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The majority of the customers that i pay a visit to imagine that by possessing a damaged or misted double glazed device (glass) the complete frame really should get replaced. Except the body by itself has actually been broken in the theft or accidentally the glass might be changed without fitting a brand new frame.
- After taking away the Double Glazed Unit it really is advisable to take it to your community.
- The main factor to do is determine in the event the frame is externally or internally beaded. This.
- Insert a rigid putty knife to the join concerning.
- Just one term of caution: Some Externally glazed frames have Glass Locks equipped to them..
- The vast majority of the shoppers that i check out believe by owning a broken or misted.
The 1st issue to accomplish is recognize if the frame is externally or internally beaded. This is certainly carried out by searching at the beads where by they meet up with the within fringe of the window body and identifying when there is a be part of there. Most new windows are internally glazed.
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Insert a rigid putty knife into the sign up for concerning the bead along with the frame in the middle of the longest bead. You might must press or faucet the putty knife to separate the bead within the frame. Remove the entire beads one by a single and the double glazed unit needs to be absolutely free to become removed and replaced.
You'll find some distinctive glazing techniques on externally glazed windows. The most common 1 would be the inside gasket or back again wedge process. The rubber gasket to the inside of of the window needs to be taken out to empower the external beads to generally be removed. To complete this, choose a stiff putty knife and push it into the rubber within the inside of your window and flick it out. Then keep to the instructions for getting rid of the beads higher than. Take note of which way the gasket arrives out. Tamper evident parcel tape
The following most typical exterior glazing process is double sided stability tape. The tape is put on towards the window frame all through manufacture and the double glazed device is then pressed onto it, letting the exterior beads to be clipped into position. Utilize a Stanley knife / Box cutter to chop the tape. Hold the knife flat on the glass to avoid slicing to the body. Slash all round the taped space and you should be equipped to obtain the putty knife in and little by little lever the glass unit out. When the glass has long been taken out you can then obtain a scraper and remove all of the outdated tape from the window frame, using care not to destruction the frame. Then adhere to the guidance for removing the beads higher than.
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The 3rd and least typical kind of glazing system may be the sort that has no gasket or tape within the inside in the window. The beads on such a frame is usually faraway from the surface having a putty knife. One term of warning With this kind of frame, and some from the other people. Some Externally glazed frames have Glass Locks fitted to them. Glass Locks are right angle pieces of steel which have been inserted into exclusive holder clips connected towards the body. In case you take away the beads and see these metallic clips, connect with a glazier as these clips can be very hard to take out with no correct instruments.
Glass Locks fitted to
Right after eliminating the Double Glazed Device it's a good idea to acquire it to the community Glass Service provider for them evaluate it and look for any unique coatings which the glass may have on it. In case the Double Glazed Device was sitting down on plastic packers when you eradicated it, acquire them along with you and request the Glass Service provider when they are the right packers for your career, if not, get the correct packers. This is often crucial since the lead to of most Double Glazed Device Breakdowns (misty / condensation between glass) is they've not been equipped within the correct packers. If the window is glazed on protection tape you can should purchase some new double sided protection tape.
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Be sure the unit is sq. inside the frame and you simply have it sitting on your own two packers. Suit the 2 shortest beads very first by tapping the in that has a nylon mallet. Then healthy the two longest beads from the exact same way. It's possible you'll must push a person conclusion from the bead into situation and bend the bead to get the other finish in.
Suit the shortest beads very
Back again gasket process - Fit the glass and beads as described higher than and afterwards force the rubber gasket back again in to the frame within the inside on the window. If the rubbers have shrunk you may gently extend then out and re-fit them using a small blob of superglue in each individual corner to stop them from shrinking back again all over again.
Each individual corner to stop them
Safety tape program - In good shape the new tape to the window body, using treatment to keep it flush with the frame edge. Eliminate the covering and Spray the tape with window cleaner. This could allow you to move and align the Double Glazed Unit. The window cleaner will evaporate inside of a couple of several hours leaving you with a Double Glazed Device that can only be taken out by reducing it out in the within. In shape the glass and beads as explained previously mentioned.
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One term of caution: Some Externally glazed frames have Glass Locks fitted to them. Glass Locks are appropriate angle pieces of metallic which might be inserted into special holder clips hooked up on the frame. For those who get rid of the beads and see these steel clips, phone a glazier as these clips can be quite hard to clear away without the appropriate applications.
Hard to clear
Should you are not certain which technique you might have or are certainly not confident enough to progress with the task, call a glazier. It's going to be less costly from the long run to have an individual who is familiar with whatever they are undertaking than destroying your windows.
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In a recent newsletter, subscriber Clif wrote that he was going to install Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration. I wrote some tips for him to make that installation a little easier.
After he did his installation, Clif wrote back to report on how it went:
Hi Terry,
I've got Win7 running now. Setting up the partitions after your advice was no problem. As usual, the problems come at me from a direction I hadn't foreseen.
