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Cronk: I think so, though maybe not those two directly (though I'm sure if given time I could find parallels). Off the top of my head I think some of the ideas presented in Ici et Ailleurs crop up noticeably in, say, Notre Musique. I'm curious to hear where you think the influence of these '70s films currently lie in other people's work? Predictably, I think you can see traces of a lot of this work across the spectrum of avant-garde cinema, but in particular a film like Pedro Costa's Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? wouldn't seem to be possible without something like Comment ça va? . Also, the tracking shots throughout the workplace in Tout va bien look eerily similar (though much more extreme) to Michael Snow's Corpus Callosum, while British Sounds could almost pass for a James Benning film if one were to excise the voice-over. And obviously folks like Ken Jacobs owe '70s Godard a debt. Do you see other examples across modern cinema?
Marsh: Well, see, this is the thing—I'm sure there are loads of fringe examples, but I feel like the biggest problem with the widespread critical neglect of Godard's late work is that we're missing out on the degree to which those films should be influencing contemporary cinema. I mean, I think it's fine that, like, Contempt and Vivre Sa Vie continue to be popular sources of inspiration, but I think the cinema really needs to get over its irksome fixation on the early New Wave. It's become a source of romanticization, which is why you get stuff like The Dreamers, or anything by the Tarantino crew—movies which nod in the direction of early Godard as a sort of empty gesture, but which don't understand that those are old tricks which Godard himself abandoned when they grew outdated. I wish there were more movies inspired by Numero Deux! That'd be terrific. But it doesn't happen, partly because it's obscure but also because it's much more difficult to romanticize than Belmondo smoking a cigarette and Anna Karina's Pandora's Box haircut or whatever. You know, it's like, hey, that stuff is old, and French, and oozes cool—but it's not nearly as a progressive or, to me, as interesting as what he was doing in the 70s and beyond. And don't get me started on the Delerue piece in Casino.
Cronk: I guess it's just good to know that someone is watching these films and taking inspiration from them, even though, as we've already pointed out, they've thus far mostly facilitated more avant-garde work. Is it a lost cause, then? Is there no hope for these films to be widely appreciated? Or are they simply doomed to be appreciated by cult of what many people would call pretentious cinephiles? I know you mentioned in your recent essay that Film Socialsme isn't going over well with the select mainstream audiences and film writers who have seen it, but it is once again highly acclaimed amongst (and here's that word again) high brow critics. Is the cycle just inevitable? And should it matter? Godard said around the beginning of this post-'68 period that "a film is nothing; it is what you make of it."
Marsh: It's interesting that you mention high-brow critics, though, because I think even among the critical establishment Godard is something of a divisive figure these days. Have you seen the kind of contempt and dismissiveness sent his way by everyone from Roger Ebert to A.O. Scott? It's really depressing. These are the people who make or break foreign and arthouse releases, really—if they up and reject a movie that isn't going to grab much of an audience to begin with, distributors are going to steer clear. And this isn't exclusive to Film Socialisme, either; it's been happening literally since 1968 (or a little later in the states, where his films were being released with a bit of delay). I know you're a big fan of Nouvelle Vague, from 1990, and I'm sure we'll cover this more later, but you know that film was totally panned here, right? Some very, very nasty and vitriolic words written about it, as though critics were angry at Godard for not being old Godard anymore. The '70s stuff, though, doesn't even get mentioned anymore.
Cronk: True. And I do love Nouvelle Vague—in fact, I think that is the single best film he made after 1968. Ebert in particular, though, has a tendency to just write-off entire periods of cinema. I can't even express how sad it is that he has basically dismissed a filmmaker as vital as Abbas Kiarostami and a movement as singular as the Iranian New Wave (a topic I'm sure we'll get to in this series very soon). But back to the topic, I don't think his '70s work is going to undergo a major critical re-evaluation any time soon. I do think (and hope), however, his '80s work will. But again, that's mostly because there are a handful of comparatively accessible films from that period.
Marsh: You know, I think something that doesn't get talked about much is the kind of… well, I don't want to call it "responsibility", exactly, because they're just a business doing their thing, but let's say the extremely powerful but also potentially problematic influence wielded by a company like the Criterion Collection. Because Criterion, as you know, haven't released anything of Godard's after Tout Va Bien, and from what I've heard they've got plans to release only the few '60s films of his, like Petit Soldat, that they haven't already covered, I think that has a pretty large influence on the average film lover's opinion of and maybe even conception of Godard's career as a whole. Stuff that's in the collection becomes de facto canon, there's no denying it, and the implicit side effect there is that stuff that's neglected from the collection almost gets denied canonical status, unless it's just clearly owned by another company or is otherwise unavailable for some reason. I think that if there's a chance for Godard's '70s work to be re-embraced by the critical establishment at large, and if film fans everywhere are ever going to discover how great a bunch of this stuff is, Criterion will be the reason. Otherwise I think we've got to resign ourselves to seeing the stuff languish in obscurity forever, a source of enormous interest and fascination for the few who've bothered to track them down but just more stuff to dismiss for everyone else. Let's hope something changes.
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Normally, I simply adore the Body Shop's general product range, because it all looks and feels so natural, and most of its products have simply gorgeous smells. In fact, I would say that it is one of my favourite body care brands; one that I always rely on to give me the best results. Most of the scents that the Body Shop uses are associated with fruits; however, they have flavours such as almond, Shea, and cocoa. I remember the fun of going into the Body Shop store just to try out the different scents for its products and I would leave it smelling like a weird and wonderful combination of fruits, usually with a new purchase that I just couldn't resist buying.
Sadly, nowadays I have to restrict the amount of products that I buy from the Body Shop, as I have discovered that I have been spending far too much on 'luxury goods' (so, basically, anything that isn't necessary for survival) recently- and body care products are at the top of my list of things that I definitely need to cut down on. I have so many body creams and lotions all lined up on my shelf; I do not even end up using most of them, and I hardly ever come to finishing a product.
The Body Shop never has been a cheap brand, probably because it is not the type of store which would sell you cheap quality products. It sells products at prices of which I would not be very happy to pay for many other brands; however, to me, the products have always been worth the money and the initial guilty feeling I get after splashing out on yet another Body Shop product.
Recently, to save me money on Body Shop products, I have taken to only buying them whilst they are on sale; luckily, these are not too infrequent. On a shopping detour to the Body Shop, which was only at first meant to be a browsing trip, I was overjoyed to find the Body Shop Raspberry Body Puree 250ml bottles were on sale for only £3, and bought a bottle at once. I had never tried the body puree range before, but I had heard good reviews from friends, and at any rate, I was sure that a product that looked that good from the Body Shop could fail me in any way.
Yes, £3 is admittedly pricey for a body product like this; especially so considering that I bought this on sale and the Recommended Retail Price is £8. You can get good quality body lotions for around £1, and is paying 8 times as much really worth it? Well, for me it is. Remember, if you want an excellent product, you should be prepared to pay the price. Also, it is cheaper than some designer cosmetic brands which you have to pay a fortune for and yet you do not normally receive as good a product as this Body Shop Body Puree. Also, this has lasted me for quite some time.
This is packaged in quite a simple, plastic bottle, which is transparent so you can see the product, and measure how much of it is left. It is dispensed by a hand pump- like the ones you find on hand wash bottles. This is very easy to use, more so than the tubs and bottles that have caps you have to unscrew. This also ensures that you don't get too much for one application!
This serves as a very good moisturiser- after a few applications, you find yourself with rather softer, non chapped skin. It works better than other moisturisers that I have tried before, without the horrible chemical feeling. As well as this, you get the pleasant feeling that it is all natural.
Which leads me onto the smell, which is delicious. This body puree really does bring out the best of raspberries (my favourite fruit when it comes to choosing flavours or smells for body care products). I love the smell of all the Body Shop's products; they always smell so natural without being even a bit artificial. It smells delicious, and, in all honesty, if this product was edible (it certainly looks like it!) it would not last a week in my hands. It leaves you smelling beautifully fruity and natural, whilst nicely moisturising your skin at the same time; really, what more could you ask for?
I would highly recommend this product to you; some could say that it is too expensive, but I would say that it is worth investing in for such a good product. Like I make a point of saying, you get what you pay for. This is a lovely product from the Body Shop, which lives up to its true Body Shop standards, and you will not be disappointed.
