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Documentary funnyman (and Academy Award nominee) Morgan Spurlock has had a tough run of late in theaters. Ever since his debut "Super Size Me" become a high-grossing indie phenomenon (it made North of $11 million domestically), Spurlock has seen his theatrical stock drop with each subsequent release.
In 2008, his "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden" grossed $148,698 from 102 screens, ending up with just $384,955 in total. Last year, his much-hyped "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" averaged $6,572 from 18 screens en route to a $638,476 gross. And this year, Spurlock released his two biggest theatrical flops to date: "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope" and "Mansome. The latter nose dived theatrically in May after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, averaging just $920 per theater (it opened in 20) in its first week of limited release. "Comic-Con" fared a bit better by averaging $2,734 when it opened on three screens in April.
With those dire numbers, you'd think Spurlock would be in a dampened mood when I caught up with him to discuss the VOD release of "Mansome" via FilmBuff. Fact is, he was far from it, speaking to Indiewire on the phone from Italy, where he's celebrating his mother's 70th birthday. His buoyant tone probably had to do with his good fortune on the VOD marketplace. Just this year saw "Comic-Con" do healthy business on demand despite not hitting it out of the park theatrically, and "Mansome" debuted on iTunes in first place as the most downloaded independent film, ahead of higher profile narrative titles like "Take This Waltz" and "2 Days in New York" (it currently holds third position).
"Mansome" seems poised to do good business on VOD given its raucous subject matter (what it means to be a man in today's manscaping age) and star wattage (producer Jason Bateman and Will Arnett appear in the picture). Theatrically however, the film didn't fare so well. What do you make of this new way to view movies? Do you regret going theatrical with it in the first place?
I think ultimately what's happening right now is there's a shift in the marketplace in general with independent films. I think that distributors are being incredibly savvy and also tight with where they want to spend their marketing and promotional budgets. They look at what a film like this costs and ultimately how much they can make on VOD or iTunes. I think people are being very smart about where they spend their money knowing they can recoup their investment once they hit video on demand and iTunes. This film is one of those -- I think you're absolutely right. It should do very well. Right now, I think it's the number one indie film on iTunes.
There's not a lot of documentaries that are making millions and millions of dollars. From the distributors standpoint, if you want to be smart about where you spend that money, and if you could spend more money towards pushing people towards a VOD release, then great. I think the frustration that a lot of filmmakers feel is that films just kind of get tossed away to VOD. Without having anything to drive that conversation or drive people to VOD, no one knows it's there. It's a tree falling in a forest and it's just complete silence. If you acquire a film for $25,0000 or $50,000 and you're able to make that back in two weeks or three weeks on a VOD run, like a lot of networks or distributors do, great. But if you have a film that has a small theatrical release, you have a much larger investment once it comes to a VOD marketplace.
Utimately as a filmmaker, you want to try and put films in some sort of a theatrical run before VOD, just because you're going to get so much more press. You're going to get much more attention about any film that goes into a movie theater than you ever will about a film that just opens on VOD. VOD is still seen as a secondary marketplace, just as a VHS tape or a DVD used to be seen.
Sounds like you don't see yourself going down the route of VOD, minus theatrical. For now anyways...
I mean, you gotta look at "Comic-Con." "Comic-Con" is an example where we really compressed that window. We still rely on the theatrical to drive our press, and luckily we had a tremendous amount of press around that film. We did as close to a day and day as we could working within the Academy rules. We opened that film in theaters on Thursday and by Friday, as the film expanded into San Francisco and Portland, Seattle, and the east coast like Boston, New York, DC, it also went nationwide on iTunes and on demand. For that film I thought it made a lot of sense. It was our goal from the beginning to make sure that we weren't in a position like we were with "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold." We had a tremendous amount of press and interest, and the rest of the country couldn't see it.
How frustrated are you by the fact that press don't report on VOD numbers, the way they do on theatrical ones?
Well, I think ultimately a lot of distributors don't want to put those numbers out because again, those numbers probably aren't what people want to hear. If you're a distributor and you want to keep getting access to good movies, you don't want people to know the reality of what they can really make. I think when you start seeing movies that are making tens of billions of dollars on VOD, people are going to be talking about those numbers.


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O my god. I love scones, especially savory ones, which are quite uncommon in my part of Britain. This is great and I make it very often!
I tweaked the recipe just a bit when I made it, and my family absolutely LOVED it! :)
1. used authentic Irish Cheddar in place of the sharp cheddar - fab flavor! much more rich
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3. used an entire pound of bacon - everyone loves bacon! :)
4. added a tablespoon of garlic powder. could also add fresh, chopped garlic, I just didn't happen to have any on hand.
5. substituted whole wheat flour for white. gave a wonderful flavor
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The Thrift Store Bears are individual teddy bears that have been disgarded and sent to thrift stores. Over a period of time the bears are bought (rescued) and brought home to a little redwood house not far from the sea and live together in a sunny room downstairs. Each bear has a special personality. Some have problems to overcome or are trying to overcome. All of the bears share the joy of friendship and having fun. On the accompanying CD each poem is naratted with music and sound effects specifically suited to the character and the situation in which the character finds itself. 'Tiny Bear' found himself being ignored and he is so small that he sometimes gets stepped on, leaned on and pushed. He undertakes a rigorous excercise program and solves his problems. 'Hunny Bear,' is pestered by bees who though she will give the bees honey fron her honey pot they would rather get it from the honey that she spills on her coat. 'Mike the Motor Cycle Bear' likes to take his bear friends on wild imaginary motorcycle rides. 'The Grump' is a mock grumpy bear who complains about everything but he can't be too bad because in his picture he has a little bear on his lap. Amanda 'The Dancing Bear' loves to dance and she dances "like a flame in the fire: with a sizzle, a twizzle a fiery fizzle." These are a few examples of the twenty seven poem/stories in 'The Thrift Store Bears." The Thrift Store Bears book is a winner of the NABE (National Association of Book Exhibitors) Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, children's category.
