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Verbum et Ecclesia
On-line version ISSN 2074-7705
Print version ISSN 1609-9982
Verbum Eccles. (Online) vol.33 n.2 Pretoria 2012
Food justice and Christian ethics
Heinrich Bedford-StrohmI, II, III, IV
IExtraordinary professor, Department of Ecclesiology and Ethics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
IIHonorary professor, Systematic Theology, University of Bamberg, Germany
IIIPresiding Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Germany
IVResearch associate, Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, University of Pretoria, South Africa
The article dealt with the moral and political problem of international food justice in which the deep contradiction between the present situation of malnourishment and starvation in large parts of the global population on the one hand and the biblical notion of the preferential option for the poor on the other hand was described. This ecumenically widely accepted notion was clarified in several aspects. How deeply this is rooted in the history of Christian social thought was shown by Martin Luther's writings on the economy which have remained relatively unknown in the churches and in the scholarly world. The article then presented three models of Christian economic ethic: the technical economic model, the utopian economic model and the public theological economic model. On the basis of the public theological model seven challenges for international food justice were presented. The basis for these challenges is an understanding of globalisation which guarantees just participation for everyone and deals with nature in an ecologically sustainable way. The interests of small farmers are the basis for judging the activities of big agro-corporations. Public theology is the background for an active involvement of the churches as agents of a global civil society to promote international food justice.
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Bonhoeffer, D., 1992, Ethik, I. Tödt et al. (Hrsg.), Chr. Kaiser, München. [ Links ]
Duchrow, U., 1995, Alternatives to Global Capitalism. Drawn from Biblical History, Designed for Political Action, International Books, Utrecht. [ Links ]
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Absolute Boyfriend
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- Title: 絕對達令 (绝对达令) / Chueh Tui Ta Ling (Jue Dui Da Ling)
- English title: Absolute Boyfriend
- Genre: Romance
- Episodes: 13
- Broadcast network: FTV/GTV
- Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-08 to 2012-Jul-01
- Air time: Sunday 21:40
- Opening theme song: Mr. Perfect by Fahrenheit
- Ending theme song: Jia Zhuang We Men Mei Ai Guo (假裝我們沒愛過) Pretend We Never Loved by Jiro Wang
- Related TV series: Zettai Kareshi, My Absolute Boyfriend (SBS, 2019)
Manga Synopsis - Riiko is a girl unlucky in love. One day a strange-looking salesman gives her a business card for a website that sells "love figures" (androids designed for love-making). On the spur of the moment and without really understanding the implications, Riiko orders one for a 3-day free trial. She forgets to return him before the deadline, and must then work out some way to return the one million debt she now owes without anyone discovering about this embarrassing secret.
User/Viewer Ratings[edit]
- Jiro Wang as Wan Ni Te 萬奈特 (Tenjo Night)
- Koo Hye Sun as Guan Xiao Fei 官筱菲 (Izawa Riiko)
- Chen Shi Ying (陳詩穎) as young Xiao Fei
- Kun Da as Yan Zong Shi 嚴宗史 (Asamoto Soshi)
- Xiao Xiao Bin as young Zong Shi
- Cherry Hsia as Luo Mei Jia 羅美佳
- Na Wei Xun as Lei Wu Wu 雷霧霧
- Emily Tsai as Fang Zhi Xi 方智希
- Bi Xiao Hai (畢曉海) as Bai Qi 白奇
- Xiu Jie Kai as Jun Shu 俊樹
- Wei Shi Shen (魏仕伸) as Yan Qing Shi 嚴慶史
- Lin Jun Yong (林埈永 / 綠茶) as SKY
- Phoebe Yuan as Yi Ren 依人
- Ikeya Chen as Yi Jun 儀君
- Stephanie Chang as Yun Fei 雲飛
- Xie Qi Wen as Supervisor 課長
- David Chen as Shi Guan 石關
- Luo Bei An as Manager Liu
- Wang Yi Wen as Salesperson
- George Zhang as Adam
- Jessica Song as Victoria
- Jin Qin as Jin Qin Qin 金勤勤
Production Credits[edit]
- Original writing: Manga Zettai Kareshi by Yuu Watase
- Producer: Wang Xin Gui (王信貴)
- Director: Liu Jun Jie
- Screenwriter: Yu Yuan Yuan 禹元元, Zhou Su Ying 周素瑩, Cai Qiu Yi 蔡秋儀

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Long time no see ;-)
I am nearing the end of my PhD now, switching the lab was a brilliant idea and I only regret I haven't done it earlier.
One problem darkens my existence, though, this is a silly one. I think I've developed a phobia of radioactive isotopes :/ I am working with them sometimes, P32 or S35. I've tried to explain myself that these are small doses, educated myself extensively on the issue, and just tried to force myself and go through it. My human brain understands, my "reptile brain" doesn't. I still have stomach problems each time I prepare to pipet from the source, and it's been a year.
As a researcher, I am thouroghly screwed with it. This is a versatile, well working, widely used technique and I doubt I'd say to my future PI "sorry, isotopes are out of limit". I have to fight it, but how? Did anyone have a similar problem and how did you beat it?
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Librivox Needs Your Help
Librivox.org has produced over 7,000 free audio books which have been downloaded over 100 million times. All of this produced by volunteers on a show string. The organization counts some 40,000 registered volunteers who produce audio versions of books that are in the public domain. Some of these productions are really excellent.
It is a valuable resource to everyone who enjoys listening to books and learning how to product audiobooks.
It takes a lot of infrastructure to keep an organization like this up and running. They don't often ask for help or for donations, but right now they are. They have a target of $50,000. And they need your help to make it happen.
Like you, I enjoy podcasts and I know I have enjoyed free audio all over the internet and this is one of the real treasures. If you want to take a listen to one of their audiobooks, here is a podcast version of Tom Sawyer audiobook produced by LibriVox.
Please donate whatever you can. Here's a link to the donation page.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Review
This is a podcast review of the Amazon Kindle HD 7 inch model which goes for $199 at Amazon.com. This is the base model HD edition with 16 GB memory and Wi-Fi. The old Kindle's screen broke, and this was what seemed like the next best thing to buy as a replacement. This was a replacement for a Kindle that with a broken screen. The Kindle Fire HD promised a lot of extra functionality in addition to being able to use the old Kindle functionality. Let me start by saying, that overall we are very pleased with the device, especially for the price. And for anybody looking for a device in the 7 inch tablet size then this would be a good choice for most people. Read more and listen to the podcast...
Summer Movie Recap – A Season for Sequels
Now that the summer is drawing to a close, I thought I would post about my three favorite movies from the summer movie season. Top of the list was The Dark Knight Rises. While the movie was not as good as The Dark Knight, it was well worth watching. The story held your attention and made you care about what was going on and Tom Hardy was a great Bane. The Dark Knight was a really great movie and this installment was not in that league, but if you haven't seen it make sure you do. It's a good idea to catch up on Batman by watching Batman Begins and The Dark Knight before you see it so that you're all caught up.
