A small collection of happy client correspondence.
Email from an interstate client whose sails were in a bad state.
Picked up sails/canvas today they are excellent. Did not think turn out so well.
We just wanted to thank you for not only completely bringing our camper trailer canvas back from the brink of a mould infestation but also your excellent customer service.
We were on the verge of throwing our canvas away and purchasing a new one (costing thousands of dollars) but I am so impressed with the job you have done for us and the incredibly reasonable and fair cost of your service and courier fees.
I will be HIGHLY recommending you and your Business to anyone I can.
Thank you again for saving us thousands!
The tent canvas is way cleaner than I expected, and we are very happy with the result. It was quite damaged, and we'd had a really good go with some mould cleaners, and got nowhere. Very impressed with the quick turnaround and excellent service.
It was great to meet you guys at the wooden boat festival in Hobart last week and personally thank you for a great job on our sails.
We picked the yacht up in Pittwater over Christmas and were confronted with the brown stained and mouldy sails. Ben at Hood sails gave you a good wrap and we crossed our fingers and toes.
You guys certainly didn't disappoint, not only were the sails done in record time and delivered on a weekend ready for our trip to Hobart, they look amazing!
Once again, thanks for the great service. We're happy to recommend you to anyone.
Just wanted to thank you for such a great job on restoring the sails on my Moody 336.
I tried everything to remove the ingrained mould that had developed while I had the boat laid up. Nothing worked.
But you have managed to restore them to virtually new.
Hi Mark, just walked over to see the covers, how good do they look! Thank you both so much, and especially for coming back and refitting the Sun beds, that was worrying me, how Id get them back on!
I just want to say how very pleased I am with the outcome.
The old part of the cover which is has been on the boat on a swing mooring for probably 8 years, and never washed previously came out better than new, no shrinkage, completely matched the old fixings and soft and pliable.
I will pay your Invoice later today.
A complimentary note from boat broker YOTI.
Just a brief note to pass on our thanks for another great job in looking after our recent clients and their sails.
It's very important for us that any business we deal with treats our clients as we would. Vacuwash is soon becoming a household name in the industry. Well done!
Thanks for your efforts, the sails look remarkably better!
We sailed on his Compass yesterday and the sail looked great.
Maybe see you at the Boat Show.
We are very pleased with the "new" sails – they look fantastic. We will certainly be telling all our cruising mates at the RPAYC.
Happy Christmas to you and family as well!
This is a letter from the Bass Straight Maritime Centre regarding the Julie Burgess sails which were Vacuwashed. "The Vacuwash process gave us an excellent result and we appreciated the care taken with the sails. Positive comments are already being received!"
I wanted to thankyou for the gobsmacking job on my old trailer sailer sails. I still look at them to check they were the same old mildew and rat crap sodden sails that I sent down to you , they look brand new !
I cannot believe how well your process has breathed life into my old sails. I actually think they give me an extra knot on the water , and they certainly are a joy to fold away compared to sodden mould mess I used to use.
I cannot recommend your cleaning process highly enough. I wish I could run my old Griffen through the cleaner as well .
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Can unfurl headsail without frowns from fellow Northbridge sailors now.
"To think I was going to bin these sails as I thought they were beyond restoring. I tried a number of things to clean the sails but to no avail. They are possibly better than when I first bought the boat as they had a couple of years use at that time. They now look new; I really can't believe it. I will have no hesitation in recommending your service to anyone who wants to restore their sails.Thanks Mark!"


There are seven Kentucky schools offering clinical psychology programs. In 2010, 107 students graduated from programs at Kentucky clinical psychology schools. 59 of all these students graduated with masters degrees and 28 of all these students graduated with doctoral degrees.
On average, 98 students graduate from programs in this state in clinical psychology per year. This accounts for 2% of students who schools in the United States graduate from clinical psychology programs. Specifically, 20 students graduated with a clinical psychology degree at the bachelor's level, 59 with a degree at the master's level, and 28 with a doctorate level degree.
Seven clinical psychology schools are in this state. And of these, five schools are public, while two schools are private. Private clinical psychology school tuition varies from $18,150 to $19,015, while public clinical psychology school tuition varies from $6,264 to $8,610.
Average tuition for clinical psychology programs is $8,752. The lowest tuition in this state, which is $6,264 per year, is at Morehead State University, while the highest tuition for clinical psychology programs, which is $19,015 per year, is at Union College.
Kentucky clinical psychology schools offer bachelors degrees, masters degrees, and doctoral degrees.
Schools in this state offer a total of ten clinical psychology programs. Of these programs, approximately 60% are programs at the master's level. The remaining programs are degrees at the doctoral level and the bachelors level.
Union College is in town of Barbourville, Kentucky and it offers one program in clinical psychology. 1,363 students seek degrees in 38 Union programs, overall. Union is the oldest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology programs.
Spalding University offers three clinical psychology programs. Out of those, students are offered one degree at the bachelor's level in clinical psychology by this school, one master's level degree in clinical psychology, and one doctorate level clinical psychology degree. Spalding, which is 0.7 miles from the center of the city, is located in Louisville, KY. Overall, 2,346 students seek degrees in 42 programs at this school. In terms of programs, this school is the largest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology.
The University of Kentucky is in the center of Lexington. This university offers two programs in clinical psychology. Out of those, UK offers students one clinical psychology degree at the master's level and one degree at the doctorate level in clinical psychology. This university is a public, 4-year, research institution. It is the fourth oldest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology programs.
Morehead State University offers one program in clinical psychology. Overall, 8,541 students seek degrees in 84 programs at MSU. MSU is the fourth oldest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology programs.
The University of Louisville is near the center of the city and it offers one clinical psychology program. Overall, 21,234 students seek degrees in 153 University of Louisville programs. This big university is the oldest institution in the state of Kentucky offering programs in clinical psychology.
Murray State University offers one clinical psychology program. It is one of 24 public post-secondary institutions in Kentucky. This school is the third largest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology in terms of programs.
Eastern Kentucky University offers one clinical psychology program and EKU is in town of Richmond, Kentucky. It is one of 24 public post-secondary institutions in Kentucky. This large school is the fifth oldest institution in the state of Kentucky offering clinical psychology programs.


