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Martial Arts Feats
By: Phillip Riley & Phooka
Daisho [General]
You have mastered the technique of fighting with Katana and Wakizashi.
Regions: Kozakura, Wa
Prerequisites: Exotic Weapon Proficiency; Katana, Martial Weapon Proficiency; Wakizashi, Two Weapon Fighting
Benefit: Your penalties for fighting with Katana and Wakizashi are further reduced by 1.
Dance of the Thousand Stars [General]
You hide several shuriken on your body, anywhere from head to foot. In an emergency, you can pull them out and begin throwing them extremely quickly. In order to avoid presenting a stationary target and to build up momentum for your throws, you spin, move and duck as you reach to grasp shuriken and throw them. A highly trained practitioner's moves are so fluid that they often seem like a "dance".
Region: Kozakura, Wa, Japanese style settings
Prerequisites: Dex 13+, Exotic Weapon Proficiency; Shuriken, Mobility, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot
Benefits: When you perform a full round action, you give up your regular attacks and instead make a number of shuriken attacks equal to your Dexterity modifier at your full attack bonus against opponents within point blank range.
Fearsome [General]
You are fearless and you inspire fear.
Prerequisites: 8 Ranks of Intimidate, Base Attack Bonus 7+
Benefit: You gain the benefits of the Frightful Presence Special Ability from the Monster Manual.
Iaijutsu [General]
You have learned the art of drawing and striking at the same time.
Regions: Kozakura, Wa
Prerequisites: Improved Initiative, Quick Draw, Weapon Focus
Benefit: You are considered to be threatening your normal threat range even while your weapon is sheathed.
Improvised Melee Weapons [General]
You are good at using unfamiliar weapons and improvising random objects such as chairs or ladders as weapons.
Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +5, Dex 15+
Benefit: You make attack rolls when using random objects or weapons you are not proficient in at a -2 penalty.
Normal: A character that uses a weapon without being proficient with it suffers a -4 penalty on attack rolls.
Kirisutogomen [Special]
Samurai have the right to kll anyone of a lower class.
Prerequisite: Only Samurai may take this feat.
Benefit: No law enforcenent may arrest or otherwise penalize a Samurai for killing someone of lower class.
Martial Weaponry [Martial]
You have spent considerable amounts of time training with weapons.
Prerequisite: Profiency with weapon
Benefit: Pick any two weapons you are proficient with. You can use these weapons as monk special weapons.
Special: This feat may be taken multiple times, selecting new weapons each time.
Reflection [General]
You have been trained to turn attacks back upon a foe.
Prerequisite: Base attack Bonus of +6 or Higher, Expertise, Int 13+
Benefit: Declare that you are using the feat before you make your attack roll. If you make a successful attack roll, the foe or another adversary within striking distance suffers normal damage from the foe's attack. An unsuccessful attack roll results in you taking normal damage from the blow. You may attempt reflection once per day for every three levels you have attained, and no more than once per round.
Shadowy Background [General]
You were born into or (in the case of non-humans) adopted by a ninja clan, and is considered Shinobi (low-ranking ninja).
Prerequisites: Dex 13+, Int 11+
Benefits: You gain the benefit of being able to take the Assassin prestige class with more lax restrictions:
- Assassins do not have to be evil.
- Ninja Assassins may perform some other test of loyalty besides just killing someone. They may be forced to win a martial arts duel, bypass a deadly obstacle course, or go on an intrusion mission with experienced Ninja.
Special: This feat may only be taken at character creation.
Still Mind [General]
By: Exemplary
Your mental training allows you great clarity of mind.
Prerequisites: Iron Will
Benefit: You gain a +2 resistance bonus to spells and spell-like effects from the Enchantment school.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Would any of you be interested in finding a penpal? I was thinking I could gather everyone interested and put a page together on my blog, listing everyones location, likes and dislikes etc and you could all get in touch....
I was also wondering if any of your kids have penpals. I would LOVE for Ollie to have a penpal from a different country, similar in age to him. Obviously I will write what he asks me to, as he hasn't learnt to write yet... but I thought it would be super fun for him (and his recipient) to be watching out for the mail!
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That'a a great idea, I'd love to join in, I hardly get any post at all these days! I'm in Cyprus and my little boy is 3 on Tuesday, I'm sure he'd love a pen pal.ReplyDelete
I love this idea. I would love Jayden to have a pen pal in afew years when he's abit older. Im sure Ollie will love it :)ReplyDelete
I would love a snail mail pen pal. I love getting letters in the post so I'm interested Hun xReplyDelete
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Great idea I love writing I have a penpal and now we get in so well we send cards and gifts for birthdays it's great we're really good friends now too so I'd love that to happen else where! XxReplyDelete
I have two penfriends, both of whom I've been writing to for over two decades now. One of them had a long break from writing while she had her two kids, started a business etc., but we are now in touch both by letters and Face Book. I have met her twice. The other I have corresponded with continuously, about once every three weeks and will never meet - we do not want to and are happy to write.ReplyDelete
P.S. forgot to say - I don't actually want any more and am happy with just these two.ReplyDelete
I'd really love that! I used to have ten penfriends from ten different countries! That was courtesy of a service students used to find penpals. But it was for students 10 to 20 years of age. Anyway, it was a great experience. I still correspond with only one of them today. We have been friends for 22 years! She is the godmother of my son and she lives in Germany. She actually works for Google now. :) I admit, I was the one at fault for losing the others. I guess I kind of forgot to write them when I fell madly in love with my first boyfriend at age 21! But I will forever remember them and call them my friends.ReplyDelete
Well, anyway, your idea is great and I would love to be in your list if you are going to make one. You just gave me an idea for my next post. I'd write about the service I used as a student, and about my penpals. I actually have been looking for the nine I've lost in touch with. I've searched the net for them but I couldn't find them. :(
lol...this is now such a long post. Will leave you to read your other comments. :)
I hope you get to read my post on the service. I might post it tomorrow.
