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A9 TV; November 6th, 2011
This is the reason for longing for the Paradise. A person always longs for what is beautiful; good food, beautiful people, beautiful environment, good words, beautiful fragrance. Our Lord created our soul prone to what is beautiful. If a Muslim seeks it also in this world, he can turn also this world into a Paradise. This is the attribute of the system of Mahdi.Hazrat Mahdi has the soul peculiar to Paradise; he has the personality peculiar to Paradise. In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), the entire world becomes like Paradise because it follows the Mahdi. People will be amazed at themselves saying, "How on earth did we destroy one another or had conflicts while there was such a beautiful life!" I was watching TV at home; there are quarrels everywhere. Conflicts at home, at football matches, at homes or in movies. They can harbor rage towards very nice people. The fact is however, we are the sons of the same land, we are Muslims, Alhamdulillah. Even if he is not a Muslim, being a servant of Allah, we feel compassion towards them, Insha'Allah. What remains left when love is lost? Losing the love is so horrible. Even the beauty ceases to be effective.
Surat al-Haqqa 13:
"So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast." We do not know what "the Trumpet" is. When it will happen, we will say, "This is what is meant." This may also be the name of the initiation of the incident. It may be all. "and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow," This is the last crush; before that there is the first crush. The last crush will be a very severe one which will destroy the world. It breaks down into tiny pieces as if it were made up of dust. It will turn into those structures in the space with a nucleus in the middle and a corona around it. The world will turn into such a structure. "On that Day, the Occurrence will occur and Heaven will be split apart," The sky vanishes, of course, and the space becomes visible. The blue sky opens up and the blackness of the space is seen inbetween the blue sky.
"and Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail." With the impact of the opening up, clouds sink below and the athmosphere scatters around.
"The angels will be gathered round its edge." The angels who are invisible becomevisible."On that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord above their heads." There are eightangels on duty.We will understand what Allah means by "the Occurrence" on the Day of Judgment. "On that Day you will be exposed –no concealed act you did will stay concealed." People are exposed one by one to Allah. Because of relativity, the one who is last exposed assumes that he is the first one who is exposed. Although there are millions of people, Muslims, and they are one by one taken into account, each one of them assumes that he is the first one who is taken into account. It takes place so rapidly because there is no time; the time is relative. "…no concealed act you did will stay concealed."There is nothing that people conceal. They think that they can do it without people seeing them in this world but nothing of the sort happens. Allah presents them all. Only if there are any incidents Muslims are ashamed of and if they are forgiven, they are kept hidden by Allah for all eternity. But they do not disappear; they are just kept concealed. In the sight of Allah, nothing that exists vanishes but it is kept preserved. For instance, we have conversed here; all our speeches we have made here are preserved. If we wish, we can listen to this entire conversation in the Hereafter. But if – Allah forbid- there exists a section that we do not want to hear, Allah preserves that part for all eternity. You can not see that part. For instance there are difficult incidents that each person encounters in his life. For instance he loses his father, and he feels sorry for that, which is something incompatible with the morality of the Qur'an. Because a Muslim will feel ashamed of it, Allah does not show it to him. That remains in the Sight of Allah but Allah does not show it. In order for it to disappear, Allah forbid, Allah must disappear. For instance, as a detail, there is a bug dead on the floor. That remains in the Sight of Allah, it never vanishes. But because there is no need, Allah does not show. If you want to see it, you can; it is preserved in the Sight of Allah. Our entire life is like a video cassette. We can forward it, we skip the sections we dislike. Similarly Allah skips the parts we dislike; he does not show them to us.
Nothing from the beginning of one's birth, no matter what may happen, nothing vanishes in the Sight of Allah. No matter what comes to your mind, it does not vanish. For instance one wakes up in the morning, he sits down without doing nothing, something he dislikes; it remains in Allah's Sight but a believer does not want to see it because it is vain. Because a believer wants to see the things he likes, he only chooses to see those and sees them.
As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will say, 'Here, come and read my Book!
A person is given an object in his right hand; probably something like a crystal, something reminding a diamond, a stone. Everything is coded in it. 'Here, come and read my Book! I counted on meeting my Reckoning.'He says, "I knew that this would happen." Indeed, he is responsible for delivering it; there is information there regarding his destiny. He gives it. In the Sight of Allah, he is asked, "You have given away this much money to that person, is that true?" He answers, "Yes, it is true.", "You had gone that place and communicated the message of Allah, is that true?" "Yes, true." "You were arrested and sent to prison for this long, is that true?" he says, "Yes." But they count it in details. For instance "People told you adverse words, but you remained patient, is that true?" "Incidents happened that would upset you; but you persevered, is that true?" When the questioning comes to an end, the last person who is questioned assumes that he is the first one and thinks that it lasted very short. They perceive it as an extraordinary short process. The fact is however his lifetime is questioned there. But as I said before, this questioning is made to honor him. This questioning is made to remind him that he is a person of moral perfection. In Paradisehe always keeps that in mind.People like him in Paradise with that personality. What he had done is counted one by one.People in Paradise like him with that personality. Those things he had done does not end with counting. There are also things that he had done in secret. Allah discloses them. For instance he persevered in secret. He acted bravely in secret. For instance he is asked; "People around you lost their temper but you persevered. Is that true?" This is in his destiny. Once all these are counted, he starts to like himself. And the people around him because in this world those things in secret are unknown. For instance, we do not know the secret aspects of Hazrat Mahdi (as) . We can only know the avert parts partially. In order to love him, all his aspects must be known. For instancewe can only know the certain aspectsof our Prophet (saas).They threwcamel tripe and barbson his way.Abu Jahil insulted him.The number of incidents that happened to him of which we are aware is at most fifty or a hundred.There, we will learn tens of thousands ofissues related to our Prophet (saas). For instance how did he respond to the infliction to which he was subjected? How did he help people? How courageous he remained in such a terrible environment? Where did he persevere? Then our love to our Prophet (saas) will multiply because we will learn the aspects that we are totally unaware of. This also holds true for Jesus Messiah (as) and other prophets. In this case believers' love for one another becomes very severe. It turns into a very profound love, that becomes the love of Paradise.
