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So, since we didn't hear anything from Gene Luen Yang's San Francisco library visit for The Promise Part One, I sent him the following email:
So it seems that any information you might have revealed about The Promise, Part 1 at the library in San Francisco did not make it into the hands of anyone ecstatic enough to proclaim it online. Is there anything you can divulge to me for the sake of our collective sanity which we slowly lose in waiting?
And, I got the following response:
Hey Richard!
Great to hear from a fellow A:TLA fan! Much of what I shared was visual, which is probably why it didn't make it on the Internet. I showed the thumbnail sketches, pencils, and final art for a page from The Promise, Part 1. I also showed the model sheets of all five major characters and compared them to their old outfits. And I showed Zuko rocking a mullet, which was thankfully nixed by Mike and Bryan.
The book picks up immediately after the last episode of the series (and I mean IMMEDIATELY, like the moment after). However, after a few pages the story jumps forward a year. That's why everybody's clothes change. Also (I shared this already in an interview), the comic book shows the rest of the Zuko-Ozai conversation about Zuko's mom.
Now, it's not much new info, but we now know the following:
- The statement that the one-year transition takes place 'halfway' through the book might be more like "a few pages", as Mr. Yang says.
- At some point, there was a plan for Zuko to have a mullet, "which was thankfully nixed by Mike and Bryan."
- We know what he showed at the event, but not what it looks like.
So, it's not much, but it's better than nothing. Now, my question for you... Should I further pester Mr. Yang for this Zuko mullet picture (Or one of the others)? I'm curious, but I don't want to badger him to the point of annoyance. Any thoughts?
The next email I sent contained the following:
Thank you so much for your reply! I shared the info you gave me on the Avatar Wiki (avatar.wikia.com, on which my username is uiop60) and I've been asked by some users to further pester you by asking for any of the images you mentioned: a sketch, pencil, Zuko-mullet picture, or final page art (There seems to be much interest in the Zuko-mullet picture). Coming from a popular fan site, this would definitely raise the hype for the new comics. If there is any reason this is not possible, whether personal or especially legal, I understand completely. (What did I ever do for you?)
Thanks again,
Then, his reply:
Hey Richard,
You're connected with Avatar Wiki? I used that resource a lot (A LOT) while writing the books. That and AvatarSpirit.net were like my encyclopedias. So thanks to you and everyone who has ever contributed to Avatar Wiki for making my job so much easier!
I just e-mailed Dark Horse to see if I can put the presentation up on YouTube... I'll let you know when I find out.
I want to again relay Gene's thanks to all the Wiki contributors here. We made Gene's life a whole lot easier when writing the books (well, not me, necessarily, as I became involved only very recently), which as a result probably makes the books even better. And now, whether we get the information we want is in the hands of Dark Horse.
I then sent the following:
Hello again Gene,
Two things: I'm wondering if Dark Horse has gotten back to you, but more interestingly, two pictures have popped up on the web from the same Tumblr account, and if you could confirm or deny their legitimacy it'd be helpful (They're pretty convincing-looking): http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/12591599823/1/tumblr_lufkqpsghv1qd6qoo and http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh5q7vgv31qe3bxno1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1321065581&Signature=x0QKrTFiDJPEGdvLwFDMcMAsm4w%3D.
Thank you so much; you've been so helpful. I can't express enough how uncommonly friendly you've been.
And, his response:
Hey Richard,
Yes, Dark Horse did get back to me! I'll have the slides up on YouTube early next week. Thanks!
So we'll have the presentation on Monday. As for the pictures, his pleading the fifth indicates a probable legitimacy (He'd be allowed to say they're not legitimate, but not to say they are).
Oh, and if you want, I can send a screenshot of my inbox or something if the legitimacy of this comes into question.
Please stay civil. You should not harass other users or their views.


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Mobile: 131872
Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery actively nurtures and promotes the local artistic community, with monthly exhibitions featuring the original works of local painters, sculptors, photographers, textile artists, ceramicists, printmakers and wood turners.The gallery also regularly features exhibitions and artists from outside the region and holds a popular Christmas Festival Exhibition where art works are available for sale.The gallery's annual Crows Nest Acquisitive Art Prize has gained a steady reputation, offering generous prize money and attracting high quality entries from far and wide. Established in 1996 in the board room of the original Crows Nest Shire Chambers, the gallery is run by a part-time coordinator and a dedicated team of volunteers. It provides an arts reference point and fosters a community cultural identity, not only for those directly involved, but for visitors and the local community.
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box up
1. To force to be in a small or confining space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "box" and "up." Now that Jenny is off at college, can I move into her bedroom? I'm sick of being boxed up in my tiny room. I always take the stairs because I hate boxing myself up in an elevator.
2. To pack objects into a box. A noun or pronoun can be used between "box" and "up." I am in the process of boxing up my entire house for a cross-country move. Please be careful when you box those dishes up.
boxed up
1. slang Incarcerated. You'll be boxed up if they find out you're the one who embezzled the money.
2. slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really boxed up!
box someone up
to confine someone in a small area. Please don't box me up in that little office. The boss boxed up Fred in a tiny office. Why the president boxes himself up in such a little office is beyond me.
box something up
to place something in a box. Please box the books up and put them into the trunk of the car. Please box up four of these for me.
boxed (up)
1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. I am way boxed, and I feel sick.
2. mod. in jail. Pat was boxed up for two days till we got bond money.


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New Orleans' Bounce Queen Big Freedia is taking it to New York City's Herald Square to attempt to set the Guinness World Record for "most people twerking simultaneously."
According to a spokestwerksperson, they need 250 dancers to establish the record, which, unsurprisingly, is not yet on the books.
If you're looking to get in on the action, you gotta be at Herald Square at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Actually, I'm not sure if just anyone can show up, so sit your ass down, Miley. Leave this to the professionals.
The event is also a promotion for Big Freedia's new reality show, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, which debuts Oct. 2 at 11 p.m on Fuse TV.
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Saturday, May 19th 2012, 11:31pm
why do you have only a 3 hour watering window for ten zones?
Sunday, May 20th 2012, 12:29pm
Sunday, May 20th 2012, 2:09pm
the ESP-SMT is a tough controller to program - you have your homework cut out for you, and you get to do the heavy lifting
personally, I think controllers with 80-page instruction manuals are for professional use only, or for homeowners with vast amounts of persistence, and very good reading skills
Sunday, May 20th 2012, 3:02pm
Sunday, May 20th 2012, 5:08pm
I do not generally have the opportunity of employing a restricted watering window. Too many lawns have to be covered from a limited water supply, with watering sometimes being restricted to two or three days a week during drought conditions. There have not been any observations of lawn damage from watering over most or all of an overnight period.
Monday, May 21st 2012, 8:45am
Monday, June 18th 2012, 11:53pm
I'm scanned the entire manual and can't find an answer.
I also can't confirm that if it does not finish watering in a particular water window it will finish in the next.
Too many factors. It might determine your soil needs more/less water, a "grow period' might be entered.
At this point I'd call Rain Bird at (626) 812-3400 or (520) 741-6100.
I also looked through their FAQ, figuring this problem might show up for others.
If you find a solution we'd appreciate if you tell us what it is.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 6:49pm
At this point I'd call Rain Bird at (626) 812-3400 or (520) 741-6100.


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Aoki on fire at Kauffman Stadium
KANSAS CITY -- Early season statistics can produce some oddities.
Take right fielder Nori Aoki's home vs. away averages as the Royals left Kansas City after Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Twins.
Aoki was hitting a rousing .441 in eight games at Kauffman Stadium as opposed to only .103 in eight games on the road.
Gee, if Aoki could only play all his games at home.
"I might be able to get to where Ted Williams got," Aoki said, laughing before Sunday's game. "So maybe I can play 162 games at home."
All joking aside, Aoki likes playing in his new home ballpark.
"I feel it's just a coincidence. I just started getting hot when we started playing here and I cooled off on the road," he said. "But I really enjoy playing in Kansas City. It's a really beautiful stadium and it's a nice atmosphere here."
Aoki was just 3-for-20 (.150) on the recent journey through Minnesota and Houston. He can start working on that road average this week as the Royals have four games at Cleveland followed by three games at Baltimore.
"It'll even out, that trend can't continue," manager Ned Yost said. "And he won't hit .100 on the road."


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Orlando, FLA (April 19, 2013) – Nautique announces the creation of a new award, the Nautique Junior Masters Scholarship, that will be available to competitors of the 21st Junior Masters at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA, May 24, 2013. This scholarship is intended for the athlete who has the potential to excel as a leader not only on the water but also off the water.
The scholarship funds will come from proceeds of The Kikkor Cup, a golf event during the prestigious 54th Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga., on Friday, May 24, 2013. Nautique is committed to matching up to $1,000 of the amount collected. Participants of the Kikkor Cup golf event are sponsors and athletes of the tournament.
"Nautique is thrilled to offer a scholarship to a Junior Masters athlete; these athletes are the future of our sport and anything we can do to help them succeed is consistent with our Nautique Cares philosophy," stated Nautique's President/CEO Bill Yeargin.
An invitation to compete in the Masters is universally considered an acknowledgement of achievement for reaching the pinnacle in a given watersports discipline – only the world's most elite athletes compete at the Masters. To view the 2013 criteria please visit the Masters website. This tournament is sanctioned by IWWF/USA Water Ski and WWA. For more information on the most prestigious event in the world or to order tickets please visit masterswaterski.com.


