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Modern calligraphy (full day workshop) - Hampshire
Online & Hampshire - Next course on 8th February 2020
Come and learn how to use a nib and ink to achieve modern calligraphy lettering that is so popular today. All materials, refreshments and lunch are included in the price! (not for the online version) You'll be guided step by step with basic letterforms and then be able to adapt them to your own style choices. With practice you'll be able to use your skills on cards, invitations, envelopes, wall art and many other projects. Visit my website to book a place. Beginners and intermediates are welcome.
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Calligraphy workshop - half day
Online & Cambridgeshire
Half day calligraphy workshops at my home near Ely, Cambs, all scripts including 'modern' pointed pen calligraphy, suitable for all levels from beginner to advanced, flexible dates, approximately fortnightly, no commitment beyond each workshop. Small groups of 3-6. Individual tuition with plenty of demonstration. Well-known professional calligrapher, fellow of the Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society and the Society of Scribes & Illuminators. You can learn a script of your choice, experiment with scripts and work towards finished calligraphic compositions, and for the Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society Certificates & Diplomas...
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Japanese Book Making
West Sussex - Next course on 15th February 2020
This one-day workshop is fun and friendly, and suitable for both complete beginners or those who have some experience of making books and want to try a new technique. You'll take home at least three stunning books in the Japanese stab binding style, one hard cover and the others soft cover, and the skills to make more at home. Perfect for journals, scrapbooks, lists or even famously short Japanese Haiku poems The workshop runs from 10.00 to 4.30. Start by making a simple soft cover two-hole book with a silk...
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2 day course to learn illuminated lettering at Swallows & Artisans, Lake District
Cumbria - Next course on 28th March 2020
Join talented illuminator, Sarah Lace, for a two day workshop to learn the historic craft of illuminated lettering. This workshop offers the opportunity to learn something of the history and origins about these art forms as we examine a range of styles from 6th century Celtic through to the modern day; showing their development through time. Sarah will help with the design of your piece including simple techniques of constructing Celtic knotwork and spirals, decoration using rubrication and enhancing the piece with the use of watercolour and gold. You will...
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Beginner's modern calligraphy at Swallows & Artisans, Lake District
Join the talented local calligrapher, Claire Gould, for a relaxed beginner's modern calligraphy workshop where you will learn everything to get you started with beautiful handwritten lettering styles. So you love all the gorgeous hand lettering on Instagram and Pinterest, but you have never held a calligraphy pen before. Maybe you had a calligraphy set for Christmas, or you made a New Year's resolution to learn a new hobby. We'll start with assembling a pen and spooning up ink. We'll make flowy, swirly shapes and then letters and words. Claire...
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Introduction to calligraphy workshop in Edinburgh's historic New Town
Lothian - Next course on 23rd February 2020
Release your inner creative on our Introduction to calligraphy workshop run by Edinburgh calligraphy artist Panna Chauhan. Calligraphy is an art form lasting over centuries. Even in its simplest form it can look beautiful, and it is an art form that can be learned...with patience. We offer two Introduction to calligraphy workshops: one where you learn the foundational hand, and one where you learn the italic hand. On each workshop you will begin by learning the basics of calligraphy, including the different types of nibs, correct sizing of letters and...
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An introduction to brush lettering
Hertfordshire - Next course on 14th March 2020
Led by Suzie Dicker, founder of luxury stationery brand A L'aise, this workshop will guide you to hold your brush, making your first stroke through to writing beautiful tags and cards that you can really personalise for special friends and relations. Once learnt, you can also use this craft to enhance your art journalling skills with this popular hand writing style. We look forward to welcoming you to our warm and friendly venue close to Watford and are really excited that this talented tutor continues to work closely with CLP...
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Calligraphy for beginners - Langport
Somerset - Next course on 14th March 2020
Learn the art of beautiful writing in a relaxed, friendly class taught for two hours over four weeks. You will learn the processes of the italic font from construction of letters to the layout of a poem or quote. The following techniques will be covered: • Calligraphy pens • Paper • Inks • Formation of letters • Layout The workshop is held within our wonderful studio and gallery, where we host a range of interesting classes and bespoke artworks. All materials will be supplied.
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Calligraphy lessons for beginners, Gothic Old English
Cheshire - Next course on 9th February 2020
The tutor will be teaching Gothic Old English, a bewitching and luxurious calligraphic alphabet; guiding you through the basics for 1.5 hours before a half hour break for lunch (bring your own, but there is tea, coffee and biscuits available at a small charge). During the lunch break you are invited to pop into our main workshop to see meet us all and see what other calligraphers have been learning in their workshop. By the end of the three sessions, you will have learned the basics and be able to...
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Calligraphy at Cartlands Tearoom, Kings Heath B14
If you have always hankered to try your hand at calligraphy then this is the workshop for you! I will show you how to write a sharpened italic script, step by step, first with a pencil then with a square edged fibre tip pen so that you get used to holding the pen correctly. I will then demonstrate how to form the letters with a calligraphy pen and dip pen/ink. I'll show you how to write words and sentences with demonstrations at every stage of the process and will back...
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Traveling to areas west of Japan can be exhilarating experiences. There are so many places you can find that will take your breath away.
Fiji or the Republic of Fiji is an island country. It is located in Melanesia that is part of the South Pacific Ocean region, located about 1100 nautical miles which is northeast of North Island of New Zealand. This island is an archipelago which comprises of 330 islands. Among these there are about 110 that are inhabited and among them two are major islands known as Vanua Levu and Viti Levu.
Suva is the capital city and forms the main cruise port destination which is located on Viti Levu. Most Fiji inhabitants live on the coasts of Viti Levu while Suva and Nadi are urban centers that are popular among tourists. With an abundance of water based resources and natural forests, the economy of the country is affluent. Hence, the Fiji islands provide exclusivity as well as luxury too many who wish to be secluded and away from all in a scenic spot.
If one wishes to choose a romantic getaway destination among the Fiji islands, they will be spoiled for their choice. There are several beaches and mountain or inland destinations that the island offers. For instance, Coral Coast has fully serviced and self contained properties on Viti Levu mainland that offer sandy, beachfront secluded properties for visitors. The Dolphin Island Resort is ten minutes away from this mainland that also is a favorite haunt for honeymoon couples.
Vanua Levu has much to offer such as lagoons, sugary beaches, and Green Mountain escapes. Bega Lagoon has romantic resort destinations on offer as well where one can experience gourmet cuisine and deluxe service. There are several beach resorts that one will find in Fiji, where cottages and separate units are given to honeymoon couples where they can rejuvenate and relax and enjoy spa experiences as well in intimate settings.

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The fourth ODI of the series between India and West Indies has been moved from Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium down the road to the Cricket Club of India (CCI), the BCCI announced on Friday.