Mildenhall won a thriller off the last ball to seal a nail-biting one-run victory at Cambridge Granta in the Gibbs Denley East Anglian Premier League on Saturday.
The visitors looked dead and buried after limping along to 49 for four, but recovered to post a respectable 222 for eight off their allotted 50 overs.
Even so, Mildenhall again seemed on the brink of a heavy defeat, when Granta cruised to 158 for one in their reply on home turf at the Clare College Sports Ground.
But that's when the Suffolk side showed their terrific strength in depth, with skipper Ben Shepperson getting the most out of his bowling attack to squeeze home to a satisfying victory.
Granta were left marooned on 221 for seven, succumbing to a surprise defeat after openers Ben Claydon (80) and Tristan Blackledge (45) had put on 117 for the first wicket.
Shepperson takes up the story of what was a dramatic afternoon.
"Having lost four early wickets, it was always going to be a challenge to get past 200," explained Shepperson, who was the fourth wicket to fall with the score on 49.
"It was a slow pitch, and the massive outfield meant it was difficult to score boundaries, so in the end we were happy to get to 222. James Stamatis (75) and Tom Rash (70) got us out a hole. James dug in at the start, while Tom was more aggressive and took the game to them by counter-attacking.
"But James then opened up and overtook Tom," added Shepperson.
The duo put on 151 for the fifth wicket, ex-Mistley all-rounder Stamatis facing 108 balls for his 75, while Rash was the eighth and last wicket to fall after facing 100 deliveries for his 70.
From a strong position of 158 for one, Granta then lost their way.
"The writing was on the wall, but after the drinks break we decided to try a few things. I used eight bowlers in all, including Joe Reed (5-0-19-1), who had not bowled in the first match and not bowled much last season," explained Shepperson.
"In the end, they needed 14 to win off the last two overs, and then seven off the last over. Hugo (Douglas) bowled it and I just told him to bowl as fast as he could, because he's difficult to face at 6ft 8ins.


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Ask for assistance from your peers or study group.
Many talented and scholarly students once belonged to a study group where they claimed that they received most of their skills and abilities from. These groups are usually made up of students with varying academic gifts and they all work together to teach each other the coursework.
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Q: Distributed training with TensorFlow fails I'm trying to use tensorflow in distributed training, according to the guidelines here. However, it fails to create a mirrored strategy, resulting in CUDA out of memory error.
This is the code I run:
import tensorflow as tf
mirrored_strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy(devices=["/gpu:0", "/gpu:1"])

And the error I get:
2022-04-06 08:51:57.265558: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:151] This TensorFlow binary is optimized with oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library (oneDNN) to use the following CPU instructions in performance-critical operations:  AVX2 FMA
To enable them in other operations, rebuild TensorFlow with the appropriate compiler flags.
2022-04-06 08:51:57.919413: F tensorflow/core/platform/statusor.cc:33] Attempting to fetch value instead of handling error INTERNAL: failed initializing StreamExecutor for CUDA device ordinal 4: INTERNAL: failed call to cuDevicePrimaryCtxRetain: CUDA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY: out of memory; total memory reported: 42505273344
Aborted (core dumped)

Any idea about what is the issue and how I can solve it?

