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There have literally been thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Batman comics making up thousands of Batman story arcs with hundreds of creative teams since the character's creation nearly 80 years ago. In that time, the character has been the part of many classic storylines that are not only staples of the medium, but literary benchmarks that transcended their original format. The three that tend to be brought up the most, however, are The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore. And today we're here to talk about the latter of the three. Why The Killing Joke? Well, we have the animated adaptation coming out in just a few days and this is a subject that I've wanted to tackle for a while so with the stars seemingly aligned I decided that this would be the best time to do it. What I wish to tackle is why this book is considered so great, how it has influenced Batman and particularly The Joker and if the comic still holds up on its own when you take those influences out of the equation. So strap in folks because this is going to be a long one. This is my analysis of The Killing Joke.
What is a bit strange about the comic is that if you were to experience it for the first time today it appears to be a by the numbers Batman Vs Joker story. The Joker escapes Arkham Asylum, he does some bad things, has a few flashbacks and Batman takes him down at an old amusement park with a little bit of shock value here and there. Heck, when you compare it to stories like Hush or The Long Halloween or Scott Snyder's run on the New 52 Batman series it seems downright simple and when I first read it back in 2011 that was my impression of it. It was just a comic with a simple story and I promptly disregarded the thing as an older, overrated story that influences had long since overshadowed the story itself.
Time didn't exactly help my perception of the story. As I got older and progressively more into comics I kept coming across articles and videos that praised the story and how it helped redefine The Joker as a character. These articles would frequently state that it was this comic that turned the character from just a typical killer clown into the truly insane, psychotic version that he is today as well as being one of the comics that turned the entire medium towards a more mature audience. This last claim, in particular, annoyed me as it was more the work of Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One that truly tipped the medium towards a more adult audience. In fact, one could make the argument that it was The Dark Knight Returns version of the Joker that was far more influential with the sheer number of bodies the character has to his name in that comic alone. But then I reread the comic and was pleasantly surprised by what I found.
For those of you who don't know, Batman: The Killing Joke is a Batman story that was published in 1988 and was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. It follows The Joker as he has once again escaped from Arkham Asylum and kidnaps Commissioner Gordon in an attempt to drive him insane as he thinks back to what may be his origin story. As I mentioned before the plot is very basic but is very well written. Alan Moore is infamous among artists for being a very strict, "by the script" writer but he can afford to be because his work always turns out so well. The pacing of the comic is so fluid that it almost feels as if you're watching a film, especially when you see the characters. The comic fully accounts for each of the character's movements and how it is they get to each of these locations. There aren't any strange narration boxes that explain everything that is going on or characters who awkwardly monologue to themselves about the plot. The entire story is told by the artwork, the dialog and the actions of the characters. While this may not seem like a big deal, back in 1988 this was unheard of and even to this day it's something that even the best writers and artists have a hard time pulling off. In stories like The Dark Knight Returns or the original Secret Wars the characters have inner monologues throughout the length of the story or have narrators telling us what was going on. For some reason writers just didn't trust the artists to tell the story in a medium that was meant to be visual up until around this time and after reading several comics from that period it's easy to see why this comic came off as so fresh and new.
This, of course, would not have been possible if not for the incredible artwork by Brian Bolland. Each of the panels feels like a masterpiece in of itself. Each of the characters are so expressive with their emotions fully on display and are always appropriate to the situation on hand and never did it feel out of place. The backgrounds are so detailed but don't feel overcrowded and the fluidity of the character's movement is owed to the artwork as much as the writing. The transitions between the past and present are also extremely fluid with visual cues of the present being the catalyst for the events of the past to begin. They never feel clunky or have to resort to a "X Years Ago" text box keeping the pace set by the rest of the artwork. The use of color is also magnificent in this book as well. Colors pop out and highly complement the detailed penciling with appropriate shadowing that makes everything look natural. The majority of the past segments are done with beautiful tones of black, white and grey and the characters remain as expressive and fluid as they are in the present segments with only The Jokers iconic red, purple and green colors remaining as a clever visual cue as to who's past we are exploring.
The actual plot itself is something of a weak point. It's satisfying and I could easily see it as a particularly grim episode of Batman: The Animated Series but it doesn't have what I would call a complicated plot. As I mentioned earlier, the plot doesn't really amount to much more than Batman hunting The Joker rather quickly while the story flashes back to The Joker's past. Again, it is satisfying for what it is but it's obvious that if it hadn't been for the book's shock value, controversial subject matter and groundbreaking themes and ideas regarding The Joker it probably wouldn't have been so well remembered in the long term.
Today The Killing Joke is remembered by mainstream audiences for two things: the crippling and sexual assault of Barbara Gordon and the origin story of The Joker. The thing about this origin story that most people tend to remember is the actual text of it. The way the book tells it is that The Joker was a failed comedian living in nearly impoverished conditions with a pregnant wife. In order to get the money, he needs to move into a better neighborhood he helps a few criminals break into the now infamous Ace Chemicals Plant. The day of the heist, however, he learns that his wife was killed in a freak domestic accident but is forced to do the heist, all the same, resulting in the deaths of the criminals and his falling into a vat of chemicals after being attacked by Batman that turns him into the Joker. The mistake that people tend to make about this story is that they take it to literally.
The 1989 Tim Burton film was the first to take this story too literally. While it doesn't include the failed comedian backstory, it does include Batman's involvement with The Joker's creation and his falling into a vat of chemicals at the plant during a heist gone wrong, giving The Joker a good part of the Moore/Bolland origin story. The animated series did something very similar, where it was eventually revealed that The Joker was a mob hand that fell into the vat sometime before the series began. Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond even brings this up in the direct to video movie, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker as a means of provoking and distracting the Clown Prince of Crime. More recently, as part of The New 52, they effectively made Ace Chemicals part of The Joker's cannon origin story by putting Harley Quinn through a similar process in the Suicide Squad comic and highly implying that it was part of The Joker's origin in the Batman: Zero Year story arc.
What people tend to forget, however, is that this is probably not The Jokers origin story and smarter writers tend to recognize this. Towards the end of the story, it is revealed that what we have been seeing this entire time may or may not be true. He reveals that while he is aware that at some point he had a really bad day that turned him into The Joker, he is no longer sure as to what it was that sent him over the edge. He further states that some days he remembers it one way and on others he remembers it in a completely different way. This revelation effectively turns the character into an unreliable narrator, thus making the entire backstory that we have been seeing unreliable at best. This is something that smarter writers tend to realize and will incorporate in their stories, giving the character an extra layer of mystery to him. In fact, most people will make the argument that the character is far more interesting when we don't know why he is the way he is and have to guess as to what his motives and reasoning's actually are.
