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(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) "Close Your Eyes" is a British paranormal thriller directed by Nick Willing and based on the novel "Dr. Sleep" by Madison Smartt Bell. Though unread by me, judging by the film, "Dr. Sleep" appears to be of the Dan Brown progeny (or perhaps it's the other way around) where a mysterious and ancient religious sect supplies the film with its many twists and turns. Not surprisingly, old church buildings dotting the London cityscape factor heavily as plot devices. Eventually, of course, a main character connects the church locations on a map to form an important religious symbol, the purpose of which seems to be for no apparent reason. Someday a prodigious spoofster will mock this retread sequence and the map locations will connect to form Mickey Mouse smoking a cigarette, or maybe Bill Gates eating the earth. I can't wait.
In the meantime, Willing has made a film where Goran Visnjic (TV's "ER") plays Dr. Michael Strother, a London hypnotherapist who makes his living curing people of their smoking habit. One of his patients is a gloomy cop named Janet Losey (Shirley Henderson), in whom he confides that he has the telepathic ability to see his patient's thoughts when they are under hypnosis. Janet has been working a case involving a little girl (Sophie Stuckey) who was once kidnapped by a ritualistic serial killer but managed to escape. Unfortunately the girl, who has been rendered catatonic from the trauma, cannot assist the police in finding the killer.
After Michael proves his telepathic ability, Janet quickly enlists him to help her extract details about the killer from the little girl. At first blush, the killer in question appears to be a sadist of unexplored proportions. He enjoys tattooing his victims with religious symbols and injecting his blood into their veins, resulting in unfortunate ends for those with dissimilar blood types. Janet believes that Michael can persuade the girl to reveal clues about the killer before he strikes again.
Michael lives up to his billing, sort of, and through hypnosis gets the girl to utter some gibberish that turns out to be an ancient language spoken only by the leader of a mysterious religious sect from the 15th Century. This new revelation leads the pair to the roots of the ancient cult and to an 18th Century London architect (ah! a church designer) who was a devout follower. On the way Michael and Janet seek the assistance of a paranormal symbologist (Paddy Considine, "In America") who educates them on some of the finer points of the cult and how it could be linked to the motives of the killer.
Those of you who are still with me should be impressively confused by now, as was I. All the nonsense presented about 15th Century cult leaders, 18th Century architects, and how they may or may not affect the killer's motives and a young girl's speech impediment, is less than stimulating to say the least. The movie presents little in the form of explanation to sustain its fictional narrative besides a few one-liners from the main characters that Band-Aids gaping holes in the story. In short, the historical fiction that the script leans on to support the plausibility of the story is never plausible itself, and eventually the film begins spinning its tires in mud of its own making.
A similar problem exists with the Michael character. People normally don't enjoy the ability to visualize the mental impressions of others, and the film is incredibly coy about the source of Michael's gifts. He basically shows up on screen and begins reading minds and the audience is left to accept the premise with no explanation. There was a reason Patrick Stewart could read minds in "X-Men" (he was a mutant). While watching "Close Your Eyes", I found myself wondering what else Michael could do. Can he fly? Walk on water? Lower my insurance premiums?
Despite the defects of "Close Your Eyes", the last half hour breathes life into an otherwise tired and confusing thriller. The killer turns out not to be such a sadist after all, but more of a paranormal artisan serving a powerful master. His torture methods are not just the product of a twisted mind, but rather a means to an end — and the means don't seem nearly as bizarre when you understand the end.
That's not to say the movie makes any sense. "Close Your Eyes" is ridiculous, but the last act elevates it to the kind of ridiculous that is worth watching despite itself.
Nick Willing (director) / Madison Smartt Bell (novel), William Brookfield, Nick Willing (screenplay)
CAST: Goran Visnjic …. Dr. Michael Strother
Paddy Considine …. Elliot Spruggs
Shirley Henderson …. Janet Losey
Miranda Otto …. Clara Strother


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FALLBROOK – Recently, in celebration of Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday, the students of Fallbrook Street School held many special events. The third grade students of Ms. DuPre's dual immersion class wrote, illustrated and published their own autobiographies with the publishing company Studentreasures.
All of the students included acrostic poems about themselves written in Spanish in their books. On Friday, March 1, student council officers interviewed their talented fellow students. Ethan Ellefsen said, "I enjoyed drawing the pictures the most." Fernando Resendez said, "If I could redo my book, I wouldn't change a thing." For Jason Rodriguez, "My favorite part of the process was writing details about myself in the story."
Kelly Velasquez said, "My favorite drawing I did was the cover" while Andrea Rodriguez said, "My favorite thing I wrote about was how my friends care about me." Naiya Kurnik said, "My teacher inspired me while writing."
Once each of the student's books were published and returned to them, they took the opportunity of reading them to second grade classes during that special week. All of the young authors had a lot of fun creating and publishing their own autobiographies.
Submitted by Fallbrook Street School Student Council officers Anna Anderson, Tatyana Melendez, Vivienne Nash, Vanessa Hernandez and Emily Graham.

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"Texas Radio" refers to high power Mexican radio stations that blasted into Texas in the 1950s. Not restricted by American regulations these stations, whose call letters started with X, could have up to 150,000 watts. Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek both heard Wolfman Jack on one.
This is a spoken word piece of Jim Morrison's poetry accompanied by John Densmore's drums. Morrison wrote the lyrics years before this was recorded, and used to perform it as a poem.
