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I use
names = ['ID', 'url', 'date', 'duration', 'request', 'category']
df = pd.read_csv('pv-lena11.csv', sep=",", header=None, names=names)

but it doesn't separate that.

A: It works on my laptop.
What's your pandas version? Is your file encoded as UTF-8? Can you try if this work?
df = pd.read_csv(
    'pv-lena11.csv', sep=',', header=None, names=names,
    quoting=0, encoding='utf8')


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Daily Wealth Letter from The Wealth Forums 27 April 2016
Markets, Reports — By admin on	April 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM
DAILY WEALTH LETTER
a daily synopsis of wealth news that's most relevant, timely and dependable
Compiled and edited by Ian Brodie of The Wealth Forums (www.thewealthforums.com)
NUMBER 199 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
Saudis plan ambitious sovereign fund
Riyadh's has outlined an ambitious plan to create a huge sovereign wealth fund, which will invest at home and abroad to diversify the economy and create new revenue streams for the government. READ MORE: https://thewealthforums.com/2016/04/27/saudis-to-launch-ambitious-sovereign-wealth-fund/#more-3431
Mexico battleground for Swiss banks
Credit Suisse has poached at least a dozen* wealth managers in Mexico from rival UBS, intensifying the scramble by Switzerland's private banks to manage the wealth of emerging market entrepreneurs, according to bankers close to the deal. READ MORE: https://thewealthforums.com/2016/04/27/mexico-battleground-for-swiss-banks/#more-3427
German watches start to rival Swiss
The east German village of Glashuette doesn't look like much: just a handful of streets stretching up and down a narrow valley from a bare station platform, where trains depart once an hour for the 45-minute trip to Dresden. READ MORE: https://thewealthforums.com/2016/04/27/german-watches-start-to-rival-swiss/#more-3421
Switzerland becomes founding member of AIIB
Switzerland has become the 37th founding member of the newly created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The Chinese-led body will bankroll transport links and other large scale projects in the region. READ MORE: https://thewealthforums.com/2016/04/27/switzerland-becomes-founding-member-of-aiib/#more-3424
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The announcement came soon after another leading Gulf carrier Emirates Airline revealed its plan to introduce Airbus A380 aircrafts on Dubai-San Francisco route effective from December this year.
Etihad Airways however said that it will operate flights on Abu Dhabi-San Francisco route with the help of Boeing 777-300ER aircrafts leased from its partner India's Jet Airways. Currently, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways owns a 24 percent stake in India's largest private carrier Jet Airways.
Etihad Airways in a statement said that the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will continue to have the seats, layout and livery of Jet Airways, while the airline will deploy its own Etihad crews to provide services to the passengers on board the flight. The airline has however declined to reveal its plan or announce date for deploying its own aircraft on the route.
The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to be operated on San Francisco-Abu Dhabi route will be configured in three classes – 8 First Class seats, 30 Business Class seats and 308 Economy Class seats. Etihad Airways also said that it will be offering roundtrip business class tickets to the customers at around $5,000 to $7,000. Those planning to travel in First Class will be offered roundtrip tickets at $14,515, while roundtrip flights for travel in Economy Class will be available at around $780 to $1,380.


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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has received an $8 million challenge gift from the Herma family to benefit the Herma Heart Center.
Through Dec. 30, the family will match up to $8 million in contributions to improve care for children with congenital heart defects.
The gift will be the largest the hospital has received since the Herma family gave $10 million in 2008, which was the largest individual gift ever given to Children's Hospital.
John and Susan Herma's daughter, Leigh, died from a complex congenital heart disease in the 1980s, and their gifts to the hospital established the Leigh Gabrielle Herma Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology and the Herma Heart Center.
"John and Susan Herma turned their own personal tragedy into an opportunity to make a difference, which has resulted in the Herma Heart Center becoming one of the premier pediatric heart programs in the country," Peggy Troy, president and chief executive officer of Children's Hospital, said in a statement. "Their challenge reflects the advancements that have been made, but more importantly, the work that still needs to be done to improve the lives of kids born with heart conditions."
The Herma Heart Center, which does more than 700 procedures a year, is one of the largest pediatric heart programs in the country.


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Whether court can entertain plea of bar of O 2 R 2 of CPC if plaint of previous case is not proved?
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previous suit contained in the plaint as a matter of deduction.
the Civil Procedure Code was not maintainable.
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alone shall be dealt with.
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I Was Nineteen () is a 1968 East German film produced by Konrad Wolf for the DEFA studio. It tells the story of a young German, Gregor Hecker (Jaecki Schwarz), who fled the Nazis with his parents to Moscow and now, in early 1945, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army. The film strives to maintain an aura of authenticity and pay homage to history by intersplicing fictional sequences with real documentary sequences and having references to popular/well-known music and literature at the time. The film depicts the personal experiences of the director Konrad Wolf and of his friend Vladimir Gall in fictionalized form and deals with themes of the meaning of "homeland".

During its original run, it sold 3,317,966 tickets.

Cast

Plot
On 16 April 1945, Gregor Hecker and his small squad follow in the wake of the 48th Army's westward advance from Brandenburg through the river Oder.  This is the first time the young Soviet officer has returned to his homeland since he and his parents immigrated to Moscow when he was eight years old.  He returns to his homeland as a stranger.

They arrive in Bernau, which is under occupation by Soviet armored personnel, where Hecker is quickly named commandant of the city.  With the help of a handful of people, he tries to bring about order by establishing the authority of the Communist Party.

Hecker's department finds living accommodations for the staff.  They then come across a surprised German Army Inspectorate.  The German Etappenmajor Behring wants to surrender to the Soviet forces properly, but his phone call to his superiors is believed to be a prank call.

In Sachsenhausen, Hecker and Sascha Ziganjuk (Alexey Eybozhenko) meet their leader, Wadim Gejman (Vasily Livanov).  He is trying to save a German soldier from revenge of a Soviet soldier, who was just freed from a concentration camp.  However, Gejman cannot save the German soldier from being shot, which he hears as they make their way back towards the camp.  In the camp, Hecker and other Soviet officers are shown by a former prisoner the full extent of Nazi atrocities, through the examples of the gas chambers and Genickschussanlage.

