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Witchfinder General (Cinema Cult)
Witchfinder General is something of an historical horror film, the harrowing tale of 17th century…
It's probably best to out myself immediately. I have always enjoyed Lars Von Trier films.…
Tombs of the Blind Dead (Cinema Cult)
Tombs of the Blind Dead, or La Noche Del Terror Ciego, is a 1972 Spanish…
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Cinema Cult)
A lot of people see The Town That Dreaded Sundown as a missed opportunity, where…
Deadly Blessing (Cinema Cult)
Hey remember that Wes Craven film with Sharon Stone and Ernest Borgnine? Nup, me neither.…
The Funhouse (Cinema Cult)
Director Tobe Hooper could never outrun the one film that made him, The Texas Chainsaw…
The 30th Love and Anarchy Film Festival, Helsinki, 14-24 September 2017
The Helsinki International Film Festival (HIFF) or Love and Anarchy, as it is better known,…
Lunar Orbit
In terms of figures operating amongst the global electronic music scene, there's no doubt that…
Descent into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman (Umbrella)
"Out of my mind on Saturday night, 1970 rolling in sight, Radio Birdman up above,…
From Abbas Kiarastami to Aki Kaurismaki: the 64th Sydney Film Festival 7-18 June 2017
I remember a film festival somewhere in the USA a few years ago where Iranian…
The Evil Within (Bounty)
These days everything needs a back-story, though few can compare with the story behind The…
Author: The JT Leroy Story (Accent)
Humans tend to simultaneously be voyeuristic and risk adverse. It's why we're so fascinated by…
Raw (Monster Pictures)
Julia Ducournau's remarkable debut feature Raw is a welcome addition to the cinema of the…
The Coming War On China (Antidote Films)
Our media is full of reports on Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, seizing…
The Mind's Eye (Accent)
When making a film, one needs make many decisions. The director must get to the…


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Sucha Dolna  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wartkowice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately  east of Wartkowice,  north-east of Poddębice, and  north-west of the regional capital Łódź.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 11 September murdered 11 villagers. The victims were beaten to death with blunt weapons. The victims include two children.

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Villages in Poddębice County
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* Matthias Haß (Musikproduzent) (* 1967), deutscher Musikproduzent und Komponist
 Matthias Haß (Politiker) (* 1967), deutscher Verwaltungsjurist und Politiker (CDU)


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Check Out JAMES CAMERON'S STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION on DVD and Blu-ray Today
The sci-fi documentary series James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction first aired on AMC in 2018 as part of the AMC Visionaries series, and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. The show, which is hosted by Academy Award winning director James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar), dives into the history of science fiction in filmmaking, and interviews iconic directors and actors Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), George Lucas (Star Wars Franchise), Ridley Scott (The Martian, Blade Runner), Christopher Nolan (Tenet, Interstellar), Will Smith (Men in Black, I Am Legend), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator, Terminator), and Bruce Willis (Die Hard, The Sixth Sense).
JAMES CAMERON'S STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION is a uniquely intimate look at science fiction's roots, futuristic vision and our fascination with its ideas through interviews by James Cameron with A-list storytellers, stars and other whose careers have defined the field, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Smith and Sigourney Weaver, among many others. Cameron takes us on a journey of discovery and exploration, helping us understand where science fiction's ideas came from – and where they're taking us.
The DVD and Blu-ray combo includes extended interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Guillermo del Toro, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I was able to get a copy of this doc from RLJE Films, and it was enthralling. It was really cool to hear Cameron talk to his peers in filmmaking, who pioneered the films that gripped the sci-fi audiences and molded the future of the genre. I definitely recommend James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction to anyone who has a love of films, especially sci-fi.
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction is available in stores and online today.

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I think it's safe to say that almost everyone is familiar with cacti; green, spikey and commonly used to represent the harsh terrain of deserts. Well, our Cactus socks are definitely not spikey (for obvious, sock-related reasons), but we can assure you they are very green and will be a constant reminder of their plant counterpart to all who lay eyes on them.
My son just loves the socks I got him for Christmas. Great quality and super prints.
Good quality, and fun as heck.
Absolutely beautiful, high quality products. Will continue shopping here for all of my husband's work sock needs.


Dimensions Gold Collection Beacon Rocky Point Counted Cross Stitch Kit.
Standing tall against a brilliant sky, this guardian of the sea alerts sailors to the rocky shoreline. This detailed design is stitched on 18 count white Aida. Half Cross Stitch is used for artistic effect.


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Want to be a published author? The ELLE Fiction Awards 2018 is your chance
Make your dream come true
By ELLE team August 8th, 2018
If you, like many of us here at ELLE, grew up with a burning passion to write and to see your story in print, your moment has arrived. The 2018 ELLE Fiction Awards brings you this very opportunity.
All you have to do is send us 500 words of original fiction inspired by one of the two images in this story, and you could walk away with a paid contract with Juggernaut Books, get published in ELLE India, and lots more.
And who decides if you win? The judges are none other than ELLE India's editor Supriya Dravid, Juggernaut's publisher Chiki Sarkar, much-loved writer-producer Twinkle Khanna, and author Mahesh Rao.
'What I am looking for in a writer is the ability to play dangerously—with words, with thoughts, with madness, and with blatant disregard to the ordinary. Through the ELLE Fiction Awards, we want to throw open the playing field to your imagination and ingenuity,' says Dravid.
Rao too, echoes her sentiments: 'I'm delighted to be judging the ELLE Fiction Awards, as it's always a pleasure to discover new voices and be led to unexpected narratives. I'll be looking for works that have a real understanding of the form, with a sense of balance, pace and economy. I'm sure that the stories that stand out will display a sensitivity to the rhythms and texture of language and also have at their core a moment of great illumination. All the very best to the contestants: I'm very much looking forward to their submissions.'
And Sarkar, who will ultimately publish the winning entry, says, 'At Juggernaut, we are constantly looking for fresh voices and the most brilliant new talent—so I love the idea of the ELLE Fiction Awards and look forward to falling in love with a bold new voice.'
Write to us at ellefictionawards@ogaan.co.in by October 10, 2018 and watch your dream come alive.


