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Can someone explain the difference between Logos vs. Accordance?
Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:23 PM
"We are men of action; lies do not become us." - The Dread Pirate Roberts
Posted 23 February 2012 - 03:30 AM
This topic has a full and recent discussion on this subject. I also encourage you to read the reviews, some of the comparative, which are posted on our Reviews webpage. Rick Mansfield reviews both on his blog.
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 08:46 AM
I hope this keeps you pointed in the right direction as Ms. Brown has already stated...
Posted 23 February 2012 - 09:53 AM
"We are men of action; lies do not become us." - The Dread Pirate Roberts
Posted 23 February 2012 - 10:24 AM
Accordance for iOS allows syncing of user notes, user tools, and highlights between your Mac and iOS device (assuming this is what you mean by synchronized notes above).
Thanks. I have checked the resources that you mentioned. I feel more confident as an accordance user among logos users. I suppose I am only a little envious of the cloud support and synchronized notes.
Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:36 PM
Running Accordance on:
Mac 10.15 (Catalina)
iOS 13 (iPad Pro)
iOS 12 (iPhone)
Windows 10
Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:52 PM
Accordance is fast, fast, fast. I don't recall the last time I crashed it. The focus on the text is wonderful, particularly if you are doing original language studies or translation work. Accordance is a lean and mean machine.
It's funny. There are some other computing parallels I have experienced. Years ago I got involved with setting up Linux servers. The trouble was most of the Linux distributions started to get bloated with tons of stuff you didn't need. I also seemed to fight bugs (albeit less than windows) on every new version. I finally got fed up and went with FreeBSD simply because of the discipline of the system. FreeBSD only had what I needed. It was rock solid, had extensive testing to eradicate bugs and it was blazingly fast.
As I did in computing, I have now gone this way with my Bible software. I started with Logos as a Windoze user. When I went to Mac, I tried to use their version of software for the Mac. It has tons of bells and whistles, but it has in my opinion too much extra stuff that keeps it from really flying. I just want something that is fast, rock solid and gets the job done with great efficiency with the latest up to date resources.
For most of my friends that ask me the question of whether to buy one or the other, unless they are engaged in theology studies, I only recommend Accordance. The reality is that 95% of what most users needs is on Accordance and for most users, all the fluff in Logos can overwhelm or distract them. Public domain stuff is cool and I got a lot of it, but you have to sift through it and understand when recent discoveries have rendered older materials antiquated. Most users don't have the time to do this and mainly just need the most recent materials based on recent scholarship.
However, if there are some resources they need which are only on the Logos platform, I tell them to buy Accordance and then buy a minimal Logos package and use it in effect as a resource Library. These tend to be people who are engaged in formal or extensive studies and need access to resources such as the works of Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, etc. Very few of my friends will ever read or go through all these materials and in many cases there is sufficient amounts of these materials on Accordance to more than satisfy the average user.
Just as you can use a Windows computer to do many of the same tasks as a Mac, either software package can help you study the Bible. It really boils down to the individual. Software will not make anyone a student or investigator of the Word. It's only a tool. IMHO Accordance is the sharpest tool in the tool box, but get whatever works for you.
Hope this helps.
Edited by Donovan R. Palmer, 23 February 2012 - 12:52 PM.
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Anthony Smith
First Church of Christ
Atlantic, IA
Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:22 PM
Anthony Smith
First Church of Christ
Atlantic, IA
Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:38 PM
Accordance for iOS allows syncing of user notes, user tools, and highlights between your Mac and iOS device (assuming this is what you mean by synchronized notes above).
I think the envy comes in with cloud syncing rather than wi-fi only syncing. Rather than having to launch Accordance on the Mac and then Accordance iOS and navigate to the sync options, it would be great to make a change on the iPad and have it show up on the Mac next time you open Accordance there. Requires some type of server to handle that and I'm not sure that this is a make or break situation for Accordance.
In the end, I echo what others say about Accordance, it is fast, reliable and keeps you focused on the text of Scripture. It is awesome and from the few years I've used Accordance, they just keep making it better and better. I have no doubt that some of the current technologies we see larger companies be able to employ will eventually make it to the Accordance.
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Chicago, IL
Posted 23 February 2012 - 02:29 PM
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"I was but a Pen in God's hand, and what praise is due to a Pen?"
–Richard Baxter–
Posted 23 February 2012 - 02:32 PM
Posted 23 February 2012 - 02:34 PM
Another unmentioned issue with Logos is the manner in which the resources are licensed to you. It is really more of a rental situation with Logos. They could (but likely wouldn't) deactivate a resource at any time. In fact I had a resource I got free that I found of no use to me and instead of being able to remove it from my library, like I can with Accordance, I had to contact Logos ask for the resource to be removed from my account and about 10 days or so later it did disappear. In addition to the other items already mentioned, Accordance resource management and licensing are VASTLY superior and more user-oriented.
Can you expound on this a little more Mr. Terry for us new guys and gals?
Posted 24 February 2012 - 12:16 PM
Posted 24 February 2012 - 12:27 PM
Joel Brown
By day: Lead Software Engineer at Accordance
By night: Freelance Trombonist
Posted 24 February 2012 - 01:18 PM
Ultimately for me, Logos, with its larger library, becomes primarily a reader for texts I can't have in Accordance. This is why even though I currently cannot open Logos in Mountain Lion (it's not yet compatible), my work is not slowed down because if I need access to Logos titles, I can still read them on my iPad. I don't regularly take advantage of the "features" of the Logos platform because I find that I can perform the same kinds of tasks more efficiently in Accordance.
In regard to investing in both platforms, like all things, hindsight is always 20/20. If I could go back, I would definitely do things differently knowing what I know now. Nevertheless, some reading this might be able to learn from my experience and make choices that I wish I had.
When the first version of Logos for the Mac came out (2008, I believe), I was genuinely interested in comparing it to Accordance which I'd been using since coming to the Mac in 1998. Since Logos at the time was charging for the Mac version of their software unless bought with a package, I opted to purchase their Original Languages CD at the academic discount. Of course, Logos never completed their initial Mac offering and the next year junked it in favor of the Mono-based port of their Windows .Net-based Logos 4.x. This new version of Logos initially seemed innovative and certainly aesthetically attractive at first glance, so I decided to give it a whirl. Although Logos 4 would work with previously purchased titles, the new features could only be fully utilized if one of the new Logos 4 packages was purchased. So I opted to buy in again. But instead of staying at the same level, I was tempted by the large packages and I bought into Logos' second largest deal (Platinum).
Technically, I now have more titles in Logos than I do in Accordance, but I still wind up using Accordance more--again, for many of the same reasons mentioned by others above.
So, what is it I would do differently, if I could do things over?
Well, if I could do everything all over again, I wouldn't change anything about my investment of time and money with Accordance. That investment has been a good one for which I have no regrets.
However, knowing that I have come to the point that I prefer etexts over physical books, it's a simple reality that Logos has some titles that Accordance does not have. Therefore, if I were starting from scratch, I would purchase Logos' least-expensive package (I think it's the "Christian Home," though it's still a bit pricy for a "least-expensive package") because it's still the case that you need a full package to take advantage of some of the features of the Logos 4.x software. But after that, I would only buy the occasional Logos title that I felt like I really needed if I knew for certain it wasn't going to be available in Accordance anytime soon or if ever.
I would not buy large Logos packages.
Here's the reality--and those longtime Accordance users who are occasionally tempted by the big Logos packages should take note from my example--I wish that I had taken the money I spent on the larger Logos packages, which contain many titles I'll never, ever, read and had spent it growing my Accordance library even larger.
Because here's the other reality. Those large Logos packages do contain some of the same titles that OakTree also carries for Accordance. Let me give an example. I have the New International Greek Testament Commentary in Logos, but I do not have it for Accordance, even though it's available for Accordance. Based on how I use commentaries in Accordance, I know for a fact that I would use the NIGTC significantly more if I had it in Accordance, but I tend to use it less often because it's in Logos. I'd like to have the NIGTC in Accordance, and I'll probably just suck it up and buy it one day, but it's a bit of a bitter pill to swallow knowing that I've got it duplicated over in Logos.
So to sum up--my advice to the Accordance user who might be occasionally tempted by Logos is simply this: invest in Accordance as your primary platform, but if you need to, make a minimal investment in Logos for an occasional title you need that's only available on that platform.
That's the better path in my experience.
Edited by R. Mansfield, 24 February 2012 - 02:57 PM.
