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Every time it's an Olympic year there are great stories of men and women who basically sacrifice their whole lives up to that point in order to have a moment in the spotlight. It's inspiring when they win gold. Heartbreaking when they fall short. It's amazing sometime how close these world-class athletes are in times and scores.
In the men's Super G race yesterday the time between the Gold winner and the next seven spots was less than half a second. The top three got medals, and the rest as close as 200th of a second apart went home empty-handed. It's no secret that the Olympics are very hard and very competitive.
The same can be said for screenwriting and filmmaking. And what's nice about the book Tales from the Script, edited by Peter Hanson and Paul Robert Herman, is it's full of screenwriters who share the ups and downs of a career in screenwriting.
"I think the most important thing you have to know is that it's a very,very hard business, full of rejection and setbacks. If you don't want to succeed really badly, you won't. But, of course, if you get a movie made and it works, there's nothing like it. Nothing."
Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally/Julie & Julia)
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"There's a giant group of people who want to be writers, and a smaller group who actually write, and an even smaller group who are actually going to strive so hard that someone's going to pay attention to them…I was obsessed at one point. I took every course, I read magazines, and I just kept going to movies. I remember at one point, I sat down and wrote down (copied) Rocky beat by beat."
Steve Koren (Bruce Almighty)
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Unpredictable, Agile, and Short
Campaigns are serious tests of your creativity and foresight. They are unpredictable, agile, and short — an 18 month, $1 billion, essentially disposable organization. Hackers can thrive in an environment like that, to a point where I'm not sure anyone else really can. Everything is over far too quickly to get boring.
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It is often the case that the small things in life are the most satisfying. For me, nothing beats a nice warm cup of tea at the end of a hard day for satisfaction. However, developer Infinity Ward obviously doesnt believe in small things, but rather aims towards grand scale of epic proportions. The first Call of Duty did this for the most part with some of the most immense battles and a scale and level of intensity never before witnessed on a PC. This has helped set the Call of Duty series above the rest of the crowded World War II genre. Now, Infinity Ward have released their sequel. Something much bigger, more refined and hopefully much better, making my favoured cup of tea seem like a small pleasure than a real satisfaction, although there are some similarities, as CODII does have a tendency to make you feel warm and glow inside once youve dodged the odd flying grenade and the constant barrage of bullets that is
But what about gameplay?
Picture the scene, its a damp wet and horrible day, the sea is rough, throwing you from side to side. You glance at your comrades, randomly throwing up, then theres a thud, as your tin can of a landing craft hits the seabed you look up the cliffs bare down from above, but any thoughts of your impending doom are drowned out by the maelstrom of bullets, artillery and screams as your fellow soldiers throw themselves forward only to be propelled into the air by an exploding shell Just as in Call of Duty, there are some real gems of gaming brilliance in Call of Duty II, which cause your senses to rush. From crawling along a Russian pipeline as the Germans below spray metal piercing bullets gloriously creating shafts of light, to the intensity of defending a desert outpost at night with the British army, kicking up clouds of dust and sand, and of course the inevitable D-day landing in all its brutal glory but this time it's different, following the fortunes of American Soldiers at the cliffs of Point du hoc with the seemingly impossible mission of silencing the German guns.
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Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia: photo by JJ Harrison, 22 April 2012
What birds were they? He stood on the steps of the library to look at them, leaning wearily on his ashplant. They flew round and round the jutting shoulder of a house in Molesworth Street. The air of the late March evening made clear their flight, their dark quivering bodies flying clearly against the sky as against a limphung cloth of smoky tenuous blue.
He watched their flight; bird after bird: a dark flash, a swerve, a flash again, a dart aside, a curve, a flutter of wings. He tried to count them before all their darting quivering bodies passed: six, ten, eleven: and wondered were they odd or even in number. Twelve, thirteen: for two came wheeling down from the upper sky. They were flying high and low but ever round and round in straight and curving lines and ever flying from left to right, circling about a temple of air.
He listened to the cries: like the squeak of mice behind the wainscot: a shrill twofold note. But the notes were long and shrill and whirring, unlike the cry of vermin, falling a third or a fourth and trilled as the flying beaks clove the air. Their cry was shrill and clear and fine and falling like threads of silken light unwound from whirring spools.
The inhuman clamour soothed his ears in which his mother's sobs and reproaches murmured insistently and the dark frail quivering bodies wheeling and fluttering and swerving round an airy temple of the tenuous sky soothed his eyes which still saw the image of his mother's face.
Why was he gazing upwards from the steps of the porch, hearing their shrill twofold cry, watching their flight? For an augury of good or evil? A phrase of Cornelius Agrippa flew through his mind and then there flew hither and thither shapeless thoughts from Swedenborg on the correspondence of birds to things of the intellect and of how the creatures of the air have their knowledge and know their times and seasons because they, unlike man, are in the order of their life and have not perverted that order by reason.
And for ages men had gazed upward as he was gazing at birds in flight. The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur. A sense of fear of the unknown moved in the heart of his weariness, a fear of symbols and portents, of the hawklike man whose name he bore soaring out of his captivity on osierwoven wings, of Thoth, the god of writers, writing with a reed upon a tablet and bearing on his narrow ibis head the cusped moon.