I love writing to my penpals. Would love to have anotherReplyDelete
This would be awesome! I've always wanted a pen pal in Ireland, and I bet my daughter would LOVE having a pen pal!ReplyDelete
I would love a pen pal, I love the thought of writing and receiving letters againReplyDelete
Hi again, I posted something about snail mails the other day...thanks for your inspiration. I placed a link to your site towards the end of the post.ReplyDelete
Please tell me if you do get to make a list of those who are interested to have pen pals.
I'm so interested!!! I had a pen pal for a brief time in my life. I was ten or eleven I believe. I would love this!ReplyDelete


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Appendix B Data Quality Dimensions
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1 Appendix B Data Quality Dimensions Purpose Dimensions of data quality are fundamental to understanding how to improve data. This appendix summarizes, in chronological order of publication, three foundational definitions of data quality dimensions: those of Richard Wang and Diane Strong, Thomas Redman, and Larry English. These provide context for the choices in the DQAF. In the DQAF, I have not proposed new dimensions of data quality. On the contrary, I draw a subset and have narrowed their scope to define objective measurements that can be taken from within a dataset. Richard Wang s and Diane Strong s Data Quality Framework, 1996 In the article, Beyond Accuracy: What Data Quality Means to Data Consumers, Wang and Strong present results of a survey conducted to understand data quality dimensions from the point of view of people using data. Their starting assumption is that data consumers have a much broader data quality conceptualization than IS professionals realize (p. 5). In summarizing previous work on data quality dimensions, they point out the limits of both an intuitive and the theoretical approach to data quality: Both focus on development characteristics rather than use characteristics of data (p. 7). Wang and Strong define data quality as data that are fit for use by data consumers, and they define a data quality dimension as a set of data quality attributes that represent a single aspect or construct of data quality (p. 6). To establish their dimensions, they first collected a set of 118 attributes of data identified by consumers themselves. Next they asked survey respondents to categorize the characteristics and to rate their importance in relation to data use. Wang and Strong performed factor analysis on the results and re-surveyed to understand the association of dimensions with categories of data quality. The result is a conceptual framework of 15 data quality dimensions related to four general categories of data quality: intrinsic, contextual, representational, and accessibility data quality. Intrinsic DQ denotes that data have quality in their own right; understood largely as the extent to which data values are in conformance with the actual or true values. Intrinsically good data is accurate, correct, and objective, and comes from a reputable source. Dimensions include: accuracy objectivity, believability, and reputation. Contextual DQ points to the requirement that data quality must be considered within the context of the task at hand, understood largely as the extent to which data are applicable (pertinent) to the task of the data user. The focus of contextual DQ is the data consumer s task, not the context of representation itself. For example, contextually appropriate data must be relevant to the consumer, in terms of timeliness and completeness. Dimensions include: value-added, relevancy, timeliness, completeness, and appropriate amount of data Representational DQ indicates that the system must present data in such a way that it is easy to understand (represented concisely and consistently) so that the consumer is able to interpret Measuring Data Quality for Ongoing Improvement Ingenix, Inc. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. e5
2 e6 Appendix B: Data Quality Dimensions the data; understood as the extent to which data is presented in an intelligible and clear manner. Dimensions include: interpretability, ease of understanding, representational consistency, and concise representation. Accessibility DQ emphasizes the importance of the role of systems; understood as the extent to which data is available to or obtainable by the data consumer. The system must also be secure. Dimensions include: accessibility and access security. The Wang-Strong hierarchy is a very useful classification. The categories of data quality, in particular, highlight facets of data collection, storage, and use that have a direct impact on data consumers perceptions of quality. In order for a data consumer to have a perception of intrinsic qualities of data, he or she must understand what the data is intended to represent and how the data effects that representation. If the data is not aligned with a consumer s assumptions about these things, the consumer will perceive it as inaccurate or unbelievable. Representational DQ emphasizes the role played by the specific presentation of data within a system. 1 Data can be perceived as incorrect if the consumer does not understand the conventions through which a system presents it. Contextual DQ points to the idea that the quality of data is defined to a large extent by the intended uses of data. Accessibility DQ points to another aspect of systems design. If a consumer cannot get to the data, then he or she cannot judge its quality by any other criteria. Thomas Redman s Dimensions of Data Quality, 1996 In Data Quality for the Information Age, Tom Redman approaches data quality dimensions from the perspective of data modeling. Within this approach, a data item is defined in an abstract way, as a representable triple: a value, from the domain of an attribute, within an entity. This abstraction is a useful reminder of data s constructedness. Dimensions of quality can thus be associated with the component pieces of data (i.e., with the data model as well as with data values). A further dimension is data representation, which is defined as a set of rules for recording data items (p. 230). Redman identifies 27 distinct dimensions within these three general categories (data model, data values, data representation). As noted, this approach to quality dimensions is rooted in an understanding of data structure. The first set of dimensions pertains to the conceptual view or data model. While not all data consumers are familiar with data models, models are critical to data use, since they provide a degree of context and meaning to any individual data item. Redman presents 15 characteristics of an ideal view or model of data and boils these down to six dimensions: content, level of detail, composition, consistency, and reaction to change ( ). These characteristics are interrelated and reflect the choices that sometimes need to be made when developing a model what to include, what to leave out, and the reasons for doing so. The content dimensions include the relevance of data, the ability to obtain the values, and the clarity of definition. Relevance of data can be directly connected to its intended and potential uses. 1 I have used the word representational in a sense different from both Strong and Wang s category of Representational DQ and Redman s (1999) Data Representation category. I have used the word presentational to refer to the set of characteristics that Wang and Strong categorize as representational. Presentational refers to how the data itself is presented. I will use the word representational to refer to how data functions semioticly to represent aspects of the real world.
