text:
The attorneys at Merkel & Cocke are committed to providing the highest quality legal services to our clients.
Please try again and make sure all required fields are filled out correctly.
> Click here to return to the form
Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your case. An attorney will be in touch with you shortly.
Five years ago Cindy Mitchell came to my rescue! My uncle had a surgery where the doctor made some major mistakes! Many months of physical suffering and financial hardships followed. Cindy helped us get back on our feet and gain a sense of a somewhat normal life again.
– Kevin R., client
Merkel & Cocke, P.A.
30 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1388
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Toll Free: (800) 844-0461
Phone: (662) 627-9641
Fax: (662) 627-3592
Developed ™ © 2017


text:
Claim a Business Listing
Santa Susanna Church14, Via Venti Settembre, Roma, RM 00187, Italy
Is this your business?
To claim your listing click here to create your Vendor Profile.
Your vendor profile will allow you to control your listing, specify a link to your business website, and add additional photos.
Once you have created your Profile, visit this page again and click on "Email an Administrator" to finish the claim process.
Click here to create your vendor profile.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
: [Idea]
The World of Pokémon
View Single Post
July 8th, 2013 (2:19 AM).
Join Date:
Jul 2013
yeah, I forgot about the music. The size thing is something I'm going to keep an eye on as the project progresses.
I like your idea about being a standard character and having different outfits, it sounds interesting. There are a lot of possibilities with that.
I'm not entirely sure about leaving your Pokémon behind when going to a new region. I'm not sure how players would react to that. I'd expect them to want to take their Pokémon with them. Another question is, how will this be implemented; will there be two separate storage systems, one you have access to during a region, and one which can be accessed, and where all Pokémon are send to, after defeating the Pkmn League.
For the traveling to other houses you could say your mother appointed a Mr. Mime for housekeeping, who happens to know teleport XD.
Right now I'm first focusing on building the regions, deciding how I want to make the maps (copies of the original layouts, or adaptions to make it look prettier), and still searching for some tilesets. After that I'll look at possibilities with the multiple outfits.
Joined Jul 2013
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Badhaas
Find all posts by Badhaas
Find threads started by Badhaas
Ignore Posts by Badhaas


text:
President Barack Obama says critics who complain the U.S. has not done enough to restore to power the elected government in Honduras are guilty of hypocrisy.
The same people, he said, that tell Americans to leave hemispheric neighbors alone are now saying Washington has ignored Honduras, where a June 28 military coup overthrew the government of President Manuel Zelaya.
Obama said the United States fully supports Zelaya's return to power and has issued the strongest demands for the coup leaders to surrender power to the elected leader.
After Obama spoke, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped in to defend the United States, saying: "If I were an American I would be really fed up with this kind of hypocrisy."


text:
|Table 1: Agonistic potency of physiologically active substances to induce signals of hMRGPRD.
|EC50 (sample concentration producing 50% of the maximal response) was calculated from dose-response curves and shown in μM. Multiple assays were executed to calculate EC50s: calcium flux assay (Calcium flux), GTPγS binding assay (GTPγS), and IP assay (IP).


