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Monday, February 04, 2013
Let the Spirit in
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One of our newcomers asked to meet with me and
took me out to lunch (I like him already). He is
investigating Christianity and is so new to it that
I doubt he could find the book of Genesis if I asked
him. During lunch, he nervously got to his question:
"Will you teach me how to pray?" I laughed and
asked, "Who am I now, Jesus?" He had this blank look
on his face and it hit me, he was unaware the
disciples asked Jesus the same thing.
I took out a napkin and wrote the name God on the
far left … and the Name Jesus on the far right. I
told him prayer begins with talking to God the
Father and usually ends with "In Jesus Name." That's
not some mystic incantation. The scripture's command
that we pray in the Name of Jesus. It's more of an
attitude than a statement. I then told him that
everything between Praying to God and ending in
Jesus name, the Holy Spirit helps to take your words
and make them perfect. You don't have to say it
perfect to pray.
We're promised in Scripture that the Holy Spirit
takes our prayers and then goes to the Father on our
behalf to say exactly what we need to have said.
(Roman's 8:26-27)
The church copier broke down once early in my
ministry. I don't know a thing about copiers so I
called the repair shop to see if they could walk me
through the repair over the phone. I quickly
discovered, however, that I didn't even know how to
describe what was broken. I didn't know the names of
the parts. I just knew the copy machine didn't work.
The shop sent out a technician. He also called the
shop. Unlike me, he knew how to describe what was
needed. He used words I didn't understand. And soon
the copier was repaired. My need was met because he
communicated words I could not express.
This is also what the Holy Spirit does for us. When
we don't always know how to pray, the Holy Spirit
knows precisely what we need and prays in a language
the Father perfectly understands.
The Spirit will not pray for us…the Spirit prays
with us. The words translated as the spirit "helps
us" actually means "to join with." When we pray, the
Holy Spirit will jump in and make those prayers
It was just before prom and my son wanted to use our Dodge Charger.
Imagine with me, I'm watching TV, my son came in and just stood
between me and the television. I asked him what he wanted. He just
stood there with a big stupid grin on his face shaking his head up
and down saying, "You know!" "I know what?" "You know!" Finally my
wife spoke for him, "He wants to know if he can have the Charger for
Prom". Bonnie knew what he was saying with him just voicing, "You
I believe it would be spiritually beneficial for us to say a lot
more in prayer than just, "You know!" But for a moment, this passage
came to life for me. He is my son. What's mine is his. And his
request, through my wife, was answered "yes."
Because of the Holy Spirit, we don't have to say our prayers
perfectly … we just have to say them. He makes them perfect. This is
just one of the many benefits we received when we received the Holy
[Ron Otto, Lincoln
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I have a son starting college in August and want to buy him a laptop. Your latest buyer's guide has me wondering if I should wait to purchase. I spoke with the tech salesman at his college, mentioning your column, and he told me not to worry. He said Windows 8 is really just an upgrade for touch-screen usage, and Dell laptops are not using that touch-screen technology.
That college salesman is wrong on all counts. Windows 8 isn't just about touch screens—it has many more new features—and I do expect that Dell will be offering touch screens and other new hardware designs.
The problem is that all of the newest designs meant for Windows 8 may not be out by August. You'll likely be able to upgrade to Windows 8 on a new machine you buy then, and the new software will work without a touch screen. But you may not have the full choice of new models.
I have a desktop Mac bought in November. Currently I am considering buying a laptop, such as the new MacBook Pro. Since I have an iPhone that I like and it is very portable, would you suggest that I buy the MacBook Pro instead of the new iPad? What I'm looking for is something portable but has computer qualities.
While an iPad does have "computer qualities," and in fact has replaced laptop use for many people in scenarios like email, video, music and Web browsing, most people find it cannot fully replace their traditional computers. So, if you want your next portable machine to be a sort of mobile version of your iMac, get the MacBook. If not, you'll find the iPad is much better at many computer-like tasks than the iPhone, because of its larger screen and keyboard.
I'm thinking about buying a Chromebook for school and thinking I can use Google Docs to substitute for Microsoft Office. How long should I wait for Google to integrate Google Drive offline?
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150/5335-5B - Standardized Method of Reporting Airport Pavement Strength - PCN (Cancelled)
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On his blog today, BillS shares a video of a guide to installing FastCGI and PHP onto an IIS7 Beta 3 system:
Beta 3 release marks the first time the FastCGI feature has been a part of a Windows release, enabling PHP and other application frameworks to run on Windows with great performance and reliability. Making them a part of IIS and Windows means no more downloading and installing other components, or worrying about whether the tools you are using are supported, patched and ready for production use.
The video itself (Quicktime, Windows Media) shows how to make the install and how to use the output caching feature he previously talked about to enhance the performance of your applications. For those that don't want to bother with the video (or can't view it for whatever reason), he also includes the steps at the bottom of the post.


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The Smartphone Wars
The handheld computer is the new PC–the most exciting, promising new platform for running software and connecting to cloud-based services. What do I mean by a handheld computer? Well, it could be one of the new generation of super smartphones, like Apple's iPhone–which pioneered the new generation–or phones powered by Google's Android operating system, or the latest BlackBerries from Research in Motion. Or, it could be a small tablet powered by the iPhone's OS and user interface; by Android; or by other competitors, like Palm's new webOS.
What I don't mean to include in this new class of devices are netbooks running Microsoft Windows, which are just fine, but are really merely small, cheap laptops. Nor do I mean to include the tens of millions of older, less capable, phones labeled "smartphones," which can be a slippery term.
These devices, like the Palm Treo, older Windows Mobile phones, or older-model BlackBerries, were breakthrough products in their day. But they use wimpier operating systems and less capable hardware than today's new class of smartphones. They do run third-party apps, but these look primitive compared with, say, an iPhone app.
A battle is shaping up in the next few years to see who will dominate this new handheld platform–who will attract the most users and third-party apps?
So, here's a quick snapshot of the strengths and weaknesses of the main combatants in the war for the handheld platform.
