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Strategic Planning For People Who Don't Like To Plan
Sometime around the turn of the century strategic planning got kicked to the curb. Many organizations felt it was faster to shoot from the hip. Maybe it was the belief that planning can only be done by the highest executives in the mists of Mount Olympus. Mere mortals simply don't do strategic planning. Or maybe people stopped doing it because there wasn't an iPhone app for it. Truth is, there is simple strategic planning.
The past few years have changed a lot of minds. It doesn't matter if it's a meeting or event, business objectives, corporate communications, or marketing – a simple strategic plan dramatically increases speed, efficiency and reduces mistakes.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler" – Einstein
Thinking strategically means figuring out how to get the results we want. That's it. You don't need tons of data and processes to begin strategic planning about communication, marketing or events. You just have to start as early as possible.
Put all the tactics and execution on hold. They are important but not yet. That incredible, valuable, actionable content your customers, clients and audiences yearn for comes from planning, not execution.
There isn't any long-term planning anymore
Make it fast and in the moment – like speed dating. Think in terms of months and not years. Effective strategy is fluid – how to change what you have to get what you want. Content drives creative but you have to plan first. Here's a simple three-point process to get you started.
Point A – Where are you now?
• How did you get here?
• Who are the customers/clients/audiences who brought you to this point?
• Is it where you want to be?
Point B – Where do you want to be?
• What are the results or changes you need to generate?
• What are the things you can control?
• Who are the people you must inform, convince and motivate to get you there?
• When is the best moment for the changes to happen?
This is the part where most of us freak out and the process goes off the rails. Strategic planning takes decisions and someone has to be responsible. Step up, make choices and get things moving.
How do you get from Point A to Point B?
• What will it take to generate the results or make the changes?
• Does it make sense?
• Do you have the right customers/clients/audiences?
• What is the least amount of information these people need to do what you want them to do?
• What are the best ways to communicate it?
• Can you actually pull it off?
• What's the payoff in terms of revenue, growth, profitability, adoption, morale and sustainability?
Now you can kick the tactics and execution into high gear because you have a direction, plan and know what results you need. Plus you have ways to measure ROV, ROI and ROE.
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
The beauty of strategic planning is anyone can do it. Think small and short term. Think collaboration with a tight, focused team. Instead of a massive, convoluted master plan it's better to have a number of smaller, overlapping plans. The minute something changes or you learn new information about those key people involved – rethink the plan.
Good strategic plans are dynamic, organic and flexible. They allow you to adapt to changes in your business, audiences and the marketplace. Instead of shooting from the hip you are tossing lightning bolts.
That sounds like a plan!
If you want to know more about communications strategy and powerful content development just click on CONTACT US and get in touch.


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Music & You
Across America, school children have limited access to the arts in school. The Palm Beach Pops contend that all children deserve the chance to benefit from meaningful arts experiences, despite school budget cuts. The Pops is devoted to serving the children in our community by presenting quality music education programs.
The Palm Beach Pops created the "Music & You" In-School Education Program to expose students to new learning experiences and positive role models while developing creativity, providing tools for communication and enabling students to build a strong sense of self. Since the program's inception in 1998, over 90,000 South Florida students have participated with 100% of its funding raised by The Palm Beach Pops at no cost to the student, parents, teachers or schools.
The four-week program is developed for 2nd through 5th grade students, incorporating hands-on experience with musical instruments, workbooks, and professional musicians. The program is benchmarked to Common Core Standards, and correlates music with social studies, literature, character education, science and math to enhance major academic disciplines. Each in-school ensemble features musicians from The Palm Beach Pops and interactive lessons presented in an engaging, lively style that encourages the young audience to get involved. Teachers are provided a curriculum guide to prepare students for weekly sessions, explaining how music, melodies, rhythm and harmony work, as well as composer biographies and some simple classroom exercises.
The culmination of the series is a free field trip for a live concert featuring the Pops' orchestra. Students from each school are invited to participate on stage.
The Palm Beach Pops bears the entire cost of these programs. We continue to seek funds for the program and are grateful to those donors who help us make this a reality for our community and our children. To make a donation, please contact us at 561.832.7677.
For further information about scheduling a "Music & You" In-School Youth Education Program at your school or facility, please contact us 561.832.7677.
Florida Stars
Florida Stars is a unique program that mentors gifted South Florida youth between the ages of 6-18 who show exceptional musical promise. Florida Stars accepts submissions year round, with candidates traditionally selected June through August each year. Each season, The Palm Beach Pops searches for and auditions talented local students. This program ensures a continuous, growing pool of talented performers from the local area.