I bought this to use as an everyday moisturiser and it really does just that and does the job well. It sinks into your skin and makes it feel really smooth and soft. I like using after a shower or bath as it feels really pampering to your skin, and is a real treat to use. The consistency is lighter than a normal moisturiser which I like as it is not too thick. I also believe the fact it is thinner makes it absorb into your skin better.
It also smells lovely, and is not too overpowering; it makes your skin feel refreshed and I feel quite energised in the morning after using it as the scent is fabulous! It is also available in Satsuma, Pink Grapefruit, Strawberry, Polynesia Lotus, and Japanese Cherry varieties. I personally really like the satsuma puree but this is just my personal taste as I like this range; I have smelt the others and they smell lovely too but it is which one suits you.
It costs £8.00 for 250ml which I suppose is quite pricey for a moisturiser but I think it is worth it. It is an average price for items from The Body Shop, and I believe it is worth paying it for the quality and fragrances of the products. I have also found that this moisturiser has lasted a long time, as I have had it for about six months and there is still some left. The Body Shop also has regular offers, such as 10% off with a Love Your Body card and there is usually free delivery on the website if you spend a certain amount and free gift offers. When they have these offers, I usually stock up as it makes it all much better value.
The bottle is clear so you can see how much you have left. The dispenser is also handy, as you just press the top making some come out onto your hand. Not too much or too little comes out, and I would say it is just the right amount. I normally use a few squirts of the puree and you don't need much to cover your arms and legs.
Overall, I think this puree makes a nice change from a normal moisturiser as it is light and easily absorbed. There are lots to choose from, and it is not too pricey considering it is from The Body Shop. It makes a nice treat for yourself or as a present for someone else in my opinion.
I love The Body Shop. I was introduced to their products by my mum who bought them as a treat since they can be a lot more expensive than other products of the same nature. Since trying them I have fell in love with a variety of their offerings but today this review will be about the Raspberry Body Puree or in other words - a body lotion.
First a little bit about the company, I have found out that they are part of L'Oreal (a fabulous brand) and is the second biggest cosmetic franchise in the world. They are naturally scented using natural products so great for sensitive skin, which I have and can confirm that even the perfumed varities cause no problems for the skin. In addition they do not test on animals so wonderful for those who don't wish to buy into a company that uses animals for testing.
They have a lot of sales on throughout the year meaning that there is always something affordable for everyones pocket as well as having an online store in addition to their high street stores meaning more accessible to all.
The raspberry collection is part of a Christmas set that is only available during the festive period and the sales afterwards.
The Packaging
This lotion comes in a bottle with a pump meaning you don't overuse which is great for making it last long term. As well as this it can be 'locked' meaning it's great for travelling with and not having to worry about it getting everywhere. The bottle is simple and clear showing the rich pink cream inside. The writing on the bottle is clear and written in bold pink. A simple band of raspberries makes the product look more appealing and colourful.
The Lotion Itself
The pale pink cream is rich and has a strong but not overpowering scent that easily glides on and soaks into the skin. It is a little thinner than other body creams but not so much that it's unusable. It's not at all heavy or greasy and moisturises very well. The sweet scent lasts for a while on the skin but does dull down and becomes more subtle after being worn for a while. Perfect for spring and summer in my opinion, it's lovely and fruity, an instant pick me up, ideal to make you feel special. Definately a girly treat, although it may appeal to the more feminine male.
This is exclusive to the Body Shop and as I said only around the festive period so stock up while you can. At £8 for a 250ml bottle it is a little expensive but during the sales can be picked up for £4 and occasionally I have seen it down to £2.50 each.
I would definately recommend this puree. Does exactly what it says and bought at the right price is most definately value for money. Added to other items it makes a wonderful gift, my mum loves receiving a collection of goodies which normally include one of these. I have no complaints at all considering it is also very ethical so supporting a good cause.
I love the body care products that The Body Shop makes, and since The Body Shop has frequent sales, their products can be quite affordable. I own a number of their moisturisers and shower gels and will be reviewing the raspberry puree body lotion today.
The lotion comes in a transparent plastic bottle with a pump action dispenser. The dispenser can be closed by turning it (directions for opening and closing are indicated on the pump) so you can take this with you when you travel without worrying about spillages. The pale pink lotion is visible through the bottle so you always know how much you have left.
The lotion
This body lotion is easily dispensed by pressing down on the pump action dispenser. Since this is a puree, it is slightly runnier than normal body lotions. It is easily absorbed when you rub it into your skin. It does moisturise my skin well, without making it feel greasy, and I don't have to use too much. It contains raspberry seed oil which provides effective lightweight hydration so it is great for normal skin. The scent is absolutely lovely and not artificial-smelling at all. The lotion does smell like raspberries, and the scent is strong but not sickly. The gorgeous fruity scent becomes quite subtle after a while, but does linger on my skin. I feel that this is the perfect lotion for spring and summer time. As there is nothing girly about it (apart from the pale pink colour) it should appeal to both genders, and my boyfriend uses it sometimes too!
Price and Availability
Since this is a Body Shop product, it is only available at The Body Shop. There are lots of stores around the country (and worldwide) so you shouldn't have too much trouble getting your hands on it. It is expensive at £8 for a 250 ml bottle or £3 for a 60 ml bottle, but it is often much cheaper when on sale (I think I bought my 250ml bottle for £3, the same price as the 60ml bottle-bargain!).
Do I recommend it?
Definitely. It hydrates well, and is great for normal skin. My skin feels soft after I apply this, and smells lovely. Also, when it is on sale (which is often), it is not very expensive. The Body Shop is an ethical company that does not believe in animal testing, runs campaigns against issues such as sex trafficking and uses community trade ingredients, and it is good to know that you are supporting their cause. Five stars from me as I can't really find any faults with it.
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So I was feeling in the mood to treat myself to some small luxuries, when by chance I got an email from The Body Shop telling me about a sale. So being the sale loving guy that I am, I speedily opened the website to see what offers where available. Looking through the pages I saw this raspberry body puree. Now I was debating whether to try this product but with the sun shining so bright compared to the dull weather we've had recently and the sound of raspberries it was just all the more tempting.
Anyway a few days later it arrives. (Yes I did give in to temptation, please be kind hehe). Now I have quite dry skin from having being roaccutane the last year. The very first thing I did was smell the product. I got a gorgeous fresh and fruity scent that brought back memories of fresh smoothies I used to make as a kid. This nostalgic fragrance means to me this was already a winner but also the fact it's a unisex scent.
Considering this is called a puree I was debating with myself if it would be quite sticky, so being the such brave adventurous man I am I rubbed a bit within my hand. It was very smooth and not sticky at all and all my worries went with the wind.
I now use this all over my body as the temperatures warm up a bit, however I would advise that the body butters would be much better suited when it comes to winter dry skin as I find that this is quite a light body moisturiser. It's a joy to use and great for the summer, but also makes you smell absolutely divine and everyone comments so tempting I smell ;) haha and my skin is silky smooth without being greasy which the body butters can cause on the skin in hot weather.
A great positive about buying this puree over other brands is that the packaging is fully recyclable and that the ingredients is ethically sourced.
The Body Shop Raspberry Body Puree - 250mls for £3.00
I really like Body Shop products and I especially like the fact they use minimal recycled packaging and that their products are not tested on animals. A great combination in my book!
Every so often I treat myself to a Body Shop product, the lastest one I have bought is the Raspberry Body Puree. My decision to buy this was because my last Body Shop Body Lotion is almost empty, this puree smells fantastic and £3 is a bargain price. I feel that the Body Shop is responding appropriately to the fragile financial situation the whole country is in at the moment.
The body puree comes in a plastic bottle and there is a pump at the top of the bottle to dispense the puree. The pump dispenser works well, it dispenses the puree perfectly and accurately from the bottle. The bottle can both be recycled after use. The Body Shop logo is on the bottle along with details of what you are buying - Raspberry Body Puree.
The Body Shop Raspberry Body Puree is a cross between Body Shop Body Lotion and Body Butter. It is thicker than the lotion but not as thick as the butter. I feel the puree has been designed for people with skin on the dry side who are looking for more moisture than normal body lotions but without the thick set texture of the Body Shop Body Butter. However, this is just my opinion.