Strengths: Having defined this new class of handheld computers, Apple has a huge head start, with 30 million modern devices running a powerful and attractive operating system. That includes 17 million iPhones, plus Apple's secret weapon: 13 million iPod Touches, which do almost all that an iPhone does, except connect to the cellphone networks. Apple (AAPL) also has an easy-to-use app store, which is now estimated to hold over 30,000 apps that have been downloaded over 900 million times in just about nine months. The iPhone also offers wireless synchronization via MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange, and has had terrific marketing. And rumors persist that Apple is working on a cheaper iPhone, and/or a larger iPod Touch, in a tablet format.
Weaknesses: Apple has three key vulnerabilities. First, there are millions of people who prefer a physical keyboard, which the iPhone and Touch lack. Second, at least in the U.S., the iPhone is tied to a single carrier, AT&T (T), whose 3G network is still lousy in some major areas. Finally, while the iPhone's $199 price has been good enough to make it a hit, people in a deep recession might respond better to a lower price, even if it was for a stripped-down lesser model.
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Strengths: The BlackBerry is an icon, beloved by many, with a large installed base estimated at over 50 million. The company has made progress in migrating the BlackBerry to consumers from corporate IT departments. It understands the importance of software, and has launched its own Apple-like app store, with a decent initial selection. It has a robust marketing campaign and is available from multiple carriers. Most models have physical keyboards.
Weaknesses: The new BlackBerry app platform leaves out much of the installed base; it only works on BlackBerry models introduced after the fall of 2006. RIM (RIMM) stumbled with its first touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm. And its app store, and the apps themselves in many cases, are clumsier and less polished than the iPhone's. Most of all, the BlackBerry desperately needs a major user-interface overhaul. Email addicts who know lots of shortcuts love the UI, but it's very dated for a world where the device must do more than email. There are way too many clicks, steps and menus, and the browser is still weak. RIM has just hired a new user interface guru who worked at Apple and Microsoft, so it apparently gets this problem.
Strengths: Windows Mobile has a large installed base, with many developers who created lots of apps for older versions of the software platform. Microsoft (MSFT) also plans an app store. The company has also launched a wireless synchronization service for consumers, called My Phone. Unlike Apple or RIM, Microsoft has a horizontal strategy, which places its platform on the hardware of numerous handset makers and carriers. The operating system can work with or without a physical keyboard.
Weaknesses: Windows Mobile is old. It is less powerful than the iPhone OS or Android, and has a user interface that needs a major redo. The company laughed off the iPhone phenomenon, and is now late in catching up. A minor new release is planned for this year, but Microsoft is racing to do a complete overhaul of Windows Mobile, called version 7. Unfortunately, that won't be out till 2010. The new app store won't work with current versions of Windows Mobile.
And, currently, Windows Mobile lacks a killer hardware device. The best Windows Mobile phones today are models from HTC that feature HTC's own software, which works to hide as much of the hidebound Windows Mobile user interface as possible. It isn't clear that apps built for the HTC user interface will work properly on regular Windows Mobile phones, and vice versa.
Strengths: Android is modern and powerful–different from, but in the same class with, the iPhone OS. It has an app store, and excellent wireless synchronization with Google's calendar and contacts. Like Windows Mobile, it's a horizontal product, which can be used on numerous handsets and even tablets or netbooks, some of which are rumored to be in the works. It will be available on multiple carriers, and can work with or without a physical keyboard.
Weaknesses: The first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, was clunky and didn't set the world on fire. The Android app store has so far attracted surprisingly few apps compared to Apple's at the same stage. Some users might balk at the tight tie-in with Google (GOOG). Handset makers can build Android phones that aren't tied in to Google services, so it will be important to see how these variants fare. Another problem is that, as versions of Android diverge among handset makers and carriers, app developers may face a compatibility challenge.
Strengths: With a slug of venture capital money, and the leadership of an ex-Apple exec, Palm has reinvented both its software and hardware, after allowing them to grow stale. The new Palm Pre and its new webOS, which will launch this spring, have impressed those who've seen them, and appear to have a real shot at competing with the iPhone and BlackBerry. The new platform is built for wireless synchronization and third-party developers, and, unlike the iPhone, and some planned Android models, the Pre combines its touchscreen features with a physical keyboard.
Weaknesses: Even if the phone and OS are hailed once reviewers test them, there are many business issues for Palm (PALM). The company is running on fumes, financially, and its launch carrier, Sprint (S), is hemorrhaging as well. That could make it tough to subsidize the Pre enough to compete on price with the iPhone and BlackBerry, especially if Apple does a cheaper iPhone. In addition, Palm will have to mount a costly marketing campaign to match the advertising machines of Apple, RIM and Microsoft. And it may need financial incentives to tempt developers to write apps for the Pre.
Strengths: Nokia is the world-wide leader in cellphones, including smartphones (by the loose definition of that term.) It understands that software and cloud services are key, and has launched an online service called Ovi. There are many older apps already for the Symbian operating system that powers most Nokia models, and Nokia (NOK) is working on an app store. The company is good at hardware, and has huge brand loyalty, at least outside the U.S. And its best known smartphones have physical keyboards.
Weaknesses: Nokia's software has been inferior to Apple's and Google's. To fix this, the company has handed off Symbian to an open-source consortium with a complicated structure. That could make Symbian, and thus Nokia, less nimble than Apple, RIM or Google. Some of Nokia's competitors will also be using this new Symbian, attempting to differentiate their products with user interface and feature differences. Thus as in the case of Android, there's a danger that, if variations of Symbian diverge too much, application compatibility could become a problem. The company also has historically been only a minor player in the very important U.S. market.


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Teton Sports has been working with Trail Sherpa and the Trail Sherpa Network to promote a couple of their sleeping bags. The Mammoth Double Sleeping bag was the focus of the spotlight, but I also got to review the Super comfy Fahrenheit Sleeping Bags. These are a great line of camping sleeping bags that offer plenty of warmth and creature comfort. They are by no means backpacking bags, unless you're into carrying your own bodyweight on the trail…no judgement here, have fun with that. But for car camping, where the tent is a stone's throw from your trunk, these are perfect.
