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No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 3 months - interviewed at Facebook in December 2013.
Interview Details –
This was for a position in their Infrastructure team in Cambridge MA.
Recruiter contacted me in September and was very interested in my background and experience with highly scalable systems - both in Finance and Mobile phone payments.
I attended some small intimate presentations they did as they were initially opening a new Boston office and wanted to grow it out. The meetings were great and I learned a lot about how they solve some of their biggest problems.
I then did a screening interview on-site (because I don't do technical screens well on the phone). The question was "Given a binary tree, write code to print the tree out line by line". I did OK and got the Breadth First Search down fine, but couldn't figure out the - line-by-line part. (Turns out this is Facebook's #1 question to ask in interviews).
Although my performance wasn't great they gave me a break on that and asked me back for another screening interview. This time I prepared well for another coding interview but it turned out to be a Design interview. The problem was
"Imagine you have 10,000 servers and need to monitor the performance of each one, how would you do it" - naturally you need to be able to NOT take too much of the bandwidth and so you'll have to do sampling, have some history to watch for trends etc.
I passed that and was very excited to be flown out to Menlo Park for the final round.
I studied like CRAZY based on questions on this site and CareerCup. I took 4 weeks and studied about 15 hours per week.
Turns out I focused on the wrong questions - I studied Tree, String, Array and List algorithms based on the distribution of Q&A but I was asked Binary math and heap algorithms. Here are the questions I was asked.
1) How would you implement division without +, - or multiplication (a "classic" question, but not one of the ones I would focus on). I bombed on this as I was not expecting and could not recall my binary math. I figured out the high level outline but that was all. That I was asked this in the "culture fit" interview made this doubly unexpected.
2) Given 10,000 servers containing a Billion integers each how would you find how to find the median? I knew the answer to this question (use two heaps) - not because I had focused on it, but I had found it an interesting question while studying. However he then asked "How much memory do you need?" and I didn't know how big the heaps would need to be. The real answer I was trying to get is - what is the minimum heap you need. I had a guess but I think I got this wrong.
3) Given a List structure where each node contains a Next node and optionally a pointer to another list, flatten that list
WIll be flattened to
I did OK on this - getting the answer - but it appeared I took too long. The interviewer also interrupted me a lot while I was writing an initial solution and that threw me off - I like to be more iterative in my problem solving but I think he expected 100% immediate correctness.
He had an observer there too and that guy looked bored out of his mind and that bugged me a little too as it wasn't clear who would be doing the judging.
4) I was also handed some hard to read Python code (I don't know Python) and asked to figure out what it does. I did OK on this - but again surprised to be handed hard-to-read code in a language I didn't know.
5) One final question "How would you implement the "ls" Unix function in your language of choice. It should take the input:
>ls a/b/c/*/e/*/f/*/*/g
and the output should be similar the the output given by unix."
I used a tree structure to represent the file directory structure and wrote a solution from there. I did OK on this.
Overall: Everyone seemed very nice - I had a nice lunch and the campus is interesting but it was clear that what I studied was not what I needed to (so lesson learned: don't just trust the distribution of questions on Glassdoor or CareerCup). I even got to walk past Zuckerberg's office (more of a conference room) and saw Sheryl Sandberg in there.
One interesting thing I learned is a lot of Google people are leaving for Facebook. Also I'd say if you are over 30 (I am 41) you are a rare bird at Facebook :-)
I knew based on the reactions of the interviewers that it was very probably a bust, but overall a good experience and something I will learn from. Very disappointing as I really wanted to be one of the first few Facebook engineers in the Boston area - and to work on their super high scalability issues but such is Life.
Interview Question – How would you implement division without +, - or multiplication View Answer
No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
I applied through college or university and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Facebook.
Interview Details – Solved their online puzzle, got contacted by campus recruiter, scheduled phone interview, went on-site for 2nd round interview.
Interview Question –
Nothing unexpected, I solved all the problems but I think I was too slow on the first one, which goes like:
Given an array of numbers, they are arranged so that the a[0] is in the 1st bucket, a[1]a[2] are in the 2nd bucket, a[3]a[4]a[5] is in the 3rd bucket and so on. The question is then: given a number, you need to return if it is in any bucket or not.
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No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through other source and the process took 4 weeks - interviewed at Facebook in December 2013.
Interview Details – HR reach out to me from LinkedIn, and take one phone interview and then onsite. Though I didn't get offer from facebook, but I really enjoy the interview experience with Facebook, The HR is so nice! They booked two-night stay for me in Manhat, and can directly walk to Facebook in 5mins from the hotel.
Interview Question – all the questions are normal questions but I have some bugs and then got rejected. Answer Question
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
I applied through an employee referral and interviewed at Facebook.
Interview Details – The interview process was very smooth. The recruiter kept me in the loop.
Interview Question – Nothing really particularly difficult. Answer Question
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Facebook.
Interview Details – Whole process took about a month but that's because I request about 1 week of prep time for each stage of my interview. I had 3 on-site interviews in total - my screening was on-site because I live very close to HQ. I also did a 3rd round interview because my feedback for 2nd round was somewhat mixed. Overall, very pleased with the whole interview experience. The internal recruiter was very friendly and helpful in helping me prep, and also very communicative of each step and process that they're going through. Was never kept in the dark. Almost every interviewer was super friendly and knowledgeable. I had mix feelings before the interview but after the whole process, I was convinced that Facebook is a great place to work.
Interview Question – No question stood out as most difficult or unexpected. Just know your algorithms and data structures, as well as your specific domain knowledge. Answer Question
Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through an employee referral and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Facebook.
Interview Details – I applied through a referral from a former employee. The entire process took about a month. I had one phone screen, then a day of on-site interviews with four people. The interview process was good overall, mostly just the usual questions on coding, algorithms, past projects. The recruiter was helpful and communicative.
Interview Question – Nothing stood out as particularly difficult or unexpected. Answer Question
Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
I applied through an employee referral and the process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Facebook in November 2013.
Interview Details –
I'm a Master student at a top CS grad school. I was doing an internship in Bay area in August and I started my process just two weeks before my last day there. Therefore the whole process was pretty fast because they (and I) want to finish all interviews before I leave so that I don't need to fly all the way from the east coast.