Second on my list was The Bourne Legacy. This was another action packed film in the Bourne series. You really need to watch the first three movies before seeing this one. This movie and the last one overlap in timelines so you will miss a lot if you haven't seen the last movie before seeing this one. I liked the action a lot, but didn't really care for the idea that these special agents were special due to taking drugs to amp up their performance. It wasn't a part of the books or a part of the original movies. I wish they had made up something better as the central plot line. But in any case, the movie delivers on the action front with lots of chase scenes and fights. The last chase scene seemed to remind me of Terminator 2 or 3 where the first gen terminator must battle a more advance Terminator model. They should have brought this out earlier as it would have given the movie more direct conflict earlier on. Bottom line is that if you liked the first three Bourne movies, you'll like this one too.
The last movie on my list is The Hunger Games. I put this on the list mostly because the story line is pretty good and they did a nice job with showing what they could in the compressed timeline of a movie version of a book. It's worth seeing, but a much better performance of the book is the audiobook book version of The Hunger Games. I loved the audiobook version and couldn't wait to listen to the last two books in the series. If you have to choose between seeing the movie and listening to the audiobook, get the audiobook - it's just better.
The last one I want to mention, is the trailer for Les Miserables. That looks really good, but we will have to wait for Christmas for that release.
That's my short list. What were your favorite movies of the summer?
Welcome the the New Digital Podcast
The old site had become, well, old and inflexible and lots of other problematic things, so I decided that after 7 years it was time to do a complete makeover. What you see today is just the beginning. Things work differently than they used to and I'm sorry if that's a problem for you, but change was needed and given that I am the sole designer, programmer of this little project I did what I thought would be good for me and for other users.
My goal was make the site something of a cross between what iTunes is for a podcast directory and what Google's Reader is for a client. I don't know if that will be good or bad yet, but that's the design concept I'm going for.
The site's listings are much better now, with fewer faded out podcasts cluttering up the works. The ability to follow your favorite podcasts and listen/view should also be much better now.
I still have a list of stuff to do that spans a few pages, but I am tackling them one at time so more change to come.
So give it a try and see if you like it. At some point I will figure out a way to get more systematic feedback. Until then, here's a link to my contact info if you need something.
One Word Movie Reviews: The Grey
One Word Movie Reviews: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
One Word Movie Reviews: Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows
Bing, Huffington Post, Fox News All Running Ads for Scams
A couple of years ago, I wrote about Fake Blogs being used to promote marketing scams. It seems that the fake bloggers have moved on to become Fake News sites.
The fake blog scam used a fake blog to show how the fake blogger had lost weight using 2 magic products they saw on Oprah. They gave rave reviews to the products and had lots of fake comments too. They link you to a site to get supposedly free samples. If you signed up you got put on a monthly subscription for $70 per month or something like that, without really knowing you signed up for anything.
Ads for these kinds of sites were all over the internet, including the big search engines like Google. Google took steps to stop in on their site by banning everyone whoever ran an ad to such a site. They did it without appeal or warning. Just banned people for life. They banned me too because I had tested ads to see if they were hard to get approved. They weren't hard to get approved. Google had no problems with them until much later when the FTC got involved. Despite Google's harsh treatment of its customers, at least you won't find those ads there any more.
Not so for Bing, Huffington Post, Fox News and other big name sites. They still run ads for these scammers.
A Senator Who Gets The Internet
Senator Ron Wyden is one of the few politicians anywhere who seems to really understands the Internet and the implications of Government intrusions into our privacy. He stands up to the Media industry and it's attack on the rights of innovators.
If you want to understand some to the big issues like the so called PROTECT IP act and how the government has a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act that would upset people if we only knew what it was.
If you have 35 minutes watch this video interview with Senator Wyden.
Will Amazon & California Declare a Truce in Tax War?
It is being widely reported that Amazon and the state legislature have declared truce in the ongoing effort to get Amazon to collect sales taxes. In the deal that passed the legislature last Friday, Amazon and other online retailers get to delay collecting sales taxes until September 2012 so that they may try to lobby for a federal solution to the tax issue. In exchange, Amazon is going to drop its proposed initiative to block the law.
Amazon had earlier offered to create 7,000 jobs in California by building multiple distribution centers in California. Amazon still wants to do that and asked for safe harbor if they go ahead, but the legislature didn't accept that. They say that the opportunity to create jobs will have to wait until January.
It's too bad that the only real sense of urgency in Sacramento is to collect more taxes and not to create more jobs.
Amazon Offers 7,000 Jobs, CA Politicians Want Taxes Instead
The Sacramento Bee published an article describing Amazon's new offer to California's Governor Brown and the Legislature. Amazon is apparently offering to spend tens of millions of dollars on new distribution centers in California and hire 7,000 people in exchange for the state delaying until 2014 a law requiring out of state retailers to collect sales tax for the state.
The law could mean that Amazon has to collect $200 million in sales taxes for the state. But the status of the law is uncertain. Amazon refuses to collect the sales tax.
As a result of the new law, Amazon terminated business relationships with 25,000 small businesses based in California to protect itself from having to to collect the sales tax. This has cost the state lots of jobs and lost income taxes as well.
My Time With Steve Jobs
My time with Steve Jobs happened a very long time ago. It was early 1980, or perhaps late 1979, and I was a freshman at Stanford. I heard that Steve Jobs was coming to talk to some students in a small group session. I don't actually recall why it caught my attention. I had probably heard of Apple computers back then, but I had never seen one. The only computers I had ever seen where in huge boxes behind thick glass windows.
Somehow, I decided to go to the event. It was over in Branner Hall across the street from my dorm complex, Wilbur. We met in a big room. It was kind of dark and had a fireplace. I did a quick search on Branner and found a picture of the room.
We all settled in with Jobs sitting down at the head of our circle. He was a young guy. Full of energy. I listened with great interest to what he had to say. The thing I remember was his vision of what computers would look like in our future and his excitement about the day his vision would come true.
Is Spotify an iTunes Killer?
I was recently invited to sign up for Spotify, an online music service that has been big in Europe for a number of years and is just now coming to America.
So, I signed up. Pretty easy to do. Then, I was somewhat surprised that Spotify is a downloadable application that runs on your computer. I downloaded it, ran the install and fired it up.
Within seconds it was up and running, importing all my music from my iTunes folder. It got everything, except the files Apple DRMed into prison.
The application seems much lighter and faster than iTunes, which is a welcome change. It looks sexy, with a grey/black background and white font.
