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Union Board Presents November 4 Concert by Guster
October 4, 2006
October 4, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - "Ganging Up on the Sun is the work of a band who matters," declares a review of Guster's latest album in All Music Guide. On Saturday, November 4, Guster will bring its music to the campus of DePauw University for a 7 p.m. concert in the Lilly Center. The Bees will open. The concert is presented by Union Board. General admission tickets go on sale this morning at 10 via Ticketmaster for $20. Beginning tomorrow, DePauw students, faculty and staff can purchase tickets for $10 at the Campus Life Office (Union Building room 100).
In the coming weeks, Guster will be playing some high profile dates around the nation. On September 15, the band performed as part of the Austin City Limits Festival, and will be in Las Vegas' Vegoose Festival -- along with Tom Petty, Fiona Apple, and others -- in late October. In an e-mail to fans, members of the band announced the fall tour dates, noting, "at long last, our Greencastle, Indiana debut!"
"After more than a decade as a trio -- with Adam Gardner on guitar and Brian Rosenworcel on a standup cocktail drumkit -- Guster has expanded its lineup and its sound," writes the Associated Press's Michael McCall in another review of Ganging Up on the Sun. "Adding Nashville rocker Joe Pisapia on bass and vocals, the band now plays as a more conventional rock quartet of two guitars, bass and full drums. Their distinctive style, remains, but they also rock harder at times, and the songs feature more diverse textures and a more experimental feel." He adds, "These college rockers have graduated beyond the simple catchiness of their early work, but their appeal stays the same: well-constructed, well-performed pop tunes that aren't afraid to be both smart and hummable."
Ganging Up on the Sun is Guster's fifth studio album. Previous releases include, Keep It Together, Lost and Gone Forever and Parachute.
The new CD was released in June and debuted at #25 on the Billboard chart. "Angst has rarely sounded sweeter than it does on Ganging Up on the Sun, which swirls with classic vocal harmonies, vintage organs and lightly strummed guitars," raved a July 10 New York Times review by Nate Chinen. Entertainment Weekly calls the new songs, "Both expansive and dreamy." All Music Guide's Tim Sendra opines, "Guster has quietly become a very good pop band. And something more. Over the past ten-plus years they've been slowly honing their craft, building their fan base and making records that are unprepossessing but more and more compelling. Ganging Up on the Sun just might be their best yet."
For more information on Guster's concert at DePauw, send an e-mail here.
DePauw has a history of hosting concerts by influential popular musicians. Recent visitors have included the Black Eyed Peas, Jack's Mannequin, Ben Folds, The Roots, Howie Day, Ben Kweller and Rufus Wainwright. Past guests such as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Dave Matthews, Billy Joel, The Byrds, America, The Carpenters and The Temptations have also performed on campus.Back

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The Nike Air Moc was first released in 1995 under the ACG umbrella. Today it returns in the original colorway, looking pretty much the same, except that there is more functionality involved. The Air Moc Warmth TZ comes with a Thinsulate lining, and thus does not only looks like gloves, it will also hold your feet warm like gloves. This is a Tier 0 release.
It has been released at Nike Sportswear stores in Asia, and should also be coming to the US and Europe.
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For years now, the first question anyone asks me is often "how can I see your films?"—and for years, I haven't had a good answer to that question. I was working on it. They'd "hopefully" be on Amazon or iTunes or Netflix or in a DVD box "pretty soon." Now that a couple of years have passed, I find that when I get into these conversations "hopefully" has become "regretfully," and "pretty soon" has turned into "someday."
I got tired of waiting for Someday. More importantly, I got tired of waffling my way through so many conversations without providing any good answers. So as of today, I'm going to sell 720p downloads of both of my feature films (Hell Is Other People and The Glass Slipper) for $10 each, with no DRM. The files will be playable on pretty much any computer or device out there, and they ought to be pretty easy to stream onto your television (see below).
Let me try to anticipate a few questions you might like to ask about all of this:
Why DRM-free?
Because DRM sucks, and people who want to make copies will figure out how to do it anyway. I see no need to bind the paying viewers with an ugly set of handcuffs when the people who want to copy the film will pick the locks on those handcuffs immediately anyway. Yes, this means that if you buy a download, you can make numerous copies and put them on every gadget you own. There's nothing stopping you from handing out copies to everyone you know.
All I ask is that you remember that making films is a lot of work, and yet the pay is already pretty lousy as it is. Just be fair. I trust you.
And yes, Louis CK's experiment did influence my decision.
Why downloads instead of streams?
Quite simply, it's a lot easier and more cost-effective for me—at least for the time being. I don't want to share massive percentages of my revenue with Apple or Amazon, and I can't afford to host my own streaming server. I'd love to offer streaming options, and at some point I hope I can find a way to make it work.
There are definitely ways to play the video on your TV, though, if you're a little geeky. My personal solution is to run a Plex Media Server and then stream from there to a Roku. If you have an Apple TV, you can stream via AirPlay. There are other ways. If you have the right hardware, you probably already know how this works.
I want to thank everyone who has waited a long time to see these films. I'm really, really glad that the time to do this has finally come. Now go grab the files.


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Thunderstorm, strong winds wreak havoc overnight in Bemidji
An early morning severe thunderstorm with strong damaging winds has struck Bemidji and some nearby areas to the east, knocking down numerous trees, utility poles and utility lines, according to the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office.
