If you have paid attention to the horror genre over the past ten years, you have probably been nodding off at the movie theaters during one of the god awful horror re-makes Hollywood has force fed us. But, once in a while, there is a film that is worth recognizing, and gives us a little hope for the genre. I am a huge horror movie fan and when I hear or read the word "remake," I start to tune out the rest of the conversation.
We have been down "babysitter" lane in Haddonfield, Illinois one too many times, but this time it's going back to the origins. Michael Myers is coming home, but this time Blumhouse Productions is co-producing and John Carpenter is on-board as executive producer! If you aren't aware of Mr. Carpenter, he is the "godfather of horror" and it's time to do some Halloween homework.
This is a huge deal for the Halloween franchise and if this is the direction they want to go with the film, I am 100% on-board, and intrigued to see where it goes. The Halloween franchise has always been my favorite series of the slasher genre and each new depiction stays away from the original John Carpenter theory. The "shape" stalked and killed anyone in his path, which doesn't mean some popular rapper of the moment (Sorry Busta Rhymes and LL COOL J) going head to head with ole Mikey. The film has to follow the authentic, dark and traumatizing concepts that made the film stand out over the past forty years. Another honorable mention would be a driving score, which doesn't mean remixing Carpenter's Halloween theme, but using something similar that carries the tone of the movie.
Could this be yet another forgettable horror film or will Michael Myers define the genre once again? It's hard to say 100% at this point, but if they keep the momentum going, there may be an extra Halloween treat in our bags during October, 2017.


The Australian High Commission is pleased to announce that in conjunction with Sport Malta, Auskick will now be running every Saturday morning at Marsa Sports Fields between 10.00am and 11.00am.
Girls and Boys between the ages of 5 and 12 are welcome to come and learn how to play Australian Football League (AFL) on the grassy football fields at Marsa. The AFL Auskick program makes learning to play AFL fun, safe and easy. Through weekly coaching sessions they will learn the skills of the game in an exciting, social and safe environment.
Children will learn the fundamental motor skils vital for future physical activity and sport participation as well as learning how to interact with other children as part of a team in small group activities.
The program also provides a great oppurtunity for parents to interact with their kids through the activities, have the opportunity to make new friends, learn about the game and spend quality time with their children. All kids that attend the weekly coaching sessions will receive a free Auskick pack including a sports bag, drink bottle, game cards, pump, hat and other goodies.
To register fill out the application form here. More information on Auskick can be found here.


Flash Agency US Post Diana Delva has signed till the end of the season with Proteas Voulas. Diana is a powerful post player with nice moves with her back to the basket. She uses her body really well to lock her defender and receive the pass. Her external hand is always high and visible to give the best possible target to the passer. She was also playing volleyball at school so she is athletic, jumps high, and always stays in balance in the air. She can absorb contact and finish the play. Very good rebounder defensively and offensively. Good shot blocker. She can finish with both hands, right and left. The alumna of Hartford has played several season in Greece and last season she played for Sporting Al Riyadi from Lebanon. Flash Agency would like to congratulate Diana and wish her all the best with her new team.


Bury Town's Development side, sponsored by F.A Valiant & Son Ltd, came back from their trip to Ware with a point, but it could have been all three but for a late equaliser from the home side to share the spoils in the North Division of the Bluefin Development League.
The two sides had met earlier in the season at the Denny Bros Stadium and on that occasion Bury ran out 6-2 winners, but Bury had to adapt to playing on the 3G surface at Wodson Park, the first time this season they have played on a artificial pitch.
The home side started on the front foot and failed to capitalise on a couple of early mistakes from the visitors who looked nervous early on, and were made to pay for that when Emmanuel Machaya scored a fine individual goal to open the scoring on 24 minutes. The Bury striker danced past three or four challenges in the Ware half before clipping the ball into the net past Ware 'keeper Cameron Luck. Ware had enjoyed the lions share of possession early on but found themselves behind.
Bury took their slender lead into the second half and Joe White was booked three minutes into the half for a challenge, but Ware drew level in the 61st minute when some slack defending allowed Alfie Campbell to sneak in at the far post and level the scores. The scores only remained level for four minutes as Ware goalkeeper Cameron Luck was adjudged to have handled the ball outside the area when coming to collect an upfield ball in a challenge with Tommy Robinson, and it was Robinson who scored from the resulting free kick right on the edge of the penalty area to put Bury back in front. Ware had argued that Robinson had fouled the 'keeper on the edge of the area with a high foot, but the referee and his assistant saw it as a fair attempt for the ball.
Bury had their best spell of the game in the final half hour but failed to kill the game off with a third goal, and were punished for that when Frazer John picked up the ball out on the right hand side and he curled the ball into the corner of the net from outside the penalty area past Nick Hayes and the defenders in front of him to level the scores.
Both sides pushed hard for a winner in a frantic last five minutes but neither side had enough for find a third goal so it was a point a piece on a bitterly cold evening in Hertfordshire.