text:
|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|11 Mar 2008
|Filing date
|16 Oct 2001
|Priority date
|16 Oct 2001
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Kevin Richard Plain, Thomas John Rohloff
|Original Assignee
|Versata Development Group, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (12), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of automated system configuration, and more particularly to the configuration of systems that include groups of components spanning more than one context, such as a product line.
2. Description of the Related Art
The growth of commerce conducted over the Internet has engendered numerous techniques by which automated business transactions may be facilitated between buyers and sellers. One such technique is automated product configuration. Automated configuration is typically offered to potential buyers by sellers of complex systems which are typically products made up of large numbers of interconnected components, such as computers, servers, automobiles, or any product which may present multiple combinations of component options to a potential buyer. Typically, the seller provides a user interface (UI) by which the buyer is guided through a process of selecting among various options and quantities thereof in configuring a product or system for purchase, and often provides the buyer with a price quote for the desired combination of options as specified by the buyer through the UI.
When configuration is offered over the Internet, the buyer typically accesses a product configurator using a browser over the Internet. The buyer's selections are typically captured by the control inputs of the UI that is executed and displayed using the buyer's web browser. The selections are transmitted over the Internet by the browser in the form of requests to a server running an application on behalf of a seller. The transmission of requests is typically initiated over the Internet in response to an action taken by the buyer that indicates that the buyer has made the desired selections and would like to initiate the configuration process. The server running the configuration application program receives the requests (i.e. processes the values or states of the control inputs of the UI) and initiates the configuration process, which generates a virtual configuration of the product based on the user selections embodied by the requests. Often, the application then derives a price quotation based on the configuration, which can be transmitted back to the user for display by the browser.
The application server typically interfaces with a database that, at a minimum, is a repository for information characterizing or modeling all of the possible components that may be requested or required to be configured as part of the system. The model maintains the components and their attributes, as well as any constraints that must be met during the installation of those components within a system. Often the model is defined using an object-oriented language that represents components as classes specifying attributes and constraints of each class of component. The attributes and constraints are given values upon each instantiation of a member of the class, and the constraints must be met during installation of each instantiation within the system configuration. The model may represent the classes of components hierarchically using a number of criteria.
One very important hierarchical criterion is product line. A product line hierarchy defines classes of components all of which are compatible with one another (i.e. the manufacturer typically has qualified the components of a given product line as compatible per extensive testing). Some components may be shared across product lines. For example a system rack or chassis may be shared across many server product lines, even though the components residing in the chassis may be quite different for different product lines. Organizing classes of components in accordance with their product lines permits significant simplification of the model because the model does not have to comprehend all of the attributes that make the components of a product line compatible with one another. Rather, the model can be built under the simple assumption that classes of components belonging to a given product line work together, subject to more specific constraints regarding their installation with one another. Such constraints may include components that are required to be installed along with the requested component, or demands for connections between components.
Constrained by the requests from the buyer, as well as those constraints associated with each component as specified by the model, the components are typically instantiated and then installed by a configuration engine. Some configuration engines are incremental in nature, and they install one component at a time. If the component can not be successfully installed as part of the current configuration, the configurator backs up and tries to find another component candidate that meets the requests of the user and that is compatible with the current state of the configuration. If no such component can be found, the configurator backs up to a previously installed component, and attempts to select another from a list of candidates for that component. The configurator iteratively performs this process until a workable combination of components has been assembled, or it becomes clear there is no workable combination. One example of an incremental configurator is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,515,524 entitled, "Method and Apparatus for Configuring Systems," which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.
Configurators such as the one described above use statements such as requires_component or the like to create decision points for the configurator to choose between viable candidates for components to be installed, for example, as required by the installation of another component. Typically, the installation process as well as the decision as to what additional component to instantiate and then install in response to a requires_component is performed by a configuration engine in view of the constraints for those components in the model. The engine is typically optimized to search for possible candidates to satisfy a requires_component, based on the product line attribute. A candidate queue is generated containing all of the possible choices that meet the class of components defined by the requires_component statement and that fall into the appropriate product line. The engine proceeds to instantiate and then to attempt installation starting with the first candidate in the queue, and so on until installation is successful. The instantiation of an object component and the installation of that object in response to a requires_component statement may also lead to additional requires_component decision points as dictated by the constraints of each component being instantiated and installed.
Thus, the configurator benefits from the use of the product line hierarchy to limit the number of components in a candidate queue to only those components compatible with the other components already installed in the configuration. Sellers often have vast numbers of components spanning numerous product lines that are included in a model used to configure their systems. Thus, were the list of candidates to include all components of all product lines, the candidates list would become enormous and unwieldy. This technique for keeping candidates queues small and manageable works quite well for homogenous systems or products (i.e. those systems configured from components belonging to a single product line). When a buyer desires to configure a system that combines product components from different product lines (i.e. heterogeneous systems or products), however, keeping candidate queues small becomes problematic. This is because the engine must be able to "see" all possible candidates that can be included in the overall configuration, which spans the multiple product lines to be included in the system configuration.
The inclusion of components in decision candidate queues from two or more product lines can result in an exponential growth of potential candidates from which the configurator may choose components to satisfy component requirements of other components being installed in the configuration of the system or product. The configuration of components from multiple product lines might occur if, for example, a buyer wishes to mix two servers each from a different product line in one larger system in which the servers share a common rack and perhaps a shared external memory or a PDU. The components of the shared memory or PDU typically belong to the product lines of both servers. The two servers may also share a system rack that belongs to both product lines.
Often, the process of configuring a shared resource such as a PDU results in the bringing in of a component by a subsystem in one product line (such as the first server) into a second subsystem in a second product line (such as the second server). The instantiation of the component typically is not a problem because the component probably falls into both product lines. But constraints on the installation of this component common to both product lines may generate subsequent requires_component decision points that must be satisfied by the components that fall exclusively within the product line of the second subsystem. Thus, unless all components from all product lines are available, satisfaction of these subsequent requires_component statements may include incompatible components. Of course as previously discussed, failing to restrain the choice of components to one product line context makes configuration of these heterogeneous systems arduous.
Prior techniques employed to configure heterogeneous systems or products have been difficult to implement and are not very flexible. One technique that has been employed in the past is to configure the heterogeneous system or product in a default product line that includes all product lines of the components represented in the model. But, to keep the candidate queues down to a manageable size, filtering logic had to be written around the decision points to be sure that changes in product line context were made manually at the appropriate points In this way, the model could track when the installation of a component in one product line generates a requires_component or "demand" to install or re-install a component that would also require a change in the product line context to operate correctly, as well as when to change the context back to the previous state or a different state. In this way, only those candidates are included as choices that are actually compatible with a component object the installation of which generated the requires_component or other decision point statement. This technique is extremely complex and burdensome to the modeling process, however, because the logic must be manually constructed for each decision point to keep track of the situations during the configuration process when product line contexts are switched as the configurator moves from one subsystem to another.
Those of skill in the art will recognize that the product line is not the only context which a configurator may wish to dynamically switch between states. Others may include, for example, current component availability in inventory, the country in which the configured system is to work (which may affect choice of components), and many other contexts relevant to the automated configuration of systems.
Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a generic technique whereby a configurator can freely and dynamically switch between product line frames of reference (or other contexts) while configuring heterogeneous, thereby satisfying the decision points during configuration without flooding the configurator with too many choices and without requiring the model to be manually programmed to take account of the circumstances that might lead to a context switch. Moreover, it would also be desirable if the technique was easy to implement and independent of the model.
The heterogeneous configurator of the invention employs a process by which the configurator may configure components that span several contexts, such as product lines without undo burden being placed on a model used to represent the components. The components are represented in the model as a class called component. The class includes a constraint that requires each instantiated object to determine whether the context that is appropriate to the component object is the same as the current context state for the configuration. If the answer is no, the installation of the object changes the current state of the configuration to the state appropriate to it. The appropriate state may be associated with the object component in a number of ways, including an attribute associated with the object or by the context subsystem in which it resides. Each time a decision point statement such as a requires_component is encountered by the configuration engine, the current state of the context of the configuration is cached locally just in case the installation of the required object changes the current state of the context. Once installation of the object is completed, if its installation resulted in a change of the context state, the cached context is restored before proceeding to the next step in the configuration. If the installation of the object generates additional decision point statements, their execution is processed in the same way. Thus, if any of them results in a change of state, the changes in state are nested and are restored as the installation of their object components are completed.
Contexts may include current inventory, country of purchase or any other context in which it is desirable to limit the choices for components in response to a decision point statement based on the state of the context.
Another embodiment is directed to a server adapted to generate a configuration. The server includes a cache configured to hold a current context state in response to a requirement for the installation of a component, wherein the component is one of a plurality of components each having an associated context state, said context state equal to one or more of a plurality of values; a change module adapted to change the current context state to the associated state of the context if they are not equal; an install module adapted to install the component as part of the configuration; and a restore module adapted to restore a cached state of the context upon a completion of an installation of the component.
The heterogeneous configurator of the invention may be better understood, and its numerous objectives, features and advantages made apparent to those skilled in the art by referencing the accompanying drawings. The use of the same reference number throughout the several figures designates a like or similar element.
One embodiment of the heterogeneous configurator method and apparatus of the invention includes a model representing a plurality of components, each of the components spanning two or more contexts such as two or more product lines. The components are organized into a context hierarchy, such as a product line hierarchy. The model can be coded using a configuration modeling language that establishes decision points through statements such as requires_component or "demand" or like statements appurtenant to the particular language used. The model provides a context attribute for each of the components. The model may also contemplate the creation of subsystems which provides localized segmentation of components in a configuration by which particular groups of components are segregated from others as being part of a particular portion of the entire system, and which can be limited to a single context. The model includes a constraint introduced at the highest level of the class hierarchy for the class component. This constraint requires an instantiated object of the class component to always determine what its context (e.g. product line) should be. The execution of this constraint can be accomplished using the context of a subsystem to which the object belongs as an indication of its appropriate context, or it may be some attribute associated directly with the component.
Upon commencing configuration, the configurator may begin in an undefined or general initial context state such as a default product line which can include all product lines encompassed by the model. Initially, the current state of the context (e.g. product line) is cached in response to a design point statement such as a requires_component. The required object is instantiated and installation of the required object is undertaken. At this time, the constraint is evaluated that determines the appropriate context for the required object. If the appropriate context is not equal to the current state, the current state of the context is changed to that of the object under installation and installation is completed. Any subsequent requires_component instructions that are the result of constraints generated by the installation of the required object will also likely be of the same context and are dealt with in the same manner. If any of the subsequent requires_component objects are appropriate to a different context, the state is changed again. Whenever an object completes its installation, including all requires_component instructions that are generated during the installation, the cached context state is restored and configuration continues from there.
In this manner, any number of context state switches may occur from a certain point in the configuration process, and because the current state of the context is always cached and restored, the changes in context state do not impact any level of the configuration process. Changes in context that occur as a result of embedded installations of components required by the installation of other object components become nested, and they pop back up to the top state as they are completed. This approach is completely generic to the model because the decision points are all "wrapped" with an instruction to cache a change in context state at the beginning of the requires_component and to restore the cached context state if the context had changed as part of completing requires_component instructions generated by its own installation. Moreover, the installation of each object requires the object to determine its appropriate context, and to change that state if the current state is not the appropriate context.
The result of wrapping the decision point statements with a "cache" and "restore" functions permits the configuration process to easily and dynamically move from one context state to the next as dictated by the constraints and requirements of the components as modeled, and which keeps the candidate queue limited to one product line. Based on the invention, the model does not have to be written in a manner that contemplates the possible moves from one context state to the next.
In another embodiment, the network 32 may be the Internet. In this case, the client 30 is typically coupled to application server 34 over the Internet by way of a web server application. The client 30 typically initiates communications with the web server application using a browser program executed by the client 30. The web server application then passes information transmitted to the web server application from the client 30 to the configurator application running on server 34 for processing. Likewise, the web server application passes information from the configurator application running on application 34 back to the client 30 over the Internet 32. The web server application can often be run using the same server as the configurator application (i.e. server 34). Of course, the client 30 may also be coupled to the application server 34 directly rather than over a network 32. Those of skill in the art will recognize that there are many known techniques by which to implement the configurator of the invention, depending upon the context of its application.
The class used to represent the class component in the model includes a constraint that requires each component upon its installation to check to determine whether the current context state is appropriate for it and if not, to change the context to its appropriate state. This appropriate state may be included as an attribute, or can be determined indirectly based on a subsystem to which the component belongs. The segregation of components of a configuration into context subsystems is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/704,455, entitled "Context Subsystems for System Configurations," filed Nov. 1, 2000 and which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference. The installation of an object from the model is therefore used to set the current state of the context to be that which is appropriate for the required object component. Such contexts may include the product line, country of operation, current availability or any other context which may be deemed useful in the configuration of systems. The model can be compiled or the engine can then be designed to wrap all requires_component or similar decision point instructions with a function that caches the current context state, and restores the context to the cached state once the decision point instruction has been satisfied (i.e. installation is complete).
One possible procedural flow of one embodiment of the invention is illustrated with respect to
If at decision block 106 it is determined that the current state of the context does not equal that which is required by the object, the current state is changed to that required by the object being installed, as indicated by block 108. Processing then continues at block 110, where installation resumes and at decision block 112 where it is determined whether installation of the object requires additional objects. If yes, processing resumes at block 102, where any additional decision point instructions are processed as previously described. If the answer at 112 is no, then processing continues at block 114, where it is determined that the context state was switched, and the cached state of the context is then restored before processing continues. If any of the subsequent decision point statements itself requires a change of context state, then the changes in state become nested, as each decision statement has its own current context state cached locally to that statement. Once installation of each object is completed, the previous cached state is always restored prior to continuing the processing of the next decision point statement which generated the just installed object.
As indicated by
Thus, the invention permits the configurator to move dynamically between contexts such as product lines while maintaining the candidate queues at each decision point to only those components that belong to (i.e. have the attribute for the current state of the context). The model does not have to otherwise be designed to be cognizant of when the switches between context states are required, as the process is completely transparent to the model. This renders the model far less complex and makes the invention applicable to models that already exist, as well as those yet to be designed. As previously discussed, the "cache" and "restore" functions may be wrapped around all of the generated decision point statements (e.g. requires_component). This eliminates the need to alter the code of an otherwise working model or working engine.
Embodiments of the present invention have application to a wide range of industries including the following: computer hardware and software manufacturing and sales, professional services, financial services, automotive sales and manufacturing, telecommunications sales and manufacturing, medical and pharmaceutical sales and manufacturing, and construction industries. While the invention has been described with respect to the embodiments and variations set forth above, these embodiments and variations are examples and the invention is not to be considered limited in scope to these embodiments and variations. Accordingly, various other embodiments and modifications and improvements not described herein may be within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined by the following claims and their equivalents. More specifically, the invention is neither limited by the types of computers used as servers, nor the operating systems, web server or database server application software run on such servers. The invention is limited neither by the types of user terminals used to connect to the servers, nor the type of browser software resident on the terminals. The invention is neither limited by the structure of the data as stored in the database, nor is it limited by the nomenclature used in identifying data types and attributes. Other embodiments and variations are within the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|29 Mar 1993
|7 May 1996
|Trilogy Development Group
|Method and apparatus for configuring systems
|13 Jul 1994
|1 Apr 1997
|Unisys Corporation
|Generalized configurator using multiple interacting packers and declaratively defined constraint expressions
|19 Apr 1996
|24 Feb 1998
|Sun Microsystems, Inc.
|Multiple-package installation with package dependencies
|3 Sep 1996
|20 Oct 1998
|Trilogy Development Group, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems
|30 Mar 1998
|5 Oct 1999
|Siebel Systems, Inc.
|Method, and system for product configuration
|7 Jun 1996
|21 Nov 2000
|Networks Associates, Inc.
|Automatic updating of diverse software products on multiple client computer systems by downloading scanning application to client computer and generating software list on client computer
|24 Oct 1997
|5 Dec 2000
|Trilogy Development Group, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for transparent backtracking
|13 Nov 1998
|6 Nov 2001
|Hewlett-Packard Company
|Apparatus and method for transferring state data when performing on-line replacement of a running program code and data
|1 Mar 1995
|22 Jan 2002
|Ibm Corporation
|System for selecting a computer solution from a pre-defined set
|3 Dec 1998
|22 Jan 2002
|International Business Machines Corporation
|Method and data processing system for specifying and applying rules to classification-based decision points in an application system
|30 Jun 1999
|2 Apr 2002
|Marimba, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for producing instructions describing the removal of updates to a computer system
|Kramer, Bryan M., "Knowledge-Based Configuration of Computer Systems Using Hierarchical Partial Choice," IEEE, 1991, pp. 368-375.
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|25 Jan 2006
|16 Oct 2012
|Microsoft Corporation
|External configuration of processing content for script
|7 Oct 2008
|5 Nov 2013
|Bigmachines, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for generating a dynamic document
|24 Feb 2005
|19 Nov 2013
|Versata Development Group, Inc.
|Variable domain resource data security for data processing systems
|7 Oct 2011
|19 Aug 2014
|Ford Global Technologies, Llc
|Method and system for product configuration validation
|15 Mar 2013
|4 Aug 2015
|Ford Global Technologies, Llc
|Method and system for generating a global representation of a product definition
|20 May 2013
|16 Aug 2016
|Versata Development Group, Inc.
|Context subsystems for system configurations
|21 Oct 2011
|20 Dec 2016
|Bigmachines, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for maintaining business rules in a configuration system
|25 Jan 2006
|26 Jul 2007
|Catalog Data Solutions
|Parameter visualization
|25 Jan 2006
|26 Jul 2007
|Microsoft Corporation
|External configuration of processing content for script
|7 Oct 2008
|8 Apr 2010
|Bigmachines, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for generating a dynamic document
|30 Apr 2009
|4 Nov 2010
|Bigmachines, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for configuring a product using an array of configuration sets
|1 Feb 2011
|25 Aug 2011
|Fujitsu Limited
|Design apparatus for electronic device, program for designing electronic device, and method of designing electronic device
|U.S. Classification
|717/104, 706/46, 700/103
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|23 Jan 2002
Owner name: TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC., TEXAS
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:PLAIN, KEVIN RICHARD;ROHLOFF, THOMAS JOHN;REEL/FRAME:012546/0404;SIGNING DATES FROM 20011119 TO 20011128
|21 Mar 2007
Owner name: VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC., TEXAS
Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:019035/0545
Effective date: 20060703
Owner name: VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.,TEXAS
Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:019035/0545
Effective date: 20060703
|10 Aug 2011
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|26 Aug 2015
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 8