On 30 April 1945, Gejman receives the order to negotiate the handover of the Spandau Citadel and takes Hecker along as an interpreter.  Together, they  go before the barricaded gate of the defended fortress. The fortress commander, Colonel Lewerenz (Johannes Wieke), and his adjutant (Jürgen Hentsch) climb down a rope ladder to them.  While the other officers in the fortress debate the surrender, Lewerenz explains the German officers' code of honor.  When Gejman is soon notified that the Fortress refuses to surrender, he asks to be taken to speak directly with the officers.  Gejman and Hecker are allowed to climb together with the Germans into the fortress.

As Gejman tries to impress upon the German officers the hopelessness of their situation, another situation develops elsewhere within the fortress.  An SS-Obersturmbannführer honors a Hitler Youth who destroyed a tank and shot one of its crew with a medal. The SS man is then prevented by the adjutant from shooting the parliamentarians and using the opportunity to flee.

On the 1st of May, after the success at Spandau, the good-humored driver Dsingis (Kalmursa Rachmanov) detours the slalom around wrecked trucks on the empty Autobahn.  In one of the destroyed vans, Hecker meets a blind German Army soldier (Klaus Manchen), who mistakes him for a German.  Despite the man's serious injury, he is hopeful about the future, not knowing that the Russians have already crossed the border.

That evening, a May Day celebration is held.  A drunk Hecker falls from a ledge, and imagines hearing his mother's voice, berating him for doing everything too early, including smoking and drinking schnaps.  Later, he watches an outburst of emotion from one of the liberated German communists, who loudly supports that all the Nazis should be hanged.  The General placates him by saying that revenge is not the best advisor.

The next day, they head back to Spandau to support headquarters.  On the way, Hecker and his companions bring along two of the communists.  One is instated as mayor in an abandoned place.  The other talks with Hecker until they go their separate ways at a checkpoint.

Everything is beginning to feel normal, however this feeling is deceptive.  German troops break out of the Berlin basin and, disguised as Soviet units, try to go west.  Hecker and his comrades barely escape a surprise attack.

They settle down near a small river crossing and use loudspeakers to try and convince German soldiers to stand down.  It is unsuccessful at first, but Hecker soon manages to convince a few to surrender.  Soon, they have a large number of prisoners.

Hecker finds a kindred spirit in Willi Lommer, a German non-commissioned officer from Berlin.  When marauding SS troops attack the group of prisoners, Lommer takes up arms with the Soviets.  Soon, the SS troops withdraw, but Ziganjuk has fallen.  Hecker, full of anger and pain, shouts at the fleeing SS troops through the loudspeakers.

Before the German prisoners are transported away, Lommer hands Hecker a letter for his family.  Hecker promises to deliver it.

Background
Filming began in January 1967 with the support of the Soviet Army and the National People's Army.  It had a budget of 2,077,000 East German Marks.

It alludes to Wolf's own experience as a political refugee who comes back as a 19-year old to Germany but in Red Army uniform.

Socialist Unity Party official Anton Ackermann forced Wolf to revise his screenplay because it depicted the Red Army as unprepared for the postwar occupation of Germany.

Reception

Critical response
At the 2016 Telluride Film Festival, Volker Schlöndorff described the film's reception amongst young West German filmmakers as "considered... the best film to come from the East, despite the interference from DEFA."

Hermann Kant described the film in May 1968 in the Berlin Forum as "As far as I am concerned, this is the best film—in a short eternity—that has been made in Germany."

Accolades

Bibliography

External links

Ich war neunzehn (in German) on Filmportal.de

References

1968 films
1960s war drama films
East German films
German war drama films
Films directed by Konrad Wolf
Eastern Front of World War II films
Films set in 1945
Films set in Berlin
Babelsberg Studio films
1968 drama films
Films about the Battle of Berlin
Holocaust films
Films about anti-fascism
1960s German films

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Catalytic converters, the small muffler-like devices that help control pollution from auto emissions, have always been a target for thieves because they contain precious metals more valuable than gold and are easily accessible under the car, between the engine and the muffler. (If your car sounds like a jackhammer, your converter may be gone.)
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package net.hakugyokurou.aeb.strategy;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * ISubscriberStrategy describes that how event bus finds subscribers from the instance or class.

 * It has a default implement: AnnotatedSubscriberFinder.
 *
 * @author szszss
 *
 * @see AnnotatedSubscriberFinder
 */
public interface ISubscriberStrategy {

	/**
	 * ATTENTION:
	 * Although this method is unused so far, you should serious deal with it, because it may be put into service in some time.

	 *
	 * baseInInstance describes that whether the subscribers depend on class or instance of class. In other words,
	 * May the subscribers be different when they are from different instance of same class?

	 *
	 * If the subscribers are same so long as they are from same class, this method should return false,
	 * since they don't depend on instance. This is the behavior of most event bus system, such as Google Guava.

	 * However, if the subscribers may be different though they are from same class, this method should return true,
	 * because they depend on the difference of class' instance.

	 *
	 * For example:

	 *
	 * EventBus eventBus = ...

	 * Handler h1 = new Handler();

	 * Handler h2 = new Handler();

	 * eventBus.register(h1);

	 * eventBus.register(h2);

	 *
	 * If event bus get (or may get) different subscribers in two registering, then the subscribers depend on instance.

	 *
	 * Depending on instance can be used to implement some special function.
	 *
	 * @return false if every instance of handler have same subscribers so long as instances are from same class,
	 * true if the subscribers are base on handler's instance.
	 */
	public boolean isDependOnInstance();

	public abstract Method[] findSubscribers(Object handler);