Money: How does the financial model work?
Comments: What works in CityVille? What doesn't?
In the first part of this article, I talked about the Zynga phenomenon and proposed to answer the question of how Zynga keeps doing what it does so well. I first described what CityVille is, and then made the case that visibility through advertising, cross-promotion and free marketing sources is the secret to making social games splash.
In the second part, I talked about retention, and how context matters. I then explained how the game dynamics of CityVille (and other games of its type) create constant activity. I talked about how timers create a never-ending sequence of overlapping open loops, and reward the player constantly through pellets and unlocks that keep them engaged.
Now let's move on to the social features. I already touched on publishing as an example of how social features increase visibility, and how they are used for unlocking gates. But they also play a key part in building retention in the game.
There are three kinds of social activity in CityVille: prompts, suggestions and visitations.
In the first part of this article, I explained what CityVille is, why visibility of a Facebook game matters much more than social interaction factors, and explained how visibility is generated inside Facebook. Now let's talk about how CityVille keeps users engaged.
Most social games are considered amusements for the majority of players, so successful social game developers focus on delivering that kind of engagement. They are obsessed with retention, a commonly-used term to describe whether players return to a game or bounce from it, and the period of weeks or months that the average retained customer spends in the game before boredom finally sets in. Understanding retention is essential to achieving sustainable growth and revenue in a social game like CityVille.
But what are the levers of retention?
I know what many of you are thinking: How does Zynga keep doing this?


How Much Do Your Bladder Control Problems Bother You?
The American Urological Association has developed a quality-of-life question to help you and your doctor understand how bothersome your bladder control problems are.
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Next: Are Bladder Control Issues Affecting Your Life?
1. Have you ever felt like you can't control your bladder like you used to?
2. Do you wake up at night having to use the bathroom?
3. Do you sometimes have to push or strain to urinate?
4. Do you feel like you have to urinate all the time or urinate more than 7 times each day?
5. Do you find yourself staying near bathrooms or wearing absorbent undergarments because you sometimes leak urine?
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With the TITLE " DRY PANTS IS MY DREAM" and there will be no charge for a physician to analyze your report and give you a basic opinion via telephone or e mail. The rest it's up to you. If you feel a visit with the urologist would be beneficial based on the report you have received we will welcome you as a patient.


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Joe Pass (1929 -1994) achieved worldwide recognition thanks to his ability to perform jazz concerts entirely unaccompanied. His prodigious technique allowed him to allude to bass-lines and harmony whilst simultaneously creating intricate improvised solos. The spontaneity of his approach was especially striking. His solo guitar performances eschewed preconceived ideas, relying not on carefully considered arrangements, instead giving free rein to Pass's off-the-cuff inventive spirit. He was able to maintain a constant level of creativity and momentum whilst miraculously maintaining something of a musical juggling act.
When Pass came to the attention of the jazz press he was already middle-aged, having lost the best part of a decade to heroin addiction. From the 1960s right up until the end of his life he made up for lost time by recording prolifically in a wide variety of contexts. He played in the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded duets with Ella Fitzgerald and fellow guitarist Herb Ellis, led many sessions in his own name and was featured as a sideman with Zoot Sims, Andre Previn and many others.
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The transcription below is taken from a recording Pass made with vibes player Milt Jackson and bassist Ray Brown. The album is called The Big 3 and features several standards, including the well-known Jobim classic Wave. The tune of this familiar bossa is forty-four bars long, consisting of a repeated twelve-bar 'A' section, an eight-bar bridge, and a repeat of the twelve-bar section. A couple of bars into his solo Pass copies the closing statement of Milt Jackson's solo.
Joe Pass – Wave (solo transcription page 1)
One possible criticism of the solo is that much of it seems a little hurried, never pausing for breath. It does, however, contain an abundance of good bebop-inflected lines such as those in bars 7-10 and 25-26. Also of interest is the way Pass chooses to allow his D minor phrase at the end of the first 12-bar section to stubbornly continue into bar 13. In the following bar he superimposes a Gb major arpeggio instead of outlining the expected Bb diminished seventh chord. Elsewhere he is extremely careful to spell-out the changes. This is readily apparent in the way in which he cleverly outlines the change from minor to major in bars 37-38, whilst preserving the sequential pattern he has at that point established. Joe Pass's nimble little-finger allows him to slur four notes at a time, a technique he eagerly exploits in bars 39-40.

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Byzantine Bronze Follis Coin - Jesus Christ, King of Kings in a Sterling Silver Pendant | Artifact #7691
The Byzantine Bronze Follis: Jesus Christ, King of Kings in an Heirloom Pendant
Please Note: This is an authentic ancient Byzantine Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description.
By the early 5th Century, the once dominant Roman Empire was a fragmented collection of on-again, off-again allied or warring regions. Divided roughly between the western and eastern halves of the empire, the glory of Rome was no longer. Out of the ashes of this once great society rose the empire that would dominate European culture, economics and warfare for close to a millennium: The Eastern Roman, or Christian Byzantine Empire.
It is from this mighty Christian empire, surrounded by non-christian kingdoms, that this regal bronze follis comes. Bearing a portrait of Jesus Christ with the book of the Gospels on the front, on the back is the bold legend in Eastern Latin: IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE which translates to JESUS CHRIST KING OF KINGS.
Your Byzantine Bronze Follis:
Denomination: Follis
Date: 976-1025 AD
Emperor: Basil II and Constantine VII
Obverse (Front): Jesus Christ Holding the Book of the Gospels
Reverse (Back): Latin Legend: IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE - "JESUS CHRIST KING OF KINGS"
Bezel Metal: Proprietary, Non-Tarnishing Sterling Silver
Articulating Bail Interior Diameter: Will accommodate chain or leather necklace up to 6.2 mm
Pendant Size : 1 1/8" Across, 1 1/2" Tall - almost the width of a 50 cent piece
Robert's Notes: Beautiful coin, with an amazing portrait of Christ. It's hard to believe this coin is about 1,000 years old. It only survived this long, and in such good condition, by being buried for hundreds of years, then painstakingly conserved in our conservation lab.
Latin Legend reads: IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE - "JESUS CHRIST KING OF KINGS"
The Byzantine Empire was firmly rooted in its Greek past. Byzantines were mainly Greek-speakers throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Their capital city was Constantinople, which was also known historically as Byzantium. After the 5th century collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire continued to thrive and grow in influence, and while we refer to the "Byzantine Empire" or "Eastern Roman Empire," they referred to their country as simply the "Roman Empire."
Byzantine money – the money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West (circa 470 AD) – was made up of two very different types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of bronze coins with clearly defined values. By the end of the empire, coins were issued in silver and bronze only.
Early Byzantine coins are familiar to those who are used to Roman Empire coins. On the obverse, or front, is the bust of the Emperor, with one significant change. Now, the Emperor is portrayed full face rather than in profile. On the reverse, or back, of Byzantine coins is usually a Christian symbol. Crosses and angels (based on the winged Roman goddess Victory) were often used.
By the rule of Emperor Justinian II (685–695), Byzantine coins were becoming more distinctly "Byzantine" in both art and symbolism. Justinian was the first to picture Jesus Christ on the obverse of his coinage, with a half, or full-length depiction of the Emperor on the reverse.
Throughout the centuries, Byzantine coins were a staple of trade throughout Europe and the Orient. These coins are found throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Orient and North Africa to this day. Each is a snapshot into the past, when a once-great empire ruled the Eastern world.
Your Byzantine Follis Pendant comes with:
A Detailed, Customized, Multi-Page, Full Color Photo Certificate of Authenticity Researched and Written by April Knecht & Robert Lewis Knecht
Treasure Hunters Gazette Booklet
Mini Museum Display for when you are not wearing your treasure