I thought I had a good ISO file from Microsoft. I burnt a DVD. It would boot, but it would stall with the statement that it needed me to load CD/DVD drivers. After a bit of research, I found that my ISO file did not match the published MD5 checksums.
This was bad. After all, the time to get the downloads from Microsoft had passed. I was forced to find a bit-torrent download but I finally ended up with a good copy. Even though it was downloaded from an illegitimate source, I do have a legitimate activation key to use it until June of next year.
Even then, a copy burned from the new ISO would not boot. I finally decided to try mounting the ISO file as a virtual drive while running XP. That actually worked very nicely and the install allowed me to choose a new partition for Win7's new home.
I've had it running for a couple of days now and it's becoming my primary OS.
Thanks for your help.
I responded to Clif with a warning that was specifically about the Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate version:
Be aware that you can not upgrade from Win7 RC to the real Win7.
You'll have to do a full install on the actual Win7 or install as an upgrade over Vista (most gurus recommend against upgrading over a previous copy, but some people just want to do that…)
Clif wrote back to voice his appreciation:
Thanks for the warning Terry. I wasn't aware I'd have to install a clean copy again. I do keep backups and reinstalling a new Win7 copy won't be a problem in the future. I've had enough hard drive crashes over the years to learn a hard lesson or two.
BTW, I wasn't impressed with CloneZilla backup program. It's far too geeky for even me. It's all command line and very complex. I'll probably use Macrium Reflect next time.
Oh, I also mentioned that I needed to get checksums on the ISO to verify it. I found a nice freebie for that which places this function in your file (right click) context menus. It works very well.
Flyingbit Hash Calculator
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There is an Excelsior Scholarship Information Session on the Auburn Campus on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in the Admissions Presentation Room.
Cayuga Community College is giving families an opportunity to learn more about New York State's first-in-the-nation program that will grant free SUNY tuition to qualified students. The Excelsior Scholarship will be phased in by New York State over the next three years. It will be available this fall for households making up to $100,000 annually; up to $110,000 in 2018, and up to $125,000 in 2019 and beyond.


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OpenStack community training
The OpenStack community training project has been working since July 2013 to provide a structured training program to enable skill development for maintaining, consuming, and contributing to OpenStack. Continue reading "OpenStack community training"
OpenStack Community Developer Training, part 1 of 3
This the first of postings in a three part series.
Refer back to my previous posting for background on the community training project.
This training material will be roughly similar to getting a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP). Difficult for the average person without some serious effort.
This graphic is something the guys from NexusIS and myself created a few weeks ago. The community training guides focus on the left side of the pyramid. The OpenStack distributions utilize the community training guides and add in the right side of the pyramid which is their specialization or IP.
Continue reading "OpenStack Community Developer Training, part 1 of 3"
06 mar 2014 OpenStack SFBay user group meetings
We held another hackathon last night. We focused on finishing the developer training guide design. We brainstormed some on lowering the barrier to participating in OpenStack. I discussed the stackforge Storyboard project impact on doing just that. The meeting results went into the design gdoc and storyboard.
Anyone that wants to join in creating the training guides is welcome to. Find out how here.
The developer training guide design details are here.
Thanks again to Mirantis for running the beginner session in the next room. It was well attended and I got some positive comments on the way out.
When the Mirantis slides become available, they will be on slideshare.
For more details on how to join the OpenStack user group meetings, the details are here.
Another productive OpenStack board meeting
We reviewed the state of OpenStack. And it's good!
- Average 401 monthly contributors
- Total 2069 contributors to date
- 324 companies, 27 members, 59 sponsors, 238 supporters
- Ohloh OpenStack history
- Stackalytics OpenStack history
We are not just a bunch of stats, BUT the average number of contributors is a very important stat. For reference, here is the Linux Kernel verses OpenStack monthly contributors graph (graph lifted from ohloh).
We discussed the foundation's 2014 goals
- Improve the upstream software
- Continue to improve interoperability between upstream OpenStack and the downstream services that rely on them
- Grow the OpenStack service providers footprint globally
We went into details about the status of the trademark policy update. We have developed criteria and will start socializing soon.
We discussed third-party CI pipelines and OpenStack nova, cinder, and neutron drivers at length. The work of making driver testing mandatory is on schedule and will be mostly completed by Sept 2014.
Tim Bell and myself went over the Operators Summit held yesterday, 03 March 2014. The short of it is we need to train operators for contribution, developers need to communicate designs better, and the whole skill transition from release mentality to agile. Raw notes here.
Toby Ford went over the Network Function Virtualization NFV project going on within the telecom industry. I am very interested in working with these guys to start integrating them into projects and starting some new ones.
That's it other than the mandatory eating and drinking afterwards. We all parted friends and comrades until the next meeting just before the summit. Let me know if you have any questions or comments below.


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Earlier in the year we released a blog discussing the possibilities of a hard-fork to the Bitcoin blockchain. This blog spoke about Bitcoin Classic vs Bitcoin Unlimited - https://magnr.com/blog/bitcoin/bitcoin-fork/
Since then, the mining community has signalled a deadlock with those proposed updates, and thankfully these ideas look to have passed.
