call
(1948), and
To Joy
(1949). On April 17th, we'll get Jules Dassin's
Brute Force
(1947) with supplements highlighted by audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini. Criterion's December revelation that it will release
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
in the future (no details as to timing or content available yet) has fueled speculation that other much-desired Paramount-owned titles (such as
The African Queen
Ace in the Hole
) might be forthcoming from Criterion too. That would be great, but it seems more likely that
is a one-shot effort for a Paramount title to appear on a Criterion DVD, much as it was for its laserdisc release. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
Critics Choice, purveyor of many awful-looking discs, but also a few high quality releases (such as its Hopalong Cassidy and Sergeant Preston sets) will release
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Season 3
(18 episodes) on February 27th.
The Hopalong Cassidy Movie Collection
set has been delayed from December 12th to January 16th.
Disney will offer an Ultimate Edition of
Peter Pan
(1953) on March 6th. Supplements will include:
You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan
; a 1952 featurette -
The Peter Pan Story
; Camp Never Land: explore Never Land with all-new multi-level games; deleted songs; and In Walt's Words: Walt Disney reveals "Why I Made Peter Pan".
Fantoma Films has announced the January 23rd release of
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume 1
. The disc will include the short films
Puce Moment
Rabbit's Moon
(1950 - the rarely seen 16 minute version),
Eaux D'Artifice
(1953), and
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
(1954), all mastered in HD from newly restored elements, with "screen specific" audio commentary on all the films by Anger, rare outtakes and behind-the-scenes images, restoration demonstrations and a 48-page book featuring a written appreciation of Anger by Martin Scorsese, exclusive notes for each film, rare photos, never-before-seen sketches for Anger's unproduced film
Puce Women
and much more.
Fox will have three literary classics out on April 24th:
Les Miserables
(1935, with Fredric March and Charles Laughton),
Jane Eyre
(1944, with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine), and
Anna Karenina
(1948, with Vivien Leigh). Notably, the 1935
Les Miserables
will be accompanied by the 1952 version with Michael Rennie in what will be a two-disc release while the 1948
Anna Karenina
release will have the added bonus of the 1915 silent version. On the same date, Fox will also offer six war movies:
Tonight We Raid Calais
(1943, with Annabella),
The Purple Heart
(1944, with Dana Andrews),
Fixed Bayonets!
(1951, with Richard Basehart and directed by Sam Fuller),
Sailor of the King
(1953, with Jeffrey Hunter),
Man in the Middle
(1964, with Robert Mitchum), and
I Deal in Danger
(1966, with Robert Goulet). Fox also has a Tyrone Power collection in the works with a likely summer release. It would include
Son of Fury
Captain from Castile
Prince of Foxes
(1949), and
The Black Rose
Hermitage Hill Media, a newly formed DVD-producing company, will focus on quality commercial-grade DVD versions of classic serials. Its first offering, set for a January 23rd release and expected to be available through the usual on-line sources, will be the 1935 Universal serial
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
Image will release one Gene Autry film on April 3rd:
Home in Wyomin'
Lionsgate will offer the British film
School for Scoundrels
(1960, with Alastair Sim) on March 27th. This is another item, like the previously-announced early Hitchcock set coming in February, that results from last summer's deal that saw Lionsgate acquire rights to some 2000-odd Studio Canal films. Apparently box sets of Bridgette Bardot, Jean Renoir, and Jean-Luc Godard are in the pipeline for release in the first half of 2007. A spokesperson for Lionsgate indicated that these releases are "for the fan of classic movies, and we are really trying to target that audience". I guess they forgot that they re-acquired the rights to the Republic library from Paramount. How about targeting the audience of classic fans that would like to see plenty of those titles made available (although only if Lionsgate shows them a little more respect than its Artisan component used to do)?
MGM (via Fox) will re-release
On the Beach
(1959) on March 6th as part of a promotion of almost a score of more recent science fiction titles. There's no indication as yet whether this will offer any upgrade to the original release. An anamorphic transfer at least would be welcome, although the original widescreen DVD release looked pretty good.
Paramount will reportedly release new re-issue versions of
The Greatest Show on Earth
Nevada Smith
, and
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
on April 13th although it's unclear if these reissues will offer anything new compared to the original versions. On April 24th, they'll have
The Odd Couple: Season One
(previously exclusively available through Time-Life). A
True Grit: Special Collector's Edition
is expected on May 22nd. Now according to the title, there should be plenty of new content with that one although no details have been released.
