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A Zombie Honey Indie Horror Review by Bella
A Plague So Pleasant (2015)
Let me be perfectly honest before we dive in here: I am always willing to hoot, holler, rave, chime in, and give more than my two cents for an indie movie that comes out of Athens, Georgia. Even those that aren't so good. That being said, A Plague So Pleasant is more than good. It's so - SO - pleasant.
The movie opens with a voiceover information dump - I know, I know, bear with me - explaining what the zombie apocalypse was like. In a brief 12 hours the apocalypse came and went, leaving the well-prepared world a little less prepared for what would happen when they stopped shooting the zombies and the zombies stopped eating them. You see, in A Plague So Pleasant, the zombies are frightening - in as far as they exist - but outside of that, they are completely uninterested in the living.
In fact, they are more of a nuisance; shambling around and taking up space. And, because they are illegal to kill, their numbers keep growing because everyone is infected, so when they die, they just come back. Large swaths of land have been turned into zombie preservations, causing higher taxes and increased costs of living. What everyone thought was going to be a bloodied battle of survival turns out to be a bleak trudge through despair.
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And, even though the movie opens with some skillfully filmed, black and white, Pi-esque, art film shots, it progresses into so much more than that. You trudge through life with the main character, Clay. Taking in his required survival courses; conversing with his manipulative roommate; and even visiting a preserve with his sister, Mia, who refuses to let go of the boyfriend-turned-zombie and the life they once had. Mia is a bright spot in Clay's day to day actions, but her inability to accept the undead as truly gone is the final catalyst in Clay's illegal reaction.
In an unexpected turn of events, the film bleeds color and turns from a grayscale study in life-after-undeath to a run-for-your-life-the-zombies-are-coming survival movie. A Plague So Pleasant quickly, and seamlessly, becomes something else entirely. And, while the movie never
loses sight of the bleak post-apocalyptic landscape that it created, it immediately becomes the brutal, gory, kill-or-be-eaten zombie movie you look for.
|Toilet paper and acrylic paint has never been so scary.
I believe that the future of the zombie sub-genre lies in indie films, and this one is a prime example. Filmed for around $3,000, with a teenage makeup effects artist, and a thousand extras, A Plague So Pleasant is a grand achievement - not only in imaginative storytelling, but in cinematography and script as well. And, I'm excited and proud that it came out of the place I call home - Athens, GA. In today's indie film landscape the budgets are getting bigger - not a million dollars bigger - but bigger than what Benjamin Roberds and Jordan Reyes had to work with. It's refreshing to come across a production that not only looks like a million bucks, but where the effects - from a self-taught teenager - are effective and the acting is superb.
Seriously, though, see this movie. It comes to DVD on August 25th.
Zombie Honey Rating: 4.5 Rolls of Makeup Effect Toilet Paper out of 5
Watch A Plague So Pleasant,
then gush with me on Twitter: @MissBellaBlitz


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I shouldn't have came back, I'm always on the loosing side , the pew pew was fun I killed as much as I could yet as always in delta blob crashes never stay simple *beep* always has to go down. Maybe one day I'll return who knows , oh and as always the levis were late lol, I blame you ruder as always
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It's sad to see you go, Kirby. We've had our disagreements, but I've always valued every active player on Delta, especially on the forums, regardless of their allegiances.
Take care dude, and good luck in life!
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Hi Adrian.
While updating my branches to HEAD I came across one place where I
start a storeclient at another offset than 0. In this case the
headers is already parsed elsewhere in another store client in
another module (they are both sharing the store entry pointer), and I
want to jump directly to the body of the reply.
Is this a thing that is currently OK to do in the new interface, or
must I rewrite it?
Yes, this will be rewritten before the relevant code is eventually
merged into HEAD. The question now is more of if I need to rewrite it
now, or later..
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Wicker Bedroom Furniture – Feel the Glory and Elegance of the Ancient Legacy
Knitting the natural rattan to make wicker furniture is an antique art. This kind of furniture is characterized by adding such a tropic touch to your home generally, your bedroom and country yard specifically. In case you have no knowledge of rattan, it is a sort of palm that people harvest and weave using an old technique, which is acquired from Asian people.
Believe it or not, you will find what suits your style and ambience thanks to the huge collection that wicker bedroom furniture offers that varies in colors and style to ensure giving your bedroom a tropical and fresh look.
As mentioned above, wicker bedroom furniture is available in different styles and colors. If you have a specific color for your room, you can paint your wicker furniture in the same color. Over years, many homeowners usually prefer obtaining white wicker bedroom furniture due to its popularity, light, womanly look and its capability to mix with many other décor themes.
Here is a great and cheap way to make your mattress set neat without the need to spend a fortune on a bed frame, wicker headboards are what I am talking about. Weaving wicker along with leather is what headboards are made of. This is why you may feel a manly ambience around you thanks to mixing this feel with your room's wicker décor.
This time we talk about weaving wicker with wood, and guess what? You have strong and durable futons frames, yet they are light and can be removed easily. If you finally get into wicker designs, you can purchase wicker versions of nightstands, dressers and even day beds in natural and painted colors.
White wicker bedroom furniture is such an ideal choice for decorating your little girl's room. This kind of wicker furniture suits most of the existing bedding options that many of homeowners have. Besides, it guarantees safety from accidents for your child due to its soft edges.
Finally, when it comes to storage space, wicker furniture boosts and improves it in so many ways. Wicker furniture provide your bedroom with necessary additions to almost any room in your house, such as wicker storage boxes, laundry hampers and stacking wicker storage chests. Due to the availability of different colors and styles, you can consider adding wicker to any current decorating style you already have.


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One of the most treasured realities of my life is the fact that I am adopted.
My adoption is a humbling and beautiful storyline - with a cast of characters who hold within them a depth of love I still make great effort to both understand and emulate.
My story began with a courageous and sacrificing young mother, and ended with parents who loved and cared for me despite my inability to ever love and honor them enough in return.
This Christmas, though, I've thought often of a missing character in my story.
I was unpacking trimmings for our tree when I came across a sweet ornament - a 'Baby's First Christmas' photo frame. As I reflected on the first Christmases of my two little ones, I pondered my own.
I was born mid-December. And I was lovingly adopted in late January. My first Christmas was spent in the home of a foster family.
Christmas. A time of year that heralds fellowship and celebration. And crying newborns? What kind of family would open themselves up to that level of disruption? What kind of family wants to care for a baby girl at her most vulnerable and needy time - to stay up all night - to change CLOTH diapers - to measure out formula and tidy up spit up in the middle of the season of sparkle and delight?
We've heard it so often that it is almost cliche, "Christmas is the season of giving."
I'm living proof that it is.
And so with teary eyes and a heart that is bursting with gratitude, I want to say thank you to the beautiful people with whom I spent my very first Christmas. The gift you gave me is beyond my ability to repay, which seems to be a prevailing thread in the fabric of my adoption story.
In this season of giving, remember the givers. I am indebted to the Florida Children's Home Society and the many givers in their midst. Please remember the children they serve - I am one. And encourage the many foster families that embody the love we celebrate on Christmas Day.


