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CTS Corporation today announced fourth quarter and full year 2017 results.
Fourth Quarter 2017 Results
- Sales were $110.9 million, up 9.2% year-over-year. Sales to automotive customers increased 7.3%, and sales of electronic components grew 12.7%. The Noliac acquisition, completed in May 2017, added $3.0 million of sales in the fourth quarter of 2017.
- Net loss was $13.6 million or $0.41 per share, which included a $18.0 million one-time, non-cash charge related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and a $13.4 million one-time, non-cash pension settlement charge.
- Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.39 compared to $0.29 in the same quarter of 2016.
Full Year 2017 Results
- Sales were $423.0 million, up 6.6% compared to 2016. Sales to automotive customers increased 4.8%, and sales of electronic components grew 10.2%. The Noliac acquisition added $7.1 million of sales in 2017.
- Net earnings were $14.4 million or $0.43 per diluted share.
- Adjusted diluted EPS was $1.23 compared to $1.08 in 2016.
- Operating cash flow was $58.0 million, up 23% year-over-year.
- Total booked business grew $219 million in 2017, a 14.4% increase, to $1.737 billion.
"We made progress on several fronts in 2017, growing our total booked business substantially, building momentum in sales growth, improving earnings, and generating strong cash flows," said Kieran O'Sullivan, CEO of CTS Corporation. "We will continue to focus on improving sales and gross margins in 2018."
2018 Guidance
Full year 2018 sales are expected to be in the range of $435 to $455 million. Adjusted earnings per diluted share for 2018 are expected to be in the range of $1.32 to $1.44.
About CTS
CTS is a leading designer and manufacturer of products that Sense, Connect, and Move. The company manufactures sensors, actuators, and electronic components in North America, Europe, and Asia. CTS provides solutions to OEMs in the aerospace, communications, defense, industrial, information technology, medical, and transportation markets.
For more information, click here.

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|Henry Rollins, Victoria, BC, June 1, 2012
Dear Henry,
I love your political rants, travel anecdotes and memories of your Black Flag days. The way you find connections between all three of those seemingly unrelated topics, effortlessly switching back and forth between subjects - and decades - in a two hour spoken word performance is both inspired and inspiring. It's also fucking hilarious.
Stand still for a second though, would ya?
Much love,
|Henry Rollins, Victoria, BC, June 1, 2012
So yeah, guess who came to town again? Everyone's favorite spoken word artist, world traveller, writer, actor, punk-rock icon, and guy-who-can-rant-for-two-hours-without-taking-a-drink-of-water...Henry Rollins. Sadly, this time there were no posters that I could adorn with dinosaurs. We did pick up the DVD of the performance he did to celebrate his 50th birthday though!


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The Sports Xchange
Hamlin wins Bristol night race, Danica Patrick wrecks
BRISTOL, Tenn. - The mayhem was back at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night as Denny Hamlin claimed an Irwin Tools Night Race marred by crashes, acrimony and temper tantrums.
Some expected it. Some thought the bizarre changes in the track - at Speedway
Motorsports CEO Bruton Smith's behest, the .533-mile track had its upper lanes of concrete ground and leveled - would have little effect.
What materialized was a slightly amended return to the Bristol of yore, the exception being the track's desirable lane through the turns moving from the bottom to the middle. The high lane lost its relevance, and repeated crashes occurred as a consequence of the changes.
Hamlin's victory was a bit of a surprise in that he had finished better than 19th only once in his previous five races at BMS. It was his first victory at the track and 20th of his Sprint Cup career.
Danica Patrick's night - she was on the lead lap, though she had been lapped twice and restored by rule - ended on lap 435 in a crash that wasn't of her making. Regan Smith's Chevy tapped hers off turn four and Patrick's fluorescent green Chevy skidded into the pit wall at a severe angle. She walked away and seemed to consider emulating her owner, Stewart, by throwing her helmet. She opted to point a finger at Smith's car instead.
Stewart, by the way, had bounced his helmet off Matt Kenseth's Ford after the two tangled earlier while battling for the lead.
Two surprises began the race. First, the unheralded pole winner, Casey Mears (who had assumed that spot based on practice speeds), led the first 10 laps under green-flag conditions, keeping first Brad Keselowski and then Joey Logano at bay. Second, a tap from the Toyota of Jason Leffler sent the Chevy of Ken Schrader spinning on the 10th lap. Neither had been expected to race so fiercely, or, for that matter, even hang around for very long.
It was actually 28 laps until Logano finally managed to slip past Mears' Ford, which then set an effective pick that enabled Logano to speed away. It took 40 laps for first Aric Almirola and then Jeff Burton to get past the tenacious Mears.
Danica Patrick's Chevy succumbed to leader Logano on lap 51, falling a lap down in 37th position. A sterner test was Patrick's teammate - and reigning Sprint Cup champion - Tony Stewart, who kept Logano occupied until the 73rd lap.
Debris - a tire chunk in turn two - produced the second yellow flag at lap 82. Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. received pit-road speeding penalties during the pit-stop sequence that followed.
Kasey Kahne took up the chase of Logano, ousting Burton from second on lap 95. He took the lead on lap 106.
A series of pseudo-crashes involving Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan led to the third yellow flag at lap 122. The specific reason was Busch's spin after contact with Hornish, but Busch's Chevy was, by that time, barely track-worthy. He returned, however, after minor repairs.
Meanwhile, Juan Pablo Montoya moved up to third behind Kahne and Logano.
The leader then lost a lap. Another caution occurred when an apparent broken oil line caused Ragan's Ford to briefly burst into flames. Kahne's Chevy apparently hit the oil and hit the wall a glancing blow. When the action resumed on lap 158, Logano led, followed by Jeff Gordon.
A crash involving Burton and Ryan Newman brought out yet another yellow flag at lap 190. By remaining on the track while those in front of him pitted, Dale Earnhardt Jr. assumed the lead, but Denny Hamlin succeeded him on lap 219. Aric Almirola's Ford crashed in turn two on lap 224.


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Paris, April 25, 2009
On April 24, 2009, the Mexican medical authorities announced the outbreak of a flu epidemic, mainly in the Mexico City area. Cases were also reported in the United States and other countries.
Today, liaising closely with the interministerial crisis unit at the French Health Ministry, the Foreign and European Ministry's crisis centre has set up a telephone number for the public to call for information about the situation in Mexico (tel. +33 1 45 50 34 60).
Information is also available from the following websites:
French Health Ministry: http://www.sante-sports.gouv.fr/
[in French]
World Health Organization: www.who.int/en
French Embassy in Mexico: www.ambafrance-mx.org [in French and Spanish
U.S. Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ - http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/
U.S. government swine, avian and pandemic flu information: www.pandemicflu.gov
French ministry of health and sports: www.sante-sports.gouv.fr
French Foreign Ministry www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
1/ Human cases of swine flu have been identified in the United States. An epidemic caused by the same virus has been raging in central Mexico, and notably Mexico City, for a month. Complete information on the evolution of this epidemic is available on the U.S. government site: www.cdc.gov/swineflu
2/ Federal authorities have declared this epidemic a "national health emergency." This is a customary procedure that makes it possible to free up federal funds and staff to focus on preventing the spread of the virus.
