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Cody is an award winning designer with over sixteen years of industry experience. Designing beautiful, high quality games that provide a unique and enjoyable experience for the players who play them.
Board and Card Games
Sneaky Cards, Cinder
Showcased at this year's Game Fair in NYC; Sneaky Cards – publisher Gamewright. Found in stores such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kohl's, Target, Toys R Us, Kmart, Walgreens, and Walmart.
Virtual Reality
Oculus, Facebook, Visual LLC, Epic Games, Dual Reality Games
Working closely with the community relations division of Oculus, a Facebook subsidiary, and the relations manager of Epic Games to further develop developer relations and the VR industry. Alongside several other studios and developers, we helped create the VR standards and best practice guidelines for emerging virtual reality experiences. Daily solving integration and design related challenges. Interactive UI/UX VR control module, patent pending.
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Google SEM, The Red Folder, Iris, Projection Mapping, Head Tracking AR, Factions, The Arcane Society
Marketing focused gamification, designed to create large scale interaction with users through social engagement of an IP or brand. Usually involving elaborate campaigns that act as large scale scavenger hunts where participants find clues, decode messages, hack terminals, unravel complex story driven plots, and reveal hidden information. Many involve community driven social engagement and collective collaboration to solve.
Software and Digital Gaming
Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Trapdoor Technologies, Frozen Moon Studios, Sound of Silence, Joystiq, AOL
Environment, level, and creative design for indie game titles and large scale productions. Various aspects such as game flow, NPC interactions, environment design, level progression, lighting, color, props, theme, game mechanic balance, procedural generation, and story writing.
Web-app development, design, and software programming.
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Haunted Mines, Denver Escape Room, BCR Developments LLC, Phenix Escape Room, Bend Escape Room, Gilbert Escape Room, Bakersfield Escape Room, Fresno Escape Room, Frisco Escape Room, Sky Town Escape, Escape Realm.
From design to construction and all facets of production for escape rooms, haunted houses, stage theater, and other interactive experiences. Cody has hand built 23 escape rooms and licensed 34 of his game designs that are currently operating across the country. Rampancy, Fracture, Winterfall, The Crimson Storm, Containment, Grim Stacks, PipeWorks, Knight & Rook Investigations, Spygames, Orbital Escape. Microcontroller; software and hardware fabrication.
Architecture in Gaming
Gazamo, inc
Online lecturing on core principles of design and architecture in gaming. Video courses had over 3,000 unique attending students each week and been viewed over 440,000 times.
Fields of Study
MIT Computer Science, Stanford Game Theory and Psychology; Harvard Business and Entrepreneurship
Primary disciplines have been courses in game design, engineering, computer science, psychology, business, visual arts, and other STEM related fields. Research discipline in game mechanics and game theory, with published papers on the physiology and subneural response to VR integration.
Stanford, OCW
Technology Entrepreneurship; Business & Management
Focusing on the process technology entrepreneurs use to start companies. Cody learned how to take a technology based idea and find a high-potential commercial opportunity, gather resources such as talent and capital, figure out how to sell and market the idea, and manage rapid growth.
Computer System Engineering
Multi discipline design through computer science and system engineering. This course covers a wide range of digital computer systems and their commercial and industrial applications.
Cody's work has been featured on sites such as; Boing Boing, RePlay Magazine, The Guardian, Upworthy, BuzzFeed, Dice Tower, Today In Board Games, Casual Game Insider, Southwest Airlines, Hilton, Institute for the Future, Live Escape Game Reviews, The Hook, Bored Panda, I Heart Chaos, Kid Screen, Games by Play Date, The Rising Tithes, Discover Explore Learn, Bearded Meeple, Deckaholic, The Game Isle, Indie Tabletop, Creative Commons, The Examiner, Major Fun, Engaged Family Gaming, I Slay The Dragon, Father Geek, Board Game Geek, Meeples Games, Kill Screen Daily, ASTRA, and The Awesomer.
And won the following awards:
- Kill Screen's Playlist Selection: The first non-videogame winner of the Playlist Selection.
- Live Escape Room Review's Skeleton Key Award: Best overall competitive Escape Game.
- Kidscreen's Best of Toy Fair: Best overall new card game.
- The Dice Tower's Seal of Approval: Sneaky Cards.
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Solutions to the Language Puzzle: Regional Contact Centers [Part 4]
When brands announce new contact centers, it's usually big news because of the jobs and financial commitments they represent.
It's also known in the contact center industry that this is a well-traveled language strategy to get closer to specific sets of consumers. And the public news announcement follows years of careful planning to deliver local, regional, and/or international support.
Of the multilingual strategies this blog series has explored, opening regional contact centers is on the high-end of the language maturity curve simply because it requires more deliberation. Below are some considerations when going down this path:
- Do you open your own operation or hire a business process outsourcer? If the former:
- Where specifically do you locate the contact center?
- How does the new contact center map to your global customer care strategy?
- Will it require a separate, disparate communications platform due to regulatory requirements or agent console language limitations?
- What channels will you support in the local contact center?
From a multilingual delivery standpoint, here are some key issues for brands to consider—with an emphasis on those opening in-country operations to deliver regional support:
It's not just speaking the language(s)
In a previous blog about hiring multilingual agents, we emphasized that voice alone isn't the multilingual priority. Given the rise of agent-assisted digital channels like chat, more important is the ability to communicate effectively across supported channels. In many cases, speaking the language isn't enough.
Customer service expectations vary country-to-country
Another nuance is that consumers' service expectations vary from country to country. Rich Weborg, CEO at OneReach, describes a typical example in Japan. There, omotenashi, reins. In this concept, the service provider knows what's best—the consumer is not always right.
What does this mean for contact centers going into Japan to provide pan-Asian support? This country-specific cultural norm needs to be carefully managed with non-Japanese consumers. Otherwise, it could have the opposite, unintended effect on CSAT, NPS and and loyalty.
Similar examples abound in Europe and Africa. Once the requisite language talent is in place, training takes on added importance when opening new international operations—thus the phrase, "think globally, act locally."
Our partners at Zendesk offer a country-by-country breakdown of customer satisfaction.
Channels vary too
The country-by-country variations also apply to channels. For example, in recapping the primarily US-centric Call Center Week Winter conference, CallCenterIQ said that attendees, "…are not excited by the prospect of introducing full-service, wholly monitored customer care on channels like Twitter and Facebook."
Overseas, your contact center may need to prioritize and be more aggressive with social media. This could require rethinking your channel strategies and being prepared to adjust if necessary. It could also force you to find agents with different skills, because social media, unlike voice, involves writing. Tone is important, and social care can potentially escalate to other channels.