The match, scheduled for October 29, had initially been allocated to the Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) Wankhede Stadium, but the Committee of Administrators that is overseeing the BCCI took the decision to move the game to the CCI's Brabourne Stadium due to administrative issues at the MCA. Logistically, the move will not affect any plans, with the two stadiums barely 500 metres apart.
The MCA faced an administrative crisis with no signing authority to disburse payments. They approached the BCCI, but the Indian board was not willing to take on the responsibility of hosting the match itself, which led to the shift.
This is the second match in the series to be moved. Indore was to host the second ODI on October 24, but the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association expressed its inability to do so, with the main point of contention being the number of complimentary tickets available for distribution. That match was moved to Visakhapatnam.
The venues for the five ODIs will now be Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Mumbai (CCI) and Thiruvananthapuram.
The issue of complimentary tickets is one that several state associations have raised objections over. According to the BCCI's new constitution, each venue must sell 90% of the tickets to the paying public, with 10% reserved for complimentary tickets. Of that 10%, the BCCI reportedly needed half to distribute to its stakeholders and sponsors, with the other half left for the host association. Sourav Ganguly, in his capacity as Cricket Association of Bengal chief, has said there will not be any compromise from his association on the distribution of complimentary tickets, while there have been reports that the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, which is slated to host the third T20I on November 11, is also unhappy with the reduced number of complimentary tickets available for distribution.


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I know this, having just attended a performance of Hamlet yesterday. It was directed by Dr. Blair Anderson, who is the Chair of the Department of Theater at Wayne State University. For the most part it was a very nice text-driven production with only a few slightly odd cuts and rearranging of scenes (or parts of scenes). It was well-cast (except perhaps for the part of Polonius who seemed too young for me). In the play-within-a-play scene the dumbshow (something I have real trouble with-Does Claudius see this?-Doesn't it give the whole "catch the conscience of the King" plan away?) was done very well (without "giving the plan away"), although it was a little jarring for me (I hope I'm not being too sexist) that the Player Queen was a "full-figured" tall woman and the Player King a slight, shorter man. Nevertheless I do recommend going to see this production (I may even want to see it again-how about it, Oberoners? Another road trip?)
The Hilberry is also doing Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, although not usually on the same day as Hamlet. They were doing both yesterday, but I was unable to attend the evening performance (a dinner for my sister's birthday took precedence). There is one more day when both productions are on offer. This is January 14 (a Saturday) when R&G is the matinee with Hamlet in the evening. Maybe we can plan on this for a group outing.
I'm not sure of this, but I believe that there is cross-casting with the same actors taking their same roles in both plays (although of course R and G are the main roles in one play and are minor characters in the other and vice versa with Hamlet, Claudius, and Gertrude). I suspect this because of the reaction of some members of the audience when R and G came out in Act II, scene 2. Unless they knew the play really well, I think the reaction was because they had seen the two actors already in these roles. Unfortunately, one of the lines cut from Hamlet (indeed the entire role of the speaker along with the whole Fortinbras subplot) was the English Ambassador at the end of the play saying "...Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead." This would probably have drawn a good audience reaction (maybe the director wanted to avoid it).
But probably the best thing about going to the Hilberry yesterday was the opportunity to go with my cousin Dana, now a freshman student at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY (she and her parents are now visiting here for Thanksgiving). I find to my delight that Dana is a budding Oxfordian. This is partly due to me, but I also have to give credit to one of her professors, Lary Opitz, the Chair of the Theater Department at Skidmore. I gather from Dana that he is partial to the Oxfordian theory and mentions it in class. She is now taking what sounds like a fascinating Freshman seminar called "Shakespeare was Jewish?" They are predominately studying Merchant of Venice, but are doing other things as well. I have asked Dana to send me information on this class (course syllabus, any handouts, etc) by E-mail when she gets home, so I might have more information on this later. I note that Professor Opitz is not yet listed as a signatory on the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Perhaps we can work on him a little (maybe he simply doesn't know about it).
I am looking forward to communicating with Dana in the future about Shakespeare and the Authorship Question. I am extremely sorry that I didn't know that she was so interested in these things (I had only had limited conversations with her when I used to visit her at her parent's house in Houston or see here in Michigan at holiday times) as she could have come to our last SOS/SF conference (which was only three hours away by car from where she is in school). Well, maybe she will want to visit her parents in Houston next November when the next Conference will be held.
Of course, I can't see Hamlet without being bombarded with the parallels with Oxford and how this play is so important in the whole Authorship Question. I won't go into any of it here now, but I do have to say that I can never help getting choked up when I hear Hamlet's last words (or almost last words) to Horatio: "...report me and my cause aright To the unsatisfied...what a wounded name (Things standing thus unknown) shall live behind me! If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story"
I am confident that, with the help of Dana and others of the "next generation", we will finally succeed in doing this.


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Without more detail it is difficult to tell exactly what you are trying to re-ip. If it is the Service Console that you are trying to change the IP address on you can do this from the command line interface on the ESX Server
Type "esxcfg-vswif -l" to see the current config
Type "esxcfg-vswif -i <new ip> -n <new subnet mask> vswif0" to change the IP address
Type "service mgmt-vmware restart" to restart the management agent
Type "nano /etc/sysconfig/network" to add the new gateway, edit the line GATEWAY=<new gateway ip>
Type "service network restart" to restart the SC networking
Then make sure your DNS is updated, also if you are using VLANs and the new IP is not included in the VLAN ID's for the vswitch then you also need to run the below command:
esxcfg-vswitch -p <SC PortGroup Name> -v <new VLANID> vSwitch0
It's also possible to do this through the VI client but you will usually be dis-connected when doing it. It's under Configuration, Networking, then go to the properties of the vswitch with your service console (usually vSwitch0), select the Service Console, click Edit, then select Continue Modifying Connection , then click the Edit button.
You do not assign non-service console nic's an IP address (except for the vKernel). The IP address gets assigned to the VM's and the VM nic's are basically just an uplink port for the virtual switches.
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Follow along here for updates from the symposium taking place February 2nd – 6th, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas.
Use the hashtag #MinistryDev15 to follow along on social media
Thank you!
As many of us head home from The International Symposium on Ministry Development in San Antonio, we are reflecting on what a true privilege it was to be gathered as a group. Thank you to all participants for making this such a special experience!
Stay tuned for more reflections, photos and resources coming out of this symposium in the coming days and weeks.
Photo: Katie Forsyth
"An Interview with Robin Greenwood"
Collaborative ministry is I suppose thinking that the third millennium of the church needs to look more like the first millennium than the second ..so my slogan is stop coming to church, and become the church." An interview with the Rev. Robin Greenwood during the 2015 International Ministry Symposium.
"My 3-Minute Ministry Story – Jerry Marshall"
"Whatever it is that God has given you a passion for, then gather other people around you with that same passion, and form what we call a missional group." Jerry Marshall of the International Rural Church Association shares his story of collaborative ministry during the 2015 International Ministry Symposium.
