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Census: 1 in 2 people are in poverty or low-income
The latest census data depict a middle class that's shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government's safety net frays. The new numbers follow years of stagnating wages for the middle class that have hurt millions of workers and families.By Hope Yen , December 15, 2011
Senior men close age gap
Women still live longer than men on average, but males are catching up in the longevity race, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Wednesday.By Colleen Diskin , December 04, 2011
LLOYD OMDAHL: North Dakota may need state-sponsored census
We just about held a statewide "Populationfest" when the U. S. Census Bureau reported that North Dakota had an increase of 31,000 residents — a 4.7 percent jump — in 2010 over the 2000 count.By Lloyd Omdahl , October 10, 2011
Census twist: More Hispanics listed themselves as white in 2010 count
The 2010 census forms specifically instructed Latinos that Hispanic origins are not races and to select a recognized category such as white or black. It appears now that the response caused an unexpected growth in the U.S.'s white population.By Hope Yen , September 29, 2011
Number of gay couples likely overestimated in 2010 census
The U.S. Census on Tuesday said its 2010 survey likely overestimated the number of same-sex partners in the country because of errors as people filled out forms.By Maja Beckstrom , September 28, 2011
Census shows recession takes big toll on young adults
Young adults are the recession's lost generation. In record numbers, they're struggling to find work, shunning long-distance moves to live with mom and dad, delaying marriage and raising kids out of wedlock, if they're becoming parents at all. The unemployment rate for them is the highest since World War II and risk living in poverty more than others.By Hope Yen , September 22, 2011
Census: Poverty ticks up in Minnesota as incomes fall
The poverty rate inched up in Minnesota last year while incomes fell, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.By Associated Press , September 22, 2011
Census: Number of people moving to Minnesota declines
The number of people moving to the state has declined 19 percent since 2006. Metropolitan Council research manager Libbing Starling says people have been reluctant to sell their houses and pick up and move.By Associated Press , September 22, 2011
Census: Share of children in U.S. hits record low
The latest 2010 census data show that children of immigrants make up one in four people under 18, and are now the fastest-growing segment of the nation's youth, an indication that both legal and illegal immigrants as well as minority births are lifting the nation's population.By Hope Yen , July 12, 2011
Census 2010: A look at populations of Minnesota's largest 55 cities
The 2010 Census finds that Rochester has overtaken Duluth as the third largest city in Minnesota by adding nearly 21,000 people since the 2000 census. Open the article for a full list of the top 55 largest cities in the state.By Associated Press , March 16, 2011
New Census data shows fast growth in Twin Cities suburbs since 2000
New census data show the five suburban counties surrounding Minneapolis and St. Paul grew an average of 23 percent since 2000. That bucks a national trend in which most high-growth counties have been in the Sun Belt.By Associated Press , March 16, 2011
Release of North Dakota census data planned
The Census Bureau has already reported that North Dakota's population grew 4.7 percent during the last decade. On April 1, 2010, the state had 672,591 people.By Associated Press , March 16, 2011
Minnesota now home to nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Somalis, survey says
The latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey found about 25,000 of the 85,700 Somalis in the U.S. live in Minnesota. The proof is on the streets of the Twin Cities, said Hashi Shafi of the Somali Action Alliance in Minneapolis.By Associated Press , December 14, 2010
Study suggests that marriage is becoming obsolete
Is marriage becoming obsolete? As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, nearly one in three American children is living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never-married.By Associated Press , November 17, 2010
Better count of college students apparently raised Duluth's poverty rate
The U.S. Census American Community Survey shows Duluth's poverty rate rose from 21 percent in 2008 to 25 percent last year.By Associated Press , September 30, 2010
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Music From Copeland House Premieres New Works By Lucio Gregoregetti, 3/3
Lucio Gregoretti, Sophia Loren
Celebrating the renowned Italian film and concert composer who is the Jacob Burns Film Center's International Artist-in-Residence in March. The program features the World Premiere of a new work by Gregoretti, who will be on hand for an audience Q&A, plus music by those who influenced him, including Stravinsky, Bartok, Nino Rota, and Ennio Morricone.
In collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center's International Film Artist-in-Residence program, this concert features the world premiere of a new work (Richiami) Gregoretti has written especially for this program, the American Premiere of another recent composition of his, and a sample from one of his film scores, plus music by master composers who have deeply influenced him, including Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, and Nino Rota (composer of scores for Fellini, Visconti, DeSica, and two of The Godfather films). The composer will be on hand to introduce his work and lead an audience Q&A.
After the music, please--prago--join Copland House Artistic Director and pianist Michael Boriskin and Il Sig. Gregoretti for a meet-the-artists reception -- Che meravigliosa opportunità!!!
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Well, after 7 months of sporadic building our AT finally hit the water. The first day was blowing 15 - 20 against our 2 mph current so we had our hands full even with one reef.
Most of my attention was directed at keeping the water out so I did not get detailed performance figures but the GPS showed mostly over 6 mph on a beat and mid-sevens on a reach. We made every tack and only took a few gallons over the rail. She was wonderfully sedate going dead downwind at 7 mph through the water with little propensity to yaw back and forth as swells passed under her. Is that because of the double ended hull? I never sailed a double ender before.
We came home with a list of 16 things to fix or improve, the foremost being the yard - mast attachment.
I copied the rigging for a GIS shown on Michael Storer's website and found it very hard to get the yard up as the more strain on the hailyard, the more friction between the mast and yard. Maybe it was because I did not yet leather the rubbing points. Also slacking the hailyard 20" to tie in a reef let the yard move aft a good bit.
Anyway I made a rope ring by end splicing a piece of 3/8 poly 3 strand and this works much better.
The boat has an electric aux drive which I will detail in another thread. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...Electric-Power
Other "personalizations" include a fully capped centerboard trunk with up and down hauls around a radius on the front of the centerboard. The c'board pic also shows one of the four big fenders lashed beneath the side seats. If the boat capsizes to 90 degrees two will provide 40# of bouyancy, almost offsetting the battery weight. Both bow and stern decks are gasketed to be water tight. I'm going to do a capsize test soon.
7/8" thick Garapa floor boards add about 50# more weight than the 1/2" pine spec'ed by IO; a 12v battery adds another 53#.