3/ U.S. authorities urge residents in regions affected by the epidemic and travelers to abide by the following basic recommendations:
wash hands often, if possible using an alcohol solution
try to avoid contact with sick persons
if flu-like symptoms are observed, consult a doctor, stay at home and limit contact with other people.
The symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of the regular flu: high fever, sore throat, achiness, headaches, chills and fatigue.
The U.S. Secretary of Health has indicated that swine flu is not transmitted by eating pork or pork-based products.
4/ The Embassy of France in Washington and the French Consulates are monitoring the situation closely.
5/ Two telephone numbers are available for families in France:
the Health Ministry crisis center:
from France : 0825.302.302
from abroad : +18.104.22.168.73.23
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs - travelers information: +22.214.171.124.34.60.
6/ Persons wishing to travel to Mexico are advised to consult the Foreign Ministry's Travel Advisory site at http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/pays_12191/mexique_12292/index.html
7/ Persons returning from Mexico are urged to take the following precautions:
contact your local Center 15 (Tel.: 15) or your regular physician if you have the following symptoms within seven days of your return: • Fever • Cough • Achiness • Fatigue
during the call, specify your itinerary, places where you spent time, and your return date;
follow the recommendations of Center 15 or those of your regular physician and avoid large gatherings.


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In this podcast we are going to discuss a quick tip from the previous podcast and then we are going to discuss the problem with perfection.
Tip from Podcast 30: Blogging is easy, just write some stuff
Just write, don't plan? That is what the statement says and that is so wrong and irresponsible. Just write is wonderful for a journal but not wonderful for a professional blog. Blogging does become easier if you plan your post and plan your value add concepts. Then you can fill in the blanks with tips and tactics that make sense.
Instead of just writing some stuff consider just making an outline. Start writing as many tips on a topic as you can think of and then decide on which of those you can expand on. There is a few "just do" ideas in blogging but for the average person "just write" is not one of those.
Now let's get down to it and discuss the problem with perfection
In the process of recording episodes for this podcast, I get up from my mic often. I find so many important things to do that are urgent….more urgent than recording a podcast. That is not true though. None of those things are more important that recording those podcasts.
What is really happening?
I start to worry about the fact that I talk fast. Can I really add value. If I just wait and record later I will come up with better things to say. If I wait until later I may add better value. Perhaps if I want my voice will sound better.
This fear. This insecurity stops people. It stops me and it has likely stopped you.
This year we created a Mantra and one of the things on the Mantra is: Done is better than Perfect.
What you will learn in this podcast about dealing with perfectionism:[list]
- Learn about what stops bloggers in their tracks.
- A story about an entrepreneur who was afraid to launch.
- A story about a successful blog launch that almost didn't happen.
- Tips on how to deal with perfectionism.
- How I am dealing with the perfectionism curse.
A final parting thought: I heard today on a podcast: 10% of life is about what happens to you and 90% of life is about how you respond to it. In the world of blogging perhaps 10% of what matters is the knowledge that you have and 90% of it is about whether or not you share it.
If you can make someone laugh with your blog do it. If you can teach someone how to hang a picture do it. I think that I can teach you something about blogging, so I am going to do that.
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European Energy Security Reimagined
Mapping the Risks, Challenges and Opportunities of Changing Energy GeographiesSWP Research Paper 2017/RP 04, March 2017, 34 Pages
EU climate policy, EU sectoral policies, EU energy policy, European Union, Strategic partnerships, Sustainability governance, Energy policy, Climate policy
Following the Paris Agreement, the energy landscape is changing more than ever. While these changes bring opportunity, they also come with risks, requiring traditional concepts of energy security to be reconsidered. These changes in the energy landscape are mirrored by shifting political balances as the world becomes increasingly multipolar, raising questions of which rules will govern energy systems, trade, markets and investment.
As geopolitical turmoil comes closer to the EU's borders, energy systems are becoming increasingly cross-border and regional in nature, intertwining interest in energy security. Cross-border initiatives in energy are proliferating across Eurasia, driven in part by the rise of China, with the potential to create new energy regions, corridors and geographies. These developments can lead to new geographies along infrastructure lines and could result in competitive regionalism and regulatory fault lines.
This paper reflects an initial step to identify potential risks emerging in this new energy landscape and assess the ability of existing institutions and tools of governance to address them. The study aims to describe the risk landscape and governance shortcomings and identify actions the EU can take to both improve its existing external energy governance and empower existing institutions to address these risks. Ultimately, for the EU and Germany, the challenge will be to turn the potential risks of connectivity into opportunities and to help establish a level playing field that ensures competitiveness through common rules.


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Jeni: what do people in Scotland generally think about Scottish independence?
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Hi Scroat,
In all honesty, the majority of people within my acquaintance are ambivalent.
While in our hearts, I think most Scots would love it, we're also a pragmatic race and realise that it is probably not in the nation's interest.
There was a resurgence in pro-Independence at the time of 'Braveheart', but that was mostly amongst those who were too busy skiving to attend history lessons at school.
I do think the Union as it stands has had its time, that the people are sick of the anti-Scottish propoganda that the rest of the Union is fed about us, and an entire country being treated as a region (which also happens to Wales and NI), but I don't think that his Salmondness' blueprint is the way forward.
I don't know what the answer is, but whatever happens in 2014 the Union will never be the same.
Personally, I don't think we've been given enough information from either side as to what the implications are on fiscal, defence, social security, and other matters beyond political hyperbole, but I do know that without Scotland, the rest of the UK will probably never see another Labour Govt.
probably never see another Labour Govt
Go Scotland!
The defence bit may be a difficult. We'll have to withdraw from all our RAF stations up there. You may not see the subs so I guess they can stay. Do you get to keep the Royal Highlanders and the Black Watch? Or will Scotland just rely on being defended by its neighbours and not have to foot a defence bill?
I wish England could go for independence. Just shrug and slough off all the dependants.
A couple of points I'll respond to beau, but first, thanks for proving my point about mis-information.
Yes, we would keep our own regiments, but would be rid of your nuclear defences.
In the past 300 years, Scotland haven't picked a fight with any other nation, and prior to that, the only stooshies we were in were against you ;-)
And, to be honest, it's exactly that kind of viewpoint which makes Scots who previously had no desire for Independence to consider it.
I honestly think that all the other nations should be given a vote in the referendum, it has relevance for us all.
And I'm beginning to view it as a marriage where all the true love has gone, and been replaced by bitterness and resentment.