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Lyons: Stop pretending everything is 'fake news'
No sooner had we begun talking about fake news than the phrase itself came under attack by dilution.
Lyons: Stop pretending everything is 'fake news' No sooner had we begun talking about fake news than the phrase itself came under attack by dilution. Check out this story on redding.com: http://reddingne.ws/2jFCh6A
Silas Lyons, Record Searchlight Published 12:43 p.m. PT Jan. 13, 2017
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Fake news is a very specific thing, and it's a grave danger to our democracy. It isn't new, but it has found a new and more powerful vehicle in Facebook and e-mail chains.
Fake news is anything created as pure fiction and then dressed up to look like news. Fake news is an April fool's edition of a newspaper that carries a claim of alien abduction. Fake news is a Facebook post that says Hillary Clinton is involved in a pedophilia ring running out of a pizza restaurant.
Purveyors of fake news aren't biased or unethical people — they are opportunistic liars and frauds. They write something shocking, people share it without verification, and the clicks pour into their web sites, where advertising impressions generate money. It's a scam.
But either because they benefit from the fraud and want to protect it by deflecting attention or because they want to harness the power of the phrase to describe other things they don't like, numerous people have been throwing "fake news" around. The most powerful of these people is president-elect Donald Trump.
Since we can't stop them from doing so, we should arm ourselves with an understanding of the distinction.
There are many things wrong with the media that are not — and should not be called — fake news.
Bias is not fake news. Bias is real, and conservatives who see a liberal thumb on the scale of the nation's media are not imagining things. Polls have shown that journalists' personal politics, on the average, lean left.
Legitimate news stories often contain bias. A story about Rex Tillerson as the nominee for Secretary of State, for example, might focus on pundits who say he'll be hostile to the environment and will favor his old company, ExxonMobile. The story might minimize details of Tillerson's remarkable career in business and his reputation as a mediator and problem solver. That's bias.
That's not fake news.
Even what BuzzFeed did last week — publishing an unverified document that contained salacious allegations about Trump's sexual behavior and ties to Russia — was not fake news. That is, of course what Trump called it. It's even what MSNBC's Chuck Todd called it, in a confrontational interview with BuzzFeed Editor Ben Smith.
But the document's not fake. It is circulating at the highest levels of government. It was irresponsible of BuzzFeed to publish it, but it wasn't something a BuzzFeed reporter made up.
Last week, a reader I greatly respect took issue with one of our headlines because he thought it overstated the case made by the article. He asked me if that wasn't fake news. The passion of my reaction even surprised me. No! It's not!
The dilution of the term "fake news" has the very real consequence of desensitizing us and clouding the issue. Our republic can survive bad headlines — we have for hundreds of years. It can survive media bias (see Franklin, Benjamin). It can survive the unethical publication of unverified rumors. But fake news needs to be stamped out unless we want to be North Korea. It is a cancer to democracy.
I'm going to speak frankly to my conservative friends, and you may hate me for it. But it's the truth: This ball is in your court right now. Fake news targets conservative consumers at a much higher rate.
And by energizing conservatives to fight for the underlying values they believe in, the fakery may even serve a useful purpose — but only politically, and only for now. It's a hollow victory.
It may benefit conservatives this time, but it'll benefit liberals next time.
We seem to keep doing this — lowering standards to benefit one party or the other, only to have the power change hands, along with the advantage gained by the change. It is a race to the bottom.
Barack Obama leaves behind a government more secretive and controlling of the free press than any other since at least the Nixon administration. The Democrats who were OK with that because their policies were being enacted behind those closed doors are now going to find out what it's like to sit out in the hall along with the reporters. Does that make our nation better?
It's up to the country to stop this. It's up to each of us to at least be informed and responsible citizens and not actively contribute to the decline. Next time you see something that seems to perfectly fit your view of the world on Facebook, take a minute and check it out before you hit "share."
Turn to news outlets that employ actual journalists who make honest mistakes. If you fall for the idea that everything you don't like is "fake news," you'll never recognize the true fake when you see it.
Reach Executive Editor Silas Lyons at 225-8210 or silas.lyons@redding.com. He's on Facebook and Instagram, and on Twitter @silaslyons_RS.
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Google Glass Has an Android-Powered Competitor That You Can Buy Right Now
By Jacob Lewis on at
If you like the look of Google Glass but are desperate to feel like Master Chief right now, then look no further than the MOD Live. This nifty heads-up-display features a control grip with D-pad and plenty of sensors; an altimeter, barometer, 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyro, 3-axis magnetometer, and a temperature sensor.
Recon Instruments just announced their first third party apps along with a SDK. The app -- shown in the video above -- gives info about current weather conditions and lift availability for ski runs, GPS mapping, as well as social media integration, photo galleries, and up-to-the-second personal stats. Recon Instruments say that, because the MOD Live is Android based, developing for it should be a cinch.
Slash Gear reports that the company is giving away ten of these futuristic sight head enhancement machines, and is subsidising others to encourage developers to get involved. The MOD Live, priced at around £250 is a quarter of the price of Google Glass. Yes, you'd look like a right tool wearing a pair of ski goggles while walking down the street, but you've got to start somewhere right?
I'm dreaming of app for this with detailed off-piste terrain mapping, because I've come way too close to boarding clean off a cliff so many times it's a miracle I'm still here. [Recon Instruments via Slash Gear]
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If you happen to be reading this on Friday evening, I invite you to picture me making merry at the Michaelmas Feast of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York, which is about to celebrate its 650th anniversary and of which I am a rather junior member. Our founders — mercers trading in cloth with the Low Countries and the Baltic ports — were the drivers and networkers of York's mediaeval economy, and its first exponents of globalisation. But our merriment this week will be dampened by the latest impact of that phenomenon on the city. Nestlé, owner of the confectionery factory that is still universally referred to as Rowntrees, has just announced the shedding of 645 jobs in a reorganisation that involves moving production of Smarties to Hamburg and of Black Magic to the Czech Republic.
This follows the closure of Terry's (the Chocolate Orange was last seen somewhere in Slovakia) and the loss of 450 Norwich Union jobs to call centres in India. British Sugar will close its beet-processing plant next year. York's other major industry, railway carriage-making, is already extinct; its only legacy is a huge brownfield site blighted by interminable planning arguments. Some of the jobs have been replaced by work in the tourism sector, and you could be forgiven for thinking that York's last remaining economic advantage is its mediaeval heritage — the Merchant Adventurers' hall being a prime attraction. Worse still, Gordon Brown has made York dependent on his own largesse: the number of public sector jobs has grown by 42 per cent since 1996, and Defra is now one of the city's biggest employers.
But there is a chink of light. A co-operation between the university and the city council under the label of Science City York has helped create a cluster of pioneering high-tech businesses — the likes of Cizzle Biotechnology, in the field of lung cancer treatment — which might one day make York as famous in bioscience as it once was in chocolate. The number of jobs created under the Science City umbrella since 1998 roughly equals those lost at the railway carriage works. In his 2005 Budget, Gordon Brown belatedly got in on the act by naming York as one of six Science Cities across Britain ('I think he borrowed the whole idea from us,' a city official told me) but the real credit, I gather, should go to Sir Ron Cooke, the former vice-chancellor of the university, and Professor Tony Robards, an expert in electron microscopy. Both, as it happens, are prominent Merchant Adventurers: 650 years on, the Company still plays its part.
The death of John Young, long-serving chairman of Young & Co's brewery in Wandsworth, south London, made me contemplate the benefits of market forces in the beer trade. Forty years ago Young was determined to remain independent and carry on making traditional cask ales at a time when many other family breweries were being absorbed into the 'big six' — conglomerates whose strategy was to dominate the market with mass-produced keg beer. But wherever they had a choice, drinkers preferred the traditional stuff, and once the 'real ale' campaign took off, surviving independent brewers for whom Young had provided a role model flourished again.
The nation's drinking habits evolved, but big brewers continued to make a fat living selling inferior branded beers through tied pubs — until Margaret Thatcher fixed them in her sights. The 1989 Beer Orders forced them to choose between letting their pubs offer a choice of beers from other sources, or getting out of brewing altogether. The likes of Whitbread and Bass (now the Six Continents hotel group) eventually chose the latter course. The effect of all this has been to encourage most pubs to improve and diversify their offering beyond recognition, while allowing others, to the satisfaction of their regulars, to remain exactly as they were. You want fancy imported bottled beer, gastro cuisine, karaoke, children's games or a quiet old-fashioned pint — you've got it. And a sign of market health is that it is even possible to start your own brewery these days. I spoke to Gordon Wetzel-Stewart of West Brewing Co. in Glasgow, who hopes to sell one and a half million litres of German-style, additive-free beers this year. In the big-brewery era, he says, Glaswegians drank 'horrendous' beer in vast quantities. Now they are increasingly discerning and demanding in their tastes. The free play of market forces has improved not only the beer and the pubs, but also the customers' palettes.
'The fight against global warming' is going to cost us all dear. Richard Branson's offer of a notional $3 billion of future profits from his air and rail businesses to be invested in alternative fuel research will no doubt launch a competitive bandwagon of corporate and personal giving, while governments and oppositions throughout the industrialised world will compete to dream up carbon taxes to which — unlike traditional taxes — guilt-ridden citizens will feel they cannot object. The only sensible response at this stage is to start thinking of ways to make money out of climate change in order to pay all those extra taxes and donations, and The Spectator's thoroughbred stable of investment columnists will apply their minds to this question in weeks to come.
Perhaps one of them will tell us how to make a killing in carbon credits in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, but I think I've spotted a more wholesome opportunity: plums. This summer's mixture of sun and rain has brought an incredible profusion, not only on market stalls but on untended trees in gardens and suburban streets. From little yellow French ones called mirabelles to big, dark English ones called presidents, they're everywhere — and day after day I find myself boiling them with a little wine, sugar and fresh ginger, bottling them in Kilner jars, and imagining a premium Any Other Business brand based entirely on freak crops and mutant produce. Then an Aim flotation, swiftly followed by a bid from Nestlé or some other guilt-ridden corporation; and an offer from me, to international applause, to devote the proceeds (well, some of them) to the fight against global warming. Dream on. In the meantime, my plum compote is delicious with vanilla ice cream.


A test of the "return to launch" feature, which should bring the aircraft back home. It should go up above tree level, move to the gps coordinates of the launch site, hover for 5 seconds in place, and then drop to 2m from the ground and hover there.
Last time I tried this, it flew off in the wrong direction and hit a tree. This time there is more space to see what it tries to do.
It worked pretty much perfectly this time (though on a later run, it went off and tried to land way off mark - so I suspect the gps lock just wasn't accurate enough).