text:
Maxsys Ltd. is one of the UK's leading cleantech companies, working to bring environmentally sound fuel saving solutions to industry both at home and abroad.
Maxsys Fuel Systems are a cutting-edge technology that can be retrofitted to existing machinery and require no maintenance. The Maxsys systems are guaranteed to cut fuel consumption by at least 5% with a further promise of an ROI within the first 24 months. The other major advantage is the system reduces harmful CO2 emissions on pro rata basis.
Following on from the move into the South African and USA markets this year, Maxsys Ltd. has now expanded into India.


text:
NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Live Show to Address Drought Management Strategies and Initiatives
DENVER – This year has been a tough one for farmers and ranchers across the country, especially due to the ongoing drought that has 70 percent of cattle country suffering from abnormal to exceptionally dry conditions. NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen will take a look at drought management efforts that cattlemen and women can implement on their ranches during a live call-in show on Tues., Oct. 9, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on RFD-TV.
Cattle producers are facing the worst drought conditions in 50 years, with the center of the drought located in the Midwest and southern Great Plains, where months of record breaking heat starting in March and below average spring precipitation helped create the now record drought conditions. Much of the country's crop production has been hindered by the drought, and crop prices are reaching near all-time highs.
Joining Paterson on the panel are Kevin Good with CattleFax; Jim Odle with Superior Livestock; and John Maddux, a Nebraska cattleman. NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen will look into these issues and provide viewers with a better understanding of how they can implement a drought management plan. Viewers can ask the panel questions by calling 1-888-824-6688 or by e-mailing their questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen is an award-winning program providing information on the U.S. beef cattle industry since February 2007. Sponsors of the program include Purina Mills; John Deere; Pfizer Animal Health; Merck Animal Health; and Dow AgroSciences.
Ed Frank
Send an email
Max Moncaster
Send an email
Join Now
For membership information, contact NCBA at 1-866-BEEF-USA or email@example.com.
...is a grassroots organization and there is power in numbers. Where else have you been part of a crowd of 6,000 people who salute the flag and say prayer before an annual conference?"
Become a Member
© Copyright 2017 National Cattlemen's Beef Association


text:
TOKYO {AP} Japanese criticized the crew of a U.S. submarine for not doing more to help survivors after it struck a Japanese fishing vessel, and warned on Monday that the disaster could hurt relations between Japan and the United States.
Nine people, including four teen-age boys, remained missing three days after the sinking, and investigators said they might have been trapped inside the vessel as it plunged to the ocean bottom off Hawaii.
"Unless the situation is properly handled, there may result a crack in the alliance between Japan and the United States," the conservative Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's largest financial newspaper, said in an editorial Monday.
The Asahi, a major liberal newspaper, said the accident was "a major blow" to President Bush's attempts to strengthen the alliance.
Twenty-six people were rescued after the 180-foot Ehime Maru sank, 10 minutes after it was struck Friday by the USS Greeneville off the coast of Pearl Harbor. Missing were three crew members, two teachers and the four teen-age boys, students on a field trip learning to fish.
Hisao Onishi, the fishing vessel captain, said Sunday the survivors had to wait 50 minutes to be rescued. He and other Japanese said the submarine crew should have done more to help.
© 2017. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
your browser is out of date
To get the best experience please upgrade to a new browser
access denied
you must be a member to watch this video
Avia filled me up with yuletide cheer while we were x-mas shopping in a hobby shop (you have to buy this thing called a dragonfly btw..they are sweet!). Mike was questioning my methods but was soon silenced by the sheer beauty of Avia. I promised her I would buy her rug rat a very expensive remote control car if she would let me give her a gift as well. It was definitely a white Christmas across her awesome tits! Not to mention some turkey jizz for x-mas dinner!


text:
Lecce need to win tonight and for Genoa to lose. Genoa, though, are leading 2-0.
- 2nd Half
- LucianoGrandolfo90'
- Carrozzieri82'
- Di MatteoBojinov80'
- Vacek78'
- ObodoPiatti73'
- Jokic71'
- UribePaloschi69'
- SammarcoThéréau69'
- Esposito62'
- Di Matteo53'
- 1st Half
- CuadradoBertolacci24'
- Morero15'
Chievo Verona - Lecce
Serie A - 14 May 2012
Serie A – Follow the Football match between Chievo Verona and Lecce live with Eurosport. The match starts at 04:45 on 14 May 2012. Our live coverage lets you follow all the key moments as they happen.
Who will come out on top in the battle of the managers Rolando Maran or Pasquale Padalino? Find out by following our live matchcast.
Have your say by voting on who will win between Chievo Verona and Lecce? Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Football teams.
Head-to-head: see historical stats and visit our detailed profiles for Chievo Verona vs Lecce. Get all the latest on Football: fixtures, results and tables.
Things go from bad to worse for Lecce as Morris Carrozzieri is dismissed following an incident with Cyril Thereau.
GOAL! Chievo 1-0 Lecce! Kamil Vacek with the goal that all but condemns Lecce to the second tier of Italian football.
Lecce go close! Di Matteo whips in a cross and Andrea Bertolacci tests the keeper with a fine effort. Lecce must win and hope Genoa lose today.
Lecce keeper Massimiliano Benassi makes a fantastic save to deny Gennardo Sardo of Chievo. Remember, as things stand Lecce are going down.


