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Google's Android OS is dominating the mobile industry and there are absolutely no doubts about it. In Q2 2015, Android had the market share of 82.8%, followed by Apple's iOS with 13.9%, according to IDC's report. Android has grown immensely in the last few years and deservedly so.
Most of us love Android for the flexibility, customization and great features but there are times when we think of Android alternatives. There are some great mobile operating systems other than Android and although some of them aren't as feature-rich or mature as Android, they offer some cool interesting features.
Why do we need an Android alternative?
We surely love Android, as the market share suggests and Google is really working hard to keep the Android momentum going but as with most things in life, we like having options. Along with that, there are a number of reasons why we need an Android alternative. Google has been criticized across the globe for not making Android really secure and reports have suggested that Android is most prone to malware and viruses. Until recently, Google wasn't even transparent about the permissions in an Android app but with the Android 6.0 MarshMallow, it has updated its permissions page to match iOS' security.
There are also issues of Android fragmentation, as we mentioned. For people unaware, devices running different Android versions leads to bad app performance, development problems and security issues and this is Android fragmentation. For example, Android 5.0 and 5.1 combined have a share of 23.4% among all Android devices across the globe and it was released a year ago. Android 6.0 Marshmallow is yet to make a mark on the Android market share. Google has tried to address these issues with Nexus devices but the problem still prevails. We cannot blame Google entirely too, as manufacturers like differentiating their devices with skins and having control. Google has tried to take some control of Android but it's surely not enough.
The truth is there will never be a perfect smartphone or a perfect operating system because everyone has their own different needs. Well, Android and iOS are indeed close to fulfilling most of our needs but we like having options and diversity, don't we?
So, let's take a look at the Android alternatives we can use:
Best Android Alternatives
The Mighty
Android and iOS have been competing against each other since what seems like an eternity now. Android and iOS both enjoy a great user-base and there's nothing really to fight about. Google has the volumes, Apple has the profit. But at the end of the day, even iOS is an Android alternative and a great one at that.
Android and iOS borrow features from each other all the time and that's one of the reasons why both the operating systems are so feature-rich. However, iOS brings its own unique interface and features on the table. It has a unified interface across all apps unlike Android, smooth animations, Apple-exclusive apps, regular updates, no bloatware and arguably better quality of third party apps. On iOS, you also get the full suite of Google apps whereas you won't find any Apple apps on Android (barring the upcoming Apple Music app).
Overall, it all boils down to your choice of the ecosystem. iOS is not an alternative for everyone as such, considering the premium price Apple charges for its iPhones and iPads but if you want a mature mobile OS to match Android, then iOS is indeed your best bet.
- Beautiful UI
- Smooth operation
- Regular Updates
- Great quality of apps
- Locked-down OS
- Few customization features
The Contenders
Windows Phone/Windows 10 Mobile
When Windows Phone 7 was announced back in 2010, it got people interested, thanks to its cool new Metro UI and intuitive features. Sadly, that interest did not convert into numbers and the OS has been struggling to gain some major traction since then, even though Microsoft has worked hard and brought regular updates. While the OS has matured a lot, the low number of apps and their degraded quality on the platform has been the reason for its low user-base. However, Microsoft hasn't given up yet, as it's all set will release its new Windows 10 Mobile platform soon, which shares its code base with Windows 10.
Windows 10 Mobile brings a number of new interesting features like Continuum, Cortana, Universal apps, refreshed UI, new Edge browser and more. Continuum deserves a special mention, as it allows you to turn your Windows 10 Mobile device to a full-blown Windows PC through a simple dock. Pretty cool, right?
If you want to try something different other than the two big giants of the mobile industry but still want the basic apps, you can definitely give Windows 10 mobile a try.
- Fluid interface
- Continuum
- Universal apps
- Some popular apps not yet available on the platform
- Lower quality of apps
Custom ROMs/Android Forks
There are mobile operating systems trying to become an Android alternative and there are custom ROMs based on Android. You must be wondering why we are placing custom ROMs as an Android alternative since they are more or less Android. Well, the recent past has given rise to various custom ROMs and companies that are building their own OS based on the Android code. Operating systems developed with the base-Android code are called as Forked Android Operating Systems and while they may be Android, they are as distinct as they could be. Custom ROMs and Android forked OSes have tried replacing Google services with various other alternatives to make them unique.
Well, let's check out the best custom ROMs and forked Android operating systems which give Android a run for its money:
CyanogenMod was a very popular custom ROM on Android and then, the guys at Cyanogen went further ahead and launched their very own Cyanogen OS. Cyanogen OS first came pre-installed with the OnePlus One and now, it is used by Indian manufacturer Micromax for its YU subsidy. There are also several other smartphone makers who pre-install Cyanogen OS on their devices. You can download its open source CyanogenMod ROM for most Android smartphones.
While Cyanogen OS looks and feels the same as Android, it lets you customize almost anything on the OS. The Android-based OS brings various themes, custom controls, better camera interface, integrated Gallery and more. The company also plans on taking Android away from Google with Cyanogen OS, as they have made a deal with Microsoft to use its services like Cortana, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive instead of the Google counterparts like Google Now, Gmail, Keep and Drive. So, if you want Android but don't want the Google services, Cyanogen OS is for you plus you get some great customization features.
- Great customization features
- Regular updates
- Great community
- No Google services in the future
Xiaomi has been making great inroads in whichever country they have expanded to. The company's success can be attributed to its aggressively priced devices but its MIUI OS also deserves some of the credit. MIUI has been known for its iOS-like looks and highly customizable features. The OS is not only available on Xiaomi devices but it's also available as a custom ROM for various other devices.
If you want the Android flexibility with iOS looks then MIUI should be pretty appealing to you. The OS also brings some great customization features and themes, which make it a great Android alternative.
- Themes and exclusive features
- Customization options
- iOS-like interface
- Slow updates
- Vast difference from Android's stock interface
The Upcoming
Apart from the Android alternatives we just mentioned, there are a number of new upstart mobile operating systems trying to gain some fame in the mobile market. Well, let's check them out:
Among all the upcoming mobile operating systems, Tizen has got the most fame, thanks to Samsung's backing. Tizen was born after Nokia decided to kill Meego, which was an OS developed by Nokia and Intel. Well, Intel went to Samsung and they partnered to bring Meego back to life as Tizen OS. While Tizen looks similar to Samsung's Android skin TouchWiz, it's vastly different under the hood. The OS works mostly like Android but there are a lot of gestures for intuitive interaction. Tizen OS is an HTML5 OS, which should make it a lot easier for developers to develop apps.
While Tizen has failed to garner a lot of traction with developers or users, Samsung's involvement has kept people interested. Samsung has already launched quite a few devices running the OS like the Samsung Z1, Z3 and the various Gear wearables, so we do know that the South Korean giant is indeed serious about it.
