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Permanent Materials (should all be present on table):
- Optics cleaning materials
- Helium Neon laser
- 4 mirrors
- Telescope lens pair (Newport KPX.097 and KPX.085)
- 3 irises and a pinhole
- Quarter waveplate @633
- Half waveplate @ 633
- Thorlabs DET110 photodetector
- Various optomechanics (mirror mounts, lens holders, baseplates, etc)
- Beam block/alignment tools
- Mystery optic
Materials to borrow when necessary
- Oscilloscope
- Chopper
- Power meter
- Extra optics as needed
(Appropriately clean all optics before use: See ebook and/or ask the instructor/TA for help)
- Read laser safety, optics common sense info (chapter 1 of the ebook "Laboratory Optics - A Practical Guide To working in an Optics Lab").
Throughout this exercise, please make an effort to never allow the laser or any reflection/retroreflection leave the boundary of the optical table
- Use two mirrors to set the beam height to a level 4" above optical table
- Use mirrors to pass beam through two irises (or two beam alignment cards), aligned along a row of holes on the table
- Measure the power of the beam using the photodetector and an oscilloscope. Is the light polarized? If not, polarize it, aligning the axis of polarization vertically
- Measure the Optical Density (OD) of the blue laser goggles at the HeNe wavelength
- Measure the Optical Density (OD) of the blue laser goggles at the HeNe wavelength
- Build a 1:2 telescope to expand the beam
- Draw a simple ray diagram to estimate the magnification you expect for the two supplied lenses
- Be sure to position the lenses so the beam is centered (hint: you should do this by observing the output beam location, not merely by eyeballing where the beam hits the lens)
- Ensure collimation after second lens. Does the magnification match your prediction?
- Place a pinhole at the focus of the telescope. How does this affect the properties of the beam? Why does this happen?
- Direct light onto the Thorlabs DET110 detector, and measure the output voltage using an oscilloscope. What is the power of the beam?
- Focus light onto a small photodiode. Use a chopper and oscilloscope to measure the rise time of the diode. How does thIs rise time compare to a photodiode of larger area?
- Read about half and quarter waveplates before doing the following:
- How does vertically polarized light interact with the polarizing beamsplitter cube? Use the half waveplate to rotate the axis of polarization to be horizontal. Now what happens with the cube? Finally, rotate the axis of polarization to be 45 degrees from vertical
9.2. Align the axis of the quarter waveplate so that the beam is circularly polarized. How do you know it's circular and not elliptical?
- Considering the Fresnel relations on the reflection of light off a strongly absorbing medium - linearly polarized light is usually elliptically polarized after reflection off a metallic mirror except for the cases where the incoming polarization is parallel or perpendicular to the plane of incidence.


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LONDON – British police say masked thieves wielding an axe and crowbars stole luxury watches worth 500,000 pounds ($810,000) from a high-end department store in Manchester as stunned shoppers looked on.
Police say three men entered an open Selfridges store in the northwest English city just after 1800 GMT (2 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday evening, smashed display cabinets with the axe and crowbars and stole around 100 watches before escaping in a black Mercedes getaway car driven by a fourth offender.
Police on Thursday called it a brazen attack which was "clearly well planned and executed."
Greater Manchester Police said the men were in and out of the store in less than 80 seconds and managed to steal timepieces by luxury makers such as Cartier, Jaeger le Coultre and Hublot.

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Art Eddy and Zach Rosenberg welcome Nick Ricks, who is the Executive Producer at TT Games. The guys talk with Nick about the new LEGO Dimensions game that comes out on September 27th. Like Art and Zach, Nick is a father and they all discuss how LEGO games are perfect for family game nights as well as what we can expect from the game!
When a mysterious and powerful vortex suddenly appears in various LEGO worlds, different characters from DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings and The LEGO Movie are swept away. To save their friends, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle bravely jump into the vortex and quickly find themselves fighting to save all of LEGO humanity.
Let creativity be the guide to a building and gaming adventure — journey through unexpected worlds and team-up with unlikely allies on the quest to defeat the evil Lord Vortech. Play with different minifigures from different worlds together in one LEGO videogame, and use each other's vehicles and gadgets in a way never before possible. LEGO Bad Cop driving the DeLorean Time Machine…why not?! The LEGO Ninjago Masters of Spinjitsu fighting alongside Wonder Woman…yes, please! Get ready to break the rules, because the only rule with LEGO Dimensions is that there are no rules.
Construct your characters and sets, then place them on the LEGO Toy Pad to pull them into the game! Take control of some legendary characters from a variety of worlds including DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, LEGO Ninjago, and The LEGO Movie, with more to join the fun in the future.
LEGO Dimensions will be available on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U on September 27th! Pre-order it here.
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As we take it all in and absorb as much as we can from those around us, we also have a unique opportunity to reflect on our own paths as leaders and to build greater self-awareness. This process begins when we commit to being truly aware of the impact of our reactions, the influence we have on others, and conscious of the incredible opportunities we can create for ourselves and others around us. It starts with each one of us.
I'm reminded of a story I heard the other day about a famous Jewish Cleric, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. When thinking back on his life, Chaim reflected. The story went something like this:
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within every person with schizophrenia is a different person. we are all different.
also i dont buy into the fact the people with schizophrenia arent depressed. maybe not clinical and so bad to needing ECT. but this is such a lonely disorder. i refuse to say disease. i need hours upon hours of alone time. but to be alone for so many years is a different thing. i actually handled it well minus the psychosis for 4 years. idk whats differnt abut this year. maybe that my neighbor died. and it has me questioning life and the purpose of it. but this and last year have been the worst years of my life.
2008 was bad. but its like 2008 when i was almost homeless is like hitting me now i think because i didnt realize the impact money has until i got on disability last year. and now im on food stamps. who knows how long ill have all that too. i fear ill lose any at any review time.
i may not be a leper in my eyes but im another poverty statistic. another mentally ill poverty statistic. the kinda person sociologists report on in the news and articles online and how we need to help these people. but help never comes around. its all talk. and we are all stuck in the same place with money woes and mentally ill minds and loneliness and other health issues and other issues. well yea who wouldnt be depressed.
in 2007 when i was 16 i was for sure id be a film student at a top texas university mingling with very few people but at the near top envied with my creative visions. never a nobody on disability and food stamps. not a single soul known in my mind. my dad taking care of me. and a racked up number of police records and hospital stays. #1 member at club meds. in the top 5 at a least. everything turned to hell in prodromal symptoms in 2008 and a full blown psychotic episode that same year when i was borderline homeless. and every year of my life since then too. and it only gets worse. the symptoms. my life situation. the environment. etc.
dont tell me to not give up. ive given up already. dont give me that bullsh_t about trying harder or giving it time or how the meds will work it evenly out. now all i can think about is how to live minute by minute on these meds with still symptoms vying for my attention. talking to my voices alone and in public. and fearing what i know is real. dont tell me its not. because it is.
im alone in this and always will be. question is how can i NOT kill myself over that fact.