In the case of disbelievers, all the immoral behaviors are counted one by one. For instance he lied but he thinks that he deceived people. He is asked, "Did you lie or not?" He answers, "No." then his mouth says, "Yes, I lied." He can not prevent his mouth. He is upset with his mouth and says, "Why does it talk in this fashion?" For instance he did something wrong with his hands, and he says "I did not do something like that." He continues to commit forgeries even there. His hand says, "No, I did it." The hand speaks and the guy can not control his body. In the past he used to be very fond of his body. Such people live their lives for their lower-selves. His lower-self becomes a trouble for him. That is, Allah turns it into a scourge. For instance he can not control his eye, his mouth and his hand. They all talk against him. He has to admit all of them. Indeed Allah does not question some of them. "On that day, there is no questioning for them." Allah puts some psychopaths directly into Hell. He will engage in the same immoral acts again but Allah makes him count them one by one to give a lesson. Contrary to the Muslims, the time extends for them. The one who is questioned first assumes that he is the last one who is questioned. He suffers tremendously and the questioning does not end. He sweats; in the hadith it is said, "They flow on the floors." That is, because of the trouble they go through they sweat a lot. Their questioning lasts continuously. For instance he is asked to tell the forgery he had committed in details. In the hadith, in order to emphasize the trouble he goes though, it is said, "His sweat almost swallows it." Of course comparison is made there. He wants the questioning to come to an end. He says, "Let this interrogation end and let me go to Hell as soon as possible." The fact is however, once he goes to Hell he wants to go out of Hell as soon as possible. Aware of this fact, Muslims act sensibly. But the people of Hell are very mad, very unstable. It is inconceivable; that is why one must constantly seek refuge in Allah from being among the people of Hell, from the torment of Hell. That is why we must say, "My Lord, protect me from the torment of Hell" and not "Protect me from Hell"because we will come near the edge of Hell.Everyone will come near the edge of Hell. There will be no one who will not see Hell.We will say, "My Lord, protect me from the torment of Hell " because Muslims come to the edge of Hell with joy. For instancethey come with light in their frontand a light on their right. There is a guide and a protector. He guides him, constantly compliments him and shows respect to him.Allah says that they in now way suffer on that day." They never feel disturbed or feet unease. They do not have any kind of fear in them. They areinfinitely happy and joyful; this is already perceived from the brightness on their faces. They are very cheerful and hopeful to go to Paradise because he knows and there is light in front of him and on his right. In his right hand, there exists the information that object like a crystal contains. It is evident in all respects that he will be going to Paradise but he is still not informed about it. He is only hopeful about it. Almighty Allah says, "The people of Paradise will stand up and go." The people of Hell are left there, on the land of Hell. In humiliation, they are drifted to Hell but of course when we say "land", it seems like a land of soil or something we know of, but it may also be something that we can never imagine. It may be something that we can even not conceive of. For instance, the gate of Paradise may be of golden, or of light. The light abruptly opens up and you enter. The fire of Hell burns them but they still engage in immoral acts. Normally, a person cannot talk in fire. Allah says, "The sparkle the size of a camel." That means, if the sparkle is as great as a camel, the flames are amazingly great. But the people of Hell still make gossip there, they quarrel with one another. Bediuzzaman says, "They feel the greatest pain when they compare the torment with Paradise" because they see Paradise. The comparison causes a severe torment for them.
(In response to "What should we do while bringing up our children?)
The Qur'an. Embracing the Qur'an. Allah says that we will be questioned from the Qur'an. We are educated by the Qur'an. The Qur'an relieves our heart. We find abundance with the Qur'an. We seek Allah's good pleasure with the Qur'an. We will enter Paradise with the Qur'an, Insha'Allah.
In Paradise trees also sing songs. Those tiny animals, for instance birds also sing songs but how wonderful songs they are. While they sing, trees dance.
(In response to the question, "Is there any incident that make you cry?"
A person cries only because of the love of Allah. You see a little baby, a very beautiful woman or a very nice music, those things that remind you the love of Allah that may make you cry. But it is haram (unlawful) to cry because of sorrow. It is a very aberrant act; it means objecting to destiny.
Surat al-Furqan, 56:
" We have sent it down with truth and with truth it has come down."
The numerological number of this verse is 1980. At the same time it is 1956, the date the Risale-i Nur Collection was allowed to be free. It is also the date Hazrat Mahdi (as) started his duty, Insha'Allah. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear, so will Prophet Jesus (as) and the Unity of Islam will be established. I am here and we will altogether see this Insha'Allah. Islam is coming with all its might and it will roister, Masha'Allah.2011-12-27 10:15:44


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Cameron's comments draw dismay ahead of Film Policy Review; Mike Leigh has 'no comment'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has riled up the British film community today with a statement emphasising that the BFI should support "commercially successful pictures."
The statement was made today as Cameron visited Pinewood Studios — he was speaking pre-emptively ahead of the comprehensive Film Policy Review's release on Monday. Cameron said today: "Our role, and that of the British Film Institute, should be to support the sector in becoming even more dynamic and entrepreneurial, helping UK producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and impact of the best international productions."
UK industry figures have given a mixed response to Cameron's remarks – and the spin that has been put on them in advance of the publication of the Review.
Palme d'Or and Golden Lion winning British director Mike Leigh (one of Britain's most revered filmmakers) today refused to comment on inflammatory remarks from an unnamed film industry source that his career would be "over" once the Film Policy Review report is published next week.
"He doesn't want to comment," Leigh's spokesman said of the following remark, "well, it's over for Mike Leigh," which a BBC correspondent quoted on the BBC Today Programme on Radio 4.
The BBC report suggested that the long awaited Film Policy Review (due to be published Monday morning, Jan 16) will advocate Lottery money being "awarded to films based on whether they can make money, not whether they are artistic or culturally rewarding." The report said Lottery funds would be invested in "people, not projects" and that the Government wanted to see tax payer money "invested in movies people want to see, not luvvies who are your mates."
Ken Loach (another Palme d'Or winning British director) disputed today's rushed interpretation of what the Review is likely to contain. He told the BBC that "success can come at all levels. You don't need to make a blockbuster to be successful."
There has been some dismay that today's events – in particular, the inference that a filmmaker as distinguished as Leigh could now be marginalised. Some say that Cameron's speech today and the controversy over Leigh risks pre-empting a full, balanced assessment of the report. For example, #fundablefilms was a trending topic amongst UK film industry Tweeters, with spoof commercialised suggestions that might meet Cameron's approval, including Secrets And True Lies and Gone With The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
However, John McVay, chief-executive of producers' organisation Pact, broadly welcomed Cameron's remarks. "If you pick the bones out, what he (Cameron) is clearly saying is that he wants to back successful British film businesses, which is good news," McVay told Screen. "It's not about backing quangos and public funds but finding ways that public funds can be used to support our indigenous feature film producers."
Pact has long been calling for British producers to be given enhanced recoupment corridors on successful films - a call the Report is expected to address.
Citing the example of The King 's Speech, McVay pointed out that lines between what is "commercial" and "arthouse" films often blur. He also emphasized the importance of the arthouse sector for "talent, development, and for creative innovation. That's all a precious part of our industry."