Instead there is now talk of soft-fork proposal 'Segwit2x'. So what does that mean now?
Well, you can click through to a recent Coindesk article which provides an illustration of what could happen - http://www.coindesk.com/happen-bitcoin-visual-guide-scaling-outcomes/
Regardless of what may happen, as detailed at the end of the blog, we already have a process in place where we will act to preserve the value of client funds if any fork were to happen. We will ensure that every satoshi held by Magnr is protected in every way possible from any form of loss.
Like the rest of the community, we are closely monitoring the situation day by day. Similarly you can also monitor the status of Bitcoin node voting here - https://coin.dance/blocks, and - http://nodecounter.com/
We trust that this information provides a little more clarity in our approach to running operations here at Magnr during such an event.
Magnr Support Team
Help and Support - https://support.magnr.com/hc/en-gb
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ByKing updated the popular arcade game in Japan the Magicians Dead with the 1.1.0 version one. With the new update you can play with a new character Micelle with new stages. The game balance adjusted and several small changes have been made with the update.
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Who can resist a chewy and crunchy granola bar?
I was working with a friend one day when she pulled a beautifully
wrapped granola snack from her purse. It hit the spot!
So today I made some that will be wrapped-and-ready for
those times when I just have to have a bit of something
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Buy a favorite assortment of seeds, nuts and dried fruit.
This is a versatile snack and you can use whatever grabs
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After toasting, measuring and stirring, the mixture needs a
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Pack all that array of munchy goodness into a baking pan.
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FRUIT and NUT GRANOLA BAR
1 ½ cups rolled oats (quick-cooking)
1 cup slivered almonds, toasted
1 cup flaked coconut, toasted
1/3 cup sunflower seeds, toasted
¼ cup sesame seeds, toasted
¼ cup pumpkin seeds, toasted
¼ cup flax seed
½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup dried apricots, chopped
On a parchment-lined cookie sheet, toast rolled oats in 350° oven for
10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into a large mixing bowl.
Continue toasting almonds, coconut, sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds
in batches. Times will vary but most will take approximately 5 minutes.
Watch the coconut carefully as the moment of browning seems
to happen in an instant.
Reduce oven to 300°.
½ cup maple or golden syrup
3 tbsp. sunflower or coconut oil
¼ cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt
Combine syrup, oil, sugar, vanilla and salt in medium saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Combine oats, nuts, seeds
and fruit. Pour warm syrup mixture over oat mixture and stir
until mixed.
Spread granola into a parchment-line 9 x 13 - inch baking pan.
Place a piece of waxed paper on top and press down with a metal
spatula to pack evenly.
Bake for 25 minutes; remove from oven and allow to cool
completely in the pan for several hours.
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Stories to Make You Go, "Huh?"
I had originally wanted to read Centuria: One Hundred Ouroboric Novels by Giorgio Manganelli just republished by McPherson & Company, but my library did not have it. It did have his book All the Errors however, so I went with it. I had no idea what to expect, but sometimes, especially when the book comes from the library, it's good to be surprised. Turns out the book is short stories. It is, to put it succinctly, a difficult book. The writing is wonderful and the long sentences and paragraphs several pages long put me in mind at times of Henry James. All of the new vocabulary words put me in mind of Eco. That said, I have no idea what most of the stories were about. The first story, "Leave-taking", gave me confidence. It is about a soul about to be born taking leave of the gods. The soul is not too happy about the situation either. The second story, "Lovers", was just plain depressing and went on for more pages than I thought necessary. The narration of the story switches back and forth between the woman and man. Each are attempting to explain what ties them together. Here is a sample:
What ties me to this man is a catalog of things of slight account, precisely in the sense that they could be neither bought nor sold, and there is no attic in which to store them; things that bear a whiff of shame, which is a feeling I love. If I examine my life and his life, these two lives that form no arithmetic sum, shame is the acutest sign I see, the blazon and trademark. This is what led us to believe we loved each other, but shame was our constant companion. Wasn't it then that we decided, unawares, that we ourselves would somehow be vehicles of shame? Shame revolved around us, and now it stands again where it stood at the start, directly in front of us, an habitual mirror.It is a story about two dysfunctional people in a dysfunctional relationship neither of them has any interest in fixing or leaving. It is the dysfunction of it all that they find strangely appealing. After that story, the rest of the stories get stranger. "Travel Notes" is about a man who does nothing but walk along a road. When he is tired he stops at houses that are empty but which he peoples with a wife and children he doesn't have. He makes up a story about his imaginary family. At each house he imagines a different family, but also the same family. Eventually the road he travels on runs out. The end of the road is the end of the road for him too. As he contemplates this he comes to the conclusion "I am dreaming myself." The next two stories, "The H Point" and "System" are so abstract that I have no idea what they are about. These stories are followed by "The Self-awareness of the Labyrinth" in which a labyrinth contemplates itself and the meaning of its existence. The final story, "Betrothal", is about a man on his wedding day setting out to walk to the church because that is the tradition. Along the way he has several surreal experiences. When he finally arrives at the church he finds that he is too late. There is an explanation about why he is too late but I didn't even come close to understanding it. I wouldn't say that it was an error to read this book. There were moments of clarity as I read, but on the whole they were obscured by my lack of comprehension. If you enjoy good writing but don't require understanding, then give this book a try. If you like to understand what you read then you might want to skip it. If my library ever gets a copy of Centuria I will still give it a try, I just won't expect all of the "novels" to make sense.