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Finding Family Ties Far From Home
As a kid, I completely idolized my cousin Kari! Only three years older, Kari and I would spend summers together at our grandmother's house in Piggott, Arkansas, gobbling down Sonic burgers after a day at the public pool. Kari was always so much fun and thankfully, never minded playing with her younger, geeky and completely envious cousin.
Kari was sort of a nomad growing up...she's lived in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Ohio and New York! Over the years, we've managed to keep up, no matter what the zip code or the time zone.
All that traveling must have stuck with Kari because she had no trouble landing a job as a professional jet setter. Working as a flight attendant for Continental Express Airlines, she met her husband, pilot Michael Panebianco...who hails from Chittenango Falls, NY! Kari's since retired from slinging drinks in the friendly skies and now lives in Ponce Inlet, Florida with Mikey and their two sons, Anthony and Jack.
Since summer in the South is such a sizzling scorcher (like the alliteration?) Kari spends most of her summer with her in-laws up here in New York. We managed to rendezvous this year on Lake George in Bolton Landing, NY at the beautiful Sagamore Resort...y'all have to check it out sometime, it's amazing!
It was a reunion almost nine years coming! With lives in different time zones, it's been hard to see each other over the years. But keeping up has never been an issue thanks to long phone calls, emails and Facebook.
It's just been a while since we've had a chance to pose for a picture together!
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Suit against Beecher liquor store where boy shot himself moved to Will County
By Janet Lundquist email@example.com November 14, 2012 5:34PM
Updated: December 19, 2012 11:52AM
A Will County judge will handle the lawsuit filed by the father of a 4-year-old who shot himself with a gun he found in a Beecher liquor store.
Damien Wimberly, of Lowell, Ind., filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tubby's Wine and Spirits, 311 Dixie Highway, Beecher, in Cook County court in July.
The case was recently moved to Will County's court system because the store owner, Bradley Sonichsen, who is also named in the suit, lives in Will County.
On July 21, 2011, Ash Wimberly, 4, and his two younger brothers went to the store with their mother, who was an employee and was scheduled to work that day.
The mother left the children in the store while she went back out to her car to get something, according to court records.
While she was outside, Ash found a loaded gun that Sonichsen kept near the cash register for employee protection.
Ten seconds later, Ash fatally shot himself in the head, according to court records.
He was pronounced dead at 10:48 a.m. that day at Franciscan St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights.
Wimberly's lawsuit says Sonichsen should have stored the gun somewhere safe, and that one of Ash's siblings has permanent emotional injuries as a result of the incident.
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Just wanted to let people know that for the rest of the month of May, Team Oaktown Live will not be streaming much if at all.
Partially it's because Pirate will be on the road working & just plain won't be available. On top of that, TOL also has a WHOLE LOT OF FOOTAGE from the last several months that we've hardly had time to process, in particular from May Day. We've got a lot of editing to do of a lot of looong footage from which we want to make highlight clips that people can actually go back and watch.
Regarding livestreaming: the ability to connect live video of newsworthy events to the world is a powerful tool. When somebody tells Pirate that they were watching the stream earlier and came out to participate in person, or when a commenter on the social stream says they've learned things about Oakland they didn't know before, it feels like we're making a difference, even if it's a small one.
But streaming is also quite an expensive tool right now. Part of TOL's downtime will be to spend some time considering how we want to continue with this "Oakland-based citizen journalism" project that we feel called to, and how to do it without letting it eat up such a huge chunk of the TOL household budget.
One of the new tools TOL is looking to add to the CJ toolkit is Signal. It's being called "The Instagram for Citizen Journalists" and looks like it's got a lot of potential. We've signed up as beta testers and look forward to its roll out.
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There is more to travel than just jumping on a plane. Travel has the potential to be an exciting and joyous adventure. There are a ton of travel options and a wide variety of adventures to take. Are you ready to get away from it all and see the world? The ideas in this article will get you started in planning a fantastic vacation.
When traveling, it is vital that you have all the required visas to pass from country to country. There are different types of visas, and some countries are very strict about who they let in. A great place to find out the requirements is your travel agency. If you don't have a travel agency, you can consult the embassy of each country you are visiting.
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Using the Internet to book your traveling requires only one stop. Travel sites aid in planning out your travel itineraries with little effort. You are able to reserve hotels, rental cars, and flights online. You also have access to reviews and photos of the hotels. Some travel web sites will offer deals if you book your trip, such as discounts.
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Michael,I'm still out of the country on this nearly month-long business trip, but hopefully a few Phoronix readers would be interested in poking around with making these code changes as it could yield some interesting performance gains for this promising GPU fallback driver. LLVMpipe is now used as the fallback for Ubuntu and Fedora when no hardware GPU driver is available.
I looked through your benchmark results on "Gallium3D LLVMpipe Driver On LLVM 3.1", and, as author of LLVM's new basic-block autovectorization pass, I wonder if turning on autovectorization would improve the 3.1 results.
If you're curious about the autovectorization pass, you can see my presentation at the developer's conference earlier this year: http://llvm.org/devmtg/2012-04-12/
It seems like llvmpipe uses its own pass manager, which is probably not a bad thing, but it is either intentionally minimalistic, or is pretty out of date (or both). There are many other optimization passes available (see PassManagerBuilder::populateModulePassManager in lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp to get an idea of what is available). It looks like the current pass manager used by llvmpipe is in create_pass_manager in src/gallium/auxiliary/gallivm/lp_bld_init.c and it adds only a few optimization passes.
To add autovectorization to llvmpipe, I think adding something like this after the call to LLVMAddGVNPass(gallivm->passmgr); will work:
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/* BBVectorize depends on other passes for cleanup... */
I've never really used the C API, and I'm not really sure how to pass tuning parameters through (and some tuning might be helpful or necessary here -- integration between the optimization passes and the backends is not as good yet as it should be), but this would be a start.
Thanks in advance,
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The reason I am concerned about the rattlesnake is that where I live, the most common serpent is the Mojave, a highly toxic critter. I have seen many of them over the years. Last Oct I stepped within a foot of one, lucky for me it was a cool morning. My kid runs around like most kids do, and does not look where the feet are being placed. I realize that snakes are more afraid of us than we are of them, but in the unlikely event that my little one was envenomated by a Mojave out in a national park, I would not have a lot of time to get where I know I need to go (Hi desert Medical).