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The mounting campaign to save small schools across the county resulted in a delegation meeting with Fianna Fáil leader Michael Martin in Glenties on Thursday night ahead of his address to members of the party.
The meeting took place in the Highland Hotel saw members of the clergy, members of boards of management and public representatives all present to take part at the talks. The meeting took place following a series of meetings in Leinster House on Tuesday where Donegal Oireachtas members and educational spokespersons from various parties met with both Reverend John Dean and Father John Joe Duffy.
"At the moment we are awaiting further correspondence from the Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn with a view to meeting with them both. We are meeting with as many political representatives as possible and we are impressing on them the difficulties facing our small schools and our disadvantaged schools due to the education cuts," he said.
Father John Joe Duffy was satisfied that Fianna Fáil leader, Micheal Martin gave the party a very fair hearing. "We got a very fair hearing from Micheal Martin as we did from all the political representatives that we met. He listened to our case and he said that he would continue to work with us and for us as has other political representatives including Minister McGinley," he said.
Father John Joe Duffy said that despite the fact that Fianna Fáil leader, Micheal Martin was not in a position to make any promises that he would raise the issue in leader's debate and use all the processes available to him.
Both Reverend John Dean and Father John Joe Duffy have received correspondence from concerned parents from throughout the county who are supporting them in their campaign. "We are getting an immense response from parents across the county and indeed across the country. They have outlined their immense concern to us and vocalised their huge anger at the educational cuts. Parents are very passionate on this issue and we remain optimistic that parent and people power will overcome and common sense will prevail in the weeks and months ahead. Todays march is only the beginning of a campaign that will continue, it is a very important campaign for the future of our children and the future of rural Ireland.
We will continue to organise our opposition to these cuts on an all county basis," he said.
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Elizabeth on Rating Books
Wrote this when I worked for AMACOM (did I really write this 2 years ago? Time flies when you're living the library life?). Reposting to remind myself to try to be more systematic in my admittedly subjective reviews of books.
Still wish Goodreads would allow half stars, because some books are decidedly on the cusp.
Like Rosemary, I'm a fan of GoodReads, and I find it useful to keep track of books I'd like to read, or know what friends and family would like to read at gift time. (I'm particularly fond of the mobile app that lets me add books to my to-read list by zapping the ISBN with my phone when I'm in the library.)
The main reason I use Goodreads is to keep track of books I've already read, and a little bit about what I thought of them. For the most part, I remember books that I've read and enjoyed or disliked. Every so often, one will slip through the cracks. I'm pretty sure I've read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd twice, once before I started using Goodreads, and once in 2010. It was a good book, both times, so I guess it doesn't really…
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The Embankment sits, as the name suggests, on the bank of the river Ouse in Bedford. The family P stopped in a week ago and found ourselves wondering what could be better than strolling along the river on a gloriously sunny day, pausing only to enjoy a drink at a pub overlooking some of the nicer parts of Bedford*? How lucky then when the aforementioned pub is selling lobster in garlic butter! Mmmmmm, how could we go wrong? We all know that everything's better with butter.
I must admit full disclosure here and say that we were invited to The Embankment to sample their Summer lobster specials but someone must have been smiling down upon us because the day was perfect for a before dinner wander up the river and The Child had decided to surf her pre-teen hormone tidal wave rather than succumb to it's dark whirlpool depths for the day so everything was coming up roses as we made our way into the bar.
The bar itself is a narrow affair which encourages people to spill out onto the patio in front, great on a day like that. The tables are close in without being too crowded and we were talked through the menu with considerable professional knowledge as I asked the waitress a few probing questions about the lobster.
Some homemade bread and dip got us off the mark (not as good as The Swan guys, sorry) before we happily started on the starters with a sharing meat board.
The chicken sliders were pretty good with the charcuterie and the very rare roast beef a welcome addition too. The croquettes didn't bring anything to the party however and The Child asked 'what are they were supposed to taste like?' Which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement I'm afraid.
For main course The Child had some crispy salt and pepper squid which was… OK. It remained mostly crispy as she finished it but the sauce proved to be an acquired taste that none of us particularly liked. Mrs P's pork chop was unapologetically big and with its crispy potatoes and green beans all doused in apple gravy. Whilst no fireworks here, it proved popular with all of us.
Similarly my half lobster with fries, sat on the plate waiting for me to devour it, and so who was I to disappoint a dead lobster? Lobster is tricky to cook at the best of times but this one was cooked well only on the verge of over cooking as the tail was just about going chewy. I didn't mind too much though as I dipped, double dipped, then dipped once more into that garlic butter. I dipped lobster tail, lobster claw, fries, squid and even a forkful of pork into that magical potion of happiness and didn't regret a single three hour long lung honking moment of it.
The puds didn't start off quite so well with the menu we were provided with – future pubs please note: I do not want to be given a page stained with some mysterious brown substance. It's unpleasant and it allows me, the diner, to form several (probably unwarranted) assumptions about other parts of your establishment which I know you don't want me to make.
The puddings themselves were actually really tasty with both coming in for only positive comments from both of the two sweet toothed sugar fiends at the table. The pistachio meringue was fruity, enormous, light and meringue-y . To be honest, you can't really go wrong with some fresh fruit nuts and a mahoosive meringue but the peanut butter parfait was perfect. Soft but still frozen, it was a hunk of sweet and salty heaven. Delicious.
All in all with the exception of the peanut butter parfait and the garlic butter, I'm afraid the end result of my time at The Embankment was pretty mediocre at best. Perhaps I've been too lucky recently with some great examples of pubs getting things right that I've forgotten how things are in the rest of the world. But then again, with others upping their game, I'm afraid that The Embankment feels like it's getting left behind. On the positive side, this place used to be a regular spot for Mrs P when she was based that way and she assures me that you can usually rely upon The Embankment for consistently good food.
As I said, we were invited for a meal but if we had paid, it would have come out at over 60 quid plus drinks which is pretty much par for the course but I've had better and paid less so I cant say it screams value either.
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Programming the nation 2011 HD
I hope that this documentary will stay on youtube. Programming the nation says it all. Control, programming, design so easy to understand.
NWO or AEO/ALWAYS EXISTING ORDER!!! Inform yourself properly!