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The Howard County Department of Citizen Services' Office on Aging hosts its annual wellness event for women at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at Gary J. Arthur Community Center, 2400 Route 97, Cooksville. WomenFest focuses on health, wellness, fashion and beauty, and is designed to inspire women to live more balanced, healthier and fuller lives. Vendors and exhibitors, as well as health screenings, seminars and food. There will also be free blood pressure, body mass index, osteoporosis, vein, partial skin cancer and glaucoma screenings available. Admission is free but seating is limited. Tickets available at the event while supplies last. Free. Information: 410-313-5440.
Annual luncheon
The Audrey Robbins Humanitarian Awards Luncheon, at which the Association of Community Services of Howard County honors volunteers and staff for their service to the community, will be held at noon May 3 at the Ten Oaks Ballroom, 5000 Signal Bell Lane in Clarksville. To purchase tickets and more information, go to acshoco.org.
Gardening volunteers
The Howard County Conservancy seeks Wednesday morning drop-in gardening volunteers to help maintain its thematic and native plant gardens from 9:30 a.m. to noon. All levels of experience welcome. For more information, call Tabby Fique at 410-465-8877 or go to hcconservancy.org.
Arts camp volunteers
The Howard County Arts Council is accepting applications for volunteers for its Visual and Performing Arts Summer Camps. Applications can be downloaded from the "Getting Involved" page of HCAC's website at hocoarts.org. Duties of the unpaid position include preparing classrooms and materials for the day's activities, supervising campers in art-related activities and monitoring campers during breaks, lunch times, etc. Volunteers must be 15 years of age by Sept. 1. Camps will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 24-August 16. Hours for volunteers vary.
Recycle bedding
The Department of Public Works has announced that residents may drop off mattresses and box springs of all sizes at the Alpha Ridge Landfill in Marriottsville for recycling. Items must be dry, and residents are responsible for unloading their vehicles. Residents may still schedule mattresses and box springs for bulk trash pickup by calling 410-313-6444; however, they are encouraged to bring these items to the landfill for recycling. The Alpha Ridge Landfill is at 2350 Marriottsville Road and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Information: howardcountyrecycles.org.
Calling all artists
The Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House is accepting applications for artists to exhibit in 2014. Applications will be reviewed in the spring for artists to exhibit next year. The deadline to apply is June 1. For applications, go to wildelake.org/events. Send completed applications to: Carole Black, Gallery Director, Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia 21044 or email email@example.com.
Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits, a social club for people diagnosed with early memory loss or dementia, meets from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the 50+ Center at the Gary J. Arthur Community Center, 2700 Route 97, Cooksville. Highlights include therapeutic activities, including music, art and exercise, as well as a support group. A daily fee of $30 includes snacks, lunch, coffee and tea. The program is sponsored by the Howard County Office on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Maryland. Information: Judy Miller at 410-313-5441 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Recycling cans
Habitat for Humanity and the Boy Scouts of America have placed a collection bin for aluminum cans at the entrance to the parking lot of Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church, 6410 Amherst Ave., in Allview Estates. Information: 410-997-4949.
Recycle old TVs
The Howard County Bureau of Environmental Services reminds residents to recycle electronic devices rather than throw them away. Drop-off locations include the Alpha Ridge Landfill Residents' Convenience Area, 2350 Marriottsville Road. The facility is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and accepts TVs, computers, keyboards, printers, scanners, laptops, VCRs, radios and other electronics. Also, Best Buy's Customer Take-Back Program allows customers to bring in old TVs (32 inches or smaller) at no charge. Offer limited to two televisions per person per day. Console televisions are not accepted.


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Working with entrepreneurs and world-class venture capital firms to create and build fast growing Internet services, eCommerce and Digital Media businesses.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Moo celebrates one year in MooStyle
It was a party disguised as a product launch - or is it the other way around?
In typical Moo fashion they organised a MeetUp in SF on Tuesday where an "exhibition of cool MOO stuff, loads of freebies, a rockin' DJ and drinks" were available.
to customers, partners, friends and fan of MOO.
Following the success of the moo minicards, the company has launched the Moo NoteCard. This clever bit of paper design is a greetings/note/invitation/ card which can be mailed (16 envelopes provided in the pack of 16 cards) or desk displayed using the folded section.
Of course, the NoteCard can be fully personalised by uploading pictures or graphics from your hard drive or Flickr stream.
Royal Mail benefits from the Web
While email is killing - or has killed - peer to peer letter communication, many web companies seem to be more than making up for the damage.
Amazon has given an enormous boost to the Royal Mail's parcel delivery service but the biggest impact to its letters business has undoubtedly been the on-line DVD rental services.
The Evening Standard's This is London in a piece about film state that "LoveFilm will reportedly soon become the Royal Mail's single biggest client".
Personally, I am a little sceptical of this statement the source of which is not attributed.
Yes, with an estimated 1m discs going to and from LoveFilm (Royal Mail gets paid there and back) each week its pretty good business for Her Majesty's postal service.
No wonder other home delivery services like Deutche Post are eyeing Royal Mail's UK stranglehold.
Royal Mail delivers 84 million items every working day and has a network of 14,376 post offices. Revenue for the year was £9.056 billion, and profits before tax were £312 million.
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Friday, May 04, 2007
The Local Globe in action
When Saul coined the name LocalGlobe he showed profound understanding of the web.
We are seeing some really exciting examples of how this all works in practice.
Stardoll [for those unfamiliar, watch eNews on the Stardoll phenomenon], is now available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Hungarian. A look at the Alexa rankings for Stardoll shows how the effort of localising is paying off.
Another great example is TAG's latest announced investment, Netlog.
Netlog is the least known of the social networking giants see LocalGlobe's brief piece on it recently and the press announcement of the Index led round.
Countries where Netlog sites have been established include UK, Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Romania and there is a real local flavour to each. You'd expect a user generated site to be so but Netlog have really facilitated this process.
Netlog Facts: 18.1 Million Members
2 Billion Monthly Pageviews
25 Million Unique Monthly Visitors
It will be interesting to see how Imagini evolves since it uses few words and images tend to be fairly universal in their interpretation. Certainly the 2m VisualDNA profiles which Imagini have collected will throw up some interesting national differences.
Little Moo has not started localising but the comment from one of their customers, Dennis Howlett says a lot:
"Along with a certain scepticism that I might not receive the product given I live in the back of beyond.
Imagine my surprise when my Moo cards turned up - exactly on time.
Although Moo is a tiny company, it has reached 143 countries. A perfect example of the Global Microbrand."
In the big Euro/Valley debate the one advantage Europe and London in particular has is its awareness and readiness to internationalise and localise.
Of course localising is not simply a question of translation it often implies local customer service and cultural nuances.
As broadband penetration grows globally, we are truly seeing the WORLDWIDE WEB emerge.
Let me know of other Euro companies really doing a great job at localising...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Interested in eCommerce? Keep an eye on Digivate
A relatively low key part of the TAG portfolio, Digivate is demonstrating clearly that deep domain knowledge wins in the eCommerce agency space. The founders, Lysander, Will and Mark were all schooled in direct-marketing, database analysis, catalogues and merchandising while at Innovations together. They were all involved in Innovations doing the first UK consumer transaction on the web in May 1995.
They left to set up Digivate and built an eCommerce platform using open source technology. This proved to be a great long-term decision. It was tough in the early years to persuade larger clients who wanted IBM or Microsoft platforms. Not today!
Digivate has expanded its offer from Managed eCommerce service to eMarketing in all its manifestations and their deep knowledge of how to get and keep customers and how to drive conversion, analyse email marketing campaigns really does deliver.
Their latest client is the Pier - site by Digivate not yet released.
Their etails newsletter is worth reading if you are interested in eCommerce - they always have interesting observations about what is happening in the US and they watch the multi-channel retail scene closely.
I'm delighted for the team that they are growing so well, are very profitable AND that they are paying their shareholders good dividends!
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LifelineLet Jamiroquai take you on a White Knuckle Ride. Come here to talk about anything related to the new album...
Re: Lifeline
I mean Lifeline is good and i love it,WKR is just alright to be a single,and BS .. i just think that they're not THE BOMB.
Re: Lifeline
I live the song and the video. (I can see their last gig in Baires and of course a friend o'mine from JamiroquaiChile)
Re: Lifeline
I believe they just recently performed this in England 02, adding Lifeline to their Setlist.
The brass and rhythm in the beginning has such a Motown feel, and I can't put my finger on which song and it's driving me crazy!!!
Somebody said Heatwave, but I think there's a better example. Either way the beginning has that beat.
And then it switches to the sweetest song and lyrics. Then back to that Motown feel.
"Sweet life we're holding onto this life
And all because you've saved me
Zero to hero that's what you made me"
"She got a Lifeline out to me"
But this is the UP song of the album. The brass and strings, even a flute (woodwinds), really add to this song.
Re: Lifeline
I'm a sucker for this song!!
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EOS Clearing House (ECHO)
NASA's Earth Science Data Information Systems (ESDIS) program is responsible for providing access to Earth Observation data and services to an ever-growing user community. That user community includes Earth Scientists, Educators, other government agencies, decision makers and citizens in general. Access the ECHO holdings using the Reverb Client.
Welcome to the ECHO Community
The NASA-developed Earth Observing System (EOS) Clearing House (ECHO) is a spatial and temporal metadata registry and order broker built by NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) that enables the science community to more easily use and exchange NASA's data and services. ECHO's main objective is to enable broader use of NASA's EOS data. It allows users to more efficiently search and access data and services and increases the potential for interoperability with new tools and services. The value of these resources increases as the potential to exchange and interoperate increases. ECHO has been working with other organizations to provide their Earth science metadata alongside NASA's for users to search and access. ECHO stores metadata from a variety of science disciplines and domains, including Climate Variability and Change, Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems, Earth Surface and Interior, Atmospheric Composition, Weather, and Water and Energy Cycle.
NASA's Earth science data has already proven itself to be extremely useful in understanding the planet Earth as an integrated system. To help science communities that need data from multiple organizations and multiple disciplines, ECHO provides a uniform view of NASA's data. It allows users to more efficiently search and access data and services and increases the potential for interoperability with new tools and services. For examples of how NASA's Earth science data is helping scientists understand the complexities of our Earth, visit the articles under Sensing our Planet.
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Officials: Thanksgiving weekend deadly on Iowa roads
Over the last decade, traffic fatality data shows the Thanksgiving holiday as having the highest number of highway fatalities of the six different holiday periods in Iowa.
Iowa DOT officials said a combination of winter weather, impaired drivers and other factors peaked deadly crashes during past Thanksgiving holiday weekends.
In the last two years, 12 people were killed in traffic crashes over the extended weekend, four of those fatalities involved crashes with impaired drivers.
In the last two years, 428 injuries were reported. You can find more crash data at http://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ods/stats/holidayfatalities.pdf
DOT officials said there are a number of measures people can take to help reduce crashes this year.
-- Do not drink and drive. If you are attending an event where alcohol is served, designate a nondrinking driver to drive home from the party and stick with that decision.
-- Put your mobile phone away. Distractions due to talking or texting while driving are leading causes of motor vehicle crashes.
-- Ensure that everyone in the vehicle is wearing a seat belt – all positions, all ages.
-- Do not follow too closely behind another vehicle, especially in heavier traffic or when you are traveling at higher speeds.
-- Obey posted speed limits. Slow down if your vision is limited by heavy rain, fog or snow.
-- Monitor weather-related travel conditions. Listen to forecasts; and check road conditions by downloading the "Iowa 511" app to your smart phone, visiting http://www.511ia.org or calling 511.
-- Avoid traveling during peak traffic periods, including Wednesday evening, Thursday morning, and Sunday afternoon and evening.