text:
By Somali K Chakrabarti
Landing with a first full-time job is an exciting and memorable occasion, no matter who you are or where you live. You're perhaps in your twenties, recently graduated or maybe you've done your masters, and now you have embarked upon the professional journey. The thrill of getting disposable income in your hand makes you want to spend it lavishly. You're in an upbeat mood, and do not you may not want to be weighed down by serious issues. Things like insurance may not interest you at the moment, rather it may seem like something that can surely be put off for a later date. But should it be?
Here are three reasons that tell you why you should buy insurance right at the onset of your career.
- Life and health insurance get increasingly more expensive with age. Insuring early in your life also means that you save money by locking in a lower premium amount for the rest of your life.
- In your twenties, your liabilities are comparatively less, and so it is easier to develop the discipline of setting aside a part of your income for the insurance premium.
- Insuring early in life makes you financially savvy, and protects your and your family's financial interests from risks and uncertainties.
To know what covers you should opt for, kindly click the link below, and read the rest of the post.
To know about different Health covers that one needs at different stages of life, you may refer to the following article:
Health Insurance cover you must get at different stages of life


text:
Email This Page to a Friend
This page has been sent to the email address you provided.
(Cart Empty)
This Truth Hardware Awning Window Scissor Operator is designed to provide positive control of the sash in any position, while producing a secure pull-in of the window at its' corner. A simple detach feature is available that disengages the operator from the sash for quick window removal and for ease in installation.
Rear Mount
Return Policy |
Shipping Policy |
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy |


text:
Stylish Cat Tree for Studio Apartment?
Q: I thought I'd crowd-source my current head-scratcher: I'm adopting a cat, and I'd like to get a cat tree for him, her, or them (kittens, it seems, come only in pairs from the shelter I'm working with). I'm in a 300 sq ft studio, and there is no non-highly visible place to put such a large pet accessory. My style is fairly eclectic, though I'd like to avoid "Petco Chic".
Sent by Candice
Editor: Leave your suggestions for Candice in the comments - thanks!
• Have a question for our community? Send us yours with a photo or two attached (questions with photos get answered first).
(Image: Jill Slater)


text:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output rose in January at the fastest pace in more than two years and core inflation hovered near a five-year high, comforting signs for an economy expected to take a hit from a sales tax hike scheduled for April.
Labour demand continued to improve and household spending rose more than expected, providing hope that domestic demand could underwrite a recovery after lacklustre growth in the fourth quarter of last year.
The upbeat data showed the economy started the year strongly as shoppers brought forward purchases before the tax hike, but there are concerns that more stimulus would be needed later in the year to support growth as consumer spending is expected to sag.
"I'm not that confident about the economy after the sales tax hike," said Norio Miyagawa, senior economist at Mizuho Securities Research & Consulting Co.
"Consumer spending will not be as strong as it is now. There are a lot of uncertainties about exports. Once the BOJ realises that consumer prices are not accelerating, it will start to debate other measures."
After decades of sluggish growth, the world's third-largest economy shifted into higher gear over the last year after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched an aggressive cocktail of monetary and fiscal stimulus policies.
However, markets are starting to worry about the durability of the rebound, especially as exports have failed to substantially perk up while business investment and wages growth have trailed expectations.
The scheduled sales tax hike to 8 percent from 5 percent in April has added to the uncertainty, although policy makers have said that they are prepared to look past a temporary dip in activity.
Japan's industrial output rose 4.0 percent in January, suggesting that robust domestic demand is underpinning the economy as consumers rush to beat the national sales tax hike.
The rise was more than the median forecast for a 3.0 percent as companies ramp up production of cars and consumer appliances. It was also the fastest increase since output rose 4.2 percent in June 2011.
Manufacturers surveyed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expect output to rise 1.3 percent in February but decrease 3.2 percent in March, data showed on Friday.
Japan's core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes fresh food prices but includes oil products, rose 1.3 percent year-on-year in January, more than the median estimate for a 1.2 percent annual increase.
That matched a 1.3 percent annual increase in December - the fastest in more than five years.
The central bank maintained its massive monetary stimulus at last week's policy meeting, aiming to meet a 2 percent price goal around early 2015, which is seen by many analysts as overly ambitious.
Analysts expect that inflation will struggle to pick up pace in the coming months as the effects of a weak yen on imported goods taper off. There are also worries private consumption could lose steam after the sales tax is raised.
Japan's jobless rate was unchanged at a six-year low of 3.7 percent in January.
Job availability as measured by the jobs-to-applicants ratio edged up to 1.04, meaning more than one job is available per job seeker. The ratio matched the median estimate and hit the highest since August 2007, underlying the strength of the job market.
Japanese household spending rose 1.1 percent in the year to January, blowing past the median estimate for a 0.2 percent increase.
That marked a fifth straight month of annual gains and an acceleration from a 0.7 percent annual increase in December as consumers spent more on clothes, cars and domestic travel.
A Reuters poll last week showed the BOJ is expected to ease policy further by this summer to help boost the economy as the effects from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus strategy begin to wane.
Editing by Shri Navaratnam


text:
The sirens sounded only as a warning, but it seemed like the entire
surfing world was waiting and watching. The chances of a day-after-
New Years treat with the running of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie
Aikau – at Waimea Bay was too good to be true, but what the heck, get
everyone down to the Bay and let's see what happens. In the dead
center of a lack-luster winter season the first loudly hyped Great
Storm popped up on the weather maps (and everyone's personal radar)
and the North Shore rumor mill was in full torque. But, the closer
it got to the Date Line, the 'lesser' it looked like the Real
Deal – too much northwesterly wind. Still, it was a good, impromptu
gathering of surfers, officials, pre-dawn spectators and cops ready
to keep the traffic moving along Kam Highway (good luck). The only
element a little late in waking up for the event? The surf.
The swell was still dragging its new-born image the afternoon
before, only nudging up the buoy read-outs a couple hours before
dark – and even then ONLY as a hiccup. The numbers were nowhere near
the power to guarantee anything near 'legit.' for the event. Even
a full twelve hours later, under first light, Waimea's sets were
barely moving off Pinballs point. Up the road, Pipeline was already
2nd reefing – supporting a twenty-pack ready to challenge the outer
peak under dawn glass. Sunset was toooo nuts, even on the
'smallish' 8-foot (Island height) sets. The westerly swell was
steering the rip back through the line-up like the Mississippi river
through your bedroom and there were no takers. Smartly, no one
wanted to fight the flush that would drag them straight out to
Backyards, with little chance of paddling back before a) lunch time
or b) the impending close-out session, which ever appeared first. In
the end Waimea played its classic tease game with the first shift.
Only by noon – and no sooner – IF you had the free time to kill,
there was the odd set in the normal line-up. But a wave even
resembling the understood minimum wave requirement –MWR- didn't
spill into the Bay till too late in the day to start anything other
than draw more spectators and that frustrating, snail-pace traffic
tie-up that stretches for miles.
By dark there was barely even a
single wave with enough character as to qualify for anything OTHER
than the dying swell that it was. All in all, a fun day if you
caught one or two or three, but nothing more than that –not an Eddie day. The swell
collapsed, drifting south to Peru and "The Eddie" project was
safely put back into its time-tested case, ready for the next alert –
whenever that next Great Storm rages across the maps.