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Standard finish is RAL 9002 powder coat in a texture. 4 x floor and 4 x wall anchor points in every cabinet.
Tested to DNV SS3492 Standard.
The Municipal Security manufacturing facility can produce any combination of internal fittings for firearms storage.


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This morning brings the news that a speech by former Weather Underground leader William Ayers at the University of Wyoming has been canceled:
The University of Wyoming announced Tuesday that a public lecture by William "Bill" Ayers, a former 1970s radical antiwar protestor who is now a university professor, has been canceled.
Ayers, 65, a distinguished professor of education and senior scholar at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), had been scheduled to give a public lecture from 4-6 p.m. Monday in the UW Education Auditorium.
The public lecture had been sponsored by the UW Social Justice Research Center, which is a privately endowed center that studies problems of oppression and inequalities among different social groups.
Titled "Trudge Toward Freedom: Educational Research in the Public Interest," the talk would have focused on what makes education in a democracy different from other societies, as well as the importance of teachers seeing their students are more than just students, but whole human beings.
UW released a statement on its Web site on Tuesday afternoon explaining why the Social Justice Research Center had decided to cancel Ayers' visit.
In the statement, the director of the center, UW Educational Studies chair Francisco Rios, apologized to the university community for any harm that may have come to it, and cited personal and professional reasons — including safety concerns — for the cancellation.
This is pretty much the same reason that the University of Ottawa used when it canceled Ann Coulter's speech there a week or so back.
And it's bogus.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73912889995454974332018-09-16T22:31:29.565-07:00Jack's ContemplationsMy thoughts about computers, the Internet, life, the universe, and everything.Jack email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391288999545497433.post-171812322539542512015-12-19T15:21:00.000-08:002015-12-19T15:21:58.623-08:00Self-Publish EPUB E-Books with Free Sigil Software
Whether Writing Books, Designing E-Cards, Publishing User Manuals, or Creating Portable Photo and Video Collections, Sigil May Be the Software for You! Plus, It's Free!

I recently started putting together my next AutoHotkey e-book about using Hotstrings in document and Web editing. In the past I've used software which ran on the ComputorEdge servers. (I took down those servers last summer). I wrote the software myself a number of years ago and considered loading it locally, but even then I was running the results through a program called Sigil. (My software wasn't perfect and saving a file in Sigil corrected whatever errors remained.) I decided to start working directly with Sigil. It's come a long way since I first began processing EPUB e-books years ago.

The EPUB Format

First, a little about the EPUB e-book format. EPUB has become the standard for every e-reader, except the Amazon Kindle. Tablets, smartphones, and computers all have free apps available for reading EPUB e-books. The only other format which rivals EPUB is the PDF format. Since the widely used PDF file is fixed-page oriented format, it's great for printing documents. However, it's not as good as EPUB for reading on a tablet or smartphone because it doesn't easily conform to various screen sizes and shapes. The fact that EPUB converts to both PDF and Amazon Kindle compatible files without a problem makes it the ideal format for writing an e-book. (I use the free Calibre software for e-book file conversion to PDF for printing and MOBI for the Kindle.)

Converting files written in Microsoft Word to EPUB adds a load of unnecessary junk to the source code. The problem with using word processing programs for creating EPUB files is that the documents files are page oriented—similar to PDFs. EPUB readers don't care about pages, margins or default type size. These word processing parameters complicate the document to EPUB conversion problem.

Note; Converting from PDF to EPUB can be just as problematic as converting from word processing files. I find that the best results occur when the process starts with an EPUB file.

Sigil—As Good as It Gets!

Sigil is a full blown WYSIWYG editor (see image below) for EPUB e-book files, but you can also switch to the code view and directly edit the HTML code.

Sigil offers a view of your EPUB e-book which shows all the chapters on the left. Edit in the center pane.

Virtually everything you can do in any word processing program you can do in Sigil. The number one complaint about Sigil is that it only does EPUBs. But, adding other formats to Sigil would defeat the purpose of the software—quickly and easily building EPUBs which conform to the standard and work with any e-reader. Besides, it's so easy to use Calibre to convert from EPUB to almost any other format, it would be a waste of good programming time for the support people to add other unneeded formats.

One of the advantage of using EPUB and Sigil software as the starting point is that they are XHTML based. That means you can take the HTML source code from virtually any Web page and turn it into a chapter in an EPUB e-book. For example, I copied the HTML source code under the HTML tab in the WordPress editor for my blogs on Beginning AutoHotkey Hotstrings, then pasted each into a chapter in the code view of the Sigil e-book editor. I instantly added another chapter for the e-book from the previously written blog. All that was needed were a few minor format changes (to make it a book), plus indexing and the addition of extras.

If you want to self-publish or merely create self-contained portable collections easily read on any device or computer, then give Sigil a shot.

Jack Dunninghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391288999545497433.post-15282580260631664372015-07-30T17:04:00.000-07:002015-07-30T17:05:23.179-07:00Should I Get Windows 10?After years of working with Windows 8 and 8.1 (and writing books about it), I'm ready for Windows 10…almost. Microsoft has completed a full circle and finally produced a proper successor to Windows 7. (At least, that's what most of the reviews say.) People who have hung onto Windows XP can now consider moving to Windows 10 without that horrible Windows 8 learning curve. All the things left out of Windows 8 have now been restored to Windows 10 making it look like a properly souped up Windows 7 computer. The Start Menu is back.

If you own Windows 7 (or Windows 8.1), then you qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 10. No rush. You have the next year to do it. If you're happy with what you have now, then don't be in too much of a hurry. The early stages of any new release can be problematic. Microsoft is already planning a major update in early August. It may be to your benefit to wait until then. Or even better, you may want to postpone your upgrade until October when there is another planned release—this time with more new features, as well as, the fixing of bugs. By that time most of the upgrade problems should be worked out.

It you own Windows XP, then it will cost you $110 to get Windows 10 Home version. Plus you will need to do a clean install wiping all of your old files. In addition, there is no guarantee that the machine will support the upgrade. A couple of years ago, I had some XP machines which wouldn't take Windows 8. I can only assume that there will be some similar install problems for Windows 10 on computers which are too old.

If I were using XP, I would consider spending a few hundred dollars more and buy a new computer with much more power and less legacy problems. You won't realize what a dog you're XP is until you get one of the latest computers with faster processors and huge, speedy hard drives.

Windows 10 will include a new Web browser called Edge (clever name). Apparently, Microsoft has finally given up on Internet Explorer. (Don't worry. Internet Explorer will still be available, but only updated with security patches.) Edge looks and acts a lot like the Google Chrome browser. Humm.

