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A Google video search for "john fourcade nfl highlights" returns no results…ouch. Instead I give you Heath Shuler to Randal "Thrill" Hill for an 89 yard touchdown – from a pure probability standpoint that has to be the most unlikely play in Saints history.
Somewhere a falling whale wondered if ground would be its friend. On to the links…
- Dalton Hilliard has a son, Dalton Hilliard, Jr. who is apparently a pretty good football player in his own right. Nice video here with some highlights of father and son. I really believe Dalton, Sr. was the precursor to the Marshall Faulk/Brian Westbrook jack of all trades running backs who can lead a team in carries and catches.
- Hey – Happy birthday Dalton Hilliard, Sr.! Holy cow, one of my all time favorite Saints RB has a career passing line of 4cmp, 7att, 114yd, 4td – Mora should have called more halfback passes!!!
- Cubs signed another college football player away from the NFL. Matt Szczur (pronounced Caesar) was a two sport star at Villanova. From what Baseball America has to say he sounds like a high-ceiling prospect. Also, "Villanova football coach Andy Talley says Szczur is his fastest player ever, ahead of star NFL running back Brian Westbrook."
- Bleed Cubbie Blue, from the Great Minds Think Alike Department.
- I love the Photoshops at Truth About It, almost as much as I love the writing.
- Speaking of the 'Zards, another expletive inducing road loss the other night. I promise not to mention the "P" word again until they win at least one game away from the phone booth. Hopefully a little home cookin' leads to a better outcome tonight against Phoenix, and Jimmy Wall utilizes some of the lessons Steve Nash taught him last time around.
- Away from the world of sports, THIS is how you deliver a smackdown in written form.
- Damn bobcats.
- And finally, yeah, have fun sleeping tonight.

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I am sure many of you will have seen through the medium of the television, the internet or maybe even first hand, the amazing spectacle of huge flocks of Starlings filling the skies prior to roosting. The birds come together in enormous clouds, wheeling, turning and swooping in unison. To see this murmuration, as it is called, in real life is fantastic, I can now tell you that to witness it taking place from your own garden, around and above you, is awesome.The performance we watched the other night was (I think) unusually long, but that may have been due to the Sparrowhawk.
For the last few evenings as dusk approached, I had been watching flocks of Starlings numbering maybe a hundred or so birds, gathering together and performing similar aerial acrobatics though on a lesser scale . Many of them would then drop out of the sky to populate our local "High Rise" Conifer tree. This tree is HUGE, and although standing in the garden that is diagonally to the rear of our own garden, is well within 10 metres of our kitchen window. We call it the "High Rise" because it serves as accommodation for a whole variety of different birds throughout the year. Much goes on within those wispy straggly conifer fronds, unseen by the outside world, birds roost, birds nest, life begins and life often ends. The tree has been a regular roost for Starlings throughout the winter and the noise emanating from it as dusk approaches is amazing. It is a constant chatter, chatter, chatter as the birds settle down for the night and I am sure, catch up with each other on the days events.
But back to Tuesday night. The Starlings began to appear and from the outset there were more than I had seen on the other nights. More and more birds began to fill the sky and soon they started to perform. Hundreds or maybe thousands of birds moving together as one, they would gather in a ball then split apart to swoop and dive, twist and turn. It was a mesmerising dance of wings against a backdrop of a clear blue evening sky. At this point it was still relatively early, these murmurations do not usually occur until closer to dusk, as the light fades and darkness begins to fall.
A large flock were swooping overhead, were these our regular roosters? I do not know, but they had their eyes locked onto our "High Rise." Wave after wave of whooshing Starlings dropped like arrows from the sky, to be swallowed instantly by the tree and disappear from sight.
The Sparrowhawk seemed to come out of nowhere like a low level guided missile!
A brief blur, a fleeting glimpse, then there was nothing to be seen. The bird of prey intent on grabbing a meal, had also disappeared into the conifer, but seconds later was to emerge with a Starling firmly grasped within the talons of it's left foot. At a much more leisurely speed, the Sparrowhawk flew off to find a nice quiet place where it could enjoy this Fast Food Takeaway meal.