However, the most fearsome of all creatures encountered in the wilderness is bipedal. Lucky for me, my little princess is uneasy with strangers, so she immediately clings to me when one is spotted. Thus, I tend to fret more about a serpent coiled up under a trailside bush than I do about child predators.
In the city (civilization) it's a diffrent game, and she plays and all, but papa hawk is always perched on a nearby branch. The funny thing is the closest she ever got to a wild rattlesnake was at the city park. One was coiled up under the monkey bars! I let the park staff know, and they removed the offending rattler, and relocated it to the nearby desert (something I specifically requested, and they did just that).


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(Washington, DC) A faction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard called the Quds Force (QF) is center stage in the War on Terror for the second time in five years. In 2007, President George W. Bush hauled out the group of middle and upper level Iranian government officials as a rationale for military action against Iran. The decisive shutdown of the Bush effort marks a critical turning point in recent history and will be discussed later in the article.
QF II began last Tuesday when FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General Eric Holder unified the terror storyline between the rabid neoconservatives of the Bush era and the low key loyalists to the national security state in the Obama administration.
Holder and Mueller accused, "elements of the Iranian government of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington," the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. In essence, this military faction allegedly hired an outsider to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States. With the full knowledge of the Iranian government, the outsider tried to hire a Mexican drug lord for the high level hit. Attorney General Holder announced that the United States is "holding the Iranian government accountable." Holder went on to state the official position of the government, namely that the Iranian government entity behind the plot was the Quds Force.
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It seems that nothing in Windows can't be improved by a little (or a lot) of tweaking, and the perfect example is the Clipboard. ClipMagic Lite a freeware version of a clipboard management tool. Like the others, it lets you save, store, and manage clips, especially text files and images. It automatically adds clips when you press CTRL+C or select Copy, and even saves URLs when copying text from online sources. It has many other features, though some of the tools and options described in the extensive Help manual and tutorials are only available in the paid upgrade, … Read more


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Sending a quick note from my iPhone since I can't login to the blog. I'm not anywhere near what you would call proficient. Anyway, sent out a memo today along with employee documents for mystery Inc. I will put a copy in the Leanies Dropbox folder when I get to the beach. But now, it's time for my birthday nap! Chance … [Read more...]
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Original Release Date: 1980
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1. Entre Lajeunesse et la Sagesse
2. Complainte Pour Ste Catherine
3. Mais Quand Tu Danses
4. Cheminant a la Ville
5. Excursion a Venise
6. En Filant Ma Quenouille
7. La Belle S'Est Etourdie
8. Naufragee du Tendre
9. Avant la Guerre
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Andrew Gold: Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
George Bohannon: Horn
Joe Boyd: Producer
Graham Chambers: Drums
Gerry Conway: Percussion, Drums
Andrew Cowan: Mandolin, Guitar (Electric), Tambourine
George Devens: Percussion
Pat Donaldson: Bass, Vocals, Vocal Harmony
Freebo: Bass, Tuba
Steve Gadd: Drums
Floyd Gilbeau: Violin
Densil Lang: Percussion
Scot Lang: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm)
Dane Lanken: Vocals, Vocals (Background), Vocal Harmony
Tony Levin: Bass
Gilles Losier: Bass, Violin
Kenneth Mackenzie: Bagpipes
Janie McGarrigle: Organ, Vocals, Executive Producer, Vocal Harmony
Anna McGarrigle: Banjo, Piano, Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocal Harmony
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Organ, Banjo, Guitar, Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer
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Carlisle Miller: Saxophone
Gary More: Drums
Gary Nagels: Trombone
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By Andrew Barksdale Staff writer
A state environmental agency has signed off on a long-awaited plan to redevelop a toxic, abandoned industrial site next to the Cape Fear River.
The city of Fayetteville acquired the former Texfi Industries property last year, more than a decade after the discovery of contaminated groundwater. The textile plant shuttered in 1999, and the company later folded.
For the past several years, city officials have been working with the state Division of Waste Management's Brownfields program to develop an agreement that would pave the way for reusing some or all of the 79-acre tract off North Street, east of Ramsey Street.
Such agreements make tax credits available and eliminate any liability when private companies want to buy and redevelop sites known to have been contaminated.
The state signed off on the agreement last week, said Craig Hampton, the city's special projects director. City Manager Ted Voorhees signed the document Tuesday.
Some possible future uses, according to the agreement, include the outdoor storage of city equipment, extension of the Cape Fear River Trail, a future emergency 911 call center and a solar-panel farm.
"We were trying to list as many uses as we could possibly think of that had any potential for reality," Hampton said.
For now, the driveway off Hoffer Road leading to the Texfi buildings is padlocked, and "no trespassing" signs are posted.
Hampton said part of the property farther from the abandoned plant and toxic groundwater could be parceled off and sold to a developer.
"This allows us to have those kinds of discussions, and the bait is certainly the tax credits," said Hampton.
The Texfi site is marred by rusty water tanks and parking lots sprouting tall weeds and saplings. The walls inside one warehouse have graffiti, and its metal roof has collapsed. Vines have begun to overtake an empty brick office building.
"It's certainly an indictment on the fabric industry in the United States," Hampton said, touring the site last week.
The Brownfields agreement with the the city stipulates what can never go on the property. The banned uses include farming, residences, day care centers, dog kennels and nursing homes.
In the mid-1990s, cancer-causing chemicals common in dry cleaning and metal degreasing were discovered in the soil and groundwater at the former textile dyeing and finishing plant. A bankruptcy court allowed Texfi to abandon the polluted site off North Street and set aside $931,000 for cleanup.
In 2001, the state installed a barrier in the ground between the Texfi buildings and the city's adjacent P.O. Hoffer Water Treatment Facility. Later, an underground drain was placed around water storage tanks as an added precaution.
But it wasn't until 2008 that cleanup of the contaminated groundwater began. The cleanup continues today, but state officials acknowledge they will never be able to remove all the pollutants, which have seeped to more than 30 feet below ground.
Fayetteville's Public Works Commission monitors the groundwater at its water plant and the river where water is drawn for treatment. PWC and state officials say the city's drinking supply is not in danger of becoming contaminated.
Bruce Nicholson, director of the N.C. Brownfields Program, said the state has approved more than 220 redevelopment agreements since the program's inception in 1998. The goal is to redevelop land safely, often in urban areas with access to utilities and good transportation networks.