}

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Horwich line up complete
29th May 2016 29th May 2016 Steve Davies
We now know the line up of the finals night at the Horwich RMI open singles after another thrilling qualifying session. On a night that sadly started with a few players, who were in the draw, not able to attend and didn't give the organiser, Sue Ainscough, time to find replacements. The game of the… Read More
Clean sweep for the league leaders
In the Manchester Premier league, Warrington's King and Queen led the league on the back of two solid performances. They maintained the impressive start to the season with a dominant performance at home to Richmond. Under leaden skies John Brown (21-08) played impressively in the corners before Phil Davies (21-15) won the game of the… Read More
Gary and Wayne's masterclass at RMI
22nd May 2016 23rd May 2016 Steve Davies
Youth guns triumph in the rain Gary Siswick and Wayne Ditchfield became the fifth and sixth qualifiers at the Horwich RMI singles, kindly sponsored by J Maher Ltd. In challenging conditions the two youngsters won their halves, of a tough draw, to qualify for the finals night on 4th June. After torrential rain for most… Read More
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19th May 2016 21st May 2016 Steve Davies
The latest session of the Horwich RMI singles (Saturday 14th May) was played on one of the best bowling days of the year. The competition is sponsored by J Maher Ltd who are Bolton's leading horticultural suppliers. It would be wrong not to pay credit to the greens man who has produced a much improved… Read More
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14th May 2016 Steve Davies
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a gorgeous badge with ribbons and a stitch effect in Photoshop. We will use textures and various blending options to achieve this effect.
Create a new document with width 1400px and height 1000px.
First of all, we'll make our background. Create a new layer by going to Layer> New> Layer. Fill it with #bdb293 color using 'paint bucket tool'. Now open 'wood texture', copy and paste it on a new layer. Set its blending mode to 'Hard light' and reduce opacity of this layer to '75%'. Go to Filter> Texture> Texturizer to add more character to this texture layer. Then click on Filter> Brush strokes> Spatter and we'll get a nice background to move on.
We'll move ahead to draw the basic shape of our badge. For this, pick the 'ellipse tool' and draw 3 circles of different sizes, I labeled these as base circle, middle circle and front circle. Fill these with different shades of any color you want. You should get something like this till now.
Now we will add some texture to our badge. Open the grunge texture, copy and paste it on a new layer just above 'base circle' layer. Click on the texture layer and then click Ctrl + base circle layer. Then click 'add layer mask'. In this way, texture would be confined to this base circle only. Now select the texture layer and set the blending mode to 'overlay' and reduce the fill of this texture layer to 80%. Repeat the same step to give texture to the middle and front circles.
It's time to style these circles to add more depth. For this select the base circle, go to Layer> Layer style> Blending options and use the following settings to get the effect as shown below.
Use the following layer style settings for the middle circle.
For the front circle, use the displayed values.
Now we are going to create a stitched circle to make our badge more attractive. Use #d36b42 color for this. Select the 'brush tool' and open the 'brush panel'. Then use the setting displayed below to make stitches.
After that, create a new layer, select the 'pen tool' and draw a circle using 'pen tool', then Right click> Stroke path> Brush and then again 'right click' and select the option of 'delete path'. Now click Layer> Layer style> Drop shadow. We'll get a nice stitched circle by doing so.
It's time to add text to our badge. So, type in your text using 'type tool' in the font and color of your choice. Play a little bit with the blending options to give more character to the text.
I wrote 'Quality Template' text in a circle. To do that, select 'ellipse tool' and click on 'path' option from the top tool bar and then draw a circle. Now select 'type tool' and take it to the circle we have just drawn; now whatever you type would be in a circle. For having the text written in the lower half of the circle as displayed, select the 'path selection tool', take it to the text and simply drag it inside the circle. We will notice 2 points on the circle, a 'x' and a '?'. Here 'x' shows the starting point of text and '?' means your text would end here. so, drag '?' first to the end of lower half of circle and then drag 'x' to the start of lower half of circle. That's it. Additionally, I made stars and a line to enhance text display.
Now we'll make ribbon for our badge. Select the 'pen tool' to draw ribbon. Then right click on it and select "Stroke path".
Now again, right click on the path and select "Make selection" and fill it with color # 024678.
Step 11 Now add grunge texture to it using the same technique as explained in step 4 and use the settings displayed below for layer styling.
After that, add stitches to it in the same way as explained in step 8. But here you already have required stitch brush settings. So, just draw borders for your ribbon using 'pen tool' and apply brush. We are all done.
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Endicott Grille to Open in Danvers
By Boston's Hidden Restaurants	• Published September 11, 2018 • Updated on September 11, 2018 at 4:37 pm
by Marc Hurwitz
A new restaurant is on its way to the North Shore, opening where a dining spot with a big name behind it had once been.
According to a source, Endicott Grille is planning to open in Danvers, moving into the former Tap N Vine space on Endicott Street. An earlier page showing the minutes of a Board of Selectmen meeting confirms this, though very little is known about the eatery at this point in time.
Anthony Buccieri of Pizzeria Regina opened Tap N Vine in the fall of 2016, with the place focusing mostly on American comfort food along with beer, wine, and cocktails. The restaurant closed for renovations in 2017, and it apparently never reopened.
The address for the upcoming Endicott Grille in Danvers is 194 Endicott Street, Danvers, MA, 01923.
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Irresistible est le deuxième album de la chanteuse américaine Jessica Simpson, sorti le . Simpson, qui a déjà commencé à travailler sur le projet en , collabore avec les auteurs et les producteurs comme Cory Rooney, Rodney Jerkins, et Walter Afanasieff. Contrairement à son premier album Sweet Kisses paru en 1999, qui comprenait plus de ballades, Irresistible explore une musicalité R&B. Les thèmes abordés dans l'album sont l'amour, le chagrin, la sexualité et le respect de soi. Irresistible est un succès aux États-Unis, s'érigeant à la sixième place du Billboard 200, en se vendant à plus de  exemplaires rien qu'aux États-Unis, est certifié disque d'or par la RIAA et se vend à 3 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde.

L'opus génère trois singles : Irresistible, qui est un succès commercial en s'érigeant à la quinzième position aux États-Unis atteint le top 10 dans plus de onze pays dont la neuvième position au Royaume-Uni. Le second single A Little Bit, est un échec au Billboard, quant au troisième single When You Told Me You Loved Me, sortit uniquement au Brésil, il devient le générique d'une télénovela prénommé As Filhas Da Mae.

Historique
En 2000, Jessica commence à enregistrer d'autres choses après "Sweet Kisses" ; des chansons que Columbia Records trouvent plus adapter pour la radio. Le succès commercial de son premier album conduit Jessica à réévaluer sa carrière et, même si elle était satisfaite du succès qu'elle avait, elle avait l'impression de pouvoir faire mieux que ça. Ayant l'impression que son image trop sage pourrait représenter un frein au développement de sa carrière, Jessica se mit à adopter une image plus sexy ainsi qu'un nouveau son, à la suggestion des dirigeants de Columbia Records. Elle délaisse alors le genre teen pop car elle pensait qu'adopter une nouvelle image, l'aiderait à refaire sa carrière. Sa nouvelle image s'est remarquée lors de ses apparitions sur les tapis rouges. Le développement de sa nouvelle image coïncidait avec son nouvel album intitulé "Irresistible" dont Jessica déclare qu'elle voulait adopter une image "plus sexy et plus mature" :  explique Jessica lors d'une interview avec Coventry Newspapers en . Peu de temps avant, en , elle avait déclaré dans le magazine Cosmopolitan : . Selon Terri Doughtery, l'auteur de People in the News: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Jessica espérait que sa nouvelle image apporterait une plus grande importance à la puissance de sa voix :  déclare Jessica.