Wave after wave of panicked Starlings now fled the tree and took to the skies once more, joining the throngs that had increased massively in number. There were now thousands of birds, this had become a full on murmuration of Starlings which continued until the last fading rays of light.


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A week of hearings before the commission wrapped up Friday and resulted in $474,000 in deductions that Duke agreed to remove from the settlement deal including:
– $300,000 in political contributions
– $156,000 for a power plant study conducted as part of the Duke-Progress merger
– $419 for a golf tournament
– $50 for Cincinnati Reds tickets
– $9,882 in dues paid to the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
NC WARN's economist William Marcus also highlighted expenses including $1,900 dollars for pecan processors which were gifts to developers and a $1,300 dollar lunch with Chinese bankers.
"We've identified miscoded items and removed those from the settlement agreement, those are taken out. And we've also made additional adjustments," said company spokesman, Jeff Brooks.
Brooks maintains the company's mistakes were not "deliberate" attempts to overcharge customers.
WNCN asked Brooks what Duke Energy is doing to ensure such mistakes don't happen in future rate hike cases.
"Certainly in any rate case proceeding of this size there's a possibility of a mistake or interpretation of a charge… But we're going to be taking a look at the processes and controls that we use in this process to ensure that we can continue to improve and address any miscoded items that were identified in this case," said Brooks.
The $474,000 in reductions Duke agreed to this week are in addition to about $9 million that the Commission's Public Staff deemed inappropriate and removed last month.
NC WARN believes there is still about $100 million more in inappropriate expenses hidden in the settlement deal but the group's attorney, John Runkle, was shut down Friday when he tried to cross examine members of the Public Staff to prove it.
Finley sustained an objection to the cross examination citing settlement negotiations as "confidential."
NC WARN director Jim Warren says there's a strong chance the parties will now end up in court.
"It is obvious Duke has tried to defraud North Carolinians and the public staff is going along with it," Warren said Friday.
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I usually don't take notice of student films here, but I understandably am making an exception for Evan Curtis' Chief Serenbe, made last year at the Savannah College of Art and Design—especially since it was made in my graduate-level Media Theory class. (He has been in three of my classes and I am on his MFA thesis committee.) Ever since then, it has been making the rounds on the festival circuit and can now be seen online as part of the Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival along with some information on its production; you should also check out Curtis' website here.
The first half of my Media Theory class involves lectures and discussions on media theory with the major student assignment being a term paper; the second half involves a studio assignment where students are urged to expand in some way on an aspect of their term paper. The topic of Curtis' paper, "Toy Monger," was not really surprising, since he is is an avid toy collector, and action figures in particular. And though Chief Serenbe does, like most of his films, uses toys from his collection, its style is very much inspired by Italian Neorealism. The film's opening shot (see image above) was filmed after the class was over. My contribution to Chief Serenbe was, at best, rather modest as Curtis seemed to know exactly what he was wanted to do. In any case, do take a look and enjoy.


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Home in the Heights: HITS' busy summer continues with '13'
Published 3:39 pm, Tuesday, July 3, 2012
HITS Theatre has already had a successful summer with its production of "Romeo and Juliet" last month, but the season's productions have only just begun.
The musical theatre company for young performers is putting the finishing touches on next week's performance of the musical "13."
The musical, about the growing pains of junior high school students, ran on Broadway in 2008 and features lyrics and music by Jason Robert Brown, with a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.
The musical is a classic fish-out-of-water story, centering around the main character of Evan Goldman, played by Bram Lowenstein, who is forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana after his parents get a divorce.
The move interferes with the celebration of his bar mitzvah, and Evan has to adjust to life in a small town after striking a tenuous friendship with next-door-neighbor, Patrice, played by Mia Heckler.
The cast features 22 middle school and high school students from throughout the Houston area, including many who live in the Heights and surrounding neighborhoods.
The show will be directed by HITS executive artistic director JoAnne Woddard.
Performances are scheduled for July 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. and July 14 at 2:30 p.m. at HITS Theatre, 311 West 18th.
Tickets are $15 and $5 for children under 12 and available online at hitstheatre.org or by calling 713-861-7408.
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So tonight we lit the last light of Chanukah for this year, which coincides with the last night of 2016. Here on the West Coast, we have 4 more hours to 2016 and about 22 hours left to Hanukkah.