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Country Time takes a stand for lemonade stands
By Graham Wall | 19-06-2018
Inspiration, Food, drink & confectionery, USA
Lemonade stands are synonymous with summer in America. Selling refreshing glasses of homemade lemonade is the hallmark tradition of an American childhood.
Yet archaic permits are plaguing the plucky young entrepreneurs and quashing their summertime venture – and it's not just restricted to the US. Remember last summer, when a five-year-old girl was given a hefty fine for setting up a stall selling the drink in East London? The child's father said, "Americans would not stand for the spirit of free enterprise being throttled in someone so young."
A year later and American drinks brand, Country Time Lemonade, owned by Kraft Heinz, is taking a stand and helping the budding young lemonade entrepreneurs with a new altruistic campaign.
Named 'Legal-ade', the campaign involves a crack team of specialists to help pay fines and straighten out stand-related permits. The initiative will cover all fees up to $300 for stands that were thwarted by fines in 2017 and 2018 or for permits bought this year.
In a clever move to help build brand love, Country Time set up a dedicated microsite for the initiative which states "Life doesn't always give you lemons, but when it does, you should be able to make and share lemonade with the neighbourhood without legal implications. That's why we're here to take a stand for lemonade stands across the nation."
Any child fined for running a lemonade stand without a permit can have his or her parent apply for reimbursement. Parents simply upload the image of their child's permit or fine along with an explanation about what the lemonade stand means to their children.
The brand is positioned on its social channels as 'the official lemonade of lemonade stands' and says on its YouTube channel that Legal-Ade makes "sure no kid is denied their right to a lemonade stand."
To extend and amplify the campaign on social media, Country Time has launched a competition to encourage people to share photos of their lemonade stands using the hashtag #SaveLemonadeStands. The brand has also increased engagement with posts that offer to donate $1 for every retweet towards a child's permit fee next year.
By showing support and unified spirit with its young consumers, the campaign has achieved worldwide media coverage including Fox News, CNN, Yahoo and MSN amongst others.
The number of stories in the world's media about children being fined, is what inspired Kraft Heinz to launch the campaign. Adam Butler, general manager, tells CNN: "When we saw these stories about lemonade stands being shut down for legal reasons, we thought it had to be an urban myth. After looking into it and seeing even more instances, we realised these weren't myths, they were real stories. A very real response seemed the best way to shine a light on the issue."
Another brand which has championed a cause close to its heart with a clever experiential campaign is Lacoste. The sportswear brand wore its heart on its sleeve and generated plenty of headlines and positive publicity with its limited edition brand campaign to help endangered species.
Find out how we at Because are also giving back to some very good causes this year to make a positive change in our communities and around the world.


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Home » Blog » Banking Law & Regulation » Do State Regulators Like the NYDFS Have Authority to Enforce OFAC Sanctions?
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Robust Enforcement of OFAC Sanctions by Federal Authorities
In recent years the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and other federal authorities have robustly enforced OFAC-administered sanctions against banks, particularly U.S. branches of foreign banks. Notable for their number, successiveness, and monetary penalty amounts imposed—often for U.S. sanctions and related violations, such as of the Bank Secrecy Act—these federal enforcement actions have nevertheless been overshadowed by state enforcement actions, in particular those of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
NYDFS Enforcement of OFAC Sanctions
The NYDFS is the New York State agency with licensing, supervisory, and enforcement authority over, among others, New York branches of foreign banks. In 2012, the NYDFS made headlines when it, reportedly without coordinating with federal authorities, sharply enforced OFAC-administered sanctions against a New York branch of a European bank. This and other NYDFS OFAC sanctions enforcement actions have generated ample commentary, much of it focused on case facts, law as applied by the NYDFS, and enforcement style.
Whether State Banking Regulators Like the NYDFS Legal Authority to Enforce OFAC Sanctions
Beyond case recitations and optics, the enforcement of OFAC-administered sanctions by a state agency—even against banks by a banking regulator operating in a dual banking system—raises fundamental constitutional and other legal questions. Chief among them is the overarching question of whether U.S. states have authority to directly or effectively enforce OFAC-administered sanctions, particularly independently and prior to enforcement by competent federal authorities—namely OFAC. This question and some of the legal issues and policy and practical considerations appertaining to it are discussed in detail in a forthcoming publication. This document provides a summary preview of some of the key legal issues discussed in that publication. Additional summary previews may be provided separately.
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AppleCare+ Now Available For Mac With Accidental Damage Coverage
Monday June 5, 2017 2:35 PM PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple today introduced AppleCare+ for Mac, an extended warranty plan that provides accidental damage coverage for a service fee. AppleCare+ for Mac is available in the United States and Japan only. In other countries, the standard AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac without accidental damage coverage remains available.
AppleCare+ extends a Mac's warranty coverage to three years from its original purchase date, and adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other damage. Prices are based in U.S. dollars.
AppleCare+ for Mac also includes 24/7 priority access to Apple experts by chat or phone. It replaces the AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac, which was essentially the same as AppleCare+, but didn't include accidental damage coverage like Apple has long offered for devices like the iPhone and iPad.
AppleCare+ for Mac is available for the 12-inch MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac mini for between $99 and $379. The service fees are additional in the event of accidental damage. Prices are between equal and $30 higher than the old AppleCare Protection Plan, which doesn't cover accidental damage.
AppleCare+ can be purchased alongside a new Mac, or customers can buy it online or in store within 60 days of purchasing a Mac.
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hectorvs
Is this change retroactive? I purchased AppleCare for my MBP early in the year.
MallardDuck
Now that's a big deal, specially since we're going to drop a ton more on the floor without MagSafe.
H.Finch
If they would include a: "If something bad happens to your Mac, you'll get a similar temporary Mac on loan"… I'd get this in a heartbeat...
I still keep finding myself having two Mac's just in case one of them stops working
(just like my very first Macbook Pro did)... which seems a bit much...
killawat
Sorry Guys, I'm miffed too but I don't think we can get coverage on our 61+ day old Macs. I never though Apple would offer Accidental but it looks like you will pay dearly for it (but much cheaper than a replacement Mac).
It pays to be an early adopter :rolleyes:.
jgelin
Process is to refund the coverage that was still on the machine. Then purchase the new agreement at the new terms that include the damage coverage.
I now have the updated plan that covers accidental damage.
chipchen
I'm going to be like Mr. Wonderful and summarize here...
AppleCare+ is the new norm, and MUST be added within 60 days of original purchase. Allegedly, there is an EDU discount down to $259... though this is not yet reflected on the online EDU store.
AppleCare IS STILL AVAILABLE at the moment... and more importantly, CAN BE ADDED WITHIN 12 MONTHS of the original purchase. Even if you were unable to get a special link from Apple to purchase, there are several 3rd party sources where these can still be purchased.