A great social media resource is Socialbakers, which has broken down the importance of Twitter and Facebook by individual country.
Establishing in-country and in-region contact centers can be an effective language strategy. As with back-office resources, over-the-phone interpretation, and hiring bi/multilingual agents, there are pros and cons to in-region contact centers:
- Getting closer to consumers is very customer-centric.
- In-region contact centers can provide great access to language talent.
- Cloud providers make this option easier from a technical standpoint.
- Global expansion can be difficult for smaller brands without the financial resources that larger organizations have.
- In-region contact centers can be costly to set-up.
- Staffing can be difficult to forecast and scale (along with hiring and retaining agents).
- Preparation is required for any necessary adjustments in channel support and agent training.
Understanding their pros and cons and knowing how to navigate any potential obstacles in advance will ensure success for your regional contact center. For more information, check out the whitepaper, Real-Time Omni-Lingual Care Comes of Age for Contact Centers.
About the author
Tom Tseki is a contact center industry veteran. His experience and expertise include helping organizations implement and leverage omni-channel customer care strategies to improve CX, increase revenue, and gain contact center efficiencies.
He has a deep background in contact center technology as it relates to customer communication, analytics, and workforce optimization. Tom works closely with contact center and BPO leaders on strategies to improve care by reducing customer effort—leading to increased CSAT and NPS.
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How did we manage? With several awesome off grid products including the coffee percolator. The other products include a denatured alcohol fire place, a Mr. Buddy propane heater, a small 15 watt solar panel and a chargeable battery pack. All of these items I will be blogging about in future post, but today is for the coffee percolator. So, without any further a due, lets get to it!
We have the camp model percolator
The photograph above is of our percolator that we use every time we go to the cabin. The percolator is an awesome product that requires absolutely no electricity, and no running water! Not to mention, I personally think it makes the best tasting coffee over the standard drip pots.
It is actually made up of 5 parts, all of which are essential to the brewing process.
1) the pot
2) the stem
3) the filter
4) the filter lid
5) the lid to the pot
How it works
The first thing to do is to fill the pot with water, I find that our model works best with 6 cups. Some are larger and can hold more water. After filling, you'll want to add coffee grounds into the filter. *this option is completely up to you, but i like to cut the bottom out of a coffee filter and place it in the bottom of the filter. This prevents any fine grounds from escaping and getting into your brew. I use 1 tablespoon for every 8 ounce cup. So, 6 tablespoons for 6 cups of water. I also want to point out that you should use a medium to large grain coffee ground. Finer grounds may get through the filter and leave you chewing bits of coffee grounds. once you've added the grounds, you'll place the filter lid onto the filter and put the filter on the stem. It will look like this...
Now your ready to BREW!
Once you've completed the steps above you'll set the filter and stem into the pot of water and close the lid. You can use any heat source that will get the water hot enough to "perc". This could be a gas range or electric stove, a BBQ pit, a denatured alcohol burning stove (like we use), or even the stop of an old wood burning stove. What ever you do, please, don't put it in the microwave! Lol.
How does it actually work?
Now, our percolator doesn't have a hollow glass knob on top like some, which allows you to see the darkness of the coffee, but we have timed it and determined that about 9 minutes on medium heat works best for us. Its also no problem to lift the lid for a moment and watch the fun bubbling happening inside!
I should also warn you that most percolators are solid metal and will be extremely hot to the touch, so be careful when touching the handle or lid!
Anyways, that is what the coffee percolator is and how it works. I hope you have enjoyed this article and possibly learned something from it. If so, please like and share it with your friends on Facebook or google+!
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1. The Russia tech hearings begin
Senators strongly pushed employees from Google, Twitter and Facebook on their ability to prevent foreign manipulation of technology platforms to undermine American democracy at the first of three hearings featuring the companies.
What you need to know: The companies committed to improving transparency obligations and putting the necessary human capital toward preventing foreign meddling from happening again. Senators from both sides of the aisle expressed skepticism that they'd be able pull that off.
"My goal is for you to think through this stuff a little bit better," said Sen. Al Franken in a tense back-and-forth with Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch.
Key quotes:
- "I think you do enormous good, but your power sometimes scares me," said Sen. John Kennedy.
- He questioned the assertion by Facebook's Stretch that it is able to trace the origin of 5 million advertisers. He said he's questioning "not your commitment, but your ability."
- "There's a lot that I think you could have done earlier," Sen. Patrick Leahy said during questioning.
- Responding to Twitter's general counsel's assertion that the company can "draw lines" between organic tweets and advertisements, Sen. Richard Durbin said: "When it comes to drawing those lines, it's a challenge for us and we do it for a living. I think it's going to be very hard for you too."
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If you are lucky enough to have a furry feline friend at home or are considering adding one to your family, you'll certainly want to ensure you are keeping he or she as happy and healthy as they can possibly be. Lets walk through the top 5 things you can do to keep your cat feeling great and help ensure they live a long and healthy life.
Tip #1: Provide Fresh Water At All Times
This may seem like a no brainer, but it is absolutely vital to provide your cat or kitten with fresh, clean water daily. Drinking plenty of water everyday is important in human health and is just as important for feline health. Provide a bowl or pet water fountain for your cat to access.
Tip #2: Spay or Neuter Your Cat
Spaying or neutering your cat not only helps to control the pet population, but also helps prevent many illnesses or diseases. Many reproductive issues like testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine infections and prostate issues can be avoided with this simple surgery.
Tip #3: Keep Your Cats Pearly Whites Clean
It may seem silly or even daunting to brush your cats teeth, but if you start at a young age your cat can certainly get used to having their teeth brushed. Some cats even enjoy it. Oral health is important in all pets, because poor oral hygiene can lead to other long term health issues.
Tip #4: See Your Veterinarian Regularly
Here's another tip that may seem obvious, however some people feel that indoor cats don't really need to see the vet, as they are primarily safe and sound inside the house. The fact is that even indoor cats still need to set a vet regularly to avoid illness and disease.
Tip #5: Groom Your Cat Often
Keeping your cat groomed is vital. It helps prevent hairballs, matted fur, and even issues with your cats nails and paw pads. Also, grooming your cat can be a quick way to regularly check your pet for any lumps, bumps, cuts, etc. that you may have missed.
Hopefully you found these 5 tips both simple and straight forward ways to give your cat your very best. If you'd like to read more about cat health, please check out this site. Your furry friend will be very glad you did.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Continuing To Plan
In a week or two I'm going to present my plan to Mark. Either I go forward with my stand alone T-tory, and he can begin planning his and Dan's, or I move forward with my own anthology not related to it.
I've already finished the wrap for T-tory 2(and sent it to Zig for notes), and am finishing up the first segment's script. The good news is that this segment isn't T-tory specific, so I can simply use it if I go do my own anthology.