Composition
Les thèmes abordés dans l'album sont l'amour, le chagrin, la sexualité et le respect de soi. Sur cet album, Jessica a collaboré avec Anders Bagge & Arnthor Birgisson, qui ont produit le premier single de l'opus Irresistible, Ric Wake, Steven Morales et Richie Jones, qui ont composé le second single A Little Bit, Rhett Lawrence qui a réalisé Forever In Your Eyes, Sam Watters & Louis Biancaniello qui ont contribué aux titres There You Were en duo avec Marc Anthony et For Your Love, Cory Rooney qui a conçu What's It Gonna Be, Hot Like Fire et His Eye Is On The Sparrow, Walter Afanasieff à qui édité When You Told Me You Loved Me et To Fall In Love Again  et Rodney Jerkins qui a produit I Never et Imagination.

"Irresistible", la chanson qui ouvre l'opus et qui fait office de premier single, est écrite par Anders Bagge et Arnthor Birgisson et l'auteur de chansons britannique Pamela Sheyne. La chanson, composée par Anders Bagge & Arnthor Birgisson, est un titre R&B aux influences pop, comportant des éléments pop rock, funk, rythmes latins et violons développant le thème de la sexualité de par les paroles "Je sais que je suis censé le faire attendre / Quoi qu'il en pense j'aime la chasse / Mais je ne peux pas arrêter d'attiser le feu / Je pense qu'il ne vas pas dire non". "A Little Bit", second single de l'opus, est une chanson R&B écrite par Kara DioGuardi, Steve Morales et David Siegal et composée par Ric Wake, Steven Morales et Richie Jones, ressemble à Irresistible tant de par sa structure que de par les paroles qui traitent des attentes de Simpson envers son partenaire.
"Forever In Your Eyes", ballade langoureuse écrite par Nick Lachey et Rhett Lawrence et composée par Rhett Lawrence, basée sur une guitare latine, parle d'une nuit d'amour d'un couple. "There You Were" en duo avec Marc Anthony, écrite par Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello et Ty Lacy et composée par Sam Watters & Louis Biancaniello, est une ballade développant la relation de son partenaire qui a changé sa vie. De par sa structure et de ses paroles qui sont écrites par Sam Watters & Louis Biancaniello, la chanson est alors comparée à son second single "Where You Are" en duo avec Nick Lachey, parue en 2000, extrait de son premier opus Sweet Kisses, chanson écrite et produite par les mêmes protagonistes. "What's It Gonna Be" est un morceau R&B aux influences bubblegum pop, écrit par K. Oliver et Troy Oliver et composé par Cory Rooney, Troy Oliver et Richie Jones, qui parle de la peur d'un engagement de l'amant de Simpson.

La sixième piste de l'album "When You Told Me You Loved Me", est écrite par Walter Afanasieff et Billy Mann et composée par Walter Afanasieff. La chanson, qui est une ballade composée d'une guitare latine et d'un orchestre de 60 musiciens, parle d'un divorce ainsi que des émotions qui en découlent, démontre toutes les capacités vocales de Jessica Simpson, qui est de ce fait, comparée à Mariah Carey et Céline Dion. "Hot Like Fire", écrit et composé par Cory Rooney, est un morceau R&B mid-tempo aux influences funk, comportant des synthétiseurs, des beats hip-hop et des rythmes electro, qui traite d'une conversation téléphonique entre Jessica et son petit-ami. La chanson est alors comparée aux tubes de Michael Jackson et Destiny's Child. "Imagination", titre R&B aux influences electroniques qui parle de l'imagination, est écrite par Rodney Jerkins, Mischke, Lashawn Daniels et Fred Jerkins et produite par Rodney Jerkins. Rick de Yampert du "Daytona Beach News Journal", commente que "la chanson rappelle le style funk de Stevie Wonder". "To Fall In Love Again", titre écrit par Nick Lachey et Walter Afanasieff et composé par Walter Afanasieff,  est une ballade traitant de chagrin d'amour à la suite d'une rupture. Le morceau suivant "For Your Love", est une ballade écrite et composée par Sam Watters et Louis Biancaniello, qui comprend un orchestre de 60 musiciens. Il se veut être le digne successeur de son premier single "I Wanna Love You Forever", extrait de son premier opus Sweet Kisses, sortit en 1999, écrit et produit par la même équipe et traitant du même thème, démontrant alors toutes les capacités vocales de Jessica. "I Never", titre R&B appuyé d'une guitare latine, qui parle du respect de soi-même, est écrit par Rodney Jerkins, Mischke, Lashawn Daniels et Fred Jerkins et produit par Rodney Jerkins. "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", extrait qui clôture l'opus, est une reprise d'un hymne gospel traditionnel produit  par Cory Rooney, qui parle de Dieu veillant sur ses enfants, démontre non seulement toutes les capacités vocales de l'interprète mais aussi toutes ses influences musicales.

Singles
Le , elle sort le premier extrait de l'album, qui porte le même titre que l'album : Irresistible. La chanson a reçu des critiques négatives jugeant les paroles de "trop sexuellement osées". En 2003, le single remporte un Broadcast Music Incorporated dans la catégorie "Pop Music Awards" puis il fut en tête du Top 20 aux États-Unis ainsi que dans sept pays. Il a ensuite été certifié or par la Australian Recording Industry Association. Le vidéoclip qui accompagne la chanson, est dirigé par Simon Brand et démontre Simpson vêtue de cuir noir, en espionne, essayant de compromettre certains éléments de preuve dans un laboratoire. Plus tard, Jermaine Dupri, producteur et président du label So So Def Recordings, décide de faire le remix de Irresistible avec le rappeur Lil Bow Wow. Ce remix étant un succès, bénéficie alors d'un montage vidéo alternant les scènes du vidéoclip original et les scènes de Jermaine Dupri et Lil Bow Wow, réalisées par Cameron Casey. De par son attitude sexy, complétée des paroles suggestives et de l'histoire véhiculée dans son vidéoclip ainsi que du remix urbain produit par Jermaine Dupri, Jessica Simpson s'émancipe et est alors comparée à Mariah Carey lors de sa période d'émancipation parue en 1997, dont lesquels l'attitude sexy et les paroles suggestives qu'elle abordaient à l'époque de la sortie de son single Honey, premier single de son opus Butterfly, ainsi qu'un remix urbain aussi produit par Jermaine Dupri et le vidéoclip qui accompagne la chanson démontrant Mariah Carey en train de jouer un agent secret, ont largement influencés Jessica Simpson dans sa nouvelle image et pour la promotion de cet opus. Jessica Simpson Irresistible vidéo officielle Youtube.com Jessica Simpson Irresistible So So Def Remix featuring Lil'Bow & JD vidéo officielle Youtube.com