text:
Let Ohio Governor Bob Taft know that you don't want him
to support evolution as fact in Ohio Schools
As things stand right now, the most recent draft copy of the new science standards will require public schools and private Christian chartered schools to teach evolution is fact. There are no provisions whatsoever in the current wording that allows for any opposing scientific arguments to evolution. See the current draft standards at this link:
Governor Taft has not publicly stated his position, but according to this e-mail (below) from a well placed insider he is privately in favor of continuing the censorship of opposing scientific views to evolution. We have also heard that he is quietly lobbying his 11 appointees to the State Board of Education to support an evolution only approach that excludes both Intelligent Design and the "Teach the Controversy (TTC) approaches.
Two scientific polls show Ohioans strongly support Intelligent Design
Zogby poll (PDF document)
As of the end of August, 2002, the Ohio Department of Education (ODOE) has received 17,347 phone calls, letters and/or e-mails about the proposed new science standards. Two sets of the analysis of these results exist. One is accurate, one is skewed. Depending upon which one you believe, either 74% or 96% want an end to the censorship of scientific evidence against evolution in Ohio's schools. Either way, it's overwhelming in favor of ending the censorship. So far, the SBE has not released either set of results to the public on their web site or to the media as far as we can tell.
Counts as of 8/31/2002
Dr. Robert Lattimer explains why one set of results are skewed, and what "teach the controversy" means
Accurate counts as of the end of 6/30/2002 (PDF document)
Skewed counts as of 6/30/2002 (PDF document)
See this Legal Opinion from the Christian Law Association that explains why it is legal to teach the opposing scientific arguments to evolution. Christian legal organizations exist that may provide free legal assistance to school boards who want to teach the opposing views, but who are afraid to because of harassment by the ACLU. See this link for an example of such an organization.
Please contact Governor Taft to let him know that you demand he listen to the will of the people who elected him, not elitist scientists who are in favor of force-feeding one-sided atheistic evolutionism to our public school children. Also contact or cc: Elizabeth Ross on anything you send to the governor (she prefers e-mail contacts but will accept phone calls). It is important to note that most scientists today are atheists or agnostics, and that this is a major reason why they support the continued censorship of anything that opposes evolution. Evolution is so appealing to agnostics and atheists because it is rooted in the atheistic philosophies of naturalism and materialism. Please let the governor know that he will not have your support this or future elections if he continues his support of this censorship of scientific evidence from Ohio children.
Click here for suggested talking points in your letters, e-mails and phone calls
Phone: 614-466-3555
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mail: Governor Bob Taft
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6117
Elizabeth Ross
Special Assistant on Education to the governor
Governor Taft's Campaign Management Team
Also, please send copies to the following organizations:
Ohio State Board of Education
Ohio Board of RegentsOhio Senate Education Committee
Ohio House Education Committee
Your own Ohio General Assembly members (House and Senate)
(this link contains all of their e-mail addresses)
Here is the e-mail we received about Governor Taft's behind the scenes efforts to work against the will of the people of Ohio:
Advocates for Unbiased Science Standard
The Ohio Board of Education will be considering the Science Standards at their next meeting on September 9, 2002. As many of you are aware the present draft of the Science Standards presents an "evolution only" , perspective that requires all students (even those at Private or Religious School) to know only one side of this issue. Evolution is treated as fact, and something that all scientists believe in. Students are to be tested, under the proposed new standards as "knowing that all of today's life evolved from a single ancestral form. As you and I know, evolution is indeed the dominant theory among elite scientists, although scientists continue to debate the mechanisms and evolutionary trees, and other aspects of evolution (e.g. gradualism versus punctuated equilibrium, all from a simple common cell, that branched into the three branches of life, or a more complex version recently proposed by Carl Woese [Science, June 21,2002].
Unfortunately while these debates take place among elite scientists our children are taught to believe evolution as fact, despite recent debate among some scientists as to whether or not current evolutionary theory with its presumption of blind undirected forces can indeed sufficiently explain the diversity of life around us.
Those of us that are in favor of a more balanced approach to the science standards support a "teach the controversy perspective". While not mandating the teaching of Intelligent Design, we support an additional new standard that would require students to know about evolution, but also to know the current scientific critiques of the theory as well. We believe this approach is most consistent with the scientific process of open inquiry. Unfortunately the elite scientific community is very threatened by this idea- and has strongly advocated to policy makers including the Governor, the State Department of Education, and to Board Members that Ohio must support an "evolution as fact- evolution only curriculum.".
We need to communicate to the Governor's office the voice of the people.
Ohio's science standards should reflect the will of the people- the people who support and pay for the education in this state- Ohio's taxpayers.
Without your voice heard we will not have fair and balanced science standards. It is imperative that you make your voice known to our Governor, Bob Taft. Governor Taft has appointed the majority(10) of the present 19 member Ohio State Board of Education. He must know how strongly Ohioans feel about this issue. Since he is up for re-election in November it is vital to let him know how strongly you feel about this issue. He has not publicly stated his views on this issue, but has quietly told Statehouse insiders that he will "side with elite science".. Please let him know that you do not want an evolution only set of science standards.
Your voice is needed - Contact him by calling Governor Bob Taft at 614-466-3555.
Please be polite, but firm on your position.
He needs to know that you will not support him if he does not support Ohioans on this issue.


text:
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho attended a special White House ceremony Thursday.
Carvalho was honored by President Barack Obama after he was named the country's top superintendent in February.
He tweeted a photo from the White House.
Obama invited top educators from across the country to be recognized for their hard work.
Copyright 2014 by Local10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Pete and Carla are students. One day they
look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete
wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive.
Later that day some coins are missing from the shop –
and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete.
What can you do in New York? Everything!
You can go to some of the world's most famous shops,
watch a baseball game, go to the top of a skyscraper,
see a concert in Central Park, eat a sandwich in a New
York deli, see a show in a Broadway theatre.
New York is big, noisy, and exciting, and it's waiting
for you. Open the book and come with us to this
wonderful city.
Tim Vicary
It is not always easy to be famous. And
for a famous, beautiful princess like Diana, life was
certainly very difficult at times. She was just twenty
years old when she married Prince Charles, and from that
moment millions of people around the world watched every
move she made. And so did the photographers, who
followed her everywhere - even on that terrible night in
Paris when Diana's young life ended.
This is the story of Boudicca, Alfred,
Henry VIII and many other kings and queens, some great,
some not so great. Each of them changed the history of
Britain. But to become queen in 1558, like Elizabeth I,
was very different from becoming queen in 1953, like
Elizabeth II. They have the same name, but the job is
very different. This book tells us just how it has
The Titanic was the most famous ship in
history. But what really happened to the Titanic on that
terrible April night in the North Atlantic? Why did it
hit an iceberg? Why did it sink? Why did more than one
thousand people die? This book looks at the true story -
and gives some of the answers.
Alan McLean
Anna is a new student at Oxford
University. When she arrives in Oxford, she meets Selim,
and they become good friends. But Selim is not English,
and living in a different country is not easy for him.
Anna tries to help – but she knows that her father isn't
going to like it.
Selim and Anna have each other. But is that enough? And
can they find true happiness together?
Donatella Fitzgerald
Some people in the world of sport are
heroes only because they are the best at their sport.
But the sportsmen and women in this book – Pelé, Magic
Johnson, Jennifer Capriati, Ellen MacArthur, and others
– are true heroes of sport not only because they are
champions, but because they live through bad times and
learn to be stronger people through sport.
Martin Sinclair
Following on from the success of our
popular reader, Sports Stars, this book presents another
three fascinating biographies. It follows the exciting
sporting careers of David Beckham, the Williams sisters
(Venus and Serena) and Pau Gasol from early childhood to
their achievement of world fame and success. The
biographies give a clear picture of the dedication and
hard work that it takes to get to the top.
Billy's parents decide to send him to a
boarding school near their home after the Christmas
holidays. At
first, Billy is angry but after he arrives at the school,
he is impressed by the amazing scenery and begins to
feel more enthusiastic. He likes his friendly roommates,
although on his first night at the school, Alan tries
to frighten Billy by telling him the legend of Duke
Sebastian. The Duke was killed in a bloody battle near
the school in 1651. His wife then killed herself, but
before she died, she promised to haunt the nearby lake
each year on 1st February, the anniversary of her
husband's death. People call her the Ghost of the Green
Lady because a green glow appears over the lake when she
comes into sight.
Oscar Wilde
In the summer of 1870, an artist, Basil
Hallward, is finishing the portrait of his friend,
Dorian Gray. Dorian is young, handsome and innocent, and
he is delighted with his beautiful portrait. But when
Dorian meets cynical Lord Henry Wotton, things start to
go wrong for him. Under Lord Henry's influence, Dorian's
life becomes wild and wicked and the portrait starts to
reflect these changes taking place in his personality.
This story is one of Oscar Wilde's best-known works.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson's famous novel is set in the
Highlands of Scotland in the middle of the 18th century
and tells the story of young David Balfour. David, an
orphan, has a series of adventures including an
attempted murder by his uncle, a kidnapping and a
shipwreck. Finally, with the help of his friend, Alan
Stewart, David manages to right the wrongs which have
been done to him.
Gaston Leroux
This classic horror story has been filmed
many times and even turned into a successful stage
musical. Erik the Phantom is cruelly disfigured and he
haunts the Paris Opera House using secret passages and
underground tunnels. This tragic love story has touched
generations of readers across the world.
Sue Leather
Brad and his girlfriend Gina love the
movies and go every Saturday night. They want to get
married but haven't got much money. Then one day, Brad
gets an idea from a movie about how to make a lot of
money - an idea that involves murder. But Brad's plan
doesn't go quite as he hoped and he discovers that real
life doesn't always have a happy ending.
Jane Austen
Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and
rich. She lives alone with her father, and spends a lot
of her time thinking about future husbands - for her
friends. When she meets Harriet Smith, a poor girl with
no family, Emma decides that she must find a husband for
her. Harriet is pleased to be Emma's friend - but will
Emma's matchmaking make Harriet happy?
Elaine O'Reilly
Charles Hatfield Baker III, one of the
richest men in New York City, suddenly disappears. His
daughter, Julia, wants to find him. The directors of his
company want power and money. Do they know where he is?
And what is Project Omega? Can Julia find her father and
save his company?
Henry James
A young woman arrives at a large country
house. Her job is to look after the two children who
live there, but she soon discovers that there is
something very strange about both the house and the
children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that
the two children are in danger - or is it that the
children are the danger, and the person in danger is
Rowena Akinyemi
Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to
begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going
to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan.
Cathy meets the children's father, their grandmother,
and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives
across the fields. But she doesn't meet Miranda, the
children's mother, because she is dead.
Jennifer Bassett
The President is dead!
A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to
rest. But there are people behind him - people with
lights, and dogs, and guns.
A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very
angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But
first he must find the other man, and bring him back -
dead or alive.
Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and
which will lose?
Long live the President!
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl.
She first comes to England when she is seven, and her
father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London.
Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad
at first, but she soon makes friends at school.
But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens,
and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in
the world . . .
Rowena Akinyemi
It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday.
She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a
small party - only four people. Four people, however,
who all need the same thing: they need her money. She
will not give them the money, so they are waiting for
her to die. And there are other people who are also
waiting for her to die.
But one person can't wait. And so, on her fiftieth
birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die.
Steve Flinders
Popular music - from Elvis to the present
day. In 1956, a young man called Elvis Presley made a
record that changed the history of music. Where he
started, others followed: Bob Dylan and The Beatles,
Madonna and Nirvana. This book looks at the way pop
music has changed and grown over the last forty years.
Jackie Maguire
In English-speaking countries around the
world people celebrate Easter, Valentine's Day,
Christmas, and other special days. Some celebrations are
new, like Remembrance Day and Mother's Day; others, like
the summer solstice, go back thousands of years.
What happens on these special days? What do people eat,
where do they go, what do they do? Why is there a
special day for eating pancakes? Who is the 'guy' that
children take onto the streets in November? And where do
many people like to spend the shortest night of the year
in England?
Come on a journey through a year of celebrations, from
New Year's Eve to Christmas.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world,
started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only
nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this
book about the future of computers and the Internet.
Read the ideas and dreams of a man who has changed the
Charles Dickens
Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and
money are more important than feelings and imagination.
After Cissy Jupe – a circus child – is left alone in the
world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after
her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and
Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard
times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage,
and Tom has problems at work.
In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of
feelings and imagination.
The United States in the 1950s and 60s
was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because
they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a
time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of
bombs and killings.
But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a
man of peace. 'I have a dream,' said Martin Luther King,
and it was a dream of blacks and whites living together
in peace and freedom. This is the story of an
extraordinary man, who changed American history in his
short life.
Peter Dainty
All he wanted to do was to marry the
woman he loved. But his country said 'No!'
He was Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, King of
India, King of Australia, and King of thirty-nine other
countries. And he loved the wrong woman.
She was beautiful and she loved him - but she was
already married to another man.
It was a love story that shook the world. The King had
to choose: to be King, or to have love . . . and leave
his country, never to return.
Edgar Allan Poe
The room was on the fourth floor, and the
door was locked - with the key on the inside. The
windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The
chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how
did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry
voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs?
Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.
Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think
more clearly than other people. The answers to the
mystery were all there, but only a clever man could see
Michael Duckworth
Mr James Conway wants to make money. He
wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to
build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti.
There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard;
and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man.
But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard,
friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr
Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible
mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead . . .
updated 13/10/12 Juani Tere Coronel Hilazo © 2008
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text: I've read the pros and cons of leaving fully loaded magazines sit for years. From what I can tell even the experts are divided on this question, with some claiming there should be no problem and others saying it's not a good practice. I haven't had the opportunity to go to the range in quite a few months and read that downloading the magazine by one round is a good way to "relax" the magazine spring if a loaded pistol is going to sit for sometime without being fired. What say you, GT members?