When you first apply this puree it is a real treat, even though it is like a puree in texture it is still quite a lightweight product. It is very easy to apply and a little goes a long way. The puree sinks into your skin almost as soon as you apply it. It is not at all sticky and it leaves skin very silky. The lotion is a lovely pale raspberry colour and is the very essence of raspberries, it smells devine. The scent of raspberries has been captured perfectly.
The smell of the puree is really wonderful, it smells very fresh and very fruity, the smell is not at all overpowering or sickly, this scent works well for everyday use.
After applying the puree my skin fells really moisturised and my skin has a lovely healthy glow. The fragrance from this body puree lasts all day long. When I apply it after my morning shower I can still smell it throughout the day. For this reason this product would even be suitable for children, they would really love the smell.
This body puree would make a really nice gift and it is a really good price at £3 for 250mls. It is available to buy online at the Body Shop or in all High Street Body Shop Stores.
The body puree is made from Raspberry seed oil which moisturises the skin and Community Trade organically grown soya oil, these essential fatty acids also help to moisturise the skin.
Capenema Farmers supply the Community Trade Soya oil. Thay are based in Brazil and have been trading with the Body Shop since 2000. The soyabean farmers in Capanema believe in preserving nature and their traditional way of life. Long before the idea of organic certification came into being, they were cultivating their crops and rearing their animals firm in the belief that they wanted to maintain the purity of the land. Soya oil is well known in the cosmetic industry for its moisturising properties and is a great base for hair and body products.
All is all I really like this Body Puree, it's an added bonus that the sale of this puree also helps Capenema Farmers and their families.
5 Stars for the Body Shop.
A while ago I received an email from The Body Shop saying that they were having a sale, so I popped onto their website to have a look, and ended up buying quite a few products that had incredibly good discounts. One such product was this Raspberry Body Puree, which is normally £8.00 but had been reduced to the excellent price of £3.00.
The puree comes in a clear plastic bottle which allows you to see when you are running low on the lotion. It has a pump mechanism to release the lotion, which worked quite well for the first half of the bottle. However as soon as the lotion dipped below the halfway point, it became very difficult to get any out at all, for reasons I can't quite figure out. I have resorted to removing the pump from the bottle completely whenever I want to use it, and just tipping the lotion out onto my hand. This works OK but is a bit of a pain!
The lotion itself is light pink and so very pretty. It has quite a soft, light consistency and isn't sticky or gloopy. It's obviously a lot lighter and easier to rub in than the heavy Body Shop Body Butters. It leaves my skin quite well moisturised although if you have very dry or itchy skin I don't think it would be effective enough.
The smell of the lotion is very strong and you can almost taste the raspberries! If you are not a huge fan of raspberry scent then you should definitely avoid this as you can smell it on your skin for hours afterwards. If you do like the scent though then this is obviously a big plus!
This lotion is perfectly acceptable but at its normal cost it is way overpriced. It also needs to be repackaged in a more user-friendly container. I wouldn't buy it again but I'm pleased to have tried it and it really was a bargain.
The Body Shop is one of my favourite shops for buying cosmetics however their prices are not very low. Therefore I always look for a bargain and I was happy to find The Body Shop Raspberry Body Puree on sale.
It comes in a transparent thick plastic bottle with a pump at the top. We can see clearly how much of this body lotion is left in the container. I must also say that I have never used a body lotion in a container with a pump at the top and I was pleasantly surprised. I was worried to would give me too much of the body lotion but it doses just the right amount of the body lotion and if I want more, I just press it once again.
The body puree has a light pink colour so it is easy to see how much of it there is left in the container. It is quite runny but you can't really see that as you use the pump so you probably won't spill it anyway. I have tried The Body Shop Raspberry Body Butter and I must say that this one is absorbed by the skin much faster.
It has a very strong, sweet and intense scent of raspberries. I absolutely love this scent but I understand that for some it may be a bit overwhelming. It leaves a strong smell in the bathroom for a couple of hours as well but again, compared to the Body Butter, it disappears quicker.
After a couple of days of using it my skin became softer and it is definitely better-nourished. However, the skin on my elbows is still quite dry so I think it wouldn't be suitable for dry skin.
Overall, it is a nice and light body puree that it is perfect for summer if you like raspberries and their sweet scent. It can normally be purchased for £8.00 but at the moment it is one sale for £3.00.

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Momofuku Noodle Bar turns 10 this year. In restaurant years, that's a big deal, but moreso for Momofuku, which launched David Chang into stardom and kickstarted the Make Everything With Fatty Pork And Ramen And Sriracha And Rock Music trend. (Oh, and they changed the face of American food forever. That's a big deal, too.)
To celebrate, Noodle Bar is serving a limited, weeklong menu featuring some old recipes from the Momofuku Vault. (The details haven't been announced yet — it's a birthday surprise! — but expect some dishes from back in the days he was defiantly pro-foie gras.) In addition, Momofuku Milk Bar is serving a limited edition "lucky peaches 'n' cream cookie", all between August 18th and 24th. A portion of the proceeds will go to Edible Schoolyard NYC, to teach kids where their pork buns come from, and how they can grow them themselves, on pork bun trees. (That's how it works, right?)
Happy 10th birthday, Momofuku! Holy crap, 10 years is a long time.
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Jaipuriar: Students have right, responsibility to protest problematic musicians
Spring is here and the forecast for Mayfest looks mostly lit with a high chance of good vibes. On Friday at Walnut Park, University Union will host Syracuse University's year-end celebration known for its daylong festivities including food, drinks and live entertainment.
While concerts and musical performances are a significant part of the college experience, one condition to inviting entertainers is ensuring they are not notoriously offensive in their work and that they leave the school with a positive experience.
In Connecticut just last week, Trinity College removed rapper Action Bronson from its spring concert lineup after more than 1,000 students protested Bronson's scheduled performance in an online petition, which stated that his appearance would be an "endorsement of violence" against women and minorities. George Washington University, an SU peer institution, also canceled a performance by Bronson a few weeks earlier.
The programming boards at both colleges made the right decision in disinviting the rapper because it shows that they took student concerns about Bronson seriously — a difficult feat when so much of pop culture is inundated with violent content and explicit language. Speaking out against these issues is complicated when problematic artists are still popular among the masses. Even when mainstream songs, like "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, have derogatory lyrics about women, we don't hesitate to sing along.
It's for this reason that protests of artists like Bronson are meaningful in calling out modern society's acceptance of vulgar behavior. It goes to show that college students do care more about their ideals than just entertainment and that there is hope in breaking the cycle of violence in pop culture. This kind of sacrifice is essential because there will always be other entertainers and other concerts, but having one bad name on stage can ruin the experience for everyone. And besides, it's hard to imagine students having a jolly good time singing along to Bronson's song about "Consensual Rape."
Beyond being inappropriate, it is simply unnecessary to host a musician like Bronson on a college campus. There's no need to promote physical and sexual assault as well as drug use on college campuses when these issues are already so prevalent. And in a society that is plagued with young men constantly being told to "get it," perpetuating the objectification of women only makes things worse.
These are topics that hit close to home for many college students, whether through first- or second-hand experience. If there were to be a controversial artist on the lineup for an SU event, students absolutely have the right and the responsibility to hold their programming board accountable. Not that students have to be on a witch hunt for every entertainer that comes to campus, but if the musician is blatantly spewing out hate, students should be pressed to do something about it.
While it's commendable that Trinity and GWU students were able to prevent Bronson's horrendous show from happening, this type of activism is a rare occurrence — especially when it comes to a school's version of Mayfest. If students protested every problematic or inappropriate entertainer, there would be no one left. And it would only be fair that if you speak out against one musician, you have to speak out against all of them — which realistically isn't possible.
Still, if given the opportunity, students should vote for entertainers that have talent as well as taste. College campuses are already attempting to address issues such as drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, violence, and homophobia, and performances by trashy musicians only exacerbate these problems.
Students should not forget that these are real struggles that their peers face and not just sensational material for a rapper's song. One person's lyrics may be someone else's reality – something they can't just forget when the music ends.