Amazon to Fight California Affiliate Tax With Referendum
Amazon filed a petition with the California Attorney General to suspend the law recently passed by the State Legislature that attempts force out of state retailers with affiliates in state to collect sales tax. The petition was approved by the Attorney General and Amazon can now go on to collect signatures to try and get it on the ballet.
I tried reading the petition, but it's a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo to me. The Attorney Generals title and summary are as follows:
More Companies Terminate Affililates, More Jobs Lost
The new job killiing California law that claims that affiliates (independent businesses that advertise products on a pay for performance basis) create sales tax nexus for out of state retailers and therefore subjects them to collecting sales tax, continues to claim victims.
While the focus has been on Amazon, more companies are terminating their relationships with 25,000 small businesses here in California. The law is intentionally vague and given that there are networks and sub-networks of affiliates it is very difficult for a company to see if their relationships with advertising networks or affiliates causes the nexus to kick in.
To avoid the risk, out of state retailers are choosing to do the simplest thing and that is to fire their California small business affiliates. That means less revenue for small businesses, more people getting fired and less income tax collected by the State. And, no extra sales tax to compensate. Way to go Sacramento.
Click below to see the most recent termination letter I have seen:
New Law Causes Amazon to Terminate California Affiliates
Jobs are being lost at 25,000 small businesses in California today due to a new law passed by the California Legislature. The new legislation is part of the budget package recently approved by the California Assembly and Senate. The legislation is an attempt to get Amazon to collect sales taxes by claiming that independent affiliates who choose to promote Amazon on a pay for performance basis create nexus for Amazon.
The Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for States to force out-of-state retails to collect sales tax. California is trying to bypass this rule by claiming independent companies create a nexus for Amazon.
My condolences to all who have lost a job or a livelihood today.
Click below to see a copy of the letter being sent to Amazon's California Affiliates:
Google Responds To Cloud Drive with Music Beta
I just read about Google's new Music Beta which seems to be their response to Amazon's recent announcement of Cloud Drive. I downloaded the app on my Droid phone, but all I got was some random podcast I had on my phone. So I next went to the Music Beta site to get that set up, but all I could do was request an invitation to join. Just like everyone else, I'm waiting to see how good it is. If you want more details right now, Engadget has a nice comparison chart of the two services. In the mean time, here's Google's video showing off what it looks like.
Amazon Introduces New Weapon in Droid Battle – Cloud Drive
Amazon introduced a new service called Cloud Drive. Cloud Drive acts as a personal cloud based server. That means you store your music, videos, documents on the web and listen to/watch/use it via downloads/streaming. You get 5 GB of storage for free and can buy more if you need it.
To quote Amazon:
Amazon Cloud Drive is your hard drive in the cloud. Store your music, videos, photos, and documents on Amazon's secure servers. All you need is a web browser to upload, download, and access your files from any computer.
Seems like the Droid Content war has begun...
SoundCloud – Social Hosting For Your Podcast
I was checking Podcasting News this morning and came across their post announcing Soundcloud will now provide rss feeds that can be used for your podcast.
So what is SoundCloud:
SoundCloud is an audio platform that enables anyone to upload, record, promote and share their originally-created sounds across the internet, in a simple, accessible and feature-rich way. From sample to symphony and soundbite to soliloquy, SoundCloud allows sound creators anywhere to instantly record audio on the site or via mobile applications and share them publicly or privately; to embed sound across websites, social networks and blogs and receive feedback from the community.
SoundCloud's open platform also supports a wide range of applications built on the SoundCloud API, enabling everything from mobile voice recording, online mastering, digital distribution to Facebook artist profiles and iPad music making. SoundCloud offers free accounts to amateur creators, with more advanced users able to upgrade to premium accounts for advanced features like statistics, controlled distribution and custom branding.
And now they are going to support podcast RSS feeds:
25 Days of Free Holiday Songs
Amazon is giving away free holiday song mp3s everyday until Christmas. They have already release 12 mp3s and have 13 more to go. Go ahead and get your Free Holiday MP3s.
Already released MP3s from Amazon:
How to Screencast Like a Pro
Dave Kaminsky, of Web Video Univerisity, just released what looks like an interesting course called "How to Screencast Like a Pro". How To Screencast Like a Pro contains over 3 hours of step by step video based lessons and costs just $198. I'm posting Dave's video short on the course below. If you're interested here's the link to the sign up page: How to Screencast Like a Pro (aff)
If you get a chance to check it out let me know how you like it.
What is the Best Music Organizer?
My music is a mess. It seems that I have accumlated lots and lots of music and it isn't pretty. So, I need to find a way to organize my music.
I've thought a little bit about what I want and I think the basic requirements are:
- Remove duplicate songs
- Fix misspelled song titles, artist names
- Find missing titles, genres, artist info and attach it to each song
- Find missing artwork and attach it to each song
- Do all the above really well and automatically
I figure I'll use a spare hard drive to make a back up of my iTunes collection and run both software packages on the collection to see which is the best music organizer.
If you have suggestions for a music organizer please let me know.
Rapid Video Blogging – Making Money With Web Video
Click here to get the free report(aff).
Of all the questions I get about podcasting, one question seems to be almost universal. That question is can you make money podcasting? That's the question people want the know about.
At the last Blogworld conference, I learned that there are people making money. The key is having your own product and using your content to promote your product.
The reason I revisit this, is that I just read a great report by a guy named Gideon Shalwick. I'had never heard of Gideon before, but I saw his report referred to by a number of people I know. So, I signed up and got his report. It's free, so why not.
What I found was really interesting. Gideon has taken the next step in the business model. Gideon shows how to turn your video podcast into a business.
See the diagram after the jump.
USA Network Uses Fake Blind Guy to Celebrate Americans With Disabilties Act
I'm not sure anyone else noticed, but I was stunned by a PSA run tonight by USA Network in association with its new show Covert Affairs.
In the PSA, USA Network has one of its main characters talking about the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it's impact. (the full press release is below.)
This would be great given the impact the ADA has had leveling the playing ground except they use a guy who can see to play a blind person.
Making Movies with the iPhone 4
A couple of students from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Michael Koerbel and Anna Elizabeth James, have written and directed an entire movie - well a short film called "Apple of My Eye" using the iPhone as the camera and editing device. They did it all in 48 hours.
Considering what how they made this short film the video is excellent. At the end, they show you how they made the movie. That part is especially fun to watch.


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Mention steam chicken rice and the first thing that pops into my mind is slices of yellow skin steam chicken soaked with soya sauce. Restoran Kar Heong at Subang Jaya pretty much fits the bill.
From the outlook, the shop won't strike you as a place that will fulfill your gastronomical appetite. But once you stepped inside, it is a whole different story altogether. Scores of people are seen waiting for tables while those who are already seated are busy enjoying their meal.