text:
Famitsu this week has a follow-up report on Resident Evil: Revelations for console and PC, announced by publisher Capcom yesterday morning.
The magazine boasts that the game is "not a simple port!" The levels have been upgraded, so hardly any of them resemble the original edition. There are vivid bloodstains on the floor, and the tempo has new creatures have given the tempo a great shift. Encounters with the original enemies now take place in different situations. When original enemies come out, it's a situation where you're pressed for a divergence of some sort.
Players can also sell weapons obtained in Raid Mode that they don't need.
Of course, the game's resolution has been upgraded. The imagery is more dramatic than the original 3DS release. The 3D models and lighting have been edited, as well, and the character CGs have been revised.
In Japan, the game is dubbed the "Unveiled Edition," because every step you take in the game is like a veil being lifted, according to producer Tsukasa Takenaka.
Capcom is also looking into incorporating an element similar to the StreetPass features from the 3DS version. There is an additional character, too (Hunk, confirmed yesterday). Capcom says if you enjoyed Resident Evil 6, you'll also enjoy Revelations.
Note: I think this is Famitu's "surprise new scoop" teased last week.
Thanks, Game Nyarth.


text:
Watch this space for news on developments and special events happening at Wollerton!
10 places available per workshop.
Venue: Ellerdine Heath, Shropshire
All Bookings please contact Judy
Mobile: 07792209646
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook: Beds & Borders Workshops
Christmas Wreath Workshop
Demonstration by Gill Yuile
(Artisan flower grower)
We are delighted to be welcoming back Val Bourne to lecture here at Wollerton Old Hall Garden in September 2016.
We were pleased to be included in Saturday's The Times article by Stephen Anderton, where he picked Britain's 20 most beautiful gardens to visit. He wrote "Colour is king at Wollerton, whether it's a carpet of grape hyacinths under pleached limes or a swathe of late summer perennials. Setting it off are hedges, immaculate domes of box, formal pools, and the tiniest of meadows. The whole thing is perfectly domestic, just right for the 16th-century timber-framed house. It's not gardening run amok, it's quality, personal stuff".
Join us over the Easter weekend and take part in our Easter Hunt. There are 9 clues hidden in the garden and your job is to find them! Complete the hunt and claim your chocolate prize!
Open Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Easter Hunts take place between 12pm and 4pm.
John, Lesley and the staff would like to thank the 120 stalwarts who came to our winter wander and endured less than perfect conditions i.e. 3 degress c and sleety rain. Hopefully the specialist snowdrops, hellebores, hamamelis and of course the food made up for all that and we can now look forward to a balmy Easter starting on 3rd April.
'144 inspiring things to do in 2015'
In the last edition of Country Life 2014, they feature '12 best in 12 categories' of the wonders Britain has to offer; Gardens to visit, fabulous festivals, celebrations of rural life, historic anniversaries, car events, floating spectacles, wildlife, pubs, Arts blockbusters, seasonal eating, fieldsports and national treasures.
Wollerton has been voted one of the 12 gardens to visit in 2015! Other gardens in the same category include Bodnant in Clwyd and Chatsworth in Derbyshire.
We are thrilled to have been nominated in the 'Top 10 Formal Gardens' category by Executive Vice President of the RHS, Jim Gardiner.
We would like to say a big 'thank you' to Joe Wainwright, award winning photographer for our new home page image. Joe took this beautiful photograph of the Rill during the summer, earlier this year.
Please visit his website for more stunning images
It has been pointed out to us that Wollerton appears in the above book which was published in 2012.


text:
Bill Freeman, Tennessee Democrats' top fundraiser and a possible candidate for governor in 2018, is calling for the Tennessee Democratic Party to bring in a new party chair to replace Mary Mancini after Democrats suffered yet another round of sweeping losses in state legislative races last week.
"After a loss like this, I think we've got to look at every option including a new chair," Freeman told The Tennessean.
"Much like in the NFL if a coach is 0-16, he might be the greatest guy in the world, but we're all interested in results and this was a terrible failure on the part of all Democrats," he said. "We've got to change direction and find new leadership and a new direction."
Mancini, a liberal activist from Nashville, has served as chair of the state party for the past two years after replacing former chairman Roy Herron. Her term expires in January, when the Tennessee Democratic Party's Executive Committee will meet to vote on a chair. She confirmed she plans on seeking another two-year term.
"All I can tell you is I'm running for chair again," Mancini said when asked about Freeman's comments.
Freeman plans to outline his criticism in a letter Monday to the Tennessee Democratic Party's Executive Committee.
Tennessee Democrats are licking their wounds after watching Republicans expand their supermajority in the House to 74 of the 99 seats following last week's election and hold their Republican majority 28 to 5. Republican Donald Trump finished with more than 61 percent of the vote in Tennessee, eclipsing margins of both Mitt Romney in 2012 and John McCain in 2008.
"We are going to review everything that we've done, and we're going to learn from our successes and from our mistakes and move forward," Mancini said.
The only Republican incumbent who lost reelection was Rep. Steve McManus, R-Shelby County, who fell to Democrat Dwayne Thompson.
Tennessee Democrats this year deployed a strategy of recruiting women to run against Republican incumbents in state legislative races. But none of the 20 Democratic women who were part of that effort won on Tuesday.
Mancini said she believes the strategy was nonetheless significant for the party because it helped Democrats recruit candidates who she said "were capable, smart and cared about our Democratic values."
"Nothing is impossible," she said of Democrats' chances moving forward in Tennessee. "I think what we have to do is keep building on what we've accomplished in the last two years, which is a lot, and then have to move forward and take the lessons from this election cycle and learn from them."
Freeman, a wealthy real estate professional who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Nashville last year despite an enormous cash advantage, is the state's top donor for Democrats. He kicked off the election cycle this year by giving a $100,000 check to House Democrats and contributed individually to Tennessee Democratic candidates and the state party throughout the year.
He also served as a campaign finance bundler for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, which involved hosting multiple fundraisers for Clinton including one at his Forest Hills home. Freeman is currently weighing a Democratic run for governor, saying he would likely make a decision by early next year.
Freeman and other Democrats are already floating a possible candidate to run against Mancini — Holly McCall, a recent Democratic candidate who lost by a lopsided margin last week to Republican Sam Whitson in the House District 65 race in Williamson County to replace ousted Republican Rep. Jeremy Durham.
Freeman said he would support McCall if she decided to run for the chairman position
"I think she would bring a breath of fresh air, energy, hard-working commitment," Freeman said. "And we need to give others an opportunity to serve."
McCall said she is interested in seeking the chair position but did offer any criticism of Mancini.
"Just in the last few days, I've had several prominent members of Democratic leadership contact me to express their desire to see me run for state party chair," she said. "I'm honored that they looked at the way I ran my campaign and have reached out to me. I'm interested and I'm going to take the next week or so and mull it over."
Reach Joey Garrison at 615-259-8236 and on Twitter @joeygarrison.


