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Monte Carlo Inn Airport Suites7035 Edwards Boulevard, L5T 2H8 Mississauga (Show map)
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quiet and very clean, staff was frienly and helpful. Breakfast was good.
I liked how close it was to the conference and eady to find
location, excellent service in bar, nice rooms
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The bed was very comfortable,& the staff was pleasent & helpful.
Breakfast was ok. Location was ok.
convenience of free airport shutle.
I have stayed at this hotel 5 times previously and have always had a nice room, good staff, and good food.
The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast included is great.
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Elegant and affordable place....like the comfort of the beds..
Good Location and decent value.
Set only minutes from Pearson International Airport with airport shuttle service, this Mississauga hotel offers an on-site restaurant along with a number of free amenities, including wireless internet access. Begin the day at the Monte Carlo Inn Airport Suites with a free buffet breakfast and a free weekday newspaper. Take advantage of the on-site fitness center or enjoy in-room coffeemakers, microwaves and mini-refrigerators. With easy access to major highways, the attractions and activities of downtown Toronto are within driving distance of the Monte Carlo. A number of golf courses, restaurants and shopping centers are also nearby. Hotel Rooms: 104 The most recent booking for this hotel was made on Dec 12 at 4:55 PM from Canada.
ActivitiesNewspapers, Fitness Center Food & DrinkRestaurant, Bar InternetFree! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge. Free! Wired internet is available in all areas and is free of charge. ParkingFree! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Services24-Hour Front Desk, Baggage Storage, Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Center, Honeymoon Suite, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, Vending Machine (Drinks), Vending Machine (Snacks), Airport Shuttle (Surcharge) GeneralElevator, Safe, All Spaces Non-Smoking (Public and Private), Air Conditioning Languages spokenRussian, Italian, Spanish, English, French Check-inFrom 2:00 PM Check-outUntil 11:00 AM Cancellation/
Total Hotel Score:7.6
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quiet and very clean, staff was frienly and helpful. Breakfast was good.
Bar did not stay open very late on a Friday evening
I liked how close it was to the conference and eady to find
It smelled of smoke in a non-smoking room Hair dryer not working and needs replacing Old interior Staff sometimes not very helpful Expected better for its value
location, excellent service in bar, nice rooms
The bed was very comfortable,& the staff was pleasent & helpful.
We were unable to have our free breakfest or order breakfest off the menu even though we arrived before the time given (7am-11am) had ended.
The false fire alarm going at 1:18AM, Kept me awake for the next few hours-poor response from the Hotel people. Inability to enquire the welfare the guests and no apologies came for their actions/inactions
Breakfast was ok. Location was ok.
convenience of free airport shutle.
nothing to dislike
I have stayed at this hotel 5 times previously and have always had a nice room, good staff, and good food.
The front desk staff "Sam" was very rude! Having stayed there 5 times before and staying this time for 5 days I asked for a possible upgrade to a jacuzzi suite. He said "we never upgrade 3rd party bookings, ever.... So you are out of luck" and laughed at me for asking. Then he couldn't find my reservation in his system and blamed the day staff because they were "incompetent", took all my details and I showed him my reso on my ipad so he could see the price. The second day in the evening when I came back told me the reservation was still missing and I had to use his computer to print off a copy of my booking. I tried but the computer was broken and he told me if I couldn't print the bill he would charge me regular rate. I had been at a 12 hr conference and was very annoyed I had to do all of this since I always use Booking.com and it has never been an issue! I finally asked if I could email him the reso since his computer wasn't working and he told me after 30 minutes of trying to forget about it, he would find a way to fix it?? My experience with Sam was less than friendly, he wasn't nice at all and should rethink a job at a hotel front desk with his manners. I stayed in room 215 which had a nice king bed but the remote didn't work and front desk didn't have any spares so I had to change the channel manually, and the bed was rock hard and well past its life span. I woke up with spring marks on my sides and stomach each morning and a terrible back ache all week because it wasn't comfortable. I complained and was told the hotel was booked solid and I couldn't switch rooms. I stay in Mississauga for 5-7 days a month for work and I think this may be my last time at the Monte Carlo, loyalty should count for something?
The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast included is great.
Elegant and affordable place....like the comfort of the beds..
I love this hotel
Good Location and decent value.
noisy and very basic through the wall heat/cool unit. Dated and tight bathroom.
I was pleased with how friendly the staff was as well as the cleaning ladies.
I wasn't at all pleased with the toilet in our washroom (#219). The toilet rocked everytime you sat down or stood up. It felt as if you were about to fall. I also didn't like how long our dinner took to arrive at our table in the dining room. We waited approximately 1 hour from when we ordered for 2 Hamburgers w/ fries as well as the Bar attendant was a bit slow as well as the glasses used to serve our drinks were both broken. Not very presentable.
There is nothing special I would say I like it except the location.
I did my mistake to book room there because they are cheap when it comes to facilities like they don't even have plates neither spoons neither glass, I booked room as a suite but if you go to any other hotel usually in suites all facilities available plus the breakfast is like you went to motel not hotel...there is not much food neither they have anything proper, E.g no eggs neither quality of coffee neither much options I recommend to people don't waste money.
free breakfast lemon water nice bar/resturant area
nothing negative to say
The Monte is my home away from home and was before they started using that in their ads. Free parking, free breakfast, internet friendly,great location both off the 401 and for getting around the city.Don't hesitate to choose the Monte Carlos airport location.
The staff is excellent, but sometimes they could use a few more on staff.
close to all amenities
The breakfast rushed and not given enough time.
Noise from the a/c
Convenient to airport and shopping,
The hotel was booked and was not able to enjoy a room with a king bed and tub as seen in the advertisement.
It's a home away from home.
good condition in and out,clean rooms.
the location is not the nice one,but still works for everyone.
The rooms are very spacious, staff are very friendly and helpful. Very reasonably priced. Restaurant in hotel, bus outside and goes to local shopping centre. Public transport fantastic.
no swimming pool.
clean and nice
poor brake fast
Clean comfortable rooms Good free breakfast selections as well as the option to have hot breakfast prepared
location & affordable. change of towels every day is perfect!
the first room smelled smoke though its non smoking.
The guest reviews express the personal opinions of Booking.com customers who filled out a questionnaire after their stay at the hotel. These opinions do not necessarily represent the views of Booking.com.
Pelican SuitesLocated 600 meters from Square One Shopping Centre, this Mississauga property provides full kitchens and a private balcony in each apartment. It features an indoor pool, bowling alley and golf center.... from $108 |
Quality Inn & Suites Airport-TorontoWith a great location only moments from the Toronto Pearson International Airport, this hotel in Mississauga, Ontario has a variety of convenient amenities as well as comfortable guest rooms.Most recent booking for this hotel was today at 06:54 from $59 |
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Toronto AirportFeaturing free shuttle service to and from Lester B. Pearson International Airport, this Mississauga Hotel has a complimentary breakfast. An on-site restaurant and free Wi-Fi are also available.Most recent booking for this hotel was today at 05:51
Very good
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Earlier this summer Schmidt was handed a three-year contract with Ireland after taking over from Declan Kidney, with his first games in charge set to be the autumn internationals against Samoa, Australia and New Zealand.