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Richard Mansfield
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 01:49 PM
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:31 PM
I think one of the areas of my wish list would be for Accordance to continue to add to the journals that it has on offer. For example, I would love to see Themelios brought to the Accordance platform. I'd love to see BAR updated, but I know that has a lot to do with the publisher. I am a real sucker for journals!
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:31 PM
Rick and Donovan, with the rising popularity of other e-readers (e.g. Kindle and Nook) and the fact that books in these formats tend to be much cheaper than those on the Logos platform, do you think you will continue using Logos as an e-reader? Or do you just plan to install, say, Kindle reader on your Mac/iPhone/iPad and purchase these kinds of books on that platform?
Well, I own two Kindles and a Nook. I also have the Kindle app installed on my iPad and my Mac, so yes, this is a factor. Incidentally, I don't have the Kindle app installed on my iPhone because I don't care to read from my phone and I usually have my Kindle and/or my iPad with me at all times. Except in the shower.
But to more directly answer your question--it depends on the title. If it is a book with graphics, I'd prefer to have it in Bible software so that I can potentially access those graphics for use in Keynote or elsewhere. Most of the newer Kindle titles now have color graphics (before the iPad Kindle app, they were all black and white); however, I can't just right-click on a Kindle graphic and copy it for use in another program. There's no option for that. The best I can do is a screen grab that may or may not give me an adequate image to use. Moreover, most of the images in Kindle titles are still fairly low resolution--probably from the cost to Amazon associated with "free" downloads on 3G Kindles.
If it is just a text title, though, and not available for Accordance, even if it is available for Logos, I'll probably favor the Kindle, which is also usually cheaper anyway. Plus, if it's just a title I want to read (as opposed to one I might reference over and over), I prefer reading on E Ink screens than on my iPad or computer.
Having said that, though, it's not too difficult to copy text from Bible software into a Word document and then send that document to my Kindle's email address. Within a short amount of time, it will magically appear on my Kindle. I've read a number of books this way in the past couple of years. Yet in fairness, I should point out that it's an easier process to move text from Logos to the Kindle than it is to move text from Accordance to the Kindle.
Richard Mansfield
Technology Evangelist
Accordance Bible Software
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11 October, 2011
"A Book Give-Away . . . "
I had the great privilege of receiving an advance copy of an amazing new book from Kathryn Crisp Greeley entitled "The Collected Tabletop, Inspirations for Creative Entertaining." A vast array of images of Kathryn's amazing table settings and inspirations for great parties and entertaining. I've pulled a few images to highlight - but, seriously, the entire book is a treasure trove of beautiful images and menu ideas - the perfect thing to get all of your creative juices flowing.
The good news - I have an extra copy to give-away to one of my lucky readers - so, just leave a comment here about one of your favourite parties - and I'll announce the winner (from a random drawing) on Monday October 17th.
(Kathryn was kind enough to send me a free copy of her book to use as the give-away)
50 comments:
- Claudia Fabiana said...
So lovely! Thanks for sharing...
- October 11, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- Vickie H. said...
OMG! That tartan plaid tablecloth is breathtaking!!! Beautiful table! Can't WAIT to see the rest of this book!! I have such a weakness for tabletop decor. When it comes to decorating my table for a specific holiday, however, I must vote for Christmas....so many choices for incorporation! Thank you for hosting this giveaway, Scot! I would LOVE to win this book!
- October 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- niartist said...
Hi Scot!
I'd love to have my name thrown in the hat for this extra copy. I need some inspiration this Holiday Season - this sounds like just the ticket! :)
- October 11, 2011 at 7:50 AM
- Splendid Sass said...
Would love to have a copy of this book. Looks fabulous!
My tennis team parties have always been my favorite. I serve heavy hors d'oeuvres and different wines.
- October 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM
Beautiful photos! My favorite party was my 50th birthday (planned by me)just a few close friends, husband and 2 girls. gold rimmed champagne glasses, champagne, Real linen table linens, flowers and smiles! Thanks for sharing all ofyour beauty! Donna Washburn firstname.lastname@example.com
- October 11, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- The French Tangerine said...
Oh this book looks fantastic! I do love game themed dinners. I think one of the most delicious meals I've ever served was for christmas eve... Quail lasagna! It's a white lasagna with spinach and mushrooms and quail with a marinara sauce poured over the top.... What a hit that was!
- October 11, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- Unknown said...
Not sure I could call to mind a favorite party, though I have two most memorable ones. The first, when I was newly married, I bought ladyfinger cookies rather than ladyfingers to make a Chocolate Rum Charlotte, in part because I couldn't locate the latter. In the process of getting the cookies malleable enough to line the mold, I ended up dousing them in rum rather giving them the sprinkling they should have had. It was a memorable dessert!
The other memorable party was not long after that, when I was, again young and ambitious, and I double stuffed a turkey for Thanksgiving squeezing multiple family members into the living and dining room of our tiny house.
- October 11, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Whitney said...
What a great give-away! Pages and pages of yummy entertaining inspiration; yes please!
My favourite party was a small dinner party I hosted for my parents, the first time they visited our NYC apartment (my first 'proper' home). I served butternut squash chowder inside hollowed-out acorn squash 'bowls,' followed by pork loin with roasted root veggies. Simple and hearty, but a proud entertaining moment for me at the time.
Great post Scot! Cheers,
Whitney from Consider Yourself At Home
- October 11, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Brillante Interiors said...
Great book to treasure. My favorite party? One at a Cambridge college many (too many) years ago, during May-Week, it lasted until breakfast at Ely and we had famous bands playing all night.
- October 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Deb's mind said...
I just got some new china for the holidays. I can't wait to use it and MIX things up. Love your blog. I love your images. They are always the best.
- October 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- YONKS said...
Most memorable dinner party was when a friend who worked at the House of Lords in London invited me as a guest to a dinner there, then proceeded to put my Pagan arse on the line when she invited me to say grace. The only thing that I could think to say was "Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub". Suffice to say, I was never asked back.
Would love this book. Loving your blog.
Di :-)
- October 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Anita Diaz said...
I am so very happy to find your blog!! I am in the same WNC as Ms. Greeley. What an incredible talent she is. I would love to win this book!!
- October 11, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Mimi said...
We used to have the best dinner parties in Hong Kong! We would pack up great food, linens, china, flowers, the works, and head for the boat and some great isolated spot where we could enjoy an evening away from the hustle and bustle of the city!
- October 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- House of Eden Interiör said...
Dear Mr. Tartanscott.
I am a proud reader of your fantastic blog. Need a daily dose of "Tartanscot" to feel good.
I'm about to start an interior decorating shop, and also do some home styling assignments.
So as you see, I really need some inspiration - the book longs to Sweden! The pictures make me excited already.
/ / Christopher
- October 11, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Unknown said...
I remember a particular "Highland Christmas" last year with great fondness.... :)
- October 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Annette said...
My favorite dinner parties are the ones that are spontaneous and I "just do it." I received my first set of china when I was in 5th grade, and my love for setting the table has never waned.
- October 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- Allyson K Designs said...
Small formal dinner party in winter with lots of candlelight and place cards so couples get mixed up. Love to introduce a fun topic at some point so everyone joins in, like Favorite read in the last year, etc.
- October 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Gabe said...
I would LOVE to win this book! My favorite parties are always the ones that are spur of the moment and on a whim. Sometimes it's best not to overthink things, and just let my creative juices flow quick:)
- October 11, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- Marlis said...
Thank you for hosting this most gracious giveaway.. How exciting this is.. i love everything tabletop!
Oh gosh, my favorite - must it be one? I love to set the table for Christmas, the grands birthdays, a special meal, company, no company..
thanks again and good luck to all..
- October 11, 2011 at 5:57 PM
Hello Scott,
My favorite dinner party was hosted by my mom and aunts the night before I married my husband, a Scot. I wanted a dinner held at home, not at a restaurant. The food was absolutely fabulous. An event that set the stage for our tartan inspired wedding the next day.
PS. I so enjoy your blog!!!
- October 11, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- SmalltownOntario said...
My favourite party was the night before I was to be married, my youngest son made us the most the fabulous meal. He tried so hard and it was full of love and great taste. It was a fine meal. Everyone enjoyed the hard work that they had put into it. We still talk about it today. Brett we love you for being so loving and kind.
- October 11, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Lauren Johnson said...
I would love to see a copy of this book!! I am entering a tablescape contest this year, and my theme is tartan-chic, oh how this would inspire me!
Thanks for the giveaway, love love love your blog!