This idea was something that carried over into the 2008 film, The Dark Knight. These days the film tends to get a lot of flak over the fact that Nolan and company didn't stay true to the source material and how it almost seemed ashamed of its comic book origins. While it is true that the movie discards the more outlandish aspects of the source material, when you pay attention to the writing of the film, you will know this to be untrue. The film is effectively an adaptation of both The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke and it's very clear that Chris Nolan and company really understood the characters and what it was that made them tick. Nowhere is this understanding more on display then when The Joker is on screen. More than anything else, this film got The Joker and what Alan Moore was going for when he wrote the book. Within the film, we know nothing about the character's backstory and he himself give several back stories as to why and how he is the way he is. Every time he tells one of these stories it's unclear as to whether or not he's lying about them or if he himself believes them at the time of telling them as his tone and demeanor changes each time he brings up how he got his scars. It's one of the main reasons as to why this version of the character is widely considered the best film version and this was clearly due to the influence of The Killing Joke and people who truly understood why it was this version of the character was so iconic and had such a long lasting impression.
This alone would have been more than enough for the book to remain a staple in Batman comics but, for better or worse, it's not the only reason. As I mentioned earlier, The Joker's violence is very well known in this comic but an argument could be made that he was far more violent in other stories like The Dark Knight Returns. However, for some reason, this is the book that tends to be brought up when people discuss The Joker's change from a cartoonish clown into the violent, irredeemable psychopath that he is known as today. But why is this? Well, in order to answer this, we have to go into some uncomfortable and controversial territory so be warned.
Our society is one that, in principle, values life and killings are something that continues to horrify us regardless of who is being killed or why. Killings in fiction, however, is something that is easily shrugged off. Seeing characters die in a show or a film usually isn't that big of a deal unless it was the unexpected death of a major character or something along those lines. Sexual assault, however, is something that people still view with wide-eyed horror whenever it occurs. People can recover from a beating and you can only be killed once but a sexual assault is a kind of personal violation that one simply cannot shrug off. It is the kind of trauma, and in some cases a stigma, that one will often carry with them for the rest of their lives.
This is the line that The Joker of The Killing Joke crosses and why this book is remembered as the turning point for the character. In doing what he did to Barbara Gordon, The Joker went further than he ever had before and went from a typical killer clown character to something far eviler. Ever since the release of this comic, this has become the standard for the character; an irredeemably evil man who does absolute evil things for his own twisted reasons. Now, I'm not here to debate whether or not this was a good idea or women's place in comics or question the wisdom of victimizing Barbara for the sake of shock value and to further another character's story. These are all discussions for another day and best left to smarter people than I. What one cannot deny though is that, while the way the story went about it is questionable, the effect that it had on the character and the Batman mythos is undeniable. While the character has never done anything this extreme since it seems as if writers are constantly upping the ante and pushing how far they can go with The Clown Prince of Crime. Since the release of the book the character has killed one of the Robins, slaughtered entire building's worth of cops, cut his own face off just for the heck of it and effectively became some kind of angel of death in the Batman comics. Whether or not this is a good thing is debatable but it is clear that, regardless of how you feel about the way they went about it, this book set a new standard for just how dark Batman's greatest foe could and would go.
So after nearly 30 years does The Killing Joke still hold up? Is the comic still good? Well, it's clearly one of the most influential comics in history. This was the book that set a whole new standard for The Joker in more ways than one. It delves into the character's sick, twisted mind and brought it to a point that hadn't been seen in comic up until that then and set a new bar for just how far the character could and would go in order to get what he wanted. While some writers clearly handle it better than others, one cannot do anything involving The Joker without seeing the influence of this comic. It's only real shortcoming is the plot. While the pacing and artwork are simply flawless the overarching plot is just too simple and pales in comparison to the Batman stories that came after. In the end, I would recommend that you give it a look if you want to know where it was this dark standard for The Joker came from. Just don't expect the greatest Batman story ever told.
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Allen Gorin
Director, Human Language Technology Research U.S. ,Department of Defense, USA
DATE: December 18 2009, 1.00 P.M.
LOCATION: Room 7 – Faculty of Science – Povo (TN)
Coping with Information Overload is a major challenge of the 21st century. Huge volumes and varieties of multilingual data must be processed to extract salient information. We have previously reported on research for how to automatically characterize large volumes of streaming content. However, information includes both content and associated meta-data, which humans deal with as a gestalt but computer systems often treat separately. Attributed random graphs provide a useful mechanism for jointly modeling content and context. This talk describes such methods, with experimental proof-of-concept on the Switchboard and Enron corpora. This research is in collaboration with Priebe and Grothendieck.
Allen Gorin is Director, Human Language Technology (HLT) Research in the U.S. Department of Defense at Fort Meade, focused on creating HLT technologies for coping with information overload. Before that, he was at AT&T Labs, leading the research team that created AT&T's "How May I Help You?" natural language voice service, which was deployed nationally in 2001. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, was awarded the 2002 AT&T Science and Technology Medal, has published 101 papers, and been granted 34 U.S. Patents.
He received the B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics from SUNY at Stony Brook, and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1980. He joined AT&T Bell Labs and led the DARPA ASPEN project, developing parallel architectures and algorithms for pattern recognition. In 1987, he was appointed Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, then joined the Speech Research Department at Bell Labs in 1988. He joined the DoD in 2004. He was a visiting researcher at the ATR Lab in Japan in 1994 and at MIT in 2002.
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Canada's Under 21 Men's National Volleyball Team is in Fort McMurray.
On Friday, the team arrived for the Pan American Cup, being welcomed by a big group of people cheering them on as they came down the escalator. This includes many families as well as students from Westwood Community High School.
Volleyball Canada's Director of International Events Alan Ahac tells Mix News this tournament will be featuring some of the best junior teams in the world.
"For example, Brazil is ranked 4th in the world, Canada 8th, Cuba 13th, these are tremendous teams and tremendous athletes and certainly you will be seeing some future Olympians."
Ahac notes the team hasn't been playing together for that long, just finishing their tryout camp earlier in the month.
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Well, for the last forty eight hours or so. Before that I hadn't been thinking about yuccas at all. Not really, though I do recall seeing some on display outside a store in Toronto. And yes, I do recall...yes yes it's all coming back to me as I write, I do recall thinking then that I hadn't seen a yucca in a long while.
The thought passed.
I came back to Ireland and there I was, forty eight hours ago, sitting in The Bayside Inn in Sutton in County Dublin. It was very quiet. I hadn't been there for a few months but the same people seemed to be sitting there in the same seats, being very quiet. It was strange for me to think, to realise that all the while I was away in North America these same people had been sitting here. Not missing me in the slightest. The relationship was mutual.