If you want to know if you should get Windows 10, my answer is yes. (I don't want to be the only one upgrading.) While those funky tiles and Modern screen introduced in Windows 8 are still included, they are much easier to totally ignore in Windows 10. If you use either Windows XP or Windows 7, then the experience should be familiar. If you use any version of Windows 8, then the new operating system should be a relief. It should be worth doing—especially if it's free.

Note: If you're wondering what happened to Window 9, Microsoft skipped it. Digitally the number 10 is much more solid than the number 9—even though 9 is a perfect square. Windows 10 is intended to be the last version of Windows ever. It will be updated from here to eternity. Why the change in Microsoft's strategy? Just look at how many people still use Windows XP.Jack Dunninghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391288999545497433.post-75939375451991658952015-07-30T05:24:00.000-07:002015-07-30T05:24:34.768-07:00Why Donald Trump is a Huge Plus for the RepublicansThis is not a political statement or even an political opinion about Donald Trump (or, for that matter, anyone else running for President of the United States). It is merely an observation about the tremendous opportunity that Trump is giving to the nine other top Republican candidates—whoever they may be.

We've heard the spin about how Trump is hurting the Republican brand—as if the GOP is Pepsi or Coke. People certainly hold in mind an overall impression of both the Republican and Democrat parties, but the specific marketing position sticks more with the candidates and officeholders than either party as a whole. Regardless of how Donald Trump fairs in the coming months, the image of the Republican party will take on that of whomever wins the nomination. If it's not Trump (as many believe it won't be), then he will likely fade into the background as an amusement. If it is Trump, then he will become the face of the party. But none of this talk even approaches the most significant impact of Trump running for office—and it has nothing to do with politics.

On August 6th, the first Republican Presidential debate will be held with the main event facing off the top ten in the polls. It is all but certain that Trump will be the headliner—for good or for bad. He is the celebrity who will take the event out of its usual humdrum category into what might be for the purpose of generating viewership the Superbowl of debates. Everyone wants to know what Trump will do next. Will he outrageously attack all the other candidates for being "stupid"? Maybe he will "fire" them all! Will there be fireworks which will take the debate to a new high (or low)? Nobody knows for sure, but there will be plenty of people tuning in for the first time who never before watched one of these usually boring fests. Trump with his no nonsense, off-the-cuff, non-politically correct demeanor can bring in viewers like no one else. Even Democrats are likely to tune-in for this one.

This is a great opportunity for the nine other candidates who are lucky enough to be on the same stage with Trump. (I feel sorry for number ten—whoever he or she will be—who will be nosed out by Trump's surge in the polls and get sent to the second card show held later that same evening.) This is a great opportunity for the other less known contenders to be seen by the millions of people who at this point have no idea who they are. Many people who watch merely to catch some of Trumps antics will be exposed to nine other people vying for the nomination. If they don't blow it, then those participants may just get some useful national attention.

Some might argue that the debate would be more respectable or orderly without Trump. But who would be watching? Only the usual political junkies and political hacks looking for memorable gaffs. With Trump on the stage the whole world will be watching. This is a tremendous opportunity that any political party or candidate should relish. I bet even Hillary wishes she could be up there. Or, maybe not.Jack Dunninghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391288999545497433.post-43137637285813694032015-07-27T09:36:00.000-07:002015-07-27T09:38:47.221-07:00The Decline of FacebookSince I'm not a big fan of Facebook, maybe it's a little bit of schadenfreude when I see the signs of a major breakdown at the social media giant. I do like Facebook when photos of my grandkids are posted, but I don't consider loading the site a rewarding experience. There are two primary things that turn me off and I suspect that eventually they will be major causes for the decline of the behemoth.

Too Much Unrelated Stuff

I'm not sure why most people go to Facebook, but for me it has been a way to see what my family and friends are up to. I especially like to see pictures of my grandkids. However, lately Facebook is cluttered with tons of miscellaneous posts which detract from the experience. Users find something they like on Pinterest, or some other third party service, and post it as something they like. In and of themselves these postings are not necessarily a bad thing, but it would be nice if it were done sparingly. I notice that certain people tend to post everything they come across on the Internet. I find myself paging through reams of unrelated material just to catch a couple of photos of the people I care about. In the past, this was not the case.

I see that many people use Facebook as a place to post all their personal opinions, although they don't actually express those ideas themselves. They find sites which provide material that they ardently agree with and post one article (or clever poster image) after another, after another, after another … I can tolerate an opinion or two, but the repetition of reposting the same ideological themes over and over again becomes tedious and boring–even if I happen to agree with the sentiment. I've had to block the posts from friends (who I agree with politically) because the sheer number of posts was just too overwhelming. Unfortunately, when I do block their postings, I no longer see their personal items which I might find interesting.

To make matters worse Facebook now adds "Suggested Posts" to the page in hopes that I will contribute even more to the clutter. I know that there is money in these tidbits for Facebook, but for me they are Spam. I suspect that there are many people who feel the same way.

Maybe I'm an outlier, but this overwhelming addition of minutiae seems to be killing the Facebook brand. When the site becomes an ordeal rather than an experience which actually connects people with friends and family, it becomes a duty rather than enjoyment. I mostly log onto Facebook when my wife, who doesn't use computers, asks me if anyone has posted any pictures. Even then it is impersonal because I know that the images are meant for the entire known universe and I'm merely a bystander.

I much prefer the personal touch of a photo sent to my smartphone. When I receive a smartphone image from one of my kids, close relatives, or friends, I know that they have taken the time to single us out for the attention. (I can lean over to my wife and show her the latest on my smartphone without leaving my seat or wading through Facebook.) It is definitely more personal. They may also post the photos on Facebook, but the extra effort to target my phone makes it a little more intimate. There is little personal about Facebook, and now, with the massive number of third-party posts I wade through on each visit, I feel even more estranged from the system. But that is not the only reason that I think the future of the giant social media platform is murky. Facebook now serves as a source of separation and antagonism
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"In-Your-Face" Book

The current political climate is the most polarized (and emotional) that I have seen in my lifetime. While there have always been people on the extremes, in the past people were circumspect about where they expressed their most controversial views. Now they wear their opinions on their proverbial sleeves–Facebook, Twitter, or another Internet mouthpiece. It is exacerbated by the easy posting of cute graphics used to emphasize a particular political point.

For example, while half of your Facebook friends may enjoy articles or cartoons attacking (or supporting) Obama, the other half may find them offensive. The feelings run so strongly on both sides that whether it is known or not by the poster, reactions are invoked and relationships are hurt. This lack of personal discretion when openingly expressing views turns off people with contrary beliefs and makes Facebook a less hospitable environment.

I suppose it's not a problem if all of your family and friends share the same political beliefs, but how often does that happen? More than once I have had a gut reaction to a third-party political post which was either inaccurate or totally gratuitous. While I'm immediately tempted to correct the errors by responding to the post, I know that it's a trap to be avoided.