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Probably, Avebury Stone Circle is as well known as Stonehenge, both being among Britain's most important prehistoric sites. Dating from around 2500BC, Avebury Stone Circle covers some 28 acres, and comprises three main features: the perimeter ditch and bank; the outer circle of stones; and two small, inner stone circles.
A circular ditch and bank approximately a quarter of a mile (0.4km) in diameter, encompass the site, the ditch still very visible even though it is now only one-third of its original depth of 30ft (10m). Running around the inner perimeter of the ditch and bank, is a circular group of Sarsen stones - similar to those seen at Stonehenge - the western half of the ring surviving to a greater degree than the eastern half.
Contained within the outer ring were two smaller stone circles, one each to the North and South of the site, which are now separated by the modern village High Street. The southern ring has survived to a greater degree than its northern counterpart, and once contained a large standing stone named the 'Obelisk' which has, sadly, been destroyed. A concrete marker is the only reminder of its original position. There also appears to have been a rectangular arrangement of stones, six of which still survive.
The northern inner circle has largely been destroyed, with the exception of two large stones - originally part of a group of three in a cove-shaped arrangement - known as the 'cove'. Unfortunately much damage was caused to the circles during the 18th century when local people were clearing the land to improve their farming, but many of the missing stones have been identified from drawings. These drawings, made by William Stukeley, were the result of several surveys he undertook at Avebury Stone Circle, and his findings were published in 1743.
Today, Avebury Stone Circle has four entrances but possibly had only two - one North and one South - before the modern roads cut through the site. From the main entry points, ran two great avenues flanked on either side by a row of smaller stones. West Kennet Avenue on the southern side still exists for a short distance, but Beckhampton Avenue to the north, is all but lost.


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Alanna Masterson: 6 Things to Know About The Walking Dead Actress
When Tara Chambler first appeared in Season 4, Episode 6, "Live Bait," she may have looked familiar to you — and not just because of her guest spot on Grey's Anatomy. Alanna Masterson, the actress behind Tara, has a high-profile family, and has made tabloid headlines a couple of times!
We're stoked that we can match the talent to the face now, but the life of Alanna is still pretty interesting on its own. Read on for six things you may not have known about Alanna, from her Fifty Shades of Grey connection to her former Disney star bestie!
Her Half-Brother Is That '70s Show's Danny Masterson. That's right: Alanna is Steven Hyde's little sister. She's also half-sister to Malcolm in the Middle's Christopher Masterson, and full-sister to Greek and Last Man Standing's Jordan Masterson.
She's Been Romantically Linked to Tom Cruise's Son, Connor Cruise. Despite rumors, Alanna and Connor maintain that they're just "close friends" — but it still looks like a Romeo and Juliet tale from a distance. Alanna's dad was excommunicated by the Church of Scientology in 2005, and Connor's dad… well, he's Tom Cruise.
She's Besties With Hilary Duff. Alanna exchanges tweets with both Haylie and Hilary Duff on a regular basis! The two have been buddies for a while — Alanna tweeted a throwback photo of the pair over a decade ago, and Hilary tweeted this photo of she and Alanna together, calling Alanna her boo. Cute!
She Kicks it With Fifty Shades of Grey Star Dakota Johnson on the Reg. Dakota is dating Alanna's brother, Jordan Masterson, and the whole family seems super-close! Anastasia Steele herself is a regular feature on Alanna's Instagram and Vine accounts.
She Loves Desperate Housewives. Alanna joked with a friend over Twitter that Mary Alice Young should've narrated this week's The Walking Dead, and in the process called it her "favorite show ever."
She Has a Dog Named Oswald. Does everyone in The Walking Dead cast have a dog? Alanna has a cute little dog named Oswald. Maybe she, Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) and Meyrick Murphy (Meghan Chambler) can have doggie dates!
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There was a time when Detroit focused more on horsepower than safety – when muscle cars were king and safety features were an afterthought.
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For more than 60 years, Nationwide has helped bring about safety changes across the United States. That's because our legacy is about helping to protect what matters most – family, home and other assets.
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HP DV4 won't charge
My HP DV4 is just over a year old. Warranty expired. I was very happy with it. Last week I went to use it and the system started up, but halfway through the startup it powered down due to low battery, just a few percent. I plugged it in to the adapter, checked the connections, reseated the battery, performed a cold hard boot (removed battery, unplugged adapter, held start button down for 30 seconds) and reconnected and tried to restart. Had just battery to start the fan and boot process, but it died within 20 seconds. I let it charge overnight, same problem, less battery life, just a second or two.
I went to the HP support page. There are three lights on the front panel. It looks one is similar to on/off button, one is a lighting bolt, and the other looks like the hard drive light. When plugged in with the system off, the middle light (the lightning bolt) is sitting there blinking at me about once per second. The light where the power adapter plugs in is not lit. HP says to try to start it on AC with the battery out. When I do that nothing happens. HP says that indicates a bad adapter. I replaced the adapter and no change. I replaced the battery and it looked like it started to charge. I started to use it. It got to about a 30% charge and then started discharging even though the adapter was still plugged in. Now same as before the new adapter and new battery.
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Try reseating the RAM (Memory Modules) and the Hard Drive ..
Best Of Luck...
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Thanks, I reset both memory modules and the hard drive. No change, the lightning bolt on the front is still blinking at me telling me that it is not charging. Any other ideas.
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There's a charging circuit on your motherboard that is dead. Your 'new battery' came with a charge on it, and that's why you were able to boot it before.
A little solder can probably repair your damaged charging circuit. You might take it to a local repair shop and have'em crack the case and check it out. I've seen that a lot when repairing computers.