My friend helped me submit my resume. A few days later the recruiter contacted me via Email to schedule an initial HR interview. In this HR interview he told me great things about facebook and asked for my related experiences and why I would like to join facebook. He looks satisfied with my background and we moved forward to schedule a technical phone screen.
The phone screen went OK. I managed to code the first question in an efficient way but failed to figure out any possible way to solve its upgraded version with more constraints.
I received an email from the recruiter two days after the phone screen and was told I passed it. We scheduled an on-site interview in the same week.
The onsite interview consisted of three tech interviews. Two of them focused on pure coding/algorithm questions. One of them focused on behavioral questions and a easier coding question. I did well in one pure coding and the mixed one. I did OK in the last coding one: did not finish writing my code but the major part is clear and correct. I did make some minor mistakes and corrected them after the interviewer pointed it out.
Four days after my on-site interview, the recruiter asked me for two references. Two days later I received the offer.
Interview Question – All standard algorithm/data structure questions. Nothing about brain twists or programming language or computer/network related knowledges. Answer Question
Reason for Declining – I went to the company I interned in, which provided better package and I can work in a good team.
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Facebook in November 2013.
Interview Details – Received message via LinkedIn for an interview, shortly after replying a quick phone call was set up to determine what my interests were and how it aligns with the work available at Facebook. After that, a phone interview is done to screen candidates, the phone interview involves actual coding done using a shared online notepad. Then an in person interview is done which consists of 4 interviews (algorithms - system design - class design/algorithms - behavioral). There is also a break where you can ask an engineer any questions regarding the company. Results come back in a week after the in person interview.
Interview Question – signed NDA so cannot discuss. But do prepare for sorting, pattern matching algorithms, design problems such as how to go about implementing certain features in Facebook, and review previous work experience for some stuff to talk about in depth during behavioral interview. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Very easy to negotiate, recruiters are very eager to work with you and to let you make the best decision possible.
No Offer
Negative Experience
Very Difficult Interview
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 1+ week - interviewed at Facebook in November 2013.
Interview Details –
Everyone was edgy when I started seeing people at Facebook, including the receptionists. Granted, job interviews tend to be critical, and we are the people who seemed to be begging for the highly-lucrative job positions.
Then I saw this lady, who gave no self-introduction, no facial interaction, had only super-sharp look or pretended to be, who led me through these cold stairs, picked up a drink, and up to this tiny room, then started asking me questions.
God bless her, turned out she was a software engineer, and may be the domain expert in my field.
OK, so let's move on to programming, by which time I became edgy, too, knowing this lady sitting right behind me, feeling her freezing eyes examining up and down my neck, maybe my hair, too (I am a man). Did she notice my white hair as well?
Anyway, the interview was quick (less than an hour), and I was let go. I knew there won't be any followup. Even if it does, am I willing to experience it again?
What a fast way to ruin a day-off.
Interview Question – Why do you want to come to Facebook? View Answer
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
I applied through an employee referral and the process took 4 weeks - interviewed at Facebook in November 2013.
Interview Details –
Had asked my friend to refer, within a week was contacted by recruiter and was asked for dates for telephonic screen. Provided my date preference, and within 2 days the phone screen was scheduled. Got result of phone screen next day, and was invited to Facebook HQ for a day long interview. Facebook has University Day, where they call people and conduct their interviews, also on the same day they have campus tour with tech talk. But, as I had other offer deadline, they were pretty comfortable in scheduling "one-off" interview for me, and was called on non-university day just for the interviews.
Interview process was awesome. Had total of 4 rounds (1 Behavioral and 3 technical). Also after first round, I was accompanied by Facebook Engineer for lunch, and he walked me over the campus. I loved the campus and the interaction with the engineer. He almost answered all my questions and further gave me reasons about why working at Facebook was awesome. Post lunch, had 3 back to back technical interviews. All the interviewers were smart, provided enough information about the problem and also left grey areas for me to ask and figure out. For all the questions, implementation was expected. Most of the time during my interviews, I was standing and writing/discussing code on the white board. Overall the day was hectic but it is indeed great fun as I got pretty interesting problems to solve and discuss.
After the interviews, I got my result after a week.
Summarize: Fast and Fair Process. Great experience.
Interview Question – I had never heard of any questions that I was asked (in all the 4 rounds of interviews). So pretty much all the problem required me to think on the fly. View Answer
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Five thousand square feet filled with eighteen stained glass windows, pews, candles, and enraptured guests. Sounds a lot like any neighborhood church. But the Chestnut Street United Methodist Church, renovated over a two-year period and reborn this July as Grace restaurant, is anything but normal: Going to church has never been so delicious.
Owners Peter and Anne Verrill, also of the popular Foreside Tavern in Falmouth, saw the space in November of 2007 and had faith. The extensive renovation of the church, originally built in the 1850s, resulted in a breathtakingly beautiful 178-seat restaurant that is one of the latest buzz-worthy additions to Portland's restaurant repertoire.
Fifty welcoming and cordial employees navigate guests between two bars, a second-floor lounge, and two levels of regular tables, depending on what kind of eating experience is desired. Cooking takes place in the dramatic open kitchen appropriately located in the former altar.
The first-floor, thirty-seat, twenty-two-feet in diameter circular bar with its sleek design and signature triquetra-shaped canopy exudes coolness — and comfort — and is the obvious focal point of the restaurant. (There is also a smaller upstairs bar great for people-watching and an upstairs lounge for comfortable seat-seekers.) The bar menu, which is served until midnight along with all the desserts, includes a sous vide-then-grilled-to-order burger topped with Vermont cheddar, pickled onions, and tomato confit and other foods perfect for accompanying the restaurant's reasonably priced and varied libations. The jalapeño margarita, salaciously called the "Heated Affair," is a must-try concoction. And revelers can enjoy live music on Saturday nights until midnight. Sharing an alleyway with Merrill Auditorium, Grace is also a great go-to spot for pre- or post-performance victuals.
The regular menu comprises more formal dining fare, from a sumptuous seared baby octopus to vegetarian goat cheese gnocchi (which should be called pillows of heaven) to traditional hanger steak. The food is varied, creative, satisfying — and surprising. A touch of sugar mixed in with salt, herbs, and roasted garlic oil on the blanched then deep fried green beans makes this side sinfully delicious. Local Geary's beer gives the chocolate brownie ganache a welcome bitterness and balance.