According to many authorities, since the late 1950's subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of media, at an increasingly alarming rate. "PROGRAMMING THE NATION?" examines the purported uses, influences and potential subconscious side-effects of what's going on beneath the surface of advertising, film, music and political propaganda. Even the US military has been accused of using this technology in their Psychological Operations Unit, (PSY OPS) campaign. This socially relevant documentary not only traces the history of this phenomenon, but seeks to determine the validity and potential threat that may or may not exist. Do you ever find yourself doing or buying things without any conscious reasoning? Why has consumer debt in America risen over 50% since 1990? How is it possible that the United States consumes about 25% of the world's resources while only making up 4.5% of the world's population? Are we all part of an elaborate scheme which has been programming the nation? Decide for yourself…
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Reliability Engineer
Requisition ID: 12164
Created in February 2014 through a 50/50 joint venture of the world's largest and second largest steelmakers, ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corporation, AM/NS Calvert is located in Calvert, AL. Our state-of-the-art steel processing facility has the capacity to process 5.3 million tons of high-value steel grades including hot rolled bands, hot rolled pickled and oiled, cold rolled, and advanced coated products for the automotive, pipe and tube, appliance/HVAC, service center and construction industries in the NAFTA market.
AM/NS Calvert products are marketed in NAFTA through managing joint venture partner ArcelorMittal.
- Develop & Optimize Equipment Maintenance Plans
- Inspection Routes
- Time and Condition Based Maintenance
- Use of Predictive Maintenance Techniques
- Monitor and Analyze Predictive Maintenance data and direct improvements or corrections to Production Equipment
- Provides Engineering Support for the Maintenance Team
- Subject Matter Expert for Reliability Engineering practices
- Initiates Root Cause Analysis of equipment failures and major breakdowns
- Identifies and proposes solutions for repeat equipment failures and unplanned downtime events
- Participates in execution of critical equipment inspections and analysis
- Analyzes Equipment Data, recommended maintenance plans, drawings, etc.
- Writes technically based Equipment Maintenance Plans
- Performs tracking and trending of equipment maintenance performance
- Updates drawings and technical documentation
- Fulfills the commitment to ensure a safe and healthy work environment
- Fulfills the responsibilities required to achieve the Quality Commitment
- Demonstrates commitment to teamwork by fostering an environment that embodies trust and respect
- Ensures working knowledge of competencies as defined in ISO 9001:2015/IATF 16949 and ISO 14001:2015
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Significant Post-Secondary Education and Reliability Professional Certification
- 2+ years engineering experience in heavy industry required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Mechanical Engineering principles and practices
- Maintenance Knowledge of heavy industrial equipment
- Technical knowledge of
- Rotational equipment; mechanical power transmission, drive shafts, bearings, couplings
- Hydraulic systems; cylinders, servo valves, piping, hose connections, filtration, etc.
- Lubrication systems; centralized oil and grease systems, lubrication practices, etc.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Practices
- Knowledge of Predictive Maintenance techniques and analysis
- RCM practitioner experience
- High level of organizational skills
- Technical Writing skills
- Mechanical/Electrical aptitude
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office
- Statistical Data Analysis
- FMEAPro
- ibaAnalyzer
- Demonstrates strong decision-making, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Able to competently handle a fast-paced environment, with strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal communications skills, written and verbal
- Demonstrates strong work ethic and displays a high degree of professionalism
- Interest and ability to work at our site location in Calvert, Alabama
- Laptop, Desk Phone, Cell Phone
- Mill/Office Environment
- Days, Monday to Friday with extended hours as required due to periods of peak workloads
Please note: The Job Profile is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties.
If you need an accommodation to complete any part of the application process due to a disability or medical condition, you may call 251-289-3000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to communicate your accommodation request. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.
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When it comes to running a business, it is important that you have excellent managerial skills in order to ensure that all procedures and plans will be properly implemented. An excellent management system is important when it comes to managing your staff and business.
The management system refers to the framework that we run our business on. For example we use staffchecker systems that clocks all our staff at your location. Through excellent management system, you will be well-assured that our staff can fulfill all things to be accomplished. There are different types of management system. There are three types of Management System such as Environmental, Recruitment & Vetting and Health & Safety.
As a leader, manager or company owner, it is important that you ensure proper implementation of each project process so that you can avoid occurrence of different problems. We make sure that you will have an excellent team in-charge of your premise.


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NuPath and Northern Bank and Trust might be different entities, but share one common thread – priding themselves on a dedicated mission to strengthen their communities.
Perhaps it's only fitting that these two Woburn-based organizations have joined forces to help support their respective, community-based missions. As part of their strengthening bond, Northern Bank and Trust recently presented NuPath with a donation towards their year of the 'Golden Jubilee' – 50-year anniversary.
Northern Bank's Vice President and Area Bank Manager, Shawn Kelley joined NuPath's Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Brett Reily, and Senior Vice President of Finance, Bill Yetz, for the presentation and praised NuPath for their decades of service in and around the Greater Boston area.
"We have always carried a strong belief that investing in our communities directly correlates to our success," he said. "Partnering with NuPath will only help to fortify the bonds we have in the community and further the ambitions we want to accomplish."
Reily commended Northern Bank for their selfless giving to the community and is confident their partnership will help NuPath further it's mission of making life's journey happier, healthier and more fulfilling for people living with disabilities.
"We are so thankful for organizations like Northern Bank," he said. "Today marks another vital step forward in supporting our mission and what we're trying to achieve as an organization through progressive, community-enriched experiences, choices and expectations for the men and women in our programs and beyond."


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Yes we've Put out the 1.0beta version of the WSO2 Mashup Server. With the state of affairs at the beginning of December we were in doubt whether we would be able to get the release out before the end of the year. Thanks to the tremendous effort put in by the Mashup Server team we were able to make the release before the holidays. And what a successful release it has been, we were able to get in all the crucial features we think are important to make an 1.0.
A notable improvement in this release is the revamped management interface. We did send a hint with the previous release that we plan to restructure the management interface and improve community features. The new interface has a Web 2.0 look and feel and has features such as Improved multi-user and community support, Email-verified self-registration, Comments, tags, ratings, Sophisticated search capabilities to locate and group mashups, RSS and Atom feeds for any query, Recent activity queries. These tasks were made possible by a couple of other projects coming up at WSO2. They were namely the WSO2 User Manager and the WSO2 Registry.
You can try out the WSO2 Mashup Server without even downloading at http://mashups.wso2.org/. But I do encourage you to download it and try it out.
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Today I am here with a super simple Sunday mani, which ended up quite differently than what I had planned out, and also is being sported on much shorter nails.
Originally I wanted to use the Bundle Monster Secret Garden plate that features beautiful koi fish, but unfortunately when I went to use it I found that mine is defective and only half of the plate would pick up on my stamper head at all. So I abandoned that idea and grabbed the other plate I already had taken out of my organizer (because my nails were newly painted and I didn't want to smudge them) and I came up with this.