There's no doubt about what is wrong with your computer, though. Your Charging Circuit has failed. It's a hardware problem. The issue has nothing to do with your battery or your battery slot. I can't remember if the DV4's have a seperate charging circuit connected to the Mobo, or if it's a single unit, but you'll need to get that repaired.
This is a rare occurance on notebooks that are only a year old; this is usually a four-to-five year old notebook problem. Unfortunatley that doesn't help you very much.
Local repair shop should be able to fix you up pretty quick. Take it to a real computer repair store, though, and not Best Buy. They will just replace your Mobo at cost + their fee.
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Thanks, I was afraid that was it. Does anybody know if the DV4's have a seperate charging circuit connected to the Mobo, or if it's a single unit.
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The local shop requested $200 to fix. Before I told them to go ahead and fix it, I had them test it with a new AC adapter. Surprise, everything worked. I've now had it back for about 3 days and everything is working fine.
Sometimes we get lucky.
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I have a system with an almost identical issue (DV4). It will power on without issue with a charged battery and it will register the power cord is plugged in and charging when turned on. However, it is not actually charging the unit. I've tried 4 different power cords and 2 batteries all exhibit the same issue. It will look like it's charging, but not actually charge or power the unit on from just the cord.
I've applied the latest bios that is supposed to fix a power supply issue, but no change.
Is this another manufacturing issue like the DV6/9000 graphics issue?
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Dude, I have the same issue. Im currently here in Saudi Arabia and I bought it here. My HP dv4 laptop is about 9-month old now when this problem came out. Good thing for you it was fixed immediately mine until now it's in progress for the local shop cant fixed it for they have to take the damaged part from service center which is a way too far in my place. I really feel bad about this for when I brought it store where I bought for it is still under warranty they just kept it with them for a month then after returning back to me they said it is my adapter but when I buy a new one the problem kept going. So I send it to a local shop where I can trust.
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Why oh why do you think that would fix his symptoms?
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Hi, whats themodel or name of your new charger, cause my dv4 is doing the same thing as your laptop. and iwant to by the same charger that you got.
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Q As a business owner and a parent with a family which includes three children under the age of 10, I think I may need to take a serious look at my life cover requirements. What factors do I need to consider in assessing my situation?
A Nobody likes to consider their own death, certainly not when you may have people dependent on you and where the financial impact of your death is potentially destructive to those left behind.
Your family and your business depend on you and your ability to work and earn an income. Without you, they will both suffer. It's a sad fact that people do pass away while they still have family dependent on them. It's an even sadder fact that financial difficulties are often heaped upon the family's distress when a breadwinner dies. However, proper planning means financial difficulty can be eliminated for those you love. Sound financial planning will ensure they continue to prosper and enjoy the standard of living you are currently working so hard to provide for them.
As a business owner, parent, guardian, spouse or partner you will no doubt have many people who are depending on you. Sometimes when we are busy with our day-to-day lives we forget the financial value we bring to our family. A selection of the factors you will need to consider are:
Will the mortgage still need to be paid? Even if you have some form of life cover in place to pay off the mortgage, is that enough? Will your family have a regular source of income if you are no longer around? Is your business saleable? If it is, what value may it achieve and how long will it take to sell? If your spouse is working and earning an income, will they be in a position to continue work ing or will they need to give up work to look after your children? What social welfare payments will your family receive? Are business loans held in the company name or personally held? Do you have investment properties that are in negative equity? What value have you managed to accumulate in your pension? What other investments do you have?
These questions are only a small sample of the issues you need to consider but it will begin to illustrate to you the detailed analysis that is needed in order to assess your life cover requirements.
The question of whether or not you should have life cover in place is really very simple. Will your family of business suffer financially in the event of your death?
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RACE is hosting a practice day for their licenced motorcycle racers. Bikes are on the track by 9am. Spectators: $25 (will be reimbursed $20 upon leaving after the days events)
Shannonville is hosting an all day motorcycle lapping day combined with the RACE Riders test day. Bikes are on the track by 9am. Lunch is NOT provided on this day.
Cost: $160 (hst incl) per track day, if booked one week in advance or $160 (hst included) thereafter.
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Today Shannonville is hosting a motorcycle lapping day combined with the RACE riders testing day. Bikes on the track by 9am until 5pm. The cost is $145.00 (hst incl) if booked on week in advance or $160.00 hst incl thereafter. Lunch is NOT provided on this date.
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Join in on the fun, training, competition or testing at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Book your track time at Canada's favorite roadracing facility. SMP is both challenging and safe, with exceptional run-off room. Full support facilities are in place to ensure your enjoyable stay!
Shannonville is a natural playground for Supermoto, which is a cross between motorcycle road racing and motocross racing. We have hosted Supermoto events for years, either on the Nelson track or on the Skid pad track. You have to check this out.
Put the pedal to the metal on the weekends and watch them light it up. You can also test your car on the drag strip or on the road course. Have a blast at Shannonville Drags!
RACE has developed the schools to allow motorcycle enthusiasts a safe informative opportunity to develop and refine their street riding and racing skills.
The Shannonville Motorsport Park Driving Academy is the place for drivers to learn how to handle their car in a controlled environment and is the exclusive provider of the Brack Driving Concepts program.
THE place for drivers desiring to acquire the racing knowledge and skill in order to qualify for a ASN FIA National 'B' race license. Our program runs the entire season on a "on demand basis".


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No contract. Is there any recourse to recover lost wages. I have a schedule from them to work in July. If I knew before that this would happen i would've made other arrangements. I was blindsided.
Thank you for your follow-up, Scott.My apologies, truly. However if you are without a contract, you are strictly 'at-will'. Employers owe no duty to employees who are at will to pay lost wages based on termination, even for termination 'without cause'. About the only option may be to contact HR and to negotiate a severance package for termination which is something you can bring up. Just please be aware that the employer likewise has to agree to the severance. Your position to demand severance improves if you can show that you performed or obtained specific benefits for the employer, for example you wrote and published studies under your name while affiliated, or that you were head of a unit. Otherwise, it is a situation that once an employer chooses to release you, there is limited recourse unless their decision was based on discriminatory factors.Good luck.