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At first glance, the white clad models that opened the Daks spring/summer 13 show had little resemblance to Sheila McKain-Waids sited inspiration abstract expressionist painters Robert Motherwell, Jasper Johns and Clyfford Still. But then, the abstract can be deceptive and look a little closer and youll see layered brush strokes, cross-hatched surface techniques, graphic cut square pockets and chalky, earthy hues, which all feel very painterly indeed.
McKain-Waid also used the lightest of fabrics (silk, chiffon and nylon) teamed with leather skirts and straw. It was a clever combination the translucent fabrics moved with weightlessness and fluidity that reflected the energy created by the artistic movement while the leather and straw felt textured and luxurious. This is McKain-Waids third outing as head of womens wear and accessories at Daks and the American born designer is becoming more confident and defined with each season. McKain-Waid worked with Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta and Halston before joining Daks in 2010 and her American heritage is clear in the clean lines and classic American sportswear aesthetic. But while she may be American born and bred (McKain-Waid studied in Kansas and New York) McKain-Waid also clearly understands that shes designing for a luxury British heritage brand and its this merging of two worlds that shes pulling off ever more confidently. You cant get more British


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Shirley Temple, iconic child star and former U.S. ambassador, dies at 85
suzyk#1 Mount Pleasant, UTFeb. 12, 2014 5:11 p.m.
Shirley Temple was the "ultimate" in my opinion. I still have many of her videos and love to watch that little doll sing, tap dance, giggle. What a remarkable actress she was from a child to an adult. A wonderful example of what success is with humility. Doris Day is the same way and it over 80..our lives have been blessed with this highly talented group of women. I hope she didn't suffer. She sure is in a better place than we are - bless her heart.
Craig Clark Boulder, COFeb. 12, 2014 11:11 a.m.
"....her story seems to be more one of being discovered rather than being actively pushed into the limelight...."
A three year old didn't mastermind the course that was obviously planned and charted for her. She seems to have suffered no trauma or maladjustment from the experience, at least none that I've heard of. Still, that's hardly a testimonial for child exploitation.
JT4 Salt Lake City, UTFeb. 11, 2014 5:29 p.m.
Let's put it this way: I am at least as sure that Shirley Temple was an exception because of her parenting as you seem to be that she was not. I know that Ron Howard has also talked about his parents keeping him from thinking he was "all that" because he was a child star. But Shirley Temple's example caught my attention several years back when I heard about her conservative views, so I have looked into her background somewhat, and her story seems to be more one of being discovered rather than being actively pushed into the limelight, although certainly her parents agreed to let her do it. But, again, if the child likes doing it--and some certainly do--and the parents can keep a handle on their development, I don't see a problem with that. I do have a problem with the type of kids you mentioned whose parents were dead set on their kids becoming stars regardless of the moral cost to them. In the end, I remain comfortable in my view that her ability to have a good life while being a child star was indeed due to her parents.
Craig Clark Boulder, COFeb. 11, 2014 4:02 p.m.
Celebrity should be an adult choice. Miley, Lindsay, and Britney also became child stars because of parents who decided they simply had to turn their darling child into a star at an age when the kids themselves were too young to have any comprehension of what it was all about.
Are you sure Shirley Temple was an exception because of her parenting? Or did the reality of earlier times allow showing only the happy face a publicist or a studio boss wanted the public to see?
Shirley was three when she made her first film appearance. What kind of parent puts the burden of stardom on the shoulders of a three year old?
JT4 Salt Lake City, UTFeb. 11, 2014 3:22 p.m.
Craig Clark,
There is nothing inherently evil in having your kids do modeling, commercials, and the like, but the resulting fame and wealth clearly give many a distorted view of what is truly worthwhile. I know that Shirley Temple was critical of the direction Hollywood was heading even when she was a younger adult. Given that this article referenced her mother's determination to keep her from being spoiled by fame and never left the set after being fooled once by a director, I see nothing that contradicts my opinion that she had parents who took "an active, concerned role in their children's well-being."
Craig Clark Boulder, COFeb. 11, 2014 1:34 p.m.
"The secret to Shirley's happy life lies in her parenting...."
Shirley was thrust in front of a movie camera at age three to make her first movie. If she turned out alright, it's more likely it was in spite of her parenting than because of it.
JT4 Salt Lake City, UTFeb. 11, 2014 11:44 a.m.