- Great HTML5 support
- Intuitive gestures
- Very few apps
- Looks like Android
We all know Mozilla, thanks to the very popular Firefox web browser and the company has been trying hard to make a mark in the mobile OS space. Mozilla launched the Firefox OS back in 2013 for smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. The company has so far aimed at the affordable smartphone market with Firefox OS and they have had some moderate success. There have been a few phones running Firefox OS but none of them made a great impact. Mozilla recently announced that it is working with a partner to bring a $25 Firefox OS smartphone.
Firefox OS is a Linux-based open source OS, which is designed with HTML5, JavaScript and other open web standards in mind. Its main features include integrated search, web apps and more. While Mozilla's plan might bring the OS some traction, we believe it will take some time before Firefox OS can really become a viable Android alternative.
- Affordable smartphones
- open web standards support
- Clunky UI
- No great smartphones on offer
- Very few apps
We all know the Ubuntu OS for PCs but Canonical has been working on developing a mobile equivalent of Ubuntu since a long time. Ubuntu Touch, as Canonical calls it, is an OS designed to run on all types of devices. The OS has a great new user interface, which should be pretty interesting to use. On the surface, Ubuntu Touch looks nothing unique but its demos suggest otherwise. Instead of icons, Ubuntu uses the four edges of the display for a gesture-based user experience.
While Ubuntu Touch smartphones have been released by BQ and Chinese smartphone maker Meizu, there is still some time before Ubuntu can become a major player in the mobile market and a real Android alternative. We hope it does!
- Intuitive user interface
- Cloud-based services
Jolla, the company started by ex-Nokia employees who worked on Meego garnered quite a few headlines when it launched its first smartphone "The Other Half" running a Meego-like Sailfish OS. The OS has always been praised for its button-less gesture-based UI but the operating system is still a work in development. While the OS is indeed unique, there is a lot of learning curve. Jolla also unveiled its Jolla Tablet, as a KickStarter project and it easily reached its aimed funding.
Jolla has been working on Sailfish OS 2.0 with new features and support for Android apps. Sailfish OS looks interesting indeed and you can give it a try if you are in a mood for some experiment. You never know, Sailfish OS might become a great Android competitor in the future. So, look out!
- Unique interface
- Support for Android apps
- Lack of features
- Android apps don't run too well
SEE ALSO: Top 6 Google Play Store Alternatives
These are the best Android alternatives, according to us and except iOS, Windows Phone and the custom ROMs, all of them are still in their early stages but from the looks of it, they might give Android a tough competition in the coming years. So, which one's your favourite Android alternative? Sound off in the comments section below.


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This article is assuming that you are wanting to take shots of insects and plant life, 'au natural'...(i.e. just as you found them). There are a few things that you can do to prepare.
1Have a fairly small tripod. You want one that you can set up close to the ground that isn't too intrusive. It may not be enough to support your camera in normal circumstances, but for quick closeups on the ground, it is perfect.
2Dress for the part. Face it...you will probably be crawling on the ground. Trying to get the right angle, perspective, or view. Being in shorts or a dress will get you scraped up and dirty.
3Wear your glasses if you need them. While your camera may have auto focus, sometimes, it is hard to get the right focus because everything is very similar in color.
4Bring as many lenses as you care to carry, but for sure, your closeup lens. If you don't mind the extra weight, carry a longer one. You never know when you will see something that you want a closeup shot on that you can't reach.
5Find a place that is rich in flora and fauna. Usually where there is one, there is the other.
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Arjun and Sonakshi starrer Tevar has released on this friday, The film is not getting high collections as per expactations. The film managed to earn 7.05 crore on its first day, 9 crore for the second day Tevar has earned about 25 crore in its first three days.
On the weekend, the collections dropped. The movie had to struggle to get even a Rs 40 cr nett weekend. As far as Tevar is concerned, the film will have to do exceptionally well in order to be able to make a profit over its budget, which is somewhere around 48 crore.
Tevar is directed by Boney Kapoor and produced by Sanjay Kapoor. The film features Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi and Manoj Bajpai in lead roles and is a remake of director Gunasekhar's 2003 Telugu film 'Okkadu', which starred Mahesh Babu and Bhoomika Chawla.


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In honor of Mother's Day, Kraft has released a new video with swearing expert Melissa Mohr, author of "Holy Sh*t: A History of Swearing."
Kraft did a survey of moms and found that 74 percent have sworn in front of their kids.
As well as these nuggets of information:
- Millennial parents have an average of three "oops" moments a week.
- Most are able to laugh them off (90 percent) and feel it's necessary not to take them too seriously (84 percent).
- More than 9 in 10 millennial parents feel "oops moments" are a natural part of parenting.
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- More than 55 percent are even inclined to share their parenting fails on social media.
- 54 percent have called their child by the wrong name
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I had to make it easier to whip out Wishes and show I was up to the next level. Up to the Miracle Corps light-before-the-end-of-the-tunnel standards. I don't have to be another Jenny; just good enough to set up a trip to a waterfall with wheelchairs, or some other midsize Wish Fulfillment.
Jenny's great, no doubt. Except for that one parent that one time. She can set up families of ten coming from eleven states arriving at twelve different times with thirteen different food allergies and all sleeping over with Mickey and Minnie in Sleeping Beauty's castle.
What do I get? Look at this old folder:
"I want to go surfing." What's the big challenge? With a six-month window, I had to get a fourteen year old from Boulder to Huntington Beach.
Or: "I want to see snow." In eight or nine months, a second-grader from Louisiana to the Rockies.
"I want to ride a bike." Oh this was a good one…six or seven months, an eleven year old with no use of legs. Easy actually…hand cranks instead of pedals.
See what I mean? So basic.
So during my last review with my supervisor, Randy Lawson, I asked for tougher stuff. Some measurable way to prove that I was ready for five-wheelchairs-on-a-plane-change-at-O'Hare level logistics. What did I get from good old Mr. Lawson? Check this out:
"I want a hummingbird to kiss me"; 3 months.
Balboa Park, San Diego, Bird House. Ka-ching.
"I want to read a ton of books"; 6 months.
Stone tablets: pages glued to stepping stones. Snap.
"I want to ride a dolphin bronco style"; 8-9 months.
Marine World, after hours. Yawn.
"I want time to stand still"; 3-4 months.
Lap Land, Midnight Sun. Oh, ee-yeah.
Lawson called me into his office. "Joe, here's the card on the hummingbird kid. Again. A hummingbird didn't even come close to her. Make it happen, Joe. You know how the press would love this."
Press, schmess; he wanted a raise. I had to win Lawson over. I read the card: "I still want a hummingbird to kiss me"; 5-6 weeks.
Kiss her? They don't have lips, do they? Ah, but that'd be taking the easy way out. What's one of their licks like anyway: Like a wiggly noodle sticking out of a soda straw? Naw. So I started reading and calling around.
I talked to the local pet shop guy. Says they won't eat in captivity. Bullshit. Anyway, I came up with a plan: clear vinyl feeder with red juice inside and red plastic flowers outside my apartment window. Get the birdies hooked on the nectar from the feeder through the red flowers, then, presto, one day the flower is on the end of, uh, Margaret's finger, and wiggle goes the tongue, oh gee, goes Margaret and there you have it, Mr. Lawson. Just had to get the feeder up and running.