Although when face-to-face I may engage in political discussions with friends on a one-to-one basis, expressing my most closely held positions on the Internet is counterproductive. Many may agree with me, but those who disagree will not be pleased with my thoughts. Long ago, I learned through ComputorEdge that one stray comment can start a war. In a forum like Facebook, it's best to hold your tongue.

I think that young people are especially vulnerable to talking too much on Facebook. I have relatives and friends who freely spout off their views on almost any topic. While I may not agree with their words, I have even more concern about how the poster might be impacted if the words are read by the wrong person–possibly their boss (or prospective boss). While people may claim to believe in freedom of speech, you had better pick your words carefully. Even if it's your right to say it, there are many who will not forgive you for doing so.

The point is that people often use Facebook as a confrontational platform. They may not intend it that way (or they may), but not everyone shares their opinion. Is it really a good idea for a private individual to make their innermost thoughts public? I think not. Who knows–you may want to run for president someday? Some less than well thought out views expressed on social media when you were just a pup may come back to sink your campaign. Even if you don't plan to ever run for office, political views are meant to be expressed in more private venues such as Thanksgiving dinner with your crazy relatives.

This polarizing aspect of Facebook, plus plethora of third-party posts, makes it an antisocial environment. (Ironically, it should be called "antisocial" media.) While I continue to access Facebook in hopes of catching pictures of my grandchildren, I've learned to speed past the chaff left behind by Facebook money making operations and well-meaning friends who want to influence world opinion. While I don't think that the collapse of Facebook is imminent, I do think it is coming…and there is nothing Facebook can do about it. When it happens, it will be a rapid decline. The history of the Internet tells us that this will be the case. After all, Facebook doesn't provide any unique content–its users do that. Facebook is merely a bunch of computers hosting what just happens to be the flavor of the day. If the users go, Facebook goes.

When my kids stop posting photos of their kids on Facebook, I'm gone.

Jack Dunninghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391288999545497433.post-62855821448255541922015-07-25T07:27:00.000-07:002015-07-25T07:27:29.134-07:00Blogging on Blogger (or BlogSpot)I recently started a new blog on WordPress for writing about AutoHotkey–my passion. However, I realized that from time to time I may want to say something about a non-AutoHotkey topic. I could throw it in under the same WordPress blog as "Off-Topic" but that could get pretty messy and confusing. Plus, I wanted to try other free blogging platforms (another possible topic for blogging). That brought me to Blogger (or BlogSpot) which it turns out is owned by Google.

I reserve this blog for my opinions on almost any topic. For example, I plan for my first blog (technically the second blog after this one) to address the decline of Facebook (or as I like to call it "In-Your-Face-Book") and the two factors which will bring it to its knees–one of which is self-inflicted and, possibly, unavoidable. There are a couple of topics which I will avoid on this blog. The first is AutoHotkey since I have another blog specifically for that purpose. The second is politics which has become so polarized that I see little reason throw in my two cents. (If I don't tick off one reader, I will tick off the other.)

I will say that I'm a pragmatist and don't care for the extremes on either the left or the right. My libertarian streak tells me to leave others alone as long as what they don't infringe on other people. It also makes me very suspicious of government intrusion. The problem with government is that it is inherently incompetent. The bigger it is the more incompetent it becomes. It isn't that people don't mean to do well. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." However, there is need for government. The question is "How much and how big?"

I'm a capitalist and have great admiration for entrepreneurs–not so much for those who come after and collect huge salaries for being caretakers. I've been through the cycle myself by starting a business from nothing, then enjoying huge ego-building success only to live through the humbling experience of a complete collapse. I like to think that it has made me older and wiser, but more likely it's just turned me into an old wise guy.

ComputorEdge has become a page of links to other Web pages. Most of them are beginning AutoHotkey tutorial pages. (If you're not using AutoHotkey with your Windows computer, then you should start.) I also have a site cleverly named ComputorEdge E-Books dedicated to selling books–most of which are about AutoHotkey.

Anything I write will be with a purpose and hopefully educational. I tend to avoid controversial statements not because they are inaccurate, but because it is difficult for people to hear while they are yelling at you. Of course, the words in this blog will be "just my opinions", but that doesn't mean that they aren't right and worth heeding.

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T-Mobile has started accepting pre-registrations for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. This is not a pre-order as no devices are actually reserved, and no money changes hands. This is merely a way of expressing your interest in one, or both devices, so that T-Mobile can alert you when it will be accepting pre-orders for the handsets.
Even more exciting is the Samsung, T-Mobile Gear-a-Day contest that you can enter while sending in your pre-registration for the new Galaxy Note models. Between Wednesday and next Thursday, a daily winner will be selected from that day's entries. The daily winner will get to choose his prize from the Samsung Gear 2, Samsung Gear Fit, Samsung Gear 2 Neo, and the Samsung Gear Circle.
One grand prize winner will be selected from all of the entries. That lucky winner will get to keep the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, a Samsung Gear Circle, an S-View Flip Cover, and their choice of any Samsung Gear device currently offered by T-Mobile. It takes less than two minutes to enter, so don't pass this by! The contest is open to those 18 and older, who live in one of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Good Luck!


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most people who know me know my love for football (soccer) and of course for f.c. barcelona. today is one of the biggest games of the year for them. since completely wasting all their chances in their domestic league, and handing that title to real madrid, they pretty much have only the champions league to regain some glory and honor for this year.
unfortunately it's not going to be easy. playing manchester united in front of 70,000+ united fans at old trafford, and going through a goal drought (no goals in the past 3 games!?!)
here to inspire some goals is their destruction of manchester at the camp nou in 1994.