Le , elle publie un second single intitulé A Little Bit, qui est un échec au Billboard, mais qui obtient plus de succès en Australie ou il atteint la  place du classement. La vidéo qui accompagne la chanson, est réalisée par Hype Williams. Elle y démontre Jessica en train de danser dans un endroit futuriste avec des danseurs, puis en train de danser avec des sabres laser futuristes dans une pièce rouge. Jessica Simpson A Little Bit vidéo officielle Youtube.com

En fin d'année 2001, un troisième single dénommé When You Told Me You Loved Me, sort uniquement au Brésil et devient le générique d'une télénovela prénommé As Filhas Da Mae. Il ne bénéficie pas de vidéoclip.

Performance commerciale
Aux États-Unis, Irresistible est un succès en s'érigeant à la sixième place du Billboard 200, Il se vendu 120.000 exemplaires dans sa première semaine, ce qui est une amélioration majeure par rapport Sweet Kisses, qui s'est vendu à 65.000 exemplaires lors de la première semaine de sa sortie. Cependant, l'album chute à douzième place la semaine suivante, avant de continuer à chuter au  la semaine d'après. L'opus reste alors classé seize semaines et s'érige à la  des opus de l'année au Billboard 200. Il est certifié disque d'or par la RIAA, en se vendant a plus de  exemplaires rien qu'aux États-Unis. Au Canada, Irresistible débute à la quinzième place du classement album lors de la semaine du . Il grimpe alors de deux rangs, soit à la treizième position la semaine suivante avant de tomber dans le top vingt la semaine d'après.

À l'étranger, en Australie, l'album débute à la  lors de la semaine du . Il chute la semaine qui suit. De façon similaire, Irresistible débute à la  du classement autrichien lors de la semaine du . Il passe alors à la  la semaine qui suit. En Suisse, l'album débute au numéro vingt, la semaine en date du . Après avoir atteint le quinzième rang, il pard une place et émerge au numéro seize. L'album se classe dans les charts pendant un total de dix semaines et fait un retour au numéro 95, le . Au Japon, Irresistible débute à la  en se vendant à 9560 exemplaires. La semaine suivante, il monte d'une place en s'érigeant à la , avec des ventes supplémentaires de  unités. L'album est resté dans le top 100 pendant six semaines et selon Oricon, l'organisme qui gère les ventes de disques, il se vend au total  exemplaires au Japon. Au Royaume-Uni, Irresistible culmine à la . L'album connaît un succès modéré en Allemagne où il culmine à la , en se classant dans le classement pendant trois semaines. Au total, l'opus Irresistible se vend à 3 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde.

Liste des titres et formats

Classement hebdomadaire

Personnel
Bernard Belle – Guitare basse
Nick Lachey – Auteur
Rodney Jerkins – Auteur, Compsoiteur, Arrangeur, ingénieur, Producteur

Bibliographie

Références

Album musical sorti en 2001
Album de Jessica Simpson
Album produit par Darkchild
Album certifié disque d'or au Canada
Album certifié disque d'or aux États-Unis
Album produit par Walter Afanasieff


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Bunny lines are wrinkles that appear on the bridge of the nose. The lines often become more prominent when smiling and can convey a false appearance of distaste.
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Often the corners of the mouth are turned downwards as well, leading to a sad, dissatisfied or scornful look.
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Smokers lines or lipstick lines are fine wrinkles and lines on the upper and or lower lip that radiates out from the red lip border.
These lines are more prevalent on the upper lips.
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A lot of things may cause the condition: small teeth, too much gum tissue, and a thin upper lip can each be a cause. In all cases of gummy smile, genes are at fault.
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Crows feet are worsened when smiling, laughing or squinting.