Shout Factory will release
McHale's Navy: Season One
on March 20th. The five-disc set will contain all 36 episodes from the 1962-63 debut season as well as a special featurette on a recently-held 45th anniversary cast reunion.
Sony reports that its new SE of
will be delayed one week to February 20th. The studio has also announced the release of repackaged two-disc versions of
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
, and
The Guns of Navarone
for March 20th, as well as a single disc reissue of
The Caine Mutiny
. All are designated Collector's Editions. The
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
releases appear to be just repackagings of the originally available two-disc sets. The other two offer new material. In the case of
The Guns of Navarone
, this means all the supplements of the previous special edition plus an additional audio commentary, two new documentaries and several other new shorter featurettes. For
The Caine Mutiny
(whose original release sported only a theatrical trailer), there will be a new audio commentary and a new two-part retrospective documentary. Noteworthy also is the cover art which in all cases sports the term "Columbia Classics". Maybe Sony is finally recognizing the value of the Columbia name and maybe there's a possibility that a more aggressive approach to the classic Columbia catalogue may be in the offing. We can hope, anyway! The cynical view would be that this is just a final cash-in on the DVD versions before the titles come to Blu-ray as promised for most of them last year. An interesting baseball double bill will arrive on April 3rd in the form of
Kill the Umpire
(1950, a very amusing programmer with William Bendix) and
Safe at Home!
(1962, with appearances by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris)? I never thought to see either of these films make it to DVD.
Universal's new Cinema Classics line, which kicks off with four titles on February 6th, is currently planned to consist of new waves every three months. That would mean May for the next wave so information on actual titles should be appearing soon.
VCI's February offerings are all scheduled for release on the 27th. First up is
Alice in Cartoonland
, a collection of 11 of the 57 Walt Disney-produced "Alice" cartoons from 1923-1927 (all transferred from 35mm nitrate negatives). Also included are 3 cartoons from the seldom seen "Life Cartoon Comedy" series, re-titled "Krazy Kid Cartoons" for their 1930 sound reissue. Then VCI collects six of the Cisco Kid westerns starring Gilbert Roland made at Monogram from 1946-1947 in the
Cisco Kid Western Collection
. The individual titles are:
The Gay Cavalier
Beauty and the Bandit
South of Monterey
Riding the California Trail
Robin Hood of Monterey
, and
King of the Bandits
. Finally, the
Positively No Refunds Double Feature #1
The Bride and the Beast
The White Gorilla
Warner Bros. will release
The Doris Day Collection: Volume Two
on April 10th. It will include six titles:
Romance on the High Seas
My Dream Is Yours
On Moonlight Bay
I'll See You in My Dreams
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(1953), and
Lucky Me
(1954). Vintage shorts and cartoons will accompany each feature. Each disc will also be available separately. April 24th will bring
James Cagney: The Signature Collection
which will include five films each accompanied by a "Warner Night at the Movies" collection of supplements. The titles are:
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Torrid Zone
Captains of the Clouds
The Fighting 69th
(1940), and
The West Point Story
(1950). Each will also be available separately. On May 15th,
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
(cartoons from the 1940s and 1950s) is scheduled.
In HD news, the recent CES convention in Las Vegas was an occasion for studios to reveal their 2007 HD release news. Details were not as exciting as one might have hoped, particularly on the classics side of things. Fox did indicate that
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969) would appear on Blu-ray in May. MGM will offer
Battle of Britain
A Bridge Too Far
(1977), and
The Graduate
(1967) on Blu-ray in May with
A Fistful of Dollars
(1964) coming on Blu-ray in June. Warner Bros. has announced a February 27th release for two Steve McQueen films -
(1968) and
The Getaway
(1972) - in both HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Each will carry over the supplements from the previous DVD versions with one of
's extras,
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
, also being presented in high definition.
Well that's it for the first column of the new year. I'll return again soon.
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Roasted Garlic Hummus With Tahini
Recipe by magpie diner
This recipe came together from a few different recipes, and from having tried a number of varieties over the years. I generally use dry chickpeas that have been soaked and cooked - of course you could use tinned, which I think gives you about 1 1/2 cups when drained - so if you're using canned just adjust the water accordingly to get the consistency you want. For the garlic, if you don't have any roasted heads ready to go, you could also saute garlic to mellow it out (rather than use raw). I like to throw a few heads of garlic into the oven whenever it's in use for something else - saves using all that energy for just garlic when you need some. (Note...prep time doesn't include cooking the chickpeas or roasting the garlic..).