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Badr.Server.Net;
using Badr.Server.Templates.Parsing;

namespace Badr.Server.Templates.Rendering
{
    public class UrlRenderer: ExprRenderer
    {
        #region consts

        internal const string URL_RENDERER_NAME = "URL_RENDERER_NAME";

        internal const string GROUP_URL_NAME = "URL_NAME";
        internal const string GROUP_URL_NAMED_ARGS = "URL_NAMED_ARGS";
        internal const string GROUP_URL_POSITIONAL_ARGS = "URL_POSITIONAL_ARGS";

        internal const string RE_URL = @"url\s+"
                                     + "(?<" + GROUP_URL_NAME + ">" + BadrGrammar.VARIABLE_VALUE_FILTERED + ")"
                                     + @"(?:\s+(?:(?<" + GROUP_URL_NAMED_ARGS + ">" + BadrGrammar.VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT + ")|(?<" + GROUP_URL_POSITIONAL_ARGS + ">" + BadrGrammar.VARIABLE_VALUE_FILTERED + ")))*";

        #endregion

        private readonly TemplateVarFiltered _urlNameVar;
        private readonly Dictionary<string, TemplateVarFiltered> _urlNamedArgsVar;
        private readonly List<TemplateVarFiltered> _urlPositionalArgsVar;
        private readonly int _namedArgsCount;
        private readonly int _positionalArgsCount;

		public UrlRenderer(Parser.ExprMatchResult exprMatchResult, ExprMatchTree exprMatchTree)
			: base(exprMatchResult, exprMatchTree)
		{
			_urlNameVar = ExprMatchTree.GetFilteredVariable(GROUP_URL_NAME);
			_urlNamedArgsVar = ExprMatchTree.GetFilteredAssignmentList(GROUP_URL_NAMED_ARGS);
			_urlPositionalArgsVar = ExprMatchTree.GetFilteredVariableList(GROUP_URL_POSITIONAL_ARGS);

			_namedArgsCount = _urlNamedArgsVar != null ? _urlNamedArgsVar.Count : 0;
			_positionalArgsCount = _urlPositionalArgsVar != null ? _urlPositionalArgsVar.Count : 0;
		}

        public override void Render(RenderContext renderContext)
        {
            string urlName = (string)renderContext[_urlNameVar.Variable, _urlNameVar.Filters];

            if (_namedArgsCount > 0 || _positionalArgsCount > 0)
            {
                int i = 0;
                string[] argValues = new string[_namedArgsCount + _positionalArgsCount];

                if (_urlNamedArgsVar != null)
                    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, TemplateVarFiltered> assignment in _urlNamedArgsVar)
                    {
                        argValues[i] = string.Format("{0}={1}", assignment.Key, renderContext[assignment.Value.Variable, assignment.Value.Filters]);
                        i++;
                    }

                if (_urlPositionalArgsVar != null)
                    for (int pos = 0; pos < _urlPositionalArgsVar.Count; pos++)
                    {
                        TemplateVarFiltered tvf = _urlPositionalArgsVar[pos];
                        argValues[i] = string.Format("{0}={1}", pos + 1, renderContext[tvf.Variable, tvf.Filters]);
                        i++;
                    }

                renderContext.AppendResult(SiteManager.Urls.Reverse(urlName, argValues));
            }
            else
                renderContext.AppendResult(SiteManager.Urls.Reverse(urlName));
        }

        public override string Name
        {
            get { return URL_RENDERER_NAME; }
        }

        public override ExprRenderType RenderType
        {
            get { return ExprRenderType.Simple; }
        }

        public override ExprType Type
        {
            get { return ExprType.INSTRUCTION; }
        }
    }
}

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Facts101 is your complete guide to Dental Radiography, Principles and Techniques. In this book, you will learn topics such as as those in your book plus much more. With key features such as key terms, people and places, Facts101 gives you all the information you need to prepare for your next exam. Our practice tests are specific to the textbook and we have designed tools to make the most of your limited study time.