So I hung the feeder and started watching for hummingbirds. I sat in one of the strap chairs on the balcony for twenty minutes. Nothing. So I went to town. Literally. I don't fool around. I went to the biggest nursery in the county. The garden guy says "Butterfly Bush" and I already knew better than that. I said: "Get me an internet connection."
So I got Trumpet Honeysuckle, Bee Balms, Shrimp plants, Hollyhocks, Penstimon, some others and one I knew from a boy: Fireweed. I had to get most of them in five gallon containers, which set me back a bit. Plus the inside of my car looked like the set of an Indiana Jones movie. Kind of a private Rose Bowl Parade for just me.
The plants filled the balcony, but already, that same evening, I got a nibble. A plain Jane Hummer, small and quick as thought, trying to drink from every flower at once. She must have talked it up, because the next morning it was boys and girls together, shimmery greens, ruby throats, rufous tails. I gave them all day to eat while I took care of a drive-a-bulldozer wish, and then I took the next step.
I tied back the drapes and lined the plants on the inside of the balcony sliding glass door. Outside, I left only my feeder. Hah. Now I was calling the shots again.
Sure enough, the next day, up to a dozen different hummers started the morning with a stop at Joey's Breakfast Trough. One more day of that and I could take the plants back to Mr. Greenjeans.
So now came the tricky part. Instead of the feeder I held out my hand, palm up, with red juice in a clear lid. I wobble too much, so I made a brace to fit my elbow and forearm. Knock me down, it worked. So I was almost eye-to-eye with Dame Edith, a red-throated looker that I'd asworn had on a length of pearls.
Mice with wings, my dad called birds. Pigeons were the rats. Hawks were acceptable but only like cats. He didn't like any pets. He hated birds.
It was hard for me to see any mousy resemblance, facing Miss Edith. She looked at me a little gratefully, I think, like she hadn't had a drink for a while.
The next day I did without the dish. I poured a little red sugar water right into my palm and waited. Still as that mouse. Come on, Edith. Sweet girl. Don't be afraid. I just look like I'd hurt you. I don't even hit back. And she was suddenly there. Skytwitch to the left. Skytwitch to the right. Left again. And then she perched right on my finger and licked from the pool in my palm. I felt rich somehow with just a handful of hummingbird. Thanks, Edith.
Then came the longest day of my life. I ran through the two Wishes on my schedule; first a circus visit. I had hired a ringmaster and some clowns, actors. Then we had a visit to a local dude ranch. Righteous, dude. I also stood in for Barnett, who was really sick, I talked to him. I took his three year old Leuko to a Penny Arcade on the circus grounds. You might have thought it was Disneyland for all the commotion.
I couldn't wait to get home. It was almost sunset and I hadn't fed Edith. I didn't want her filling up anywhere else and I couldn't let her go back to my old feeder. We'd made strides.
So I went for the goal line. I washed my hands super thoroughly. I put red food color in my palm to dye it and brushed a glistening of sugar water on it for smell and stuck my hand out. I wished I'd trimmed my nails, but oh, well.
This had to work. I'd never get past Lawson's next review if Margaret didn't get her wish. Edith, where are you? I knew an Edith once. Not so pretty, but real talented and lively. Played chasing and kissing once. Just our speed. But then my dad found out. That was it. Only ever saw her again at school fire drills.
Come on, Edith.
I still couldn't believe how much time Id put into this one. Look, that blasted Morning glory had grabbed the drape cord already. Pushy little buggar. I had to admire its will to live though, even though it's inside the apartment. I could hardly wait to see her flit up to my hand. She's so pretty, with the prettiest line of white feathers lining her neck. She could get pretty emotional. You should've seen the other day when a bumblebee was hovering around the dish in my hand. Edith started buzzing and hovering with a tail feather display like a turkey! The bee was too dumb to care and finally wandered away, but wow! Go, Edith!
It's her! I knew she'd come. Mr. Lawson, prepare to eat crow. It's me, honey, come on down. I know it looks different. She looked me right in the eye. I mean, she hovered an inch from my nose and turned sideways to stare at me. She knew. She knew about Margaret and me and Lawson. How could she? And with that, she hovered above my red stained palm and gave me a lick, not on the red painted lake I made but on the fat mound where my thumb attaches. It was a kiss; definitely a kiss.
So, yesterday, I called to pick her up; Margaret. "Still recovering," they said.
"So how soon can she go out?" I want to know. Maybe she shouldn't, he says.
"Can I see her?" This was getting to be as bad as trying to get a date in high school. Since I was with Miracle, they'd make an exception.
Well, she didn't look too much like her picture. She was pale and skinny and had a bandana tied around her head. She had a great big forehead for a little girl and it glistened with sweat. "Hi, Margaret," I said. "I'm Joe. What's happening?"
Her eyes were open just a little way. "Not much."
"Still want to kiss a hummingbird?" I asked.
She reacted slower than I expected.
"I'm not much for running and jumping," she said.
"You can just sit in a chair. They come to my house. I've got a garden," I said.
It looked like she was trying to roll over and look at me. "I made it up," she said. "There's no such thing."
"There is at my house," I said.
"Then you kiss me," she said.
And I did. On the fat part where her thumb connects. Didn't even think about my dad till just now. What's he know?
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I spent a delightful morning in Paddington's London, followed by an afternoon of modern art and photography at the San Francisco MOMA. Both offer a welcome respite from the ugliness of Trump's America. ("If you're kind and polite, the world will be right" vs. "shithole countries.")
Paddington 2 opened today here in the US, and right now the movie has 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. I went to the early bird bargain matinee at the San Francisco Cinemark Century 9. I was happy to find that they'd installed recliner seats, although the leg rest went up without the back reclining. Instead, the raked rows of recliners have a solid partial wall behind each of them that block your view to everything in front but the screen. It's nice not seeing people check their phones and fidget, but it's also a bit isolating.
Paddington 2 is a treat from beginning to end. The production design is colorful and creative. The cast is top-notch. The effects appear effortless, which is a tribute to the efforts of the many people who bring the bear to life. The story is engaging for adults like me, and presumably fine for the kids, too. (I didn't take any with me.) Honestly, I can't think of anything to criticize. Wait, just one thing. The closing credits have a lot going on, delightful things that you shouldn't miss, but you won't actually read the credits while they're happening. That's okay for me though, because I will be seeing the movie again.
Ben Whishaw once again provides the voice of Paddington. Sally Hawkins and Hugh Bonneville are back as the Browns, and their kids (Samuel Joslin and Madeleine Harris) have done a lot of growing since the last film. Feisty Julie Walters and cranky Peter Capaldi are back, too. Joanna Lumley isn't onscreen for long, but she makes the most of her time. I love Tom Conti in anything, and Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) and Eileen Atkins have fun cameos. Brendan Gleeson and all the actors rocking pink stripes are terrific, and Hugh Grant is clearly having a good time hamming it up. He deserves his BAFTA nomination for the closing credits alone.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art currently features a Walker Evans exhibit with over 300 prints, and it's just a few blocks from the cinema. The San Francisco Public Library has a program called Discover & Go, offering free passes to many of the museums, swimming pools, and attractions in the Bay Area. All you need is an SF library card. The pass for the MOMA is good for 2 adult admissions (kids under 18 are already free), and you just need to make your reservation the month before.