What do you do when things start to go wrong in the middle of a mani? Do you power through it and make it work or switch gears entirely? Let me know in the comments!


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Web-based application and standalone R package for the analysis of aCGH data. Eight algorithms (parallelized with MPI) are included: CBS, GLAD, HMM, BioHMM, CGHseg, ACE, SWARRY, wavelets-based smoothing. Output includes clickable figures with links to additional information. Fault-tolerance and checkpointing mechanisms included.
The R-package is a stand-alone R package (its full use requires Python installed). Installing the web application is not trivial (because of handling the CGI together with MPI); please look at the "Asterias Common" product.
ADaCGH is described in the paper:
Project information
- Part of:
- Asterias Project
- Maintainer:
- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
- Driver:
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- Licence:
- GNU Affero GPL v3, GNU GPL v2, GNU GPL v3
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trunk series is the current focus of development.
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Stage and screen veteran Rima Te Wiata has showcased her talents as an actor (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), impersonator (More Issues), and singer (Little Shop of Horrors) — often all at the same time. In 2017 Te Wiata was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit, for her work on film and television.
Rima has a million ideas a second and any one of them is worth a million bucks. She has amazing instincts and produced exactly what was required, with immaculate timing. Anthony McCarten, who directed Rima Te Wiata in 1998 film Via Satellite
Funny As traces the history of New Zealand comedy through archive footage, and extensive interviews with local comedy talent. Debuting on TVNZ 1 in July 2019, the five-part series explores how Kiwis "have used comedy to navigate decades of profound cultural change". Funny As touches on everything from live and musical comedy, to pioneers of Kiwi screen humour (e.g. Fred Dagg, Lynn of Tawa) and the hit exports of later years (Flight of the Conchords, Rose Matafeo). The series was made by production/creative agency Augusto, and produced by comedy veteran Paul Horan.
Big hair, big shoulder pads and big earrings feature in this video celebrating Three's 30th birthday. On 26 November 1989, TV3 — the first privately owned TV channel in New Zealand — transmitted from its Auckland studios for the first time. The promo opens with fresh-faced news reporters/presenters hamming it up for the camera, including Joanna Paul, Eric Young and Genevieve Westcott. The rest of the clip celebrates Three's successes (Outrageous Fortune, bro'Town, 7 Days) and takes a light-hearted look at its failings, revisiting times it went into receivership.
The Breaker Upperers is the tale of two women whose business is ending other people's relationships. Leading both the cast and the filmmakers are Madeleine Sami (Super City) and Jackie van Beek (What We Do in the Shadows). Sami's character finds herself falling for a teen (James Rolleston) who needs to dump his girlfriend. The film began winning acclaim after debuting at US festival South by Southwest, in March 2018. It had a successful New Zealand cinema release, and was purchased for screening by Netflix. The impressive cast includes Rima Te Wiata and Rose Matafeo.
Pork Pie is a rare local remake — the source material is the 1981 movie which first got Kiwis lined up in blockbuster numbers, to see themselves on screen. This time round, the mini-driving rebels are played by James Rolleston (Boy), Dean O'Gorman (who also hit the road in Snakeskin) and Australian Ashleigh Cummings (TV's Puberty Blues). Writer/ director Matt Murphy is the son of Kiwi film legend Geoff Murphy, who directed the original Goodbye Pork Pie. The "reimagining" became the fourth highest grossing film in local release, during its first five days in New Zealand cinemas.
Taika Waititi's fourth feature is the tale of a city kid and a grumpy uncle on the run. Raised on hip hop and state care, Ricky (Shopping's Julian Dennison) goes bush with his foster uncle (Sam Neill). The authorities are on their tail. In this excerpt, the pair get caught, and s**t gets real. Wilderpeople is based on Barry Crump book Wild Pork and Watercress. Keen to recapture the style of classic screen yarns like Came a Hot Friday, Waititi's aim was a funny, accessible adventure. The result won acclaim almost everywhere it went, and became New Zealand's biggest ever local hit.
TV3 series Outrageous Fortune had six memorable seasons. Award-winning prequel Westside takes the West family back to where it all began — to legendary safecracker Ted West (David de Lautour), and his fiery wife Rita (Antonia Prebble from Outrageous). Each episode of series one is set in a particular year of the 1970s. Season two moves to the 1981 Springbok Tour; the third, set in 1982, introduced a teen Cheryl West. Combining romance, crime and West family folklore with real life events, Westside was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, the duo behind the original.
Described as "bloody brilliant" by horror legend Peter Jackson, Housebound follows a woman dealing with the triple threats of house arrest, potential ghosts, and having to live with her mother. Morgana O'Reilly (TV movie Safe House) is the criminal facing eight months home detention with an annoying Mum (Rima Te Wiata). Jaquie Brown Diaries director Gerard Johnstone's film debut won near universal praise, and the remake rights sold to New Line in the US. Fangoria loved its mixture of "fantastic comedy" and mystery and it was nominated for ten Moas, including Best Film.
Bliss is a portrait of the artist as a young woman. The award-winning telemovie follows Katherine Mansfield from boredom in Edwardian Wellington to liberation and love affairs in London, where she dares to dream of being a writer. Kate Elliott plays Mansfield as a spirited 19-year-old, hungry for experience. Bliss screened to acclaim in TV One's Sunday Theatre slot in August 2011. Listener reviewer Fiona Rae praised director Fiona Samuel's "excellent" script, and for allowing "her Mansfield to be witty, passionate and outspoken without belabouring the status of women in 1908".
Set in Central Otago in the drought-parched summer of 1975, gay-themed feature film 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous follows a chubby 12-year-old named Billy (Andrew Paterson) as he embarks on a challenging journey of sexual discovery. Adapting Graeme Aitken's novel, writer/director Stewart Main (Desperate Remedies) depicts a boy escaping into fantasy from the drudgery of farming duties — and learning about himself, his sexuality, and dealing with change. 50 Ways won a Special Jury Award at Italy's Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in 2005.
Ventriloquist David Strassman has appeared on talk shows and TV specials in Aotearoa, Australia, the United Kingdom and his native United States. Strassman's first TV series debuted in Australia in 1998; the next year Strassman played on British network ITV. The basic formula of a chat show hosted by a man and a shameless puppet was then carried over to New Zealand. Strassman's alter egos include the irascible Chuck Wood and the cuddly Ted E Bare. Among his local guests were Kiwi TV personalities (Mike King, Robyn Malcolm) and the occasional musician and politician.