The verse, "Comes out of the Virginia swamps cool and slow with plenty of precision with a back beat narrow and hard to master" is most likely a reference to Morrison's first real experience with the music scene. From 1958 to 1960 Morrison lived in Alexandria, Virginia and frequented the Juke Joints (blues clubs) on Route 1 just north of Fort Belvoir where Black Blues musicians would play on Friday and Saturday nights. That area where the Juke Joints used to be is right on the eastern edge of a swamp.
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In 1968, the lyrics were published in a Doors souvenir book.
Morrison's vocal was double-tracked to make it stand out.
The phrase "Stoned Immaculate" came from a lyric in this song: "Out here we is stoned immaculate." That phrase became the title for a 2000 Doors tribute album featuring the surviving members as well as Aerosmith, The Cult,
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Since Texas Radio refers to high powered Mexican radio stations broadcasting across the border to the U.S., perhaps the lyric "Comes out of the Virginia swamps cool and slow with plenty of precision with a back beat narrow and hard to master" is a reference to Wolfman Jack who began his career in Newport News, VA and then continued to a Mexican station across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas where, according to Wikipedia, Jim Morrison heard him for the first time, inspiring this song.
Cholula - Austin, Tx
Shane - no, probably not. WASP as an ethnic/social designation tends to refer more to white mainline Protestants (e.g. Episcopalians and Methodists), with additional possible connotations of the entrenched Northeastern upper class and its institutions (like the Ivy League). It doesn't include charismatics like Pentecostals, or "born-again" type evangelical congegregations (though individual members may themselves be WASP by heritage).
James - Los Angeles, Ca
"No eternal reward..." I love this part too, especially where Robbie charges into his solo at "wasting the dawn".
"Out here on the perimeter there are no stars" sounds like an allusion to Asimov's Foundation trilogy. It's mentioned in the books that the Foundation planet was at the very remote edge of the galaxy, and the sky was virtually starless. Is it possible? I never heard that Jim Morrison read any sci-fi.
James - Los Angeles, Ca
I always thought the WASP was as in 'We Are So Perverted'...
Amanda - Curtiba, Brazil
@ larry newton,
one of the facts about this song actually states that the vocal was double taped, so of course it sounds loud and clear. LMAO
@ shane,
agreed about the use of WASP. makes me wonder what "the big beat" was?
Gaz - Bristol, Uk, United Kingdom
texas radio refers to a metaphysical jail which inundates a victim with hyper watts of energy or elf or other metaphysics...but regarding radio waves...it overloads a persons energy field and causes them to become all z'd out and vibrating, but unable to convert the actual built up energy into lambda enrgy, i.e. useable energy...force..so they SPIN...the conversion of a personal energy field consists of converting mass or fuel into energy by burning it with 'c' or light or as jim morrison calls it GOD...TEXAS RADIO STIFFLES THIS ABILITY AND MAKES THE PERSON 'GODLESS' a spiritual neuter...f--ked...in the matrix of THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Kaila - Milwaukee, Wi
It is about Mexican radio stations broadcasting across the border in the '50s and '60s. ZZ Top's "Heard It On the 'X'" deals with the same theme.
Mac - Evanston, Il
This is the land where the pharaoh died!
Amazing lines within the entire song/poem
I also love the line:
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping !!
Real Cool Jim M.
Summer - Jacksonville, Fl
ahahaha I always say "prety good, pretty neat" now! ever sice I saw the movie (which i belive is incorrect in nearly every way, the music is the only good thing about it) cute little saying, I like it:)
Nady - Adelaide, Australia
It references some stuff, but isn't it just nonsense?
Walker - Clackamas, Or
"no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn"
single most awsome quote by jim morrison i can think of. i say this to people all the time,,especialy when im arguing with christians
Bellow - Jacksonville, American Samoa
The verse "Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision, with a back beat narrow and hard to master..." is most likely a reference to Jim Morrison's first exposure to Blues Music in Virginia right around 1959 to 1960. Morrison lived in Alexandria VA at the time and used to frequent the Juke Joints (night clubs) just north of Ft. Belvoir on Route 1, where black blues musicians always played. The area where I grew up in Virginia is about 1 mile west as the crow flies from that exact area on route 1 and is separated by several hundred acres of swampland with Route 1 being right on the eastern edge of it.
Steve - Alexandria, Va
JIms early work was phenomenal, but his later work surely surpasses his early work, the band seems to have found the sound that works best for them, a brilliant mix of rock and blues. The beat of this song cant be beat. The poetry and powerful voice of this songs makes it one of my favorite songs for my favorite band.
Tristan - Philadelphia, Pa
I second that, Jonathan of Florida- this is my second favorite Doors tune... no matter HOW drugged out he was, he STILL will be the undisputed American Poet. R.I.P., Jim Douglas Morrison.
Steven - West Carrollton, Oh
This is such a cool song, it's just unlike anything that had been recorded at the time. If anyone disagrees, I challenge them to find something that's anything like this.
Jonathon - Clermont, Fl
Pretty good, pretty neat..........
Douglas - Melbourne, Fl
if the WASP is a radio station, it would have to be East of the Mississippi River, because that is how radio stations are named. East= "W" prefix, West= "K" prefix.
Keith - Thebes, Il
I think there's a minor mistake in the lyrics. I think the line should read "...wrought iron soul", not 'raw'.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's a reference to the medieval torture device.
Todd - Middletown, Ny
could the radio station name "WASP" also be refering to the word WASP, used as an abbriviation for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"? fairly prominant in the south there......from what ive read jim wasnt exactly happy with those types as the govt and even his father was that style of person.....
Shane - San Francisco, Ca
This song always reminds me that Jim Morrison easily could have been a radio announcer if he hadn't been a singer. Such clarity and volume from an amazing voice. Morrison's voice was far superior to most of the singers of that period and today, too.