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Leilani leads multi-sector collaborations to overcome community development problems by building on local assets in the inland areas of California, including the Central Valley and Sacramento, and San Diego and Ventura Counties. Her work includes Healthy Communities initiatives, cross-sector strategies, and innovative investment approaches. Through public/private/community-based partnerships, Leilani helps low- and moderate-income communities and families with workforce development, affordable housing, health, education, economic development, financial services, and small business and rural development.
Leilani's past experience includes having managed the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency's Section 8 (HCV) program, benefiting 12,000 low-income families. Leilani has also worked as a consultant to Cities and Counties throughout California, and she has an extensive background in private real estate development, including transit-oriented, infill, mixed-use development, affordable housing, and master-planned communities. Leilani has served on a City Planning Commission, local housing advisory commission, technical advisory boards, and on the Sacramento County Children's Coalition. Leilani has held a California real estate broker's license. She received a B.A. from Brown University and a Master's degree in City and Regional Planning from U.C. Berkeley. She is based in Davis.


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THE 27th annual Milwaukee Irish Fest closed out Sunday night literally with a bang with the usual fireworks display over the Lake Michigan shores alongside the Henry W. Maier Festival Park. Usually it provides the final memory for those who stick it to the very end of the four-day event every August that represents the largest Irish festival in the world on the spacious and convenient grounds just made for an outdoor summer festival that has attracted 140,000 in the past for Irish Fest.
But an ill-timed and severe rain storm arrived Saturday and Sunday curtailing some of the performances of the 100 acts who were to perform on the 16 well-placed stages over the two busiest days of Irish Fest, testing the mettle of the 4,000 strong volunteer operation and also the fortitude, determination and pride of thousands of Irish music fans who flock to this Wisconsin marvel each year.
The thousands of fans who remained for the final moments were heralded first from the stage by all the artists gathered for the ritually symbolic scattering on the Aer Lingus stage with Mistress of Ceremonies Joanie Madden declaring, "The Milwaukee audiences the best in the world" especially for sitting in the rain at exposed stages.
More poignantly, those same fans got applause and high fives from a representative sample of that volunteer brigade led by the Irish Fest President Joe King as they made their way to the main exit gate who also admired their support and pluck under the adverse conditions. After all, the rain for the Irish only makes the celebration of their spirit that much hardier.
The Midwest was hit with a terrible rain storm this past weekend that flooded out other parts of Wisconsin and the Mississippi region that created more tragic circumstances elsewhere, so at least things weren't that drastic on the 80 acres of this outdoor festival site.
Some performances were dropped or rescheduled on Saturday, the worst day of the festival as the committee sought to salvage it as best they could given the extraordinary number of travelers who come from far and near each August.
In particular Leinie's Celtic rock stage facing the lakefront directly took the major hit from some damage to the equipment and stage that knocked it out of commission. Ironically this provided a relief to its neighboring Celtic roots stage that was a sheltered tent and therefore unaffected by the storm since the annoying drum and bass beat wasn't there to disrupt the acoustic music that was the featured here all weekend.
A special theme at this creatively programmed site this year was Celtic women in music, which not only featured a photographic display of women down through the years but it featured most of the female guests selected for it.
Liz Carroll, Aoife Clancy, Cathie Ryan, Eddi Reader (from Scotland) and Liadan (from Ireland) made repeat performances there, and all managed to also be on hand for Sunday Cherish the Ladies gig.
Billed as the 20th anniversary reunion show on the larger Aer Lingus stage in the middle of the grounds, the heavens were dry for most of the fabulous show produced by Madden the founding member along with Mary Coogan who welcomed their muse, Dr. Mick Moloney as the first performer for this memorable show.
It also featured the leading vocalists like Ryan and Clancy (Deirdre Connolly was unable to come due to illness) along with Reader who performed on the last Cherish CD Woman of the House along with Cherish the Ladies regular dancers Donny Golden, Michael Boyle and Noelle Curran.
The Milwaukee Irish Fest prides itself on providing an array of talent for all tastes, and for those traditionally minded folks like me it appeals to all age groups as well, showing some of the spark and dazzle of some of the upcoming acts like the David Munnelly Band, Beoga and Liadan, who toured with the Chieftains earlier this year to great acclaim.
This year's festival was dedicated to the memory of the late, great Tommy Makem who died earlier this month, and there was another fantastic photographic display alongside the recently revamped Miller Stage near the main entrance.
Considering that Makem spent many of the 27 years here at Irish Fest and his influence and friendship was felt on local organizers like Ed and Chuck Ward as well as all the musicians who ever shared the stage or afterhours with him, you knew he would be well remembered all weekend long, and he was.
Every night a special show was held on the main stage led by his sons who performed with the Spain Brothers. On Friday night, even his daughter Katie came out to render one of his signature songs, "The Butcher Boy" closely followed by her own daughter Molly dancing a slip jig which would have made her grandpa proud.
Tommy's nephew Tom Sweeney and Brian Doherty also made sure that the popular Bard of Armagh would never be forgotten over the weekend each night.
This festival always creates a grand "Ballyfest" site away from the main stages where more low-key but highly informative tents can be established, which also provided shelter from the storm while raising the consciousness of those who ventured there.
Of note this year was the Banner County which sent out a strong artistic presence and provided quite a few lectures that told of the prominence in Irish history and culture of people like Michael Cusack, the founder of the GAA and traditional music in Clare as observed by the founder of the Willie Clancy Summer School, Muiris O'Rochain.
The weather prevented any record-setting Siege of Ennis as promised, but the Clare Ceili Band led by Denis Liddy did its best to keep the dancers happy in the nearby dance pavilion, as did the pride of Connemara, Johnny O Conghaile and Meati Jo Sheamuis who also lit up the Gaelthacht tent along with the nua sean nos stylings of dancer Brian O Cuinneagain.
The festival was honored with the visit of the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Reverend Sean Brady who concelebrated the Sunday Mass along with Milwaukee's own Archbishop Timothy Dolan who also delivered a lecture on the state of the Catholic Church today in contemporary Ireland.
I have been fortunate to attend four of these Irish fests now over the years. In the past I experienced glorious summer weather that complemented the facilities and gave you the energy and stamina to witness the hundreds of performers who ply these stages every year.
But it is a credit to their organization that it can be just as much fun in the rain as it was those other times, and while the grounds may be dampened, the spirits are hardier than that.
I'll be back and so will many others who value the hard work, imagination and the generous good fellowship that remains a hallmark of the Milwaukee Irish Fest.


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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Keisuke Honda thrived in his return to an attacking role as CSKA Moscow cruised past Lausanne 3-0 away in Group F of the Europa League on Thursday.
Honda did not enter the match until the 73rd minute with CSKA already up by two, but coach Leonid Slutsky finally played Honda behind a striker and the Japanese international responded by setting up the Russian side's third goal to put the game out of Lausanne's reach.
Honda, who still has not scored since the first round of the World Cup, has been visibly frustrated with Slutsky's decision to play him in defensive midfield, and had been uncharacteristically quiet before and after games recently.
On this night, however, a smile had returned to Honda's face after being allowed to do what he does best — create goals.
"It's fun to be playing toward the front," said the 24-year-old Honda. "I'm completely convinced this is my most natural position."
Honda's through pass in the 80th minute forced Lausanne's Michel Avanzani to foul inside his own area, giving CSKA a penalty. Vagner Love converted for his second goal of the evening.
"I couldn't shoot because my man was in the way, and it was the only option I had," Honda said. 'But it led to the goal so I'm pretty happy with the way things turned out.
"I think it would have been a lot more interesting for me if I had been in when the game was closer."
In Group F, Shinji Kagawa plugged in 64 minutes in Borussia Dortmund's 4-3 win at Ukraine's Karpaty, but failed to find the net as Mario Gotze won it for the Bundesliga visitors in the 92nd minute.


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Dr. Dalton E. Brannen, SPHR, GPHR, SHRM-SCP, is Professor of Management, Emeritus, Hull College of Business at Augusta University-Summerville campus. He is also a Human Resource Consultant, Mediator, and Arbitrator. In addition, he has served in a variety of academic positions including Dean, Department Chair, and Graduate Program Director at several universities. His industrial experience includes engineering positions for the Department of Transportation and Westinghouse. Dr. Brannen has served on the HCCU Board since 1996.