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Double Buffering
Until now we have drawn all our graphics directly onto the screen, for reasons of speed and simplicity. However, there is one major disadvantage to this method: if the television scan line happens to be covering the particular screen area where we are deleting or redrawing our image then our graphics will appear to flicker. Unfortunately, on the Spectrum there is no easy way to tell where the scan line is at any given point so we have to find a way around this.
One method which works well is to delete and redraw all sprites immediately following a halt instruction, before the scan has a chance to catch up with the image being drawn. The disadvantage to this method is that our sprite code has to be pretty fast, and even then it is not advisable to delete and re-draw more than two sprites per frame because by then the scan will be over the top border and into the screen area. Of course, locating the status panel at the top of the screen might give a little more time to draw our graphics, and if the game is to run at 25 frames per second we could employ a second halt instruction and manoeuvre another couple of sprites immediately afterwards.
Ultimately, there comes a point where this breaks down. If our graphics are going to take a little longer to draw we need another way to hide the process from the player and we need to employ the use of a second buffer screen. This means that all the work involved in drawing and undrawing graphics is hidden from the player and all that is visible is each finished frame once it has been drawn.
There are two ways of doing this on a Spectrum. One method will only work on a 128K machine, so we will put that to one side for the time being. The other method actually tends to be more complicated in practice but will work on any Spectrum.
Creating a Screen Buffer
The simplest way to implement double buffering on a 48K Spectrum is to set up a dummy screen elsewhere in RAM, and draw all our background graphics and sprites there. As soon as our screen is complete we copy this dummy screen to the physical screen at address 16384 thus:
; code to draw all our sprites etc.
; now screen is drawn copy it to physical screen.
ld hl,49152
ld de,16384
ld bc,6912
While in theory this is perfect, in practice copying 6912 bytes of RAM (or 6144 bytes if we ignore the colour attributes) to the screen display every frame it is too slow for arcade games. The secret is to reduce the amount of screen RAM we need to copy each frame, and to find a faster way than by transferring it with the LDIR instruction.
The first way is to decide how big our screen is going to be. Most games separate the screen into 2 areas: a status panel to display score, lives and other bits of information, and a window where all the action takes place. As we don't need to update the status panel every frame our dummy screen only needs to be as big as the action window.
So if we were to have a status panel as an 80 x 192 pixel at the right edge of the screen that would leave us a 176×192 pixel window, meaning our dummy screen would only need to be 22 chars wide by 192 pixels high, or 22×192=4224 bytes. Manually moving 4224 bytes from one part of RAM to another is far less painful than manipulating 6114 bytes. The trick is to find a size which is large enough not to restrict gameplay while being small enough to be manipulated quickly. Of course, we may also want to make our buffer a little larger around the edges. While these edges are not displayed on the screen they are useful if we wish to clip sprites as they move into the action window from the sides.
Once we have set our buffer size in stone we need to write a routine to transfer it to the physical display file one or two bytes at a time. While we are at it, we can also re-order our buffer screen to use a more logical display method than the one used by the physical screen. We can make allowances for the peculiar ordering of the Spectrum's display file in our transfer rountine, meaning any graphics routines which make use of our dummy screen buffer can be simplified.
There are two really quick ways of moving a dummy screen to the display screen. The first, and most simple method, is to use lots of unrolled LDI instructions. The second, and more complicated method, makes use of PUSH and POP to transfer the data.
Let us start with LDI. If our buffer is 22 chars wide we might transfer a single line from the buffer to the screen display with 22 consecutive LDI instructions – it is much quicker to use lots of LDI instructions than to use a single LDIR. We could write a routine to transfer our data across a single line at a time, pointing HL to the start of each line of the buffer, DE to the line on the screen where it is needed, and then 22 LDI instructions to move the data across. However, as each LDI instruction takes two bytes of code, it stands to reason that such a routine would be at least twice the size of the buffer it moved. A considerable hit when dealing with a little over 40K of useful RAM. You may instead wish to move the LDI instructions to a subroutine which copies a pixel line, or perhaps a group of 8 pixel lines, at a time. This routine could then be called from within a loop – unrolled or not – which could take care of the HL and DE registers.
The second method is to transfer the buffer to the screen using PUSH and POP instructions. While this does have the advantage of being the fastest way there is, there are drawbacks. You do need complete control of the stack pointer so you can't have any interrupts occurring mid-way through the routine. The stack pointer must be stored away somewhere first, and restored immediately afterwards.
The Spectrum's stack is usually located below your program code, but this method involves setting the stack to point to each part of the buffer in turn, and then using POP to copy the contents of the dummy screen buffer into each of the register pairs in turn. The stack pointer is then moved to the relevant point in the screen display RAM, before the registers are PUSHed into memory in the reverse order to that in which they were POPped. Ie, values are POPped from the buffer going from the start of each line, and PUSHed to the screen in the reverse order, going from the end of the line to the beginning.
Below is the gist of the screen transfer routine from Rallybug. This used a buffer 30 characters wide, with 28 characters visible on screen. The remaining 2 characters were not displayed so that sprites moved onto the screen slowly from the edge, rather than suddenly appearing from nowhere. As the visible screen width is 28 characters wide, this requires 14 16-bit registers per line. Obviously, the Z80A doesn't have this many, even counting the alternate registers and IX and IY. As such, the Rallybug routine splits the display into two halves of 14 bytes each, requiring just 7 register pairs. The routine sets the stack pointer to the beginning of each buffer line in turn, then POPs the data into AF, BC, DE and HL. It then swaps these registers into the alternate register set with EXX, and POPs 6 more bytes into BC, DE and HL. These registers now need to be unloaded into the screen area, so the stack pointer is set to point to the end of the relevant screen line, and HL, DE and BC are PUSHed into position. The alternate registers are then restored, and HL, DE, BC and AF are respectively copied into position. This is repeated over and over again for each half of each screen line, before the stack pointer is restored to its original position.
Complicated, yes. But incredibly fast.
SEG1   equ 16514
P0     equ 0
P1     equ 256
P4     equ 1024
C0     equ 0
C1     equ 32
C4     equ 128
xfer   ld (stptr),sp       ; store stack pointer.
; Character line 0.
ld sp,WINDOW        ; start of buffer line.
exx
ld sp,SEG1+C0+P0+14 ; end of screen line.
push af
ld sp,WINDOW+4784   ; start of buffer line.
okay   ld sp,(stptr)       ; restore stack pointer.
Scrolling the Buffer
Now we have our dummy screen, we can do anything we like to it without the risk of flicker or other graphical anomalies, because we only transfer the buffer to the physical screen when we have finished building the picture. We can place sprites, masked or otherwise, anywhere we like and in any order we like. We can move the screen around, and animate the background graphics, and most importantly, we can now scroll in any direction.
Different techniques are required for different types of scrolling, although they all have one thing in common: as scrolling is a processor-intensive task, unrolled loops are the order of the day. The simplest type of scroll is a left/right single pixel scroll. A right single pixel scroll requires us to set the HL register pair to the start of the buffer, then execute the following two operands over and over again until we reach the end of the buffer:
rr (hl)             ; rotate carry flag and 8 bits right.
inc hl              ; next buffer address.
Similarly, to execute a left single-pixel scroll we set hl to the last byte of the buffer and execute these two instructions until we reach the beginning of the buffer:
rl (hl)             ; rotate carry flag and 8 bits right.
dec hl              ; next buffer address.
For most of the time, however, we can get away with only incrementing or decrementing the l register, instead of the HL pair, speeding up the routine even more. This does have the drawback of having to know exactly when the high order byte of the address changes. For this reason, I usually set my buffer address in stone right at the beginning of the project, often at the very top of RAM, so I don't have to rewrite the scrolling routines when things get shifted around during the course of a project. As with the routine to transfer the buffer to the physical screen, a massive unrolled loop is very expensive in terms of RAM, so it is a good idea to write a smaller unrolled loop which scrolls, say, 256 bytes at a time, then call it 20 or so times, depending upon the chosen buffer size.
In addition to scrolling one pixel at a time, we can scroll four pixels fairly quickly too. By replacing rl (hl) with rld in the left scroll, and rr (hl) with rrd in the right scroll, we can move 4-pixels.
Vertical scrolling is done by shifting bytes around in RAM, in much the same way as the routine to transfer the dummy screen to the physical one. To scroll up one pixel, we set our FROM address to be the start of the second pixel line, the TO address to the address of the start of the buffer, then copy the data from the FROM address to the TO address until we reach the end of the buffer. To scroll down, we have to work in the opposite direction, so we set our FROM address to the end of the penultimate line of the buffer, our TO address to the end of the last line, and work backwards until we reach the start of the buffer. The added advantage of vertical scrolling is that we can scroll up or down by more than one line, simply by altering the addresses, and the routine will run just as quickly. Generally speaking, it isn't a good idea to scroll by more than one pixel if your frame rate is lower than 25 frames per second, because the screen will appear to judder.
There is one other technique that can be employed with vertical scrolling, and it is one I employed when writing Megablast for Your Sinclair. This involves treating the dummy screen as wrap-around. In other words, you still use the same amount of RAM for the dummy buffer, but the part of the buffer from which you start copying to the top of the screen can change from one frame to the next. When you reach the end of the buffer, you skip back to the beginning. With this system, the routine to copy the buffer takes the address of the start of the buffer from a 16-bit pointer which could point to any line in the buffer, and copies the data to the physical screen line by line until it reaches the end of the buffer. At this point, the routine copies the data from the start of the buffer to the remainder of the physical screen. This makes the transfer routine a little slower, and complicates any other graphics routines – which also have to go back to the first line whenever they go beyond the last line in the buffer. It does, on the other hand, mean that no data needs to be shifted in order to scroll the screen. By changing the 16-bit pointer to the line which is first copied to the physical screen, scrolling is done automatically when the buffer is transferred.
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FeyConverter is an audio toolkit which can convert files between formats, for instance (file types supported include MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Bonk and FLAC), rip CDs, create playlists and more.
And getting started with this seems easy enough. You can add files directly from a folder, or rip them from a CD, and both functions leave you with a list of tunes which you can review and play.
After that, things become a little more complicated than they need to be. There's no wizard here to walk you through the process of, say, converting a bunch of MP3's to WMA. Instead you'll find an MP3 encoder selected by default.
Explore the menus and you'll find an Encode > Start Encoding option which lists a bunch of supported formats, so you might think choosing the WMA option would ask you for any relevant settings. But no, it just starts encoding immediately.
There is useful functionality here, then, but the program's less than intuitive interface means you may not have the time or patience to figure out how to access it.
Please note, the program will by default install adware as well as its own code. If you don't want this, choose the Custom Installation option during setup and clear the relevant checkboxes.