O'Connell made his international debut in 2002 and played under Eddie O'Sullivan as well as Kidney for the national side, and insisted the players were enjoying working under the new regime.
"Any time you work with someone new and as successful a coach as Joe Schmidt, it is always a good thing," said the 33-year-old, who has captained both Ireland and the British & Irish Lions in the past.
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"Joe has a tried and trusted way of running his coaching staff and running the teams he coaches, and you look at the success he has had with Leinster over the last number of years and it is hard not to trust that."
Schmidt, who previously coached in France with Clermont Auvergne and before that the Auckland Blues, believes having competition for places across the park is vital for Ireland to succeed in the future.
After a 30-22 victory over Wales in their opening RBS 6 Nations game of 2013, Ireland failed to win any of their remaining fixtures although they did hold France to a 13-13 draw.
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Someone had a question for me – does patching a sparse zone take less time than patching a whole-root zone? My first instinct was "yes", because there would be much less data to copy into each zone, as some file systems like /usr are shared with the global zone. I decided to test both scenarios.
Here is the procedure I used:
Rebooted server to clear inode cache, memory pages, etc. With 3 whole-root zones installed, used PCA (http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/), and patched, adding 106 patches to the system. Rebooted, removed the zones and backed out the 106 patches. Rebooted and installed 3 sparse zones and performed the same patching again.
Patching whole-root zones: 88 minutes to install 106 patches
Patching sparse zones: 72 minutes to install 106 patches
Hmm not all that different. Not quite what I expected, but good to know.
Setup : SunFire V440, using all local disk/ SVM mirrored, 4GB RAM, Solaris 10 update 4, patching to the EIS May 2008 level.
UPDATE: I patched the server without any zones also, and it took only 30 minutes. My sub-par math tells me each sparse zone took 14 minutes to patch, and each whole root took 19 minutes.


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The Hanging Tree
When I was 10 or 11, one day my Dad came home drunk as usual. At first he seemed to be in a happy mood, and that was a relief. The house we lived in was a large home, and the property was large as well. There was a house in the backyard that Dad rented out to people who didn't have children, but as I look back the house wasn't big enough for more than two people. We also had two of the largest trees in the neighborhood, and being a kid, I never thought to ask what kind of trees they were. My brothers and me used to love to climb them. It seemed I could stay up there for hours. For some reason or another our dad didn't stay happy for very long. He went out to his car and brought in a gallon of Bali Hai wine. He told us kids, lets go to the back yard, and afraid of what would happen if we disobeyed, we all went. Dad said, look at this, and pulled the jug of wine out of a bag and took a big drink of it. He then passed it around to each of my brothers and our sister. They all took a drink of his wine. I would not take a drink of it, and sure enough, Dad saw me pass the bottle without taking a drink. He looked at me and said, "What the hell is your problem?" Oh, no Dad, I don't have a problem. I started stuttering, "I, I, I just, just don't like it." It's not the taste of it I didn't like, I just didn't want to be like my dad. By this time he was so mad I thought his eyes were going to pop out. He said, "I don't care if you like it or not, you get that damn bottle and take a drink!" No sir, I will not drink it! My brothers and sister knew, and they said, "Daniel, just drink it." No, no, I will not drink it! My dad said, "You think you're too good to drink with us?" "Fine then, I think I will hang your skinny ass on that tree, what do you think of that?" I was so tired of being beaten and always hungry, then seeing my dad do things to our sister. I can't even mention what a dad would do to his own daughter. I think you probably know what I mean. By now I knew he wasn't bluffing and neither was I. At that time I was young and didn't know the Lord Jesus, but I always believed there was a God. And so, in my young mind, I was thinking, maybe if I died, I could come back as an angel or something like that. I would then be able to help my brothers and our sister some how. I wasn't afraid of dying. So, after thinking of these things, I said, "That sounds good to me." Dad walked to the tool shed and came back with a rope that already had the hangmans noose tied. I have no idea when he did this. I remember thinking that Dad would most likely bury me in the backyard and would tell everyone that I ran away. I remember seeing dad throwing the rope over a large branch. He then picked me up and put the noose around my neck. I was watching my brothers and sister. They all had tears on their cheeks. I knew my life was almost over. Dad then dropped me and I didn't remember anything until my brother, David, was slapping my face. That's what made me come to. My dad wasn't there, I don't know where he went. I didn't realize until now that God had other plans for me. Often times we kids would talk about telling the police, but we never went through with it in fear that we would all be placed in different foster homes. All we had was each other. I'm not writing this true story for sympathy. The reason I'm writing this story is because I am worthy of voicing my opinion on this matter, and there is absolutely no excuse for abusing anyone, especially children.
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Online Counseling – Curse or boon!
The online counselling introduced by the Karnataka Examination Authority for professional courses led to chaos the first day. While the system seems to have settled down since, not everyone is happy with it. Dr K. Balaveera Reddy, former VC, VTU and Prof. K.R. Venugopal, principal, UVCE discuss the pros and cons.
'Online counseling will save time' Dr K. Balaveera Reddy, former VC, VTU
The online counseling introduced by the KEA this year is a student-friendly move. Under the new arrangement students dont need to travel to the counselling centres for seat selection and this has brought down the cost involved. Also with seat selection centers concentrated in major cities, students were forced to visit them with their parents at huge cost.
But now students can log on from anywhere and enter their options. They will get a clear picture about the available seats well in advance and can keep updating till they get a course and college of their choice. As the whole process is computerised there is no scope for human interference either. Another advantage is that now students don't need to worry about how seats are filled. Everyone gets a seat based on ranking and reservation.
It is very easy to track who selected which college and how seats are distributed. Also, students can enter as many choices as they like. This will further increase the credibility of the whole process. That is why this system is followed while filling up seats through national exams like IIT/JEE and AIEEE. While participating in off- line counselling, students need to make a decision very rapidly. But in online counselling each student gets enough time to make an intelligent decision. As students are allowed to give multiple options there is no scope for missing any college or course either. In off- line counselling once a decision made it cannot be change until another round, but here every student gets enough time to update his choices and there is always scope for revision. This is a big advantage
'Connectivity issue for rural students' Prof. K.R. Venugopal, principal, UVCE
TOnline counseling has its disadvantages. In urban areas it is easy to upload the necessary information as well as update frequently because Internet connectivity is not an issue here. Urban students can also follow the updates easily.But most students from rural areas are still not aware of the whole process as it is technically complex. In IIT/JEE or AIEEE, students need to pick only from a small group of institutes, but over 50,000 engineering seats are distributed through CET. Students need a few hours to enter all the options, especially in rural areas as not many here are aware of which college is good and which is not. But in off- line counselling these students get a chance to review the colleges with others.