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Perl 6 Design Minutes for 30 June 2010
The Perl 6 design team met by phone on 30 June 2010. Allison, Patrick, and chromatic attended.
- working on Parrot packages for Debian experimental
- seems like a good idea to do that before the 2.6 supported release
- there was also a request for Rakudo packages
- not sure if I'm the best person to do it
- I'm sure we should package Rakudo Star
- Debian had a packager for those, but I haven't looked at the packages
- this'd be an early run of what we'll do with Rakudo Star
- we're not quite ready for packaging that yet
- maybe a couple of weeks
- finished the
Iteratortypes for the #30 release
- adjusted Rakudo's
- much cleaner implementation now
- that'll require a few small spec changes
- redid Rakudo's container types
- more robust
- preparing for autovivification of hashes and arrays
- expect to finish those in the next couple of days
- there was no container model previously; the code was consequently crufty
- lots of cleanup of incorrect assumptions
- Rakudo lists are now properly lazy
- comment syntax fixed
- ROADMAP updated
- fixed the meaning of
Nil; it's defined, not undefined
- added the sink prefix (?)
- fixed setting of
- started fixing bugs and closing tickets on Monday, did 15 or 20
- mostly already fixed in the previous couple of weeks
- looking at the implementation of the series operator
- spec is self-contradictory or ambiguous or both
- waiting for Larry's clarification
- fixed a bug in
- had a nice contribution of that implementation last week
- that behavior works on any set of files, not just those on the command line
- working on autoviv
- have some regex backtracking bugs to fix
- will work on closures after that
- put together three new YAPC presentations
- the Rakudo Star presentation will become a video cast or a blog post or both
- worked on a slew of Parrot optimizations for Rakudo
- have a few more to go
- might have to create a Rakudo branch temporarily
- will try to help merge the new GC
- working on a metamodel for Parrot objects, informed by Perl 6 and Moose


