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In a tough Hollywood market where it seems increasingly more difficult to get anything – TV, feature film, direct-to-DVD – produced, the Internet is turning out to be, for some, the best place to go.
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A scene from Crackle's webseries Backwash.
In a tough Hollywood market where it seems increasingly more difficult to get anything – TV, feature film, direct-to-DVD – produced, the Internet is turning out to be, for some, the best place to go. With a variety of new Internet channels cropping up, the quality of programming is improving and opportunity for more creative distribution is now more exciting than ever. Sony's web channel, Crackle, is just one of those outlets. The site features old and new archived TV and films, mainly from Sony's vast library, but also original web series content as well. Some of these episodic originals can also be viewed as feature length movies and have been released on DVD and television... Intrigued? So are we. Script sat down with Crackle executive Eric Berger to get the skinny on exactly what kind of writers he hopes to find to help him create the original content for this exciting new format.
SCRIPT: What is Crackle?
ERIC BERGER: We think of Crackle as a next-generation network. It's how you create a network today for a group of people who are unplugging their cable box or getting their content from alternative methods. Like a traditional network, we have lots of movie and TV shows, but we also have original programming that defines our voice. Traditional movies and TV shows come from the Columbia, Tri-Star and Sony library. We have Snatch and Revolver, along with comedies such as Big Daddy and Bad Boys. We have the Jim Carrey movie Cable Guy up until the end of January. We also have had such films as Jerry Maguire and Men in Black. These are 90-120 minutes in length. On TV side, the library content is traditional half hour and one hour shows. In addition, we also have original content. Everything we do on the site is a very programmed experience. We write for each piece of video, and we tell you why it crackles. We have full length uncut movies on the site for free to the consumer. Occasionally, there will be short 15 second ad breaks, but you can stream as long as you like and watch as many as you like.
SCRIPT: Tell us more about your original content.
ERIC BERGER: The original series we've been distributing are about five to seven minutes each in length. But once you string one entire series together all the way, it typically adds up to about 90 minutes in content. That's one feature length film. This is a strategy that we've been doing for some time. We're trying to tell one 90-minute linear story but in separate pieces, almost like chapters in a DVD. Each of those episodes tells a piece of the story. In 13 to 15 episodes of five to seven minutes each, it will add up to the 90-minute story. We typically release either one episode each day or a couple each week.
SCRIPT: What kind of content are you looking for?
ERIC BERGER: We're looking for something, first and foremost, that is interesting to our audience. We're programming a network for men 18-34 years old. We're programming for people who love and appreciate movies. The key genres that have tested well for this demo are action, sci-fi, horror, crime and comedy. We've had a lot of success with action thriller shows. For example, The Bannen Way and Angel of Death. There's also a lot of comedy that's being developed online. Some of the things that we're looking for go beyond these short segments into other genres. You don't see a lot of original programming on the web in the crime/thriller/action area. But we're producing content like that. We're also looking for content that's extremely differentiated from other platforms. It has to be so unique and different that it looks right for the digital platform on Crackle. Check out Backwash,and you'll see what I mean. It's nuts. A crazy ride. There are some great guest appearances, Jon Hamm, Hank Azaria, Sarah Silverman and John Stamos. When you see it, you can see it makes sense for the digital. One of the other criteria we have is that the show must be produced for the economics that make sense for this medium. We're not working with TV and movie budgets; we're working with a lot less. That said, we're trying to raise the bar through better production techniques. We compliment the scripts with great talent on the directing and acting side. We've had feature film directors direct our action comedies. For Backwash, the director was Danny Leiner who directed Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Dude, Where's My Car?.
Crackle's Eric Berger
SCRIPT: How do you find original content?
ERIC BERGER: Backwash is written by Josh Malina. Josh is an actor from The West Wing and A Few Good Men, among many other projects. This was a passion project of his. He'd been writing and thinking about it for a number of years. We got with Josh, and thought it would make an excellent production for the web. It's off the wall and hilarious. You don't see this in a traditional format or in film. Other big productions have been The Bannen Way and Urban Wolf. Each are 90 minutes of content released episodically. The reason for the 90 minutes is two-fold. First, we edit the show in the episodic way. But then we also edit it for full-length DVD, to be distributed on TV in the US and internationally. We've created second windows for the content as well as taken advantage of traditional windows.
SCRIPT: What's the biggest challenge to producing web content?
ERIC BERGER: I don't want to say it's more challenging than TV or film. We are separating ourselves from some of the content you see made for the Internet already. I don't want to take away from that type of content, quick, fun, experimental shows you can find on YouTube. But we are just trying to bring more scripted story and a higher quality of production to the content we're putting on our site. We want to say that the web is capable of creating high-end programming for this audience. We want to change the perception that this can be more than just "cats on a skateboard." Some of the writers we're working with are fresh, new writers. They don't have to have long credits, but they have great ideas. They are writing to this format and to this business model. We're also looking for people who are established in one medium but have a passion for another. Josh Malina is an example of that. He hadn't done as much with projects that he'd written, but now he has a full show on the web. The same is true for Angel of Death. Ed Brubaker is a very established comic book writer, but hadn't written a digital series. This was an option for him as well.
SCRIPT: Where else besides the Internet can fans find Crackle's content?
ERIC BERGER: We make Crackle content available in many places, sort of like what Netflix does with its content. We have Crackle on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. We have Android applications. We have versions of Crackle imbedded on YouTube and MySpace. We have versions of Crackle that work on Sony Bravia and the new Google TV. You can get it on a large screen. It's all on demand and streamed.
SCRIPT: What's your advice to aspiring screenwriters?
ERIC BERGER: For us, one of the things that we always say, whether it's a six-minute or a 90-minute piece of content, the story and the characters truly matter. Just because it's online doesn't mean you can shortcut the traditional aspects of storytelling that are so critical. The characters, the pacing, the reveals… all of those things are as important for this medium as for any other medium. There are, however, some differences that we've discovered about short form episodes, too. The ability to write in these shorter story arcs is necessary. Instead of using the traditional three-act approach, the writer must understand that things need to happen in each of these episodes. On the comedy side, people are also a little bit more fickle on the web. You've got to get to the funny faster than you'd need to if you have more time and more pacing. We're looking for very fresh and original material, something you don't see in the traditional TV world.
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Q: Solution of nonhomogeneous problem using semigroup of linear operators Let $X$ be a complex Hilbert space; and let $A:D(A)\subset X \to X$ be a $\mathbb C-$linear operator. Assume that $A$ is self-adjoint(so that $D(A)$ is a dense subset of $X$) and that $A\leq 0$ (i.e., $(Ax,x)\leq 0$ for all $x\in D(A)$).\
Since $A$ is self-adjoint, $iA:D(A)\subset X \to X$ defined by $(iA)x:=iAx$ for $x\in D(A)$ is also $\mathbb C-$linear and is skew-adjoint.
In particular, $iA$ generates the group of isometries $\{\mathcal{T}(t)\}_{t\in \mathbb R}$ on $X.$ We deduce easily from the skew-adjointness of $iA$ that,
$$\mathcal{T}(t)^{\ast}=\mathcal{T}(-t), \forall t \in \mathbb R.$$
For every $x\in X$ and every $f\in C([0,T], X)$ (where $T\in \mathbb R$), there exists a unique solution of the problem
$$ (NH)
\begin{cases}
u\in C([0, T], X) \cap C^{1}([0, T], (D(A))'),\\
i\frac{du}{dt}+\bar{A}u+f=0,\\
u(0)=x.
\end{cases}
$$
My Question is:

How to show, $u\in C([0, T], X) $ is a solution of the above problem $(NH)$ if and only if $u$ satisfies
  $$u(t)=\mathcal{T}(t)x+i\int_{0}^{t}\mathcal{T}(t-s)f(s) ds;$$
  for all $t\in [0, T].$

Note. For more detail of the above problem see "Semilinear Schr\"odinger Equations" by Thierray Cazenave, section 1.6
Thanks,
Edit: We put, $(D(A))'=$ The dual of $D(A);$ and $A$ can be extended to a self adjoint operator $\bar{A}$ on $(\mathcal{D}(A))'$ with domain $X.$ We note,  $\bar{A}|_{D(A)}=A.$

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Fellow soldier and juvenile charged in death of missing Fort Drum soldier
New Jersey prosecutors have charged a soldier and a teen boy with murder and kidnapping in the death of Fort Drum soldier Cpl Hayden Harris, whose body was found shot to death in a remote area in the northern part of the state on December 19, WWNY reported.
Cpl Hayden Harris, 20, reportedly left the post and travelled to Glen Park, New York, to exchange a vehicle with the other soldier, prosecutors said, but something went wrong with the deal. Spc Jamaal Mellish, 23, and the 16-year-old boy then allegedly abducted Harris, drove him to Byram Township in New Jersey, and shot him to death.
CrimeOnline initially reported the arrest of Mellish shortly after Harris's body was found. Mellish was arrested in Oneida County, New York, and is in military custody while awaiting extradition to New Jersey. The teen is in a juvenile facility, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said.
Harris's body was found by Byram Township police in a wooded area, covered in snow, WWNY said. Investigators said they tied Mellish to the case because they found paperwork with Mellish's name on it at the scene where Harris's body was dumped. The paperwork was reportedly a receipt for a different vehicle transfer between the two.
Harris, from Guys, Tennessee, graduated Air Assault School in 2019 and is survived by his parents and sister. He won several awards and decorations during his time in the military.
Mellish has been charged with murder, kidnapping, murder with kidnapping, possessing a handgun without a permit, using the handgun against a person, and suppression of evidence. The juvenile has been charged with murder, kidnapping, possessing a handgun without a permit, and using the handgun against a person, according to the prosecutor's office.
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The second round of voting in presidential polls in the breakaway Moldovan republic of Transdnestr will take place on December 25, election officials said on Friday.
The ex-speaker of the republic's government, Yevgeny Shevchuk, and Supreme Council Chairman Anatoly Kaminsky will face off in the runoff after taking 38.55 percent and 26.3 percent of the vote in the first round.
Outgoing president Igor Smirnov, who sought his fifth presidential term, garnered 24.66 percent of the vote. Election officials rejected his appeal to declare the vote invalid, saying there were no grounds to do so.
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'Parachute Jumper,' 'Ex-Lady' and 'Sadie McKee' in 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'
On August 12, 2019 August 12, 2019 By Ben YagodaIn Movie on TV set, Movie somewhere else, Movies in movies1 Comment
Joan Crawford (left) as Blanche Hudson; Bette Davis as her sister Baby Jane.
Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) is a camp classic, a mashup of Sunset Boulevard and Gypsy, with Grand Guignol touches and a cold-eyed look at elder abuse, before the term was coined. The movie opens in 1917. Baby Jane Hudson is a tap-dancing, singing vaudeville sensation; her sister, Blanche, watches jealously from the wings. (And there you have the Gypsy connection. In that 1959 Broadway musical, the child star is named Baby June; her sister Louise is the neglected one. Henry Farrell published the novel What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, on which the movie was based, in 1960.)
Next we're in a Hollywood screening room in 1935, with executives Ben Golden (Bert Freed) and Marty McDonald (Wesley Addy). Ben doesn't appear to be happy with the what they're watching.
Pay attention. In a twist, it's Blanche who has become the big movie star. Her contract demands that the studio make a Baby Jane picture for every one of hers. Ben and Marty are supposedly looking at work by the grown-up Baby Jane. But actually on the screen are scenes from two real-life 1933 Warner Brothers movies starring Bette Davis, Parachute Jumper and Ex-Lady. Ben's dilemma is that, as he bluntly puts it, Jane "stinks." The clips are meant to bear out this assessment.
But do they? True, Davis's southern accent in Parachute Jumper (her character's name is "Alabama") isn't the most convincing. But on the whole her work seems representative of the time — the years between the end of silent film era and 1934 imposition of the Motion Picture Production Code, when dresses were slinky, underwear was minimal, and both morals and production values were shaky. Certainly, it was sporting on Davis's part to allow her early work to be presented as an example of bad craft.
Fast forward to the 1962 present. Suburban matron Mrs. Bates (Anna Lee), wearing the full white-gloved June Cleaver look, arrives home to find her daughter (B.D. Merrill — Davis's real-life daughter) watching an old movie on TV. When she realizes what it is, her face beams with delight.
(By the way, the "sad eye" Margaret Keane paintings on the wall were thanks to Crawford, a big fan of the artist.)
The "fine old Blanche Hudson movie," as the dog-food pitchman calls it, is in fact Sadie McKee (1934), starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond (who smooches her), Edward Arnold (who rescues her from the abusive guy in the nightclub), and Franchot Tone. Unlike the Baby Jane/Bette Davis pictures, it's presented as an enduring classic. And maybe it's a bit more polished, but I frankly don't see all that much of a difference.
We cut to the Bateses' next-door neighbor Blanche (Crawford), who's in a wheel chair for reasons that will prove important to the plot but otherwise looks quite presentable; she's also raptly watching her old movie on the tube as Jane (Davis), who lives with her and has not aged well, walks in. (Again, it was sporting of Davis to agree to wear the grotesque little-girl makeup Jane favors.)
One more piece of good sportsmanship on Davis's part was not objecting to the use of Sadie McKee as the example of a Blanche picture. It must have dredged up unpleasant memories. A 2017 Harper's Bazaar article tied to the release of Feud, a TV miniseries about the making of Baby Jane, described how Davis fell in love with Franchot Tone while making a movie with him in 1935. But Crawford, who met him on the Sadie McKee set, married him, "I have never forgiven her for that, and never will," Davis said in a 1987 interview.
It appeared that Davis's team-first attitude paid off, as she was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar for her Baby Jane performance. But that turned out badly. As Harper's Bazaar reported:
Not only did Crawford campaign hard against Davis, who was the favorite for that year's Best Actress prize, but she made arrangements to get up onstage herself at any cost. Noting that several of that year's nominees were unable to attend the ceremony, Crawford offered to collect the Best Actress award on their behalf. And so, when the absent Anne Bancroft's name was read out, Crawford went up to accept the Oscar on her behalf as Davis watched in shock, and posed happily with Bancroft's award alongside the night's actual winners backstage.