- October 11, 2011 at 6:55 PM
Parties are so fun especially if its a special occasion! My 20 something children are attending lots of engagement parties...loving all themes.
Would love to win!
Thanks for the give-away.
- October 11, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- Merlin said...
Count me in! One of my favs was hosting a pre-dance dinner (Doc Scantlon!) for eight and covering the table with old sheet music and using a disco ball (plus flowers) for a centerpiece. Everyone got a minature disco ball ornament ($ Store) to take and we had a "ball!" :-D franki firstname.lastname@example.com
- October 11, 2011 at 7:15 PM
I like having dessert parties - I have a thing for antique sterling pastry forks, and worn Old Paris porcelain plates. Monogrammed double-damask napkins are good too. Hmmm. maybe it's time to bake something. Any requests?
- October 11, 2011 at 7:32 PM
Oh I love the Scottish menu, I think I'll recreate it for a non traditional Thanksgiving!
- October 11, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Karen T. said...
This looks like a book I could sit and enjoy for hours! Please put my name in the hat to win it!
- October 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM
Scot - Thanks for the giveaway. My favorite party always seems to be my last one. It was my book club party that I hosted to discuss a very British novel, "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". I made triangular Union Jack Flag garland for decor, lovely tea sandwiches and scones with clotted cream to eat and I made a cake frosted in huge cream-colored roses for dessert. We had a great time!
- October 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM
- jane said...
This book has my name written all over it! My favorite party was just 2 weeks ago for my husbands birthday. It was a wine dinner. My friend posted pics here
As you can see from these pics I am crazy about tabletop decorating. Love your blog!!
- October 11, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Linda @ a design snack said...
The best parties I've either hosted or been to seem to be the ones where we run out of champagne! (not that we didn't have an ample supply to begin with)!
- October 12, 2011 at 1:53 AM
- laura Casey Interiors said...
Scottish Gamekeepers dinner sounds right up my alley.
- October 12, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Karena said...
Scot how wonderful & would love this book.
My favorite parties have been around family.
Just had my nieces wedding shower and yes, we had to run out for more champagne!!
Art by Karena
- October 12, 2011 at 3:11 AM
- Karen said...
I love entertaining and had noticed this book on display at Rogers Gardens...love the images you've posted. I'd love to win!
My favorite party (as far as table setting) was a time when I used my (newly inherited) Grandmother's china which is cream colored with violets, I was able to make a table runner with a subtle violet pattern and had Rogers Gardens plant a cream colored planter with violets, ivy and maiden hair fern. It was lovely (if I do say so myself) and very memorable to me due to the china my Grandma left me.
P.S. Have you ever considered publishing a book of the rooms you've designed...they are usually some of my favorite rooms!
- October 12, 2011 at 6:07 AM
I love your style! One of my favorite parties I cleared my living room and put two long tables together to form a square. I rested the tables on blocks so that they would be low to the floor and covered them in black table linens. I then built the frame for an outdoor shade tent over the table, leaving off the tent part to hang paper lanterns with lights over the table. The colors were hot pink, orange, lime green and turquoise. We ate take out Chinese food in this fun setting.
- October 12, 2011 at 7:20 AM
- guildencrantz said...
One of my favorite parties was actually an underground tea in London: a group of strangers sitting around a table drinking exotic blends, eating delectable pastries, and exchanging stories. A friend and I are planning to do the same in our town. This book would add a little inspiration to our table settings!
Also, I am wondering if you are on Pinterest; I'd love to follow you. I have a tartan board there:
- October 12, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Oh my---it looks like Win or not, I'm adding another book to my collection!
I always think the best parties are in the company of family and friends!
- October 12, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Rashon Carraway said...
The Holidays are upon us. I could certainly use this!
Mr. Goodwill Hunting
- October 12, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Mary Catherine said...
What a beautiful book! Thanks for thinking of your readers!
- October 12, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- D.B. said...
Hi, hello. I want this book.
- October 12, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- D.B. said...
oops....I forgot to tell you my favorite party is a tie between the Snapped Marathon party for Halloween and the Wild, Cool and Swinging Christmas party - you had to be there - very kitschy!
- October 12, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Scot Meacham Wood said...
Hey Y'all -
I'm LOVING hearing about everyone's favourite parties! Keep 'em coming . . .
- October 12, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Linda in AZ * said...
*** Hi, Scot and THANK YOU for offering your extra copy to a lucky reader of yours!!!
I'm a TABLESETTING NUT...yes, N*U*T!!! I could set a different type of table everyday, & never stop having FUN & never run thru all the pieces I have collected thru the years we lived in Europe, and in many different states here in America! My ONLY PROBLEM IS, our guests D*O need to be fed!!! Yikes!!! (THAT'S SOOOO "not important" to moi... I just like making everything beautiful & everyone happy but yes, I DO present a great meal (or so I'm told!)...
ONE of my FAVE tables was while we were living in KS. We hosted a formal dinner for four men (& their wives) w/ whom my husband hunted, & we were, & still ARE, reeeeally good friends for many years! I played w/ several settings, & finally decided upon my Spode hunting dishes as the dinner dish...then I played w/ other, NON-matchy pieces to complete the dish part... I then mixed it all w/ WONDERFUL antique antler knives from Austria, old silver, non-matching napkin ring holders, a "hunter-like" plaid for my tablecloth, Grama's monogrammed napkins (as well as several OTHER "rustic" items that looked like they belonged "in an old castle")~~~ Mixing porcelain birds, pheasant feathers, fruits n' veggies, tons of candles & a few "verrrry interesting items" on the large dinner table, using fried grasses as a foundation, really hyped everyone up, & made for SUCH a glorious, fun, relaxing evening!!! The smallish table I set up for brandy w/ coffee by the fire afterwards, had a sentimental taxidermied pheasant... the last one our beloved hunting dog had retrieved before he later died (5 years earlier, & two of the men present were there then on that hunt.
We A*L*L enjoyed it, if the Thank You notes are any indication... and, I LOVED doing it for my husband and his/our dear friends... (NOT "business" related!!!)...
Warmest regards,
Linda in AZ *
- October 12, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- Ms. Smart said...
The first time I hosted a dinner party and used my ex's grandmother's hand-etched pink and clear crystal glasses coupled with the ivory, gold leaf and black patterned bone china, I saw a ghost.
It was the departed grandmother. She liked that I was enjoying and using her china via a fancy dinner party.
It was kinda scary but kinda cool. Boo!
- October 12, 2011 at 11:41 PM
Love your blog, and would love to win a copy of the book! My favorite dinner party took place a few years ago at my sister and brother-in-law's chalet in the hunt country of northern Virginia. We are all huge anglofiles (they are Scots) and we decided to have a 'Balmoral' themed Christmas....much tartan, stag horns, pheasant feathers, fine crystal and silver on the table. Dinner was by candlelight followed by Balmoral themed gifts...barbour scarfs, hunter wellington boots, smoked kippers and salmon. It was a most enjoyable affair!
- October 13, 2011 at 3:57 AM
What a beautiful book! My favorite is our Kentucky Derby party.....lots of beaten biscuits, ham and bourbon...
- October 13, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- katiedid said...
I am in need of some inspiration for the Holiday Season, so throw my crocheted hat in the ring!! These are lovely lovely!
- October 13, 2011 at 5:51 PM
The book looks lovely--I would love to read it!
A favorite party...years ago a dear friend's birthday party at Le Club (NYC). I was seated between two "It Boy" novelists. Great conversation, good food, divine atmosphere, delicious champagne, and music to dance to all night long.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- Lrenae206 said...
I love this blue and white china stable setting. We've just hired an architect to design my dream kitchen. My favorite dinner party is the one I haven't hosted yet – but I'm already planning.
- October 15, 2011 at 1:21 PM
- Debby/Darthy said...
I would love to win this book from you! One of my favourite parties was a Christmas Eve dinner where I serve a beautiful specially seasoned (by a butcher friend) prime rib. I also roasted veggies in butter and olive oil and a mixture of herbs. I had printed out the menu and put in in an elegant frame and then at the end of the meal I took the page out of the frame and had everyone sign and add a greeting to the keepsake. It was a great success.
- October 15, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- Leslie said...
Love your site and your blog, Scot, so I jumped at the chance to comment on this post - what a gorgeous book!