Tim's review of the Mammoth shows how well the Double Sleeping bag works for families with smaller kids, "We took the three kids (my buddy and his daughter were camping with us) into the tent, got them snuggled in the bag, and started a movie for them. The three of us sat around the fire talking about what had just transpired. We talked for 45 minutes about it in fact. To the kids, it was probably the coolest fort ever…I asked Tater the next day what he thought of the bag. He said it was 'way soft and super cushy'."
Amelia also had a chance to review the Mammoth with her young ones, "Nothing like taking your cozy bed from home camping with you. The Mammoth does just that with a plush interior, great sleeping weight and the option to make it as big as your family needs. It is made for the camper that doesn't want to sacrifice comfort in a tent…"
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This post has been written as part of the #EdbookNZ Book Terms organised by Sonya van Schaijik for Connected Educator 2015. I chose the term 'Flipped learning'.
A big thanks to my disruptive friend, Amanda O'Connell for supporting me in this effort.
Thanks also to Leigh Hynes who sent me some resources to read through around flipped learning for this project as well as some other work I've been doing.
Flipped learning
Digital technologies have enabled teachers to develop new pedagogical approaches and teaching practices in order to increase student engagement and achievement. One of these new approaches is that of flipped learning or the flipped classroom.
Flipped learning or the flipped classroom is a method to teach students. Put simply, the flipped classroom is a "model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed" (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, 2012). The idea is that rather than spending in-class time teaching or explaining concepts and ideas, the teaching is delivered through video that students watch during their traditional homework time. Class time is then used to develop the ideas and concepts and apply what has been learnt from the videos.
Video sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo are already providing plenty of learning opportunities. For example, if you want to learn to play the guitar, you don't need to necessarily pay for lessons. Instead, you can do a quick search on YouTube and learn through video. Why not use this same method in formal education?
Of course, in-class lecture is not the way us Kiwi's teach in general. Homework time is moving away from worksheets and textbooks with practice material. We also don't want to see our students sitting in front of those same worksheets or textbooks in class repeating practice exercises, or watching 50-minute videos for homework. We want to see the development of all the key competencies. We want to see, among other things, higher order thinking skills developed, with students collaborating and contributing to solve complex, 'wicked problems' (Hipkins, Bolstad, Boyd & McDowall, 2014).
How can we re-think what flipped learning is for us in New Zealand? How can we also ensure that flipping the learning doesn't simply take away the responsibility from the teacher to teach their class and give students more work to do at home? How can we ensure flipped learning is equitable as some students don't have internet access or digital devices at home?
The Flipped Learning Network defines flipped learning as:
a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter. (Flipped Learning Network, 2014)
This means that students watch the direct instruction on their own through videos, and then develop and apply the concepts taught in the classroom group situation. By taking this broad definition we can rethink what flipped learning looks like and ensure that our approach best meets the needs of our students.
We can think of flipped learning approaches along a continuum. On one end of the continuum, we have the true flipped classroom model where the teacher records themselves teaching a particular concept or idea and posts it online for the students to learn in their homework time. They then come back to school to demonstrate their understanding through discussion with peers, practice and application. On the other end of the continuum we might have rewatchable learning such as recording your teaching, modelling, explanations as they happen in class, and posting these online allowing students to rewatch and review what they covered in class, or learn what they missed if they were absent. Both of these allow for students to rewatch their learning as often as required.
In between these two extremes, we might have students creating flipped lessons by teaching their peers through online video. These can then be used in future years as well, bringing the students into the picture in creating new ways to explain a concept or idea. Of course we can mix it up a little and have different lessons approached in different ways.
In order to ensure we're not just using up students' homework time (or free time!) when employing such a model, we need to be sure that the videos are succinct and relevant. Teachers love talking. They can talk a lot. Videos of concepts or ideas need to be short, no more than three to five minutes long where possible. Think about your own online video viewing habits. Many of us switch off after less than a minute unless it's highly engaging (Shout! Communications, 2014). You might also need to record different ways of explaining concepts. Don't keep reinventing the wheel though. Use what others have created already.
Don't forget that relationships are important too. Your students need to see you or hear your voice, otherwise are YOU really teaching them! Make sure that class time is used carefully to develop deeper understanding of concepts through a variety of ways.
Keep considering what will make learning equitable to all and accessible to all. Flipped learning doesn't have to require students to watch videos at home. What about spending the first minutes in class allowing students to watch? They might need to re-watch them during class time too. What about ensuring devices are available at lunch time or after school for those who don't have access at home? You could even add subtitles to your videos or include the transcript.
Used with other pedagogical approaches, the flipped learning model could help support a move to developing deeper discussions in-class in order to increase understanding. Through the removal of a lot of in-class direct instruction time, students can ask questions, think more deeply, and consider real-life global examples and problems. It is a model that is worth considering as digital technologies become more prevalent in school and the day-to-day life of our students.
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. (2012). (7). Things you should know about Flipped Classrooms. EDUCAUSE Creative Commons. Retrieved from https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7081.pdf
Flipped Learning Network. (2014). The Four Pillars of FLIP™. Retrieved from http://www.flippedlearning.org/definition
Hipkins, R., Bolstad, R., Boyd, S., & McDowall, S. (2014). Key competencies for the future. New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Press.
Shout! Communications. (2014). Online video viewing habits – what latest figures tell us [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.shoutcommunications.co.uk/blog/online-video-viewing-habits-latest-figures-tell-us/


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Parents overwhelmingly believe it is better for young children to be at home with a parent rather than in day care or all-day kindergarten, according to a new poll commissioned by an Ottawa think tank.
The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada found that 76 per cent of Canadians (77 per cent of men and 75 per cent of women) believe it is best for children under six to be kept at home, cared for by a parent.
Among parents who currently have children younger than six, the number in favour of stay-at-home parenting dips slightly to 69 per cent.
If a parent is unable to care for their child, parents believe the next best option is a relative, followed by a neighbourhood home day care, the study found. The least preferred option is larger for-profit or not-for-profit day-care centres.
A clear majority, 61 per cent, also believe government funding of children should go directly to parents in cash rebates or tax credits, as opposed to building and staffing day care.
"A lot of the activists on this don't actually ask parents or go straight to parents, so we did," said IMFC executive director Andrea Mrozek.