3 Appendix B: Data Quality Dimensions e7 The ability to obtain data can be seen as a question of completeness of data to populate required attributes or as the appropriateness of data available for particular uses. Redman points out, for example, obstacles to obtaining data, including costs, privacy, and legal considerations, and he recognizes that many organizations resort to the use of surrogates to meet data requirements. His third consideration for content is what I have been referring to as metadata: clarity of definitions for all components of the model (i.e., entities, attributes, and their domains), as well as sources and rules for data. The dimensions of scope include two potentially conflicting needs: for the model to be comprehensive and for it to contain only essential entities and attributes. Level of detail includes attribute granularity (the number and coverage of attributes used to represent a single concept) and precision of attribute domains (the level of detail in the measurement or classification scheme that defines the domain). Composition includes characteristics of naturalness (the idea that each attribute should have a simple counterpart in the real world and that each attribute should bear on a single fact about the entity), identify-ability (each entity should be distinguishable from every other entity), homogeneity, and minimum necessary redundancy (model normalization). Model consistency refers to both the semantic consistency of the components of the model and the structure consistency of attributes across entity types. The final dimensions of the model include robustness (its ability to accommodate changes without having to change basic structures) and flexibility (the capacity to change to accommodate new demands). Dimensions related to data values comprise a set of four: accuracy, completeness, currency, and consistency. Redman s definition of accuracy is formulated in mathematical terms: The accuracy of a datum < e, a, v > refers to the nearness of the value v to some value v in the attribute domain, which is considered as the correct one for entity e and attribute a. If the value v = value v, the datum is said to be correct (255). This equation explains the concept of accuracy, but, as Redman points out, the real challenge lies in knowing the correct value. The next dimension of data values, completeness, refers to the degree to which values are present in a dataset. Values can be absent for different reasons, some expected, some not. The challenge with completeness comes in knowing whether or not the values are expected to be present. Currency, the third dimension of data values, refers to time-related changes in data. Redman describes data being up-to-date and current as special cases of correctness and accuracy. Data can be correct when it is loaded to a database, but incorrect (out-of-date) if there is a change in the status of the entity being represented between the time the data is loaded and when it is used. For some data, the concept of currency (the degree to which data is up to date) is critical. For other data (of low volatility or representing permanent characteristics), the concept of currency is not critical. Consistency is Redman s final dimension related to data values. He notes that the first characteristic of consistency is that two things being compared do not conflict. Consistency problems appear when datasets overlap and represent the same or similar concepts in a different manner, or when their specific content does not correspond. Redman s classification includes eight dimensions related to data representation. Seven pertain to data formats appropriateness and interpretability (both related to the ability of a data consumer to understand and use data), portability, format precision, format flexibility, ability to represent null values, and efficient use of storage. The eighth, representational consistency, pertains to physical instances of data being in accord with their formats. Redman concludes his description of dimensions with a recognition that consistency of entities, values, and representation can be understood in terms of constraints. Different types of consistency are subject to different kinds of constraints.