Maybe it is time for at least a trial separation. For the sake of the kids.
Thanks Jen. Just wondered, because all we've heard is all the bullshit from the politicians. Nothing about what your average person in the street thinks.
I personally don't think it would be a good idea, but if you do break away I think it must be for all the right reasons ie not the Braveheart syndrome.
I have two friends at the opposite ends of the spectrum, one madly nationalistic and the other keen to keep the union. The majority however, like Jeni says, don't seem hugely swayed either way.
A lot of people don't really like Salmond, or his attitude, but also most people don't like Cameron and the tories. I think the fact that it is a Tory government at the moment will sway more people towards independence rather than if it was a Labour government.
For me, I am still waiting to get all the facts before I make my decision.
I really don't see the point. This is the 21st century where global organisations dominate everything rather than political boundaries.
So what if we don't always get on? Should Lancs & Yorks declare independence? Should North & South England be separated? Should the Isle of Wight declare UDI ? What is the point?
If the UK is split I'd like to know why 92% of the population don't get to vote on it. So, surely Scotland taxpayers can pay for the entire admin & reorganisation if the vote takes place. Why should I pay if I can't vote ?
And travelling in Scotland, the vast majority welcome English but I have seen some unpleasant anti-English sentiment; like when my lovely but ailing M-in-law was insulted & sworn at by some drunk in the far NW just because of her nationality.
The situation brings to mind a picture of Martin McGuiness, following the Peace Agreement, where he sits smugly behind a shiny desk - I asked myself, is this why so many people were murdered? Obviously, Salmond is quite different, but I can't help thinking it's all just to give him & his croneys a comfy job.
Sorry Jen didn't mean to be at all offensive. And I am uninformed rather than misinformed.
The defence thing is just one difficult area though. As you point out you won't have our nuclear capabity. Unfortunately the clouds of radioactive fallout probably won't recognise where Scotland starts and England ends. Its the same as if the UK disarmed. We would still be defended by America or anyone else with a vested interest. We would just stop paying our way.
Like any seperation and divorce there will be lots of things to divvy up and it won't be cheap!
The serious point I was making though is that N Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall can break away from England but England cannot break away and govern itself. England is the only part of the union which does not have its own assembly (other than Cornwall)
And there are more Scottish in London than in the whole of Scotland!
EDIT: I might have just made that up.
Jeni, for some reason I thought you were an American..
I, personally, would love to see Scottish independence, simply because it would seriously piss off Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams that Scotland managed to gain independence relatively easily whereas around 100 years of armed insurgence in Ireland has still not managed it.
The fact that England does not have its own 'assembly/gov't/fill-in-suitable-name-here' only serves to convince me that Westminster does indeed see itself as the UK but with other sub-areas attached to England. Hmm - think that makes sense. Back to the Whisky.
And now that we have The English Whisky Co in Norfolk we can close the borders.
beau, no real offence taken, and it was not so much aimed at you as the misconceptions created by the media.
You are absolutely correct in emphasising the difference between un and mis informed, as that is just how those in power want us to be.
Scroat, I agree about the 'Braveheart' reference, but the positive thing is is that those who are most likely to be influenced by the film are also the least likely to bother voting. Unless there is the offer of free Buckie and Methadone at the polling station.
Squirrel, agree on all points. I think the reason the SNP have gained so much ground is less to do with Salmond et al, and more to do with the overwhelming sense that none of other parties really offer much choice for the people of Scotland.
Sinnick, I'm truly sorry that your M-i-L suffered abuse at the hands of a bigot, and can only say that the majority of Scots are truly welcoming to visitors where ever they may be from. I hope the experience hasn't put you off returning. And many Scots feel the same about Salmond, and also that he's concentrating too much on the issue of the Referendum, and not enough on the actual running of our country.
Dick, that would be my appalling spelling and grammar. My apologies.
Although I have spent a lot of time there, and have family on both coasts as well as Canada.
Jamesie, as good a reason as any. I take it you're Irish?
dvo, yes, that's my feeling, but nice to see it echoed by an English person.
Seriously, I know from speaking to English relatives, and my cousin who is married to an English girl and has lived in Cheshire almost as long as he lived in Scotland, that the media portrayal of Wales, NI but particularly Scotland is that we are all parasites feeding off the great English wealth, but in a report published either last year or the year before, it was shown that Scotland paid in the third highest regional amount after London, and the south east.
It is in the interests of those in power to create division, lead you all to believe that the rest of the countries are leeching from you, and giving nothing in return. Pretty sure I still have information on the actual percentages somewhere.
As I said before, I think that the other nations should be allowed to vote on this, but only after we have ALL been given accurate, impartial and balanced information of the pros and cons.
Do the people of Scotland understand they will be expelled from the Great British Bake Off?
Right, that's it. Someone stop Salmond....
As a relative newcomer to this place, I may be out of line in offering an opinion on such a weighty topic, but, OTOH, as a person of Scottish ancestry, I feel that I ought to say something.
Nationalism is not a force for good in the world; it is something like the man who loves his wife, but feels he has to hate all the other women in the world just to prove it. My wife was married to a native Scot before me, and lived in Forfar for several years. There, she encountered venomous bigotry on a daily basis. (Not from her in-laws, although they did try). She's not a trouble maker, she's a gentle, decent person, who just happens to be English. Her experience of Scotland could have made her write-off the whole nation as a bunch of bigots, but she's bigger than that. I wish we could all be the same.
On the bigger subject, whatever happens, England will always be Scotland's only immediate neighbour. The English will always be one of Scotland's biggest markets; with a population ratio of 10:1, it would be economic suicide to not recognise that - much like the UK failing to recognise the importance of the US market. As for the vicious nationalism, if you want to sell stuff to someone, it isn't wise to tell them how much you hate them first. (To his credit, my wife's ex distanced himself from all that. In every other way, he was a total shit). It saddens me that the two nations that did so much to bring about the fall of the most evil nationalist regime in history, Nazism, should now be set against each other for...what? I would vote to keep the union, but improve it for all concerned.
Ah, see that's where she went wrong.
It was Forfar!
It's just 20 miles away from here, but about 200yrs in time.
The best way to describe Forfar is as Norfolk with Bridies.
Again, I can only apologise. It surprises me though, as Forfar and the surrounding area has quite a high number of English people, so I don't know why these inbred morons would target your wife daily.
The vast majority of Scots don't hate English people, but hate how successive governments have treated us.
I suppose we should really be voting for Scottish independence from Westminster, not the UK.
Sport works as a illustrator of national sympathies.I've been to Ireland, Scotland and Wales and heard people ranting about the English. In simplistic terms, they will typically cheer for any team against the English; whereas in England we'd typically cheer for the Welsh, Irish or Scots against anyone else.
As an Englishman I think I've just got a bit bored of the celtic nations not liking me very much (I'm happy to disregard the fact that no-one actually likes me very much as irrelevant to this arguament).