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text: Ford and Google team up to make smarter cars Technology 11 May 11 by Mike Isaac Ford Ford is joining Google to develop cars smart enough to know where you're going and how best to get you there so you aren't wasting time in traffic.The car manufacturer is tapping the power of Google's remarkable Prediction API to create cars that determine where we're going by examining where we've been. It's the latest example of the car industry calling on Silicon Valley as software takes on more tasks in our cars. It also underscores the tech sector's growing interest in the automotive sector as Microsoft, Cisco and IBM develop new technologies and markets.Ford has been way out in front in this arena since introducing Ford Sync in 2007 (the infotainment system which is being released in the UK in Ford Focus models this year), and the Google partnership announced today at the tech titan's I/O developer conference could strengthen its lead.In a nutshell, the Prediction API provides pattern-matching capabilities to existing cloud-based data sets, using it to "predict" probable outcomes for current events. Using it in an automotive setting would allow our cars to effectively learn from our behaviour and adapt to it."We take examples from the past and apply machine algorithm learning to find the best model that fits the situation," Travis Green, Google's Prediction API product manager, said.So in theory, if you opt in to using the service, a computer in your car would create an encrypted record of your driving data -- where you've gone, when you've gone there and what route you took -- and tailor it to your driving profile. Eventually, your car "remembers" where and how you drive.Using that information, it can tap the Google Prediction engine to analyse huge data sets and get a sense of where you might be headed when, say, you start the engine at 5:15 pm, then suggest an ideal route to avoid congestion or other headaches.But that's not all. The car would then optimise itself for the trip -- Ford didn't say exactly how -- to adjust the powertrain and improve fuel efficiency."Once the destination is confirmed, the vehicle would have instant access to a variety of real-time information so it can optimise its performance, even against factors that the driver may not be aware of," said Ryan McGee, who works within Ford's vehicle controls architecture and algorithm design division. "This information can ultimately be used to optimise vehicle performance attributes such as fuel efficiency and driveability."It's all still highly theoretical, and still in the preliminary stages of R&D. But Ford is applying the Google Prediction API to two years of in-house driving data. It almost certainly will be years before we see cars with this sort of technology, but Ford says it is committed to the project."Ultimately, we're looking to make cars smarter," McGee said. "We're looking to make them more efficient." Source: Wired.com Edited by Alice Vincent Latest on wired.co.uk


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I am not overly technical but will try to explain the problem I am having to see if anyone has any idea.
We are a guitar duo, we use a Gigrac 1000 with Peavey cabs and laney monitors, we use Vox tonelabs straight into the gigrac, so no amps.
For some reason two gigs back when we set up and started our sound check as soon as we turned up the monitors we had massive feedback so we had to use the headphone socket to run the monitors to get us through the gig, but of course we had no monitor control...just main volume.
We checked it out at a rehearsal and it was fine, but at our last gig it did the same again... we tried moving the monitors forwards, backwards... moved the mic's but still loads of feedback past no 3 on monitors....
If this makes any sense to anyone... any ideas?? could if me the monitor out plug??
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Somehow, when all the critics declared that Bordeaux's 2009 vintage was the finest they had ever tasted, the clamoring from the wine drinking public in the US was very lukewarm. There are many legitimate factors that have come into play at the same time. First, even for those that can afford the exorbitant prices that top Bordeaux demands, the pricing is geared closer to an item that you would want to invest in, rather than consume. Secondly, the US market is no longer singularly fixated on French wines as the only source of the finest wines. That viewpoint was not always the case.
The Old Model
Before the famous Steven Spurrier tastings in Paris in 1976, if you were a wine lover you had to know about French wine. French wine was the standard-bearer so much that someone in the US, asking for a generic white wine would ask for a Chablis, and someone asking for a red wine would ask for a red Burgundy. They weren't getting a fine Chablis from Burgundy, nor a fine Pinot Noir from Burgundy. They were receiving a cheap field blend of grapes from California, that fit a price point. Still, the reference was to French wine, and wine had not become popular at all yet. Wine was really a mindset of the Europeans, and the well-to-do.
A high compliment about an Australian Chardonnay, or a California Chardonnay was that it tasted Burgundian, or was made from clones of the best producing regions of Burgundy. A great Cabernet Sauvignon, or a red Bordeaux blend, may have other names, such as Meritage in the new world, but the best compliment is still to call it a great Bordeaux blend.
Examples of this New World borrowing of French techniques and grapes are spread throughout the winemaking world.
Here are some of the more common grape varietals that are planted around the world whose origins are French:
Red Grapes
Syrah (Shiraz) the red grape varietal that was once most famous in France's Rhone Valley, might have a legitimate argument to its popularity with Australia's success. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are the staples of the Medoc portion of Bordeaux. Those two varietals are planted all over the world. Cabernet Franc whose fame is derived from the the right bank of the Gironde river whose two most famous communes are St. Emilion and Pomerol, is also a prominent red grape in the Loire Valley. You can find Cabernet Franc planted in vineyards from New York's Long Island, to many places that grow other red Bordeaux varietals. The only difference in the philosophy of most of those producers is whether they are trying to emulate the style Bordeaux or the style of the Loire Valley.
Argentina has planted and prospered with the Malbec grape, whose origins are from Bordeaux and the southwestern French region of Cahors. Grenache, the grape that dominates blends in the southern Rhone Valley, has prospered in Spain, as well as Australia; and much of the world. Then, there is Pinot Noir. The grape that Burgundy made famous, has proliferated all over the winemaking world. Pinot Noir, the heartbreak grape speaks of the terroir of Burgundy, and is planted everywhere in an attempt to duplicate its greatness. Those winemakers who plant Pinot Noir in the cool growing regions that mimic the conditions of Volnay or Gevrey Chambertin, are clearly looking to emulate a wine that has been admired for centuries.