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Maiko Kyogoku of Bessou: Finding Her Way Home Through Japanese Home Cooking
While we love taste-testing new food products, we also love learning about how they came to be. We had the chance to hear this first hand about Bessou's pantry essentials (newly available at Pearl River Mart Foods, our Mercato store, and our website) from the founder herself, Maiko Kyogoku. We also learned what it was like for Maiko to grow up in a restaurant family, how she fell in love with her Japanese heritage, and what home cooking means to her.
Tell me about your background. Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like?
I'm a New Yorker. I was born and raised on the Upper West Side, and my dad still lives there now.
I grew up in a restaurant family. My dad had one of the first sushi restaurants on the Upper West Side [Rikyu], which was in business for about 30 years. I never thought I'd go into restaurants myself although growing up I helped out and really loved the restaurant environment, especially the camaraderie of the staff. I have memories of the staff coming over for a New Year's party at our house every year. It was like 30 or more employees all coming over after their shifts and the ball dropped, and I was this 10-year-old partying the night away with all these grown-ups. [Laughs] So I have these strong memories of how magical restaurant people are.
Still I never really thought I'd go into the business. While in college, I did part-time hostessing gigs here and there, but never seriously thought I'd go into it myself.
What did you do after you graduated from college?
My first job out of college was in children's publishing. I was assistant to the publisher and a licensing assistant for a couple of years at Little, Brown. Then I did licensing work for Takashi Murakami, a well-known contemporary artist. I was his right-hand person traveling around the world with him, organizing exhibition openings and press events. I was getting deeper and deeper into the art world as an event manager and in licensing, but I always had a tug in my heart to restaurants.
When I left working for Murakami, I was pretty burnt out. I was in my mid-20s and feeling like I had spent a lot of time working in the licensing and contract worlds, but really missed the restaurant life. I took a leap of faith and started working at a popular neighborhood restaurant called Momoya. I was the manager and helped the owner open her second location. That led to an opportunity with Thompson Hotels where I was able to combine my event and restaurant management skills. I worked my way up to being the food and beverage director. Throughout all that time, I was just trying to gain experience.
When did you start thinking about opening your own restaurant?
Around the time I was turning 30, I started to think that I wanted to start my own business, but I didn't know exactly what. I thought it might be in restaurants, but I knew how grueling it would be since my dad had done that, and growing up I hardly ever saw him. After my dad was a restaurateur for 30 years, he pivoted to real estate and the biggest piece of advice he had for me was that as an entrepreneur, you really have to know the real estate market. So I got my license and did real estate for a year. I found spaces for Ivan Ramen, April Bloomfield, and some Smorgasburg chefs. I learned a lot working with chefs from the real estate side, and about what it took to find a space and to open a restaurant.
Afterward, I worked for Daniel Boulud for a year and a half as his event director for three of his establishments. It was great to gain experience around fine dining and to work for a restaurant mogul who's at the top of his game. Then in 2016, with a lot of grit and perseverance and luck, I opened Bessou.
Where does the name Bessou come from?
Bessou is a Japanese word that means holiday villa. It can refer to something like a bed and breakfast, a summer house, or a weekend getaway. But its original meaning is "home away from home."
What really drew me to the name and opening this particular kind of restaurant was wanting to share my love of Japanese home cooking. As someone who never lived in Japan, ties to my Japanese heritage have everything to do with family and the food I grew up eating.
My mother was a fantastic cook. She made regional dishes that you would never find in a restaurant. She grew up in a rural part of northern Japan called Akita. You get beautiful stews there, and fish that's local to that area. It's a really cold and snowy part of Japan. The water is really pure so they have beautiful rice and great sake there too.
I grew up eating really well, and I wanted to share that kind of food with people. That was a huge part of why I wanted to open a restaurant and do Japanese home cooking. The name Bessou really spoke to me. It symbolizes coming home and I wanted to share that kind of homey, comforting, familiar food with others. Ultimately it's my love letter to Japanese culture and the food that made me fall in love with my heritage.
Do you serve any dishes that are inspired by your mother's or father's cooking?
We have a tempura udon with tempura the way my mother made it. And also a grilled romaine with creamy sesame dressing we always had in the fridge. It's a nod to her and the taste of her home cooking.
A lot of the pantry essentials we make are ingredients my family cooks with. The miso marinade is a pantry essential inspired by the version my father makes. And he still makes all the black garlic! He slow roasts it at home in rice cookers in his backyard. The miso marinade is a blend called tama miso. Tama means ball but also egg, like tamago. The original form of the miso contained egg yolk. The way it's made is that you slowly heat up the yolk and miso to make this really sweet blend that's the secret ingredient for so many of our dishes. The Bessou version is vegan, which makes it more shelf stable, but the result is the same: a sweet miso paste with many applications. I love using it as a marinade for fish or meat. At the restaurant, we combine Greek yogurt and the special miso to make a more pliable paste. On fish and meats, it becomes like a Japanese tandoori.
What has it been like as a small business owner during the pandemic?
It's been incredible to see the support from loyal patrons and friends, who are so happy to see us surviving and thriving during the pandemic. It's really encouraging.
In the beginning, we tried to figure out other ways to stay in business and provide for the community. We started off doing lots of relief meals. We were one of the original partners with Heart of Dinner and continue to do that every Wednesday. We also started selling these pantry essentials,and are so happy that Pearl River is carrying them.
How did you decide to sell these pantry essentials?
We started selling them during the pandemic as a way to figure out how to bring Bessou home to people. People weren't dining out at all. It was a dark time. We really needed to figure out how to keep going. We did meal kits. There was a shabu shabu kit with frozen marinated meats that you could cook at home, and a karaage fried chicken meal kit you could finish at home. All of these sold well.
Then we figured people need these pantry essentials to take their meals to the next level, explore different flavors, and expand their pantries a bit. They don't even have to be paired with our dishes. It's seasoning that can be added to everyday cooking.
Do you have memories of Pearl River? Any favorite purchases?
I loved going to Pearl River on Canal Street and getting lost browsing through all of the selections. My favorites were always random paper supplies or decor. Then I'd always stop in at Tai Pan Bakery for a little bun on the way back home.
Speaking of the comfort of home cooking, what's your go-to comfort food?
I love rice, natto, furikake, and a fried egg with soy sauce. Not everyone likes natto, but I do. It's my ultimate comfort food, my lazy day meal. It's comfort in a bowl.
What would you choose for your last meal on earth?
Rice would have to be part of the meal. I love grilled fish. A really good grilled mackerel and some pickles. I'm not that picky. I just love the simple pleasures.
What's a food city that you've been missing and would like to visit again?
I would love to go back to Mexico City. I went before the pandemic. It felt like such a jolt of life when I was there. I loved all the different flavors — they were so fresh and vibrant.
I also just went to New Orleans for a long weekend. I got to explore the food scene there for the first time, and I was blown away. I would love to return.
What's something you're obsessed with now? Something you tell people you must eat/read/watch/listen to this?
I'm pregnant with a lot of food cravings, and I've been cooking at home a lot more. I'm currently obsessed with coconut cake! I've been testing out different recipes, and I'm about to try the one by Ina Garten. It's highly reviewed and looks involved. But I must. Satisfy. This craving.
Are you craving Bessou pantry essentials now? You can get Bessou's Miso Marinade, Furikake, Papa's Black Garlic, and Rayu Chili Oil at Pearl River Mart Foods, on our Mercato store if you live in the NYC area, and for mail order on our website.