4 e8 Appendix B: Data Quality Dimensions Redman s emphasis on the conceptual view or model of data differentiates his classification in a significant way from Wang and Strong s. The data model points to the constructedness of data. While model entities are said to represent real-world entities, they do so through an obvious set of choices the selection of a set of specific attributes from a potentially infinite possible set of attributes and the definition of these attributes at a specific level of granularity and precision. As Redman rightly points out, the model provides context for understanding the data that is incorporated within it. What can be perceived as qualities intrinsic to the data must also be understood as constructs of the model. In other respects, the two sets of dimensions share a number of the same insights and point to common concerns at the heart of data quality assessment. Both acknowledge that perceptions of accuracy or correctness and completeness are critical to data consumers and that these aspects of data are related to data production, the way particular data represent the real world. Both also recognize that aspects of presentation that make data easier to understand and interpret representational consistency, appropriate format improve the perception of the data s quality, largely by embodying conventions that make it easier for data consumers to understand what the data is intended to represent. Redman s evolved formulation, as it appears in Data Quality: The Field Guide (2001), expands this classification. It identifies 55 dimensions across seven categories of quality. The new categories include aspects of what is often referred to as the data quality environment (data accessibility, privacy, commitment, and improvement), in addition to those associated with the data model, data values and data representation. This second formulation still includes space for dimensions of quality associated with aspects of the data model, including a new category for architecture. Unfortunately, it does not retain quality of the conceptual view as a distinct category. The dimensions associated with the model are embedded in the categories of quality of content and architecture (p. 106). I say unfortunately because, as I asserted above, the model is the most explicit signifier of the choices we make about what data is intended to represent, and without it being called out as a distinct category, there is a risk of losing sight of this critical knowledge when we use or assess data. Larry English s Information Quality Characteristics and Measures, 1999 In Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality, Larry English situates his discussion of information quality characteristics within a wider assessment of the information environment. Before assessing data quality, it is necessary to assess data definition and standards quality, information specification quality, and information architecture quality. These sets of metadata (data and data domain definitions, the data model, business rules) are critical because they provide the context needed for any uses of data. English points out that to have high-quality information, it is necessary to have a specification for it. A specification includes a clear and precise definition of what the data represents, along with domain values and business rules for the representation. Data elements should be understood within a clear and well-defined information architecture. Data models should be designed consistently and coherently. They should not only meet requirements, but should also enable data consumers to better understand the data. Entity and attribute names should be clear, class words should be used consistently, abbreviations should be kept to a minimum, relationships should be correct, and the model should be available and understandable. Business rules should formalize relationships and be
5 Appendix B: Data Quality Dimensions e9 expressed in a consistent manner (1999, pp ). If this metadata is not available, it is difficult if not impossible to assess the quality of specific data. English adopts the word characteristics rather than dimensions to describe aspects of information quality that are important to data consumers. A characteristic is a feature or quality belonging to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. (In some ways, it is unfortunate that data quality thinkers overall did not choose characteristic as a starting point for describing features of data, saving dimensions to signify those characteristics most suitable for measurement and valuable to measure.) English identifies two sets of characteristics: inherent and pragmatic. Inherent characteristics are independent of data use. They are static characteristics of the data itself. Pragmatic characteristics are associated with data presentation and value to the accomplishment of effective work. Pragmatic characteristics are dynamic and their value (quality) can change depending on the uses of data. The nine inherent quality characteristics are: definitional conformance, completeness of values, validity or business rule conformance, accuracy to a surrogate source, accuracy to reality, precision, nonduplication, equivalence of redundant or distributed data, and concurrency of redundant or distributed data. Definitional conformance is about the relation between data and metadata that is, the degree of consistency between how data elements are defined and what the actual data values represent (p. 144). There are reasons why data definitions and actual data can be disparate. The two most significant reasons relate to the quality of the definition itself (definitions can be poorly written unclear, ambiguous, incomplete, imprecise, circular) and to the volatility of the data (even if the original definition fairly represents the meaning of the data, new values can arise, the uses of data fields can drift, etc.). English s recognition of the importance of data definition is akin to Redman s recognition of the importance of the model in providing data context. English s other inherent qualities of data fields are straightforward. Completeness refers to the population of data fields. Completeness of any given field can have different effects on the quality of data (p. 144). Some fields are always expected to be populated; others are populated only under specific conditions. Precision refers to the granularity of the data (p. 147). Validity is defined as the conformance of data values to a domain or to a business rule. English distinguishes between validity and accuracy (p. 145). He defines accuracy as the degree to which data accurately reflects the real-world object or event being described. Measuring accuracy to reality requires comparison to the actual object the data represents. For most situations, such measurement is prohibitively expensive (it amounts to data collection). However, a degree of accuracy can be determined through comparison to data contained in an original source (pp ). English s final set of inherent quality characteristics refers to datasets. Duplication refers to the degree to which there are duplicate representations of the same single real-world object or event. Nonduplication is the degree to which there is a one-to-one correspondence between records and what they represent (p. 148). Duplication is a problem because most people using data assume that the same things (e.g., customers) are represented in the same manner (same name, same customer number, etc.) in a dataset. Many analyses depend on this assumption. Duplication and data redundancy add to organizational costs in a variety of ways, from storage costs to customer dissatisfaction. The characteristic of equivalence of redundant or distributed data is a related challenge. This dimension of quality can be measured by assessing the semantic equivalence of data presentation in different representations of the same facts or concepts. Having different names for the same customer can be understood as both a duplication problem and an equivalence problem. Concurrency of redundant or distributed data presents a challenge similar to equivalent
6 e10 Appendix B: Data Quality Dimensions representation, but with respect to data s up-to-date-ness, rather than its semantic consistency. There is always a lag time, or information float, between when data is created and when it is available for use. The problem of nonconcurrent data is intensified if, for example, two databases with essentially the same content will differ from each other if one is updated weekly and the other is updated monthly. English s pragmatic characteristics, associated with data presentation and specific uses of data, include accessibility (including potential accessibility or obtainability of data and ease of actual access) and timeliness (the length of time between when data is known and when it is available for use) (p. 151). Contextual clarity is the degree to which data presentation enables a person to understand the meaning of data. Contextual clarity can include the presence of labels and other descriptive information. (I would argue that the first step to contextual clarity is English s first inherent quality characteristic, namely, the conformance of data to data definitions.) Usability is related to contextual clarity. The form in which information is presented must be suitable to its use. Derivation integrity is the correctness with which data is combined to form new information. Derivation integrity relies on both the precision of the calculation or logic that combines the data and the consistency with which the function is carried out. English s final characteristic is rightness or fact completeness, which he defines as having the right kind of data with the right qualities to support a given process. Rightness might also be defined as the degree to which data fulfills requirements for a given process. English s 2009 work, Information Quality Applied, revisits and clarifies the earlier set of information quality characteristics. In his reformulation, he distinguishes between content characteristics and presentation characteristics (rather than inherent and pragmatic characteristics) and includes 12 additional dimensions, for a set of 27 all told. There is an important difference between English s formulation and those of Wang and Strong and Redman: English s emphasis on a preliminary assessment of the information quality environment (data definition and standards, specifications, and information architecture) points to the idea that metadata and other explicit knowledge of data is critical to using it successfully. More importantly, all three sets of dimensions recognize aspects of the reality of data that have been very influential in helping practitioners understand how to assess data quality. While demonstrating the interconnectedness of different dimensions of quality, they also point to three critical realities of data: Its representational function, its specific form (its presentation), and how these both affect its suitability to particular purposes and uses.