Top Review by DailyInspiration
This is one of the best Hummus recipes I have ever tasted. I roasted the garlic as directed and it made such a difference in the overall dish. We served this dish with pita chips. I will definitely make this dish again. Made for PAC, 2011.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 head garlic, roasted
- 14.79 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 473.18 ml chickpeas, cooked (or tinned and drained)
- 29.58 ml tahini
- 29.58 ml lemon juice, fresh is best
- 59.14 ml fresh parsley, chopped (or let the food processor do the work)
- 2.46 ml sea salt
- 2.46 ml ground cumin
- 2.46 ml paprika
- 29.58 ml water
- black pepper
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- If you need to roast the garlic: Cut off the point/top of the bulb of garlic to expose the tops of the cloves inside (cut as close to the top as you can). Sprinkle some olive oil and salt over top, rub it in a little so that each clove gets a little oil on it. Place the bulbs into an oven proof dish and wrap snugly with foil (or maybe you have a garlic baker, even better!). Roast in a 375 degree oven for about 40 minutes. Tops should be nicely brown but not burnt. Let cool.
- Squeeze out the roasted garlic into a food processor or blender. Add the rest of the ingredients except the water and mix very well. Start adding the water, a bit at a time until you get the consistency you like. Adjust salt & pepper to your tastes, and you're done!


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Expect delays as roadwork starts at I-75 and Crooks
By Terry Oparka
Posted July 31, 2013
Lanes will soon be closed at the intersection of I-75 and Crooks as the roadway undergoes much-needed repair.
In a prepared statement, Greg Jamian, chairman of the Road Commission for Oakland County, said the RCOC had an "aggressive road improvement plan this year, despite the continued insufficiency of state and federal road funding."
He said it's "inevitable that motorists will experience delays in some cases. We understand the frustration this causes, and we ask that motorists, residents and businesses please be patient as we strive to provide a better road system. Unfortunately, we must endure a little pain in order to gain the benefits of improved roads."
As part of the Tri-Party Program, through which two-thirds of the funding comes from Oakland County and the RCOC and one third from the city of Troy, the city of Troy will begin replacing concrete slabs at I-75 and Crooks this week. The project is scheduled to be complete in late September.
Craig Bryson, public information officer for the RCOC, said the total cost of the project is $535,000. The city selected this intersection for consideration of the Tri-Party funding because of its poor condition. Based on the Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating System with a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, Bryson said the RCOC rated the intersection a 2.
While the intersection falls under the jurisdiction of the RCOC (Crooks) and the Michigan Department of Transportation (I-75), the city of Troy is the administrator of the project. Troy City Engineer Steve Vandette explained via email that the city's share is budgeted in the 2013-14 city budget under capital improvements.
Work will be done in three phases.
These phase-one and -two traffic restrictions are scheduled to last until mid September:
• The intersection will be closed to through- and left-turn traffic from the I-75 off ramp.
• Traffic from the off ramp must turn right at Crooks and use the median turn around located north of the intersection.
• Corporate Drive will be closed to through-traffic at Crooks.
• Traffic from Corporate must turn right at Crooks and use the median turn around located south of the intersection.
• Left turns from southbound Crooks to the I-75 on ramp are prohibited.
• Lane closures will occur on Crooks, the I-75 ramp and Corporate Drive leading into the intersection.
However, right turns from northbound Crooks to the I-75 on ramp are permitted during these phases.
These phase-three traffic restrictions are scheduled to last until late September:
• Right turns from northbound Crooks to the I-75 on ramp are prohibited.
• Lane closures will occur on Crooks, the I-75 ramp and Corporate Drive leading into the intersection.
However, left turns and through-traffic from the I-75 off-ramp are permitted, through-traffic from Corporate to the I-75 ramp is permitted and left turns from southbound Crooks to the I-75 on ramp are permitted during phase three of the project.
Call the city engineering department at (248) 524-3383 for additional information.
About the author
Staff Writer Terry Oparka covers Troy and the Troy School District for the Troy Times. Oparka has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2000 and attended Oakland University and Macomb Community College. Oparka has won an award from the Michigan Press Association and four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter.
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Kid Rock claimed that Scott Stapp is responsible for the case of their sex tape because he is he one who lose it
Dealing with the case of his and Scott Stapp's sex tape they made with several strippers, Kid Rock directly claimed that the former Creed member has been the one who is responsible for the incident because of losing the video, firing back Stapp's previous statement that it was stolen. "He's the idiot because it's out," said the 35-year-old singer. "I'm holding him responsible."