"My 4-Minute Ministry Story – Carol Bell"
What if a community of people could come together with the sole purpose of talking about issues of life and death, of faith and doubt?" Carol Bell took a break from the 2015 International Ministry Symposium to tell us about collaborative ministry happening in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
"Church is Messy"
Liz Magill, program coordinator of Faith-Based Leadership at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS), is attending the Symposium this week. " believe in Church. Not just that it exists, but that it is a tool for God to use to change our world. I believe that Church will survive the present decline in our numbers, that Church will survive in new and exciting ways. The Church that survives, I believe, will be collaborative, counter-cultural, and creative.
And gathering at the International Symposium for Ministry Development I get to hear stories of how teams, churches, dioceses, and all sorts of gatherings of people have created Church in amazing new ways. Because we have gathered folk from New Zealand, Canada, The United States, England, Scotland, and Australia, the language barrier is tough–words fly by and I have to say wait! Did you say "missing" Church?"
Day 5: "My 4-Minute Ministry Story – Prue O'Donovan"
"They were brought back into community, they were brought back to being people of note and worth." An incredibly moving story from Archdeacon Prue O'Donovan about the "Allsorts Ministry" she helped develop.
Day 5: A reflection from Liz Magill: "Missio dei and the woman at the well"
Liz Magill, program coordinator of Faith-Based Leadership at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS), is attending the Symposium this week. "At the International Symposium on Ministry Development we gathered for Bible study, looking at John's story of Jesus' meeting with the woman at the well. (John 4:1-42). Our assignment was to figure out God's mission in the world.
It was tempting to find that God's mission is to love us all, and to push us to love each other, but the assignment was to return to the text every day for a week, so we began to find more and more complexity in the text, and in its application to out lives."
Day 4: "An Interview with Stephen Pickard"
"Baptism is about dying and rising in Christ, and collaborative ministry is a ministry which is always walking the way of humility and learning to die multiple deaths …" We sat down with the Rt. Rev. Stephen Pickard of Australia during the 2015 International Ministry Symposium to chat about collaborative ministry and baptismal mission.
Day 4: "An Interview with Don Phillips"
"Now we are trying to find ways to take that collaborative model and open it up so that it empowers its members and the church as a whole in its mission in the world." We sat down with the Rt. Rev. Don Phillips to talk about collaborative ministry and the Symposium – both in 1999 and today.
Day 3: "My 4-Minute Ministry Story – Michelle Meech"
"This little seed of an idea, which was to develop a service that speaks to inner-city youth became this almost overwhelming ministry … " Michelle Meech, Ministry Developer for the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, shares her 4-Minute Ministry story.
Day 3: "I am the first woman to …"
"I am the first woman to …" So many women pioneers from around the world are present here at #MinistryDev15 It is truly inspiring to be among them, and we thank them for their hard work in breaking barriers. Thanks to Katie Forsyth for creating this wonderful video!
Day 3: Reflection from Liz Magill – "Change is Hard"
Liz Magill, program coordinator of Faith-Based Leadership at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS), is attending the Symposium this week. "I'm a fan of change. I like to imagine it, grapple with it, begin it, evaluate it, revel in it. I prefer to bring others along, to carry out change collaboratively.
It turns out that not everyone likes change. And it turns out I'm such a fan it's hard for me to understand the people who don't like change. And it turns out that saying, come along with me, it's interesting, is not convincing to people who don't like change…"
Day 2: Companions Reflective Conversation
Peter Stuart of the Coordinating Group explained, "You will notice in the conference that there's no keynote speeches, and that's deliberate. We decided right from an early space that we didn't want anyone from any of the domains either of experience or scholarship or related areas to come in as a keynote that put us into a space of some with more, some with less…
Day 1: Opening Gathering
We gathered together for the first time with dinner, followed by worship. We then broke into groups to answer the question: "What are some things that would be helpful for me to hear from you about you and your context, so that we can work together well over these next days?"…


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Nov 10, 2016
That was quite a fascinating course, at least for someone who does not know anything about anthropology. The tutor did an outstanding job and also provided good readings. Highly recommended.
Jun 09, 2018
It was so good! Good information regarding team culture, how you can create and how it affects your daily work- / personal life. A good teacher aswell! :)
创建者 Mubarak S•
Apr 08, 2017
very good and useful course
创建者 Sebastian P•
Aug 20, 2018
Excellente course!
创建者 Jorge G L D•
Sep 12, 2019
Excelent Course
创建者 Nick J•
Nov 21, 2017
创建者 Verónica T L•
Jul 01, 2017
Some terms are a little bit complicated to understand, but covers basic information and helps you to understand some things and also have a new way to see the culture around you, with really helpful ways of use it.
创建者 Allison D•
Mar 28, 2018
Very interesting course and relevant! Although I do not like that the quizzes are locked if you are just auditing the course, I think it is still a cool course.
创建者 Tyronne S•
Dec 04, 2018
Decent course, great insights with a huge range od examples to get you thinking. You just apply the logic to your corporate/business environment.
创建者 Mario P•
Nov 26, 2019
Great material, and a very interesting topic. Greg makes interesting every lecture. I would like something a little bit more practical
创建者 Kristen S•
Sep 18, 2017
Some of the research on recruiting was a bit outdated, considering modern inclusivity best practices.
创建者 Mohamed G•
Jun 05, 2018
It is a course for life not only leadership. I just must missed a textual summary of each course.
创建者 Nguyen T C K•
Jun 17, 2019
Very specific about the definition of culture and the nature of it!
创建者 Mohammed H A G•
Oct 17, 2019
very helpful and I enjoed the all the subjcts have been discussed
创建者 Piti D•
Jul 22, 2017
It's good to understand our team - Start by We
创建者 Melissa H•
Jun 25, 2019
Interesting course. Well presented.
创建者 ola r•
Sep 29, 2019
very easy and helpful
创建者 Ishwara B K•
Sep 26, 2018
Good one. Try this.
创建者 Warren P•
May 22, 2018
Dr. Urban is an excellent communicator, an expert in his field, and clearly loves his subject matter. That said, I had hoped to come away with more practical and experiential learning. I was hoping that the learning here would be directly translatable into a business environment and to come away with more business and interpersonal insights and fewer definitions which I fear I will soon forget due to lack of use. I must admit that by the end of the course I had tired of the academic tone and found the articles to be obtuse, to borrow a word from "Shawshank Redemption." Admittedly, the problem was equally due to my misdirected expectations and I bear some responsibility for the mismatch here.
创建者 Núria T A•
Nov 12, 2016
The contents of the course are definitely insightful and approrpriately based on scientific research. Dr. Greg Urban is extremely knowleadgeable on the topic.