I think the English love to cheer England, or the UK (where we'll happily adopt Hoy and Murray and McIlroy and Welsh members of the British and Irish Lions), or even Europe in the Ryder Cup...without wanting to put our Celtic cousins down. We're over that now.
Ah, there you are. I've been expecting you...
I think you've pointed out what the common denominator is here Id...
I can honestly say that having been to several Scotland/England matches of both rugby and football (admittedly the football was quite a while back...) I heard no anti-English comments.
In fact, any comments were decidedly good natured.
I do believe this 'A.B.E.' thing is part marketing ploy and part media hyperbole.
Jeni, don't get me wrong, I really love Scotland & (almost all) Scottish people - probably more than I do English people. I might even be near Dundee in the next couple of days.
I just wonder, being an old cynic, that Salmond et co are just playing it up so they get a nice desk and power. People like him just off on this stuff. In practice, there are wins & losses, but the bottom line is that we speak more or less the same language, share a lot of history, and mostly get on. So, again, what's the point ?
"Again, I can only apologise. It surprises me though, as Forfar and the surrounding area has quite a high number of English people, so I don't know why these inbred morons would target your wife daily."
Maybe it was because she worked in Boots - the chemist, not the clothing.
*skidding in far too late as per...*
Jeni B, as a Highlander who loves Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales, I'd like to thank you for taking the time and the trouble to put together these 'off-the-cuff' responses. There are no more nutters up here than anywhere else, which is obvious, really, unless you read the papers.
Love to all Biscuiteers, hope you are in your accustomed magnificent fettle...!
There are nutters everywhere who will insult someone for "not being from 'round 'ere". Generally I find that the majority people in the UK are affable, although I'd say London is 50/50 at best. I've had good times with locals in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and quite a bit of the planet. Never underestimate the ability of humans to have a laugh and bitch about their bosses in a unifying way. A joke and the offer of a ciggarette often goes a long way in tricky situations, it certainly got me out of one with the Vietnamese Army at 1am after a long night at the bar. It was a bit harder scaling the locked gate on the hotel though.
From my customary position of total ignorance, it seems a great shame to break up the party - the UK is rather like Christmas lunch with my family, full of booze-fuelled debate with the omnipresent threat of military action, but we'll probably keep doing it every year.
Where I do struggle is this notion of 16-year-olds having the vote. I hardly feel the destiny of a nation should even partly lie in the laps of those who've faced no greater quandary than "should I use my right hand or left?"
I struggle with the idea of 16 year old's voting. On the one hand, no taxation without representation (although given youth unemployment at the mo, there is little taxation going on). And the "Old enough to join the Army" argument doesn't really hold because you can't be sent on active duty until 17, maybe 18 now. I wouldn't have trusted a 16 year old me to vote with a knowledge of the issues, but then again I have met a few over 20's, 30's and 40's that I wouldn't either. Maybe let them practice on X-Factor for a couple of years until 18.
Sinnick, I agree. As I mentioned before, many of us are questioning who is actually running the country as our First Minister seems to be a tad preoccupied with the referendum.
If you are up this way, give me a shout. I may not be able to meet up but can certainly tell you where's good and where to avoid.
Sigmund, that explains things. She should have worn the footwear, particularly wellies. They're very in to that in Forfar. Or rather 'Farf'r'.
Stunts, thank you, I do my best. You are quite right, I think our 'outstanding citizens' outweighs the portrayal of us as drunken, aggressive, lazy, etc etc (yawn) and is media driven. xxx
Quaz, with the tales of your Glaswegian ex, you have demonstrated that you're a Caledoniphile, and I'm sure the hotel was probably trying really hard to keep
youthe bad boys out.
Maz, that's the general consensus. As for the 16 & 17 yr old voting thing, I don't think it's a particularly wise move. From experience, very few 'youths' up to and including 18yr olds are politically knowledgeable or politically active. I was at that age, but was quite definitely in the minority. As Quaz says though, there are many older people who are just as ignorant. Perhaps the answer is to raise the voting age, not lower it.
Also, to respond to an earlier comment regarding there never being another Labour Government if Scotland were to leave the Union: if that were the case, democracy in the UK, such as it is, will be dead. What is the point in having an election if the outcome is already a given?
Or perhaps it will return to the good/bad old days where you merely vote for the candidate with the least scary (to you) manifesto. At least the manufacturers of blue rosettes will be busy...
I'd just like to point out that the government treats everybody like shit, no matter where you live in the UK
I hope we stay together.
I think we just need a little time apart, it's not you, it's us. I think we just need a bit of time to get our head clear and can work out what we want. So if we go and live with Wales for a few weeks then we'll both be better off in the long run.
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Speaking in an interview with IGN, Bungie writer Joseph Staten and community manager Brian Jarrard discussed the new deal, saying talks began nearly three years ago.
"The deal that we ended up signing began in 2007 when we became independent from Microsoft and we really looked at where we wanted to be in the future in the kind of deal that we wanted to sign," he said. "And Bungie from the outset wanted to sign a deal where we remained independent, where we owned our own creation and maintain control of it, and where we could reach as many people as possible."
"As we spent the next couple years really forming this idea and trying to develop this big new universe, we got to the point about a year ago where we were able to show publishers like Activision what our vision was for the next 10 years of Bungie games," he added.
Staten said Bungie received offers from just about every company looking to publish the next big franchise from the studio, including Microsoft, but in the end Activision's deal felt the most comfortable for the group.
"Of all the deals we looked at, and we certainly had a lot of deals we could have done, Activision's deal was amazing," he said. "Not just because it set us up financially and supported us for the next ten years, but also because they cared about the same things we cared about. They cared about Bungie being independent, owning its own creation, guiding that creation, and for us that was an amazing deal."
"We haven't settled for other deals over the last two or three years. We waited to sign the deal that was right for us, and this is absolutely the right deal for us," Staten added.
Brian Jarrard said that the deal allows Bungie to have full control over its franchise, something the studio wasn't able to do under Microsoft with Halo.
"We will own what we create and through this partnership, Bungie will have complete ownership of this new IP," Jarrad explained. "Right out of the gate that eliminated discussions with many potential partners because it's an unprecedented deal in this day and age to let the developer own the IP."
"We want to remain independent, we definitely aren't being acquired by Activision, and they're not buying a stake in the studio. We're still very much an independent company."
Jarrard wouldn't discuss whether or not Sony or Nintendo fans could see a game on their consoles, but said the studio is looking at every available platform.
"We are looking at a multi-platform release, whatever that ends up being," he said.
Staten added that the team is looking forward to working on many different platforms, but only where it makes sense for Bungie's new universe.
"We're excited to look at any platforms that make sense for the games that we're going to create. Any console platform, any device. Our eyes are wide open and looking at all possibilities," Staten said. "That's something Bungie hasn't been able to do over the last ten years. It was exciting to for us to look at all the offers on the table that we could sign with, having the freedom to tell our stories to as many people as possible. That was a big deal for us."