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Computer keeps going into "hibernation mode" suddenly
I read a related thread that was close to my problem, but it wasn't quite the same thing.
Now, when I close the lid, my computer goes into hibernation. That's what I expect, and want. When I open it back up, it prompts for a password, and goes back to the desktop or where I was. Fine.
Here's what has recently started happening:
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Green is the new black, and it's taking over interiors everywhere! Greenery adds lovely pops of vibrancy and brightness to any room, it's no wonder it is one of the biggest trends at the moment.
What better way to work this trend into your indoor space than with a quirky string garden made up of Japanese inspired moss
Materials you will need to create these cool kokedamas:
- Small plants (a fern is a good choice)
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1. Water the plant a day before your DIY activity, so it makes it easy to work with on the day.
2. Add a bit of riversand to the potting mix. Then, it's time to start adding water to the mixture slowly to form a consistency. You will use this to form a ball.
3. Place the sphagnum moss flat in the baking tray and water until nice and damp.
4. Remove the plant from its pot and clean the soil from the roots.
5. Position the plant in the potting mix bowl, wrapping the plant up in the soil.
6. Once that is done, place the plant in the centre of the sphagnum moss, wrapping the ball up nicely with the moss.
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Technically I'm not finished with the series on science, but I decided to take a break for a few weeks because it's time for the Hay House World Summit. Four wonderful, uplifting weeks of videos and lectures from some of the brightest stars in the spiritual community. This series played such an influential role in my spiritual development last year, I couldn't let it pass without writing about it.
Yesterday, as I listened to a talk with Kyle Gray about working with our Angels, I wondered – Do I believe in Angels? Based on a lot of my other writing, it might surprise you to learn that I do… at least, I can allow for their existence. (see here for more on the concept of Allowing). And, of course, as I look up at the microwave and stove clocks, right after writing that sentence, it's 11:11am on both.[1] 🙂
It's like the angels laughing and saying, "Ha! We very much do exist."
I really do love those moments of communion.
In many of my posts I talk about energy. I am familiar and comfortable with the concept of energy. (Although only recently am I more openly talking with others about this). For many, many years of my own spiritual development I was not sure I even believed in a cohesive soul (ie – that the soul was a distinct entity vs. just a collection of energy in a particular lifetime that rejoined the 'all' after death).[2]
Naturally, based on that belief structure, I struggled with the concept of angels as defined, individual, entities – even at an energetic level. I still struggle with that, but thanks to the concept of allowing, I don't have to worry so much about what I believe and I can focus instead on the experiences that I have.
Kyle talks about how his own belief in angels has evolved over the past five years. Initially he seemed to crave more definition around our angelic guides – knowing his own guardian angel's name and understanding the angelic hierarchy. However, he has moved to a place where he seems to associate them more with their energetic vibration and worry less about attaching qualities to their existence (wings, names, etc.)
It's a thoroughly interesting and uplifting talk – you can listen to it <here> (although the link may re-direct you to a sign-up page if you have not already registered for the Hay House Summit.) For this short period of time only it's completely free and totally worth checking out!
[1] In Kyle's talk he mentions that there's a lot of hub-bub around "11:11" and angels and I remember thinking, as I listened, I've never heard of that and I don't remember any significant "11:11" moments in my own life. So, of course, the very next day I would look up at the clocks while I'm writing about allowing for the possibility of the existence of angels… and it would be 11:11 on two clocks J J According to Doreen Virtue's angeltherapy.com "In the case of "1's," they represent the post of an energy gateway. The more 1's you see the stronger the gateway."
[2] Ironically, it was my first pregnancy that convinced me otherwise… maybe I'll tell that story somewhere on the blog someday.


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Blog Update on September 16, 2018
Why am I an Anglican?
I have been asked this question many times.
Read my thoughts and reflections of my personal journey of faith to the Anglican Church, and also my path to be a candidate for the Holy Office.
Blog update on April 22, 2018
My book has been recently reviewed by Christopher A. Porter and published by Review of Biblical Literature in April 2018.
Overall, the review by Porter on my work is generous and encouraging, his critique on the weaknesses of the book is fair and courteous, and his comment on my methodological framework for analysis on metaphor is positive and welcoming.
Please click here to read more about the review.
Blog update April 18, 2018:
More than 90 people signed up for the class on Parables of Jesus at one of the largest churches in Kuala Lumpur, SIBKL.
Blog update:
Check out what we at the Centre for Bible Engagement has been doing for the past few months.
We have been actively acquiring some biblical archaeological replicas for teaching aids.
We hope to make these replicas available for public viewing in the near future so that all could benefit from learning about the cultural and historical background of the Old Testament and New Testament eras.
Blog Update:
I am very pleased to inform that all copies of my recent publication (Metaphors and Social Identity Formation in Paul's Letters to the Corinthians) that are in my stock have all been sold.
I would like to thank everyone in Malaysia for your continuous support for my work and ministry.
Copies of my new book, Metaphors and Social Identity Formation in Paul's Letters to the Corinthians, have arrived from the publisher.
Despatch for those who have preordered the book will be carried in the next couple of days. Thank you for your support.
For those who are keen on ordering the book, please fill up the form in this link.
The cover design for my upcoming publication has been finalised by the publisher, Pickwick Publications. The book, Metaphors and Social Identity Formation in Paul's Letters to the Corinthians, is due to be published in the middle of the year. I will provide further details of the book in the weeks to come.
I am very pleased that I am able to use a photograph that I took when I visited ancient Corinth in 2015 for the cover.
Special thanks to Brian Tucker, Kathy Ehrensperger, and Bill Campbell for the blurbs.
Latest updates on my site
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In amongst all the sad parts of the last two months (loosing our boys), there have been very fun family times, and two birthdays.
Jasmine turned 9 and Jason....Well I'm not allowed to say.
We took the family up to Auckland for a long weekend to have some birthday fun, at Rainbows End and the Zoo etc. We are still tired, :)
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Waiting....... is the word that best describes how that is going. We are finding it really hard to understand why it is taking so long for us to receive another referral from Russia.
We have three friends who lost children after their first trips and received referrals the day after, so for us waiting this long seems excessive.
We are aware there are children there that appear to match our profile. Is it really hard, not being told anything, and not having any idea what is going on.
So the whole situation is pretty sad and disheartening for our family. We were so looking forward to adopting again.
There was an update of 'our boys' on the internet this week with their new family, which is so hard to see. That would have been us home with them, but instead we are still in this process with no answers and no child.
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In light of the Halloweenie updates, I thought I'd review a few of the Halloweenies from a couple years ago. This one I wanted to review earlier, but it was misplaced during our move.
Scent Name: Halloween: Las Vegas
Manufacturer: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab – Halloweenie: Forum Only: Halloween 2011
Scent Description and Notes: HALLOWEEN: LAS VEGAS
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
On Halloween in 2007, surrounded by our loved ones, I married the man of my dreams in Las Vegas. True to the nature of our relationship, it was a costumed event – a pirate-themed wedding – and it was as merry, strange, and wonderful as a Halloween wedding should be.
Ted, I love you. You are the poetry in my soul, you are the dreams of my heart. You are everything I need, and I love you with a passion that transcends all time, space, and logic.
The aftermath of piratical nuptials: walls smeared with red and black frosting, copious amounts of spilled red wine, the leftover contents of three full bars, dry leaves and desert flowers crushed into carpet, tobacco smoke, and champaca incense in a cloud of body-heat amped Snake Oil and Dorian." -BPAL
Oil Color:Watered down orange jello color.
Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). This is a decant from ralenth. On the back, she has the notes of the scent in large, cursive font. On the side, she has her decanting name, while the front features the name of the collection and the name of the scent framing the image. of a velvet camped woman and a man in a tuxedo walking through ivy-strewn columns while embracing each other.
- ITI: Yeah, that's re wine. To my nose, it's the smell of a check box wine mixed with Robitussin I do get the sugary sweetness of frosting, the vanilla aspects of Snake Oil/Dorian, and some musk.
- Wet: Boozy cherry wine, stale frosting, tobacco, musk and vanilla. I'm makes me a little uneasy for some reason.
- Dry: Wafers, stale red wine, vanilla, musk, incense no longer burning, and sugar from the frosting. It's better now, but I don't think I could put up with the dry down on a consistent basis.
Other Impressions: Cider made with apple skins, a little apple jack, and some other spice Tony can't identify.