Current policies that favour day care and full-day kindergarten are squeezing out other options, Mrozek said.
"What public policy is doing is preferentially funding one form of care at the expense of all others," she said.
"It's not fair to say that parents are vying for a Maserati as opposed to an older car. There's a basic option on the table that could be put on a level playing field with other options.
"The only one we seem to prioritize today is the institutional day care model and the creation of spaces."
But despite what polls say, parents are bringing their kids to the optional full-day kindergarten programs, said Kevin Kobus, Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association executive director.
"The numbers would indicate that it's an extremely popular program," Kobus said. "There's more that opt in than keep their children at home."
By the time full-day kindergarten is fully implemented in 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Education expects to see 265,000 children attending. More than 60 per cent of Ontario's full-day kindergartens today also offer before- and after-school programs at the request of parents, according to the Ministry of Education.
Child care centres aren't trying to substitute for parenting, they're trying to support parents and families, said Canadian Child Care Federation president and CEO Don Giesbrecht.
"There's nobody, even folks within our organization that provide child care, who is not going to say that the parent should be the primary caregiver of their child. That's not even part of the argument," he said.
IMFC wants the government to fund families either through tax credits or direct payments so they can choose their own child care options. The problem with that approach, said Giesbrecht, is that if governments don't invest in a system, individual families will never build a system.
If the government handed every parent of a child under six $400 per month, the cost would come to $10 billion per year, but $400 a month can't buy quality day care, he said.
For Ontario Catholic schools, full-day kindergarten has become an important tool to help build the Catholic system. Because the funding has been relatively equal between the public and Catholic systems, Catholic schools have had a fair opportunity to attract young parents, Kobus said.
"Once a kid is in a school system, whether it's public or Catholic, they tend to stay there," he said.
Also, putting young children in a Catholic environment where prayer, church-going, Christmas and Easter are part of the child's everyday experience furthers the real goal of supporting Catholic families, Kobus said.
"It's prior to the ages at which they would receive the sacraments, but to have that early exposure to Catholic teaching and a Catholic environment by Catholic teachers is certainly a positive," he said.
"My sense is that once they're in that JK and SK program they stay in that Catholic school for the duration of their elementary schooling."
Quality early childhood education also has an important social justice goal, said Kobus. The distinct advantages that rich and middle class families have in raising their children tends to erect permanent class barriers for poor children who historically have fared worse in the education system.
"There are options that wealthier parents would have for four- and five-year-olds that many in society would not have. The levelling out would seem to be one of the consequences and one of the benefits of having this program," said Kobus. "We think it's the right policy direction."
Mrozek believes research used by the Ontario Ministry of Education to support the idea that children learn better when they have early exposure to school is biased.
She cites Dr. Gordon Neufeld, a Vancouver developmental psychologist and author of Hold On To Your Kids, to argue institutional day care socializes kids badly, encouraging them to identify more with their peers than their parents.
"When we examine these things we have to be fair with parents and indicate that this step toward universal kindergarten programs or funding for institutional day care spaces is not universally beneficial for children. Nowhere in the research does it indicate that it is."
In real life, women work and want to work while families also want the best care for their children, said Giesbrecht.
"Just putting money in the pockets of families does nothing to address quality," he said. "We still need supports for families. Parenting is not being done in isolation.
"You still need quality early childhood programs to support the development and growth of children, and just as importantly to support families and the incredibly challenging job called parenting."
The study was comprised of online interviews with 2,200 Canadians and has a 2.2 per cent margin of error, 19 times out of 20.


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Lolo School Students Don Green in Support of Lolo Creek Complex Firefighters
The basketball court and baseball fields at the Lolo schools were filled with firefighters and firefighting tools , August 29. Lolo Middle School Principal Shawna Kientz said it was meaningful to see the children visiting with the firefighters that had helped save their school from the Lolo Creek Complex.
"The community here has been effected by this," Kientz said. "It's nice to be able to have the students see what the career is like of being a firefighter. It's timely, and it's nice for them entering back into school to learn how the community was effected and what efforts went into protecting the community."
Many of the children wore yellow and green clothing to school on Thursday, similar in color to the Nomex gear used by firefighters. Kientz said the color coordination was no accident.
"We asked the students to put on the green and yellow to show their support of the firefighters," Kientz said.
Students were able to watch a slide show of how the Lolo Creek Complex is being fought, and met with Montana DNRC and National Forest Service Crew members that had come in to Missoula County from as far away as Illinois.


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By Barbara Kaplan –
Your bedroom is your most personal space, so be sure when making choices to surround you in your bedroom, that you love them. Also, keep in mind how you look lying on the color of your sheets. Are they in your best colors and how does the color make you feel? Even with your eyes closed, you know the colors of your sheets. If the color is dark, have they faded? Did you buy them because you like looking at them and slipping into them every night or do they match something in your room that you don't even like?
With the new spring season, it might be time to make some inexpensive changes. Consider painting a wall in your bedroom, buying new bedspreads or, at the least, new sheets. Keep in mind that sheets and pillow cases don't have to match in color or pattern. This is also practical, because if one of these pieces wear out, you don't have to replace the whole set. You may also mix and match your sheets and pillow cases for design effect, excitement, interest and practicality.
You can paint an accent wall or all the walls in a new color. Don't ignore the ceiling since you are lying down. The ceiling can be your accent wall. Possibly add funky or romantic pillows on your bed or simply take your favorite vase and add a bouquet of fresh flowers to enjoy the beauty and scent that permeates your space. The changes don't have to be big; small but calculated differences can have a huge impact on your home sanctuary.
For example, with new eyes, take a slow and objective look at your master bedroom or even take a photograph. In a picture you will see things differently than if you are standing in the room. Ask yourself questions like, "What looks tired and faded, are your pillows worn and flat and are your night tables stacked with old magazines, books and catalogues." Do you really still care what is in them? Is your night stand customized for your exclusive use? Is what you need from bed in easy reach? When you are in bed do you feel supported by your surroundings? What is the last thing you see at night and the first thing you see in the morning? This can affect your dreams and your attitude for the day.