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From carrying video cassettes to his favourite actress' place to actually giving her an award on a public function, Madhur Bhandarkar couldn't digest the reality when he met his idol Asha Parekh.
Sometimes when one comes face to face with one's idol, one doesn't know how to react. So it happened when Madhur Bhandarkar met Asha Parekh at an awards function where Madhur gave the veteran actress an award.
Too timid and "too much of a fan" to express his admiration and love, Madhur couldn't muster the courage to say what he had always wanted to tell his favourite actress. Until he could hold his admiration back no more.
Says Madhur, "I had saved it all up for years. I was and I am Ashaji's biggest fan. I loved every film of hers and would watch Love In Tokyo, Teesri Manzil, Jab Pyar Kissise Hota Hai, Kanyaadan, Kati Patang, Chirag and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki over and over again. When I became an assistant at a video parlour, I made sure I was given the route where Ashaji lived. I told her the exact location and architecture of her bungalow. She has moved. But a part of me still lives in that bungalow."
Madhur remembers he would sneak up to her house and try to peep into her house when the maid would open the door to take the video cassettes.
Recalls Madhur, "I never got a glimpse of my diva. When I came face to face with Ashaji at the awards function my knees trembled and my hands shook. I couldn't speak."
Ashaji smiles when told of her biggest fan's response to being in her presence. "Madhur is a very sweet boy. And a fine filmmaker. I love his movies. He makes such powerful films with women as central characters. He told me about how much I meant to him. I am surprised he still thinks well of me."
Madhur wants to cast his idol in a film. At the moment Ashaji is busy with the first anniversary of her hospital's re-opening on May 9. She plans to meet Madhur after that.
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VoIP and WiFi calls have been available for several years, calls over Internet use the 3G connection or WiFi networks instead of mobile networks.
VoIP calling applications are the most popular for smart-phone users to make free calls to their friends, siblings or any family member without paying phone rate or get bargain prices. Most of these applications will require you to consider these 3 aspects:
- Smartphone, (supports WiFi).
- You and your contacts must have the same application installed.
- WiFi internet connection.
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The most popular mobile application for free WiFi calls, with more than 600 million users worldwide and already has a video call service from Facebook.
Make free calls between users of the application and other phones and landlines at very low prices. Available for a wide variety of phones.
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Is one of the most downloaded applications by mobile users because of their quality of calls. You can communicate without cost or registration. Just install the application and you can even integrate it with your phone's address book, identifying which of your contacts already have the application.
This application has versions for iOS devices from Apple, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and Nokia.
#3 NetTalk
Another best mobile applications for free calls over the Internet. Although it is limited only to the United States and Canada. You can record your conversations, import numbers from your phone book. Available for Apple, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile smart-phones.
It even has a web version for mobile browsers.
#4 Bobsled
This is not a simple VOIP application. With Bobsled you can make free calls worldwide through multiple iOS and Android devices. In addition, your messaging system synchronizes the contact list and conversations in the cloud so that they are always available everywhere.
#5 Voxer
This app uses your mobile phone as a walkie-talkie with this app. Send audio messages to your friends and they can answer immediately, or later, with another audio recording. It is available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android devices.
#6 iCall
One of the favorite applications of free VoIP calls in the USA and Canada. Desktop applications are available for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, as well as a mobile application for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone.
#7 EvaPhone
This application has a very simple bet to make short free WiFi calls, from 10 seconds to minute, worldwide. Maybe very short but useful if you only need to say few things.
#8 Vonage
Vonage communicates for free from your mobile with your friends who also use this application, allowing you to make the high quality call and send text messages. Use your phone number and integrate your contact list to make the calls.
It is also compatible with Bluetooth to talk hands-free. It is available for Apple and Android devices.
#9 Talkbox
It is touted as one of the mobile applications for free calls easier to handle and also connects to your Facebook account to synchronize your contact list. It offers free calls and group chat. Available for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
#10 Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz – very popular all over the world, this application allows you to make free WiFi calls, chat and send free messages to your contacts who also have the application and has Geolocation service.
It's really such a big company that recognizes mobile phones and tablets around the world. Just register on Nimbuzz official page and the system will detect the device.
Note: If you want to install any application to your smart-phone you can download for Android phones from Play store and for iOS phones from Apple store. For other operating systems you can download applications from its official website.


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Changing Places in Banbury
What is a changing place?
Changing places are not the same as standard disabled toilets, they are needed by people with profound learning or physical disabilities. They provide a safe, clean environment with enough space and the right equipment for people to use the toilet.
This comprises of:
- Height adjustable adult-sized changing bench
- Tracking hoist system, or mobile hoist if this is not possible
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- Centrally placed toilet with room either side
- Screen or curtain to allow some privacy
- Wide tear off paper roll to cover the bench
- Large waste bin for disposable pads
- Non-slip floor
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DuPont (DD) Misses on Both the Top and Bottom Lines, Announces 1,500 Layoffs
Shares of DuPont (DD: Charts, News) slid roughly 8% this week, after the company posted third quarter earnings and revenue that trailed analyst estimates. Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont earned a mere 1 cent per share, or $10 million, a steep plunge from the 48 cents per share, or $452 million, it earned in the prior year quarter.
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This short piece would surely upset the health and safety people so we better keep it hush hush. Still it just shows you what a bit of invention and a lot of balls can do!
The video was shot by the Internal Combustion Group shot and features some fast cars and yet another brave cameraman. You can see him hanging on for dear life while sporting a Cinevate custom rig that he configured himself.
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A special video message has been sent from Peter Capaldi to a grieving grandson; father Ross Goodall shared the actor's kind words via YouTube, saying:
A lovely message from Peter Capaldi to my 9 year old autistic son. This arrived just before Thomas' nanny's funeral and helped him to deal with his grief in a profound way. Thankyou Peter so much.


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Last weekend, we had the exciting opportunity to dive the Captain Dan wreck, located in 110 feet of water off of Pompano Beach. This was our deepest dive to date, with our max depth hitting 103 feet. Most divers use nitrox on this wreck, however, as we are not certified for nitrox (yet!), we did it on air.
I have to admit, I was a little nervous prior to jumping in the water. While DigitalGreg breathes like a fish, I can be a bit of an air hog at times, and being one of the only two divers on air, I had hoped that I would not be the first to run low.
But, with an encouraging "Dive, Dive, Dive!" we descended down the line toward the wreck. One of my favorite parts of wreck diving is just watching the wreck appear out of nowhere as you go down. I feel like some sort of space invader touching down on something undiscovered. It's weird, but fantastic and amazing and unreal all at the same time.