Here they need to sit in a cyber center and upload the information when most parts of our state are not covered by broadband connectivity and Net connectivity is slow and costly in others. Students may go once to upload the information, but may not update their options regularly which could prove to be a disadvantage. After entering the first 10 colleges they may start picking them based on serial number as they may find it difficult to read about all 200 institutes. Reliability of server and technical glitches are another issue.
Every student is anxious about his choice and wants to upload the information as soon as possible, but this led to problems the first day, causing confusion. The only positive aspect of this new system is that students dont need to pay for travelling to counselling centres.
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I don think it saves travel cost, because, any how v have to go for helpline centres documents verification rite.. And what u told about cons, i.e rural students cant cope up with internet, that is rite… Online councellin s urban students friendly… N its curse to rural students.
I'm truely satisfied with u uday….. And most people in rural area didn't have much information abt internet…. So tat manual is also nt a good choice
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im a 2nd yr mechanical engg be student now,
in my 1st sem i had applied for reval in ccp and got 27 extra marks (2010 scheme) i got a cheque of rs.250 last week in coll for the amount refund by vtu for getting more than 15 marks in vtu,
now my doubt is before they had told me that refund ll be 50% of how much we pay , (v paid rs.900 for reval), so please some1 clarify if the refund amount (rs.250) which i got is correct or should i be getting more????
please reply soon….
and thanks in advance for all.//………Ya its too bad pls tell the concerned authority to do same as before type…:)
In pg courses they keep on changing the college cut off
Ranks due to this our alloted seats keep on changing…. And they don provide these cut off before option entry….. This was not the case in offline counselling………


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Nanette brings us more stunning pieces for a look that we can only describe as stop-him-in-his-tracks gorgeous.
- 90% cotton 10% rayon
- Shoulder seam to hem measures approx 58" in length
- Unlined
- Dry clean only
- Knitted fabric
- Perforated hem
- This item is not available for European export
- Styled with Steven Vega Sandal in Bone Multi.
- Styled with House of Harlow Horseshoe Nail Cuff in Antique Gold.
- Styled with Giles & Brother Thin Cortina Cuff with Leather in Cadet Blue.
- Styled with Low Luv x Erin Wasson Oceanus River Fish Ring in Silver.
- Styled with Luv AJ The Plain Ring Tall (Set of 4) in Brushed Gold.
- Styled with House of Harlow Traditional Tuareg Cuff in Silver.
- Modeled in size S. See fit guide for model's dimensions.
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Results from the most recent employee engagement survey and customer feedback set the strategic imperative for Cynder Niemela, Chief Talent Officer of a Fortune 120 company: provide more opportunities for meaningful social learning and career development for our client facing dispersed teams.
Recognizing that the emergence of social media erases the physical boundaries of collaboration and innovation, Cynder Niemela engaged employees and customers in collaborative problem solving that ultimately improved client satisfaction, employee engagement and performance, and furthered HR's brand as an innovative business partner.
Through case study, Cynder will review the business case and approach for utilizing social media; the tools and best practices for engaging executives, customers and dispersed employee teams; and the benefits of emphasizing desired organizational values and cultural attributes on employee performance.
Date: Dec 11 2013 Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
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This session will share the findings of a new study series called The Socially Enabled Enterprise (Nov. 2013) which looks at what it means to be a social business and the ways Marketing and IT can and are collaborating to enable it. In a global study of more than 900 IT and Marketing professionals from 500+ organizations, Oracle, Leader Networks and Social Media Today explored the ways in which the IT/Marketing role is evolving, the needs for new skills, and the impact cross-functional collaboration is potentially having on socially-driven strategic innovation. In addition to showcasing the study's findings, this session will share what HR can do to enable the organization in their journey to becoming a socially enabled enterprise.
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• Where we are now in terms of communications technology and what is coming next
• Impact of communications in the workplace, including productivity and connectivity as well as social and legal dimensions
• Information on what the emerging technology of the Internet of Things is and how it will potentially revolutionize the market and the workplace
• A rundown of existing and potential real life applications of the IoT.
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Join this webcast and hear how some of the world's best known brands are successfully managing this complex headcount and seeing and experiencing immediate benefits from risk mitigation, cost savings, dramatic improvement in headcount and greater supplier visibility.
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Turns out, all those little things, and the technologies that enable them, are adding up to a major shift in how professionals and companies relate to one another. The impact on HR will be permanent and profound.
This talk explores 4 common ways companies try to engage with employees on social media that are doomed to fail, provide a strategic framework for understanding why these approaches fail, and end with a 3-step alternative that will position the organization for success.
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Pre-employment testing and reference checking both provide contrast in employment selection. These tools have allowed for greater insight into a candidate's fit to the job and the culture and have reliably proven substantial ROI. On the flip side, traditional phone based reference checking has proven to be old-fashioned, inefficient and yields little in terms of understanding a candidate's job fit.
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Three ways to get rid of your overdraft for good!
If you're desperate to wave goodbye to your overdraft forever, this is how to do it!
Overdrafts can be handy little creatures. After all, when payday still feels like it's a long way off, it can be really useful to have some credit to fall back on.
But continually relying on your overdraft to see you through to the next payday can be a very expensive way of borrowing – in fact, you could be paying an interest rate somewhere between 10% to 20%. And as a result, you could find yourself spiralling further into debt.
So if you've decided that enough is enough, and it's time to get your finances in order, you might be wondering how to go about tackling your overdraft. Here are some handy tips to get you started.
Get budgeting
Perhaps the most obvious way of fighting back against your overdraft is to start a budget, spend a little less each month, and start chipping away at your overdraft until you've wiped it out for good.
To do this, you should set up a spending diary as this will give you a good idea of exactly what you're spending where. All you need to do is get a small notebook, keep it in your bag/pocket for a week (or a month if possible), and note down everything you spend – however small.
Once you've got to grips with your spending habits, you need to make a list of all your outgoings and earnings. A great way to do this is to use a nifty tool such as the statement of affairs calculator or this budget planner from the Money Advice Service. Simply enter your figures into the boxes provided and you'll see an instant snapshot of your household budget and personal balance sheet.
Make sure you're really honest when you're doing this, and don't leave anything out. One way to do this is to register for MoneyTrack right here at lovemoney.com. This will allow you to log into all your bank and credit card accounts at once, and see all your transactions at a glance. You can then categorise your transactions so you know exactly what you are spending your money on. This should then give you a good idea about whether your outgoings exceed your earnings – which, if you're regularly dipping into your overdraft, is very likely.