Once I'm done the first draft of that segment, will start looking at some other segments I can write. Like I said, I have some ideas that I have to flesh out into scripts. I figure 80 pages of stuff and I'm good to go.
I mean, other than the fact that some of this shit is pretty ambitious. The segment I'm finishing up is really gonna stress my brain on how to make it not look super shitty.
Friday, November 25, 2016
Then Home For the Holidays. It's sobering to think that movie came out in 1995, which was the last time I watched it. Actually saw it at the Senator Theater premiere when Jodie Foster came to town for it(it was shot in Baltimore).
If you'd told 25 year old me that I would have not just one movie, but three, premiering at that exact same theater I'd have told you that you were nuts. At that point I hadn't even considered directing. I was writing screenplays then, and had maybe taken a few film classes.
Here's a pic of me and my girlfriend at the time(now wife) when we went to it. Jesus, look at how young and dumb I was. With a terrible suit to boot.
Anyway, I think my opinion of the movie's still about the same. It's not bad. Weird title breaks.
Had a chance to watch a screener of In The Deep. I have no fucking idea what the studio is thinking burying this flick. Especially after seeing The Shallows make big dough. This movie's as good as that movie. My wife actually screamed at one shot in the flick. And if those sharks are CGI, they are freaking great.
Now watching The Truman Show. Haven't seen it since it came out. It's on Am-zon Prime. It's actually a really well-done flick. Great idea, smart script, with some good acting.
Speaking of watching, maybe I addressed this before. I've had thoughts about maybe doing webisodes of HH. My buddy Luke had even suggested basically every episode shows Aric(I'd have to recast him) killing someone in a new and clever way. Basically a how-to kill people show.
Under-30 me wouldn't have hesitated.
But I gotta tell you, 46 year old me does. For instance...I came up with a pretty incredible way to kill a lot of people, and in a way that would CHANGE THE WORLD. I'm not exaggerating. If someone actually did this--and it's fairly easy to do, and get away with--then every single one of us in this country would find certain things in their life changing in an effort to stop this from ever happening again.
Do I put that in a webisode? Where some dickhead could pick it up and do it?
You may be like..."But hey...what about those serial killers who had your movie? Don't you feel bad about that?"
I do not, because they weren't aping my movie in their killings. They just gravitated toward my movie because it obviously feels authentic, and they could identify with it.
But if someone, for instance, goes out and kills people in a movie theater the way my guy does...well, it wouldn't make me feel great. Unless he killed them all because they were texting in a movie. Then I'd feel great.
So if I did this webisode series, and somebody DID kill people with a method I devised...while I might not feel TERRIBLE about it like most people, I wouldn't exactly feel good.
Censoring myself, though, feels pretty shitty too. As an "artist"--a title I have a hard time using on myself, but still do begrudgingly--should we worry about stuff like this?
Dunno. I miss my sociopathic under-30-year-old self. He didn't give a shit about ANYTHING.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Current Thoughts
See, I feel like there may definitely be a window on Am-zon for getting your flicks up there and making some cash. Their deal could change, or more probably, there will just be so much competition on there that it will be ten times as hard to get it up the charts.
And to have any shot at making your money back, you NEED it to get up those charts.
Now the easiest thing to do, as I said before, is T-tory 2. Problem is, the more I think about it, the less I want to do it with other people's stuff in it.
The reasons are multiple, but let's start here:
1) Even if I only do the wrap and one or two segments, I'll end up editing the whole thing, having to do all the post work, get it captioned, get it up on Am-zon, work the socials and other tricks to get it up the charts. And at our current split I'd only be getting about half the profits. Doing 95% of the work to get 50% of the money doesn't sound like something I want to do.
2) It dilutes my product. On the one hand, it is interesting to see different styles in an anthology. On the other hand, I feel like I've now taken their basic concept and really applied some mythology and rules to the whole thing. The wraparound for the sequel that I wrote really fleshes some stuff out.
I don't feel like other people will play in my sandbox as well as I would. Just like I wouldn't play in their sandbox as well as they would.
3) Convenience. Let's face it--working with other people isn't that convenient. They're not on my timeline. I was getting bits and pieces of the last segment right up to within weeks of the premiere. I know I'm reliable, and I know I get shit done. Other things in my life suffer, but I will get the movie done, you can count on that.
4) I have the feeling that if we get other people to do segments, I'm going to have a repeat of the first film. Meaning, I'm gonna have to go out and shoot them all, shot list them all, and in general make sure they don't suck too bad. Then someone else's name gets put on the Director card for that segment. I did it on the first film, and I'm fine with it, but that doesn't mean I want to do it again.
But I came up with an idea that appeals to me greatly, that solves my issue. I think I'm gonna hit the boys up with it soon and see what they say. They may get offended, but life's tough.
My idea is this: Let's do TWO T-Tory movies, shot nearly back to back. (or as close as they can to mine) One will be all me, with the exception of a segment that's already been written and I'm going to help shoot. The other will be the other two T-tory guys and whoever they wanna bring on. I will help in whatever way I can other than directing or shooting the segments.
Basically, I'd be doing T-Tory 2 and they'd be doing T-tory 3.
I fully expect them to not like this idea, because I believe they understand that they may not be up to the task. Their problem is that I can do this without them(and have 5 times). Granted, T-tory is their baby, but I'm fully able to go shoot my own anthology. The segment I'm working on right now for T-tory 2 can easily NOT be set in the T-tory. Frankly, it's not even mentioned in the dialogue.
So we'll see what happens. I'm also seriously thinking about trying to kickstart the vampire script. Shoot the opening scene for the video presentation.
Am probably going to order this drone before the end of the year, so I can include it in this year's tax write offs.
All the reviews I've seen are very positive, and it'll only cost me about $1100 total for the drone and an extra battery. Then, say goodbye to ever carrying crane counter-weights around ever again.
Wait list is over a month long though.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Too Much TV
The Strain
The Flash
Last Man On Earth
Walking Dead
The Exorcist
You're The Worst
Lethal Weapon
Ash Vs Army of Darkness
American Horror Story
The Goldbergs
This is just some of them. I've fallen quite a bit behind in many of them. This doesn't count any of the funny shows I watch, like Colbert, Last Week Tonight, @midnight, etc.
So one more black mark on it--as I'm trying to catch up on TV, I really can't concentrate on writing. I gotta shut the TV off, dive back into some of these scripts I've been working on for years, and get them done.
BUT...so much TV to catch up on, and you know which of those two choices is easier? Yep, TV.