The deceased husband of a girlfriend of mine once told me that it took a good ten years to build up a relationship with a pub. He actually told me a lot of other stuff, me being the lover of his wife, like, but what sticks in my mind is that particular notion, that it takes a good ten years to build up a relationship with a pub.
Now I don't know about this at all. It may well do, but it is not necessarily so, not necessary that any relationship will be built up at all. I have been going to the Bayside Inn in Sutton for ten years or so. Every few months. Say maybe six or seven times a year. And, hand on heart, I can say that I have absolutely no relationship with the Bayside Inn in Sutton, nor with its denizens. And I could be going there for the next ten years, and I can confidently assert that I would have built up no relationship.
So there. But...doubts creep in...maybe that is the nature of the relationship? Maybe a relationship that doesn't exist is in fact a relationship?
Is this all getting a bit Wittgenstein?
Perhaps. So, these yuccas. There I was sitting in my non-relationship with the establishment, a sort of dark matter relationship...there I was and I became conscious of being watched. I put up with this for awhile and then looked around. And there they were, a row of yucca plants along a shelf, watching me. Four or five or maybe even six yucca plants. I didnt count. There was enough. There was actually too many. Because that's the thing about yucca plants, they are a singular, should be anyway. One is quite enough. After that they get sinister. They kind of gang up on you. And one becomes aware...of the yuccas of North County Dublin and the yuccas of Toronto...their totality...
That's all I have to say on the matter.
I see I have a new follower on my Academia site. She's looks very nice. Here she is below. She's interested in Early Photography. And so am I. And she's also interested in The Life and Works of Mary Hayden. And so am I .
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The dividend trade sure seems played out so I was shocked to see Cramer still pushing dividend stocks on Mad Money. Still no mention of Net Payout Yields. Still ignoring buybacks. Why?
What is a dividend after all? Isn't it just the company returning capital to shareholders? Aren't investors more concerned about where the dividend money is coming from?
This is exactly where investors apparently get lost. What matters is the earnings yield. The profits divided by the market cap. Is FirstEnergy (FE) a better investment because it pays a large portion of earnings to shareholders or is Apple (AAPL) better because it grows a lot faster and trades at a lower PE?
Does AAPL become a better investment by paying a 5% dividend? Everybody knows it can afford such a yield.
Lately investors have become confused with what a company earns and what the company pays out to shareholders. Don't get those concepts confused or you'll get burned by the apparent latest bubble.
The ability to earn consistently growing profits is the ultimate key. Yes, that concept is usually manifested by the dividend yield, but your missing the forest for the trees if that is the sole focus.
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Everyone loves to hate bankers. Their hefty bonuses, inflated egos, and "models and bottles" lifestyle framework often make them a public target for contempt. The prestige of a banking job is coveted far and wide by top business school graduates, and some of these douchebag attributes have trickled down to analyst levels. Let's examine four infamous case studies:
Aleksey Vayner
Probably the epitome of puffery blown out of proportion. In October 2006, Vayner, a Yale student, sent UBS AG a job application. Except it wasn't your typical CV+cover letter+transcript+references. No, it was a video resume. "BALLIN!", you say. Well maybe, sort of. Take a look:
Let's forget for a second that we have a twenty-something year old referring to himself as an "inspiration". This was supposed to be his resume, and I really don't see the conveyance of any value added he can provide a prospective employer. If this hotshot was hired, I'd imagine he'd just be up on his soapbox waxing random bullshit about personal success all day.
This video wouldn't have been so bad if he didn't make other outrageous claims such as:
- The Dalai Lama wrote his college recommendation letter.
- He worked for the CIA.
- He taught Jerry Seinfeld and Harrison Ford how to play tennis.
- He was a participant in Tibetan gladiatorial competitions.
- He is an expert practitioner of Chinese orthopedic massage.
- He was the original developer of Napster.
Though to his credit, he did set in motion an internet meme that in turn became sort of parodied by an actually awesome dude.
Lucy Gao
Ridiculed far and wide as "Citi girl", Gao was an intern for Citi's Real Estate Equity Research group. She was planning on hosting an elaborate 21st birthday celebration at the Ritz and wanted to send out some invites to her glitzy shindig. Most students create a Facebook event or send a few short text messages, or slap together a 5-liner email. Not Lucy G. Her anal-retentiveness led her to draft this detailed email invite:
From: Gao, Lucy [CIR]
Sent: 16 August 2006 12:53
Subject: Details and instructions for Lucy's Ritz Party
Dear Friends,
Thank you for all your replies and I am glad all of you can come this Friday to celebrate my 21st with me. Please read ALL the following to ensure your entry into the Ritz.
Lucy's 21st Birthday Party at The Ritz Hotel London
Friday, 18th of August
9pm Champagne Reception
10pm Photo Shoots
10:30pm Blowing Candles
Mid-night Pangaea, Mayfair
I have arranged the Ritz to host a Champagne Reception with a selection of Ritz Champagne for all my guests, this will be on me so please come and indulge.
A specially made birthday cake has also been ordered and the Ritz waiters will kindly serve you each a generous slice with Ritz cutleries, etc…also on me.
* When you arrive, take the Hotel entry on the opposite side of the Green Park tube station [Please refer to your arrival time at the end of this email]
* When asked "how can I help you Sir/Madame?", you reply "I am here for Lucy's Birthday Party at the Rivoli Bar"
* You will be escorted to the lounge area next to the Rivoli bar, where you will hopefully see a gorgeous group of ladies.
If you experience any issues getting in or getting to the Ritz, please call my mobile on 07782 205 450 and my PA Ms Gill will kindly deal with your queries between 8:30pm to 10pm.
Gentlemen: Jacket, shirt, and please also bring a tie (no jeans, trainers, flip-flops, polo-shirts)
Ladies: skirt/top, cocktail dress (no denim, min-skirts, flip-flips, bad tastes)
Advice 1: It goes without saying that the more upper-class you dress, the less likely you shall be denied entry.
Advice 2: Photos will be taken between 10pm to 10:30pm, and these will be distributed once processed, therefore you may want to be well-groomed! ;)
I will be accepting cards and small gifts between 9pm to 11pm… <wink> hehehe
I very much look forward to seeing you all at the Ritz this Friday.
ARRIVAL TIMES: [Please stick to these as best as you can, thank you]
9:00pm: Lucy, Sophie Sandner, Kajai, Mandeep, Preet, Sanami, Su, Lisa, Kate.
9:15pm: Phoebe, Sophie Seugnet, Theo, Dmitry, Ed, Nikolay, Paul, Nick, Harry.
9:30pm: Marco, Andrea, Jess, Ovi, Yuki, Olga, Kim, Marcelo, Ulyana, Krystal, Dan.
9:45pm: Sunita, Alan, JingJing, Emma.