The next step you need to take is to see whether you can make any cutbacks anywhere - could you reduce how much you spend on your food bills or socialising, for example? Or why not shop around to see whether you can get a better deal on your gas and electricity tariff?
Once you've done that, you should hopefully have some extra cash leftover at the end of each month to put towards paying off your overdraft. Sounds pretty simple, doesn't it?
However, while some of you might find this is an effective way of tackling your overdraft, others may find it's a case of one step forward, two steps back – particularly if, even after making cutbacks, you don't have a significant sum of money leftover at the end of each month to throw at your overdraft. As a result, you could find yourself slipping further into the red.
So if you're still struggling with your overdraft, what else can you do?
Switch your current account
If you're being charged a ridiculously high interest rate on your overdraft, it could be time to switch to a new current account – preferably one which will allow you to use your overdraft interest-free.
However, the number of accounts offering free overdrafts has shrunk dramatically. To see who is still offering one, read Five places where you can get an overdraft for free.
Get a better credit card
Suggesting that you take out more credit might not sound like the best solution to your debt problem. But in fact, taking out a credit card could help you to combat your overdraft.
That's because certain credit cards allow you to pay off your overdraft by transferring money from the card into your current account. For example, the MBNA Platinum credit card offers a 20-month interest-free period for both balance transfers from another credit card(s) and money transfers from a bank account.
So this means that if you carry out a money transfer, you won't have to pay any interest on the debt for 20 months – giving you plenty of breathing space and time to start tackling your debt.
However, as always, there's a catch. And that's the fact that you'll need to pay a fee of 4% of the balance transferred. This means that if you paid off an overdraft of £2,500, for example, using a money transfer, the fee you'd have to pay would be £100.
You'll also need to ensure you pay off the balance you've transferred within that 20-month period. If you don't, once the period is up, you'll have to pay an interest rate of at least 16.9%! Ouch! For more on this type of cards, read The best money transfer credit cards.
If you're really worried that you won't be able to pay off your debt in full by the time the interest-free period comes to an end, there is another option. And that's a lifetime balance transfer credit card . These credit cards promise to offer a low rate of interest for the life of your debt, and a few cards will once again allow you to include money transfers as part of the deal.
For example, the MBNA Rate For Life Visa offers an interest rate of 5.9% on all balance transfers and money transfers. So this means if you carry out a money transfer, you'll only be paying an interest rate of 5.9% until you manage to pay off your overdraft in full. That's likely to be far lower than the rate you're currently paying. However, again there is a handling fee of 4% of the amount you're transferring onto the credit card.
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Age: 19
From: Homestead, FL
Favorite Song: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
Idol: Mariah Carey
Do you have a job?
Server at Ruby Tuesday's. We are waitresses, but we serve you here, not wait on tables. Best restaurant service you'd get anywhere.
Do you have any formal singing training?
Two years with Anthony S. and Angel Marchese, two months with Elinee Duffy.
Where have you performed before?
Choirs since elementary school, vocal performance competitions, pageants, talent competitions, baseball games, elementary school visits.
When did you first start to sing?
At a very young age, where I was taught music and began appreciating it. And singing my heart out since I was a baby.
What is your favorite song to sing?
As much as everyone has heard this song, I love to sing and perform Etta James' "At Last."
What is the first concert you went to?
A Christian rock concert.
What is the last concert you went to?
Incubus! Yeah! They rock!
What other talents do you have?
Be Miss Homestead and represent in Miss Florida. I have been trained as a certified scuba diver. Also, interview trained for Miss Florida.
If you don't make it on AMERICAN IDOL, what will you do?
Go very far towards what I know my music career has to offer. Somehow or another, I feel American Idol is an extraordinary open door.
What are your goals in life?
To have a Greatest Hits album one day! To succeed and eventually to have a career in the music industry being a role model to all my peers and children all over the world.
What album would your friends be surprised you own?
As much as I love alternative and punk rock, I've got it all in my case.
What is the first CD you ever bought?
"Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette.
What is in your CD player right now?
"Ray of Light" by Madonna.
Who is your AMERICAN IDOL?
Mariah Carey has been able to get through the pain and hard times and I love her for that.
What is your favorite type of music?
I don't have a favorite type of music because I am very versatile with my selections. Top of the list would be jazz and oldies.
What is your favorite song?
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.
Favorite male pop artist?
Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson.
Favorite female pop artist?
Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey.
Favorite album?
Madonna's "Ray of Light," City of Angels soundtrack, Great Expectations soundtrack.
Who in the music world do you think your style is most like?
I think I'm unique with my own style, but I would definitely identify with Mariah Carey.
Most embarrassing moment?
A wet and wild park experience that was very unforgettable! Also something very personal. I had to break it to my boyfriend.
If you couldn't sing, which talent would you most like to have?
A professional dancer!
What has been your proudest moment in life so far?
Winning Miss Homestead, receiving "Jennifer Fuentes Day" proclamations for December 6, 2002, and now top 32 on American Idol.
What is your definition of an AMERICAN IDOL?
Purebred American soul and feel for music where you command a stage for an audience all over the country to appreciate and idolize you for your gift!
Why do you want to be an AMERICAN IDOL?
To have the exposure I have been waiting to share the gift God gave me to an audience and pass this feeling and rush of excitement to another.
Do you think the audition process was fair?
Yes, great show with the elimination process!
Who is your favorite judge and why?
Simon, because he's honest and he tells it like it is!
Who is your least favorite judge and why?
They are all great judges!
What advice do you have for other hopefuls?
Never give up on your dreams. Stay positive always. Smile!
What would people be surprised to learn about you?
How easygoing I really am! I could tell you all about being a farmgirl too!
Who did you think was going to win last season?
Tamyra. Totally!
If you could be a performer from any era, which would you choose and why?
'70s-'80s era. I love '80s music. It was fun and loose!
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The artist's book as a concept resists being bound to single definition. In the most general terms, it is an original work of art that that incorporates or innovates upon the book form in some—often dramatic—way. These books amalgamate traditional arts, such as graphic design, printmaking & bookbinding, with the full spectrum of contemporary art practice and theory, expanding and redefining the form. The artist's book is almost always conscious of the subtle interplay of form and content, and often seeks to challenge the mundane expectations of its audience. In the 1960's, the popularity of the artist's book swelled in the United States and Europe. And by the 1970s major production centers were established, including the Women's Studio Workshop in upstate New York and the Nexus Press in Atlanta. The artist's book persists into the present as innovative, challenging, and mercurial form. To read a book artist's definition of and meditation on her medium, please visit Angela Lorenz' website.