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"Artists are here to disturb the peace."—James Baldwin
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Happy birthday, Guy Davenport! Here are some quotes from the writer:
"Avoid the suave flow of prose that's the trademark of the glib writer. An easy and smooth style is all very well, but it takes no chances and has no seductive wrinkles, no pauses for thought."
"Poetry is the voice of a poet at its birth, and the voice of a people in its ultimate fulfillment as a successful and useful work of art."
"It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real lasting felt knowledge, is going mostly unnoticed among our scholars. The body of knowledge locked into and releasable from poetry can replace practically any university in the Republic. First things first, then: the primal importance of a poem is what it can add to the individual mind."
"All my discrete paragraphing is to force the reader to read. Most narrative prose can be read by running one's eye down the page. If I've worked one hour on a sentence, I want the reader to pay attention to it. I hope there's a web of symbols and themes running through all the stories."
"The emptier a room the smaller it seems. This is true of minds as well."
"Lives do not have plots, only biographies do."
"When Heraclitus said that everything passes steadily along, he was not inciting us to make the best of the moment, an idea unseemly to his placid mind, but to pay attention to the pace of things. Each has its own rhythm: the nap of a dog, the procession of the equinoxes, the dances of Lydia, the majestically slow beat of the drums at Dodona, the swift runners at Olympia."
"The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another acre or so of being worth our venturing upon."
"Art is always the replacement of indifference by attention."
"Reality is the most effective mask of reality. Our fondest wish, attained, ceases to be our fondest wish. Success is the greatest of disappointments. The spirit is most alive when it is lost. Anxiety was Kafka's composure, as despair was Kierkegaard's happiness. Kafka said impatience is our greatest fault. The man at the gate of the Law waited there all of his life."
"The unexamined life is eminently worth living, were anyone so fortunate. It would be the life of an animal, brave and alert, with instincts instead of opinions and decisions, loyalty to mate and cubs, to the pack. It might, for all we know, be a life of richest interest and happiness. Dogs dream. The quickened spirit of the eagle circling in high cold air is beyond our imagination. The placidity of cattle shames the Stoic, and what critic has the acumen of a cat? We have used the majesty of the lion as a symbol of royalty, the wide-eyed stare of owls for wisdom, the mild beauty of the dove for the spirit of God."
"Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding."
"Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the second century looked like. My ambition is solely to get some effect, as of light on stone in a forest on a September day…"
"The architectonics of a narrative are emphasized and given a role to play in dramatic effect when novelists become Cubists; that is, when they see the possibilities of making a hieroglyph, a coherent symbol, an ideogram of the total work. A symbol comes into being when an artist sees that it is the only way to get all the meaning in. Genius always proceeds by faith…"
"A work of art is a form that articulates forces, making them intelligible."
"The prime use of words is for imagery: my writing is drawing."
"I trust the image; my business is to get it onto the page."
"A page, which I think of as a picture, is essentially a texture of images. […]The text of a story is therefore a continuous graph, kin to the imagist poem, to a collage (Ernst, Willi Baumeister, El Lissitzky), a page of Pound, a Brakhage film."
"My writing unit is such that I start literally with scraps of paper and pages from notebooks. Every sentence is written by itself; there are very few consecutive sentences in my work.[…] Single sentences, which are revised eight or nine times. And I find a place for them, so that the actual writing of any of the stories of Tatlin! was a matter of turning back and forth in a notebook and finding what I wanted."
"Most language refers not to the world but to itself, is a music of sense rather than sense itself. That language is metaphorical is, in time, its frailty and deterioration. An allusion is a reservation of meaning."
"A work of art easily offers us three angles of interest: how it came to be, what it is, and how the world has honored or neglected it."
John Madera
John Madera's fiction may be found in Conjunctions, Opium Magazine, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His criticism may be found in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, John Madera lives in New York City, where he runs Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.
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Snack packs. Chewing gum. Potato chips. Many women are padding their diets—to avoid padding their thighs.
"I'm a very healthy eater," says Emily*, a 30-year-old, stick-thin investment banker. "My diet consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains, Tasti D-Lite frozen dessert, Diet Coke, lollipops, sugar-free gum, and 100-calorie packs. Thank God for the 100-calorie packs. They've changed my life."
Emily is a card-carrying—make that banner-waving—member of the newest group of calorie counters: junk-food dieters. According to their credo, low-calorie is good; no-calorie is better—even if the food contains more chemicals than a can of hair spray. "If it's associated with being a certain size, they'll eat it freely," says Lauren Slayton, director of Foodtrainers, a nutrition counseling center in New York City. Many believe ingesting a few artificial ingredients is a small price to pay for being able to eat the things they love while staying as thin as a Pringle.
The people who fit the profile are as much of an oxymoron as the concept of diet junk food itself. Women who would never carry a fake Birkin seem to not think twice about toting around fake butter. "I have clients who go to the best hairstylist, the best trainer, and have the best clothes—yet eat this trailer food," says Slayton. The irony of this is lost on Lindsey*, 24, a talent manager who says that processed foods like Lean Cuisine are as much a part of an affluent lifestyle as couture is. "When you're going to dinners and cocktail parties all the time, you've got to budget your calories during the day," she says. "And the easiest way to do this is to eat things that have the calories printed on the back."
Easy? No argument there. Effective? In some cases, yes. Every nutritionist interviewed for this story was quick to pledge their allegiance to natural products ("If only you'd eat more processed foods!" is not something you're apt to hear out of any nutritionist's mouth). But a few brave souls went out on a limb, admitting that low-fat chips and individual packs of cookies can help keep one's weight in check. Stephen Gullo, a weight-loss specialist in New York City, recommends certain low-calorie junk foods to clients. Susan Bowerman, assistant director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, can make a case for them, too: "If you're eating a balanced diet and have used the majority of your calories wisely and have a few extra calories, then fine." But there are a few important things to know to ward off junk…in your trunk.
Kate*, a 32-year-old advertising executive, made an important discovery a few years back: Chewing sugarless gum—an entire 18-pack of Extra over the course of a day—prevented her from snacking. "I have it on hand at all times. It's stashed in my drawers at work, in my kitchen cabinets, in my car. If I don't have any, I'll have to run out to buy some," she says.
"I hear this all the time," says Slayton. "People will say, 'I'll chew a piece of gum after dinner, and it prevents me from eating everything in sight because it keeps my mouth occupied.' And that makes sense." Bowerman has recommended this trick to her clients, although she warns that gum can have an unpleasant side effect: gas. However, gum sweetened with Splenda, as opposed to sugar alcohols (namely sorbitol), rarely causes this problem.
Lollipops, which typically weigh in at around 60 calories, are another tool to keep one's mouth busy and out of trouble. The logic is that if you're sucking on one, you're presumably not sucking down a sleeve of cookies. Nutritionists will argue that an apple is also low in calories and also takes a while to eat—and New York City nutritionist Esther Blum, author of Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous (Chronicle Books), points out that some lollipops contain hydrogenated oil, "which may raise cholesterol and cause hormone disruptions." What's more, sucking on one makes you look like Britney Spears.
Amy*, a 30-year-old publicist, credits Starbucks iced nonfat latte with keeping her hand out of the office cookie jar. "I started drinking one for breakfast instead of having cottage cheese and berries, and I lost ten pounds," she says. "Sipping it all morning quells my food cravings. When I used to eat the cottage cheese and fruit, I'd crave more food until lunch."
But can this possibly be healthy?
Gullo notes that many coffee drinks contain skim milk, which provides protein for minimal calories. But nutritionists concur that they shouldn't be used to replace a meal. "These drinks can be as low as 100 calories, and if someone's previous breakfast was 200 calories, that could result in a weight loss of ten pounds a year. And yes, sipping a drink all morning can make you feel full," says Wahida Karmally, director of nutrition at Columbia University Medical Center. "But the best research we have about weight management is that successful losers eat breakfast."
Anyone who's made a trip down the grocery store aisle lately can vouch for the fact that virtually every snack comes in 100-calorie-pack form. Provided you're a fairly disciplined person, 100-calorie packs "can give you the pleasure of food without weight gain, because people tend to consider the end of a package the end of eating," says Gullo. "But if you need to have more than one package, they don't work for you. You shouldn't give an alcoholic light beer, and you shouldn't give a binge eater light snacks." In fact, a new study found that people who were given a large box of individually packaged snacks ate 81 percent more than those given a smaller box of packs, suggesting that we'll eat as many packs as we have in front of us. If you can't stop yourself from consuming bag after bag and don't want to ban snacks altogether, Gullo suggests hiding them in a hard-to-reach location.
The same thing applies to candy. Having one individually wrapped mini chocolate bar is certainly better for your waistline than eating the full-size, several-hundred-calorie version. But small things come in bigger packages, making a mockery of self-restraint.
It's Not Butter! Spray. Most nutritionists aren't opposed to misting vegetables with it, especially if it gets people to eat greens they'd otherwise avoid. But don't be fooled by the zero-calorie label. "There are no calories if you spray five times. If you spray 20, it has cumulative calories. Don't spray and spray and step on the scale and expect miracles," says Slayton, who knows of one celebrity who gained weight after going through a bottle every three days.
Another culprit is every girl's best friend, frozen desserts. Gullo had a client so obsessed with Tasti D-Lite, she called the company to buy her own machine. While the ingredient list is fairly harmless, the portions are another story. "The company has come under fire in the press for the sizes they're serving and how much mix goes in the machine," says Slayton. "I have clients who swear they're getting the small-size vanilla. I take it out of their diet and replace it with a grocery pop that has the same number of calories that Tasti D-Lite claims a small has, and they lose weight." To ensure she's not overserved, 35-year-old Amanda*, a teacher, takes matters into her own hands. "I tell them I want only a little bit and then keep an eye on them as they dispense it, practically leaning over the counter to make sure I can see what's going on. When it looks like there's a lot in the cup, I yell, 'That's good, that's good, thanks!'" she says.
Frozen yogurt chains, to their credit, are cleaning up their acts. Pinkberry and Red Mango are dairy-based and claim to contain live cultures, which populate your body with healthy bacteria that keep your digestive tract running smoothly. But because they still contain sugar—and because people behind the counter swirl with abandon—your best bet would be a preportioned plain low-fat yogurt sweetened with honey.
Just as there are two candidates who emerge from the pack in every political race, there are two portion control–designed foods that stand out from the crowd for being worth their salt. "Baked Lays may be high in sodium and pretty much all starch," says Bowerman, "but they can satisfy someone's craving for salt and crunch." And since they're typically sold in individual 130-calorie bags, people aren't as likely to tear into more than one serving. "There's just something so gratifying about ripping open a bag and eating the whole thing," says Nicole, 25, a freelance writer.
And if there's one processed food that truly lives up to its name, it's Lean Cuisine. Even the higher-fat entrees like macaroni and cheese—which Jana Klauer, a physician specializing in nutrition in New York City and the author of How the Rich Get Thin (St. Martin's Griffin), says contains an impressive amount of protein—get the thumbs-up from many nutritionists, especially if you add a side of vegetables or a salad to improve the nutrient tally. "They are automatic portion control and allow you to enjoy a food you like that would have more calories at a restaurant or if you made it at home," says Gullo. "I don't know if the Michelin Guide is going to include Lean Cuisine, but it does have value."
A few years ago, nutritionists deemed white sugar the weapon of diet mass destruction. Many women turned to artificially sweetened drinks and desserts instead. It sounded like a win-win: same taste, fewer calories.
It turns out it's not so simple. "Artificial sweeteners stimulate both a physiological and a psychological need for sweetness, making you crave more sweets. So you just end up eating more and more," says Klauer. Making matters worse, artificially flavored foods are sweetened to a very high degree. "Now, when people turn to fruits and other foods that are naturally sweet, they don't think they taste sugary enough," says Bowerman. "So they keep going for the fake stuff."
One especially popular fake sweet is Diet Coke. But despite much anecdotal evidence that would suggest otherwise, studies have shown that people who drink diet soda are fatter than those who drink the regular kind. This news comes as no surprise to Gullo, who says he's seen patients give up Diet Coke and lose up to six pounds. Maybe it's because the soda's sodium had been causing them to retain water, "or they figure they're saving calories by drinking diet soda, so they feel entitled to have a high-calorie treat later," says Klauer, who lumps Diet Snapple in the same category as diet soft drinks. Instead of soda, Klauer recommends sparkling water. Because it's carbonated, it feels like you're drinking soda. When Karmally has clients who don't want to give up diet soda, she urges them to stop at two a day.
You could also reach for another diet junk food: sugar-free Jell-O. It's a preportioned sweet that comes in small tubs. "At ten calories a serving, Jell-O is a great dessert," says Gullo. Just be mindful of how much Reddi-Wip you squirt on top (after all, to most of us, Jell-O is merely a vehicle for whipped cream). In large quantities, the negligible calorie count per serving even in the fat-free version adds up—and the full-fat version contains evil trans fats. "It's poison!" says Klauer.