Long live Jim Morrison!
Larry - Newton, Nc
"No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn". Another fantastic line!
Oskar - Bilbao, Spain
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars- what an awesome line.
Brian - Mayfield Heights, Oh
Refers to an FSU radio station. Jim went there for two years
Chad - Orlando, Fl
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ST. PAUL - Minnesota's state budget will be completed before the Legislature ends its session Monday night, legislative leaders pledged after leaving negotiations early Sunday.
"It's very do-able," House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, said.
Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, another Minneapolis Democrat, agreed and said talks can go right up to the midnight Monday adjournment deadline.
"We don't think there will be a special session under any circumstance," Pogemiller added.
"We need a little bit more time to get some information," Kelliher said when she and Pogemiller left the governor's office at 1:45 a.m. Sunday. "We have some people out there working."
Negotiations continued off and on through the day and night Saturday and early Sunday as legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Pawlenty discussed compromises to finish a $35 billion, two-year budget.
Health, education and tax issues appeared to be the major matters left unresolved Saturday night.
Legislative leaders and Pawlenty have met regularly since Tuesday and by late Friday sounded like they were near a budget deal. Early Saturday, talks ended with a glum attitude from leaders, who on Saturday began sending budget bills through committees without Pawlenty's backing.
Pawlenty has approved just $2.6 billion worth of spending out of the $35 billion budget, after vetoing most of the rest of the budget because it spends more than he wanted.
Only a few Minnesota lawmakers were involved in deciding how to craft a two-year state budget on Saturday, leaving most of the 201 legislators sitting on the sidelines frustrated.
Sen. Keith Langseth, DFL-Glyndon, disagreed with Pogemiller and said he thinks lawmakers will miss their Monday constitutional deadline to finish.
"I don't see any way we're going to get out of here on time," the veteran lawmaker said.
A first-term lawmaker, Democrat Rep. Dave Olin of Thief River Falls, said his concerns increase as time goes on.
"I get frustrated," Olin said. "But I'm a realist. This is how the system works."
The one constant that's existed in recent special sessions, Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm said, has been "the Pawlenty factor."
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Lawmakers still must pass bills funding public schools, higher education, health and human services, economic development and state agencies. An agreement on taxes also is needed.
Legislators also are considering overturning a Pawlenty veto of a transportation funding bill that would increase the state gasoline tax.
Without a budget, the Legislature would need to return for a special session. A new budget needs to be passed by July 1 or state government would face a shutdown.
House-Senate committees responsible for crafting the remaining six budget bills met sporadically Saturday but had little to do without an agreement among Pawlenty and key lawmakers about how much money can be spent in each area.
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Discussion in 'English Only' started by twinklestar, Sep 30, 2008.
Can I write "have" to "ve" in the following sentence?
I've a book.
I guess grammitcally you can say that, but it sounds awkward to me.
"I have a book that I think you would enjoy reading."
"I've got a book that I think you would enjoy reading."
You can write it that way if you would actually say it that way. Usually, though, (and there are exceptions) when "have" is contracted, it is the auxiliary verb "have", and not "have" meaning "to possess".
Thank you, guys.
The contraction of "I have" is rarely said in such short sentences, particularly where "have" is the main verb and not an auxiliary one. For example: "I've got a lot of books", where the verb to get takes the place of the main verb, even though "have" is sufficient as the verb of possession. The verb to have may be abbreviated in longer sentences, even if it is the main verb: "I've a book you might be interested in". However this tends to be restricted to spoken English and, I think, is unlikely to be seen in writing.
I've a book is English but not American English.
In spoken English, it's said all the time. "I've been to England to see the Queen", "I've just bought a new car", etc.
In casual writing such as letters or e-mails to friends and acquaintances, it would be perfectly acceptable. Google hits 694 million times on "I've".
The difference between his example and yours is the nature of the verb, a transitive verb and an auxiliary. In the first case, at least in American English, it is unidiomatic; it may be true that in Canada I've a book is idiomatic.
Similar to what paintedhouse said, I've a book is reminiscent, for me, of Enid Blyton novels or similar. That is, it sounds like something a posh English child would say, not something I would say, although I recognise it as an acceptable form grammatically.
I've been..., I've just... etc. (auxiliary verb) are of course common and idiomatic here, as elsewhere.
Hi all!
I dig up this thread just to add a little question:
about the contraction of the verb to have, I've seen that it should not be used in the contracted form when it indicates a duty; for example: I have to go. Is it correct? Can I say: "I've to go" or does it sounds wierd?
Thank you very much!
Hullo, Gigi.
Yes, that would sound strange. You can say either "I have to go" or "I've got to go". In the latter case "have" is contracted because it functions as the auxiliary of the verb "get". In the former case you can't contract because it is not being used as an auxiliary.
G(iorgione) S.
Crystal clear, my friend!
Thank you very much!
Here is a thread that shows the wide range of opinions on this topic:
I have to admit / I've to admit - Contracted forms
Some people agree with Giorgio Spizzi; some have different views.
Thanks a lot, Cagey!
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I hear natives say: We've a tree house NOT we have a tree house.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
No, I don't think you are wrong, Emanko, except at the end, where you write that people don't say we have a tree house.
I found a lot of this thread went against my experience of British English, but then a good deal of it came from Americans and they speak a different version of English. I'm not suggesting they are wrong.
I could easily say either I've a book or I have a book depending on my mood, the time of day, my audience, or how emphatic I wished to sound.
As for the so-called "I have" of duty: I could say either I've to go or I have to go; they carry slightly different implications.