And I still have 3 books to review. Books that were sent to me by Kar-Ben Publishing company. These books were delightful reading for my grandchildren this past week.
First, the board book, Hanukkah Delight by Leslea Newman is a perfect book for bonding with a toddler. Here's some of the text:
"Friends and neighbors to invite, Ancient blessings we recite, Gleaning candles burning bright, Crispy latkes taste just right…"
I will leave you in suspense about the ending! The language is a perfect fit for our 2-year old grandson who already loves words that rhyme with light, bright, and so forth. Seven syllables on every page keeps things predictable and the bunny rabbit characters celebrating Hanukkah were very creative and fun. I'm wondering why the illustrator chose bunny rabbits over other animals but my grandson loved pointing to the bunnies and the various objects and symbols of Hanukkah.
So, if you want to snuggle up with your toddler kid or love bunny, get this book and discover the cute and fun Hanukkah world of dreidels (tops), latkes (potato pancakes) and menorahs (candelabras).
Next, the graphic book Joseph, The Dreamer was a perfect book for this past weekend where we read about the dreams of Joseph in the weekly Parsha (Torah/Bible Portion). The book tells the story in pictures and graphics and my grandsons were excited to talk about the story at our Shabbat table this past Friday night. Becky Laff does a great job telling the story (using bunny rabbits again…hmmmm) of Joseph and his brothers. The artwork is excellent and well done. However, bunny rabbits pictures disturbed me in this particular book because I felt it cheapened the story in the Bible. When I gave it to my grandson to read, I made sure to tell him that in advance. Not that he woul think his favorite characters from the Torah were actually rabbits, but still…
Finally, the coloring book L'Dor VaDor a Keepsake Coloring book uses as its title the Hebrew words (L'dor Vador) to express the theme of generation to generation how we pass on our values of spirituality from one generation to another. Judy Freeman does a superb job of creating art pieces that any age can fill in. From child to adult to middle-ager, anyone can benefit from the calm and relaxation from coloring in this book. Each picture stands on its own and can be colored, framed and displayed as a work of art. Trains, shells, turtles, valleys and more…. are some of the images in this coloring book.
So, as the holiday of Hanukkah and the year of 2016 wind down, let's find some good books to read to our children and ourselves.


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We began the day with Chani at the Aveda Academy in Denver with manicures, makeup and hair. It was a hip salon with a wonderful staff and a great location with interesting nooks and architecture for some fun pre-wedding images. It is always fun exploring the old buildings in downtown Denver and playing with the light and architecture it offers.
We then journeyed to the Red Rocks Visitor Center for the rest of the day's festivities. The weather was a concern with cold temperatures and the threat of snow, but true to Colorado tradition, the sun peeked through and clear skies prevailed. The bridal party enjoyed Champaign while they applied the finishing touches and the groomsmen relaxed in the bar with family and friends.
The wedding was held in the Rock Room and the beautiful rock in conjunction with the colorful murals resulted in really spectacular images. After the wedding all of the guests braved the cold temperatures for a quick photograph on the terrace and then enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres inside. The family remained outside for the group portraits.
Ann Lujan, from Finesse Events, coordinated the entire event with grace and charm and everything flowed very smoothly. Chani was able to completely relax knowing that Ann was taking care of those last minute questions. Not only did she orchestrate the ceremony and wedding details, but she also helped us with the photography ensuring that everyone was where they needed to be so that we were able to complete the family portraits in record time. Thank you Ann for making our job effortless and fun! You have our highest recommendation!
The bridal party escorted Chani and Chukk up to the amphitheater for some really fun shots. We laughed and jumped and did what we could to stay warm. Everyone was such a good sport and we had a great time. In fact we had so much fun that we constantly had a crowd of spectators peeking over the rail to see what we were up to.
The reception followed in the Rock Room and enjoyed fabulous food, drink, music and dancing. A great time was had by all. Thanks Chani and Chukk for allowing us to share and capture your wedding day!


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This weekend I tended to some rose bushes. I've had them potted for years and believe me when I tell you, they've seen better days. I noticed on Friday how worn they looked with bunches of parched, half-dead flowers hanging all over them. Two rainless weeks combined with my not watering them. Not a great combination.