Executive chef Eric Simeon, previously of Aquavit, Picholine, and other New York restaurants, has no agenda other than delicious food. "I'm not trying to reinvent anything," says Simeon, who after spending nine years in New York made the move to Maine specifically to work at Grace. "I just want to work with as much local stuff as I can, including produce, meat, and fish." Simeon's worldly culinary influences from Mexican to African are nicely integrated into Grace's distinctive new American offerings.
Grace is an ambitious restaurant that successfully bestows on its guests the multiple meanings of its name. "The original intention of grace," says Anne Verrill, "is everything from beauty down to the actual saying of grace at the table." After a feast or a bite, a cocktail or a bottle, guests will certainly have plenty to be grateful for.
Grace. 15 Chestnut Street, Portland. Open Tuesday to Saturday: bar open 4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; dining 5 to 10:30 p.m. Handicap accessible. 207-828-4422. www.restaurantgrace.com [3]
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Backstage Report: Prabal Gurung Fall 2012
The Inspiration: It was birds of paradise meets Avatar at fashion-fave, Prabal Gurung's, fall show. Electric shades of blue highlighted models' eyes as sent his girls down the catwalk in a range of strong, sexy, and some seriously structured designs.
Makeup: Charlotte Tilbury, using MAC products, created the fanciful look seen here. Keeping the skin as bare as possible, she applied teal hues to models' lids using diagonal brush strokes, "to mimic the feather pattern of a bird," she explained. The cream shadows, which won't be available until fall 2012, were blended around the entire eye area and up into the brow bone. A new sculpting product that will be out later this year was also used to contour cheekbones.
Hair: Following Gurung's directive to stay away from distracting hair, Paul Hanlon, using TIGI Catwalk products, created silky manes that were inspired by both Asia and "girls in teenage horror movies, like Sissy Spacek." To achieve this look, he flat ironed hair and used Your Highness Weightless Shine Spray to add a sleek finish to the overall look.
Nails: Gurung worked with Sally Hansen and celeb manicurist Jin Soon Choi to create four custom colors for this show. The colors played off of the contrast between light and dark. If the girls were wearing deeper hues, their nail color was black or blue. If their outfits had hints of lighter tones, the Sally Hansen team stuck to warm metallic shades and white.
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Dream of Italy at Christmas -- and Every Day in 2010
Now, McCabe and her contributors have so much information to share that the monthly newsletter is overflowing. Starting in 2010, the site is launching a daily newsletter, "Italian Day Dreams", which will cover Italian food, wine, travel and lifestyle. "Italian Day Dreams" will be free, while an annual subscription to the monthly newsletter costs $99 if you receive it on paper, and $79 if you receive it online.
Sign up for the daily email and you'll also get a sumptuous gift: Christmas in Italy, a 35 page ebook filled with all you need to know about spending the holiday in a country that really knows how to celebrate, and I mean for an entire month -- the festivities start December 6th, with La festa di San Nicola (the feast of St. Nicholas) and continue through January 6th, L'Epifania, or Epiphany, which marks the arrival of the the three wise men to visit the baby Jesus.


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However you feel about Anne, bravo to her for this take down.
Watch interviews with her and with ScarJo about their comic book films. Watch how they always get questions about their bodies and clothing and diets and blah blah blah fucking blah. Watch as the male cast members do not get the same treatment.
Because apparently all we care about when it comes to actresses are their bodies and not, ya know, their acting.
I'm a big fan of actresses answering stupidly sexist questions in scathing, calling-out-that-bullshit ways. Keep it up, y'all.
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LP music is really unique, specially the mix of Chester's pop voice with Mike's hip hop voice..... the rap-scream combination is awesome !! The other unique thing is a DJ's active involvement in the songs, Session & Cure for the Itch are masterpieces ! More over, I personally like all the band members, they all are amazing & really talented, specially Mike. I also like LP's involvement in environmental & other relief issues, it shows that they want to share what they have with everyone. LP's live concerts are really cool too........ I think i shud stop, i can go on & on & on..... U know what i mean ??
Linkin Park is the best band ever...They sing songs which i can relate too....it calms me down....there song have power...another thing is that they never hesitate to do something different....dats the best part..Thats why they are my inspiration..another thing is that they actually care for the world...we can see that from songs like not alone and of course Music for Relief..there are so many things about them....i could go on...and never end
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A man and woman are currently being sought for questioning are currently being sought for questioning in connection with the two related murders of beloved store owners Mohamed Gebeli and Isaac Kedare.
Police sources told NBC that the pair are not currently considered suspects, but may have information concerning both cases.
In addition to being killed with the same .22 caliber gun, both victims are of Egyptian decent, and were draped in "clothing or material" after being shot.
According to NBC, one theory investigators are looking into is that the killer may have mixed up the address number of his intended victim. Kedare's 99 cents store's address is 1877 86th Street. Gebeli's mens clothing shop is located about a mile away, at 7718 5th Avenue.


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Tips for Hosting a Wine Tasting Party
A wine tasting event is a great party activity and an ideal way for friends and family to experience new varietals and expand their wine knowledge. Here are some pointers for hosting an easy and successful home tasting:
-Ask party attendants to bring wine gifts and also a set of wine glasses if you do not have enough in your collection.
-Decide which type of wine tasting you would like to host. Vertical wine tasting is conducted by tasting different vintages of the same varietal from the same winery. Horizontal tasting involves sampling wines from the same vintage but from different wineries. The most fun tasting method for parties, however, is often blind taste testing as it challenges people's perceptions and sensory capabilities.
-Display wines on a table with a white table clothe and candles or Old World decorations for a dramatic effect. Be sure to provide a pitcher of water for rinsing glasses and palettes between wines. A dump bucket for discarding wine should also be provided.
-Tasting order is very important. Typically, you will want to start with dry to sweet wines and progress to red wines. Have your guests assess wine for clarity, character, complexity, expressiveness, and varietal characteristics.
-Demonstrate and explain the five steps of wine tasting before beginning: See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, and Savor.
-Provide guests with a pen and paper, and have them take notes and rate each wine. Compare ratings at the end of the party.