Apart from the speculation whether it was true that the tape had been stolen, Rock surely could relax for a while as a temporary court order preventing Red Light District from distributing or promoting the video has been issued, giving him an initial triumph on the case for sure.


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-Factor Tree
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-Prime Checker
Can check if a number is prime (Up to 15 digits). It will
tell you you if it is prime or not prime using animation.
-Multiplication Quiz
The goal of the game is to get the pirate to his booty.
He will move up if you get a question correct, and back if you get a question wrong. It also keeps track of the amount of times you got a question correct and incorrect. The numbers that it can be are between 1 - 12 for both the numerator and denominator.
-Simplify Fractions
A tool to help you simplify fractions, if the fraction is not already simplified. It will attempt to simplify a fraction of up to 8 digits.ex(10/100 = 1/10)
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by Portfolio Grader | September 6, 2013 9:45 am
This week, the overall grades of five Internet and Web Service stocks are lower, according to the Portfolio Grader[1] database. Each of these rates a "D" ("sell") or "F" overall ("strong sell").
This week, Youku Tudou, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A (NYSE:YOKU[2]) falls to a D ("sell"), worse than last week's grade of C ("hold"). Youku.com operates as an Internet television company in the Peoples Republic of China. In Portfolio Grader's specific subcategories of Earnings Revisions and Equity, YOKU also gets F's. The stock price has fallen 7.4% over the past month, worse than the 1.7% decrease the S&P 500 has seen over the same period of time. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of YOKU stock[3].
This week, 21Vianet Group, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A (NASDAQ:VNET[4]) drops from a C to a D rating. 21Vianet Group provides carrier-neutral Internet data center services in the Peoples Republic of China. The stock gets F's in Earnings Growth and Earnings Momentum. The stock's trailing PE Ratio is 263.80. To get an in-depth look at VNET, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of VNET stock[5].
This is a rough week for iPass (NASDAQ:IPAS[6]). The company's rating falls to D from the previous week's C. iPass offers enterprise mobility services on a global basis by providing services that simply, smartly and openly facilitate network access from mobile devices while providing the enterprise with visibility and control over their mobile ecosystem. The stock gets F's in Earnings Revisions, Equity, and Sales Growth. For a full analysis of IPAS stock, visit Portfolio Grader[7].
Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT[8]) experiences a ratings drop this week, going from last week's C to a D. Liquidity Services provides full service solutions to market and sell surplus assets and wholesale goods. The stock also rates an F in Earnings Momentum. As of Sept. 6, 2013, 29.7% of outstanding Liquidity Services, Inc. shares were held short. The stock has a trailing PE Ratio of 27.30. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of LQDT stock[9].
Velti (NASDAQ:VELT[10]) ratings are on the decline this week as the company earns an F ("strong sell"). Last week, it received a D ("sell"). Velti is a global provider of mobile marketing and advertising solutions. The stock gets F's in Earnings Growth and Earnings Momentum. As of Sept. 6, 2013, 19.7% of outstanding Velti shares were held short. To get an in-depth look at VELT, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of VELT stock[11].
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The School of Education hosts three academic centers, each of which focuses attention on a subject of critical importance to the field of education. The centers facilitate cooperation between Loyola and communities on the local, national, and global levels. Our centers include:
Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education
The Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education (GCCE) is directed by Dr. Michael Boyle. The first organization of its kind, GCCE is dedicated to supporting PK-12 teaching and learning in faith-based schools.
Center for Comparative Education
The Center for Comparative Education (CCE) is directed by Dr. Noah W. Sobe. The CCE is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to bringing a global perspective to the study of educational policy and practice.
Center for School Evaluation, Intervention and Training
The Center for School Evaluation, Intervention and Training (CSEIT) is directed by Dr. Diane Morrison. CSEIT's purpose is to provide assistance to all children around social/emotional behavior and academic supports. CSEIT's goals are to develop an online data analysis system for evaluation and technical assistance, to develop and disseminate materials, and to conduct research to improve practice.


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Introduction to Logic Pro
From Logic Studio Training Wiki
You might be curious to know Logic Pro has been around in some form or another longer than many of its users. And don't be fooled by its low cost and accessibility. Logic Pro users have an edge that few DAWs can compete with. Logic Pro users are in very good company.
|The Complete Logic Pro
|Logic Pro - The Big Picture
|Logic Pro Quick Start
|The Arrange Window
|Tracks and Channel Strips
|Recording Audio
|Recording MIDI
|Editing Audio
|Editing MIDI
|Automating the Mix
|Bouncing Your Project
A Brief History
- 1993, Notator Logic
- 1994, Version 1.7 added Audio functionality
- 2000, Added virtual instruments
- 2002, Apple acquires Emagic, the original developers
- 2004, Logic 6 goes Mac only, Logic Express is released
- 2007, Logic Studio released. Includes Logic Pro 8, MainStage, Soundtrack Pro. New features include Quick Swipe Comping, Delay Designer, no more dongle.