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BAD SANTA Bad Santa may be rude, disgusting and offensive, but I laughed plenty of times, which is something I can't say I did during those sucky Santa Clause flicks. A perfectly cast Billy Bob Thornton stars as a lifelong loser who dons the red suit annually to play a department store Santa, simply so he can rob the mall vaults with ease. But this year's scheme threatens to become more complicated than usual, thanks to the unexpected presence of a pudgy little boy (Brett Kelly) who follows him around like a pet. A sentimental moment or two enters the picture late in the game (and they're surprisingly effective), but for the most part, this movie carries the power of its non-PC implications right through to the very end. Rarely letting up on the raunch and ridicule, it's enough to make Will Ferrell's Elf blush.
THE CAT IN THE HAT Scouring the original Dr. Seuss text, I simply could not find the moment when the title feline, standing next to a garden tool, yells, "You dirty ho!" then insists he's only kidding while flicking his tongue in a lascivious manner. Dramatic license? More like rampant necrophilia. In short, this is a catastrophe of the first degree, anchored (and sunk) by Mike Myers' unctuous performance as the Cat. Myers' schtick is all one-note self-adulation, a feeble channeling of Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion by way of Jerry Lewis, Paul Lynde and Myers' own Austin Powers. But he isn't the only problem: Needless subplots constantly interfere, while all the cute characters from the original story are simply creepy on film. In fact, there isn't much in this crass movie that doesn't inspire feelings of revulsion.
ELF While it could stand being a little more naughty and a little less nice, Elf isn't a pre-fabricated piece of synthetic Christmas cheer like The Santa Clause or Gov. Schwarzenegger's disastrous Jingle All the Way. While remaining mindful of the season-friendly PG rating, director Jon Favreau and scripter David Berenbaum manage to add a few splashes of Tabasco sauce to the expected puddles of syrup, thereby elevating this fable about a human (Will Ferrell) who, after being raised as an elf at the North Pole, heads to New York. Overcoming a sluggish beginning, both the picture and Ferrell's broad turn become easier to take once this gets rolling, with some inventive touches (love those Etch-A-Sketch renditions!) and a game cast helping matters along. 1/2
GOTHIKA Guilty by reason of stupidity, this limp thriller's absurdity begins with its title, a cutesy variation on "Gothic." Yet although the press material pleads its case that this drivel has its origins in both the same-named French architecture of the 12th century and the English literature of the 1700s, this movie ultimately feels about as Gothic as Finding Nemo. The premise certainly holds promise, with Halle Berry cast as a criminal psychologist who's suspected of murder and finds herself locked up in her own looney bin. Is she really crazy, or is she the victim of supernatural shenanigans? Almost everything in this doltish drama needs to be accepted with a shrug, from the cheap chiller elements to the idiocy of its characters. 1/2
THE HAUNTED MANSION Eddie Murphy, in neutered, family man mode, tries to keep things jumping with his caffeinated turn as a New Orleans realtor who, with family in tow, spends the night in a ghost-infested manor. It's hard to believe this sort of trifle would be overplotted, but the script by Davis Berenbaum (Elf) gets so weighed down in the intricacies of its pedestrian storyline (centering on a doomed love affair from the past) that there's very little time left for pure visceral thrills. Yet even here, the movie's a bust, as director Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little) and six-time Oscar-winning effects wizard Rick Baker (finally running out of ideas) manage to make even such surefire audience grabbers as a zombie attack exceedingly dull. 1/2
THE HUMAN STAIN This adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is an affecting picture in its own right, almost subdued in the manner in which it tackles its myriad issues of race, loss, identity, and the lengths to which one man will reinvent himself to succeed in America. It traces the downward spiral of a college professor (Anthony Hopkins) after an innocent classroom comment is misinterpreted as a racial slur. Suddenly without a career or a family, he passes the days alternating between dwelling on secrets buried in his past and engaging in a tentative relationship with a complex woman (Nicole Kidman) who paints herself as the ultimate in trailer park trash. Hopkins hasn't been this interesting in years, while Kidman's amazing portrayal is merely the latest in her current winning streak.