Happy Hour is fairly violent animated short film by Parisian studio Kaw Animation.
Shannon Ebner's photographs consistently involve a visceral experience with language, as well as an economy of materials linking her to the Conceptual practice of Ed Ruscha and Bruce Nauman. Words and signs are treated as physical entities, subject to destruction and decay.
Yves Saint Laurent and director Ari Marcopoulos present "No Way Back", a short film representing the vision of Yves Saint Laurent Creative Director Stefano Pilati's 2011 Spring/Summer collection. The short film focuses on influential tattoo artist Mark Mahoney and his Hollywood institution, the Shamrock Social Club.
Weather Tests is an exploratory film project which is an attempt of exaggereting actions and physics of each season. Directed and animated by Savas Ozay.


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Q: Android 4.3 Webview not scrolling when soft keypad is displayed for form fields I have a normal Webview which displays a form. The form has many fields, so if I focus on a field which is in the lower part of the screen the webview does not scroll and the softkeypad hides the input fields.
I have get this problem only n 4.3 (I am testing on Nexus 4)
PS : the Same Webview works on 4.2 and below.
Is this a known issue or is there a workaround for this ?

A: DId you try Scrollview with webview and both inside a Relative Layout
<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_header"
    >

<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />

</ScrollView>

Try and set verticalscrolling to true.

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Q: Add specific route via start-up script I need to setup route for one of my computers. I want it permanently so I don't need to enter the command myself every reboots.
However the route command I use ain't a normal one, because I use 2 interfaces on the same physical interface (eth0 and eth0:B on ethernet card).
route add -net 10.1.0.0/16 dev eth0:B 192.168.1.1
So I think I can't use the normal way Google tells me.
My question is: if I write a script and add it to $HOME/.kde4/Autostart instead of modify /etc/sysconfig/network/routes, are there any side effects? Are there better ways to do this?

A: I had to do something similar in a lab at school this past semester. I used a script to determine which interface has a desired IP for the alias to be created, then use that interface to create the alias. Followed by setting the route.
Something like:

#! /bin/bash

# First get all the NIC device names on the system
dev_names=$(/sbin/ifconfig | grep HWaddr| awk '{print $1}')

# Set a loop to loop through each device name
#
my_dev=
TARGET_IP=192.168.1

for d_name in ${dev_names}
do

echo "Checking device name $d_name ..."

status=$(/sbin/ifconfig $d_name|grep ${TARGET_IP})

if [ ! -z "$status" ]
then
        echo "$d_name contains the target IP $TARGET_IP"
        my_dev=$d_name
fi
done
echo "The target NIC device name should be $my_dev"

# Now set the alias
/sbin/ifconfig $my_dev:B {IP_ADDRESS}

# Now add the route
route add -net 10.1.0.0/16 dev eth0:B 192.168.1.1

Use crontab or another method to have the script run at startup.
Note: This won't work if the interface is a wireless connection.