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, part of Duke's Rubenstein Library, has been collecting artists' books since 1998, and currently holds over 300 artists' books by women about gender issues. It has been argued that a book published through traditional means—along with the ideology of authorship implied by these conventions—is an inherently patriarchal object. These artists' books by women can be viewed as a means of subverting established concepts of power and order. The Bingham Center's collection of artists' books by women documents how women artists use the book format to address issues of gender. Whether self-published or issued by small presses, this artistic format can combine the crafts of papermaking, typography, and bookbinding with each artist's unique sensibility and artistic vision. This subject guide offers an annotated selection of books around several subject areas including the body, women's clothing, domesticity, quilting, mother/child relationships, women's health, and sexuality, as well as a bibliography of secondary sources.
Duke University Libraries has artists' books at the Rubenstein Library, as well as Lilly Library. To search for all artists' books in the online catalog, enter "artists books" as a keyword search or use this link: All artists' books at Duke University Libraries
To find artists' books by women, use search for "subject begins with..." and type "artists books by women" or use this link: Browse "artists' books by women".
The Bingham Center has also acquired the papers of several book artists, including Clarissa Sligh, Nava Atlas, and Mary Maragaret Wade.
The Sallie Bingham Center has a number of holdings by the following artists and presses. You can search the artists' names as authors and the presses as keywords, or use the links below.
Next page: Selected Artists' Books
This subject guide was created by Amy McDonald, Lindsay Matson, Megan Lewis and Kelly Wooten in 2008. Last updated August 2012. The image featured in navigation box is Joan Soppe's Awkward Peeping, 1995.
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The designation of a property as a National Historic Landmark means that the property is recognized as being of national significance and "possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating and interpreting the heritage of the United States." This recognition does not, however, prevent changes being made to the property that can completely alter its character.When a designated property is altered so that it has lost its ability to
convey its national significance,the withdrawal of its NHL designation must be considered. The National Historic Landmark designation of a property can be considered for withdrawal either at the request of the owner or on the initiative of the Secretary of the Interior. Often, efforts to withdraw Landmark status develop from NPS regional and support offices as part of the NPS mission to monitor the status of nationally significant historic places.
There are four criteria which justify the withdrawal of a National Historic Landmark designation:
1. The property has ceased to meet criteria for designation; the qualities for which it was originally designated have been lost or destroyed.
2. Additional information forthcoming after the designation demonstrates that the property does not possess sufficient significance to be a National Historic Landmark.
3. A professional error was made in the designation of the property.
4. There was prejudicial procedural error in the designation process.
Properties that were designated before December 13, 1980 can only be withdrawn because they have ceased to meet the criteria for designation. Loss of integrity (through alteration, addition, or demolition) is the most common reason for the withdrawal of Landmark designation. Although the NHL designation may be withdrawn, a property can remain listed on the National Register of Historic Places if it still meets the separate criteria for that listing.
As of July 2011, 29 properties have lost their designation as National Historic Landmarks.
Edwin H. Armstrong House - Westchester County, New York
U.S.S. Cabot - Port Brownsville, Texas
Charles B. Dudley House - Blair County, Pennsylvania
Samuel Elmore Cannery - Clatsop County, Oregon
First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery Site - Yolo County, California
First Site of the American Printing House for the Blind - Jefferson County, Kentucky
Fort Ross Chapel - Sonoma County, California
Isaac Franklin Plantation - Sumner County, Tennessee
Robert Frost Farm, "The Gully" - Bennington County, Vermont
Gambell Sites - Nome County, Alaska
Grant Park Stadium (Soldier Field) - Chicago, Illinois
Hotel Breakers - Erie County, Ohio
U.S.S. Inaugural - St. Louis, Missouri
Lincoln Motor Company Plant - Wayne County, Michigan
Florence Mills House - New York City, New York
Mother Jones Prison - Kanawaha County, West Virginia
Music Fund Society Hall - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Nashville Union Station and Trainshed - Davidson County, Tennessee
Piedmont Number One - Greenville County, South Carolina President (Riverboat) - St. Louis, Missouri
Reo Motor Car Company Plant - Ingham County, Michigan
Rock Magnetics Laboratory - San Mateo County, California
Rocket Engine Test Facility - Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Roosevelt Dam - Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona
Resurrection Manor - St. Mary's County, Maryland
Site of the First Telephone Exchange - New Haven County, Connecticut
Sourdough Lodge - Valdez-Cordova Territory, Alaska
Wickyup (Richard E. Byrd House) - Hancock County, Maine
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Dart Container Corporation - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
Report description
Dart Container Corporation (Dart) is supplies foodservice packaging solutions. It is one of the largest foam cup manufacturers in the world. The company manufactures and sells a wide range of single-use products to the retail, food packaging and foodservice industries. Dart's product portfolio includes foam cups, containers and lids; clear cups and lids; fusion cups and other packaging products. It has manufacturing facilities in six countries and distribution points across the world. The company's operates in Australia, Canada, Argentina, the UK, Mexico and the US. Dart is headquartered in Mason, Michigan, the US
GlobalData's Dart Container Corporation provides a comprehensive insight into the company's history, corporate strategy, business structure and operations. The report contains a detailed SWOT analysis, information on the company's key employees, key competitors and major products and services.
This up-to-the-minute company report will help you to formulate strategies to drive your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.
- Business description – A detailed description of the company's operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – GlobalData's summarization of the company's business strategy.
- SWOT analysis – A detailed analysis of the company's strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives' employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list of key locations and subsidiaries of the company, including contact details.
Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company.
Reasons to Buy
- Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research purposes. Key elements such as SWOT analysis and corporate strategy are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.
- Identify potential customers and suppliers with this report's analysis of the company's business structure, operations, major products and services and business strategy.
- Understand and respond to your competitors' business structure and strategies with GlobalData's detailed SWOT analysis. In this, the company's core strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analyzed, providing you with an up to date objective view of the company.
- Examine potential investment and acquisition targets with this report's detailed insight into the company's strategic, business and operational performance.
Table of contents
Section 1 - About the Company
Dart Container Corporation - Key Facts
Dart Container Corporation - Key Employees
Dart Container Corporation - Key Operational Employees
Dart Container Corporation - Major Products and Services
Dart Container Corporation - History
Dart Container Corporation - Company Statement
Dart Container Corporation - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 – Company Analysis
Dart Container Corporation - Business Description
Dart Container Corporation - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Dart Container Corporation - Strengths
Strength - Product Portfolio
Strength - Manufacturing and Distribution Network
Dart Container Corporation - Weaknesses
Weakness - Pending Lawsuits
Dart Container Corporation - Opportunities
Opportunity - Strategic Acquisitions
Opportunity - Growing Global Packaging Industry
Opportunity - Green Packaging Market
Dart Container Corporation - Threats
Threat - Stiff Competition
Threat - Stringent Environmental Regulations
Threat - Increasing Raw Material Costs
Dart Container Corporation - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Appendix
About GlobalData
Contact Us
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Dart Container Corporation, Key Facts
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Dart Container Corporation, Key Operational Employees
Dart Container Corporation, Major Products and Services
Dart Container Corporation, History
Dart Container Corporation, Other Locations
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Dart Container Corporation, Key Competitors
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Chaos and confusion reign at hyped startup Color
Color Labs, according to a representative authorized to speak on the company's behalf, is not closing down.