The storm, which struck between 1 and 2:30 a.m., particularly hit the Nymore neighborhood of Bemidji and areas between Power Dam Road and Roosevelt Road, the sheriff's department said in a news release.
City crews are out to clear debris from roadways, the release said.
"Several unoccupied cars were hit by falling trees," it read.
The city was waiting for utility workers to help clear down power lines that had become entangled with trees, the sheriff's department said.
"Motorists are urged to use extreme caution when navigating roadways during the morning commute as isolated flash flooding of roadways has been reported," the news release said. "In addition there are several stop lights that are without power and are dark. Watch for cross traffic and do not assume cross traffic will stop."
The sheriff's office said Beltrami Electric and Ottertail Power Cooperative were working on restoring power to southern Beltrami County.
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Motorola Z6w Nothing More than an Updated Z6c
The third in the trio of "new" phones being shown off by Motorola at WMC 2008 in Barcelona this week is not really a new phone. Instead, the Z6w is just a Wi-Fi version of the Z6c but with a cradle added for good measure. Another pic and full specs after the jump.


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As a student I find it very useful to have an extra screen and do my work in multiple windows. If you are someone who needs extra space while working from his computer then this is a perfect monitor screen for you. I can do multitasking easily now. Its size is 19" and it has an HDMI port.
Having ordered this monitor on a Monday evening I was pleased to see it arrive promptly on Thursday. So far I have not had any problems with the product. It is a clear monitor that performs beautifully. The downside of it is that the speakers are not as clear as i expected, however they do perform their task. Before ordering it I was slightly concerned about some reviews about dead pixels, however I took my chances and ordered it. So far no issues. I am now thinking of ordering a another monitor so I can have a dual monitor set-up, however I will wait a few more months to see if any problems occur otherwise LG seems a pretty reliable brand.
If all you want to do is some typing and general work and you can get this at a bargain price, it's probably perfect for you. Otherwise I'd advise you to look elsewhere. If you're a graphics professional where detail is important and accurate colours are crucial, or you simply enjoy deep, clear colours and contrasts and a halfway decent viewing angle, then it is probably not for you.
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PITTSFIELD TWP. — Kenneth K. Cole, the man who died Monday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with Lorain County sheriff's deputies, was high on heroin, his mother said during a 911 call.
"My son's a heroin addict, and he's wigging out," an emotional Esther Cole told the 911 dispatcher. "He's trying to kill me."
Chief Deputy Dennis Cavanaugh said investigators are awaiting a toxicology report on what was in Cole's system when he died.
During the 911 call, Esther Cole said her 30-year-old son was punching holes in the door of the duplex she shared with her husband.
"He's, he's been stealing everything we have," she said. "If he caught me on the phone right now, he'd probably kill me. I gotta go. I gotta go."
Esther Cole then hung up abruptly, but the dispatcher called her back moments later and asked for more details about what was happening at 46167 state Route 303, which sits just west of state Route 58.
Esther Cole said that Kenneth K. Cole, who the family calls Kyle, had been arrested by Elyria police on DUI charges Sunday night and that she woke him up Monday morning to confront him about stolen property, which included a ring. She also complained that her son, who court records indicate lived in Elyria, had been calling drug dealers from her phone.
Elyria Municipal Court records showed Kenneth K. Cole has prior convictions for underage consumption and disorderly conduct in addition to traffic citations.
She said Kenneth K. Cole snorted heroin and also drank and was taking the anti-anxiety medication Xanax. She said her son had been in treatment but had stopped going to sessions.
She also warned the dispatcher that deputies should be careful because of how her son was acting.
"This is not my son at all," she said. "I was totally shocked. He was ranting that he was going to murder someone, for me to call all the cops, his dad, everybody."
The dispatcher urged Esther Cole to find a safe place, and she finally climbed into her son's car with her dog, but worried that her son would force his way into the car if he found out where she was.
She also told the dispatcher that there were guns in the house, including a handgun that was kept in the arm of an easy chair. Cavanaugh has said that Kenneth K. Cole shot himself in the head with a small-caliber pistol and the Lorain County SWAT Team found a shotgun and pellet gun inside the house during their search.
Esther Cole said that her son had threatened to kill himself in the past by shooting himself in the head.
As she waited for deputies, Esther Cole said she heard a gunshot.
"If it wasn't a bullet, I certainly don't know what it was," she told the dispatcher.
Cavanaugh said that after deputies arrived, one talked briefly with Kenneth K. Cole via cell phone and he asked for about 15 minutes to get ready and he would be out. That was the last contact deputies had with him.
County Coroner Stephen Evans, who did not return a call seeking comment Tuesday, has said Kenneth K. Cole killed himself shortly after he last communicated with deputies.
SWAT officers moved in around 2:45 p.m. Monday after hours of silence and found Kenneth K. Cole's body in the basement between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Cole's family, some of whom urged him to surrender during the standoff over a bullhorn, has declined to comment.
But Esther Cole said during the 911 call that what happened Monday was out of character for her son.
"My son has never acted like this before," she said. "I can't believe it."