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Cardia Beckford lives day to day isolated from the world in a restricted, abandoned mansion in order to fulfil her promise to her father. Her body carries a deadly poison that rots or melts anything that her skin touches - causing the locals to call her "monster" so her father told her to stay away from people and falling in love, but he suddenly disappears. One day, her quiet solitude is interrupted when the Royal Guards break in to capture her. That's when she meets the chivalrous thief Arsène Lupin who helps her break free from the Royal Guards. Cardia then finds herself on a journey with Lupin to locate her father.
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When one of my friends asked on Facebook the other day how she can teach her little boy to not hit, I was instantly reminded of an experience I had with K when he was younger and going through that wonderful hitting phase.
I was getting so frustrated with K's hitting that I was praying about it for guidance. That was truly my biggest problem at that point in life and it was driving me nuts!
Every time he hit, I would say the same thing and instantly he would hug me, kiss me and give me high-fives instead of continuing to hit me or whoever else he was hitting.
If only I could remember to implement something like this with every difficult phase my children go through, life would be so much happier and easier for us.
I truly feel that God had answered my prayers by placing that thought in my mind and I am so grateful for that inspiration.
Hugs instead of hitting? That works for me and is definitely one of the finer things in life.
The above picture was taken in that very hallway, at about the same time I had this experience. Golly he was (and still is) so cute!
Your decision to change hitting into hugs (instead of punishing him for hitting) is a perfect example of GBD.
Great idea! I so needed this. Ryan has begun hitting and kicking me lately. I will definitely try this!