On the Just-When-You-Think-You-Understand-Selling-On-Amazon front: Sold probably 25 copies of the book through October. I think I had the price at like $32.95. Probably made about $125.
(they could have bought a copy on eBay that I sell for $27.99)
On November 2nd I figured--Halloween's over, why not jack the price up to $39.95 and see if someone buys the eBay one.
You know what? They did. Then I checked my Amazon, and they had sold TWO copies at the outrageous price of $39.95
Couple days later I check back and we've now sold SIX copies at that price. In November. I've probably made over $60 at that price point.
So why, every time I raise my price on Amazon, do I tend to sell books? It's kind of weird. If it's as simple as changing the price gets us put into some "new" column, then why don't we get sales like this when we LOWER the price?
On the Whose-An-Idiot front, I climbed up on my roof on Monday to try to get some cool time-lapse of the supermoon. Turns out it was all cloudy, and you couldn't even see the moon.
Then I'm driving home from dinner tonight and see the moon, and it's BIG. I get home and climb back up, shoot some shots. But it's so low the trees are in the way, and the higher it gets, the smaller and brighter it gets.
So didn't get any great stuff. Was pretty cold though.
You can see the bunch here(note--no super moon in the 1st two because clouds):
Monday, November 07, 2016
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Just a note though, in addition to the couple of scripts I mentioned, there's also:
--Wounded Creature. Could I do it for 20K? Maybe. It's not that complicated, but involves some CGI that I'd want to be very cool. On the bad front, it's a very strange, surreal movie open to various interpretations.
Given my low opinion of a lot of Am-Zon viewers, I'd expect more "Terrible--doesn't make sense to my pea-brain" reviews.
--There's also the "Trailer Park" horror script that's sort of like Stand By Me, but with a supernatural horror slant. I've only done about 25 pages of it--been working on it here and there for almost 10 years now.
I feel like I keep having this problem where I'm now so used to writing scripts I plan on directing that I may be writing "down" in terms of things that could happen. Meaning, I'm always like "What might I actually be able to get the resources/locations for in order to shoot this?"
Which leads to scenes and scripts that aren't as good as they could be. I mean, yeah, maybe I want a big car chases with a spectacular crash at the end, but...never gonna happen on the budgets I'm working on. For fuck's sake, you couldn't get an okay new car with the entire budget of T-tory...
On the H-ween anthology front, I was mulling it over. Maybe I do whatever I want. Like a Kentucky Fried Movie, but not comedy. So, no wraparound or through story. No set number of segments or lengths.
I have some very short script ideas, like two minute long ones, for instance. Maybe I call it Tales For Halloween Night or something(might be too close to the Tales of Halloween title), and just make some of them set on Halloween, which frees me to work on the others whenever I want.
Just spitballing to myself, and putting it here so I remember it.
Note: Maybe make it "Terrors For Halloween Night". Dunno.
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Behind. Put It There.
Otherwise, why bother?
This is gonna get rambley. You've been warned.
Starting to think about what's next on the movie thing. My choices are:
1) Give up. This appeals to me. I'm not as young as I used to be. Doing all this stuff isn't easy.
2) Shoot another anthology. Either T-tory2 or perhaps an anthology based around Halloween stories. That actually appeals to me more than T-tory 2, because of how much I love Halloween. The bigger issue will be how to do you shoot 5 stories set during Halloween without shooting it all in October? I have no idea.
T-tory2 would probably be the easier option, seeing that I have the wrap-around already written and a decent idea for one of the other stories. We'd go the same way as before--we need three, maybe four other filmmakers. (One is already lined up--I'd be shooting it to ensure less suckitude)
Downside to this is that I'd be doing 90% of the work for far less money. On T-tory 1, we will split the profits evenly--6 stories means 100% divided by 6, with each director getting 16.66% of whatever we make once the budget is paid back.
Since I did four stories, I get 16.66 X 4...66.64% of all profits come my way. It's decent, but given that, again, I did 90% of the work on this thing and am dealing with distribution side of the whole thing.
Do I want to do this again for less? I can already tell you that I'm not signing up for this unless I get at least 50% of the profits for part 2, and that's assuming I only do the wrap and one other story. (the wrap is actually going to be around 35 minutes long this time--probably 30% of the movie)
Man, this is a lot to read. How about another picture of boobs?
Okay, those are the first two choices.
#3) Do a feature. This is probably the hardest option. Okay, probably the second-hardest option after #1--who am I kidding, I'll quit when I'm dead.
Feature-wise I don't have anything right now I can do for $10K, which is about the max I think I'll have from my Amazon earnings after I get raped by the tax man. (and frankly it'll probably be less than that, because I'm seeing the total earnings but I have to pay back John and Tom from Bounty, and Dan and Mark from T-tory)
Which means I try to raise MORE money for a feature, but even then...what? Even if I could get to $20K, do I have something I could do?
--There's the vampire flick. Not sure I could do this for $20K unless I can figure out a way to build cheap "sewer" sets. Cheap, but not cheap-looking, and fairly long too.
--There's the flick I was calling "Backyard", that's sort of a weird, personal ghost story. I kidded a while back about calling it "Autasm". It's not completely finished, but I could probably do this for $20K. I'd have to kick my family out of the house for the shoot since it's set here. That would be problematic, but doable. This doesn't have the mass-appeal that the vampire flick would have.
--There's a Halloween horror flick I've been working on for a couple of years. I've written about 45 pages of it. Could finish a draft pretty quick if I thought this was happening. $20K is tight on this one. Needs a lot of locations(houses/neighborhoods) and an abandoned asylum that a guy jumps out the window of.
That's really just about it. I'd feel pretty confident of the vampire one in terms of popularity and getting a lot of views on Am-zon. It's a fun, scary return to the days of Lost Boys and Fright Night. Has some characters I really grew to love...
Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts.
Any way I look at it, I gotta start getting my ducks in a row. Especially if it ends up being a Halloween thing. That means I gotta be ready to shoot it in October--all of it that involves major Halloween backgrounds or decorations.
Watched Scout's Guide to the Apocalypse. Thought it was a fun horror movie. Even my wife liked it. I thought it would make a good double-feature with Cooties, so I went ahead and played that for my wife.
She liked that too. I find myself gravitating toward the more fun horror flicks lately. The long, drawn-out bleak ones...just don't hold my interest right now.
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I was inspired by Molly at Fiddle Dee Dee to make some faux-made lemonade with R! I didn't have a citrus juicer, but that was quickly fixed by a trip to the neighborhood market! ;)
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North Korea's nuclear weapons development program has been taking on increasingly perilous proportions since last year, but it is anyone's guess what developments and consequences the problem will take in the future.
The uncertainties are due, first of all, to the opacity of U.S. policy toward Pyongyang.