10:00pm: Anthony, Rachel, Roger, Uli, Yogi, Gharzi
Lucy Gao
Citigroup | Real Estate Equity Research
4th Floor, Citigroup Centre (CGC1)
25 Canada Square, London E14 5LB
Direct Line: +44 207 986 4116
Fax: +44 207 986 4341
Mobile: +44 778 220 5450
Email: [email protected]
This chick has a PA. If you are 21 years old, unless you are Blair Waldorf, your life is most likely not significant enough to qualify for needing a freaking PA!!! Also, she has a set time to blow out candles and scheduled arrival times for individuals. I wonder if her friends actually put up with that. In any case, I didn't quite catch where it's gonna be at… the Hilton or something?
Peter Chung
This stud was a 24-year old Princeton grad who landed a job with The Carlyle Group in Seoul back in May 2001. Deciding his life of "fuck[ing] every hot chick in Korea" was too awesome to keep to himself, he fired off this email to 11 of his friends back at Merrill Lynch New York, where he used to work:
From: Peter Chung
Subject: LIVING LIKE A KING
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:26:21 -0400
So I've been in Korea for about a week and a half now and what can I say, LIFE IS GOOD….
I've got a spanking brand new 2000 sq. foot 3 bedroom apt. with a 200 sq. foot terrace running the entire length of my apartment with a view overlooking Korea's main river and nightline. Why do I need 3 bedrooms? Good question, the main bedroom is for my queen size bed, where CHUNG is going to fuck every hot chick in Korea over the next 2 years (5 down, 1,000,000,000 left to go) the second bedroom is for my harem of chickies, and the third bedroom is for all of you fuckers when you come out to visit my ass in Korea.
I go out to Korea's finest clubs, bars and lounges pretty much every other night on the weekdays and everyday on the weekends to (I think in about 2 months, after I learn a little bit of the buyside business I'll probably go out every night on the weekdays). I know I was a stud in NYC but I pretty much get about, on average, 5-8 phone numbers a night and at least 3 hot chicks that say that they want to go home with me every night I go out.
I love the buyside,I have bankers calling me everyday with opportunties and they pretty much cater to my every whim – you know (golfing events, lavish dinners, a night out clubbing). The guys I work with are also all chilll – I live in the same apt building as my VP and he drives me around in his Porsche (1 of 3 in all of Korea) to work and when we go out. What can I say,…. live is good,…
CHUNG is KING of his domain here in Seoul
So, all of you fuckers better keep in touch and start making plans to come out and visit my ass ASAP, I'll show you guys an unbelievable time.
My contact info is below…. Oh, by the way, someone's gotta start fedexing me boxes of domes, I
brought out about 40 but I think I'll run out of them by Saturday…..
Peter Chung
The Carlyle Group
Suite 1009, CCMM Bldg.
12, Yoido-dong, Youngdeungpo-ku
Seoul 150-010, Korea
Tel: (822) 2004-8412
Fax: (822) 2004-8440
email: [email protected]
If you didn't quite get that last part, "domes" is referring to condoms. A friend of his thought it'd be hilarious to forward the email to someone else. Soon enough, the CHUNG's sexual prowess was widely known by almost everyone in banking and he was subsequently terminated from his post at TCG.
Jeffrey Chiang
Jeff Chiang's display of douchebaggerism is actually pretty recent. In fact, he gained notoriety just this past week. To sum up, Chiang had an interview with Morgan Stanley (MS), and when asked if he had any other offers, he fabricated one from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). Vice versa, he had told BAML that he was in second round interviews for MS when he only in fact had a first round phone interview. Unfortunately for him, the banking world is quite small, and he eventually got dinged by his interviewers with industry connections. Here is the email chain:
From: xxxxx (BoAML person)
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:43 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Other people at other banks)
Subject: FW: Jeffrey Chiang
I don't know if this guy has come up on your radar screens in terms of analyst recruits, but you need to be warned about him. I should have been tipped off by the fact that he ran a "5K marathon" on his resume.
I just figured something got lost in translation.
I interviewed him on campus, and while he was pretty weird/intense, he seemed like somebody who would crank and potentially make for a good analyst, so we waved him in for an office visit.
Things started going bad for him when I got a call from our HR department about him during our Superday. In making his travel arrangements with our travel agent, he had apparently made a big stink about needing to stay at the Four Seasons and blew up on the travel person. It was apparently bad enough that she went to the trouble to inform our HR department.
Our Superday reviews on him were pretty mixed, nonetheless. He had spent a summer at Gulfstar, so I did a bit of checking on him there, and it became clear that they were also very unimpressed with the way that he carried himself. So, we dinged him, but that is not where the story ends.
He had told one of the associates in our office that he was in the second round of interviews for MS's Palo Alto office. Well, our associate happened to mention this to his friend that works in the MS Palo Alto office and the associate at MS said that Jeff had had only had a phone interview but had indicated that he had an offer from BAML.
When the MS team asked him to send proof of his offer, he manufactured the email below and forwarded to the MS team.
We have notified UT of this joker's behavior, but needless to say, this guy shouldn't be able to get a job at McDonalds after a stunt like this.
—–Original Message—–
From: xxxxx (MS person)
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:58 AM
To: xxxxx (BoAML person)
Subject: FW: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews
This is what Jeffrey sent Morgan Stanley to prove he received an offer from your firm. Given you told me you dinged him, should I assume this is fake? If so, that's unbelievable and his school should be notified, he shouldn't get a job anywhere on Wall Street.
—–Original Message—–
From: xxxxx (Morgan Stanley person)
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:47 PM
To: xxxxx (Another MS person)
Subject: Fw: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews
—– Original Message —–
From: Jeffrey Chiang
To: xxxxx (Morgan Stanley person)
Sent: Tue Oct 13 22:52:34 2009
Subject: FW: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews
Best Regards,
Jeffrey Chiang
Business Honors Program & Finance
Economics Honors & Advertising Honors
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: xxxxx
Cell: xxxxx
From: Park, Diana
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:36 PM
To: Jeffrey Chiang
Subject: RE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews
Hi Jeff,
Everyone was very impressed with your interviews today. We are excited to formally extend to you an offer to join Bank of Ameria [sic] Merrill Lynch as an analyst next summer. You should be getting documentation in the mail to sign very shortly. If you have any further questions please feel free to email me. Again, congratulations and we look forward to having you join us next year.
—–Original Message—–
From: Jeffrey Chiang
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:28 PM
To: Park, Diana
Subject: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interviews
Ms. Park-
I just wanted to follow up with you regarding my interviews and the recruiting process for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and where they are in the process. Please shoot me back an email when you can. Thanks for all your help.