If new night tables aren't in the budget, you can take a piece of glass and spray paint the underside of it and then cover the paint with a fabric. Lay the fabric side on the nightstand. This will add an accent color to the top of your old night stands, which can be color coordinated with the new colors you are introducing in the room.
If you are buying new sheets here are some information to take with you:
Measure Your Bed
Whether you have a twin, queen or king sized bed, there is no longer an absolute standard measurement for beds. While the top measurements are rather consistent from maker to maker, there is some variation. So before you go shopping, measure your bed carefully, noting the dimension from top to bottom, side to side and the thickness of the mattress. Some are wider than others or longer.
Check The Sheet Measurements
Since you know the exact size of your bed, check the exact size of the sheets. Be sure that the fitted sheet is deep enough for your mattress, or that you haven't found a California King sheet set and your bed is an Eastern King. Remember that many sheets will shrink as much as seven percent in the first washing.
Have Fun With Color
Sheets are a fun and an inexpensive way to add a splash of accent color to your bedroom décor. Consider mixing and matching sheet sets; this is a great way to use pillow cases or bottom sheets that are still in great shape.
Learn About Thread Count In Bed Sheets
Check the thread count which is printed on front of the label by the manufacturer. Thread count refers to the number of threads per square inch in both directions in the weave. The higher the thread count, the more luxurious the feel of a fabric. But beware! A higher thread count usually means that the individual threads are thinner and may not wear as well. For linens that balance comfort and durability, choose a thread count in the 400-600 range.
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I'm going to save the apology for the lapse in posting and refrain from the typical slew of empty promises and resolutions. You know the drill; sometimes I post, sometimes I don't, but please believe me when I say I always want to. Writing fulfills me in a way that nothing else really does (except maybe Popeye's chicken), and it needs to be more of a priority. Also, they're building a Popeye's near me, so how's that for a sign from the universe?
I'm proud of this week's writing prompt for a couple of different reasons. First, it's the beginning of a better writing schedule (last empty promise I make, I swear (well, other than that last one)). Second, I use first-person point of view, which is something I never do. Using first-person point of view feels like a confession or admission, like it's too personal to build a character that isn't just me with a different name. All my writing might be like that, now that I think about it. Third, it is personal and I think I tackle a very real fear for woman of a certain age without being melodramatic. This voice I use could be fleshed out into a very real and very endearing character were I to pursue and develop this idea further.
Hope you enjoy! Please comment and let me know what you think, and please share.
WEEKLY WRITING PROMPT #3.2017: The day before helping her best friend give birth, a woman of thirty learns that she will never have children of her own.
These days, you can't fucking smoke anywhere.
I mean, the hospital I get; no one should be smoking there for obvious reasons I don't have to enumerate to make my case. But walking across the street from the hospital – and then ten more yards for good measure – seems closer to ridiculous than anything else. And doing so in ninety-degree weather isn't helping my mood. It's incredibly hard to be rational when I'm sweaty and uncomfortable and in desperate, desperate need of a cigarette. I'm filling up with something awful as I halt at the end of the hospital property, teetering on the curb before the busy highway in cheap flip flops. I look left and then right and then right again, because my mom raised me right, and then dart across.
All things considered, getting mowed down by a truck doesn't seem like the end of the world. I should have lingered just a few moments more, maybe. But that kind of thinking is irrational and morbid and goddamn, I just don't want to think anymore. I just want a cigarette.
It's easy to find the other smokers, huddled shamefully beneath a weak-looking tree at the far end of a parking lot for a quaint plaza. The weak-looking tree is the only source of shade and as I approach, I realize everyone beneath the tree is dressed in scrubs and smiling and laughing; they're all hospital staff and they're all friends. I think I'll stand just a few feet away. I'm in no mood to make new friends or yuck it up, but I don't want to be a bitch.
Scratch that; I don't know what I want.
Wait, that's wrong. I know what I want. I want a cigarette. And in this poor, poor excuse for Shangri La, I will have one.
As I light up, I consider the irony of doctors and nurses who smoke. Why anyone willingly inhales carcinogens, myself included, is beyond me, but it seems especially asinine for people who spend their lives saving lives to engage in a wildly unnecessary and risky behavior such as smoking. But fuck me, right? Here I am, puffing away. I might as well enjoy the irony, like an extra in a film who gets casts as an Oscar winner. That kind of irony is less dangerous and more humorous, kind of like how I always thought I'd never have kids because I'd never find a good man. But after thirty long and lonely years, I found a good man – the best man – and he'll never be a father because my fallopian tubes are too narrow.
I'll never be a mother. Thinking it aloud in my head forces me to acknowledge the idea with a fatal finality, and I take a seat on the grass beneath the three. I want to take up as little space as possible, curl all up around myself, and shrink into nonexistence; the ultimate Irish exit.
Taking a long drag, I know I'm bordering on morbidity and irrationality again, but there's definitely something crushing about finding out you physically cannot have children. It wasn't a choice I made, part of some chic, progressive lifestyle (I'm not being judgmental; to each his own, man. Live and let live, I say). I knew I was lucky to meet Frank; for a while there I thought I'd die alone, like really and truly alone, where the only people at my funeral are friends who have outlived me and cemetery staff. I wanted love and to be loved so badly I was on the verge of doing something reckless and desperate, like online dating (that's a joke; I don't judge). Enter Frank, the knight in shining armor; a decent-looking man with a great sense of humor, steady income, and a tolerance for feminine bullshit that is otherworldly. He's been so patient and forgiving, and I don't deserve him; I really don't.
But he deserves children. He wants them; we've talked about it. And I can't give that to him.
I know there's adoption and fostering and surrogates and a seemingly endless list of possibilities. I know, somewhere deep down inside that this doesn't have to be the end of the discussion, but it's different and anyone who says different is selling something.
So maybe I should amend my earlier assertion: I'll never be a mother on my own terms.
I suppose that sounds kind of selfish and twisted and grotesque, but hey; that's me all over. Like right now, I'm smoking this cigarette in the July heat when I'm supposed to be at Kathleen's side, holding her hand and feeding her ice chips, the whole delivery shebang. I snuck out because I needed a cigarette because those roles will never be reversed. I can't have kids.