The reason why I am not giving the course a higher rate is because: 1) I find the pace of the course is quite slow, 2) the inactivity in the discussion forums and the lack of peer reviews in the assignments reduces its interactivity and 3) both the contents and grading system are very theoretical.
Still, I would recommend this course as it provides a solid foundation on the principles behind the dynamics of culture.
创建者 Ewan O K•
Mar 03, 2018
This isn't very practical for the business context, a couple of principles are useful. Also a few of the definitions are not well explained. Building High Performance Teams is a much more practical and useful module.
创建者 Alex P•
Jul 19, 2019
Interesting to consider team culture from an anthropological perspective, but it was also obvious that the instructor's perspective is one of white male privilege.
创建者 Belinda•
Jul 07, 2019
Good info, but thought it would apply more directly to workplace
创建者 Juhi S•
Jan 23, 2018
The topic is very interesting but th
创建者 Caitlin S•
Nov 14, 2019
I don't quite feel like this course matched up with what I felt was described, but it wasn't bad. I learned a lot about anthropological examples of culture formation and change, less about how it works and can be applied inside of companies. While the lecturer is incredibly knowledge, the format could be a bit more engaging probably than him just reading off a teleprompter and standing in front of a cheesy greens screen background.
创建者 Mandy A•
Sep 04, 2018
This was not the hardest class I've ever taken on Coursera. I enjoyed the subject matter but wish I could be more challenged.
创建者 Elaine W•
Nov 04, 2018
Although it is interesting to hear this topic taught by an anthropoligist the content was very limited.


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The Phenomenon That Is Russell Peters
Russell Peters is not just a comedian. He's a phenomenon, and that's a hard word to type more than once! I've often referred to him as The Messiah of Comedy, because he has such a diverse audience and makes people of all backgrounds laugh together, and at each other. And he can imitate every accent in the world, but nothing is funnier than when he does the Indian accent. With the requisite head movements!
The show opens with a two minute film where Russell magically morphs into about 100 characters within the two minutes. It was made by his cousin Shaelin. (I hope I spelled that right!)
Russell is just too hip. He comes out on a stage fit for a rock star. And he's just so calm and relaxed. Like he's in his living room. Not one, but two DJ booths, with two hot DJ's on the ones and twos. DJ Spinbad in one, and DJ Starting From Scratch in the other. It was great to see those guys again.
So the audience comes in to hot music, and doesn't just have to sit there waiting for the show to start, twiddling their thumbs. (Coincidentally, there's a brand new course on thumb twiddling at The Learning Annex.)
It was Russell's 20th anniversary of performing and he was on his Green Card Tour. I was so happy to receive an e-mail from his assistant a couple of weeks back saying that Russell and Clayton (his brother and manager), would like to invite me to his show, and to the after-party at Radio City Music Hall. That's six thousand seats!
Russell sold that out two nights in a row. Along with my tickets was an actual green card that gave you access to the after party. You had to stick it to your clothing. The guards made you put it on, I guess to avoid giving it to someone else. I fooled them by only taking the top piece of paper off the sticky side, and putting it on my jacket, and as soon as I walked through, I put the paper back on and kept the card as a souvenir.
At the after party, I asked Russell what the largest crowd was he ever played to. He said 18,000 people. In Canada. Vancouver to be exact. Four nights in a row. That's 72,000 people who came out to see him perform.
And I get nervous in a room of 30!
South Beach Comedy Festival
In the midst of 23 degree weather in New York, who wouldn't jump at the chance to go to Miami for a few days? Especially when you're being flown out there as I was to cover the South Beach Comedy Festival for Punchline Magazine.
The festival featured Gabriel Iglesias, Mike Birbiglia, Kevin Hart, Brian Regan, and a couple of guys from The Daily Show, namely Rory Albanese who is not only the producer, but also a great stand-up comic, and the great John Oliver who puts on such a fantastic English accent you'd think he was actually a Brit. And he manages to keep it up through his entire act! It's amazing.
Needless to say I had an incredible time. The success of a comedy festival is not based only on the comedians. In this case it was thanks to two people in particular, Woody Graber the P.R. person for the festival, and Aubrey Kessler the fantastic director of the festival.
Between the two of them they made sure I was totally hooked up. I was given the Spa Penthouse in a fantastic little boutique hotel called The Sanctuary. My rainfall shower was the size of a small room, and there were three flat screen TV's in this one room. There was one near the bed, one outside the shower, and even one in the bathroom. The hotel spared no amenities, and had a fantastic restaurant called Ola, that was packed every night, so definitely check it out next time you're in Miami.
What made it even better was that it was literally right around the corner from The Fillmore Theatre where I went to see Gabriel Iglesias, Kevin Hart, and Rory Albanese and John Oliver from The Daily Show.
It was also walking distance from the shows on Lincoln Road where Mike Birbiglia was performing. I had a fantastic time, and the manager, Max Dietermann made sure I was taken care of from the moment I checked in till the moment I left.
People often ask me if I ever write anything bad about any of the performers I see. I have a concept that guides me concerning things like that. Having performed comedy myself, I know how hard it is. You take your life in your hands stepping out on a stage trying to make people laugh. Because I have so much respect for comics, if I don't like someone's act I just don't write about them. I don't include them in what I write. It's like they don't exist. I'd rather not put out any negative energy to the world. There's already enough of that.
The first night of the festival, things got kicked off with a show and party at the Lucky Strike Bowling Lanes.
Only comedians would be expected to perform over the noise of bowling. Like it's not hard enough to make people laugh. You need to be hearing loud screaming, and pins falling in the background besides. They had roped off part of the bowling alley for the show. At one point in the show I walked over to the other side where people were trying to concentrate on bowling and realized that they were forced to try and bowl while listening to the comedy, so both sides had it rough.
I got to see two talented acts that first night that stuck out in my mind. One was Will Hatcher who I saw again at the big party at The Gansevoort Hotel, where he was hosting the red carpet, and so when he interviewed me I was able to tell him I thought he was really good.
The other act was two guys who go by the name "A Pair of Nuts," and they definitely are. Johnny Trabanco and Yamil Piedra are the two guys, and they are a two man sketch group that are very funny, and inventive on stage.
Needless to say if you're performing in an active bowling alley you can't expect to have great dressing rooms, so I met with them in a utility closet where they were changing, so I could snap their photo and show people what it's like when you're first starting out.
Next year I hear they'll be performing in a gas station!
Gabriel Iglesias is just so funny, and one of the nicest guys in the business. Lots of guys are funny, but they're not that nice. He's both. He was so concerned about the sound not being right in the first four rows that he comped the people who were sitting there, and kept stopping his show to inquire about them. He's gracious to a fault and after the show stayed to greet every single audience member who wanted to meet him, despite the fact that the security was anxious for him to wrap it up.