- 2009, Logic Pro 9, MainStage 2, Soundtrack Pro 3 released in Logic Studio 2. New features include Flex Time, Guitar Amp Pro, Pedalboard,
- 2010, Logic Pro 9 goes 64-bit.
- 2013, Logic Pro X
The Logic Pro Edge
- Designed by Apple. Pretty much guarantees compatibility with Hardware and OS.
- Instruments and Effects. More than 1,700 sampled instruments. More than 4,500 effects presets.
- MIDI/Audio Hybrid DAW. Some lack in one area. Logic Pro excels at both.
- Compatible with most audio and MIDI hardware.
- Professional Notation
- Nodes. Distributed audio processing over multiple computers.
- Control Surface Support. Any MIDI controller can control any function in Logic Pro.
- Environment. An object oriented programmable editor. You can create your own data processors and integrate Logic Pro with external gear.
- 64-bit processing. Allows you to access more RAM than 32-bit processing.
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Here's Your Guide To The Hallowed Grounds Of Online Profit
In 2014, the Yellow SME (Small to Medium Enterprises) Digital Readiness Survey showed only 50% of the almost 3000 small and medium-sized companies involved had a website – and that figure hadn't risen since late 2012. In 2014, SMEs with a digital presence are making, on average, $150,000 more in revenues each year than their non-digital counterparts – and the picture is even bleaker outside Auckland.
Digital SMEs in Christchurch were losing out on some $400,000 compared to their non-digital counterparts, and Wellingtonians missed out on $330,000.
These numbers show the importance of having online presence. However, the game isn't won by just being online – you need to be the people's first choice
In 2014, Google provided an audit that found 30 per cent of Ford's prospective customers were using their smartphones to research buying new cars. In the same year, technology research firm IDC surveyed 1500 NZ households in March and April about their use of technology.
The average number of household devices connected to the internet has risen from 2.9 in 2011 to 5.2.
47% of respondents would prefer to shop online than in a physical store.
17% would prefer to watch a movie alone on their tablet.
Six in 10 Kiwis own multiple mobile devices
Steve Traplin, director of digital marketing services for Yellow says many SMEs are nervous about getting started with digital, with 71% of participants describing themselves as a beginner, or knowing nothing about digital marketing.
He also commented on the state of affairs in Australia, saying their digital adoption rates eclipses ours, with numbers going from 52% to 64% over the last three years.
Evidently, the presence of professional websites in New Zealand is sorely lacking, but the potential for growth clearly exists. A loss of a range from $150,000 to $400,000 per year is enormous and easily remedied.
All of these points lead to the interwoven promotion and persuasion of a website. These two ideologies are core to web design company Zeald's work ethic and everything they do relate back to promotion and persuasion.
You can get started with a free website audit from the Zeald team – a personalised tool that a professional consultant will use alongside you in order to generate the best possible response for your business. Zeald also offer free educational seminars with no emphasis on selling their services – they offer knowledge, concepts of web design and the common pitfalls of business owners expanding into the online marketplace.
Zeald-designed websites are geared toward building attractive websites that drive conversion. This means the sites they have a hand in creating have high ratios of click-through to sales.
A modern website is taking the place of the traditional storefront. If you think of a physical shop as needing to both entice you to walk in and keeping you interested enough to buy something, a website functions exactly the same. It is not enough merely to attract browsers to your website, you need to be able to show that you are what they want.
Don't hesitate – don't put your business on the line. Make sure your website is up to scratch and watch as your business takes off!


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2013 Parade
The Krewe du Vieux parade is simultaneously the most individualistic and the most traditional of all New Orleans parading Krewes. It starts in the Marigny and winds its way to the French Quarter.
Starting time: 6:30 PM. Please start your drinking early.
The Route:
2013 Krewe Parade Order:
Post parade festivities at:
Former Project Restore Habitat for Humanity
2830 Royal St.
(between St Ferdinand St
and Press Streets)
After the parade join us at theProject Restore
for our annual post-parade party.