My rose bushes sit on either side of our back porch and until recently have been a beauty to behold. As my two year old's ran around, collecting rocks from our driveway and plopping them, one by one into their baby pool, I grabbed my sheers and went at it…
the business of cutting away at something in order to help it live.
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DataCenter Testing- CSPG
Location:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Area of InterestEngineer - Software
Job TypeProfessional
Technology InterestCloud and Data Center
Job Id1219848
What You'll Do
This is an excellent opportunity to join the UCS Business Unit in Datacenter Group that is focused on building next generation server management and cloud technologies. We are looking for candidates who strive in a fast paced start up like environment.
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You will be part of an experienced team working on next generation Data Center products. Successful candidate will work in a very sophisticated environment and will get plenty of opportunities to gain technical expertise in a number of areas.
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You've got experience designing and validating complex software systems. You are strong in Data Center technologies, automation and have expertise in the area of Storage/Networking/Virtualization/SW Management.
- BS CS/EE degree and 5-7 years of strong hands-on testing experience in one of server, storage, networking.
- AWS /cloud test experience.
- Proven record in Automation using any scripting language for complex products.
- Experience in developing test case automation and/or test libraries in one or more of following programming languages: Python/Perl/C/C++/Java
- Experience in testing Data Center management software.
- Comfortable in Linux shell and scripting
- Strong knowledge in virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, or Xen.
- Experience with integrating automation test frameworks such as Jenkins
- Has worked in an Agile environment.
- Experience in Integration and System testing of enterprise storage products and solutions.
- Experience in simulating customer like environment.
- Experience in authoring Use Cases based on methodologies such as Business Process Testing.
- Has an attitude to innovate – process, product and tools.
- Good understanding of SDLC.
- Strong background and experience in software testing methodology, test development and test execution.
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- Prior experience in working with sustenance/system engineering team.
- CCIE Data center certified.
- Awareness of test design techniques.
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Hunterdon Medical Center has received accreditation and national recognition that verifies our position as a leading provider of quality health care.
The administration and staff of Hunterdon Medical Center is extremely proud of the many awards the community hospital has earned. Each one is recognition that
Hunterdon Medical Center ranks within the top 10% of national and New Jersey hospitals in many performance indicators for quality healthcare.
Hunterdon Medical Center has achieved:
- US News Best Hospitals
- Magnet Designation
- 100 Most Wired Hospitals
- New Jersey Top Doctors
- NICHE Designation
- Accreditation by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Website Transparency Excellence Award with Honors
- Women's Choice Award
Magnet Designation
The Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes healthcare organizations that provide nursing excellence. Recognizing quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice, the Magnet Recognition Program® provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive. The program is administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Being a MagnetTM organization helps distinguish Hunterdon Medical Center as an organization marked by quality inpatient care.
100 Most Wired Hospitals
Hunterdon Medical Center was recently named by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine as one of the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" in America. Being a "Most Wired" hospital confirms that an organization uses information technology to benefit its quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce. Because our medical records are linked electronically, patients can be confident that, with consent, any physician who needs to access patient records can do so throughout the Hunterdon Healthcare System.
New Jersey Top Doctors
Hunterdon Medical Center attracts some of the best doctors with training at the nation's finest institutions and healthcare organizations. New Jersey Monthly, Inside Jersey and NJ Savvy magazines have recognized our "top docs" year after year.
NICHE Designation
Nurses Improving Care to Health System Elders (NICHE) is a national geriatric nursing program. The program's vision is for all patients 65 and over to be given sensitive and exemplary care. The mission of NICHE is to raise awareness of principles and tools that can achieve patient-centered care for older adults.
Accreditation by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (TJC)
The Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations sets the standards by which health care quality is measured in America and around the world. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies over 17,000 health care organizations and programs. To maintain and earn accreditation, organizations must have an extensive on-site review by a team of TJC health care professionals, at least once every three years.
Hunterdon receives Website Transparency Excellence Award with Honors
February 11, 2013 – Washington, DC - URAC announced today the recipients of the 2012 Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency, presented in conjunction with The Leapfrog Group. The Acknowledgement comes as part of an overall Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Awards Program, which identifies outstanding hospital websites promoting transparency of safety and quality measures in a manner that is useful and user-friendly for consumers. All hospitals who publically report their Leapfrog Hospital Survey results were eligible.