Family is both a blessing and a curse. Those who have family often wish they don't, and those who have no known family relations wish they do.
I met a woman a number of years ago, she was slightly past middle age and her 3 children were all grown. She once confided to me that her first born, a boy, distanced himself from her as a child. Much as she tried to create a bond between mother and son, she couldn't seem to penetrate the wall he had built between them. There was no confrontation, no issues to cause a rift. The boy simply had no connection to his family, and no regrets about it. This didn't stop with her, in fact, the child seemed to lack any interest in the whole family, mother, father, and 2 younger siblings.
She said as soon as he was of age he left home never looking back. He has since moved to another country, married, and has 2 children of his own yet still lacks interest in his original family. His younger 2 siblings seem 'normal', close to each other and the parents. I was startled by her lack of emotion when she spoke of this estranged son and she quickly explained that over the years and despite all efforts to forge a relationship with him, she and her husband finally had to accept that he wanted no part of the family that had been so much a part of his early life. She didn't understand it, but had no choice. He was lost to her.
In another scenario, there is a family with 6 children, 3 boys, 3 girls, all adults now, and one of the eldest sons has estranged himself from family. Again, there was no animosity, no confrontation or episodes to facilitate his departure, he simply had no interest. It's almost as though he would've preferred to be an only child. All 6 siblings live within a short drive of each other and all get along. They gather for each holiday and acknowledge each others milestones, all except this one brother. He acknowledges nothing, declines all invitations – he wants no part of 'family'.
A female friend has one sister. Over 25 years ago they had a disagreement over family assets (doesn't it always come back to money?) and a life long grudge was formed. Both sisters have married and have families of their own but have had no contact since. They live in the same city but their children have never met their own cousins. How fair is it to deny your children their family? And who are you to make that choice for them? How healthy is it to foster anger and resentment, not to mention forcing your bitterness and venom on the next generation? Who wins here?
What is it that makes one turn away from family? Now granted, you can't 'pick' your family, so you may not have much in common. In fact, you may not even like your family much, but there is a blood connection that cannot be denied…. or maybe it can. It just seems so sad.
My family is not large, I have 2 older siblings (a sister and a brother) and we do not live nearby but we maintain contact. Throughout our adult years life took us in different directions. We had families, careers and friends that were not a part of each others lives, and we could go long periods without seeing each other, but we never lost the 'family' connection. Special occasions brought us together as did the hard times, family loss, and hardship. Being together wasn't always easy. We didn't always see eye to eye. In fact, we often disagreed on life choices made but we respected each others right to make their own choices, and we supported them because they are family.
Friends can often become family. There appears to be much in common with them, they offer support when needed, and pass no judgement. There is no familial obligation either way so severing the ties when/if the friendship takes a bad turn is easier but rare, because friendships are made by choice, not by birth, so we work a little harder to keep them. It's too easy to take family for granted.
Family can be hugely influential in your life (if you allow it) or they can be distant and disinterested. Just how influential is up to you. Personally, I've always maintained the people in our lives are there for a reason; every encounter offers a new opportunity to learn something, and life is all about learning and growing.
I can't say I'm a fan of every relative I have, and I may not agree with how they live, what they say or do, or how they view me, but I appreciate that they are in my life and make the effort to have an impact on me. Those walking this path with me, my family and my friends, are a gift and I, for one, am grateful for every lesson.
I was chatting with a friend earlier today about how hard it is for us to graciously accept compliments. When handed comments like "Gee your hair looks nice today" or "that colour sweater is great on you", we almost always follow up with a detrimental response like "really?, I need to get my roots done" or "This sweater would look better on me if I lost 10 pounds".
Women, much more so than men, are severely judgmental of themselves, especially physical appearance, and this constant need to better ourselves is ingrained from a very young age. It's called self-esteem, or rather it's a lack of it.
There's a song from the nineteen seventies called, At Seventeen, sung by Janis Ian, that summarizes the sad reality of a young woman's self-image. She alludes to happiness being only for the pretty girls; those less endowed with beauty are left to fantasize – they are, in her own words, the 'Ugly Duckling'. The truth is most young women see themselves as the ugly duckling, even some of the pretty ones, because they don't feel pretty.
As children we suffer the taunts of other children, and sadly, often the harsh criticisms of parents and elders who have no concept of the effects of their words. Our teenage years are the critical, formative years where our self-esteem is most developed and most tested. This is when all criticisms are taken with extreme sensitivity, i.e. the knife cuts deeper and leaves more lasting scars during these years. Some withdraw into themselves, avoiding social situations, some are fortunate enough to endure mingling with peers without feeling inadequate. Many suffer in silence, wishing they could feel the confidence the other kids do, watching them with admiration and hiding behind their loneliness.
When you shop for any clothing that fits the current trends, you'd be hard pressed to find anything that fits someone who weighs more than 100 pounds, which probably eliminates 95% of the population. These models we see, these scrawny, emaciated 'perfect people' are not without flaws. Every blemish and wrinkle has been dutifully camouflaged thanks to lighting, cosmetics, and camera touch ups. And that beautiful young couple without an ounce of fat on their bodies, scarfing down a burger and fries in the commercial……you can bet within seconds of the camera shutting off they're in the nearest bathroom inducing vomiting before they should, God forbid, gain an ounce. Advertising creates images of physical perfection that cannot be sustained in a healthy balanced society.
I remember the song, At Seventeen, and like most girls, I saw myself as the Ugly Duckling, because I was far from perfect, but we don't talk about it, girls. We just work to improve ourselves….. for a lifetime.
We dye our hair, pierce our ears, apply our make-up, wax our legs, pluck our facial hair, affix false eye lashes, and cram our 'healthy' bodies into all sorts of apparatus that promises to mold our blub into a thing of beauty, but at the end of the day we didn't need to, because beauty really is in the eye of the beholder – we just need to reign the beholders expectations…. back into reality, and that starts with our own self-image.
Throw out Snow Whites magic mirror, toss the scale out the window, and focus on loving yourself, just as you are, because when you love yourself, you look good, and when you look good….you feel great!
You're beautiful. Pass it on.


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Minneapolis Bans 'Warrior-Style' Training for Police Officers
Cinnamon Janzer April 30, 2019
(Photo by Matthew Paulson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
During his State of the City address on April 18, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced that the city will ban its police officers from participating in "warrior-style" training, even when it's self-funded and off duty.
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While the Minneapolis Police Department doesn't currently offer any fear-based trainings, they "remain available to officers off-duty," Frey said. "That's why today we're announcing that the Minneapolis Police Department will be — we believe — the first major department in the nation to prohibit fear-based training" both on and off-duty.
"Warrior-style" training takes a fear-based approach to policing that prioritizes officer safety over community safety by conditioning trainees to view all encounters as inherently dangerous. The most well-known examples are offered by retired Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman and his Grossman Academy. The philosophy behind his courses and his book, "On Killing," is this: Both soldiers and police officers should be trained to kill with less hesitation.
After praising the department for various achievements like offering wellness trainings to help officers combat the trauma they experience on the job, Frey explained that the popular fear-based trainings run counter to the department's vision.
"There are external trainings that have no place in the vision and culture shift outlined by our chief. Chief Medaria Arradondo's MPD rests on trust, accountability, and professional service. Whereas fear-based, warrior-style trainings like 'killology' are in direct conflict with everything that our chief and I stand for in our police department," Frey said.
"Fear-based trainings violate the values at the very heart of community policing. When you're conditioned to believe that every person encountered poses a threat to your existence, you simply cannot be expected to build meaningful relationships with those same people."
"Basically, the issue is that Grossman's 'killology' idea and course has no scientific basis in reality," says Michelle Gross, the president of Minneapolis' Communities United Against Police Brutality. Gross' organization has met with Mayor Frey and has been working with Chief Arradondo since he assumed the role in 2017 to oust fear-based training, a term Gross says her organization coined in order to describe trainings like Grossman's and more.
"We wanted to make it clear that these trainings are under all kinds of names and have a very powerful influence on police," she says.
Gross, who became interested police brutality activism after experiencing it herself, sees no need for the warrior-style trainings that Frey has moved to eliminate. "This kind of training where danger is lurking at every corner and you should be prepared to gun down people … basically teaches officers to be fearful when they don't need to be. What we see as a result is what's happened with Officer Yanez who killed Philando Castile." Yanez had taken a "Bulletproof Warrior" seminar through Grossman's organization before the 2016 traffic stop in which he shot Castile.
Frey's announcement comes as another police brutality trial is underway in the Twin Cities, this time of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Justine Damond in Minneapolis in 2017.
Not everyone is pleased with the announcement. Last week, the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis — the union that represents officers, sergeants, and lieutenants across the MPD and park police — announced an exclusive partnership with Law Officer, a self-described "industry leader" in law enforcement training, to provide fear-based training through the company's website and app for the rest of Frey's term for free, defying Frey's ban.
Travis Yates, director of training for Law Officer, said in a press release that "it is both an honor and a privilege to provide the heroes of the Minneapolis Police Department daily training that can ensure they will return home each day to their family regardless of the dangers that they may face and the ignorance of some politicians."
In the release, President of the Police Officer's Federation of Minneapolis Lt. Bob Kroll thanked Law Officer for defying the mayor, adding that "while it seems that the lives of our officers are not important to politicians, they certainly are by Law Officer and we are grateful for this partnership."
In response, Frey has doubled down on his commitment to ban the trainings. "We have adopted this new policy because proper training on use of force and de-escalation is of paramount importance," Mayor Frey said in a statement. "Officers found to pursue any training that conflicts with MPD's training and has not been preapproved will be subject to discipline." Chief Arradondo's public information officer refused to make him available for this story.
The move could set the stage for a court case, and the union, at least, is ready. "We've ran it by our attorneys and are prepared to go down that route … for unfair labor practices," Kroll told Next City.
Last week, union leadership met with Chief Arradondo, but no agreement has been reached, the Star Tribune reported.
In the meantime, Gross remains hopeful as her organization continues to combat police brutalities.
"Getting rid of this training is a life-saving measure because [the training] promotes killing more people. We would like it if they didn't kill anybody at all," she says. "I hope it's a chance to change the culture of policing and … change it in a way that police will be less likely to kill people and less likely to be brutal and more prone to use methods of de-escalation."
UPDATE: We've corrected Michelle Gross's title.
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Congratulations to students from the Drilling, Oil and Gas Department of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, members of the AGH UST SPE Student Chapter student section, who were the only representatives of Europe to take part in the global stage of the international PetroBowl oil competition and reached the quarter-finals.
Congratulations to the AGH UST SPE Student Chapter supported by United Oilfield Services, which was honored with the Outstanding Student Chapter Award.
The PetroBowl finals took place from 6 to 12 October 2017 in San Antonio (Texas, USA) during the largest annual SPE conference - Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE). More than 30 teams from around the world competed with each other.
During the ATCE conference, the AGH UST SPE Student Chapter section was honored with the Outstanding Student Chapter Award. The award from the hands of Darcy Spada - president of the SPE for 2018 was received by Wojciech Cieplak - last year's chairman of the section.