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae), Lake Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia, photo by JJ Harrison, 19 March 2012
White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia: photo by JJ Harrison, 4 February 2012
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) in flight, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia: photo by JJ Harrison, 4 February 2012


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Beyonce, Jay-Z, and the Blue Ivy Carter were in Miami the other day. As you can see, Beysus is working a new bob. I love it. And I especially love it with the headband. She looks great. And fresh. And so young!
Will she keep it like this for a while?
Well, that pixie didn't last long, did it?
Beyonce cut her hair last week. Here's a refresher:
As I said at the time, even though I'm all over a pixie, I didn't think it suited her so well. Doesn't seem like she was feeling it either. Also, she resumes her tour tomorrow in the UK. And you can't whip a pixie around during Baby Boy. I hope however that she keeps this bob and tries whipping it around and that we see the video. I want to see what that looks like.


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Every year I tell myself - "easy on the flowers". Today I made a "quick" trip to Meijers and there calling my name through the plant garden were pot after pot of Gerber Daisies. I don't know what it is about them, but I absolutely love them! The colors are so vibrant and soft and happy, if flowers can be happy! But alas, it is Michigan and we are still having freeze warnings. I gathered up all my willpower and left them waiting for my return!
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HOUSTON — The Redstone Companies has finalized a lease that will expand its Houstonian Lite chain of health clubs into the heart of downtown Houston. The new club, which follows the launch of Houstonian Lite Sugar Land, is slated to open in the fall at downtown's Pennzoil Place and is the second of multiple locations planned for the Houston area, the company said. The Redstone Companies has selected The Clerkely Watkins Group and Camden Builders to complete the design and construction of the project.
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Under Maurer Wirtz license, 4711 is presenting three new creations as floral interpretations of the iconic 4711 Original Eau de Cologne celebrating the lovely flowers: ROSE, JASMINE and LILAC. The three new, lovely creations are composed by perfumer ALEXANDRA KALLE. "A bouquet of bright roses for our anniversary, a walk through a lane lined with lovely jasmine, the sight of lush lilac branc... Read full article: 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser Floral Collection: Rose, Jasmine, Lilac from Fragrantica Perfumes and Colognes Magazine.
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Ed. note: This is a guest post by Greg Beck, an attorney at Public Citizen in Washington, DC. Greg works on a variety of issues at Public Citizen, mostly involving Internet free speech, anonymity, and intellectual property. He was lead counsel for Mark Nickolas in his challenge to Kentucky's ban on blogs. [More info…]
Political blogger Mark Nickolas yesterday settled his lawsuit against Kentucky, in which he challenged the state's policy of blocking blogs on state-owned computers. The settlement provides that Kentucky will no longer target websites for restriction just because they are blogs, and will instead treat them in the same way it treats other websites with similar content. In other words, classifying a website as a "blog" is no longer a good enough reason to ban a site on the state's computers.
Nickolas is the owner and primary author of BluegrassReport.org, a blog focusing on Kentucky news and politics and specializing in criticism of former Governor Ernie Fletcher. In 2006, the New York Times quoted Nickolas and noted the blog in an article about Fletcher's indictment on charges of political corruption. The next day, without warning, the state reconfigured its Webwasher filtering software to block all access to blogs on state computers.
Nickolas filed suit and, represented by Public Citizen, raised two primary arguments that the policy was unconstitutional under the First Amendment. First, he argued that the policy was adopted specifically to target his blog and therefore constituted viewpoint discrimination, the worst form of government action under the First Amendment. Aside from the suspicious timing of the policy, Nickolas relied on internal state email showing that, despite public claims to the contrary, the governor's office had ordered the ban on blogs and had specifically requested that the URL of Nickolas's site be added to the "blacklist." Moreover, Nickolas obtained the declaration of the former state official charged with administering the state's computer systems at the time the policy went into place, who was told that the decision to ban blogs came from "high up" and was designed to hide the decision to ban Nickolas's site in "a bunch of other stuff."
Second, Nickolas argued that, even if the ban were not aimed specifically at his site, the state nevertheless violated the First Amendment by singling out blogs for special restrictions while ignoring other sorts of websites with comparable content. State records showed that the number of hits to news and political blogs from state computers was a small fraction of the millions of hits received each day by mainstream news sites like the Lexington Herald-Leader, the New York Times, and CNN.com. The state could offer no rational explanation for its decision to focus solely on blogs while ignoring other websites reporting the same information (especially since even blogs on mainstream news sites remained accessible). Moreover, Kentucky continued to allow access to many other categories of websites that served no work-related purpose and that received more traffic than blogs, including webmail, newsgroups and message boards, sports sites, shopping sites, financial and stock-trading sites, and others.
The case was the first to challenge a state's decision to block access to blogs on state-owned computers. The most analogous case is the Fourth Circuit's en banc decision in Urofsky v. Gilmore, where several Virginia professors sued over a law prohibiting access on state computers to sexually explicit materials. 216 F.3d 401 (4th Cir. 2000). The professors asserted that they needed access to the materials to fulfill their research, writing, and teaching responsibilities. That assertion, however, ultimately proved fatal to the professors' claims when the court held that, because the professors were performing these duties in their capacities as state employees rather than as private citizens speaking on issues of public concern, their First Amendment rights were not implicated. Urofsky's reasoning suggests that if the professors had instead relied on restrictions to their personal use of state computers, the court would have evaluated the law's constitutionality under the Supreme Court's decision in Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968). Pickering and a line of cases following it established a balancing test for determining the constitutionality of a government's restrictions on its employees' speech, weighing the employees' First Amendment interest in access to the restricted materials against the employer's interest in maintaining order in the workplace.
