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I'm thinking of stopping for a few days in the Lake Geneva region next July (2013). It will be part of a month long trip, starting with two weeks in France, then about a week on the Italian Riviera. Then I think I can afford another week to ten days so was thinking of working my way back up towards Paris via Lake Geneva, Bern/Basel, then Strasbourg. I'm pretty open about all of this part.
I just want one base in this region, was thinking Lausanne. Things of interest are Château of Chillon, Rochers-de-Naye, some of the 'charming' villages on the French side of the lake, and probably a day trip to Zermatt. I'd really like to see the Matterhorn and it seems if I based somewhere for three or four days and did it as a day trip, rather than spending the night, then I could pick the best weather day.
So is Lausanne my best bet? Any other suggestions? How long - thinking 3, 4, or 5 days. Do you think all the places I mentioned are doable as day trips? Anything else?
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I'm thinking of stopping for a few days in the Lake Geneva region next July (2013). It will be part of a month long trip, starting with two weeks in France, then about a week on the Italian Riviera. Then I think I can afford another week to ten days so was thinking of working my way back up towards Paris via Lake Geneva, Bern/Basel, then Strasbourg. I'm pretty open about all of this part.
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Many folks prefer smaller and more romantic Montreux or Vevey over the much bigger feeling city of Lausanne - they are all just a few miles apart. If Lausanne I'd try to get a place on the lake itself.
Any of the three can be an excellent base - all have main-line train service and boat service - boats being a great way to explore the lake and even go over to Evian-les-Bains and other cute cities on the French side of Lac Leman and also to Chateau Chillon - as do trains or it is a lovely few-mile walk from Montreux on lakeside walking paths.
apart from Zermatt other farther away from lake day trips you could do would be to take the Chocolate Train or regular trains up to Gruyeres - one of the very best walled cities in Switzerland - very nice and not that far from Lausanne - the Chocolate train itself continues on from Gruyeres to Broc Factory train station for a Willy Wonkaesque tour of the Nestle Chocolate Factory.
You could also hop the Golden Pass train from Montreux to some charming town like Gstaad and back - one of the most scenic trains in Switzerland.
Anyway you may want to consider getting a Swiss Pass of some kind that would cover virtually all your transportation - city trams and buses, lake boats, trains - even to Zermatt and back in full and include free entry to 400+ Swiss museums and attractions (not sure Chillon is included but many places like that are).
For loads of great info on Swiss trains, lake boats, passes and other options like the Half-Fare Card I always spotlight these IMO fine fine sites - www.swisstravelsystem.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com.
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hi isabel,
I concur that Lausanne may not be the best base for what you want to do. Chillon is just outside of Montreux, and the train to Rochers-de-Naye leaves from Montreux (as does the Golden Pass). In addition, Lausanne is a city that sprawls from the lake up to the hills, so you may find yourself walking back and forth (or taking the metro) as you commute for your daily excursions and/or want to spend time at the lake. I do think that either Vevey or Montreux would be a better base -- smaller towns, more likely your hotel will have a lake view. In addition, all of the hotels in Montreux and Vevey will give you a Riviera Card that makes all the busses free, and bus #201 runs from Vevey to and through Montreux to and past Chillon. Busses run every 10 minutes. So, it's really convenient.
I'd also like to suggest that you see some of the winegrowing villages of the Lavaux, the vineyards that cling to the lake between Lausanne and Vevey. My favorite is Lutry, which also has a signposted walking tour of its medieval buildings; I also don't think a visit to the area is really complete without walking through the vineyards. You could take a quick walk from Chexbres to Rivaz or St. Saphorin or a longer walk from Lutry to Rivaz.
Rather than taking a day-trip on the Golden Pass, I'd recommend you do the trip while enroute to Bern.
The only French town I've seen from Montreux is Yvoire, which is really lovely. You take the train to Nyon and then a boat/bus service to Yvoire.
Also like to add that the internationally famous Montreux Jazz Fest takes place for three weeks in July, so that may either draw or repulse you for Montreux.
Have fun as you plan!
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ps, though Nestle owns the Chocolate factory at Broc (actually Broc-Fabrique is the train stop), it is called the Cailler Chocolate Factory.
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I had been considering Montreux as a base but now that you tell me about the festival it's a definite no. (But I really appreciate the heads up about the festival). I'm sure those festivals are great if you are going there specifically to take in the music but otherwise they ruin the atmosphere of the place. I'm going to be trying to work around the one in Avignon on this trip also (and last year Ghent was totally ruined for me because of the huge festival there). Oh well. At least I'm aware of it. I'll have to do some more research but it seems like Lausanne will be the most practical place to base, given the trips I want to take. Any suggestions of which areas of Lausanne might be better than others (or even specific hotels - the €100 range). I will look into Vevey.
If I do stay in Lausanne do you think it's reasonable to do both the Chateau and Rochers in one day?
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Well, I'd stay in Vevey then. Vevey is linked to Montreux, as I said, by the free bus; the bus travel between the two takes about 30 minutes.
Vevey is a more residential place rather than a resort like Montreux. It has fewer hotels, but there are some nice ones. Its lakeside path has fewer flowers, but it's still gorgeous.
The madness of the Jazz Fest won't spill over to Vevey -- but maybe more hotels will be sold out. If that's the case, I would then opt for a hotel in the Lavaux vineyards (maybe Lutry). I just don't like cities.
You should be able to find a hotel in the 100 Euro range; that computes to 120 chf. You should be able to find a good single room at that rate (Switzerland is very expensive).
I suppose it would be possible to do Chillon and Rochers-de-Naye in one day. Make sure that you walk along the lakeside promenade to Chillon; that's one of the very best things about Montreux. The walk takes 45 minutes. So, you could take the train to Montreux and walk to Chillon, and that's about an hour. Then spend three hours in Chillon (I've heard that the minimum time is 2h). Then take the bus (#201) back to Montreux and take the train up to Rochers-de-Naye (takes an hour). Spend an hour or two up there, then come back to Montreux to catch the train or a lake ferry to Lausanne.
Have fun as you plan!
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Chillon itself IME was small and does not take much time - yes try walking one way - a very sweet walk for sure but you'd still have time to do the Rochers-d-N if you just want to go up and down that is.
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Most folks will infinitely love smallish Vevey much more than Lausanne but if you like a large city then Lausanne will be more your cup of tea.
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It obvious;y depends on where you stay IN Lausanne. For your budget you may not find too much available in Ouchy which is the section directly ON the lake. However, many hotels in Lausanne will give you a pass for use on the Metro (the "string" as it is known locally) which you can easily use to get back and forth to the main rail station as well as to Ouchy from which the lake steamers depart.
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Vevey would be by far my first choice!! I'm crazy about that town. It's my favorite of the three anyway (Lausanne is way too big to get comfortable as a tourist, and Montreux is more expensive) plus it feels the most 'Swiss' to me.
For reasonably priced places to stay there look at:
Hotel Geneve
Hotel Les Negociants
or even the hostel, Riviera Lodge
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If you're set on Lausanne this place always looked appealing to me.
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Clevenger ejected for arguing balls and strikes
CHICAGO -- Cubs catcher Steve Clevenger was ejected by home-plate umpire Jeff Nelson in the fifth inning of Thursday night's 5-3 win over the Reds for arguing balls and strikes.
With a runner on first and one out and the Cubs trailing, 3-1, Reds right-hander Mike Leake threw a 1-1 fastball to Clevenger, who took the outside pitch, which was ruled a strike by Nelson.
Clevenger -- who also appeared to be upset when he was called out looking in the second inning -- argued with Nelson before being ejected.
"I think the first pitch, obviously, he wasn't happy with," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He's got to have a little more composure than that when he's a catcher. You can't be getting thrown out of games like that for situations like that."
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Is there a way to transfer large files from one host to another host? without having to download it to my local laptop and then upload to new host?
Any FTP utility? Or SSH shell command?
If both servers support the FXP protocol, you can use an FXP client to transfer files from one server to the other.
Is this a Linux server? Are you familiar with the Linux shell system?
Most Linux distros will ship with the "ftp" client, just enter the command ftp <server> on the shell prompt of the server you want the files to be transferred to. Then log into the ftp account on the server you want the files transferred from. Use the get command to download files. Type help for more information about the command-line ftp program.
You can do this with 'backup' option available in cpanel.Good luck.
Alternatively, you could ask the host to do it for you, though they might refuse for this not being covered by their customer support service. Also, depending on the situation, you might not want them to know that you're putting these big files on their servers, so that they don't flag you as a "server abuser".
If you have a shell on one server, you could cheat and 'wget' the file from one of the other, if not either SCP (Secure Copy) or as has already been said, FXP.
As Tim said, create the large file on one server and wget it from the other. Fairly simple!
Curl is your friend!
Always back up while you transfer on cpanel
if both have cpanel installed, then its easy.
if what you mean here is moving all your site to new web hosting provider, then it will be easy if you find new web hosting that provide free migration service.they will do it for you with no charge.
The backup option on cPanel is your best option for sure if the transfer is from cPanel to cPanel. The reason for this is because it backs up and restores your databases as well.
Otherwise, a straight forward drag and drop FTP restoration is your second best bet.
If the host does a full account copy, the cPanel system will pull across everything - email setup, home directory, databases, permissions, the lot. This is by far the easiest option but it has to be done by the host (logged into WHM as root). Many hosts will do this for free or minimal charge for a new customer.
The other option is to package up your files on one end and then use wget or similar to pull them across.
eg: zip them up on one end, then on the other end call a PHP page containing something like this:
system ("wget someotherhost.com/yourfiles.zip");
system("unzip -r yourfiles.zip");
Some hosts disallow system(), if so, you need to get their help with the copy or find another host.
As others have said, some hosts may support fxp, although when i last tried it I had no success at all. If you do get FXP to work, please let us know.
yes cpanel backup and move over, pretty easy to do and can get you moved from host to host in minutes.
You can do it manually, it's just your internet which has to be fast.