The United States has long maintained a stance of not engaging in negotiations with North Korea on a bilateral basis, reiterating that there must be multilateral talks to solve the problem.
The U.S. policy has just come to fruition in the form of an accord to hold talks with six countries involved taking part. The accord itself, however, is nothing more than a procedural arrangement.
When it comes to the substance of U.S. policy toward the North, however, very little is known other than the basic stance of never allowing Pyongyang to go nuclear.
Among major figures in the United States, former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry is probably the only one who has tackled head-on the issue of what policy should be taken toward North Korea. Perry has gone so far as to say the United States may be devoid of any well-defined policy toward this issue.
Two key factors
I have made some predictions about this matter since last year, making them public at home and abroad. To sum up, my view is that the United States and North Korea are capable of reaching a compromise.
The reason is that a couple of key factors behind compromises hammered out between Washington and Pyongyang in 1994 and 1999 have remained basically unchanged.
One is that North Korea has installed an estimated 10,000 artillery pieces and rocket launchers just north of the Armistice Line, which, in the event of war, could rain down several hundred thousand artillery rounds on South Korea within the first hours of an attack.
North Korean strikes could inflict casualties of up to 1 million in and around Seoul, according to a U.S. congressional testimony in 1995, while the figure was put at several hundred thousand in the 1999 Perry Report under the title "Review of United States Policy Toward North Korea."
Even if advances in military technology might help reduce the anticipated casualties, there can be no denying that any war on the Korean Peninsula would cause a horrendous number of civilian deaths.
Undoubtedly, no South Korean politician can dare favor war in spite of this risk, while U.S. forces also would be subject to huge damage. As a result, the United States, taking all these risks into account, could not help but accept some form of compromise to avert war.
The other factor is that North Korea's economy is in a great deal of trouble.
The 1989 collapse of the economic bloc under the umbrella of the Soviet Union dealt a crushing blow to Eastern European countries, as well as to such nations as India and Vietnam.
The economies of those countries, however, made a remarkable recovery in a few years thanks mostly to capital and technology introduced from the West.
The economy of North Korea, in contrast, has been plagued with a continuous decline since 1989, except for some fluctuations in crops, and is currently in a desperate situation.
Under the circumstances, Pyongyang is in dire need of rice, oil and other aid.
Because of this, fortunately there is a possibility of North Korea deeming some form of compromise as inevitable.
My predictions of course took into account that the conditions required for any compromise by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, unlike its predecessor, would be very tough as Bush has branded North Korea part of an "axis of evil."
I therefore predicted earlier that should no compromise be worked out, North Korea would continue boosting its nuclear program by all means, thus giving rise to a military crisis toward this summer.
The views held by Perry, who was in charge of the U.S. negotiations with North Korea in 1994 and 1999, were basically similar to mine.
Today, however, I hold a different opinion from Perry's in that he has been very disappointed with the Bush administration's actions in continuing to reject negotiations with North Korea throughout the first half of this year, to the extent of arguing that things are getting out of control and may drift into a situation leading to war.
War not imminet
I, for that matter, feel it necessary to modify conjecture that a military conflict could occur in the immediate future, while the North Korea problem has unfolded just as Perry and I anticipated.
What convinced me firmly that there would be no crisis this summer was a speech given by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz on May 31 in a meeting in Singapore sponsored by Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Given that the IISS is noted as one of the world's most renowned forums of international political studies, I expected Wolfowitz in the meeting would come up with a policy toward North Korea that would be convincing enough to survive any kind of expert criticism.
What he said first regarding the issue, however, was that the Asia-Pacific region today "is truly peaceful–that is to say pacific–for one of the first times in its history."
This single remark demonstrates clearly that the U.S. government is far from anticipating any major military conflict taking place on the Korean Peninsula in the near future.
At the IISS meeting, Wolfowitz stopped short of making reference to anything else other than a long-range observation that North Korea would eventually have no other option than to shift to a reform approach similar to the open-door policy of China's Deng Xiaoping, a remark that could have no bearing upon any U.S. policy in the short term.
At the subsequent question-and-answer session, Wolfowitz was understandably asked how the United States was going to handle the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. He only expressed anxiety over the possible export of nuclear materials by North Korea.
There can be no doubt that the United States sees no possibility of war with North Korea in the immediate future.
The deterrent of the North's conventional weapons may be a factor. But the U.S. commitment of not abandoning any options available also is worthy of note.
A matter of policy priority
I hereupon conjecture that the greatest among factors behind the U.S. stand may be a matter of policy priority: Even the Roman Empire, when embarking on the conquest of Germania, would refrain from having armed conflicts on the Eastern front other than skirmishes, if any, and vice versa.
A lion does his utmost to capture a single antelope, and does not try to obtain two at the same time. So it is quite understandable that the United States has not been minded to dispatch troops to Liberia to bring peace to the devastated African nation, a mission that would be undertaken by a single infantry brigade.
All things considered, the United States is unlikely to address the North Korean issue before its task of stabilizing the Middle East situation is accomplished to a certain extent. That is, a review of U.S. policy toward North Korea most likely hinges on progress in the Middle East peace process.
The fact, however, is that the prospect of the Middle East imbroglios being settled anytime soon are dim.
As long as the Palestinian problem is left unsettled, there can be no hope for a change in Arab anti-U.S. sentiment, and as long as the antipathy against the United States continues, Washington cannot afford to pull its troops out of Iraq.
It will take 2 years to give the finishing touches to the "road map" blueprint for the Arab-Israeli peace process. In addition, the administration of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas would collapse in the event of the United State prematurely withdrawing its forces from Iraq.
Given these two major factors, the United States is bound to prolong its deployment of troops in Iraq. Depending on future developments, the United States might consider it inevitable to place a higher priority on solving problems with Iran and Syria over that of North Korea.
It would be off the mark, however, to state that such a U.S. stand would result in the absence of any U.S. policy toward the North.
The current U.S. policy is to hold North Korea's nuclear threat in check on the strength of the U.S. deterrent, as was the case with its policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
As shown by the remark by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in February to the effect that the United States would regard a North Korean missile attack on Japan as an attack on the United States itself, it will be sufficient for this country to keep as its deterrent the strength of an immediate and massive U.S. counterattack.
Some may argue that this is tantamount to conniving at North Korea's move to arm itself with nuclear weapons. Yet apart from specific methods to sanction North Korea over the problem, the most probable policy option for the United States, in my view, is to continue placing diplomatic and economic pressure on Pyongyang without driving it to go to war, while maintaining the policy of never allowing North Korea to pursue its nuclear program.