A: If you are not on a systemd distro (=Arch Linux, OpenSUSE, Fedora), you can do it within your /etc/network/interfaces file, where, I presume, you are setting up your vifs.
Just add to the stanza for interface eth0:B these two lines:
 post-up route add -net route add -net 10.1.0.0/16 gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0:B
 pre-down route delete -net route add -net 10.1.0.0/16 gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0:B

This will do it automatically for you every time you start networking (which is done at boot, or manually) and will also tear down the route if you switch eth0:B off.
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at @Tiana987642's request, I will show how to do this in systemd distros. Since I want this to operate at boot, I may as well follow the Wiki, and define a service to be run by systemd. I will modify the Wiki as little as possible:
/etc/conf.d/network@eth0
  address1=192.168.0.15
  netmask1=24
  broadcast1=192.168.0.255
  gateway1=192.168.0.1
  address2=10.0.0.17
  netmask2=24
  broadcast2=10.0.0.255
  gateway2=10.0.0.1

These configurations for the two interfaces are purely conjectural, you should substitute your own. And now /etc/systemd/system/network@.service
  [Unit]
  Description=Network connectivity (%i)
  Wants=network.target
  Before=network.target
  BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
  After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device

  [Service]
  Type=oneshot
  RemainAfterExit=yes
  EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/network@%i

  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i up
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add ${address1}/${netmask1} broadcast ${broadcast1} dev %i
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip route add default via ${gateway1}

  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link add link $i name $i:B type vlan id 10

  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i:B up
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add ${address2}/${netmask2} broadcast ${broadcast2} dev %i:B
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip route add default via ${gateway2}

  ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip addr flush dev %i
  ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i down
  ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip addr flush dev %i:B
  ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i:B down

  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target

and you enable and start the service as usual,
  systemctl enable network@eth0.service
  systemctl start network@eth0.service


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On all attempts to import MLB games to my iScore, I receive an error message indicating that iScore is not responding. The app crashes and the game does NOT import.
I have use the REPORT function already.
Result: Receive error message "Unfortunately, iScore has stopped. (REPORT) (OK).
Error message is repeated approximately 4 times.
iScore restarts, game is NOT imported.
Temporary Fix: None Found, Manually creating game via the "Add" function.
Please assist, if you require any further information, please advise.
I was able to import some games earlier this week as well, but I tried right now and it crashed again.
I haven't been able to cast games in progress. I will have an in progress game on my iPhone but when I cast it it goes back to the beginning.
MLB lineups were unavailable for both LCS games today. ALCS game just reported "unavailable"; NLCS game reported something like "lineups will be available closer to game time" throughout the evening. Please take a look at this. Thanks!
And none of today's (10/17) LCS games are showing up on the MLB Discover screen for import. Is everyone on vacation?