White Grapes
Chardonnay is the most popular white varietal. Long after people in restaurants stopped asking for a generic white wine by asking for a "Chablis", they started to ask for Chardonnay. Still this is the elegant varietal that makes up Burgundy wines such as Puligny Montrachet, Pouilly-Fuisse, and Corton Charlemagne. Chardonnay, is a hearty varietal that can be produced in many styles, and is known as a "winemaker's wine", meaning the winemaker can sometimes mask deficiencies of the quality of grapes. Sauvignon Blanc is found in the Loire Valley in its most recognized wines of Sancerre and Pouilly Fume. Sauvignon Blanc is also the primary grape in white Bordeaux blends. Lastly, Riesling, which is often associated with Germany, can be found in the northern region of Alsace. Riesling, while often thought to be a sweet wine, is traditionally vinified in a dry style in Alsace.
I would argue that if you truly want to understand what is happening in the world of wine, you still need to have an understanding of the wine producing regions of France. Today, the world of wine is; well the WORLD of wine. Twenty-five years ago, the wine drinking world looked to western Europe; France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Portugal for fine wine. The rest of the world was in experimental phases, that borrowed from this old world model. Today, the winemaking world trades back and forth borrowing techniques and ideas from old world to new world and from new world to old world. Someone just entering the wine business, or has a fascination about learning about wine has an overwhelming amount of information to absorb. Still, we all have to start somewhere, and I believe the best place to start is in France.


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OK first question here, and I'm pretty sure it must have already been asked, but I looked a few pages back and couldn't find anything, and the search doesnt seem to work properly. So here goes.
I'm still very new to mapping. I have an interest in real life geographic mapping, drawing maps of cities, towns, etc. I have Illustrator and have been slowly learning my way through that, but have been looking at Inkscape and wonder if some of the tools might be more applicable for map making. Any thoughts or suggestions?


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Following this, it helps to goto %AppData% with Windows Explorer and to locate the Zimbra folder. Therein you can see three subfolders, at least on my Windows 7 Professional x64 installation. Moving or deleting those folders away will reset your user Zimbra settings. At a new start Zimbra Desktop will launch and has to be re-configured.
I assume that this behaviour is caused by having the users' data outside the standard path C:\Users in this case in D:\Benutzer\USER\... (which is German for Users).
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The NTEA has proudly served its membership and the work truck industry since 1964. The Association was formed principally as a sales and marketing organization for a small group of truck equipment distributors. The Truck Equipment and Body Distributors Association (or D/A as the NTEA was first named) served its original members from Cincinnati, Ohio. A series of management seminars was the new Association's first scheduled activity. In 1967, a full-time executive was hired, and in 1971 a headquarters office was established.
With a steady growth in membership (up to 806 firms in 1976), the D/A began to look for a more effective site for its permanent headquarters. In 1978, the Association selected a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the nation's automotive industry. An engineer was added to the staff, and plans were put in motion for a new name that would better reflect the organization's changing role within the industry. At its annual convention in Las Vegas in 1979, the Truck Equipment and Body Distributors Association officially became the National Truck Equipment Association. At the March 2014 annual meeting, the Association announced the opening of its first location in Canada - a Government Relations office in Ottawa - to serve an important role in addressing the increasing challenges presented by international marketplace dynamics.
From its humble beginnings where less than 50 distributors met for those first sales and marketing conferences, the NTEA has grown to become the exclusive representative of the commercial truck body and equipment industry. More than 1,700 distributorships, manufacturing firms, suppliers and various industry-associated companies are members of the NTEA.
The NTEA's suburban Detroit location allows management and staff engineers to work directly with the major truck chassis manufacturers on product and specification changes. This close relationship strengthens the NTEA's function as an information center and liaison between the chassis manufacturers, body and equipment manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, related industry firms, and end-users.
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International | IRAQ: The grim business of war is no exact science, but web publishers are doing a better job than the Pentagon of keeping track of the costs
There are casualty figures and then there are casualty figures. Take Colton Aikin. As a figure in war he was among 874 U.S. soldiers wounded during the first three weeks of April-a month when the United States witnessed more soldiers killed and wounded in action than at any time since its forces first entered Iraq. As a figure in life he is the son of Idaho residents Chuck and Ivy Aikin, a 2002 graduate of Pocatello High, a motorcycle and hunting enthusiast, and a wrestler.
Mr. Aikin's brother Wyatt, also an Army enlistee, is stationed in Missouri. His father runs a sporting goods store. His mother has been stationed bedside at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where Mr. Aikin was transported last week several days after an improvised explosive device ripped through his barracks in Baqubah, leaving him with shrapnel wounds to the leg, arm, and hand.
Thus an extraordinary month of combat in Iraq-where casualty numbers have soared beyond anything in memory since the Vietnam era-inscribes itself into ordinary American lives.
American military personnel killed in action looked likely to top 150 after a car bomb in Maymoudiyah on April 29 killed eight soldiers. Fighting in Fallujah may taper off after Central Command reached an agreement to hand over control of the city to the Iraqi army. Negotiations also moved forward for control of Najaf, where Shiite militias under Moqtada Sadr have dug in for weeks.
In the meantime, the fight for control of the Sunni and Shiite strongholds-combined with elevated terror attacks throughout central Iraq-has spiked casualty numbers. With it, counting the dead and wounded is a growing topic of interest. Following an announcement by ABC News that it would devote the April 30 episode of Nightline to broadcasting photos of every soldier killed since the start of the war, public focus on the numbers is likely only to increase.