A plate of 'tau geh' or bean sprout (RM 4.00) is a must to accompany any chicken rice meal. Here, the bean sprouts were thick and crunchy.
Since Kar Heong is famous for their steam chicken I was curious to find out how it fares. The meat was tender and full of taste as how you would expect a good serving of steam chicken to be. A whole chicken costs us RM 38 which can accommodate up to six people.
Their Char Siew (RM 36) was pretty good although it is not the best I have tried so far. Nevertheless the combination of sweet and salty taste accompanying the lean and fat pork meat was definitely above average.
Since their business is extremely good, it is advisable to go early to avoid the afternoon crowd.
Restoran Kar Heong
No. 60, Jalan SS14/2
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel: 012-6056696
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Videos | June 7, 2012
Inspired by Bradbury
A Mars rover driver pays tribute to author and visionary, Ray Bradbury.
Transcript:Having Ray Bradbury here was incredible because in particular for Mars he really has been one of the voices from very very early on for going to Mars and exploring Mars long before we knew how to do it. He was taking us there in our minds.
Let me introduce you to some of the other people who drive the rover with me. So our rovers look just like this.
When he came to the operations room and we showed him the model of the rover and the large scale panoramic pictures that we've taken, the actual photographs of the surface of the planet. It was like watching him experience it as a child almost would experience it, just the wonderment; he has never lost that wonder for Mars that he's always conveyed in his books.
There you go. You're getting the hang of it already. We're going to have to hire you.
Showing him how we control the rover and using the simulator and letting him basically drive the simulator rover across the surface of the planet and letting him see the reality of that was very rewarding for us because we could tell how, how much it meant to him to see this that once that it was only fiction. That partly because of his vision and his sharing that vision with us that it's now become a reality and we're actually there.


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Like everyone in Brooklyn, Hannah believes she has three or four great folk albums in her. That, and an e-book. It's her duty as a memoirist to write it!
Last night, the boys — with seemingly no pending duties — undertake a self-imposed good samaritan man-quest to Staten Island. Like most couplings on this show, their bromance is short lived. Unlike the travails of their predecessors, their journey makes for excellent television.
Working Girl!; or "My boyfriend is doing lights for Carly Rae Jepsen, and I should be on the bus with him."
The episode begins in a café in Brooklyn, where Hannah is finally being recognized — by the editor-in-chief of Pumped magazine — as the voice of her generation. He doesn't even think she needs voice lessons, offering her an e-book deal with a due date a month away.
Hannah is shocked to be recognized as a "real" writer, and, rightfully, worried that the offer will never come again. So she accepts, then pukes outside the café like a champ, forever scarring the moneymen afloat in Brooklyn (courtesy of bitter assistants, no doubt). This book-deal vignette precedes the title card, which allows the episode to incorporate an ambiguous time lapse. It's unclear how much trouble Hannah is in with her deadline at this point. After she shows up late to Grumpy's ("I was in my writing flow"), Hannah nonchalantly asks Shoshanna how long it takes to write a book. The answer? One year. Our memoirist goes back to mopping the floor. When Jessa wanders into the kitchen wondering "How's your book of shit?" the screen-cap would suggest Hannah's on page one. (But didn't the show's pilot show Hannah giving her parents four chapters of a book with a working title — "Midnight Snack"? Different book?)
All things being equal, I think we can agree Booth's personal assistant is suffering from a worse employment trajectory (with the exception of Jessa). Confronted for eating a single scoop of rosewater ice cream by a naked, supine Booth — whom she has slept with — she quits, but not before throwing his crackberry. She's young still, though, unlike Ray. Poor Ray! Girls would like us to think that 33 years old is too old to find the end of the rainbow. (Obviously someone missed that Times article about the average American changing careers eight times.) Shoshanna, ever the clueless, well-meaning girlfriend, suggests he pay to hear Donald Trump speak, only to be shocked that the super-secret plan of his twenties wasn't to be the CEO of a coffee franchise. It's the reverse Annie Hall scenario — get your jew into Adult Education classes!
+1 "It says here [Donald Trump] gives people the tools to be happy every single day of their lives."
+2 "Usually when people say they want to be a writer, they really don't do anything but eat and masturbate."
+5 "This book doesn't matter, that's the first thing you have to know. It's not going to matter to you. It's not going to matter to the people that read it."
The Broscapade; or "We're both kind of weird looking."
Shoshanna, asserting it's Ray's "duty as a man to go" and retrieve his book, sends her lover into Adam's man-den. Answering the door wielding a hammer, our resident "sociopath" isn't the warmest host, but Ray wheedles his way in:
"So it's a breakup dog."
"It's not a breakup dog! I just wanted a dog so I got a dog."
Ray — so frequently emasculated by his lack of earning potential — jumps at the chance of providing "backup, like extra muscle in case shit gets real, that type of backup" for Adam, and then they're on the ferry talking about girls. Ray admits he can't explain to "someone so young things don't always end up the way you thought they'd be." But they agree the young, vulnerable women are the way to go (or the older, badass ones). For a while anyway, until Adam accuses Ray of being with Shoshanna because it's easier than finding a real woman his age: "What you're doing isn't real. She's just some kid you feel safe with because you know it won't work out. You're just babies holding hands." Adam's right!
Ray sees Hannah as an unattractive romantic partner largely because she's a "difficult person." Adam points out that adults are difficult: "Everyone's a difficult person. She was accepting of my brand of difficult." Then he gets pissed and runs away like a child. But he has the right idea about adult relationships, and there is something sweet about him not being able to stand Ray saying one negative word about Hannah (even though he compares her to a carnival prize you don't even want at the end of the fair).
+5 "I had to spend the night in jail with a fucking yoga teacher."
+1 "I took her virginity. It's a big deal. I feel like her fucking father now."
+5 "She was like a carnival game, it all seemed so simple, but you can't get the ring on the bottle because it's fucking rigged."
Artist Kills 9,000 Butterflies in Tate Show, Celebrates With Fun Party Packed With Fun People
We happen upon Marnie and Booth in bed. He's feigning sleep while she strokes his back with her perfectly manicured nails. Then Marnie scrambles to turn her phone off. We believe, as she does, it's the morning routine of a certified couple. Marnie starts talking about her relationship with Hannah — "Are you guys even friends?" — only to be cut off with a kiss, "I don't really care." You don't fall for Booth because he's the nice guy! But when he asks her to "chime in" with Soo Jin, it feels like Marnie's a staple in his life.