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Reviews: Black And Blue Lagoon
good stuff
A great fic. The characters stay completely in character the whole time. Loved the ending. Was a great moment, I could easily see happening animated or in the manga :D
Comment by Magareagle
I agree with the above comments. While the uncut version would regrettably not fly given the new content guidelines (and yet it is that much better), even the cut version is a classic. Imagine a bit of Robinson Crusoe mixed with Black Lagoon and a remarkable in character romance and you get this.
Comment by Arcane Azmadi
Seconded... holy shit is this good. Not only are the cast perfectly in character, but it really captures the feel of Black Lagoon in its writing and narration- snarky, sarcastic and foul-mouthed as well as deadly serious, but with a good sense of fun. I can just imagine this being the basis of a really good OAV adaptation.
Comment by The Violent Tomboy
Pretty enjoyable. Don't know what to say other than the fact Rock and Revy pretty much stay in character while slowly bonding and trying to survive. Funny, sweet, plenty of Cluster F Bombs... and they do it. Censored version in link.


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Some things just aren't worth fighting for after all.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have dropped their breach-of-contract lawsuit against three companies that put up part of the money to make My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which they had accused of hanging onto a bigger-than-fair share of the proceeds.
Production companies representing the powerhouse couple, coproducer Gary Goetzman and Wedding star Nia Vardalos, whom Hanks and Wilson teamed up with after catching her one-act play the culture-clash comedy was based on, sued Gold Circle Films, Big Wedding Productions and Vortex Pictures last August.
An attorney for the plaintiffs filed papers Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting a dismissal "without prejudice," meaning they can choose to refile their complaint at a later date. There was no immediate comment from their camp as to why they decided to abandon ship.
They had sought unspecified damages and a full accounting of the film's overall profits, including box office, home video, cable and all related grosses.
Last year, Gold Circle VP Scott Niemeyer said that they had never opposed Hanks & Co.'s right to a full audit.
"Gold Circle has fully complied with its contractual obligations and has already paid plaintiffs a combined total of over $44 million in profits," he said.
But while Gold Circle's account of the film's grosses totaled about $287 million, My Big Fat Greek Wedding's estimated worldwide take at the box office was $368.7 million, per tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com.
The movie cost about $5 million to make, according to the lawsuit. Vardalos' contract had her making off 8 percent of the gross profits, while her fellow plaintiffs were promised one-third of the remainder after the necessary disbursements were made.


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Have you fired up your grill yet? We pretty much BBQ all year round here at Fort Awesome, but mostly in the Spring and Summer. It started getting warm here in Indiana long before it was supposed to, so we've been grilling up a storm! I absolutely love food off the grill. Kabobs, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, steak and lets not forget pork chops! Grilled pork chops are really the only way I enjoy them. Sure there's times I've baked them and they turn out pretty good, but grilled is my favorite! Especially since I have a dedicated grill master and I don't have to do it. I'm more of an indoor cook. I prepare the sides while he grills. I think it's fair! Especially since he's so darn good at it! So keeping with the grilling, I've got a great pork chop recipe for you. The marinade is so simple. It tastes fancy schmancy and has beautiful bold flavors, but it's impressively easy and simple. As my husband says "simple is the way to go!" Amen to that! Today I give to you…..
This is so easy, you can sleep through most of the process. I mean literally sleep through most of the process. Here I'll show you. First of all there are only 10 ingredients. Take the first 9 and whisk it up in a bowl.
Like so. My hanging pots and pans rack was not part of the marinade, by the way. That's just me still learning how to take decent pictures and I've got quite the reflection there! 😂 Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, "If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you." – Groucho Marx. Anyway, to stay on topic and get to the part where you sleep through most of this recipe, just put your pork chops in a zip top bag, pour the marinade in, and seal it up. Turn it to coat.
Now place it in the fridge overnight and let it get all happy, while you…. go to bed! See? I told you that you get to sleep through most of this. When you're ready to grill the next day, discard the marinade and grill your chops over medium heat, lid closed for about 4-5 minutes on each side, depending on how thick or thin your chops are. It's always a good idea to have a meat thermometer handy. You'll want these to be at at least 145 degrees. Then take them off the grill, let them rest for 5 minutes and enjoy!
A few of my favorite things I use in this recipe:
- Pyrex bowls – They are inexpensive and don't break as easily as other glass bowls, and believe me… I break a lot of dishes just by being my clumsy self LOL.
- Oxo Good Grips Silicone Balloon Whisk – I love these! They're durable and I can use them on teflon without scratching up my pan. I love using a whisk when making scrambled eggs. No more metal whisks for this girl.
- 3/4 cup Canola Oil
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup White vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon horseradish mustard
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Dried parsley flakes
- 3-4 large garlic cloves pressed
- 6 Boneless pork chops 1-inch thick
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the first 9 ingredients; set aside.
- Add pork to a large resealable plastic zip top bag. Pour the marinade over the pork then seal bag and turn to coat and refrigerate overnight.
- Drain and discard marinade. Grill over medium heat, covered, for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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Brings a lump to my throat.
Don't remember who gave me my first glove. Maybe it was my parents, or maybe an uncle. The guys on my softball team make fun of me because the one I use now is so old and floppy (keep the jokes to yourselves). But maybe it's time to buy the next one, which may well be the last one.