Best Regards,
Jeffrey Chiang
Business Honors Program & Finance
Economics Honors & Advertising Honors
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: xxxxx
Cell: xxxxx
No, "Dana Park" does not in fact exist, and can you believe this kid demanding to stay at the Four Seasons just for a Superday? Also, a tip: if you're going to make up a fake offer, at least get the company name right. In addition, some people have reported that he made up fake clients to fill up his cold-calling list, and bribed associates during a previous internship at Goldman Sachs. Chiang then wasted no time in deleting all of his online profiles (though they can still be found through the magic of Google cache).
Of course, not everybody in banking possesses the level of haughtiness these young assclowns have displayed. But this is the kind of stuff that gets coverage and reflects on the industry as a whole. So I guess the moral of the story is… just don't be a douchebag.


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I dont recall, i think it was for Jamokachi.. i have no idea, i cant recall. Not much sleep the last week, lol.
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FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo)–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed his willingness Saturday to review the goal set by the previous Democratic Party of Japan-led government to terminate nuclear power plants in the 2030s.
It will not become a reality simply by wishful thinking, Abe told reporters in Fukushima Prefecture. "I will promote responsible policy measures," he said, indicating a switch in policy following the DPJ's defeat in the Dec. 16 general election.
Abe's Liberal Democratic Party campaigned on a policy of determining "the best energy mix" within 10 years.
He made the comment after inspecting the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan, where the country's worst nuclear crisis has unfolded. The new premier apparently intended to demonstrate that his government is serious about speeding up reconstruction efforts by visiting the plant soon after launching his Cabinet on Wednesday.
Abe also said he hopes to "accelerate" the decommissioning work at the crippled plant, which is expected to take more than 30 years.
At the Fukushima Daiichi complex, Abe told around 80 employees of the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., "Fukushima, and Japan as a whole, can be reconstructed after successfully meeting the challenge of the decommissioning work. The government is ready to completely support this work."
On the decommissioning work, new industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi expressed a positive stance Friday on providing the state's technical support for TEPCO.
Meanwhile, Abe indicated he will give more powers to the Reconstruction Agency to eliminate vertically divided administrative functions in rebuilding the areas damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.
"I plan to concentrate all of the powers in the agency to introduce one-stop decision making," he said.
Accompanying Abe was Takumi Nemoto, who represents a constituency in the prefecture and was appointed reconstruction minister on Wednesday.
Abe also visited the plant in October, as head of the LDP.
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Johnson announced the project Wednesday during a visit to Port-au-Prince, where he met with Haitian President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, according to the AP.
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Our ski resort is intended for beginners as well as for advanced professionals. The main attractions of the facility in summer will be: dry ski run for skiers and modern, gravity luge track.
Beskid Sports Arena is located in Szczyrk, at the end of the valley of Biła creek. The bus stop is located in the vicinity of the resort. There will be 6 parking lots for total 500 vehicles and 5 buses. All parking spaces in the area are free.
Beskid Sports Arena is equipped with a fully automatic snowmaking system provided by "SUPERSNOW". Our system will consist of 42 stationary cannons, controlled by weather stations and two water tanks with a total capacity of 11,000 m3, equipped with aeration and cooling systems. The snowmaking system is supplemented by snowBOX, the machine enabling the production of snow also in summer.
In the winter season 2016/2017 the resort have 4 ski runs with a total lenght of 3.2 km and an area of 8 ha. For learners a comfortable run No. 2 is dedicated, equipped with a whole-year plastic surface. The flagship resort run is the blue No. 1 with a length of 1200 m. Its attraction is the tunnel 50 meter long, allowing collision-free passage under the planned run no 3. For more advanced customers there are dedicated red colour run No. 2. In the season17/18 we will open the most difficult, black colour run No. 3 which will be typical slalom run with inclination of slopes up to 45%.
Additionally, two separated zones were prepared: child's zone marked as No. 6, situated at the lower station and sports zone on the peak of a clearing, marked as No. 5, enabling the organization of competitions.
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The bottom station have ticket office, restaurant, rental of sports equipment and ski school.
The top station in 2016/2017 season have catering spot. The end of developing station is planned for 2018.
Our little gout "Ignatius of the Beskid Mountains" warm-heartedly invites you to track information on the website www.beskidsportarena.pl, to visit the point of the BSA Tourist Information which is located in Szczyrk at Beskidzka Street 57 as well as to like the official Facebook profile www.facebook.com/beskidsportarena


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Rad RV's
by Peter Werbe
The scene is typical around campfires from Colorados Rocky Mountain National Park to the Great Smokies in North Carolina. A couple of hardcore backpackers, just returned from a few days of wilderness hiking and climbing, stare in part amusement, part digust at a 35-foot recreational vehicle (RV) lumbering into the campground in search of electrical and water hookups. The $82,000 Pace Arrow is slung with bike racks, a wading pool and bristles with TV antenae.
Gawd, mocks one of hard edge campers, why didnt they just bring their whole house?
Indeed, these behemoths of the road have many of the amenities of home including posh living and sleeping quarters plus kitchen and bathroom facilities which even allow for hot water showers. Roughing it is definitely not the intent here.
Its evident theres a vast chasm between some peoples desire for a backcountry, close-to-nature experience and that of others for camping in the comforts of what is literally a mobile home.
However, there is an underground sector of todays youth culture developing that perhaps provides a middle-ground between the two approaches to life on the road. Younger, hipper and decidedly less conventional than their RVing forebears, these neo-nomads are are defining a new lifestyle.
Typical of those in this emerging trend is an ex-Detroiter, now going by the name Sunfrog, who chucked a promising writing career in the Motor City to head out for the open road with his companion and child. Their home is a converted 1980 Ford Econoline van with a turtle top and queen size bed.
We want to re-invent the sterotype of the RVer, says Sunfrog. Were not 65-year-olds with a Winnebago in tow and a TV in the RV.
And, hes not alone. Sunfrog describes a huge sub-culture of radical youth RVers transversing the continent, singlely or in caravans. Were a poverty jet set, he laughs, living on a shoe string, ignoring camping fees, and doing soup kitchens or Food Not Bombs feedings for free food. Sunfrog estimates his family traveled the country for six months on $1000.
Their odyssey took them east to French-speaking rural Quebec, south to Florida and as far west as the national Rainbow gathering in northern New Mexico. After their funds began to dry up, they did temp work in San Francisco, Sunfrog doing data entry for organizers of omni-sexual, Bay area safe sex events, and his companion Lisa, as a stripper at the Lusty Lady saloon in North Beach.