She does waddle out of the room in the duvet (the sexit!), which I thought had to do with her nudity clause (and not their comfort-zone as a couple) except the scene is cut with her trying on dresses with Shoshanna. But Marnie is Marnie! It's funny to think back on all the hoopla about Lena's naked body in last week's episode — which, honestly, I barely register anymore given its ubiquity — when I found Allison Williams's semi-nudity much more shocking. She didn't even take her dress off during sort-of sex with Elijah (nor in Charlie's bed).
Marnie can't hide her excitement when he offers her the hosting position for the night. "It's a thing. It's happening on a nice level, like a fancy, nice level," Marnie tells Shoshanna, before announcing that she's buying a new dress. "He like totally likes you, that's a huge deal," Shoshanna responds, and rightly so. It would have been a big deal! Just like it'd be a thing if Ray took Shoshanna for a date that didn't involve tacos.
During the party, when Marnie realizes her mistake, she starts crying. "You're a hostess for a living," Booth says coldly. When Marnie admits, a little too honestly, "I hoped you were my boyfriend. And I'm a longtime fan of your work … I thought it would be cool to know you," Booth freaks out, suggesting his rejection of her has more to do with his own insecurities. "No one even knows me, Marnie, not even you," he whines, "I fucking hate everyone here. I hate all of my friends." She leaves, smartly, without bothering to collect her paycheck or dignify his sniveling with sympathy.
+1 "I'm like Bella's best friend who doesn't understand how awesome her life is."
+5 "Were you the girl who got her period at the Dairy Queen? She was really fun."
Cry me a River; or, Why Hoes Wver Bros Is a Highly Underestimated Tattoo
The disintegration of Marnie and Hannah's friendship is beautifully rendered in their late-night phone call. They lie about their nights, too embarrassed to admit that they have nothing to show for the last month of their lives: Hannah hasn't finished her book; Marnie is without a boyfriend. Even at the party, the tensions are acute. Hannah doesn't bother to dress up, and Marnie pretends not to be embarrassed among her new "friends." When Marnie ignores her for too long, Hannah leaves.
By the end of the episode, everyone is alone. Marnie — far from watching fireflies in Booth's garden — clutches her space suit, swallowing tears in the subway. Booth is left crying on the floor of his wine cellar in the fetal position. Ray's stranded on Staten Island with a feral animal, dry heaving into his hands. Hannah's in her room, feeling very uninspired, staring at a blank Word document. (Jessa's dead in the bathtub; Shoshanna's googling "Changing your life at 30"; Adam's accidentally nailed his hand to a two-by-four.)
So many friends, no one to talk to.


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Updated 7:30pm ET: The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night approved an additional $33.7 billion in funding for emergency spending on recovery efforts aimed at helping those devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The final vote came after the House had passed another $17 billion in spending earlier in the day.
The approval of the $50.7 billion came only after political debates over spending that does not directly go to the areas impacted by the super storm.
The House GOP leadership carefully orchestrated a multi-stage process designed to permit Republican members to vote for some Sandy aid, but not the full $60.4 billion the Senate OK'd last year, if they objected to that much spending. By designing the process in this way, the GOP leadership made it highly likely that the total package will ultimately become law after the Senate acts next week.
It's been two and a half months since Superstorm Sandy barreled through New Jersey and New York, but people are still desperately awaiting aid. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
On the $33.7 billion segment of the bill, a group of northern Republicans joined with Democrats to push the measure to passage, on a vote of 228 to 192.
Finally, in something of an anticlimax, the House approved the entire $50.7 billion measure on a vote of 241 to 180. In that vote, 49 Republicans joined 192 Democrats to approve it, while one Democrat and 179 Republicans voted to oppose.
Fiscal conservatives, who objected to spending not directly related to Sandy, were able to trim only relatively small amounts of money from the bill, for example $9.8 million for a wildlife refuge in Connecticut and $150 million for Regional Ocean Partnership grants.
In an earlier key vote, the House defeated a proposal by Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. to offset the $17 billion in Sandy funding by a 1.63 percent across-the-board cut in non-Sandy discretionary spending. The amendment was part of an effort to avoid adding spending to the federal balance sheet.
The GOP leadership's cautious handling of the emergency funding came after an embarrassing fracas on New Year's Eve when House Speaker John Boehner would not permit a vote on a $60.4 billion aid bill, sparking harsh criticism from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and House members from the Northeast.
In a joint statement, Christie joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, both Democrats, in praising the House action: "We are grateful to those members of Congress who today pulled together in a unified, bipartisan coalition to assist millions of their fellow Americans in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at their greatest time of need. The tradition of Congress being there and providing support for Americans during times of crisis, no matter where they live across this great country, lives on in today's vote in the House of Representatives."
At issue Tuesday were two measures, one costing $17 billion, offered by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., and the larger one of $33.7 billion, offered by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., a senior member of the Appropriations Committee.
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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., left, and Rep. Nita Lowey, R-NY, right, testify before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.
Some House Republicans remain alarmed at the large outlays and the additional debt that they will necessitate.
Mulvaney said on the House floor, "I want this money to go where it needs to go" and said he did not intend to delay the funding. But due to the growing national debt and reliance on foreign lenders, "We are no longer capable of taking care of our own."
He defended his call for offsetting spending cuts, saying to his colleagues: "Just tell me what you're willing to do without" in order to pay for helping victims of Hurricane Sandy.
But Rogers denounced Mulvaney's proposal as one requiring "devastating, slash-and-burn cuts."
The Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group, said it would put all three votes, on the two bills and on the Mulvaney amendment, on its vote-rating scorecard to hold members accountable in the 2014 elections.
Earlier Tuesday Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., defended the bipartisan effort by Colorado members to add to the emergency bill $125 million for watershed protection and flood mitigation, including about $20 million for areas in Colorado burned by last summer's wildfires.
The watershed protection money was in the Sandy bill that the Senate passed last month. The House Rules Committee rebuffed Gardner's effort Monday night, but he said he hoped Colorado's two senators will make efforts to add the money when the Senate debates the emergency bill next week.
"The title of the bill is 'The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act.' That's the name of the bill. It's not the 'Sandy Disaster Act.' It's not the 'Sandy Relief Act.' It's a disaster relief act. New Yorkers weren't the only ones who had their homes burned down in a devastating natural disaster. We had over 600 in Colorado alone," Gardner said.
"If we're going to have disaster assistance for people in this country who truly need it – because we are all in this together -- then we shouldn't just cherry-pick Northeastern United States versus Southwestern United States," he added.
None of the short-term tactical maneuvering on Tuesday addressed a serious and growing problem: the increasing frequency of catastrophic weather events is making it more difficult to prepare the federal budget and to do long-term fiscal planning. If catastrophes require adding $60 billion a year in new spending, it is in effect creating another large Cabinet department every year, without the money to do so.


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Susan Boyle has signed on to sing REM's "Everybody Hurts," along with a long list of other stars, to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Simon Cowell will produce the tune, and Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, Leona Lewis and JLS have already signed on to lend their vocals, according to People.