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As a part of the Train Projects process, sound designer, friend and Train Project Funder, Luke Robinson came with me to Exeter St Davids to begin the initial planning for the project. During our time at the station, Luke had brought with him some beautiful photographic images on postcards which he had told me his mother, Annette Robinson, who is a photographer, had taken a few decades before at that station. In his own words Luke recaptures the meaning of this image and its recreation as a personal response to his mothers work.
"It's an image that has really stuck in my mind of the work my mum was doing when I was growing up. Being a kid I mostly thought that it was a pretty comical shot and that made my mum cool, but now a slightly larger kid, I think it is a great example of her eye for people and place and it still makes her cool. For years when I went through Exeter St Davids station I would have a look for the 'Two Nuns' on the platform and had this image of Exeter as the 'Vatican City' of England. Recently I went to visit her as she was selling her place and packing away her stuff to go into storage. She jokingly asked if there was anything I could do with a load of postcards of the 'Two Nuns' she had printed for galleries a couple of decades back. I took a load of them, thinking I might send them to friends as an alternative to facebook! A few weeks back chatting to Ria and planning a photo shoot for the train project (a wee jaunt to Exeter St Davids and back) I remembered the postcards and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do something with them. The plan of action was to find the spot of the photo, and recreate it (and using myself as the subject in the image, minus the habit!) and distribute the postcards in ideal locations. Approaching a very helpful Man (which I would like to refer to as a British Rail worker but can't) pointed out exactly where he figured the original picture was taken. He was also keen, to take some of the postcards and pin them up in the stations offices. I imagine they have some rather amusing captions scrawled over them. After planting postcards in various places including phone boxes and vending machines, we ventured to the spot and recaptured the image that my mum had taken all those years before".
The completion of this little sister act is that with my £20 fund for The Train Project, Ria Hartley will deliver framed copies of the original postcard and this new image to Annette Robinson at Gloucester Train Station on Wednesday 14th September. It's only a little thing but it's a unique thing that's been made possible through The Train Project.
To see more of Annettes work please visit: http://www.fotonette.co.uk/
Luke Robinson: http://www.wix.com/mercenarysounds/mercenarysounds
This amulet was conceived and gifted to me by artist Rachel Dobbs (LOW PROFILE) in the aid of helping me stay focused on my objective of raising the funding to make the Train Project a reality. Because this period prior to the project launch has required a lot of energy, I feel that this amulet has certainly aided me on my quest. Its values go beyond the amount of money I have been trying to raise, although it is a constant reminder of how to break down practically the money I have needed to raise, it also re-enforces the value of networks and community support and friendship, without which, this project would mean very little. I will wear this amulet during the two weeks of my travel across the UK by train and tell my story of how the amulet came to be and what it means to me.
To view more of Rachels amulets, please visit Rachels 100 days here: http://rachel100days.blogspot.com/
LOW PROFILE are Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Jones and have been working in collaboration to make live art since 2003. They are currently based in Plymouth, UK. See there website here: http://we-are-low-profile.com/
During the next three weeks I will be welcoming people home at local stations in the South-West where I am based to spread the word about the Train Project face-to-face. If you would like to meet with me or speak to me, please do not hesitate to get in touch me. My details are on the CONTACT tab on this site.
On the 1st January 1948 the British Transport commission came into operation nationalising the railways under its brand name British Rail. In June that year the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury with its 492 unaided Jamaican immigrants, marking the beginning of mass immigration in the UK.My Grandparents, Hubert and Matilda Douglas arrived in Manchester England in 1962 after the expansion of the British economy had created substantial shortages of labour, particularly in the relatively stagnant sectors of the economy, where low pay, long hours and shift work made the jobs unattractive to British workers. Both my Grandparents, from Jamaica, were employed by British Rail, and they worked hard to provide for their children and maintain a home and stability for their family to grow.
My Uncle Alphonso's British Rail Pass. Alphoso was the youngest of my Grandparents five children. This pass is from around 1973
I was born in Manchester, England in 1983, the youngest of the seven grandchildren, here we all learned of our family history and heritage as we were growing up. We all have a story and a personal journey in life, and the train project explores this.
The train project is about connecting people and places, through chance encounters and personal exchanges and celebrates the diversity of the people who make up our country. We live in a time where connectivity has sped up, and new mobile technologies allow us to become closer regardless of distance. I will spend two weeks travelling continuously across the UK by train, only leaving the carriages to change platforms and direction, but never leaving the stations. Each day I will be speaking to the people I meet on my journey and talk to them about what places they come from and where they are going.
There are two strands to this project which will run simultaneously. The first is the physical journey; this is the interactions I will have with people face-to-face. The second is the virtual journey; this is the interactions I will have with people through interface using popular online social media sites (facebook, Twitter etc). These two methods of connectivity aim to cross over and tie together the people online with the people I meet face-to-face, by asking those in physical space to join the online site and those online to meet up in physical space expanding a network of people and places.
I have travelled across the UK by train for most of my life. As a young adult I began travelling alone. There was a short period in 1999 where I began jumping trains as a hobby to fill up my world with chance and spontaneity at a time when I didn't know where to go in my life. Being lost and in unknown places was exciting, and during this time I met with many people who opened up a world of ideas and shared knowledge with me. This was an extraordinary experience, and it allowed me to understand that anywhere is a potential place to call home, full of people who could be friends that I just hadn't met yet.