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'Unfulfilled potential' or 'the brightest player'? Irish media's mixed reviews for Bristol City star Callum O'Dowda
He returned to his country's starting XI last night
Callum O'Dowda of Ireland is tackled by Ivelin Popov of Bulgaria (Image: Getty)
Callum O'Dowda won his 16th cap for Ireland last night.
The Bristol City winger returned to the starting XI for his country as Mick McCarthy named a much-changed side for a friendly against Bulgaria.
Ireland ran out 3-1 winners, with O'Dowda heavily involved in the build-up to one of the goals.
It has been a stop-start season for the 24-year-old so far, with his performances overshadowed by the fact his Robins contract runs out at the end of the campaign and there is as yet no sign of a new deal being agreed.
Georgi Milanov is tackled by Callum O'Dowda of Ireland (Image: Getty)
He started the Robins' opening game, a defeat to Leeds United, but has made just three appearances off the bench since.
However, he left for the international break on a high after setting up a late goal in the Robins' 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough.
So, does he have a chance of winning back his regular starting place for both club and country?
Despite being involved in a goal, he received mixed reviews from the Irish media.
'Unfulfilled potential'
Off the Ball included O'Dowda's performance in 10 things they learned from the game, but argued he is perhaps not ready to start for his country yet.
Joseph Conroy wrote: "The Bristol City attacker was full of tricks and menace and probably Ireland's brightest spark in the final third, until Byrne's introduction.
"He still did enough to suggest that he's an option we can turn to when we need to create something - but there's still a pang of unfulfilled potential from the Kidlington-native."
The website also ran player ratings, and gave O'Dowda 6/10.
Enda Coll wrote: "Looked confident in possession but made little impact going forward. Didn't apply enough pressure on the Bulgarian midfield as the game went on."
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'Looked a threat'
Balls.ie were more forthcoming with their praise for O'Dowda, giving him 7/10 in their player ratings and arguing he was Ireland's most potent threat.
Gary Connaughton wrote: "Was probably Ireland's most potent attacking threat in the early stages, showing some clever movement in the final third. He also worked hard off the ball, turning the ball over on a few occasions.
"O'Dowda looked a threat whenever he got on the ball, and was the only Irishman that looked he could create something when in possession."
'The brightest player'
O'Dowda (right) with his Ireland teammates in training (Image: PA)
Arguably one of the most glowing reviews of O'Dowda's display was by Pundit Arena.
The website also gave the winger a 7/10, but backed him to feature more for Ireland in the future.
Robert Redmond wrote: "The Bristol City winger has only made one start in the Championship for his club this season, but O'Dowda has generally been one of Ireland's better performers over the last year.
"He was the team's brightest player against Bulgaria, pressing the opposition and dribbling past on several occasions.
"O'Dowda was centrally involved in Browne's goal, helping Ireland win the ball back after drifting infield before striding past two players and passing out to Curtis in space on the wing.
"A talented player who will hopefully see more game time for Ireland in the October qualifiers against Georgia and Switzerland."
'Lacked end product'
Extra Time felt O'Dowda did not always make the most of the positions he got himself into, rating him as 6/10.
Dave Donnelly wrote: "Did brilliantly to chase down and rob Ivan Goranov on the edge of the area and Hogan should have done better to meet his cross, but otherwise lacked end product.
"Improved following Jack Byrne's introduction in the second half before making way for Jeff Hendrick."
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'Could have done more'
The Irish Independent felt O'Dowda did not fully show what he can do as he fights for a place in the starting line-up.
Giving the winger 6/10, John Brennan wrote: "This was a chance for O'Dowda to push himself back into the first-team reckoning and he will feel he could have done more.
"Got into some good positions but his crossing could have been better."
'Hot and cold'
The Irish Mirror gave O'Dowda 6/10.
Paul O'Hehir wrote: "Started brightly but then blew hot and cold. Started the move for Browne's goal."

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18 March 2019 | Press Release
Reinventing Life Insurance Agency Distribution Globally
Life Insurers Must Improve Distribution, Which Is Consuming an Increasing Share of the Industry's Total Economic Value, Particularly Compared with Customers' Declining Share, According to a BCG/Morgan Stanley Report
NEW YORK—Life insurers globally face multiple challenges and among the most critical is the sustainability of their agency distribution models. After decades of limited innovation, distribution is on the cusp of major change, which will unlock benefits for all stakeholders, according to a joint research report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Morgan Stanley Research, Reinventing Life Insurance Agency Distribution Globally.
This report draws on more than 50 interviews with senior insurance executives; a survey of 850 agents in China, India, Germany, and the United States; and detailed proprietary financial modeling. It envisions a hybrid agency model in which agents, empowered by technology, are embedded in multichannel, and multisolution ecosystems focused on addressing customers' holistic needs across their lifetimes.
Tim Calvert, a BCG partner and co-author of the report, says this transformation involves many challenges. Reinvigorating the agency requires significant amounts of innovation and investment in new capabilities to boost overall effectiveness, but agents have historically been resistant to change. "We believe insurers that approach the problem holistically will unlock significant value. Agents will remain key to insurance distribution, but we expect their role to continue to evolve over time."
Nathalia Bellizia, a BCG principal and co-author of the report, adds that all stakeholders stand to benefit from transforming distribution—even the agents themselves. "Depending on the carrier's starting point and ambition, this transformation could lower acquisition costs by 10% to 20% while simultaneously raising total agent compensation, reduce administration costs by 20% to 30%, and allow insurers to deploy capital more efficiently."
The Economic Fundamentals Are Broken
One of the report's major conclusions is that the fundamental economics of the global life insurance industry are broken. Over time, distribution has consumed an increasing share of the industry's total economic value, particularly compared with
customers' declining share. To restore balance, carriers need to reinvent their distribution to improve productivity. For example, by investing in data and predictive analytics capabilities, carriers can provide agents with highly qualified leads. BCG's Calvert says: "By improving productivity, carriers can help lift an agent's overall level of compensation while also reducing per unit sale compensation. This will attract new talent, while increasing economic value for customers and shareholders."
Reinvigorate the Agency
The report identifies four foundations of distribution transformation and explains that there is significant value at stake for insurers that successfully manage to reinvigorate the agency, revamp solutions, drive efficiencies, and address the in-force books of business. Carriers need to start by improving agent "life cycle" management: recruiting, onboarding, and retaining agents to create a more vibrant and productive channel. Improvements are critical when you consider that in the US, for example, the agency workforce is quickly aging and yet only 4% of millennials are interested in a career in insurance. One way to better manage the agency workforce is to segment agents based on performance and build a nimbler support function to maximize their potential. The top-performing segment can also be an excellent testing ground for support services that carriers might roll out to the wider agent population.
Lessons from Emerging Markets
While innovation in the distribution channel is necessary across both developed and emerging markets, BCG's Bellizia says that "global insurers from developed markets should consider leveraging strategies from successful insurers in emerging markets, particularly those in China." Despite the steep growth and churn in agents over the past few years, she notes that China has been achieving significant per agent productivity improvements. The transition to a digitally delivered, analytics-enabled, end-to-end experience has contributed significantly to these productivity gains.
A Hybrid Approach to Distribution
Despite the shift toward a more hybrid human/technology distribution model, direct digital sales today mostly involve simpler products, such as term insurance and personal lines of insurance. Given the complex nature of many life insurance products and the emotional component often involved, human interaction to facilitate sales will continue to play a significant role.
A copy of the report can be downloaded here.
To arrange an interview with one of the authors, please contact Eric Gregoire at +1 617 850 3783 or gregoire.eric@bcg.com.
About Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.