Counting casualties is a grim, exacting business. Given the incoherent nature of fighting in Iraq, the Pentagon has opted for a minimalist approach to casualty counts that leaves important details wanting.
Casualty reports filter in from forward medical units in Iraq to Central Command, where a brief news release gives the bare facts of fatalities (centcom.mil). Once the family is notified, the Pentagon issues another release (defenselink.mil/releases/) stating a soldier's name, unit, age, and hometown.
The problem is those separate announcements are never collated in one location, and the Pentagon does not publish a systematic tally of casualties (unlike its reporting from other wars). Given the nature of attacks in Iraq, a soldier may be wounded and later die from the injury; yet without careful tracking-often cross-referenced with local newspaper accounts-Pentagon records alone don't tell the whole story.
By contrast, Britain's Ministry of Defense casualty accounts are positively humane. Once a service member killed in action is identified, the ministry publishes a full account of service, how the soldier was killed, along with comments from a commanding officer and the family (operations.mod .uk/telic/casualties .htm). So Brits learn that Corp. Richard Ivell, killed in a vehicle accident on Feb. 12, was a 29-year-old, married with three children. Or they learn that Sapper Robert Thomson, 22, before he was killed on Jan. 31 was a fan of the Motherwell Football Club and, according to his commanding officer, was "a ready wit and natural enthusiast" who was slated for promotion.
Americans who want to know more about their fallen soldiers will have to piece together such profiles. The websites of CNN and The Washington Post provide snapshots and names of the dead. While CNN's is arranged alphabetically, the Post's site is better because it is arranged chronologically but can be searched by name or branch of service. The Wall Street Journal's subscriber-only site offers a different tally, a flow chart showing the number of fatalities since last March. It lacks personal data but graphically portrays the rise and fall of conflict.
One of the best places to comprehend both numbers and lives is Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (lunaville.org/warcasualties /Summary.aspx). The website combines up-to-the-minute numbers of both the dead and the wounded, along with links to local newspaper accounts where the casualty figures become human figures. There Colton Aikin is a number, but he is also a fallen hero in Pocatello, where the Marshall Public Library board recently voted to waive overdue book fines for Iraq War veterans.


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The property casualty insurance market continued to harden in 2009, but not quite enough to bring the glory days back to the industry. The sector also scored a major victory in a win against federal authority over the insurance industry.
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Towers Perrin releases a quarterly survey on pricing called the Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The latest survey for the third quarter of 2009 shows that pricing was flat compared to the same quarter of 2008. This continues the trend away from falling prices, which dropped 6% in early 2008.
Another quarterly survey from Aon Analytics indicated a similar stabilization of pricing among many commercial insurance lines. (Learn more in Intro To Insurance: Property And Casualty Insurance.)
The industry also appeared to achieve another major goal in 2009, and has apparently defeated an attempt to create federal oversight of insurance. In early December 2009, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to create a Federal Insurance Office (FIO), but that office would have no regulatory authority over insurance companies, and could not override state insurance laws.
The stronger property and casualty companies benefited during 2009 from the weakened state of some of its competitors. The Chubb Corporation (NYSE:CB) said during its first quarter of 2009 earnings conference call held in April 2009 that "we are seeing a steady but not yet overwhelming flow of business opportunities being presented to Chubb as a result of the weakened financial condition of several of our competitors." (Learn more in out Stock Picking Strategies Tutorial.)
American International Group (NYSE:AIG) continued to be a ward of the government, and became a day trader's delight due to its volatility and enormous volume. It also roiled the market with accusations that it was slashing prices to get business.
Book values started to stabilize and then head up in 2009, as investment losses crested with the bounce in the market, and the stabilization in the financial system. Travelers, Inc. (NYSE:TRV) reported a book value per share of $51.24 at the end of the third quarter of 2009, up 8% sequentially and 22% year over year.
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc (NYSE:BRK.A, BRK.B) proved once again to the dwindling number of skeptics out there that a long-term value investing strategy is the superior method, as Berkshire's large investments in Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) paid off during 2009.
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The property and casualty market stabilized in 2009, and paid off with major returns to those who had the fortitude to invest while everyone else was running away.
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Jasper County Sheriff Kenneth Cross said more than 40 dogs were seized and were in conditions ranging from dehydration to being underfed and having matted hair.
He said the woman who'd long raised the dogs had fallen ill, leaving the care-taking duties to her son, who Cross said has been cited for animal neglect.
Cross estimated another 30 dogs, deemed to be in good condition, were left at the site.
Allison Cardona, director of disaster response for the ASPCA, said the seized dogs were being held at a temporary shelter and eventually would be made available for adoption.
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Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center was bursting with beautiful people last night (June 1) as the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards got underway.
He's a big fan of the finer things in life, and David Beckham treated himself to a lavish weekend in Marrakech, Morocco as he embraced his new identity as a 40-year-old man.
Kicking off the weekend a bit early, a host of beautiful celebrities converged on the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles last night (April 16).
David and Victoria Beckham brought Cruz, Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper to the Burberry London in Los Angeles where they sat front row and peeped the new offerings from the popular English label.
The fashion community celebrated the legacy of a fallen hero with the grand opening of the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit at the V&A in London last night (March 12).
She's always on the go, so Vogue sent a writer over to Victoria Beckham's newly-opened retail store in London to ask her 73 questions.
He's quickly making a name for himself in the modeling industry and Brooklyn Beckham certainly loves being in front of the camera.
She's always on the cutting edge of every trend, though if the cropped coif ever makes a comeback, it's not likely that Victoria Beckham will jump on the bandwagon. The former Spice Girl told Elle that she'll keep her tresses long and flowing for the foreseeable future.
Making her Friday morning rounds (December 12), Victoria Beckham showed up on Dover Street in London, England. The former Spice Girl made sure she looked flawless before she stepped out onto the street in her chic white sweater and marble rose full-length wool skirt with claret heeled boots and a leather envelope clutch bag.