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Interview Date: 04/19/2011
Run Date: 04/26/2011
Interviews Home / TV Home / Bullz-Eye Home
Everybody knows that Norm MacDonald first came to pop-culture prominence on "SNL" as the anchor of "Weekend Update," but after being unceremoniously yanked from his position, things got a little less steady for Norm career-wise. His diehard fan base may have remained strong over the years, thanks to fond memories of "The Norm Show" and "Dirty Work," but he'd been flying pretty far under the radar until late 2010. Since then, however, Norm's been everywhere: Shout Factory released "The Norm Show: The Complete Series," Comedy Central gave him a new stand-up special ("Norm MacDonald: Me Doing Stand-Up"), and, even better, the network has seen fit to assign him a full-time gig, hosting "Sports Show with Norm MacDonald." Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with MacDonald about all of these things, along with a few other topics, including his underselling comedy album (Ridiculous), his short-lived, mostly-forgotten Fox series ("A Minute with Stan Hooper"), and almost encountering O.J. Simpson on a golf course.
Bullz-Eye: Well, I've seen the first few minutes of (the April 19th) episode, so I've already seen your defense of Kobe Bryant, such as it is.
Norm MacDonald: (Laughs) Yes, well, I wouldn't say "defense."
(Writer's note: MacDonald's explanation for Bryant's off-color comment from the sidelines was that he was actually referencing Thai NBA referee Pheoh-Kaeng Phei-Ghat.)
BE: Now, I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but there seems to be a slight, possibly complete coincidental similarity between "Sports Show" and "Weekend Update."
NM: Yeah, yeah, that's intentional. I liked "Weekend Update" a lot, and I just stole that but did it with sports and thought it would be entertaining. I dunno how I think of these things. They just come to me.
BE: When I first heard that you were doing a sports show, my immediate thought was that it would be 50% hockey and 50% poker.
NM: That'd do me just fine.
BE: I figured.
NM: I've already talked hockey on the show. I've got to talk about hockey. But I got some poker in there the other night, too.
BE: So what is your sports background? Besides those two, anyway.
NM: I don't know if you can really call poker a sport. But hockey, definitely.
BE: But are you a sports guy? Do you follow sports as a rule?
NM: Yeah, I like sports. People have offered me political shows and stuff like…interview shows and all that. But news bores me like crazy. I can't understand it. I'm an idiot. Ever since I was a kid, I just watched sports. So then when I had a chance to do something just about sports without having to have an opinion about some politician, I was, like, so happy.
BE: So was that lack of interest in politics ever a hindrance on "SNL," or did you just kind of go with the jokes they threw at you?
NM: I just kind of went with whatever the headlines of the stories were. But none of the stories really interested me, because it's all just gossip, and you like this guy but you don't like this guy. But with sports, there's proof. Either this guy sucks or this guy's really good. That's what I like about it.
BE: Not that you don't have a history of poking fun at sports figures, but when you're making a joke, do you ever consider how your target will feel about it? Or can you just not let that bother you?
NM: No, I care about it. I won't make any slam on a private citizen or anything. And if it's a public citizen…I dunno, I want to make sure I'm on the right side, or what I feel is the right side, of what I believe. Like, Plaxico Burress, I think he should not be in jail for shooting himself, you know? If I do a joke, that'll be the spine of it: that he shouldn't be in jail for that.
BE: Have you ever heard back from any targets of your jokes?
NM: I heard O.J. Simpson was on a golf course with me once.
BE: Really? Did you get a feel for what he thought of your jokes?
NM: Oh, no, I was running away. I was running for my life! He might've just had a sidelong glance at me, but…I'm very cowardly.
BE: Clips for "Sports Show" are already going viral. That's got to be pretty exciting for you, no?
NM: What are?
BE: The clips from your show.
NM: Oh, they are? That's good! (Hesitates) You mean on the computers, right?
BE: Exactly.
NM: Excellent!
BE: On a related note, the kids like the Twitter, and it's fair to say – in fact, you've said it yourself – that you're a Twitter sensation.
NM: Yeah, I'm an internet sensation. And I do love Twitter. Ever since somebody showed it to me two months ago. We're using it on (the April 19th) episode, actually, putting out a Twitter telling people to come up with the worst possible names for sports movies. And then we'll show them (tonight). We'll make posters.
BE: Actually, I was going to ask you about the interactivity with the show. Is that something you're hoping to do on a regular basis?
NM: Yeah, I'm going to try to get the people who follow me to virtually write the show themselves, and then watch it.
BE: That takes a lot of pressure off you as a writer.
NM: Yeah. They write it, and then they laugh at it.
BE: So you've got this show, but didn't you have another show in development at some point prior to this?
NM: Yeah, I had a couple of shows. I was going to do a pretend reality show, but…I dunno, everything's harder than this. This is just, like, doing jokes. Not, like, acting in a movie and telling a girl that I love her and all that.
BE: The special "Back to Norm" was supposed to be a series, right?
NM: Yeah, it was supposed to be a series, but it was kind of flawed, because it relied on me doing a number of different characters. Turns out I can only do five. So we didn't think it had legs.
BE: I wanted to ask you about your album, Ridiculous.
NM: (Surprised) Oh, really? You've got that?
BE: I do, actually.
NM: Oh!
BE: It seems to veer between an attempt to capture the feel of an old-school comedy record and to get some of that Adam Sandler money.
NM: Yeah, that would've been good! But here's the problem. Like, Sandler made a lot of money from his albums, so then the guy who made the albums said, "Norm, do you want to do one?" I said, "That'd be great!" So I made it. But it took me so long to make, 'cause I had no deadline. It took me eight years. And during those eight years, music stores went out of business, and Napster came along… (Laughs) …and so, basically, we just had to give away my album. Sandler's have gone platinum or something, but now the highest you can go is, like, selling a hundred.
BE: Was it an enjoyable experience making the album, at least?
NM: Yeah, it was enjoyable. It felt really good.
BE: As far "The Norm Show" goes, you obviously had a great cast – Laurie Metcalfe, Max Wright, Artie Lange – but did you have any favorite guest stars who turned up during the run of the show?
NM: Yeah, Richard Pryor showed up once, and he was awesome. Like, I did stand-up, and he was the best stand-up ever, so it was a pleasure.
BE: Was he a fan of your work?
NM: Well, I used to see him at the Comedy Store, and he always used to be so supportive of me. It was really awesome. Everybody learned from him.
BE: You and I traded email on Facebook a few months ago about that Norm Crosby joke you made on "The Norm Show"…
(Writer's note: The joke in question was in regards to the so-called "Norm Law" that Max Wright's character was proposing, and Norm said, "Sir, I cannot believe this! You are besmirching the name of many famous Norms! Why, I believe the great Norm Crosby himself would find this law grossly erogenous!" If you don't get the joke, then you should Google Mr. Crosby immediately and educate yourself on this master of malapropism.)
NM: Oh, yeah, that's right! I loved Norm Crosby when I was a kid, on the Dean Martin roasts.
BE: And, yet, you said no one else got that joke. No one at the network, not even anyone on the show's writing staff.
NM: Yeah, that's a joke on "The Norm Show" that you heard that nobody else ever heard! (Laughs)
BE: The show was obviously written with you in mind, but how much different would it have been if you'd had carte blanche to make it whatever the hell you wanted?
NM: Oh, it would've been completely different! (Laughs) I can't even imagine what it would've been if I'd been carte blanche.
BE: Did we miss out by not getting to see any more of your next series, "A Minute with Stan Hooper," than we did?
NM: I think it wouldn't have affected your life one way or the other that much. (Laughs)
BE: How did it affect your life?
NM: Oh, I liked "A Minute with Stan Hooper." It was nice. But it was kind of hard, because…well, this is kind of boring, 'cause it's already over, but we were trying to make a subversive sitcom that looked real normal, but, uh, people just thought it was normal. We never really got to the subversive part. That was the problem.
BE: I interviewed Bob Saget a few months ago…
NM: Saget, huh?
BE: Yeah, and he said the studio was ready to kick his ass for blowing a week of the filming budget for "Dirty Work" (which Saget directed) by just turning on the camera and letting Don Rickles riff.
NM: That is true. But that turned out to be a smart thing to do, 'cause we tried to write lines for Rickles, and he just couldn't get them.
BE: Saget also said that someday he's going to sit down and put together "Dirty Work: The Director's Cut."
NM: Yeah, he keeps talking about that. That would be awesome!
BE: Yeah, he said there's about five minutes of material that had to be cut that's just absolutely filthy.
NM: Holy lord, there was some dirty stuff in there…
BE: Can you speak to any of those moments?
NM: There's one where… (Hesitates) I don't know how to put it delicately, but, uh, Artie Lange and I, as a trick, we sent these doughnuts to this frat house, and then we send them a picture, and it's my cock with 12 doughnuts on it.
BE: Nice. So, okay, "Dirty Work," awesome. "Screwed," not quite as much.
NM: No. "Screwed" was not awesome.
BE: Now, obviously, you didn't write "Screwed," but was that the only problem with it?
NM: No, you know, it wasn't written for me, and, uh, I can't act. I can only, like, really do something that I've written for myself. I can't act like what people say. That's never worked. So it's not that they're bad writers. It's just that I can only really act what I write myself.
BE: I believe more people have watched the clip of you talking about Carrot Top's movie, "Chairman of the Board," than have actually ever seen "Chairman of the Board."
NM: (Laughs) That's probably true! People talk about it to me all the time. I felt bad after it, 'cause that was…whenever it was. 15 years ago. We didn't know about Google and YouTube. You thought it was just a joke you did once, and then maybe the guy heard about it or not. But now, clearly, Carrot Top has heard about it. So I feel kind bad about it.
BE: As a talk show guest…well, speaking of YouTube, someone posted the clip of you telling the moth joke on "Conan," and one of the commenters suggested that you never could've told that joke on "The Tonight Show" because Jay Leno would've punctuated every silence with a one-liner.
NM: (Laughs)
BE: Do you appreciate a talk show host who lets a guest run with his routine?
NM: Well, you know, there's different guys. The best guy to interview you, I think, is…maybe Letterman, you know, 'cause he kind of knows when the story should stop. That's what good about him. Sometimes a guy who's inexperienced will just keep talking, or he'll let you keep talking. Like, he thinks the story should be longer, but it really shouldn't, and it just ends up petering out. So I'd say the more experienced guys are better, but the guys where you really feel safe in their hands are guys like…well, with broadcasters, it's either guys like Larry King or Tom Snyder, or Letterman.
BE: I know you didn't do a whole lot of sketches on "SNL," but do you have a favorite sketch that didn't actually make it to air that you still remember fondly?
NM: That didn't make it to air. Yeah, I think I did one where…Andy Rooney got a little mad, a little crazy, and it was just about him looking and thinking about much cotton there was in his little packages of anti-psychotic medication that he wasn't taking. So it was a lot of, "This one's called CentroCross. That's for my heart." And he's not taking it. Mostly, though, he's just complaining about how much cotton there is.
BE: As far as your stand-up goes, I loved the new special you did for Comedy Central.
NM: Oh, you did? Thanks a lot!
BE: But I've heard that you were only kind of "meh" about how it turned out, that you didn't think it necessarily captured the Norm MacDonald stand-up experience.
NM: Well, video can never do that, but whatever. It's still good compared to other stand-up specials, so that's good. That's all you can hope for, I guess.
BE: You have some decidedly dark material in the special.
NM: I do in that one, yeah. I was thinking of dark stuff, I guess. But I change my act a lot. Sometimes I'm thinking of dark stuff. But sometimes my entire act is clean.
BE: See, I wouldn't necessarily think of you and Brian Regan in the same breath, but…
NM: Oh, you wouldn't? Why, do you think I'd be dirtier?
BE: Potentially. There's some precedence for that.
NM: (Laughs) Yeah, I can do all the different ones. But sometimes it's just easier to be dirty.
BE: Or sometimes you go the other direction, like you did during Saget's roast.
NM: Yeah, they were the dirty ones! (Laughs)
BE: It's got to be a case of living your dream to grow up watching celebrity roasts and now find yourself being one of the people doing the roasting.
NM: Yeah, well, I mean, when I was watching as a kid, it was, like, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra and guys. (Laughs) Participating with a young lady comic from New York isn't exactly what you'd call "living your dream." It's not like Buddy Hackett was there!
(Writer's note: David Medsker and I debated which "young lady comic" MacDonald was referencing, with both of us originally theorizing that it was probably Whitney Cummings, but after listening to a clip of his recent appearance on Opie & Anthony's show, it became clear that I had accidentally stepped into a topic that had already been annoying him. When the topic of roasts came up during that appearance, MacDonald bemoaned a problem with roast producers. "They always want the new people," he said. 'Hey, guess what? There's a young girl that's middling attractive that swears a lot! Let's get her!" Is that the new fucking thing? Sarah Silverman is hysterical. But these other ladies, they forget that she's funny, and they think the whole point is just to be attractive and then talk about sucking cock and doing crazy shit. Bring back Phyllis Diller! Some ugly old bag. Or Rose Marie! Those were the funny ones. Funny ladies always used to be ugly old bags!")
BE: Entertainment Weekly did a piece where they talked about "Sports Show" and then asked readers who they thought the next "SNL" comeback story should be. They suggested Darrel Hammond. Who would you nominate?
NM: Darrel Hammond's great. He's actually a great actor, too. He's awesome. (Considers the question) I'd say David Koechner, Mark McKinney…see, the problem is you forget people. Victoria Jackson…
BE: (Surprised) She's certainly been in the spotlight. Or limelight.
NM: Yeah, for all the wrong things! But… (Laughs) …I didn't mean Victoria Jackson. I mean, she's nice, but I don't know what the hell she could do. I don't know who else, man. I can't remember! I forget names…
BE: I'll start wrapping up, but, since I Tweeted earlier today that I was going to ask you this, I guess I should actually do it: can you speak to the subtleties and nuances in your performance as Hobo Bob on the sitcom "Oliver Beene"?
NM: Hobo Bob? (Bursts out laughing) How'd you know about that?
BE: IMDb, man!
NM: Well, Hobo Bob… (Starts to laugh again) That was a thing on "Oliver Beene" where the director or the show runner wanted me to play a guy who lived in a dumpster, and he wanted me to play it like a real tramp. But I decided to play it with, like, dignity. So I was, like, "I believe I've lived in this dumpster for many years," kind of like I was Clint Eastwood in "White Hunter Black Heart." (Laughs) And, uh, he didn't care much for that.
BE: Do you see yourself returning to the role of Rusty Hecht on "The Middle"?
NM: Oh, that'd be good! I used to write with the guys that wrote on that show. I liked the actors on there, and Patricia Heaton's great. So, yeah, definitely, I'd do that again.
BE: Lastly, to bring it back on the topic that brought us together, what are your hopes for "Sports Show"? It's certainly starting out of the gate with a strong buzz.
NM: Yeah, I just hope we…we're doing nine, and hopefully then they'll make it 13, and then we can come back in September and do, like, 30 in a row and just be a presence in the sports-com world.
BE: Could you conceive of doing it daily?NM: (Without hesitation) Sure, why not?
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posted on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 1:31 pm
I recently received the new version of M+, and noticed, to my dismay, that the actual models being fitted are not included in the User's Guide.
My question is about parameterization of models with categorical observed variables, vis-a-vis the models containing either continuous or categorical latent variables.
Is model parameterization with categorical variables the same regardless of whether or not the latent variables are categorical or continuous? E.g., are they both treated in the same logit framework, or is the model a threshold model for latent continuous variables, and a logit model for latent categorical variables?
It seems that the model framework is the same for continuous observed variables--e.g., the same multivariate normal model family is being fit when the obs. variables are continuous, and the lat. variables are either continuous or categorical. However, when the observed variables are categorical, it's not clear whether or not latent continuous and latent categorical models are being treated in the same model family, and if so, what that family is.
posted on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 2:11 pm
The User's Guide focuses on the use of the program, avoiding mixing technical-statistic matters with program language matters, instead focusing on examples which is more accessible to many. Technical-statistical aspects of the modeling in Mplus is given in the series of papers on the Mplus web site and in technical appendices (the latter to be uploaded shortly). Your questions are to the point and have answers in the examples sections of the User's Guide as follows. With categorical latent variables, categorical observed variables are modeled using logistic regression (proportional odds if ordered polytomous outcomes and multinomial logistic regression with unordered outcomes) using maximum-likelihood estimation. With continuous latent variables, maximum-likelihood uses logistic regression while weighted least-squares uses probit regression (threshold model).
Kevin ONeil
posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 6:45 am
I have a question about your last statement: "With continuous latent variables, maximum-likelihood uses logistic regression while weighted least-squares uses probit regression (threshold model)."
Is there any way to get a probit regression using maximum likelihood estimation? I believe that other programs such as SAS and SPSS use ML in their probit regressions. If this is not available, is there an article/reference that explains why WLSMV is used instead of ML?
Also, I have a related question about standard errors. Comparing probit regressions between SPSS and MPlus, the standard errors are consistently larger in MPlus. Is this solely because errors are estimated under non-normality in WLSMV? I also have noticed that the difference in errors increases as more variables are added to the regression. Again, is this solely because of multivariate non-normality?
Thank you in advance.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:36 am
Mplus does not provide probit regression with maximum likelihood except when there is a single dependent variable. With a single dependent variable, the sample statistics are the maximum likelihood estimates. We chose to use weighted least square for probit regression with more than one dependent variable because a more general model can be supported, for example, residual covariances. You can look at Bengt's 1979 JASA article and 1984 Psychometika article which are listed on our website. If you can send output from SPSS and Mplus illustrating what you report in your last paragraph, I can try to offer an explanation.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 7:44 am
Thank you for sending your output. The differences between SPSS and Mplus are most likely due to different ways of computing the information matrix that is used for the standard errors. The differences are within acceptable limits for your relatively small sample size. Mplus uses a sandwich like information matrix calculation. We don't know what SPSS uses. We expect these different approaches closer and closer results as the sample size increases.
Regarding the change in standard errors when you add more x variables, this can happen because the models are different.
posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 3:05 am
Can you please let me know the complete ISBN and price of the M+ User's Guide.
Do you have a European Distributor for this publication ?
Thanks a lot !
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 4:30 pm
There is no ISBN number. The price is $75 plus shipping. We do not have a European distributor.
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People always say that one man's trash is another man's treasure, and nowhere is this more true than in Manhattan. You might cringe to learn that I once pocketed a slightly distressed but relatively clean Longchamp bag sitting on top of (not inside) a garbage can in the stairwell of my apartment building. A frequent carry-on and beach tote, these days I use it to to store my camera equipment.
It should therefore be no surprise that when I spied a slab of white and brown marble peeking out from under a huge pile of black trash bags, I had to investigate. I pushed aside the bags to find a jagged 3-foot square-ish piece of table top (the wooden frame was precariously perched a few feet away). Score! I brushed off the monstrosity, balanced it against my hip, and teetered on home.
After weighing the marble at home (28.8 pounds!), I inspected my find. Jagged edges that can be smoothed out with a little clear nail polish. A few knife marks. Some crayon drawings. A little scrubbing and a dip in the bath tub later and the slab was gleaming. Or at least as gleaming as a chunk of marble salvaged from the maws of a garbage truck can be.
This morning I recruited my treasure for a photo shoot of an unassuming cucumber salad.
The salad actually started as ice water. During yesterday's busy brunch, there were no extra glasses for staff, so I grabbed a quart container from the dishwasher. I filled it with ice and flooded it with water and carried it with me the rest of the day. I joked with one of our managers that I felt like a true restaurant person drinking from it like I'd seen all the cooks do and she warned me to always sniff a container before taking a swig to make sure it doesn't smell like onions.
When I got home, I rummaged through my drawers and found my own stack of quart containers. I sniffed one – all clear. I grabbed an onion, a handful of cucumbers, and the last vestiges of dill hanging out in my refrigerator. A few swipes over the mandoline and the container smelled like onions.
After an overnight vinegary bath, the cucumbers were ready for prime time. I piled them onto a cream-cheese smeared bagel, and sat down to breakfast. I drank my coffee out of a mug. Because I don't go back to the restaurant until Wednesday.
Cucumber salad
This salad is a quick overnight pickle that won't last much longer than a few days in the fridge. Layered on sandwiches, piled atop greens, or just stabbed with a fork, these cukes are refreshing, light, and ready for a picnic.
– 6 Persian cucumbers or 1 English cucumber
– 1 medium red onion
– 1/2 bunch dill
– 1 C water
– 1 C white vinegar
– 1 T salt
– 1 T sugar
Slice the cucumbers and red onion as thinly as you can – I used a mandoline. Layer them in a quart container with the dill fronds. In a covered pint container, shake together the remaining ingredients until the salt and sugar dissolve. Pour the liquid on top of the vegetables, cover, jiggle, and refrigerate overnight.
ps – I'm loving these daffodils from Dutchmill Gardens at the Union Square Greenmarket. Also, blue-tinged tulips.