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Livestock haulers were granted a longer exemption from implementing the ELD technology than agriculture haulers, whose exemption expires at midnight June 18. (DTN photo by Mary Kennedy)
While the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) 90-day electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for agriculture truckers expires June 18, one group has already been granted an extension until fall. When President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion spending bill in March 2018, it also passed an extension on the ELD implementation for livestock haulers. The bill, passed on March 23, included a mandate for livestock and insect haulers to have an exemption through September 30, 2018.
However, drivers hauling non-livestock ag commodities, such as produce, feed and fertilizer, must begin using an ELD by June 19, the date that enforcers will begin issuing citations and out-of-service orders for non-compliance, according to the FMCSA. Drivers who haul agricultural commodities within a "150-air mile radius of the farmer's farm or ranch," are exempt from hours of service regulations, meaning they will not have to adopt an ELD before the June 19 enforcement date. Only drivers required to keep records of driving status will need to comply with the ELD mandate.
For Agricultural Exceptions and Exemptions updated through May 31, 2018, go here: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/…
On May 22, 2018, Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jon Tester (D), John Hoeven (R-ND), Tina Smith (D-MN), Pat Roberts (R-Ks), Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Doug Jones (D-AL) introduced the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act (TLAAS). This bill seeks to ease the burden of "far-reaching" Hours-of-Service (HOS) and Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) regulations for haulers of livestock and insects.
United States Cattlemen's Association (USCA) Transportation Committee Chairman Steve Hilker issued the following statement about the bill: "We asked, and Congress answered. This is a historic moment for livestock and insect haulers to finally be afforded needed flexibility in the restrictive Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules. We commend this bipartisan group of Senators, led by Sen. Sasse, for working with the industry towards a common-sense solution."
USCA provided the following "fast facts" of the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act:
-- Providing that HOS and ELD requirements are inapplicable until after a driver travels more than 300-air miles from their source. Drive time for HOS purposes does not start until after the 300-air mile threshold.
-- Exempts loading and unloading times from the HOS calculation of driving time.
-- Extends the HOS on-duty time maximum hour requirement from 11 hours to a minimum of 15 hours and a maximum of 18 hours of on-duty time.
-- Grants flexibility for drivers to rest at any point during their trip without counting against HOS time.
-- Allows drivers to complete their trip -- regardless of HOS requirements -- if they come within 150-air miles of their delivery point.
-- After the driver completes his delivery and the truck is unloaded, the driver will take a break for a period that is five hours less than the maximum on-duty time (10 hours if a 15-hour drive time).
It is important to note that the ELD and HOS actually intertwine, and thus are mentioned together when the ELD exemption is requested. Basically the ELD mandate requires all commercial drivers who prepare HOS records to connect an ELD to a vehicle's engine to record driving hours. Once the time expires, the ELD doesn't shut the truck down, but it alerts the driver that they are violating the rule if they continue to drive. Hilker pointed out on the USCA website that under the current HOS rules, livestock haulers are allocated 11 hours of drive time and 14 hours of on-duty time.
"Once they've hit their hours, the ELD will force drivers off the road to take their mandatory 10-hour break. This leaves cattle potentially stranded roadside on the truck. The list of poor outcomes begins to grow exponentially, almost immediately," said Hilker. "Not to mention, the financial hit the driver will take as precious time ticks away will push small and mid-sized trucking companies immediately out of business. It will also put more pressure on an already very thinly populated driver pool."
Opponents of the bill, like the American Trucking Associations (ATA), cautions that the "lives of livestock should not be a priority over the lives of people."
Bill Sullivan, leader of advocacy for ATA, advised against the legislation. On May 31, he told Transport Topics, the nation's logistics and trucking news leader, that such a law would be dangerous for truck drivers and all motorists. "This bill would allow truck drivers to stay behind the wheel for almost twice as long as they're permitted under the current hours-of-service rules," Sullivan said. "It needlessly and recklessly jeopardizes the safety of people who travel our highways. We should not prioritize livestock over people's lives, and ATA urges Congress to reject this misguided legislation."
As for small businesses, legislation was recently introduced to exempt them and all agriculture sectors. In a press release on May 23, 2018, Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte said that he and Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have introduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to relieve certain sectors of the trucking industry from the Federal Motor Carrier Association's ELD mandate.
The Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018 will completely exempt businesses that operate 10 or fewer trucks from the requirements of the ELD mandate. The Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018 will completely exempt agricultural businesses.
"This legislation will eliminate costly and time-consuming regulations for small trucking companies and individual owner-operators, which constitute much of the rural trucking industry." Peterson said. "In addition, it will help reduce unnecessary stops and delays which threaten the quality of agricultural products on their way to market."
Both the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the Small Business Transportation Coalition have endorsed the Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018. However, the Trucking Alliance has opposed the latest proposed legislation, saying that the bill is unlikely to become law and sends a false message about the purpose of ELDs.
There are many groups fighting for the use of ELD and many others fighting against it. Since its "official" implementation on Dec. 18, 2017, there have been exemptions granted and even a delay in "hard enforcement" of the mandate to April 1, 2018.
It appears the fight is not over, but in the meantime, unless something changes for Ag haulers, their exemption will soon run out.
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Garret Wassermann for State Representative
No Oil and Gas Waste on Roads
Posted on January 12, 2020 · 6 mins read
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · Contact: hello@votegarret.org
The Pennsylvania state legislature is currently considering bills like SB 790 and HB 1635 that would enable a health and environmental disaster. The legislation would allow oil and gas companies to dump their drilling wastewater on our roads, rather than properly treat and dispose of it. This wastewater is full of various drilling chemicals and salts, and contains within it materials from deep in the earth that were drilled into. While often called "brine", it's much more than simply a salty brine.
This wastewater contains numerous toxic and even radioactive chemicals, including radium, that normally wouldn't be in our drinking water and water treatment facilities. However, if it is dumped on roads, that toxic wastewater won't simply stay on the roads – it will run into our soil, our streams, and our water treatment facilities. It is a health hazard and toxic to the environment and should never be allowed to happen.
While wastewater dumping is perhaps the most egregious part of this proposal, the entire SB 790 is a gift to the fossil fuel industry in the form of rollbacks to important health and environmental regulations. As reported by Penn Future, as currently written, SB 790:
Rolls back public health protections, including industrial compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act standards.
Allows for significant oil and gas spills to go unreported.
Opens the door to more drilling operations across Pennsylvania by avoiding erosion and sediment control permitting requirements.
As state representative, I would strongly oppose SB 790 and any other such legislation. Ultimately, we must move away from the fossil fuel economy entirely, toward a green economy built on renewable energy and infrastructure. This is why I support a Green New Deal for Pennsylvania, the state must invest heavily in a green economy, for better jobs, better health for the region, and ultimately to save the planet from the climate change.
I encourage individuals and organizations in the district to sign on to this letter opposing SB 790 and HB 1635. I have signed on as an individual and a candidate for office and will contact the offices of current elected officials to follow up. For completeness, the entire text of the letter is given below.
Dear Senators,
On October 21, the Senate passed SB 790 by a vote of 26 – 23. The vote was held as soon as the bill left the Appropriations Committee and was conducted without debate. The bill is a controversial one with many concerning provisions, including one that allows for the spreading of brine from conventional drilling on unpaved roads as a dust-suppressant. We, the undersigned, are writing to protest your refusal to follow the established process in a rush to get a win for the industry you have come to believe you represent.
Just last year, a team of PennState researchers published a peer-reviewed study that found that "in Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2014, spreading O&G wastewater on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment (320 millicuries) than O&G wastewater treatment facilities and 200 times more radium than spill events."
Earlier this year, another study from PSE Healthy Energy that looked at oil and gas waste management from 1991 – 2017 found that about 30 percent of waste came from conventional drilling. Road spreading of waste was first reported in 1995. PA Environment Digest summarized the findings reported by lead author Lee Ann Hill. "The study found 5,725,353 barrels (240,464,826 gallons) of wastewater from conventional oil and gas wells were applied to roads between 1991 and 2017. 97.9 percent of that waste – 235,415,065 gallons– remained in Pennsylvania and was spread on roads.
"In 2017, approximately 193,000 barrels (8.1 million gallons) of wastewater from conventional oil and gas operations were used for road spreading. This accounted for 0.3 percent of all wastewater generated in 2017, according to Hill."
As you know, the DEP put a moratorium on road-spreading of brine in 2018 as a result of a 2017 Environmental Hearing Board appeal. Then, in May of this year, days after the PSE Healthy Energy study was published, the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Development Advisory Council (CDAC) wrote in its Annual Report , "At public comment at various meetings during the year the presidents of PIOGA and PGCC complained to CDAC about the oil and gas production constraints and the economic hardship suffered as a result of the dwindling number of produced water options.
"Among other things the presidents of the trade organizations called upon CDAC to direct its efforts to the re-initiation of the brine spreading/dust suppression program suspended by the DEP, but which had operated previously for several decades."
Our state government has a sad tradition of catering to every whim of the natural gas industry. Among the members of CDAC are Senator Hutchinson, a co-sponsor of SB 790, Senator Yudichak, DCED Secretary Dennis Davin, DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Representative Martin Causer, prime sponsor of HB 1635, a similar measure introduced in the House, and Representative Ryan Bizzarro.
Doing the bidding of the natural gas industry is not your job. You are in Harrisburg to represent the best interests of Pennsylvanians. You are failing us, regularly and miserably. We call on the House to stop both SB 790 and HB 1635. Should they fail to represent our best interests, we call on Governor Wolf to commit to vetoing whichever bill reaches his desk.
Sincerely, Karen Feridun, Kutztown, 19530
cc: House Leadership Governor Tom Wolf
NOTE: Updated 2020-01-14 to make opposition to the whole bill SB 790 clear, not just the wastewater component.
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Q: PHP - Session destroy after closing browser Though this question has multiple duplicates i could not find proper solution for me.
Need Some help.
I have used ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',  0); in my configuration file.
But it is not helping me to destroy session on browser close.
Application current flow:
1) In authentication page if user is valid, generate new session identifier using session_regenerate_id(true);
2) Control goes to welcome.php where i start new session using session_start();
3) in logout page code is
      $_SESSION = array();
      if (ini_get("session.use_cookies")) {
        $params = session_get_cookie_params();
        setcookie(session_name(), '', time() - 42000,
        $params["path"], $params["domain"],
        $params["secure"], $params["httponly"]
      );
     }
    // Finally, destroy the session.
    session_destroy();