"That's why I say it's sort of land recycling," Nicholson said. "It discourages sprawl and encourages smart growth."
Nicholson said all those agreements have yielded about $8 billion in capital investment over the years.
Fayetteville's agreement estimates about 100 jobs will be created or sustained with redevelopment.
Hampton said part of the figure comes from anticipated demolition and cleanup still to come. He said the city soon will be seeking $200,000 grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for cleanup and contamination assessment.
Some of the EPA grants would require a city match. The city has reserved $265,000 in its five-year capital plan for Texfi.
Hampton said demolition could begin as early as next year and take at least three years to complete.
"The city took a bold and wise step to move toward reusing this abandoned property and cleaning it up," he said.
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1.) Introduction
2.) Moveset2A.) Normals2B.) Persona Attacks2C.) Other Moves2D.) Skills2E.) SP Skill2F.) Awakening SP Skill2G.) Mortal Blow3.) Agi Data3A.) Basics3B.) Gauge3C.) Management4.) Combos4A.) Combo Theory4B.) BnB's4D.) Gimmicks and Resets5.) Misc. Data5A.) Gatling Tables6.) Important Links6A.) System Guide6B.) Notation Guide6C.) Yukiko Frame Data6D.) Yukiko JP BBS6E.) Yukiko JP Wiki6H.) Yukiko Youtube Guide
Name: Yukiko Amagi [天城 雪子]
Age: 16 (17)
DOB: December 8th, 1994
Height: 164 cm (5'5")
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Blood Type: O
Persona: Konohana Sakuya (Ultimate Persona: Amaterasu)
Weapon: Fan
Arcana: Priestess
Voice Actor(s): Ami Koshimizu (English: Amanda Winn Lee)
Yukiko has long, well-groomed black hair, blackish-gray eyes and very fair skin. She wears the Yasogami school uniform along with a red sweater with slightly longer skirt, her red headband, and red glasses in battle.
Yukiko is a rich young woman who is popular with boys and girls alike. Often scoring the best during exams, she is very intelligent and often repeats the material with Chie, her best friend. As a smart, beautiful, feminine, and fair-skinned teenager, she has attracted many male characters in Inaba, but she doesn't seem to be comfortable when someone mentions her beauty. At first, Yukiko is very introverted, but she gets livelier after she is rescued from the Midnight Channel.
Health: 8,500
Yukiko plays a long to medium game. She'll be doing her best to control the game and keeping the opponent from gaining any momentum. With simple combos and long-ranged normals you'll be focusing more on tactics and strategy rather then your execution. Yukiko is very reliant on her Persona, Konohana-Sakuya, without it she is probably a sitting duck as her normals will not be enough to get the job done for you. She can cover long distances with ease making her zoning tools some of the best in the game. With this comes one of the best anti-airs in the game, which is key for stopping your opponent getting in. Storing her fire boosts and such is a must, you'll need this before you begin to approach the opponent. Keep away while using your Persona to get in, it's best to go for Buffs so you can unleash unblockables and high damage combos. Overall Yukiko plays a mid range battle, keeping the enemy in check in till she is capable of dealing great amounts of damage from her buffs.
Yukiko uses two unique gauges which tell you what buffs she has currently:
- The "Fire Boost Gauge" starts at 0 and limits to 8. Her special "Fire Boost" adds 1 to this gauge while "Fire Boost High" grants her 2 bars(?).
- Her second gauge is connected with her "Fire Break". It is a marker indicating whether Yukiko has the Fire Break effect on or not. After using Fire Break, the gauge appears. If in a certain time Yukiko does not use a fire attack then the gauge will disappear. It is used to make the next fire attack unblockable.
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I'm trying to find wrk in the Richmond area, which has been hard, since it seems that major sites use SQL Server. I don't have any experience with SQL Server. I have experience with Oracle and SQL, and know something about SQL Server, but that is of absolutely no help at all. I don't see that I have many good options:
1. Get training. Long and expensive. Absolutely worthless unless tou can put it into use immediately. Online training is shorter but also expensive and equally worthless if you can't apply it immediately..
2. Take college courses. Cheaper, but takes four months.
The only other alternatives I can see are finding some source of free or cheap training, getting legitimate access to a SQL Server platform, or downloading something which emulates SQL Server. The second of these options seems very unlikely. There are probably more options which I have missed. My basic goal is to be able to get fast, cheap, self-paced, location-independent SQL Server training. ANy suggestions?
One idea you might consider, just to get your hands on SQL Server software and other MS servers and tools, is to become an "Action Pack" subscriber. For a few hundres bucks a year, you basically get all MS OS and Server releases.
It's difficult to get up to speed without having the product installed locally so you can play with it. Also, I'm not sure if it's still a free download but Visual Studio Express edition used to be available from MS and included a dumbed-down free SQL Server-like tool. It is wonderful for developers but you probably need the real thing if your aim is to go in the DBA direction.
SQL Server 2008 CTP is now available for download [http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx] (180 days trial version)... I think this should give you enough time to learn and play around with...
Other thing you can try is virtual labs at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc138238.aspx.
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Hopefully Magical Mystery Tour will be the January album. *fingers crossed*
Hopefully Magical Mystery Tour will be the January album. *fingers crossed*
RBN is the greatest invention known to man! (Aside from RB3)
In my opinion console exclusives are bullshi t (I hate censorship; I would honestly rather have it look like that then be censored) and they need to release this song for PS3 as soon as possible. If I'm not mistaken it was specifically stated that the window was 3 months, and that time has passed. Therefore the song should be on the PSN store right now. The fact that it's not both disappoints and annoys me.
Please Harmonix, no more of this console exclusive nonsense.
I'm a PS3 user myself and I would LOVE to know when we will get the "All You Need is Love" song. I really want to play it bad.
I asked Henry in a PM and hope he replies or sees this thread. Should we try Sean, Thrasher and so on?
Edit - Sent Thrasher a PM as well. Sean does not allow PM's. Maybe somebody can twitter him.
Last edited by Se7en082; 12-19-2009 at 12:50 PM.
HMX and M$ make me sick, help for doctors? All they cared about was money because if they wanted to help they would have let wii n ps3 have it so the doctors could get more money faster.