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Guangchao Wei-Flexible Open Exhibition Space
At Design Interviews
Interview with Guangchao Wei : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Guangchao Wei : Bamboos being as ecological materials have great ecological significance to environmental protection and sustainable development. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Guangchao Wei : Play the local geographical elements, use the environment-friendly materials, and create an ecological, inexpensive, quickly-built modern space. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Guangchao Wei : Continue to find more possible about lightweight flexible structures exhibition space. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Guangchao Wei : Two month. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Guangchao Wei : Design works that can solve social problems and eco-environmental problems, and design works that can make contribution to human society. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Guangchao Wei : I intent to produce my work myself. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Guangchao Wei : My favorite materials are bamboo and reclaimed wood. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Guangchao Wei : I learn more design knowledge from my tutor.He also gives me many useful guidance. He helps us a lot. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Guangchao Wei : We focus on the study of ecological and environmental problems, and solve them. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Guangchao Wei : According to understand the structure contents and the visual space ,it means space transformation and changing possible to some extent. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Guangchao Wei : Rhino,Measuring Tools, Cutting Tools, grinding tools .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Guangchao Wei : We focus on the study of ecological and environmental problems, and solve them. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Guangchao Wei : I collaborate with my classmates for this design.Yes,Because of our limited experience comparing with skilled workers, I am work with people with technical / specialized skills. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Guangchao Wei : Let all the parts of elements cooperates the whole thing .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Guangchao Wei : yes,It is. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Guangchao Wei : Regarding the design of flexible space of bamboos, it is mainly about how to use their excellent properties and how to overcome their existing defects to have a reasonable connection structure and create a lightweight flexible structures exhibition space in a very short period of time through a small number of tools and simple processing methods. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Guangchao Wei : I hope to show more ideas and share it to friends in the near future. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Guangchao Wei : We met kinds of unexpected problems from start to finish, under the guidance of tutor, after 2 team members' co-work and trust, we accomplished the task. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Guangchao Wei : Not any more. .
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Reports of Phil Collins' professional death are greatly exaggerated.
"He is not, has no intention of, retiring," a U.K. rep for the seven-time Grammy-winner told People magazine after Collins himself fueled the speculation in a recent interview.
The Genesis drummer and solo singer of hits like "In the Air Tonight" and "Take Me Home" had told FHM magazine that because of persisting medical problems it felt "like a good time to stop for a while."
U.S. & World
Collins said he suffers from hearing loss, dislocated vertebrae, and excessive nerve damage in his hands from years of banging on the drums.
The 60-year-old boasts 13 hit singles and an Academy Award under his belt. He said he's happy to fade into obscurity.
"I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me," Collins told FHM.
Of critics like Oasis' Noel Gallagher, who according to Time once said Collins' career shows that, "you don't have to be great to be successful," Collins said: "I'm sorry that it was all so successful."
"I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that," he told FHM. "It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me."