A: This might help you,
session_set_cookie_params(0);
session_start();

Your session cookie will be destroyed... so your session will be good until the browser is open. please view http://www.php.net//manual/en/function.session-set-cookie-params.php this may help you.

A: Use a keep alive.
On login:
session_start();
$_SESSION['last_action'] = time();

An ajax call every few (eg 20) seconds:
windows.setInterval(keepAliveCall, 20000);

Server side keepalive.php:
session_start();
$_SESSION['last_action'] = time();

On every other action:
session_start();
if ($_SESSION['last_action'] < time() - 30 /* be a little tolerant here */) {
  // destroy the session and quit
}

A: The best way is to close the session is: if there is no response for that session after particular interval of time. then close. Please see this post and I hope it will resolve the issue. "How to change the session timeout in PHP?"

A: There are different ways to do this, but the server can't detect when de browser gets closed so destroying it then is hard.

*

*timeout session.

Either create a new session with the current time or add a time variable to the current session. and then check it when you start up or perform an action to see if the session has to be removed.
session_start();
$_SESSION["timeout"] = time();
//if 100 seconds have passed since creating session delete it.
if(time() - $_SESSION["timeout"] > 100){
    unset($_SESSION["timeout"];
}

*

*ajax

Make javascript perform an ajax call that will delete the session, with onbeforeunload() a javascript function that calls a final action when the user leaves the page. For some reason this doesnt always work though.

*

*delete it on startup.

If you always want the user to see the login page on startup after the page has been closed you can just delete the session on startup.
<? php
session_start();
unset($_SESSION["session"]);

and there probably are some more.

A: There's one more "hack" by using HTTP Referer (we asume that browser window was closed current referer's domain name and curent page's domain name do not match):
session_start();
$_SESSION['somevariable'] = 'somevalue';

if(parse_url($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"], PHP_URL_HOST) != $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]){
    session_destroy();
}

This also has some drawbacks, but it helped me few times.

A: You can do it using JavaScript by triggering an ajax request to server to destroy the session on onbeforeunload event fired when we closes the browse tab or window or browser.

A: Use the following code to destroy the session:
 <?php
    session_start();
    unset($_SESSION['sessionvariable']);
    header("Location:index.php");
    ?>

A: If you want to change the session id on each log in, make sure to use session_regenerate_id(true) during the log in process.
<?php
session_start();
session_regenerate_id(true);
?>

A: If you close your browser your session is lost.
session.cookie_lifetime specifies the lifetime of the cookie in seconds which is sent to the browser.
session.gc_maxlifetime specifies the number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and potentially cleaned up.
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', 176400);  // for 48 hours
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 176400);  // for 48 hours
session_start();

A: If you are confused what to do, just refer to the manual of session_destroy() function:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-destroy.php
There you can find some more features of session_destroy().