Sunfrog and family assiduously avoided the nations 16,000 Yogi Bear-type RV parks, with their jungle gyms and minature golf courses, instead relying on information gleaned from Don Wrights Guide to Free Campgrounds; 10th Edition to avoid paying to camp. It was our bible, says Sunfrog. We couldnt afford fees that were as much as $40 a night in the Florida Keys, and we never paid a dime our entire trip. Besides campgrounds, overnight sites were often strip mall parking lots or even outside fancy hotels where they helped themselves in the morning to complimentary continental breakfasts. Cooking is done roadside over propane stoves, wash-up and showers come courtesy of park accommodations or streams and rivers, while bathroom facilities are often the nearby bush.
Statistically, radical RVers make up only a small portion of the estimated 25 million people on the road in recreational vehicles. The average age of the conventional RV owner is 48 and unlike their youthful counterparts, the vast majority dont see the activity as as a life-style, just a comfortable way to spend a vacation.
Sunfrog denied any friction between the two subculture. Most mainstream RVers see a long-haired family in an RV and just assume we were on a Grateful Dead tour.
For many conventional families, mainstream RVing is the opportunity for them to experience a connectedness often missing in the hectic daily lives many Americans lead. At home we often dont get the chance to sit down and eat dinner together, says Christine Loomis, travel editor of Family Life magazine. When we travel in an RV, we eat together every day.
Not surprisingly, most RV owners are an up-scale bunch, according to industry figures, with an average income of nearly $40,000. They use their vehicles approximately 23 days a year and travel 5,900 miles a year. To join the RV fraternity, you have to have some bucks, and not just for the startlingly low gas milage the big vehicles get. Although pop-up trailers can start as low as a few thousand, the really elegant rigs can top out at over $100,000
But whether you sleep on a foam pad in a converted van or the bedroom of a luxurious motorhome, the yearly vacation has tremendous importance in our society. The 14-day respite from toil approaches iconic status in modern, work-intensive, industrial cultures as the reward for 50 weeks of bone- or mind-deadening work. However, the two-week vacation is increasingly a thing of the past with the average American now receiving paid time off for only eight days. By contrast, European workers often receive as much as six weeks.
For many Americans, a vacation means taking the money saved all year and blowing it on a brief stay at a expensive resort or hotel, eating meals in restaurants, and getting a tan to prove to ones fellow workers that you were at leisure. .Sunfrog and other gypsy-RVers, by contrast, dont think life on the road should be something special.
Everyday can be a vacation if you abandon the values of the consumer generation, he observes. We dont have the disposable income of the previous generation, but we realize all of life can be a vacation if we abandon the mall values of our parents.
Like Sunfrog and family, most adherents of this contemporary nomad philosophy, travel in older model van conversions with even a sprinkling of the classic sixties ridethe VW micro-bus. Many of the vehicles sport nouveau-hippie decorations on the exteriorincluding the old-fashioned peace symbolbut most travelers prefer to leave their vans unadorned to allow for an unobstrusive presence at parks and campgrounds.
Once summer hits, youth RVers begin touring in earnest, hitting numerous alternative events, most of which are unknown to mainstream vacationers. By unspoken agreement, gypsy-RVers are apt to turn up in numbers at neo-hippie national Rainbow gatherings, the radical environmental Earth First! Round River Rendezvous where direct action to preserve the wilderness is planned, Vermonts Bread and Puppet Theater pageant featuring outdoor plays starring giant puppet figures, or the Burning Man Festival held in the Nevada desert where post-punk, primitivist celebrants torch a giant effigy following pagan revelry.
Once part of a marginal subculture, these events, which now attract thousands and have leaked into the mainstream through exposure in such publications as Details magazine. As a result, some participants in the gypsy RV scene fear increasing commercialization at the sites threatens to suck the authenticity and romance out of the underground
Sunfrog, however, thinks they will avoid becoming what he calls a commodified spectacle.
Even if Rainbow and Burning Man attract tourists and gawkers, theyre still mainly non-commercial events that evade the commodification of the nomadic lifestyle.
Meanwhile down the road, mainstream RVers, who are decidedly less apt to dance around a fire adorned only with body paint, will more likely turn up at the network of RV regional rallies, campouts, and conventions sponsored by groups like the Good Sam Club, Family Campers and RVers, and the Loners on Wheels
Culture clash? You bet, but fortunately there are enough
highways and woods left to accommodate everybody.
Peter Werbe is the Public Affairs Director for WCSX-FM in Detroit.
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Here are some links for the weekend.
- Take a look at 11 Amazing Artist's Studios and Workspaces. I wish one day I will have such a workspace, too.
- Here's a tutorial how to turn a book into an art journal. I think it's a great idea since you can find old books with beautiful covers for nearly nothing at flew markets or thrift stores.
- Print an edgy looking t-shirt with stick letters.
- If you are like me wondering what could substitute the Google reader, here are the best alternatives.
- Some great ideas for DIY envelopes. Makes me want to write more letters. It's in German but I guess it should be easy to follow by the pictures.
- Katie makes the sweetest felt creatures, like this Birthday Birdie.
- Another project using old books. I think this makes the prints much more interesting.
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The UN chief said that far from weakening the world's resolve, the heinous incidents will only strengthen commitment to defeating all forms of terrorism.
The UN Security Council also condemned the series of terrorist attacks in a statement.
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I love a mid week dinner filled with the Spark of gorgeous girls.
We settled in for a cosy evening by the fire.... lots of giggles and chatter.
I was given these beautiful daffodils, picked from the garden and beautifully arranged in true professional florist style...and she isn't a florist!
I made Chicken au Champagne...
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Served with my version of a Quinoa Salad.
With edaname, rocket, asparagus, goats cheese with dill, mint and chia seeds. Honey and lemon dressing.
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on 10/12/2018 4:30:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Grey
Gets right into the lashline and curls without pinching. Great fit for my eye. Would repurchase.
on 12/31/2017 2:40:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I find this eyelash culrler performs better than a drugstore curler but I prefer other brands.
The curl with the Kevyn Aucoin is not very attractive looking on my eyes. I much prefer the Shiseido curler and the Shu Uemura over this.
I have had my Shu Uemura one last over 7 years and my Shiseido over 5 . Both give a very lifted doll look to my lashes . I slightly prefer the Shiseido for slight more lift but really those two curlers are about the same in quality and performance.
I really dislike how you can not buy replacement pads for the Kevyn Aucoin curler. I replace my pads every 4-6 months and this would mean this curler would be thrown out in a year.