Walker Evans (1903-1975) was an American photographer best known for his depression-era photographs for the Farm Security Administration. Not surprisingly, the rooms featuring these photographs were the most crowded. The Walker Evans exhibit is divided into two parts, with the museum cafe located in between. Some of the prints are tiny, and they include early self-portraits from photo booths. There were also materials on display by other people that Evans collected. I love photos of faces, so I was drawn to the portraits, especially the ones from the 1937 Mississippi flood and the subway series. Other featured subjects include posters, signs, store windows, trash, tools, architecture, and African objects.
I also explored the Robert Rauschenberg exhibit, then visited the other floors with Lichtenstein, Mondrian, Warhol and Rothko. Many other artists too, of course, but these guys even I recognize without having to check the description. It wasn't too busy on any of the floors, so a great day to explore the collections. The gift shop on the ground floor is always worth a visit, too.
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However, what is not widely known is that pre-paid divisions of card companies are often terrible when it comes to processing refunds back onto your pre-paid card. It can take 6-8 weeks. I have seen this happen several times to different people. Think about using these cards for items you know you won't return (groceries, gasoline, diapers, etc.) instead of things that you may end up returning, like clothing or gifts.
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The New Facebook for Android is Almost Here
Oh, how we've waited.
Facebook for Android has long been a piece of crap, loading profile pages at a glacial pace and spazzing out randomly. Strange when the company behind the app just hit a billion users and it's still 1/8th the speed of the Google+ app.
But no more! If current reports are to be believed, Facebook for Android will soon (FINALLY) unveil a better, native app so we can get back to hating on other things, like Touchwiz.
Here's what we said recently about the app:
Complaints about Facebook for Android run the gamut; but generally revolve around a few main issues. Users complain the app:
- Constantly freezes
- Force crashes
- Uses way more data than the browser version
- Is slow to load, even on fast phones
- Is just plain boring and aesthetically ugly
The new app will be native, and thus won't rely on the HML5 code that got Facebook into the mess it's currently in. The company better nail it this time.
(Top photo: Engadget.com)
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What would you do if an out-of-town friend said she wanted to experience L.A. through your eyes and had only 24 hours to do so? Well, this is the exact challenge posed by my colleague Suzanne, who was in town (from Sacramento) on Friday for a workshop and not flying out till Saturday night. After much excited deliberation, Tim and I pulled together the following itinerary:
1. Dinner Friday night - Border Grill is the westside's self-designated "urban cantina" created by celebrity chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, the Food Network's "Too Hot Tamales." Although Los Angeles is in the midst of its two-week DineLA festivities--where restaurants around town serve price-fixe meals at a reduced cost--we all decided to order off the menu--pork (no big surprise there!)--and had a fabulous dinner. Welcome to L.A.!
2. Main St., Venice, CA - Suzanne was staying in Santa Monica, so we picked her up Saturday morning and drove back to Culver City via Main St. in Venice. Two blocks away from the zaniness of Venice beach, Main St. is home to upscale shops and restaurants (Wolfgang Puck's Chinois--yum!) as well as unusual architecture: the 10-ft. clown ballerina and Frank Gehry's binocular building. We then cut over to Venice Blvd. via Abbott-Kinney (more upscale shops and restaurants), all the while regaling Suzanne with tales of the old Venice pier and the long-gone "red car" inner-city railroads.
3. Downtown Culver City - after a quick tour of our house and gardens, we zipped through the trendy part of Culver City and waved at Culver Studios, where exterior shots of Tara, in Gone with the Wind, were supposedly filmed. We wanted to go up to Kenneth Hahn Park to showoff the L.A. basin in its snowcapped glory, but the view was obscured by clouds and so we zoomed on to our next destination instead. (The photo at the top of this entry was taken on a clear day two weeks ago after the rains.)
4. Farmers Market - As I've said elsewhere on this blog, the Original Farmers Market is one of my favorite places in L.A. Established in 1934, the market is a diverse conglomeration of food booths, tourist traps, and fruit stands, all with their own charm and stories to tell. Next to the Market is The Grove, an open-air, pedestrian-friendly mall that caters to the Beverly Hills set. We were worried when naysayers predicted the opulent Grove would diminish the more traditional Market. But just like everything else in the city, Old-school has managed to live in harmony with the New, making Farmers Market the single most quintessential symbol of Los Angeles.
5. Youngwood Court - No tour of L.A. is complete without a quick peek at Youngwood Court--or as we like to call it, the House of Davids--on 3rd St. and Muirfield in prestigious Hancock Park. The house boasts not one but seventeen (!!) copies of Michelangelo's David, all of which are dressed in red velvet jackets and hats during the holidays. We feel bad for the neighbors, but can't help stopping by periodically to see what new statues have been added. And, of course, out-of-town guests are always amused!
6. Hollywood sign - Suzanne had never seen the world-famous sign, so we headed up Vine St. toward Hollywood. On a clear day you can actually see the Hollywood sign (barely!) from the end of our block. But the very best view is from Lake Hollywood, the reservoir built above L.A. by William Mullholland in the early 1920s. As a kid, I'd never heard of the lake even though it's a mere handful of miles from where I grew-up in Burbank. Tim and I discovered it when we moved back here in the 1990s and frequently walked around its perimeter when we lived in the mid-city. The dam is a marvel that's completely invisible to the naked eyes of those wandering around Hollywood. Still, the main reason to visit is the up-close-and-personal view it affords of the ever iconic Hollywood sign. Click here for directions.
7. Driving home - We decided to take the long way home and so drove along Ventura Blvd. to give Suzanne a taste of the nicer parts of The Valley. We then shot up Beverly Glen so she could see the famous "stilt houses" perched precariously above the canyon. Suzanne had already seen Sunset Blvd. and UCLA, so I pointed the car south to Culver City. She was back at the airport by 6PM. Her tourguides were asleep in front of the TV by 9:30PM!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
L.A. in 24 hrs.
Labels: architecture, Culver City, Culver Studios, Farmers Market, food, Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Venice
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Area code 903
North American area codes 430 and 903 are state of Texas telephone area codes for numbers in the Northeast Texas area, including Texarkana, Tyler, and Sherman. Area code 903 was created November 4, 1990 as a split from area code 214. Area code 430 was created February 15, 2003, as an overlay for area code 903. The 903/430 overlay region begins just north and east of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and extends to the Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana borders.