In the forthcoming six-party negotiations, the United States will most likely be steadfast holding the principle of seeking a comprehensive solution with the terms of the negotiations open to all the parties, making no differences between the six-party talks and accompanying bilateral talks with North Korea.
Should North Korea, with its economy extremely hard up, give its assent fully to the terms offered by the United States, the problem would then be brought to settlement. There in fact is a possibility of such development turning out a reality.
In the event of things going awry, the United States would then employ a containment policy over a long period of time, while waiting for changes within North Korea or for the Middle East problem to be resolved up to a point.
Be careful, don't be rash
Supposing that the prospect mentioned above should be considered right from an objective viewpoint–even though I am fully aware that there may be many viewpoints that differ from my own on this highly important question–what then should be deemed as appropriate in terms of policy toward North Korea?
First, although there is no impending crisis, at least for the time being, a crisis will occur eventually.
The remark by Perry that the Korean Peninsula situation may be drifting into war is much the same as my view, except that it is about circumstances likely to emerge in two years or so.
Japan, for its part, must waste no time in developing a missile defense system and bolstering capabilities to attack enemy missile bases during the coming two years.
The issue involving the exercise of the nation's right to collective self-defense also should be resolved during the same period.
For its part, the United States can also afford to redeploy in two years its troops from areas adjacent to the Demilitarized Zone to establish major bases south of Seoul.
As for Japan's future negotiations with North Korea, there is no need to be in a rush, because the outlook is that the United States most likely will be in no hurry to deal with North Korea.
It will be no problem for this country to settle down to the task of negotiating with North Korea without haste so as to ensure that issues pending between the two countries–including the abduction of Japanese by North Korean agents–will be solved in a manner acceptable to the great majority of the nation.
Messages should be sent from Japan to North Korea to bring home to the regime the fact that there is no political leader in this country who is impatient to outshine the others in achieving fast the goal of normalizing bilateral relations with North Korea.


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Alrighty… well… I think everything is back up. 7 years worth of blogs. Hard to believe that much time has already gone by. It hasn't been consistent but it's always been there. If you feel like gandering through, there's a lot of miscellaneous content. My first blog was a dream journal. Then it turned into a travel blog while I was staying in Europe. Then it became a blog about… well… anything that was on my mind. If there's anything I've been consistent in, it's definitely inconsistency.
That being said, it's the end of the year and I've feel like writing again. I haven't really written since joining the military. Or well, I haven't really written with any mention of having joined. I'm sure there'll be a post about that later.
It's a shame too. I live in the tropical state of Hawaii with my beautiful boyfriend Cory. I've been fortunate in the last couple years to have had the opportunity to travel. I've spent a lot of time hiking around the island and exploring. Most of which has been undocumented.
Oh well, I guess it's just another opportunity to get started. Here are few pictures from the last few months:


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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota wonSaturday's Republican straw poll in Iowa.
The straw poll is traditionally seen as a test for how the candidates will do in the Iowa caucus, the traditional first stop toward the presidential nomination. This year the caucus will be Feb. 6.
Bachmann won the event with 4,823 votes followed closely by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in second with 4,671. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota who worked the state hard, spending more than $1 million in Iowa, came in a distant third with 2,293 votes. Former U.S. Sen. RickSantorum of Pennsylvania placed fourth with 1,657, while businessman Herman Cain took fifth with 1,456 votes. Four candidates who did not focus on the event followed -- Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who announced his bid on Saturday, pulled in 718 write-in votes; former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts had 567 votes, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgiagained 385 votes and former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah had 69 votes. U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter lagged behind with 35 votes.
With Perry just announcing his bid and not taking part in a debate in Iowa Thursday, his sixth place showing through write-ins was impressive, especially as he beat Romney, who has been leading in most national polls and won the event in Ames back in 2007.
With almost 17,000 voters taking part, the event on Saturday ranks as the second largest turnout ever. The 1999 straw poll -- which featured George W. Bush beating Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Dole and a host of other candidates -- drew in more than 23,000 voters.
Six of the candidates -- Santorum, Paul, Pawlenty, Bachmann and McCotter -- spoke at the event on Saturday afternoon. Other candidates were focusing elsewhere on Saturday -- Romney, Huntsman and former Gov. Buddy Roemer of Louisiana, who was not included in the Ames event, were campaigning in New Hampshire, site of the first presidential primary.
So wasPerry, whoannounced during a speech in South Carolina that he would be entering the Republican primaries and then headed up to New Hampshire. Focus also remained on another major candidate who could enter the contest.Speculation continues to swarm that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was in Iowa on Friday and will be back in the Hawkeye State in September, will enter the race.
Despite continued buzz about his campaign faltering, Pawlenty insisted on Saturday that he would be in the race for a while longer.
Congratulations to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann for her victory in today's straw poll," said Pawlenty in a statement released after the results came in. We made progress in moving from the back of the pack into a competitive position for the caucuses, but we have a lot more work to do. This is a long process to restore America -- we are just beginning and I'm looking forward to a great campaign."
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1 st Birthday Pineapple Cake
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Cake Flavour- Pineapple
Type of Cake - Cream
Weight- Half Kg
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Enjoy the 1st birthday of your kid with our sumptious Birthday Pineapple Cake. This Pineapple Cake is full of fresh, juicy chunks of your favorite fruit along-with smooth creamy layer. Being one of the most sought after cakes, this becomes an instant favorite of almost everyone!
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- Please check the placement of these items before serving to small children.
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The Cayman Islands Grand Court has for the first time decided on how to value the shares of investors who disagree with the merger of the company they have invested in.
The first decision of its type under Section 238 of the Cayman Islands Companies Law sets a precedent for the interpretation of merger transactions under Cayman Law by the courts.
According to Section 238, members of a Cayman company are entitled to be paid the fair value of their shares provided they submit in writing that they oppose the merger before the vote is held and demand payment in case the merger is approved.
If the company and dissenting investors fail to agree a price for the shares, both can appeal to the court to determine their fair value.
The Cayman case concerned Russian oil field services producer Integra, which completed its management buyout transaction through a merger in February 2014. A group of related institutional investors, representing 17 percent of the company's shares, rejected the deal and challenged the merger price of US$10 per share that had been approved by the majority of shareholders and which represented a 45 percent premium on the share price on the London Stock Exchange at the time.
The offer had been examined by a committee of independent directors and supported by a fairness opinion by Deutsche Bank.
While it is not unusual for investors in North America to appeal to the court to determine the fair value of the merged company, it is a new concept in Cayman.
However, the unique circumstances of the Integra merger led the court to conclude that there is no universal approach and that each case must be specifically examined on its own facts.
While the Grand Court relied on approaches taken by Delaware and Canadian courts, it decided that the valuation methodology should be selected on a case-by-case basis and could be a market-, income- or asset-based approach.