He brought his boys from LA with him. Four Mexican comics, and they were all hysterical. Martin Moreno was the MC., then Alfred Robles, and then Noe Gonzales who made the astute observation that you never see a Black guy with a cat. They might have a dog, but never a cat. You'll never hear a Black guy yelling out, " Yo Boots!"
The same way I don't write bad stuff about people, I can't go backstage if someone I know had a bad set, cause I don't seem to have the ability to lie, or to hide my feelings. If someone has a bad show, they know they had a bad show, and if I try and say "Great show" they know I'm lying, and it makes it even worse.
With Gabriel I ran backstage cause I LOVED his show and the first thing he said when he saw me was, "You got it with you?" And I knew exactly what he meant. He was referring to my big pen. That's PEN, like the kind you write with!
Someone gave me that pen a couple of years back, and I've been carrying it ever since. When I first met Gabriel out in LA at the Latino Comedy Festival, I had the pen, and it made such an impression on him that he never forgot it. I also carry a medium size pen in case the big one is too big for whoever!
The next night I went to see Kevin Hart. Everyone went to see Kevin Hart. Kevin Hart is a star. Shortly before his show I got a text message from Aileen Budow from Comedy Central that she was on her way to see him too. People LOVE Kevin Hart. And the theater was PACKED!
His road manager Nate Smith, who's a really nice, hard working guy, makes sure that everything goes down the way it's supposed to, and because of that was the brunt of Kevin's jokes for the last part of his set.
Opening for Kevin was his boy Na'im Lynn who travels with Kevin a lot. That's an enviable position to be in, opening for a guy who's on his way to the top. Na'im says he's finally ready to settle down. All he needs to do is find two nice young ladies, …
When speaking of his favorite body parts, he says he likes "ass" all day long. He says he likes girls who's ass is so big, "when she sits down she looks tall!" And he had a great observation. He said that any guy who comes up behind another guy, puts his hands over his eyes and says, "Guess who?" is stone gay. And if you're the guy and you "guess who" you're gayer than he is! Hysterical!
Kevin just has a very endearing way about him. Not only is he incredibly funny, but he's a story teller. Not many of those. When he tells a story, it's so expressive, he paints a verbal picture, and takes you on a ride with him, while you're laughing the whole way. All I kept thinking through his whole show was, in about three weeks, my partner Jean Alerte and I are producing him at Westbury, and he's gonna be AMAZING!
When I went backstage after the show, he was in his dressing room with a guy that looked just like Ludacris. And it wasn't till after he left that I found out it actually WAS Ludacris. There was someone standing between us, and I couldn't really see. I shoulda said, "Move bitch, get out the way! "
Comedy Central was filming Kevin constantly. Even backstage he was shooting promos for them. He was also chosen to be the host at the big festival party at The Gansevoort Hotel, where Comedy Central was filming the festivities.
Kevin had the mic, and interviewed most of the comics who performed. It seemed like he interviewed half of Miami by the time he was finished. I was dying to get on camera and plug our Westbury show, but I wasn't able to hook it up. But everyone I spoke to about it already seemed to know, so that's cool.
Jean and I saw Kevin again a few days later at the first of his ten sold-out shows at Carolines. I ran into Caroline and Andrew Fox walking into the party at The Gansevoort in Miami, and congratulated them on selling out Kevin's shows so quickly.
Andrew asked me if we sold out Westbury yet, but I explained to him that Kevin had to promote his shows at Carolines first before he could do ours, and that we'd probably sell out in a week or so. Kevin has 200,000 followers on Twitter alone, and we only need 2800 people to fill Westbury! Hey Kev, start Tweeting!
CBS At The Comic Strip
So co-owner/founder of The Comic Strip Bob Wachs got on the phone to his friend CBS Pres. Les Moonves, to tell him about some talent that he and partner/co-owner and Pres. Richie Tienken are working with, and the next thing you know a CBS video team is at The Strip, along with agents from ICM.
They came to shoot the sets of Marina Franklin, Brian Scott McFadden, Ray Ellin, who was the host of the evening, Jermaine Fowler, and the great Chuck Nice, for possible CBS TV deals.
It was a packed house and every one of the performers had such a strong set. I think they were all really happy with the way things came out. Sometimes it's better not to know who's in the audience, so you just come out and do what you do, but in this case they all knew, and absolutely rose to the occasion.
Brian Scott McFadden recently made his first Letterman appearance and killed it. His bit on what women want in a man borders on comedic genius. Just to be able to remember it is a major accomplishment.
Marina Franklin had been chosen as one of Jay Leno's correspondents for his late 10 P.M. show so we'll have to see what happens with that. Ray Ellin is currently taping a series for AOL called Late Net with Ray Ellin, which I covered in a previous column, and Ray is a great host. He knows how to ask the right questions and make his guests feel comfortable enough to elicit the kind of answers that make for a good show.
I think Bob looks at Jermaine as the next Eddie Murphy who Bob and Richie co-managed for 11 years, and you can't say enough about Chuck Nice.
Chuck has managed to combine his real-life personality into his stage act. What I mean by that is that he is an intelligent, elegant kind of guy, who takes pride in his appearance. He can also be "street" and very cool.
He brings that mix to the stage. He can speak eloquently on a subject, in explaining his comedic premise to the audience, and then launch into a very hip take on what he just expounded upon. It's what every comedian strives for, a unique comedy stage persona, and he goes back and forth effortlessly between the two Chucks.
We first met years ago, when he was the co-host of Leslie Gold's Radio Chick Show, and I was a guest. Chuck and I just clicked, and I've seen him evolve into a really great talent. He's a perfect example of what stage time can do for a performer.
I always look forward to seeing him perform, and also to just seeing him 'cause he always has a smile and an upbeat mood to share with those around him.
At the same time that the CBS crew was there, the crew from Letterbox Pictures, led by Brent Sterling-Nemetz was there as well, filming the proceedings to be part of the documentary film being done for the 35th anniversary of The Strip coming up next year. Chris Rock is exec. producing, and Richie, Bob and myself are producers of the film.
Gotham Happenings
I hadn't seen Tony Woods in too long, but I didn't think it was long enough that I wouldn't recognize him.
He was headlining at Gotham and just before the show this guy came over to say hello. He was all thugged out and "hard" looking, and it took me a minute to realize the guy I was talking to was Tony Woods. That and the fact that Jason Steinberg, his longtime manager was standing nearby.
The man has different looks. The next night, when I saw him on Anthony Anderson's Mixtape one year anniversary show, he looked like a Harvard graduate in a nice argyle sweater.
No matter what he looks like, the man is funny. Very funny. On his headlining show, Karen Bergreen was the MC. Her children drive her crazy by repeating the same question over, and over again. "Why don't you love me mommy, why don't you love me." Her husband says, " Now you know what it's like to have a wife!"