The best thing about this wreck is that it's actually still intact and completely upright. Unlike other wrecks that are in fragments, you actually have a sense that this is a ship. Remember in the movie Titanic where they were surveying parts of the ship underwater and then fading back in time to the rooms when the ship was still floating? It felt a little like that.
We explored numerous rooms around the ship, noting distinct aspects about each one. There was rope strung across one room, air pockets in the ceiling of another; doorways leading to closed-in passages, and large windows leading outside. So far, out of the three wrecks that we've done, this has been our favorite.
Being on air, we only got about 20 minutes of bottom time, which was just enough time to get a feel for the ship. There is no doubt that we will be exploring this one again on nitrox. Some other useful things to consider when diving this wreck (or any wreck in general) would be the use of gloves and a dive light. While the dive light is optional and allows you to look down those narrow passages that you wouldn't be able to swim through, gloves are strongly recommended. Yes, you can go without, but you'll be exploring the wreck extremely carefully and diverting your focus from more exciting things while you try and avoid all that sharp rusty metal and fire coral. Plus, gloves will make you feel like a badass… well, for me at least.
The dive ended with DigitalGreg ralphing spectacularly off the side of the boat (3 times), and me feeling a great sense of accomplishment finally conquering my fear of deep dives.
Seriously, if you have the chance, make sure you check out this wreck. You will definitely not be disappointed.
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ARLINGTON, TX - Stressed at the thought of planning Thanksgiving dinner? Relax. This year, The Sanford House's restaurant506 is once again offering "Turkey To Go" professional Thanksgiving dinners. Those who order a Sanford House dinner will receive carefully prepared, fully-cooked herb roasted turkey alongside sides like roasted garlic mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, and pumpkin-chocolate bread pudding.
For many families, Thanksgiving involves hosting extended family and in-laws on couches, spending hours catching up on family news, Christmas shopping, and more. Restaurant506 staff knows this season is especially hectic. That's why their cooks and kitchen staff have created the Turkey To Go menu – a ready-made Thanksgiving dinner for available for preorder and easy pickup. You'll be able to stop worrying about cooking enough food and enjoy much-needed time with out-of-town family and friends.
This year's Turkey To Go dinner includes herb roasted turkey, served with seven delectable sides and a standout dessert. First, green bean almondine features sweet almond slices in a rich butter sauce, poured over fresh, French-cut beans. Next, brown sugar glazed carrots present comforting, sweet simplicity. Roasted garlic mashed potatoes – always a family favorite – make their appearance, beside a savory sage gravy. You may want to warn dieting guests: restaurant506 delivers deliciously addictive, homemade cornbread stuffing in every Turkey To Go meal as well. If that isn't enough food, you and your guests can dive into restaurant506's fresh homemade rolls with autumn-spiced orange-cranberry chutney.
Dessert (if you have room for it), is an unusual spin on a holiday favorite: pumpkin-chocolate bread pudding with vanilla creme anglaise. This rich bread pudding smells like autumn memories and Thanksgiving laughter. Its chocolate-pumpkin pairing will delight and impress your guests – seconds of this dessert are irresistible. The bread pudding is served with vanilla creme anglaise, a light custard simmered to perfection with sweet vanilla. Best of all, you won't spend time wrestling with the can opener, running last-minute to the grocery store for cinnamon, or wondering how much pie to cook – restaurant506 takes care of every detail on your behalf.
If you'd like to pick up a Thanksgiving dinner, order soon. The final day to order is November 14; restaurant506 charges $300 per dinner, and each dinner serves 6-8 people. Those who have ordered by November 14 can pick up their finished dinner between 8:30 and 11:30 am on November 22. If you have any further questions, contact restaurant506 or the Sanford House. Thanksgiving only comes once each year – don't spend it slaving away in the kitchen or driving to crowded grocery stores. Let restaurant506 handle the cooking, and take time to make priceless memories with your family this holiday season.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Twitter is a massive musical echo chamber
The realisation that Twitter acts as a massive echo chamber is widespread in the technology sector but has, as yet, gained little traction among the classical music community. To understand the echo chamber effect try this simple test. Go to the Twitter home pages of a classical music tweater. Divide their tweats into two categories: Category A messages repeat someone else's tweet, this is easily identified by @XYZ appearing in the message; Category B messages point the reader to an idea or event outside the Twitter universe, which means no @XYZ is present in the tweet. The echo index is given by the simple formula [A divided by A + B] x 100.
In some cases the echo index among classical music tweeters is as high as 90%. Which shows how Twitter is a massive echo chamber with a limited number of messages being repeated by retweeting. And in many cases this retweeting does not reflect the merit of the original message, but rather is simply a function of the ease of retweeting coupled with the kudos of being an active tweeter.
This echo chamber effect has a number of implications for classical music. Because a relatively small number of tweets are being repeated, attention is artificially focussed on a narrow range of music in a way normally associated with a mass market. Yet there is very little evidence that classical music, which is a diverse agglomeration of niche sectors, has any of the characteristics of a mass market. In fact focussing attention on a restricted range of music runs counter to the 'long tail' potential of digital technology.
There is also the problem that the profile of a topic can be influenced by clever formulation of the tweet. Yesterday's Overgrown Path tweet, which read 'Why Twitter is making a hash of classical music' reached a very wide audience. Would the same number of people have read it if the equally valid wording 'The threat that faux-analytical thinking poses to Western art music' had been used instead? Because social media favours the shallow over the deep marketeers, whose stock in trade is the attention-getting headline, have not been slow to grasp the commercial potential of the Twitter echo chamber. Which is another good reason why social media should be treated with caution.
All of this does not mean that Twitter is evil. But it does help us take a more objective view of its use as a communications tool, particularly when read in conjunction with the narrow demographics of social media users. In some ways it is unfair to single out Twitter for criticism. It, together with other forms of social media, exhibits many of negative characteristics associated with today's digital and cut and paste culture, while the echo chamber effect itself is not a new problem in classical music.
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- Elaine Fine said...
Thank you for the echo chamber analogy. I can't stand the idea of restricting thoughts about music to under 140 characters and sending them to bounce, unread and unconsidered, from smart phone to smart phone, or from ipad to ipad. I hate the idea of amassing "followers" who are probably not concerned in having a serious conversation about music. I avoid the whole thing. I prefer to keep my twittering experience to enjoying the mating calls of the dozens of different varieties of birds that sing in the trees outside my window.
- 1:03 pm
- Unknown said...
This is an interesting article, and it wasn't made less good by the catchy title. In fact, the title, found through Google Reader, made me read the whole post. Not being a native speaker of English, I would maybe not go for a complex title I couldn't understand. So thank you for choosing this one!
Twitter isn't necessarily a shallow place, but it is definitely a crowded place, and creating a good headline is a needed skill for those who want to reach people, in any field. In my opinion, we should accept it and get better at it, instead of mourning it.
- 2:48 pm
- Lisa Hirsch said...