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Reserved forward has taken over as offensive leader with Pittsburgh taking aim at titleby Wes Crosby / NHL.com Correspondent
CRANBERRY, Pa. -- When forward Phil Kessel was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 1, 2015, he didn't immediately envision making the Stanley Cup Final.
But almost 11 months later, he'll take the ice for Game 1 of the Final against the San Jose Sharks at Consol Energy Center on Monday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, TVA Sports).
"You cherish it, because let me tell you, they don't come very often," Kessel said after practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex on Saturday. "It's tough to get here. I'm really excited to be here. … You never think this is going to happen. You dream it. But to get a chance to play for the Stanley Cup is something you dreamt of as a kid, and it's right here.
"You realize how tough it is. It is really tough to get here. And we're here, so hopefully we can make the best of it."
Video: PIT@TBL, Gm6: Kessel opens scoring with midair PPG
It certainly has been tough for Kessel to get to this point. He isn't an emotional person publicly, and had trouble describing his emotions after the Penguins' 2-1 defeat of the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday.
But his journey, which has spanned 10 NHL seasons with three teams, speaks for itself. Before this season, he had made the Stanley Cup Playoffs three times but never advanced past the second round.
He had four goals and six points in seven games during his only playoff appearance in six seasons with the Maple Leafs. But after 61 points (25 goals, 36 assists) two seasons ago -- the sixth straight time he led the Maple Leafs in points -- he was granted a fresh start with the Penguins.
Bouts of inconsistency defined most of Kessel's 2015-16 regular season.
He had six goals in his first 14 games, then six goals in his next 30. He scored two goals Jan. 21 against the Philadelphia Flyers, but then had six goals in his next 20 games.
Things eventually clicked for Kessel after center Evgeni Malkin sustained an upper-body injury March 11. Kessel and left wing Carl Hagelin, Malkin's former linemates, joined center Nick Bonino and immediately gelled.
In the playoffs Pittsburgh's "HBK" line has been its most productive offensive force, led by Kessel's team-leading nine goals and 18 points.
Video: PIT@TBL, Gm4: Kessel puts the Penguins on the board
"We're happy for everyone that's a part of this team, but especially Phil," Hagelin said. "He's a great guy. He's been through a lot and you can see his excitement when he's at the rink right now. He's excited, just like the rest of us."
Kessel is trending in the right direction with six goals in eight games entering the Stanley Cup Final.
"He's been really good. Just really consistent," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "With his shot, especially with how the playoffs are and everything is so tight, there's not a lot of time and space, and it works out pretty good for him with that release that he has and how dangerous he is. So I think he's been really solid all playoffs long."
It has been a long road for Kessel. He would have been happy to play passenger to Crosby and Malkin as long as it led to the Stanley Cup Final.
Instead, Kessel has manned the driver's seat through three rounds and could help steer the Penguins toward their first championship since 2009.
"I'm thrilled for Phil," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "I think he's a big reason why we're playing today. His contribution to this team, over the last four months or so, has been tremendous. I think he's really enjoying the team. I think he's enjoying this whole process.
"I think, what we're all seeing, is how competitive he is and how badly he wants to win. To see him express that to his teammates is exciting. I think his teammates are enjoying it as well. Phil's a reserved guy. To see him let loose a little bit and show his emotions, I think it's great for his teammates and I think it's great for him."


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I watched my first full NASCAR race last night. Well, mostly full. I was DVRing it (damn homework!) and was a little behind so I got to fast forward through commercials and the cleanup of that gigantanormous fiery wreck involving Juan Pablo Montoya and an unfortunate jet dryer truck. Sadly, I began to fall asleep even as the race reached it's pinnacle of excitement. Terrible, right? In my defense, it was close to midnight when the race finally finished after myriad cautions, a couple wrecks, and a jet fuel barbecue.
Even though I fell asleep (did I mention how comfy our loveseat is?) the race was not boring. There was a wreck on the second lap for goodness sake! I don't know that I'm ready to declare myself a diehard fan just yet. But the Daytona 500 was pretty entertaining and I think it'll be fun to follow along with all of the soap opera drama that comes with a season of NASCAR.
And then, he wrecked me on turn 3 because I called him a doodoo head! I'm gonna go throw my helmet at him after the race!
No! Danica! Why would you do that?
Because...*sigh* *sniffle* I hate him...and love him so much!
Okay, so that probably won't happen. Wouldn't it be great if it did! :-)
Let's try and get Dale on the radio here. Dale, this is DW (Darrell Waltrip), do you have a copy?...Dale?
DW, I think he's done drank too much Diet Mountain Dew. He's in the caffeine zone now. Only a victory here today will bring him back.
A bit more likely, but no. Still, wouldn't that be crazy and silly and great? Considering how much sponsor butt-kissing that goes on, it wouldn't surprise me if it was in Dale Earnhardt Jr's contract to drink as much Diet Mountain Dew as possible during a race and then be sure to thank them for the opportunity after his kidneys and bladder have exploded.
I get the gratuitous sponsor-thanking that goes on in every single interview done with a driver/crew chief/owner. Racing is expensive and it's important to keep that money flowing. Here's an interesting article I found from USA Today: Sponsors Make NASCAR's Wheels Go 'Round.
I'm enjoying my NASCAR education so far. What does everyone else think of the sport?