The British Film Commission also welcomed Cameron's remarks. Iain Smith, BFC Chair, said in a statement: "On behalf of the British Film Commission I thank the Prime Minister for his comments today praising the work of the BFC. Following another busy and potentially record breaking year for inward investment, it is reassuring to hear the government understands the role big budget, international movies shooting in the UK plays in building a world-class skilled workforce, while boosting the UK economy. With superb acting talent, crew and post production expertise, state of the art facilities, and the lucrative film tax relief, the British Film Commission promotes the UK's competitive edge internationally to ensure we retain our position as one of the world's most popular filming destinations. And as we look to the future, I look forward to the publication of Lord Smith 's full Film Policy Review and to working with the DCMS and the BFI to consider and implement its findings."
In May 2011, Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey appointed former Culture Secretary Lord Chris Smith to chair an eight-member panel to conduct the extensive independent review of Government film policy. The Film Policy Review panel also included Will Clarke, Julian Fellowes, Matthew Justice, Michael Lynton, Tim Richards, Tessa Ross, Libby Savill, and Iain Smith. The Report is expected to cover areas ranging from production, development, distribution, inward investment, and exhibition as well as film heritage and education.
Screen will offer full news and analysis of the Film Policy Review publication on Monday.
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Its not a black and white issue, but the UK film Industry is institutionally biased towards art and culture over commerce. The overriding culture that prevails in film school education, skillset and institutions like the BFI and the Regional film funds would rather back a Ken Loach Film over a Neil Marshall film. It's just not in their DNA to do otherwise. I applaud Cameron's comments and hope that they lead to a more balanced and inclusive industry.
The National Lottery was established by Conservative Prime Minister John Major in 1994 with the purpose of funding a renaissance in arts, sport and heritage. It was expressly designed to fund things the Treasury would never fund, so that it was an "extra" on top of tax revenue. Doing things for "fun". As a British film producer I would love to see a sustainable British film industry. But the BFI's National Lottery funds are designed for art in film - that means experimentation, creative risks, fun. And the idea that a Conservative government should aim to be so interventionist in a private industry is ironic. All in all, unfortunately, Cameron doesn't know what he's talking about.
It's strange what politicians do to themselves - you have an open goal and so you shoot yourself in the foot...
Comment from WGGB Film Chair Olivia Hetreed here: http://t.co/cKnIVc4O
It's all a question of perspective. I'd put money on Warhol's "Man Asleep" being commercially successful, whereas there are plenty of blockbusters that couldn't recoup even if they if they were registered charities. We all want our films to be commercially successful - that's how we get to make the next one. But this is the film business - nobody knows anything...
The National Lottery was established by Conservative Prime Minister John Major in 1994 with the purpose of funding a renaissance in arts, sport and heritage. It was expressly designed to fund things the Treasury would never fund, so that it was an "extra" on top of tax revenue. Doing things for "fun". As a British film producer I would love to see a sustainable British film industry. But the BFI's National Lottery funds are designed for art in film - that means experimentation, creative risks, fun. And the idea that a Conservative government should aim to be so interventionist in a private industry is ironic. All in all, unfortunately, Cameron doesn't know what he's talking about.
The idea that arthouse is the opposite of commercial is simply wrong. Lots of films that are marketed to a wide mass audience fail to make a profit. By contrast, pretty well every single one of Ken Loach's films sell all over the world, taking in good money from most of continental Europe - something that most UK 'commercial' films conspicuously fail to do.
Loach works on low budgets, and judging from Box Office Mojo, the vast majority of his recent films have more than recouped - a batting average that the commercially-oriented Hollywood studios could never dream of matching.
Commercially, both Loach and Marshall are successful directors. The only difference between the two is that most private equity is much more interested in investing in big-budget productions - the overheads on a huge slate of Loach films would simply be too high.
If public funding ceased overnight, Marshall would still get financed. Loach would not. Giving the latter's (paltry) financing to the former, where it would be just a drop in a huge ovean, would be an utterly ineffecient waste of resources and only serve to shrink the UK film industry as a whole.
This isn't about commerciality - see the UKFC's final curtain with King's Speech. This is about a growing culture of philistinism in the UK, implicity encouraged by much of the press, that denounces anything with any intellectual or artistic merit as 'uncommercial' - often in blatant disregard of the hard numbers.
As long as the BFI, Film4 and BBC are stuffed full of white, middle class, private school men and women who all think the same way and like the same movies the British 'film industry' ain't going nowhere.
In response to that last comment about the British film industry going nowhere, because of the 'white, middle class, private school...' people involved - I just want to say - is 'going nowhere' making millions and winning Oscars galore with The King's Speech? What about - We Need To Talk About Kevin. Shame. Hunger. Attack The Block... Just to name a few films that were NOT going nowhere. Commissioned by people who actually know what they are doing, and made by people with talent.
Interestingly, a major point missed by Cameron in his lauding of 'success' is that whereas the profits from a relatively low budget british financed 'arty' film will stay in this country to help fund further projects, the profits from the blockbusters (including the Potter and Bond franchises among many others) are scooped back to the US and never seen again.
It appears Cameron rolled up with a prepared statement aimed causes a little fuss as possible. They have no substance behind them so all we can do is infer what they mean, which my guess is very little. Mike Leigh and Ken Loach have made important contributions to the UK Film Industry and in fact some of their film perform reasonable well given their budgets. i'm not a fan of either, but rail against them because they are not making Harry Potter is beyond absurd.
Britain makes commercial films... it' makes all kinds of films. Some good, some bad, some that perform, others that don't. This is the same around the world. If someone told me before the Kings Speech broke that it would have been as big as it was, I would have thought the person mad. We roll the dice.
Camerons more realistic speech should have been along the lines of. Let's make good films and hope for the best because that's the reality isn't it. Anyone tell you otherwise is a false prophet.
I do feel our foisted upon us PM is somewhat dense, and Olivia Hetred's comments rather pertinent. Why open his mouth before the Review?
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It's been a chaotic whirlwind of ups and downs this week, as the weather failed to make up its mind with the forecast: sending us outside in light clothes with promises of sunshine only to surprise us with a downpour later.
Earlier in the week we had heard reports of potential thunderstorms coming our way, though things are looking to be a bit clearer than initially expected, giving us enough opportunity to get outside and explore.
Today: Cloudy and overcast, with occasional showers in the afternoon.
Monday: Things will remain dry, with sunny intervals throughout the afternoon
Tuesday: Another cloudy day ahead with brief patches of sunshine.
Wednesday: Looks to remain mainly unchanged, though expect some light showers in the evening.
Thursday: Today will start off dry, with frequent burst of sunshine, with rain showers dominating in the afternoon.
Friday: Intermittent sunshine and showers throughout the day.
Saturday: Predicted to be drizzly for the best part of the day.
With enough dry spells to allow for a lengthy trip outdoors -without having the worry of incapacitating heat - we recommend those coming to the area enjoy a nice bike ride along the Oban to Fort William cycle path. With Eriska being only two miles from the path, guests can enjoy the nice scenic route from Benderloch to Port Appin with relative ease and enjoy a bite to eat at the one of the few cafes and bars on route.