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EPA 'Smart Grid' Connection Will Allow Power Company to Cut Off Your Fridge
At times of peak demand for electricity, do you want your refrigerator to run at the discretion of the power company?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised its Energy Star energy-efficiency requirements for residential refrigerators, and it is encouraging the inclusion of "connected" features that respond to utility signals to curb their energy consumption.
full article: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/epa-encourages-utility-controlled-refrigerators
CIA Chief: We'll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher
More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them.
Earlier this month, Petraeus mused about the emergence of an "Internet of Things" — that is, wired devices — at a summit for In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital firm. "'Transformational' is an overused word, but I do believe it properly applies to these technologies," Petraeus enthused, "particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft."
All those new online devices are a treasure trove of data if you're a "person of interest" to the spy community. Once upon a time, spies had to place a bug in your chandelier to hear your conversation. With the rise of the "smart home," you'd be sending tagged, geolocated data that a spy agency can intercept in real time when you use the lighting app on your phone to adjust your living room's ambiance.


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January 3, 2006
Police arrest suspected militant in Bangalore shootings
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian police arrested a suspected
Islamist militant in connection with last week's shooting at a
prestigious science university in the technology hub of
Bangalore, which killed a professor and wounded four other
Police said on Tuesday they arrested the Muslim man in the
neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh and brought him to
Bangalore for questioning.
involved in the shooting," a senior Bangalore police officer
told Reuters. "It is a significant breakthrough."
The arrest was the first in connection with the shooting
last Wednesday on the campus of the Indian Institute of
The incident raised security concerns among hundreds of
global technology firms based in Bangalore and the neighboring
cities of Hyderabad and Chennai.
Southern India has been in a state of alert since the
shootings, with hundreds of police on the streets of big
In Hyderabad, two men were arrested on Sunday who police
said were believed to be planning attacks on buildings housing
several information technology companies as well as police
headquarters. A large haul of explosives was found, officials
Bangalore is home to more than 1,500 information technology
Police had earlier warned that some of these firms faced
threats from Islamist militants fighting Indian rule in
disputed Kashmir. The presence of these companies is widely
seen as symbol of India's technological might and economic


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In order to streamline and share the workload, the Action is structured along three Working Groups. Working groups are at the heart of the COST Action program.
Working Group 1: Assessment and estimation techniques of state and changes in wood resources
Working Group 2: Improving estimates of wood resources combining RS and NFI field data
Working Group 3: Predicting the use of wood resources under competitive conditions


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Are you ready for a mountain expedition that will blow your mind and recharge your mind? You have an amazing opportunity to be a part of a fully guided mountaineering trip guided by expert mountaineers and Everesters. The grandeur of mountains, rough terrains and beauty of nature will make you crave for more and make you feel much more centered and relaxed. Here is what you can explore this time:
Continue reading Fully Guided Mount Satopanth Expedition Lead by Everesters