Gwen Florence retired from Augusta University (formerly Medical College of Georgia) after 27 years of dedicated service in the Curriculum Office for the School of Medicine working closely with the medical students on a daily basis. She has successfully served in several capacities on the Board including Credit Committee Chair and Board Chair. She has served on the HCCU Board since 1982.
Tad Gomez, is the Vice President for Professional Services at Augusta University Health in Augusta, Georgia. Tad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Kansas and a Masters degree in Hospital Pharmacy Administration from The Ohio State University.
Tad is past Chairman of the Board and is on the Executive Committee. He also serves on the Asset Liability Management, Personnel, Marketing, and Information Technology Committees at Health Center Credit Union. He has served on the HCCU board since 2004.
After serving as President of Health Center Credit Union for 13 years, Rob retired in 2000. Prior to his credit union career, Rob worked for Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Company, now Wells Fargo, and held several managerial positions, including Assistant Vice President. His responsibilities ranged from consumer loan officer to loan operations and trust operations manager. In 1987, Rob served as Vice President of construction lending at Centerbank Mortgage Company. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina.
He is actively involved as a board member of the Augusta University Retirees Association, and serves as a board member on the Heritage Council of North Augusta. He is also a member of the Berry Benson Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans, North Augusta camp; and belongs to American Legion Post 71, also in North Augusta. Rob serves on the board of directors as well as volunteers for the Arts and Heritage Center in Augusta, and was also formerly on the Georgia Credit Union League Board. He has served on the board of HCCU since 1989.
Philip Howard, MSB, was promoted to Vice President for Facilities Services for Augusta University Enterprise after serving as Vice President of Facilities for Augusta University Health since March 2010.
Before joining Augusta University, Howard was Vice President of Campus Services at LifeBridge Health in Baltimore. Previously, he served as Director of Facilities Management and Construction at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.; as Director for Facilities at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; and as a Project Manager at Kroll Construction in Owings Mill, MD. Howard has also served in various capacities in facilities management at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Howard has over 34 years experience in construction project management and facilities management in both Academic/Research and Healthcare domains.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a Master of Science degree in Business Management from Johns Hopkins University.
He is a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineers, the American College of Healthcare Executives, APPA: The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, and the University of Maryland Alumni Association. Howard is also an alumnus of Leadership Baltimore County.
Peggy Lovelace is a retired Augusta University Health (formerly MCG) Operating Room Nurse Manager, where she worked for twenty-three years. She was a real estate broker and until recently was a registered appraiser. Ms. Lovelace has served on the HCCU Board since 1984 and has been an active member of numerous committees including Chairman of the Board.
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Dr. Poisel is a two time graduate of Indiana State University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in college student personnel work. He earned both his education specialist and doctorate of education in higher education from Florida State University.
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Charles has served on the board in various capacities since 1986, including Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, and Chair of the Credit and Information Technology Committees.
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Tony has been Chief Human Resources Officer for the Columbia County School System since 2007. Wright served as Assistant Director of Human Resources for the school system from 2002 to 2007.
Prior to coming to the Columbia County School System, Tony held different positions from Director of Human Resources to Department Chair to Program Director at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. His last military assignment was as a Professor Military Science at Hampton University. He also served as Chief of Staff, Readiness Command, in Columbia, South Carolina. After a highly successful career with the United States Army, Tony retired in 2000 as Lieutenant Colonel.
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How Does One Stop Crows Feet from Appearing Around the Eyes?
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Preventing Crow's Feet
Those little lines that appear just lateral to your eyes, crow's feet, appear as we age. There is a genetic component, but there are things you can do to prevent or slow the appearance and extent.
First, things that we all should do, don't smoke, wear a good sunscreen and use a moisturizer.
Botox can also have a preventative effect but is likely just as effective when used when you first start to notice the appearance of those wrinkles.
I hope this helps.
Crows feet - Why and What to do
First I would address the reason for crows-feet wrinkles. These type of wrinkles are often seen in patients that squint so first of all I would make sure that if you need visual correction then use glasses or contacts (if not sure, have your vision tested) and use sunglasses on bright days. Do not smoke, use sunscreens and moisturizers. Now for treatment options: Botox by a qualified injector is probably your best option. For well established lines TCA peel, or fractional laser often helps and in extreme cases surgical procedures to reduce these also are helpful. A qualified board certified aesthetic surgeon or dermatologist will help you find the right treatment for you
Crow's feet and Botox
Botox can be used to prevent wrinkles from forming or from worsening. Thin fillers can be used to soften any wrinkles that do not smooth out with Botox. Sun protection is important to prevent damage and thinning of the skin.
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LIve Video Face lift Crowsfeet and discussion: Botox, Fat injections, Facelifting for Crows feet
There are many options for crows feet. The most common way is to use botox. This lasts 3-4 months sometimes longer depending on the person. Fat injections can be more of a long term solution. Wrinkles occur because the distance between your skin and facial muscles become less and the muscles start to exert more tension on the skin due to the closer proximity. Fat injections increases this distance. There is a way through face lifting that works and you can see a video below regarding it.
Be healthy and a little bit of botox
I agree with previous answers:
- Botox- prevents use of orbicularis oculi muscle. need about 3 treatment per year.
- Sunscreen daily- best to use a moisturizer which has both UVA and UVB in it on a daily basis
- Smoking- don't start
- Be healthy- Sleep well, eat well, work out
Crow's Feet are dynamic wrinkles occuring as a result of Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Overactivity
The orbicularis oculi muscle helps us squint and close our eyes. When we use these muscles extensively when we squint, we develop crow's feet, or 'lateral canthal rhytids.' This may occur if your vision is poor requiring you to squint, if you live in colder climates wherein the frost, rain, or snow makes you squint more outside, or from the sun, such as when you sunbathe.
In either case, we have great solutions for the wrinkles, including:
- botox to relax the muscles.
- creams to improve overall skin health.
Discuss these with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.
4 things you can easily do to prevent crow's feet
There are 4 easy steps you can do to prevent bad crow's feet:
- Botox every 4 months
- Sunglasses and sunscreen
- Don't smoke, as it makes you squint
- Moisturize
Good luck!
The best prevention is with the use of Botox
Botox is one of the best ways to prevent the formation of permanent crow's feet or even dynamic wrinkles that occur with contraction of the muscles with squinting or smiling. Appropriate skin care and sunscreen are also of importance.
Always wear sun protection daily - whether you are...
- Always wear sun protection daily - whether you are tanning or just spending time outside you should be protecting your skin.
- Refraining from smoking will also improve the skin tone in the area.
- By using Botox 2-3 times a year, you will smooth your crow's feet area and prevent your body from making the wrinkles deeper.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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sftp - Protocol major versions differ
I'm attempting to sftp from a RHEL AS3 server to an AIX 4.3 server and am getting the following message:
"Protocol major versions differ: 2 vs. 1
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer"
However, my protocol versions appear to be the same. Please view the output of ssh -V:
RHEL: OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f
AIX: OpenSSH_3.0.2p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090603f
Any ideas why this would be happening? thx.
In the /etc/sshd/sshd.conf file on the AIX machine, does it say that Protocol 2 is supported?
Yes. It does.
Does the SSH client support SSH2 too?
Yes it does.
Then the conclusion seems to be that the 2 different versions of OpenSSH can't talk to each other properly.
Can you establish other kinds of connections (ie ftp, http, etc)?
If you can't, this can indicate a failure for instance in the wiring.
In any case, you might want to consider upgrading to the latest version of OpenSSH.
There are quite some security holes patched since your versions were released:
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Rice pest genome sequenced
Scientists have unravelled the genome of the rice plant's greatest fungal menace, a harvest-wrecking foe that each year destroys the potential to feed 60 million people.
The research is led by Dr Ralph Dean of North Carolina State University, heading the International Rice Blast Genome Consortium, and appears in today's issue of the journal Nature.
Magnaporthe grisea is the first pathogenic plant fungus to have its genetic code unravelled, a feat the researchers hope will open the way to newer, smarter and less damaging weapons against it.
M. grisea, also called rice blast, comprises windborne spores that stick to the leaves of the rice plant thanks to a special adhesive on the spore tip.
As it germinates, the spore breeds a dome-shaped infection structure called an appressorium, whose task is to infect the plant.
The tiny organ produces extraordinary pressures, equivalent to those experienced in a deep-sea dive to 750 metres, to drive a penetrative peg beneath the leaf's protective waxy surface.