One of my faves Ted Alexandro went next, and I think he spoke for all of us when he said, he wants to learn to speak real Chinese, cause he's so tired of speaking fake Chinese.
Commenting on the fact that Obama is half Black and half White, he said, "Maybe someday we'll have a woman President. Or maybe half a woman."
I've often thought that Joey Gay's performing voice was so loud that he didn't need to use a mic. I guess he thought the same thing cause he did his whole set sans mic. Most guys you wouldn't hear at all. Joey was still too loud! He makes up for it by being very funny.
Tony Woods has always been a crowd pleaser, but he's not only funny, he's also so clever, and he does a great African accent. I've said it many times, but audiences LOVE when someone does a good accent. It's funny the way people mangle our language. Like a comedic anthropologist, Tony humorously examines all the different types of Black people.
Re: Aborigines, who he saw on his tour through Australia, he says he never saw a Black guy like that, … "even in Baltimore. It was like a horse meeting a zebra for the first time."
He described a boomerang as an Australian murder weapon that comes back to you when you try and throw it away. That would never work as a murder weapon in this country. He said, "No Black guy wants to throw away a murder weapon and have it come back." The visual of a guy trying to throw away a gun, and having it come back was absolutely hysterical.
Tony never seems to run out of material. He did his hour seamlessly, not like some guys who suddenly ask the audience, "So what do you want to talk about now?" The only reason he ever stopped was because he had another show to do.
I saw Tony again the next night at Anthony Anderson and Royale Watkin's amazing Mixtape Show. I am now a loyal fan, and will try and make it every month. This was their one year anniversary and they KILLED IT!!! It was filmed for the Internet on Ustream.com.
Anthony opened the show, and introduced the hysterical Rodney Perry, an LA based comic I had seen before. Then Mark Viera stepped up, and also brought the house down, as I had also seen him do previously.
I was glad to see Carmen Lynch up there who was commenting on how when you break up with someone suddenly everything you see reminds you of that person. She said she was dating a Black guy, and when they broke up, not more than a week later there were Black people everywhere.
Tony Woods was on that show also, and did a bunch of things he hadn't done the night before. The man is a never-ending source of material.
Besides a rap battle, there was even a dance off and Anthony Anderson showed himself to be an amazing dancer. He even did a complete body flip on stage. The man is so agile, he moves like he used to be a stripper. He recently lost 30 pounds and looks great, but despite the fact that he's still a big guy, he's got moves that would make Randy Jackson's Best Dance Crew. For real!
Comedy Matters Shorts
I'm In The Press
It was a good start to the year for me and Comedy Matters press-wise.
Within a period of a week, I had a story in Crème Magazine about me being one of the producers of the documentary film on The Comic Strip, that Chris Rock is exec. producing, had the classic 4-in-one photo of me, Belzer and Paul Shaffer, holding a photo of me, Belzer and Paul Shaffer, holding a photo of me, Belzer and Paul Shaffer, holding still a fourth photo of me, Belzer and Paul Shaffer in an article by Mandy Stadtmiller in the NY Post, and in light of the terrible events involving Artie Lange, was featured in a big story on ABC.com on the dark side of comedy, (known to anyone in the biz) , and was quoted throughout.
I know we all send Artie our love and prayers for his speedy recovery to good health.
Mark Anthony Ramirez at Iguana
Mark Anthony Ramirez is a comic we should see more of. He launched a new comedy show with Sean Lynch at The Iguana café on West 54th Street on Tuesday evenings at 8 P.M. I attended the opening at which Lynch was the MC.
Great comics like Carole Montgomery, Joe DeRosa, who does a masterful bit on how people go crazy by living in New York, and Jamie Kilstein performed, but guest star Janeane Garofalo had to cancel at the last minute due to illness.
Fortunately for everyone, the great Colin Quinn stepped in and did his usual amazing, genius take on every ridiculous thing you ever saw and experienced in your life, but didn't have the wherewithal to comedically dissect.
Colin is a master of language, whether it's examining the people who ask you a question and answer it for you, " How you doin', … good?" And even if you say something like, "my girlfriend just broke up with me," they insist on ignoring that by saying, "Yeh, but you're doing good right?"
Or guys who have to act out physically on YOU, what they did to someone else, while regaling you with the story. This is fine until the story involves throwing the guy against a car and beating the crap out of him, and you have to remind them that you are only an actor in their fantasy, and don't deserve to be beaten.
Gabrielle Bernstein Adds More "ING" To Your Life
Gabrielle Bernstein is a very successful motivational speaker whose new book, "Add More – ing To Your Life" is called "A Hip Guide To Happiness." (addmoreing.com) I went to her book party, and just had to show you a photo of the dress she was wearing. It definitely belongs in Comedy Matters!
Fundraiser for Haiti
My partner Jean Alerte and myself are producing "Kevin Hart Live" on Feb. 20th at the Capital One Bank Theatre in Westbury, Long Island, starring the hilarious Kevin Hart who sells out every show he does.
My partner Jean is Haitian, and literally three days before the quake, I brought him to meet my longtime friend Unik Ernest, the nightlife impresario who is also Haitian, so that we could align ourselves with a charity to receive part of the proceeds from our show.
I knew they would get along, and Unik is the founder of Edeyo (edeyo.org), which means " Help Them" in Haitian Creole. It's a Haitian charity that dedicates itself to helping educate Haiti's poorest children. They recently built a school for 200 kids. We decided to make our charity Edeyo.
Three days later, the tragedy occurred, and we already had everything in place. On Monday, Jan. 25th we held a fundraiser for Haiti at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club, and raised about $6,000. plus lots of food, bedding and supplies for the Haitian people.
I myself donated about ten bags of clothing to Haiti, and three days later I got them back with a note that said, "Thank you anyway. We're desperate, but not THAT desperate!"
Wil Sylvince attended the fundraiser. Our show on the 20th also features TV/film star Tony Rock, and Wil will be the MC. Check it all out at kevinhartlive.com.
Anyway, until next time, remember, … COMEDY MATTERS!!!


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Over the past six years I have used Vim with increasing exclusivity. I have read a couple books (User Manual, Learning Vi) on Vim from cover-to-cover. But I have always tried to use Vim as though it was a modern, tabbed editor, even before it had tabs. Once Vim 7 was released with support for actual tabs, I ecstatically dove right in. I aliased
vim to
vim -p and created my own MyTabLine function displaying the tab number to make it easier to jump from tab-to-tab, for example,
8gt to jump to the eighth tab. But many tabs get unwieldy and Vim quickly runs out of screen space to display them all. It became apparent that I (and others, upon a cursory glance at the mailing list) was trying to force a certain, modern, usage pattern on tabs that did not fit the Vim editing pattern well.