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Why Ingredion is investing $140M in plant-based proteins
Ingredion is investing $140 million in manufacturing facilities in Nebraska and Saskatchewan to produce protein isolates from peas and other pulse-based flours and concentrates.
The company purchased a South Sioux City, Nebraska soy-processing facility in February and is expanding the plant to enhance its VITESSENCE Pulse protein isolate line. The Saskatchewan project is a joint venture with Verdient Foods and PIC Investment Group. That facility is being upgraded to produce pulse-based protein concentrates and flours from peas, lentils and fava beans for human food applications, the release said.
"We've identified plant-based proteins as a high-growth, high-value market opportunity that is on-trend with consumers' desire to find sustainable and good tasting alternatives to animal-based proteins," Jim Zallie, Ingredion's president and CEO, said in a release.
Plant-based food is a hot trend, and Ingredion is looking to capitalize on it. These two investments appear to fit well with Ingredion's strategy to expand its lineup of plant-based protein isolates to include peas and other crops such as dried beans, chickpeas and lentils. The company said its focus for this money is on higher-protein isolates primarily for the nutrition, health and wellness categories, where they're used to enrich baked goods, beverages, dairy, snacks, cereals and meat substitutes.
"Being a sustainable and trusted source of plant-based proteins provides us with another major ingredient platform to complement our offerings in clean label, wholesome, texture and nutritional ingredient solutions," Zallie said.
Ingredion's website touts pulse proteins as "a good alternative source of protein and are perfect for consumers who aim to reduce their meat consumption." This taps into today's consumer interest in plant-based foods and beverages as clean-label alternatives that make consumers feel healthier.
HealthFocus data show that 17% of U.S. consumers aged 15 to 70 claim to eat a predominately plant-based diet, while 60% report they're cutting back on meat-based products. Of those reducing their intake of animal-based proteins, 55% say the change is permanent and 22% hope that it is.
And consumers are increasingly putting their money where their mouths are. In 2016, total plant-based meat sales topped $606 million. And from June 2017 to June 2018, retail sales of plant-based foods jumped up 20% to $3.3 billion, according to Nielsen data reported by Food Navigator.
Those numbers could be reflected in Ingredion's new pea proteins since people are also interested in consuming more protein in general. That has meant more protein additions to food and beverages. Some ways they're getting more of the ingredient is through protein-enriched snacks, including thinkThin snack cakes, RXBAR bars and Halo Top ice cream. There are even protein-infused water products such as biPro, Trimino Protein Infused Water and Protein2o. Protein has been added to so many items that Research and Markets has projected the global protein ingredients market could hit $48.77 billion by 2025.
Big meat companies have also been investing in plant-based protein. Tyson Foods bought into plant-based foods manufacturer Beyond Meat in 2016 — a first for a major meat company — and its venture capital arm boosted that investment last year. And Perdue Farms may add some plant-based protein options to its chicken and turkey portfolio, Chairman Jim Perdue told Bloomberg this fall.
Ingredion and other manufacturers such as InnovoPro — which is making a 70% protein concentrate sourced from chickpeas — know they're getting in early on a potentially lucrative ingredient and that getting behind even more plant-based proteins is a smart investment. As long as consumer trends keep going in that direction, there will likely be more products featuring plant-based ingredients in the years ahead.
Ingredion, Inc. INGREDION INVESTS $140 MILLION TO ACCELERATE GROWTH IN PLANT-BASED PROTEINS
Crain's Chicago Business Ingredion commits $140 million to pea proteins
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KANSAS COUTURE: Sweaters, Tights, and Boots, Oh My!
I love this shot. The tights with the boots look amazing.
Love the colors & textures. Yay, fall!!
I love your short with the tights and boots. Great combo! The background of your photo is great.
your blog is so inspiring, keep it up!
Love the tights and boots, and the wooly layers are perfect for this cooler weather.
Yay layers! Love your necklaces too!
Love it it looks like you are somewhere in Europe , very cool and chic.
It's amazing how different the weather was from Sunday to Monday here in Kansas (I'm in Topeka). It's almost like it was two different seasons...I guess that's Kansas for ya! :) LOVE this outfit!
This is my favorite winter-wear combonation: Sweater, shorts, tights and boots!
Love love love your sweater. The shape is very interesting!
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I love love this! You so make we want to wear my tights with my shorts!!
This is absolutely gorgeous! And it looks so comfortable.
Gorgeous outfit! I love the necklace and the sweater. I wish I could wear something like that here in LA. It's still way too hot.
Love this look, especially the sweater. I like how the tie waist keeps it from being too bulky.
I wore shorts, tights and boots the other day too.
What a great look. I love it!
What a flirty fall look! Love the cozy, bundled-up quality but that it still shows off your figure. Cute!
Nice outfit. I'm going to try out the shorts, tights, boots look tonight.


it is this flash itself that seduces is a temporary exhibition as part of Friends with Books Programmes with works by Bettina Allamoda, Marc Bijl, Beni Bischof, Brian Kennon, Jasper Sebastian Stürup, with a performance by Discoteca Flaming Star. In reference to Roland Barthes' La Plaisir du Texte (The Pleasure of the Text, 1973), the artists' works all elicit a shared interest in books and publications and the differing forms of 'pleasure' they may evoke, such as voyeurism, the desire for knowledge, escape, and material possession. Works on view include drawing, collage/print, found images, performance, text, sculpture, and site-specific installation.
Discoteca Flaming Star perform 'Hate Verses', 2016, against the backdrop of their original White Banner 1, 2001 (in Performance and Public Programmes Area YZ; for more information see the Public Programmes schedule).
The complete list of works in the exhibition and the accompanying text is available in Exhibition Area D.
Participating artists are present in the exhibitors halls: Bettina Allamoda (Table N1), Beni Bischof/Lazer Magazin (Table O2), Brian Kennon/2nd Cannons Publications (Table E4), Discoteca Flaming Star (Table N10), Jasper Sebastian Stürup/Fluens Forlag (Table O4).


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Fundraising Officer – Spain
Publicada el: 24 abril, 2018
Organiza: InspirAction (InspirAction)
Duración del contrato: Indefinido
Tipo de contrato: Jornada completa (35 horas)
Dónde: Madrid (España)
Salary (full time): €24,000 - €27,000
Type of contract: Permanent
Contracted hours: 35
Location:Madrid, Spain
Interview date: 23 May 2018
This role seeks to maximise InspirAction's fundraising potential. The post is the first point of call for raising funds for InspirAction Spain, with individual supporters and with trusts, foundations and major and institutional donors. The role manages Spanish fundraising activities and works with IA management and Christian Aid to maximise opportunities to raise funds for work in Spain and with wider CA programmes in LAC and with InspirAction US.
The post holder will be expected to develop a new fundraising strategy for the organisation and work to maintain and develop fundraising contacts and opportunities for InspirAction in Spain, the EU and beyond and to build the individual giving portfolio through a range of on and off line methods that also manage individuals' support journeys.
The role has to maintain a detailed understanding of the supporter database, the data held and all processes related to maximising the relationship with committed givers. The role will lead on maximising income from individual and major donors and minimising attrition through proactive communication and contact with supporters.
Reporting to the Country Director – Spain this position will be expected to represent InspirAction to potential donors and supporters.
The role offers a unique opportunity to develop InspirAction's fundraising and will be expected to meet fundraising targets from donors and individual supporters. The role sits within the IA team in Madrid but is closely linked to other parts of the Christian Aid Global Partnership, particularly the Programme Innovation and Funding, InspirAction US and the Latin America and Caribbean Divisions.
Degree or equivalent qualification
Knowledge of international development
Effective networker and influencer
Proven ability to write effective proposals
Creativeness, innovation and proactiveness
Ability to develop new relationships with potential funders (institutional and private)
Ability to monitor initiatives and evaluate finding systematically and methodically
Database management skills
Experience in organizing events and fundraising activities
Significant experience of fundraising with a track record of gaining funds from institutional donors and trusts and foundations (including turning complex programmes into creative and inspiring proposals)
Significant experience of managing supporter relations
Experience of preparing and implementing a fundraising strategy
Substantial experience of responding appropriately to the requirements and demands of funders, with the ability to handle and respond positively to pressure
Understanding of GDPR
Excellent abilities to work with others as well as in an autonomous manner. The post holder must be able to assume responsibilities for his/her own work
Fluent in English and Spanish
Ability to develop strong working relationships with colleagues located in other parts of the world
Understanding of key development issues in LAC
Numeracy skills for budgeting and financial analysis
Experience of working in a small office environment
Second language – Portuguese or French
This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
Key requirement for Application:
Please upload your CV and a 500 (or arround) word statement in English on why you think you are suited to the role.