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MSW needed a new website to host important documents, display their directors and to showcase completed projects. This group of engineers work on large complicated projects all over Africa; they needed something both visually attractive and yet simple.


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Q: ¿Como saber columna pulsada en un GridView en ASP? Tengo un GridView en asp del cual querria saber el nombre o número de columna que ha pulsado. No me interesa la fila ya que eso ya lo gestiono, quiero que pueda pulsar sobre el header de una columna y a partir de ahí disparar una función para hacer algo.
Aprovechando el mismo hilo tambien quiero saber si pulsa sobre una celda concreta saber cual ha pulsado y tambien disparar una funcion.
gracias

A: Dentro de tu DataGrid, si etas utilizando ASPX con Forms; dentro del control tambien manejan eventos; Para tu requerimiento seria el evento : RowCommand
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Funciona de la Siguiente Manera al hacer Click en uan Fila_Persona automaticamente obtienes el numero de Fila que hizo Click con e. ahora lo que realizas en cada IF es elvaluar a e. Tambien para saber si hizo Click en la Columna que tu quieres ... !!! Te dejo una Captura de como lo Tengo Implementado ..
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MPR cuts to the chase on Emmer, minimum wage
As the minimum-wage saga winds down, the issue isn't what Tom Emmer said about server wages, it's what he'd do. MPR reporter Tom Scheck found out.
By David Brauer
I spent a lot of bytes yesterday parsing whether Tom Emmer said he would cut tipped employees' wages, and whether that was reported accurately. It engendered a pretty good debate between those who said some media jumped to conclusions, versus those who said reporters cut through the you-know-what.
Emmer kicked off Wednesday's Ol' Mexico server stand-off by declaring, "Somebody reported that last week I talked about cutting servers wages. I'm here to look everybody in the eye and tell you, I never said that. I would never say that. Nobody ever said we would want to cut anybody's wages and, you would not do that in this enviroment. It is about raising wages, it's about raising everybody up."
OK. But I found myself wondering, "Would a Gov. Emmer sign a bill cutting the minimum wage?" After all, that's the policy bottom line, and cuts through the fog of what-he-said and what-he-meant.
To the rescue: Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck. Here's the segment from his Wednesday story on the Ol' Mexico event:
[Emmer] refused to tell reporters what he meant when he initially said a tip credit had to be considered.
But in a phone interview earlier this week he said he would cut the minimum wage if the Legislature approves.
"If somebody is going to pass that through the Legislature, we would absolutely sign it," he said.
So there it is: Emmer never said he would cut anyone's wages, but he would sign a bill doing just that.
The penny-pourer
One final sidelight: MPR's Bob Collins wrote that when Arizona-immigration-law opponent Robert Erickson (real name: Nick Espinosa) dumped 2,000 pennies on Emmer's table, "hijacked an event that was supposed to belong to the waiters and waitresses."
Collins added, "Ironically, in his opposition to Emmer, [Espinosa] did the Republican nominee a big favor: He took the minimum wage issue off the table, and replaced it with the immigration issue, an issue that is right in Emmer's political wheelhouse."
(This was tangentially confirmed by the pro-GOP site Minnesota Democrats Exposed, which quickly put up two immigration posts.)
Curious how the local TV would treat Espinosa's literally bright shiny objects, I checked how much the 6 p.m. reports devoted to penny-pouring and immigration, versus angry servers and the tip credit.
WCCO: 8 seconds of a 2-minute, 29-second report (plus anchor cross-talk)
KARE: 41 seconds out of 1:58
KSTP: 1:26 of 2:30
Who says there's no media diversity?
On the text side, there was much more uniformity. The Star Tribune front-pager devoted four of 26 paragraphs to the penny incident; the Pioneer Press five of 29 (including AP photographer Jim Mone's great photo); MPR four of 25; and MinnPost eight of 53. MinnPost was the only one that put most of its penny-pouring play near the top of its story.
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MPR cuts to the chase on Emmer, minimum wage

By David Brauer

July 15, 2010

I spent a lot of bytes yesterday parsing whether Tom Emmer said he would cut tipped employees' wages, and whether that was reported accurately. It engendered a pretty good debate between those who said some media jumped to conclusions, versus those who said reporters cut through the you-know-what.

Emmer kicked off Wednesday's Ol' Mexico server stand-off by declaring, "Somebody reported that last week I talked about cutting servers wages. I'm here to look everybody in the eye and tell you, I never said that. I would never say that. Nobody ever said we would want to cut anybody's wages and, you would not do that in this enviroment. It is about raising wages, it's about raising everybody up."

OK. But I found myself wondering, "Would a Gov. Emmer sign a bill cutting the minimum wage?" After all, that's the policy bottom line, and cuts through the fog of what-he-said and what-he-meant.

To the rescue: Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck. Here's the segment from his Wednesday story on the Ol' Mexico event:

 refused to tell reporters what he meant when he initially said a tip credit had to be considered.

But in a phone interview earlier this week he said he would cut the minimum wage if the Legislature approves.

"If somebody is going to pass that through the Legislature, we would absolutely sign it," he said.

So there it is: Emmer never said he would cut anyone's wages, but he would sign a bill doing just that.

The penny-pourer
One final sidelight: MPR's Bob Collins wrote that when Arizona-immigration-law opponent Robert Erickson (real name: Nick Espinosa) dumped 2,000 pennies on Emmer's table, "hijacked an event that was supposed to belong to the waiters and waitresses."

Collins added, "Ironically, in his opposition to Emmer, did the Republican nominee a big favor: He took the minimum wage issue off the table, and replaced it with the immigration issue, an issue that is right in Emmer's political wheelhouse."

(This was tangentially confirmed by the pro-GOP site Minnesota Democrats Exposed, which quickly put up two immigration posts.)

Curious how the local TV would treat Espinosa's literally bright shiny objects, I checked how much the 6 p.m. reports devoted to penny-pouring and immigration, versus angry servers and the tip credit.

WCCO: 8 seconds of a 2-minute, 29-second report (plus anchor cross-talk)

KARE: 41 seconds out of 1:58

KSTP: 1:26 of 2:30

Who says there's no media diversity?

On the text side, there was much more uniformity. The Star Tribune front-pager devoted four of 26 paragraphs to the penny incident; the Pioneer Press five of 29 (including AP photographer Jim Mone's great photo); MPR four of 25; and MinnPost eight of 53. MinnPost was the only one that put most of its penny-pouring play near the top of its story.

This article first appeared on MinnPost and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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