In the first of this two-part documentary about Kiwis and cars, actor Rima Te Wiata sets off on a road tour of New Zealand. Starting in the South Island, Te Wiata learns about the first bus tours to Aoraki, which were handled by the Mount Cook Motor Company. Then she travels to Westport via the infamous Hawks Crag, and hears from locals about the difficulties and dangers of transit before the introduction of cars. A trip back up the country takes Te Wiata to Northland, where the locals suggest they may have been better off when the primary mode of transport was by boat.
In this second part of a documentary on Kiwis and cars, host Rita Te Wiata explores motoring in the latter half of the 20th Century. She begins in Christchurch where Ford V8s were a vehicle for post-war romance, then heads to Tahuna for beach racing. Te Wiata pockets the licence she supposedly got in part one and heads to Raglan to look at the car-enabled freedom of the 60s and 70s: surfing, fishing, caravans. While downsides are mentioned (motorways, pollution, accidents), mostly it's a paean to petrolhead passion. The tour ends with a cruise up Queen St in a muscle car.
The first movie written and directed by playwright Anthony McCarten is a portrait of a family melting down under the media spotlight. The comedy/drama stars Danielle Cormack in two roles — as a swimmer on the cusp of Olympic glory, and as the twin sister back home, looking on as her family descends into spats and bickering as they find the pressure to perform too much to bear. Via Satellite showcases a topline cast, including Tim Balme, Rima Te Wiata, and a scene-stealing and heavily-pregnant Jodie Dorday, who won an NZ TV and Film Award for her work.
From 1996 to 1998 broadcaster Ian Fraser took time out from hosting current affairs, to MC this popular musical talent quest (Fraser, a trained pianist, also tinkled the ivories himself during the series). There were two finals: one assessed by studio judges, and one from viewers' votes. The performers ranged from covers bands to opera singers, from country and western to soul. Future Opshop members Jason Kerrison and Shay Muddle were judged runners-up in 1996 (as Akustik Fungi). Other contestants included Lisa Tomlins, opera tenor Shaun Dixon and actor Stig Eldred.
The Grand Final of this 1996 musical talent quest series Showcase was hosted by Ian Fraser. The nine finalists perform songs from Mozart on guitar, to 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright'. The opening act is Akustik Fungi: Jason Kerrison, one half of the duo, would later find fame as singer for chart-topping band Opshop, and return the favour as a judge on New Zealand's Got Talent. The Showcase judges are Sir Howard Morrison, actor Rima Te Wiata, Dame Malvina Major (who performs) and Eddie Rayner (who got his break on TV talent show New Faces, while part of Split Enz).
This short, written and directed by Christine Parker (Channelling Baby) takes an allegorical look at the creative process. A writer (Rima Te Wiata) has a korero with a trickster spirit guide Hinekaro (voiced by Rena Owen), and conjures worlds from the words she inks on a page. In her imaginative struggles she's visited by a ruru owl and her younger self, and other creatures are brought strikingly to life via special effects (beetles from a book, an eel hiding in a toilet bowl). Hinekaro was adapted from a 1991 short story by Booker Prize-winner Keri Hulme.
In this award-winning Montana Sunday Theatre drama, Cliff Curtis plays Jim, a grungy rocker who can't (and doesn't want to) commit to a straight life with his misguidedly hopeful girlfriend Sina (Sarah Smuts-Kennedy). A night of emotional turmoil in the city ensues as Sina does her best to avoid the reality of her situation (as well as home invasion and Jim's dodgy manager). Fiona Samuel's darkly funny script and top-notch casting underpin this look at the not-so-delicate nature of relationships amongst a group of Generation X Aucklanders.
Alex is a champion teenage swimmer determined to win selection to the 1960 Rome Olympics, in this adaptation of the award-winning young adults novel. Written by ex Empire Games swimming medallist Tessa Duder, Alex was the first in a quartet of books exploring the vicissitudes of the high achiever freestyler as she deals with rivalry, ambition, first love and the pressures of growing up. Lauren Jackson, who played the title role, later appeared in vampire movie Perfect Creature. The film was a co-production between New Zealand and Australia.
Shortland Street is a fast-paced serial drama set in an inner city Auckland hospital. The long-running South Pacific Pictures production is based around the births, deaths and marriages of the hospital's staff and patients. It screens on TVNZ's TV2 network five days a week. In 2017 the show was set to celebrate its 25th anniversary, making it New Zealand's longest running drama by far. Characters and lines from the show have entered the culture — starting with "you're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!" in the very first episode. Mihi Murray writes about Shortland Street here.
On the heels of Issues (1990), More Issues offered more of the same satirical takes on local and international current affairs. It pokes fun at the advent of news-presenting personalities like Judy Bailey, Richard Long and Paul Holmes - such a prominent feature of NZ TV at the time. Politicians Ruth Richardson and Robert Muldoon also featured regularly, and celebs such as Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Hunter made appearances. Issues of the day included Martin Crowe's upcoming nuptials, the first Gulf War, and Māori land claims.
On the heels of Issues (1990), More Issues offered more of the same satirical takes on local and international current affairs. It pokes fun at the advent of news-presenting personalities like Judy Bailey, Richard Long and Paul Holmes - such a prominent feature of NZ TV at the time, and politicians and celebs of the day. These excerpts from the series include Rima Te Wiata's uncanny impersonation of Judy Bailey, David McPhail's reprisal of a conniving Rob Muldoon, Rawiri Paratene as Oprah Winfrey, and Mark Wright as war reporter Peter Arnett.
TV One drama Shark in the Park followed the lives of cops policing a Wellington city beat. This episode from the second series sees the team bust a street fight, and search for a missing teenage girl. An elderly shoplifter and a joyrider test the ethics of the diversion scheme, where minor offences don't result in a criminal record. Actors Tim Balme and Michael Galvin (Shortland Street) feature in early screen roles, as youngsters on the wrong side of the law. Galvin plays the dangerous driver – he also happens to be the son of Sergeant Jesson (Kevin J Wilson).
Shark in the Park was New Zealand's first urban cop show. In this second season opener, Inspector Flynn (Jeffrey Thomas) and his team face restructuring and cutbacks from HQ, and a gang prospect (Toby Mills) is interrogated about a hit and run. Among the impressive cast of cops are Rima Te Wiata, Nathaniel Lees, and Russell Smith (It is I, Count Homogenized). This was the first episode made by Wellington company The Gibson Group, as Kiwi television entered an era of deregulation (Shark's previous series was one of the last made by TVNZ's in-house drama department).
The role of women in a traditionally male dominated profession is highlighted in this episode of Wellington police drama Shark in the Park. The episode was penned by Norelle Scott and directed by Ginette McDonald. New arrival 'Wally' (Joanna Briant) faces a baptism of fire from her colleagues — and a rough ride on the streets as a drunken couple's antics escalate into major problems for the thin blue line. The third episode of season one features Robyn Malcolm in her first screen role, while Mark Wright provides some late 80s colour as an inebriated yuppie.