Unlike the professors in Urofsky, Nickolas did not challenge the state's restrictions on what employees could read pursuant to their job-related responsibilities. Kentucky, like many other employers, had long allowed its employees to use state-owned computers for personal as well as work-related purposes as long as that use did not interfere with performance of job responsibilities. Pursuant to Kentucky's policy, employees could and frequently did read online news sites, including blogs, from workplace computers. The state's decision to block access to the blogs while still allowing access to other news sites imposed on its employees its own preferences about which sources of news were acceptable and which were not. Nickolas argued that, even if the state had the power to entirely ban personal use of workplace computers (a proposition that Nickolas did not dispute), it did not have the power to selectively allow access to only those news sites it approved as sources of news. It was simply not a proper role for government, Nickolas argued, to decide which websites were legitimate news sites and which were not.
In the settlement finalized yesterday, Kentucky reserved its right to regulate use of computers in the workplace, but agreed to do so in a viewpoint-neutral manner that treats blogs the same as equivalent non-blog websites. Although a decision on the legality of blog-banning policies will be left for another day, the case should at least cause public employers to think twice before cutting their employees off from a large and important piece of the online political discussion.


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If Ben gets an outlet pass, he acts as if Derrick Rose isn't in the building and he brings the ball up himself. His favorite play seems to be where Drew Gooden sets a pick at the free-throw line extended so that Ben can drive floorside. He then forces up a shot at the freethrow line regardless of how many hands are in his face.
Ben, along with Rose, leads the Chicago Bulls in field goal attempts at about 15.5 shots per game. He's hitting them at a very good 48.5% clip. Clearly, he's their number one option with Luol Deng hurt. And although his attempts are up from last year's 14.9 FGA, he's also playing three more minutes.
So I can't get too down on Ben but is it too much to ask for two passes per possession?
Vinny Del Negro admitted that there isn't much offensive variety in his playbook. Vinny wants to make it simple for a rookie point guard by streamlining plays. But the Bulls' offense gets so stagnant at times. They don't make the defense move and their offensive tendencies are plainer than Pam from The Office.
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An international partnership, including UNCTAD, today launched a Swiss-funded project to support Tanzania's horticulture and tourism sectors.
The project is unusual in that it targets two seemingly unrelated economic sectors as part of the Tanzanian government's efforts to promote economic development through trade. The project also brings together expertise from a number of international organizations making up the United Nations Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.
This cross-cutting and cooperative approach reflects the integrated treatment of trade and development advocated by UNCTAD, said Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General, at the launch ceremony in Arusha.
"I am confident that the links that this project has identified between these two sectors will benefit not only the project participants themselves, but will also serve as a model for Tanzania as a whole," Dr. Kituyi said. Building such synergies "is precisely how countries can profit from the interdependent nature of our interconnected globalized economy," he added.
Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is funding the project, "Market Value Chains Relating to Horticultural Products for Responsible Tourism Market Access". Agencies that are part of the UN Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity, which is led by UNCTAD, will implement the project. These are: the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre, UNCTAD and the United Nations Organization on Industrial Development, supported by UNOPS acting as administrative agent. The project is linked to Tanzania's Trade Sector Development Programme, coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
SECO's three-year programme in Tanzania, with an approximate budget of US$3.5 million, focuses on improving livelihoods, using the tourism industry as an entry point. The project aims to upgrade and generate productive capacity of small horticultural producers, particularly of organic produce, and link such suppliers with hotels. It also seeks to increase the quantity and capacity of local tourism trainers to respond to the demands of the industry. In addition, it will reinforce financial security of national tourism training colleges and promote responsible tourism in Tanzania.
Attending the ceremony were: Uledi Mussa, Permanent Secretary of Tanzania's Ministry of Industry and Trade; Olivier Chave, Swiss Ambassador to Tanzania; Dr. Kituyi; Patrick Laederach, representative of Switzerland's SECO; Manuela Tortora, Global Coordinator for the UN Inter Agency Cluster for Trade and Productive Capacity; Adam Bouloukos, UNOPS Director; and other key project stakeholders.
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Cucumbers, scientifically known as Cucumis sativus, belong to the same botanical family as melons (including watermelon and cantaloupe) and squashes (including summer squash, winter squash, zucchini and pumpkin). I became addicted to them thanks to the innovative cooking of the Serbian grandmother of my child. At every meal grandma serves a cucumber salad. Sometimes the cucumbers are chopped and mixed with plain yogurt, dill, lemon juice and olive oil and sometimes with mint and feta.
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Major storm heading to New England could bring up to 2 feet of snow; ski resorts could benefit
BOSTON (AP) — New England is bracing for a major winter storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in some places from Friday into Saturday.
The National Weather Service in Taunton says most of southern New England could get between 18 and 24 inches of snow starting Friday morning and continuing into Saturday afternoon. The Cape could get a little less, although forecast totals varied widely.