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Week 1 (Sept 25) - "Team" - Every Champ needs teammates
Story of the Week:
Being a good teammate By: Larry Dierker
One night I was pitching with a short lead in the late stages of a game at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. The first batter got on base on a 3-2 pitch that I thought should have been called strike three.
I got the next batter to hit an easy two-hop ground ball to our second baseman, Joe Morgan. It should have been a double play, but Morgan dropped it and then dropped it again while trying to recover. So now there were runners at first and second with no outs when I thought there should be two outs and nobody on base. I got the next batter to hit the same ground ball and Joe booted it again. Now I had the bases loaded with nobody out when I should have been back in the dugout with a 1-2-3 inning. I was hopping mad. And then when I saw Joe walking to the mound, I got even madder. When he got there, he said, "Larry, I'm sure glad you're pitching tonight because you're the one guy who can get us out of this mess. "
I will never forget those words – especially the word "us." That simple sentence completely transformed my thinking. Instead of being mad at him and just about ready to throw in the towel, I got pumped up. It was such a great compliment to think that he was depending on me to save the team from the situation that he created. I knew he was right, but I don't think many players would have had the nerve to come in and say something like that under the circumstances.
Joe went back to his position and I took a deep breath. Now it was my turn to prove him right. I'd pitched out of bases loaded, no outs situations of my own making before. Why couldn't I do it now? Well, I did. I got the next three hitters out and the Padres scored one run but we still had the lead and ended up winning the game.
Your job as a teammate is to help overcome another player's mistakes. For example, with a man on third and one out, almost anything the batter hits will score the run. But sometimes he hits a pop-up or strikes out. That's when the next hitter can save the day by getting a hit.
This isn't just about baseball. It also applies to any team you're on. It could be in a family setting, at school, at church or on the job. We're all in this together. There is no better feeling than saving the day for a family member or a friend. And when you think about how it makes them feel, it's even better. From that day forward, when a teammate made an error, I made a pledge to get him off the hook. That's what being a good teammate is all about.
Question of the Week:
What is the definition of a team?
(Definition: a number of persons associated together in work or activity: as a : a group on one side b : crew, gang)
Lesson of the Week:
(1 Corinthians 12: 25-26)
"The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our time together as a team: every part is dependent on every other part…
If one teammate hurts, every other teammate is involved in the hurt, and in overcoming the hurt. If one teammate struggles or fails, every teammate helps pull them up and encourages them. If one of you succeeds, every other member of the team celebrates. We win or lose as a team.
Champ of the Week
Coaches, celebrate a way you have seen someone on the team embodied the virtue of teamwork. Talk about a way on your team that teamwork is important. Award the player(s) who have embodies this value as "Champ of the Week".
Close by having a player or a coach lead the team in a prayer that your team will practice teamwork by helping each other both on and off the field.
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Paul Smith x David Bowie T-Shirt Collaboration
BATD ON Mar 07, 2013 AT 9:20 am
Throughout his career David Bowie has undoubtedly had many a mind-blowing year and it seems 2013 is set to be yet another for the singer whose retrospective at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, launches later this month and long-awaited new album, The Next Day, is released early next week. (Take a peek at his first music video from the album which features Tilda Swinton and Andrej Pejic)
And to celebrate, Bowie who "has worn a lot of Paul Smith throughout his career" has collaborated with the fashion designer, and friend, on an official album T-shirt. Created by, Jonathan Barnbrook, the Royal College of Arts-trained graphic designer who also created the cover art for Bowie's 2002 Heathen album, the tee is inspired by Bowie's Heroes album cover and features a small Paul Smith for David Bowie emblem.
It's the first in a number of collaborations between David Bowie and Sir Paul Smith, which will be unveiled later this year, Bowie fans stay tuned.
Paul Smith for Bowie T-shirt, £70 available from March 7th, Paulsmith.co.uk.


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We have for years ordered directly from a number of nearby (within 100 miles of our delivery address) Northern California wineries. Shipping charges -- when we don't pick up at the winery -- have typically ranged from a high of about $14-16 per half case (Drew), to perhaps $20 per case (when we used to buy from Dehlinger) to maybe about $12 per case (e.g., Calera) to, recently, 1 cent per case (Navarro, Husch, Handley, all from which we order whites only) -- and Rhys is no charge at all. All of the prior wineries (Rhys excepted) also offer volume or "club" discounts on the wines themselves.
For one highly regarded Pinot Noir and Chardonnay specialist in Sebastopol (45 minute drive from us), we have picked up directly from the winery, and tasted while we were there. This place offers no club or volume discount. And now it is charging $15 for the privilege of picking up at the winery. They explain, and we understand, that pick ups cause a bit extra work. I asked, what would be the cost to ship our allocated six bottles? Answer: About $29 (and it would be about $38 to LA). I asked, for this, do we at least get refrigerated transport? But I got no response to that; apparenty the answer is no, and the charge simply reflects costs -- they explained that they contract the entire process of shipping, and related paperwork and materials, to an outside entity, and just pass on these costs.
We do like this winery, and how they go about their craft. We have managed to put up with the creeping prices, but this new pick up charge, on top of the already premium costs per bottle (with no discounts) and coupled with the shipping charges that are so much higher than others (with no added service, such as refrigeration) leaves a sour taste.
What do others think of the $15 pick up charge, and the shipping costs? (As I write this, I thin -- this is indeed a First World problem. But so are many others on this site!) -- Jake