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Just recently finishing up episode 204 of THE HORROR HAPPENS RADIO SHOW with a focus on Week 3 of "Women in Horror" guests, HORRORHAPPENS.COM has updated their website's front page with some new conversations available on-demand via Soundcloud.com. Listen right now to smart, uncensored and fearless conversations with: The Best Horror Books, Short Films & Features of 2016Read More »
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Film Review: Cannibal (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Carlos is a tailor by day, serial killer by night. A young woman named Alexandra moves in next to him, tries to befriend him, and goes missing. Her twin sister, Nina, turns up afterward, asking for Carlos's help investigating. He agrees, although–unbeknownst to Nina–is responsible for the disappearance. Nina then becomes dangerously close to deadly Carlos …Read More »
Trailer for THE GREEN INFERNO Will Eat You Alive
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Film Review: Cannibal (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Cannibal is a 2006 German direct-to-video horror film written, directed and produced by Marian Dora. REVIEW: In 2001, German citizen Armin Meiwes posted an ad on a website called The Cannibal Café looking for a young man who wanted to be murdered and eaten. After multiple failed matches, Bernd Jurgen Brandes replied to his ad. Video …Read More »
Rock and Shock Recap!
What do you call a three day weekend chock full of music, madness and mayhem all devoted to the undying spirit of HORROR? Rock and Shock, that's what! Indeed, promoter Massconcerts and the city of Worcester did a great job as always hosting this annual event, this year presented at the city's DCU and Palladium venues. Between all of the …Read More »
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What started out as a three-man Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship at Kansas Speedway on Sunday ended with one of them on the outside looking in and another saving his day in the final laps.
After a vicious wreck with less than 75 laps left in the 267-lap Hollywood Casino 400, Kyle Busch, who started the race 12 points back of leader Matt Kenseth, dropped way back to fifth, 35 points down in his No. 18 Toyota.
Kenseth fought to control his No. 20 Toyota all race long, but got back to 11th place to save his leadership position, but by a slim three points over Jimmie Johnson.
It is still a three-man fight, but with race-winner Kevin Harvick taking over the No. 3 spot, climbing to within 25 points of Kenseth.
Throughout the day from the very first lap when Danica Patrick wrecked her No. 10 Chevrolet, however, Kansas Speedway itself became the story, with wreck, after wreck, after wreck, all caused by ice-like conditions as a result of a combination of new pavement and a new tire brought to the track.
Busch put it best: "The race track is the worst race track I've ever driven on," he said. "The tires are the worst tires I've ever driven on."
But he was philosophical about what he has to do over the next six races to get back into the hunt after his terrible run of bad luck at Kansas.
"We'll just have to work hard," he said. "Every other track but Kansas bodes will for us, so we'll see what happens and if it doesn't happen, then it doesn't happen."
Harvick came out the big winner, driving the No. 29 Chevrolet to the win from the pole.
This is the same team that has carried the lame duck tag since Harvick announced in the summer that he was leaving the Richard Childress Racing squad to race next season for his pal Tony Stewart at Stewart Haas Racing.
Harvick, too, talked about how hard it was to tame the 1.5-mile oval at Kansas.
"There were times we were terrible out there," he said. "But the team never gave up, even when we were stuck in the pack of the pack a couple of times.
"We just kept coming back."
Harvick managed not only the win, but also the bonus points for leading the most laps.
Next up is Charlotte Motor Speedway for a night race next Saturday.
Canada's James Hinchcliffe got a measure of satisfaction on Sunday, finishing third in the second leg of the doubleheader Grand Prix of Houston in the No. 27 Andretti AutoSport Chevrolet.
In the first race on Saturday, Hinchcliffe lasted only about a car length before his clutch failed on the start. Seconds later he was hit by Ed Carpenter.
In the second race he got off to a much, much better start.
"I'm happy to be back on the podium," Hinchcliffe said of his best finish since his June win at Iowa. "It has been a rough stretch for us since Iowa and it's nice to have a good drive rewarded especially after what happened yesterday."
He also gave a nod to National Breast Cancer Month — a cause that had him driving a pink car this weekend.
"It's cool to get the GoDaddy PINK car on the podium," Hinchcliffe said.
The fallout from the Michael Waltrip Racing cheating scandal has claimed another victim. Chad Johnston, crew chief for the No. 56 Toyota of Martin Truex Jr. MWR team, has asked for his release at the end of the 2013 season … Erik Thomas, media spokesperson for the long-delayed Canadian Motor Speedway, tells us the earth movers are on stand-by to finally start work on building a Jeff Gordon-designed one-mile high banked oval race track in Fort Erie. Ground breaking is set, he said, for the spring of 2014. The project has been hit be numerous road blocks, including refusal by some nearby land owners to sell their property to the developers … The spectacular fire that engulfed the Red Bull Renault of Mark Webber at the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday was caused by a broken oil radiator.
Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Hollywood Casino 400 from the pole on Sunday in the No. 29 Chevrolet, but not before new pavement and new tires caused a record 13 cautions.
Kurt Busch finished second in the No. 78 Chevrolet with Jeff Gordon third in the No. 24 Chevrolet.
Chase for the Championship leader Matt Kenseth finished 11th and second place Jimmie Johnson was sixth.
Sebastian Vettel made it look easy winning his fourth consecutive Formula 1 race Sunday at the Korean Grand Prix.
It was Vettel's eighth win of the 2013 season.
But it was Kimi Raikkonen who may have had the best drive of the day, coming from 10th on the grid to finish second.
His Lotus teammate Romain Grosjean finished third.
Will Power finally made it back to Victory Lane in the No. 12 Penske Racing Chevrolet at the second of double header races at the Reliant Park Grand Prix of Houston.