I've to go means I'm due to go, I've arranged to go. Often the duty is weak and has been imposed on me by myself, or by some external agreement or arrangement.
I have to go can easily mean I must go, there is an external obligation on me to go. It's stronger than I've to go.
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– Ring of Honor's Final Battle 2012 drew in the 1400-1600 range live.
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– Adam Pearce was set to return in a commentary role for the show, but ROH changed their plans. There is talk of using someone in-house for the announcing position left open by Nigel McGuiness becoming the on screen match maker for the company.
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Riddle: What do the NYC public advocate and Staten Island Chuck, the Groundhog Day media hog, have in common?
Answer: Both rarely poke their heads out, and their function is a total mystery to most New Yorkers.
Recent revelations show that both are also long past their expiration dates.
Actually, Charlotte G. Hogg reached her expiration date in February, when Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the squirming rodent, who passed on to groundhog heaven a week later. Turns out Charlotte was substituting for her more aggressive brother Chuck, who took a bite out of former Mayor Mike Bloomberg's finger on Groundhog Day a few years back. Yes, ladies, as in the Julia Pierson-Secret Service fiasco, the female again takes the fall.
A Staten Island Zoo spokesman said Charlotte's previously undisclosed death a week after being dropped by de Blasio was pure coincidence. When a doctor dropped my cousin Arnold on his head and he immediately forgot the alphabet, the doctor also swore it was a coincidence.
Whatever the case, you can bet de Blasio isn't looking forward to Feb. 2, 2015.
Meanwhile, Public Advocate Letitia James often disappears for long stretches from her office to attend to personal appointments, according to a recent story in the New York Daily News. Other than providing name recognition to ambitious politicians (e.g., Mark Green and de Blasio), the usefulness of the office established in 1993 remains very much in debate.
A year ago, I suggested that when James took over as public advocate, she might change the perception of an office that Bloomberg once called "a total waste of everybody's money." So far, no good.
Not only is the annual budget for public advocate $2.3 million, but a wasteful election runoff for the post last year cost the city an additional $13 million.
Back in the groundhog hole, Staten Island Chuck continues to luxuriate on the public dole, existing on his "six more weeks of winter" scam while he sends relatives out to be manhandled by the latest mayor.
Truth be told, if the groundhog and the public advocate switched jobs, would you notice the difference? Time to end both of these useless sinecures.
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Yearning for a Lovely Bicycle
bike culture, where cycling was positioned as a formalised, athletic, and often political act. This culture has done a great deal to keep me away from bicycles.
My associations with bicycles from seeing them ridden in American cities included hunched-over postures, blotchy, sweat-stained faces communicating a curious combination of misery and self-righteousness, commitment to a wardrobe of lycra or t-shirts with anti-car slogans, and constant risk of collisions with motor vehicles... none of which appealed to me. Combined with the bicycles themselves - aggressive, awkward monstrosities that I wouldn't begin to know how to physically negotiate - bike culture was not something I found compatible with my ideas of dignity and aesthetics. If it were possible to ride a bicycle with grace and without the need to sacrifice my personal tastes - perhaps I might want one again. But what I had seen on the streets and in bike shops was not encouraging.
Only on vintage posters and in old art films did I see the bicycle portrayed in a manner that made me long to cycle again. The relaxed style exuded by the fictional ladies of yore was alluring and enticing; it made cycling seem feasible. But did such bicycles still exist in today's world?
On a sunny Spring day in Somerville, Massachusetts, I found my answer. Chained casually to a parking meter, it was the first bicycle I had seen on the city streets that I would describe as lovely. It had a beautifully shaped ladies' frame and gracefully curved handlebars. It was fitted with all sorts of fascinating components including a chain cover and a basket rack. It was decorated with flowers.
I jotted down the name: Gazelle, and did some research. And suddenly, an entire new world had opened up: a world of relaxed-style urban bicycles that are very much in production today using the same traditional design elements that I so admired on the vintage posters. These bicycles were most definitely lovely, and I immediately began my search for one to call my own.
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I so so understand this! Before we bought our bakfiets, I hadn't been on a bicycle since 1996. Because we have three little fellas, my bike search was more of a utilitarian nature (cargo capacity) but since getting our lovely bakfiets, Johann, a world of bicycle love has been opened. Our newest purchase, the Radish, was also a practical one for boy/grocery carrying capacity. However-- my next bike (maybe in a few years), will certainly be just for me with many of the same criteria as yours!ReplyDelete
Have you yet connected with MamaVee of suburburanbikemama.blogspot.com in Newton?
1996-1997 was the last time I rode a bicycle prior to this spring as well. I think it was a low-end Giant, but I am not even sure anymore. It was black, with neon insignia on it that I had "sharpied" out. I had it since the early '90s and it was a very "grunge era" sort of bicycle; I remember riding it in a dress and combat boots. Ah, memories.ReplyDelete
Your utility bikes are stunning. Good luck with your next, personal bicycle... though somehow when you say "in a few years" I am skeptical whether you'll really hold out that long : )
You've put this so well... captured my thoughts on bike culture exactly. i've been enjoying your bikes and posts for some time but just now discovered this long-ago intro.ReplyDelete
I'm typing w/ one hand after first great fall (on my Specialized, not the mercier or other vintage LB). broken clavicle and 8 weeks to recover... keep posting so i can ride vicariously until then!!
give me a look at mikespokes.blogspot.com if you get the notion. a new effort and still feeling my way around... yor blog is my role model and what i hope to develop mine to emulate. thanks again!