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text: Aunty Kawena is often credited with having made the Hawaiian cultural Renaissance possible, although she shied away from the politics of it. Because of her willingness to share her vast knowledge with non-Hawaiians she was sometimes criticized. But thanks in large part to her work, however, the rejuvenation of Hawaiian culture proceeded unabated and has led to the establishment of Hawaiian language immersion schools and even the revival of ancient cultural practices such as traditional sailing may not have been possible without her pioneering efforts. She is known and revered as one of a handful of people to resurrect the traditional form of hula and personally composed over 150 chants. In 1995 she was inducted into the Hawaii Music Hall of Fame and each year the Bishop Museum celebrates the Mary Kawena Pukui Arts Festival featuring story, song and dance. All three of her daughters continued in her footsteps as kumu hula and culture keepers.


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Scott Schuman Makes Lots of Money and Hates Girls
"She's just a kid, so she can talk about art and stuff only in an abstract way."
Yesterday, a website called The Talks published an interview with Scott Schuman, also known as The Sartorialist, an established street-style blogger. The interviewer begins by asking Schuman about his thoughts on Tavi Gevinson, the ever-positive 15-year-old blogger who has recently started her own online magazine. On the topic of Tavi, Schuman (proud father of two daughters, no less) has this to say:
"Well I don't think her audience is that big. I think her success is a little bit of a conspiracy by established print media that wanted to show that this blog thing is not that important, that it's done by a bunch of twelve year olds. But a lot of us are serious grown-ups. I think it's great that Tavi can create a blog and write for other people that are like-minded - probably other kids around her age - but I don't know how that is going to help a 26-year old, if she has never had a boyfriend or any of that kind of stuff. She's just a kid, so she can talk about art and stuff only in an abstract way."
In other words, he is suggesting that Tavi's success has been masterminded by the Evil Print Media to show that blogging is, essentially, a joke. But isn't Schuman himself a blogger? Whose success is due, in part, to other bloggers? He also complains that people like Tavi "steal pictures from other people" in order to have imagery on his blog. Welcome to the Internet! Oh, and have you heard of Bill Cunningham?
There are so many excellent quotes in the article that it's hard to choose which ones to pick out. Here's a good one, on the topic of whether Schuman reads any other Fashion Blogs:
"No not really. The only one I look at is my girlfriend Garance Dore. To me she is the game-changer right now. She is a great writer, she does video, illustration, and photography. I look at her and I get jealous because she is so artistic in so many different ways - she does great illustrations, heart-felt writing, beautiful photography, and inspiring videos. She is funny, consistent, and her point of view on fashion is great. So that is the only blog that I look at on a consistent basis."
Cute! I love the smell of nepotism in the morning. Then he talks about how much money he makes from his Blog:
"American Apparel bought advertising for the whole year and then I just got an email yesterday that Net-A-Porter.com is going to buy advertisements for the rest of the year (2010) as well. So those two ads alone are a good fraction of a million dollars: more than a quarter million and less than a half a million. The key for me, and for Garance also, is like any good business: diversity. I make money from shooting campaigns and editorials, from prints, the rerelease of my photos in different magazines, and from doing personal appearances. I make money from a bunch of different places ... My audience is so much larger than everybody else's that advertisers, well at least American Apparel told me that I am not in their internet budget. My order is so big and they have to pay so much that I am actually in their magazine budget. That comes from having a good size audience."
So, I guess what we really get out of this is that Scott Schuman is an all-round great guy, who sleeps on a bed made of the money that he makes from doing little-to-no work, only waking to complain about other people doing the same thing.
Maybe I'm just upset because he's made me concerned about the future of the print industry:
Have magazines lost their integrity because of the power advertisers have?
I think everyone knows not to believe in magazines anymore, they know that magazines are just page after page of advertisers.
What do you mean?
Magazines are driven by fear: they have to keep these advertisers and do these things for them. But now blogs have grown so big that I get emails like that all the time. But we know, Garance and I, that the thing for us is the level of integrity so we just don't do it.
He's right, though, a magazine is a terrifying place to work. Hey Scott! I really liked your Levi's post!


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It's been a long time since my last blog post, so I figured it's time to start dusting off things again after my most recent hiatus. A lot's happened.
– We launched Dreamweaver CS5, a rather huge release (Check it out here.). If you do any dynamic styling/theming of PHP-based CMS systems, it'll be a godsend, and if you just do general HTML/CSS/JS work you'll find DW is a lot more flexible these days :)
– BrowserLab has gone through some serious iterations, with a new auto-align tool, Firefox/Firebug plugin, and a lot more (BrowserLab Home).
– MAX 2010 is coming up this month (Adobe MAX 2010), and between all the HTML5/CSS3 fun you've been getting in on lately plus all the sweet new Flash/Flex/Video/Creative Suite products there's a lot of good sessions and topics to cover.
Hope to see you at MAX (I'll be hosting a session on Cutting Edge Web Design using Dreamweaver CS5 – focusing on multiscreen/mobile design and layout, CMS theming and HTML5/CSS3, so check it out)!
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Did you know?
Graaff-Reinet has more than 200 national monuments, the most of any town in South Africa.
The impressive collection of art in the Hester Rupert Art Museum is a delight to discover. Housed in the fifth oldest church building in South Africa, the collection features over 100 works by some of South Africa's best-known artists, most of which were donated in the 1960s when the museum first opened.
The opening of this Karoo art museum is itself an interesting story as it began as a bid to save the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, dating from 1821, in which it is housed. In 1965, word got out that a petroleum company was planning on buying the building in order to demolish it and build a petrol station. Dr Anton Rupert, Chairman of the Rembrandt Group, negotiated to acquire the building, restore it and turn it into a museum, on condition that a sufficient number of South African artists would donate towards it nascent collection.
A number of artists responded positively, the building was saved and this art gallery in Graaff-Reinet opened in 1966 with a total of 90 paintings and sculptures donated by 83 artists. The building and its collection was then given in perpetual trust to the Town Council of Graaff-Reinet, which named the museum the Hester Rupert Art Museum in honour of Dr Rupert's mother. The building was declared a national monument in 1968.
Look out for works by Maud Sumner, which show her typical focus on interiors and the human figure, with some examples of landscapes from her later period. There are also representative works by Maggie Laubser and pieces by Irma Stern, Gregoire Boonzaier and other leading South African artists of the time.
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Who to contact
The Hester Rupert Art Museum
Church Street, Graaff Reinet
Tel: +27 (0)49 892 2121
How to get here
The Hester Rupert Art Museum is situated on Church Street, in the centre of Graaff-Reinet.