That's an interesting experiment that I haven't performed, but I was surprised at how useful I have found Twitter, for the following functions:
- Getting an answer from a performing arts organization much faster than I would have if I'd used email. ("When is your season announcement?", for example).
- Links to blog postings and article I haven't seen in my RSS reader and might not have found.
- Breaking news reports
- Spreading the word about a new blog posting
- Public instant messaging
The BSO tweeted my review of Stephane Deneve's SFS program the other day. Certainly they have their own interest; I floated his name as a candidate for their next music director. But it probably got my blog read by a few new people. (How did they find the posting? Well, good question: either they already read me, which is possible because they put me on their press release mailing list without my asking. Or they might have a Google alert on the organization name or on Deneve, who guest conducts at the BSO.)
Elaine, I'm not sure I see your problem with having "followers." Is it the terminology? Because functionally, they're just people who read one's tweets. It seems no different to me from people who read my blog.
Does it bother you that I often read your blog postings in Google Reader....on my smartphone? Does the tool matter more than the base fact that I read you?
- 2:18 pm
- Yvonne said...
This means of calculating an echo chamber index is fundamentally flawed:
"Category A messages repeat someone else's tweet, this is easily identified by @XYZ appearing in the message; Category B messages point the reader to an idea or event outside the Twitter universe, which means no @XYZ is present in the tweet."
There is a further category of tweet, which also includes @XYZ in the message but which is not repeating someone else's tweet. Let's call these Conversational Tweets. (Twitter would call them "mentions" but conversational better captures what's going on much of the time.)
If you really want to filter for repetitions of others' tweets then you're looking for retweets, which are marked by "RT" (or Twitter's retweet marker) in addition to the author handle of the original tweet. The number of retweets would then need to be set against the combined total of conversational and direct tweets. I suspect the echo index may look a little different then.
Late to the party, Elaine, but I have to agree with Lisa on this. There's no difference between someone following your twitter account or following your blog, with the possible exception that you're more likely to end up having a serious exchange about music with a twitter follower, simply because it's a more conversational medium.
- 11:21 am
- Lisa Hirsch said...
Thanks, Yvonne! This reminds me that I have a few blog postings to tweet...
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At the 2015 Municipal Arts Society Summit, Simon Koster, a Principal at JDS Development Group, gave a talk called "Building Process," in which he explained how public-private partnerships could advance the goal of creating new, landmark quality infrastructure for New York City.
Citing "Design First," the MAS initiative dedicated to elevating the quality of urban design in New York, Koster noted that, for JDS, experience has shown that good design is good business. The concept of "good design," however, is not simply an appreciation of thoughtful and sophisticated aesthetics; rather, it is the end result of a coherent process, in which risks and rewards are well understood, and resources are managed wisely. "No one sets out to design a bad building," he noted, yet when a project lacks a rational design process, the inevitable challenges of zoning, finances, and personalities can collude to make the best intentions go awry.
Koster referred to New York's 1916 Zoning Resolution, which, while not technically a "design code," mandated that good light and air be maintained along city streets even as ever-taller buildings were built. This requirement led directly to the development of setbacks, a widely admired feature of Art Deco architecture. He noted that landmarks exist in spite of constraints. The public holds more land than any private company ever could, and private companies like JDS have the resources to navigate complexities and shepherd projects through to completion with design processes that function. New York City needs infrastructure that will ensure generations to come are well served, and to realize this ambition the JDS building process ensures. Good design and good business should go hand in hand.


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The BBC Trust today endorsed a 25% budget cut to the BBC's online services as part of wider cost savings across the corporation, but insisted that the likely £30m reduction would be "carefully targeted" to allow growth in less commercially viable areas.
Published today alongside the BBC's annual report, the BBC Trust's interim conclusions on the director general Mark Thompson's strategy review said a reduction in the corporation's online budget with a refocused editorial strategy for its online services would benefit users and commercial rivals.
But the trust said the online division needed strong editorial leadership and demanded more detailed plans and a timetable from the BBC executive on what it called a "rescoping" of the online service, which it said should not take more than one year to complete.
"In particular, we will want to understand what proportion of the savings are to be made from changes in scope versus efficiency gains," said the trust's strategy review. "Given the current scale of the site and the need to take account of commercial concerns in what is still a nascent market, we agree with the proposal for a clearer, more focused editorial proposition."
The BBC proposed halving the number of top level domains, increasing the number of links to external sites, tightening the editorial focus of the service and reducing the division's budget by 2013.
In addition the trust has asked for an assessment of audience demand across different online genres, a comparison of the BBC's offering compared with existing provision in the market and gaps which the BBC could fill.
It also said that public and commercial responses to the consultation on the future of BBC Online were mixed, with some contributions questioning why the corporation should cut the service given the popularity of new media, while others said it had started to "creep" into increasingly diverse areas.
The annual report revealed BBC Online's expenditure for 2009-10 was £126.7m, almost the same as the cost of collecting the BBC licence fee at £125.5m. The proposed 25% cut would apply to the future budget for the division which is not yet determined, a BBC spokesperson said, but would be broadly comparable with bringing the BBC Online budget down to around £95m.
The trust also backs the proposal to close BBC Blast!, the support service for teens, citing a relatively high cost per user and a decreasing userbase. It has endorsed the BBC's plans to revise editorial leadership of online and said it will delay a review into the effectiveness of management until 2011-12.
Introducing the annual report today, Thompson said that setting "appropriate limits" for the BBC's online operation would not mean that services "ossified".
"We will focus on what we provide on BBC Online on those kinds of content which most clearly further the public purposes of the BBC," he added. "We have proposed to the BBC Trust that, while we undertake this task of concentrating our efforts on the web – doing fewer things better – we should reduce our spend against the service licence by 25%. We plan to publish a set of undertakings about the limits of our editorial ambitions for the website."
One BBC source said there was disarray in the corporation's technology department over the subject of editorial leadership. "The trust say they want more detail on these plans for editorial leadership, more editorial control for online, but that is not what is happening in the department," the insider added.
They said that staff are anticipating significant job losses in online content areas. "Reading the trust document it looks like they know exactly what they are doing with TV and radio, but they don't know what they are doing online," the source added.
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"Vertigo" - #61 on the AFI list - Overall it was a pretty good Hitchcock flick, but not one of his best, IMHO. I loved the slow buildup which is characteristic of his films, but to me the plot got overly involved. I don't like mysteries that set themselves up where the plot points have to all align perfectly to make everything fit. Very rarely can this be pulled off well. Most movies rely on an "A-ha!" moment that seems very plausible at the time, but if you really start to think about it, it just doesn't make much sense or seems totally impossible. Rather than a man just killing his wife discreetly, he builds this complex plot to make it seem like an accident/suicide. I prefer more straightforward plots like "Psycho" or "Rear Window."