Saturday, January 19th
Doors open 9:00pm // Music starts 10:00pm
Featuring in order of appearance:
Brass Band Jam
Blue Brass Project
Late night set by:
A4D (AssFourDaze)
Tickets will NOT be sold at the door
Parade Brass Bands:
New Birth
Bone Tone
Young Fellaz
Paulin Bros
Baby Boyz Brass Band
Stooges Brass Band
One Mind
The Tornados
Free Agents
Treme Brass Band
Egg Yolk Jubilee
Hot Eight Brass band
Down and Dirty


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Intel Cedar Trail netbook hoard descends
If you are a netbook fan, you might be familiar with the Cedar Trial platform from Intel. Machines using the platform were expected this year, but Cedar Trail has now been delayed. Despite that delay there are a bunch of new netbooks coming that use the Cedar Trail platform. So far, the ones that have surfaced are from Asus and Samsung. Asus has the EeePC 1011CX, 1015CX, and X101CH incoming. Samsung also has machines coming including the NC110 and N102S using Cedar Trail.


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Join as a member. There's a certificate with your name on it.
I would like to sort ascending translated terms of taxonomy.
I couldn't find the field "Taxonomy term: Name (translated)" in the criteria sorting list.
Any solution or workaround?
Or is that a "feature request" issue?
Comment #3Cyclodex CreditAttribution: Cyclodex commented
I am also interested and willing to help fix this issue.
I just fixed something similar for my exposed filters in views : #1312074: Sort exposed translated filters by their value.
Comment #4liquidcms CreditAttribution: liquidcms commented
until this gets fixed; a PHP Sort can do the trick quite nicely.
global $language;
$term1 = i18n_taxonomy_term_name(taxonomy_term_load($row1->tid), $language->language);
$term2 = i18n_taxonomy_term_name(taxonomy_term_load($row2->tid), $language->language);
if ($term1 > $term2) return 1;
else return -1;
Comment #5filburt CreditAttribution: filburt commented
Works perfectly - thanks!
Comment #6star26bsd CreditAttribution: star26bsd commented
Views does come with the ability to display rendered taxonomy terms now (at least in 3.5, dunno when it was introduced). However, the sort handler for ordering by translated taxonomy terms is still missing. For those who find this thread (like me) and only wanna sort by translated taxonomy term (aka rendered), I have made a feature request here: http://drupal.org/node/1866000 - because I think this rather belongs into views. Correct me if I am wrong :-)
I hope this is moving forward a little, since all published work-arounds don't work for me.
Comment #7joel_osc CreditAttribution: joel_osc commented
FYI - entity translation has gone beta recently and everything works in views much better - including sorting.
Comment #9star26bsd CreditAttribution: star26bsd commented
Hm... I fail to see how Entity Translation helps with the described taxonomy term sorting problem. Isn't Entity Translation not just for ... entities?
Comment #10joel_osc CreditAttribution: joel_osc commented
Entity translation plus title module (which creates a replacement for the term name which is a field) means that a single tid will have a name_field for each language. So the term's name_field will be available to views in multiple languages. So a view showing name_field {not term name (translated)} will display two rows, one row for each language), add a filter for name_field (= user's current language) sort by name_field and your done. I think going forward entity translation is the way to go...it is much easier to manage translatable fields than two separate entities (node/term) and synchronizing common fields between them. Although, not all the corner cases have quite been worked out yet it Entity Translation is working quite well.
Comment #11star26bsd CreditAttribution: star26bsd commented
@joel_osc Thanks for that explanation, I appreciate it. Looks like I'll have to play with it a little to find the 'right way'.
Comment #12jgullstr CreditAttribution: jgullstr commented
|Support request
|» Feature request
|Issue summary:
|View changes
|» Needs review
To be able to sort by translation, we need a join to the locales_target table, where the actual translations are stored. An intermediary join to i18n_string is needed to get the string ids. I've attached a handler that adds these joins and sorts by localized name.
As my experience writing views handlers is limited, I'm not sure that the use of "$this->table" is correct in this patch, or if some alias should be used. At the very least, this should be a good starting point for getting this issue fixed.
EDIT: Also, there is no fallback language in this patch, so terms lacking translations are not sorted at all. Should terms without translations be hidden or be "mixed in" sorted by default language? An option in the sort could be an idea?
Comment #13jgullstr CreditAttribution: jgullstr commented
For results not to go haywire when sorting using relationships, table alias needs to be used when available.
I'm not sure that I'm using the $base parameter correctly when adding the relationships:
$base: The name of the 'base' table this relationship represents; this tells the join search which path to attempt to use when finding the path to this relationship.
I'd be grateful if someone could give a more verbose explanation of this part, and what repercussions may arise from using it incorrectly.