-Provide appetizers, gourmet foods, bread, and snacks. An easy way to provide a wide variety of appropriate foods is to purchase one of our luxury wine gift baskets, which already contains well-regarded wines and thoughtfully paired food choices. You simply cannot go wrong with The Napa Experience Wine Gift Basket, for instance.
Have fun and be sure to tell us of your successes!
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Routing & FirewallsThis section contains several articles that will help you to protect your computers from intruders on the Internet and also allow you to get more flexibility by using VPNs. We even have an article for SOHO users that will help them connect all their computers over a single DSL or CableModem connection without having to pay a higher monthly fee. To start things off right you should have a good understanding of TCP/IP that most common of networking protocols and the lifeblood of the Internet. We have a very thourough tutorial on Firewall types and usage, the Firewall Breakdown. This tutorial should give you all you need to make a good decision on the amount of security you need to protrect your busines. For those of you with Cisco equipment, an entire section has been created for details on Cisco Access Control Lists, Cisco IOS, and eventually many other Cisco Tools such as EIGRP, RIP, Compression, and NAT. Article last reviewed: 05/04/2004
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Slide Show: Mauro Orietti-Carella's Apartment
The Italian designer Mauro Orietti-Carella believes in combining the old and the new. Several years back, he brought fresh life to Zagliani, a venerable but musty manufacturer of crocodile bags, by applying techniques he perfected in his former life in medical school, where he studied skin reconstruction — injecting the material with silicone and resin so that its stiffness gave way to a buttery softness. (The company is preparing to open its first stand-alone store, on Madison Avenue.)
Orietti-Carella has applied the same philosophy to restoring his grand apartment in Palazzo Durini-Caproni di Taliedo, a spectacular 17th-century building smack in the middle of modern Milan but redolent of 400 years of history. ''I see myself as a person taking care of these beautiful rooms while bringing them forward — making them the way they were, but with the sensibility of the future,'' he said.
The palazzo, an unexpected Old World treasure tucked discreetly behind a gate on a busy commercial street near the Duomo, is mostly used now for offices. But when the designer saw in 2009 that one of the apartments was available for rent, he signed a 14-year lease and set about returning the place to its original domestic purpose. Giorgio Armani had once used it as a showroom, but no one had lived in it for at least 50 years. Read more…


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PCHome Online launches Skype for Mac OS X, and the story of Eunice and Miki
Our friends at [PCHome Online](http://www.pchome.com.tw) launched Skype for Mac OS X in Taiwan a few weeks ago. Here are some pictures of the event.
In connection with the launch, they published the extremely cute story of Eunice and Miki. They are a boy from Taiwan and a girl from Korea who use Skype to communicate with each other. Among other things, it got them married. And you can [see the whole thing as a video](http://event.pchome.com.tw/skypev20/). Don't be scared by the Chinese text on that page — just look for the Play button of the Media Player control. Most of the text in the video is actually in English. Some innovative ideas there too, such as hang your laptop on the wall in the kitchen and use it as a cooking assistant (talking to your mom).


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TVA Dismantles Watts Bar Fossil Plant
December 22, 2011
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority expects to save more than $1 million a year in maintenance costs by tearing down the old Watts Bar fossil plant near Spring City, Tenn.
"By doing the deconstruction now, we are taking advantage of a strong market for scrap metals, which will help keep the cost of the project very low," said Robert Fisher, TVA senior vice president for Fossil Generation.
Deconstruction of the long-dormant plant began in July and will cost about $1.2 million, roughly the same amount TVA has been spending every year to keep the building safely standing. More than 90 percent of the building materials are being sold to recycling facilities or reused in some form, including all the metals, to help defray the costs of dismantling the facility. Work should be completed by Dec. 23.
"The structure had become a drain on TVA's resources and a potential safety hazard," Fisher added.
Watts Bar was the first coal plant built by TVA and began operation in 1942. More than 150 people worked at the plant when it was running. It had four units that produced a total of 260 megawatts for the TVA system. The plant was removed from service in the 1980s and was used as a training facility until 1992.
TVA will retain ownership of the property, which adjoins Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and Watts Bar Dam.
Watts Bar is one of two fossil plants TVA has dismantled this year. A former fossil plant in Bowling Green, Ky. was taken down in November.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, provides electricity for 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states at prices below the national average. TVA, which receives no taxpayer money and makes no profits, also provides flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River system and assists utilities and state and local governments with economic development.
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No longer is the carefree comfort of the beanbag chair relegated to playrooms and dorms. Clad in a contemporary pattern, this colorful cube is a versatile, durable, and grown-up incarnation of the playful perch. And we mean grown-up—its durable exterior is suitable for the outdoors and can be removed for easy cleaning.
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(AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced the nomination of a New York City law professor to the state's highest court, but only after many Republican senators faulted Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's choice for limited experience as a trial lawyer and judge.
Chairman John Bonacic, a Middletown Republican, says he'll forward Jenny Rivera's name to the full Senate next week, while also faulting the Cuomo administration for not consulting senators earlier about the selection.
With 11 Democrats voting for the City University of New York professor, three Republican senators on the committee voted to forward her nomination without recommendation.
Eight other Republicans voted no, and one was absent.
If confirmed as expected, Rivera would replace Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who retired at the end of last year.
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Castelvania: Lords of Shadow Collection dated for November
Bundle includes original Lords of Shadow alongside DLC, Mirror of Fate HD, and a demo for Lords of Shadow 2.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 coming February 2014
Mercury Steam's next Castlevania game will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on February 28, 2014.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD coming to 360 and PS3
Konami bringing 3DS adventure to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 31, with series producer Dave Cox saying a PC version is being considered.
Castlevania Lords of Shadow producer: new Contra entry needs to "stand out"
Dave Cox says that previous titles like Contra 4 and Hard Corps: Uprising are "not doing anything new" and are remakes of "something that has happened before."
Three-week VR Jam event to focus on Oculus Rift titles
Grand prize winners for selected developer and open call categories to win $10,000 cash prize and a chance to demo game at upcoming IndieCade Festival.
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Producer Dave Cox says what happens with series after Lords of Shadow 2 is not decided; confirms MercurySteam has moved to an all-new IP.
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Gateway Inn and Suites516 El Camino Real, San Bruno, CA 94066 (Show map)
Score from 316 reviews
location, covered parking
Fort Bragg, Ca.