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New York City is also bracing for snow, anywhere from 4 to 6 inches. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is ready, and if bad weather has to happen, it's better to have it on a weekend.


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John Fugelsang hosts comedian Cornell Reid, 420 Times Editor Dave Brian, and Sam Humeid , owner of Perennial Holistic Wellness Center, sit down for a calm, rational discussion of the issues facing cannabis legalization today. See Internet, this is what we call "dialog."
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In the 1970's, when LSD was still quite easily accessible, visionary architect Doug Michels devised a brilliant plan: build a space-based habitiat for dolphins (because why the hell not). It would have included a ring of labs encircling a central water sphere wherein the dolphins would be able to program the supercomputer what would run the station. The idea never really got off the ground, thankfully, because you can't run a space station on 42 alone.


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France committed to making the 2012 event "The Forum of Solutions"
The World Water Council has selected Marseille, France, to host the 2012 World Water Forum. The selection followed a process for evaluating the candidates and a final vote from the Council's Board of Governors. The World Water Forum is the world's largest water gathering that brings together over 20,000 political leaders, NGOs, government officials, water professionals and scientists every three years.
The French candidacy showcased a will to engage people regionally in the global debate around water, but at the same time made it clear that debate is not enough. Through its candidacy, France committed to making the World Water Forum in 2012, "the Forum of Solutions," drawing from the many concrete successes that France has had in the environmental domain.
The Council's decision comes three months after the successful 5th World Water Forum that took place in Istanbul, Turkey, in March. During its meeting in Madrid, the Council's Board of Governors also reviewed the outcomes of this Forum. It commented on the major progress made through the signing of the Istanbul Water Consensus by more than100 cities from around the world. The accord promotes local action to deliver water and sanitation services and manage water resources sustainably. More than 20,000 people from 182 countries participated in the 5th World Water Forum, including 90 ministers, 250 parliamentarians and 300 mayors.
The Council's Board committed to put in place a thorough follow-up to the 5th World Water Forum feeding into the preparations of the World Water Forum 2012. In particular, more emphasis will be put on consultations with stakeholders at the regional level so as to ensure that sound proposals for solutions to the world water crisis are put forward in Marseille in 2012.
The meeting of the World Water Council's Governors comes as we are at a crossroads in how we use and govern the world's limited resources. Increasingly citizens and political leaders recognize that water forms a vital element for vibrant economies and healthy societies, yet water resources continue to dwindle and billions still lack access to proper water supply and sanitation.
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Katharine McPhee -- Mile High Lawbreaker
"American Idol" alum Katharine McPhee just broke a cardinal rule in the sky -- turning on her cell phone at 36,000 feet ... and even worse, she bragged about it afterward!
McPhee caught a flight yesterday ... and after the plane took off, she tweeted, "I love illegally turning on my phone when I'm still in the air ... makes me feel powerful! A tweet from the sky. Hello Atlanta!"
It's a big FCC no-no to turn on your phone after take off -- the penalties include a hefty fine and suspension of her cellular service.
UPDATE: McPhee's rep tells us, "She posted when we landed in Atlanta. She was trying to be funny but obviously some people missed the humor."
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This publication makes a great gift for any High Line enthusiast on your list, especially considering the fact that another High Line-related book, photographer Joel Sternfeld's Walking the High Line, is currently selling for $549.00 on Amazon.com.
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STS-95 Pilot Steve Lindsey, left, and Mission Specialist
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Crew Performs Wide Range of Science Experiments
During STS-95, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery spent nine
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to orbit the Earth. At the age of 77, he added another milestone
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first flight -- aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7
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second flight lasted almost nine days. During the 1998 shuttle
mission, Glenn conducted a series of investigations into the
physiology of the human aging process.
recognize several parallels between the effects of space flight
on the human body and the natural changes that take place
as a person ages. Glenn's
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Slimey is Oscar the Grouch's pet worm. Originally, Slimey was a silent character who communicated with squeaks and gestures. In recent years, he has developed a voice, provided by Dick Maitland (which is digitally manipulated in post-production to achieve a higher pitch). Slimey shows skill at playing the tuba and the clarinet, and has the distinction of being the first worm on the moon.
Slimey's earliest known appearance is in a second season episode in which Oscar enters Slimey in a Sesame Street Pet Show. [1] A study done in 1971 by Children's Television Workshop's research department reviewed children's responses to this episode, and specifically noted that the children "were attentive, responsive, and loved Slimy, the worm." [sic] [2]
In another early episode, Oscar accidentally locks himself out of his trash can. Tom suggests that he saw the lock off, but that would ruin the new lock. Luis offers to pry off the lid with his crowbar, but that would dent the lid. Oscar is saved when his pet worm Slimey slithers the key out through the crack between the can and the lid. [3]
Slimey's family includes his baby sister Sloppy, his parents Dusty and Eartha, and cousins Squirmy and Rachel. Sloppy is referred to as Stella in a 1985 episode. In a 2008 episode, Slimey got a pet bug named Dirty.