The fungus then colonises the leaf, producing greyish spindle-shaped lesions from which more spores emerge, helped by rain or dew, and which then go on to infect other plants.
In young seedlings, rice blast disease often destroys the whole plant; in older plants, the grain is lost.
"Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases of rice because of its wide distribution and its destructiveness," says the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
In India, thousands of tonnes of rice are lost each year, about 0.8% of total yield. In Japan, the disease can infect about 865,000 hectares of rice fields. In the Philippines, many thousand hectares of rice fields suffer more than 50% yield losses, says IRRI.
M. grisea's cousins also attack some 50 other kinds of grass plants, including wheat, barley and millet.
The fungus' genome suggests the organism has 11,109 genomes, which is in the same ballpark as other funguses that have been sequenced.
Where M. grisea is at its most impressive is the diversity of its genes.
The fungus is believed to be able to secrete 739 proteins, twice as many in other researched funguses, to penetrate and infect its host.
Eight genes alone are used to synthesise cuticle-degrading enzymes called methyl esterases.


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NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 (G80): GPUs Re-architected for DirectX 10by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on November 8, 2006 6:01 PM EST
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Virtual Memory
Microsoft is taking tighter control of graphics memory with it's new driver model, and thus is able to provide virtual memory support for the graphics memory subsystem. What this means is that games no longer need to worry about running out of graphics memory. When software needs to write something to local memory, and local memory is full, Windows will be able to kick out something off the graphics card and put it in system memory (this is called paging) until it is needed. This happens without the software's intervention or knowledge. If system memory becomes full, data will be kicked out to the hard drive. Of course, if something like this happens the performance will definitely suffer.
Virtual memory isn't as much a performance enhancing tool as it is a way to remove the burden on the developer to manage memory usage around a hard limit of available space. Certainly, lots of paging will degrade performance, but lower performance is generally better than a crash. On the flip side, it is possible that virtual memory could increase performance by effectively replacing local graphics memory size with unused PCIe bandwidth. This has been the idea behind TurboCache and HyperMemory, but with the added advantage that the graphics driver doesn't need to worry about object or texture management between local and system memory.
Engineers have been wanting to see virtualized graphics memory for years, as operating on really huge data sets is made significantly easier when the software developer doesn't have to manage moving data in and out of graphics memory by hand. We've seen some limited benefits of utilizing both local and system memory on low memory TurboCache and HyperMemory cards. With game developers reaching towards ever larger data sets, high end parts will soon begin to benefit from virtualized graphics memory as well. Building the hardware to accommodate the possibility of higher latencies due to paging and allowing the OS to manage all the memory in the system will definitely help developers focus on building better games rather than better memory managers. That's not to say that memory management won't still be important to game developers. Making sure space and bandwidth are used efficiently are important factors in performance, but the ability to forget about hard limits in local memory will make it easier to take one efficient approach regardless of onboard memory.
Hardware Virtualization
Lately, all the big boys of computing have been infatuated with the idea of virtualization. It makes a whole lot of sense, really. With the advent of multi-core CPUs, AMD and Intel need to find ways to take full advantage of their processing power. Single thread execution time will never disappear as a factor in computing, and some algorithms just can't be parallelized.
Obviously, encouraging users to multitask is a simple way to provide a benefit to multi-core computing. The next step is to encourage developers to write highly multithreaded applications. Beyond that is to allow the user to run multiple operating systems on one set of hardware. One example of how this may be beneficial is in the use of a single system as a normal PC during its use as a home theater / DVR box. Another example is one we've already seen: Mac users running both Windows and OS X on Intel based Macs using a virtual machine manager like Parallels.
In order to really achieve the capabilities hardware providers would like to promote, more work must be done by hardware, software, and operating system providers. One of the major advances necessary is the virtualization of the graphics subsystem. With DirectX10 and the new WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model), graphics hardware is required to support virtualization. This is not a simple request, as games will no longer be guaranteed exclusive access to the hardware while running. We can potentially share game rendering with something like physics calculations on the same GPU. Or we could run a Folding@Home GPU client in the background while we play a game. On the extreme, multiple full screen 3d applications could be running concurrently.
Drivers and hardware will have to support context switching on a massive scale due the huge number of pipelines and registers supported in DX10 class hardware. With the advent of features like TurboCache and HyperMemory (and now graphics memory virtualization), hardware developers are already prepared to handle much larger latencies than we've seen in the past. The ability to preempt a process on the GPU will only increase the potential latency that will need to be addressed.
This is another major step in bringing the GPU closer in functionality to the CPU. More attention must be paid not only to instruction and thread scheduling, but the scheduling of multiple programs. This is no small task when such a high number of pipelines need to be managed. We are very interested in discovering how well NVIDIA has implemented this feature, but we won't be able to test this until we have access to an operating system, API, and software that support it as well.
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yyrkoon - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkIf you're using Firefox, get, and install the extension "flashblock". Just did this myself today, tired of all the *animated* adds bothering me while reading articles.
Sorry AT guys, but we've had this discussion before, and its realy annoying. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkDo you want to be able for us to continue as a site? Because ads support us. Anyway, his problem is related to not seeing images, so your comment about blocking ads via flashblock is completely off topic. Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkOf course I want you guys to continue on as a site, just wish it were possible without annoying flashing adds in a section where I'm trying to concentrate on the article.
As for the off topic part, yeah, my bad, I mis-read the full post (bad habit). Feel free to edit or remove that post of mine :) Reply
archcommus - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkWhat browser are you using? Reply
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JarredWalton - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkIf Firefox, I know there's an option to block images not on the originating website. In this case, images come from image.anandtech.com while the article is on www.anandtech.com, so that my be the cause of your problems. IE7 and other browsers might have something similar, though I haven't ever looked. Other than that, perhaps some firewall or ad blocking software is to blame - it might be getting false positives? Reply
archcommus - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkWow to Anandtech - another amazing, incredibly in-depth article. It is so obvious this site is run by dedicated professionals who have degrees in these fields versus most other review sites where the authors just take pictures of the product and run some benches. Articles like this keep the AT reader base very very strong.
Also wow to the G80, obviously an amazing card. My question, is 450W the PSU requirement for the GTX only or for both the GTX and GTS? I ask because I currently have a 400W PSU and am wondering if it will be sufficient for next-gen DX10 class hardware, and I know I would not be buying the highest model card. I also only have one HDD and one optical drive in my system.
Yet another wow goes out to the R&D monetary investment - $475 million! It's amazing that that amount is even acceptable to nVidia, I can't believe the sales of such a high end, enthusiast-targeted card are great enough to warrant that. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkSales of the lower end parts which will be based off G80 are what make it worthwhile, I would guess. As for PSU, I think that 450W is for the GTX, and more is probably a safe bet (550W would be in line with a high-end system these days, although 400W ought to suffice if it's a good quality 400W). You can see that the GTX tops out at just under 300W average system power draw with an X6800, so if you use an E6600 and don't overclock, a decent 400W ought to work. The GTX tops out around 260W average with the X6800, so theoretically even a decent 350W will work fine. Just remember to upgrade the PSU if you ever add other components. Reply
photoguy99 - Thursday, November 09, 2006 - linkI just wanted to second that thought -
AT articles have incredible quality and depth at this point - you guys are doing great work.
It's actually getting embarrasing for some of your competing sites, I browsed the Tom's article and it had so much fluff and retread I had to stop.
Please don't forget the effort is noticed and appreciated. Reply
shabby - Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - linkIt wasnt mentioned in the review, but whats the purpose of the 2nd sli connector? Reply


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Goon Saloon at Willie McBride's July 13th
Goon Saloon to rock Willie McBride's in Hoboken Friday the 13th
After a two year absence, Bryan Farley and his Goon Saloon are back in Hoboken tomorrow night – playing at Willie McBride's (616 Grand St.) Also playing are The Dirty Stayouts. Show starts at 8pm.
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Goon Saloon to rock Hoboken this week!
After this dreary, drizzly week starts wrapping up, and the weather improves – you may be feeling a bit antsy.
One great option for you this Thursday night, October 7th is to head over to Maxwell's (11th & Wash) to check out the Goon Saloon!