text:
|Page 1 of 3:
|[1] [2] [3]
|25 reviews in total
Hervey Allen's great blockbuster novel Anthony Adverse, a major seller
during the Depression Years provided both its leads, Fredric March and
Olivia DeHavilland with some choice roles in their respective careers.
The book turned out to be a one hit wonder for its author, but it
certainly allowed him to live comfortably. Something like that other
blockbuster novel Gone With the Wind did for its author which also gave
Olivia DeHavilland an even bigger role in her career.
Imagine if you will a Charles Dickens hero like Pip or David Copperfield born in very humble circumstances, but escaping to lead a life of high adventure away from the Dickensian settings of Victorian Great Britain and you've got Anthony Adverse. The supporting characters in the book and film could have also come from Dickens.
Young Anthony is the product of an affair between a young officer, Louis Hayward, and the wife of a Spanish diplomat, Anita Louise. Husband Claude Rains kills Hayward in a duel and when his wife dies in childbirth, leaves the infant at a convent. The nuns give him the name of Anthony Adverse as the boy arrives on St. Anthony's Day and is a child of adversity if there ever was one.
The grown up Anthony, played by Fredric March is apprenticed to his maternal grandfather Edmund Gwenn who does not know it as doesn't March at first. A sly and cunning housekeeper, Gale Sondergaard in her screen debut, puts the puzzle together, but she's got an agenda of her own which later meshes with the dissipated and dissolute Rains.
March also falls for young Olivia DeHavilland who is an aspiring opera singer who also wants some of the finer things in life. Though they marry and have a son, both take different paths on a quest for material security and comfort.
Anthony Adverse was a good follow up role for Olivia DeHavilland after Captain Blood. In both she's a crinolined heroine which she was destined to be cast as in her career at Warner Brothers. Still this part has a lot more to it than most of those she was doing at that time in her career.
March was 39 when he made Anthony Adverse, still he's a good enough player to gradually age into the part. The story does take place over a long period of years, right into the Napoleonic era from 1773 when Anthony is born.
Edmund Gwenn's character is pure Dickens, the Scot's merchant John Bonnyfeather (even the name) could easily have been Fezziwick from A Christmas Carol. Gale Sondergaard as the housekeeper could have been the bloodless Jane Murdstone combined with the vengeful Madame DeFarge.
Sondergaard won the first Best Supporting Actress Oscar given out for her performance. It set a pattern of villainous female roles which she played until she got blacklist troubles in the late Forties.
The novel was a lengthy one and Warner Brothers should have had something as long as Gone With the Wind in order to be really faithful to the book. Jack Warner didn't want to take a chance, but he did get a product that caught all the main points the author was trying to make.
Even today with it's magnificent Erich Wolfgang Korngold score which also won an Oscar and its photography by Tony Gaudio, also a winner Anthony Adverse holds up very well for today's audience. Fans of March and DeHavilland should love it as will others.
Fredric March, usually such a fine actor, was unable to give more than a wooden performance in the title role of 'Anthony Adverse'. Warner Bros. would have been better off using their up-and-coming new star, Errol Flynn, for this one--giving us the chance to see him paired once again with Olivia de Havilland. There are no sparks between March and de Havilland--he seems too old for the role despite clever make-up attempts to make him look suitable. But aside from the fact that he is miscast, there is a lot to admire about the film itself. For one thing, Claude Rains and Gale Sondergaard make the most memorable pair of villains ever seen in a 1930s movie. The sequence where they cause a coach and driver to go off a cliff is given an extra punch by their dialog. "He was my favorite coachman," says Rains dryly. "The coach was rather handy too," quips Sondergaard. Giving other outstanding performances are Edmund Gwenn, Louis Hayward, Anita Louise, Donald Woods and Akim Tamiroff. Some of the acting styles seem dated, as are the titles that connect the time span. The best-seller was a bulky 1,200 pages from which the scriptwriter trimmed the story down considerably, excluding whole segments of the book and still ending up with a film well over two hours. Strange how the celebrated novel is barely remembered today. The opera scenes with Olivia de Havilland are interesting. She was a radiant young beauty at the time but could have used a better technique in her lip sync to the lyrics. Interesting historical drama of the Napoleonic era with Rains and Sondergaard giving the best performances. I've written articles on both of them for CLASSIC IMAGES, inspired by their performances in this film.
Today both Hervey Allen and his novel, Anthony Adverse, are all but forgotten, as is the 1936 Mervyn Leroy adaptation. Allen has never been granted a biography or a critical study( one could also say the same thing about Mervyn Leroy) while both the novel and the film are dismissed as over blown, prolix "white elephants". This is not entirely fair. Allens 1200 page colossus was the greatest best seller of its day, and was only surpassed when Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With The Wind, while Leroys film isn't bad. In fact it is pretty good, in its own way. First of all, Leroy managed to condense Allens erudite, baroque epic into the space of a two -hour, black and white film. In doing so, he managed to retain most of the novels elaborate religious symbolism( Allen seems to have been either a Lapsed, but still affectionate Catholic or an Episcopalian of the "high church " variety with a fascination with Priests, The Virgin Mary, and Crucifixion symbols), all of the colorful characters( Allen seems to have ransacked Tolstoy, Dickens, Dumas, and Balzac for ideas.), and most of the action.( the carriage chase in the Alps is one of the great "scenes" of thirties cinema). The film has also retained the novels plot, or most of it. One would not know, for example, that the hero ends up dying rather UNheroically in Texas sometime in the early eighteen twenties, or that the book has a truly bizarre, ambiguous epilogue in which "white trash" settlers of Texas from Missouri stumble across the statuette of the virgin and the ruins of Adverses estate.The great problem with the book -and with the film- is that Anthony Adverse is NOT a heroic figure. He is played upon, not player, a passive, frequently humiliated victim of adversity. Clearly, Allen wanted to make him a philosophical hero, not a swashbuckler. He is a clerk, for heavens sake. Most of the time, he is engaged in capitalist transactions of some sort, instead of sword-play. ( indeed, the only sword- play in the movie is between the villainous Don Luis and Anthony's father.)The basic action is simple. One Priest gives Anthony a mind,by teaching him. Another gives him a soul, by reminding him that slavery is a sin( Incidentally, the film is a powerful indictment of slavery and racism). Finally, Olivia De Havillands character gives him a heart, by introducing him to the son he never knew he had. March-a very fine actor at his best- seems curiously flat and passive in the role of Adverse. The truly great performances are by Claude Rains and Gale Sondergaard as the over the top super-villains. Rains exhudes decadence, arrogance and sadism, while Sondergaard won the first best supporting actress Oscar, simply by grinning satanically for two hours.
I have not read the largely forgotten book on which this movie is
My favorite films are from the early 30's to the mid 40's. The cast in this film is stellar, including some of my favorite leads and supporting actors. I love costume dramas and adventures set in exotic places. However, with all of those factors to prejudice me in favor of Anthony Adverse, I was hugely disappointed.
The plot seems okay. The sets and costumes are excellent. The cast, as I already mentioned, is stellar (in the credits!). The score seems appropriate. The expensive production shows throughout. The reason this film is so unsatisfying is rather puzzling. I think it may be one of those times everybody from the director on down was simply going through the motions. Hard to believe, given the cast. But they all seem so - not just two-dimensional, but - lifeless. Perhaps, as one other reviewer suggests, this film would have been better if de Havilland had been teamed with Errol Flynn instead of Frederic March. I don't remember seeing Flynn ever give a less than energetic performance.
Frederic March, one of America's greats, fails to create a character that I could like, sympathize with or root for with any enthusiasm. In fact enthusiasm is what he seems to lack in this role. Olivia de Havilland is somewhat better, but this is one of her least impressive performances. Gale Sondergaard did very little to receive an academy award. The appearances of Louis Heyward and Anita Louise are entirely too short. I like both, and I would have liked more of them and less of March and de Havilland. Perhaps they should have reversed roles...
Edmund Gwenn delivers a typically endearing performance in a typical Edmund Gwenn role. Henry O'Neill is usually very interesting, because he plays both sides of the fence - both good and bad guys. Here, his father Xavier is far more enjoyable than Pedro De Cordoba's Father Francoise.
The only bright spot in this under-achieving ensemble is Claude Rains. He, too, plays both good and bad guys. Here he is an aristocratic charmer and schemer - despicable and deceitful. He is great! In the scene where he laughs demonically, he sends a chill up my spine. Thank you, Mr. Rains, for delivering a great, under-appreciated performance, in an otherwise deservedly forgotten film.
At film's end, I felt like I had read a 1200 page novel - and simultaneously like I had no interest in reading THIS one.
Anthony Adverse was nominated for best picture of 1936! This is really
hard to believe. What's even more difficult to fathom is that Gale
Sondergaard was voted best supporting actress for her portrayal of
Faith Paleologus, a vicious, cunning, sinister woman. This was
Sondergaard's first film and she would begin her long career playing
such evil parts.
The movie started out interesting enough as Claude Rains killed Louis Hayward, (Denis) the lover of Maria ( a beautiful Anita Louise.) Rains, a Spanish diplomat, was married to Maria. Hayward and Maria conceived their child only for Maria to die in childbirth.
Maria's father, Mr. Bonnyfeather, was admirably played by Edmund Gwenn. When I read the book, I knew that the part of Bonnyfeather would be played by Gwenn. He was perfect for the part.
Rains conveniently drops off the baby to a convent. The child grows up to be played by Fredric March and he becomes an apprentice to Bonnyfeather, not realizing that this is his grandfather. Faith is the housekeeper to Bonnyfeather who shall inherit his money providing that Anthony is out of the way.
The picture becomes uneven and even starts to drag when Anthony is sent to Africa to recover his grandfather's fortune. It is there that he is drawn into the slave trade.
The ending of the film is a real downer. It just goes to show you that unhappiness seems to be inherited as well.
Frederic March is "Anthony Adverse" in this 1936 film that also stars
Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Anita Louise Gail Sondergaard,
Donald Woods, Edmund Gwenn and Louis Hayward. Anita Louise and Hayward
both have small roles as illicit lovers in the beginning of the film -
she's married to Marquis de Luis (Claude Rains) and dies giving birth
to a son by Denis (Hayward). The evil marquis drops the baby off at a
convent, where he lives until he is 10 years old. Then he is adopted by
a merchant, Mr. Bonnyfeather (Gwenn), who happens to be his
grandfather. Bonnyfeather sees his daughter in the boy's (Billy Mauch)
angelic face. This beautiful little boy grows up to be a blond Frederic
March, who has been given the name Anthony Adverse. He's in love with
Angela (de Havilland), an aspiring opera singer, but goes to Africa to
recover his grandfather's fortune rather than stay with her. There he
becomes involved in slave trading. When he returns, things have changed
for Angela - and for him.
The film is based on a best-selling book, and I have to agree that both the film and the book seem forgotten today, as is the director, Mervyn Leroy. March is wrong for the role - he doesn't convey enough charisma, for one thing - certainly Brian Aherne or Errol Flynn would have been much more compelling. March was a wonderful actor but he needed a strong director to get him away from being "stagy," and this type of role was never his métier anyway. The gorgeous ingénue de Havilland gives a lovely performance, but the standouts are the villains - Sondergaard, as Bonnyfeather's housekeeper and Claude Rains as the marquis.
TCM gives this movie very high stars, probably based on the fact that it won four Oscars (one for Sondergaard who doesn't do much but look snide) and that it was nominated for Best Picture in 1936. The pickings must have been slim. This is a good film, with an exciting carriage chase in the mountains and some brutal scenes of slave trading, but it's hard to keep interested in it. Adverse isn't terribly likable, for one thing. It's the story of a man and how he is molded into a human being by two priests and a woman. It's a lofty idea that doesn't quite make it onto the screen.
Fredric March stars as the title character, an orphan boy discarded due to his illegitimacy, who overcomes much adversity throughout his life. He is raised in a convent and adopted by a wealthy merchant, Edmund Gwenn, at the age of ten. He learns the business, but is shipped to Havana around the time of the French Revolution. Before he departs, it is learned that he has married the daughter of a servant, Olivia DeHavilland. He is thought lost at sea by all, but is actually in Africa running a slave trade, with his heart blackening the whole time. From there, the tale takes many twists as Anthony must find goodness in his heart again, and DeHavilland may be the key. The drama is a bit heavy-handed and some overacting is present. Claude Rains and Gale Sondergaard make great antagonists, and Sondergaard won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance.
I really appreciate Joseph Harder's review--as I have never read the
original book nor do I think it likely I ever will. His insights are
helpful in giving background for this film.
ANTHONY ADVERSE is a film that is probably better quality-wise than the 6 I scored the film. For a 1930s epic, it is obvious that the studio spared few expenses and tried very hard to create a sweeping saga. The problem, though, is that despite all the efforts of those involved, this is exactly the sort of costume drama that I dislike. Now this is my personal taste, but I also feel that most modern viewers will also be a bit put off by the style of film. In essence, this film would have played much better back in 1936 than it would today.
The film is the life story of Anthony Adverse--a boy orphaned shortly after birth. How all this came to be as well as his life leading to his eventual move to America is shown in the film. At first Anthony is a likable sort and you care about him--he really got screwed when it came to his childhood. However, later in the film he unexpectedly became a major jerk--devoting many years to the slave trade as well as practically abandoning his new bride! Because of this, no matter how Adverse eventually turns his life around, you can't help but either hate him or at best feel indifference. As a result, it's a very hard sell for everyone involved in the film and it's hard for audiences today to care about the man.
As for the technical merits, the film is directed well, has many lovely performances (including Olivia DeHavilland at her most radiant) and has a fitting musical score. While the film was not made in color, practically none of the films of the day were, so this can be forgiven. It's too bad that the film is a bit dull and the character so unlikable--because of this, some may feel that devoting almost two and a half hours to this film just isn't worth it. Overall, I see it as a well made time-passer and that's about it.
The main pleasure this film gives me is the music in it by Erich Korngold, and especially the African scene around the dying of the Priest. He used the same theme in his only Symphony and in other works to. The film's main story was a wonderful vehicle for Korngold's creating genius to have full reign in the emotion department. Long may romantic music be heard if the nasty music critics will allow it. They are very guilty of suppressing some of the most beautiful music to be written or heard in this life. Example, Eugene D'Albert's magnificent Opera "Tiefland" do we ever hear it on any classical music programme? No ! I rest my case. The film is very enjoyable and all the cast were superb, but Oh how they compressed the story, the book I believe is very long and attempting to Hollywood it didn't really do the book justice. However it remains one of my favourites. Is there anyone else out there who loves Korngold's music, if so, please get in touch with me. here is my E mail address email@example.com Thank you. R. Loach
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This jumbo story of a man's ups and downs in Napoleonic Europe -- and
Cuba and Africa -- appeared as a novel in the depths of the Great
Depression, when people must have had a lot of time to read. I doubt
that it's much read today because its appeal is for such a limited
audience. The film adapted from it is more than two hours long and
pretty dull.
It was directed by a seasoned pro but you wouldn't know it. The casting and editing are clumsy, and everyone except Anthony Adverse (Frederick March) overacts. You expect a bit of ham from performers like J. Carrol Naish but not from the delicate and beautiful Olivia De Havilland. (Wardrobe has at least given her some daring necklines, which didn't happen often.) The plot? An illegitimate boy starts out with nothing, grows up, gains power and wealth, realizes it doesn't mean much, and takes off with his son to start a new life in a New World.
Casting got the two leads right. March and De Havilland look right for their parts. But the rest of the cast -- well. As is usual in these epics, there are good people and bad people. Aside from a few harmless comics. You know how you can tell the good from the bad here? The good look good; the bad look ugly. Take the greedy housekeeper in the millionaire's estate, Gail Sondergaard. Her every smile is an evil sneer. Those teeth could gnaw their way through an anchor chain in no time. She does her best to cheat March out of his inheritance and, failing that, she marries a Spanish Count by means of extortion.
A bonus point for the score. When you get tired of watching Frederick March wrestling with his conscience, or the supporting players conniving to screw up his life, you can listen to Eric Wolfgang Korngold's magnificent music.
|Page 1 of 3:
|[1] [2] [3]
|Plot summary
|External reviews
|Parents Guide
|Plot keywords
|Main details
|Your user reviews
|Your vote history