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My name is Maarten Kamermans. I am a neuroscientist. I am the head of the Retina Signal Processing lab in the NIN. Together with my team I am studying how vision works. Information about the Retinal Signal Processing Lab can be downloaded here.
Vision starts in the retina where images are transformed and coded into neuronal activity relevant for the brain. These coding steps have to function optimally on a sunny day on the beach as well as during a moonless night. Many retinal mechanisms are present that select the relevant information from the images under these highly different conditions before the information is send to the brain.
We are studying the neuronal processing involved in these selection and adaptation processes. This knowledge is essential for understanding how the visual system works and forms the basis for research dedicated to restoring vision in blind people.
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LOS ANGELES — The Nobel Prizes aren't for everyone. Thus the Ig Nobel Prizes, which were handed out Thursday night at Harvard's Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
The awards are handed out by the folks who publish the science-humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. The awards,which can seem goofy, have a purpose: To "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."
The ceremonies in which real Nobel laureates announce the winners are usually silly, and this year's was no different. It included a miniopera, a contest to win a date with a Nobel laureate and a demonstration of bras as emergency gas masks.
For the first time, the winners received cash prizes: $10 trillion, but in Zimbabwe dollars. So they'll each get about four U.S. dollars.
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Here are the achievements that earned the 2013 Ig Nobels:
The Medicine Prize was awarded to Japanese researchers who determined that mice who got heart transplants survived longer if opera music or Mozart was playing in the background during their surgeries, compared with mice who went under the knife to Enya or to a single-frequency tone. Their results were published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
The Psychology Prize went to European researchers, including one from Ohio State who also teaches in the Netherlands, whose study figured out that the more alcohol people consumed, the more highly they rated themselves for attractiveness, intelligence and cleverness. The study was published in the British Journal of Psychology.
The Joint Prize in Biology and Astronomy recognized scientists who tested the ability of dung beetles to roll their balls of manure under clear and cloudy nighttime skies. Their findings, published in Current Biology, demonstrated that the insects use the Milky Way to navigate.
The Physics Prize went to a European team's discovery that some people would be physically capable of running across the surface of a pond — if both they and the pond were on the moon. Read the report in PLOS One.
The Chemistry Prize investigated why onions make people cry. The winning team, from Japan, showed that the plant biochemistry at work involved a previously undiscovered enzyme, lachrymatory-factor synthase. If onions could be engineered without that enzyme, it may be possible for them to retain flavor and nutritional value without causing eyes to water, the researchers wrote in Nature.
The Archaeology Prize went to two researchers who parboiled a dead shrew and swallowed it without chewing so they could examine their excrement to see which bones would dissolve in the human digestive system. Read more in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
The Public Health Prize recognized researchers in Thailand who responded to an epidemic of penile amputations by improving the surgical method for reattaching said items. They said the method worked well, except in cases where an amputated penis had been partially eaten by a duck, as explained in the American Journal of Surgery.
The Probability Prize went to researchers at the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh who wanted to get a better understanding of what made cows decide when to lie down and when to stand up. The question isn't trivial: A cow's posture can indicate whether she is in heat or if she has a health problem. After observing nearly 11,000 "lying episodes," scientists determined that the longer a cow has been lying down, the sooner she will stand up. They were surprised to discover that the reverse was not true. Their report was published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
The Safety Engineering Prize went to the late American inventor Gustano Pizzo. In 1972, he filed a patent for what he described as an "anti-hijacking system for aircraft" that would trap would-be hijackers, seal them in the belly of the plane and drop them through bomb-bay doors to parachute to the ground, where they'd be met by law-enforcement authorities. He received U.S. Patent 3811643 in 1974.
The Ig Nobels aren't all about science and medicine.
They have a Peace Prize, too, and it went to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for banning applause in public. The award was shared with the Belarus State Police, "for arresting a one-armed man for applauding," according to the Ig Nobel citation.
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- SPEP at APA 2016
The fifteenth annual SPEP lecture at the Eastern Division APA meeting will be delivered this year by Ladelle McWhorter of the University of Richmond. The title of her paper will be "Neo-Liberal Subjects / New Materialist Lives: A Genealogically Informed Inquiry into Possibilities." There will be a response by Linda Martín Alcoff of Hunter College and . . . Read More
- New SPEP Submission Deadline
The deadline for submissions to the 55th Annual Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy conference to be held in Salt Lake City, UT October 20-22, is January 20, 2016. The 2016 Call for Papers is now available. Please note that this marks a change from past practice, which had the deadline at the beginning of February.
Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institutes (PIKSI) are designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation . . . Read More
- Proposal to Expand the SPEP Executive Committee
Proposal to Expand the SPEP Executive Committee [Passed by more than a 2/3 majority in a balloted vote at the Business Meeting in Atlanta, October 9th, 2015] We are proposing to change Article IV: Board of Directors of the SPEP Bylaws as follows: Section 1. Number of Directors. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of . . . Read More
- 2015 SPEP Conference Information
We are very happy to announce some of the details of the 54th Annual SPEP Conference to be hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, GA, October 8-10, 2015. For information on the hotel, please visit the SPEP registration page at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center. Here is the 2015 SPEP Final Program. Here is . . . Read More
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SPEP mourns the sudden passing of Pleshette DeArmitt, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis and Chair of the SPEP Committee on the Status of Women. Pleshette was a beloved teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend. Pleshette will be remembered as a warm, kind, gentle, and lively presence at our conferences, and we . . . Read More
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I eat regularly, and alot, more than i usually ever do! I am so hungry and everything sounds good. i have morning sickness sometimes, but its always before i eat in the morning, and next to nothing comes up. Why am i not gaining any weight, in fact i have lost 10 ounds thus far, but have evened out. My tummy is getting bigger, but no weight!