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Arctic Monkeys
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By Written by Mike Lange: DEXTER - DEXTER The Maine Community Foundation announced last week that it's 2010 Noyce Award for Nonprofit Excellence will go to the Maine Seeds of Peace Youth Leadership Program, an organization where Tim Wilson of Dexter has served as a special advisor since 1993. The award includes an unrestricted $10,000 grant, according to Foundation President and CEO Meredith Jones. The 2010 Noyce Award selection committee was particularly impressed with Seeds of Peaces efforts to draw participants from low-income and racially diverse populations in all 16 counties, said Jones in a press release. We salute Seeds of Peace for bringing its leadership training to youth all across Maine. The grant is good news for Wilson, who plans to meet with the Dexter Town Council later this month to gauge support for opening a Seeds of Peace youth center in the now-vacant Dexter Middle and Elementary School. The buildings became available when Ridge View Community School opened in the fall, and were turned over to the town. Its not so much the money, but the fact that the MCF recognizes how important this program is to our youth, said Wilson. Wilson approached the town in January about using the school buildings for a leadership institute for top students in Maine as well as the sons and daughters of world leaders. The Seeds of Peace Camp, founded by journalist John Wallach, brings youngsters from Middle Eastern and Asian countries to a rural camp in Otisfield each summer. The program gives young people from countries traditionally in conflict with each other an opportunity to develop empathy, respect and confidence or - as the mission statement notes to see the human face of their enemies. Seeds of Peace also has a presence in Jordan, Egypt, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, Afghanistan, India and New York. Wilsons vision is to start the local Seeds of Peace camp with a group of best-and-brightest students from all of Maine's 16 counties. "For example, if we took 10 from each county, that's 160 kids. So we'd need classroom and dormitory space," he explained. Bringing international students to the Dexter campus is a long-term rather than immediate goal, said Wilson. "One issue we have is the celebration of Ramadan in the summer. So we wouldn't be able to schedule classes around the observance." Ramadan is an Islamic religious observance where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. Although Town Manager David Pearson and some councilors have expressed support for the proposed Seeds of Peace campus, there are several question marks about the building including environmental issues, Wilson said. "Just because of the age of the building, there may be some things that need correcting. The town has indicated that they'd consider leasing the buildings to us. But we don't know how much we need to put into them." Wilson said that he hopes to learn more about the Dexter Town Council's support for the Seeds of Peace center at their next meeting. "Hopefully, I'll be able to tell everyone more about our plans by Thanksgiving," said Wilson. The veteran educator is best known locally as a student advisor at Dexter Regional High School and varsity football coach. He returned to the Dexter gridiron in 2006 after a lengthy absence and had a tough season this year with a squad composed of mostly freshmen and sophomore starters. But Wilson said that the team and the parents were very supportive and looked beyond the won-loss record. "We started with 30 kids and finished with 30," said Wilson, "and many of them are on the honors and high honors list.""This content originally appeared as a copyrighted article in the SVWeekly.com and is used here with permission." |
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As the long weekend approaches, we will look at some of the fantastic daytrips you can take from Calgary! We are blessed with everything from mountains to foothills to badlands, all within a few hours travel.
Going south, one of my personal favorites is the Cowboy Trail. After you have meandered along the trail admiring the foothills and the mountains, you can turn west to visit the Crowsnest Pass or go east to visit historic Fort Macleod and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Going east, you can go Walking with the Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller.
Looking for some family canoeing or a quiet hike? One of our staff members had a great day at Forget-Me-Not Pond.
Check out some of the great books Calgary Public Library has on daytripping from Calgary, such as Southern Alberta for City Folks.
The possibilities are endless - more to come next week.


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County Silences Employee Speech on ObamaCare Mishaps
San Jose, CA—Attorneys for a longtime Santa Clara County employee are demanding answers after she was told that a brief comment about the problems plaguing the ObamaCare rollout were not welcome in the workplace.
Norina Mooney has worked for Santa Clara County for more than twenty years. Her role in the child support enforcement division does not involve promotion of ObamaCare. So when she made small talk with a co-worker about all the insurance policies being canceled due to ObamaCare, she was surprised to get...(More) |
Fox News, Neil Cavuto Show (VIDEO): County Bans Employee From Talking Negatively About Obamacare
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In early 2013, global touch-screen electronic POS manufacturer J2 Retail Systems was acquired by The Aures Group. Having maintained separate operations in the U.S. market for the past nine months, the two companies, J2 Retail Systems, Inc. and Aures Technologies, Inc., have today announced their merger. They will now trade as J2 Retail Systems, Inc.
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With her moony eyes, broad forehead, and chiseled facial features, British actress
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's depth and breadth as an actress, however, arguably far exceed that of her predecessors.