We reach Raritan Avenue, the main street which cuts down the center of the town of Highland Park, which gets its name from the nearby Raritan River. (Coincidentally, there is also a blind baby girl starting the same day as Langston whose name is Raritan). "I think we can cross now," I tell James. Just then a car plows right through my judgment.
"The light didn't change!" he calls back.
Who heard me make that incorrect traffic call? And what did James know about the light anyway? Maybe it was just a driver speeding through a light during the early morning rush hour.
Finally, we agree on the go-ahead and get ourselves and Langston across the Avenue. And before I know it, we're dumping Langston into a totally new life. I have asked Sandi, the director of the center, more than once about whether babies worry about separation, and she has assured me that they do not. "Toddlers and parents have a harder time with separation," she has explained, "but babies really have no sense of time whatsoever, and anyway, we have plenty of people to hold him when he needs it." This morning, Sandi thoughtfully asks if we'd like to come in for a few minutes.
"Nah," James cuts in before I can speak."We've got to get the bus." So Sandi takes Langston inside, and he's gone.
Finally, the work day ends, and we ride the van to the train to the bus which returns us to our son. Langston reaches for me immediately, but I feel reassured that he wasn't crying when I came in. Sandi tells us that he had a good day and is smiling.
We take him home, and I drop everything—jacket, purse and shirt—so I can feed him. This reconnection through milk and cuddling will become the daily after-daycare ritual, at least on the days Langston doesn't fall asleep in his stroller, our way of reaffirming our inimitable bond with each other.