To determine the fair value, the court said, it would take a detailed and objective approach to valuation, taking into account all of the available evidence.
Valuation cases typically rely on expert witnesses who assess the value on the basis of the company's records and books.
In the present case, Justice Andrew Jones QC noted that in view of the disagreement by the parties' expert witnesses, a discounted cash flow methodology was the most appropriate because the stock was comparatively thinly traded and the stock market valuation therefore was not a reliable indicator.
One expert witness had put the value of the company at $70 million to $100 million, the other at $125 million to $135 million.
Offshore law firm Walkers, which advised Integra on its management buyout and later on the merger price, said in a client notice that it will often not be possible or economical for companies to perform a full forensic valuation of their operations before a merger.
Because valuations are imprecise, the statutory right of dissent becomes a powerful tool, the note said.
"It is not the purpose of the statute to act as a disincentive to commercial activity, to have a Board paralyzed into inaction, or a transaction supported by the majority of shareholders held hostage by a minority. Nevertheless, the leverage that may be exerted through the exercise of these rights may in some cases be significant."
But the court reasoned that the right of dissent is a safeguard to protect minority shareholders from oppressive action; it should not become a bonus.
It followed therefore that any effect of the merger, positive or negative, on the price should be disregarded and the date of the extraordinary general meeting at which the merger was approved and the dissent was expressed should be the valuation date.
The court awarded the dissenters US$11.70 per share as opposed to the merger price of US$10 per share. In addition, the court awarded a "fair rate of interest" based on the midpoint between the company's assumed rate of return on cash and its assumed U.S. dollar borrowing rate.
Walkers concluded in its client notice: "[T]he tenor of the authorities from all jurisdictions is that the courts will be willing to examine questions of fair value in a detailed and forensic way as opposed to adopting a broad brush approach which might be more reflective of the commercial realities of a deal.
The approach to disclosure on dissent should act as a strong reminder to a company considering a merger transaction of the importance of full and accurate disclosure – a lack of candor may well lead to serious adverse consequences in the event that the Court is called upon to examine the fairness of the merger price."


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The affairs of the Association are administered by an Executive Board composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, nine Regional Directors, and seven Directors at Large. The Officers and Directors at Large are elected by mail ballot by all eligible member clubs. The nine Regional Directors are elected by mail ballot by the member clubs located in their respective regions.
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A forward mover in the automobile industry, Toyota is known worldwide for its affordable and sleek vehicles. Their modes of transportation include everything from cars to trucks. One of their best sellers is the Toyota Corolla. A performance built styled means of transportation, the Toyota Corolla is moderately priced, starting at $15,900 and comes in a variety of colors. When purchasing a car, choosing Toyota Corolla accessories and amenities that come with it are just as exciting as buying the car. Every one of the Toyota Corolla parts is designed specifically for the inventive car. Here is a list of the top 10 for new and used Toyota Corolla vehicles.
1. Rims – the shiny and distinguished Toyota Corolla rims are a perfect accent to any Toyota Corolla vehicle ranging in an array of colors from black to chrome.
2. Seat Covers – one of the things that keeps the seats smelling fresh and protects your car, there are nothing like Toyota Corolla seat covers.
3. Door Edge Guards – crafted to protect your doors from chips, dings, dents and scratches, these particular Toyota Corolla accessories typically cost $100 or more.
4. Wheel Locks – the importance of keeping a wheel in this day and age is well- important. These particular Toyota Corolla accessories are dependable and stay in place once put on your car.
5. Cargo Mat – seen as one of the best Toyota Corolla accessories, the cargo mat is sturdy and keeps the back of your car free of clutter, spills and is luxurious to look at and feel.
6. Hubcaps – an alternative to wheel, Toyota Corolla hubcaps are reliable in their design and give your auto a different and satisfying look.
7. Rear Spoiler – the polished spoiler adds depth to a vehicle like no other type of Toyota Corolla accessories does.
8. Remote Engine Starter – who does not like to push a button and have their car start up? Technologically sound and multilayer advanced, the remote engine starter is an added plus.
9. Emergency Assistance Kit – while other automobile aids on the road are exceptional, it is important to have one of these Toyota Corolla accessories around when needed.
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Fall break signals Brenau Academy´s upcoming Pennies for Patients campaign, which runs from Oct. 24 through Nov. 11. So, before you return from break crack open that mason jar, sock drawer, soap dish or otherwise unused ash tray where you throw your spare change an bring in your donations. FYI, they´ll accept other coin denominations, folding money and checks, too (make payable to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.) Donations jars that will be set out around the Gainesville campus Monday morning (the 24th). Also, you can take your trove straight to Kayla Cox or Lenna Applebee at the Academy. The Academy´s "Honored Hero" this year is Savannah Burns, who is battling APL, a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Savannah is an alumnae of The Academy and Savannah´s sister, Frankie, is an alumnae of both the Academy and the university. Programs like Pennies For Patients help support patients and their families during treatment as well as providing funding for cancer research. This year´s goal is $500, so please bring in your spare change and ask your family and friends to pitch in their cents´-worth (or dollars´-worth)as well.
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June 2, 2011 Devotion Sharing
Submitted by Daniel Kim, Gracepoint San Diego
2 Corinthians 8:1-15
What truths about life do the paradoxical words describing the Macedonian churches in vss. 1-3 show?
The Macedonian churches experienced overflowing joy through severe trial and rich generosity through extreme poverty. This seems so counter-intuitive, so radical. But they only seem so radical because we have so fully bought into the lies of this world, which says you can experience overflowing joy in comfort and can only be generous when you have plenty of wealth left over. This lie has been so thoroughly accepted that it gets propagated through people who sincerely and genuinely care for us. Parents tell their children to take care of themselves first, to earn a comfortable life – so that they can experience joy and contentment. Relatives tell their beloved nephews to earn a lot of money, so that they can then be generous. They are sincere when they say such things – for they have themselves fully bought into the lie. One needs not to be intentionally lying in order to propagate a lie.
But the truth that is revealed in these verses is that joy and generosity are not dependent on wealth or leisure or comfort. The fact is that even in the midst of trial and poverty, there can be overflowing joy and rich generosity.