"These awards are a unique celebration of hospitals that show initiative in protecting consumers through transparency and quality reporting. It is encouraging to see so many hospitals that have implemented leading initiatives in an effort to make a difference in the lives of the consumers they serve," said John D. Jones, URAC Chairman of the Board.
The Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency is an evaluation of a hospital's overall website transparency including elements related to design, credibility, literacy and connectivity. This Acknowledgement is based on a set of objective criteria established in accordance with the National Quality Forum's guidelines for consumer-focused, Internet-based public reporting of health performance data as well as the Model Public Report Elements prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and other research-based criteria. All hospitals applying and qualifying for the Acknowledgement were eligible to apply for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency Award. Winners of this award will be announced at a later date.
Seven hospitals received the 2012 Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency, with two of those hospitals also receiving a Distinction with Honors for their outstanding work in hospital website transparency:
- Adventist Medical Center
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Emerson Hospital
- Hunterdon Medical Center (distinction with honors)
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (distinction with honors)
- Southern Ohio Medical Center
Hospitals receiving this Acknowledgement will be identifiable by the award seal on the hospital website. More information about the awards program can be found at
Additional Awards and Recognitions
- Awarded magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Listed as a Top Hospital in Inside New Jersey Magazine. Hunterdon Medical Center was also recognized for the treatment of: breast cancer, prostate cancer, hip and knee repair, heart failure, stroke and neurological disorders.
- Hunterdon Medical Center designated a Primary Stroke Center.
- Latino Outreach Program recognized at the 89th Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Hospital Association for Hunterdon Healthcare's Latino Outreach Initiative
- Received national recognition of the Antibiotic Stewardship Program identified by the American Hospital Association as Best Practice.
- Named one of the "100 Most Wired" Hospitals by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.
- National accreditation of the post graduate yearly Pharmacy Residency Program
- Hunterdon Medical Center is one of twelve hospitals participating in the Physician Hospital Collaboration Demonstration, a Medicare project that will evaluate gainsharing as an innovative method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality care.
- Ranked in top 1% for patient satisfaction among hospitals in New Jersey
- Hunterdon Regional Breast Care Program became accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
- Hunterdon Medical Center's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program was awarded Program certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
- Cardiac Testing Department received accreditation from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.
- The Hunterdon County Medication Access Program received the 2010 Health Research and Educational Trust Community Outreach Award for Improving Access and Quality of Care.
- Hunterdon Wound Healing Center was awarded the New Center Outcomes Award by National Healing Corporation.
- Hunterdon Medical Center was awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2010 Recycling Award. In 2010, the hospital recycled 298.71 tons, which equates to 3,356.93 lbs. per patient bed.
- Door to balloon time under 60 minutes.
- Accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer-Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center.
- Accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey as an Intrastate Provider of Continuing Medical Education for Physicians.
- Accredited by The College of American Pathologists.
- Certification by the American Heart Association.
- Certificate of recognition from the American Diabetes Association.
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner.
- Platinum designation as New Jersey Smart Workplaces.
- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has granted Patient Centered Medical Home certification at the highest level to many Hunterdon Healthcare System practices.
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The art and science of origami are explored in the award-winning documentary "Between the Folds," which the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will screen at 7 p.m. Friday, July 6, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.
The free, one-night screening is part of the School of Art's First Friday Film Series.
Vanessa Gould's 56-minute documentary focuses on 10 acclaimed paperfolders, including three of the world's leading origami artists as well as a mathematician and a scientist who received the MacArthur "Genius" Award for his origami research.
The 56-minute documentary was accepted for more than 45 film festivals, receiving the Audience Award at the Brooklyn, Mendocino, New Hampshire and Rhode Island festivals; and Best Documentary at Cinema Society of San Diego and the Indie Spirit festivals.
The film also earned a Peabody Award (which recognizes excellence, distinguished achievement and meritorious public service in electronic media) in 2010 when it was shown as part of PBS's 2010 Independent Lens series.
According to the series' website, the film "shows how closely art and science are intertwined. The medium of paper folding—a simple, blank, uncut square—emerges as a resounding metaphor for the creative potential for transformation in all of us."