Slimey enjoys having chapters of "Trash Gordon" read to him before he goes to bed at night. He loves all kinds of books. [4]
The first time Slimey and Oscar met was when Oscar went to the park on a rainy day to see the mud puddles and found a mud puddle with a lot of worms playing in it. He then saw a baby worm playing by himself, who saw Oscar and crawled up his shoulder and fell asleep. Oscar took the worm back to his trash can and named him Slimey. This segment can be viewed on Sesamestreet.org.
Performer history
- Jerry Nelson: c. 1978
- Michael Earl Davis: 1978 – 1980
- Martin P. Robinson: 1980 – present
- Dick Maitland: Voice
Slimey was Michael Earl Davis's favorite Sesame Street character to perform.
TV specials appearances
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late
- Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever
- Elmopalooza
Book appearances
- Oscar-the-Grouch's Alphabet of Trash (1977)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
- Which One Doesn't Belong? (1981)
- The City Worm and the Country Worm (1983)
- Big Bird Can Share (1985)
- I Can Count to Ten and Back Again (1985)
- A Bird's Best Friend (1986)
- Big Bird Goes to the Doctor (1986)
- Through the Year (1986)
- No Cookies 'Til Dinner (1987)
- What's in Oscar's Trash Can? and Other Good-Night Stories (1991)
- Grover's 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World (1992)
- Around the Corner on Sesame Street (1994)
- Oscar's Grouch Jamboree (1994)
- B is for Books! (1996)
- Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book (1996)
- Slimey's Sister Sloppy (1996)
- Zip! Pop! Hop! (1996)
- It's Not Easy Being Big! (1998)
- Slimey in Space (1998)
- Where Is Elmo's Blanket? (1999)
- Elmo's ABC Book (2000)
- Clap Your Hands! (2002)
- Friends All Day (2002)
- Animal Alphabet (2005)
- Abby Cadabby's Rhyme Time (2007)
- Elmo's Piano (2007)
- Guess Who, Elmo! (2007)
- Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street (2007)
- What Makes You Giggle? (2007)
- Boo! Scram! Happy Halloween! (2008)
- Elmo Animal Mix & Match (2008)
- Everybody Dance! (2008)
- Yucchy! Yucchy! (2008)
- Busy Friends (2010)
- Grouches Are Green (2011)
- ↑ Episode 0262. May 11, 1971.
- ↑ "The Responses of Children in Six Small Viewing Groups to Sesame Street Shows 261–274". Internal CTW research document, Barbara Frengel Reeves. July 20, 1971. Available to the public at the CTW archives, Box 240.
- ↑ Episode 0335. January 28, 1972.
- ↑ B is for Books!, by Annie Cobb. Random House, 1996.


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Shark attacks boy during surfing competition in SC
An 8-foot bull shark bit a boy's surfboard during a competition on Folly Beach, but the 10-year-old boy was able to swim to safety.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the boy was able to escape Sunday when he unhooked his leash. Two other surfers swam out and helped the boy to shore.
Nancy Hussey is a director of the Southern South Carolina District of the Eastern Surfing. She says she saw the scene unfold and thinks the shark got tangled in the leash.
After the attack, contest workers cleared the water and the remaining competitions were postponed until next month.
Bull sharks are known for their aggression and swimming in warm, shallow waters. But officials say such attacks in the area have been rare.
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Jimenez Dead at 32
Spanish climbing specialist Jose-Maria Jimenez has died of a suspected heart attack, according to Spanish sources. Jimenez was only 32 years old, but had been suffering from severe depression, for which he had been hospitalized.
As a member of the Banesto team, he won 9 Vuelta stages and 3 Climber's Jerseys. His best finish at the Tour de France was 8th overall in 1997. He retired in 2002.
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A divided appellate court on Monday upheld Don Johnson's multimillion jury award over profits from the series "Nash Bridges" but significantly reduced the amount the actor is eligible to receive.
The California 2nd District Court of Appeal panel voted 2-1 to uphold a verdict that determined the actor was owed millions from the hit series, but the panel cut the amount from $23.2 million down to $15 million.
The appeals court also limited the amount of interest the actor is eligible to receive, erasing an additional award of more than $28 million that a judge granted the actor. Johnson will receive interest on the award, but only an amount calculated from the date of the original verdict in July 2010.
U.S. & World
The justices determined that jurors erred when they took into account that Johnson might have earned interest payments while fighting the case, which ended in 2010 with the multimillion verdict. The panel decided to add 5 percent interest to the original $15 million amount they agreed Johnson should receive, according to the opinion released Monday.
Johnson's award was appealed by the series' producers and financiers, Rysher Entertainment, 2929 Entertainment and Qualia Capital.
One justice agreed with the companies that Johnson's verdict should be overturned because his claims were barred by the statute of limitations, but two justices sided with the actor.
"Nash Bridges" aired for six seasons on CBS.
"'Nash Bridges' has been my baby since its inception and I've fought for years for my interest under our contractual agreement," Johnson wrote in a statement, adding that he was gratified that the appeals court ruled in his favor. He sued over his stake in the show in February 2009.
Defense attorneys handling the case were not immediately available for comment. The companies could appeal Monday's ruling to the California Supreme Court.
They argued at trial that the series was costly to produce and that was why Johnson hadn't been paid more.
Johnson was awarded half of the show's copyrights at trial, which made him eligible to receive continued profits from the show as long as it remains in syndication. His attorney Mark Holscher also praised the ruling, and a news release from his firm stated that the series is expected to earn more than $50 million in the coming years.