So... many... plot holes. Enjoyable kitsch includes crediting the roles of "punk", "bum" and "drunk" in immediate succession. I saw this a second time at Draken's 2018 SF film festival, where the crowd laughed hardest at the caption "1997: NOW" and at Lee Van Cleef lifting a giant Vietnam-era military telephone receiver instead of a 1990s cell phone. It hasn't aged well in any sense, but Plissken's "cool" cynicism, deep enough to throw out world peace, is still iconic for this genre of toxically masculine apocalyptic fantasy. The Warriors (1979) is the superior comment on 1970s New York crime and the accompanying self-image.


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Fremont, CA (October 9, 2014) Vdopia, the global leader in mobile video advertising, reveals in the latest installment of its Vdopia Mobile Insights (VMI) report that 77% of the total U.S. telecom mobile ad spend on Vdopia's network went to video and rich media ads. Moreover, telecom video ads performed 6x better than telecom banner ads. Banner ads now comprise less than a quarter of total telecom ad spend.
The report also reveals that launching a new mobile device or a new data plan was the primary campaign objective for most telecom campaigns (35% of campaigns) followed by discount/offers (29%) and product promotion (27%). Interestingly, brand awareness was the desired objective in only 9 percent of campaigns.
In terms of audience targeting methodology the most heavily used wasdemographic (at 57%) as telecom marketers leveraged age, gender and ethnicity to reach relevant smartphone owners. Location targeting was next (56%) followed by contextual (22%).
More than 5 million consumers of the top 4 wireless carriers in Q2, 2014left for a new carrier3.
For the report, Vdopia analyzed telecom mobile ad campaigns that ran in the last year on Vdopia's network with a global reach of 330 million. Companies involved include AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Verizon FiOS, T-Mobile Wireless and Sprint Wireless, among others.
Vdopia (http://www.vdopia.com/mobile/) is the global leader in mobile video advertising delivering the best mobile video ad experience for consumers and advertisers across all smartphone and tablet devices. They are the first company to offer the .VDO mobile video format, a proprietary technology which enables delivery of mobile video to more people in more places than any other mobile advertising company in the world. Vdopia's clients include Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, McDonald's, Intel, Microsoft, Ford and hundreds of other leading global brands.


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By Ron Green • January 24, 2019
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA | Last November as a hint of winter was blowing a chill across Sea Island with another PGA Tour year coming to a close, 39-year-old Charles Howell III and 23-year-old Cameron Champ found themselves paired together for two days.
There was nothing ceremonial about it, just how it fell together on the weekend at the RSM Classic. But if you went looking for underlying symbolism, it was there in those two players, even though they had not played together until that week.
Nineteen years ago, Howell was what Champ is today – the game's next big thing.
Howell didn't have the astonishing power that has defined Champ's rocket ride to relevance but Howell arrived on the scene as a star, a seemingly sure-fire success. He was on magazine covers and in featured pairings, one of Tiger Woods' peers.
When Howell and Champ teed it up at Sea Island, Howell was making his 528th start on the PGA Tour with two trophies – and more than $35 million in earnings – in his collection. Champ was making his 12th Tour start as a pro...


Starting a new business, and getting to the point that you need help and are looking for your first employee is exciting, and scary all at the same time. Working with small businesses as they become first-time employers, I've seen a few business owners be surprised by the extra costs that arise from being an employer, and so I'm going to go through them here.
So if an employee is 26 years old, and works 37.5 hours per week, the minimum you can pay them is £293.63 per week, or £15,268.50 per year.
When payroll is processed the employee will have PAYE tax and national insurance deducted from their pay, and whilst that's not an additional cost to you, you will have to pay the deductions over to HMRC at the appropriate time after the payroll has been completed.
Continuing the example above, if the employee is earning more than the £10,000.00 threshold, you will be required to have a pension scheme in place, and to auto enrol them into it. You can set up your own pension scheme, but if you've enlisted the help of a payroll company to run payroll for you, they will probably offer to set up the pension scheme for you. This should be a one-off fee, but the cost for this service can vary wildly. So this may be your first unexpected cost.
The employee will have a pension contribution deduction from their pay at the appropriate percentage, and this will have to be paid over to the pension company each month.
Here's where the other costs that you may not be aware of pop up.
As an employer, you have the additional cost of Employers NI. This is paid to HMRC in addition to the employers NI, and is an additional cost that every business has to bear. It's calculated for each employee individually, and for 2018/19 is paid on earnings over £162.01 per week or £702.01 per month. Employers NI is calculated at a rate of 13.8%. So continuing our example, for an employee that is paid £293.63 per week, you will pay £18.16 per week, or £944.58 per year in employers NI. And it doesn't stop there!
Lets go back to that pension scheme you've got, and take another look at that.
Employers are also required to contribute to their employees' pension. An employee must be enrolled into a auto enrolment compliant pension scheme. In 2018/19 the total contribution made to the scheme must be 5% of earnings, and the employee contributes 3% of that from their earnings. The employer is required to contribute a minimum of 2% in addition to the 3% contributed by the employee.
The minimum compliant contribution can be calculated on what are called Qualifying Earnings. The qualifying earnings band in 2018/19 are earnings between £116.00 and £892.00 per week. So continuing our example, at 2% an employer will be required to contribute £3.55 per week, or £184.74 per year. The contribution rates are increasing in in 2019/20 to 8%, of which 3% must be contributed by the employer. Considering that the minimum wage may also increase, the contribution will be in excess of £277.00 per year.
Those unexpected costs total up quite quickly, but that's most of the doom and gloom out of the way. Let's find some good news.
HMRC grant qualifying employers a benefit called Employers Allowance. This is relief on the first £3,000.00 of Employers NI payable in the financial year. If you are entitled to this, your payroll provider should claim this for you, and based on our example, you could have 3 full time, minimum wage employees and be just under the threshold of £3,000.00.
But should your business grow, and you use your allowance early on in the financial year, you'll be required to pay Employers NI to HMRC each quarter or month.
The last consideration is Statutory Sick Pay. Employees that become ill are entitled to SSP. This is a payment of £92.05 per week that employers have to pay to qualifying employees during sickness absence. This used to be a payment that employers could claim back from HMRC, but since the introduction of Employers Allowance, SSP can no longer be claimed back.
According to a business article published by the BBC, whilst sickness absence in the UK is at an all-time low, the average employee takes 4.3 days sickness per year. Depending on the way that sickness happens, you may be required to pay sickness absence which, depending on your employees working pattern, could cost you up to £92.05.
One final thought is Holiday Pay. Each employee is entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday each year, including the 8 statutory holiday days. If your employee is part-time, they are still entitled to holiday at a pro-rata'd rate. If your employee works different hours each week, you can calculate their holiday by working out 12.07% of the total hours worked. Many small businesses can find themselves surprised by the cost of holiday hours accrued if an employee leaves without taking holiday. An employee working full time will accrue 19.61 hours or 19 hours and 37 minutes in a full working month, which has a monetary value of £153.55 at minimum wage. So whilst it's part of the wages/salary figure in our example, it's always a good idea to keep your eye on the holiday entitlement your employees have accrued.
There are a couple of costs in the example that we don't have figures for. That's the cost of getting a payroll provider to run payroll for you, and setting up that pension scheme. So lets add those figures in.
PayrollAbility's payroll processing starts at £17.50 per month, with no added extras or nasty hidden costs. The whole process of running payroll, providing you or your accountant with reports and your employee with a payslip, and submitting your payroll to HMRC along with managing your pension scheme each month is included in the monthly fee. There's no admin fee for adding new starters or taking leavers off the payroll, and they'll get their P45 as part of the cost. Holiday is monitored and we'll give you a report each month with the hours accrued by each employee.
So rather than stressing about the cost of payroll, call the office today and speak to Nadine about help and support with costing your new employees. We can take to worry out of growing your business, giving you the time back to do what you do best.
We're looking forward to speaking to you soon.