A big smoke cousin to Mortimer's Patch, Shark in the Park was New Zealand's first urban cop show. Devised by Graeme Tetley (Ruby and Rata), it portrayed a unit policing inner city Wellington, under the guidance of Inspector Brian 'Sharkie' Finn (Jeffrey Thomas). With its focus on the working lives of the officers, the show followed the character-based storytelling of overseas programmes like The Bill and Hill Street Blues. The first season marked one of the last in-house productions for TVNZ's drama department. The next two series were made independently by The Gibson Group.
Created by actor/writer Jonathan Hardy, comedy series Porters was based around a group of porters working in a big city hospital. This episode features an early screen appearance by Rima Te Wiata (Hunt for the Wilderpeople); she guest stars as a worried nurse who calls on junior porter Peter (Stephen Judd from Bridge to Nowhere), after hearing some strange noises on the night shift. An encounter in the mortuary awaits. The episode also includes appearances by fellow porters George Henare, Peter Bland and Bill Johnson, with Roy Billing playing their long-suffering boss.


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Movie News: 'This Is the End' Sequel Talk; 'Knight Rider' Movie Moving Forward; Mystery 'X-Men' Role Cast
This Is the End 2: If you've seen the apocalyptic meta comedy This Is the End, which stars Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel and Danny McBride (and others) as themselves, you might wonder how the movie could possibly spawn a sequel. But codirector and cowriter Evan Goldberg says there's "a good chance" for another installment, though his filmmaking partner Rogen is not so sure. Is Goldberg joking, or is this a serious possibility? Here's how our own Erik Davis thinks the sequel should play out. As of now, the movie is a modest hit ($60 million in the U.S.), so we'll see what happens. [Screen Daily]
Knight Rider: A big-screen version of 1980s TV series Knight Rider is moving forward. Brad Copeland has been hired to write a script; he's a veteran comedy writer (Arrested Development, Wild Hogs), which probably tells us all we need to know about the approach being taken to the material. The TV show starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter and featured the voice of William Daniels as the talking car known as KITT. The Weinstein Co. is developing the project. [Los Angeles Times]
X-Men: Days of Future Past: One more actor has been added to the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past, but it's not known which role he will be playing. Josh Helman, who recently completed shooting Mad Max: Fury Road, (which also featured X-Men actor Nicholas Hoult) is expected to be on set for several weeks. The superhero saga will open in theaters on May 23, 2014. [The Wrap]
One Direction: This Is Us Trailer: Director Morgan Spurlock, who came to prominence with his advocacy documentary Super Size Me in 2004, has now made a film about a popular British boy band (?!). The new trailer for One Direction: This Is Us looks somewhat anonymous, but it's likely that the movie will satisfy the group's many young, rabid fans worldwide. It dances into theaters on August 30. [MovieClips]
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11 March (Part 5) - Some lighter stuff
Lets get away from Bexleys mad scramble to restrict civic rights for a
moment and take a look at something I regard as just an oversight; I hope I am
not being too generous. It concerns the Arts Council website which councillor
John Davey has done quite a nice job on and paid for it too. He had a silly
run-in with the Bexleyheath Chronicles letter pages after putting
political links on its front page which you can read about
here if you feel the need; but he apparently came to his senses and quietly
removed the political links only a day or two
after they were defended at last weeks council meeting.
If you take a look at his site (Google Arts Council of Bexley - Im not going to give him a link and further boost his search engine ratings - and then add ETCA/councilelections.html behind the final .org.uk/ of the web address you will discover all sorts of political stuff remains on the Arts Council website. I cant find a link to it from the main pages and as Mr. Davey pays to store those pages there I cant see any harm in it. From what I have read it is all hopelessly out of date electoral statistics and it bears last years copyright date. Compared to the threat of arrest for trying to follow government guidelines its pretty small beer. Fun and games coming with Twankey though, that will be more fun.
Since I do not feel well disposed to the police today I shall in an act of pure self indulgence refer you to www.justice4daniel.org. You may recognise the style of the website. Daniel Morgan was part of my extended family and until recent years the Metropolitan Police were as bent as you could possibly imagine about the investigation of his murder. It is pretty much certain that one of their officers was very closely involved.


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We're very happy to welcome Alt-Classic Album Playbacks to The Social – the first event is March 17th and it features My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless' in full
Are you tired of listening to music on playlists and shuffle and would rather experience it the way it was intended? For free! Whilst drinking beer with mates, in a great bar? Ok then . .
Come along and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a classic album by one of Ireland's most iconic bands – My Bloody Valentine. This unique vinyl listening event gives you the chance to hear the iconic shoegaze album 'Loveless' all the way through.
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Lexington, Ky. – The Transylvania men's basketball team put on an offensive clinic en route to defeating the No. 5 ranked Hanover College Panthers 95-81 on Wednesday night at the Beck Center.
With the win, Transylvania moves to 5-0 on the season, and 2-0 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play, while the Panthers dropped to 5-2 overall, and 1-1 in HCAC action.
Wednesday's win marks the first time in over a decade the Pioneers have begun a season with five consecutive wins.
Transylvania was led in scoring by junior forward Kyle Gullett who had a game-high 17 points and two rebounds in 19 minutes of play.
Junior guard Cooper Theobald turned in a complete performance for the Pioneers by scoring 16 points, grabbing six rebounds, adding two assists and two steals in the victory.
Also scoring in double figures for the Pioneers were sophomore guard Gabe Schmitt with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field, and freshman guard Michael Jefferson with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field.
The Pioneers got off to a quick start as Jefferson scored seven straight points to give Transylvania a 7-3 lead just 90 seconds into the game. Using inside plays and a free throw procession, the Panthers clawed back into the game to trail 11-9 versus Transy.
Leading 24-22 with 8:57 left in the half, the Crimson spread its wings on a 10-0 run, keyed by two 3-pointers from Gullett.
However, the Panthers went on a run of their own, outscoring Transylvania 11-2 over the next two minutes to cut Transylvania's lead back to 36-34.
The Pioneers responded by scoring 10 straight points in the final three minutes, pushing their halftime lead to 46-34 over the Panthers.
The second half of the game became encumbered with the sounds of whistles as a combined 34 fouls were called on the two teams in the final period.
Transylvania continued to add to the lead with the margin eventually swelling to 87-57 on a pair of free-throws from junior forward Bo Schuh with 6:34 remaining in the game.
With the game safely in hand, both coaches were content to empty their benches, leading to an eventual 95-81 victory for the Transylvania.
The Pioneers owned the boards throughout the game as Transylvania outrebounded Hanover 35-24.