How would I know this? First, the word of God confronts the lie of materialism. The DT texts throughout the past several weeks have been so clear on exposing this lie of the world. Secondly, I can identify the lie by observing people who are indeed overflowing with joy and rich in generosity. Being in a community where I see a lot of generosity and joy going around, this is not a difficult thing to do. I can ask: who are the generous people who are looking out for needs of others? Who are the ones who give and share joyfully? And I can plainly see that those are not the same people who are comfortable and rich. Sometimes it's the comfortable and the rich who are the most tight-fisted about their money and have the least amount of joy in giving. The word of God is true. Joy and generosity doesn't depend on comfort or riches. As the Macedonian churches exemplify, I can and often have experienced joy and generosity quite independent of any kind of material riches. Through the word and community, I can confront the lies of this world and confront the lies that I have bought into in my own heart. Furthermore, I can have compassion on those who have bought into the lies – because they are barking up the wrong tree if they are hoping that they will gain joy and relational richness through materialism.
Submitted by Cynthia Peng, Gracepoint Berkeley
As I think about the words "that there might be equality", I see the implications on this in my life. This is what others did for me, when they had plenty, they supplied what we needed. This is very timely as Eugene recently got a job offer and he will be starting full-time work this coming Monday. Very soon, it'll be our turn to have the plenty and so this passage tells me that it is our turn to supply what others need so "that there might be equality". Having been the recipient of so many people's generosity, I can't wait until it's our turn to give back.


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Cost: $290 | 3 Oct '20
Along the way you will discover glorious art, superb architecture and the vibrant life of Venitians going about their daily lives. Randomly exploring the city by walking is the ideal way to discover hidden photographic gems with a labyrinth of back alleyways and meandering canals. Our 8 hour course, with plenty of stops, includes the Murano glass making tour, shooting inside the Doge Palace, the bell tower of San Marcos Square, St Marks Basilica, but above all its about getting lost and discovering and photographing in the less touristy area of Venice such as in the Jewish quarter, around the markets of Rialto and in the student area of Dorsoduro.
San Giacomo Church and the old artisan quarters of Venice capturing the trading history of Venice and luxurious commodities that were traded by the Venetians. The old red-light district of Casteletto, where in old times the Merchants of Venice would sojourn at locanda's and enjoy the company of the famous Venetian courtesans. We photograph the notorious Ponte delle Guglie and other quaint picturesque bridges and luxurious palaces all hidden away on the back-streets of the San Polo district. These numerous magnificent Gothic / Byzantine Palaces echo the great prosperity that Venice & the Venetians once enjoyed during the times of the Serenissima Republic.
A visit to the Frari Church that houses masterpieces by Titian, Bellini & Canova. Here we make use of our licensed expert guides, all of whom possess art and history backgrounds. We will discuss how to photograph (without flash) the precious works of art on display that will help illuminate the fundamental role Venice played during the latter periods of the Renaissance movement. This original 8 hour photography walking course consists of a series of workshops throughout the day and finishes near the beautiful San Moise Church, Mozarts home in Venice.
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Article by Michal Schwartz and Samia Nasser. Published on The Marker on August 17 2009 and in www.wac-maan.org.il (27.08.09)
Recently we encountered three women representing the state of Arab women in the Israeli labour market. The first, an agricultural laborer from Tamra, is one of a few hundred Arab women placed to work through the Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN). She is satisfied with her job and says that the women of Tamra envy her minimum wage salary (NIS 165 a day), as well as the pay slip and fringe benefits she has been receiving regularly.
The second woman used to work through WAC in the past, yet today is employed by a contractor who pays her NIS 90 a day ; as is the case with thousands of other Arab women. The reason for this, as she explains, is that WAC offered her only seasonal jobs. Had WAC been able to offer her a permanent job, she would have rather worked through WAC.
The third woman also used to work through WAC in the past, and today, like 80% of all Arab woman in Israel, is a housewife. She wants to work but not for NIS 90 a day ; there is also lack of job opportunities in the village where she is living.
The current situation, represented by these three women, has grave repercussions on the Israeli economy. In many cases contractors enable women to work in agriculture under- the- counter. The women sign up at the Israeli Employment Service in order to receive income support benefits, thus augmenting their monthly income up to the minimum wage. This way farmers and manpower contractors cut a hefty share at the expense of female agricultural laborers, in addition to causing losses to the Israeli economy. Consequently, Arab families have no money to pay municipal taxes to their local councils, resulting in growing poverty rates and frustration.
A research by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour published recently, recommends on placing some 135,000 Israeli workers in the labour market, of which 60,000 are Arab women. This is part of endeavours to raise workforce participation in Israel from 71% to 74%, thus qualifying Israel to become a member of the leading GDP level countries. In May 2009, nonetheless, the government accepted the demand of Shalom Simhon, the current minister of agriculture, to allow the importation of another 2000 Thai agricultural laborers. Namely, slamming the door to Arab women on the lookout for a job, causing a steep rise in unemployment and poverty rates among the Arab population. Only a year ago did WAC provide Simhon with a list of 1100 Arab women looking for a job, out of thousands listed in WAC's pool ; to date the minister has not even replied.
A government interested in raising workforce participation, while providing adequate care to all its citizens, including Arab women, must put an end to the revolving door policy, a system by which migrant workers are deported to their home countries, allegedly for becoming illegal, in order to import new laborers and cut hefty commissions.
We call on the government to allow those migrant laborers who are interested, to settle in Israel, while terminating the continual importation of additional weak and exploitable migrant laborers, and exchanging them for others after their deportation. Let Arab women make ends meet and improve their socio-economical state.
The writers are coordinators of the Women's Forum at WAC/HPH.


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As an avid movie goer, it always seems difficult to find a balance between intelligence and laugh out loud humor in comedies. With that in mind, this week's Netflix Movie of the Week is In the Loop, a British political satire from the people who are currently making the HBO show Veep. Poking fun of all the political nonsense that has been going on in recent year regarding involvement in the Middle East, In the Loop is a hilarious and over the top portrayal of what is wrong with modern government, or specifically the people who run it.
In the Loop is about a run of the mill government bureaucrat, Simon Foster, a minister of international development, who without thinking says he believes "war is unforeseeable" to a news reporter. After scrambling to recover from the fallout of his gaff, Foster, the easily angered Malcom Tucker (Peter Capaldi), and a handful of interns travel to Washington D.C. to discuss the idea of British Military support for conflict in the Middle East. While this all may sound incredibly dry, this movie is simply hilarious, lampooning the failings of modern politics while providing some of the wittiest, characteristically British dialogue I have seen in a good while.
The cast of this film is also pretty brilliant, and through a combination of strong comedic actors and writing, they are able to keep the movie moving at a decent pace, where this movie goes beyond simply being clever yet not actually funny, a problem that many satires suffer from. This is not just a movie that you will smirk through, it is a legitimate comedy and not just a movie made for the purpose of making a statement. If anything, the movie just breeds the feeling that most of the bureaucratic government system is completely absurd. If you like this movie or think it is something you'd like, I would also recommend Veep, it is pretty similar and also a very solid comedy.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5