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Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began.
Subject: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:01 pm
Everyone propably knows that Resident Evil is considered one of the founding fathers of survival horror. It started a franchise that would take a nuclear blast to be eradicated, if only for a while before the next outbreak would happen... That all said, how many actually know the story behind Resident Evil?
It's not like the creators of the original game just came up with an awesome idea including an isolated mansion and evil creatures that go bump in the night. The original game was supposed to be a reimagining of a 1989 Capcom horror title Sweet Home. If you live anywhere outside of Japan it's unlikely you have ever heard of or played this game since it was released only for the Famicom and never ported on any other system. The game was based on a movie with the same name and they were released simultaneously.
"Shinji Mikami was initially commissioned to make a horror game set in a haunted mansion like Sweet Home."
-taken from The True Story Behind Bio Hazard
Here's a synopsis and some gameplay stuff for Sweet Home:
The game features a group of people going to investigate a supposedly haunted mansion in the middle of the woods and try to restore and document some frescoes located there. The team include Kazuo (team leader and producer of the documentary), Ryo (cameraman), Akiko (medic), Asuka (art restorer, though I always thought of her as a maid) and Emi (daughter of Kazuo). After getting stuck in the mansion in the beginning you can team up in groups of 3 people max. Although being an rpg style game (leveling, equipping weapons and random battles) it relies heavily on survival as any of your characters can die in battle or as a result of an event, never to be revived. The ending also differs depending on what you have done and which characters survived the mansion. The game also features a manageable inventory system, later implemented in the Resident Evil games.
Now it's time to give a rundown on stuff that the games have in common. All of the characters in Sweet Home carry a special item with them from the beginning and two of those were later used in Resident Evil: Kazuo has a lighter and Emi has some kind of a master key (usage similar to the lock pick). The game featured elaborate puzzles, door opening sequences, creepy music, gory imagery (something unusual in an early Nintendo game), backtracking, and the use of scattered memos and diaries as storytelling mechanics all of which we are familiar with the Resident Evil series. And let's not forget the mansion setting and emphasis on survival. There's also supposed to be death animations and "save rooms" which enable storing of items but I haven't had anyone die on me and I'm not that far into the game that as of now I have not seen any of these "save rooms". The game also had zombies as regular enemies. Still, the most shocking similarity I encountered while playing the game was the door opening sequences.
"Loading screen" comparison:
Other similarities can be associated with early versions of Resident Evil 4. The game was supposed to have more to do with possession and haunting, much like Sweet Home 15 years earlier. The version now known as the Hooked Man Version featured possessed dolls as enemies (seen in the short gameplay trailer) while they were commonly encountered in Sweet Home. Interestingly enough, the original version of Resident Evil 4 got made into a different game (DMC) just like what happened to the original Resident Evil being a remake of Sweet Home.
Long story short, without this movie we would never have encountered
the evil that resided in the Spencer mansion deep within Raccoon woods...
Thanks for your time, this sure took a lot of mine. If someone decides this is worth being a sticky, I'll be most honored.
Interesting fact: Nokko, who plays Emi in the movie, is the lead singer in a band called Rebecca.
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ace.redfield
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Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:32 pm
i like it.. the movie and the game.... theres so much you can compare with RE specially the loading screens, i wonder where can i get it?
NiteKrawler
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I've seen a lot of gameplay of it. Did you make this whole thing Mass?
Yes, it took a good while of research over the net and about one or two hours to write and find the pictures. I also have some experience from the game so it made this a bit easier.
@ace: The movie might be available on DVD somewhere, haven't been able to find it yet but I sure want to see it. The game you propably need to have imported or if you're lucky you might be able to get one from ebay. Thanks for the thumbs up
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:07 pm
i might give a watch on the movie.. is it the 1973 film... ... ... where one girl is named... 'claire' ? or is it the 1981 movie... both seemed like horror movies... i also have a feeling that these movies are origins of cluedo the movie and board game ...
also the game is much similar to final fantasy with the RPG style... it seems like square is attempting to make a horror game but failed
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:00 am
As I said in the post the movie came out the same year (1989) and all the characters had the same names as the ones in the game. The only strange resemblance to a RE character by name was that one of the actors was a singer in the band "Rebecca".
And yeah, every rpg style game might've looked like FF back in the day as the developers were limited by the hardware. This game was by Capcom though.
capcom huh...
Oh come on, it reads in the post
Oh holy crap, just noticed! A thousand thanks for the one who made this into a sticky! I did so much work on this that I couldn't be happier.
I can somehow see it was Nite
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:03 pm
I think it is important that every RE fan knows of Sweet Home and how it affected RE and this was brilliantly done so you deserve it.
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:48 am
Thank you so much I wanted to make this info accessible to other fans.
Btw. I wonder if that band, Rebecca, is still out there?
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Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:10 am
There was a video game mag, I think GameInformer that went over this. I still have it packed away somewhere. That's where I first heard about Sweet Home.
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Sat May 28, 2011 3:59 am
so i found a sweet home nes file i started to play it using nestopia, it's very hard theres tons of pizzles and you can also get poisoned.. this is good
Oh yes, it's an awesome game. I wish I could find an original cartridge... That would make my collection about 20% cooler
kind of like 3.5...
theres evil dolls and spirits
ace.redfield wrote:
Yeah, the Hooked Man version. I made a point about that in the original post.
by the way, it's hard for me to get familiar with the names
What can I say, Japanese names
i should have named, kazuo chris, because he has the lighter, akiko as rebecca, because she's a medic, emi as jill, because of the lockpick...
i'm confused with all of them
See what they did there? The resemblance is uncanny! Oh I love digging up stuff like this
yeah, btw i've mistaken the key for a lockpick
it's weird how the lighter could do a big damage to enemies, but it is fun
and i don't find the vacuum very useful
The vacuum is only useful in refurbishing some of the frescoes and getting stuff like glass out of the way. The lighter is more powerful against bugs and stuff like that, it's a good basic weapon.
Emi has some kind of a master key (usage similar to the lock pick). Well, at least that's how I see it.
i see... i could compare that vacuum man to barry, since they're both just helping hands....
the key 'is' like the lockpick, it could open doors but not all, similar to some doors in RE...
.... though jill died... er.. emi... and what killed her was this......
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Sat May 28, 2011 2:07 pm
The person with the vacuum is a woman I thought of the cameraman as a Barry like person.
can't really tell the gender of the character
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began. Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:12 am
You know, I've been watching some Fatal Frame walkthrough videos and that game remind me of Sweet Home a whole lot! The cameras, the spirits and the creepy mansion setting. These thing seem to be some kind of urban legends or something like that in Japan. I still wonder if Tecmo had some inspiration from Sweet Home. A bit of the gameplay also reminds me of Resident Evil.
Subject: Re: Home, Sweet Home... Where it all began.
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I love the year end lists of the "best of" this and that collections that pop up at the end of the year. Here are a few favorites that I've come across over the last few weeks that I thought I'd share with you.
The best movie list of the year – errrrrrr… I have yet to find one that I totally agree with.
Rolling stone has a decent list here: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/10-best-movies-of-2011-20111207 but there are for sure a few in their list that I would swap out. They don't really have foreign films or any documentaries listed. I could probably make a list of 10 top documentaries because I watch so many… One of my favorites from this year was Waiting for Superman. If you are a student, or work in any part of education – or if you have children or are the least bit interested in education as a whole it's a must-see. The hangover 2 and Sherlock Holmes were quite good, and Drive – although it was nicely done was a bit too slow for me – artistic and beautiful yes but also slow. The Tree of life was again beautiful but I like it more as a visual background than a story.