Corrected patch attached.
Comment #14Adirael CreditAttribution: Adirael commented
Patch in #13 worked great for me.
Comment #15devad CreditAttribution: devad commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
Patch in #13 works great for me as well (thanx), but for translated term names without relationship only (Do not use relationship).
It seems that if some relationship is selected filter doesn't apply.
I have a view with term-parent relationship grouped by parents.
I have added sort: (Parent) Taxonomy term: Name (translated) (asc)
But it sorts nothing.
Changing status to "needs work".
Comment #16devad CreditAttribution: devad commented
|Needs work
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
Patch #13 works nice without relationship. So, maybe it's better to change status of this issue to "Reviewed & tested by community".
And "Sort by Taxonomy term: Name (translated) field WITH RELATIONSHIP" could be the following feature request.
Step by step...
Comment #17jasom CreditAttribution: jasom commented
Code in #13 worked for me! One small note: you need to clear all caches after applying this patch. if you want to see "Taxonomy term: Name (translated)" option in views_ui.
Comment #18jasom CreditAttribution: jasom commented
Solution in #13 still can be a little bit more perfect.
It sorts non-English characters at the end of regular-English character. For example "Š" (sharp S) should go after "S" not after "Z" (the last letter).
See the example here:
Transliteration module handle this for Pathauto and files uploaded to file system.
Special characters can be: Ř, Ľ, Č, Ž, Š, Ď, Ť, Ň...
Comment #19jgullstr CreditAttribution: jgullstr as a volunteer commented
As this patch sorts values in the database, the sort order is decided by the database collation, not the handler itself. By setting a proper collation, your list should get sorted correctly.
Comment #20jasom CreditAttribution: jasom commented
Thanks for a hint. What do you mean by "By setting a proper collation"? Should I set something in database or in server?
Comment #21jgullstr CreditAttribution: jgullstr as a volunteer commented
A collation is a set of rules for comparing characters in a character set (source).
The database collation is set per table in the database. For a list of available collations, see here. In your case, utf8_czech_ci would probably be the correct one. For how to change your current collation, see here.
You should also alter your settings.php, so new tables are created using the correct collation. The collation can be defined in the settings variable $databases as follows (assuming you use the default database):
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'collation' => 'utf8_czech_ci',
IIRC, the preferred collation can also be set globally in your sql configuration, but you will still need to alter your existing databases.
Also, remember, at the very least, to backup your site before trying this. You are, after all, talking to a stranger on the internet :)
Comment #22pixelpreview CreditAttribution: pixelpreview commented
for a multilanguage site, I choose utf8_general_ci
I have 3 languages on my site : nederlands, french and deutch
I have a view with a sort on translated term name but in french that have accentued characters like 'éèà...' the order is not correct and same problems with uppercases
I have this for example
au lieu de :
Any idea to resolve this problem ?
Comment #23jgullstr CreditAttribution: jgullstr as a volunteer commented
You could always use collate in the query, thus determine language at run-time. This could be a good feature to add to i18nviews, to allow different sorting rules per language.
In the meantime, Here's one possible solution.
Comment #24pixelpreview CreditAttribution: pixelpreview commented
with your solution, my view renders no results. I see with a var_dump that the COLLATE is added to my order by
public 'orderby' => &
array (size=1)
0 => &
array (size=2)
'field' => string 'term_i18n_string_translation_translation COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci' (length=64)
'direction' => string 'ASC' (length=3)
but no results in any language I remove the collate and I have results :(
Comment #25danon1981 CreditAttribution: danon1981 commented
I tried #13 but this gives me a Broken/missing handler when I add sort on translated term name
Comment #26yang_yi_cn CreditAttribution: yang_yi_cn at FCV Interactive commented
|Reviewed & tested by the community
|» Needs work
one problem: If it's a single view used in multilingual site, English doesn't work, only the translated ones work. This kinda can be mitigated by adding both the translated handled and the default / non translated handles.
second problem: as people mentioned before, you need COLLATE utf8_general_ci to do sort in MySQL ignoring accents. However the `locales_target`.`translations` field is BLOB, which sorts by BINARY, so you need to do something like
ORDER BY CONVERT( `translation` USING utf8 ) COLLATE utf8_general_ci ASC which I don't believe it's very easy to do in Drupal 7 dynamic query API, even if you can make it, probably breaks SQL compatibility as it's mostly MySQL only solution.
So I think a better solution is just to override the templates and sort using php-intl extension's Collator function and sort the results in PHP.