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- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesEiji Watanabe gives these paper butterflies wings. Painstakingly cut from illustrated field guides, the butterflies are then showcased en masse - like a swarm of newly liberated creatures - to the walls and ceilings of this room. Previously on show at the Kenji Taki gallery, this incredible installation from 2009 calls attention to the mystery behind classifying and naming things.1
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesEiji Watanabe liberates butterflies from illustrated field guides2
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesWatanabe painstakingly cut out hundreds of butterflies3
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesThe butterflies are then attached to the walls and ceilings4
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesThey cling to the wall en masse and are meant to demonstrate the mystery behind naming and classifying living creatures5
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesThe installation was created in 20096
- watanabe-field-guide-butterfliesWe think the installation creates far more butterfly appeal than a field guide!7


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D. M. Murdock – also known as Acharya S. is a religious scholar and controversial author of books detailing the connection between modern Christianity and ancient world religion (e.g. Egyptian myths) such as The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold and Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled.
D.M. also wrote a couple of insightful bits about Avatar and I thought it would be interesting to quote them here. She touches on a few ideas about the message (whether intended or not) of the movie.
On anti-militarism
"Avatar's" critical commentary of American incursions into foreign lands in search of precious resources is lost on few sentient adults. Nor does it represent a cautionary tale we should ignore. Yet, even though the main goon is an older white male – the favorite villain globally these days, it seems – "Avatar" is careful to depict the Americans as multiethnic and both genders, which they truly are. As such, Cameron's statement is not really "anti-American" per se but represents a critique of any organized and well-funded incursion and invasion into other lands at the expense of the natives. The Very Big Corporation of America just happens to be pretty good at it at the moment.
On Ecomania
Yet, while I was watching the film's passionate environmentalism, I couldn't help but think that none of it would have been possible without a serious "carbon footprint," from the moment Cameron conceived the project to the day it was released into theaters. And then add all the energy needs of getting the individual films created and distributed, and all the people traveling to the theaters, which themselves would need to be powered, etc. Obviously, at this point in time we cannot have huge global releases of megafilms like "Avatar" without a significant cost to the environment! Rather than becoming Luddites, again, there are alternatives that we must pursue now.
My initial, visceral reaction to this scene between Jake and the ikran was that I was watching an act of homosexual rape – the ikran is a male – as well as a form of bestiality. Moreover, my studies in mythology and anthropology brought to mind primitive cultures who have regularly practiced homosexual rape as a form of societal domination. One myth I thought of, unfortunately, is a homosexual rape scene from the ancient Egyptian story of Horus and Set, in which, after battling with him, Set/Seth sodomizes Horus and then brags he has "done a man's deed." This mentality of domination through rape has festered for millennia and been practiced in far too many locations. This brutal and violent form of dominance exists to this day in several cultures, especially, of course, the prison culture in a sickening amount of places.
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After months of ponchos, umbrellas and flooded streets, during which Colombia suffered record flooding, the sun has suddenly invaded Bogotá.
|Instead of this....
|Things look like this!
Unas escenas y comentarios desde Bogota, Colombia. Scenes and commentaries from Bogota, Colombia.
|Instead of this....
|Things look like this!
|The La Piscina brothel in the background
|Many garbage scavengers bring their gleanings to scrap dealers
in Santa Fe.
|Once-grand homes are now brothels.
|One of the neighborhood's few well-maintained older homes.
|Children line up outside a church-run social services agency.
|An apartment building
|Santa Fe is also a neighborhood, with families and children.
But what a place to grow up!
|Scrap scavengers often use horsecarts.
|Not a Colombian issue, anymore?
|Taking needles to an exchange in Portugal. Does
prohibition make users less likely to seek safe methods?
|El Dorado Avenue; All dug up as far as the eye can see.
|It's a mixture of herbs and colorful stones.
|The pre-Christmas scene in San Victorino. Vendors, who are illegaly using public space, spread their wares on plastic sheets, so they can gather them up and flee when police arrive.
|Storm troopers marching across Plaza San Victorino. That morning, the vendors had staged a demonstration.
|This food vendor got caught. In the distance, you can see his fleeing companions.
|Many street vendors are indigenous immigrants from Ecuador, and some called the police sweeps persecution of immigrants.
|These women used their time for Bible study.
|The Jepirachi windfarm on the La Guajira peninsula
|Santa was a work posing for photos.
|Posing in front of the nativity scene
|This old woman was sitting alone on the cathedral steps.
|These 'Beings of Pece' continued their perpetual demonstration.
|The ice skating rink has been a huge hit. Get in free with receipts from Nestle's
|A few blocks away, this man was yelling about 'imperialism and marijuana.' Guess the 'dosis minima' repeal doesn't apply to lunatics.
|Plaza de los Martires, a scene of human degeneracy
|'It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland.'
|The century-old church shows its age.
|Charity workers distribute food to homeless. The beggars broke into fights every few minutes.
|Waiting for handouts.
|Got some!
|This woman had fallen ill and was helped by paramedics.
|'It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country,' but the monument, renovated in 2008, doesn't show it.
|Lost cause? This plaque boasts about the city's 2008 renovation of the plaza.
|A horse cart rolls home thru, with the church in the background.
|This building, on the plaza's corner, once was grand.
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Purposeful Incarceration
Purposeful Incarceration Overview
In 2009 the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) began a cooperative project with Indiana Court Systems called Purposeful Incarceration (P.I.). The Department works in collaboration with Judges who can sentence chemically addicted offenders and document that they will "consider a sentence modification" should the offender successfully complete an IDOC Therapeutic community. This supports the Department and Correction and the Judiciary to get addicted offenders the treatment that they need and work collaboratively to support their successful re-entry into society.
IDOC Therapeutic Communities (TC) Overview
The IDOC currently has over 1700 Therapeutic Community (TC) beds for both male and female offenders. These Therapeutic Communities provide intensive substance abuse treatment and the core program is a minimum of eight (8) months in length. The TC's are competency based, and some offenders may take up to a year to complete the core program. Upon successful completion participants are eligible for up to a 6 month credit time cut.
The IDOC has two different types of TC's. One is general Therapeutic Community that serves offenders with significant abuse of any substance. The IDOC C.L.I.F.F. Units (Clean Lifestyle Is Freedom Forever) provide intensive treatment to offenders who have significant impairment as a result of methamphetamine abuse, though many of those offenders are poly substance abusers. Both programs have the same structure and core components but the CLIFF Units also utilized the Matrix Model curriculum specially designed to treat methamphetamine and cocaine addiction.
The TC's are intensive treatment programs that hold the offenders highly accountable. Offenders earn privileges and responsibilities in the community as they progress in their recovery. The units operate utilizing Modified Therapeutic Community Model, and offenders who participate in the programs are segregated from general population offenders as much as possible. There is a strong focus on utilizing Cognitive Behavioral best practice interventions as core program components. All program curriculum utilizes evidence based material including Stanton Samenow's "Commitment to Change; Overcoming Errors in Thinking". Material obtained from the Bureau of Prisons and Texas Christian University Institute of Behavioral Research are also core program components. AA/NA meetings are available to offenders in the TC.
Following the intensive treatment phase, offenders continue to participate in the TC. They will continue to work on relapse prevention issues as well as work on re-entry planning for their return to the community. They also may serve as mentors and senior community members. Individualized recommendations and referrals for follow up services in the community are made for all TC graduates.
Initial outcomes indicate the Departments TC's are having an impact on recidivism. In addition conduct violations on those units are approximately 1/10 of the of a general population unit. The TC's are located at the follow facilities:
- Branchville Correctional Facility - 480 beds
- Correctional Industrial Facility (Pendleton) - 124 beds
- Plainfield Correctional Facility - 100 beds
- Westville Correctional Facility - 440 beds
- Madison Correctional Facility (Women) - 82 beds
- Miami Correctional Facility - 204 beds
- Putnamville Correctional Facility - 156 beds
- Rockville Correctional Facility (women) - 128 beds
- Indiana Reformatory (Pendleton) Outside Dorm (Men) - 104
Purposeful Incarceration Details
Many offenders who are sentenced to the IDOC have severe addictions that are directly related to their criminal behavior. This is often very apparent to sentencing Judges as they have often seen these individuals on numerous occasions and the addictive behavior is very apparent. PI gives the Judicial System an option to provide an offender with the opportunity to obtain the treatment they need, and support their successful re-integration into the community.
The Judges can sentence chemically addicted offenders and document that they will "consider a sentence modification" should the offender successfully complete an IDOC Therapeutic community. The Courts communicate with the IDOC that this offender is a PI offender. After entering the IDOC the offender will be placed at an appropriate facility that has a TC. If possible the individual will be placed in a TC close to their County of sentencing. In the event the offender has a meth addiction they will be placed at a facility with a CLIFF Unit if possible.
Once the offender is placed at the facility they will be assessed by the Substance Abuse staff. If they meet the substance abuse admission criteria they will be offered the opportunity to enter the Program. They must agree to adhere to all program rules and expectations and to fully participate in all program activities. If the offender refuses the Court System is notified of their refusal. If they enter the program communication is maintained with the Court regarding the offender's progress or lack thereof. If an offender successfully completes the Judge can choose to modify the offender sentence and return them to the community early. The offender can receive treatment and be returned to the community through existing community programs such as Drug Courts, Community Transition Programs, Work Release, and other Community Corrections programs. The hope is this coordinated effort between the IDOC and the Court System will reduce recidivism and improve offender's successful re-entry into society. Currently 17 Counties have participated on PI and referred 71 offenders.
Communication with the Court
Purposeful Incarceration has helped foster a close working relationship between the IDOC's Therapeutic Communities and the Indiana Judicial System. The program will provide the courts progress reports on the offenders that are participating in the program. Informal reports can be requested by the sentencing Judge at any point during the incarceration. The IDOC can provide Judges and Court personnel with read access only to our Offender Case Management System (OCMS). The Judge or an officer of the court can visit the offender in order to determine progress if they so desire. The comprehensive information being provided to the court will assist the judge in making informed decisions regarding sentence modifications.
Outcome Study
The IDOC is fully committed to tracking outcomes of its core programs. Monitoring recidivism will be vital to determine the overall effectiveness of "Purposeful Incarceration" Recidivism data on offenders participating in this program will be generated separately as well as included in the respective TC's overall recidivism rates. These offenders will be identified so that they can be tracked separately from other Therapeutic Community participants.
Benefits of Purposeful Incarceration
- The Indiana Judicial System and the Department of Correction work closely together to support the offender's successful reentry to the community.
- We are able to get the "right offender to the right program at the right time".
- The 'hand off" from the IDOC to the Court System and the community is well coordinated, and helps ensure appropriate follow up services are provided.
- Offenders who are able to successfully complete will be able to return to the community more quickly.
- It is believed PI will reduce recidivism, criminal behavior, and increase successful re-entry.