Counties Served by this area code:
- Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Leon, Madison, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood
Towns and cities served by this area code:
- Alba, Annona, Arp, Arthur City, Athens, Avery, Avinger, Bagwell, Bailey, Barry, Beckville, Bells, Ben Franklin, Ben Wheeler, Big Sandy, Bivins, Bloomburg, Blooming Grove, Blossom, Bogata, Bonham, Brashear, Brookston, Buffalo, Bullard, Caddo Mills, Campbell, Canton, Cason, Cayuga, Celeste, Centerville, Chatfield, Chicota, Clarksville, Clayton, Coffee City, Collinsville, Commerce, Como, Cookville, Cooper, Corsicana, Cumby, Cuney, Cunningham, Daingerfield, De Berry, De Kalb, Denison, Deport, Detroit, Dew, Diana, Dike, Dodd City, Douglassville, Easton, Ector, Edgewood, Elkhart, Elysian Fields, Emory, Enloe, Eustace, Fairfield, Flint, Frankston, Frost, Fruitvale, Gallatin, Gary, Gilmer, Gober, Golden, Gordonville, Grand Saline, Greenville, Gunter, Henderson, Honey Grove, Hooks, Howe, Ivanhoe, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Jewett, Joinerville, Jonesville, Judson, Karnack, Kemp, Kildare, Kilgore, Kirvin, Klondike, Ladonia, Laird Hill, Lake Creek, Laneville, Larue, Leesburg, Leona, Leonard, Lindale, Linden, Lodi, Lone Oak, Lone Star, Long Branch, Longview, Mabank, Marietta, Marquez, Marshall, Maud, Maydelle, McLeod, Merit, Mertens, Midway, Minden, Mineola, Mount Enterprise, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Naples, Nash, Neches, New Boston, New London, New Summerfield, Oakwood, Omaha, Ore City, Overton, Palestine, Panola, Paris, Pattonville, Pecan Gap, Petty, Pickton, Pittsburg, Point, Pottsboro, Powderly, Powell, Poynor, Price, Purdon, Queen City, Quinlan, Quitman, Randolph, Ravenna, Redwater, Rice, Richland, Roxton, Sadler, Saltillo, Savoy, Scottsville, Scroggins, Selman City, Sherman, Simms, Southmayd, Streetman, Sulphur Bluff, Sulphur Springs, Sumner, Talco, Tatum, Telephone, Tennessee Colony, Texarkana, Tom Bean, Trenton, Tyler, Union Valley, Van Alstyne, Van, Waskom, White Oak, Whitehouse, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Windom, Winfield, Winona, Wolfe City, Woodlawn, and Yantis
Before its implementation in Texas in 1990, 903 was one of three area codes used for alternative dialing into certain parts of Mexico from the United States. The other two area codes used for this were 706 and 905.
See also
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 430 Area Code
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 903 Area Code
|North: 580, 870
|West: 214/469/972, 254, 940
|area code 430/903
|East: 318, 870
|South: 936, 979


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Fifty Shades Freed Dakota Johnson reveals CATWOMAN bombshell: WATCH
FIFTY SHADES FREED star Dakota Johnson just dropped a huge Catwoman bombshell. Could she appear alongside Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey or Ben Affleck in The Batman?
Could the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffiths swap S&M games for the PVC and leather of DC's sexiest superhero?
Dakota Johnson is currently starring in the terrifying and controversial horror movie Suspiria, from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guardagnino.
Robbie and Warner Bros are still in the early stages of casting and pre-production on Birds of Prey. The movie will unite some of DC's most iconic female villains, from Robbie's Harley Quinn to Poison Ivy, Huntress and Canary.
But what about Catwoman? Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway have already put their stamps on the role, but could Johnson be the purr-fect choice?
Johnson spilled her Catwoman hopes during a video interview with Vanity Fair. This particular format makes the stars take a lie detector test as they are asked various probing questions.
Asked if she would consider a Marvel movie role and if so which one, the actress immediately said: "Yes. Catwoman."
She immediately realised it is a DC not a Marvel role but her speedy and unhesitating response has raised eyebrows – and hopes. The star also opened up about how she felt filming sexy Fifty Shades scenes and how much she has in common with her iconic character, Anastasia.
Watch the revelations next.
Fifty Shades Freed Dakota Johnson Catwoman hopes
So far, Birds of Prey has cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya and Jurnee Smollet-Bell as Black Canary.
It is unclear whether the Suicide Squad spin-off will incorporate Quinn's villanous love, Jared Leto's divisive Joker.
Nor has teher been any indication yet whether Catwoman will make an appearance.
With the DCEU undergoing major shifts, Johnson could also be perfect for the upcoming The Batman movie, which may still star Ben Affleck but is also reported to be aiming for a look at the earlier years of the Caped Crusader.
During the Vanity fair lie detector test, Johnson also opens up about Fifty Shades.
She reveals she does not have anything in common with Anastasia and then that she does. She is clearer when she dellares they do not like the same kinds of men and that she found filming some of the scenes very "awkward".
The polygraph test backs her answers.


text: Shaking Hands with Todd RohalBy Mike WhiteShaking Hands with Todd Rohal By Mike White. Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, The Guatemalan Handshake is a much-anticipated film by wunderkind Todd Rohal which fulfills the promise of the writer/director's potential...Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, The Guatemalan Handshake is a much-anticipated film by wunderkind Todd Rohal which fulfills the promise of the writer/director's potential. Picking up where his short films, Knuckleface Jones (1999) and Hillbilly Robot (2001) left off, The Guatemalan Handshake serves as another voyage into the creative and colorful mind of Rohal.Starring Will Oldham as Donald Turnipseed, the singer/songwriter is absent through a good deal of the film, though his presence haunts nearly every scene. Donald has gone missing after an accident at a local power plant. All that's left of him is his father's funny little electric carwhich changes hands more often than a novice poker playermemories of him, and his unborn child. Sadie (Sheila Scullin) is the baby's momma. She's going into her third trimester as an outcast from her family after her father, the off-kilter Ivan (Ivan Dimitrov), kicks her out of the house for being a slut. Never mind that Ivan has to use a short bus to transport his fourteen illegitimate daughters.The film goes back and forth in time, focusing on a wide array of eccentric characters that live in anticipation, or dread, of a big demolition derby. Will Sadie drive Donald's father's car to victory? Will Ivan defeat her? Will Turkeylegs (Katy Haywood) ever be reunited with her friend Donald? Will Ethel Firecracker (Kathleen Kennedy) ever find her lost dog? These questions and more are woven into the rich fabric of The Guatemalan Handshake.As to be expected from a Rohal film, nothing can be expectedwith the exceptions that any boy scouts in the film will be malicious little punks and that the plot will follow logic of its own. The Guatemalan Handshake does not disappoint. It's a pleasure cruise of an independent film.Cashiers du Cinemart:What inspired The Guatemalan Handshake? Todd Rohal: A lot of short short stories I was writing. I really wanted to make something that seemed like it came from a different place. I wanted to make a movie with a demolition derby in it. I wanted to use kids, retirees, strange cars and animals. I had friends I wanted to write roles for. It was more of a matter of writing stories with these elements and figuring out how they could all work together. I also found a documentary on a government access channel in Ohio called "TigerTown," which was a heavy influence on some things. It was the only movie I wanted to directly reference.CdC: Did the power outage of 2003 have an impact on the film?TR: You're the only person to have ever asked me that. I was writing during the power outage and I was jealous of all the people in New York who got off of work and got to hang out together in the streets. It sounded like a really good time.CdC:How did you get hooked up with