But for now, that's about all that's clear at the chaotic startup that is Color. Even the representative who issued that statement said he's dealing with the press only because the person who held that job just left the company.
His statement comes after Venture Beat this morning reported that a Color vice president had sent an e-mail to employees saying that Color was winding down. "Last week, the Board and major shareholders voted to wind down the … Read more


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27 Feb 2013Here is the shortlist for the financial regulation team of the year category at the inaugural Financial News Awards for Excellence in Legal Services, Europe, which celebrate the achievements of the best law firms, teams and individual lawyers supporting the financial markets throughout the past year. The winners will be announced at a London gala event on April 24.
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A High Altitude Experience
What compels someone to climb a mountain? There is something truly romantic about walking on snow with ropes and crampons, the overnight bivouac, and witnessing the first rays of dawn touching the sky and mountains around you. Arc'teryx is a company born and raised in the high alpine, and we couldn't be happier to host the Alpine Arc'ademy, an annual educational weekend of mountaineering workshops and culture for all skill levels.
Held in Chamonix, France from June 14th to the 16th, this unique event offers our guests an opportunity to test the latest equipment and advance their skills under the competent guidance of celebrated alpine athletes and guides. For example, Canadian athlete, Will Gadd, will be on hand to lead an introduction to ice climbing course. As Will says, "Alpine climbing gives people a sense of the mountains, themselves, and most of all, celebrates our freedom to get out into the mountains at whatever level suits us. Alpine climbing to me is freedom."
It's true that breaking a personal inhibition does lead to freedom, as does any opportunity to live an experience that seemed out of reach – we try, we learn, we advance. "The alpine always shows up differently. It's always an adventure. But this makes it interesting, because I have to react quickly and find the right decisions," says Ines Papert, a world-class ice climber and adventurer who was at last year's event and will be present again this year. "This is not a blue-sky-only event; we are going to take the weather as it shows up. Everything is quite real. We will climb regardless of the weather, which is what makes this event special to me."
A key component of the Alpine Arc'ademy is safety. Participants can learn the how-to's of glacier travel, choosing a safe route, crevasse rescue, navigation, mountain rescue, and high-altitude medicine. Having the athletes there in-person to lead clinics, present films, share stories, and socialize throughout the weekend permeates the atmosphere with the charged passion that professional athletes bring to any event. In essence, celebrating being alive and sharing respect for the environment and all those who accept the challenge and reward of putting themselves up there.
The full list of Arc'athletes attending this year's Arc'demy includes:
- Will Gadd
- Ines Papert
- Isabelle Santoire
- Jacob Slot
- James McHaffie
- Josune Bereziartu
- Luka Lindič
- Maciek Ciesielski
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Posted 23 May 2008 - 11:17 PM
His process is clearly is not "best practice" and I have advised him that his practice is a violation of the policy of most ISPs and hosting companies. Reluctantly, he agrees with me and has asked me for advice.
The only thing I have come up with is to create some high impact pages to entice customers to give their email address and request the free sample directly.
Is there any acceptable method to proactively harvest targeted emails from websites; and send out a single unsolicited email with an opt-in and opt-out provision.
Posted 24 May 2008 - 09:34 AM
Posted 24 May 2008 - 12:47 PM
He may also want to find a blogger or two who fits his customer profile. Sending them a free sample may get them to blog about his products, thus helping him spread the word to a wider audience with basically no cost involved.
Posted 24 May 2008 - 06:53 PM
Not so as I understand it in the UK and probably other EU Countries.
Posted 25 May 2008 - 06:43 AM
Even with this flaw in CAN-SPAM there's at least one thing you'd definitely want to check out with an attorney Bob. Again if memory serves I beileve CAN-SPAM makes the act of harvesting email addresses illegal. Even if you never send an email to your harvested list yourself it's still illegal. (eg if you harvest and then sell the list.) The act of email harvesting in conjunction with sending commercial email makes any violation move from a mere misdemeanor to an aggravated offense, which can of course carry stiffer penalties if you end up getting prosecuted either by the FTC or a state attorney general.
It's really a legal question. So I'd encourage you to see advice from legal counsel who is up on the latest developments and case law. Better safe than sorry.
Posted 25 May 2008 - 11:45 AM
My assumption was that you weren't allowed to email them in bulk. Didn't think there was anything about personally emailing people one on one.
Posted 25 May 2008 - 03:50 PM
Per the regs you cannot do a lot of things people do every day. Regarding harvesting email addresses from sites the additional penalties section says additional fines and penalties can apply if the email sender:
CAN-SPAM Requirements
That's in addition to all of the normal requirements. And one needs to remember CAN-SPAM isn't nearly as restrictive as the laws in other countries.
So unless Bob's client if following every single requirement of CAN-SPAM to the T and has trolled through each site an email address was pulled from to see if they had a statement disallowing commercial email (it's not required to be next to where an email address appears on the site, just somewhere) there are potential problems on the horizon. Of course this assumes one would call a free sample email commercial. A good attorney could make an argument either way.
FWIW, I have a feeling if an attorney were consulted about it the first question said attorney would ask is if it's really worth a possible 5 figure fine and possible criminal prosecution for every email being sent. The sad fact is real people who trip across the line are a lot easier for them to find and prosecute than the real spammers.
Posted 25 May 2008 - 04:53 PM
That said, I've not seen many sites that actually publish a notice prohibiting the transfer of email addresses for the purpose of sending email.
Posted 25 May 2008 - 07:53 PM
Not that it matters since I don't have any sites that actually list email addresses anymore. Contact form and that's it. It's the only way to keep from having to change commonly used email addresses every 6 months to hold down spam. Even with this I can tell you there are apparently a lot of people out there with infected computers. Because I still have to change 'em every year or so to keep from getting spammed to death.
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Posted 27 May 2008 - 11:01 PM
Not that it matters since I don't have any sites that actually list email addresses anymore. Contact form and that's it. It's the only way to keep from having to change commonly used email addresses every 6 months to hold down spam. Even with this I can tell you there are apparently a lot of people out there with infected computers. Because I still have to change 'em every year or so to keep from getting spammed to death.
Thanks for the interesting dialog. I think I have convinced the client that we can accomplish the same result in the long run by putting the offer on his website, getting the page ranked for certain "free sample" type keywords, and encouraging prospects to opt-in to receive the free sample. This way he is in full compliance which in the long run will enhance his brand.
By the way, I have tried to find a forum simlar to highrankings but with an email marketing focus. I can not find one anywhere.
Posted 14 July 2008 - 07:16 AM
I think you shall consult a lawyer about wha Randy said:
If your employer sends the free sample without asking anything like purchase the premium version, would it be classified as a commercial spam email.