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Class::AutoDB::Serialize - Serialization engine for Class::AutoDB -- MySQL only for now
This is a mixin class that enables objects to be serialized and stored in a database as independent entities, and later fetched one-by-one or in groups. Whether fetched individually or in groups, the original shared object structure is preserved. It's not necessary for the object to also from Class::AutoClass, although the examples here all do.
Define class that inherits from Class::AutoDB::Serialize
Person class with attributes 'name', 'sex', 'hobbies', and 'friends', where 'friends' is a list of Persons.
package Person;
use Class::AutoClass;
use Class::AutoDB::Serialize;
@ISA=qw(Class::AutoClass Class::AutoDB::Serialize);
@AUTO_ATTRIBUTES=qw(name sex hobbies friends);
Create and store some objects
use DBI;
use Class::AutoDB::Serialize;
use Person;
my $dbh=DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:database=ngoodman;host=localhost');
my $joe=new Person(-name=>'Joe',-sex=>'male',
-hobbies=>['mountain climbing', 'sailing']);
my $mary=new Person(-name=>'Mary',-sex=>'female',
-hobbies=>['hang gliding']);
my $bill=new Person(-name=>'Bill',-sex=>'male',
-hobbies=>['cooking', 'eating', 'sleeping']);
# Set up friends lists
# Store the objects
# Print their object id's so you can fetch them later
for my $obj ($joe, $mary, $bill) {
print 'name=', $obj->name, ' oid=', $obj->oid, "\n";
Fetch the objects
Assume that the oid's are passed as command line arguments
my @oids=@ARGV;
my $joe=Class::AutoDB::Serialize::fetch($ARGV[0]);
my $mary=Class::AutoDB::Serialize::fetch($ARGV[1]);
my $bill=Class::AutoDB::Serialize::fetch($ARGV[2]);
# Print the objects' attributes
for my $obj ($joe, $mary, $bill) {
print 'oid=', $obj->oid, "\n";
print 'name=', $obj->name, "\n";
print 'sex=', $obj->sex, "\n";
print 'hobbies=', join(', ',@{$obj->hobbies}), "\n";
print 'friends=',"\n";
for my $friend (@{$obj->friends}) {
print ' oid=', $friend->oid, ', ';
print 'name=', $friend->name, "\n";
print "----------\n";
# Change an attribute in each object to demonstrate
# that shared structure is preserved
for my $obj ($joe, $mary, $bill) {
$obj->name($obj->name.' Changed');
for my $obj ($joe, $mary, $bill) {
print 'oid=', $obj->oid, "\n";
print 'changed name=', $obj->name, "\n";
print 'friends=',"\n";
for my $friend (@{$obj->friends}) {
print ' oid=', $friend->oid, ', ';
print 'changed name=', $friend->name, "\n";
print "----------\n";
This is a mixin class that implements the serialization and data storage engine for Class::AutoDB. Objects that inherit from this class can be serialized and stored in a database as independent entities. This only works for objects implemented as HASHes in the usual Perl way.
What distinguishes Class::AutoDB::Serialize from the many other excellent Perl serialization packages (eg, Data::Dumper, Storable, YAML) is that we serialize objects as independent entities existing within a large network, rather than serializing entire networks as a whole. When an object is being serialized, other "auto-serializable" objects that are encountered are not serialized then and there; instead a placeholder object called an Oid (short for object identifier) is emitted into the serialization stream. When the object is later fetched, the placeholders are not immediately fetched; instead each placeholder is fetched transparently when the program invokes a method on it (this is accomplished via an AUTOLOAD mechanism).
The purpose of all this is to make it easy for Perl programs to operate on large databases of objects. Objects can be created, stored, and later fetched. If the object points to other objects, they will be fetched when needed. New objects can be created, connected to the network of existing objects, and stored.