Best time to visit
The Hester Rupert Art Museum is open 9am to 12:30pm and 2pm to 5pm between Monday and Friday. On weekends and public holidays its open from 9am to 12 noon.
Around the area
Graaff-Reinet is surrounded by the stunning Camdeboo National Park. Explore the area's biodiversity, visit the Valley of Desolation, or spend time visiting more of the town's national monuments and museums.
Tours to do
Do a walking tour of Graaff-Reinett, taking in the typical Karoo architecture and learning about the town's history as you visit places of interest such as the Hester Rupert Art Museum, the Reinet House Museum and the Dutch Reformed Church.
What will it cost
Entrance is R8 per person.


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Dell XPS 13 (Q1 2013) Ultrabook Review: What a Difference 1080p Makesby Dustin Sklavos on 3/21/2013 5:00 AM EST
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DanNeely - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link"t should surprise no one that the RAM is soldered to the board; there's also a black sticker layer that sits between the mSATA SSD and the inside of the bottom panel. It's good to know that you can replace the mSATA drive and wireless card, though, should you need to/desire to."
Is there anyone who's more interested in swapping the wifi card than they would have been in upgrading the ram in a few years? The former's something that IMO should have been at the top of the list when looking for ways to shave a few cubic mm. Reply
moep - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkDell is more interested in selling you a new laptop than letting you swap the RAM, so that's that. Reply
baldun - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkThe problem is not integrating the WiFi card to the motherboard. The problem is with regulatory for each country. If the WiFi card is with antenna connectors, then the regulatory certification is handled by the card vendor, in this case Intel, paying millions of dollars to every country where they want to sell the card. If the WiFi is integrated in the motherboard, then the regulatory will be handled by Dell. Regulatory certification is all about where the antenna connectors are. Reply
nportelli - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkAgreed. That goes for ANY manufacturer. 8GB ram should be the minimal anymore. Same for 1080p. Reply
Silma - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkAbsolutely. If RAM is soldered then it should be 8GB RAM at the very least.
There may be some cons to 1080p in a few situations (touchscreens with items too small to accurately touch) but I'm betting on Microsoft improving Windows pixel scaling soon.
Ideally I would vote for 1200p, which I have had for many years on my Dell Laptops but unfortunately it's out of fashion. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkYou should be able to increase the size of icons and text without lowering the screen resolution, this is bad design. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkNope, lower spec is fine for a low price point. Windows 7 and 8 both run great on 4 gigs of ram, so only people who run ram intensive programs require 8gigs. But yeah if I'm spending over $700 I want core i5, 1080p, and 8 gigs of ram, and I don't care about touch.
PS win7 even runs fine on 2 gigs of ram. Reply
GNUminex - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI may just be sheltered from the reality of windows use as a result of using Linux, but I find it hard to see why any one would need more than 8GB of ram when using a current generation ULV processor. I don't see how you could run the sort of work load to eat up 8GB of ram with out being CPU limited first. If you try to just have lots of applications open and idling I guess you could run into ram limitations but is anyone going to do such a thing on a 13" laptop. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkNeeding >8GB is probably not a common today anymore than >4 was a few years ago; but for power users using a laptop as their primary computer it probably will be in a few more years.
With IVBs improved boost levels the gap between ULV and standard mobile/desktop processors has gotten much narrower. On the road thermal throttling will limit sustained peak boost times somewhat; but when it's on a desk an external cooling pad can mitigate the heating. Reply
bkiserx7 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI do on my 13.3" 3830TG with 2630qm, but I have much more cpu Reply
Exelius - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkAt least on my MacBook Air, I nearly constantly bump up into the 8GB RAM limitations. All I really need to have open are Xcode, VMWare Fusion and a few Chrome windows. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkI agree, If you are going to do that level of intense work you will want a nice 22"+ 1080p monitor, full keyboard, and a mouse. This is why I don't think desktop computing will disappear, we will probably loose the big tower but not everything else. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkPS this is also why metro will stink for productivity. You can't have a large monitor with multiple windows spread out on it. MS is going to shut this crowd out. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkThe life of a laptop is a few years, buy, use, forget about it. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWould be nice if the price was 900.00. At this price, one could get a windows tablet and a conventional laptop for heavier use. Or you could get a nice gaming laptop. Or a MacBook Air.
For someone on the go though, like a student, I could see paying the price. Wonder what battery life is like? Reply
retrospooty - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI got to play with one of these for a day setting it up for one of our users... REally great laptop in every way except the screen. The res was great at 1080p, but still a crappy screen. Like most Dell internal LCD's it was too dim even at max brightness and the colors were washed out. IT looked like a TN panel to me. Reply
Brunnis - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI thought the same thing when my colleague got his the other day. Both him and me were appalled by the horribly low brightness. We tried maxing the brightness on the laptop, in Windows power management settings and in another location (don't remember exactly where). It wasn't until we entered the advanced settings for the power scheme and disabled a power saving setting under the monitor section that we got full brightness. And boy is it bright! It's considerably brighter than my Mac Book Air at max.
Comparing the colors to a 27" Dell U2713HM, the XPS 13 looks excellent as well. So, no, this is definitely not a crappy display. Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkDid you read the article? This thing achieves 477cd/m² which is nearly enough to operate in full sunlight. It also says that by default the option for the adaptive brightness is on. If you don't disable that in the energy options, you will not be able to get the real brightness. *facepalm* Reply
retrospooty - Friday, March 22, 2013 - linkchill out man. I did all that and had it at absolute max brightness in the driver as well as power settings and and the physical controls on the keyboard and it was still shitty. Maybe an anomaly. Reply
ghm3 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link"Windows 8 64-bit SP1"
That was fast... Isn't this due in August or something? (which is still less than a year...) Reply
edwpang - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkIs there Win8 Sp1? or it's called WinBlue? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI told myself I'd fix that in the chart.
And then totally didn't do it.
Well it's fixed now! Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkIsn't winblue "barf" a new windows version. I think I heard windows wants to lesson service pack roll outs and increase the rate of windows version roll outs. Which is fine but they need to have pricing similar to OS X releases at that point. Reply
robvas - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI can't believe a big deal wasn't made about the short battery life. Dell falls almost 3 hours short of the 13" MacBook Air. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkYou did notice that it's a new test, where every unit will score much lower than previously, didn't you? Reply
jeffkibuule - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkPeople don't seen to read anymore. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkMy MBA13 won't last more than 5hrs. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkIt's a new far more intensive test with the screen brightness up and so on. I'd like to see the MBAs tested with the new method. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkSorry, but 1080p is no longer enough. I'm tired of PCs being held back by the restrictions of a television standard that dates back to 1995. After using my iPad 4 for a while, reading text on a PC looks smeared and pixelated. If Google and Samsung can manage to put a 2560x1600 panel in the $399 Nexus 10, then why on earth can't laptop vendors do it in a $1,299 ultrabook? The only excuses I've heard are that people are too stupid to find the DPI setting or that some poorly-designed apps don't respect it. So why should everyone be punished for these shortfalls? Reply
retrospooty - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link" So why should everyone be punished for these shortfalls?"