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Category Archives: PlayBook
Xploding Boxes reaches 500 levels
May 5, 2015 Eric at Ebscer
Xploding Boxes has been expanded to a total of 500 levels. Version 5.4 in now available in BlackBerry World, Google Play, the Amazon app store, the Nook app store, the Windows 8 app store, and the Windows Phone app store. In addition to the new levels, this update also improves the touch sensitivity on BlackBerry 10 phones, and adds additional menu options to the game play screen on Windows Phone.
About Xploding Boxes
Xploding Boxes is a strategy game where the goal is to start a chain reaction that will explode all of the boxes on the screen. Each level presents a different look and number of touches, requiring a different strategy to solve.
The game itself, and the first 25 levels are available for free, while a one time in-app purchase can be used to access the rest of the levels for just $2.99 while still maintaining your progress from the free levels.
Xploding Boxes at BlackBerry World
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Xploding Boxes updated with Windows Phone support
March 27, 2015 Eric at Ebscer
Xploding Boxes has been updated to version 5.3 in BlackBerry World, Google Play, the Amazon app store, the Nook app store, the Windows 8 app store, and the Windows Phone app store. This update adds 10 new levels to the game, and also adds support for Windows Phones for the first time.
Xploding Boxes gets another 10 levels
Xploding Boxes has been updated to version 5.2 with ten additional levels. This brings the total number of levels in the game up to 480.
Version 1.4 of Pixelated Shapes released
February 3, 2015 Eric at Ebscer
Pixelated Shapes has been updated to version 1.4 in BlackBerry World, Google Play, the Amazon App Store, and the Windows 8 App Store. This new version reduces the minimum width required on Windows 8, improves the back up options on BlackBerry 10, and supports the newest version of Google Play on Android.
About Pixelated Shapes
Pixelated Shapes is a twist on the classic version of Pixelated that replaces the familiar squares with triangles and hexagons. The object of the game is to get the screen a single color by slowly growing a blob out of the upper left hand corner by matching it to the colors of the surrounding shapes. This is done repeatedly until either the game is won, or you run out of moves. Under the default settings you must clear the screen in 29 moves or less in order to win. A one time in-app upgrade can allow you to adjust the difficult, switch color schemes, change to different game modes, and get an indicator giving you the number of remaining moves.
Pixelated Shapes at BlackBerry World
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Android, BlackBerry, BlackBerry10, Pixelated, PlayBook, Windows
More levels for Xploding Boxes
December 18, 2014 Eric at Ebscer
Xploding Boxes has been updated to version 5.1 with 10 all new levels. In addition to the new levels, this update includes some bug fixes for the Android and BlackBerry 10 versions of the app, custom highlight colors on BlackBerry 10.3, official support for the Amazon Fire TV Stick, as well as updating to the newest in-app purchase API's for the Google Play store. The app also continues to support classic BBOS, Windows 8.1, and the Barnes and Noble Nook.
Another 10 levels for Runaway Trains
November 4, 2014 Eric at Ebscer
The Runaway Trains game has been updated to version 2.8 in BlackBerry World and the Google Play Store. This update adds ten new levels, and ensures that the BlackBerry version of the game is now compatible OS 10.3.1 which is expected to be released within the next month.
About Runaway Trains
Runaway Trains is a colorful strategy game for all ages where you must route the trains to the proper station. Each level progresses in difficulty and presents an unique puzzle which you must solve by finding a way to guide the coloured trains causing a collision or running out of track.
This is done by touching the intersections to toggle the open path of the tracks. If at any time the trains crash or end up at the wrong station, you will have lost and have to try again.
Runaway Trains at BlackBerry World
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Xploding Boxes all new in version 5
October 30, 2014 Eric at Ebscer
Version 5.0 of Xploding Boxes adds new levels and new features and can be downloaded for BlackBerry, Android, Nook, and Windows 8. This is the first major revision of this app in over two years, and includes a ground-up rewrite of the BlackBerry 10 version of the app, newly added support for the Amazon Fire TV, and ten brand new levels.
New for BlackBerry 10
The app has received a complete rewrite for BlackBerry 10 phones, and is now a fully native app written in BlackBerry Cascades. Meanwhile the gameplay screen has been redone in OpenGL to maintain a resolution independent experience that looks great on high-resolution phones such as the BlackBerry Passport. In addition to the Passport, this new version of the game also supports the newly available P'9983 and the soon to be launched BlackBerry Classic.
Xploding Boxes version 5 also automatically syncs all of your game progress to your BlackBerryID so that going forward you can switch to a new BlackBerry or reinstall the app without having to worry about backups.
New for Windows 8.1
In addition to the new levels, users of the app on Windows 8.1 will find the game to be reoptimized for their OS, with greatly improved support for split screen views.
Xploding Boxes on Amazon Fire TV
In addition to the phones and tablets, Xploding Boxes is also now available on the Amazon Fire TV where it can be played with the remote.
Android, BlackBerry, BlackBerry10, Nook, PlayBook, Xploding Boxes
Pixelated Shapes updated to version 1.2
Pixelated Shapes has been updated to version 1.2 in BlackBerry World, Google Play, Windows Store, and Amazon App Store. This new version consists of bug fixes and includes a 3.5% reduction in the file size of the BlackBerry 10 app.
BlackBerry's four years with Adobe AIR
April 30, 2014 Eric at Ebscer
I am trying something a bit new and have published on Medium a history of BlackBerry's recent relationship with the Adobe AIR framework. If this is popular I may publish more narrative style posts to Medium in the future. For now read it at https://medium.com/p/4f1a227bf291
BlackBerry, BlackBerry10, code, PlayBook
Who is still using the PlayBook?
The BlackBerry PlayBook has been largely abandoned since the update to OS 2.1 in October 2012, but there still remains a sizable number of users on the platform. Following last week's release of version 4.9 of Xploding Boxes, I looked at downloads of the app by PlayBook users to get a feel for who is still using this tablet.
There was quite a bit of a shift in the user base from a year ago, when I last looked at the data.
The majority of users (53.2%) are from the United States and Canada, with a plurality of users from the Great White North. The PlayBook has had outsized popularity in Canada since day one, so this is no surprise.
The one demographic that has increased significantly since last year is the number of users from Latin America. The region accounted for 16.5% of all users with Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil all individually exceeding 1% of the user base.
These statistics are generated from PlayBook downloads of the popular strategy game Xploding Boxes, from March 17th, through March 23rd. Data was collected by BlackBerry World at the time of download.
BlackBerry, PlayBook, Statistics
10 new levels for Xploding Boxes
It has been a few months since the last update, but Xploding Boxes has been updated to version 4.7 in order to bring the total number of levels up to 410.
Xploding Boxes is a strategy game for BlackBerry, Android, Nook, Windows 8, and BlackBerry 10 where the goal of the game is to start a chain reaction that will explode all of the boxes on the screen. Each level gives you a different number of touches, and requires a different strategy to solve.
The game itself, and the first 25 levels are available for free, while a one time in-app purchase can be used to access the rest of the levels for just $2.99 while maintaining your progress from the free levels.
Pixelated Shapes updated
November 26, 2013 Eric at Ebscer
Pixelated Shapes has been updated to version 1.1 in BlackBerry World, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore. This new version adds a new neon color scheme option, as well as improving the way that the graphics are generated, and BlackBerry 10 users also get access to a new HDMI out mode that transforms the game when connected to an external screen.
The BlackBerry 10 version of the app now has an instal size that is 49% smaller than before, and also starts up 30% quicker. In addition to these improvements, the app also now has an HDMI mode like that which was recently added to the classic version of Pixelated. Additionally the display of the app was also improved on Android devices that now appear better over a greater number of different screen resolutions.
Pixelated Shapes is a twist on the classic version of Pixelated that replaces the familiar squares with triangles and hexagons. The object of the game is to get the screen a single color by slowly growing a blob out of the upper left hand corner by matching it to the colors of the surrounding shapes. This is done repeatedly until either the game is won, or you run out of moves. Under the default settings you must clear the screen in 29 moves or less in order to win. A one time in-app upgrade can allow you to adjust the difficult or change to different game modes.
Android, BlackBerry, BlackBerry10, Pixelated, PlayBook
Pixelated upgraded to version 3.5
Pixelated and Pixelated Plus have been upgraded to version 3.5 for BlackBerry, Nook, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. All platforms now support a new neon color scheme that is available to users who have purchased the paid version of the app. The Windows Phone, Windows 8, and BlackBerry OS versions of the app all have a reduced footprint. Additionally the Windows Phone version has been given better support for users running a bright theme on their device.
The BlackBerry 10 version of the game now starts up 12% quicker, and also has a new HDMI mode. This new feature (demonstrated in the video below) allows you to use your phone as a remote controller for the game which will be displayed on an external screen. Once the screen is disconnected the game can resume on your phone like normal.
How to Play Pixelated
Pixelated is an addictive puzzle based strategy game that requires a mixture of skill and luck in order to accomplish. The object of the game is to change the colour of the squares until the entire screen is a single solid colour. Starting with the square in the upper left corner you can change the colour of the blocks in order to match that of the surrounding squares. This is done repeatedly until the entire screen is a single colour. The object of the game is to clear the screen in as few moves as possible. Under the default settings you must do so in under 22 moves in order to win. The game is controlled by the large colored blocks at the bottom of the screen.
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Pixelated Shapes released
September 13, 2013 Eric at Ebscer
Pixelated Shapes has been released for BlackBerry 10, PlayBook, and Android. The game is a twist on the classic version of Pixelated that replaces the familiar squares with triangles and hexagons.
In addition to the standard triangle grid, you can also play the game with hexagons, or a micro sized grid of triangles or hexagons after paying for a one time in-app upgrade of $2.99 USD. This single upgrade also unlocks the the full range of option in the game such as the ability to adjust the difficulty level or to change the color scheme of the game. Purchasing the upgrade also allows you to display a full range of statistics (such as win percentages), and to see the number of remaining moves that you have on the top of the main game screen.
Starting with the shape in the upper left corner you can change the colour of this pixels in order to match that of the surrounding shapes. The color of the upper left shape is set by using the controls on the bottom of the screen. This is done repeatedly allowing the block to grow, until eventually the entire screen is a single colour. The object of the game is to get to this state in as few moves as possible. Under the default settings you must clear the screen in under 29 moves in order to win. If you wish to play until you clear the board you can adjust the 'end game condition' dropdown on the options page.
If you have any feedback feel free to contact me at eric@ebscer.com
Pixelated Shapes (coming soon)
In early 2009 Pixelated was released. After four and a half years later it is time to rethink the concept. Pixelated Shapes takes the concept of Pixelated and applies it to the different geometries of triangles and hexagons, forcing you to rethink your well worn strategies.
Pixelated Shapes will be released for BlackBerry 10, PlayBook, and Android later this month.