But the win was marred by a huge crash on the final lap that saw Dario Franchitti's No. 10 Honda fly into the catch fence sending parts of his car flying into the grandstand.
Franchitti was transported to hospital with a broken ankle and a fractured vertebrae that won't require surgery.
Scott Dixon finished second with Oakville's James Hinchcliffe third.


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Love? J.Lo wasn't feeling any of it on the Canadian album charts this week.
Neither were the Beastie Boys, whose long-awaited studio album also received a lukewarm reception from music buyers.
Jennifer Lopez's "Love?," which has been plugged repeatedly on "American Idol," premiered at No. 2 with 14,000 in sales, while the Beasties' "Hot Sauce Committee Part 2" came in at No. 3, with only 12,000 in sales.
The Beasties numbers fell far short of the first week sales for their last proper album, "To the Five Boroughs," which rang up a No. 1 tally of 26,000 in 2004.
At the top once again was Adele's "21," which collected another 22,000 in sales. It has now ratcheted up an astounding 206,000 since being released 11 weeks ago.
She also snapped up the top spot south of the border again, selling 155,000 copies of "21" in the U.S., according to Billboard.com.
Meanwhile, the biggest gainer this week went to Ginette Reno and her disc "La Musique en Moi," which stormed up nine positions to No. 4.
Marie-Elaine Thibert's "Je Suis" checked in at No. 5, likewise with Pascale Picard's "Letter To No One" at No. 6, and Richard Desjardins' "L'Existoire" spiralled down five levels to No. 7.
Wrapping up the top 10 was Fleet Foxes' "Helplessness Blues" at No. 8, Roch Voisine's "Americana 2" at No. 9, and the charity compilation "Songs For Japan" at No. 10.
In the U.S., the Beastie Boys placed second, followed by "Now 38" in third, Fleet Foxes in fourth, and Jennifer Lopez in a distant fifth.


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One year after major fire, Judge's faring well
On a wall calendar inside Judge's Appliance, there's a note written in the upper left corner. It's a short note, mostly numbers. Aug. 26, 2010, 1:26 p.m., it reads.
The note marks a memorable Thursday afternoon for owner Tom Judge. It was at that exact time he called the Hastings Fire Department to his store along 33rd Street to extinguish a fire that was eating away his storefront and choking the rest of his building with smoke.
By the time the fire had been extinguished, the place was a mess. It took about three months to get it all cleaned up, Judge said, but it didn't stop him from meeting the needs of his customers.
"We never had any thought of not going back in," Judge said.
Less than two days after the fire, Judge's had its doors open to business.
"We were open Saturday morning at nine-o-clock," he said.
How did he do it? The store did a 360 - literally. The showroom had occupied the front of the building, naturally. Farther back into the property, an attached warehouse had been built. Judge simply flipped the two spaces. The warehouse became the showroom, and what used to be the showroom is now used for storage.
Fire isn't often considered a good thing for a business, but Judge says his business is better for it.
"It was a blessing in disguise," he said.
The move into the old warehouse tripled his display capacity and put his appliances in an area that's much more spacious, well-lit and cleaner than the original showroom. Money paid by his insurance company, EMC Insurance Companies, paid for the improvements to the warehouse, and the attention the fire brought Judge's Appliance has actually increased the amount of business Judge has done.
"Our business has probably almost doubled," he said.
Renovations and cleaning are done now. All that's left is the thanks Judge has for those who have helped him through the process. There are names and business cards taped to a refrigerator in his office to remind him of those people.
There's the fire department - not only the Hastings department but also those from surrounding areas that also responded, as well as the fire marshal. Tom Bakken at City Hall was an invaluable resource, Judge said. Three local contractors did the majority of the work renovating the storeroom. Mike Reuter of Reuter Renovations handled the drywall and plastering, Matt Freiermuth of Hastings Heating and Cooling got the heating system - which had been inoperable for two and a half months, Judge said - up and running again. Mike Judge of Judge Electric put all the wiring in place.
"They just did a hell of a job," Judge said.
He's thankful, too, that his insurance company was willing to work with him without involving lawyers.
"We were lucky to be working with a great insurance company," Judge said.
Now, perhaps, Judge can focus on another date coming up in April, when his business will celebrate 80 years of service in Hastings.


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Arcanthur Wrote:Good job with this mockup, yes you can diffuse the fanart as that's what we do with Xperience. It does work quite well to unify the design.
thanks! is xperience available? or are there any screenshots of how fanart looks? i'd like to see!
TheSwede1970 Wrote:Truly amazing work, hope you have the time and get some skilled coders onboard to make this a reality.
Coder I have... time, that i have to make!


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Stern documentary a festival highlight
Updated 1:33 pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012
Among the more fascinating figures featured in Houston Cinema Arts Festival's documentaries is the subject of "Bert Stern: Original Madman."
The film's driving force is not footage of the famed photographer today, talking in a passionless croak, but rather his work. Stern's midcentury photography and ideas jolted the advertising world, and the visceral creativity that courses through those images is fascinating and thrilling.
Of particular interest is a prolonged period dedicated to "The Last Sitting," Stern's famed photographs of Marilyn Manson, though his work for Smirnoff vodka and the campaign for the film "Lolita" bristle with energy and ideas.