"I don't know who's available, but I will get a record out within seven to 10 days," Cowell said on Thursday. By Friday, he had those stars lined up and reportedly had approached Paul Mccartney, Coldplay and Robbie Williams, according to the BBC.
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Cowell, who recently announced he will leave "American Idol" after the current season to launch a new show, said he was asked to help the cause by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12 killed as many as 200,000 and left millions homeless. Cowell is just the latest star to get involved in the ongoing relief effort. A telethon hosted by George Clooney airs Friday on all major networks, and will feature performances by Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys.
Clooney has personally donated $1 million, as have Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen gave $1.5 million.


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Marisa Olson, 2013
The chemical therapy the artist takes to cope with the death of a parent on chemotherapy causes the child to artificially lactate like a new mother. Here she takes matters into her own hands, deliberately "crying on command" to share a milky tear as evidence of this abject paradox.
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If for any reason whatsoever a property as bid cannot be delivered within that period of time or deliver provided for at the sale for any reason whatsoever, the buyer expressly waives liability on the part of Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales, the Auctioneer and further agrees that any obligation with respect thereto shall be limited to the bid and paid for said property (assets). BUYER'S RESPONSIBILITIES: Buyer assumes full responsibility for all items purchased when the Auctioneer declares it sold. The Auctioneer is not responsible for security or the security of the items purchased nor is it responsible for missing or misplaced items. NON-DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY: The Auctioneer shall not, in any event, be liable for non-removal or for any other matter, to any purchaser of any lot. PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RISK: Persons attending during exhibition, sale or removal of goods assume all risks of damage of or loss to person and property and specifically release and indemnify the Auctioneer and IberiaBank from liability therefore. Neither the Auctioneer nor IberiaBank shall be liable by reason for any defect in or condition of the premises upon which the sale is held. RECORDS: The record of sale kept by the Auctioneer and his bookkeeper will be taken as final in the event of any dispute. NOMINAL BIDS: Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by the Auctioneer, if in his judgment it may affect the sale negatively. THE BUYER: does hereby assume and does agree to indemnify and hold the Auctioneer and IberiaBank harmless from any future claim which shall pertain to the fitness or use for a particular purpose of that asset as being purchased. CONDUCT OF AUCTION: The Auctioneer reserves the right, without giving any reason, to put up items out of numerical sequence and to withdraw any item, items, or lot from the auction. SAFETY DEVICES: Articles purchased may not incorporate approved activating mechanisms, operating safety devices or safety guards, as required by OSHA or otherwise. It is purchaser's responsibility that articles purchased be so equipped and safeguarded to meet OSHA and any other requirements before placing such articles into operation. INDEMNIFICATION: Each bidder and buyer shall defend and indemnify and hold the Auctioneer and IberiaBank harmless from and against all claims and liabilities relating to the condition of, removal of, or use of the items purchased or failure of user to follow instructions, warnings or recommendations of the manufacturer, or to comply with federal, state, and local laws applicable to such articles, including OSHA requirements, and environmental protection agency requirements, or for proximate or consequential damages, costs or legal expenses arising therefrom. SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE VENUE & JURISDICTION OF ALL DISPUTES: Any and all claims, including debt collection and all other disputes of any kind, nature, or character whatsoever arising from this auction sale shall be brought in the appropriate court of Henry County, Tennessee and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee. Each bidder and buyer individually and by virtue of participating in the auction conducted by the Auctioneer does hereby irrevocably agree to submit themselves and any claims to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Henry County, Tennessee and the laws of the State of Tennessee which shall be the sole venue and jurisdiction for the resolution of any claims between them and the Auctioneer and Iberiabank, regardless of the nature or location. The Auctioneer is not responsible for items that are not removed within the time period allowed. Items not removed on time will be deemed abandoned. Each buyer accepts full responsibility for all costs incurred by Auctioneer and/or IberiaBank for removal, storage, and/or disposal of abandoned merchandise. AUCTION INVENTORY CATALOG: The Auctioneer has prepared a catalog listing many of the lots. Many of these lots contain various items and various numbers of items. The Auctioneer has attempted to offer an approximate count on some lots, to give an indication of the approximate size of the lot. The count may be more or less. No guarantee is given in the actual count. No sales will be set aside nor will any adjustments be made due to a discrepancy on multiple lot numbers which are sold as a total dollar amount for the lot. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The Auctioneer may add, modify, or supplement other terms and conditions of sale, such additional terms and conditions may be printed in the catalogue or announced at the Auction. ANNOUNCEMENTS UPDATED DURING THE LIVE AUCTION will take precedence over any previous announcements or statements. All buyers acknowledge and accept by signature these terms and conditions provided at time of registration by registering for a bid number. Alexander AUCTIONS & REAL ESTATE SALES MARVIN E. ALEXANDER CAI – LIC.9, FL 107 239 University Street ~ P. O. 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Friday, November 29, 2013
Happy Birthday Santini
Happy Birthday to the beautiful Santini, who turns 27 today! This amazing lady is known as DRC's "teacher's pet" because of her remarkable intelligence and her drive to do everything perfectly. Tina loves to take part in special needs programs and also in cognitive thinking games. A huge giggler, Santini loves to belly laugh during enrichment sessions. Happy Birthday Santini, we love you!
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Flagler Makes A Connection
As we welcome new members to the DRC family, it's obvious that our little guy Flagler isn't so little anymore. Although he is larger than most dolphins his age, Flagler is a gentle guy with a heart of gold and filled with lots of curiosity. As he continues to learn new behaviors, we like to cognitively challenge him.
During a session, Flagler's trainer threw a target pole into the lagoon and asked him to dive with it. This is a behavior that many of the ladies in his lagoon have perfected. Since the target pole queens, Pandora and Calusa, moved into the front Flagler has witnessed them maneuver their way through a variety of behaviors without ever letting the target pole slip through their flippers. Now, it's Flagler's opportunity to learn how it's done.
As the pole hit the water, Flagler's trainer signaled him to go out for a dive. Instead of jumping with or over the pole, Flagler happily retrieved it and swam back to the dock. Once again it was thrown out and Flagler did the same thing. Since he needed a little help understanding the concept, his trainer sent Gypsi out to model the behavior. As his older friend grabbed the pole and flew through the air with it, we hoped that it clicked in Flagler's mind.
When Gypsi returned to the dock, the trainer asked Flagler one more time to try to go out with the pole. All of a sudden, he got it! While he was still learning and barely grabbed the pole, he knew what his trainer wanted him to do. It was exciting to see the wheels in his mind turn. Soon, he'll be able to complete what he's asked to do all on his own.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Tursi's 40th Birthday!