Room was clean. Bed was comfortable.
It was a nice hotel, better than it looks from outside.
San Jose
Pleasantness of the staff
very convenient location if you have to return a rental car before taking an early morning flight
Close to airport Clean and nice decor Provides breakfast
The room and facilities in the room, the fact that a continental breakfast was included
Dispatching shatle bus despite late night arrival.
service location everything
Hughson Ca.
I liked rooms inside and can get from garage to rooms without going outside. Very safe.
Just a 7 minute drive from San Francisco International Airport, this hotel provides free Wi-Fi. A free continental breakfast is served daily. The simply furnished guest rooms at this San Bruno boutique hotel include cable TV and a DVD player. Microwaves and mini-fridges are also provided. Tea and coffee-making facilities are available in all rooms. The Gateway Inn and Suites SFO features a 3-story indoor atrium. Sightseeing packages and a 24-hour front desk are available to all guests. The hotel also offers fax and photocopy services and a free airport shuttle. Green Hills Country Club is a 10 minute drive away. The hotel is a 5 minute walk from downtown San Francisco. Hotel Rooms: 31 The most recent booking for this hotel was made on Dec 13 at 12:27 AM from the United States.
ActivitiesNewspapers, Golf Course (within 2 miles), Solarium InternetFree! Wired internet is available in the hotel rooms and is free of charge. Free! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge. ParkingFree! Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Services24-Hour Front Desk, Fax/Photocopying, Shuttle Service (Free), Vending Machine (Drinks), Airport Shuttle (Free) GeneralNon-smoking Rooms, Facilities for Disabled Guests, Family Rooms, Elevator, Heating, All Spaces Non-Smoking (Public and Private), Air Conditioning Languages spokenSpanish, English Check-inFrom 3:00 PM Check-outUntil 11:00 AM Cancellation/
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location, covered parking
Bed had to be remade before it can be slept in. Head of housekeeping must be very short.
Room was clean. Bed was comfortable.
It was a nice hotel, better than it looks from outside.
It was very cold outside that night and the heater was not working at all. We survived the night freezing in a room that was 56 degrees.
Pleasantness of the staff
very convenient location if you have to return a rental car before taking an early morning flight
noisy odour extractor in the bathroom; no dining options within walking distance if you arrive after 9:30pm (but there are a couple of dining options 5min drive away)
Close to airport Clean and nice decor Provides breakfast
My sister left her jacket there. The staff had poor communication between each other and did not get back to her about whether they had found it or not. Finally they said they had found it. We kept our rental car longer simply to go back and get it and when we got there it turned out they actually did not have it. That was very frustrating. Not much parking if you get there late.
The room and facilities in the room, the fact that a continental breakfast was included
The deposit of $ 50 as a cleaning fee for not smoking. When we checked out the $ 50 was given back to us, without checking if we had been smoking. Pretty useless. This the only hotel we have stayed in so far, with a policy like this
Dispatching shatle bus despite late night arrival.
I picked last banana for my breakfast. Felt guilty.
service location everything
I liked rooms inside and can get from garage to rooms without going outside. Very safe.
I can't think of anything.
Clean, comfortable, convenient to SFO. Will stay there again.
hotel room was clean bed was comfortable staff pleasant convenient location staff were most accomodating when we asked to leave our luggage for the day
room was at the front and was very noisy we did not find the pillows comfortable
Neat and clean
Elevator smells like cotton candy
The rooms were attractive.
I tried calling the hotel repeatedly for 30-45 minutes prior to my arrival. I had questions about directions and I needed the airport shuttle to pick me up and get me to the hotel. There was never an answer. This made me very uneasy that my hotel could not be contacted. Upon arrival, the desk clerk verified the number but had no explanation for no one answering the phone except that perhaps he was helping a customer and stepped out a minute.(the rental car company gave me a ride) The location did not make me feel very comfortable, particularly due to the fact that they were in reachable. The brochure at the desk advertises this as a" boutique hotel". I cannot agree with that. We had to beg for towels. Two of us were sharing a room. One towel each. One bath cloth for two of us. The housekeeper said there was one in the basket underneath the toiletries. She handed me one hand towel. When I asked for a second, she disgustedly and reluctantly handed me another. Not boutique mentality. We were told that the airport shuttle was available. We were not prepared for a lengthy trip with many stops to get us the few blocks to the airport. Unfortunately, I do not think I would be comfortable staying in this hotel again.
Good location. Friendly staff. Very handy airport shuttle. Very good value for money
Lack of a swimming pool
Close to the San Bruno downtown where guests can walk for a nice dinner.
The decanter of the coffee maker was unwashed, precious guest's used coffee was still there. The corner where the chair was located was unclean. For the same hotel price, one can get more value. I will not recommend to stay at this place. It states No Smoking, however the cigarette smokes permeate the hallway, elevator
it was clean, they had wifi, and a shuttle to the airport
there was no closet, or armouir, or even bar to hang your cloths on. i have never been in a hotel with no place to hang your shirts.and the "buffet breakfast" was pathetic. it was a very sparse continental breakfast. Buffet implies something halfway decent. for 130.00 i expected a little more. I am in the Hotel Ganesh Himal in kathmandu and it is a better room with a place to hang you shirts.
We have stayed several times, very good location for our needs.
Very loud, poor insulation for outside noise, not well maintained as to equipment.Broken hair dryer, refrigerator does not work, one wash cloth , cheap towels. Poor breakfast.
Price right,good van service
Traffic noise
VERY spacious & comfortable, new TV, many channels, convenient to car rental office & airport
A little pricey, no pool, minimal breakfast
Room was attractive & spacious. Staff friendly & management helpful.
Very clean and perfect location and reasonable price for san francisco. It takes around 20 minutes drive to reach most of the attractions. Free parking and wifi. Many restaurants available within walking distance.
The breakfast could be better. Only Cereals, milk, coffee, bread and some muffins.
Clean and comfortable, hours of operation that fit with my crazy travel itinerary, free shuttle to/from the airport.
My wake-up call to catch an early morning flight did not happen, apparently because there was some kind of power glitch in the night that upset the phone system without upsetting the overall electrical system. When the desk clerk noticed that I was not there for the shuttle, she says she tried to phone my room, but the system was still not working. That was all she did - I would have missed my flight if I hadn't woken up on my own a few minutes before the last possible shuttle to the airport for my flight. And it was too early for the advertised free breakfast supposedly included in the price.