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Republished from theguardian.com
By Stephanie Kirschgaessner
Global wine production has fallen by 5% because of "climatic events" causing steep drops in production in most of the southern hemisphere, particularly Chile and Argentina.
While the amount of wine produced this year should meet estimated consumer demand, the figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), which show that 2016 was among the lowest production years in the past two decades, are a bleak reminder of how global warming and natural climate variability are having a profound effect on wine, and perhaps where it will be grown in future.
Italy produced the most wine in 2016, followed by France, Spain, the US, Australia and China. France remained in the top three despite a 12% drop in production to 41.9m hectolitres.
The most precipitous declines occurred in South America, a potential source of concern for fans of the malbec and carménère varieties. Production plummeted by 35% in Argentina and 21% in Chile, the seventh-biggest producer. South Africa reported a 19% fall.
The OIV said the decline was "strongly affected by climatic events". Australia increased production by 5% and New Zealand enjoyed a 35% rise, nearly reaching a record it set in 2014.
A report released earlier this year by the Earth Institute at Columbia University said warming temperatures, the main driver of grape harvest timing, havesignificantly pushed these periods forward globally.
"Across the world, scientists have found that each degree centigrade of warming pushes grape harvests forward roughly six or seven days," the report said. This phenomenon could eventually make pinot noir grapes unsuitable for many parts of Burgundy, according to a 2011 study by the climate scientist Yves Tourre.
A 2014 paper in journal Wine Economics and Policy concluded that rising temperatures would have an "extraordinary effect" on agriculture and there were few crops more susceptible than grapes to minor changes in climate.
In Europe, the paper pointed to a potential chilling of the Bordeaux region and parts of Spain, due to the loss of the Gulf Stream, while other regions, including Alsace, are expected to get warmer and experience shorter growth seasons. In the Italian region of Chianti, grapes have begun ripening too early, leading to possible future changes in wine varieties.


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"The Abundant Life Day Book: 365 Blessings To Begin Your Day" by Nancy Guthrie is a book of short devotionals to begin your day with. The book is written in such a way so that it seems as if the Lord is speaking to you. The devotionals were very thought provoking and encouraging and is a reminder of just how much God loves and cares for us.
I typically don't read devotionals. I'm never able to maintain the whole day to day readings. I like to get engrossed in a book and that's not possible with a devotional. But I still found it very enjoyable and encouraging. If devotionals are your thing this just may be the one for you.
Every entry starts with a Bible verse and ends with a short prayer or affirmation.
The book is a purse sized hard bound book that is just beautiful. There is even a a little page marker "built" or sown into the book. I just found it to be beautiful.
If you are looking for a devotional to read during your private time with God, before prayer or Bible study, this little book is for you. I really believe that you will be blessed by it as I have been.
I give this little book 3 stars.
Copyright © 2011 Haneefah. All Rights Reserved.
I am a member of the Tyndale Book Review Program. I received a copy of this book free of charge in order to review it. I was not paid for this review. I also was not required to give a positive review, but to give my honest opinion of what I felt about the product. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255. Whether positive or negative, this is my honest opinion of the product.
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Another day, another leak from Kanye West's Life of Pablo. The latest find from Yeezy's stash is a demo version of "Highlights" with none other than Madonna found on the track.
Right now, it seems like there's just as much constant chaos around the project now as there was before it released on Tidal. Before the LP arrived, we saw title and tracklist taking on different forms. After the release, cutting room floor versions of songs keep finding their way onto the Internet, highlighted by Thursday's sizable offering that fell from audio heaven. The version here with Madge, discovered by fansite Madonnarama, features her occupying what ended up being Young Thug's place on the version we're familiar with.
As Spin points out, "Highlights" wouldn't be the first time the unlikely pairing has worked together. Kanye produced a few cuts on Madonna's Rebel Heart album from last year and had vocals on her 2008 track, "The Beat Goes On."
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I know what angels look like now.
They glow in private ways
They look like us and act like us
And no one ever says
"Hey, there's an angel!"
'Cause they don't know
The work is done in secret
The angels are among us
They glow in private ways
But if you've ever known one
You know for all your days
That you have to be an angel now
Whenever you can be
You don't get a golden pair of wings
You aren't issued a golden horn
Your just another slob down here
Just trying to stay warm
But the time will come and you will know
It's time
Your time to be an angel
And it's never that sublime
Someone needs a flashlight
Or someone needs a tow
Or someone's lost like you were
And needs a place to go
I know what angels look like now
They look like me and you
They shine the light that no one sees
Until it shines on you
And then you are an angel, too
For you have taken good
And need to pass it on again
The way an angel should
No, you don't get golden wings my friend
Or bask in misty clouds
The angel glows in private ways
That face among the crowd
When you see one only nod
And smile because you know
Another angel is among us
And adding to the glow
I found this image on the Facebook page of my friend Jupiter Jim and then wrote this poem. If you like this sort of thing, visit him.