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You'll find endless opportunities here to get involved.
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Girl Scout Daisies through Ambassadors and their families are invited to visit MIM and be part of a signature event in which they will explore an exciting musical culture and earn a badge. Whether it's hula dancing at Experience Polynesia, trying on a lion dance costume at Experience China, or learning a few samba beats at Experience Brazil, each Badge Day is filled with fun and engaging activities. Girl Scouts can fulfill requirements for the Brownie Dancer Badge, the Junior Musician Badge, and even a Daisy Petal. Badge days occur twice annually (spring and fall). Register your troop today!
A ratio of 1 chaperone to 5 Girl Scouts is required. Troop registration is encouraged.
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
$12 per person
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Arizona Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors are invited to join our Girl Scout MIMkids Junior Museum Guides program! Girls will learn about cultures from around the world, play instruments and sing songs, and design their own tour curriculum over the course of four classes. Participants who complete all four classes will have the opportunity to lead group tours and music-making workshops for upcoming Signature Events and Girl Scout Badge Days. Girl Scout MIMkids Junior Museum Guides sessions occur twice annually (spring and fall).
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Girl Scout Junior Museum Guides will lead group tours on Saturday, October 26, during Experience the Andes.
Museum admission can be purchased separately; no refunds.
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Take your scouts on a cultural journey to engage with instruments and music from around the world. Encounter diverse musical genres such as Brazilian samba and Indonesian gamelan, witness exciting dance styles from hula to hip hop, learn how gongs are cast and violins are built, and so much more. Whether traversing the globe through MIM's Geographic Galleries, getting star-struck in the Artist Gallery, or making music with friends in the Experience Gallery, scouts are sure to have an unforgettable time at MIM. For added fun, request a West African Percussion and Dance Signature Workshop!
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What in-ear or portable headphone in general would you recommend at the $200-$250 price point...with a microphone?
Seems like an easy topic at first, but when I researched it seems there's so many complications these days that there are very few headphones available that offer good to great sound and convenience at the same time, in the form of all basic functions being compatible with your phone (Android in my case), no amp required, having a microphone is of the essence and hopefully three buttons. Weird, isn't it.


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As I enter the midway point of my first semester as a junior, thought I would take a look back at what has gotten me to this point. A simple phrase (as mentioned above) "Living the Dream" has been something I have said over this past year. What exactly is living the dream you make ask? Well in short terms for a while I wasn't as willing to experience things in the sense of doing different things. I would find something that would interest me and only participate in that said thing. Without giving the idea of branching out to meet new people any thought. For some odd reason during my sophomore year here at Northern Illinois, it all was about to change. Sitting in my EPFE 201 class with Dr. Cisneros I met two people who started the change for me at Northern Illinois University: Ben Clark and Jake Ferguson.
As we venture back into the days of NIU Cause (a social entrepreneurship student organization) days, I saw myself take on leadership positions and more opportunities with-in CAUSE such as social media, fundraising, and even physically making the pizzas every Thursday. My next opportunity that was presented to me was club tennis. Now as you may already know from my first post here at Student Voices, I played tennis for four years in high school. Tennis has been an adventure for the last year as it has taught me many things in terms of recruitment, membership, finances and even community service over the course of a school year. One of my better friends at NIU became my vice-president of club tennis. It was a great opportunity for us to tour the Midwest with the rest of our club. We played in nine tournaments across four states and made lasting friendships with many club tennis teams. Now if that wasn't enough it was time to get involved in the business world. The next few things on my plate were to attend guest speaker events such as Ralph de la Vega the CEO of AT&T or Elly Rohrer of Investours Mexico. The knowledge one can obtain from these guest speakers is priceless and is absolutely rewarding when it comes to real world experience. The differences between each speaker make them unique in their own ways. Rohrer is 25 years old but has seen so much of the world whether it be Colombia, Mexico and Latin America. She has experienced some of the most drastic changes in developed, developing or under-developing countries.
To sum up my experience here at Northern Illinois University it's been everything I thought it would be and a lot more surprisingly. When I stepped into the College of Business four years ago for an open house I told myself that I was going to do an ELC project. The idea of gaining real world experience with top companies and professors is one of the best opportunities NIU offers. When there is a multitude of student organizations that encompass all six majors here at the College of Business there is no excuse for not getting involved. It's the best four years of your life and you'll learn the most about yourself as you plan to make your way into the real world. I'm still not exactly sure what "Living the Dream" entails but I'm excited for what the future holds and grateful of all the memories I have had so far.


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Some venues may not permit open flame candles, so be sure to check with yours beforehand.
What You'll Need
Colonial Candle 12" Handipt taper candles in Wedgwood, aqua, turquoise, butterscotch, and wheat
Montana Gold spray paint in Mt. Fuji, peppermint, turquoise, and Orangina (dickblick.com)
Woodcrafter.com wooden candlesticks
How to Make Them
1. Stand candlesticks upright on newsprint, outdoors. Spray-paint all around. Let them dry for 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Flip candlesticks upside down, apply another coat of paint, and then let them dry overnight.
Golden cutlery is by Seletti (conranusa.com).