Stern's creative side has to appeal because Stern himself - typically robed and in repose - comes across as a first-rate cad in interviews by Shannah Laumeister, his muse and longtime companion. He used his work essentially as pick-up lines to quench a relentless libido. His assertion that the photographs allow him to possess some part of his subjects only underscores his deep commitment to physicality that greatly contrasts with his shallow sense of commitment.
Talking about having a child with Laumeister, he says, "There's a lot of work with a baby … what would you do with it?" Of his two daughters, he's naturally closer to the "pretty one" and makes an empty attempt to reach out to the other.
Laumeister effectively presents the bad as well as the good, documenting Stern's emotional distance, his addictions and his creative failures as well as the successes that revolutionized advertising. "Bert Stern: Original Madman" is equal parts maddening and enlightening. (2 p.m. Sunday at Sundance Cinemas)
"Le Tableau" is a beautifully animated French film that may hold more allure for adults than children. It's a surrealistic tale of characters in various states of completion by "the Painter," who has mysteriously gone missing. There are heavy-handed social strata - complete figures, halfies (partially completed figures) and sketchies (you get it …) - and power struggles result. The artistic influences tend to be painters from the 19th and 20th centuries, which means the film has no sleek CG characters nor the obligatory American pop-culture references. (11 a.m. Friday at Sundance Cinemas)


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Presented by and at the Metropolitan Playhouse, 220A E. Fourth St., NYC, Oct. 2-25.
Nearly 100 years ago, Clyde Fitch was considered America's finest playwright. His last produced play, "The City," has not been seen in New York, the city of the title, since its original production in 1909. Now, the Metropolitan Playhouse, which creatively explores America's theatrical heritage, is presenting a neatly tailored version of this important play, a significant steppingstone for 20th-century American drama. If, in our dreams, America ever had an equivalent to Britain's National Theatre, this is the very kind of play that would cry out for presentation. Here, it is left to the limited resources of Off-Off Broadway. Anyone interested in the history of American playwriting should hie themselves immediately to East Fourth Street and offer a practical thank you to the Metropolitan for giving us the chance to examine the wonder that was Clyde Fitch.
It must be remembered that "The City" is still a creature of its time and is replete with its own built-in flaws. Thus we have sensationalism that includes drug addiction, murder, and incest (audible gasp from audience members), plus a happy ending where the principal character does The Right Thing. But, as well, we are given a diverse group of solidly constructed characters, a gripping plot, fast-flowing natural dialogue, and enough moral dilemmas to satisfy Arthur Miller. The central theme of the pernicious effect of the city has echoes of Dreiser and Sinclair, but Fitch provides a spirited defense that will cheer the heart of any true New Yorker.
The sins-of-the-father plot has George Rand, Jr. (Michael Hardart) pitted against dastardly Fred Hannock (Andrew Firda). Under Yvonne Conybeare's fluid direction, Hardart provides a remarkably believable interpretation of a man in crisis. Strong, viable characters are also created by Tod Mason and Teresa Kelsey. But it is Clyde Fitch who is the star here; catch him while you can.


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I am having problems with my computer. I cannot seem to update anything. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I first noticed that Adobe, Java, and Microsoft Security Essentials would no longer update. I have not tried to use Microsoft Update, but I am certain that would fail as well, which is why I have not even bothered. Every time I tried to update one of those programs, I would get an error saying that the server was unavailable and to please check my internet connection, or it could not update due to an internet or network connectivity issue. However, Malwarebytes Anti malware will update the definitions just fine, for some reason. Microsoft Security Essentials shows the most recent definitions as Jan 4, 2014, so it would seem the problem happened around that time. Running a manual update of MSE definitions gives me an error of 0x80080005. Well, the browser was showing web pages just fine, so after some googling and searching around, I realized that the "Windows Update" service and the "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" were not running. Attempting to restart the computer and manually "start" either of these services would bring up an error message. Trying to manually start Windows Update service gives the error 0x8007277a. I tried to use Microsoft's "Fix-It" solution which also immediately gave me an error saying that the computer failed to connect to all of the servers required to run it, thus it failed. If anyone could help me, or has had a similar situation that they solved, I would be very grateful. This one has me stumped. Thank you.
ETA - Checking through the error log in System, I keep seeing errors over and over that show the Windows Update service and BITS service terminating with the following error - 2147014790
Also many more times than that are errors saying that "The IPsec Policy Agent service terminated with the following error: The requested service provider could not be loaded or initialized."
Checking through the error log in Adminstrative Services around that time, I see hundreds of instances of one error over and over sometimes only seconds apart. not sure if it has anything to do with it, but here it is. It says the source is Side by Side
under the general tab:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.mfc_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_none_cbf21254470d8752\MFC8 0U.DLL". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",ver sion="8.0.50608.0" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
and under the details tab:
Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",ver sion="8.0.50608.0"
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.mfc_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4053_none_cbf21254470d8752\MFC80 U.DLL
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|17 Feb 2014
Hi, Welcome to forums.
This could be an issue with third party winsock. You can reset winsock. Here's how you can do it.
1.Click the Windows Start button.
2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box and press Ctrl-Shift-Enter (keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator). Click Continue to allow elevation request.
3. Type netsh winsock reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.
4. Type netsh int ipv4 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.
5. If you use ipv6, type netsh int ipv6 reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.
Note: you may need to run Network Diagnostics afterwards to "repair" your connection after this.
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|17 Feb 2014
You are awesome!!!