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Whether sweeping the floor for the Royal Shakespeare Company or co-starring with Faye Dunaway and an orang-utan in Dunstan Checks In (they both took ages to get ready), Rupert Everett always brings as much energy and talent to his life as he does to his career. His memoir swoops from the eccentricities of the British upper classes to the madness of Hollywood, from the Russian steppes to an Easter egg hunt in Elizabeth Taylor's garden.
©2006 Rupert Everett; (P)2006 Hachette Audio
"Hilariously honest...a kind of rake's progress. The accounts of filming with stars such as Madonna, Sharon Stone, and Julia Roberts are as good as Evelyn Waugh. The earlier scenes from childhood to unruly adolescence, to drama school and a belle époque beyond, are like Brideshead in Doc Martens, shocking and hilarious...His autobiography is funny, outrageous, and extremely well written." (Daily Mail)
"Badly read"
Unfortunately the 'taster' that you can try before you listen wasn't long enough to show how badly Rupert Everett read his book. I thought it condescending to the listener, largely in monotone and at great speed as though he couldn't be bothered. This was very disappointing as the content of the book is both interesting and amusing. I do find more and more that the reader makes or breaks an audible book and this one shows that the author is not necessarily the best person to choose.
"A real insight into the acting profession!"
I loved the candid narration along with the humour which weaves its way althrough this man's unusual life. His observation of others, the time in which he was living and his constant companion 'Monty' all fascinating. Thank you Rupert.
"Rupert...you bad lad."
This is a great listen and I just wish there had been less bridge work done - Rupert's delivery is just great, languid and ribald.
The honest delivery and intent of Rupert to be a player.
Rupert does it to Hollywood and then Hollywood returns the favor.
Such fun!
"What a star Rupert Everett is!"
To hear a great story read by an actor/writer who is wry, self-deprecating, snobbishly outspoken, superbly straightforward, is a total delight. I listened to Rupert Everett's book twice over - and shall do so again! Hugely recommended, HUGELY!
Romesh Chopra
Too many to mention - some moments are evocative, some stingingly sharp, some tear-jerkingly from the heart. What a writer he is and what a life he has lived - so far!
It's so out-of-the-closet that you'll feel suffocated if you're still in there!
"Loved it"
I really enjoyed listening to this. I loved the irreverent tone and unapologetic glee in all things celebrity. That said, the author treats all the players with respect and sensitivity and while there's enough titillation to keep it funny and interesting, there were no distasteful skeletons banished from the cupboard. Frankly, I found that a refreshing change. It's a good listen, some bits had me cackling out loud on the tube. Not something that happens to me often first thing in the morning crushed in commuter traffic. Or to my fellow passengers judging by their shocked expressions. I thought it would be a bit "me, me, me", diva-ish, but he sounds like a good sport and great company. I liked Rupert Everett before I heard this, and now I like him even more.
"No holds barred, interesting and funny"
I really enjoyed listening to this book and his narration was excellent. I look forward to listening to his more recent autobiography which I am just away to download!
"A bit dull"
Rupert Everett is no doubt a dashing, hedonistic & intermittently charming man, but this memoir is really quite dull. There are no startling revelations.
It's unconvincing in parts, e.g. when he mentions how much he loved Glasgow but doesn't substantiate that with any stories about his time in the city.
It's all a bit shallow & insubstantial. Everett doesn't really give much away.
Easy listening, well narrated, but nothing memorable.
"racey, realistic glimpse behind the glamour"
yes, Rupert Everet is so honest, and never morose or pretentious. Very entertaining and sensitive, even his jokes are in good taste.
"MOTHER", (Julie Andrews), and Rupert's childhood crush that doesn't dim with age.
The warmth of feeling he has for his friends and companions, and the desperateness of his failures. His words touch the surface of these disappointments, but his voice betrays him.
Yes, I was left feeling that there should be more, an encore or two, or three.
Definitely a good read for all who may share Rupert Everet's sexual identity. His description of how people feared that aids may be contagious was a shocking reminder of social ignorance and discrimination.
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Milwaukee Music Video: Kane Place Record Club rocks out, pelts people with tomatoes
As we have learned from watching cartoons and vaudeville shows, when an audience is particularly disappointed by a performer, they may express their displeasure by throwing tomatoes (and eggs, if they're handy) at the offending artist.
No tomatoes were thrown at local soul band Kane Place Record Club when it performed at Turner Hall Ballroom for the first time last year. But the band ended up throwing tomatoes at each other, and perfect strangers, as part of the Tomato Romp on the eastside last September.
UWM film students captured the performance, and the tomato throwdown, for the latest video in its music documentary series Cream City Soundcheck.
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text: Sorry about having to start a new thread, but Mat's posts do not appear on my server reliably, and I can't post at the one place where I am able to retrieve them. > Mat: There is no reason to suppose that particular behaviours map > isomorpically to any particular neural circuit. > > GS: I never said they did. I am talking about delineating behavioral > processes that underlie behaviors that appear very different. Somehow > neurophysiology must be consistent with this, but the notion of a > "particular neural circuit" is simplistic, though, ultimately, the notion of > circuitry is not so bad - its just that the circuitry exists at multiple > levels. > Mat: You would be doing nothing more than what you complain of in psychology - building elaborate constructions of 'underlying' behavioral processes and then trying to see how the brain implements them while glossing over the essential and flawed assumption that brain actually does this stuff you observe in the way you think. GS: You're out of you alleged mind, Mat. Your phrase "...building elaborate constructions..." is particularly inappropriate to the experimental analysis of behavior. The EAB is a primarily inductive, phenomenological discipline that has produced phenomenological laws of behavior that are of enormous reliability and generality. Such laws are facts about behavior. Any physiology MUST be consistent with them. So, for example, if one repeatedly extinguishes and re-conditions a particular response class, the rate of extinction and reacquisition occurs more quickly until a steady (or at least stable) state is reached. This is a fact about behavior - you might say that it is not an important fact (I would disagree) but it is a fact nonetheless. If one has a theory about "what the brain is doing" and it is inconsistent with this fact, then the theory is incorrect or incomplete. Now, of course, any fact out there in psychology of any sort must be reckoned with but there are legitimate criticisms of the nature of the facts of much of psychology, not the least of which is that they show the reliability and generality (if they do this at all) of estimations of population parameters. In any event, what you are suggesting is the equivalent of trying to come up with a statistical mechanics that refuses to take notice of the phenomenological laws of chemistry and thermodynamics. At some point, your abilities must include explaining why the order that exists in chemistry qua chemistry does exist. Mat: Your previous example was rats pressing levers or pedals to get food and you suggested that it was the 'getting food' bit was the behaviour and not the pulling or pressing. Well gee whiz how profound, but still not very useful. I presume you would then construct some sort of theory about instincts and try and find how the brain gives rise to them, rather than seeing what the brain does first and building a theory on that. You've got it backwards. Trying to impose a behavioural theory on the brain will more than likely blind you to what it really does. GS: What utter nonsense. I have already dealt with it above. The experimental analysis of behavior is silent on what the brain does in order for the observed facts about behavior to be true. But true they are, nonetheless, and a theory of the brain that cannot encompass them is either wrong or incomplete. Since operant conditioning arrived on the scene very early in the history of life, I would think that the facts uncovered in the EAB (which do have rather good species generality) would be seen as particularly crucial testing grounds for any neurobiological theory of brain/behavior relations. If one's theories about brain function cannot encompass the simple facts of operant conditioning, extinction, stimulus control etc. that apply to a host of organisms (and not just all vertebrates) then one would have to view the theories with suspicion. Mat: Just because you think from observations the hunger instinct underlies certain behaviours does not mean it actually does. GS: You presume way too much, and you are totally missing the point, as should be clear to you.. > > GS: I repeat, anything one says about the brain and behavior MUST be > consistent with behavioral facts Mat: Why? becuase behavioural facts are correct?! GS: Absolutely. Mat: Why should the brain be doing it the way you think? GS: The facts are facts about behavior. They are not facts about "how the brain does what it does to make behavioral facts the reality that they are." Mat: And if it isn't who's wrong? GS: The facts cannot be wrong. The only thing that can be wrong is theories about how the brain's activity gives rise to a world in which there are certain behavioral facts. Mat: You or the brain? (!) GS: The only thing that can be wrong is theories about how the brain's activity gives rise to a world in which there are certain behavioral facts. The behavioral facts cannot be wrong - just as the laws of chemistry are not made wrong by a successful statistical mechanics. But a successful statistical mechanics cannot be had if it doesn't try to explain the macroscopic regularities of chemistry and thermodynamics, and a successful understanding of the brain's function implies that it explains exactly the behavioral regularities that I am talking about. Cordially, Glen