The secret to Shirley's happy life lies in her parenting. It's not that difficult a concept, but it's one that too few people understand. When we see former child stars who have any of a host of problems in their lives, we can invariably look right at the parents and see either a lack of direction given to them or even a welcoming of the glitz and glamour as a by-product of their child's fame.
The same principle applies to those of us whose children aren't in the limelight. Whenever I see a well-grounded and well-rounded child, I can look right back at the parents as the reasons for their success. Life is too hard these days to do well without parents taking an active, concerned role in their children's well-being.
DRay Roy, UTFeb. 11, 2014 9:49 a.m.
How many little girls wore the curls, ringlets, to be like Shirley? Comfort and love to her family.
David in CA Livermore, CAFeb. 11, 2014 9:13 a.m.
The World was a Better Place because of Shirley Temple.
She was "One of a Kind".
She was very positive and gifted and she was a Great Ambassador for Good!!
She brought a smile to many people during the Depression Era.
Now she can be an Inspiration to those on the "other side".
God Bless her and her family at this time.
george of the jungle goshen, UTFeb. 11, 2014 8:58 a.m.
I loved Heidi, she was a sweet heart.
Cats Somewhere in Time, UTFeb. 11, 2014 7:11 a.m.
The end of an era.
heidi ho Fort Collins, COFeb. 11, 2014 7:02 a.m.
What a good life. Very well lived. Bless you, Shirley, thanks for all the great music and fun!
Jefferson, Thomas Bluffdale, UTFeb. 11, 2014 7:02 a.m.
Oh, it was so nice to be able to have someone out of Hollywood who's life was admirable and one that we would want to emulate. We crave for people that provide a roadmap with their actual lives. Shirley was one of a very, very few.


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Screenplay: Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett
Review published August 23, 2009
Unscreened for critics, possibly as a favor. Critic-proof, though, much in the same way that the Transformers films' lack of critical raves didn't dissuade the legion of fans of the toys or loud explosions from flocking to the local theaterplex in droves. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra lacks a good story, interesting characters, and engaging acting performances, but I can't say that it doesn't do what's intended. Fetishists of wanton destruction will get plenty to drool over, while Hasbro will be able to push plenty of newfangled toys out of the department store doors to kids who like the many weapons and vehicles that are worked into the story, mainly advertisements posing as as plot devices.
In the film, an army of high-tech terrorists attempt to steal several warheads containing the power to unleash nanomites, ravenous microscopic bugs, on their targets that will eat through anything until it is destroyed, including whole cities. James McCullen (Ecceston, 28 Days Later) plays both sides of the fence by selling these WMDs to NATO, then organizing with a world criminal army called Cobra to steal them away to engage in terrorist activities that will bring the world to its knees. Warhead protector Duke (Tatum, Step Up), an American super-soldier who, along with best bud soldier dubbed Ripcord (Wayans, Norbit), gets recruited into a multinational special ops force called Team Alpha, a collection of highly trained specialist soldiers to combat the worst threats to humankind by ruthless megalomaniacs. Duke is matched by a foil named Baroness (Miller, Stardust), a Cobra mercenary who just so happens to be Duke's ex-girlfriend, who seems to have it out for him due to something gone amiss in their past.
G.I. Joe only has one strength in its favor, and that is in the quality of the special effects-laden action sequences. Although each frame is obviously saturated with CGI elements, there is still a great deal of effort and skill on display, particularly during extended scenes such as a breakneck chase through the Paris streets. Cars crash, buildings are smashed, and even the Eiffel Tower is destroyed in credible fashion. These scenes have the potential to even be exciting, if only we weren't completely detached by the lack of involving story or rounded characterizations. We merely view displays of light and sound just to watch them, and perhaps admire them, but outside of using them later to show off the power of your home theater, they lack the strength, depth or purpose to claim as truly exciting.
One of the problems with the film, which held true in the 1980s, when the G.I. Joe franchise entertained kids through TV cartoon shows and comic books, is that there are too many characters vying for too little screen time. Every character merely exists to provide one facet to the story only, and outside of appearing for their intended use, there is little for them to do or say. In the case of Snake Eyes (Park, X-Men), for example, when you need a scene of bad-ass-ery ninja displays, you find a way to get him and his foil on the Cobra side, Storm Shadow (Lee, JSA), to battle it out with slick steel weaponry.
Another liability is hunky Channing Tatum in the lead role. One might unkindly call him the poor man's Mark Wahlberg, except that he clearly lacks the intensity and ability to emote effectively that would be required to fill Marky Mark's shoes in anything other than an action flick. Out of all of the characters in the film, Duke is given the most nuance, which doesn't say much at all. However, Tatum still manages to underperform in the role, partially due to his dead-eyed delivery, reciting his lines without feeling or passion. If the script calls for running, jumping or fisticuffs, he's up to the task. When it gives us a peek into his soul, we don't see much in there at all. A kiss between Duke and Baroness late in the film ranks as one of the most lifeless kisses I can recall in recent memory. Somehow, Sienna Miller and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Lookout, Brick) manage to bring extra life to roles that are, on paper, as cookie-cutter as the rest.