Please go to www.greenfusefilms.com to learn more about the film.
The screening is sponsored in part by Nacogdoches Junior Forum.
The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, please call (936) 468-1131.


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Advancements in the end user industries and rapid infrastructure developments are the major factors driving the growth in the global paints and coatings market. The Global Paints and Coatings Market is expected to grow at a CAGR over 3.0% in terms of revenue and over 4.5% in terms of volume over the period of 2016 to 2021.
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The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of "A Generation's Final Journey," this richly plotted Next Generation adventure maintains the "even number rule" regarding Trek's feature quality, and it's one of the best in the series. It hits its brisk stride when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Enterprise-E crew encounter Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a younger clone of Picard, rejected by the Romulans as the human weapon of an abandoned conspiracy. Raised on the nocturnal Romulan sister planet Remus, Shinzon now plots revenge against Romulus and Earth but needs Picard's blood to carry out his scheme. A wedding, a childlike "duplicate" Data named B-4 (Brent Spiner), spectacular space battles, and uncommon acts of valor make this a tautly-paced action thriller, poised to pass the franchise (but not quite yet) to a new generation of Starfleet personnel. Die-hard Trekkers will not be disappointed. --Jeff Shannon
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Duty: a starship captain's life is filled with solemn duty. I have commanded men in battle. I have negotiated peace treaties between implacable enemies. I have represented the Federation in first contact with twenty-seven alien species. But none of this compares to my solemn duty as... best man. Now, I know that on an occasion such as this it is expected that I be gracious and fulsome with praise on the wonders of this blessed union, but have you two considered what you're doing to me? Of course you're happy. But what about my needs? This is all a damned inconvenience. While you're happily settling in on the Titan, I'll have to train my new first officer. You all know him. He's a steely sort of fellow who knows every word of every paragraph of every regulation by heart; a stern martinet who will never, ever, allow me to go on away missions.
You are me. The same noble Picard blood runs through our veins. Had you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am... Look in the mirror and see yourself. Consider that, Captain... I can think of no greater torment for you.
I'm a mirror for you as well.
Not for long. I'm afraid you won't survive to witness the victory of the echo... over the voice.
Will Riker, you have been my trusted right arm for fifteen years. You have helped keep my course true and steady. Deanna Troi, you have been my conscience and guide. You have helped me to recognize the best parts of myself.
You are my family. And in maritime tradition, I wish you clear horizons... my friends, make it so.
Senators, consider the opportunities for the Empire. At last, the destinies of the planets Romulus and Remus will be united. Shinzon of Remus is offering us a chance to make ourselves stronger than ever before. It would be madness to reject it. I beg you not to let prejudice or politics interfere with this Alliance. By joining Shinzon's forces with ours, not even the Federation will be able to stand in our way.
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The easyb team is pleased to announce the release of easyb 0.9, baby!
easyb is a BDD framework (like RSpec & JBehave) that provides a domain specific language which makes application verification simple, fun, and easy. easyb provides support for two types of specifications, Behaviors and Stories. Behaviors are created with before and it. Stories are created with scenario, given, when and then.
The 0.9 release has:
- Numerous IntelliJ plug-in improvements
- The easyb plugin for IntelliJ can now be downloaded directly from within IntelliJ! See http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=2916
- Various fixes and improvements addressed from issue tracking system
- Fixtures!
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Diary of a MAD Job Revisited
This week I am in lock down, do-or-die, 24-7, no foolin' Deadline Demon mode trying to finish an eight (that's right EIGHT page parody) for MAD by the weekend. No time for anything else. So… Welcome to flashback week! About eight years ago I posted this little walk through of a typical job for MAD entitled "Diary of a MAD Job". I thought I would repost it this week. It's a little dated (I have annotated these with updated comments) but most of the process is the same.
Diary of a MAD Job Part 1:
Whenever I meet someone who knows that I do work for MAD, I invariably get asked two questions. The first one is "Do they still publish that rag?". The second is "How do you do the movie/TV parodies?". Actually that question is usually phrased as a series of questions including "do you get to see the movie ahead of time?", "does MAD provide you with pictures/copies of the film?", "do you write the gags?", and my personal favorite: "can you tell me where the bathroom is?" Over the next few days I will go through the process of doing a job for MAD from beginning to end, hopefully answering many of these questions in the process (except that last one).