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In addition to maintaining their previously-existing responsibilities, the pair will now oversee original scripted cable programming for the studio, with Rovner spearheading development and programming of scripted cable series, with Paul assuming formal oversight for all business operations — including production, business and legal affairs, operations, finance and administration for the cable production unit.
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From the Good Americans at AlterNet:
How the Corporate Right Hijacked America's Courts to Enrich the Top 1 Percent (and rich democrats - like clooney and maher - would be fools not to take advantage of it too)
America's political-economy is caught in a vicious cycle, with concentrated wealth at the top leading to outsized political power.
For a generation, America's political-economy has been gripped in a vicious cycle. Those at the top of the economic pile have taken an ever-growing share of the nation's income, and then leveraged that haul into ever-greater political power, which they have in turn used to rewrite the rules of "the market" in their favor. Wash, rinse and repeat.
It's the result of years of institutional investments by the corporate Right to advance a reactionary legal regime in America's courts. In the process, the richest Americans now have their hands in both our legislative and judicial branches, while working America has become a voiceless stepping stone.
"The more pernicious effect of economic inequality comes indirectly through its impact on political inequality," says MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations Fail. In an interview with Think Progress, Acemoglu explained what he called, "a general pattern throughout history":
When economic inequality increases, the people who have become economically more powerful will often attempt to use that power in order to gain even more political power. And once they are able to monopolize political power, they will start using that for changing the rules in their favor.
This dynamic is best understood in the realm of electoral politics. In a study of something that most people already consider to be obvious, Larry Bartels, a political scientist at Princeton, examined lawmakers' responsiveness to the interests of various constituents by income, and concluded:
In almost every instance, senators appear to be considerably more responsive to the opinions of affluent constituents than to the opinions of middle-class constituents, while the opinions of constituents in the bottom third of the income distribution have no apparent statistical effect on their senators' roll call votes (PDF).
Or consider ALEC, an organization funded by major corporations that writes laws that, among other things, curtail workers' rights to organize and disenfranchises the poor, elderly and people of color. It then lobbies state lawmakers to pass its "model legislation," and sweetens the deal with junkets – all-expenses-paid vacations at posh hotels for legislators and their families – where they can rub shoulders with the titans of industry.
Look at the fruit that union-busting bears for the wealthiest Americans:
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Another way the wealthiest Americans have rigged the rules so more of the national income flows upward may be just as consequential, but less well understood. A 30-year campaign to push America's courts sharply to the right has borne abundant fruit for those in the top 1 percent.
We see it reflected in today's Supreme Court, which, having unleashed a flood of super-PAC cash into our political campaigns in a decision that was one of the most brazen examples of judicial activism in the court's history, now stands poised to overturn not only the Democrats' healthcare bill, but much of the jurisprudence that supported the welfare state developed since the New Deal.
A study by the Constitutional Accountability Center found that the Chamber of Commerce had won 65 percent of its cases heard by the court under Chief Justice John Roberts, compared to 56 percent under former Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1986-2005) and just 43 percent of the cases that came during the Burger court (1969-1986).
But that's only the beginning. "The Roberts Court," wrote Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, is "slowly but surely... giving corporate America a handbook on how to engage in misconduct. In case after case, it seems big companies are being given the playbook on how to win even bigger the next time."
I suggest that the Occupy Wall Streeters construct a couple of workable guillotines, parade one down Wall Street the other down Pennsylvania Avenue. Send a message on .Bastille Day, the 14th of July.
This web site has detailed instructions:
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There is no democracy, not even a semblance of one, where there is such a great, and growing, disparity in wealth.
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I suggest that the Occupy Wall Streeters construct a couple of workable guillotines, parade one down Wall Street the other down Pennsylvania Avenue. Send a message on .Bastille Day, the 14th of July.
Let them eat cake.
Here's a short video on the subject of guillotines and Wall Street.
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This famous quote is a historical fiction, THISAA, apparently coined by Rousseau or maybe it was an ancient,popular saying that Rousseau merely repeated..
Rousseau does not name the "great princess" and he may have invented the anecdote, seeing as Confessions was, on the whole, a very inaccurate autobiography.