Oh no, Mike! I am sorry to hear this. Get better soon. Thank you for your very kind comments and I am off to check out your blog.ReplyDelete
Wow! I just discovered your blog yesterday after doing an internet search for bike bags. This (your first) post has described my current mindset to a T. Unfortunately, I just bought a bike (Felt Cafe 8) at a local American bike shop a couple of weekends ago. I got it because I thought it looked as "classic" as I was likely to find these days, and it felt pretty stable. I sure wish I had found your blog earlier. Oh well, perhaps once I get my bike on (an keep it on) I'll get the perfect bike in a couple of years. (Perhaps after my son starts riding one of his own.)ReplyDelete
Thank you for such a lovely blog!


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Pinball is an arcade game which features a playfield, flippers, and steel balls. The general point of the game is to flip the flippers to move the ball around the playfield and aim for targets to score points.
1Insert coin. The machine usually accepts quarters or dollar bills. Some accept credits by swiping a card, depending on the location the game is at. Games are generally 50 cents a play, but if you insert more than 2 quarters consecutively you can get a slight discount per credit. Usually the pattern is 1 credit on the second quarter, 2 on the third, and 3 on the fourth quarter, also known as "3 games for a dollar." Some newer games, depending on the owner of the game, will cost 75 cents, 1 dollar, or sometimes more to play.
2Start the game. Press the start button to begin the game. If you have more than one credit on the machine, you can play with a friend by pressing the start button a second time. You can play with up to 5 friends on some games.
3Launch the ball. Depending on the game, there are different ways you can launch the ball onto the playfield. There is a lane to the far right of the playfield called the shooter lane. When a game is started your first ball is placed in the shooter lane, ready to launch. Either pull back and release the plunger or press the launch button. Some machines use different styles of launch buttons including gun handles, door knockers, etc. depending on the theme.
4Flip! There are buttons on the side of the game. These are the flipper buttons, pressing these will flip the flippers on the corresponding side of the playfield. Some games have more flippers than the standard 2 at the bottom.
5Keep the ball in play. The basic goal of pinball is to keep the ball on the playfield and use the flippers to aim for targets and score points. There are dividers above each lower flipper. If the ball comes down the inner side of a divider, it enters the return lane and comes back to the flipper. If it falls in the outer lane, known as the outlane, the ball is lost and your next ball begins (unless that was your last ball). You also "drain" if a ball slips between the flippers. You usually get 3 balls per game.
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Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless officially tied the knot four months ago, enough time for the integration of the two companies to get into full swing.
Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless officially tied the knot four months ago, enough time for the integration of the two companies to get into full swing.
One change involves the appointment of Brian Shay as Cingular's regional president for the West, the most senior manager in Washington state.
A veteran of more than 20 years in the wireless industry, Shay recalls the first phone he sold: a Motorola brick, which cost $3,000. Now, he carries the $499 Motorola Razr V3, one of the smallest and most stylish phones on the market.
Here are excerpts from a conversation with him.
Q: What's your history in the wireless industry?
Brian Shay
Who: Brian Shay, Cingular's regional president for the West
Age: 45
Education: Bachelor of arts from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
Base: AT&T Wireless' former headquarters at Redmond Town Center
Responsibilities: 12-state area with more than 15,000 employees. Most of the employees report to Shay, while others, including the business customer-service organization in Bothell, report to the Atlanta headquarters. Cingular's West region includes Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona.
At AT&T Wireless: Executive vice president of sales and distribution operations
Other jobs: In 20 years, Shay has held positions at Motorola, US West Cellular, AirTouch and Verizon Wireless.
A: Yes, it was the beginning. I was employee 141 [at US West], one of the divested companies of AT&T, which spun off into seven Baby Bells. I started in Minnesota, and through a series of mergers and acquisitions, worked for four wireless companies.
Q: You've been involved in four mergers?
A: Yes, I started out at US West, and then AirTouch, which became Vodafone, and Vodafone to Verizon [Wireless], and AT&T Wireless to Cingular, and I've only changed jobs once. That's the crazy part of it. It's an exciting dynamic industry and it's as exciting today as it was in 1984.
Q: How does it feel to fill [former AT&T Wireless Chief Executive] John Zeglis' shoes?
A: I don't think of it as filling John's shoes. … Cingular has brought two great companies together to form what we ultimately think will be the industry leader that provides the best wireless service to the customers. I think Stan Sigman [Cingular's chief executive] fills John Zeglis' shoes.
Q: But you are the highest-ranking person here in Redmond for Cingular?
A: Yes, that's correct. We have four regions. This is the headquarters for the West. We have one in Dallas, one in Atlanta, which happens to be the [Cingular] corporate headquarters, and one based in New York.
Q: Are they all similar in size?
A: Geographically, it's probably a fistfight between the West and Central. For overall customers, they are equal in size.
Q: By employees, how do they rank?
A: It's pretty similar.
Q: How has the transition been from AT&T Wireless to Cingular?
A: I think it's been great. The two companies are very similar in their philosophies, and in the first quarter of operations, we delivered to 1.8 million [new] customers, which I think surprised people and demonstrated how well the transition is going.
Q: Many people believed that AT&T Wireless still had an entrepreneurial flavor to it from the founding days as McCaw Cellular Communications. Have you had to pick up things from Cingular's character?
A: The one thing I'd say, is that they are very market-focused. I'm fully accountable for the customer experience within the West region. There's a much greater level of accountability, whereas AT&T Wireless used more of a national approach. We have more of our resources at a market level, we do marketing at a market level.
Q: AT&T Wireless didn't have a unique approach to each market?
A: Right. Cingular recognizes and provides the flexibility for the leaders to make decisions that Miami is different than Seattle. In reality, we want them to have one great Cingular experience. There are many things we standardize, but we know it's competitive and the general manager of the market has flexibility to respond to customers.