THE LAST SAMURAI Director Edward Zwick has already demonstrated his capacity to handle expansive epics with Glory and Legends of the Fall, but the picture this most resembles is Dances With Wolves. Yet that maxim about familiarity breeding contempt doesn't apply here: For all its recognizable trappings, this is an enormously entertaining film. Tom Cruise stars as a former Civil War hero who accepts an assignment to help train the Japanese emperor's armies in modern forms of combat. This places him in direct conflict with the "old-school" Samurai, but after he's captured, he becomes fond of their customs and forms an alliance with their leader (magnetic Ken Watanabe). Aside from the weak epilogue, there's little to dislike in this impressive undertaking. 1/2
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION The term "specialized cinema" refers to art-house features, but this live-action/animation hybrid, a quantum leap over the wretched Space Jam, qualifies as much as any other movie that comes to mind. With its pleasures aimed at three specific segments of the moviegoing population, this might prove to be a tough nut to crack for anyone not keyed into its frenetic frequency. Yet children will enjoy the cartoon antics, diehard Looney Tunes junkies will embrace Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck as they fill the big screen, and film buffs will delight in the endless array of in-jokes. Slapstick shenanigans, inspired non sequiturs and guest appearances by a dozen other LT regulars prevent the merriment from ever slowing down.
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD Based on Patrick O'Brian's series of novels, this casts Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey, a British naval hero assigned to bring down a formidable French vessel during the Napoleonic Wars. For a swashbuckling epic, the film is rather subdued in its approach, with director Peter Weir taking great pains to present an oft-times understated tale that's about the art of warfare as much as it's about the battles themselves. Paul Bettany, Crowe's A Beautiful Mind co-star, portrays the ship's doctor (and Aubrey's best friend), and it's the relationship between their two characters -- coupled with Weir's attention to minute detail -- that largely drives the story.
THE MISSING Director Ron Howard's latest concerns itself with a plucky frontierswoman (Cate Blanchett) and the circumstances that transpire after her oldest daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a band of renegades who ferry captured girls across the Mexican border to sell them into slavery. With her other daughter (Jenna Boyd) in tow, she sets out to rescue her offspring, receiving help from her estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) along the way. With a 130-minute running time, the film's not lacking for length, and tighter editing in the more redundant passages might have opened up some breathing room for its more savory ingredients. The Missing is a decent picture and worth a marginal recommendation, but what's really missing is the proper balance to make it truly memorable. 1/2
SHATTERED GLASS Based on the real-life scandal involving writer Stephen Glass, who had fabricated 27 of the 41 stories he penned for The New Republic in the 1990s, it would be logical to assume that this film would rake the fourth estate over the coals, illustrating how it had continued to shift from a venerable source of reliable information into a circus act of celebrity reporters riding unicycles of distortion and deceit. Yet the surprise of the film is that it's ultimately a celebration of journalistic integrity, emulating All the President's Men in the manner in which it presents most of its characters as moral crusaders who will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth. As Glass, Hayden Christensen (a.k.a. Anakin Skywalker) delivers a solid performance. 1/2
THE STATION AGENT It can't be a coincidence that the year's two best films both center around lonely, troubled people tentatively reaching out to other isolated souls. But like Lost In Translation, The Station Agent is another splendid human drama about likable folks cutting through a surrounding haze of complacency long enough to make the sorts of connections that don't require a dial-up tone. The focal character is Fin McBride (Peter Dinklage), a dwarf who, after moving into a decrepit train depot, only wishes that people would leave him alone. Instead, a few neighbors, most notably a tortured artist (Patricia Clarkson) and a hot dog vendor (Bobby Cannavale), manage to locate his dormant vein of compassion and bring it bubbling to the surface. Debuting writer-director Tom McCarthy is off to a blazing start with this exemplary seriocomic gem.