Forty years ago, two Flipper dolphin stunt doubles had an off screen romance and blessed us with the beautiful Tursi. This larger than life lady, affectionately nicknamed Whopper, has seen the facility grow in size, people, and marine mammals .A true happy spirit, she can't help but make sure all eyes are on her by pairing her high energy behaviors with a signature scream. Tursi has a very nurturing spirit and loves to spend time with children, both flippered and human. As a "super mom", Tursi has gifted us with four beautiful children, Talon, Pax, Gypsi, and Gambit. In addition to raising kids, she helps raise new trainers, teaching them who is really in charge: the dolphins! Happy Birthday Tursi. We love you!
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Happy Birthday Pandora and Delta!
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Happy Birthday Merina
It's a beautiful day to celebrate Merina's birthday. This lovely lady, and once again new momma, was born at DRC in 1984. With her striking eyes and elegant rostrum, Merina loves when all eyes and cameras are on her. Miss Merina excels at nearly everything she takes on but her leaping kiss with her sister, Aleta, is always a favorite among guests. We are so excited to celebrate this day with the lovely Merina. Happy Birthday Merinabean, we love you!
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Happy Birthday Flagler
Happy Third Birthday to the amazing Flagler! This not so little boy was Merina's first boy in her lineage of girls. Flagler is a fun dude with lots of spunk and dolphinality. He loves to play seaweed toss and get his partner soaking wet while he attempts to fling the green wad back to the dock. Happy Birthday Flagler. We love you little guy!
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Merina's New Calf
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Friday, November 8, 2013
DRC Closed to the Public
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Aleta's Baby Arrives!
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Help us celebrate Tursi's 40th birthday!
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Happy Birthday Gambit!
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Dolphin Research Center Salutes Veterans and Military with Free Admission
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The Alan Parsons Live Project world tour is to kick off Feb. 14 in Fort Pierce, Fla., producers said Tuesday.
Parsons, 64, is a famed British musician, songwriter, audio engineer and record producer. His latest shows coincide with the 40th anniversary of his engineering the iconic Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon," which has sold an estimated 50 million copies.
The tour will include eight U.S. concerts in February, as well as gigs in Germany, Austria and Holland in March.
The tour may also include concerts, festivals and appearances still to be confirmed in Germany, Italy, Turkey and Paris.
"This legendary talent began his storied career as an assistant engineer at the famed Abbey Road Studios working on projects such as The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' and 'Let It Be,' and quickly became one of the most sought-after names in the recording industry for his engineering work on Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon,'" a news release said of Parsons' achievements.
"After earning accolades for his work behind the glass, Parsons, a true Renaissance man and talented musician, formed The Alan Parsons Project, a multi-platinum selling, progressive rock band featuring Parsons, his collaborator Eric Woolfson and a rotating cast of studio musicians. The Alan Parsons Project garnered commercial and critical acclaim for such Billboard Top 40 hit singles as 'Eye in the Sky,' 'Time' and 'Don't Answer Me' among other successes."


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"It's open, it's global, it's live, let's hack!" says Ford's John Eliss, global technologist for connected services. Ford has been leading the way in networking its cars and encouraging app developers to give Ford vehicles an edge in the increasingly technology-obsessed motor industry. So Wired.co.uk travelled to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) to try them out.
Pandora, Amazon Cloud Player, BeCouply, and Kaliki are four of the 63 in-car apps that currently make use of the microphones, speakers, control panels and smartphone connectivity found in Ford dashboards. With the free SDK kits available, they're the first of a flood of apps that will provide useful content and services that help the driver without causing distraction—they use voice commands to avoid fiddly keypad text entry.
By 2014 there will be 14 million app-capable Fords on the road, and with no cost for the SDK or a royalty fee and free advice at Developer.ford.com, there's plenty of incentive for novice developers to get busy. All new Fords will be compatible, and the apps themselves can be downloaded onto Android or iOS devices, explained Eliss.
We used a developer's cutaway dashboard to test an great app called BeCouply—a sort of dating adviser that suggests places to take your other half in case you run out of ideas. It uses your GPS location to pick places that are open nearby, speaking them over the stereo to you and directing you there if you like the sound of it. If not, you just say "next" for another idea.
Amazon Cloud Player works just like iTunes Match, by identifying the tunes you have in your playlist and letting you access those from its cloud service if Amazon happens to have them too. Again, you use your voice to search for music, play, skip, and shuffle.
Kaliki reads magazine articles back to you. It relies on publishers providing the spoken content from their own titles, so the selection is limited to Men's Health, TV Guide, and a dozen other magazines so far. The app version of the popular newspaper USA Today is likely to be more popular as it reads out the top stories when you ask for News, Money, Tech, Travel, etc. The Wall Street Journal has a similar app and UK newspapers are likely to sign up soon.
In fact, Eliss only has three rules for the developers: no text-heavy apps, no movies or video content, and definitely no games. The idea is to enhance the driving experience safely and keep the driver's eyes and attention on the road.


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Models with coolest tattoos and the place of tattoos in fashion industry
History of tattooing can be traced back to prehistoric times. To date Ötzi the Iceman, who lived around 3370 and 3100 BC, is the first known man with a tattoo. Tattooing was always popular all over the world: India, Egypt, America, Mongolia, China, Middle East, but traditionally and distinctly different from nowadays, tattoos served as a sort of identification. Primarily it was used to demonstrate cultural, cast or class belonging. Today tattooing has turned into an art and tattoo - a way of self-expression and individualization.
When it comes to fashion, tattoos were not very welcome in the business until not so long ago, which means neither were tattoo models. One of todays famous British male models with tattoos Stephen James said last year: "I've been modeling for two and a half years, and it's funny because I've gotten to the point where I've seen a real change in the way tattoos are perceived in the industry. When I first started working in Spain, the market was very close-minded when it came to tattoos". This shows that men and women with tattoos have just recently began entering the fashion world. And probably the "self-expression" and "individualization" factors played its role in the changing process.
Brands always want to be special, differentiate. And tattoo models definitely help reach that goal. Additionally, men and women with nice, stylish and unusual tattoos on their bodies are eye catching, which is always an advantage when brands want to attract customers. Tattoo models are attractive for brands because they think outside the box. Usually tattoos are results of experiences of the individual, they are artistic representation of a personality. Models with tattoos are often very patient - not everyone is able to stand long tattoo creation process. They accept themselves for who they are and are not afraid to show who they are to others. They know about commitment – once you get a tattoo it is forever. They are collaborative – a person comes to a tattoo artist with an idea and they need to work as a team to bring it to life. They appreciate art as they allow art to be created on their own bodies. And those are very valuable features for the fashion industry.
But what does it take to become a tattoo model? What tips could potential tattoo models use to make their way to success?