Q: There's still a lot of change going on at the company as it consolidates into one. Are you responsible for those changes, including layoffs? [So far up to 400 employees in Washington state, mostly in Redmond and Bothell, have received notices that their jobs are being cut.]
A: I'm not in charge of them, so to speak. It's a large organization here. There are parts like the new-product group and mobile-messaging group that are part of another organization, but I'm aware of them.
Q: Has it been difficult for some employees to be part of the merger?
A: I haven't noticed that it's been too difficult to be part of the merger. Obviously, any time there's an announcement that people are getting laid off that's a difficult time, but as far as being part of the new Cingular, they are excited about it.
Q: How does the Seattle area change now that it has one of Cingular headquarters versus AT&T Wireless headquartered here?
A: I think Seattle is still an amazingly dynamic city in the wireless industry. It's been that way since its inception and at different times in its history. There have been two or three wireless division headquarters here or a corporate headquarters. There's an amazing number of wireless pioneers that started in the Northwest and a legacy of wireless companies being headquartered here.
Our West region is headquartered here, which is a significant commitment to the Northwest. I think we recognize that there's a lot of talented resources here in the wireless industry and that it's fair to say, it's one of the reasons why we decided to keep the headquarters here.
Q: For wireless startups that sell products and services to carriers, how do things change? Can they still pitch you here, or do they have to fly to Atlanta now?
A: Potentially both. Parts of our new-product group are based here, and I think the wireless industry and the wireless-data industry are moving at breakneck speed; and being in the Pacific Northwest, particularly with the likes of Microsoft and other data companies, it's important to work closely together to deliver products and services to these small handheld devices.
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"There are some states where the wages under NREGA are lower than the state-level minimum wages. The Union Government proposed to amend Section 6 (1) of NREGA to equate the wages with the state minimum wages," Ramesh told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Henry Lawson Park, formerly known as Buckingham's Reserve, was dedicated on September 3rd, 1938 in honour of Henry Lawson. Three trees were planted by the Henry Lawson Literary Society by the poet`s widow, Bertha Lawson and Dame Mary Gilmore at the dedication ceremony.
Henry Lawson lived in Abbotsford for a short time before his death and died in a house in Great North Road opposite Abbotsford Public School in 1922.
Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer".
The Henry Lawson Reserve, on the foreshores of the Parramatta Rivet at Abbotsford, was officially dedicated to the memory of the Australian poet, Henry Lawson, on Saturday afternoon by the Mayor of Drummoyne, Alderman J. Henley. The Henry Lawson Literary Society, instead of making its annual pilgrimage to the grave or statue of Lawson, accepted the invitation of the Drummoyne Municipal Council to attend the dedication ceremony, and assisted Mrs. Lawson and other prominent persons in planting trees on the reserve.
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The beer Johnny has with him when he comes to help Caroline with the bed is clearly Heineken beer. The name on the packaging says 'Biereken' however. Heineken is Dutch and 'bier' is the Dutch spelling of 'beer', so it's meant as a joke.
Max and Caroline's Current Total: $435.23
Caroline: Then, I want to install a Murphy bed in here. The bed folds up against the wall during the day, so you can still maintain your signature Williamsburg "I don't' care about anything chic or nice" decor. Max: Who's going to build it? Cause it's not me. I'm already being taken advantage of at my babysitting job. Peach has me lugging things back and forth for the twin's first birthday party. I've been sorting through clown resumes for a week.
Caroline: I can take a lot
Max: Please keep your sex life to yourself.
Caroline: I handled it when I lost my fortune and I handled it when I lost my fortune.
Max: You said that twice.
Caroline: Because I think it bears repeating. But this is too much. That couple that just left, a 50.00 check and a 1.47 tip. 47 cents? I wasn't even aware they were still making pennies. I smiled and bent over backwards giving them service all for a 1.47. This makes me the lowest paid hooker in New York.
Caroline: (to a table of customers) You guys look like music lovers. This is the best saxophone CD you will ever hear, recorded by our cashier, Earl Sampson. He's played with all the greats, Coltrane, Hancock, even Backrack. His music career derailed due to a heroin addiction, but now he's clean and sober, and at 83, he's still following his dream! Only $9.95 a copy. Who'd like one? (everyone at the table raises their hand) Thank you! Earl, four CDs!
Max: Was any of that true?
Earl: Nope, she even made up my damn last name. That girl can sell!
Peaches: I want you to make sure the twins drink lots of water after, you know, to flush out the toxins.
Max: Toxins? All they drink is breast milk.
Peaches: I can't be sure what the woman I buy that from puts in her body!
Caroline: Guess what I did today!
Max: Jesus?
Caroline: I never get a full nights sleep and I need a good nine hours.
Max: What you need is a good nine inches. That should be on your vision board.
Caroline: It is, on the back!
Caroline: By walking you through my dream board!
Max: Oh, no!
Caroline: It's a simple tool.
Max: You're a simple tool.
Caroline: You start with a thin white board.
Max: You're thin, white, and I'm bored! (Caroline rolls her eyes) Keep going, I can do this all day! I have a bear claw in me!
Caroline: It's time to fight back and grab life by the balls!
Max: I don't know if life likes having its balls grabbed. Some guys do, but those are usually the ones who want you to spoon them.
Max: (After the man's girlfriend walks off) Sorry dude, looks like this little tip just lost you the chance to give her your little tip!