Will Oldham?TR: I helped author a DVD for a film he acted in called Slitch, by Dianne Bellino. She was working on a script at the same time as I was, and I asked her if she thought Will would be interested in acting again. I sent him the script hoping he'd come on for a background role, but he asked to do something more substantial, and that led to me casting him as Donald. Will drove himself to the set, jumped right in, and got down to business. He was a lot of fun on the set and I think he'd have a good time making a comedy about moonshiners.CdC:What kind of car is that and where did you find it?TR: A fully-electric 1981 Vanguard Comuta-Car originally invented by Bob Beaumont of Baltimore, Maryland. They were a fledgling car company in the late 1970s during the energy crisis and they were cranking these things out in Florida for a few years until Consumer Reports wrote an unfairly scathing review of them and destroyed the company. Bob Beaumont continues to create electric vehicles in Baltimore. I think someone should make a movie about his life; it's pretty amazing.The car in the film is mine. I bought it from a retired electrical engineer in Columbus, Ohio. He put a lot of work and restoration into it. We have a ten-part podcast on the film's website documenting the trials and tribulations of hauling that car from Ohio to Park City, Utah (and back again) for the premiere of the film at Slamdance.CdC:What is next for The Guatemalan Handshake?TR: I thought we had a DVD release ready to go, but now it seems like a bad idea. I'm talking with some more companies now, but if it goes on too long I'm going to make it available only on 35mm and BetaMax. We've had offers, but I'm very much wanting to put out a DVD that looks good, as that'll be the place most people will be able to see it. If it can't happen that way, then it can't happen that way. I'd rather go make another film than release a bad version of the film. It's very likely things won't go in my favor, but most of my favorite things were found through bootlegging, so maybe that'll be the path for my film as well. That will be sad if that ends up being the case.CdC:About what percentage of the audience gets that the woman with the missing dog is dead?TR: Not too many; those that do usually ask me about it first, assuming that their ideas about things are wrong. I always say that it's like two negatives making a positive connection. The dog dies and the woman is searching for it. Maybe God feels so sorry for her that he kills her off as well, instead of dealing another depressing blow to her life. The last person seen with the dog in the film is Donald (who disappears himself). So there's this connection about lost things being found and how eventually everything will work out. I didn't want to do any of that explicitly, so when anyone says they wish that things would all come together and connect, I know they aren't looking hard enough. It's all there, just like the cheesiest of O. Henry stories.CdC:How has the reception of the film been?TR: Would it be crappy of me to describe it as being "passionate"? Some people fall in love with it and others want to kill everyone involved with making it. It's a hard film to explain from the start, and those who love the film love it for the right reasons. It's challenging and stupid at the same time, which sometimes makes smarties uncomfortable.CdC:How long did it take to make The Guatemalan Handshake, from inception to premiere?TR: I started writing it in 2002. I did three full scripts, each one completely different from the others. This led to the final shooting script. We raised money for a year or so and put together our 35mm camera package, recruited the crew, and found the cast. We shot in the summer of 2004 for a month straight. I edited for a year while working full time. I quit my job for six months leading up to the premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in January of 2006.CdC:Who is the actor who plays the foreman in the power plant?TR: That is none other than Jim Krut, who played the helicopter zombie in George Romero's original Dawn of the Dead. He came to our open audition call and we had a lot of fun with him. After he left we looked at his resume and saw who he was, and that he just happened to live in the area. Two other producers from the film and I were basically weaned on that movie, so it was like having John Wayne show up to your casting call.CdC: What are you working on now?TR: I've been releasing the film on my own for the last year and a half. It's been painfully time-consuming, but for someone who had never been out of the country until last year, it's allowed me to travel all over the world and live off the success of the film for a bit. Last year the film took me (directly and indirectly) to Holland, Japan, Germany, England, Italy, Austria, Canadajust about every major city in the US and then some. I've booked screenings on my own and continue to do film festivals, although I'm currently wrapping up the festival screenings now.I'm also writing as much as I can. I have a new film I want to make which is part Killer of Sheep, part Stand By Me, part Silver Streak, and part "Benny Hill." For more on The Guatemalan Handshake visit ghandshake.comBack to Issue 15


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Why do you need a Monitor?
With the rise in popularity of in-dash DVD players & GPS navigation systems you might already have a perfectly suitable colour LCD monitor onto which the images from your reversing camera(s) can easily be displayed. Even if your unit is not built into the dash and is held in place with a suction cap, it can do the same job. Keep in mind that the larger the monitor, the easier it will be to see any obstructions.
Whilst your reversing camera system really only needs the camera that you attach to the rear of the vehicle/trailer & the monitor for viewing there is of course a bit more to it than that. Here's a run-down on features and options and tips for putting the ideal system together to meet all your rear view and reversing needs.


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Hello again! Man, it has been a LONG time! I'm sure you are all wondering where I have been all this time – 'has she been hiking in Peru? Scuba diving in Belize? Researching polar bears in the Arctic?' And the answer to all of this is, no.
Unfortunately, I have been leading a relatively normal life of work and home, but have recently been cut off from WordPress.com via firewall at work. Not to say that all I do at work is write about the interesting (at least to me) adventures I have, but I do not have internet at my house because of the insane price that Comcast has for internet, and the monopoly that Comcast has on my area, in which they are the only internet providers for some reason. So I would write my stories during lunch or during brain breaks when I could no longer concentrate on the report I was writing, and it worked out great. For a while. But now I am in my North Dakota hotel, catching up on the Olympic metal count and enjoying the beautiful weather.
So, to catch you up on our most recent adventure….
For our honeymoon last year, Hubby and I went to the Florida Keys. I fell in love with Key Largo, so we went back this summer. This time we drove from Houston to Florida! We hadn't done a road trip since college, so it was due time for another one. We left on a Friday night after I got off work, and made it to Mississippi before we ate dinner. We slept a couple hours in an Alabama road side park, and then the next morning we headed to Clear Water, Florida.
Our first night in Florida was in Clear Water, walking around a nightly summer craft fair and seeing the WORLD'S FIRST HOOTERS, but the real plan was for the next morning to go to the Clear Water Aquarium to see Winter, the dolphin without a tail. It was a nice little aquarium, but I wish I had seen it before the movie came out about it. EVERYTHING was related to the movie. Something was labeled as a movie prop, or they had a screen shot from the movie, and said "this is where this scene was shot". But I got to see Winter and feed stingrays, which is probably one of my favorite activities so it was a win.