Born in 1966,
received classical training as an actor with that
crème de la crème
of acting ensembles, the Royal Shakespeare Company (or RSC). She demonstrated extraordinary versatility in her early Hollywood roles, which included everything from an assassin (in the
Harrison Ford
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Patriot Games
) to the coke-snorting, gossip-mad denizen of a Manhattan apartment complex in the
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. Additional features in which
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Peter Greenaway
8 1/2 Women
(1999), opposite
Amanda Plummer
Toni Collette
earned a whole new generation of fans with her impassioned portrayal of Atia of the Julii in the HBO series
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's resumé also includes a few guest appearances on the series
Waking the Dead
and a key role in the short-lived thriller series State of Play (both in the U.K.). She was particularly memorable and impressive -- and had an opportunity to draw on her classical roots -- with her portrayal of Lucetta, the epileptic and expectant mistress of Michael Henchard, in the made-for-television
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Scenes of a Sexual Nature
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A handful of couples discuss their romantic and erotic tribulations on a sunny afternoon in this romantic comedy drama. It's a beautiful day in London, and a number of people head out to Hampstead Heath Park to enjoy the weather, though not every couple on hand is as comfortable as the weather might suggest. Julia (Gina McKee) and Gerry (Hugh Bonneville) are having a picnic as part of a blind date, but they don't seem to be enjoying one another's company. Billy (Ewan McGregor) and Brian (Douglas Hodge) are a gay couple at a crossroads -- Billy wants to settle down and adopt a child, but Brian doesn't believe this will stop his partner's chronic infidelity. Iris (Eileen Atkins) and Eddie (Benjamin Whitrow) were an item many years ago, but aren't sure what to make of one another when they meet by chance in the park. Sara (Catherine Tate) and Pete (Adrian Lester) discover how much they care for one another just as they're on the verge of divorce. Jamie (Andrew Lincoln) finds he has some explaining to do when his wife Molly (Holly Aird) catches him ogling a pretty young woman (Eglantine Rembauville) who is inadvertently exposing her underwear. Ludo (Nick Sidi) and Anna (Sophie Okonedo) are a couple whose romance doesn't seem fated to live out the day. And Noel (Tom Hardy) is a lecherous sort who is looking for a woman as interested in sex as he is. Scenes of a Sexual Nature was the first feature film from director Edward Blum; the picture was shot on a shoestring budget, with the actors being paid union scale in exchange for a share of the film's profits. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Rome: Season 01
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The first season of the lush, lavish and frequently lewd and lascivious British historical drama Rome covers the years 52 to 44BCE, beginning with the return of Julius Caesar (Ciaran Hinds) from the Gallic wars and ending with the fateful "Ides of March". Though returning to a hero's welcome, Caesar realizes that he's stepping into a snake pit of deceit and corruption. The Patrician ruling class, worried that Caesar will make himself emperor and abolish the Republic, intend to strip him of his power. His scheming niece Atia (Polly Walker) is already undercutting her uncle by forcing her daughter Octavia (Kerry Condon) to marry Caesar's most influential nemesis, the aging Pompey (Kenneth Cranham). Playing one side against the other to keep Caesar at bay, Pompey proves so effective that Caesar must ask his friend Marc Antony (James Purefoy) to help him vanquish his foes, even if it means all-out civil war. Meanwhile, a pair of humble soldier, the virtuous family man Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and the hedonistic Pullo (Ray Stevenson), simply try to stay out of everyone's way and survive--but instead find themselves at Ground Zero of virtually every major historical turning point during the series' turbulent eight-year timespan. Pullo in particular spends much of his time squeaking out of one death-trap after another, somehow managing to enrich or aggrandize himself without even trying. His main contribution during Season One consists of taking Atia's callow son Octavian (Max Pirkis) under his wing, teaching the boy the ways of warfare and women. Eventually Octavian will emerge as the greatest threat against the pro-Caesar forces of Antony after Caesar's assassination--and thus the redoubtable Pullo has once more unwittingly altered the course of history. Not only was Rome an international success during its first season on the air, but the series also garnered an Emmy award for its American run on HBO. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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State of Play
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The government's dangerous penchant for favoring corporate interests is put to the ultimate test after an ambitious politician's research assistant perishes under mysterious circumstances, and a crime that at first appeared unconnected with the death is exposed to reveal an intricate web of lies and deceit. Stephen Collins (David Morrissey) is a rising politician with everything to lose, and his ex-campaign manager Cal McAffery (John Simm) has recently risen to fame as a respected investigative journalist. One day, on her way to work, Stephen's assistant falls to her death in the London Underground. Later, just as it's revealed that Stephen and his assistant were having an affair at the time of her death, the body of a suspected teenage drug dealer is discovered. At first it appears that these two events are completely unrelated, but a closer look reveals some deeply disturbing information about political and corporate interests becoming hopelessly intertwined. Now, as the lies, manipulations, and deceptions gradually boil to the surface, lives will be lost and friendships put to the ultimate test. Bill Nighy, James McAvoy, and Polly Walker star in the award-winning BBC series that riveted television viewers all across the U.K. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Produced for the BBC in 2001, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the second British miniseries version of Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel (the first was filmed in 1978). This time, Ciarán Hinds stars as Michael Henchard, an unemployed drunkard who, in a moment of greedy delirium, sells his wife, Susan (Juliet Aubrey), and their infant daughter, Elizabeth Jane, to a passing sailor -- for a price of five pounds. Sobering up the next day, Henchard conducts a frenzied search for his family, only to find that they have already gone. Swearing off liquor, Henchard promises to re-invent himself as a solid and dependable citizen. He succeeds so thoroughly in this endeavor that, 18 years later, he has risen to the rank of mayor of Casterbridge. About to make his reformation complete by wedding attractive young Lucetta (Polly Walker), Henchard is aghast to discover that his wife and now-grown daughter (played as an adult by Jodhi May), have returned home. Hounded by his conscience, Henchard bends over backward to make amends to his loved ones -- only to revert to his old, disreputable self when things go terribly wrong. Meanwhile, a new intrigue has blossomed
a romantic triangle involving Elizabeth Jane, Lucetta, and handsome, righteous Donald Farfrae (James Purefoy). The Mayor of Casterbridge made its U.S. debut August 17, 2003, on the A&E cable channel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Eye See You
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Sylvester Stallone returned to the screen after a three-year absence (excepting his voice work in Antz) with this tense and violent psychological crime thriller. FBI agent Jake Malloy (Stallone) has been traumatized by an especially vicious murder. No longer able to perform his job, Malloy is referred to a clinic for members of the law enforcement community, run by doctors Hank (Tom Berenger) and Doc (Kris Kristofferson). Jake begins receiving therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, but crime follows him inside the clinic; a serial killer has invaded the facility and is killing off the patients one by one, in increasingly gruesome ways. Soon Jake must set aside his fears and track down the murderer, before he becomes the next victim. D-Tox (which, in production, was publicized under the titles Detox and The Outpost) was released on video as Eye See You. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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8 1/2 Women