First off, I have to get the job. MAD has no staff artists (or writers, for that matter). It's all freelance, and unless you have a regular feature like "Spy vs. Spy" you aren't given work in every single issue. Often I am waiting around for the phone to ring.
Waiting for my next MAD job…
MAD assigns jobs based on things like the style of art they want for a particular piece, the availability of the artist, etc. Of course, there are some things you can do to get the ball rolling…
Sending a reminder to the editors at MAD. The fact that I am sending ten dollar bills is an indictment of how much money freelance artists make.
Finally I'll get that call. MAD art director Sam Viviano has a policy to only call an artist for a job when it's a definite go and the final decision has been made for that artist to do that particular job. Sam would never call me and advise me to go see a film or to clear my board for a job that is still just a maybe… and that is something any freelancer appreciates. It's always exciting when Sam calls me for a job…
Hello, SAM??
Even if that job has a ridiculously short deadline…
The first thing I get from the gang at MAD is a layout of the piece. For our example here I'll use a TV parody I did a year or so ago of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". This is what I would get e-mailed to me from MAD (other pages as well, this is just the splash):
The artist is always the last stop on the wagon trail before the piece goes into the magazine. Before I get this layout, the writer has written and submitted a script, the editors have gone over it, argued and came to blows or called each other hurtful names a few times about it, finally making their changes (often taking out gags and reducing the number of panels/pages) and the art department assembles and lays out the articles with text and word balloons, panel placement and header/department text in place. That's a lot of work before I even see the job… or at least they like to say it is. At any rate, this is what I get to work with.
Sometimes Sam will do a 'doodle' on the splash to help set up the scene (haven't see that in years… Sam knows what to expect from me these days and, despite that, still doesn't do any preliminary doodles for me) primarily because the placement of the word balloons dictates where the characters speaking them need to be, and the one doing the layouts needs that set up. Regardless if I have a Sam doodle as a springboard or not (in this case not), the restrictions of the balloon placement complicates matters and makes the splash page and to a lesser extent the rest of the job into a kind of visual puzzle.
My job now is this: I have to place the characters in such a way as the word balloons make sense sequentially without the balloon 'tails' crossing or doing anything too hard to read within the environment set up by the story while doing (hopefully) convincing caricatures of several actors/actresses with many different expressions and angles throughout the story while simultaneously paying attention to storytelling design and panel layout/camera angles to advance the eye along the page while at the same time 'selling the gag' by which I mean I visually reinforcing and driving home the jokes written by the writer meanwhile adding visual gags of my own in the panel/backgrounds to add a second layer of humor all while trying to draw funny in the first place. That IS a lot of work, almost as much work as writing that last run-on sentence was, despite what those lazy-ass writers say. Memo to self: ask for a raise.
In the case of a movie, my first step is always to see the film if it's in release. If, like in this case, it's a TV show, I set the old DVR to record some episodes and watch several. It's important to get a good feel for the show and what it's all about before trying to do a parody of it. It's the little details that make for a good lampooning of a show, and you don't capture the little things unless you are familiar with the show. I will often tap friends or relatives who watch a TV show regularly about what to look for (one of my neighbors pointed out to me that one of the designers in the show "Trading Spaces" was always barefoot when she did her work, so I gave her stinky, dirty feet the whole parody). I always have a lot more fun doing a parody of something I really like (or really hate), as opposed to a show or movie I don't care at all about.
After getting familiar with the show, I start digging up reference.
MAD will be sending me a bunch of scrap of the main characters as they have art staff Google pictures and print them out for me (this also hasn't been the case for years, I am on my own with references these days), but I do a ton of research myself as well. If there is a book out I'll go buy it (tax deductible, you know). I get all the mindless celebrity-chasing entertainment magazines and clip pictures out of them as well (it's all internet image searches these days). If an actor or actress I'm drawing was recently in a film or TV show that is out on DVD, I'll rent that and do some screen captures to use as reference (that's right, Steve Jobs (he's dead), that's a legitimate and FAIR USE reason why users of your computers should be allowed to screen capture from DVD) but I primarily farm the Internet for pictures. I assemble them on 13×19 inch sheets and print them out so they are handy (now I use an iPad for all reference, thanks dead Steve Jobs). I also print the layouts at print size onto a decent piece of drawing paper. With my reference in hand and my layouts ready, I can get started with the roughs.