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Q: Install Ubuntu on Laptop without affecting windows bootloader Ok. I am a Linux user but I purchased a laptop with Windows 8.1 pre-installed...
LAPTOP INFOS:
Lenovo G50
64-bit
Intel i5 processor
4GB of RAM
Supports USB 3.0

I wanna install Ubuntu 14.10 on a USB 3.0 thumb drive without affecting the windows bootloader and files. Yes, there is an option to install it alongside windows but what happened on my other computer when I used that option is this:
Windows Boot Manager appears every boot and asks me to choose between Ubuntu and Windows 8 and I HATE THAT.
WHAT I WANT:
Install Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit on an 8GB USB 3.0 thumb drive but it should not appear on Windows Boot Menu.

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*If you ask me..."How do you want to access Ubuntu if you don't wanna appear it on Win. Boot Menu?"

ANSWER:

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*I wanna boot if from choosing the USB device from my computer's BIOS... on boot devices.

So what I want is like "Try Ubuntu without installing" but the OS is installed on the thumb drive and you can save files on it. And if possible use the thumb drive to boot Ubuntu on other computers which supports UEFI. What I want is like a portable OS and you can save files on it.

A: I have done this a few years back and what I did was just a plain install on a USB device and also installed Grub on it. So when chosen from BIOS boot menu, the USB drive loads Grub in which you choose Ubuntu. Should be simple and straightforward.
What also comes to mind too is chroot (using existing Ubuntu installation which you don't have). Here I am assuming that /dev/sda is hard drive with existing Ubuntu installation and /dev/sdb is USB stick. You require a existing installation of Ubuntu for this and a Live CD of almost any Debian based distro. All command require sudo before them or sudo -i as a step 0.

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*create partitions on USB drive (using gparted)
gparted /dev/sdb

*copy content from disk to USB partitions while Ubuntu is offline (with another live CD or similar). Something like:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/existing-install/
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb-stick-install/
cp -rp /mnt/existing-install/* /mnt/usb-stick-install/

*bind mount what is needed /dev; /proc; and /sys probably

mount --bind /dev /mnt/usb-stick-install/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/usb-stick-install/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/usb-stick-install/sys

*chroot into USB
chroot /mnt/usb-stick-install/

*run grub-install --recheck /dev/sdb

*restart and check if it boots

Though I'd first try a plain install, it should work fine.

A: You can use Universal USB Installer to make a bootable Ubuntu USB drive and use the persistence option available there. This would allow you to set a persistent file of some size that you would decide and which would be a fixed size. You can then use that USB drive on any PC and boot as a normal Live CD but infact would be able to save files which wont get lost after shutdown.
I am mentioning this particular option because you wanted to use a 8 GB USB drive.
Update:
Based on the comment below, you want a bootable fully functional USB drive with the GRUB bootloader existing in the USB only and not interfering with the windows setup.
There's a guide at Ubuntu Forums which had helped me do the setup that you desire. I had done it on a 160 GB HDD but the instructions should work fine for a USB drive too.

A: It is really easy. you'll need two USB drives for doing this. First, copy the Ubuntu ISO to a spare USB A for installing it into the other one named B. Plug both the USBs to the computer and then boot from A. Then,find the name of the partition of the USB B, as per the Linux file system.
Suppose, the device name is sdb. It will have partition inside the sdb such as sdb1, sdb2 etc.
Then click on Install Ubuntu. Choose Do Something Else.
Choose the partition, i.e.:sdb1/ sdb2 and double click on it and choose ext4 journal file system. and set mount point as / (root).
Then, in the bottom of the window, there will be an option to fill the name of the device for Bootloader installation. Choose it as sdb  IMPORTANT: CHOOSE THE DEVICE NAME, NOT THE PARTITION for the Bootloader installation. i.e: choose sdb here. Not sdb1 or sdb2
Then carry on with the installation. After you are done, shut down, remove USB A and go to the boot menu and choose the USB B for booting.