My favorite parties (there isn't a most favorite, to be honest) were (and still are) always at my home in the country in upstate NY with good friends, great food (I cooked), and talking about horses, riding. I have accumulated a healthy collection of hunting and horse-themed items, accented with classic country linens (usually with a rich red or dark blue fabric) and associated accoutrements. The dinner menus are/were most always typical "hunt breakfast" fare - a formula I learned after attending many such occasions - a main dish entree (usually a great, hearty stew of some sort), a "starch" (rice or pasta, occasionally potatoes) and a leafy green salad. Of course, some easy to prepare tasty starters to begin and something simple but sweet for dessert, lots of good wine, and coffee or tea to finish complete the menu. It's a tried-but-true formula and always leaves guests well stuffed and happy.
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text: Insurance M&A: Global reach, local knowledge Print Connect Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ In this short film, Milliman consultants from across the globe address the challenges facing multinational insurers and investment banks looking to engage in cross-border M&A transactions. Topics discussed include cultural and language differences, regulatory variance and complexity, local market considerations, and the importance of an unbiased, experienced actuarial valuation. Video transcript Richard Holloway: Currently, M&A is very hot, there's a lot going on, the region is getting more popular. People are looking to invest in some of these fast growing markets, big margins. As a result of that, bids are getting competitive, and prices are going up. Paul Sinnott: When I first came to Asia, we were doing lots of smaller acquisitions, now we've had some of the biggest transactions in the world. Stephen H. Conwill: In the last 15 years, Japanese companies have strengthened their balance sheets. Many of them are quite strong now, they have excess capital. So they're now looking to expand abroad, and, in particular, the Japanese companies are looking to invest in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Wing Wong: These days in Asia, we see quite a lot of new insurance companies buying into an insurance area. So for those companies, despite that they have quite good financial knowledge, life insurance finance is quite different. And so they face a completely different language when they look at the life insurance books. Rikiya Ino: These companies have a unique risk structure, so in order to analyze these companies, we need a particular knowledge about the variable annuities, including the financial risk management. Nick Dumbreck: Certainly now, for any transaction, a seller will need to provide some information on what the impact of Solvency II on the value of the company might be. And buyers will be interested in that information, and will be interested in understanding where the residual uncertainty is on how Solvency II will actually pan out. Laird Zacheis: Cross-border transactions bring a number of interesting issues with them. One aspect of understanding a cross-border transaction is understanding the local regulatory regime, and how many can actually be extracted from the entity over time, in order to achieve the desired value. Laurens Roodbol: What is important for M&A is that you also do good research upfront, so that you understand what the business cases are from a certain type of player in the market. Jérôme Nebout: What is important for the client is to have access to consultants that know the local business, and the characteristics of the market, the characteristics of the regulation, and you can't do that if you don't have a strong local use, a strong presence with a strong consultant knowing his market. Tigran Kalberer: Because of very tight regulations about policy protection and consumer protection. And it's very dangerous to do due diligence, or evaluation, in a market whose profit mechanism and regulations and products you don't understand. Sanket Kawatkar: Local knowledge is absolutely critical. The more you have worked with several insurance companies in the market, and the more insights you have of products, strategies, operating experience, it adds significant value to the M&A transactions. Scott Mitchell: On cross-border engagements, clients are looking for a combination of M&A expertise, local market knowledge, local product knowledge, and also language skills to make sure we understand the regulations, the financial reporting standards and just the general documentation that is important for an M&A project. Richard Holloway: Most of our clients are multinationals, particularly on the buy side. They are the people looking to invest in these markets. Some multinationals have very strong in-house teams, you work alongside them. Some multinationals are happy to delegate a large part of the work to us. Nick Dumbreck: And it's important to assemble a team for those projects that involve all the competencies necessary to deal with separate regulatory requirements, different accounting treatments and so on. That's one of the strengths that Milliman can bring to a project. We have M&A experts who cover the whole globe. Anna Berezovskaya: Independence is absolutely crucial for a consulting actuary in the area of M&A. We need to be able to bring an independent perspective on actuarial assumptions, and have them be defendable to a wide-range of parties. Steven I. Schreiber: Our structure does not allow us to take contingent-type fees, which puts us in a good position to be independent, to be able to give our best advice or best opinion as we analyze a block of business for our clients. Joy Schwartzman: As an independent firm, we have access to information that even our clients can't ultimately see. They can see the conclusions of our work, but not the underlying details. So our independence is critical. Stephen H. Conwill: We don't have a need to see the transaction go forward. We really want to see the best result for our client. And in some cases, that may be that the transaction doesn't go forward, that they decide to walk away from a deal. So if there's an issue, if there's a risk, we're going to raise that issue and make sure the client fully understands the dynamics of the transaction. Sue Collins: The other thing that we bring to the table is tremendous problem-solving skills, that we can work together, we can be their partner, and we can help them with the parts of the transactions that follow all the technical work. The negotiations, the things you might run into in the regulatory process, etc. Paul Sinnott: We're dealing with the CEOs, the CFOs, business development guys; they're often not actuaries. For us to be in the middle communicating—and often translating—difficult technical aspects into business language is vital for us. Eric Serant: Communication is very important, but not only between the client and us, it's very important between all the advisors and the clients. There is legal risk, there are the actuarial evaluation issues, and [the consultant] has to find the right balance between all these technical analyses. Jim Murphy: Our collaborative approach is one of the key differentiating factors between Milliman and our competitors. When we approach a project, we very much try to see it from the client's perspective from the outset. Put ourselves in their shoes and work as if the result of the deal is more important to us than it is to the client. Nächste Schritte Kontakt


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|Latin name
|Chaetodon adiergastos - Seale, 1910
|Common name
|Philippine butterflyfish
|Chaetodontidae - Chaetodon
|Australia, Indonesia, Central/West Pacific
|Max length
|20.0 cm (7.9")
As aquarium fish
Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.
Can nibble at clams
This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species.
Well established aquarium with algae
These fish should be kept in a well run aquarium where they can "graze" algae from rocks and stones.
If there are insufficient algae on the rocks, it is important to feed more frequently and supplement with algae rich food e.g. Spirulina.
Live food
There is a greater chance of success with this species if one can supply a living feed to allow it to adapt to the tank.
Acclimitises best as a juvenile
This species will better acclimatize to the aquarium`s condition if introduced, when young.
Very small individuals can be very delicate.
Requires a varied diet
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.
Requires plenty of space for swimming.
This species revels in swimming and requires an aquarium with ample space.
This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish.
Hiding places
This species needs good hiding places, for example, between live rocks.
Can coexist with its own species
Several specimen of this species can coexist in the same aquarium, provided they are introduced simultaneously.
Genus description (Chaetodon)
Some species of the Chaetodon genus are grouped together in what is known as a "complex", since they are so very similar.
Regardless of resemblance, it is important to be able to distinguish them, as in some cases they vary greatly in their needs. Sometimes there are just small differences in colour or pattern, but in other instances it is vital to know where the fish originally come from.
Family description (Chaetodontidae)
The Butterflyfish are known for their attractive patterns and colours. They are closely related to Angelfishs, but can always be distinguished, as they lack the spines on each side of the head of the Angelfish.
A smaller group of these fish will seek out primairily soft corals, like Zoanthus. A larger part of the species will target different types of LPS corals. Butterflyfish are also known to seek out anemones, tubeworms and bristleworms.
Therefore it is important to choose the correct species in relation to the corals wanted, if one desires to keep Butterflyfish in a coral-aquarium.
Bristleworms, tubeworms and other small invertebrates are also a part of the diet for many Butterflyfish.
It can be problematic, with many of these species, to get them eating in the beginning, but many of the species cannot resist live zooplankton or live mussels with crushed shells. Another option is to mimic their natural behaviour by stuffing their food into coral skeletons or stones.
They ignore most other fish and are generally peaceful, therefore multiple Butterflyfish will have no problem living together. One should however be cautious about keeping similar species together unless they are a couple.
As these fish can be difficult to acclimatize and get feeding, it is important to buy healthy fish, to avoid having to deal with more problems. Make sure to check that they do not have parasites or any visible infections.