Popcorn movie enthusiasts might not mind the film as much, as they find enjoyment in the cheesiest of action flicks, especially if they are intentionally campy. In fact, it might make a decent companion piece to the action spoof Team America, complete with wooden acting. (By the way, whatever happened to the notion of G.I. Joe being a "Real American Hero," as the marketing campaign of the 1980s clearly defined them? Does making them multinational really increase the world marketability that much?) Director Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing, The Mummy Returns) has built a career directing tongue-in-cheek juvenile action/adventure films, though his intent with this one isn't nearly as obvious, and not close to boyish exuberance in getting to play with a ceaseless array of toys at his disposal.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, not surprisingly, plays as if it is the first in an intended franchise, though it's not likely to garner the fervor that Transformers generated, primarily due to the lessened nostalgia for G.I. Joe figures as well as Sommers not being as adept as Michael Bay in tapping into the requisite visual appeal and dumb wisecracks (is that an oxymoron?) that hit home with barely pubescent boys. You get what you expect with G.I. Joe, so it's hard to come away disappointed, but at the same time, no one is going to come away surprised if they even have an inkling of expectation above mediocrity. The best compliment I can muster is that it ranks better than the Transformers movies, which sets the bar for summer blockbusters at its nadir, and that's hardly praise at all. The battles in my mind when playing with my Hasbro figures as a kid were far better than what is served up in this $170 million production.
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Birthday Passionette
Kim loves black so I got to play with my fave neutrals and basic black for her special card.
The combo is Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla and Basic Black . I love Sahara Sand is a light warm greyish colour really classy paired with black and Espresso.
I had this card in my head using the leaves sizzlet die and suspending the birdcage from Nature's Walk from them. I love the reuslt but I wish I added a small amount of leaf to the tiny bloom below. The more I look at it the more I can see it needs a bit of black for perfect balance, oh well hindsight is a wonderful thing.
The middle Sahara panel was embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper folder and the Big Shot, I turned the piece over and had the debossed area showing, it just looked better with the dainty bird cage.
I have made the little blooms using the 1/2 circles from the owl punch. A small pearls sits inside each bloom.
Now my ribbon is the Crumb cake seam binding, I intended to use the black satin which I simply adore but the card looked very sombre with it on and Vanilla just didn't look right so crumb cake seam binding it was. Lovely sentiment from the Curly Cute set to spell out my message and a generous helping of shimmer paint was added which of course you cannot see in the pictures.
Kim I hope you had a fabulous day and I hope you liked your card.
Right I need to crack on as I am making swaps for my trip to Prague next week.
Thank you for popping by till next time big hugs xxx
11 comments :
- Gibmiss said...
Hi Monica
how are you .....Fabulous card ....love the colours .....
- 7 June 2011 at 21:02
- Zoë said...
Very elegant and I'm sure Kim loved it! Zx
- 7 June 2011 at 21:02
- Hels said...
GORGEOUS! as ever your cards are so lovely Monica
Helen xxx
- 7 June 2011 at 22:07
- Mary said...
Lovely card Monica. You are right - the Sahara Sand is very classy looking, and that seam binding is so lovely. I do hope we get the seam binding here.
- 7 June 2011 at 23:08
- Marisa said...
Love the classic elegance of this card Monica. xx
- 8 June 2011 at 06:37
- Viv said...
Perfection Monica!! I can guarantee Kelly will treasure this amazing card. Hugs Viv xx
- 8 June 2011 at 10:15
- Sarah said...
Beautiful Monica, you are a real inspiration to me, I love your work! :) x
- 8 June 2011 at 10:16
- linda said...
A love elegant card, I'm sure Kim loved receiving it.
Linda x
- 8 June 2011 at 11:26
- Susan said...
beautiful card!
- 8 June 2011 at 11:53
- Sue said...
Stunning card Monica just love black and white Luv Sue x
- 8 June 2011 at 22:04
- Emma Harrison said...
Wow Monica, it's simply stunning. I need to ensure a daily visit to your blog! Congrats on the Prague trip, looks like you all had a wonderful time.
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Roll out the red carpet (but only neutrals in the living room, please). America's ultra-wealthy are becoming more numerous, and a quarter of them plan to snatch up more real estate in the next three years, according to a new report from Luxury Portfolio International. Released today, the research conducted in partnership with YouGov shows the ranks of the super rich (with $50 million or more in net worth) have soared to new heights, with an estimated 123,838 individuals at this level, an increase of 53 percent in just five years. What's more, half of the world's ultra-wealthy live in North America, while close to 20 percent are planning to sell. Indeed, despite concerns about market fluctuation, real estate is a passion for high-net-worth individuals and is often seen as the ultimate sign of success. "It is a lifestyle choice, a discretionary purchase that can be an investment in and reward for all their hard work," the report noted. As part of Leading Real Es...
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It's a Kentucky Derby rite of passage, the excitement that builds for the Preakness the moment the winner crosses the finish line at Churchill Downs.