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Moves not paying off for Rockies
To understand the plight of the Colorado Rockies, consider that manager Jim Tracy gave Troy Tulowitzki a day off a week ago in San Diego and actually dropped Tulowitzki to the No. 5 spot in the batting order Sunday at Dodger Stadium. It was the first time Tulowitzki hit anywhere lower than cleanup in the lineup in three years.
Tulowitzki is considered the new face of the franchise.
It hasn't been a pretty picture, so far.
"We have a lot of veteran players and a lot of expectations,'' Tulowitzki said. "It's still early, but we need to get it going in the right direction. But we do have time.''
The Rockies do have 127 games left in their season. If those are going to be meaningful games, something has to happen in a hurry.
A year removed from being favored to win the National League West, the Rockies came into this season the consensus pick to finish fourth in the NL West. And they embraced the underdog role.
The organizational mantra was expectations have never been good for this franchise, which after a stunning late-season run to the World Series in 2007 stumbled to 74 wins in 2008. The Rockies again claimed the NL wild card in 2009, but, after battling for a division title for most of 2010, they lost 13 of their final 14 games and faded from a one-game deficit to nine games out of first.
They were a general favorite in the division a year ago, only to stumble to an 8-21 record in May and wind up with a 73-win season.
That led to an offseason overhaul, designed to change the clubhouse "culture.''
The Rockies brought in a veteran presence for the lineup with the signing of right fielder Michael Cuddyer to a three-year contract and catcher Ramon Hernandez to a two-year deal. They also acquired second baseman Marco Scutaro from Boston, with the Red Sox dumping salary in that deal.
And they gambled on their rotation.
So far, not so good.
"We have had some challenges to our mettle,'' said manager Jim Tracy. "What are we going to do about it? Nobody feels sorry for you.''
The Rockies returned to Coors Field for a five-game homestand on Wednesday night with a 14-21 record, equaling the third-worst start in their 20-year history. They were 10-25 to open 2005, and 11-24 in the opening stretch of 1993, their first year of play.
Coming off a losing record at Coors Field (38-43) for only the second time since the ballpark opened in 1995, they are 8-10 at home so far this season, one of four NL teams with a losing record at home. San Diego is 9-14 at home, Arizona 7-12 and the Chicago Cubs 9-10.
The underlying numbers of concern: an NL-worst 5.00 ERA, including a league-worst 5.27 rotation ERA.
It has been a team effort. Christian Friedrich, two starts into his big-league career, has a 1.38 ERA. Second lowest among the eight pitchers who have started a game? Juan Nicasio at 4.67.
Consider that last week in San Diego, Alex White and Friedrich, in their first big-league starts of the season, gave the Rockies quality starts on back-to-back days to mark only the second time the Rockie have had two straight quality starts. Thirty-five games into the season, the Rockies have only 13 quality starts. Nicasio, whose season ended last August when a line drive struck him in the forehead and the C-2 vertebra in his neck was cracked, has four of them.
And the bullpen has paid the price because of a rotation that has averaged an NL-low 5 1/3 innings a start.
The Rockies weren't expecting to dominate opposing hitters. Jeremy Guthrie, 20 games under .500 the previous four seasons in Baltimore, drew the season-opening assignment in Houston, and Jamie Moyer, at the age of 49, started Game 2.
The Rockies weren't looking for miracles. They also weren't looking for an implosion.
Guthrie was acquired from Baltimore because of his durability — he pitched at least 200 innings each of the past three seasons. Moyer earned his chance with a solid spring, but there was no long-term expectation.
So what happens? Guthrie bruised his right shoulder in a bicycle mishap and missed four starts before he returned from the disabled list on Tuesday night in San Francisco. Moyer had four solid efforts to open the season, but the Rockies are 1-6 in his starts, and he has allowed 14 earned runs in 15 innings in his past three starts.
More alarming for the Rockies is that the two young arms they were counting on to step up and assume leading roles — Jhoulys Chacin and Drew Pomeranz — aren't even on the active roster right now.
Instead of rebounding from a second-half struggle from a year ago, Chacin bristled at spring training insinuations he wasn't in top shape. Then, after going 0-3 with a 7.30 ERA in five starts — making him 3-13 in his past 21 big-league starts — he admitted to right shoulder problems and was placed on the disabled list.
Pomeranz, meanwhile, was sent to the minors last week after opening the season 0-2 with a 4.70 ERA, with the stated hope that a few adjustments can be made in the left-hander's delivery and he will return quickly. The initial signs are good. Pomeranz worked six shutout innings and struck out five without a walk, in his first start after he joined Triple-A Colorado Springs.
Nicasio, meanwhile, has been more than the Rockies could ever expect, despite a 2-1 record in seven starts. He is winless on the road but has allowed only one run in each of his three starts outside Coors Field.
And the recent reinforcements, White and Friedrich, have given indications that could be big-league ready sooner than expected. Friedrich became only the eighth pitcher to start and win his big-league debut in Rockies history by ending a five-game team losing streak at San Diego a week ago. He followed it up with a seven-inning, one-run no decision at San Francisco on Monday, his 10 strikeouts a season-high for the Rockies.
"That kid is making quite a statement for himself,'' Tracy said.
The question is whether the rest of the rotation has anything to say.
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UNI protesters challenge regents, Ben Allen
About 100 protesters gathered outside Maucker Union on the UNI campus
Protesters opposed to budget cuts at the University of Northern Iowa challenged state regents and UNI President Ben Allen today to meet with them to discuss why the decisions were made and what the protestors see as the lack of public input surrounding the plans.
About 100 protesters gathered outside Maucker Union on the UNI campus while the regents were meeting inside this morning. Eventually, many of the protesters made their way inside the ballroom where the regents were meeting, and about 30 to 40 protestors crammed into an area for a media briefing with board and university officials during the lunch break.
During the media briefing, the protesters challenged Board of Regents leaders and Allen on the budget cut plans, amid some shouting. The regents and Allen for the most part did not respond to the shouts, and took questions only from the media.
Joe Gorton, UNI associate professor of criminology, at the end of the briefing asked regents if the board would be willing to meet with a coalition of community leaders to discuss the closing of Malcolm Price Lab School, cutting the university museum and cutting nearly 60 academic programs, all approved in recent weeks by the regents.
Board officials filed out of the room and didn�t respond to his questions.
�Let�s have a conversation, why are you walking away,� Gorton shouted. �Would you be willing to meet with a coalition of community leaders? OK, the answer is no? The answer is no? They won�t meet with us.�
Walking into the media briefing, the regents were met with shouts of �no!� �no!� and �shame!� Many of the protestors held homemade signs about the cuts.
In response to a media question about the protesters, Regents President Craig Lang said it�s part of the American way.
�I believe it�s important for people to demonstrate and show their concerns,� he said. �We�ve read their emails and we�ve seen all their letters. We respected those, as well as we like them to respect us. This is a difficult time. I know that decisions that have been made have� impacted on many families, many teachers and many students.�
The concern from here on out, Lang said, it to make UNI sustainable in the future and to bring the most value to Iowa students.
Lang�s comments that the board read the emails and letters from the public drew some groans from the protestors, who have said they believe public input was lacking and board members did not see or respond to many of the concerns.
Allen said he respects the people who disagree.
�We also know that there are many people who are moving forward with these decisions and trying to implement those decisions in ways that will continue the strength of this university,� he said.
After Allen made some comments about not knowing how many layoffs will result from the budget cuts, one protestor yelled that she had received a pink slip.
�Here�s a layoff. Terminated! I�ve been terminated,� Price Lab School teacher Courtney Clausen shouted.
Some tenured UNI faculty have been offered buyout packages, with an April 30 deadline to declare their intent to take the offer. Allen said that means officials won�t know how many layoffs there might be until they know how many take the buyout, which should be in the next week or two. More than 29 buyouts were offered; Allen placed the number �somewhere in the 40s.�
There will be a �x number� of positions available in the restructuring of the research and development school and relocating student field experiences, but the number of positions offered likely won�t �match up with the people affected,� Allen said.The lab school is slated to close June 30, though parents and other supporters of the school have filed a lawsuit charging the regents did not have authority to close the school without Legislative action.
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From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:30:33 +0200
Danny Trebbien wrote on Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 18:05:38 -0800:
Oddly, the message isn't displayed even with --verbose. But if you
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+1 on leaving the latter detail in. However, the error message just
So, sorry, but I'm not yet convinced that listing all the locales in the
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Message-ID, please, for forward compatibility. (The apache.org and
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This amount of information ought to be a docstring, not a log message.
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March 10, 2017 - Maya Angelou: And I Still Rise,South Arts' Southern Circuit Tour of Filmmakers at The Ritz Theatre, 111 W. 3rd St., Sheffield. 7:30 p.m. This unprecedented film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos. The film also features a remarkable series of interviews with friends and family including President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Alfre Woodard, Cicely Tyson, Quincy Jones, Secretary Hillary Clinton, John Singleton and Dr. Angelou's son, Guy Johnson. Tickets $8 adults, $7 students. Tickets and info 256-383-0533, tvaa.net, or at the door.
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Chairman: Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Director: Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias
Head of Mediterranean/Middle East programme and EuroMeSCo "liaison officer": Haizam Amirah-Fernández (Senior Analyst for the Mediterranean and the Arab World)
General Statement
The Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute) is a private entity, independent of both the Public Administration and the companies that provide most of its funding. It was established, under the honorary presidency of HRH the Prince of Asturias, on 2 December 2001 as a forum for analysis and debate on international affairs and particularly on Spain's international relations. Its output aims to be of use to Spain's decision-makers, both public and private, active on the international scene. Its work should similarly promote the knowledge of Spain in the strategic scenarios in which the country's interests are at stake.
From its inception the Real Instituto Elcano considers itself a non-partisan –but not neutral– institution that seeks to promote the values by which it was inspired and which, by means of multidisciplinary analysis of existing and –especially– forward developments, aims to establish a global strategy resulting in political proposals having a practical application.
To achieve these goals, the Real Instituto Elcano develops a wide range of activities:
First, the follow up, study and analysis of international news in their various dimensions in as much as they affect Spanish society. This task will generate Working Papers of an academic nature (which might eventually appear as books), and of the Analyses of the Royal Institute, a series of shorter commentaries with a more journalistic flavour.
Second, the distribution of these documents either through the Bulletin of the Royal Institute, or mainly through our website, which will reflect the Institute's activities and where the visitor will be able to find both the Institute's own documents and other relevant texts from different sources.
Third, the organization of seminars, simposia and discussion fora. The Real Instituto Elcano understands that in a globalized world, the establishment of a network of contacts between institutions and people is essential. It therefore wishes to maximise relations between the different agents, cooperating with all those interested in the development of international and strategic studies.
Moreover, the Real Instituto Elcano's activities, insofar as it wishes to represent all national viewpoints and to be a global agent, take place in Spain and abroad.
Areas of work
Europe; Latin America; Mediterranean & Arab World; U.S.–Transatlantic Dialogue; Asia-Pacific; Subsaharan Africa; Security & Defence; International Economy & Trade; International Cooperation & Development; Spain International Image & Public Opinion; Demography Population & International Migrations; Spanish Language & Culture; International Terrorism and International Organisations.
Objective of the Euromed / Middle East programme
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On-line dossier on the Arab World
Membership to other networks
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- Red Iberoamericana de Estudios Internacionales (RIBEI)
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- Think Global, Act European (TGAE)
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LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 12, 2017) – Keeneland Racing Analyst Tom Leach, the "Voice of the Wildcats" for University of Kentucky football and men's basketball, interviewed these horsemen about their fillies in Friday's Buffalo Trace Franklin County (G3):
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. about Lull.
Trainer Neil Pessin about Scatter Gun and Nobody's Fault. ...
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Arnaud Delacour (winning trainer of Ageless)
"She likes Keeneland. We know that. She kept her good form. We kept her fresh for this race, and it worked out."
On Ageless' next start
LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 10, 2014) – Elizabeth Valando's Free as a Bird rocketed past pace-setting Richies Sweetheart at the sixteenth pole and held off a late bid from favored Ageless to win the 18th running of the $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County for fillies and mares by 1½ lengths before a Friday afternoon crowd of 14,895 on College Scholarship Day.
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Ian Wilkes (winning trainer of Free as a Bird)
On the key to the filly's five-race winning streak
"I shortened her up. I tried to make her go longer. She was just a little too rank when I ran her longer. I shortened her up from anywhere from five to seven furlongs, and she's consistent. She's very versatile. She can be close. She can be back out of it."
LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 11, 2013) – Coudelaria Jessica Inc.'s Queen's Award collared defending champion Madame Giry in deep stretch to win the 17th running of the $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County by a half-length before 22,807 fans, which marked a record attendance for a Friday during a Keeneland fall meet.
The previous attendance mark for a Friday during the fall meet was 22,052 on Oct. 10, 2008.
Eduardo Caramori (winning trainer of Queen's Award)
"We knew she was running at the end, but we didn't know if she'd be in time to catch (the leader). We got lucky today."
On whether he was concerned when she was far back early in the race
LEXINGTON, KY (October 12, 2012) – Nutmeg Stable's Madame Giry rushed past Bounding Bi at the eighth pole and drew off to a 2 ½-length victory in the 16th running of the $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County for fillies and mares before a crowd of 19,052 on Friday afternoon at Keeneland.
The victory was the fifth straight for Madame Giry, all under jockey Eddie Castro, and gave trainer Cam Gambolati his first victory at Keeneland. Madame Giry covered the 5 ½ furlongs on a firm turf course in 1:03.12.
Cam Gambolati (winning trainer of Madame Giry)
On scoring his first victory at Keeneland
"I don't think I've run (but) five or six times here. It (the race) just fit in. These kind of races are hard to find. The timing was good. A couple of people tried to talk me into running in the (Grade 2 Lexus) Raven Run (a 1 1/16-mile race on turf on October 19), which I think she would handle. But you know what, you win four in a row on the turf and it's hard to change. We proved it today."