I like high res too, but 1080p is pretty good for a 13 inch laptop. How exactly are you being punished? If you dont like it, dont buy it. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkTo my eyes 1080p looks great, even on my 22" monitor. My 1366x768 laptop doesn't even bother me that much but I could see 1080p as being a huge improvement. Reply
wicketr - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI don't have a problem with the pixel density here. But i am annoyed by the trend of 16x9 displays. People who do work on computers are scrolling up and down. Vertical Resolution is king, and the wide screen doesn't help there. I would much prefer 16x10 displays with the pixel density of this Dell laptop. Reply
robvas - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkGoogle did it with the Pixel. Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkIMHO 1080p on a 13" laptop isn't that great because windows is still utter crap in term of font size vs resolution. Works for Touch Screen UIs like on iOS or Android or Modern UI but not normal desktop windows. Increasing font dpi in windows is entering a world of hurt. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkIt's a chicken-and-egg problem. Too many app developers don't bother supporting high-DPI settings because not many people currently have the necessary display technology installed, and manufacturers then use the poor state of software support as a justification for not offering the displays. It's sort of like the state of Windows security before Microsoft finally got around to putting UAC in place: everyone knew that requiring programs to run as admin was bad practice, but software developers didn't care because it was easier not to bother with security and everyone else was doing the same thing.
Windows 7 has good support for DPI scaling. But there are some things that no third-party system is going to be able to do. If the app developer only provides fixed-size bitmap resources, the OS can't magically make those scale perfectly and create information that isn't there. Apple got around this by making each block of 4 real pixels equivalent to 1 old-size pixel, so that if scaling wasn't properly supported, simple pixel doubling could be used and it would look exactly the same to the end user as on an older system. It's harder to do this kind of transparency with non-integral scaling factors. Once we get reasonably sized, affordable quad-HD monitors (3840x2160) perhaps a similar feature can be added to Windows. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkThat's actually NOT true. OSX got rid of UI scaling AFAIK (It didn't work very well anyway) and the only scaling they provide is 2X (for retina MBPs). Reply
yllanos - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkCool Starfleet logo Reply
Zeratul56 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkThe intel 6235 is a wifi/Bluetooth card with BT 4.0 not 3.0. I know cause its the same one I put into my laptop. It's a good card and much better than what usually gets put into into laptops.
You can see BT 4 low energy on the website Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link"Despite operating at roughly the same clocks, the Ivy Bridge i5-3337U runs absolutely roughshod on last generation's high end i7-2637M."
That's where the real benefits of Intel 22 nm process show up: at low to medium voltages much higher frequencies are possible now, which means the Ivy ULV can hit considerably higher Turbo bins than Sandy ULV, despite featuring comparable clock speeds on paper. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link"Dell XPS 13 (Q1 2013) Ultrabook Review: What a Difference 1080p Makes"
You make it sound as if it's "1080p" making the difference, whereas each and every positive aspect you quote is caused by the display being (supposedly) IPS. What about that ultra-high pixel density, now with Win 8 being a few months old? I know fonts will look crisp and everyone is crying for it now.. but what about the drawbacks? Still there? Any other answer than "well, it depends on your software, obviously"? Reply
wicketr - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkShortfalls of this laptop IMO:
1. Vent on the bottom getting blocked. I'm rarely at a desk on my LAPtop.
2. No SD Card or HDMI out
3. No dedicated Home/End/PageUp/PageDown
4. 16x9 screen dimensions aren't optimal at this price point. 16x10 would be preferred.
Frankly I'd like to see a XPS 14 that had this same look and feel as this XPS13 but with the above issues fixed. Reply
jeffkibuule - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - link16:10 has sailed. 16:9 won. End of story. Move on. Sorry. Reply
Modernape - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkExcept the MacBooks, which are all 16:10 apart from the 11" Reply
NeBlackCat - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkWhy do you need HDMI? It has mini-DP which you can easily dongle to HDMI. Plus DP supports higher resolutions than HDMI's maximum of 1080p.
My complaint would be that it should have *two* mini-DPs so I can drive two higher-than-1080p external monitors (as the chipset allows) when not working mobile.
+1 to the various complaints about the vent, crappy touchpad and lack of 16:10/1200p option. It beggars belief that I am typing this on a 6-7 year old Dell laptop purely because it has a 16:10/1200p screen and a great touchpad, areas in which Dell etc have gone so far backwards since then. Which unfortunately also leaves me stuck with its Pentium-M CPU and 2GB RAM, and unable to take advantage of the great strides that Intel and DRAM/Flash vendors have made in in getting the guts of these machines up to scratch in the same period.
Come on Dell get your act together. Its not like your sales are booming and you can afford to ignore the professional part of the market (or those who just want to see more vertical space in their desktop and web pages). The casual user side of the market (those who originally wanted the now ubiquitous 16:9 1080p for their light browsing and movies) has spoken, and they increasingly want phones, phablets and tablets anyway, hitting your sales. So get back to thinking about us!
while having to tolerate its Pentium-M CPU. All because Dell etc have gone so far backwards in that time, I can't buy a product with the former features all these years later Reply
NeBlackCat - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkoops, last time was a mis-edit. Reply
NeBlackCat - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkoops, that should have been "last line" damn these tiny pixels... ;-)
Can we have an edit function Anand? Reply
doubledeej - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWhy does every computer manufacturer insist on removing the Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys from their keyboards these days? It sure makes life for developers and writers miserable. And Fn+Arrow keys doesn't count... it makes it a two-handed operation, which becomes very difficult when doing multi-key combinations like Control+Home or Control+Shift+End. Reply
Th-z - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWindows 8 SP1? It must be a typo. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWho cares about 1080p? Where are the retina display PV laptops? Also you couldn't give me a Dell. Reply
Mitch89 - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkThe comm badge on the Acer wouldn't happen to be from the TNG VCR board game would it? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWhy yes, yes it is! Reply
Mitch89 - Saturday, March 23, 2013 - linkHaha awesome!!! Reply
AncientWisdom - Saturday, March 23, 2013 - linkAfter being pretty disapointed with current crop of Win8 convertibles, I decided to get this machine for uni. Generally I agree with the review which is pretty spot on. It is hard to convey just how frustrating the trackpad experience really is, must be one of the worst trackpads I have ever used. Except for that I think it is one of the best ultrabooks on offer at the moment albeit a few shortcomings (SD card reader and lack of dedicated home row are the 2 things that jump to mind the most).