Is Always Dreaming good enough to win the Preakness? Sure.
Is he a Triple Crown horse? Probably not, but it's too early to tell.
Saturday's Kentucky Derby was not a good indication of the ability of many of the horses because the surface, which Equibase ridiculously labeled as "wet fast," compromised the run of a lot of starters.
Normally when a jockey or trainer says a horse didn't like the surface it's code for "we don't know why they didn't run."
However, in this case, it was true.
But you can't take anything away from Always Dreaming, who had a great trip against a field of closers.
"Always Dreaming came out of it in wonderful fashion, just excellent," winning trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday morning. "He ate very well last night and he's got some spring in his step this morning."
There won't be a lot of familiar horses at the Preakness in two weeks.
If Always Dreaming hadn't won the Derby, it's a certainty he wouldn't be in the Preakness because Pletcher loathes bringing back horses that quickly.
Lookin At Lee, the second-place finisher, has trainer Steve Asmussen looking at the slightly shorter 1 3/16-mile race.
"The Preakness is definitely a possibility for Lee," Asmussen said. "We'll give this race the respect it deserves and wait and see how he does when he gets back to the track."
Classic Empire, who finished fourth, is a maybe for the Preakness. He came back to the barn with some small cuts and a swollen right eye that was about three-quarters shut. If the eye gets better he will probably go to Baltimore.
"A lot of it is just going to be how quickly his eye can come around," trainer Mark Casse said. "He also got cut up quite a bit yesterday. He looks like Muhammad Ali after a rough night. We're just going to have to wait and see."
The connections of Gunnevera and Girvin haven't made a decision yet on their next race.
"[Jockey] Mike [Smith] said I should run [Girvin] back in the Preakness or Belmont," trainer Joe Sharp said.
Irish War Cry, the second favorite and the tout of a lot of handicappers, will be skipping the Preakness.
"I don't see a lot of reason to go on to the Preakness at this point," trainer Graham Motion said. "He's had a pretty good campaign this spring, so it's likely we'll skip that and make a plan and point to the Haskell."
As for California horses, there will likely be only one in the Preakness, Royal Mo, who was the 21st horse in a 20-horse field at the Derby. The scratch needed for him to get in the race never occurred.
Royal Mo has the same connections of trainer John Shirreffs and owners Ann and Jerry Moss as Gormley, who is being shipped back to Santa Anita after finishing ninth in the Derby.
Jerry Hollendorfer, trainer of third-place Battle of Midway, told Maryland Jockey Club officials that it was highly unlikely the colt would go to Pimlico.
Trainer Doug O'Neill said that Irap, who finished 18th, would be sent back to Santa Anita on Tuesday. O'Neill does not plan to send any horses to Baltimore.
Sonneteer trainer Keith Desormeaux was asked what his colt's next race was and he quipped: "How about a maiden race?"
Sonneteer, who finished 16th, was the only maiden in the Derby.
The list of fresh horses being considered for the Preakness includes Conquest Mo Money, who was second in the Arkansas Derby; Senior Investment, winner of the Lexington Stakes; Multiplier, winner of the Illinois Derby; and Cloud Computing, third in the Wood Memorial.
But right now, there's only one horse that people care about and that's only because he isn't fresh, having slogged his way around Churchill Downs for 1 1/4 miles.
Stand by for a lot of dreaming metaphors.
Twitter: @jcherwa
May 9, 9:38 p.m.: The article clarified the ownership group of Royal Mo by adding the name of Ann Moss.


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There was an interesting article last week by Glenn Reynolds on how Weblogs and the Internet are wiping out hierarchies in information and media.
Big media used to be a top-down system, into which it took vast resources to become a significant player. With the advent of the Internet, the field has been leveled, and now many are citing blogs as playing a major role in bringing down one of the reigning aristocrats of journalism.
But the game is bigger than that, at least from my standpoint (and that of anyone who wants to see life and humanity expand into the universe).
There's another top-down, centralized command-economy hierarchy that is, well, so twentieth century. It's called the federal space program.
Like Leninism (search) and Stalinism, it has its five and ten-year plans. And like those systems, it rarely meets its goals.
There's a good current example of this, besides our own, that has some people worried (unnecessarily, in my opinion).
The Chinese space program is mildly interesting, to those interested in space in general, but it's not going to make major strides into the universe any time soon, and it's almost certainly not going to spur another space race. And that is, as the recently-indicted Martha Stewart (search) would say, "a good thing," because it was a space race between two socialist state enterprises (ours, aka NASA (search), and the Soviets) that got us into our current policy mess.
The Chinese are simply copying the Russian (aka "former Soviet") space program. That means that every launch involves the disposal of many tons of high-tech hardware. It's cost-effective for command economies, in the sense that one can maintain minimal activity on even more minimal resources, but the notion that it will actually open up space in any significant way is laughable.
I continue to think that they do it for reasons of national prestige. Space activities can be sustained for that reasons, but not a truly spacefaring civilization, which requires more tangible returns.