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Extinguished: Sporting Kansas City 2-0 Chicago Fire
Goals from Dom Dwyer and Graham Zusi guaranteed Sporting KC's place in the 2014 MLS Cup playoffs.
By Grace Rogers Oct 11, 2014, 1:04am CDT
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It was a cold and rainy evening in Kansas City.
Many eyes were trained on the ALCS, as the Royals played the Orioles. Or on college basketball, as the University of Kansas held their first practice. Yet Sporting Park still managed to sell out, and the capacity crowd watched the reigning champs clinch their playoff spot with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire.
The match was largely a tale of two goalkeepers. Chicago's Sean Johnson had several good saves at the beginning of the game that were instrumental in slowing down Kansas City's momentum. Johnnson continued to have an exceptional match, until the 80th minute when Graham Zusi fired a shot from 25 yards out. It was all downhill from there, as Johnson let in another goal from Dom Dwyer just twelve minutes later. Dwyer had missed a penalty kick earlier in the match, but notched a header off of a Zusi cross to make it 2-0.
The all-out star of this game was Andy Gruenebaum. His instinctive saves likely solidified his role as starting goalkeeper for the remainder of the 2014 season. His four saves in the first half alone could have made up a save of the week roster. Highlights included an astounding save on Matt Watson, whose volley seemed to be a sure lead for the team, and a nice strike on a 15 yard strike from Quincy Amarikwa.
Sporting KC has two games left in the regular season. Their next match is away against the Philadelphia Union on October 18th.


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The Comic Art Collection has particular strength in underground comic books, graphic novels, and published reprints of classic comic strips and cartoons. Special Collections also maintains a core reference collection on comics, including price guides, encyclopedias, and scholarly publications.
The collection contains 1000 pieces of original art, 100+ syndicate proofs, over 30 cubic feet of manuscript materials, hundreds of clippings, and over 4,000 catalogued comic books, journals, and monographs.
How to Use the Collections
History and Provenance of the Collection
Representatives from the Department of Art, the Journalism Library, and Ellis Library met in 1988-89 to discuss the creation of a comic art collection. The committee decided on the parameters of the collection, discussed gift strategies, and sought funding.
A collection of 257 underground comic books given by library staff member Alan Jones became the nucleus of the collection. The John Tinney McCutcheon Collection of original editorial cartoons from the Chicago Tribune and Cosmopolitan, given to the Libraries in 1955, also became a part of the collection.
Many significant materials received to date were donated by their creators, such as the V. T. Hamlin Papers Collection I and the Frank Stack Papers. The Mort Walker Collection includes material originally donated by Mort and Betty Walker. It has been added to with selected purchases and other donations. The Edgar E. Martin Papers Collection I was placed on deposit.
Special Collections staff have continued to add material to the collections, supplemented with private donations.
Finding Aids for Comic Art and Popular Culture
Allen C. Bluedorn Comic Collection
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Bonnet-Brown Comic Art Syndicate Collection
Scope and Content Note Published strips, cartoons, and features by various comic strip artists of the 1930s, including Burne Hogarth, V.T. Hamlin,…
The Comic Art Collection has particular strength in underground comic books, graphic novels, and published reprints of classic comic strips and…
Edgar Everett Martin Papers, 1926-1972; 1935-
Biographical Sketch Edgar Everett ("Abe") Martin (1898-1960) was born in Indianapolis. His family later moved to Monmouth, Illinois where his father…
Frank Stack Papers, 1957-
Biographical Sketch Frank Stack was born October 31, 1937 in Houston, Texas. He was educated at the University of Texas (B.F.A.), University of…
John Tinney McCutcheon Collection of Editorial Cartoons
Scope and Contents The majority of the items in this collection are original pen and ink cartoons drawn for theChicago Tribunefrom 1903 to 1944.…
Missouri Creators Comic Collection
The Missouri Creators Comics Collection includes graphic novels, zines, mini-comics, and comic books created by Missouri residents. The nucleus of the…
Mort Walker Collection, 1946-2001
Biographical Sketch [information supplied by Walker] Addison Morton Walker was born in Eldorado, Kansas in 1923, reared in Kansas City and graduated…
Ralph Barton Collection
Biographical Note Ralph Emerson Barton (1891-1931) was a caricaturist and illustrator. Barton's first caricature was of Thomas Hart Benton, his last…
Underground Comics Syndicate Proofs Collection
The collection consists of a sample of underground comics published by Rip Off Press, and includes the work of comic artists Ted Richards, Frank Stack…
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Head of Operations - Development
University of Cambridge - Murray Edwards College
£45,000 to £50,000
About Murray Edwards College
Murray Edwards College is one of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge and is a College for bright women from a variety of backgrounds, who strive to achieve their full potential and make a difference in the world.
The College is a self-governing academic community, comprising some 650 undergraduates, postgraduates and academics, supported by 120 staff. It has exceptional facilities and listed modern buildings with award-winning gardens.
The Head of Operations will have overall responsibility for the smooth and successful functioning of the development office, leading on all aspects of fundraising operations and building on existing processes, including gift administration, data analysis, prospect research and management reporting.
The post-holder will also fully engage with the day-to-day co-ordination of operations and maintenance of relationships across the College communities and beyond and work with the Director of Development in delivering the College's development strategy, including the planning of any future fundraising campaign.
Key responsibilities of the role are:
Alongside the Director of Development, provide holistic support for the development office, including the staff, the Raiser's Edge database and all internal office systems and processes.
Develop and lead the strategic direction of fundraising operations using tools and best practices that will build on current platforms and processes.
Develop the role over time with respect to the major gift programme, to optimise prospect identification, research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Ensure efficient and streamlined processes are implemented, with particular regard to the efficient use of the Raiser's Edge Database across the development team.
Regularly set, measure and report against targets, KPIs and metrics, evaluate growth and impact of different elements of the development programme.
Effective line-management, support, and leadership
Attend events, dinners, and host College guests as appropriate.
Provide guidance and support to staff involved in College fundraising activity, and continually help to engender a positive culture of philanthropy across the College.
Prepare reports for any development committees or advisory / volunteer Boards that may be established by the incoming Director of Development.
Working with the Director, Head of Philanthropy, and the Prospect Research Officer, to oversee relevant due diligence and ethical giving policies and procedures at the College, supporting any front-line fundraisers with advice and guidance.
Have experience in creating and delivering organisational and financial plans.
Possess excellent interpersonal, line management, team building and team culture development skills.
Have good working knowledge of fundraising processes and financial reporting.
Be skilled in the use of fundraising databases, particularly the Raiser's Edge.
Have good knowledge of charity governance and compliance, including GDPR.
Adopt a proactive and organised approach to work, unafraid to use initiative and implement improved processes.
Demonstrate aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
Have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and externally, ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks and keep up to date with different schedules and developments.
For further details about the role and the skills and knowledge required please visit https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/contact/work-for-us
Please send your CV and covering letter by e-mail to hr@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk.
Please note this is being run as a rolling recruitment process. We will be assessing applications, shortlisting and offering interviews as the applications are received. The job will close once a candidate has been appointed.
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The REC claims employers have the potential to grow, but are being "held back" by a shortage of skilled workers.
"It is encouraging to see employers continue to feel more optimistic about the UK economy which has translated in to having a positive impact on hiring intentions for both permanent and temporary staff.