"The Philadelphia Story" - #51 on the AFI list - More Jimmy Stewart! Except he actually won Best Actor for his role. Put him up against Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant and you get a great character-driven movie with not much of a plot. A spoiled rich girl wants to get married for the 2nd time but ends up going back to her first husband. The screenplay is great and the actors only add to it. Just great Hollywood for its time.
"Birth of a Nation" - #44 on the AFI list - Kitty had to watch this in high school for her history class. It's a hundred-year old silent film epic about the Civil War and Reconstruction. It clocks in at just over 3 hours which was amazing for the day (and even now!). The film is commended for all of the techniques that were used which became Hollywood standards. The film is derided, however, for its blatant racism. Not only are many of the actors white in blackface, but the black actors are all mammy and Uncle Tom types who shuck and jive and eat watermelon and chicken. They gets mighty uppity after the war, so the South is saved by the heroic KKK that rides in to save the day. It's a piece of movie history that was groundbreaking for its time. Now it's just an anachronism.


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So I have a Server-Client application I am creating and heres my problem.
When the server disconnects, crashes, or a i shut it down (what I'm getting at, is its unexpected), the clients on the other end have no idea that the server has disappeared until sometime later.
I believe the clients find out at some point of a TimeOut but they do eventually find out. I want a creative way to check maybe every 15 seconds whether the server is still there. I've looked up and down the Socket api for methods I could use. For example, there is a method
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The company announced at the E3 Business and Media Summit it will launch a downloadable movie service Tuesday featuring films from such studios as Disney, Fox and Warner Bros.
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Sony also announced it will sell an 80-gigabyte PS3 model for $399 beginning in September. Among the new games revealed were "God of War III" and "Massive Action Game," which will allow up to 256 players to battle online.
Sony said on Tuesday that it was "well on its way" to meeting its goal of selling 10 million PlayStation 3 units worldwide in its current fiscal year ending March.
Sony Computer Entertainment America President Jack Tretton said it was also on target to meet its goal of selling 15 million units of its handheld PSP in Sony's business year ending March 31, 2009.
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Forget about Cameron – the big issues facing voters in the EU referendum mustn't be lost
As David Cameron jets round Europe to seal his EU reform deal, and with the various leave campaigns squabbling and in chaos, the big issues facing voters in the referendum mustn't be lost, writes Glenis Willmott MEP.
The EU referendum is not about the future of the prime minister or the dramas of the Tory Party or which mad right-winger is running which leave campaign, but about working people – about workers' jobs and workers' rights. It will be about trade. About security, consumer rights, the environment, the future of our country and the futures of everyone in it.
Remaining in the European Union is vital for all these things. There are no circumstances under which we would be better off outside the EU, so we must not allow talk of this deal to eclipse the bigger picture.
That said, as Labour MEPs, we have worked hard to ensure that one of the biggest advantages we enjoy from being in the EU – workplace rights – were not up for discussion and have not been weakened as part of this deal. It is thanks to Labour, our trade union colleagues and our sister parties across Europe that David Cameron was not able to negotiate away our rights, and we must now ensure working people keep these rights by remaining in the EU.
These are major employment rights for working people in Britain, including a minimum four weeks' paid holiday; a right to parental leave; extended maternity leave; the same protection for part-time workers as full-time workers, anti-discrimination laws, and protection for the workforce when companies change ownership.
Labour MEPs are working not just to protect but to extend these rights, for example to cover the abuse of zero-hour contracts. We will fight to stamp down on abuse of these contracts to exploit workers and avoid paying fair wages, and we want to tackle employers who exploit workers from other countries to undercut wages – this is the agenda we would be advancing if we were the ones negotiating reform.
And it is not just as workers but as consumers that British people are better off in the EU. Holidaymakers no longer face extortionate mobile phone bills when holidaying or working within the EU, and by June next year there will be no more huge bills; travellers whose flights are delayed or cancelled have rights to recompense; we receive equal consumer rights when shopping anywhere in Europe, with greater quality and safety of products.
Most obviously of all, being in the EU means we are free to travel throughout all 28 countries, free to work wherever we wish, free to trade with whom we want.
Looking at the bigger picture, when it comes to tackling the biggest crises we face, from climate change to terrorism to the refugee crisis, from regulating global banks and markets to tackling tax avoidance – issues that can only be tackled at international level through cooperation and joint action – we are self-evidently better off inside a multi-nation Union than going it alone, isolated and powerless.
We now have the details of the draft deal, and while Cameron dashes across Europe to secure it, we mustn't lose sight of the fact that our EU membership is worth far more than whatever he secures.
The time is nearly here, and when that time comes, it'll be time to end the uncertainty, to vote for the future, to vote to remain.
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Wherever Sherlyn Chopra goes and what ever she does creates a storm. Proving this was her recent ban from the micro blogging site Twitter. If what we hear is to be believed then the seductive temptress Sherlyn Chopra has been banned from posting images on Twitter.
This comes after Sherlyn had posted naked images of herself on the site, saying that they were from a photo-shoot she had done. While not too long ago, she tweeted saying, "Where has my pic disappeared!!! This is strange! Can Twitter kindly let me know where my pics are? Is there a censor board on Twitter???" It turned out that the censors for content on Twitter deleted her images and also banned her from posting of images.
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I found this book to be fine which is not as damning as it sounds, but it wasn't what I was expecting going into it. I feel like it is being sold as a story about bullying but it read more to me like a growing up/friendship dynamics story. The bullying is definitely in there, but since I work in a middle school, it seemed more like just what I see everyday. Which is probably pretty sad, when I lay it out like that. The final big act that leads to things changing for the main characters isn't prefaced enough to be totally effective. When we are told what was written on the locker, the impact wasn't great because I didn't know all the backstory leading up to that and why it was so devastating to that character. All of that was explained - what the bullies had been saying to him - but not until after it happened. So I feel like the bullying aspect of the story was not as strong as it could have been nor as I was expecting.
However, the group dynamics part of the book was really good. It was painful watching the one tribe member distance himself from the group and I think most adults can remember that happening to a friend (or being that friend) who is very suddenly not a close friend anymore. Rose is a great character. At first she is a problem for the friends but her presence allows them to change and deepen their relationships. I assumed she was hiding some huge secret but no, she's just straightforward and fascinating. So I feel that this is a good book that has some marketing issues. Read it as a coming of age/growing up/friendship story and you will enjoy it.
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As we interacted with the men David was influencing we saw that they had internalized the principles of our book like no one else we had ever met.
These were former gang members – violent criminals in many cases – people who had been excluded from society.
And they were wise beyond belief. They brought tattered copies of our book to the meetings we attended, quoting passages and applying them to their lives and experiences.
They talked about their hopes for rejoining society – their hopes and fears. They were determined that this time they would know how to head off the sorts of conflicts that had landed them in Solano.
They GOT it and, as the day transpired, they became our teachers.
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