Next up, the Pioneers will host the Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers on Saturday, December 9. The game will follow the women's basketball matchup between the Pioneers and Engineers at 1:00 p.m., with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m. at the Beck Center.
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I came across this article about a week ago, and thought it was worth looking at a little more deeply, as from the first sentence on it makes a lot of interesting assumptions. Add into the mix politics and controversial contemporary issues, and what's not to love?
To what extent does financial savvy reflect political prognostication capabilities? And what does the sophistication of a given candidate's supporters indicate about that person's appeal, odds of winning the White House and ultimate ability to lead the country?
It will be important to note the terms "financial savvy" and "sophistication" as we proceed.
Every four years, the pulse of the nation is taken via presidential election – a process that serves as a referendum on certain personalities, policies and social trends. And while the bulk of the attention is rightfully paid to the candidates themselves, there remains a great deal that we can learn about the very voters supporting them and thus each candidate's message.
I would actually be inclined to agree with this, and I think far too many people often misunderstand X or Y candidate's appeal because they do not realize that politics is- especially in a system wherein the populace votes- largely a marketing campaign. Successful candidates have to be able to craft their messaging to, as I like to say, "be able to whip up a larger mob more than the other guy."
Thus, it is always important to remember that when you think the candidate you oppose seems to be saying crazy, obviously stupid things, they are likely largely doing so because they have (if their campaign has done its job) zeroed in on their market and are both saying things and saying those things in a way that is most likely to engage their target audience; that is, to sell themselves as a candidate. Given the axiom that there is no such thing as bad marketing, political candidates are often well-advised to be as polarizing and controversial as they can be, in order to keep themselves in spotlight and give the media something to constantly talk about, because, as Bono said when Apple forced all of its iTunes users to download one of U2's new albums:
"We got a lot of people who were uninterested in U2 to be mad with U2. And I would call that an improvement in the relationship."
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But all of that is largely as aside. The real fun begins in the following sentence:
One issue in particular, personal finance, encapsulates the economic struggles endured by much of the populous in recent years and can, in turn, be condensed into an easily digestible three-digit number known as a credit score.
In case you missed it, there is a huge assumption built into this entire article which rears its ugly head here, the notion that personal finance can be condensed into a 3 digit number. It is, of course, also delightful that this is said without any apparent irony when in the previous paragraph the focus was squarely upon "financial savvy" and "sophistication."
Indeed, the best thing about being cynical is that the internet often gives you so many gifts!
Naturally, it bears noting that, no, personal finance cannot be reduced to a three-digit number of a credit score, precisely because a credit score is only indicative of certain aspects of personal finance, namely one's ongoing interaction with debt and debt products. To posit this as a condensed and easily digestible proxy for personal finance is simply misguided and simplistic (see the above noted irony!).
As an analogy, imagine taking a metal detector to a beach. As you comb the beach for buried treasure, you end up finding various metal objects buried in the sand. Now imagine that in describing the beach to someone, you described it in terms of only what the metal detector was able to find. Would this easily digestible and condensed version of what beaches are like be an exhaustive or even accurate indication of what any beach is like? Would you use that description as a proxy for planning a trip to a beach, reporting which beaches are best or most popular, etc.?
In a similar way, a credit score is only able to give information about specific aspects of personal finance and, given the algorithms used, can only give specific information and "scores" insofar as any particular person's debt utilization interacts with those algorithms. At best a credit score can tell you how well a person's debt utilization aligns with the predetermined ranges of the algorithms, and the score which is spit out is used as a proxy for that interaction.
For example, the FICO score is based on the following:
35% for payment history
30% for amount owed
15% for credit history
10% for credit mix
It will be noticed that none of these inputs takes into account one's income, net worth, savings, etc. Rather, the credit score is only an indication that one has interacted with debt in certain ways over a certain period of time that can be measured according to the established parameters.
Now, this may have some utility for debt sellers when it comes to finding customers to whom to sell future debt products, but in and of itself it certainly cannot give a condensed (let alone complete) summation of one's personal finance nor financial health, savvy or sophistication.
After all, if one never interacts with debt, one will have a non-existent credit score. But this non-interaction does not logically have any bearing upon one's financial savvy or sophistication; it could be that one has lots of money and is in extremely good shape as far as personal finance goes precisely because of not having a credit score.
And even having a low or dropping credit score is not necessarily indicative of financial distress or lack of financial health. As an example, my wife and I at present have what would be considered "excellent" credit scores, because we had a $100,000+ mortgage that we always paid on time, was well within the "healthy" parameters of available credit utilization, and because in the past we have paid off other types of loans (student loans) and not opened any new credit lines while having this substantial debt.
But now that our house is paid off and the credit utilization is effectively 0%, our credit score has begun to drop. In about 4 or 5 months it will likely pass from excellent to fair and perhaps even to poor. Within about a year it will become non-existent.
During the next year as our credit score drops, does that entail that we have suddenly begun to become less financially savvy or sophisticated? We are able to save and invest more money, and we now have zero liabilities as far as debt is concerned. Yet, according to this article, during the next year one could easily condense our personal finances into a three digit number, which is going to drop like a rock.
Thus, it is easy to see why this notion of the credit score as an indication of personal finance is such a huge misnomer, and articles like these too readily homogenize what varies widely from situation to situation and person to person into a catch-all that quite possibly indicates much less than it is purported to.
In this nationally representative survey, we asked people who they plan to vote for, what their credit score is and even how they stand on controversial issues such as climate change, which have also loomed large this campaign season.
As with any surveys, it's crucial to know the specifics about the methodology of the survey, of which WalletHub unfortunately isn't exactly forthcoming. They state:
We conducted this survey between March 9 and March 13, 2016, using a nationally representative online panel of 765 participants. After all responses were collected, we normalized the data so the panel would reflect U.S. demographics.
There are some likely problems here. Firstly, we don't know (from this) if the survey was conducted among its own members or not. We also don't know if the credit scores are self-reported by those taking part in the survey or collected from users of WalletHub. Either way there would seem to be a fair amount of potential self-selection bias involved. After all, if the credit scores are collected from its members, then those members are already people who are interested in their credit score, enough to engage a credit-monitoring agency. If the scores are self-reported from non-members, one has no knowledge of the veracity of the scores; responders might fudge their scores up, guess at what they are, etc.
Further problematic is the extremely low sample size. If all six of the listed candidates had responders evenly split amongst them (which likely isn't the case), that would mean that around 128 people per candidate is intended to be representative of millions for each candidate. The "normalization" is also problematic because it essentially creates data that doesn't exist, further removing this survey from reality.
I have read articles about this survey on various sites, and it is consistently amusing to see how many try to spin this in a political manner, as if X credit score is more indicative of Y or Z, or how a low credit score among X's supporters is explained by Y or Z.