text:
"Whereas the annual North Shore winter report is typically awash in near-mythical accounts of flawless waves and intrepid surfers, the winter of 2006/2007 proved to be…decent. No worries—where the remarkable may have been limited in the water, the sideshows did not disappoint. So welcome to our Hawaii coverage, mired in lowlights from a sub-par year on the North Shore, which—face it—in the end, is still the best place to be "
"'Now that the average surf fan can compete for serious prizes in SURFER Magazine's Fantasy Surfer competition, our annual Top 44 review has taken on added significance. In case you didn't know, the surf world is a pretty incestuous place, so the average fantasysurfer.com player needs help competing against the surfing pros and industry heavies at their own game. This year, we're doing our best to help you know as much as we do about the new crop of WCT talent. The following unflinching assessment of this year's field is backed up with some stats and inside information that we're privy to in our lofty positions (wink). Here's hoping you put it to good use with your friends."
The SURFER Interview: Jamie Sterling
"Relatively small in stature, with a cropped thatch of dirty-blond hair and a quiet, unassuming demeanor—if you saw Jamie Sterling in an airport, a place where he spends a good deal of his time these days, you'd probably walk right past him. You see, with his own, understated style, there are no outward signs that scream "surfer"—no oversized shades, tilted trucker hat, or entourage of photographers buzzing about. And that's perfectly fine with the 25-year-old Hawaiian. He garners his respect not from trophies on the mantel or oversized checks on the wall, but from his unflinching bravery in waves that 99.9% of the surfers in the world want no part of. Ask any waterman in the world, from Chile to Hawaii to South Africa to West Oz, and you'll find that, without question—and whether you know it or not—Sterling is one of the premier members of big-wave riding's 21st-century vanguard."