Familiar member in Goon Saloon
You may also know one of the members of the Goon Saloon, Bryan Farley. Bryan has been a Hobokenite for 16 years, and used to be the owner of the Liberty Bar uptown. He's also had stints at Brass Rail and the old Ted & Jo's. These days, when he's not banging the drums on stage with his band, he runs a company called Vinfinity (which preserves wine for the bar/restaurant industry).
Anyway – Goon Saloon will be playing on Thursday, along with special guests Nerve Tonic and No Time Lost. Tickets are $8 at the door.
Here's a fun Goon Saloon song to check out, called "Cell Phone." For those that are getting a bit overwhelmed with Twittering and constant contact with the digital world, you'll surely dig this anti-technology rant![audio:https://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Cell-Phone.mp3|titles=Cell Phone]
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The FIA post-qualifying press conference at the Hungaroring
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Lewis you looked like that was fully under control at all times, apart maybe from that first run in Q3?
Lewis Hamilton:
Yeah, it's been a really positive weekend so far. The guys have done an incredible job this weekend as always, preparing the car. To finally see the upgrades working this weekend, I've been able to put the car in places that I previously wasn't able to do. So, generally every lap has been quite good throughout practice and qualifying, apart from the first run in Q3.
Romain, obviously this is what you and the team needed, a strong qualifying performance, because you've shown in recent races that you've got a very good race car under you?
Romain Grosjean:
Yeah, we normally have a good race pace, it's good to be back at the front. We had a difficult German Grand Prix and a difficult start here in Hungary. But the guys did a fantastic job trying to help me set up the car, trying to find out what was wrong and [we're] back to the top and it's good. I think the race tomorrow will be interesting.
Sebastian, you only did the one run in Q3 because you used up tyres before that. Tell us how difficult it was to get the tyres working today?
Sebastian Vettel:
Yeah, I think for us it more a difficulty of getting everything to work properly. I think the speed is there but yeah it seems extremely difficult once you lose the balance a little bit. So I think we were struggling a little bit with that in qualifying. Throughout qualifying I think it got better. We shot through all the tyres, more or less. I knew I only had one set in Q3. I'm not entirely happy with the lap I had. I think Grosjean, sorry, Romain, was in reach. I think Lewis was probably a bit too far away today. But I think with the progress we made this morning and through qualifying we should be in a good position tomorrow for the race.
Lewis if you look at the points you've scored in the past few races and the points scored by Fernando Alonso, the championship leader, there's obviously a massive difference. How important is a win tomorrow for you and for your championship hope?
Lewis Hamilton:
Well, thanks for reminding me! This is motor racing, you know. We're not saying we're relaxed about it but we know that we've got a lot of work to do and we're trying to make sure that we start that work from this weekend
Lewis, you seem to have hit the ground running from the road here almost - you were fastest in both sessions yesterday; fastest in all the qualifying sessions as well and you love the circuit, you must be so pleased with pole position now as well?
Lewis Hamilton:
I am, absolutely. I'm really happy with the work the guys have done. Obviously Jenson showed the pace of the car in the last race but to be able to put that to work through qualifying feels fantastic. This is a good boost to the team. Still we have a very long race tomorrow. Lots can happen and we just need to keep our cool. The weather's fantastic here, the city's beautiful and the fans, well what a great turn out for a Saturday.
Well, you've been on pole here before and you've won here twice as well, so you know how to win here. Is there a secret to tomorrow?
Lewis Hamilton:
There's no real secret, no. It's the same as everyone when they win races. You just have to keep your head cool and look after your tyres. Tyre strategy will be important tomorrow. Degradation will be interesting. I just hope for once we have a good start. That's what I hope for the beginning.
How were the long runs this morning. Obviously you weren't able to do long runs yesterday and everybody crammed in their long runs this morning.
Lewis Hamilton:
I didn't do any long runs this morning. I did mine yesterday. It was pretty good.
So you were happy with that?
Lewis Hamilton:
Yeah, I mean, the track was a little bit greener yesterday so it's difficult to compare it to today, but for us it was not such a problem. I think we know the Lotus is very, very strong on long runs and so is the Red Bull, so we just need to focus on us and really hope we can improve this weekend with those upgrade. Jenson showed in the last race that it is an improvement so hopefully I can show the same thing tomorrow.
Romain, on the front row for the first time - how much satisfaction does that give you?
Romain Grosjean:
Pretty high, I have to say. We started the weekend coming back from the German Grand Prix which was a bit of a disaster for ourselves, and it didn't start in the best way. But then we worked hard, tried to analyse what was wrong on the car and why I couldn't get the feeling that I had at the start of the year. P3 was getting better and then the start of qualifying was very difficult, with the first one getting a nightmare. But then we found back the speed, improved the car, tried to understand what was wrong with it, and being here on the front row is something special - especially here at the Hungarian Grand Prix where we know overtaking is very difficult. We need to start from the front, we said that since a long time - so first job done. Hopefully tomorrow we keep our race pace from usually, we able to save our tyres as much as we want and be able to get some good battles with the guy at the front.
The performance of the car you've improved - do you think that's going to be OK for the race itself on full fuel tanks etc?
Romain Grosjean:
Normally it's better on high fuel than on low fuel, so it's pretty good to be on the front row. We have been maybe working a bit more this week on qualifying because we know it's a big key for the race. So, hopefully tomorrow the car will feel pretty well with the tank fuelled and the setup we normally run for the race. Hopefully that's the case. Hopefully we manage to save our tyres as much as we want, as much as we can, and then we have good pace.
We've seen quite a few people going off the circuit at many, many corners, to turn this into a podium tomorrow, how are you going to do that?
Romain Grosjean:
Well, the key is to stay on track, that's for sure. Let's have a good start, let's see where we are at the beginning of the race and how the car feels. Hopefully it's going to feel alright, as it did in Bahrain or Canada, and if we have this, then I think we have everything in our pocket to fight for a good result.
Sebastian, we've seen the performance, or seem to have seen the performance up and down the whole weekend - not just from you but from your team-mate as well.
Sebastian Vettel:
Yeah, a bit difficult for us this weekend to really get the balance right. I think the car is quick - and sometimes really quick - but it's a bit difficult to get it out of the car all the time. So, I think yesterday afternoon we were quite happy, this morning we weren't that happy and in qualifying it seemed to get better again. So, we'll see. I think it should be a good race tomorrow. I think the pace with fuel in the car is probably a little bit better than without fuel, so we'll see what we can do.
You said 'room for improvement' after yesterday - but that didn't come this morning then?
Sebastian Vettel:
No, not really. I think it wasn't that bad yesterday but this morning initially it wasn't as good as it was yesterday - so we seem to have lost that little bit. But, I think just before qualifying we managed to come back and I think in qualifying I think we were able to improve session by session. Obviously we had to use a couple of sets that... or one more set than as per plan, which was not great. That's why we had only one run in Q3. But in the end we used as many tyres as everyone else. We'll see what we can do in the race. I think Lewis was out of reach today, they always seemed to be very quick. It's probably not too bad to start third here, it's on the clean side and it's a long way to Turn One.


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A dispatch from Memphis mentions that, of two Negro's lately sentenced to death for murder in that vicinity, on named woods has just confessed to having ravished a young lady during the war, for which deed another Negro was hung at the time by an avenging mob, the evidence that doomed the guiltless wretch being a hat which Woods now relates that he stole from its owner and left behind, for the purpose of misleading. Ah , well! Too bad to be sure! A little blunder in the administration of justice by Southern mob-law, but nothing to speak of.
Only "a nigger" killed by mistake-- that is all. Of course, every high toned gentleman whose chivalric impulses were so unfortunately misled in this affair, by the cunning of the miscreant. Woods, is as sorry about it as a high toned gentleman can be expected to be about the unlucky fate of "a nigger." But mistakes will happen, even in the best regulated and most high toned mobs, and surely there is no good reason why southern gentlemen should worry themselves with useless regrets, so long as only an innocent "nigger" is hanged, or toasted or knonted [sic] to death, now and then. What if the blunder of lynching the wrong man does happen once in four or five cases! Is that any fair argument against the cultivation and indulgence of those fine chivalric passions and that noble Southern spirit which will not brook the slow and cold formalities of regular law, when outraged white womanhood appeals for vengeance! perish the thought so unworthy of a Southern soul! Leave it to the sentimentalism and humanitarianism of cold-blooded Yankee civilization! What are the lives of a few "niggers" in comparison with the preservation of the impetuous instincts of a proud and fiery race! Keep ready in the halter, therefore, oh chivalry of Memphis! Keep the lash knotted; keep the brand and the faggots in waiting, for prompt work with the next "nigger" who may be suspected of any damnable crime! Wreak a swift vengeance upon him, for the satisfaction of noble impulses that inimate knightly hearts, and then have time and accidentally to discover, if they will, whether he was guilty or no.