The next part of the trip was Key Largo. We dove with Pirate Island Divers again, and we earned our Rescue Diver certification while we were down there, which was a lot of work, but a lot of fun too. We had to practice rescuing an unresponsive diver, a panicking diver, and perform rescue breathing. During the diving classes we saw some amazing things! A horse-shoe crab, sting rays, baby flounder, and all sorts of other wildlife.
I couldn't get over the sunsets in Key Largo. Every night they were different, but equally beautiful as the night before. I probably got 200 pictures of them.
While we were in Key Largo, we also did a "Creature Feature" through a different dive operation. This included diving with a nurse shark and Goliath groupers, and being able to hold and pet the shark. I have mixed feelings about this; the dive operation was terrible. They were disorganized, used crappy gear that was falling apart, and we saw one of the crew members throw garbage into the canal. On top of that, sharks are of course, predators. They should not be treated like trained dogs but that's exactly how they treated her. He would grab her and push her onto your lap so you could hold and pet her. I absolutely love sharks, and I was so excited to have this opportunity, but this is not how wild animals should be treated. The dive captain even said that there used to be a lot more sharks, but they have all gotten killed off. He said it was because the other dive operations were jealous of his sharks, but that just means that people have gone up to what seemed like a tame animal, gotten bit, and the sharks were killed because they were "aggressive" and "attacking humans".
After we left Key Largo we headed up to Crystal River to swim with manatees which was absolutely amazing! We were able to swim with four manatees and one of them was a brand new baby! It was so much fun. The operation was really well organized, they had everyone watch a video about the manatees before we went out, explaining how you are and are not allowed to interact with the manatees, and then we headed out to the marina. Even on Memorial Day weekend, which is when we were out there, there were manatees to see! We were able to touch them if they came up to the surface, but you are not allowed to go down to follow the manatees to the bottom, because that is considered harassment.
The trip was amazing and I wish I could stay in Kay Largo forever! I also wish that I had all of my pictures from the trip on this computer, so I could share some of the sunsets, diving, and GIANT MANGO DAIQUIRIS that the bartender kept coming the whole time!


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Report reaching us is … just like any other giveaway, a lot of partners think this is fake. They believe they will not WIN and that we are not giving away the money. As a result, a lot of our partners are not particitpating.
If we invite them they do not take up the offer.
Since this is not working, we are going to end the promo then think of something to offer the partners that they will believe more in.
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Australia's recent terrible record in Print at Cannes has continued with just eight nominations for four agencies making the cut this year.
Last year saw just four agencies pick up nominations but walk away with four gongs in the categor, with only DDB Sydnay a repeat finalist.
Once again Dumb Ways to Die leads the way with three nods for McCann Melbourne, alongside Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney with three for their Lexus campaign, and two for DDB Sydney's Volkswagen Aftersales spots.
The winners of this category will not be unveiled until Wednesday evening Australian time.
Australian finalists:
Aftersales, Volkswagen, DDB Sydney (2)
Dumb Ways to Die, Metro Trains, McCann Melbourne
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Corporate Healthcare at a Chicago [Large Firm] (IL)
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At a large law firm, the hours, pay, exit opportunities, and desire to leave are among the tradeoffs associates continuously negotiate -- if you can get the job in the first place. In this episode, Holly Carnell, a 2009 graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, describes her challenge of getting a biglaw job from a non-elite law school.
Holly discusses her corporate healthcare practice in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods. Like associates at many large firms, she's seen her responsibilities evolve in her six years in practice. Holly tells how she learned on the job, but also how she developed one of her most important skills before ever going to law school. Her sales background helps her meet the firm's expectations that she build her brand and a book of business.
As a corporate healthcare attorney, she has a broad practice in the healthcare space. She spends a lot of time helping healthcare providers draft contracts, properly engage employees, and remain in compliance with the many applicable laws. Additionally, she does contracts and due diligence for private equity firms buying and selling healthcare companies. While the job may have been difficult to get, she's finding that excelling in the job has more to do with doing quality work, managing junior associates, and exercising good judgment than where she went to school.
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- Episode 0: Introduction to I Am The Law, a Series of Interviews
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There's typically a gap. The website is a front door for new visitors from search and social media sites to understand who you are and what you do. But that part of the process goes largely unassisted. You are depending on the website visitor to navigate your site and find things for themselves. And like everyone else, they look at hundreds of sites in a given week.
Sure, you can lay out the site according to industry practices with the About page and Contact form. But that step to reach out may require more trust and if you are not getting contacted then your sales conversion process is broken. You are not getting strangers to take the initiative to get into a conversation.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Ahem.... Happy New Year!
Where did January go?? One minute I am thinking resolutions and Christmas decs removal, and now here it is, nearly February, and no blogging done at all!
Well I must get one post in this month! This is a Little Girl LO I did at the December and January crops, the flowers and buttons are a little Christmas something from Scrappy Sarah, I chalk inked the smaller flowers to put in the centre of the larger ones, the stems are made with an EK success punch. Title is cut on the robo and I think the paper may be K&Co.
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The Story of a Brief Marriage
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Set in an evacuee's camp during the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war, Arudpragasam's profound novel portrays the bare elements of a human life when everyone and everything has been and can be taken away. Amidst the horror surrounding him Dinesh's life has been pared back to the essentials: eat, sleep, survive. One morning he is approached by an older man who asks him to marry his daughter Ganga, hoping that victorious soldiers will be less likely to harm a married woman. For a few brief hours, Dinesh and Ganga are two people tentatively trying to understand themselves and each other, until the war once more closes over them. The beauty in Arudpragasam's writing of the bare reality of brutality is a revelation.
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Fritzland woke up. It was Saturday around midday and he had a terrible hangover, as usual. He took his so called "No Future Breakfast": a Black Coffee, a cigarette and an aspirin. The weather was good and he decided to undertake a tour to see Melbourne's Street Art.
Flinders Station//Young & Jackson Hotel
He took a tram and arrived at Flinders Station at around 1pm. He went to Young & Jackson Hotel and had a Coopers Pale Ale. He felt better after this and went into the Station.
He took the Sandringham line. Already, after Richmond station, he could see the colourful graffiti all along the rail track. Before and after each station, the graffiti seemed to increase in quantity.
Baclava Station//Nightingale Street//Carlisle Street
He almost fell into the gap as he got off the train in Balaclava. The Balaclava Station was remarkable, brightly painted with graffiti. At the exit of the platform, a barbed wire was installed in order to prevent the Street Artists to access the roofs around the station, but without success, as Fritzland could see.
He went down the platform, turned immediately left and walked along the rail track. He could see plenty of graffiti on the fence and later on the walls. As he arrived at Nightingale St, to his left there was a backyard with remarkable graffiti on the walls.
He turned right under a bridge and went back to the station on a similar path along the rail track. On this side of the Station he could see the backyards and parking ground belonging to cafes and shops on Carlisle St. Here the same situation, plenty of graffiti.