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From Peter Greenaway, one of Britain's most controversial directors, 8 1/2 Women is a laconic black comedy that examines the age-old phenomenon of male sexual fantasy, its roots and consequences. A rich businessman from Geneva acquires eight and a half pachinko parlors in Kyoto, Japan. They are run by his son who is fascinated by earthquakes. When the father's beloved wife dies, the son takes him to see Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2 to distract him from his grief and rekindle some interest in the opposite sex. Inspired by Fellini's vision, they bring eight and a half women from Japan and Europe and turn the father's Geneva mansion into a private harem. Amanda Plummer, Toni Collette, Polly Walker and Vivian Wu (the protagonist of Greenaway's previous film The Pillow Book), head the cast of this multi-layered film that failed to reach the degree of critical acclaim of Greenaway's previous works. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
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Eye of the Killer
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A troubled cop makes a discovery that really has him worried in this thriller. Mickey Hayden (Kiefer Sutherland), a police detective, is ordered to take a new look at a case he'd worked on ten years ago. A brilliant but demented serial killer known as Jabberwocky went on a killing spree before dropping out of sight; Hayden was never able to track him down, and the disappointment has left Hayden with more than his share of emotional scars; the detective has since become an alcoholic in a failed attempt to cope. After a decade of silence, Jabberwocky strikes again, sending the police a note suggesting Hayden be put back on his case. But this time around, Hayden notices something different as he investigates the killings; when he comes in contact with the evidence, he has troubling psychic visions that tell him more about the murders than he ever wanted to know. Originally produced for the premium cable network HBO, Eye of the Killer also stars Polly Walker and Henry Czerny. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Dark Harbor
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Adam Coleman directed this psychological thriller that opens as attorney David (Alan Rickman) and Alexis Weinberg (Polly Walker), trying to catch the last ferry to their island home, spot a man (Norman Reedus) alongside the rainswept road. He's bleeding from a beating by unknown assailants and will only accept assistance from David and Alexis if they agree not to call the police. The delay keeps the Weinbergs from boarding the final ferry, so they rent a motel room. Later, the nameless, mysterious man becomes a stowaway on the ferry and arrives on the island. After he once again bumps into the Weinbergs, they invite him to stay at their cottage. Is the couple a target? Or has the stranger been hired by one spouse to eliminate the other? Shown at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival and the 1998 Hamptons Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Talk of Angels
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The period prior to the Spanish Civil War provides the background setting for Nick Hamm's historical romantic drama. Young Irish governess Mary Lavelle (Polly Walker) arrives in Spain and begins a year of employment with the wealthy Areavaga family. Under the romantic spell of Spain, Mary develops a fascination for handsome Francisco (Vincent Perez), the Areavago family's married son. Francisco is attracted to Mary, and their doomed love affair is conducted amid skirmishes and street riots as war clouds gather. The Ann Guedes/Frank McGuinness screenplay is adapted from the 1937 novel, Mary Lavelle by Kate O'Brien (1897-1974). The book was reprinted in 1984 by Virago. This film was actually made in 1996 and then bumped by Miramax through numerous release dates over a two-year span before finally surfacing in theaters in 1998. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Curtain Call
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In this romantic comedy with supernatural touches, Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) works for a large publishing house, editing and acquiring new projects. Lowe's new boss is after him to buy fewer books that are good and more books that will sell, while his girlfriend Julia (Polly Walker) is trying to convince him that marriage might not be such a bad idea. But marriage is a tough sell for Lowe; in the hopes that a new home might make him think about settling down, Julia suggests that Lowe look at a brownstone that's just gone on the market. Lowe likes the place and buys it, without deciding if Julia should join him. However, Lowe quickly discovers that he's not actually alone in his new digs; the ghosts of Max Gale (Michael Caine) and Lily Marlowe (Maggie Smith), an acting couple who were the toast of the legitimate stage many years ago, are already in residence. Max and Lily are soon offering Lowe all sorts of unsolicited advice on winning the heart of his lady love, though given how much they bicker, they may not be the best people from whom to learn the art of romance. Buck Henry, Sam Shepard, Frank Whaley, and Marcia Gay Harden highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Meciej Dejczer directed this German-French-Polish period drama made with English dialogue. British prisoner Gerry, aka Brute (Til Schweiger) is sent away to complete his sentence in a rundown Romanian orphanage run by sinister Sincal (Pete Postlethwaite), who profits by selling children and other evil activities. Crude operations are executed on patients by alcoholic surgeon Dr. Babits (John Hurt), who plays the violin. On the brighter side, a nubile nurse Mara (Polly Walker) is on the staff of this insidious institution, and she enters into an affair with Brute. Shown at the 1998 Montreal World Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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The Woodlanders
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British documentary filmmaker Phil Agland turned to drama with this re-creation of Thomas Hardy's rural Wessex of the late 19th century, adapted from Hardy's 1887 novel. In the woodland Wessex community of Little Hintock, laconic woodsman Giles Winterbourne (Rufus Sewell) lives in a cottage belonging to the lady of the manor, Mrs. Charmond (Polly Walker). Peasant girl Marty (Jodhi May), who sells her hair to wigmakers, is attracted to Giles. However, Grace (Emily Woof, of The Full Monty), daughter of local timber-merchant Melbury (Tony Haygarth), returns home from finishing school. Giles and Grace were once childhood sweethearts, but class barriers now stand in their way. Grace marries young Dr. Fitzpiers (Cal MacAninch), and the happy newlyweds depart on their honeymoon. Fitzpiers' true snobbish colors begin to surface, and his philandering ways eventually lead Grace back to Giles. Shown at the 1997 London Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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The Gambler
This British-Dutch-Hungarian biographical drama combines incidents from the life of novelist Feodor Dostoyevsky with a dramatization of his short novel The Gambler. The character of Polina in the novel was based by Dostoyevsky on Polina Suslova, his 1862-63 lover. In the tradition of Dennis Potter, this film mixes fiction with reality, opening in 1870 with a woman and child seeking someone in a casino at the German resort of Baden-Baden.
The story then leaps backward to 1866 St. Petersburg, where impoverished student Anna (Jodhi May) accepts a stenographic position with cantankerous 45-year-old Dostoyevsky (Michael Gambon), who lives with his epileptic stepson Pasha (William Houston). Dostoyevsky is writing serialized installments of Crime and Punishment. He has only 27 days to write a minimum of 160 pages on another novel for the publisher Stellovsky (Thom Jansen), who has covered his gambling debts. If Dostoyevsky doesn't meet this deadline, Stellovsky will acquire the rights to all of his current and future books. Anna quits but later comes back so she can pay for her father's funeral. In the process of getting Dostoyevsky's imagination to paper, Anna soon understands that The Gambler is autobiographical -- the tale of a young couple Polina (Polly Walker) and Alexei (Dominic West) at the casino in the fictional German resort Roulettenburg, where Alexei's gambling obsession has put him in debt. As the work on The Gambler continues, an attraction develops between the author and the secretary, and scenes from the work-in-progress are featured.