In Vim, a buffer is a file that you have open in the editor (even if it's not currently displayed), and a window is a view of a buffer. Well tabs in Vim 7 are really just views for windows. There isn't a mechanism in Vim to tie a certain buffer to a certain tab1 which would fit better with the modern idea of tabs. This was finally impressed on me while watching Bram Moolenaar describe tabs: he doesn't use them! They are really intended to group Vim windows without having to resort to multiple xterms or GNU Screen windows.
There's a third opinion in the perpetual Emacs vs. Vim holy war written by one of those grumpy, uphill-both-ways, old guys2. In an excellent writeup of his favored text editor he mentioned something that got me thinking: "Ed is for those who can remember what they are working on." Certainly this is an exaggeration, but one that is rooted in the very real tendency of young people to succumb to the siren call of ADHD. (Not necessarily the actual disorder, but maybe just a faster-paced reality?) I realize that I lazily relied on the visible list of files that were currently open to know which files I was working on---even when I knew which files I was working on if I would just give it some thought.
So here are some tips on how to effectively use buffers in Vim, please drop more in the comments If you have 'em. Also, never stop reading the built-in Vim documentation and online tips. Re-read a book on Vim every third year or so. Editors as old as this one have so many features you'll never master them all, the more you keep trying the more efficient you'll get at text-wrangling—and if you edit for a living, it'll be well worth the time.
Start with the excellent Vim buffer FAQ! And search other Vim tips for 'buffer' for a lot of additional ideas.
Switch to a specific (N) buffer:
:bN or
CTRL-^. Or switch to a buffer by (partial)-name:
filena<CR> for a file named filename.php, for example. I'm using a variant of tip 821 to quickly jump between buffers by pressing <F2> followed by a buffer number or name fragment:
map <F2> :ls<CR>:b<Space>
:bd or
:bw to get rid of buffers you no longer need.
:set path to useful locations for your type of editing and use
filename a lot. In fact, you can start Vim from the shell to edit a certain file somewhere on your Vim path like this:
$ vim "+find filename".
Use the alternate buffer to quickly jump between two files:
CTRL-^ (or
CTRL-6 if you're lucky) also you can do
:b#. My custom statusline displays the alternate buffer filename to remind me.
To open a bunch of additional files after you've already opened Vim use
filename* or
:argadd files*.py. Try using Vim's
:Explore browser or just
:cd and
:cd - around the filesystem to get closer to the files you need to add.
Map a key to
:ls or
:args for quick reference when you need to see all the buffers you've got open. (Mine is F1
Seth, you are hard core! I know enough vi[m] to get around in a pinch, but you have crossed over to the devotee side of the line (not that there's anything wrong with that). I admire your tenacious spirit. :)
Oh, and I'm jealous that you get to use vim. I'm going to be even more in the other camp at my new job, but it pays the bills--and I should run something else at home just for variety.
Using different editors "just for variety" is the real hardcore, Matt! :-)
You've shown several nice ways of jumping between buffers. I've mapped ^H in command mode to open the list of buffers and wait for me to select a number and hit enter:
::map ^H :ls:e #
Works for me.
The plugin minibufexplorer actually does a very good job of mapping one (virtual) tab to one buffer--which may explain why it's the second-highest rated script on vim.org. I highly recommend using it as a sort of "training wheels" for eventually using buffers without a visual aid, as it allows you to see all available buffers as you edit.↩


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With the Labour party currently heading toward electoral oblivion under a leader who keeps promising that he won't step down, no matter how bad things get, senior figures in the party are considering a radical plan to try and rescue the situation. "It's clear that we have no hope of replacing Corbyn with another leadership challenge – there are still sufficient cranks among the membership to ensure him victory, no matter who we put up against him – so the only answer is to replace Corbyn with, well, Corbyn," says Labour's Deputy Chairman Ron Hacksaw. "We've heard lots of claims lately that, very soon, there will be no job a human can do that a robot won't be able to do better, so the solution to the party's problems is clearly staring us in the face. A new improved mechanical Corbyn – easily reprogrammable with relevant policies – could well represent the way ahead for British socialism." The party's National Executive Committee has already commissioned several top tech firms to construct prototype robo-Corbyns and hope to have their new robotic leader in place well before the next general election.
"It's vital that we get it right – the very existence of the party could rest upon the shoulders of this mechanical man," explains Hacksaw. "Of course, it goes without saying that any robot would bound to be more charismatic than the real Corbyn, but we also need it to be more assertive, more decisive and capable of articulating a coherent economic policy." A favourite has already emerged from the trial process. "There is one outstanding candidate, so far," admits Hacksaw. "It's far more passionate and expressive than the real Corbyn: when giving a speech recently, it spurted steam from its ears to indicate it's anger over inequality and its eyes flashed to emphasise passion when talking about the state of the Health Service. It was electrifying! Literally." This prototype robo-Corbyn is, claims Hacksaw, also far more entertaining and child friendly than the real thing. "We actually managed to trial it in the Commons, during a debate – it gave a storming speech and totally destroyed Theresa May," he enthuses. "Best of all, once it had finished its speech, it span its head round amusingly, with its ears extending and nose flashing. A party of school kids visiting Parliament were in the gallery and went absolutely crazy for Corbyn when he did that!"
Hacksaw concedes that the main hurdle to the successful implementation of the National Executive committee's plans is getting rid of the current model Corbyn. "Obviously, we'd hope to employ reasoned argument to persuade him that it would be for the good of the party to step aside for a robot version of himself," he says. "But, if that doesn't work, perhaps he could somehow be persuaded to take a trip to one of those Swiss clinics. I mean,he increasingly looks like an advertisement for euthanasia, doesn't he? Wandering around looking confused, getting crotechy with reporters when they the audacity to ask him things like, does the Labour party have an economic policy, or any policy, for that matter. Perhaps we could convince him that he was going to an international allotment holders convention, or a jam making symposium." However, other members of the National Executive believe that getting rid of the real Corbyn could be simpler than contriving to send him to a Swiss euthanasia clinic. "There's a school of thought that believes it could be as simple as presenting him with a new pair of slippers and a nice warm cardigan," reveals Hacksaw. "They believe that it's clear that he just wants to sit at home in his armchair, drinking cocoa, but his pride won't let him step down as leader. But the robot version of him would give the impression that he was still leader and hadn't been humiliatingly forced to resign."