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NuSil completes work on silicone facility
Silicones, not to be confused with the element silicone, are polymer excipients with which active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) are combined, or compounded, enabling improved drug delivery.+
Nusil's new 2,400 sqft facility, which is near the firm's headquarters in California, will provide contract manufacturing and silicone compounding services for pharma and biotech industry clients.
Brian Reilly, NuSil's product director for health care materials, explained that: "We've seen an increase in demand from manufacturers of controlled release and combination products to compound and deliver silicones that contain APIs.
"As a direct result of that spike in interest, we felt it was time to make a capital investment in multiple facility expansions that would ensure all future compounding was done in a safe and controlled environment."
Transdermal delivery
The completion of the new facility follows just days after NuSil expanded its range of drug delivery silicones (DDS) with two new transdermal adhesives.
The first new silicone, DDR-1370, is a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) designed to provide both "high cohesive strength and high release force," which NuSil claim gives the material "favourable temporary adhesive properties."
DDR-4355, in contrast, is a transparent, soft silicone gel that has a high-surface-tack, temporary silicone adhesive.
Speaking when the products launched on April 8, Reilly said that: "With a PSA and a tacky gel available to the transdermal drug delivery market, we are striving to offer two great options for temporary adhesives.


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State out of research on St. Louis River mercury
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota has pulled out of a research project on mercury pollution in the St. Louis River on the Iron Range.
The Star Tribune reports the decision is a disappointment to the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa and federal regulators.
Mercury contamination has made much of the river's fish inedible for children and young women. One in 10 infants on Lake Superior's North Shore have unsafe levels of mercury in their blood.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency officials say the state first needs more research on how mercury behaves in nature and why levels are much higher in St. Louis River fish than elsewhere.
Others with a stake in cleaning up the river have asked the U.S. EPA to hold a public meeting on the state's withdrawal.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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Spotify for Mac/iPhone – a quick look
Yesterday Spotify was the center of a great deal of buzz, and questions. The popular European music service finally made its way across the Atlantic to the US, and let me tell you this – I'm in love with it. I, like many, get bored of my music and want to listen to a variety of artists without feeling the need to purchase it. Spotify gives me that freedom. The service essentially lets you browse for any music. Search for a particular artist, track or album and listen to it within a few seconds.
Step 1: Signing up
The first step to using the service is signing up to one of the packages. There are three of them. The free package is only accessible via invitation from a current user. It offers basic online, ad-supported listening. The unlimited package offers unlimited streaming, again in online mode only for $4.99 per month. The premium is the big daddy of plans. It offers unlimited streaming, ad-free, offline listening, and access via the Android/iPhone apps. Once you've chosen a plan, you input your information and payment details and you're ready to go.
Step 2: Download the Mac app
The Mac Spotify app is the hub of your streaming activities. From here you search for all your tracks, and it can quite happily replace the native iTunes app for syncing music and playlists. You can download the app here. (Windows app also available here.) Install the software then input your login details.
Once you've logged in, the fun begins. Search for literally any artist, and you're almost guaranteed to find them. I searched for a few of my dad's faves – stuff I can't help but want to listen to once in a while. It not only comes up with the artist you requested, but also suggests others of a similar genre.
To play a track just double click it. To refine your search choose one of the options above the songlist. Clearly I was searching for Rush, so I select the artist name from the list. If you do want to purchase the songs you can, and even move them in to your iTunes library to be synced with your iPhone. The Mac app also allows you to create custom playlists and add songs to your queue. (Also connect to Facebook to check out what your friends are listening to.)
Step 3: Get your iPhone on it!
The third and most important step: download the Spotify iPhone app. It's free and available in the iTunes App Store. (Link to app.) Once you've downloaded and launched it, your device will appear in the desktop software and give you the option to wirelessly sync playlists.
The app gives you the same basic functions as the desktop client and has multitasking support, allowing you to utilize the iPod controls. Search for songs, artists, albums and then play them by simply tapping on the album or song you want to hear.
In the settings menu you can select a number of options, including offline playing mode, and song quality. If you're on an unlimited, or high download data plan you can also switch on 2G/3G streaming.
Also, when playing a track, if you hit the 'i' symbol in the top left corner you get a selection of other options. Options include adding to playlist, sharing the track or "starring" it.
Overall I'm impressed with the service, and as I've hinted at before I'd much rather pay the low subscription fee than have to pay to "own" an album on iTunes. This way I can listen to whatever I want, whenever I want and I get variety I like instead of the drivel that finds itself on to our popular radio stations.
Have any of you tried it out yet? What do you think?


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I booked a hotel room via their website, having first read various reviews of other hotels in the town as well as the one I finally chose. Cost was £20 cheaper than the price advertised on the hotel's own website. The hotel was fine, very much what the reviews had led me to expect. All in all, a very simple process that saved me money, with no down side..


text: Hi Peter, > Hmm, what we would need is so that when haskell-pandoc is being built > it's PKGFILE is updated so that it requires haskell-http 4000.0.9 > exactly. Then an attempt to uninstall haskell-hp-http later would > require an uninstallation of haskell-pandoc too. fortunately, Pacman does that already: | # pacman -R haskell-http | checking dependencies... | error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) | :: haskell-pandoc: requires haskell-http>=4000.0.5 It's not possible to remove a package that another installed package depends on. It's a different story, though, when a prerequisite is updated. Suppose that pandoc has been installed. Now, an update of haskell-http shows up an AUR. Pacman will perform that update, and it will break pandoc in the process. This is why we have to bump pandoc's $pkgrel at the same time we publish the update of haskell-http. In other words, an update of package X requires $pkgrel bumps of all other packages that directly or indirectly depend on X. Take care, Peter


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By adopting a data-driven approach – and this four-step scenario, marketers can fuel more engaging, individualized experiences and relationships: 1. Integrate & Understand: Gather and connect customer data from all available channels to develop a 360-degree customer view.
2. Analyze & Discover: Fully understand multi-touch attribution, which assigns values to different touch points of the customer journey, to inform intelligent decision-making.
3. Optimize & Act: Leverage insights to optimize spend and ensure customers are receiving the right offer via the right channel at the right time. Every time.
4. Execute & Deliver: Understand the best channels to communicate and deliver personalized messages to the customer.
With its thorough and detailed data-driven understanding of customer behaviors, Interactive Customer Engagement now empowers marketers to:
Recent industry research underscores that digital technologies and services stand to contribute to marketing success. In May 2012, Gartner, Inc. conducted a Web-based survey with 251 marketing executives who support marketing in U.S. and European companies, and were buyers or influenced the purchase of digital marketing applications technology and services. Gartner posed the question, "Which of your organization's 2012 marketing strategies are most important to its success?" to only the marketing executives. The top responses include:


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An explanation, maybe, to last week's story about the recent rise in consumer credit card debt, could be this:
According to Bloomberg.com, U.S. household debt declined 1.1 percent during the fourth quarter of last year.
The actual numbers are sort of mind-numbingly ridiculous — since they deal in dollar amounts incomprehensible to this reporter, who is paid mainly in coupons and sometimes a smile. "Consumer indebtedness shrank $126 billion from the end of September to $11.53 trillion on Dec. 31, according to a quarterly report on household debt and credit released today by the district bank."
All of this good economy news might not be great for challengers to incumbent president Barack Obama as we gear up for THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF OUR LIFE: 2012. For one thing, we've seen three months of continued job growth and a rallying stock market.
What does all this mean for you and your business? Tell us in the comments.