It's very convineint with the free hotel shuttle to airport.
The room and breakfast is not so nice, but consider with the price it's fair.
King bed was great. The TV didn't work but the manager fixed it the next day. The central lounge area was nice.
Free breakfast was really weak and lacked real food like eggs and any hot food. Why not a coffee table in front of the couch in the suite? Come on guys.
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By Wayne Smallwood of the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition (AALC)
Last month, Supportive Living communities from throughout the State of Illinois joined together to celebrate Supportive Living Week 2012.
Out 5th Annual Supportive Living Celebration provided a special opportunity to salute the Illinois Supportive Living program as the best program for affordable assisted living in the country and a model for other states to follow.
Our theme this year was "Taking the Mystery Out of Supportive Living." Our focus was on showing why Supportive Living is the obvious solution for seniors and adults with disabilities seeking an affordable residential style of living with the availability of personal assistance and support services.
Residents, their families, and the State of Illinois all benefit from the program.
Families enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that a loved one is receiving the help with medications and personal assistance they need while living in a wonderful residential environment.
The State of Illinois and taxpayers benefit because the cost to the State of a person receiving financial support from Medicaid is 40% less in Supportive Living than it would be if the person were in a nursing home.
Since the first Supportive Living community began operating in the fall of 1999, the Supportive Living program has grown significantly. Today, there are 136 Supportive Living communities in operation in more than 70 Counties. Together, these communities house more than 10,500 apartments.
To help celebrate Supportive Living Week 2012, the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition sponsored several programs:
SLFs Got Talent
A panel of judges narrowed the field down to 25 and then popular voting was used to help determine the "Top Ten". The "Top Ten" performed live in Springfield, with representatives from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services serving as judges.
Dave "Twinky" Stewart of Friedman Place in Chicago for his rendition on the piano of a song that he wrote.
Second Place
Warren Lane of Courtyard Estates of Sullivan for his piano and vocal performance of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
Third Place
Rhonda Martin of Eden Supportive Living in Chicago for her vocal rendition of "King of the Road."
Fourth Place
Marjorie Conrad of Springfield Supportive Living for her vocal and dance performance of "Kansas City."
The other Top Ten winners who performed live in Springfield were:
Flora Morgan of Cambridge House of Maryville singing "God Bless the USA"
Fran Henke of Glenhaven Gardens singing "Unto These Hills"
Irma Sands of Evergreen Village in Normal playing the "12th Street Rag" on the piano
A "Harmonica Medley" by Ray "Budzo" Soltis of Evergreen Place in Streator
Ted Kraft of Eagle Ridge of Decatur singing "Besame Mucho"
A performance of Peggy Lee's "Fever" by Eleanor Coppola, Virginia Jankowksi, Marilyn Johnson, Vera Mitchell, James Wiener and Mary and Carmen Siciliano of Heritage Woods of Batavia.
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Edward and Mary Jane Marrs of Heritage Woods of Yorkville
Second Place
Ora Mae Goodrich of Springfield Supportive Living
Third Place
Patricia Black of Heritage Woods of Chicago
Honorable Mentions
Mildred Cast of River to River in Marion
Mary Hawkins of Heritage Woods of Flora
Frances Henke of Glenhaven Gardens of Alton
Mary Lois McCarnes of Legacy Estates of Monmouth
Wii Bowling Tournament
The tournament culminated with a "Final Four" at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center in Springfield, Illinois.
For the second year in a row, the Glenhaven Gardeners from Glenhaven Gardens in Alton took home the First Place Trophy. Team member Edna Mobley was recognized for having the highest average of all bowlers in the Final Four competition. Her average per game score was 246.
Frank Bosoluke • Peggy Brown • Shirley Kane
Carol Kuhlman • Edna Mobley
Oy Vey! From Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook finished in Second Place. Team member Michael Malina was honored for bowling the High Game in the Final Four, bowling a 279 in the Semi-Finals. Team member Manny Shellist was recognized for being the oldest resident to have bowled in an AALC Final Four. Many is 100 years of age.
Salvatore Armenia • Dorothy Green • Frances Heagy
Michael Malina • Joan Schmitz • Manny Shellist
The Prairie Pins from Prairie Living at Chautauqua in Carbondale secured the Third Place trophy be defeating the team from Cambridge House of Maryville by seven pins.
Alla Boyer • Carol Evans • Chris Garden
Sharon Hawkins • Bridget Watson • Arline White
For the second year in a row, the Silver Sliders from Cambridge House of Maryville finished in Fourth Place. The team won the inaugural tournament in 2010.
Betty Mahan • Gladys Nasif • P.J. Weihl
Photo Contest Link
"Wind in Your Sails" by Eden Supportive Living (Image Right)
Second Place
"Enjoying the Barn Dance" by Heritage Woods of Sterling
Third Place
"Academy Awards" by Magnolia Terrace in Waterloo
Honorable Mentions
"Barn Dance" by Heritage Woods of Sterling
"Everyone Enjoy a Little Pet" by Evergreen Village of Normal
"Horseback Riding" by Pathway Senior Living
"Joy & Happiness of Supportive Living" by Heritage Woods of DeKalb
"Planting Flowers" by Heritage Woods of Flora
"Tractor" by Heritage Woods of Batavia
"Watch Out Below" by Evergreen Place of Litchfield
"Advocating in Springfield"
Our thanks to Wayne Smallwood – Executive Director of the AALC – for contributing this guest blog.


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Whistler Blackcomb invites you to bring your students to discover our world renowned Mountain Bike trails through our Schools on Dirt Program. Students of all ages and ability levels will spend a day with us discovering the adventure of mountain biking, in a setting only Whistler Blackcomb can provide. Our mandate is to provide an accessible, memorable experience at Whistler Blackcomb and inspire a life-long love and passion for the sport and mountains.
The Whistler Blackcomb Bike Park
The Whistler Blackcomb mountain bike park is the biggest in North America with 200km of trails covering 4,800 vertical feet. We have lift serviced trails for everyone, from the first time mountain biker to the expert mountain biker. Strategically located throughout this network of trails are three skill centres, each designed for a different ability level.