If not, you can mention your website address (or appropriate webpage) in the sample in a suitable way that would get recipient's attention. And if the sample has some limited functionalities and it seems evident (like in software trial versions), then the recipients may visit the website for more info.
Especially if you publish the URL something like www.domain.com/getfullversion
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26 comments:
- Brandee Shafer said...
I LOVE BRIAN ANDREAS. And you, too, of course. And you're right: you're doing it. You're making it, creating it, and even selling it in your own fun and funky way.
- April 19, 2012 at 9:50 PM
- Eileen said...
Love this!
- April 19, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- redemptionsbeauty said...
What a great image. I once interviewed a chalk artist who used his craft on a college campus in Colorado to engage the students about Christ. He grew a minstry from those random conversations while he created art on the sidewalks. This reminded me of him. Your pot imagery is so good. I could see you sitting there at your table loving every one who walked by like you do here in this space.
- April 19, 2012 at 10:00 PM
- Linda said...
I believe I would even pay for these beautiful pots full of color and nourishing words. I am so thankful you are here and sharing your heart.
- April 19, 2012 at 10:28 PM
- S. Etole said...
The best sidewalk sale I've seen!
- April 19, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- I Live in an Antbed said...
Yes, you are already dispensing beauty, dear Laura. And have been for a long time. Words filled with Love and Wonder, words that point us to Him. :)
- April 19, 2012 at 10:38 PM
- Jennifer @ GettingDownWithJesus.com said...
You rock, Laura. I am amazed by the amazing way that God has knit you together: with this uniquely playful side, but also someone with great depth and insight.
Methinks this: God had a ball making you. - April 19, 2012 at 10:48 PM
- Thoughts for the day said...
wow... can you even imagine?
sidewalk art like our kids do with chalk?
wow - April 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM
- emily wierenga said...
oh girl. you make such lovely art. and we, the privileged ones, as we get it all for free. this post makes me feel even more that you are a kindred spirit, dear friend who hides behind books... love to you. xo
- April 19, 2012 at 11:13 PM
- emily wierenga said...
ps. i'm with linda. i would pay too :)
- April 19, 2012 at 11:13 PM
- diana said...
Oh, so lovely! Yes, you could probably do quite well with a sidewalk stand. But I am so glad you do it here - where all of us all over the place can benefit and grow and flourish in the shade of your beautiful words.
- April 19, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- Brian Miller said...
smiles...go for it...you know these guys took leaps and we can as well...i might need to get me one of those typewriters...smiles....
- April 19, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- Dolly said...
Thank you for sharing beauty and your stories filled with God's heart...Grateful for you, Laura :)
- April 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM
- A Joyful Noise said...
It is probably a good saying "Don't quit your day job." At least not until you have a good foundation under you to stand on.
I doubt that I would do well as sidewalk poet or painter either, but if God is in it, - - Go for it. - April 20, 2012 at 2:28 AM
- Nancy said...
I could just see you, sitting there in the front row blushing!
Now I have this image in my head of all us sitting behind our computer screens being virtual chalk artists, and I like the image. Can I use glow-in-the-dark chalk? - April 20, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- leadinggodsgeneration said...
What a great story of using your gifts for God's glory! I appreciate your contentment with where He has you, instead of trying to run off and duplicate what someone else is doing. It's something I'm struggling with right now! Beautiful as always.
- April 20, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- Monica Sharman said...
Laura, that is loveliness upon loveliness. Oh, I am a pedestrian, and I would cross the most crazy, trafficky boulevard to get to you! Thanks, too, for sharing about your husband. I would love sitting through a lecture if it is part lecture, part flirtation. I would have taken a photo of you. :)
- April 20, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Maureen said...
Wasn't that a great story?
Lovely post, Laura. - April 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- Patricia said...
Oh my stars, Laura...the whole time I'm reading this I'm thinking "but this IS a sidewalk, Laura"!!! LOVE this. Love you. Thank you for letting me see your stunningly beautiful work of art here at The Wellsping.
- April 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- Kelli Becton-AdventurezInChildRearing said...
wonderful - I left a career to stay home and raise kids- and God gave me blogging & even a couple of magazine columns in which I've arranged my words :) He is good!
- April 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM
- Len said...
Laura, I completely relate to this. To weave a tapestry of color, of rhyme, of story, of flowers in artful pots, of music, of love, and of life - bits and pieces of God - is a noble calling. You do it so well that I want to do it too! Keep hanging your tapestries out for us to admire and enjoy!
- April 20, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- denise said...
Oh Laura... you do plant beauty in our hearts... all the time... :)
- April 20, 2012 at 5:21 PM
- Jodi said...
"And I'm just thinking that I might dig out my paints when I get home tonight and start on my love stories when something niggles…just a tiny ember of a thought."
Go for it girl, you've got the eye and heart for generous beauty. - April 20, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- Susan DiMickele said...
I'm daydreaming with you Laura. And it feels really good.
- April 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Sherrey said...
What is life without its daydreams? What is life without our God? What is life without The Wellspring and its creator, Laura? Not much at all. Keep up filling us -- we are His pots offered to you for filling!
- April 22, 2012 at 12:46 AM
- Lyla Lindquist said...
I loved that story too.
And I love what you do here. I think I even see the colored pots when I come. - April 22, 2012 at 4:07 PM


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I agree with that second part, she is quite rough. However I like her giving grief to Rex. SO FAR.
Also she is LITERALLY going to get old fast, she is going to look well haggard at 25
I agree with that second part, she is quite rough. However I like her giving grief to Rex. SO FAR.
It's drastically lowered my opinion of Rex's intelligence if he's so besotted with such an orange drip.
She's AWFUL. Sloaney trash.
Top up, Sue?
Bringing down Rex BADLY in my opinion, not least in the way he simpers around her after being generally foul to most of the other women.
You are a depraved bird of hate, get out of my sight!
Yeah he called Sara unsexy. She's a TRILLION times fitter than Nicole.
I always find myself laughing AT Mo for some reason, his dancing raised a smile at this end.
I have always loved Rex and bigged him up
But the only way for him to redeem himself for me now is to DUMP NICOLE LIVE ON SCREEN
That is the Rex I KNOW AND LOVE
God Lisa's being fucking fabulous again tonight. She's had two BANG UP episodes this weekend. I hope this isn't her last week.
It does make me wonder why has Lisa been such a rank outsider throughout the whole series, no one I ever talk to about the show ever shows any Lisa appreciation whatsoever and she has been arguably the most consistent throughout the series.
Rex will surely be nominated this week if the stuff shown on-screen tonight is evidence of their behaviour 24/7 because that would fuck me RIGHT OFF.
Nicole would be a whole lot better if she was just pissed off with Rex because he's so clingy. The *sob* dramatics over *swallow* the suitcase *cries* just made her look *buries head in hands* pathetic *choke*
Rex needs to go this week.