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How to automount a Samba network share read-write for multiple users on boot?
Hi everyone,
This question/problem must have come up several times without doubt, but nevertheless I'm still struggling with it (and it's beginning to spin!).
I have a Samba network share (just a regular, all-default share) which I would like to automount at boot, so all users can have read-write access to it.
My steps so far:
[1] On the server, I created a group called "machines", and added a new user "client-machine" to it.
[2] On the client, I created a group called "remote", and added a new system user "client-machine". In addition, I added the "remote" group as secondary group to an existing user ("user1").
[3] I added the following line to /etc/fstab:
# network shares on samba server
//192.168.x.y/Music /media/Music cifs defaults,acl,credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,gid=remote,uid=client-machine,file_mask=0777,dir_mask=0777 0 0
Where /root/.smbcredentials contains the Samba user name ("client-machine") and password.
Believe it or not, but on reboot (or issuing "sudo mount -a") this actually works :-) On opening Nautilus (Ubuntu's file manager), the network share shows up. However, documents (both new or copied) end up with permissions -rw-r--r--, so there's no way I can edit any document after it has been created or copied.
I then started searching the web... :-( The suggestions I found implied using (a) ACL, (b) umask, (c) scripts to mount the shares on login instead of on boot. I've tried (a) and (b) until I found this helpful post on ACLs, umask and shared directories. As considered (c), I found myriad suggestions, of which I couldn't decide which one was best.
Has anyone encountered the same issue? How did you cope with it? Any suggestions are more than welcome!
Thanks already,
Hi there,
I also spent a lot of time searching, and came up with nothing. Then I happened to get a book on Samba (O'Reilly press, the title is just "Samba") and got aware of the directive "unix extensions". Just for a try, I added
unix extensions = no
My suspicion is that the two Linux machines detect behind Samba's back that they're of the same species, and negotiate access rights differently, bypassing the Samba configuration. Maybe that works for you too.
How's the weather in beautiful Amsterdam? - I visited the city a few times during motor yacht cruises through the Netherlands (moored in Oosterdok for the nights, close to the drawbridge of Prins-Hendrikskade), and I like it very much. Many of the small towns around as well, like Alsmeer and the Westeinder Plassen, Bodegraven or Gouda. Get back there every two or three years ...
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[solved] How to automount a Samba network share read-write for multiple users on boot?
It works! I'm so happy! :p
Now all my directories & files are created with the dir_mask and file_mask specified.
btw. weather is ok. No snow this year, just an afwul lot of rain. Last December has been one of the hottest in hundred years..
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Website: http://www.o2arena.cz/en/red-hot-chili-peppers-sb436/
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS will play a show in O2 Arena, Prague. As one of the best-selling bands of all time, Red Hot Chili Peppers are still going strong three decades on from their debut album, and their concerts are something that everybody should try to experience.
Website: http://www.o2arena.cz/en/bryan-adams-sb426/
Bryan Adams will play a show in O2 Arena, Prague. Brian Adams is the best-selling Canadian rock artist of all time. With over 100 million records sold over nearly 40 years in showbusiness, he's still at the top of his game.
Website: http://www.o2arena.cz/en/rod-stewart-sb408/
Sir Roderick David "Rod" Stewart will play a show in O2 Arena, Prague. Stewart is a British rock singer-songwriter. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide.
Website: http://www.o2arena.cz/en/elton-john-sb403/
ELTON JOHN will play a show in O2 Arena, Prague. Sir Elton John, is a singer, composer, pianist and all-round British national treasure who has been blessing the world with his talents for decades.
Website: http://www.o2arena.cz/en/nickelback-sb416/
NICKELBACK will play a show in O2 Arena, Prague. Nickelback, formed in 1996 by Chad Kroeger, is a Canadian mainstream post-grunge rock band hailing from Hanna, Alberta, in Canada.
In this festival, the works of Czech composers and world artists are presented.
This is an international festival of classical music, held in various concert halls. This is the autumn version of Prague Spring. Usually the concerts are held at the Rudolfinum.
Prague Autumn has rapidly gained a reputation for attracting the world's greatest composers.
This is when Prague attracts most of its tourists. Many enjoy discovering the beautiful city's history whilst it is covered in snow. Parties and celebrations go on throughout Christmas until the New Year.
A Christmas market is held in the Old Town Square.
Also, the International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music is held during this period. Much of the fun on Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square.
Fireworks are let off everywhere.
Grown men spend the evening wearing frocks, and terrorising small children.
An angel and a devil, symbolising confession, reward and punishment. The angel hands out sweets to
children who have been good, and the devil is on hand to dispense rough justice to those who haven't.
Website: http://www.febiofest.cz
FEBIOFEST was founded in 1993 by FEBIO, an independent film and TV company. Originally a small event held in two cinemas in Prague, the Febiofest now screens approximately 4000 feature, short, documentary, experimental and animated films throughout the Czech capital. A music festival and art installations run alongside the film festival.
Website: http://www.agharta.cz/
One of the hottest jazz fests in Central Europe, the Prague Jazz Festival features world-class players like John Scofield and Marcus Miller. Carrying on throughout the spring, summer and autumn, with performances mainly at the Lucerna Music Bar.
Men rush around the country beating women on the backside with willow sticks; women
respond by dousing the men with cold water, and by giving them painted eggs. Painted eggs and willow sticks are on sale all over the city.
St Matthew's Fair marks the arrival of warm weather with cheesy rides for children at a run-down funfair at Prague's exhibition grounds.
On 30th of April, in various parts of Prague the witch-burning festival is celebrated. Unofficially it is celebrated on Petrin hill, which is very close to our hotel. Brooms are burnt and bonfires take place throughout the evening in an attempt to ward off evil.
Website: http://www.runczech.com/en/
It summons hundreds of marathon addicts from around the world.
Lots of shorter events are also held at other times in the year.
Website: http://www.festival.cz/en
The cultural highlight of the year. Prague Spring is still the heavyweight among local music festivals. It's had a stronger international flavour since the Velvet Revolution, and attracts first-class international performers such as violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
The festival typically opens with Má Vlast (My Country), Smetana's patriotic cycle of symphonic poems, and concludes with Beethoven's Ninth. However, it's also kept up with the times, expanding its parameters in recent years to include contemporary musicians such as jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and young sitar star Anoushka Shankar.
Website: http://www.kviff.com/en/homepage
This is one of the largest film festivals of the Czech Republic. It is also one of the oldest festivals in Europe.
Various celebrities attend this festival each year. High-profile guests have included Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and Elijah Wood, but the real joy is in the gathering of indie film-makers.
Many films sell out, but if space allows they'll fit you in.


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If you pay your employee sick pay when they miss work due to injury or illness, it is generally treated
as ordinary wages, subject to withholding for federal employment taxes. When a third party, like an
insurance company, pays your employee sick pay, income tax withholding is affected. The provider of third-party sick pay must furnish you with a Sick Pay Statement by January 15 of the year following the year in which the sick pay was paid. You include the information on that Sick Pay Statement in the employee Form W-2.
There are different types of third-party sick pay payments:
Payments made by your agent for which you are responsible for employment taxes.
Your agent is a third party that bears no insurance risk and is reimbursed on a cost-plus-fee
basis for paying sick pay and similar amounts. The agent is not responsible for employment taxes. This responsibility remains with you, the employer.
Under this option, if you or your agent make sick pay payments,
you deposit taxes and file W-2 forms, Form W-3, Form 940, and Form 941 under the same rules that apply to
regular wage payments. The sick pay is included in the total wages for that employee on the Form W-2 and withholdings are added
to the corresponding boxes for FICA, Medicare, FIT, etc.
Payments made by your agent for which the agent is responsible for employment taxes.
In this situation, your agent uses its own name and EIN when reporting to the government. Your agent issues
its own Form W-2 to your employee that reports only the sick pay amounts and withholdings. You (the employer) give
the employee a Form W-2 for wages only.
Payments made by an independent agent.
Under this option, the third party reports sick payments made to your employee on its own Form W-2. The agent withholds and pays all payroll taxes for the sick pay. You issue a Form W-2 for wages that you paid.
Payments made by an agent but the tax liability is assigned to you.
Payments for sick pay can be made by an agent who is not your agent, but according to your agreement, your portion of the payroll tax liability is transferred to you (the employer). The rules for reporting of Forms 941, 940, W-2, and W-3 are the most complex under this option and described in detail in IRS Pub. 15A.
When you report sick pay, you may either combine the sick pay with other wages and prepare a single Form W-2 for each employee,
or you may prepare separate W-2 forms for an employee, one reporting sick pay and the other reporting regular wages.
A Form W-2 must be prepared even if all of the sick pay is nontaxable.
The sick pay Form W-2 must include:
Employer name, address, and EIN
Employee name, address, and SSN
Sick pay paid to the employee
Federal income tax withheld
Employee Social Security tax withheld
Employee Medicare tax withheld
Any sick pay that was paid by a third party and was not subject to federal income tax because the employee contributed to the sick pay plan