There are some species that should not be kept in an a aquarium, as they are food specialists and will almost always refuse to eat replacement foods. It can be possible to breed some species, which will eat frozen foods. Otherwise the only way to keep food specialists is by feeding them their natural diet, which consists of live SPS or LPS corals for example.
|Aquarium trade
|Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan to the Philippines, Java, Indonesia and northwestern Australia.
|English common names
|Eye-patch butterflyfish, Panda butterflyfish, Bantayan butterflyfish, Philippine butterflyfish
|Danish common names
|French common names
|Papillon à œil taché, Papillon des Philippines
References and further reading
Bob Fenner. Corallivorous Butterflyfishes… For Aquariums? - Wet Web Media - (English)
Scott W. Michael. 2004. Angelfishes and Butterflyfishes (Reef Fishes Series Book 3) TFH Publications / Microcosm Ltd. - (English)
Bob Fenner. Butterflyfishes; Separating the Good Ones and Those You Don't Want - Wet Web Media - (English)
Collection of links to additional information - Wet Web Media - (English)
Tea Yi Kai. 2014. Reef Nuggets 2: Aquatic Lepidopterans for your reef (Revised edition) - Reef Builders - (English)
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2014. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (08/2014).
|docile shy, herbivore, algae eater, live food, eats feather duster worm, shoal group, eats tridacna, butterfly


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I was excited to find a tutorial today on how to five strand braid. I took one look at the braid and took off doing it. Then I went back and read the tutorial. and realized it was pretty over complicated instructions. I just looked at the braid and came up with a WAY easier way to do it.
Super simple I promise!
If you know how to weave simple over and under, you can do this!!
Take your five strands of whatever... I used pulled T-shirt strips, and knot them or sew them at one end. Spread them out.
Then take the strand on the right side, this is how I did it anyway... and weave it over and under the other 4 strands until it is on the left side.
Then start again with the strand on the right and repeat... Weave the strand that is on the far right over to the far left side.. over, under the other four strands.
Hop to the right repeat again and again and again. :)
Easy Peasy!
I did really like the cute headbands they made with the over complicated five strand braid tutorial I found at Make it Love it, but headbands do not stay in my hair or my daughters, they always slide out.
No big deal I really wanted a T-shirt bracelet anyway so I made my own mini version.
But do head over to Make it love it. to see how she starts and finished her headbands because that is actually how I did my bracelet and she did do a really nice job of explaining that part of the project.
Totally my favorite color. The t-shirt I used to make it I got last year at a thrift store sale, not because it fit.. just because It was my favorite color. :)
So here is my finished bracelet. Way cooler color in person by the way.
I love doing projects. I like taking photos too, but when you are your own model it makes things difficult. You always want nice pics so people like the look of your projects but honestly sometimes you just feel plain silly snapping photos of things. For example
The mirror is my friend. Ha! Got to love the backwards lettering, and it is always cool to have the camera in the shot.
No makeup today so I will cover that up. Cause everyone puts on makeup and dresses nicely and does their hair when they are hanging at home cleaning and crafting.
Then there is who knows how many shots like this that you delete just trying to take a photo of yourself.
Almost got it!
Wow look at those veins. I guess I will never be a professional hand model. Sigh.
Oh well I have a new bracelet that I really like.
To that I say.. "Forget about the pics. Cool beans!"
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Val Kilmer stars in three-part portmanteau feature.
The Fourth Dimension will have its free digital premiere on YouTube starting today.
The project is described as "an experimental portmanteau feature" and is comprised of three parts.
The directors are Harmony Korine from the US, Russia's Alexsei Fedorchenko and Polish-born Jan Kwiecinski. Korine's part stars Val Kilmer as a motivational speaker in Nashville, Tennessee; Fedorchenko's project is about a reclusive time traveller; and Kwiecinski's chapter is about young people in an abandoned town.
It marks the first feature film to be released on the VICE YouTube channel as part of YouTube's new premium content channels.
The film has screened at more than 30 festivals including San Francisco, Tribeca and Edinburgh.
The YouTube release also includes behind-the-scenes footage with Harmony Korine, Alexsei Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski, and Val Kilmer.
Grolsch Film Works and Vice Films partnered on the film. Vice's executive creative director set out the brief for the three directors to explore the notion of a 'fourth dimension.'
The stream is available here.
Thomas Kamphuis, who heads up the Grolsch Film Works programme, said: "We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved with The Fourth Dimension. As Grolsch Film Works' first feature film, we're thrilled that it's been so well received by the international film community. Being able to bring the film to a much wider audience through this partnership with YouTube signals our ongoing and firm commitment to independent cinema."
Vice's Eddy Moretti, Project Director, said: "The Fourth Dimension represents a cinematic experience that is defined by truly unique approaches to character and storytelling. The decision to release the film on YouTube was something we felt very passionately about. It gives us an unrivalled opportunity to showcase some of the very best in international filmmaking outside of festival screenings where The Fourth Dimension has been accepted and enjoyed this year, to a much wider audience,"


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A tantalizing way to make the most of seasonal strawberries.
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Extra Time: 4 hrs
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Yield: 6 x approx. 1/2 cup servings
Purée strawberries, jam and 1/4 teaspoon sugar substitute.
Place milk, egg white, vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon sugar substitute into a food processor or mixmaster and process until thick and fluffy. Pour mixture into a freezer proof bowl and freeze until beginning to set around the edge.
Remove from freezer and beat until smooth. Swirl through 2/3 of strawberry purée and return to freezer until firm. Use remaining strawberry purée as a sauce.


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Justin Bieber Refuses to Provide Cell Phone Password to Cops
Cops confiscated Justin Bieber's cell phone when they raided his house last week hoping to find some sort of textual proof that it was he who egged his neighbor's crib. The Biebs was worried that naked photos and drug talk from the phone and its texts would leak, but that's not what authorities are looking for.
Still, the Biebs won't supply the password to the phone, which means cops may need another warrant.
One of the sheriff's lackeys asked The Biebs if they could look at his texts. They were seeking some sort of bragging text admitting he did the deed. The Biebs was like, yeah, that's not happening. He immediately declined to let them see his texts and they took the phone.
Fast forward a week and deputies have not cracked the phone's password or security code, according to TMZ. They don't even want to look at unrelated texts or info and even plan to use equipment that will isolate texts from the approximate time of the egg raid only.
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In the February 16, 1861 issue of The Illustrated London News the following two images appeared. Both depict moments from a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. For decades before the Civil War, a lively internal slave trade flourished in the United States that transported hundreds of thousands of slaves from the older slave states to the growing cotton states. It separated innumerable slave families, often never to see each other again, which perhaps explains the worried body language of the young slave family on the auction block in the first illustration.
Fear of the trade would play a role in the efforts of slaves to use the Civil War to escape bondage, the first recorded instance of which was about a month after the publication date of the aforementioned images.
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> From: Anne Tausch [mailto:email@example.com]
> Sent: 10 February 2012 17:49
> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
> Cc: Schaffer, Mark E; email@example.com; Steven Stillman
> Subject: Validity of ivreg2-tests for underidentification and
> weak instruments if errors are not i.i.d. etc.
> Dear Mark Schaffer, hello everybody,
> I really appreciate your willingness to answer my questions
> regarding the tests for underidentification/weak instruments
> that are implemented in ivreg2. My questions are about the
> validity of certain tests in particular circumstances and are
> stated below.
> Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the answers in the
> articles of you, Christopher Baum and Steven Stillman (or elsewhere).
> Many thanks and best wishes
> Anne
> My questions are:
> 1. Is the chi-square test of Angrist and Pischke valid in the
> presence of heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation?
Yes. I'm assuming you're asking -ivreg2- to report HAC or cluster-robust stats. The A-P test stat will also be HAC or cluster-robust.
> And what
> about Shea's partial r-square? Is that valid in the case of
> non i.i.d errors?
Actually, Shea's partial r-square isn't really valid even in the iid case and doesn't have a distribution that allows you to use it for formal testing. If you really want an R-sq, you're better off using the A-P version. You can get the A-P R-sq after an -ivreg2- estimation from the saved matrix e(first).
> 2. In the case of multiple endogenous regressors, the Angrist
> and Pischke F statistic can be used to asses whether a
> particular endogenous regressor is weakly identified by
> comparing the empirical value to the critical values of Stock
> and Yogo. Is this test still valid in the presence of
> heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation?
Sort of. It's as valid for assessing weak identification as the HAC-robust F statistic in the 1-endogenous-regressor case, which is to say, "sort of valid". The weak identification test critical values that Stock and Yogo worked out are for the iid case only, and so using a HAC-robust, or heteteroskedasticity-robust, or cluster-robust test stat with these critical values has only an informal justification. (As in: "It's the best we can do for now".)
> 3. If one has just one endogenous regressor and just one
> excluded instrument variable: Can one still use the rule of
> thumb that F should be greater than 10? Oder does that rule
> only make sense when one has more than one excluded instrument?
The Staiger-Stock (1997, Econometrica) rule of thumb of "F>=10" applies in this case too.