The green skills centre is built close to the ground for riders just learning to clear obstacles and ride planks.
The blue zone increases the difficulty by raising, narrowing and tightening all of the constructed elements.
The double black skills centre is for expert riders only including a dazzling display of North Shore-style obstacles.
Also located within the bike park is a biker-cross track where advanced mountain bikers or racers can perfect their racing techniques. After each run, your students will use the Fitzsimmons Chair at the base of Whistler Mountain or Garbanzo Chair at top of Fitzsimmons Chair to get back to their favourite trails. Specialized racks on a separate chair directly in front of the riders will securely transport their bikes to the top of the park.
2013 Schools on Dirt Program
Daily: May 17-June 30 and Sept 3-Oct 14.
The Schools on Dirt program follows the same principles as our successful Ride Tribe Schools program and is aimed at elementary and secondary school aged students of all ability levels, who live in Vancouver and the surrounding region. Our experienced mountain bike guides can take everyone from the first time mountain biker to the experienced racer and guide them around North America's largest mountain bike park in a safe and fun environment. Unlike our Schools on Snow program, you and any other trip organizer can participate in the bike program alongside the students! Program rates
Here is a look into the daily itinerary for secondary students and elementary students in the Schools on Dirt program:
2013 Schools on Dirt Pricing
Elementary and Secondary Programs | Price |
Youth Session Only | $47.00 |
Youth Lift and Session | $56.00 |
Youth Lift, Session and Rental | $74.00 |
Lunch Voucher | $14.00 ($16 value) |
Adult Rental Bike | $46.00 |
Additional Adult Lift Ticket (Complimentary Adult Tickets Provided at 1:8 Student Ratio) | $32.00 |
2hr Guided Valley Bike Tour | $47.78 |
PEAK 2 PEAK Sightsee & Lunch Package More Info » | $32.00 |
All applicable taxes are included. |
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All of our Schools on Dirt packages include guides from 10am-2pm who will tailor the day's content according to the group's abilities and preferences. All riders will be grouped according to ability and speed with a ratio of 7:1 riders to coach. A 2 hour extension can be arranged at an additional cost – please ask your SOD rep for details.
Bike Rentals
For first time mountain bikers or for those who wish to try a dual suspension mountain bike, we have a large fleet of Giant's top downhill bikes that have been customized to our specifications. Our fleet of Giant bikes are maintained and serviced daily.
For the younger riders, we have a fleet of Giant's top children's mountain bikes ranging from the Brass to the Reign SX. These bikes are perfect for all kinds of terrain and for all ability levels, from the first time mountain biker to the experienced biker.
Both Elementary and Secondary school Rental packages include rentals from 10am-2pm. A 2 hour extension can be arranged at an additional cost – please ask your SOD rep for details.
Lunch on the mountain
If you don't want to worry about bringing your own lunch or losing your lunch money, have lunch on the mountain with a Whistler Blackcomb lunch voucher, a $16 value at our food and beverage locations.
What to Bring
Dress in layers as the weather can change quickly. Bring a small, comfortable day-pack which will be safe with the group in the morning.
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This history of this route is infamously documented in the 2002 book Climb!: The History of Rock Climbing in Colorado. According to Colin Lantz, most of the information found in the book regarding this route is incorrect. Quoting Colin, �A number of different people were working on the route at the same time. Someone did bolt an artificial climbing wall hold to the wall. I removed the hold from the wall and I tried my best to patch the bolt hole so you could not see any evidence that it had been there. The quality of the rock on the lower wall is very bad and some of the holds are very loose. Another party used what appeared to be clear epoxy glue and coated the outside of some of the loose flakes on the lower wall with it. The result was horrible and very noticeable when the sun shined on the wall. It was impossible to remove the glue because the rock was so porous that the glue had soaked into the rock. I got some special resin from my roommate Chas Fisher who owned Bolder Holds that had rock texture and pigment in it and tried my best to repair and hide the damage that had been done. By this time I knew the route would always have a stigma attached to it, but I figured the route deserved to be climbed as the bolts were already there and the damage already done. The top half of the route is actually quite beautiful and the sequence of the moves and the proud position were worthy in my opinion. I named the route Rock Atrocity to call attention to the ethical transgressions that had taken place on the route.� This route climbs out the giant overhang above The Perfect Kiss. Climb through a series of fun and engaging 5.12 moves on creaking crimps. Take a breath and fire into a hard, and very reachy boulder problem to a difficult clip and some endurance 12+ climbing to the chains. The position of this climb is truly amazing and the movement is very reachy, exciting and dynamic.
This is a second pitch, done in one long rope length from the ground (use long slings on the anchors of 'The Perfect Kiss' and the first few bolts of Rock Atrocity).
9 quickdraws. The anchors to Rock Atrocity are above the lip and clipping them will destroy your rope. I would suggest clipping the last two bolts (biners are hanging up there), climbing to the lip, and calling it good.
Seemed more like .13c when I did it a long time ago...maybe it's broken...or JStar is short...and afraid of Rifle...;-)
I'm only afraid 'cause giants like yourself hang there! Us little people got to watch out! And yeah it's 13c.
J-star is this route really worth getting on? I climbed the first pitch Saturday to get a better look. Not only was the first pitch a chossy, loose, flake fest, But the 13 pitch looked even worse! That brown rock at the bottom looked like frozen poo. Should I waste my time or go try something better? Was the rock quality worth the position and movement?
Mr Burns - the piss rock quality IS in fact worth the position and movement. The crux and the difficult section above it (to the chains) is a much higher quality rock, plus you are WAY up there at that point = wicked position. Let's just say if the rock quality was great it would be 4 stars in my book. Definitely give it a try! What's to lose (other than some more key holds)?
BTW - other ethical transgressions aside (as documented in the above route description) the route was never chipped.
Striking wall, but the rock quality was worse than I had imagined. If you do not tread lightly and use the approved footholds, you (and your belayer) will be bumming. I do not agree with the reachy aspect. The method I used employed an extremely high foot that would suck if you were taller than 5'10". Good work dressing it up, Colin, it doesn't look too bad. Only tried once and did not send, but I would agree with the 13c rating from my first cut.