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According to B.R. Meyers over at The Atlantic, there is a scourge of foodies looming over America. Foodies are bad because they fly to Vietnam for pho. All of them do, which is evil. But even if they stopped doing that, Meyers would still be mad because he hates that people enjoy food at all. Anthony Bourdain is the devil for encouraging people to love cooking, Michael Pollan is evil for making the elitist claim that fast food is bad for us.
Meyers would prefer writers who tell us to eat nothing but crackers and die lonely. I think Bukowski writes like that, right? Oh wait, ham sandwiches. Meyers hates ham sandwiches too. I think he wants us to be breatharians.
Meyers says poor people don't love food. They eat slop and they hate it but they have clean souls and will go to heaven for eating slop and hating it. Loving food is a symptom of being a rich, elitist bastard who kills children. You know who loved food? Hitler.
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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is moving to create an international standard for solar cell durability.
It's working alongside other Southeast Asian nations to establish the standard which it hopes will give the industry a clear way to identify the quality of solar cells which are made in Japan, against cheaper ones that are made in countries such as China.
According to the Ministry of Economy the problem with the latter is that they often loose their ability to produce electricity after a few years.
The claims could be a case of bitter lemons with Japan losing its crown for the global solar cell market. In 2005, it held 47 percent of the global market, but by 2008 the figure had slipped to 14 percent, while China boosted its slice to 36 percent from seven percent.
The ministry believes that the standard will help it get one over on China. It thinks that if Japan can get its standard adopted by an international body then Japanese solar cells will become known for quality and therefore be the first place manufacturers go.
Alongside departments in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, the government organisation will begin forming a way to test the durability and longevity of solar cells, which are used in hot and humid climates. From the research, which will begin early next year, it will develop a testing standard that solar cells must pass.
The international standard will be submitted next year to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). However, Japan's plans could be scuppered with the news that European groups are also exploring the possibility of creating competing standards. It's uncertain whether the Japanese standard will become the one adopted by the IEC.