And it's obviously jacking me up real bad, but I can never ever say anything to Kathleen about this, especially not today, which is ironic because it's the one day it's dismantling my psyche. Kathleen's my best friend – another love I don't really deserve – and she'd be the most supportive person in the world. Seriously, if I told her right now about all of this, she'd Google solutions on her phone from her hospital bed, shouting search results to me as they move her into the delivery room. But it's her day and I just need to handle my shit.
If I had a daughter, that's a lesson I'd teach her, that being a strong woman means that sometimes, you just have to handle it. You can break later but in the moment, step up.
I could teach my son that lesson too, because really, strength transcends gender.
Great; I'm crying. I'm sweaty, smell like smoke, and mascara's running down my cheeks. I'm a mess, and everyone will know and everyone will ask, and we all know that only makes things worse.
Fuck. Shit. Balls.
I haven't told Frank yet either. Think he'll leave? He won't, like I said he's a good man, but he'll think about it. And who could blame him?
I take one last drag and stub the cigarette out on the curb behind me. I have to stretch to the point of almost laying down, so fuck it. I lay down in the grass with my head uncomfortably on the curb to watch the sky through the leaves of the weak tree.
What a world.


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A Computer Passes the Turing Test — But Does It Matter?
A computer has finally passed the Turing Test. You may now commence the global panic.
Two years ago, Eugene Goostman, the artificial intelligence computer program that masquerades as a wise-cracking 13-year old boy, won the Turing Test contest, fooling the judges into believing the all-digital Eugene is a flesh and blood person 29% of the times they spoke to him.
In the latest contest, held this weekend, the Goostman program managed to accomplish the feat 33% of the time — not only winning the competition, but passing the official Turing Test threshold for the first time.
Back in 1950, famed computer scientist, mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing posited in a now famous paper entitled Computing Machinery and Intelligence that by the year 2000 it would be possible for a computer to play what's known as "the imitation game" well enough that "an average interrogator will not have more than 70 per cent chance of making the right identification after five minutes of questioning."
In other words, Turing predicted that a computer could answer text-based questions in such a way that it could, roughly one third of the time, be mistaken for a human interlocutor.
Goostman notched that achievement during Turing Test 2014, held on Saturday at the Royal Society in London. It competed against four other supercomputers. All of them were required to hold a five-minute, keyboard-based conversation with the judges. According to the University of Reading, none of the programmers were given topics or questions in advance.
But Goostman is not designed to know the answer to every question. Developer Vladimir Veselov explained his programming philosophy: "He can claim that he knows anything, but his age also makes it perfectly reasonable that he doesn't know everything. We spent a lot of time developing a character with a believable personality."
The team worked on Goostman's "dialog controller" to achieve more conversational responses. "Going forward," said Veselov, "we plan to make Eugene smarter and continue working on improving what we refer to as 'conversation logic'."
The key to believability may be that fallibility. Since people tend to believe computers are unlikely to get anything wrong, programmers competing in Turning Test typically introduce errors. As Turing noted in 1950, "If it is rigged up to give answers to questions as in the imitation game, there will be some questions to which it will either give a wrong answer, or fail to give an answer at all however much time is allowed for a reply."
Not everyone is buying this as a tipping point for artificial intelligence. "It doesn't make a dammed bit of difference to robotics or AI," said Rodney Brooks Professor of Robotics (emeritus) at MIT and founder, Chairman and CTO of Rethink Robotics. Brooks told Mashable that Turing was, in 1950, posing a rhetorical question.
In fact, the "imitate game" was originally designed to see if a man or women could fool an interviewer into inaccurately guessing their gender. "People spend so much energy on a rhetorical question ... [Turing] wasn't saying that [the test] was the definition of intelligence and then we'd be off to the races."
Computers listening and responding to our questions in seemingly human ways is not new. In the 1960s a so-called "chatbot" named ELIZA fooled some of its interlocutors. You can check out a version of ELIZA here.
These days, many of us are already carrying around intelligent voice assistants in our pockets. Apple's Siri for example can answer a variety of natural language queries, like "How do I look?" with "I don't know. But I guess you look pretty good," and Windows Phone's Cortana can answer, "What are you doing today?" with this cheeky response, a dig at the iPhone: "multitasking."
Neither voice assistant is equipped to carry on five minutes of uninterrupted conversation, however. You'll notice that when Siri doesn't have the answer, it sends you to search.
And if you're frightened by the notion of a computer that can at least appear to think? Turing's advice in 1950 was the equivalent of "get over it."
We like to believe that Man is in some subtle way superior to the rest of creation. It is best if he can be shown to be necessarily superior, for then there is no danger of him losing his commanding position ... I do not think that this argument is sufficiently substantial to require refutation. Consolation would be more appropriate: perhaps this should be sought in the transmigration of souls.
You can try an online version of Eugene Goostman right here. Don't be surprised if he fools you too.


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Assuming, without deciding, the waiver of classwide claims in the arbitration provision at issue here is valid and enforceable in light of Concepcion, as El Cajon argues, we nonetheless conclude El Cajon waived arbitration when it waited five months to invoke arbitration.
Indeed, if El Cajon either had promptly moved to compel arbitration at or near the time it answered the complaint or informed Roberts at that time of its intention to compel arbitration (such as in its answer to the complaint), Roberts likely would not have propounded extensive written discovery involving the class action allegations in her complaint. Of course, if Roberts had been given timely notice by El Cajon of its intent to arbitrate and propounded the discovery in any event, it would have been at her peril.
However, because the record shows El Cajon waited months after Roberts propounded extensive written discovery (undoubtedly at great expense) to notify Roberts of its intent to arbitrate and because most, if not all, of this discovery would—under El Cajon's own analysis of Concepcion—be useless in arbitration, we conclude there is ample evidence in the record showing El Cajon's conduct (including in responding to this discovery) was inconsistent with the intent to arbitrate and that Roberts was prejudiced by that conduct. (See St. Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of California, supra, 31 Cal.4th at p. 1196.)See Slip Opinion, at 18-19.
The Court's decision joins the ever growing list of potential exceptions to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Concepcion. (See previous posts here, here and here).