Comment #27jasom CreditAttribution: jasom commented
I have "Broken/missing handler" result too.
Comment #28pmusaraj CreditAttribution: pmusaraj commented
@jasom and @danon1981 I had the same issue after upgrading the module to the current version. I reapplied the patch at #13, cleared caches and the issue was automatically fixed.
Comment #29devad CreditAttribution: devad commented
|Needs work
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
Patch #13 re-roll for latest dev
Comment #30devad CreditAttribution: devad commented
I have tried to re-roll patch, but it seems that my windows environment broke something and it doesn't apply cleanly at simplytest.me. so, I'm hiding it from files list.
Comment #31matthieu_collet CreditAttribution: matthieu_collet commented
this doens't work with current version, I obtain "Broken / missing handler" and sorting doesn't work
anybody else tried with i18nviews 7.x-3.0-alpha1 ?


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Days before graduation and I'm sitting outside writing underneath a tree. Only 2 days and Project Write will be over. All the friends that I've made will be going in different directions. Some going as far away as China, some staying close to home.
Like birds crowding around a peaches and cream muffin, so are we students gathered around writing. We will scatter like the crumbs of the muffin. What am I to remember? I most likely will forget many events after 10 or 20 years. I may forget the events that occurred, a girl beautifully playing the armonica, and another who likes to climb trees. The things they write about will be kept in my memory. I've tried to memorize every one, checking on the blog almost everyday.
Each one influences people in different ways. Some inspire people, some make people put a smile on their faces, some are so specific to the point that makes you wonder and be amazed.
They are like pieces of bark on a tree, the outer layer wrapped around leaves all reaching to the sky. Peeled you see the inner thoughts of others, so has writing opened up my mind. So have teachers and parents guided us as one layer gives way to another, so has one generation guided another. So have leaves bent into the sky, so have words allowed to fly. As autumn comes, leaves fly but always land back onto the earth. So have children come to visit their childhood, visit their parents and their teachers. Winter goes, people go, but spring brings new hope again.


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IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and Earnings
Jeffrey S. Zax: University of Colorado at Boulder
Daniel I. Rees: University of Colorado at Denver
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, vol. 84, issue 4, pages 600-616
Abstract: This paper explores the effects of peers, friends, family, IQ, and academic performance, observed in the last year of high school, on earnings at ages 35 and 53. All significantly affect earnings at both ages. The effects of IQ are much smaller than asserted in, for example, The Bell Curve, and badly overstated in the absence of controls for family, wider context, or academic performance. Aspirations appear to be very important. Socialization and role models may be as well, but not ability spillovers. Feasible increases in academic performance and education can compensate for the effects of many cognitive and contextual deficits. Copyright (c) 2002 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Prolonged, sustained, excessive stress and your response to it, not only causes deterioration of your brain , but it also compromises your immune system and your ability to fight off diseases. When you are stressed, the body shuts down your immune system and disease starts to develop.
This could mean you are prone to cardiovascular disease, stomach ulcers, clogged arteries, weight gain and much more….. chronic stress can kill the brain cells, change the brain circuits and impact your memory. Severe acute stress can make it impossible to remember things you usually remember well. Stress impacts your sleep and it can make you feel miserable. But does it have to be this way?
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Millwall won a place in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 67 years on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over second-division Tranmere.
Goals from Tim Cahill and Neil Harris in the opening 15 minutes helped Millwall win their quarter-final replay, after a scoreless draw at home on March 7. The London club will face fellow first-division club Sunderland in the semi-final on April 4 at the neutral ground of Old Trafford in Manchester.
Premier League giants Arsenal and Manchester United play the other semi-final the day before at Villa Park in Birmingham.
Cahill scored in the 11th minute from a Danny Dichio cross. Dichio also set up the second, crossing for Harris to volley past Tranmere goalkeeper John Achterberg. Tranmere scored in the 40th minute through Gary Jones.
Millwall are managed by former Chelsea star Dennis Wise, who took over in November when Mark McGhee was fired. He has Millwall pushing for promotion to the Premier League, along with Sunderland.
"We'll fancy beating each other - it's a great advert for the [first division] league and hopefully we'll do what we've done against them twice in the league this season," Harris said.
Millwall last made it to the cup semi-finals in 1937, losing to eventual winners Sunderland.
Wise, who won the cup as a player with Wimbledon in 1988 and Chelsea in 1997 and 2000, called the victory "fantastic".
"Tranmere gave us a hell of a game, though, and put us under a lot of pressure," he said.
It has been 12 years since the cup has had a finalist from outside the top division.
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