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I am so delighted to appear throughout the magazine and in their "Who's Who" guide of performers past & present! I am so honored to be sandwiched between two of my favorite performers ever Mimi Le Meaux and Dirty Martini! Here are the pages in which I appear:
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"Mr. Rains?" There was no answer. The assistant knocked again. "Mr. Rains? I have a message from Mr. Wallis." "Read it to me," said Rains from inside the dressing room. "It's sealed, Mr. Rains. The message is for you. From Mr. Wallis." "If Hal wants to give me a message he can come down andRead on »
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Anything Wet Or Dry
She loved the city cloaked in rain and fog. The wet gray mist seemed to her romantic. To me it was funereal, from the back of the cab watching the wipers smear the rain but she was almost giddy sitting on the edge of the seat craning her neck to see the building-tops wreathed inRead on »
At first I denied it, telling myself autumn was coming early. Leaves can begin to turn in July. It had been a dry spring. But there were the birds. In the three weeks since coming here we hadn't seen a single bird. I took up the satchel of food I'd scavenged from the deserted grocery.Read on »
Augenblick & Geier
In which an unlikely set of circumstances leads to the creation of an entirely new art form.Read on »
The Spirits Wish Me
Tsou-Tahi burns with shame. A simple task usually relegated to women, the gathering of medicine herbs. But even at this Tsou-Tahi fails. Time and again he returns to Yatoyenh with an empty sack. The old man shakes his head and retraces Tsou-Tahi's trail, always finding the plants with ludicrous ease. This time he shows Tsou-Tahi hisRead on »
The Death of Colonel Nguyen
Civilians thought of Green Berets as Army Special Forces. It was more complicated than that. Our orders came from the Agency or the President. Our activities were top secret. Even General Westmoreland had no idea of what we did or who we were. And of course, we weren't supposed to be in Cambodia at all.Read on »
Pass Without Notice
The old man looked young, even when dying. Worked hard all his life and was never quick to tell anyone about his cancer, never quick to settle his affairs even after the coughing left him exhausted night after night, collapsed in his recliner with Pat Robertson on the TV. You might think he would neverRead on »
They Are Real
She sat cradling her mug of tea. From time to time she would lower her face to it, close her eyes and inhale the fragrant steam. This was the tenth night in a row she had awakened screaming at precisely 2:10 am, the tenth morning after she had lain awake with the visions she wouldRead on »
In January 1946, Corporal Stuart Dulley was discharged from the United States Marine Corps in which he had served since September 1940. His wounded arm had healed as much as it was going to, which wasn't much. Other men at the hospital were aching to get back to something. Wives, jobs, hometowns. Stuart's parents hadRead on »
My Dinner With Andrei
I know you cannot speak. Trust me. This is for the best. Perhaps you have heard the stories. That I cut their tongues out and ate them, slit them like grain sacks and swallowed their innards like borscht. Or that I was in KGB and went about on the Moscow trains with the organs ofRead on »


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Jimmy Rouse is an artist. Always has been. Always will be. "I've painted my whole life," he says.
For 15 years, he has also owned Louie's Book Store Cafe on North Charles Street. During all that time, he has organized an art show at the cafe every six weeks, typically three artists and 50 or 60 works per show. Eight shows a year, about 120 shows in all, thousands of works of art, 200 different artists at least. In all that time, he's never had a show of his own art. He's put a painting in the annual show of employees' work; that's it.
Now he's giving up Louie's, gradually, so he can devote more time to his first love, painting. And he's celebrating this new freedom with a show -- but not at Louie's. At Resurgam, a small but attractive South Baltimore gallery run by two artists he has shown at Louie's, Ruth Channing and Ruth Pettus.


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A new slick video released by Speaker Paul Ryan's office features Donald Trump, as his team tries to refocus Republicans in favor of his effort to replace Obamacare.
The video features news anchors like Jake Tapper, Maria Bartiromo, and Wolf Blitzer reporting bad news about Obamacare in the last seven years. It also features Obamacare criticisms from former President Bill Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The video leads up to a dramatic climax, featuring words from none other than the president, Donald Trump.
"Action on Obamacare is an urgent necessity," Trump says as the the video fades to a slogan from Ryan's office.
"Now is the time," the slogan reads, sending viewers to the Speaker's website.
Ryan continues to press for his Obamacare replacement bill, despite conservatives who have derided the effort as 'Obamacare Lite' or 'Obamacare 2.0.'


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TOTEM DESTROYERYour mission in this awesome physics based online game is to destroy the totems without letting the golden Idol (aka Tot) fall into the ground. Use balance to keep Tot up. There are 25 Totems in this game and each one is unique. You just need to take them down while rescuing a golden idol. Do not let him fall on the ground. Click with the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON on the blocks to remove them. Have fun!
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
essay2. conclusion- saaben mendoza
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I like that now, in contrast to the other photos, you portray the light and cheerful images and uses of the building. Also, in general just as an idea, do you think that the fact that the road going around Old Main is circular has any significance?ReplyDelete
it was good how you said that the picture seemed almost too perfect and then you backed it up by using observations.ReplyDelete
You ended by saying it is not always a "space of peace"... this sentence is very intriguing but you just ended it after saying that. i want to know what you meant by this
you were doing so well until the last sentance. you cant just leave me hanging like that. you introduced so much of this space and then brought up a new idea of it not being peaceful but did not explain why. i want to know! you also say it is a social place.. are there times when it is not social? what makes it so social?ReplyDelete


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Manny Fernandez
Director of MSSP and Information Security , UDT
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Manny Fernandez has over 25 years in Information Security. He graduated from FIU in Miami, FL in 2007 with a Bachelors in Computer Science and holds multiple industry recognized certifications such as CISSP, CCNP, CCSP & CEH.
He worked for Lucent Technologies' Incident Response team responding to breaches and performing forensic investigations. Manny also performed penetration testing and vulnerability assessments for the Lucent InfoSec team. Manny started ITsecur, Inc, a Managed Security Services company in 2000. He developed a firewall platform based on open source technologies and delivered customers Managed Security Services. ITsecur serviced over 200 customers worldwide with its Managed Firewall solution and provided professional services and project-based security services.
In 2002, Manny created the ITsecur digital forensic division dedicated to digital forensics and incident response. Manny has served as expert witness in Federal and State cases, and has testified for both the prosecution as well as the defense. Manny was part of the largest personal information breach case ever theretofore involving Axiom.
After selling ITsecur in 2006 to R2 Technologies, Manny continued with the company building their managed services offerings which included tradition managed IT as well as managed security services.