The reality, however, is that there is almost no useful information to be gleaned from this survey at all, except perhaps for how well debt sellers have succeeded in making the credit score the de facto measure of financial savvy, health, sophistication, etc. Only by doing so would this sort of information be of any interest whatsoever or provoke so much bluster in comboxes. Rather, if the credit score was seen for the limited measure of personal finance that it is, the best this sort of information could present would be a yawn.
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But what follows is perhaps even more chuckle-inducing, although I think it is instructive insofar as it relates to dialogue about controversial issues. The 765 respondents were asked about whether or not they believed in "climate change," and the results are far more diverse than those for credit scores.
It is probably soapbox time. Without knowing the exact wording of the question, to ask survey respondents if they "believe in climate change" is simply not a useful question. In fact, what it ends up doing is giving you more information about what the respondent thinks the interlocutor's motives are than information on that the respondents really think.
As an example, if I were to be asked if I "believe climate change is real," my first follow up question would be "what do you mean by "climate change?"" Now, this may seem a blatant attempt at equivocation, but in reality the question is so poorly worded and the field of inquiry in question so fraught with lack of precision that the question as stated is not one I could answer in good conscience without further information.
For starters, I do not believe that "climate change" is a very useful bit of terminology. It is overly broad, can easily misrepresent reality (in that "climate" is a placeholder for "changes in weather over time," rather than some reified entity) and can encompass changes of presumably any kind.
Secondly, the question as stated seems potentially a bit of a bait and switch, as the question isn't really necessarily about whether climate is changing or not, but rather about the cause thereof.
The reality of earth's "climate" is that it is always changing and has always been changing. Thus, as a potential respondent to this question I could honestly respond with a yes, since it is (I would argue) a rather obvious feature of "climate" and earth's weather system.
But if obvious answers to obvious questions were the point, it wouldn't be posited as a controversial issue in the presidential race. Instead, the rub of the question comes down to "do you believe that human activity is responsible for climate change?"
This, I would argue, is the actual intent of the question, and thus should at the very least be framed in this way. However, even framed in this way there is a tremendous amount of ambiguity.
Firstly, that humans have some impact on earth's weather system is- to my mind- another question with an obvious "yes", as anything within earth's system has some impact on it.
Secondly, one would need to further define "climate change" in this restated form. After all, if I am proceeding with the assumption that "climate" is always changing as part and parcel of earth's weather system, then the question becomes about how much human activity has contributed to what might be termed "abnormal climate change" over above what might be termed "natural climate change."
And while this might seem tendentious, even within this more limited scope there are further questions to be teased out. What, exactly, are we defining as "abnormal climate change?" Does that include every piece of inclement weather, or is it more closely defined by something like "global warming?" And perhaps most importantly- do we have certainty that we can even know what "abnormal climate change" might be over against "normal climate change?" It seems to me that to know what "normal climate change" is, one would need a fairly robust picture of earth's "climate" history (which we do not have) or at the very least specific predictions from climate models which turn out to have robust veracity which actually occurs (which we also do not have). One might also ask if the current set of measurements we have for "climate" are actually giving us a thorough picture of what drives "climate change," or if possibly we are describing a beach by means of what a metal detector can discover.
A further question about human activity is precisely which human activity is purportedly responsible for "climate change," and then further what means we have of actually determining this or verifying the veracity of the claim.
At any rate, it should hopefully be clear that there are number of reasons for any number of responses for a seemingly simple question, which in the end makes it a fairly meaningless question. Let's run through some scenarios for someone who might be considered a "climate skeptic" and the potential rationales for those responses:
Yes, climate has always been changing, and thus I believe in climate change.
Yes, climate has always been changing and since humans are part of earth's system, they obviously have some impact.
Yes, I believe in climate change, but I don't think that CO2 emissions are the main driver of humanity's impact on climate.
No, for while I believe that climate has always been changing, I think the question is meant to ask if I think humans drive climate change.
No, human activity cannot possibly impact climate to the extent purported.
No, for while I believe that climate change is occurring, I believe it to be a largely natural phenomenon.
These are only a few scenarios in which someone could honestly answer the same question in dramatically different ways depending on how they interpret the question, which, as aforementioned, makes it largely a useless question.
It also highlights how civic discourse often fails because most people are unwilling to use precise language in describing things, especially in controversial subjects when it is needed the most. Unfortunately, truth suffers the most, for phrases like "climate change" cease to describe anything meaningful and more often than not come to be employed as shibboleths or rhetorical cudgels.
After all, in my example, to my mind it is obvious that climate change always has and always does occur. For me to take on the surface a "NO" response to "do you believe in climate change" would immediately paint the responder as a moron who won't acknowledge the obvious. Of course, this is only true if I am unwilling to notice that that the "NO" response could have very meaningful rationales underlying it which are not apparent within the question or my interpretation of the response.
I thus find it amusing that the responses to this question are then paired with credit scores and support of a particular candidate. As should be apparent, we have condensed information from an exceedingly small and likely self-selected sample that only touches on one aspect of personal finance mashed up with responses to a largely useless question which are likely more indicative of the responders interpretation of a question than opinion.
And this tells us what?
Maybe just that online surveys tell us nothing. Which is something, I guess.


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PB and J thumbprint cookies
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- WHISK 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt.
- WHISK 1 egg with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup natural peanut butter, 1/4 cup soft butter and 1/2 tsp vanilla in large bowl. Add flour mixture.
- ROLL into tablespoon-sized balls and set on baking sheet. Make a deep indent in the centre of each ball. Fill with Concord Grape Jelly. Bake in centre of a 350F oven, 7 to 9 min.
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Since I have not had a single drop of soda in almost four whole weeks (yay!) I have been experimenting a lot with sweet drink alternatives. For breakfast lately (which is closer to lunch because I wake up around noon..) I've been making all sorts of smoothies. Don't let the similar colors above fool you, they're all pretty different. I went to Publix and stocked up on frozen fruit-- mangos, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and peaches. Since then I've been mixing them with oatmeal, bananas, flax seed oil, vanilla & strawberry flavored protein, milk and wheatgrass depending on the taste/benefit I'm going for. I hope to perfect this oatmeal thing soon by making a smoothie that actually tastes like the buttery, cinnamon-y, brown sugar-y concoction I used to make, minus all the butter, sugar and otherwise unhealthiness. I also recently tried the Kellogg protein water mix in strawberry kiwi flavor and it's pretty good! It has 5 grams of protein and fiber, so it's pretty filling in addition to tasting good.
In other news, I went to the Orthopaedic Center today and learned that I can safely run the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon without fear of permanently damaging my knee! I certainly won't be going for a PR this time due to this lapse in training, but hopefully with physical therapy I will be able to compete without pain. Bring on the ice packs!


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