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Temperatures dropped significantly over the weekend — even including snow in some areas of New England — but you will be able to put your parkas back in the closet soon. Sunshine and balmy temperatures will return Monday just in time for Memorial Day, according to the National Weather Service of Taunton.
While it remained chilly in Boston today, showers decreased throughout the day as the rainy weather slowly moved north toward Maine, said meteorologist Bill Simpson. Temperatures that were in the low 50s during the day are expected to drop to the low 40s overnight.
Bostonians and visitors to the city will have a pleasant day with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s, Simpson said. Visitors to Cape Cod will also enjoy temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s with very low winds, said Simpson.
"It will be very comfortable," Simpson said, but added that the week will progressively get more hot and humid.
A chance of scattered rain showers on Wednesday may be responsible for the humidity later in the week, said Simpson. Temperatures will rise to the high 80s and low 90s on Thursday and linger through Saturday.
"We'll be wishing for last weekend again," said Simpson of the upcoming hot weather.
Northern Vermont and New Hampshire have had more winter-like conditions over the past few days, with flooding and reports of snow ranging from a dusting to 3 inches and even to 1 foot in some high-elevation areas, according to the National Weather Service of Burlington, Vt.
The storm knocked out power to more than 12,000 residents, which has since been restored, according to an official tweet from Green Mountain Power. About a dozen customers in scattered areas across Vermont remain without power as of 4 p.m., according to Green Mountain's website.
Flood watch warnings have been removed and no additional river flooding is anticipated, according to the National Weather Service of Burlington website. Cool weather — including patchy frost tonight and possibly Tuesday morning — will remain in the Burlington area until Wednesday, when a warm front is expected to move in and push temperatures to the upper 70s. Temperatures will continue to climb to the mid-80s by Saturday, the website reported.Sarah N. Mattero can be reached at email@example.com.


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According to Manpower's Third Quarter Employment Outlook Survey, 40 percent of firms in Athens expect their payrolls to increase during the July-September period. Seven percent of employers say fewer workers will be needed and 50 percent intend to stay at current levels. The remaining 3 percent are uncertain.
New job openings are expected this summer in durable and non-durable goods manufacturing, wholesale/retail trade and education. Services employers voice mixed intentions.
On a national basis, companies in record numbers will be competing for new employees in most geographic regions, as 35 percent plan staff additions, 5 percent expect reductions, 55 percent anticipate no change and 5 percent are undecided.
ChangeMusic Festset for June 16-18
ChangeMusic Atlanta, the first event in the ChangeMusic Festival, will be held June 16-18 at the Embassy Suites at Centennial Olympic Park. The event, powered by CMJ Network, will cover the effects of technology on music industry professionals, consumers and artists.
ChangeMusic Atlanta will serve as a forum for industry professionals, artists and other interested parties to discuss and debate the issues that continue to arise within the rapidly changing music industry. The festival will include daytime panels, seminars, networking events and small-group sessions. At night, the festival will host performances at local venues.
A merger of CMJ and ChangeMusic.com, the CMJ Network blends CMJ's more than two decades of industry experience with the state-of-the-art assets of ChangeMusic to enable musicians, emerging artists and consumers to use the Internet to discover, promote and distribute music.
For more information about the ChangeMusic Festival series, visit www.CMJ.com/events.
National magazine ranksUniversity Automotive
Athens car sales company University Automotive Group has again been listed among the top 100 auto dealerships in Black Enterprise magazine's annual ranking of the nation's biggest black-owned businesses.
In the Black Enterprise Auto Dealer 100 for the year 2000, University Automotive Group, which sells Ford, Lincoln-Mercury and Mazda, was ranked 29. Last year, the Athens company was slotted at 24. Sales for the past year at University Automotive exceeded $78 million, and the dealership employs 138 people.
The company is owned by Ronnie L. Hill, who bought the dealership in 1991.
Southern writer Richto speak at luncheon
The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Council will feature Southern writer Ronda Rich as the keynote speaker at the third Lynne M. Smith Luncheon on June 7. The luncheon will be held at the Garden Club headquarters at the State Botanical Garden, South Milledge Avenue Extension.
The Luncheon Series was established by AACC Women in Business Council in honor of former AACC Board of Directors member Lynne M. Smith, owner of C&L Business Equipment in Homewood Shopping Center who lost her life in a car accident in April 1999.
Rich is the author of ''What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should).'' A former sports reporter, Rich is a well-known speaker on the topics of Southern hospitality, overcoming adversity to achieve your dreams, finding your way in the professional world, Southern cooking, and women in the South.
Tickets are $25 and are available through the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce at (706) 549-6800. For more information call Holly Preston at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at (706) 542-7193.
Earth Fare citedfor landscaping effort
Athens Five Points grocery store Earth Fare has been awarded the May Beautiful Business Award by The Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Commission.
The landscaping and repairs of the building were accomplished through a partnership between the owners of the property, Sams' Investments, and Earth Fare. The renovation included planting trees and redesigning the parking lot to incorporate flower beds. An assortment of edible and flowering plants adorn these beds, including parsley, cabbage, pansies, snapdragons, hollies and azaleas.
The Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Commission will present a citation to Earth Fare and Charmar Flower and Gift Shop will provide a living plant in recognition of corporate efforts on behalf of the Keep Athens Beautiful community.
Class will coverindependent contractors
The University of Georgia Business Outreach Services/ Small Business Development Center will offer a class titled ''Independent Contractor vs. Employee'' from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 2 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 1197 S. Lumpkin St.
Instructed by a representative from the Internal Revenue Service, the class will examine the tax considerations for independent contractors and employees that are hired to assist in your business.
Enrollment is $25 and CEU credit is available. To register or for more information call (706) 542-2134.
Athens inclusion onWeb site helps tourism
Athens' status as a travel destination spot will be enhanced by a World Wide Web site being sponsored by the International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
Official travel information on Athens and 1,000 other cities around the world will be available through the Internet at www.officialtravelinfo.com, and the site links official destination Web sites of convention and visitor bureaus and tourist boards around the world. For Athens, the link will be with the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Web site will also provide links to The Weather Channel, local newspapers and news agencies.
Ingles stores helpMuscular Dystrophy fight
The Ingles grocery store in Hull raised more than $1,500 through its Shamrock's Against Dystrophy program and helped the Asheville, N.C.-based company contribute $80,605 from all its supermarkets to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
All of the money is used to help adults and children who are suffering from the neuromuscular disease.
Internet service pointsretirees to Athens area
An Internet Web site that lists attractive communities for retirement has included Athens and Clarke County among its selection of ''outstanding communities.''
The Searchers, a St. Louis, Mo., data research/information company that provides information on areas suitable for people who are retiring, added Athens to its list of 157 different communities across the country.
People who use the service are asked to participate in a self-inventory of their lifestyle preferences, and those priorities are paired with the communities The Searchers list.
Lyndon House winscontractor top award
The Lyndon House Arts Center construction and development project in Athens earned Alpharetta-based commercial general contractor Lusk & Associates Inc. the Build Georgia 2000 Award in its category for the Associated General Contractors awards. The award is presented annually and selected from entries submitted from across Georgia by members from AGC. The architect for the Lyndon House Arts Center was zzzKressCox Associatesxxx of Washington, D.C.
The $4.8 million Lyndon House project is a 5,000-square-foot renovation of a circa 1856 home with a 31,000-square-foot annex that is open to the public by the Athens-Clarke County government. The facility is a visual arts center divided into four major areas to be used by craftsmen and artists.
Georgia Power usersto benefit from refund
The Georgia Public Service Commission announced that Georgia Power Co. will distribute a one-time $78.7 million refund to its customers in June. The refund calculates to about $18 for the average residential bill of $73 a month. All customers who used Georgia Power service as of Dec. 30, 1999, and who are still active at the time of the refund will automatically receive the credit.
The rebate stems from a 1998 rate case that requires Georgia Power to make refunds if earnings rise above a 12.5 percent threshold established by the PSC. In 1999, increased power usage and internal costs controls resulted in Georgia Power's earnings exceeding the threshold.
The initial rate agreement reduced residential and large business base bills by 5.7 percent and small business bills by 13.75 percent in 1999. In January, Georgia Power again reduced based rates to small business customers by another 2.35 percent, bringing the total reduction for this group to 16.1 percent since 1998. The changes represent $286 million in rate relief.
Training program for gas operators offered
Veteran gas operators from across Georgia and newcomers to the gas industry will participate in the Gas Operators Continuing Education Program, which will be offered June 1 and July 18-21 at the University of Georgia for Continuing Education. The program will also be offered in Tifton on June 6-9, and in Macon on June 20-23. The program, sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association Gas Section in cooperation with the University of Georgia, was designed to address training and regulations for gas operators.
To register or for more information call (706) 542-2134 or (800) 884-1381 or visit the Georgia Center site at www.gactr.uga.edu/conferences/2000/Jun/01/gas/html.
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What the heck, I swear I have reviewed this one before. And considering that my bag is almost gone, I have definitely drank it quite a few times. Oh well.
I love mint, so I figured I would like this one. I mostly get apple notes with mint coming to the forefront. It seems an odd combination to add coconut, but it actually works here. The creamy coconut is in the background, but it is definitely there. Delicious! Hopefully I can pick up some more before it disappears.