I can buy replacements pads from Shiseido and they are reasonably priced. I like to keep my expensive lash curlers far longer than a year so not only poor curl performance but also not a long term product.
on 1/21/2017 6:24:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
This is basically my first eyelash curler (I can remember buying a cheap drugstore curler years ago, having it crimp and pinch my lashes, I got rid of it not long after that) so I can't compare it to the other popular ones like the Shu, Shideido or Surratt. I purchased this one because it was the best reviewed eyelash curler on Sephora and many people seemed to prefer it to some of the other popular ones I mentioned. I really like this curler and I think it does the job. I have large, deep set hooded eyes, and this curler grabs all my lashes and doesn't pinch at all unless I position it the wrong way. I do several pumps for about 10 seconds and have curled lashes. The curl seems to last for the day although I do think this would depend on the mascara you use. I like the red curling pad as I can see my black lashes against it easily. I would recommend this curler.
on 1/7/2017 1:52:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I recently noticed that the pad on my trusty Revlon red curler was split in two. Having been down that road before and having no desire to accidentally snip off my eyelashes again, I quickly went on the hunt for a new eyelash curler. After doing minimal research and reading reviews, I picked up a Shiseido curler at Ulta. While it gave a great curl, it was too flat for my eye shape and didn't reach my lashes the way the Revlon did and the way I want it to, especially for a higher end curler. I went back to the Internet and scoured reviews and read Reddit tutorials. I decided to try the Kevyn Aucoin curler based on my rudimentary eye measurements and the fact that it has similar measurements to the Revlon curler, which worked very well for me in the past. (I couldn't find the Revlon curler and figured I'd try higher end anyway.) I'm very happy with the decision. The KA curler fits my eye shape beautifully (for the most part because apparently my eyes have subtle shape differences) and gives a fantastic curl that can almost be TOO much curl if I'm not careful. It's a bit expensive; however, it's easy to find at Sephora or other higher end retailers. The mechanism is very basic and smooth and does exactly what I want it to do. I'm a bit disappointed that replacement pads aren't available after the extra one provided with the curler is gone, but I understand the company recommends replacing the whole curler at that point. I like the actual pad better than the Revlon pad and find it to be firmer, hence giving a better curl with less effort. I definitely plan to repurchase.
on 9/8/2016 12:06:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I was a die hard shu uemura curler user for YEARS. This year, I decided it wasn't worth the effort of trying to get another one since they are harder to buy in the US. Kevyn Aucoin is a fantastic replacement. I honestly think it grabs more of my lashes than shu. Great curl. Only complaint is that the replacement pad doesn't come in plastic but oh well.
on 5/18/2016 10:59:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This curler is definitely not for me. I've only ever used cheap drugstore curlers in the past; it never occurred to me to spend more on one until I started to do some research when the Revlon I've been using for 5-plus years began to wear out. After reading so many glowing reviews for the Kevyn Aucoin, I decided to splurge and see what all the fuss is about. Ouch! No matter how many different angles I tried when using this curler, it never failed to pinch the outer and inner corners of my eyes. And even when I did manage to get a good grip without my eyes watering in pain, I was disappointed in the curl: I mainly just got a crimping effect - my cheap curler gives me much better results. Maybe this curler is not made for someone with small to medium sized eyes like me, because so many others seem to love it. But as for me, I will be returning this curler and picking up another cheap one. And maybe do some more research to see if there's a HG curler out there for small-eyed gals such as myself.
on 6/20/2015 11:09:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Other
Best eyelash curler I have ever used! I used the Shu Uemura eyelash curler for years, but it got old and eventually was just crimping my eyelashes and making them look horrible. This is so much better! It never crimps my eyelashes or pinches my eyes, and gives me a perfect curl every time. This eyelash curler opens extra wide so it gives you more control. I would recommend this to everyone!
on 11/28/2014 3:10:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
For me this is better than my old Shu one. Somehow the shape of this allows me to get all of my eyelashes in comfortably - it opens more - and it makes the lashes look more lifted and longer. The Shu one was a bit crimpy for me, even though everyone swears by it. This one has a larger, more rounded pad, and I prefer the result. The lashes are actually curled as opposed to bent.
on 8/20/2012 6:58:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I've been using the Shu Uemura curler for so many years but after I had Lasik several months ago I found myself struggling to curl my lashes. The shape of the curler no longer fit flush against my eye, so the center area of my lashes would curl but not the inner and outer areas. I was always having to curl my lashes in sections to try and get everything curled. It never occurred to me that my eye might not be fitting with the curve of the Shu curler anymore. So I tried several different curlers (Giorgio Armani, Lancome, Le Metier, Shiseido) until I finally found this one.
The curve is more pronounced than the curve of the Shu and fits against my eye perfectly. I can get all the way to the base of my lashes without any pinching or discomfort. Usually I curl the base and the middle and hold for about ten seconds each and the pinching mechanism moves smoothly without sticking. The pad is a little wider and feels thicker than the traditional pad and it seems to help create a more consistent curl. I love that it's red too. It's kind of retro looking and pretty, and I can see my lashes against it more easily. I think my favorite detail about this curler is how wide it opens up (about twice as wide as any of my other curlers) so I don't have to pull any crazy maneuvers to get all my lashes inside of it.
The replacement pad isn't wrapped in the little sealed plastic square like most replacement pads are (Shu, Armani). It's just thrown in the box along with the curler, which means I usually end up keeping the box just to house the replacement pad, or I have to put it in a tiny ziploc to keep it sanitary. Not a big deal but if I'm using something on my eye area everyday I want it to be as clean as possible. Other than that it's a great curler and I'm relieved that I finally found a replacement for my Shu.
on 12/25/2011 10:49:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I've used lots of eyelash curlers over the years-- everything from Revlon and Sonia Kashuk to Shiseido, Tarte, and Shu Uemura. Shu has long been my favorite, but I decided to try out Kevyn Aucoin's after Sephora stopped carrying Shu's.
This curler performs inconsistently for me, at best. Sometimes I need to apply more pressure than others. Often one of my eyes looks good and the other set of lashes comes out crimped. I rarely get great lashes on both eyes with a quick, gentle squeeze (which is the way the Shu Uemura curler performs). Perhaps it's something about the way the Aucoin curler is balanced or the shape of the pad. It's not a terrible curler-- it does the job, and it hasn't ripped my lashes out. But I have to put lots of effort into squeezing the curler at *just* the right angle and for *just* the right amount of time. I'll be ordering a new curler from Shu pretty soon.
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Once upon a time me and 3 best friend's were going on tour there names were Stacy Luke and Jade . We went on tour with 26 people . We were travelling all around the world . Me and my best friend's were in the vip room in the back of the plane . We were having so much fun . But Luke wasn't we asked why he didn't reply so we said sorry for what ever we did . He said it's not your folt .