While tattooing is gaining popularity, a number of men and women with tattoos is growing, however not all of them are real tattoo models. To get a good start as a tattoo model it is important to define your own style. Tattoo modeling is developing but it has already been well known in the fashion (and not only) business for quite a while. There are a lot of gigs for tattoo models available. Visiting those helps to find out what fits you best, what gives you an inspiration.
Secondly learn to pose. After defining your style your task is to make others see and admire it. It is good to know how the camera will capture you and your tattoos, so one can start with posing in front of a mirror. It will help to understand how to flaunt your unique features and tattooed images.
The third step is a portfolio, of course. Both for posing and making a portfolio it is valuable to know at least a bit about tattoo photography. To create a portfolio, which will be competitive on the model market, a key thing is to find a good tattoo photographer, who is aware of how to use proper equipment, technique and has photography ideas that deserve attention. While taking a picture of a tattoo model, the photographer must remember that setup and approach need to be different from photographing models with natural skin, since the pigment in the tattoo is different from skin. Tattoo should be perceived as an integral part of the model. And a task of the model here is feel at one with a tattoo and know how to show it in the best way. The last, but not the least piece of advice – use social media to promote yourself. Today it is a very influential tool when referring to publicity, which success in modeling business is a lot dependent on. After shaping yourself as a tattoo model and feeling confident show your work to the crowd!
Which kind of tattoos are the coolest for models?
There are a lot of tattoo styles known: traditional American, traditional Japanese, realism, black and gray, portraiture, illustrative, new school, biomechanical, lettering, surrealism and many more. It can be a bit confusing. How to define which one is the coolest? It is all relative. But for sure people do not choose the coolest tattoos, they make them to be the coolest. Tattoos attract attention not when it is on a paper in a tattoo salon, it impresses after it finds its "carrier". What makes any tattoo the coolest - is a right owner. The one who understands it, feels it, is an organic whole with it and is proud to show it to the world. No matter which style it is made in. And thus, the coolest tattoo models are the ones who can make their tattoos the coolest ones. All this once again highlights importance of finding your own style. What feels natural will bring you a success in a tattoo modeling world.


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I suppose for the Emmys, Westworld is the next best thing to Game of Thrones.
HBO's fantasy epic Thrones, which won the best-drama Emmy in 2015 and 2016, is ineligible this year due to its summer start date, leaving the drama category more open. And the series' closest cousin reaped the most rewards.
Westworld tied Saturday Night Live for the most nominations, with 22. The HBO sci-fi series has made nothing but noise since its fall debut, with its violence, nudity, fan theories and big — if not Thrones-sized — ratings. But is it one of the best dramas of the year? Probably not.
In a year when the big winner was off the table and the increasingly packed TV landscape offered new and diverse voices, Emmy voters embraced what they knew, and, for better or worse, the loudest and buzziest of the newcomers. And in general, it was for the worse.
Westworld is a prime example of the problem. In many ways, the show represents the worst sins of Game of Thrones — a penchant for sexual assault and violence — in Western garb. Stranger Things, too, made a deafening entrance into the TV landscape last summer but had structural problems. HBO's The Leftovers, which just concluded its final season to wide acclaim, or a 2016 nominee, FX's The Americans, would have been stronger choices.
On the comedy side of things, it's even worse. There's been an explosion of new and exciting series, but it's tough to break through the noise, at least to get the Television Academy's attention. HBO's Veep and Silicon Valley continue to rake in nominations as they age, yet the singular Insecure was stronger than both this season.
Modern Family also earned its eighth nomination, after five wins, while other ABC family sitcoms Speechless and Fresh Off the Boat find more interesting stories to tell. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's third season was painful to watch, yet made it, while Netflix's smart Norman Lear sitcom revival One Day at a Time was left out.
The trend expands beyond the top two categories. Saturday Night Live's Donald-Trump-lampooning season vaulted three actresses into the supporting category (Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Vanessa Bayer). They're all great but at the expense of nominating Lena Dunham or anyone else from Girls? Or legendary Rita Moreno on One Day at a Time?
Did Shannon Purser (Barb from Stranger Things) get a guest-star nomination through the sheer willpower of Internet memes? Stephen Colbert's Trump-bashing Late Show was recognized — instead of last year's nominee, Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show — but Seth Meyers' critiques of the president are routinely funnier and more incisive than Colbert's and his Late Night didn't make the cut.
Certainly there were bright spots on the nomination list, particularly when it comes to recognizing more diverse voices that make their own fair share of noise. Donald Glover, creator and star of FX's superb Atlanta, received nominations for writing, acting and directing. RuPaul's Drag Race was nominated for seven awards, including best reality-competition series, after RuPaul won for hosting last year.
And the drama race did benefit by including some of those buzzy shows. The Handmaid's Tale, This is Us and The Crown backed up their talked-about political commentary, emotional drama and flashy looks, respectively, with substantive shows that earned their nods.
The nominations don't mean that Westworld or Stranger Things will take the prize in the Sept. 17 ceremony. The Emmys are always a mixed bag. Hopefully, the winners list will reflect the more deserving nominees. Or we can always wait for Game of Thrones next year.


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Firefighters prep for drier weather, potential wildfires
Lake Country firefighters are preparing for drier weather and the potential for wildfires.
Firefighter Brad Bowen said dry conditions greatly increase the potential for brush fires.
"Somebody throws a cigarette butt outside, or outside in the garbage, and they smolder for a couple hours, and next thing you know we're being called out for a full blown grass fire or brush fire,"
Ottawa Lake State Park Assistant Superintendent Anne Korman said officials are monitoring conditions closely.
"As we get through longer, drier periods, then the risk goes up, and we keep an eye on things," Korman said.
The DNR recently did a controlled burn in one dry area in order to lower the risk of fire later in the summer.
Though campfires are OK at some state parks in the area, the DNR has suspended all burn permits state-wide for people who want to burn things on their property.


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- Expand and Explore Your Networking Skills
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Networking is essential for any job seeker. Attend this fun, interactive workshop to learn new techniques for making connections. You'll practice sharing your interests and goals and create a plan for an exciting journey using informational interviews.
By the end of this workshop, you will:
- identify concerns or obstacles that are impeding your networking
- create a plan for invigorating your network
- meet other job seekers and practice networking together
Venue: JVS Headquarters
Venue Phone: 415-391-3600
Venue Website: https://www.jvs.org/contact-us/Address:
225 Bush Street, Ste. 400 West Lobby, San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
Holley Newmark
Holley was a client of JVS in 2012, while working as a corporate sales trainer. Through networking and an informational interview, she realized her facilitation and motivation skills were a great fit for JVS and landed a position as an instructor. Holley is passionate about helping others on their job search journeys and making a difference in people's lives.