In real life, Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina did indeed take shorthand on The Gambler, and she went on to become Dostoyevsky's second wife in 1867. Appearing as a gambling grandmother is movie veteran Luise Rainer. Scenes of St. Petersburg, Baden-Baden, and Roulettenburg were all shot in Hungarian locations. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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For Roseanna
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A man trying to honor the last wish of his beloved wife has to keep an entire city alive in this bittersweet romantic comedy. Marcello (Jean Reno) is the owner of a restaurant in a small village in Italy. His wife Roseanna (Mercedes Ruehl) has received some awful news: she has learned that her weak heart has gotten worse, and she has only a few weeks to live. Roseanna has given Marcello a final request: she wants to be buried next to her daughter, who died some years before. Marcello wants nothing more than to comply with her wishes, but there's a problem; the town's cemetery is quite small, and right now funeral plots are on a first-come, first-served basis. The spot next to Roseanna's daughter does happen to be open, but she'll only get it if no one else dies first. So Marcello suddenly becomes the village's watchdog of health and safety, trying to make sure no one needlessly dies, and even shuffles around a few bodies of people who do happen to pass on. Meanwhile, Roseanna is worried about both Marcello and her sister Cecilia (Polly Walker) and would like them to marry after her death so they won't have to be alone. However, Marcello and Cecilia don't always get along very well, and besides, Cecilia is in love with Antonio (Mark Frankel), whose father has prevented the town's cemetery from expanding. For Roseanna was filmed under the title
Roseanna's Grave
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For the Love of Roseanna
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Robinson Crusoe
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Pierce Brosnan, best known for his suave and sophisticated roles, takes on a new screen personality in this adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic novel. Robinson Crusoe (Brosnan) is an adventurer who hopes to find fame and fortune on the high seas, but a fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday (Wiliam Takaku), a tribesman living on the island. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but when he discovers another tribe is also living on the island, he comes mad with power and insists that he be the sole ruler of all he surveys. Robinson Crusoe also stars Ian Hart, Lysette Anthony, and James Frain. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Based on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most adapted author in Hollywood), this period romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who imagines herself an authority on matters of the heart. With the best of intentions, Emma plays matchmaker for her friends, most notably her friend Harriet (Toni Collette), who Emma links up with the Reverend Elton (Alan Cumming), and her governess, (Greta Scacchi), who she introduces to her future husband, Mr. Weston (James Cosmo). However, Emma is not nearly as good at playing Cupid as she likes to imagine, and she spends so much time trying to solve everyone else's romantic problems that it takes her quite some time to realize that she's fallen in love with Mr. Knightly (Jeremy Northam). A television miniseries based on Austen's book appeared a year later, while a year prior to Emma, the story appeared in modernized form in the popular teen comedy Clueless. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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This lavish historical drama based on the acclaimed novel by Rose Tremain won Oscars for Costume Design and Art Direction. Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Robert Merivel, a gifted medical student of the 17th century who ignores his studies in favor of pursuing debauched fun -- much to the consternation of his high-minded Quaker colleague John Pearce (David Thewlis). Merivel achieves the high societal status he covets when he's summoned by King Charles II (Sam Neill). Merivel is chagrined to find that he's expected to care for the king's ailing spaniel, but the dog rallies and Merivel joins court. When one of Charles' mistresses, Celia (Polly Walker) becomes uppity, Charles arranges her marriage to Merivel. In return for keeping Celia in a pretend marriage, he receives an estate and knighthood. Merivel, however, falls in love with Celia and, betrayed by an eccentric painter (Hugh Grant), inspires the king's wrath. Banished and stripped of his wealth, Merivel rediscovers love with an Irish mental patient (Meg Ryan). He also rediscovers his passion for medicine during London's Great Fire and the Black Plague. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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The Trial
Franz Kafka's classic tale of Josef K., a bank clerk who is placed on trial for an unnamed, unknowable crime, is given a faithful, if not overly literal, treatment in this drama. Knowing only that he has been charged, Josef naturally sets out to defend himself, but soon finds himself deeply mired in a battle against an incomprehensible government bureaucracy. Following Orson Welles's adaptation of the book by some three decades, director David Jones chooses to avoid the earlier film's expressionistic approach. Instead, he sets Josef's travails against a realistic background that specifically recalls Eastern Europe during the early 20th century, the time of the book's writing. Similarly, the screenplay by famed British playwright Harold Pinter, whose own darkly absurd vision owes much to Kafka, hews closely to the original text. This faithful approach helps ground the story in historical reality, and allows for a good use of brooding Prague locations. However, many critics have found this approach less effective than the low-budget abstraction of Welles' version, which is more successful at highlighting the universality and symbolic nature of the tale. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Shopping For A Computer With My Sis.
One of the simple pleasures in this life that I really enjoy is spending time to talk with my sister. I think she is one of the few people who really understands the kind of person I am. Plus our conversations if not always funny are at least interesting. Anyway, over the last weekend, my sister and I went shopping for a new laptop.
I have a policy. If I enter a store, and you are the first salesperson to talk to me ( or rather help me) , if I ever come back to buy an item, I'll look for you and get the item from you. I'm not sure if every store implements a commission or quota policy for their sales people but I try to enforce this policy on myself just in case it might help the sales person.
Anyway, so in the first store we entered, this male sales person approached us and basically answered some of our queries. We wanted to look at the prices at other stores so we told him we might be back later.
We walked around Funan and finally decided to return to the first store to get the laptop. We tried to get the guy's attention but he was servicing another customer by then. So we waited for a while. And waited. And waited. It came to a point that we couldn't find him. So, after waiting for about thirty minutes, we finally decided to just ask the sales girl who had gravitated to where we were standing.
Before making that decision, I told my sister,
"You know, we are just going to see that guy once we ask one of his colleagues for help."
And …. guess what. When we moved to the counter to set up the laptop and pay for it, the first salesman that had approached us was at the counter too.
Murphy, oh Murphy, you wrote your laws just for us, didn't you?
Anyway, my sister came up with this:


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A lot of people think that Miley Cyrus is promoting promiscuity in America's youth. Other people think that she's exploiting racial stereotypes. But say what you will, that racist whore can sing. Wrecking Ball has become the theme song for everything that's wrong with today's youth, but if you actually stop to listen to it you'll realize that it's actually an awesome '80s power ballad for the new millennium. It's like if Pat Benetar catered to the pedophile demographic.
Hurl all the criticisms you want at Mr. Martin's magnum opus. At the end of the day, if this song comes on and you don't immediately start wiggling your hips it means you must be paralyzed from the waist down, and I feel really bad right now. I'm sorry I yelled at you just now. You're so brave.
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