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You can read my background info in my "Thinking About It" posts here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2304 This is long, but I hope it will be helpful to someone!
I ride horses, and want to be free of glasses/contacts when riding.
I am a 39 yo female.
Some exam stats:
OD: -9.25 -1.50 x 92 (Wavescan OD: -7.36 -1.37 x 10)
OS: -8.50 -1.75 x 80 (Wavescan OS: -6.61 -1.46 x 177)
Pachymetry (Pentacam) 490 microns OD, 499 microns OS
Schirmers: 13 OD, 14 OS
I researched this topic for so long before having it done, and there are so many horror stories online, that I thought I would share my (so far) very good experience with Lasik.
March 16, 2010
I was so very nervous going into this most elective of procedures! I didn't count on it happening, even on the morning my procedure was scheduled. I knew that either I or the surgeon could pull out right up until the procedure...or even during it for that matter if things were not going well. I had even more trepidation because I my corneas are thin, and one surgeon had turned me down. My surgeon completely answered my questions, though, and I felt comfortable with his qualifications, so I proceeded. My surgeon is Dr. Alan Carlson at Duke Eye Center in North Carolina. He is one of the most experienced Lasik surgeons in his field, and has done well over 10,000 Lasik procedures to date. He has been teaching refractive surgeons for over 17 years, and is nationally and internationally recognized for his work in the prevention and management of surgical complications.
I was given ample opportunity to ask questions. My eyes were examined yet again. I am very pleased with how totally thorough Duke Eye Center is, and their conservative approach made me feel good about my choice, too. I was given a nice tote bag with the Duke Center for Vision Correction logo filled with my post-op supplies: anti-inflammatory eye drops (OmniPred), goggles for nighttime protection, some nice sunglasses, and a squeeze ball with their logo on it. I had already had my antibiotic drops (Vigamox) filled, and added them to the bag. My blood pressure was checked, and I was given a valium.
Next I was taken into the first laser room and was positioned under the laser. The tech handed me the ball from my bag, and told me to squeeze the ball, not my eyes! I was told to close my eyes and relax for a minute, which was actually nice as I think the valium took more effect. Then Dr. Carlson came in and the procedure began. I was worried about the placement of the speculum to keep my eye open, but it was no big deal. My left eye was taped shut as my right eye was done first. I was told to stare at a ring of lights in the laser, and a suction device was placed on my eye. The laser then lowered into place, and everything went dark as expected. There was a lot of pressure, and I could see little lights flashing as the laser cut the flap. It was slightly uncomfortable, but in no way painful and was easily tolerable. The speculum was then removed, the right eye taped shut, and everything repeated for the left eye. It felt like the left eye went slightly less smoothly, but not enough to be troublesome.
After the flap was cut, everything looked hazy as if I were in a very steamy room. I was guided out of the first room and just down the hall to the second laser room, in which there was two lasers. After Dr. Carlson examined my flaps using the slit lamp, I was positioned under the Allegretto Wave (Wavelight) for my Lasik procedure. Again, the right eye was done first, and again it was no big deal as the speculum was placed. Both the tech and Dr. Carlson were excellent about talking me through the procedure and letting me know what was happening. It was weird as the flap was lifted, as I could see the instrument moving across my eye. The flap was measured at 106 microns, and pachymetry was done to measure the bed of tissue. I was asked to stare at the green light as the red and white lights moved around. I was glad that I had read other accounts of the procedure as I smelled the burning tissue! I was not warned about that during the procedure! I did find it very nice to hear Dr. Carlson saying "Perfect!" as the procedure progressed, though...that IS something you want to hear from your surgeon! I also noticed the green light becoming sharper and more in focus as the procedure progressed. Very cool! Then the flap was put back into place and smoothed out. I was told to shut my eye gently and not to squeeze it. Then the right eye was taped shut and everything was repeated for the left eye.
Dr. Carlson examined both eyes with the slit lamp to make sure everything looked good. My left eye was taped shut. Both couldn't be taped because I couldn't see very well that way! I asked Dr. Carlson how he chose which to tape, and he said that he likes to tape the second eye as it doesn't have quite as much time to seal after the procedure and before leaving. I put on my sunglasses, and Dr. Carlson took me back to my family in the waiting room and talked to us all for a bit and answered all of our questions. I had arrived at the center at 1:30pm, and was leaving at about 3:30pm. I was told to remove the tape from my left eye at 6:00pm, and to start my eye drops then.
My vision out of my right eye was hazy when I left the center, but I could see things clearly through the haze. It was like looking through a window that is just beginning to fog over. I took a nap, and removed the tape from the left eye at 6:00. There was some bleeding in the white part of the left eye. It is more common for that to happen with Intralase. I rested with my eyes closed and listened to the TV the rest of the evening. I was able to read the menu to order dinner, and was amazed each time I opened my eyes as everything became more and more clear! There is some burning, but nothing bad by any means!
March 17, 2010
Unfortunately my dinner made me sick overnight, but that meant that I was awake to do my eyedrops! So I did them on schedule every two hours throughout the night. In fact, Dr. Carlson commented the next morning as he examined my eyes that he could tell I had been very good about using my drops. I was very excited as the tech started the eye chart big and I was able to breeze through it! I measured 20/30 in my right eye, and 20/25 in my left. There was still some haze, but I just kept saying "WOW!" I also could see the clock overnight for the first time in my life! There were no digital clocks before I had to start wearing glasses! I am to return to be rechecked in 2 1/2 weeks.
March 18, 2010
I still have some haze today, but overall I am seeing very clearly and I am not stressed. It is still early in the healing process, and through the haze my vision is so good! I took it easy during the day and rested my eyes, I am fortunate in that I do not have to work and can do that. I went to my spinning class (studio cycling) at the YMCA, and just took it easy so that I would not have sweat running into my eyes. Tonight was the first time I was out as dark approached, and I do have some glare and starbursting, but I do not think it is going to be in any way crippling. I am still being amazed with my vision. For example, I can SEE in the shower!
March 19, 2010
I am still being amazed by my vision. Looking out the window and into the distance my vision is just as good as with my glasses or contacts before lasik. There is a little bit of glare form the TV in a dark room, but not bad. There is still some haze, but I am not alarmed, it is still early in the healing process and I had a high correction. I am going out again tonight, and am anxious to see what my night vision is like when it is really dark.


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Apparently being the daughter of the Prince of Darkness has some perks!
Kelly Osbourne, daughter of heavy metal rock god Ozzy Osbourne, used her powers – or rather her words – for good on Monday when she saw some young men attempting to steal a car in London.
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"Just stopped 2 boys robbing a car," Kelly Tweeted. "all I said was 'oi' and they ran like the wind. I did not realise I was that scary!"
"WTF is going on tonight just stopped 2 boys with lacrosse sticks trying to push Gee-Wizz car on it's side what's wrong with London #police?" she added.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: The 'Fierce' Miss Kelly Osbourne
On Tuesday night, however, Kelly had some real trouble, hinting she nearly got into a fight at shi-shi restaurant Nobu.
"Really makes me sad that the staff at nobu allowed a man to try and fight me because I asked him to stop slamming his glass on the table!" she Tweeted.
The reality star later added that a member of Nobu's staff later called to sort everything out.
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"just got off the phone with paul the G.M of Nobu what a gentleman he is! i really appreciate the fact he sorted everything out & apologized!" she wrote.
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Christmas can be stressful for parents of little ones, but it's also the most special time of year and well worth any anxiety that it brings.
Once Christmas comes and goes, it's a bittersweet feeling. There's an interesting combination of exhaustion and regret. There's relief that it's over at first, but then comes some dejection that the excitement that comes with it has passed for another year.
For me, although my wife did just about all of the shopping as she does every year, I was nearly hyperventilating at times in the weeks leading up to Christmas, worrying about finding the time to put things together, wrapping this and that and trying to pull off a surprise or two here and there for the family.
All that was forgotten come Christmas weekend, as I watched my kids be overwhelmed by their many presents, large and small, from our large family and particularly on Christmas morning.
However, before the kids could enjoy all the surprises that awaited them on Christmas morning, they had to wake up first. Of all mornings, they decided to sleep in. On any morning but Christmas, this would have been embraced because normally they are first up in the house.
There we were at 7 on Christmas morning in our new holiday pajamas Pam buys each year, waiting for our boys to join us. Pam had already been up for more than an hour in case Beckett wandered downstairs before us.
The boys had already had a full Christmas and I think it caught up with them. Due to our large family, we had already had two Christmas celebrations that apparently tired them out.
Either way, a few minutes after 7 that morning, Pam and I were in their rooms pulling off their covers and reminding them what day it was.
It only took the one reminder for their excitement to return and ignite their curiosity of whether Santa had come. We should all be able to bounce out of bed as fast as they did and to be that nimble on our feet at 7 in the morning.
Once they were up, their enthusiasm was awesome to witness.
In his typical fashion, Beckett was the most anxious and enthusiastic to see what Santa brought him and his brother, Carson, who has adopted a more subdued approach to most things in life.
Once the great revealing took place, the kids went about opening their presents.
Beckett's aggressive style was on full display, ripping open the gifts at a frenetic pace, commenting on what he saw and then moving on to the next wrapped box. Some gifts slowed him down more than others, while some, such as clothes and books, barely stopped him in his tracks.
On the other hand, Carson was methodical and probably would have been happy with his one large gift — a standup kitchen set, complete with burners, a refrigerator, microwave and other items. He loved it and at least initially did not seem too interested in the other gifts under the tree. Eventually, he turned his attention to them. It was a good thing because his big brother seemed intent on opening them as soon as we were distracted.
For Beckett, the thrill is the opening of the gifts to see what he received and playing with them later, while Carson is more deliberate and seems to prefer to spread out the actual opening to enjoy the toys one-by-one as they are received. It sums up our kids and their unique personality pretty well actually.
Once all the gifts were opened and we forced breakfast on them, we pulled our annual Christmas morning surprise on them. Each year we hold back a big gift from Santa until later in the morning. One year, for example, it was a backyard trampoline.
This year I noticed something on the back deck while I took the dogs out and told the kids it looks like Santa left something outside for them. While the entire morning is befitting of videotaping, it's this surprise that I think is the most treasured moment of the day because they truly are surprised.
Waiting for them were two new bikes, which they both seemed to love. Beckett talked incessantly while riding around, and Carson pointed and squealed and worked his way atop the seat. A little added feature to the bikes was something called Chalktrail, which allows the kids to ride their bikes with chalk attached to the back wheel, resulting in a trail of chalk on the road as they pedal.
At their age, my boys, 4 and 3, take their blessings for granted. To me, that's perfectly normal, and I embrace it at their young ages.
At my age, I understand how fragile life can be and I don't take anything for granted. Through life experiences, many of which are unpleasant, adults become more appreciative of the finer things and understand nothing is a given.
I'm thankful to be able to provide for them and am cool with them expecting lots of gifts from Santa on Christmas. They don't have to approach life as parents do, and that's part of the magical aspect of the holidays.
There will be many times in their lives ahead for them to show gratitude and understand not everyone is as lucky as they are. That will be instilled in them through learning moments and that's a parental responsibility we take seriously.
In the meantime, I want them to have fun with what they receive during this special time of year and that's the top priority at our house. It can be chaotic and hectic, but that's part of the memory making process.


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