Encouraged by the success of the prototype robot Corbyn, the party's National Executive is now considering 'upgrading' other top Labour politicians. "Obviously, we were relieved that it didn't go haywire and engage in a rampage when we tested it in the Commons – some members feared that it might start physically attacking the government benches, hurling Chancellor Philip Hammond into the back benches and beating Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over the head with the Mace," he says. "But having seen its smooth performance – a real upgrade on the real Jeremy – we were left thinking that perhaps we could improve the rest of the leadership in the same way." Consequently, a robotic version of Deputy Leader Tom Watson is also now in development. "It's a bit different to the Corbyn robot," says Hacksaw. "We've focused on improving the real Watson's two main strengths: pursuing peadophiles and protecting the party from extreme left entryists. Whenever it suspects the presence of either, its chest flies open and fires peado or entryist seeking missiles. It still needs some fine tuning – we've trialled it at a few constituency meetings and it all got a bit chaotic, with his head lighting up and him shouting 'Peado!' and 'Trotskyite!', before missiles started flying everywhere. The trouble was, we couldn't work out who were kiddie fiddlers and who were the militants among the casualties."
The trials of the robot Corbyn and robot Watson have sparked fears of a political 'arms race', as the UK's political parties rush to 'upgrade' their front benches with robot replacements. "There's a real danger, in my opinion, that the House of Commons could be transformed into the arena for Robot Wars," opines Henry Chisel, Chief Political Correspondent for the Sunday Bystander. "Very soon, we could be seeing 'Techno' Theresa May's arms, tipped with hammers, span around wildly as she tried to force through Brexit in the face of a robot Ken Clarke laying down a smokescreen with his super-vaping electronic cigar. Prime Minister's Question Time could be reduced to a ruck between robo-Corbyn with a huge drill mounted between his legs and mechanical May and her hammer hands. Everyone, though, would have to be beware Robo-Boris, with his buzz saw concealed in his arse." The robot arms race could already have started – within the Labour party. There are reports that shadow chancellor and real Corbyn ally John McDonnell, fearing that his position could be at risk if the robot Corbyn gains ascendency, is seeking to have his body technologically enhanced, to become a cyborg, raising the spectre of a Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man style battle for the party between the two mechanical monsters.


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Here is the quote:
"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these there areas, America will collapse from within."One very credible source of this quote is the Canada Free Press in an article from January 2010 titled "Joseph Stalin: Memoirs of a Leftist Madman" by Kelly O'Connell. There are many other credible sources for this quote for anyone who seeks them.
One of the reasons Snopes declares this quote is "probably false" is "this statement doesn't really sound like something Stalin would have said, as its subtext is praise for the strengths of American patriotism, morality, and spiritual life."
What an ignorant claim. This excuse is not even up to Snopes questionable standards of rebuttal. This quote is exactly something Stalin would have said. He harbored a great disdain for patriotism, morality, and spiritual life. These three were the key impediments to his communist revolution. Communism is atheistic. It has no use for the "spirtual life" of people. Morality was part and parcel of that spirituality and it certainly got in the way of his new morality of coercion and killing. And the patriotism inherent in his "mother Russia" worked against his lust for a new order. He applied each of these principles to the United States. His point was the same impediments he experienced in Russia could be overcome in the United States if these three qualities could be eradicated.
Why would Snopes attempt to discredit this particular Stalin quote? Because they are part of the liberal effort to bring leftist change to our nation. This quote hits too close to home in revealing the essence of the leftist methodology for achieving their objectives. Just about all radical leftists,and communists, from Cloward and Piven to Bill Aires, to Bernadine Dohrn - and I'm convinced Barack Hussein Obama - subscribe to the methods encompassed in this quote.
Progressives, socialists, leftists, Communists, whatever you want to call those who seek radical change toward bigger governments, higher taxes, more regulations and ultimate chaos in this country are following Stalin's advice. And unfortunately they have had remarkable success in destroying these three qualities of American culture.
Obama is a cheerleader for the demise of patriotism, morality, and spirituality, although he publicly feigns his support during his more careful appearances.
Those conservatives who claim that only fiscal conservatism is important; that "cultural" conservatism is an unimportant distraction miss this important lesson from Lenin and all leftists of the previous century. Patriotism, morality, and spirituality are essential cornerstones to the continuing prosperity of our republic.


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Director of Design and Integration Services, Nextek Power Systems
Doug Hamborsky
Doug Hamborsky is the Director of Design and Integration Services for Nextek Power Systems, Inc. and is responsible for developing design and documentation standards that define best practice methods for the design, specification, and implementation of complete DC Microgrid systems in commercial buildings. He is also an EMerge Alliance liaison representative and responsible to coordinate and advise members regarding market demand and component needs.
Mr. Hamborsky is Graduate of University of Detroit, School of Architecture and has been registered Architect and AIA member since 1983. He has over 35 years of project design and senior management experience. Mr. Hamborsky's large firm experience includes Smith Group and BEI Associates in Detroit, Michigan. He is also the President and sole owner of Hamborsky Solutions Group, a boutique, service oriented Architectural practice in the Detroit area.


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The truth about positive change:
"You alone must do it but you can't do it alone"
SRT is a skills-based multicultural treatment that aims to decrease multiple forms of unhealthy, harmful behavior, increase socially responsible behavior and achieve healthy lifestyle goals.
"A healthy, positive life is simple." Less unhealthy, harmful behavior results in less negative consequences, less unwanted feelings and a more healthy, positive life. Since positive lifestyle change requires positive lifestyle actions, SRT develops healthy behavior and relationship success skills to replace past unhealthy, harmful behavior habits.
This is important because the referral harmful behavior is not usually the only harmful behavior. For example, it is not unusual for individuals referred for food abuse (i.e., overeating), substance abuse (i.e., drugs and alcohol) or sexual abuse (e.g., child molestation and rape) to also have a history of involvement in property abuse such as theft, gambling or overspending (1) and trust abuse (i.e., dishonesty, deception) to coverup unhealthy, harmful behavior. SRT intake screenings for multiple forms of unhealthy, harmful behavior revealed that adult female over-eater/obesity referrals, male youth substance abuse referrals and male youth referred for sexually abusive behavior all disclosed four types of unhealthy, harmful behavior on average (2).
In addition, one harmful behavior can set the occasion for or trigger another. For example, substance abuse can set the occasion for sexual and physical abuse including homicide (3), 34% of smoking lapses are triggered by eating or drinking (4) and bulimics are more likely to binge and purge after drinking alcohol (5).
Treating only the referral form of unhealthy, harmful behavior allows unhealthy, harmful behavior to migrate to another harmful behavior during treatment when it is being observed and shift back to the referral behavior afterwards. This behavior migration blocks self-control development (6).
Since the referral harmful behavior is not usually the only harmful behavior, Social Responsibility Therapy targets the primary contributing factors that support multiple forms of unhealthy, harmful behavior to prevent one unhealthy, harmful behavior from triggering another and; behavior migration from blocking self-control development.
Social Responsibility Therapy is a hybrid treatment that combines interventions selected for their research support and application to multiple forms of unhealthy, harmful behavior. Social Responsibility Therapy has been successfully implemented in outpatient, foster care and residential settings with adolescents and adults referred for unhealthy, harmful eating, substance use, sexual behavior with co-occurring problems.