Rock Atrocity is one of the best and hardest routes on the Front Range, despite the poor rock quality. Over many attempts in 2010, I broke four small but positive footholds. There are now smaller (and fewer) footers at the crux and sandy smears higher up where there used to be positive edges. The route still goes just fine, but it's hard 13d. In the interest of route preservation, I re-reinforced several crucial holds (December 2010) that were flexing and crumbling. If this route receives more attention (which it deserves), it will undoubtedly require even more maintenance in the future. This baby's worth it.


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Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
Starring: | Toru Furuya, Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori, Akio Otsuka |
Director: | Satoshi Kon |
Genres: | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
Studio: | SONY PICTURES |
Original title | Papurika |
Name | Discs | |
Paprika |
15 Feature |
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Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Rental release: | Limited availability |
Main languages: | Japanese |
Subtitles: | English |
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Beautiful animation wacky story.
By sylewis (2 reviews) from London , 28 Oct 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Being a big fan of Studio Ghibli films I was looking forward to Paprika as I was expecting a similar viewing experience. I wasn't disappointed. The film looks beautiful and the animation is high quality mix of 2d and 3d (the 3d stuff is designed to blend in unnoticeably - so you shouldn't notice it unless you're looking for it!). The story is your typical wacky Japanese animation storyline so don't expect to care much about the plot or try to make too much sense of it. Just sit back and enjoy being washed over by some great visual treats and zany characters. As with all of these type of films I ALWAYS find them much more enjoyable when watching with Japanese audio and English subtitles. I feel you get closer to the real experience and don't have to suffer annoying american voice-over artists getting the timing/inflection wrong all the time! Enjoy.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(33)I must be dreaming!
By a customer , 13 Feb 2013Brilliant film with wonderful animation but you really must pay your full attention to it! So that means no multitasking...
The film blasts you with colours and imagination with quite a bit of action...
If you are a anime fan then you must watch it!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Clever reality/dream plot
By sarahwri (60 reviews) , 16 Oct 2012Nothing about this film is average. It is a very weird reality/dream shift narrative in the style of the matrix or inception. The film i think it most resembles however is A Scanner Darkly where both the audience and the characters lose a grasp on what is real.
It was good but it felt like it should have been a lot better and was vaguely dissatisfying. This might be due to problems with the script or characterisation. I'd definitely recommend if you're into anime or reality bending science fiction even though it felt a tad disappointing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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spice is nice but could do with a little more cooking
By NativityInBlack (119 reviews) from Birmingham , 05 Oct 2012great animation and some awsome visual ideas but i wish the film had a little longer run time to build the characters a little more.
for my liking it felt too streamlined and i would have enjoyed more slow bits to contrast the fast paced action.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Paprika as dreamwork and as a genre study of cinema
By a customer , 07 Mar 2012Satoshi Kon understands very well how the limits of cinema can be pushed through animation. The use of genre films (thriller, crime, romance) as a backdrop to the story helps drive home his use of animation to create a very flexible, plastic universe for his characters to inhabit. That on top of the beautiful artwork makes this an amazing, highly watchable film.
Some of the reviews suggest that the story line is confusing but it's no more confusing than films like Inception -- or any other film that relies on dream sequences to tell its story. The characters are interesting and lively, with unexpected developments.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great animation, confusing story.
By a customer , 01 Dec 2011I was so disappointed by this anime. I felt rather deflated after.
The animation is superb, I cannot fault that. However, the story is just so confusing; I had no idea what was happening or why.
(Now I am not dumb; I watched Inception the first time, understood and loved it!)
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Hello everyone.
I am posting this Mod Request as a possible alternative solution to my last mod request. This should be an relatively easy mod to do, and will do the job. I am willing to pay 200$ USD for this mod.
2.0.2 and above.
I have 2 forums, each are independent from each other, which means each forum has its own database table.
My first forum is the main forum, and has database prefix smf_. The other one, is a sub-forum and has the prefix sub_.
The sub_ forum is tweaked to get database information for the members and membergroups from the main smf_ forum, so that no re-registering is necessary.
The smf_ forum and the sub_ forum have each independent Categories, Boards and Topics, but there are some Topics I would like to be shared across both forums (Community Rules for example). What I'd like is a mod that allows me to select what Categories will be shared across all forums (obviously, all Boards and Topics/Posts within these Global Categories will be global as well)
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Categories are Green, Boards are Red.
SMF Forum (main website): SUB Forum:
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Community Rules Community Rules
Community News Community News
Community Services Community Services
Cars and Trucks Cats
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Board 2 Board 2
Airplanes Dogs
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Board 4 Board 4
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In reference to the example above, the mod I have in mind would make the "News and Announcements" Category and everything under it (Boards and Topics) accessible and fully functional from both forums.
In other words, the News and Announcements would get the data from the smf_ table regardless on what forum the user is on. I hope I make sense here.
Feature Set:
1. The "Option" to set a Category (and everything under it) as Local or Global. This needs to work both when creating a new Category, and for editing an existing Category.
2. An option to select where the Category will be displayed on each forum would be nice also.
I am in urgent need of a mod that can do this for me, and I will accept almost any price tag.
Please Reply here or PM me if you are interested.
Thank you in advance.
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So you have a select few boars that you wish to be shared. All topics within those boards would be retrieved from the same source and seem like duplicated to the end user.
Do both forums use the same files, or have their own in different directories?
I see one problem with this. Maybe just a quirk, depending on the admin (you). Or a couple, now that I'm thinking about it.
* Board index. All the categories, boards, moderators, well, everything, is fetched using one big query. The best way to go about this is to clone those boards and play along with how SMF works. This has several visual drawbacks:
* The additional board information, such as the last post, board moderators, won't be carried over. In fact, these fields may even be blank! With the exception of the board name and description, which you'll need to fill out.
For the sake of example, lets say we have 2 forums. Each are installed under the same domain, same database, but they have their own database table.
One of the forums will be set to be, just in theory, the "main" forum.
This "main" forum will store all data that will be later on shared with the other forum, such as members, PMs, etc.
The way I thought this could be solved is by implementing a new column in the relative databases, where the "mode" of each board and category will be stored.
If a board is of "mode" 0, its remains a Local board according to the regular SMF standards.
However, if a board is set to mode 1, then all data will be queried from the "main" forums database table.
All the modding here is to make the relative PHP files to check the board "mode" and query data from the right database.
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