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'Back to the Future II' Almost Killed Off Michael J. Fox!
by Fred Topel twitter facebook linkedin | More Articles: Celebrity
The Hollywood Museum opened a new Back to the Future exhibit featuring props, costumes Michael J. Fox wore and De Loreans from the film as well as memorabilia surrounding the films. One of the most fascinating portions of the exhibits features screenwriter Bob Gale's notepads pertaining to the the films.
Original Back To The Future costumes worn by Michael J. Fox at the Hollywood Museum | Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
Some of Gale's yellow legal pads are opened to pages revealing some of his notes for Back to the Future Part II. They're so different than the final film, it's tempting to open up the case and flip those notepads to see more pages! But the several pages on display suggest wild possibilities the sequels could have taken. You can see for yourself at the Hollywood Museum in California and if you're not able to visit, Showbiz Cheat Sheet has you covered.
It could've gotten worse for 2015 Michael J. Fox in 'Back to the Future II'
Michael J. Fox played several members of the McFly family in Back to the Future Part II including his own son and daughter, and Marty McFly at age 47. In the film, Marty is a has been and then gets fired from is desk job. Gale's early ideas were even darker.
Marty's job woes were at one point even more dire as Gale wrote, "Old Marty used company funds to finance get rich quick scheme which failed. Was fired. George bailed him out ended up working for Dave."
Newspapers used in the Back to the Future movies | Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
That would have given George McFly (Jeffrey Weisman replacing Crispin Glover) and Marty's brother Dave (Marc McClure whose scene was ultimately deleted). But it would have ended the worst for 2015 Marty.
"Jennifer could financially support the family but M doesn't know this," Gale wrote. "If/when he finds out he commits suicide."
Wow. So old Marty would have killed himself over how badly his life turned out, and the fact that his wife could have been the breadwinner. Gale chatted with Showbiz Cheat Sheet during the exhibit and confirmed these were just brainstorming ideas and as a writer, you go down every path and some don't work out. He made the right call that it didn't need to be that bad for young Marty to turn his life around, but how wild that it could have gone this way at one point.
There were dark possibilities for the McFly kids too
Gale took notes to address Doc (Christopher Lloyd)'s line at the end of Back to the Future, "Something's gotta be done about your kids." So what's gotta be done? There were several options:
1. Kill' em
2. Talk to 'em
3. See 'em so that M and J will change their ways
Obviously Back to the Future II did not murder Marty and Jennifer's kids. That must have been another blind alley Gale went down just to get it out of his creative system. What ended up in the film was a combination of 2 and 3. They do see them and it's the beginning of what makes Marty realize he's got to mature or he'll keep repeating the same mistakes throughout life.
Abandoned plot ideas for 'Back to the Future II'
When Doc took Marty and Jennifer (Claudia Wells) into the future at the end of Back to the Future, Gale never imagined he'd be writing a sequel. Once he got started he had to figure out what they'd be doing there. Some of the ideas he didn't use sound pretty interesting.
A De Lorean from Back to the Future Part III | Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
In one, Gale wrote, "Marty sends his son to the 80s, takes son's place." Sending a kid from 2015 into 1985 is actually a fantastic idea. That should have been the plot of Back to the Future IV released in the real 2015, but alas it was not. Marty does take Marty Jr.'s place in the fictional 2015 to stop him from making a mistake that destroys their family.
Another idea in Gale's notes was that Biff's kid wants revenge. That would make sense that Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) spent the 60 years since George knocked him out in 1955 griping about his nemesis, until his son finally took revenge for the family. In Back to the Future II, Biff's grandson Griff (Wilson) takes after his grandpa as a hooligan in the future.
Back to the Future memorabilia at the Hollywood Museum | Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
Another idea for 2015 showed a Wanted poster in the town square. The wanted criminals are The McFly Twins who could either be "M and J" (Gale's shorthand for Marty and Jennifer) or two Martys! Gale was playing with Michael J. Fox in multiple roles so twin Marty villains could have been interesting.
More 2015 ideas they didn't use in 'Back to the Future II'
Many of Gale's notes remind modern day audiences how much Gale predicted accurately: Hundreds of TV channels curated for individual viewers, online shopping, everything but flying cars. Some of his undused ideas were prescient too.
A fan dressed as Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future | Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
Gale considered having a Hill Valley underground shopping district, a revamped futuristic mall that could have been Lone Pine II or Lone Pine -Downtown Branch. That's not far off from the indoor shopping complexes we have today.
Back to the Future II could have added Japan as the 51st state. That certainly seemed likely in the '80s, though probably a little less so today. Gale also considered having McDonald's introduce waiters with the revolutionary idea, "No more waiting in line. Have your food brought directly to you."
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Flap-free camping in Cumbria park's chic retreats
Luxury camping without the flap of putting up a tent: Skelwith Fold's stress-free option for Cumbria visitors
Lake District lovers can now enjoy the exhilaration of camping in the heart of picture-postcard Cumbria without pegs, poles or the palaver of erecting a tent.
That's because Skelwith Fold near Ambleside is preparing to add luxury safari tents to its glamping options, pitched at people seeking holidays tinged with romance and adventure.
The park's chic holiday retreats have been sited in a quiet corner of its 130-acre grounds which play host to a raft of wildlife, including deer and red squirrels.
But when a different sort of nature calls, there will be no midnight treks to the nearest facilities – for each tent has its own bathroom, as well as kitchen facilities and dining area.
However, says park director Henry Wild, if guests should venture out after dark, they will be treated to some of the best views of the night sky in Britain.
Henry Wild says the aim is to bring guests closer to nature
On clear evenings, the park's lack of light pollution provides spectacular vistas such as the Milky Way, streaks of meteors, neighbouring planets, and the glow of other galaxies.
Skelwith Fold, crowned as Lakeland's top holiday park in last year's Cumbria Tourism Awards, believes its safari tents will appeal especially to young families.
With all linen provided, there's one double bedroom, and another with two bunk beds in addition to generously sized living areas, and electrical sockets to re-charge mobile devices.
There's also a private balcony for al-fresco dining, or just relaxing and listening to the birdsong.
Henry Wild believes that Skelwith Fold's safari experience will capture the imagination of those who love the idea of camping, but not the flap of putting up a tent:
"Almost everyone loves the notion of sleeping under the stars, but the realities of erecting a tent and packing it away afterwards can take the edge off the experience," he said.
"Safari tents neatly sidestep this problem, but still provide that wonderful sense of being out there in nature and coming closer to the sights and sounds of the countryside.
"We already provide luxury Hideaway glamping pods, and these are very popular – but now there's an option to make an even closer encounter with the great outdoors.
"The design of the tents with their timber beams and countryside colours is superb, and I'm guessing that they will be the most photographed holiday homes on the park!" added Henry.
Owned by the Wild family for over 20 years, Skelwith Fold also provides caravan holiday homes to buy, and pitches for touring caravans and motorhomes.
As well as its "top park" accolade from Cumbria Tourism, Skelwith Fold holds the David Bellamy Conservation Award for environmental excellence at its top gold level.
There is more information about the park and its safari tents at www.skelwith.com
David Bellamy described Skelwith Fold as "a wildlife wonderland" in his latest round of conservation awards