Just to fill everyone else in, this simple procedure solved my problem completely. It is now working flawlessly. Thank you, Archer, for your expertise. I cannot believe how quickly and easily you solved my issue.
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|17 Feb 2014
Nice to know, you resolved the issue...congrats!
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|19 Feb 2014
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Hi, I also had the problem of WU not starting, I tried many supposed fixes all without result, I kept receiving referrals to Registry cleaners that claimed to fix the problem (but only if I purchased a license). Finally after three days of no success I found in Microsoft Community a thread with information to <<http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/windows-repair-all-in-one/>> (free) which I then researched and decided to give it a go, after I ran it my system finally returned to running WU's and all is now good.
I am always suspicious of download programs and do online research of any before I decide. Some advice I received gave links to "Microsoft Partner" sites which when I looked into them required the purchase of a license to run their "fix all", I also found that "support" sites wanted a fee to assist me. I can only comment on what did finally work for me and I don't suggest that it will work for everyone, only the person seeking help can decide on what they will try. My thanks to all here who provided assistance to my query, as yet again I've found that the collective wisdom of people who have a real interest in "the issue" can help.
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|19 Feb 2014
I don't like to use any "programs" that claim to fix these kind of problems with the computer. Registry patches from a trusted source, maybe, but definitely not programs.
|My System Specs
|19 Feb 2014
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
Most programmatic 'fixes' for Windows Update problems are nothing more than registry edits - and unless sourced from MS can be highly suspect.
Be very careful what you define as 'trusted'!
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|21 Feb 2014
Well, by trusted I meant by a reputable member of this forum
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|12 Jun 2014
Windows 7 ultimate
thanks, that did fix my problem as well.
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Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation in San Diego Thursday that will ask voters to spend preapproved bond money to provide rental housing and related services for veterans instead of restricting the funds to loans for buying single-family homes and farms.
"It speaks to the commitment we all have to stand up and create housing opportunities for veterans who put their lives on the line for us," Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles, said in an interview Wednesday.
Pérez carried Assembly Bill 639, which will put the issue before voters in June.
Brown joined other supporters of the bill for a signing ceremony at Veterans Village of San Diego.
Supporters say that more than $1 billion in earlier bond authority has gone unspent while too many veterans sleep on the streets or struggle to pay their monthly rent, often going without other necessities.
Phil Landis, president of Veterans Village, had lobbied for the measure, telling lawmakers in a letter earlier this year: "While the voter-passed initiative (in 2008) failed to help a single veteran buy a home, AB 639 would generate thousands of affordable and supportive apartments."
The ballot measure would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to use $600 million of previously authorized bond revenues to provide apartments and other services for veterans. The state would still control about $530 million for loans to help veterans buy single-family homes or farms.
The state is expected to work with nonprofits and other agencies to use the funds to develop multifamily and transitional housing projects for low-income veterans and those who are homeless. Still to be worked out is how the state would cover the estimated $25 million in debt service when the bonds are issued.
California has the largest number of veterans and homeless veterans of any state. There are nearly 2 million living here, of whom about 16,500 do not have a permanent residence, according to government estimates. There are an estimated 1,500 homeless veterans in San Diego County.
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Assemblyman Rocky Chávez, an Oceanside Republican and retired Marine colonel, said he is concerned about whether the state's veterans bonds will maintain high bond ratings under the new approach.
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Pérez said he plans to resolve issues with borrowing costs and bond ratings before the measure goes before voters.
"There's still work to be done," he said. "But it's a tiny amount of money compared to the value of creating this other housing."
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Italian Style Asparagus
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed
1/4 cup minced onion
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4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
1 (141/2-ounce) can Italian-style tomatoes, drained and diced
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon oregano
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Moore surrendered a three-run homer to David Ortiz in the first inning, but followed that with five scoreless frames in notching his seventh win in eight starts to begin the season.
The left-hander yielded three hits, walked two and struck out eight.
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Red and purple, highlighted with red, white and blue, made its statement last month. More than 50 local "Red Hatters" took a tour train ride and had lunch in the historic district.
Shaking off days of tragic news and joining the nation in an effort to return to normalcy, the group of local women over 50 enjoyed their second outing since forming the Rhapsody in Red Chapter of the international Red Hat Society this summer.
Earlier this month a number of members gathered for the First Friday Art Gallery Walk. The Red Hat Society, with some 700 chapters and 17,000 members worldwide, is based on the Jenny Joseph poem, "Warning," in which the author suggests, "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me."
The poem describes growing old in a wonderfully outrageous style.
Chapter Founding Queen Mother Sally Gardner said future monthly outings are being planned, and membership is open to women over 50; the only requirement is a red hat and purple outfit.
The La Femme Fortnight (or planner) this month is Jackie Nelson, 797-2941, and for November, Marilyn Whitten, 461-0250. And planning has begun to join the annual Christmas Parade Dec. 1.
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Ulster ace Martin now set to raise the Barr next year
Ulster motorcycling star Martin Barr is to switch camps next year and ride for the highly successful Wulfsport team based in Crossgar and run by local businessman Roger Magee.
Magee said: "We have a letter of intent from Martin and it's only a matter of a few days before we draw up and sign a formal contract. The plan is that Martin will ride for us next year in the British and World Championships. He will be in the MX2 class along with our existing rider Shaun Simpson and we are very excited about the prospect. Regarding the MX1 slot we will be naming our rider shortly."