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Lackluster demand seen for 90-, 65-nm foundry processes
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SAN JOSE, Calif. Major silicon foundries continue to move ahead with leading-edge 90- and 65-nm processes, but demand for the technologies appear to be miniscule if not disappointing, according to analysts.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), for example, this week disclosed that only 1 percent of its third-quarter sales are based on its new and leading-edge 90-nm process technology.
While TSMC is ramping up the 90-nm process, the foundry giant is also on track with its 65-nm technology development, said Rick Tsai, president and chief operating officer for TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan). The company's 65-nm process will move into "early production" by the end of 2005 or early 2006, Tsai said. He made the comments during the company's conference call to discuss TSMC's third-quarter earnings (see Oct. 26 story).
During a separate conference call, Jackson Hu, chief executive of foundry rival United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), said that only 2 percent of its third-quarter sales are based on 90-nm processes. UMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) hopes to realize 5 percent of its sales for 90-nm technology in the fourth quarter, Hu said.
UMC is also looking to deliver 65-nm processes in early 2006, he said.
Meanwhile, Texas Instruments Inc. and China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) are developing 90-nm process technology. SMIC hopes to have 90-nm "pilot production" withit its foundry fabs in the first quarter of 2005.
However, the 90-nm ramp appears to be disappointing for the foundries, according to observers. High mask and design costs, coupled by the current inventory correction problem, has slowed down the demand for 90-nm designs, according to some observers.
But given that the foundries have just started 90-nm production, the rate adoption for the technology will take some time, said Joanne Itow, an analyst at Semico Research Corp. (Phoenix).
"The foundries have just recently moved into 90-nm production," Itow said. "So it's not surprising [about the current ramp]."
Itow did question the overall demand picture for 65-nm foundry processes, if or when that hits the market in 2005 and 2006. "There are not very many people that will need that," she said. "The volumes will be small for that process."


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Raz-Rocket is so much fun for the kids! Encourage them to read to build fluency and vocabulary while earning stars to buy new items in the Raz-Rocket! Simply use the login card I provided each student and contact me if you have any questions! Have Fun & Celebrate their success!
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An Algorithmic Evaluation of Optimal Service Selection using BCO
An Internet application can invoke several services a travel web service, for example, it could invoke a discrete service, which could then invoke an authentication service. Such a scenario is called a composite web service. There are three different types of properties that must be considered when talking about services: functional (i.e. capabilities), behavioral (e.g. transactions) and non-functional (i.e. QoS criteria).While many works have been done for web service selection, designing a composite Web service to ensure not only correct and reliable execution but also optimal QoS remains an important challenge. Algorithms are needed to select service components with various QoS levels according to some application-dependent performance requirements.


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Signs of Spring
Phil Gurley
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It is a brutal time of year. The wind is cold, the snow keeps coming, and things thaw just to freeze over again the next day. When my kids announced spring is coming and began to count down the days I reminded myself only the young can get excited about a date on the calendar when winter clearly still has the upper-hand. I did my best to tune out their chatter about plans for swimming and baseball and bike riding. I consider the calendar arrival of spring to be a bit insidious. People begin to gripe that each day hats and gloves are required is "not supposed to be this way". It's a line of thinking that consumes precious energy for no good. I do better to keep my nose to the grindstone and celebrate spring when it ACTUALLY arrives.
But, I have to admit. There are signs.
Walking along the river near my house a few weeks ago I noticed my neighbor's sap buckets had frozen drips of sap in their spouts. Then sugar houses began to boil, the steam coming through their vents reminding me that the maple trees think spring is coming. Then there were the ants. When they began their annual march through my kitchen, my first reaction was one of welcome. Welcome ants, welcome spring.
But, it wasn't until this weekend that I started to believe. Things are changing.
Sunday took me to Manchester with my family. A colleague from California was visiting his family in southern Vermont so we met half way to catch up on old times. As we drove through the Mettowee Valley along Route 30 the trees along the hillsides were definitely starting to look pink as their buds began to show. As we walked toward the Northshire Bookstore, my son stopped to show us all the shoots of flowers poking their heads through the mulch bordering the walkway. We then went to a Maple Open House event at Dutton Farm Stand where I noticed they were selling lettuce and swiss chard and kale from their greenhouses.
Okay, so spring is here.
I suppose I shouldn't be quite so surprised. The amount and variety of greens being sold at the winter farmers market in Rutland has been on the rise for several weeks now. Flyers and brochures announcing the sale of CSA shares have been showing up all around town. Vegetable farmers have been excitedly announcing they are no longer available for daytime meetings because they will be in their greenhouse all day. Farmers that raise animals for meat and fiber have been preparing for delivery of new pigs, sheep, chickens, goats and cows to replenish their stock for the coming months.
Here in the RAFFL office there are more signs of spring. Following our event last week where farmers and potential buyers of local foods from area restaurants, schools and food distributors met to talk about potential sales, our office is now fully focused on summer. We've been putting the final touches on this year's Locally Grown Guide, planning a series of educational farm tours for the public, enrolling people into our farm to workplace programs, and outlining our summer workshops for farmers.
We've also been planning for our fresh food gleaning and distribution program. This project collects produce from farmers around the county and delivers it to food shelves and meals programs that serve people in need of food. If you are a home gardener, consider planting an extra row in your garden for a neighbor or local food shelf. We'll happily help you find people who would benefit from your donation as the summer progresses.
As the dairy farmers around the county take stock of their feed inventory, waiting for that first truly spring day when they can pasture their animals, I'll continue to take stock of the signs of spring and let optimism take root. Any day now, it will be spring.
Tara Kelly is Executive Director of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL).