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U-Battery: Local Modular Energy
U-Battery is a micro modular reactor (MMR) which will be able to produce local power and heat for a range of energy needs.
It is being developed by URENCO in partnership with Amec Foster Wheeler, Cammell Laird and Laing O'Rourke.
News Releases
U-Battery agrees Memorandum of Cooperation with JAEA
19 May
U-Battery is pleased to announce that on 18 May 2017, a Memorandum of Cooperation was agreed with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).
U-Battery exhibits at Nuclear Industry Forum, London
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From 15-16 May, U-Battery exhibited at the Nuclear Industry Forum in London, UK.


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Your pet is not just an animal to you; they are your dear friend and part of the family. Every cuddle, every walk, every funny moment is precious, which is why it is very important to take care of your pets health.
Did you know that even healthy looking pets can carry worms? These parasites can cause suffering, illness and even death and can easily be spread from other infected animals, from eating raw meat and even from fleas which carry tapeworm eggs. These internal parasites will drain your pet of blood and nutrients. Some worms that infect pets will also infect people, making it even more important to treat this health issue as soon as possible especially for pets in homes with children, elderly people or immune compromised individuals.
Your pet wont be able to tell you whats wrong and many infected animals dont show any outward signs, so you need to keep a close eye on the health of your furry friend. If left unchecked, a worm infection can have serious health implications.
In order to reduce the risk of a worm infection, you can maintain a regular worm treatment program for your pet as well as a flea treatment which can help to prevent tapeworms. Puppies and kittens are often born with worms which are passed along from their mother, so they should be de-wormed from as early as two weeks old for puppies and six weeks old for kittens.
Your pets are loyal to you and are always excited to see you when you walk in the door. You can count on them to be there to cheer you up when you are feeling down. In return, your pets are counting on you to take care of them, so dont neglect this important aspect of their health.


text: The Spiritualist WEBSITE ADD TO Trip Planner Meet Mrs. Dunn, an English widow who cooks for the school lunch service and communes with the spirits of dead composers. When a crusading American newspaperman tries to unmask her as a fraud, he find more to the so-called spiritualist than meets the eye. A world premiere comic drama inspired by surreal true events. The Spiritualist reveals the intersection between art and commerce, sanity and the hope for transcendence. Get Directions Gas Calculator Details Dates: August 29, 2013 - September 15, 2013 Venue: TheatreSquared Address: 505 W Spring StFayetteville, AR 72701 Website: theatresquared.org Phone: 479-445-6333 Contact: Theatre Squared


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In this scene, a smiley Riley Richmond makes Melrose Place a little brighter in her printed, jewel-toned dress. A black waist belt, platform peep-toes, and a thick black cuff bracelet perfect the youthful and vibrant look; great for any occasion. Shop similar items now!
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Well, our Tidy Table Tray + Flexi-Diner™ by arrived the other day and I was so stoked to try it out – I loved the idea of having a neater place for Quincy to have meals, snacks and play. It's so crazy convenient and easy to install.
Except it doesn't fit my 1950's formica table. I'm sure that the awesome folks at Bambinos! will be glad to know this is my new excuse to get a new kitchen table. Right? RIGHT?
I think it will fit on my desk, but that's not practical. To show you how awesome it is, I installed it on Quincy's play table. You'll see it's just a simple secure clip. Sooo easy. What's really great about it is that I preloaded it with snacks and crayons BEFORE I clipped it – just one trip. This means that clean up is just as simple. Love it!
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License found at scene leads to theft charges
A Nebraska driver's license, left at the scene of where a reported theft occurred in rural Gothenburg, led Lincoln County law enforcement officials to the alleged thief.
On April 25, Lincoln County sheriff deputies were asked to respond to an alleged theft in the area of Wahlgren and Banner Road, southeast of Brady.
The victim of the alleged theft reported a trencher was missing parts as well as about 600 feet of wire on a spool. Deputies said the value of the items taken was more than $2,500.
At the scene, deputies located a Nebraska driver's license that had been issued to 37-year-old Gothenburg resident Edwin L. Imler.
They said the victim of the theft did not know Mr. Imler.
On May 1, the North Platte Police Department arrested Imler on a Dawson County warrant.
Lincoln County sheriff deputies interviewed Imler and reported that Imler said he did not remember taking the items. However they said Imler did admit to being in the area during the time of the theft.
Imler was charged with felony theft and jailed in the Lincoln County Detention Center.


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A pensioner has denied stealing a Poppy Appeal donations tin in Oxford.
The Royal British Legion collection box was taken from the post office in Downside Road, Risinghurst, at about 8.30am on Monday, November 5.
At Oxford Magistrates' Court yesterday, Mohamed Sheikh, prosecuting, said it was believed to contain up to £2,000 and has not yet been recovered.
John Thompson, of Malford Road, Barton, Oxford, was charged with theft and pleaded not guilty.
The 72-year-old was released on police bail to attend Oxford Magistrates' Court for trial on Wednesday, February 20.


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Reserve Bank of India has issued a circular about loans and advance against the Indian Depositorty receipts. RBI gives the clear instruction about loans on IDR, as some companies got the approval of loans against IDR but now no company will get the permission to get the approval of loans against IDR. Full notification is as under.
DBOD. Dir.BC. 96 /13.03.00/2010-11
DBOD. Dir.BC. 96 /13.03.00/2010-11
May 25, 2011
All Scheduled Commercial banks
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Dear Sir / Madam
Finance for and Loans/Advances against IDRs
In terms of Foreign Exchange Department circular A.P (DIR Series) Circular No.5 dated July 22, 2009, eligible companies resident outside India have been permitted to issue Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) through a domestic depository, subject to terms and conditions indicated therein.
2. The matter regarding extending of finance for subscription to the IDRs and loans thereagainst has been examined. It has been decided that no bank should grant any loan/advance for subscription to IDRs. Further, no bank should grant any loan/advance against security/collateral of IDRs issued in India.
Yours faithfully
(B. Mahapatra)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge
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He is on today, Fanny Mare. I'll PM you a schedule of appearances that I got from his fan club website.
All magic comes with a price - Rumpelstiltskin
I really enjoyed the show yesterday. Josh Groban AND video of Kelly's Empire State Building run! That was really fascinating. And I guess I have to also say, begrudgingly, that Michael is annoying me a little less --- but I still don't want to see him every single day on the show. So like many of the other former 'regular' viewers, I now just watch the show when they have a guest I want to see -- and because I really enjoy Kelly, I try not to fast-forward through Kelly and Michael's chit chat segment, unless it becomes just too annoying or boring. (Must say tho, the one thing that I DO enjoy about Michael is when he talks about his fiance Nicole. She is a beautiful, talented and fascinating woman. Would love to see more of her on the show. Maybe she'll fill in for Kelly once in a while when Kelly is on vacation.)
Thanks to Little Sew&Sew, I manged to see Josh( sigh) it's not bad little show .I like Micheal.
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I just read that Kellie resonded to a question about if she keeps in touch with Regis by saying that she didn't and that she hasn't seen him since he left the show. Could this be true? How odd.
I saw that also and was somewhat surprised.
BTW, I watched the show briefly each day while Kelly was on vacation. I though Mickael did very well with a number of different hosts....he seemed much more animated with them.
After I retired from over 30 years, I have not once gone back. I can easily understand them not keeping in contact with each other. People move on quickly.
There's no place like home!
Of course he didn't go back to the show. We were surprised tht he and Kelly did not keep in any kind of contact. When I retired, I never went back to the workplace, but I certainly kept in touch with many people I worked with...some just emails or notes and others in person.
That doesn't surprise me that much. Regis and Kelly never seemed to have much in common other than their show which is why it worked to me. So once he's dismissed and not by his choice, why spend time together? If anything the thing that I find surprising about the story is that she'd admit it.