Luke said there is a storm coming our way from the left . Stacy looked out her window and saw a humongous tornado Stacy screamed and got the pilots attention "Mayday Mayday" Stacy stopped screaming I said hold on the pilot tried to go faster but it was too late the storm already caught us we went round round round the plane broke in half people screamed died Stacy got upset when she saw everyone screaming and dieing the plane crashed me and my friend's made it out alive shiving . Jade was very angery but we were very hurt . When we got on land we knew nobody else was alive . We were very scared but lucky to be alive . Then we turned around and saw a huge tsunami coming our way . So we stood still cause we knew we will die . But then something amazing happend a huge gorilla my friend Jade said run ! it's Godzilla Stacy said "shhhhh" it's not it a gorilla ok he saved us from the tsunami he picked us up . Then took us some where . We called that day the day mother Earth gave up .
Stacy and Jade had an idea to go on tour . They called it the Skull Island tour . Jade even made a dress out of leaves we thought we will never see Kong again but we did . He was not happy tho he looked angry like we woke something bigger than Kong we ran away . Then bumped in someone before Stacy could scream Luke quickly covered her mouth . The guy said "shhhhhhh" my name is James . James help us find metal so we can put back the plane together . It took months till we where finally finished it took 8 days to get to New Zealand . it was fun going on tour with Kong we will never for get . Now we tell stores about Skull Island .


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In 1988, Mr. Rossi co-founded Eastec Software System and successfully grew the corporation by developing software applications to meet the business needs of the small to mid-size companies. As President of Eastec, Mr. Rossi oversaw all business activities and provided engineering services for clients.
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You know that, do you not?
That Autumn has her own story,
Like winter, spring, monsoon,
Memento mori*...
You know that,
Do you not?
Autumn once a story
On me wrote,
Like catching advertisement datelines...
Like catching young all older songs, eldest of times...
Like coining a catchy phrase
Standing infront of a tree draped golden like a mirthful haze...
Like taking in the aroma of a hookah bar,
Like riding pillion on a friend's bike, who came from far,
Like savouring chocolate tarts spread on creamy layer,
Like taking photo of a rickshaw puller sleeping easy,
Like finding a flower growing blooming against a grey wall like a daisy,
Like finding art as month long fruit of blood and sweat,
Like catching the snappy, jazzy, pantalooned one suddenly as a poet,
Like blowing watery soapy bubbles filling the air,
Like getting a smell of a perfumed brown hair,
Autumn has her own story,
Like winter, spring, monsoon,
Memento mori...
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Krysten Ritter, the recently cast star of the upcoming Netflix series Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones, is seriously digging the comics her new show is based on.
While speaking to Cosmopolitan.com about her role in the new Tim Burton film, Big Eyes, Ritter admits she wasn't a comic book fan before she was cast as Jessica Jones, but now she can't put the source material -- Brian Michael Bendis' and Michael Gaydos' acclaimed Marvel comic, Alias -- down.
"I wasn't, but I am now reading the Jessica Jones comics and devouring them. And [I'm] hooked. I don't think I've been so hooked on something since Serial. So now I feel that way about the Jessica Jones series. I can't wait. I mean, as soon as we're done today, that's what I am going to be doing. I'm really excited about Jessica Jones. It's so f**king cool. It's so cool. I can't wait to watch it."
Ritter had memorable roles on Breaking Bad and Veronica Mars before landing a starring role on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. In the Cosmo interview, Ritter also expressed her excitement at working with another female creative, Jessica Jones showrunner Melissa Rosenberg (who wrote for the first four seasons of Dexter, before adapting the Twilight books for those blockbuster films).
"It's crazy, because I remember, like, six years ago, I was like, 'I just want to work with female directors and female showrunners; there's none.' And I feel like, since then, I've exclusively worked with women, which I love. I worked with Amy Heckerling, Kat [Coiro], Jessica Goldberg, Leslye Headland, Nahnatchka Khan, the creator of Don't Trust the B--, who is my idol and bar for anything funny. And now Melissa! It's a dream come true."
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*There is no stopping the saga of success with hit maker producer/pianist Jay Fenix. The undeniable music chemistry between Jay and Songstress Melanie Fiona beckons another upcoming Billboard Chart topping song release.
His Grammy Nominated song "It Kills Me" is still on the radar for Melanie Fiona and Jay was destined to compose and produce a knockout memorable track then and is eager calibrate the same momentum now.
When you ask Jay what type of song is headed our way this time, he responds:
"The inspiration and creativity in working with Melanie is so great that it is hard to sketch out a specific style outcome since we currently have a variety of writers and composers with outstanding lyrics and songs to consider, however it will embark on a new production vision for her."
Since his success with "It Kills Me", Jay has been requested to produce tracks for Fantasia, Musiq, Chrisette Michelle, T.I., Tamia and Trey Songz to name a big few and heavily booked throughout the year in the studio.
Noting another accolade, Jay was also an award recipient among the star studded celebrity line up at the 14th Annual SESAC Music in New York City this year.
His vision, production excellence, passion and world class tours with icons such as Melissa Etheridge, Rosey, Meredith Brooks, Stephanie Mills, and as an understudy for producers 7 Aurelius and DJ Jazzy Jeff has instilled a great discipline for his craft. As the musical director for his mother church Jay's talents also include, piano, drums and the guitar. Influenced by the likes of; Marvin Gaye, Genesis, Donny Hathaway, Michael Jackson, Prince, and The Police, Jay uses his classical training to create inspiration music.
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Here is a recipe I found which I'm fairly sure will warm me up on a chilly evening. The mixture of red wine, marijuana seeds-related goodness and chilli is sure to turn this ordinary bean concoction into something scrumptious!
1 lb. bacon, cut into two-inch strips 2 cups red wine
4 tablespoons chilli powder
1/2 clove garlic
1 cup chopped marijuana
1/2 cup mushrooms
Cooking instructions
Soak the pinto beans in water overnight. Using a large pot, pour boiling water over the beans and allow them to simmer for about an hour, adding more water when necessary, making sure the beans are always completely covered.
Add in the remaining ingredients and leave to simmer for 3 hours so that the bacon will be thoroughly cooked. Add in salt to taste, and enjoy.
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This cheerful holiday blend will warm your heart with the inviting aroma and delightfully simple taste of freshly baked sugar cookies straight from the oven. Like all of our teas, Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride has no refined sweeteners or added sugars — giving you a guilt free way to partake freely in the pleasures of the season.
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"Tracking" is what the young people of the Full Gospel Church, Lowther Road, Fleetwood, called "tracting": going out, and giving gospel tracts—leaflets urging personal acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and often warning of eternal punishment to come—to people whom one happened to encounter. If one could strike up a conversation with the recipient of the tract, and "witness" to them, so much the better.
Some of the young people would refer to the tracts themselves as "tracks".
My first mention of "tracking" is in the 1965 story Alone at last! There are numerous references in 1966, e.g. Saturday 1st January 1966.
Gospel tracts published by T. L. Osborn found favour with Audrey and me; see Saturday 29th January 1966.
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