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Main Campus traffic entrance BACK Church of Christ car parking The Slip Road Inverness Circle car parking I remind all parents of parking arrangements at the School. Main Campus traffic entranceThe main entrance to the School is not to be used to drop off / pick up students or park as these bays are designated parking for staff and visitors. For the safety of the School community, it is imperative that all traffic requests are adhered to. Parents are requested to use the slip road, new car park or Church of Christ car park. Church of Christ car parking* Please park only in designated parking bays. Do not park in the yellow marked bays or drive on the Church's lawns;* Please ensure you have clear vision before reversing slowly from your car bay as there could be a small child in your path;* Please enter and exit the car parks where designated;* Please do not call your child across Centre Road between the buses. All children are to cross Centre Road at the…
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Christ Crucified Is God's Power and Wisdom BACK For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength During Holy Week each year, the clergy of the Diocese congregate for a special Chrism Eucharist service in the Cathedral. It is at this service that we renew our ordination vows in preparation for Easter. One of the readings at that service this year was the following: "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who…
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Reporting to Parents: Three-Way Conferences BACK NAPLAN Easter Service Reporting to Parents: Three-Way Conferences In our Primary School, parents receive information regarding their children's progress each term. In Terms 2 and 4, this takes the form of a written report. In Term 1 parents, students and teachers participate in a Three-Way Conference. In Term 3 parents and students will share their achievements in a student-led conference, also known as an Inquiry Journey. Three-Way Conferences will be held in Weeks 9 and 10 of this term. The idea behind this conference is for each student to share their learning, discuss their progress and set achievable goals. While it may at first seem unusual for students to set learning goals at such a young age (shouldn't the teacher be setting the goals?), there is a great deal of research evidence to suggest that it is important that children take 'agency' of their own development, with assistance from family and school. This leads to increased motivation and ownership over the learning process. You will have received an email from your teacher requesting that you choose…
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Equestrian BACK School Events Year 7 Camp Senior SAS Frisbee finals Equestrian Pictured: Juliet King one of the JWACS team who competed at Capel over the past weekend(Thank you to Waylib photographyfor the use of the photograph. http://www.waylibphotos.com/Equestrian-Photography/) Well done to our Equestrian Eventing team, which competed at Capel last weekend. All riders had to complete a dressage test, a cross country course and a showjumping round. Mistakes in any phase will result in elimination from the event. Ciara De Groot and Juliette King successfully completed the EVA 95cm class, while Year 7 student Takara Smyth rode very well on her pony to complete the EVA 65cm class; her first for John Wollaston. Amelia Edmonds-Coad completed her dressage test but a very eager, energetic horse made the jumping phases difficult and Amelia sensibly withdrew from the showjumping. As always our girls looked fantastic in the School colours, showed excellent sportsmanship to others and took great care of their horses. The next Inter-School competition for the girls is in April at…
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New P&F President BACK Participation in Sir Charles Court Young Leaders Program Online Academic Reporting in the Secondary School Easter Eucharist New P&F PresidentAt the recent P&F AGM, members elected a new President Mrs Megan Blackman to succeed long serving, outgoing President Mrs Del Nash. Mrs Blackman and her committee are keen to build on the good work of previous years and look forward to working with parents and the School to support our students in 2016. The P&F Committee comprises a friendly, active group of parents who always welcome newcomers to their meetings. I look forward to working closely with the President in the months ahead. Participation in Sir Charles Court Young Leaders ProgramThe Sir Charles Court Young Leaders Program is a prestigious program conducted by Curtin University for Year 10 students who display strong leadership experience and a genuine commitment to community. It is a…
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Dan O'Hara
I spoke to the BBC again about skeuomorphism. I'm pleased that they included my physical examples of rivets, jeans, cars, and keyboards, but most of all I'm pleased they included the one about credit cards deriving from Rolodex. These are all examples I've spoken about in the past, but the last was one I researched solely for this article and, as far as I know, it was a previously unrecognized example.
I'm very gratified – and flattered – to see my work on skeuomorphs feature at the Journal of the History of Ideas, and provide the theoretical basis for original anthropological research. That research – by Christopher B. Lowman, of the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Berkeley – is on the artefacts of the Ainu, an indigenous people of northern Japan.
Christopher's research is utterly fascinating and, from my own narrow point of view, closes a loop of strange attraction I had felt towards Japanese traditions of lacquering, but had not fully understood hitherto.
I was asked to attend the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence a while ago, and have been doing so for the last year. It's been fascinating throughout. Mid-year the House of Lords established a Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, and I gave evidence, authored with Prof. Shaun Lawson, Dr. Ben Kirman, and Dr. Conor Linehan.
Parliament has now published the evidence and you can read it here.
One recent article I published with Tom Ward and Luke Robert Mason is on 'Prosthetic Envy', and can be found in this beautiful book published by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, made available for free online with the aid of the AHRC Digital Transformations Programme.
BBC5 Live interviewed me on the subject and you can listen to the whole programme on 'The Future of the Prosthetics Industry' here.
In May I spoke at the Science Museum in London about autonomous weapons systems (or 'killer robots', as the British press likes to sensationally characterize them). It's a subject I've been doing public events on for the past 23 years, so I was glad to be joined by two people who in my view know what they're talking about: Mark Bishop, Professor of Cognitive Computing at Goldsmiths and Chair of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, University of London, and Jon Tepper, the economist and author of Endgame and Code Red.
Why bring a philosopher, a cognitive scientist, and an economist together to talk about such things? The reason is that all are aware of how algorithmic systems with executive power to make life-or-death decisions are already in use across the world. The future of war is already here. In an earlier interview with the German magazine Jungle World, you can read what Mark Bishop and I have to say about the autonomous weapons systems already in use here.
A couple of relatively recent conferences/lectures: for J. G. Ballard's would've-been 86th I spoke about 'Fascism, Demogoguery, and Rhetoric' at the Society Club in Soho, London, alongside Ballard's favourite poet Jeremy Reed.
In July I gave a paper at the conference Cormac McCarthy and Philosophy, organized under the auspices of the British Society for Phenomenology. The paper was on "Some Aesthetic Implications of McCarthy's Conception of the Role of the Unconscious in the Evolution of Forms", and it's available as a podcast here, courtesy of the BSP. Indeed you can hear the whole conference on iTunes here.
The last academic year began early, with the organizing of the British Human-Computer Interaction conference at the University of Lincoln in July. 250 people from 20 different counties and a live discussion between attendees and Julian Assange chaired by Chris Csikszentmihalyi. The aim was to investigate how interactive technologies fundamentally affect our privacy, rights, and relationships with authority, government and commerce. There wasn't much public desire to have conversations about these topics at the time, and indeed there was hostility towards such discussion. That these topics are now on the public agenda is no small testament to the patient determination of the principal chairs, Shaun Lawson and Patrick Dickinson.
September and October involved a flurry of public talks, on VR at Dialogue in London; on biology as technology at the University of Arts London; and on the future human at Warwick University's festival to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.
In early November I spoke about libidinal parasites, the role of art, and broken machines at a special Virtual Futures salon in Soho, London, on 'Fucking Machines' – a panel about sex and robots.
Then back to Warwick University for an astonishing conference on Cormac McCarthy organized by Katja Laug, focusing on very close reading of one of the truly great American novels of the 20th century, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. The whole event was filmed: my talk principally about the character of Judge Holden is here; the long and hugely productive roundtable discussion is here.
Not many academics can say that they've had their research poached by novelists and turned into a seriously successful young adult novel. At the time of writing it's not far short of a million reads.
I'm A Cyborg's Pet is a shocking sci-fi BDSM robo-dystopia, inspired by a couple of papers I wrote with Ben Kirman, Conor Linehan, Shaun Lawson, and Laura Buttrick. I do suggest you read it because, whatever version of the future you're expecting, it's probably wrong. And nowhere near as funny.
This summer I spoke about Artificial Intelligence at IBM Watson's new headquarters at 51 Astor Place in Manhattan, as part of a panel with Douglas Rushkoff, Martine Rothblatt, Steve Fuller, and Michael Krasnicki. It was apparently the first time any 'outsiders' – other than corporate clients and press – have been permitted to enter the inner sanctum of the new IBM building.
Trying to explain to the makers of a real Artificial Intelligence what the concept of 'intelligence' means turned out to be not so easy, especially when the audience at the small, crazily-high-security event turned out to be more expert than the panel. NYC A-List Hari Kunzru, Lee Child, Kevin Slavin, Carla Gannis, the faculties from NYU, NYTU, Pratt, CUNY – not to mention the IBM insiders… If I'd known in advance who'd be in the audience I might have quailed.
The evening before, I gave a talk about the history of AI at Futurism NYC on Wall Street. A couple of the participants there persuaded me to shave my head so that I could have my cranium scanned, and I'm now apparently 20% of the Megadome, which is the template for the Ultracortex. No, I can't explain. But the Open Brain-Computer Interface founders at @OpenBCI can.
…and back in London, finally, I spoke at the NESTA/Futurefest event Ready Player Two. It was about the future of Virtual Reality, but I tended more towards the past, talking about Ancient Egyptian belief systems that simulated an AI-like surveillance system and, to the mild consternation of the audience, what Immanuel Kant has to say about VR.
The panel consisted of Jess Bland moderating, Luciana Haill, Rob Morgan, and Zillah Watson – a really adventurous combination of journalistic, artistic, and gaming narrative competence. More panels should be this varied.
NESTA did a great job on this one, though the attendees made the day: when the audience realized that the event wasn't being livestreamed, they simply self-organized themselves into a team using Periscope to stream it themselves! A Storify is here, and photos are on NESTA's FB page.
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