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Beginning next week, St. Louisans will have the unique opportunity to take an in-depth look at the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as view five of her signature gowns. Diana, The People's Princess exhibit owner/curator Maureen Dunkel, who purchased 13 of Diana's dresses months before her death in August 1997, will be in town for a reception and book signing (hosted by Mary Strauss), as well as a private pre-opening tour and presentation to VIP Plus ticket holders. The exhibit, held in conjunction with the St. Louis 35th Annual Home & Garden Show at America's Center, takes place Feb. 23 to 26. For tickets, call 573-450-6340 or visit stlcares.com. For the Strauss reception, click on the 'Strauss Event' tab on the website. Proceeds from the reception and VIP events benefit Angels' Arms in St. Louis through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
LN: What made you decide to purchase Diana's gowns?
MD: In early 1997, I began looking for an important collection for investment purposes and had looked into well-assembled textile collections. Someone brought to my attention that Diana was going to auction some of her dresses at Christie's. I really thought about it but decided to pass because of the recent divorce and the loss of 'Her Royal Highness' title. Then about five days before the sale, I picked up a copy of Vanity Fair magazine, and Diana was on the cover. After reading about her unique position in the royal family, I thought, Well, she may not technically be a royal any more, but she will always be the mother of a future king of England.
So I did some more research and discovered that the world really watched Diana grow up through her fashion. Her look had changed so dramatically from the early '80s to what was now 1997, and I believed it would be a good story to tell. And with Christie's guidance, I purchased 13 dresses in June 1997.
LN: And then, months later, her untimely death occurred.
MD: I remained fairly anonymous, but I received an inquiry about doing a short local piece, and I said I would do it. So that aired at 11 p.m. on Friday night (Aug. 29), and 25 hours later she was dead. So my situation went from almost complete secrecy to then having this TV piece that was now running up the national and international wires. It was really quite overwhelming!
It felt so surreal that I now had these dresses. I just felt very moved to do something different with them. Originally, I purchased the dresses to lease them out until I decided to sell them. But with the circumstances of the tragedy, I felt that wouldn't be right, so we organized a tour to benefit charity and then we put them on display in Kensington Palace for 10 years as a part of the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection. We also published a book called My Decade With Diana, and it tells the story of how I got to know more about her through this whole experience.
LN: Which gowns will be on display during the exhibition at America's Center?
MD: The very high profile dress that she wore when she danced with John Travolta at the White House—it's deep ink-blue velvet. It's so beautiful. Also, the black halter dress she wore in the Vanity Fair spread to promote the Christie's sale. It was designed by Catherine Walker in 1994, when the princess was separated from her husband and she became more daring and—dare I use the word—sexier in her dressing, which she really couldn't do when she was in her official role as princess. She looked so great in that dress!
There also is a dark burgundy, heavily embroidered dress with a long tailcoat. The story behind it is that Catherine Walker put a lot of effort into the design on the back because she recognized that Diana—the most photographed woman in the world—was photographed from every angle. So every angle needed to have some sort of design interest.
A green sequin dress also is a part of the collection—and she was called 'Dynasty Di' when she wore it because it looked like a dress from the '80s television show, Dynasty. One thing that's really exciting about that dress is obviously anywhere Diana went, the paparazzi was there, and she wore this dress at night, so you can see all the lights from the photographers' flashes reflecting off of this dress. And there's a one-shouldered pink and cream crepe sequined dress. Diana wore it on an official visit to Brazil, as well as to a movie premiere that Liza Minnelli attended.
LN: What else can visitors expect to see at the exhibit?
MD: It's a walk through Diana's life, beginning with a 12-minute movie. After the film, visitors walk through a zone covering her childhood, her ancestral background and why that background made her such an excellent candidate to become the future queen of England. There's an engagement/wedding zone, as well as one that tells about her role as a mother, and another that talks about her use of fashion. As an ambassador of England, she not only brought attention to British designers, but she also superbly used her fashion to bring attention to her charity work. And then there's a zone that talks about the tragedy of her death and the legacy that's lived on. So it's really a historical perspective on Diana, and the dresses are a part of the story—it's quite a comprehensive experience.


text: Payback: The Director's Cut Studio: Paramount Pictures Year: 2007 (1999 original theatrical release) Rated: Unrated Length: 90 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Subtitles: English Street Date: April 10, 2007 Reveling in the conventions of traditional Film Noir, Payback is the story of a principled robber seeking to reclaim what was taken from him after a double-cross. To do that Porter (Mel Gibson) must take on the Syndicate, a disconnected mafia organization that rules the city's seedy underbelly, in a blaze of guns, fists, and double-crosses. Like all films of this genre, the conclusion is less important than the experiences in getting there; it is in the varied characters you meed along the way. Payback manages to keep a dark and gritty tone despite a large number of daytime exteriors, in the end producing the best modern Film Noir-esque film this side of Brick. This new cut hardens the film's protagonist and streamlines the narrative, creating a movie that sprints to its inevitably-ambiguous conclusion. About all I remember of the original cut of Payback was that it felt compromised; like Film Noir-lite. Director Brian Helgeland (who was fired before the film was completed) has been allowed to return--a la Richard Donner and Superman II--and he has put together a wonderfully sadistic movie. The protagonist is not a good man: he is a criminal. The complexity that Gibson brings to the role, however, creates a multi-faceted character that the audience begins to empathize with, despite his flaws. Helgeland's revisions make Porter less-likeable and simultaneously more compelling. He's less Riggs (from Lethal Weapon) and more Sterling Hayden. And that is a good thing. The revised Payback excises about ten minutes from the narrative, most of the fluff added after test audiences and studio executives bristled at the film's harsh tone, and removes the addition of Kris Kristofferson's Bronson. The remainder is excellent. The tone is dark and straightforward, the narrative continually driving forward. Aside from Maria Bello, whose lines often seem rushed and without proper manner, the acting is pitch-perfect. Lucy Liu is brilliant as a sadomasochistic prostitute with ties to the Chinese mafia, as are the businesslike-mobsters William Devane and James Coburn. I first heard tell of this cut of the film in Ed Brubaker's most recent issue of the comic book "Criminal," after Patton Oswald offered his services as killer in order to obtain a 16mm print in an essay at the end of the book. I am happy to report that nobody will have to die in order for you to see this film; it'll just cost you a couple of dollars. And it will be money well-spent. Video: The 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is by-and-large unremarkable, though slightly disappointing. Some of the long-shots are bleary and soft, others feature a great deal of fine detail. The darker scenes, surprisingly, look a lot more vibrant and detailed, while the daylight sequences are washed-out. None of them look terrible, mind you, but I feel like the age and mistreatment of this print have resulted in limitations visible on DVD. The quality is not enough to distract me from revisiting the film; it was merely adequate. Audio: This is where the disc shines: the 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack is stellar. The dialogue is clean, the music cues are subtle and well-distributed, and the sound effects (gunfire and the like) come from every channel. While it is not completely immersive it definitely works to pull the viewer into the dingy world Porter and his comrades occupy. Extras: Packed with features, this new edition of Payback is a tight example of what should be done with new versions of films. The highlight is the commentary by writer/director Brian Helgeland. The filmmaker sits alone, recounting how the film was shot, his struggles in making it, and the marking some of the changes in this new cut in a wonderfully conversational style. The location documentaries are fantastic. Mixing behind-the-scenes footage with a narrative about the growth and development of both the movie and its writer/director Brian Helgeland, these featurettes expand the world of the movie and how it was created, but never wearing out its welcome. Although the first, based in Chicago, is more of a Helgeland love-fest, the two paired are an honest, revealing look at the work of a first-time filmmaker and the creation of the characters who inhabit this dark, noir world. Helgeland and editor Kevin Stitt, and Mel Gibson sit down to reflect on what lead to Helgeland's replacement in a featurette about cutting Payback, "Same Story, Different Movie." The principles, including Gibson talking from his production perspective, are very candid about their issues, illuminating a lot about the pains of constructing a film outside the studio system. Donald Westlake, author of the original story, "The Hunter," that was the inspiration for Point Blank and Payback, talks about the book he wrote some forty years ago. Calling it a "book for men," he goes through the creative process, including the stripped-down, coarse language and the inspirations for his dark, noir tone. Additionally there are some previews for other Paramount/Icon sets, including the brilliant Braveheart and the mediocre Babel. All but these previews are in Anamorphic widescreen, probably coming from their inclusion on HD DVD. Overall: The more I reflect upon it, the more I enjoyed this new version of Payback. Dark and gritty, this cut has far less personality and, resultantly, is even more enjoyable. The film is uncompromising in its drive for revenge, accurately reflecting the personality of its protagonist.