Barr has struck form in recent weeks and was a star attraction at the Moto Cross of Nations which took place in Washington DC a fortnight ago. Barr was ninth in one of the MX2 races which was his best ever placing and he said: " I really enjoyed myself and felt I had earned my trip to America. Regarding next year I feel I have a big chance of going up the ladder in the British Championship in which I finished seventh in the MX2 class last year as well as 26th in the world."
Barr's new team mate Simpson was fifth in the British Championship this year and 24th in the world.
Meanwhile, James Toseland can become one of the "best riders that Britain has ever produced" if he wins his second world title, according to former British Superbike champion John Reynolds.
The 26-year-old HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider goes into this weekend's final round of the World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours with a 29-point lead over Alstare Suzuki rider Max Biaggi.
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Ryan Johnson '95 Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Northern Colorado
July 31, 2007
July 31, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - "The University of Northern Colorado women's basketball program has hired Ryan Johnson as an assistant coach," reports the Denver Postof the 1995 DePauw University graduate. "Johnson was the Bears' director of basketball operations last season."
The item on Johnson -- who majored in biological sciences at DePauw and earned his Master's of Science in management from the University of Denver -- adds, "Before joining UNC, he spent one year as an assistant coach at Utah State, and was the director of operations at Colorado State. He also spent six years coaching at Arvada West High School and Wheat Ridge High School, where he helped both teams to Sweet 16 appearances and the Farmers to an Elite 8 showing."
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Remember Siso - it's vote for your favorite - not the best performance, just like AI. The judges will pick the best 'performers' (not just from next week, but I think what they have seen throughout the trials from those wildcards) and in the long run - these, IMO, will outperform the blaise, "picked as favorites". Hopefully the voters will make a fair choice in the long run. I suggest a balance of uniqueness, vocal wow and performance - the x-factor will be how each may grow their ability to wow the audience and judges through each round.
I could be wrong - the tone may be set on the first eliminator.


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Developing nations' bids have edge on West
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Western countries have been slow to react to increasing competition for international sporting events and will continue to struggle to win events unless they revamp their case for future bids, said a half dozen of the world's top bid consultants.
The consultants said the combination of Beijing's success in hosting the 2008 Olympics and South Africa's success in hosting the 2010 World Cup had emboldened the appetite of International Olympic Committee members and FIFA members considering bids from developing nations. The results are evident in a string of post-2007 votes by the IOC to take the Olympics to Russia in 2014 and Brazil in 2016 and by FIFA to take the World Cup to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.
"The dynamics of the bidding world have shifted to embrace fast-rising economies," said Jon Tibbs, head of JTA, a bid consultancy that worked on the Sochi 2014 and Tokyo 2016 Olympic bids. "[Former IOC President Juan Antonio] Samaranch's desire to unleash the potential of the Chinese market, and the coinciding of that with the massive growth of their economy, raised the Olympics and set a precedent that people were keen to follow."
Mike Lee, chairman of Vero Communications, who worked on Rio's 2016 Olympic bid and Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid, agreed, saying, "You're seeing a changing world order. The world of staging sporting events has become linked to broader dynamics of economic development, geopolitical development and countries that are looking for a spot on the world stage."
Western nations that have put forward bids and lost in recent years have been slow to recognize and adapt to that change, the consultants said. Instead of presenting new, compelling reasons why the IOC or FIFA should award them the Olympics or World Cup, they relied on many of the same reasons they had used in the past, such as economic viability and stable security. But the metrics for awarding events have changed.
"Ten or 20 years ago with the IOC or FIFA, money talked," said Terrence Burns, president of the Atlanta-based consultancy Helios Partners, who worked on Sochi's 2014 Olympic bid and Russia's 2018 World Cup bid. "What does FIFA need today? It's not money. They have a lot of that. It's not viewership. They have plenty of that. Today, they have a completely different perspective on how they want to impact the earth through sport."
Burns added that Western nations are having a hard time adapting to that new dynamic, especially as bids from emerging markets such as Rio and Qatar build their pitches around exposing the Olympics and World Cup to new regions of the world. Since 2007, the IOC and FIFA have awarded only nations with emerging economies the Olympics (2014 Sochi and 2016 Rio) and World Cup (2018 Russia and 2022 Qatar), respectively.
The consultants said that if Western countries redesign their bids, they can begin to win again.
"The communications challenge now for established markets is significantly higher than new or exciting emerging markets," Tibbs said. "Nations like the U.S. or Germany are going to have to come up with absolutely compelling reasons why it's not appropriate to go to new markets without coming back to your roots. They need to remind people about the new generations that have not yet experienced these events."
Burns said that Western bidders need to spend more time analyzing the goals and mission of the IOC and FIFA in order to craft bids that speak to their respective membership. The resulting communications strategy must permeate every presentation, every conversation and every video.
"I see bid after bid after bid forget that what moves people is emotion," Burns said. "Our goal is to give people goose bumps that are undeniable. It's about vision and guts. You have to go after it, but you have to do your homework first."
The consultants agreed that strong bid leadership was key to developing a message and selling it to voters. They pointed to Sebastian Coe's work on London's 2012 Olympic bid and John Furlong's work on Vancouver's 2010 Olympic bid as emblematic of the type of charismatic and engaging leadership that Western bids need.
"In the end, it comes down to trust," said Andrew Craig, an independent consultant who worked on the London, Sochi and Tokyo Olympic bids. "If they trust you, believe in you and like you, then they will vote for you. Trust and likability are strongly important."