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The 14th annual Art on the Avenue festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria. The event is free and open to all. Held each fall on Mount Vernon Avenue between Hume and Bellefonte Avenues, Art on the Avenue celebrates the diversity of the Potomac West community. Now in its 14th year, the event is entirely volunteer-run, with support from the local business community.
Art on the Avenue strives to reflect the vibrant mix of the Del Ray community through the artists and their work. Last year's event drew more than 45,000 people from throughout the metropolitan Washington area.
The multicultural arts and music festival features over 325 area artists and craftspeople selling their original works, international food, and three stages of live music. Free children's craft activities and entertainment, artists' demonstrations and a pie-baking contest complete the day's program.
Free DASH transportation will be provided from the Braddock Road Metro Station to the festival. Call 703-683-3100, or visit www.artontheavenue.org.


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I am a gentleman in my mid-30s and have always had a passion for looking my best. Lately, I've been pondering hats. Which styles do you think are in vogue today?
Dear Michael,
My boyfriend and I recently broke up and a new problem has come up. I bartend at a local bar, and the other night he came in with his friends. He and I were friendly, but he joked around with his friends a lot and was being very wise to me about our past relationship. I played it off like I didn't care, but it made me very uncomfortable. I'm afraid of this becoming a regular occurrence. If it happens again, what should I do to make him understand that it upsets me without looking like a fool in front of him and his friends?Sincerely, Ex Problems Dear Miss Ex,
Why wait for it happen again? Give him a little jingle; you do remember his number, don't you? Tell him you didn't appreciate it and you won't appreciate in the future so please don't come again. Let him know if this behavior continues, you'll speak to the owner of your bar and ask that he be seated in another area of the restaurant. I always find it best to allow people to know how you feel, especially men, because they don't have emotion and therefore don't understand it. Another trick might be to mention, in front of his friends, how lousy of a lover he was. That would set him straight.Love, Your Diva Michael Dear Michael,
I am a gentleman in my mid-30s and have always had a passion for looking my best. Lately, I've been pondering hats. Which styles do you think are in vogue today? And are there occasions where one hat is preferable to another? I would like to be the envy of the town, not the running joke.Sincerely, Chapeau Connoisseur Dear Chapeau,
How fabulous! Hats! Is one hat more vogue than another? I shouldn't think so. I think if the hat looks good on you, wear it proudly. There are rules of etiquette that say you must not wear your hat inside, or to maybe tip your hat when meeting a new lady. I'm sure there are others, but I don't know them off the top of my head. You don't even need to match your hat to your outfit, as you take it off when you take your topcoat off. Find some interesting hats and be ahead of the curve.Love, Your Diva Michael
Michael Serode is the owner/operator of Salon Serode in Pembroke, Mass., and your divine advice columnist. Send questions to email@example.com.


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DETROIT – Detroit has reached an "important settlement" with some creditors as it negotiates ways to get rid of billions of dollars of debt, according to court documents filed Monday, though details of the agreement haven't been released.
The disclosure was made in a lawsuit involving the city — which has a $380 million budget deficit and long-term debt of about $17 billion — an insurance company and a bank. The document doesn't reveal any details but says Detroit no longer needs a restraining order in the case, which involves a dispute over taxes and casino revenue.
"The city reached in principle an important settlement with certain of its creditors late Friday afternoon, which we understand will be executed (Monday)," attorney Deborah Kovsky-Apap said in the court filing.
The city is operating under a powerful state-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, who is trying to fix Detroit's finances without the city going into bankruptcy. When asked Monday for details on the court filing, Orr's spokesman, Bill Nowling, said a statement was in the works.
Detroit stopped making some debt payments in June, as Orr asked creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what was owed. Private negotiations have been ongoing.
Orr, a bankruptcy attorney and turnaround specialist who represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring, is four months into an 18-month assignment as manager. He's in charge of a city that has lost a quarter of its population since 2000.


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Eyes on an IPO, Jive Software Adds Four Directors, All With Public Company Experience
In its latest step toward an initial public offering, social enterprise software concern Jive announced that it is bulking up its board of directors, adding four new members, all of them with either experience on public boards or at large publicly held or soon-to-be-public companies.
Two of the new directors come from the software security firm McAfee, where Jive CEO Tony Zingale held a board seat from 2008 until its $7.7 billion acquisition by chip giant Intel: Charles Robel was McAfee's chairman and has been on its board's audit committee, and sits on the board of Autodesk and is the lead independent director on the board of Informatica; and David DeWalt was McAfee's president, and before that was president of software sales and services at storage giant EMC, following the acquisition of Documentum, which it acquired in 2003 and where he was CEO. Dewalt is chairman of the board at Polycom.
Jonathan Heiliger is the Vice President of Technical Operations at Facebook, meaning he's the one who makes Facebook go. He reports directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Before that he led the engineering team at Walmart.com, and before that he was COO at Loudcloud, the company that ultimately became Opsware.
Sundar Pichai is vice President of product management at Google, and oversees such products as Google Toolbar, Chrome and Chrome OS. Before Google, he worked at Applied Materials, the maker of chip manufacturing gear, and was management consulting for McKinsey and Co.