The keyboard (as well as the screen) should be mentioned as top performers IMO. Reply


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Well, seeing as I went ahead and removed my bot rights on my previous account's bot account, I don't have a bot flag anymore. And I need a bot flag so I can do mass edits without it flooding the recent changes, or wiki activity for that matter. I also need community consensus before getting the flag. – EnemyPeacemaker 04:30, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
- You shall pay for your evils in uniforming wikis. Errr. I know I'm not an admin, but bots are a necessity for good wikibuilding~ The Puzzle Master 04:36, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose: You're too unstable to be trusted with something like that. People can see this by looking at your history on here or other wikis. Nothing personal, I'm just being honest. --Shockstorm (talk) 20:55, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: I trust Jäzzi, not just because she is my friend, but also because I know her quite well. I know that people do make mistakes, but Jäzzi knows how to run the bot and set it up. However, I do have to ask, Jäzzi, what do we need the bot for? Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."21:24,2/25/2013 4,527
- Comment: I do know that Jäzzi has a lot of knowledge when it comes to coding and any kinds of difficult matters. I trust Jäzzi in doing this because it is not that she is trying to harm this wiki which I've seen it based on her personality around here. Actually I also want to know why she actually needs the bot for? Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 21:28, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Comment:: Mass category changing, mainly. And due to the fact that there were two bots when Crimson and I were here, but since I switched accounts I don't have access to that one anymore. And yes, in my past I have been unstable. But if you really want to go through and dig through my past, you can do so, but it won't lead anywhere. So do whatever you want, but you should really know that you're not going to get far. I have a bad history, yes, I'm not going to get into details. I can swing from being completely stable to being completely unstable. However, my mental stability does not determine whether or not I can run a bot. – EnemyPeacemaker 22:08, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: Good point Jazzi, set up the bot so that administration can run it. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."23:02,2/25/2013 4,527
- Comment: So, is the bot made already? Energy X ∞ 23:07, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: The bot was made on the 22 of February, I haven't been able to run it due to not being at the point where I have to use it. I'm doing a large chunk of edits and the bot task is on the bottom of my list. – EnemyPeacemaker 00:56, March 5, 2013 (UTC)


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A robust endowment provides a secure financial foundation for the university. Case Western Reserve's endowed assets are held and managed in several ways:
- Pooled Endowment: Made up of more than 2,300 individual endowed gifts to the university, the pool operates with a unitized accounting system much like a mutual fund where each endowment is a unit holder in the pool. Unless designated otherwise by a donor, new endowed gifts are placed in the pool for investment. The Investment Committee and investment staff make investment decisions for the pool.
- Outside trusts consist of nearly 50 individual irrevocable trusts. Approximately 90 percent of these outside trusts are held at banks. The trustee banks have custody of the assets and provide investment advisory services.
- Unpooled endowments are gifts where the donor has made a request or placed a restriction (e.g., spending policy) that makes the endowment incompatible with the policies of the pooled endowment. Investment staff members manage and monitor these gifts on a stand-alone basis.
- The pooled endowment, the outside trusts, and the unpooled endowments maintain individual asset allocation and spending policies that best serve their unique needs, donor restrictions, and/or legal restrictions.


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College Night and Scores Back Session (with cookies and cocoa!)
College Night - January 31st 5:00pm-7:30pm
End Higher Learning Month @your library with a special visit to the library between 5:00pm and 7:30pm on Thursday evening for a showcase featuring local colleges and learning opportunities.
Scores Back Session with Princeton Review - January 31st 6:30pm
For those who took the free ACT practice exam on January 12th, attend the free Scores Back Session where you will receive a personalized score report and a Princeton Review expert will share strategies to improve test scores.


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Do fund managers do what they say? Well, it seems not. At least when it comes to the frequency they change portfolio stocks.
Some equity fund managers have higher portfolio turnover rates than they claim, according to Investment Horizons, a report by Mercer, the consultants, and New-York based Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute.


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Suven secured 96 product patents for their NCE's and 9 process patents during 2011-2012 from several countries including all the developed countries like USA, Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada etc. So far Suven secured a total of 541 product patents globally for their NCE's and 36 process patents.
Suven initiated drug discovery research in 2002 and focused on central nervous system (CNS) disorders to discover and develop innovative, cost-effective medicines that address significant unmet medical needs in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Huntington's disease, Parkinson, Schizophrenia and also in the area of depression, Pain and Obesity.
"We are very pleased by the grant of these patents to Suven globally for our pipeline of molecules in CNS arena that are being developed for the treatment of various unmet medical needs which has an estimated $50 billion market potential globally" says Venkat Jasti, CEO of Suven.
Suven Life Science is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products, which are first in class or best in class therapies through the use of GPCR targets. The Company has twelve (12) internally-discovered therapeutic drug candidates currently in pre-clinical stage of development targeting conditions such as ADHD, dementia, depression, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and obesity in addition to developmental candidate SUVN-502 for Alzheimer's disease and Schizophrenia.
For more information please visit our Web site at http://www.suven.com
Safe Harbor Statement:
Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions, including expectations and assumptions, contained in this news release may be forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although Suven attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. Other important factors which could cause results to differ materially including outsourcing trends, economic conditions, dependence on collaborative partnership programs, retention of key personnel, technological advances and continued success in growth of sales that may make our products/services offerings less competitive; Suven may not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time.


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For most of 2009, optimism has been in shorter supply than H1N1 vaccines. I'm happy to inject a dose of good news by telling you things are about to get better - at the movies, at least.
Writer/director Mike Judge captures the hilarity of the workplace as well as anyone. His "Office Space" (an American classic, in my opinion) and "Idiocracy" both flopped in their theatrical runs but have become DVD hits.
Quentin Tarantino's films have been called many things: brilliant, self-indulgent, operatic, ultra-violent, hyperkinetic, irresponsible, and more. But never has Tarantino been boring. Until now.
There aren't enough quality movies made for young women, and "Post Grad" does nothing to improve the situation.
Everybody could use a good laugh these days, and humor right now seems all the more fun if we feel we're getting away with something. In other words, it's a great time for a guilty pleasure comedy.
A reviewer friend once asked me if it is acceptable to praise a movie for what it's not. After seeing "Julie & Julia," I'm finally ready to answer: "Yes!"
Judd Apatow has decided to grow up, and we should all rejoice.
Sitting through "Orphan" is like being forced, like Alex in "A Clockwork Orange," to watch videos of child abuse. This is easily the worst film of the year, and it exploits child actors so shamelessly I can scarcely believe it's legal. I've seen plenty of bad movies, but it's a rare film that sends me into moral outrage.
Harry Potter comes to our rescue this week. The sixth installment of the Potter series will undoubtedly banish all gay caricatures and obnoxious robots to the bottom of the box office top 10, even though the movie doesn't offer the pyrotechnics we usually expect during summer.