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Confession: I'm an impatient DIYer. Which is why I'm usually all about quick and easy projects – I want it done and I want it now. Or yesterday. So when furniture needs a little loving, I ignore it as long as I can, because it's not always easy or quick. Intricate parts can turn a seemingly simple makeover into an afternoon ordeal. Ain't nobody got time for that. So anytime I can figure out how to speed up a process, I'm all about trying it.
My friends at HomeRight sent me a Finish Max Sprayer to try – and I'm here to tell you I've now pegged it as my secret weapon to paint almost anything.
Less than six months ago I painted this little table, yet the finish has been destroyed by way too many glasses of sweet tea.
Which kinda makes me wanna cry. But, painting it again means that I can give it a new color and change things up a bit. However it took me over 2 hours to paint it last time, so I've been ignoring the issue.
That's why I knew this would be a good project. I sanded down the table to smooth out all of the damage, then wiped it all down.
A little leftover paint & about 10 minutes with my Finish Max later and that was that. One last confession (because I'm full of them today!): I was scared to clean the gun. I've used a few different sprayers over the years, and usually I sweet talk Mr. SCC into cleaning them, but he wasn't here to do the dirty work. I was so pleased to find out that it took about 3 minutes to clean the whole thing. From start to finish in about 15 minutes? Can a project be any faster than that?
Yep, I'd say that the new Finish Max Fine Finish sprayer is now my secret weapon to paint almost anything!
I have been looking at many sprayer. How did it work hitting angles, hard to get areas, was it hard to hold, and did you have to hold it straight up and down to hit the areas?
Hey Melissa! It was actually much lighter than I thought it would be. It hit all the angles great, even when I tilted it to hit the bottom shelf. It worked very similar to a can of spray paint, only a little bigger. But, the trigger is much easier to control than a spray can nozzle.
Did you use primer? What time of paint did you use in the sprayer to get a nontacky finish on the furniture?
No, I did not use primer, I just sanded it down a bit and used some left over latex paint.
I just received the exact sprayer today!! So glad to bump into you! I cannot wait to try the many pieces waiting on me!!
What kind of paint did you use for the table? Also, could it be used to "paint" a room? Of course after you have done all the edging.
Does it need an air compressor? The table is SO pretty!!!!!!
Nope, all it takes is an extension cord. It's super easy to set up and use.
That table really looks great in grey!!
My husband and I have been talking about buying one very soon. We need to stain our fence and this would be perfect to use. I also seem to paint a lot of dining chairs and those spindles are always such a pain. I do believe we will purchasing one of these in the very near future!
Oh- Thanks for the info. I have had horrible luck with paint sprayers in the past. It seems that the nozzle always is slightly "clogged" after the first use and I can never get it cleaned completely. How was the nozzle itself to clean?
It was surprisingly easy to clean, I was actually shocked at how quick it went. The larger sprayer (that I used on the swings) was somewhat difficult to clean, but this one is a breeze!
Thank you for trying out the HomeRight Finish Max Sprayer, I am so happy you liked it. The table looks great!
Have you ever tried spraying chalk or milk paint?
No, but I do have some Miss Mustard Seed milk paint I want to try in it. I'll let you know how it works!
I am very curious to know how that works out! please let us know how it works out.
I have used DIY chalk paint (with Plaster of Paris) and ASCP in my Finish Max and it worked great! I love the HomeRight Finish Max…. use it all the time!
Yes, I have that one and it is fabulous! I feel like I am cheating the spray can gods!!!
there's a gauge in with the gun that you can use to make sure you've got the consistency right – just check the instructions in the box.
Looks so amazing! Do you spray outside? I always worry about the over spray and breeze with a spray gun.
I sprayed this outside, but I've also sprayed in our barn when it's windy, too.
This looks like the perfect solution to painting the spindles on my stairs!
It is very rare that I run right out and buy something that a blogger recommends. However, I saw your post about the Homeright Finish Max and immediately went to my favorite on-line store and bought it. I love trying to do the painting projects that you show on your site but my hands really hurt when working with spray cans. The sprayer came already and tomorrow, if the rain stops, I'm dragging one of my tables out to the lawn to try it out. Thanks for having such an interesting blog.
How about using a rectangle vintage tray the same size as the top of the table. This way it could just stay there and no one would have to "remember" to use a coaster.
I am so impressed with your review and the fact that I do not need an air compressor that I am going to order right now and let my husband surprise me with it for our 44th wedding anniversary. I was only 5 when I married him. Wink wink!!!!! HomeRite picked the right person to try and review this item. Let me know how the chalk paint trial goes.
I bought this based on a review at Beneath My Heart and I love mine. I have used it for furniture and most recently for 6 cabinets in my laundry room and it is great. Did you thin your paint first? Initially I thinned it per the instructions utilizing that little device included but I think it was too thin the first time. Next time I thinned it a lot less and it worked even better! What are your thoughts?
I thinned mine the first time, too, because after using their larger gun I thought it needed the same consistency — I was wrong. It barely needed thinning at all and worked great once I got the paint right.
I haven't yet, because you need to let paint cure for a while before sealing it with poly – but I will be soon!
Iam going tomorrow and getting one of these paint sprayers! No more spray cans for me! I am making shabby chic benches and this will be perfect and save me so much time! You mentioned that you let your paint cure before putting on the poly. How long do you generally let it cure? Thank you so much for all the great info!
Maybe? Sorry, I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure. I'll be using it soon for my kitchen, though, so keep your eyes peeled!
I am looking to buy a spray painter, has anyone tired spraying Chalk paint?
I was wondering the exact same thing!!
oooooh. I totally want one! I have put off SO many projects because I haven't had a sprayer. oooooh. Thanks for the review!
I've been a very good girl this year so I should be able to get this!
This looks great! How would it work for a floor? Would you have to bend over to spray or would it work from a standing height? Painting our basement floor was a back breaker! Thanks!
We have been looking paint sprayers for a while now. Thanks for the recommendation Gina! I want to use for my kitchen cabinets. I have 24 doors and 16 drawers. A brush will take forever.
BLESS YOU for this review!! We just bought 8 chairs with about a million spindles/carvings/details, and they need to be painted. I was trying to convince myself to just do it with a brush, but wishing I could spray them. Because who has that many hours to paint? This sprayer will be PERFECT!!!! Even with the cost of the new gadget, the chairs will still be a screamin' deal, and will look gorgeous with the table that we already finished (by hand…sigh).
Thanks for the tip on a good paint sprayer, let us know if you got your kitchen painted with it.
I chuckled viewing your blog page because there is an ad for Tervis Tumblers… the glass that does NOT SWEAT.
I hate when my drinking glass (usually a "make mommy happy drink" sweats and leaves water marks. My sister turned us onto Tervis Tumblers and I now have a Dz. (I told people that did not know what to get me as a gift TERVIS) They keep your ice from melting so fast and they also have lids that keep bugs or bee's from thinking they can share my drink. We entertain a lot and I have never had a wet spot (from a glass since.) they are dishwasher safe and have a lifetime warranty…WINNER!!
I have absolutely NO affiliation with the company I swear…but I should for all the referrals I have made.
Cheers, and good luck with all your future Projects.
I noticed that you used the the term"Hella-rough" and I just have to know if that is just an expression or if it is in reference to a name. My original name was Hella, and it's not that common.
I am happy to have discovered your site! An trying to get up the nerve to paint our kitchen cabinets.
Just won the paint sprayer in the bloggers Spring Giveaway and I am so excited to hear from someone who actually uses it! Can't wait to move and use it for the new place. Does is have a lot of overspray? Would love to be able to spray the walls, but don't know if that is a good application or if I should stick to furniture, etc.
Gina I just watched your interview on the Building a Creatively Made Business 2.0 course (late to get started) and ordered your book! Now I am looking at your site with "new" eyes! Always loved it but am developing a new appreciation. Thanks for the good info and advice!
Thank you so much for introducing this uncomplicated paint sprayer and all your tips. I'll definitely order one from Amazon.
I am beyond excited to buy and give this a try…I have mounds of furniture to makeover. I had purchased a spray gun before (and returned it quickly!) all because when I painted, globs of paint would come out of the nozzle on one side. It was almost like the paint was too thick, so it just spit out in large chunks. I'm not sure if I was doing it wrong…maybe I needed to thin my paint first.
Anything like this on your sprayer? Do you need to thin the paint first?
It says on the Finish Max page that linked to that you can "Use this Fine Finish Sprayer with clear sealer, polyurethane, primer, stain and varnish." Am I understanding that you used latex paint in it? And if so did you have to thin it? Also what finish; flat, satin, semi-gloss or gloss? Thanks for the info!
I just have to purchase one of these!
I just ordered this sprayer so I can paint our kitchen cabinets. Thanks for your info and postings! So excited to try my hand at DIY!
You want to win the coaster issue? It's real simple….go to a company that will cut you a piece of glass the size of your table. I have them on my bedroom furniture and end table in living room because of this issue! Saves time and your furniture!
Can you use chalk paint with this sprayer? Thanks in advance !
Not sure if you are reading messages on older posts, but my partner Greg just used this sprayer for the first time today after my buying it when I saw this post a year or so ago. AWESOME!!! It cut the time so short for painting the deck on a rent house we're selling. He was thrilled and so was I to see how easy it is to use. Cleaning could be easier with more parts to come apart…and if we had the brush it was to have come with. Not sure what happened to it, but I used the small end of a bottle brush. I'm eager to use it on my own projects after we move next month to Astoria, Oregon from Northern California.
Looks like I bought the sprayer 2 years ago but didn't use it as we decided not to paint the kitchen cabinets.
Thanks for posting! I have just ordered this sprayer and can't wait to try it on the bathroom cabinet doors that I've been procrastinating about….I searched other sites and this sprayer seems to have really good reviews for the most part!
Thank you for this post – I have looking for something like this to help me tackle projects! Your posts are funny and are good inspiration for my own project blog 🙂 (triedandtrueprojects.com if you ever want to write a guest piece!) anyways, I think it's a safe bet I will be picking up one of these in the very near future!
Thank you! Just received 2 church pews and your instructions will help us greatly!
So glad to see you post this. I have been thinking about a paint sprayer for a while. I have osteoarthritis and wondered about the weight and ease of use when it was full of paint.