I asked CEO Tony Zingale about Jive's plans to go public. He wouldn't comment on that, naturally, but its well understood that Zingale, who ran software company Mercury Interactive until its $4.5 billion sale to HP, was brought on with an IPO in mind, as The Wall Street Journal reported last year. He also wouldn't comment when I asked him if Jive has hired any bankers.
But he did say that Jive is at what he called "an inflection point." In case you hadn't notice, social enterprise software is a segment that's growing like crazy, with offerings from Salesforce.com, Parature, Yammer, and a host of others. "We're building the next great enterprise software company," Zingale says. "And guys like this don't join boards of companies that aren't already successful and that don't have a pretty good runway ahead of them."
Jive certainly has some momentum. It has about 3,000 corporate customers–including big names like Cisco Systems, Nike, VMWare, Intel and fast food giant Yum Brands–and about 15 million end users. And last year it landed a big $30 million investment from Kleiner Perkins. Its other investor is Sequoia Capital, which invested $15 million in 2007. Boomtown's Kara Swisher talked to Zingale and another Jive director Ted Schlein about the investment in a video interview last year, which I've added below.


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Test report on a half-scale model of an 18 metre span segmental bowstring truss - May 1973
In This Series
- 9 million tramping feet on a hardwood floor
- Solid rectangular column factors (sawn sections) loads at unit stress
- solid rectangular column factors (planed sections) April 1962
- solid rectangular beam factors (sawn sections) uniformly distributed loads at unit stress (continued) - April 1962
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Hello, I'm the new guy. As such it is my utmost* privilege to present our weekly selection of things on the internet that are somewhat amusing, connected loosely together because, you know, they're on the internet.
If there's anything you think will make a good addition to next week's edition, please tweet us at @econsultancy or @lexx2099.
Essentially, please do our work for us so we can contine to stare longer at the greatest meme of all time.
The increasing ubiquity of Cookie Monster
He's not just taking up valuable real estate on Newsnight, the crazy-eyed, blue guy wants to consume the entire internet.
Click on that beautiful furry face above to be taken to the bookmarklet and prepare to OmNomNomify your favourite websites for the next… uh four or five minutes. (I recommend your own Facebook account.)
Future proof your career as a rap artist
Yeah, I'm sure that applies to you. Check out this simple forecasting tool from Rap Genius – crunch any word used in 25 years worth of hip hop lyrics to discover the exact point when 'crunk' lost its popularity and 'twerk' began its irrevocable rise.
Here you can see how 'swag' has massively taken over from 'trill' and 'swerve' over the last eight years. Take it from me, you gotta stop using trill and swerve in your freestyle flows, future-rappers.
It's just a cat!
Fear not, vulnerable hero/heroine within horror film pulling back a curtain… it's just a cat. Phew! Maybe next time you'll be murdered.
Unless of course you are mortally afraid of cats, than that's double-tough for you.
Combining the twin stereotypes of Sweden
Is it Ikea furniture? Or is it a death metal band?
I had a less than a 25% success rate with this, however I can already hear Matt Owen nailing it. He loves Ikea.
Brides throwing cats
Tumblr has reached the tipping point, ladies and gentlemen…
Hmm, there's an accidental anti-cat agenda today. Let's add some balance…
Bad kid's joke of the week
Yeah. Kids: they're as stupid as cats.
The Godzilla teaser trailer only available in glorious MS Paint
Warner Bros. quickly pulled a teaser trailer for the forthcoming Godzilla reimagining/reboot/remake/copyright–retaining-exercise as soon as it went online.
Luckily the guys at The Shiznit caught a brief glimpse and lovingly recreate it here with the only tools that could possibly do it justice. Click on the angry lizard above.
DO NOT make eye contact with me!
It's specifically written in my contract. Here's a New York Times quiz to see how well you read emotions…
…and whether you can tell the person opposite you is a psychopath or not. I'd imagine they probably are.
Democracy in action
When Back to the Future is an option, there is surely only one option.
Who is quieter?
A ninja or a Navy SEAL? This six-year old boy discovers the answer to a question that has plagued enquiring minds for decades.
Wish I'd thought of that.
Quentin Tarantino is an unsurprisingly eager film fan
Here's Tarantino's top ten films of the year so far featuring The Lone Ranger, Kick Ass 2 and This is the End (!?)
What time and regret will do to that list who can possibly say?
Now's probably the right time to get the government reopened then…
CNBC defines ignominy.
Brian Blessed shouts at Judge Dredd through a megaphone
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Although everybody hopes they will never have to plan a funeral, unfortunately it is a very real part of life. Whether death results from a long-term illness, or is sudden and traumatic, no one is ever ready for its occurrence. Although pre-planning aids the decision-making process, it is never easy. The best advice we can give you is as follows:
No matter what type of funeral service you plan, nor which casket you select, someone will say that you spent too much. At the same time, someone else will say that you didn't spend enough. The funeral is a time for friends and family to say goodbye and to honor the life of their loved one. There is no right or wrong when making decisions regarding the funeral. We at Family Services Funeral Parlor are here to make suggestions, help with the planning, and then to carry out all of your wishes. No matter what final choices are made, when a funeral shows respect and dignity to the deceased, the resulting service will be a tribute and show the love that went into its planning.Planning ahead will make your experience a lot easier when arranging for the funeral of a loved one. Please e-mail us at email@example.com or call us today at (432) 586-9003.
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