Nicole is a mardy bitch with no personality. If she says "I'm high maintenance" one more time I'll put her in "high dependency". She just bleated and cried the whole episode.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body
I actually think this is one of the worst moves they've made. Nicole can't get nominated this week but if Rex were to go then I think she would walk, whereas if Rex survives and they go up against each other (as they'll become an easy target on tonight's performance - Lisa and Mario at least managed to befriend a small group of people whereas Rex particularly seems to have no intention) then they'll blatantly both go.
Slightly OT - But what happened with the Padded Cell that Davina told us about on launch night?
Alphabet St. playing in bedroom: "Is this Savage Garden? Jamiroquai?"
If it's Rex vs Lisa this week do we think Lisa could stay?
I really like Rex though, yes his girlfriend is a proper dissapointment, not that I was expecting too much..
God Lisa and Rex is such a likely outcome - unfortunately.
I bloody hope they break up on national TV.
She's a complete example of a spoilt rich girl. All that moaning about not getting her suitcase. GET OVER IT.
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Director : Jean-Luc Godard
Screenplay : Jean-Luc Godard
MPAA Rating : NR
Year of Release : 1961
Stars : Jean-Claude Brialy (Émile Récamier), Anna Karina (Angela), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Alfred Lubitsch), Catherine Demongeot (Zazie), Marie Dubois (Angela's friend), Ernest Menzer (Bar Owner), Jeanne Moreau (Woman in Bar), Nicole Paquin (Suzanne)
Jean-Luc Godard spend the decade of the 1950s writing influential film criticism for the French journal Cahiers du cinéma, and when he launched his own filmmaking career in 1959, he dove in and never looked back. In just over a year, from 1959 to 1960, he had completed three feature films: the groundbreaking Breathless (A bout de souffle), widely considered the first of the French New Wave films; Le petit soldat, which was banned by the French government for four years because it dealt with the Algerian situation; and A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme).
Although A Woman is a Woman was his third feature film, audiences saw it before Le petit soldat, and thus was viewed largely in comparison to Breathless. And the two films couldn't have been any more different. Whereas Breathless was a black-and-white evocation of old American crime films shot through with an existentialist sense of humor, self-reflexive posturing, and the then-revolutionary use of jump cutting, A Woman is a Woman is a colorful, widescreen poem to that great, dying American genre, the musical comedy. They have in a common a deconstructionist approach to American filmmaking, but after that the two films part ways.
Where Breathless is ultimately a downer, its sly, knowing humor masking an underlying subtext of existentialist dread, A Woman is a Woman is light and cheery, brandishing its bold color scheme and playful use of sound not just to undermine conventional cinematic techniques, but to celebrate the beauty of life. The seemingly opposing words tragedy and comedy are self-consciously evoked throughout the film, but the ultimate message Godard wants to leave us with is the sense that there is little dividing the two.
The story centers on a woman, Angela (Anna Karina, who was soon to become Godard's wife), a beautiful young striptease artist who aspires to a better life. She decides, quite on the spot, that she wants to have a baby and she wants to have it now. This does not sit very well with her boyfriend, Émile (Jean-Claude Brialy), who has clearly settled comfortably into their relationship and feels that they have all the time in the world. Meanwhile, Émile's best friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo), pines away for Angela, thus setting up a love triangle, one of the structural staples of the musical comedy. (The fact that Alfred's last name is Lubitsch is an all-too-obvious wink-wink nod to Ernst Lubitsch, the German expatriate Hollywood director who is still the enduring grand master of sophisticated romantic comedies.)
Godard himself described A Woman is a Woman as a "neorealist musical," which it is and it isn't. Most of the film was shot on the streets of Paris, thus maintaining the French New Wave's borrowing from Italian neorealism, an emphasis on location and a disdain for studio-bound sets and their artificial lighting. It is never quite a musical, though; it might be better described as a frustrated musical, one that constantly threatens to break out into full song and dance, but is thwarted again and again. Godard employs a garish orchestral score that swells at all the right times, instilling basic human movements and situations with a sense of urgency and drama they might otherwise lack. Yet, at the same time, he playfully cuts off the score at any given moment, replacing the artificiality of its audience-nudging emotionalism with the gritty location sounds of Parisian streets in the middle of the day.
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A Woman is a Woman Criterion Collection DVD | ||
Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | |
Anamorphic | Yes | |
Audio | French Dolby Digital 1.0 Monaural | |
Subtitles | English | |
Supplements | Charlotte et Véronique ou Tous les garcons s'appellent Patrick early short film directed by Godard Qui êtes-vous Anna Karina? TV interview with Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Serge Gainsbourg Original theatrical trailer Stills gallery of promotional art and production photographs Promotional audio recording 24-page booklet featuring excerpts from a 1961 interview with Godard and cinematographer Raoul Coutard and a new essay by film critic J. Hoberman | |
Distributor | The Criterion Collection / Home Vision Entertainment | |
Release Date | June 22, 2004 | |
The new high-definition anamorphic widescreen transfer, which was supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard, looks marvelous (not surprisingly, it absolutely blows away the now-out-of-print nonanamorphic Fox Lorber transfer). The transfer was taken from a 35mm interpositive and digitally restored via the MTI Digital Restoration System. Godard's bold use of color pops off the screen, and the image maintains a good deal of detail even though it is somewhat soft overall (given the fact that the cinematographer approved the transfer, I have to assume that the picture is supposed to look somewhat soft). There are a few minor instances of dirt and white speckles, but otherwise the picture is pristine. | ||
The original French monaural soundtrack has been transferred from the magnetic track and also digitally scrubbed. There is an inherent roughness to parts of the soundtrack, which was probably Godard's intention. The musical numbers sound very good for their age, and they make a strong contrast with the more naturalistic, documentary-like sounds at other points in the film. | ||
For historical reasons alone, the inclusion of Godard's first professional film, a 20-minute short titled Charlotte et Véronique ou Tous les garcons s'appellent Patrick (known in English as All Boys Are Called Patrick), would be reason enough to pick up this DVD. Shot in 1957, two years before he made Breathless, it evinces none of the radical departures from traditional cinema that would mark the first decade of Godard's directorial career. Rather, it is a straightforward story about a player who manages to score a date with a pair of roommates who each thinks she is going out with someone different. It's an amusing trifle, although one that offers a great window into both French life and gender relations in the 1950s. Other supplements on this disc include a 13-minute 1966 French television interview with stars Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy and French composer Serge Gainsbourg. The film's marketing campaign is reproduced in an extensive stills gallery of international poster art and production photographs, as well as the original theatrical trailer and a 35-minute promotional recording by Godard that was originally released on 10-inch vinyl records. Lastly, there is a 24-page insert booklet that reproduces an intriguing 1961 interview with Godard and Coutard, as well as a new essay by Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman. |
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