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Great Scott! How Close to Reality was Back to the Future's prediction of 2015?
https://youtu.be/J4LI_EqnJq8
Happy Friday Followers and welcome to the fun Friday post, brought to you by Vigilant Vanguard! For all you movie buffs out there today I will be discussing the popular 80's movie trilogy, Back to the Future, staring Michael J. Fox. For all of you readers out there unfamiliar with this epic trilogy, in these films Michael J. Fox plays a character named, Marty McFly. Marty meets a mad scientist, played by Christopher Lloyd, named Dr. Emmett Brown. The two team up to test Dr. Brown's time traveling car, the DeLorean, a stylish 80's car. The two travel into the past and future in this larger-than-life sci-fi trilogy. In the second film, released in 1989 and based in 1985, the two travel 30 years into the future, to October 21st, 2015. This glimpse into the future from the brilliant mind of director, Robert Zemeckis, predicted a futuristic and advanced world filled with extraordinary technological advancements such as flying cars, hover boards, sneakers that tie themselves, and much more!
I'm sure when this was being written and filmed in 1989, that 2015 seemed a lifetime away and would hold unimaginable futuristic advancements, but now that 2015 is upon us the question needs to be asked, were their predictions accurate or farfetched to the reality that we all live in? To really judge how close this film's futuristic predictions were the tremendously popular comedy website, College Humor, created an animated Back to the Future parody called, Back to the Future in ACTUAL 2015. In this animated parody Marty and Doc travel to the real 2015, instead of the futuristic version depicted in the trilogy. However, when they arrive in 2015 they are greatly disappointed by how un-futuristic it really seems. I would like to warn our viewers that this video does contain adult content.
In the parody Marty and Doc are enormously frustrated in the reality of 2015 and how un-futuristic it really is. In the film the technological advancements are inconceivable, but the harsh reality quickly sinks in when they reach the real 2015. Marty wants to refuel the DeLorean with garbage, before the Doc informs him that most cars still run on fossil fuels, and the ones that aren't are far too expensive for the average person, sounds a bit like hybrids to me. Marty is shocked to find that the government hasn't invested in clean and reusable energy and that carbon emissions have changed the planets climate, global warming anyone? Marty shrugs off this harsh truth by looking on the brighter side stating, "Well at least cars can fly" which we all know how that turns out.
When the Doc insists that Marty blend in by wearing the clothes of the future, he is gravely disappointed to find no sneakers that can tie themselves, but instead the ever so popular crocs sensation. Marty is teased to find out that the Cubs won…their steroid law suit. He also learns that baseball is no longer considered America's favorite passed time and is also informed about the death of print media, which has led to the addiction of technology. For example, Vine, the popular video sharing social media app, has generated overnight celebrities. Another example that is presented is how the school yard bully no longer takes your lunch money, but instead turns to cyber bullying, posting hateful comments and pictures of their victims. Marty's biggest disappointment is finding out that there are no hover boards, but instead 2015 is filled with the OxBoard, which is barely faster than walking. This parody perfectly highlights how far off the predictions of the future were in the 80's and how in 2015 we are no closer to flying cars than we are to solving the crisis of reusable energy and global warming.
Although the majority of the predictions that were made were far from reality, there were quite a few predictions that were right on the money. One of the first accurate predictions was the use of a headset to answer a mobile phone call, which wraps around the users head, very similar to virtual reality. Although the streets are not filled with teenagers cruising around on hover boards, the tech does exist! The Hendo Hover board is a real floating board that uses magnetic technology to hover over metal services and only costs $10,000…not too expensive right!? One of my personal favorites is when the soda drink appears out of the bar without doing anything, which believe it or not does exist as well. The bottle design, of the "Pepsi Perfect" soda was created for limited time distribution for the 30th anniversary of the trilogy, only releasing 6,500 of these sodas, which go for twenty dollars each, which is quite expensive for a soda. Probably one of the most famous predictions in the film was Marty's Nike automatic tying sneakers and although Nike has not yet come out with such high tech sneakers, there have been quite a few advancements in clothing technology and it is rumored that they have cracked the power laces and will be releasing some anniversary Nike Airs with this technology in the near future.
Although some of the futuristic predictions did come true from this film, the majority of them are not even close to reality. With October 21st, 2015 less than a week away, Back to the Future, has been making a dramatic comeback sweeping the nation. Needless to say the parody of the time traveling duo could do without the disappointing reality of 2015 and perhaps they should come back in another 30 years, we all might be cruising the highway in the sky in our flying cars by then. In the wise words of Dr. Emmett Brown, "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" Till next time readers have a great weekend and remember the "V" is for Vigilance!
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