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- v. Present participle of wiki.
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This was my first stab at starting a new article, so hopefully some of those who are a bit more proficient at wikiing can help fine tune it a bit.
We are also blogging, wikiing, etc - Here's the link in case you're interested:
In essence educators do want to be using technology and online resources but they do not feel confident, they do not feel capable of leading the way, and they do not feel convinced that the extra effort needed from them personally to be blogging, wikiing, etc is going to improve their classroom or their students' outcomes.
There were quite a few good comments on my last blog entry on how to get more people wikiing for KDE.
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The ball and socket joint of the shoulder is inherently unstable. The socket part of the ball is nearly flat and so the joint resembles a golf ball sitting on top of a golf tee. It requires many ligaments, muscles and the labrum for the ball (humeral head) to stay centered in the socket (glenoid of the scapula). The labrum is like a chalk that one would stick under your tire to keep your car from rolling. The shoulder can become unstable for a number of reasons, the two most common are trauma/injury or global ligamentous laxity (loose joints). Many times with an injury or traumatic dislocation structures can be torn as the ball comes out of the socket. The ball does not need to come all the way out as in a shoulder dislocation, it can sublux (partially dislocate and then return to center). Shoulder instability can lead to weakness, an avoidance of certain positions or activities due to the feeling it may come out again, and pain.
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Five sun-rounds spent hiding, dodging enemies, darting from hillock to ditch. Cast off my scorching armour. Must get home. Cool, shady home.
I can bear pain. Wound is shallow. But seeps. And fevers me.
Clumps of trees in the distance. Shade! Must get there.
So tired. But must plod on.
Relief. Trees are cool, shady. Sit against one. Close my eyes.
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Discussion in 'Gear' started by VolnTitan, Sep 26, 2007.
I'm thinking my next step is to begin negotiating with both sides on this.
Like the others said, Direct's HD is awsome. You can't go wrong.
Oh, be sure to account for taxes when you compare the two.
Do they give you tax fees with a quote?
I don't think so. I switched from Dish so I knew about what they'd be. I think they're different with cable.
If I'm reading this right, Sunday Ticket can not show games that are being shown on local CBS and Fox stations. Also, they may not be able to offer local CBS or Fox stations. If both those are true, then there would be no Titans on TV. Anyone got input on that?
Not sure I am understanding what you are saying. If you are in the market where the Titans would be shown on the local CBS affiliate, then that isn't a problem. You would watch it on there. If it isn't on the local affiliate, then it isn't being "blacked out" for you and it will be on Gameplan. I live in Franklin and have never not been able to watch a Titan game.
What I'm saying is somewhere in my reading up on Direct it said they may not be able to offer local channels. Same thing we had a problem with with Dish years ago. Got a bit of a run around about it too.
Also what I was reading about Direct said if the game is on a local channel, then it may not be seen on the Sunday Ticket deal. So if they don't offer the local channel, and that also means that local channel has the rights to the game (what I'm guessing anyway), then it won't be shown on Sunday Ticket.
Maybe I misread the wording, but it's something I'd have to know before getting Direct. Only reason I'd consider getting direct is I'll be purchasing a HDTV soon, and Direct looks like the best deal for a lot of HD channels.
If the game is broadcast by your local network affiliate, you will not see it on the NFL-ST channel as it fall inside the blackout rules for NFL-ST.
Jeff, I believe I saw in the October DirecTV newsletter that during Oct 1-27 you will get the SuperFan free when you buy NFL-ST.
Right, so I guess I need to find out for sure if Direct can offer local channels.


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I've seen alot of spells and such that can change you into a vampire, give you a mermaid tail, turn you into a wolf, give you wings, ect. Let's say these spells work (I believe they do but for those who don't, let's pretend). What would happen if you did two or more of these spells? For example, you do a spell that give you a mermaid tail and a spell that lets you transform into a wolf. Would these spells effect each other and cause chaotic events and side effects within your body? Or would they just not effect on another?
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