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Misinformation on the website's front page
on: May 06, 2013, 12:56:35 am
When people usually think about the 32x, the first thing that comes to mind is how it had essentially ruined Sega's reputation to the general public and made the launch of the Sega Saturn an awkward affair. As an effect of this debacle, not many people know or realize that the 32x, while a marketing disaster, had quite a few excellent games in it's line-up. And of those excellent games, Stellar Assault ranks at the top.
None of these things are true. First, the "X" is 32X is capitalized. Second, the console's 1994 launch in the U.S. was a smash success, which led Sega to have their last consecutive Christmas on top of video game sales. The $150 machine did so well that SOA couldn't meet demand. The price was so low that it didn't cost much more than two cartridge games. Remember, games back them were $65 to $70. Virtua Racing for Genesis with the onboard chip was famously $100. No one was alienated by 32X. It was marketed towards more mature (aka hardcore) gamers. We wanted to play games like Stellar Assault, Virtua Fighter, and Star Wars Arcade for less than $100 a pop, and 32X delivered. We all knew it was a stopgap to Saturn. The myth that it tainted Sega's reputation didn't begin until years later as an internet rumor. The same rumor also cites Sega CD as tainting the company. However, anyone around back then knew that everyone wanted a Sega CD and that our parents couldn't afford them because they were $300. It may as well have been a Porsche we were asking for.
As for the Saturn's tainted launch, the truth behind that failure is well documented. The console was supposed to launch in the fall. But during E3 Sega jumped the gun and released it months earlier. It had few launch games. Developers were caught totally off guard, and so we retailers. It was also designed to be a 2D machine, so when PSX ushered in the 3D transition, Sega was left out. The only thing that could have saved the Saturn is if they cancelled it altogether, redesigned it, and launched it a year later alongside the N64.
Anyways, I love this project, I just thought that the information on the front page should represent reality, and not rumor.
Re: Misinformation on the website's front page
Reply #1 on: May 06, 2013, 03:46:03 am
The 32x was a failure though. Even though sales were strong initially, they petered out at something like 700000 units worldwide, as "true" 32-bit consoles were just appearing on the horizon. Nothing could have saved the 32x, as the limits imposed by having to be slaved to a Genesis, and the lack of integrated mass storage media (Yes, you could use a Genesis with a Sega CD and a 32x. No, that combo was not particularly popular, as a grand total of only 6 games was made for it) were readily apparent to anyone in the industry.
Hell, the fact that Sega itself had already announced the Saturn by the time the 32x made it to the market was an instant death sentence in and of itself.


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Guérin, Maude
Maude Guérin
Stunningly versatile Quebec-based actor born in La Tuque in 1965. Maude Guérin studied theatre at the CEGEP de Saint-Hyacinthe.
She has played leads with virtually all of the major companies in the province including Compagnie Jean-Duceppe (Chekhov's Les Trois soeurs/Three Sisters and Ivanov, and Arthur Miller's Après la chute/After the Fall), Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Feydeau's Le Dindon, Jonson's La foire de Saint-Barthélémy/Bartholomew Fair, Antonine Maillet's La Fontaine ou la Comédie des animaux) and with Théâtre Petit à Petit (Kobo Abe's Les Amis). She has also performed in the 1999 production of Wajdi Mouawad's Les Mains d'Edwidge au moment de la naissance (Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui), the Rideau Vert revival of Michel Tremblay's Le vrai monde?, the Aujourd'hui premiere of René Gingras's Jacynthe de Laval (January, 2000) and played Maggie in Duceppe's production of La chatte sur un toit brûlant/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in April, 2000. In summer, 2000, she appeared in the Just For Laughs production of Ben Elton's Pop-Corn.
In 1998 she was nominated for a Masque Award for her performance in the premiere of Serge Boucher's Motel Hélène, a portrayal of such vibrancy, detail and emotion that it will long be remembered by those who saw it. In 1999, she won the Masque for best supporting female actor for Le Libertin.
More recently, she reprised the role of Pierrette in Les Belles-soeurs at the Monument National (2013). She loves Michel Tremblay's works, because of their strong portraits of women.
Maude Guérin has also had a successful career in television.
She told Voir (Montreal) in 1999, "I don't get emotional easily. For instance, it's rare that I'll cry in front of friends or colleagues. I'm more reserved in life than in theatre. I sometimes have the impression that I live more on stage than in life...scary, isn't it?"