In 2008, R2 Technologies was acquired by Modcomp and he continued his tenure there for an additional 6 years providing strategic vision to the organization. Manny was integral in Modcomp's attainment of Cisco's Certified Managed Services Partner accreditation which exclusively hosted only 30 companies worldwide. Manny was part of a team of 3 who delivered the switching, security, wireless and voice solutions for the 2012 Presidential Debate art Lynn University as well as 2012's Republican National Convention.
After 6 years, Manny left Modcomp and started consulted exclusively for UDT for a year as a Security Architect, later taking the position of Director of Professional Services. Manny architected the UDT Managed Security Services and transitioned as Director of MSSP and Information Security. Manny continues to define and create Managed Security offerings for UDT customers and sits on multiple advisory boards related to Information Security.
Manny is involved in numerous charitable organizations and community services. Manny was awarded the Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award and is a Kentucky Coronel. Manny continues his philanthropy and community services by offering parents classes on securing their children's technologies and blogging about information security.


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Conca J., S. Sage and J. Wright, "Nuclear Energy and Waste Disposal in the Age of Fuel Recycling", The New Mexico Journal of Science, Vol. 45(1), pp. 13-21, 2005.
Year: 2005
The magnitude of humanity's energy needs requires that we embrace a multitude of various energy sources and applications. For a variety of reasons, nuclear energy must be a major portion of the distribution, at least one-third. The often-cited strategic hurdle to this approach is nuclear waste disposal. Present strategies concerning disposal of nuclear waste need to be changed if the world is to achieve both a sustainable energy distribution by 2040 and solve the largest environmental issue of the 21st century – global warming. It is hoped that ambitious proposals to replace fossil fuel power generation by alternatives will drop the percentage of fossil fuel use substantially, but the absolute amount of fossil fuel produced electricity will be kept at or below its present 10 trillion kW-hrs/year. Unfortunately, the rapid growth in consumption to over 30 trillion kW-hrs/year by 2040, means that 20 trillion kW-hrs/yr of nonfossil fuel generated power has to come from other sources. If half of that comes from alternative non-nuclear, nonhydroelectric sources (an increase of 3000%), then nuclear still needs to increase by a factor of four worldwide to compensate. Many of the reasons nuclear energy did not expand after 1970 in North America (proliferation, capital costs, operational risks, waste disposal, and public fear) are no longer the intractable problems once thought. The WIPP site in New Mexico, an example of a solution to the nuclear waste disposal issue, and also to public fear, is an operating deep geologic nuclear waste repository in the massive bedded salt of the Salado Formation. WIPP has been operating for eight years, and as of this writing, has disposed of over 55,000 m3 of transuranic waste (>100 nCi/g but <23 Curie/liter) including some high activity waste. The Salado Formation is an ideal host for any type of nuclear waste, especially waste from recycled spent fuel. From the standpoint of addressing operational and environmental risk, as well as public fear, WIPP has had extensive human health and environmental monitoring. The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center at New Mexico State University, located in Carlsbad, NM, has been the independent monitoring facility for the area around WIPP from 1993 to the present, i.e., from six years before disposal operations began to nine years of waste disposal operations (www.cemcr.org). Based on the radiological analyses of monitoring samples completed to date for area residents and site workers, and for selected aerosols, soils, sediments, drinking water and surface waters, there is no evidence of increases in radiological contaminants in the region of WIPP that could be attributed to releases from WIPP.


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October 12, 2010
Textiel Weekend workshop fun
A week ago, we had a fun and rewarding weekend doing workshops at the TextielMuseum. There were two workshops powered by us: design your own sustainable packaging and design your own fabric design.
At the lasercutter, people could use Magic Box (our parametric design tool) to create there own packaging. We used a humble material -corrugated cardboard- and turned it into something precious, worth giving and worth keeping.
At another location in the TextielLab was a workshop making textile designs with Repper Pro. People could take a photo of anything, turn it into a pattern and print it on cotton. We don't have the photos yet, but when you got the results, we'll share them here on our blog!
We were featured on Brabant10, as part of the coverage of the Textiel Weekend. Check out the below video for our 5 minutes of fame on Brabant television:
May 17, 2010
Repper workshop: design-a-lamp
Two weeks ago we did two workshops with 3rd year interior design students from HMC (Rotterdam) in which they designed a lamp shade in under 3 hours. Quite a challenge, or so we thought, but the students absolutely baffled us with their creative designs!
First they designed a set of patterns with Repper on the computer.
Then it was time to get our hands dirty and started folding, cutting, bending and generally torturing the patterned paper.
Here are some of the great prototypes:
designer – Karin Lammers ⇑ designer – Sanneke Tangel ⇑
We would like to thank all the enthusiastic teachers and students for a very educational and fun day!
p.s. tell us if your design is featured here and we'll put your name under it!


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Big Brother Naija Housemate Gifty has been evicted from the show after loosing in an eviction vote to Marvis and Thin Tall Tony.
The controversial Gifty had irked a lot of followers with her comments and actions. Recall that she had said that she did not have knowledge of who popular musicians Falz and Banky W were; a comment that drew a lot of tongue-lashing from followers of the reality TV show.
With Gifty's eviction, the number of evicted housemates now rises to four as fans get close to knowing who the eventual winner of the N25million naira and a brand new car will be.