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Uncle Buck
Amidst all of the (well-deserved) praise for Judd Apatow's recent successes as a writer-director-producer, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that he's following a trail that was pretty well blazed by John Hughes twenty years ago. Like Apatow, Hughes made a name for himself by using a tight-knit group of collaborators to make a series of comedies that were at times slapstick, at times raunchy, at times high brow, and at all times built around a strong, essentially heartwarming story of personal growth.
Uncle Buck, Hughes' penultimate film, is a great example of this. John Candy, in one of his finest performances, plays Buck Russell, a proud bachelor that has built his life around having nothing and no one to weigh him down. After a family emergency, Buck is called upon to babysit his nephew Miles (Macaulay Culkin, at his most precocious) and nieces Maizy (Gaby Hoffmann) and Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly). He quickly gains the trust and love of the young Miles and Maizy, but teenaged neice Tia is old enough to recognize Buck for the black sheep that he is, and she intends to use Buck's stay as an opportunity to get away with things her parents wouldn't allow, especially with her boyfriend, "Bug."Continue Reading
This movie is not ranked on the top of AFI's "Greatest American Movies" of all time for nothing. Every single aspect and element of this film - from its direction, cinematography, script development, performances, editing, to its art direction - is outstanding. When you take a director such as Roman Polanski, add a writer like Robert Towne, and have actors such as Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, it's almost a done deal. What leads this film to excel beyond excellence is its profound content and complex, multi-leveled storyline. Its underlying historical significance concerning the 1930s water rights in Los Angeles has also earned the film to be selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1991.
The story is set in the 1930s. J.J. "Jakes" Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson, is a Los Angeles private investigator hired by Evelyn Mulwray to spy on her supposed cheating husband, who is the city's chief engineer for the water department. Soon after the initial investigation, Gittes finds that this woman is an impersonator of Evelyn Mulwray. He plunges into the case to discover the complex twists and turns of a murder involving incest and municipal corruption, which somehow all relate to the city's water supply. How far do people in power go to keep themselves in that position? Follow Gittes' investigation to find out.Continue Reading
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Bold as it is to say, Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn is my favorite movie of all time. For me, it teeters in competition with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. And to be clear, just because it happens to be my favorite movie doesn't mean that I think it's the best acted, best scripted, best directed movie ever. (Although the directing is top-notch. More on that in a bit.) Movies are entertainment; their sole purpose is to entertain us. So for me personally, in terms of sheer entertainment value, I find nothing more entertaining than Sam Raimi's sequel to his own break out independent hit, The Evil Dead.
The first Evil Dead was the culmination of years and years of Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Rob Tappert honing their filmmaking skills by cranking out numerous short films together in school. Pooling together a budget from investors primarily consisting of dentists, they managed to make a little indie movie touted as "the most grueling experience ever!" An endorsement from Stephen King early on solidified The Evil Dead's cult status. So several years later, after Raimi and the Coen Brothers had a creatively unsuccessful studio experience making the feature Crimewave, Raimi went back to the ol' cabin and decided to sequelize his big break out movie with Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn.Continue Reading
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
A deeply weird thriller as exotically perverse as they come, The Lady from Shanghai is a solitary entry in the exclusive canon of "maritime noir." Much like The Big Sleep -- in that the plot is so utterly convoluted it becomes impossible to figure out who is double crossing whom -- yet is doesn't matter because the film succeeds as a glamorous nightmare, a proto-Lynchian exercise in atmospheric dread. It is less than a full vision of Welles's inimitable imagination because, as usual, the studio hacked away at the movie, adding corny musical cues, and soft-focus close-ups of Rita Hayworth where they didn't belong. But it mostly works because the images are so original and inspired and because Welles and Hayworth bring a genuine spark of sexual chemistry to their roles. Even when it's painful to notice the studio's inane additions to the film in compromise of Welles's artistry it's hard to regard the intense, dreamy, fragmented bits of brilliance the film is comprised of as a complete tragedy.
Welles plays Mike "Black Irish" O'hara, an "able-bodied seaman" for hire in New York. Mike's a romantic - a tough guy who writes poetry and killed a Franco spy fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He's a brooding, sexy tough guy with depth. He meets Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth), the wealthy wife of a crippled trial lawyer, Arthur Bannister, one night in Central Park. After rescuing her from an attempted gang rape in the park he is later propositioned by her husband to work on their yacht as they sail to Mexico. Mike can't say no to Elsa and soon they're sailing to Mexico. It's here where the film is most memorable as the landscape changes from a back lot version of Manhattan to actual location shooting of the ocean and a Mexican fishing village. As the characters are revealed to be more sinister the cinematography gets more and more darkly beautiful. Welles gets great things out of his cast and crew, and the result is unlike any thriller from the period. It's noir but in Welles's hands it transcends genre trappings.Continue Reading
The Snowtown Murders
There is something quite terrifying about cult mentalities or any person—peaceful or otherwise—who can catch the attention, loyalty and obedience of another person or group of people. But where icons like Manson and Jim Jones had the ability to control large masses, real-life mastermind John Bunting closed in on a desperate and disadvantaged family. It could be argued that the group mentality gave Mason and Jones some assistance in the brainwashing process, but to destroy a family without any real dogma is miraculous and, to me, far more tragic.
The rights to make the film were released shortly before the film was made in 2011 and, most likely, were difficult to come by. It surrounds the true story of a family in the run-down suburb of Adelaide in Sailsbury North, Australia. Elizabeth (Louise Harris) is the mother of four sons, several of whom are being sexually abused by her boyfriend. The oldest, Jamie (Lucas Pittaway), is exposed to countess accounts of depravity and violence in the house and desperately needs an outlet. In comes John (Daniel Henshall), the handsome and outspoken lad who hates pedophiles and homosexuals and urges the family to stand up and lash out at her former boyfriend.Continue Reading
The Deep
Of all the so called Jaws rip-offs - and there were plenty - the best of the lot was The Deep. Most were just exploitation quickies (Great White, Barracuda and, of course, the very entertaining Piranha), but a few actually had classy casts (John Huston, Shelly Winters and Henry Fonda in Tentacles; Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling in Orca). The Deep, besides having a distinguished cast (Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach) and a credible action director, Peter Yates (Bullitt, The Friends of Eddie Coyle), most importantly, was written by Peter Benchley, the author who wrote the novel Jaws (though everyone agrees the movie Jaws was better than the book). The Deep was his follow-up and although much of it does take place underwater and it even has a nasty electric eel, it's less a killer fish flick and more of a smuggling thriller (which makes sense since Jaws the novel had a minor but still awkward gangster subplot). But because Benchley and the producers were obviously trying to cash in on the Jaws phenomenon it still, fairly or unfairly, falls into the "rip-off" genre. But, hey, better to be the best "Jaws Rip-Off Flick" than nothing at all.
Benchley adapted his novel along with co-screenwriter Tracy Keenan Wynn (who wrote the great Burt Reynolds prison football flick The Longest Yard). Perhaps the personal histories and relationship dynamics between the characters were a little more fleshed out in longer book form, but on screen they are just touched on, teased out enough to make the movie feel a little more complicated than it probably deserves. Uber-sexy couple David (Nolte in his first big screen star vehicle after his brilliant performance in the TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man) and Gail (Bisset) are vacationing in Bermuda and while scuba diving they discover an abandoned old shipwreck, The Goliath. Among the artifacts they discover is a little vial of liquid. It turns out the cute bottle is filled with morphine and the bottom of the ship is covered in it (it was to be used as medical supplies during WWII). This gets the local drug kingpin, Cloche (Gossett Jr.), sniffing around them, knowing it could be worth millions up on the streets of New York. But they hook up with the local treasure-hunter, Treece (Robert Shaw of Jaws, in a less antisocial but equally knowing role), whose team includes his brutish bodyguard, Kevin (Robert Tessier, the often bald-headed tough guy familiar to '70s and '80s B-movie fans), and an untrustworthy old sailor named, oddly enough, Coffin (classic Actor's Studio super ham Eli Wallach), who is the only survivor of The Goliath. Shaw and Nolte scuba dive and dig up the drug and also uncover another ship full of gold jewelry. There's talk of some kind of old-timey conspiracy about the king of Spain and a noblewoman. There's a killer eel down there and some sharks make a dangerous cameo. Haitian voodoo comes into it and Bisset often flaunts a lovely wet T-shirt. It has a very "early James Bond" like score by John Barry and a discofied end-credits song by Donna Summer (though her vocals seem to be missing from the DVD version). Oh, and the underwater sequences are spectacularly shot.Continue Reading
Easily the most underrated film of the great Alfred Hitchcock's massive career, Topaz is a perfectly constructed little cold-war thriller with many cool little filmmaking flourishes. It's truly a wonder why this film has not been rediscovered by Hitchcockian enthusiasts and given its proper due. As a follow-up to his other cold war thriller in the '60s, the Paul Newman dud Torn Curtain, perhaps audiences were just weary of the subject matter. Perhaps because it had no stars it wasn't taken seriously. Or maybe by the late '60s audience tastes had changed and by then the Grand Master was considered "old hat." Of course he would follow it with another often over-looked gem, Frenzy, which was his chance to finally go balls-to-the-wall with the sex and violence (and no stars). Like Billy Wilder's cold-war comedy One Two Three, another lost gem, both films were financial flops, but both are actually great examples of what the two directors do best. In Wilder's case, of course, it's cynicism (though One Two Three was more slapstick than his usual cool) and with Topaz, Hitchcock again demonstrated how to create suspense with just camera pans and small pieces of information.