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October 19, 2006
Guide to Torah fleshes out flat characters in stories
"Between the Lines of the Bible: A Study From the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary," by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom (Yashar Books)
Besotted with Torah.
That's the phrase that springs to mind when reading Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom's "Between the Lines of the Bible: A Study From the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary." The title is somewhat academic, and I have to admit that it does not make the book sound user-friendly. But make no mistake, this lovely and lively volume is a valuable addition to traditional Torah study and to the layman's library.
One of the first maxims any budding Torah scholar learns is: Aseh L'cha rav -- find yourself a teacher. For it is understood that no one can study Torah alone. The corridors of Torah study are an endless maze that can only lead to confusion and frustrating dead ends. Everyone needs a guide, and even the most brilliant talmudic students in the finest yeshivas must have a study partner.
Etshalom's book cannot replace a study partner; no single book can do that. I'm sure that Etshalom would agree with me on this point, but his book is not meant to do that. Etshalom's book is meant as a sort of introductory field guide to Torah.
Let's admit something right away: When we read the narratives in the Torah, we often say to ourselves, "Gee willikers, this story is really weird; this narrative makes no sense. Do people really act this way? Did people ever act this way?"
This is why you have to study with a teacher. This is why you have to scrutinize the text using Rashi (Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac of 11th century France), the greatest of all commentators, so that you can, as Etshalom says, read between the lines.
I'm a screenwriter and novelist. I think in terms of fully realized characters. I insist on the primacy of characters that act and think in coherent ways, with what's called in the trade: internal logic. I'm also conditioned to think in terms of plots that work in three acts and have setups and payoffs. I look for stories that end with neat fades to black; stories that are tidily resolved with no narrative problems left dangling. This rarely happens in the Torah.
Thus, reading the stories in the Torah can be a frustrating experience. So much is left unsaid. Biblical dialogue is so spare it makes Hemingway look positively chatty. But in truth, the bare bones tales are without literary peer -- the basis for almost all Western literature. Etshalom uses traditional Torah sources, plus some of the newer disciplines of archaeology, philology, Assyriology, Egyptology, anthropology and literary theory to disclose the internal logic of the characters and to reveal the full magnificence and truth of the Torah narratives. He's like a hugely gifted screenwriter filling out a skimpy outline stage by stage (on occasion, Etshalom even refers to the biblical characters as "actors") so that finally the director can see the epic that he is going to shoot.
In his passionate and eye-opening second chapter, "Entering the Character's World," Etshalom analyzes the story of Joseph and his brothers. Here Etshalom introduces the reader to his principal methodology of parshanut -- understanding the portions:
"The first principle of parshanut is that we, the reader, are far more knowledgeable than any of the characters whose lives are unfolding before us, if only because we know how every story will end. We also have access to the plans, fears, and background of all of the players, whereas each player only knows -- beyond himself -- what he is allowed to learn. To properly understand the text, to be properly surprised or impressed by anyone's actions, we must keep this in mind by entering, one at a time, the mindset of each character. This will allow us to solve a mystery surrounding the story of Joseph, the Dream Interpreter."This is just beautiful. Etshalom is determined to take the seemingly flat characters off the pages of the Torah and invest them with three-dimensional qualities.
Here are just a few of the questions he poses about the Joseph cycle: Why did Joseph tell his brothers about his dream? He already had a tempestuous relationship with them. Surely he knew that telling these dreams would only make things worse. Joseph is confident in his ability to interpret dreams.
Where did he get such confidence? After all, previously, he was just a dreamer. It was his brothers and his father who interpreted his dreams.
Why did Jacob send nearly all of his sons down to Egypt? Why didn't Jacob just send his servants and one or two brothers?
How would bringing Benjamin to Egypt prove the honesty of the brothers of Joseph? "Between the Lines" covers a great deal of territory in surprising depth. We get a penetrating analysis of the "Rape of Dinah" and the subsequent revenge upon the city of Shechem by the brothers Simeon and Levi.
Dueling sharply and with a sniper's deadly aim, Etshalom takes on the grim and joyless Bible critics using the two creation stories, the two flood stories and the settling the land narrative. His chapter on Sodom and Gomorrah is a masterpiece of biblical interpretation. On the edge of my seat, I felt like I was back in yeshiva grade school, trying and finally comprehending the fiery end of this wicked city.
Etshalom is smitten with the particulars of each and every character in the Torah; this rhapsodic volume is not some dry academic exercise. The passionate author faithfully explains and transmits knowledge so that both scholar and layman will more fully understand the Torah narratives and thus, become intellectually wiser -- and spiritually richer.
Robert J. Avrech is a member of Young Israel of Century City and attends the early minyan led by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom. He is also an Emmy award-winning screenwriter whose films include "The Devil's Arithmetic," "A Stranger Among Us" and "Body Double." His novel "The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden" received the Notable Children's Book of Jewish Content Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. He writes about Hollywood, politics and his family on his award-winning blog, seraphicpress.com.
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Michael Heaven, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Michael Brenner, has been granted the first of two patents he has submitted for methods developed as part of his graduate work. The patent title is "General Mass Spectrometry Assay Using Continuously Eluting Co-fractionating reporters of mass spectrometry detection efficiency." Prior to this invention, highly accurate quantitation by mass spectroscopy required use of custom isotopically labeled peptides as internal standards. Michael's invention replaces these with a universal set of peptide standards that lowers cost and increases throughput and sensitivity. Partial support for this project was obtained by Michael winning a grant of $22,000 in the Alabama Launchpad competition. Receiving a patent is quite an accomplishment for a graduate student!
Michael's public defense of his dissertation titled "A Biochemical Characterization of Alexander Disease and the Development of a Proteomics Research Tool" will be held on Friday, November 1, 2013 in Shelby 1013 at 2:00 p.m..
Michael has a promising future!