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Herald and News: Klamath Falls, Oregon Under the watch of the Jaycees, the theme of the Fourth of July parade had been 'Horse and Buggy Day' since the 1970s, said Michael Lamb, senator for the Jaycees. A Jaycees senator is a member who has passed the age limit - the group is open to people age 21 to 40 - but stays active.
Today was the deadline. I had not only predicted, but also suggested a different pathway for Michael Lamb (of Pittsburgh). I was one of many who said in private that Lamb should have joined the race for PA Senate (42nd district). Furthermore, I was one of the few who also gave the same suggestion in public.
The suggested move (pulling out of the Mayor's race and into the PA Senate special election) needed to be made by today. The deadline for putting in petitions to get onto the ballot as an Independent was March 28. Lamb could have done both races and tossed aside the need to get the Dem's endorsement by putting in a switch to "I" and re-directing his effots to the PA Senate race.
Well, the closest to the truth comes today. Seems a Michael Lamb is a senator -- and is in the hub of a 4th of July parade switch with the Jaycees and Chamber. But, we have to go to Oregon to make the prediction have any sense of slight of name irony.
Michael Lamb of Pittsburgh is the son of a PA State Senator. Perhaps he'll be able to run for the State Senate in two years.
Oh well.
"... Lamb said ... isn't calling it quits."
"We certainly hope to rebuild," he said.
Well, I was wrong. Munch, munch, munch. I'll eat the humble pie.
As for the 4th of July, come on down to the South Side. We don't have any pony rides, but we do host an annual 4th of July party. Then we'll serve up some real pie. Tonight it is just that weird tasting digital humble pie bytes.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/AP) Knox Co. Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones responded to the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) decision on the county's participation in its 287(g) program. According to ICE, it sent Jones a letter informing him they were denying the agreement.
In a statement posted on the Sheriff's Office's website (here), Jones accused the federal government of using the sequester "as a smokescreen to shirk its responsibilities."
The Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights obtained a copy of the letter. In it, ICE apparently rejected the application because of resource concerns, including a lack of funding.
Congress reduced funding for the so-called 287(g) program this past year. It is essentially being phased out for a fingerprint-sharing program, called Secure Communities.
"An inept administration is clearing the way for law breaking illegal immigrants to continue to thrive in our community and ultimately be allowed to reside in the United States," he continued.
"If need be, I will stack these violators like cordwood in the Knox County Jail until the appropriate federal agency responds."
The 287(g) program allows state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into a partnership with ICE in which specially trained officers may perform immigration law enforcement functions, the federal agency explains on its website (link).
ICE will provide qualifying officers within selected agencies with 4 weeks of specialized training in Charleston, S.C. with certified instructors. They will also supervise them when they perform their immigration duties. How much each agency and its officers are allowed to do is laid out in a Memorandum of Agreement that is signed when an agency is accepted.
The agency called it "one of its top partnership initiatives." It currently has agreements with 26 agencies.
The ACLU of Tennessee also issued a statement applauding the decision. The civil rights organization though said it had objected to the county's application based on how Davidson Co. handled its 287(g) program.
The ACLU claimed that county, which includes Nashville, focused on deporting immigrants without regard for due process, "leading to immigrants living in fear and distrust of law enforcement, reluctant to report crimes they experienced or witnessed."


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