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by Kathryn Parker , Dietician
With much information available about "gut health" these days, it is difficult to know what's real and what's just hype. Data emerging from recent scientific research strongly suggests that gut health matters–much more than we previously thought. The trillions of microbes that live in your gut may play a key role in keeping you healthy. Some scientists now treat the gut microbiome like an organ system, as important as our respiratory or circulatory systems.
Gut flora works in symbiosis with other organ systems, which means the gut could impact–and even prevent–numerous diseases and conditions. Autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer, and even depression have all been associated with gut health.
For this reason, innovative centers such as Aviv Clinics use a customized nutrition plan as an integral part of the medical treatment protocol for clients seeking to improve their cognitive and physical performance, or symptoms of conditions like fibromyalgia, Lyme, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and brain fog.
The health of your gut microbiome is important for your brain health
As scientists continue to study our complex brains, we are learning that the brain's functions extend far beyond the skull. We increasingly find that the brain is deeply connected to the entire body, especially the gut. We can't talk about brain health or brain function without including gut health and function. It's exciting news for anyone struggling with neurological or psychological disorders. Could the secrets behind mysterious, complex, or debilitating conditions reveal themselves in the gut?
So what is going on in the gut, and how does it affect our health?
What is the microbiome?
Your gut is home to over 100 trillion microbes, collectively called the microbiome or gut flora.
With more than 1000 species of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa in your gut flora, they outnumber your human cells by 10 to 1!
Each microorganism in your body also contains DNA; added up, the microbiome turns out to contain 200 times the amount of genetic material in our own human cells. In fact, according to the University of Washington, "autoimmune diseases appear to be passed in families not by DNA inheritance, but by inheriting the family's microbiome."
The gut (via the mouth) is an entry point into the body, and the microbiome helps to keep out invaders by maintaining the intestinal barrier. This barrier acts as a filter to let in nutrients and keep out pathogens and helps us digest our food, providing nutrients we'd otherwise be unable to harvest.
Are there "good" and "bad" microbes?
If the thought of trillions of bacteria hanging out in your body seems scary, don't worry–generally, our guts are inhabited by commensal or so-called "good" bacteria and other microbes. Calling some microbes good and others bad is an oversimplification. Most microbes are harmless, and even the ones that may cause harm don't always do so. The same species of microbe might be completely harmless under most conditions, but potentially cause disease under different conditions. In the gut of an otherwise healthy person, the potentially harmful microbes reside in small numbers and are kept in check by other microbe species.
What makes a healthy gut?
Science can't answer this definitively, because everyone's microbiome is unique. It's not about one species of microbe or even a certain combination; what a healthy gut looks like varies from person to person.
"It would be great if we could identify 10 or so bacteria and say these are the ones you need most, but it doesn't work that way, and there is no magic bullet," says Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman, an infectious disease doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital.
What healthy guts have in common is diversity. They are colonized by a wide variety of microbial species. Assessing the health of the microbiome is about the balance and stability in the entire "ecosystem" of the gut. When this balance is thrown off, the microbiome can shift into a state of dysbiosis, where its normal supportive functions in the body get disrupted. As a result, the body becomes even more susceptible to disease and dysregulation.
What causes gut dysbiosis?
Many factors have been found to cause gut dysbiosis: environmental factors like stress, diet, medications such as antibiotics, illness or disease, or even "inflamm-aging" can throw off the balance. Neurological and psychological conditions are being associated more and more with gut dysbiosis. By understanding the physical and functional links between the brain and the gut, we can see how their fates seem to be intertwined.
Your second brain
Butterflies in your stomach is one example of the gut-brain connection. If you've had digestive issues in stressful times, it's not just coincidence. Our thoughts and feelings really can influence our health by directly altering the gut. Neurons, which we typically think of as only residing in the brain, actually line our gastrointestinal tract and branch into our stomach and intestines. With over 500 million neurons, the enteric nervous system (ENS) is sometimes referred to as the "little brain" in our gut. This neural matter doesn't contribute to thinking or consciousness, but it is part of a robust pathway for two-way communication between the big brain in your skull and your microbiome known as the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA).
The Gut-Brain Axis is a complex two-way channel of communication between the brain and the gut and involves the limbic system, central nervous system (CNS), autonomic nervous system (ANS, our flight or fright system), ENS, immune system, hormones, and more. Whatever is going on in your head, including emotions, behavior, and even thoughts, could partially be affected by what's going on in your gut, and vice versa. If we want to understand neurological conditions, we can't just study the brain. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, depression and anxiety, and even "motivation and higher cognitive functions" all have been linked to the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome presents an area for more research that may be the key to treating these disabling conditions.
How does the gut affect the brain?
One of the gut's primary roles is the production and turnover of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. Up to 95% of serotonin is produced in the gut. The gut also maintains the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier, which acts as a filter to keep out bad stuff while letting in nutrients. If this barrier gets disrupted, invaders can infiltrate the body and promote inflammation and exacerbate many autoimmune disorders. Gut flora also produces a metabolite called short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) that are integral in gut-brain signaling. When this signaling malfunctions, it can contribute to nervous system disorders, ranging from neurodevelopmental disorders to neurodegenerative diseases.
How the brain affects the gut
The microbes in our gut have receptors on their surface designed to interact with the neurotransmitters produced in the brain. Stress can directly affect your neurotransmitters, which can go on to influence the gut flora and its habitat. Stress also can change the total mass of the microbiota and the composition of species, an important factor in overall gut health.
The GBA may control and respond to stress through our hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, which involves hormones like cortisol. One theory of depression is that overactivation of the HPA axis often causes heightened levels of cortisol. The brain can also affect the gut by changing the habitat for the microbiome. This includes mucosal secretions in the intestines, altering how fast your bowels move, and other environmental conditions. It can also directly affect what enters your body from the outside and immune function.
Keep your gut happy, and it keeps you healthy
Diet: It's all about diversity. Eat a wide variety of foods for a healthier microbiome.
Stress: Keep your stress in check. When you're stressed, your microbiome is stressed. It's easier said than done, but worth the effort.
Antibiotics: While useful for fighting infections from harmful bacteria, antibiotics also often kill some of the good bacteria in your gut. Antibiotics have been shown to throw the microbiome into dysbiosis.
Probiotics and Prebiotics: Probiotics and prebiotics work together. Probiotics contain good bacteria that could correct gut dysbiosis. Probiotics also may improve depression and anxiety after just 30 days. Prebiotics are healthful carbohydrates and fiber from fruits and vegetables that help feed your probiotics. The more colorful your diet, the healthier it is likely to be.
The discovery of the Gut-Brain Axis tells us that your thoughts and feelings, along with your overall environment and experiences, all play into the health of the gut, which can directly impact your overall health.
Aviv Clinics delivers a highly effective, science-based treatment protocol to enhance brain performance and improve the cognitive and physical symptoms of conditions such as traumatic brain injuries, fibromyalgia, Lyme, and dementia. The Aviv Medical Program's intensive treatment protocol uses Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and includes nutrition management and dietitian support to optimize your diet for better brain health. Based on over a decade of research and development, the Aviv Medical Program is holistic and customized to your needs.
Contact us to learn more.
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