Based on a novel by Leon Uris (Exodus) with a script by Samuel A. Taylor (Vertigo), Topaz jerks around in different directions and, at 143 minutes, is Hitchcock's longest film. It opens in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962 (pre-Cuban Missile Crisis), with a Soviet military bigwig, Boris Kusenov (Per-Axel Arosenius, a Swedish actor who in real life died setting himself on fire as a tax protest), his wife and teenage daughter sightseeing and are being followed by their KGB handlers. Aided by an American spy, Michael Nordstrom (played by John Forsythe who would become a big star on TV's Dynasty), they make a daring escape, defecting and getting shipped out to Washington, DC. While debriefed the Americans learn of a pact between the Soviets and Cuba. Nordstrom hooks up with his French counterpoint, André Devereaux (Frederick Stafford), who is vacationing with his wife Nicole (Dany Robin), daughter and her UN reporter husband (Michel Subor) in New York. Here the film totally shifts and becomes Devereaux's. A classically suave spy, he seems to be cozy with the Soviets but is still willing to help the Americans, even when his wife objects. In a great scene, Devereaux enlists the help of an undercover French florist, Philippe Dubois (Roscoe Lee Browne), to steal some incriminating papers from a visiting Cuban delegate, Rico Parra (John Vernon, Dean Wormer of National Lampoon's Animal House, here doing his best Che). In an effort to find out what's really going on Devereaux jets off to Cuba where his beautiful mistress (Karin Dor, a Bond Girl in You Only Live Twice) also happens to the widow of a Cuban Revolutionary hero and secret leader of the anti-Castro forces. The two work to get evidence of Russian missiles and for a while the film becomes an escape from Cuba adventure.Continue Reading
Al Pacino played his first cop in Serpico and, by my count, would go on to do it six more times in Cruising, Sea of Love, Heat, Insomnia, Righteous Kill, and something called The Son of No One. (He's played a criminal in twice as many films.) It's fair to say that at the time Serpico was released there had never been an on screen cop like this one. It was Pacino's most Dustin Hoffman-like performance (back in those days they were compared to each other, for good reason). In Serpico, Pacino seemed shorter than usual, his back was humped, his voice more nasally, and his Elliott Gould mustache early in the film grows into a full on scraggily beard. Serpico was an oddball cop who liked ballet, lived with the freaks in the Village, had a dog instead of a baby, and most weird of all, wouldn't take a payoff. In New York that was enough to almost get you killed.
Serpico's story take place in the '60s, which was a time of unprecedented police brutality. In the South civil rights workers were being abused by cops. In the North racist big city cops were continually harassing black citizens which led to many major uprisings (or riots). Vietnam protesters in Chicago were faced with Gestapo tactics on national television. The film was an unflinching look at the underbelly of a police force that differed so much from the propaganda Hollywood had given us about cops on TV and films for decades. The film was based on the hard-hitting, best-selling biography of Detective Frank Serpico by Peter Maas (King of the Gypsies), with a screenplay by Waldo Salt (Midnight Cowboy) and Norman Wexler (Saturday Night Fever). The great New York director Sidney Lumet (Network) took over production after John G. Avildsen (Rocky) was fired. Lumet brought his signature grit to the look and, as usual, elicited truthful performances from the cast.Continue Reading
Billy Elliot
In the States, after the critical and financial success of English movie imports like Four Weddings and a Funeral and The Full Monty, there was a tidal wave of working class Brits vying for their would-be places in the American cultural zeitgeist unfelt since The Beatles and The Stones landed on our shores. (The Snapper, Walking Ned, Still Crazy, Bend It Like Beckham, Shirley Valentine, anyone?) It helped us re-appreciate the old days of Bob Hoskins, when working class Brits were gangsters in films like The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa during that great British wave of the '80s. So you can understand why I felt so cynical back in 2000 when I heard that the latest British darling, Billy Elliot, earned a couple Oscar nominations (for its script, director and supporting actress Julie Walters)--and even worse, it was about some kid who was alienated from his working class family because he wants to be a dancer. Egads, that sounded like a load of goop to me. And like my own personal feel-good-story, eventually I caught up with the movie and was pleasantly surprised. As a matter of fact, I was shocked; I too was a sucker for the flick and on rewatching it some decade-and-a-half later, I again fell for its charms.
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My Darling Clementine
It's sometimes hard to write or discuss what made John Ford one of the greatest cinematic artists. He avoided deeper analysis of his films, refused intellectualizing characters and in interviews, not only dodged questions, but made the interviewer feel like a fool for even trying. He famously stood up at a Director's Guild of America meeting and only introduced himself as "My name's John Ford. I make Westerns," underplaying his Oscars and Hollywood status. But decades later, reflecting on his work means seeing the master approach art with the humble nature of a craftsman, creating distinct and immense visions that could be described now as "Fordian."
And without a single iota of hyperbole or exaggeration, My Darling Clementine isn't only one of the (many) great films by John Ford, but one of the preeminent masterpieces of art of the post-war era. After the war, Westerns seemed to lose their jingoistic American values and abandon the portraits of brave handsome men and the women they love. Stagecoach, directed by John Ford only seven years earlier, is an ensemble film with clear antagonists, a hero who's the classic "good bad man" trope and a tremendous amount of fun on top of everything, a film which sees endless enthusiasm and optimism for the growing country. My Darling Clementine is far more complicated, with characters who should be villains proving they have a sense of pride and dignity, and societal problems attached to class and love and complex ideas of civilization. Still, Ford hasn't reached quite the cynical edge and distrust in the world that The Searchers has, but it certainly has that foreboding sense of darkness after America's victory overseas.Continue Reading


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text: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 GAO Says 115,000+ Medicare Beneficiaries Affected by Manual Medical Review in 2012 The Government Accountability Office's (GAO) mandated report on the implementation of manual medical review (MMR), part of the therapy cap exceptions process, estimated that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) received more than 167,000 reviews, affecting more than 115,000 Medicare patients, over a 3-month period. Between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, CMS-contracted Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) reviewed 110,000 preapproval requests and 57,000 claims for services that were not preapproved. These were the 2 types of MMRs being implemented during the last 3 months of 2012. Of the estimated 110,000 preapproval requests reviewed, the MACs affirmed 80,500 (73%) and did not affirm 29,500 (27%). The MMRs of claims without approvals resulted in 19,500 (34%) claims affirmed for payment and 37,000 claims (66%) not affirmed for payment. The GAO report, required by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, also looked at the implementation process as carried out during those 3 months. (The report did not review the new MMR process that began April 1, 2013.) CMS did not issue complete guidance at the start of the MMR process in 2012, and so the MACs encountered implementation challenges, said GAO, such as a lack of fully automated systems for tracking the reviews of preapproval requests in the time allotted. APTA continues to advocate for a less burdensome and more streamlined approach to manual medical review, including advocating for revisions to the new MMR process that began on April 1, 2013, in which outpatient therapy claims exceeding $3,700 are reviewed by recovery audit contractors.


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The goal-starved Los Angeles Kings reportedly acquired three-time 30-goal scorer Jeff Carter from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday in exchange for defenseman Jack Johnson and a conditional first-round selection in either the 2012 or 2013 NHL Draft.
Multiple media reports said the deal has been completed, contingent on both players passing physicals.