The consultants said the prospects have improved for the U.S. winning a future Olympic bid or World Cup bid. Anti-Americanism has subsided and more time has elapsed since the U.S. last hosted an Olympics (2002) or a World Cup (1994).
Neither the U.S. Olympic Committee nor U.S. Soccer Federation have committed to bidding for future Olympics or World Cups. Still, Craig said he could see the U.S. winning the Olympics in 2024 if it bids, and Lee favored its chances of hosting a World Cup in 2026 if it bid again.
"Contrary to what many think, there's a great amount of good will to the U.S. in the Olympic movement," Craig said. "After two losing bids [New York and Chicago], the bid from the right city, run by the right people, with a strong USOC, which they've got right now, could be very compelling for 2024."
Burns agreed, saying, "If America brings a bid to the world that is imaginative, passionate, ebullient, celebratory and humble, it has as good a chance of winning as anybody else."


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Further thoughts on NodeJS desktop applications
I have been working on a more complete demo of creating a desktop app with NodeJS.
This one will use a full UI (KendoUI) and a Sqlite database to create a basic CRUD style app based on the Northwind dataset. Someone really needs to put together another (and actually well designed) standard database that people can use for apps like this.
While putting this together I have been considering reasons why you might actually write an application like this.
Something that dawned on me is that I am only really using Node in a very thin data layer. My Views and View Models are all standard HTML/JS. Which means the only thing I would need to do to switch this application I am writing to being on the web would be to replace the data layer which is currently using Node to access Sqlite with one that goes across the network to a REST service.
This means I am effectively writing an identical web and desktop app at the same time. Which opens up some interesting offline capabilities.
Add a build time dependency injector to switch between the Node and REST data layers, and a synchronisation mechanism (assuming you want the user to be able to use either) and you have the web and desktop versions of your app running the exact same codebase.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Belgian banking and insurance group KBC is selling 1.25 billion euros ($1.6 billion) of new shares to shore up its capital position as it pays back state aid to Belgium.
KBC, which received 7 billion euros from Belgium and the region of Flanders during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, said on Monday it would pay the 3 billion euros outstanding to Belgium along with a 450 million euro premium on Dec. 17.
The group said it was committed to maintaining a capital ratio of 10 percent of risk-weighted assets under tough new Basel III regulations and so had decided to raise 1.25 billion euros from selling new shares to investors on Monday.
It sold shares at 21.25 euros each, a discount of 9.5 percent to Friday's closing price. They have risen in value by 141 percent since the end of 2011.
"This is a clear testimony of the trust institutional investors place in KBC's fundamentals and bank-insurance business model," Chief Executive Johan Thijs said in a statement.
Issuing new stock dilutes earnings per share for existing investors.
However, Matthias De Wit, banking analyst at Petercam, said the share price surge had made such a move an attractive option for KBC, even if it had indicated previously it would not do so.
"I can understand it. It's logical. There might even be some relief because it removes uncertainty," he said.
Core shareholders owning 54.1 percent of the stock said they supported the move.
For Belgium, the money will arrive at a useful time, given it has committed to paying 2.92 billion euros for a third bailout of Franco-Belgian group Dexia.
"This should help with our efforts to keep Belgium's debt-to-GDP ratio under 100 percent," a finance ministry spokesman said. The ratio was 97.8 at the end of 2011, according to the central bank.
KBC also plans to issue a non-dilutive capital note of about 750 million euros in the first quarter of 2013.
KBC, which repaid 500 million euros plus a 15 percent premium to the Belgian state a year ago, said it would also be giving back 1.17 billion euros of aid to Flanders, along with a 50 percent premium, or 580 million euros, in the first half of next year.
The transfers would see the group fulfil its pledge to repay 4.67 billion euros of principal, plus penalties, by the end of 2013. It would then still owe Flanders 2.33 billion euros.
KBC said it would continue its dialogue with the European Commission regarding further asset sales.
It also referred to two negative items that would impact its fourth quarter results.
The first, based on a change in Belgian legislation, would be a hit of 50 million euros for income tax expenses. The second, based on current market conditions, was a net 100 million euros of non-recurring items.
Separately on Monday, the head of KBC Bank Ireland told Irish media that mortgage arrears there had dropped for the first time in five years during October and November, although the decline was small.
"We expect things to moderate in '13 and we're looking forward then in '14 and '15 to reverting to substantial profitability as a business," John Reynolds told Irish state broadcaster RTE at the opening of its first retail branch in Ireland on Monday.
JP Morgan Securities is joint global coordinator and joint bookrunner for KBC's share offering, while Nomura International is joint bookrunner and KBC Securities joint global coordinator and co-bookrunner.


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All quotes tagged Quickest
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"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."
"Let's take the instant by the forward top; for we are old, and on our quickest decrees, the inaudible and noiseless foot of time steals ere we can effect them"
"The quickest, simplest, easiest thing a home-owner can do is to create a defensible space around their home."
"Plus, ... her defense has improved. She's never been one of my quickest players, but she plays with so much heart that it gives her that extra quickness."
"I just think he's as smart a player as I've come across. I don't think he necessarily has the quickest feet — he's not a Michael Vick — and he may not throw like Dan Marino. But he's smart enough to get the ball where it needs to be at the right time."
"She was the quickest girl by far. She's incredibly fast. All the other girls were saying how fast she is."