(Editors Note: This piece is believed to have been written by Mark Twain, who was then editor of the Express, and was an outspoken anti-slavery activist. The term "nigger" here is used in sarcasm and it is not meant to be derogatory toward anyone except those "chivalrous whites" who formed the lunch mob in Memphis.)
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Creep's been growing steadily for a few seasons now (it took us all our energy to not say 'creeping up' just there) and, with a stand at Capsule, they should be expanding in Europe soon enough. We've got our eye on the tapestry blazer, a piece which shouldn't work but does. On the collab front, there was a team up with American workwear label Pointer brand.
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Let's Pretend We're Married
Even pretending isn't much fun
A man and a woman who had never met before, but were both married to
other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a
transcontinental train.
Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were
both very tired and fell asleep quickly – he in the upper bunk and she
in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, the man leaned over and gently woke the woman, asking,
"Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into
the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold."
"I have a better idea," she replied. "Just for tonight, let's pretend
that we're married."
"Wow! That's a great idea!" he exclaimed.
"Good," she replied. "Get your own damn blanket."
After a moment of silence, he farted.


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Hi, On 5/12/05, sandy(at)informatika(dot)org <sandy(at)informatika(dot)org> wrote: > I've code a function complex_recv to insert binary data. But how can I use it ? It'd be so much better if you can explain your problem a bit more. What does complex_recv() function stand for and what does it look like? Also how do you plan to use it to insert binary data? Regards.
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The one place where democracy doesn't work – definitely, Re-Branding!
An anecdote to illustrate my point – picture this.
Big town Gujarat – second generation run pharmaceutical company calls us in for a brief from Mumbai. A fancy reception at the airport, stopped just short of a garland – had everything else in place. We finally get to the office – impressive. The board room door opens to reveal a whole set of suits – each with a mind of their own. The next five hours are spent with them talking to each other and clearing their heads to get to a solution rather than briefing us…
One simple question asked of them – Who do you personify your brand as had answers that ranged from Mr. Bachchan to SRK and any and everybody in between – some saw their strength as production so it was the hard working Deol, some saw Marketing as their strength so it was the suave Saif – the ones that wanted to play safe chose the ones mentioned earlier – the all-rounder's.
Just aside – why was it important for us to know how they personified the brand, we believe that Brands are People. Also, brand personifications open up a more intimate world with users. It enables a first person narrative which is the most personal form of communication. Therefore the attempt from our side has been and will be to shift Brand Identity from the inanimate to the animate and be able to change the conversation from, Which/What Brand to, Who is the Brand?
We stay back the night, to ensure that the next day we get a window with just the man who is going to take a call on this – the Entrepreneur himself, minus the coterie. We understand the real reasons for change – one of them being, that here's someone who wanted to be known for who he is rather than the surname he wears – and the only thing reflecting that was the Company – his Company – and thus the need to change and Re-Brand!
Two days later, having met some wonderful people and a motive from the man himself had us return satisfied and with a direction to get into execution mode – moral of the story – you need to know the real client and real motive for change, the rest will follow.
Therefore, re-branding to me is like a Dictatorship, of the benevolent kind though.
To quote from a website – The Myndset, "Brand management must know how to listen and adapt with the times. Yet, brands must also take responsibility for their vision and mission and this requires a sense of purpose and singleness of mind, which will inevitably mean taking some tough decisions and not pleasing everyone. Steve Jobs was the reigning champion (of a benevolent despot), but I believe marketers are going to need to refine their own form of dictatorship to help them prioritize their actions, refine their budget allocations and to rally the organization behind their vision. As much as brands must listen to their customers, they must also know when to draw the line. Clearly, this is a difficult balancing trick."
So when it comes to the employee and his stake in re-branding – he needs to play the role of a follower and let one opinion lead!


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Hi, this is my frst thread on this forum. I beg your indulgence. I am a graphic designer, who just learns how to code.My problem is as follows:
I have set a local server on my computer for developing and testing websites. Using MAMP, if it's relevant. What should I write in my .htaccess file to redirect CSS files to the other file or folder I currently need?
After some tests I've managed to rewrite my style.css to test.css (in the same folder). The website with style.css has a style from test.css, so it seems work as I wanted.My .htaccess looks like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^css/(.*)?$ /Users/username/Sites/sitename/css/test.css [NC,L]
The problem is that it works with relative links only, when CSS file is declared on my website with:
<link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
While I need CSS with absolute link, just like that:
<link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
Rewrite stops working then. None CSS file is loading now. In Safari's console I get such error:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://localhost:8888/css/style.css
As you can see from the link in the error, browser looks for the file in localhost:8888/css/style.css because of the absolute link. Which is wrong, because the file isn't there. It can be accessed with localhost:8888/sitename/css/style.css or file:///Users/username/Sites/sitename/css/style.css
Please help. I don't know how to solve this.
Hi m_p!
First, WELCOME to SitePoint!
I believe that the problem you're having is that you should not be able to use files from another website the way you're attempting. All you need is a simple href in your link but to an EXTERNAL absolute URL, not an internal absolute URI. Yes, it's as simple as that! You DON'T need (nor want) any mod_rewrite code but, when you get to that point, have a read of the mod_rewrite tutorial (with example code explained) linked in my signature.
Thanks for your answer, but this doesn't solve my problem. I didn't want to use files from another website. I wanted to use files from another folder on my localhost.
Maybe I took the wrong way in the first place. What I want to do is to set the local development environment, so I could test my websites locally. The problem I have is that my css files are located in localhost:8888/sitename/css/style.css and when I declare css' href to be /css/style.css, the browser looks for them in the localhost:8888/css/style.css. Which is in fact logical, but not what I want.
I've found a quite simple, but not perfect workaround. In MAMP's preferences, in the Apache tab I can change Document Root to /Users/username/Sites/sitename, so then it's root folder using localhost:8888/ in the browser. Then, CSS with absolute URI works like I wanted.
But… Is there a different solution? Can I achieve the same effect with .htaccess file? I mean leaving MAMP's preferences intact and changing the root folder of the website via .htaccess file?
Hmm, you've discovered that servers are doing EXACTLY what you're asking them to do: serve css/style.css (from your DocumentRoot).
I don't have a Mac but you should look at Apache's httpd-vhosts.conf file as that's the key to creating multiple websites (each with its own DocumentRoot) on your test server. I've done that for years with great success. In fact, I've created a separate partition for all my websites, too, so give that some thought. That way, you can use abbreviations or nicknames for your domains to shorten the hand-typed links to your localhost's websites.
As for your .htaccess questions:
No, you can't change the DocumentRoot via .htaccess. That can only be done in the httpd-vhosts.conf file.
Yes, if you're sure you want to load a specific style.css, then you can use mod_rewrite (which is not enabled by default by Apache - see my signature tutorial for what you need to ensure that you can use mod_rewrite) to redirect any file to serve any other file (preferably on your own server - copyright and lag time issues should be considered):
# in your .htaccess file in sitename's DocumentRoot
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^css/style\\.css$ http://localhost:8888/css/style.css [L]
That will capture the "internal" request for sitename/css/style.css and redirect it to the localhost/css/style.css file.
Duh? Too fast! Are you using http://localhost:8888/sitename/ as the DocumentRoot OR are you accessing sitename as a virtual host (remember my httpd-vhosts.conf comments above?)??? If you're stuck in the localhost:8888 world, then you should move your .htaccess code to localhost's DocumentRoot and change the directory levels as appropriate (and add sitename/ in the regex while deleting http://localhost:8888/ in the redirection.
You might benefit from reading the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature as it contains explanations and sample code. It's helped may members and should help you, too.
I just set up MAMP to reflect the server, so that the local and remote code is the same. Here's a guide: http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/vhosts_mamp.php