What we really need, to use Professor Reynolds' terminology, is a "horizontal space program," in which players at the bottom can have input, and even supersede the hierarchs above. This is starting to happen, if one is to believe the latest issue of Wired Magazine, which has a good roundup of the new entrepreneurial space activities that are arising from the ashes of the dot-com meltdown.
Young computer-gaming pioneer John Carmack, who is applying his wealth from games such as Doom and Quake to a vehicle contending for the X-Prize, puts it well:
"It's appalling how in aerospace, we've been using the same stuff for decades. There's a big difference between what's been done and what's been possible and that's the definition of opportunity."
Often it takes a savvy outsider to recognize such opportunities, and apply lessons from other spheres to take advantage of them:
"You've got to build a lot of vehicles to learn. Space has been mythologized way out of proportion ... We've just not had enough people doing it to be comfortable with the challenges. We're blasé about doing remarkable things with electronics that are much more difficult than rocket science."
Of course, there's the usual obligatory nay-saying from the usual suspects:
"NASA spent a billion dollars on the X-33, 100 times more than the X-Prize, and they couldn't make it work," says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense and space policy consulting group in Alexandria, Virginia. "And the X-33 was just a subscale version of something that would have cost 10 times more than that. It costs $10,000 a pound to get into space, and the reason isn't the government — it's physics."
Of course, Mr. Pike is a physicist, and understands little about the real problems of space launch, which are operations and lack of economies of scale, so it's natural for him to think that. But the reality, of course, is that there's no law of physics that requires that it cost ten thousand dollars to get a pound of payload to orbit.
To be fair, of course, Mr. Carmack overstates it a little as well. There has in fact been some progress over the past few decades, but nowhere near as much as there should have been.
We often forget that as the Wright brothers were toiling away obscurely in their Dayton bicycle shop, with their own resources, the federal government had an "Aeronautics Program," in a sense, in which they funded a single aircraft design by Samuel Pierpont Langley, a physics professor. It employed a catapult, and was launched off a boat. On its maiden voyage, it broke and fell into the Potomac.
In the early part of the last century, after the Wrights' apparent success, everyone figured that if a couple of bicycle mechanics could design a working airplane, they could too.
In a sort of "Cambrian explosion" of innovation, there were hundreds of designs developed, most of which failed, but many of which succeeded and provided the basis of modern aviation as it matured into the twentieth century.
But with NASA's top-down, command approach, in which vast treasure is expended in pursuit of the Next Big Concept (first the National Aerospace Plane, then Venture Star, now Orbital Space Plane), the focus remains on the absurd and mistaken notion that there is a single right solution, and that only government bureaucrats are smart enough to come up with it.
Now that a variety of wealthy people are starting to attack the problem from a variety of directions, almost a century after the Wrights accomplishment, we're likely to see a new explosion of innovation, similar to the one in aviation of the last century.
History may repeat, and NASA's struggles to come up with effective transportation to orbit may appear to future historians as misguided as the funding of Professor Langley's single concept.
Which will succeed — a hierarchical monoculture, riven by politics and bureaucracy, or a more horizontal approach — an array of diverse ideas, driven by greed, excitement and daring? I know where I'd put my money, and when it happens, it will leave all of the government-funded programs, both here and abroad, in the dust.
Rand Simberg is a recovering aerospace engineer and a consultant in space commercialization, space tourism and Internet security. He offers occasionally biting commentary about infinity and beyond at his Web log, Transterrestrial Musings.


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More businesses to access Enterprise Training
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More businesses to access Enterprise Training
A wider range of New Zealand businesses are now eligible for management training through the government's Enterprise Training Programme, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
The Enterprise Training Programme is now open to businesses that employ up to 50 full-time equivalent employees, compared to the previous maximum limit of 20 full-time staff.
"The Enterprise Training Programme is a management up-skilling programme aimed at helping the owners and operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop and grow their firms. A recent evaluation found it worked well - both in terms of training and also by giving firms good opportunities to network with each other," Trevor Mallard said.
"The Labour-led government is committed to growing more firms that are competitive in global markets, as part of our economic transformation agenda. This training programme is one level of government-funded support that we are giving to kiwi businesses with that aim in mind," Trevor Mallard said.
"The programme is delivered mainly through group training in 15 regions. As such it provides participants with an opportunity to network with their peers and learn through the shared experiences of other businesses," Trevor Mallard said.
The New Zealand Trade and Enterprise programme assists around 15,000 individuals from around 12,000 businesses each year.
Feedback from the regions indicated that a change in eligibility would allow larger firms that have few specialised management staff, for example, to also benefit.
The Enterprise Training Programme (ETP) is delivered by specialist training providers throughout New Zealand through workshops, seminars or courses (group training) with the option of receiving follow-up coaching.
General subjects include business planning, marketing, finance, business systems, managing resources and exporting. Specialist training includes Maori Trustee training, Investment Ready training and, in the case of Pacific People's, pre-business training. Training can also be made available through distance learning.
For more information see www.nzte.govt.nz/section/11733.aspx


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