He walked along Carlisle Street. Here, Street Art was present everywhere. There were graffiti on the houses, some of them nice, some not so nice. There were pen graffiti (so called "tags") and stickers on each pole and door. Balaclava is a multicultural melting pot with Jewish cafes and east European shops. Fritzland felt at home in this deteriorated, but lovely atmosphere.
Chapel Street//Tram 78 towards North Richmond//Windsor Station//Union Street//Bowling Green Street//Tusk Cafe
He stole a beer from a bottle shop, then went to Chapel Street and took the tram 78, heading towards North Richmond. It was warm and he drank his cold beer. The girls were wearing skirts, and because he was so tiny, he could see under their skirts easily. He liked it.
He got off at Windsor Station and could see some more graffiti. He turned left in to Union Street, then right in to Bowling Green Street and spotted more Street Art. After that, he turned right and had a second breakfast at Tusk Cafe.
He saw a lot more artistic work all along Chapel Street. He then arrived at a bar called Borsch Vodka and Tears.
He entered and was happy to see that the bar offered over 50 different vodkas from all over Europe. At first he ordered a Polish Wyborowa, then a Russian Stolitchnaja followed by a Sliwowitz from Slovenia. At the end he sculled a Polish Spirytus. A Czech beer helped him to swallow this vodka which has a 70% alcohol content. This catapulted him into a good mood.
As he arrived at the Prahran Town Hall, he turned left into Greville Street and walked to the Train Station.
He took a train back towards Flinders Station and got off at Richmond. Here around the Station he could spot more graffiti. He walked along Steward Street and found a parking ground behind the Corner Hotel with graffiti all around.
Richmond Station//Steward Street//Corner Hotel//Stephenson Street
He then went to Stephenson Street and walked along the rail track. Here he could see plenty of splendid Graffiti.
He got tired. He went back to Corner Hotel. It was after 5pm and he met his friends. After a couple of beers they went to the G. Fritzland was a Collingwood supporter and Collingwood were playing this evening against Hawthorn.
The almighty Magpies beat the Hawks by 64 points and Fritzland was more than in a good mood. He was happy.


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Thursday, Jan. 5, 2011
Today: Roberto Zayas – Classification, (Rich)
Birthdays: Ingrid Sampo (1/2), Fred Rogers (1/4), Ron Linde (1/5) and Curtis Tiano (1/6)
Next Week: Aishwarya Gokhale, Exchange Student from India – (Abdella).
Last Week:
Lynn Miland will tell you that bullying is learned behavior. She is a parent educator and trainer for PACER, an organization that serves families with children who have disabilities. In 2006, PACER launched a Bullying Prevention Center and now offers free digital resources on the topic.
Bullying is characterized as either physical or emotional abuse, often directed at kids who have trouble defending themselves. Cyber-bullying, using social media to harass or intimidate peers, has become a 21st century version of bullying behavior.
Between 10 and 15 percent of the youth population has been the victim of bullying at one time or another, Miland said. Children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to fall into that category.
It is a behavior that is under-reported. Miland said 64 percent of bullying victims do not report these incidents. Parents should be on the look out for signs of depression or anxiety in these cases.
There is no one solution to this age-old problem, according to Miland. The task is to create a culture that doesn't tolerate it. All children need to be taught empathy, respect and compassion. Kids need to learn how to advocate for themselves and, if they witness bullying behavior, they should be assertive in discouraging attacks and providing support for the victims.
Lynn's daughter, Maggie, a high school student, spoke about her awakening to this issue, watching her older autistic sister navigate the outside world. "It took a toll," she said.
Maggie was invited to a White House conference on bullying last year and two months ago attended a Peace Conference in Norway, where she learned bullying is a global issue.
Tom Durkin Classification:
Tom's life breaks down into orderly chapters. He grew up one of six kids in an Irish, German, Italian Wisconsin family. His father was a firefighter, who became involved in union administration and later served as Fire Chief for the city of Madison, Wis.
After graduating from high school, Tom embarked on a three-year odyssey of experiential learning that took him around the world and back again. He returned to Madison to attend the University of Wisconsin, majoring in International Relations and Chinese Studies. He then earned a Masters in Chinese and International Affairs at Columbia University in New York.
Tom met his wife, Megan, at a French restaurant in Madison. They married and moved to Asia for 10 years, their expatriate chapter, while Tom worked for Midwest Imports of Cannon Falls. He eventually was transferred back to company headquarters, and that's when they moved to Northfield.
He calls this the American Dream chapter. He and Megan raised their three children here, and they thoroughly love Northfield. He calls it a "community with a soul."
They have a son at Carleton College, a daughter at Colorado State and a daughter in high school. Tom now works for Kaemingk Associations (USA), whose headquarters are on Division Street.
2012-13 Outbound Students
Sixteen Northfield High School students were accepted for the 2012-13 exchange year. They are: Sofie Scheuerman (Argentina), Rachel Crippen (Austria), Avery Nelson (Brasil), Cyrette Saunier (Brasil), Annika Hansen (Brasil), Karrah Nelson (Chile), Abbie Valinski (Colombia), Calina Hall (Czech Republic), Theo Hofrenning (Ecuador), Maggie Miland (France), Erik Berthelson (India), Mats Hansen (Italy), Kiana Asada (Japan), Evan Weselman (Japan), Eduardo Jaramillo (Taiwan) and Connor Rohwer (Taiwan).
This just in…..
Grace McGregor, our outbound in Finland, writes:
"Being here in Finland, I have three lives; my life in the US, my life in Finland, and my life as an exchange student. It is really only something you can understand if you've done it yourself… you actually experience being in someone else's shoes, which seems to be something not many people get to do. It really is the greatest experience you can have, it opens your mind to how the world can work, and that not everything that works is "right" and not everything that is "right" works."
Elisha McLaughlin, another outbound in Finland, writes:
"Things have been amazing here. The exchange experience is truly beyond words. I never really believed people when they said it was something you couldn't understand until you had experienced it for yourself, but it is 100% true. Being here in Finland has pushed me outside of my comfort zone, redefined words like home, friends, family, normal, time, important and so much more, taught me about myself, and allowed me to meet some of the most amazing people in the world (both Finns and other exchange students). I have memories that will last a lifetime and am only four months into my exchange. This has been the best time of my life so far, despite challenges, and I have no doubt I will continue to enjoy my exchange and grow as a person as the year goes on."
Guests: Ally Thorkelson, Kari Bergeson, and Lawrence Warden (Durkin); Howard Puczko (Puczko); Pablo (Fenton); and Carolyn Pokorney (Pokorney).
Scholarship Enhancement: Richard Maus
— Aishwa gave a ringing endorsement to the club's winter social "To India and Back" Saturday, Feb. 25. She said it will be "awesome and authentic." Tickets are available online or at our regular meetings.
— A Mill Towns Trail project is competing for a $10,000 grant from Midwest Mountaineering. You are encouraged to go online and vote for the Parks and Trails Council project. Every vote counts.
— President Bierman congratulated club member Ivan Imm on being appointed to a seat on the Northfield City Council.
Coming Up:
Jan. 19 — Open Club Meeting (President Bierman)