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"Willow Creek" HD Stills & Posters
A little bit of clean up for Alexie's film WILLOW CREEK where she played the part of Kelly, a woman who along with her Bigfoot enthusiast boyfriend Jim (Bryce Johnson) go on a trip to Six Rivers National Forest in California where the infamous footage Bigfoot was filmed by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin of the "mythical" Sasquatch. The film was directed by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait.
[008] STILLS: WILLOW CREEK
[003] POSTERS: WILLOW CREEK
ALEXIE GILMORE CHARACTERS FILM Kelly Willow Creek
"Willow Creek" Screencaps & Extras Added
Good news! I've finally gotten Alexie's work as Kelly in the Bobcat Goldthwait found footage film WILLOW CREEK up in the gallery. There are three things including the main film caps, plus the extras…that aren't much. The DVD/Bluray were a standard release with minimal extras. The upside is the screencaps for the main film are in 720p therefore a resolution of 1280X720 as are the HD trailer caps. The downside is the extras are in standard form with a resolution of 640×360. I couldn't get any better quality than that without the pixels being blown or the quality being too blurry. Sorry about that.
I don't know about anyone else, but I loved this movie with a capital "L". I'm not all that fond of the found footage genre, however, this film is an exception. I love the premise as well as loving both Alexie (who wouldn't) and Bryce Johnson as Jim. Bobcat Goldthwait knew what to do with this film. What was so good about it was the lore it was based upon. The infamous Patterson/Gimlin footage from 1972 was shown all over the world as proof of Sasquatch's existence, however, there was plenty of scorn going around about the validity of the footage. I remember seeing this first on an episode of the Leonard Nimoy series In Search Of back in the mid seventies. I thought all the quirky characters including many in the area playing themselves added a bit of realism to the film. The draw though has to be the seventeen minute single camera shot toward the end of the film with Kelly and Jim waiting out the night as they are visited by what appears to be a Bigfoot. The rest of the film is just plainly delicious and the ending is unexpected so that when it does happen, it sort of shocks one. Though it does give a whole new meaning to the term "Forest Bride." All I can say is poor Kelly. Alexie is just amazing in this and the audio commentary on the disc is so hilarious as Alexie is joined by Bobcat and Bryce, who is a Bigfoot aficionado.
[1436] SCREENCAPS: WILLOW CREEK
[0109] SCREENCAPS: WILLOW CREEK – DELETED SCENE
[0029] SCREENCAPS: WILLOW CREEK – BRYCE JOHNSON'S
"THE MAKING OF WILLOW CREEK"
"Willow Creek" :: Interview With Bobcat Goldwait
I have a really good interview with WILLOW CREEK director Bobcat Goldwait. Nothing really about Alexie except for the mention she's in the film. Enjoy.
How to Scare People
Willow Creek: Bobcat Goldthwait Has a Bigfoot for You
BIGFOOT ARE GIANT APE-MEN who live at the fringes of our so-called civilization, and when one eats you, no one will believe it. So learn Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) and Jim (Bryce Johnson) in Willow Creek when they visit the notorious "Patterson-Gimlin site," where, in 1967, two men claimed to have filmed Bigfoot.
Willow Creek is a mostly improvised found-footage horror movie that was shot on location—combined with the talents of Gilmore and Johnson and director Bobcat Goldthwait, that sparseness lends the film a surprising level of intensity. Goldthwait's mostly known for comedies, but his past directorial work (like World's Greatest Dad and God Bless America, along with episodes of Chappelle's Show and Maron) boasts a keen eye for discomfort. He uses it to excellent effect in Willow Creek.
MERCURY: How did the project get started?
BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT: Well, I knew I wanted to do a Bigfoot movie, and then when I actually went to Willow Creek, I changed my ideas. Originally I was going to do a comedy, but then it just seemed to lend itself to doing a suspense movie.
I didn't want to do a movie that was making fun of people who believed in Bigfoot. I consider myself a weirdo and an outcast, so I'm not about to pick on other people who are perceived that way. The goal was to try to make these people believable and characters you empathize with before terrible things happen to them. I think a lot of [horror directors] almost seem to resent the characters, and I wanted you to care about them.
How remote were the locations? Were you out in the middle of nowhere?
Oh my god, we actually went to the Patterson-Gimlin site, so we were. The town [Willow Creek] is 11 hours from LA, and then when you get to Bluff Creek, it's about a two-and-a-half-hour drive down a 17-mile dirt road. So there's nothing around. We saw mountain lions when we were filming. There was no craft service or hotel or anything like that.
I thought, "Why are we filming this out in the middle of the woods? We should just do this in a hotel parking lot." But I knew that in order to get the audio right that we'd have to do it out [there]. A lot of the sounds you hear in the movie were recorded live. Subconsciously, you're not even aware of it, but the absence of planes or faintly heard traffic really added to the suspense.
There were only about 70 edits in the whole movie. There's always someone turning the camera on or turning it off. I always have a problem with edited found-footage movies, because who "found" this? Just a creep who said "Hey, that's sad your family died, but if we re-edit it there's a tremendous picture here."
Coming from a comedy background, what did you learn shooting a horror film?
That making people laugh and scaring them are really similar. There's the misdirect, you know? You laugh at something because it's not happening the way you'd perceive it would happen. Your mind tries to jump ahead. Turns out scaring people is the same thing. You set 'em up and then you make a twist.
"Willow Creek" Showing at Syracuse Film Festival
Bobcat Goldthwait is showing WILLOW CREEK at the Syracuse Film Festival. The film stars Alexie as part of a couple who go into the infamous woods to try to find proof of the bipedal creature. The article to fallow.
Bobcat Goldthwait shows 'Willow' Creek' at Syracuse film festival
Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait's movie "Willow Creek" is screened during the Syracuse International Film Festival on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at the Palace Theater. Appearing on screen are actors Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson.
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Héroes del Silencio () — испанская рок-группа из Сарагосы, Арагон.

История
В 90-х годах группа была очень популярна как в Испании, так и в других странах, давала концерты в Германии, Бельгии, Швейцарии и в странах Америки. Группа распалась в 1996 году, выпустив десять номерных альбомов, а в 2007-м — собралась вновь, и приняла участие в мировом туре из десяти концертов, приуроченном к двадцатилетней годовщине дебютного альбома.