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Arsenio Hall dedicated his show last night to Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday at 95. During the program, R. Kelly also paid his respects, performing "Soldier's Heart" and talking about how the South African president had inspired him. "I sang for Nelson Mandela in his home, out in Africa, during the time when I was doing the [2010] World Cup," Kelly told Hall. "And I sang a special song for him on his piano. I'm just blessed to know that I walked in his presence . . . and being around him inspired me to even go further in my life in my walk and my career and everything, man. He's just an incredible power."
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Kelly also performed the song solo at a piano, wearing sunglasses, while Hall watched from the audience, nodding along as R. Kelly sang about how "he stood on the frontline."
When he was done, Hall asked Kelly if he remembered Mandela's reaction to the song. Kelly said, "He just nodded his head, man. He was very happy and very honored, as I was being in his presence. When I started performing the song on his piano, it was an unbelievable moment for me, man, as it is now."
Kelly released the song under the title "Front Line" on his 2005 compilation My Diary. He premiered the tune in 2002 under the "Soldier's Heart" title, according to MTV, and released it as a benefit single in honor of America's armed forces.
The singer appeared on the show to promote his latest album, Black Panties, which is streaming now. The album signals a return to form for Kelly, whose two previous releases paid tribute to classic soul and R&B. Black Panties features appearances by Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, 2 Chainz Jeezy and more.
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Low-risk Thyroid Cancer Treatment
Call for Papers
Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a generally indolent disease, although cases with certain clinicopathological features are progressive and life-threatening. Currently, the treatment strategies of DTC are quite uniform worldwide: total thyroidectomy, radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. Such a stereotyped treatment might be easy for physicians, but it might be an overtreatment for many DTC patients without high-risk features and predicting an excellent prognosis. Recently, in some institutions, trials of observation and limited surgery for low-risk patients have been performed, and the dose of RAI for ablation came to be reduced for patients who were classified as low-risk based on clinicopathologic features. Unfortunately, comparable studies are very hard to perform, but therapeutic experience for low-risk DTC patients is now being accumulated in many institutions.
We invite papers demonstrating an experience of treatment for low-risk DTC patients in the fields of surgery, radiology, pathology, and endocrinology. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Limited surgery for low-risk DTC: extent of thyroidectomy and prophylactic lymph node dissection
- Indication of completion total thyroidectomy for patients who underwent limited surgery under the diagnosis of adenomatous nodule or follicular tumor but were pathological diagnosed as follicular (or papillary) carcinoma
- Indication of postoperative RAI ablation for low-risk DTC patients: its necessity or unnecessity and dose of RAI
- Indication of TSH suppression therapy: its necessity or unnecessity and appropriate TSH levels
- Relationship between pathological examination and prognosis of low-risk DTC patients
- How to follow low-risk DTC patients after surgery (and RAI ablation): constant examination by specialist is necessary?
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jtr/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/jtr/lrtc/ according to the following timetable:
|Manuscript Due
|Friday, 25 January 2013
|First Round of Reviews
|Friday, 19 April 2013
|Publication Date
|Friday, 14 June 2013
Lead Guest Editor
- Yasuhiro Ito, Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Guest Editors
- R. Michael Tuttle, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Hang-Seok Chang, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea


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Cyprotel Laura Beach Hotel
Chloraka, Cyprus
The hotel has a wide range of facilities and entertainment giving you everything you need for a relaxed family holiday at your fingertips.
Cyprotel Laura Beach Hotel, Chloraka
Location coupled with amenities make this a great choice for families.
Facilities at the hotel include 24hour reception, currency exchange, a conference room, souvenir and jewellery shops, Internet corner, TV and video room with card games and reading areas. The hotel also has two restaurants and several bars (depending on the season).
The lagoon shaped pool with Jacuzzi is surrounded by a sun-terrace with plenty of loungers and umbrellas, along with a pool-side bar (summer only). During the winter season a heated indoor pool is available. There's another bar on the beach (summer only) along with complimentary loungers and umbrellas.
The hotel health and beauty club offers an array of facilities such as massages, facials, a hairdressing salon and a fully equipped gym as well as aerobics, a squash court, sauna and Jacuzzi.
Further sports and leisure activities include two floodlit tennis courts, table tennis, darts, French bowls, archery, beach volley, beach badminton, Petanque, water polo, giant chess, shuffleboard and one introductory scuba diving lesson in the pool.
Younger guests can enjoy the children's pool and play area, as well as a daytime entertainment programme for ages 4-12 years (six times a week) and a children's buffet.
The entertainment at the hotel features Greek and Cypriot dance performances and cabaret shows. An animation team organise a varied day and night entertainment programme from 10:00-24:00 six days a week.
Cyprotel Laura Beach Hotel Information
|Kids Club
|Sports facilities
|High Chairs
|Kids Pools
|Kids Playground
|Wellness centre
|Conference Facilities
|Spa Facilities
|Games room
|24hr Reception
|Swimming Pool
|Family Friendly
|All Inclusive
|Foreign Exchange
|Fitness/Gym Facilities
|Indoor Pool
|Safety Deposit Box Rental
The hotel is situated midway between Coral Bay and Paphos, around 5km from the tourist area of Paphos Harbour.
Paphos Airport is 20km away and Larnaca Airport is approx 140km. There is a bus stop in front of the hotel with regular services to nearby Paphos or Coral Bay.
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A total of 309 rooms each fully equipped with direct dial telephone, hairdryer, mini-fridge (local charge), satellite TV, safety deposit box (local charge), central air-conditioning/heating, balcony or terrace and en-suite bathroom.
Family rooms are available and able to accommodate up to 2 adults and 2 children, usually with bunk beds placed in the room.
This accommodation has previously been known as : Laura Beach Hotel
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