Despite all All-Star season from goaltender Jonathan Quick, the Kings are scrambling to hang on to the last playoff berth in the Western Conference because of continual goal-scoring woes. L.A. has just 125 non-shootout goals in 61 games, a League-low 2.05 per game. They are off until Chicago comes to the Staples Center on Saturday.
Carter has three NHL seasons with 30 or more goals and five with 20 or more during his six-plus season career. The 27-year-old is signed through the 2021-22 season after inking an 11-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in November 2010. Carter was traded by the Flyers to Columbus on June 23, 2011.
In 500 regular-season games with the Flyers and Blue Jackets, Carter has 368 points (196 goals, 172 assists), 302 penalty minutes and a plus-40 rating. During his six seasons with the Flyers Carter averaged 30 goals, 57 points and 77 games played. He has 15 goals and 10 assists with the Blue Jackets this season while being limited to 39 games played due to injuries. Carter is second on the Blue Jackets in goals and leads the club in power-play goals with eight. He is one of four players this season to score two hat tricks; his second came against San Jose on Tuesday.
Carter has also appeared in 47 Stanley Cup Playoff games, scoring 13 goals and recording 21 points, along with 34 penalty minutes. He, along with now-current Kings teammate Mike Richards, helped the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2010.
Carter began his NHL career in 2005-06 with the Flyers, who took him with the 11th pick in the first round of the 2003 NHL Draft. He reached the 30-goal mark in each of the previous three seasons, including a career-high 46 goals and 84 points in 2008-09. He led the Flyers in goals last season with 36 and was tied for third on the team with 66 points.
Johnson, 25, has 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) and 24 penalty minutes in 61 games for the Kings this season. In 343 regular-season games, all with the Kings, Johnson has 124 points (30 goals, 94 assists) and 256 penalty minutes. He is 1-11-12 with six penalty minutes in 12 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The 6-foot-1, 231-pound native of Indianapolis began his NHL career late in the 2006-07 season after finishing his sophomore season at the University of Michigan. He was originally selected by the Carolina Hurricanes with the third pick in the 2005 NHL Draft. The Kings acquired Johnson from Carolina on Sept. 29, 2006, for Oleg Tverdovsky and Eric Belanger.


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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2008-01-21T21:19:04.000+0000 Last Updated: 2009-02-05T06:29:26.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.5.0 (17/Mar/08)
Reporter: Mark Maynereid (mim) Assignee: Darby Felton (darby) Tags: - Zend_Loader
Related issues: - ZF-2724
When loading a broken class file, I'd expect it to fail with a parse error. However, it now it fails (r7558) silently with no clue as to why.
This was working in the last snapshot I downloaded (7453). It seems to have broken in the trunk since. The working method "includeFile()" below still exists in the file but seems to have been forgotten while I see various "@include*" elsewhere which appear to be causing the problem.

* Attempt to include() the file.
* include() is not prefixed with the @ operator because if
* the file is loaded and contains a parse error, execution
* will halt silently and this is difficult to debug.
* Always set display_errors = Off on production servers!
* @param string $filespec
* @param boolean $once
* @return boolean
protected static function _includeFile($filespec, $once = false)
if ($once) {
return include_once $filespec;
} else {
return include $filespec ;
How I reproduced the fault:

class BustedClass
Then ran this script:

require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
$a = new BustedClass();
echo "finished\n";
This should produce:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_FUNCTION in /home/zf/www/sandbox/BustedClass.php on line 5
but in the current svn trunk it just fails silently now making debugging quite disconcerting. Could we have the old behaviour back please?
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T08:07:35.000+0000
I can reproduce the problem on PHP 5.1.4 (WinXP)
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T08:12:03.000+0000
It appears that line 83 (within loadClass()) is to blame:

@include_once $file;
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T08:13:03.000+0000
Yes, removing the error-suppression operator "@" from line 83 revealed the parse error on my system.
Posted by Mark Maynereid (mim) on 2008-01-22T12:32:06.000+0000
Also this lines I think:

* Try finding for the plain filename in the include_path.
switch ($once) {
case true:
$result = @include_once $filename;
case false:
$result = @include $filename;
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T12:36:57.000+0000
Yes, I've changed those lines... marking as in progress...
Posted by Mark Maynereid (mim) on 2008-01-22T16:20:52.000+0000
Thanks. That seems to have fixed it.
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T16:34:44.000+0000
I believe I have resolved this issue with SVN r7577. Sorry if the link doesn't work for some time as Fisheye reads the SVN repository for its revision cache.
Please update from SVN and provide feedback; if the changes are acceptable, the issue could be resolved with a small addition to documentation that illustrates how to fetch/suppress errors from a file included with Zend_Loader.
The behavioral change brief:
Before: All php errors from included files were suppressed and unavailable to developers, making it harder to debug. After: All non-fatal php errors are available to the user through the includeErrors property of a Zend_Exception instance, which is thrown when an included file produces such errors. Easier to debug, but forces developers to either be E_STRICT compliant, or catch the thrown exception.
Perhaps there should be a way to switch between these behaviors. For example, we could modify this such that an exception is not thrown, but errors are simply available to the user if (s)he should want to examine them:

// this would be much like the behavior before, only we have ability to look at errors
if (Zend_Loader::hasErrors()) {
// do something with Zend_Loader::getErrors()
// here i don't care about E_STRICT compliance
$obj = My_Autoloaded_Class();
// now i care about E_STRICT compliance
try {
} catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
foreach ($e->includeErrors as $error) {
// do something with $error
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T16:39:08.000+0000
alternatively, for the last example:

// now i care about E_STRICT compliance
foreach (Zend_Loader::getErrors() as $error) {
// do something with $error
This way the class does not have to throw an exception and simplifies the API.
Posted by Mark Maynereid (mim) on 2008-01-22T18:23:51.000+0000
I'm not sure I'm qualified enough on this but what is the purpose? To convert errors to exceptions?
If so, then storing non-fatal errors for inspection seems fine. Whether or not they are thrown as an exception should by default be based on the active error reporting levels maybe?
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-22T18:56:47.000+0000
My concerns at this point are two-fold:
Posted by Mark Maynereid (mim) on 2008-01-22T20:09:11.000+0000
Backward compatibility:
The current stable release (ZF 1.0.3) appears to only throw an exception if the file is not found/readble. There is no error suppression. Basically, it's just a wrapper to require_once with psuedo namespacing support from what I can make out. Any error reporting is left to PHP's error reporting state.
Personally that's the way I like it. If I want to see E_NOTICEs or whatever I will with v1.0.3 based on my error reporting level.
I also tried a grep in the trunk out of interest: mim@zev:/home/zf/lib/unstable/trunk$ grep -R Zend_Loader_Exception incubator/library/|grep -v ".svn" incubator/library/Zend/Form/Element.php: * @throws Zend_Loader_Exception on invalid type. mim@zev:/home/zf/lib/unstable/trunk$ grep -R Zend_Loader_Exception library/|grep -v ".svn" library/Zend/Loader/Exception.php:class Zend_Loader_Exception extends Zend_Exception library/Zend/Loader/PluginLoader/Exception.php: * @see Zend_Loader_Exception library/Zend/Loader/PluginLoader/Exception.php:class Zend_Loader_PluginLoader_Exception extends Zend_Loader_Exception
Performance: Can't we have this new functionality off by default then? that would be fastest. loadClass($class, $dirs = null) is how it is now. Perhaps, it could become: loadClass($class, $dirs = null, $throwOnErrorLevel = null) using http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/… values as desired?
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-31T08:03:09.000+0000
SVN r7726 removes the custom error handling functionality for performance and (hopefully) backward compatibility. Please comment here with any problems. Thanks! :)
Posted by Darby Felton (darby) on 2008-01-31T08:12:42.000+0000
Resolving as fixed for next minor release. Please feel free to reopen if the issue is not resolved to your satisfaction.
Posted by Wil Sinclair (wil) on 2008-03-21T17:24:57.000+0000
Was this first fixed in 1.0.4 or 1.5?
Posted by Wil Sinclair (wil) on 2008-03-22T07:52:36.000+0000
Actually, I see it's marked as fixed for the next minor release, so I'm assuming it was first fixing in 1.5.0. Updating the issue now. Please update JIRA if this is not the case.
Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney (matthew) on 2008-11-22T08:46:53.000+0000
This has been reverted with ZF-2923, as warnings and other errors emitted with autoloading will prevent subsequent autoloaders in the spl_autoload chain to trigger. This change is effective in trunk as of r12769, and will be released with 1.8.0.
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