Участники

 Энрике Бунбури (Enrique Bunbury) — вокал, акустическая гитара, губная гармоника
 Хуан Бальдивиа (Juan Valdivia) — соло-гитара
 Хоакин Кардьель (Joaquin Cardiel) — бас-гитара
 Педро Андреу (Pedro Andreu) — ударные
 Алан Богуславски (Alan Boguslavsky) — гитара (1993-1996)
 Гонсало Бальдивиа (Gonzalo Valdivia) — гитара (2007)

Дискография
 1987 — Heroe de Leyenda («Герой из легенды»)
 1988 — El Mar No Cesa («Бесконечное море»)
 1989 — En Directo («Прямой эфир»)
 1990 — Senderos de Traición («Идущие по тропе измены»)
 1991 — Senda '91 («Тропа 91», запись концерта в Мадриде, 26-го сентября, 1991)
 1993 — El Espíritu del Vino («Аромат вина»)
 1995 — Avalancha («Лавина»)
 1996 — Parasiempre («Навсегда», два CD)
 1998 — Rarezas («Раритеты»)
 1999 — Edición del Milenio («Издание тысячелетия», четыре CD)
 2000 — Canciones 1984-1996 («Песни 1984—1996», два CD)
 2004 — Antología Audiovisual («Аудио и видео антология»)
 2005 — El Ruido y la Furia («Спор и ярость»)
 2006 — Héroes del Silencio: The Platinum Collection («Герои тишины: платиновая коллекция», три CD и два DVD)
 2007 — Héroes del Silencio. Tour 2007 («Герои тишины. Тур 2007»)

Ссылки
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Рок-группы Испании
Хард-рок-группы
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 1987 году

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Ward and Harvey Studios set designs, 1921 - 1932
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2 boxes (51 drawings), some col, 41 x 50 cm; 2 boxes (51 drawings), some col, 41 x 50 cm
Ward and Harvey Studios was begun by designers Herbert Ward and Walter M. Harvey and was located on West 38th Street in New York City. The firm is credited with scenic design for Broadway productions between 1921 and 1932. Original set designs and... more
Ward and Harvey Studios was begun by designers Herbert Ward and Walter M. Harvey and was located on West 38th Street in New York City. The firm is credited with scenic design for Broadway productions between 1921 and 1932. Original set designs and sketches by Ward and Harvey Studios for theater productions including Chee-chee, book by Lew M. Fields, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1928); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, book by Herbert Fields, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1927); A farewell to arms by Laurence Stallings, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel (1930); Janet of France (1929); The sap from Syracuse by Jack O'Donnell and John Wray (1930); and Through the years (musical version of Smilin' through), book by Brian Hooker, music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Edward Heyman (1932). Of note is the Robert Benchley design for a drop curtain depicting a map of Camelot, to be used during the intermission for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. Approximately one half of the designs are for unidentified productions, one of which is possibly Lew Leslie's blackbirds of 1930. Designers include Junius Cravens, Walter M. Harvey, John F. Hawkins, Herbert Ward, and William Weaver; there are also several designs with a circus theme and a commedia dell'arte character, Punchinella. less


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Watching this without knowing what to expect has been one of the highlights this year. My friend Amna recommended it without saying much, and I understand. It's really difficult to explain it or what it's about. I can definitely say that it's about everything from several perspectives, but that's about it.
It's so brilliantly written, and feels like a play, but it also feels like you're part of the ~play~ to some extent. You'll laugh at things and wish you didn't, you'll feel hurt - actual physical pain in your gut- by other parts.
I think what I really liked about it is the fact that you don't have to agree or disagree with what's being said, just sit back and listen. Take it all in, like it's a natural conversation unfolding in front of you.
Louis C.K. and Jimmy discuss how he hijacked the Golden Globes to get around agents and get Jessica Lange and Edie Falco on board.


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Die Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Bristol County in Massachusetts führt alle Bauwerke, National Historic Landmarks und historischen Stätten im Bristol County auf, die in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen wurden.

Aufgrund der Vielzahl der vorhandenen Einträge gibt es für die Städte Fall River, New Bedford und Taunton eigene Listen:
 Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places in Fall River (Massachusetts), 102 Einträge
 Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places in New Bedford (Massachusetts), 43 Einträge
 Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places in Taunton (Massachusetts), 95 Einträge

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Aktuelle Einträge

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Siehe auch
 Liste der National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
 National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts

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Bristol County
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Sales, Kites, And Boxing Day??
Boy, it was one busy week for me! I'll clue you in on it in this 91st installment, as well as answer some listener emails. Plus, we've got an all new Ask The RCadvisor segment this week, as well!


I've been enjoying the second season of Victoria on PBS, but I've been bothered by one of the side storylines in which two of the men who worked for Victoria were attracted to each other. I was curious about one of them, Lord Alfred Paget, who I'd heard about before, so I did some online investigating to find out more about him. I was surprised to learn that he wasn't gay at all; he was married and had 14 kids! And contrary to what's on the show, he and the other man didn't even work for Victoria at the same time. There is no evidence or even speculation that either of them were gay.
This bothers me. The writer of the show, Daisy Goodwin, has invented a scenario to make this beautiful historical drama fit in with today's culture. In an interview about it she says that there were just as many gay people back then as there are now, and she insinuates that Victoria would have approved of the (non-existent) relationship if she'd known. I find both of these to be wildly speculative statements, and irrelevant ones since the men didn't have that kind of a relationship at all. I think it's a real dishonor to their memory and to who they really were.
Other than that, I really do like this show!