What kind of a world do we live in when "Brüno" opens to fanfare and a wide release, yet an instant science fiction classic like "Moon" barely makes it to theaters?
"Public Enemies" makes a rather strange midsummer release. This somber gangster piece set in the 1930s comes out at a time when transforming robots and Sacha Baron Cohen's latest affront to comedic taste ("Bruno") look sure to rule the box office for weeks.
"Transformers 2" features the most impressive robots ever programmed into a computer and many battalions of heavily-armed American military men, all of whom blow up everything in sight. And all this carnage adds up to a dizzying, exhausting, loud, clanging, clanking, whirring, headache-inducing scrap pile of a movie.
"Away We Go" provides perfect counterprogramming for those who aren't impressed by computer-generated dinosaurs, overblown violence and all the other trappings of summer blockbusters.
So right now you're thinking, a review of "Up," isn't Marker a little late on this one?
"Land of the Lost," this week's only big-budget release, brings an end to this summer's streak of solid releases. It's the immediate frontrunner in the race for worst summer movie.
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Spring Fling: Strawberriesby Sarah De Heer in In Season, Recipes, June 1st, 2011
We're teaming up with food and garden bloggers to host Spring Fling 2011, a season-long garden party. In coming weeks, we'll feature favorite garden-to-table recipes and tips to help you enjoy the bounty, whether you're harvesting your own goodies or buying them fresh from the market. Recently, we dove into the world of rhubarb and artichokes — today, we're exploring strawberries.
Strawberries are the season's eye catching bounty that so many people wait for — they're juicy, flavorful and can be eaten plain, roasted, grilled and more. When buying, choose brightly colored, plump berries that still have their green caps attached. Do not wash them until ready to use them, and store (preferably in a single layer on a paper towel) in a moisture-proof container in the refrigerator for two to three days.
While strawberries vary in size, if you see European Alpine strawberries, which are much smaller than American and Chilean varieties, don't hesitate to pick them up. They are exquisitely sweet and are considered by many to be the "queen of strawberries."
This week, we're going beyond chocolate-covered strawberries and strawberry shortcake with these five new recipes for spring and summer:
Breakfast: Giada's Strawberry Strata
Lunch: Rachael's Romaine Hearts with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
Dinner: Paula's Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin Crostini with Strawberry Balsamic Sauce
Dessert: Giada's Poached Strawberries, Peaches, and Mango over Crushed Ice
Drink: Peach and Strawberry Soda
Talk to us: What's your favorite way to eat strawberries? Tell us in the comments or join the conversation on Twitter at #cookingwith.
More strawberry recipes from family and friends:
Food2: Sippin' on Strawberries
Gaby at What's Gaby Cooking: Boozy Strawberry Limeade
Cooking Channel: Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp


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Ithaca College Hosts Police Bike School
ITHACA, NY — Officers from several law enforcement agencies in New York State will learn how to incorporate bicycles into their operations at the 2014 Law Enforcement Bike School, scheduled for June 9–13 at Ithaca College.
This will be the 21st year for the school, which began in 1993 when instructors from Ithaca College, Cornell University and the Ithaca Police Department teamed up to develop what was at that time a pioneering course in police bike patrolling. Today, the course curriculum remains the model utilized by numerous agencies throughout the region.
Sponsored by the Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, the program is designed as entry-level training for law enforcement officers who utilize specialized mountain bikes for patrol activities.
The curriculum includes classroom instruction on such topics as vehicle and traffic law, bicycle maintenance, nutrition and fitness. Participants will also take to the streets, off-road trails and campus parking lots to learn practical skills involving riding evolutions, mock scenarios, obstacle negotiation, dismounts, takedowns, suspect contact and tactical response with firearms.
Law enforcement agencies represented by students at the school will include the Ithaca and Camillus Police Departments, Madison County Sheriff's Department, campuses of Alfred State and SUNY IT, and the Federal Protective Service of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The instructors hold certifications from agencies including the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, International Police Mountain Bike Association and Law Enforcement Bicycle Association.


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My family celebrates Hanukkah instead of Christmas. Plus, we decline to worship Apple. How irritating, then, that any high-end Android phone you buy this year will slit your stocking due to its enormous form.
This hard truth hit me when I was recently compelled to shop for a new smartphone. The internal screen on my Droid Razr cracked while sitting on a table doing nothing and without having been dropped ... recently. Everything worked, but the broken touchscreen effectively rendered the device useless. So I looked at the most expensive 4G phones Verizon sells, noticed they were quad core, and figured that the extra horsepower would eliminate the sluggishness my old phone had exhibited after one of those monster over-the-air Android upgradess.
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Then I discovered the term "phablet," which in case you didn't know means a cross between a phone and a tablet. If you've encountered one of these, then you know phablets are for people with really long fingers -- or those who like to make two-handed phone calls.
I went to Verizon because it's the carrier with the strongest reception in our area and, unlike T-Mobile, has offered ways for me to continually use more than 5GB per month (what the heck is the point of a 4G connection with a cap like that?). Not to mention I've had 20GB up long before Apple "invented" the 4G phone like it "invented" cut and paste. Anyway, Verizon's selection turned out to be kind of crummy when it comes to top-end smartphones. It actually has just four high-end Android 4G smartphones at the moment.
I decided the Samsungs were out of the question because for whatever reason my wife's phone has consistently fewer bars of reception than my Razr did despite being a newer and fancier Galaxy S III. This is consistent with the other Samsung phones my company owns.
I turned my attention to the HTC One Max. The dimensions are truly breathtaking. I've seen old tube televisions that had a smaller screen size. I'm not going to have bone-stretching surgery on my fingers in order to use a smartphone.
What about a Motorola model? I really didn't want another one of those, not because I was unhappy with anything, but because Google, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that I need only 32GB total (minus all of the useless crap Verizon installs and won't let me uninstall without "illegally" rooting the phone) and no SD card expansion is possible.
Verizon's stupid answer to this limitation, by the way, is that I can use Google Drive -- except mostly I'm storing music and when I fly I can't use Google Drive on most domestic or on any international flights. Also, the "Can you hear me now?" guy hasn't made it out into parts of Durham County, N.C. where I drive or (at least he hasn't checked his data connection). Besides, unless the price per gigabyte comes down significantly and the throttling caps become more generous, I don't think my Amazon Cloud Player or Google Drive are good places to put my media.
I settled on the Droid Maxx. The phone is responsive and the screen is impressive. I hate all the new screen effects, but it seems to have everything I want (except an SD slot). It's not as big as the HTC One Max -- but I still can't hold the phone at the bottom and reach the top search bar with my thumb.
My question to the almighty Google is: Why can't I have a high-end smartphone in a small form factor? Is the Andre the Giant and his posse really your target market?
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