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The 2013 awards race is in full swing, and what better way to spend the Thanksgiving holiday then to take a closer look at how the categories are shaping up thus far? Over the next few days we're providing a bit of an overview of what the state of the race looks like at this point in time. Yesterday we ran down the contenders for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, and today we'll be taking a look at the fiercely competitive categories for Best Actor and Best Actress. Hit the jump to read on.
If you missed our introductory piece that ran down the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, click here.
As a reminder, Les Miserables, Zero Dark Thirty, and Django Unchained have yet to screen for critics, so at this time I've automatically disqualified them from the "Frontrunners" category. Obviously we'll see some major contenders emerge from each film, but for the purpose of this preview I've simply placed them in the "Likely to Be Nominated" or "Other Contenders" categories.
Best Actor
Likely to Be Nominated:
- Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
- Denzel Washington – Flight
Other Contenders:
- Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
- Anthony Hopkins – Hitchcock
- Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
- Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained
For your consideration:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper
This year's Best Actor race is one of the most exciting in recent memory, as we have a bounty of incredible performances to mull over as 2012 comes to a close. Daniel Day-Lewis is automatically in the Oscar conversation whenever he decides to grace us mortals with his onscreen presence, but his restrained and introspective work as President Abraham Lincoln is nothing short of brilliant. Day-Lewis was given the impossible task of bringing a near-mythic legendary American figure to life, but he accomplished it with flying colors. You genuinely feel the immense pressure put on Lincoln's shoulders as he's faced with some difficult decisions at the close of the Civil War, but Day-Lewis' layered performance also brings Lincoln to life as a human being. Given his incredible work and the film's status as a Best Picture frontrunner, Day-Lewis looks like the one to beat at the moment.
Hot on Day-Lewis' heels is Joaquin Phoenix for his firecracker performance in The Master. True to the film's title, Phoenix brings an almost animal quality to the character of Freddie Quell as we're reminded that the I'm Still Here star is one of the most talented actors working today. The film's polarizing reception and Phoenix's negative comments about the awards race in general don't exactly help his case, but the actor is nearly a lock for a nomination regardless.
Believe it or not, the Best Actor conversation actually began way back in January when John Hawkes blew audiences away at the Sundance Film Festival with his portrayal as a man with polio seeking out a sex surrogate in The Sessions. Hawkes has been doing fantastic work as a character actor for years, and he was finally recognized by the Academy in 2010 with a pleasantly surprising nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Winter's Bone. He's got some fierce competition this year in the Best Actor race, but his stellar work in one of this year's smaller Oscar contenders is not likely to go unnoticed.
Sitting just outside the top three are a couple of other actors who could find themselves among the nominees in January: Bradley Cooper and Denzel Washington. Cooper has had one of the more graceful rises to Oscar status in recent memory, as he went from "that guy who's really good at playing a douche" in Wedding Crashers to respected dramatic actor in just under a decade. His performance as a man struggling with bipolar disorder in Silver Linings Playbook is the best of his career, and the fact that that film is considered the "crowdpleasing" candidate for Best Picture certainly plays into his favor. Given the Best Actor category's crowded nature this year Cooper is unlikely to pull off the win, but I suspect this won't be the last time we see him in the Oscar conversation.
Also joining in on the Best Actor fun is two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington for his role as an alcoholic pilot in Robert Zemeckis' Flight. The film is more Cast Away than Forrest Gump in terms of awards reception, but the compelling story is one of addiction and Washington does some fine work here in the fairly unlikeable leading role. I'm not convinced the performance has the goods to pull off a win, but Washington is certainly deserving of a nomination.
Should any one of the five aforementioned candidates not make the cut, there are plenty of actors waiting in the wings. Hugh Jackman is probably the most likely to slip in for his performance in Les Miserables, but it's tough to call him a lock without having first seen the film. The Broadway veteran definitely has the pipes to pull off the song-heavy leading role of Jean Valjean, and I suspect he'll turn in a great performance that will make him a major part of the already stacked Best Actor conversation.
Anthony Hopkins is also worthy of consideration for his fine work as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, though the film's tepid critical reception may turn off voters. Hitch isn't exactly portrayed in the most flattering of ways, and the lack of evidence to back up the film's story could have many overlooking Hopkins' impressive transformation. There's also Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained, but again the film has yet to screen so it's tough to predict how much of a contender either will be. Foxx and Waltz are both previous Oscar winners so that certainly makes them at least a minor part of the conversation, but they'll really have to wow audiences in order to make the cut in this year's incredibly tough category.
Though I'm convinced that nobody will give a better performance than Day-Lewis this year, I genuinely believe the prolific Joseph Gordon-Levitt deserves some recognition for his fantastic work in Rian Johnson's sci-fi drama Looper. Many brushed Gordon-Levitt's performance off as simply a great impression of Bruce Willis, but the guy layered that complex character with enough nuance and emotion to really make you root for what's essentially not a very good guy. On top of crafting an engaging and dramatic character arc, Gordon-Levitt also had to make audiences believe that he and Willis' characters were the same person. It's a wildly impressive performance that I feel has been sorely underrated.
Best Actress
Likely to Be Nominated:
- Quvenzhane Wallis –Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
- Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Other Contenders:
- Naomi Watts – The Impossible
- Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
- Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina
For Your Consideration:
- Emily Blunt – Looper
The Best Actress race has a very clear frontrunner at the moment, but I have a feeling we might see a big shakeup come mid-December. Jennifer Lawrence gives a wonderful performance as a grieving widow/sex addict in Silver Linings Playbook, acting as a great foil to Bradley Cooper's character. The 22-year-old actress was nominated in this category just two years ago for her breakthrough role in Winter's Bone, but she's all but guaranteed a spot among the nominations this year for Silver Linings. The character is sort of the antithesis to the mythic "Manic Pixie Dream Girl," and Lawrence brings an emotionally grounded quality to a role that could easily have veered into cliché.
Not to be outdone in the young actress department, Quvenzhane Wallis was just 5 years old when she landed the lead role in the emotional roller coaster that is Beasts of the Southern Wild. Wallis is a force to be reckoned with as a young girl named Hushpuppy who is navigating life as her father's guardian when a relentless storm approaches her Louisiana bayou community, just as her father falls ill. It's a powerful performance as Wallis commands much of the film's screen time, and it has the goods for not only a nomination but possibly even a win depending on how the rest of the category shakes out.
Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress trophy in 2007 and she's back in the conversation this year for her work the French-Belgian film Rust and Bone. She's already racked up numerous awards for her performance as a killer whale trainer, but she faces much more stiff competition this year than she did for her previous win. She's definitely one to watch, but I wouldn't hold my breath for Cotillard to come away the victor.
Though the three aforementioned actresses have been drawing considerable praise for their performances, many are predicting that the category's frontrunner has yet to emerge. We only recently became aware that Jessica Chastain plays the lead in Kathryn Bigelow's drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty, but a couple of quiet screenings ahead of the big critics screenings this weekend already have people talking. Chastain plays a real-life CIA analyst who spearheaded the decade-long manhunt for bin Laden and whose obsession with the case eventually lead to the terrorist's assassination. Chastain broke out in a big way last year landing herself a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in The Help, so we certainly know she's capable of big things. As public screenings for the film begin, don't be surprised if you see her name begin to move to the head of the pack.
Helen Mirren could also find herself once again on the list of Best Actress nominees for her role as Alfred Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville, in Hitchcock. Mirren arguably gives the standout performance in the film, with many noting that the story would have been better focused on Reville rather than Hitch. She's undeniably great in the role, but again the lack of enthusiasm for the movie itself is unlikely to carry her to a win in this year's competitive category.
Also part of the conversation is Naomi Watts for The Impossible. The real-life drama that focuses on a family broken apart following the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia is a bona fide tearjerker, and many have singled out Watts' performance as the family's matriarch for Oscar consideration. We'll have a better idea of her chances once the film opens wide, but it'd be unwise to count her out.
One of the most emotionally draining films of the year is Michael Haneke's Palm d'Or winner Amour, and Emmanuelle Riva's performance as a retired music teacher who suffers a stroke that paralyzes half of her body has earned raves. The Austrian film may be a bit too heavy for voters in the other categories, but it looks like Riva's work has the best shot at landing a nomination. Keira Knightley is also worth mentioning for her work in director Joe Wright's mesmerizing adaptation of Anna Karenina, but her chances of netting a nomination will likely hinge on the film's reception once it hits wide release as early reviews have been mixed.
I know it's a bit of a cop out for both of my For Your Consideration picks in the acting categories to come from the same film, but I can't help myself; Emily Blunt was simply spectacular in Looper. A large part of why the farm portion of Rian Johnson's film works hinges on Blunt's performance as Sara Rollins, and the actress absolutely nails it. Forget the spot-on Missouri accent, Blunt's performance as a conflicted mother is wonderfully nuanced with equal parts strength and fear, and it's her work as Sara that makes the film's climax so emotionally riveting.
That's it for the acting categories. Sound off below with your thoughts on the tight Best Actor and Best Actress races, and I'd love to hear your own "For Your Consideration" picks as well.
Check back tomorrow when we'll take a look at the contenders in the Best Animated Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay categories, and I'll run down some quick picks for the technical categories.
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Roger Ebert , the renowned US film critic and TV anchor , who was almost as famous as many of the Hollywood stars , died on April 04 , 2013 aged 70. It is sad that I got introduced to his world very late in my life . I am thankful to internet that I could know him intimately through his blogs , his twitter-handle and his hugely popular columns in newspapers . Now I do follow him on twitter but it all started recently . It all began just now .
June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013
" No good film is too long and no bad movie is short enough ".
Roger Ebert was an American journalist, film critic, and screenwriter . He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death . In 1975, he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, an award given to newspaper writers . As of 2010, his reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad . Ebert also published more than 20 books and dozens of collections of reviews .
Described as a "critic with the soul of a poet" Roger Ebert was named the most powerful critic in America by Forbes in 2007.
Writing on his blog on Tuesday i.e. April 02 , 2013 , he said he planned to take a "leave of presence". He explained: "It means I am not going away. My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me. I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing : reviewing only the movies I want to review."
But two days later on April 04 , 2013 , he died early in the afternoon at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Ebert, a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago, was said to have been "prolific, almost to the point of disbelief" with the weekend section of the Sun-Times often featuring as many as nine of his interviews, profiles and reviews.
His work included interviews and profiles of notable actors and directors in addition to his reviews – celebrating such legends as Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.
In 1969 he took a leave of absence from the Sun-Times to write the screenplay of " Beyond the Valley of the Dolls " for Russ Meyer .
He also found television fame on Sneak Previews on PBS . It made Ebert a household name along with fellow critic Gene Siskel – who died in 1999 . Ebert's television career was curtailed in 2002 when he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. He was unable to speak and eat after further surgery in 2006.
Writing his last blog this week in April 2013 he said: "It really stinks that the cancer has returned and that I have spent too many days in the hospital . So, on bad days I may write about the vulnerability that accompanies illness. On good days, I may wax ecstatic about a movie so good it transports me beyond illness."
His thumbs up and thumbs down reviews were very famous among the connoisseurs of cinema , who read his column or watched his show .
Thumbs down : Classic Ebert reviews :
Stargate (1994) "The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate."
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) "If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination."
Battlefield Earth (2000) "Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way
Armageddon (1998) "No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out."
North (1994) "I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it."
His last blog amplifies his persona in the best possible way . I am re-producing the whole piece from his website :
A Leave of Presence
by Roger Ebert
April 2, 2013 | 1032
Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time. Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show, my books, the website, the film festival, or the Ebert Club and newsletter. However you came to know me, I'm glad you did and thank you for being the best readers any film critic could ask for.
Typically, I write over 200 reviews a year for the Sun-Times that are carried by Universal Press Syndicate in some 200 newspapers. Last year, I wrote the most of my career, including 306 movie reviews, a blog post or two a week, and assorted other articles. I must slow down now, which is why I'm taking what I like to call "a leave of presence."
What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away. My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me. What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review.
At the same time, I am re-launching the new and improved Rogerebert.com and taking ownership of the site under a separate entity, Ebert Digital, run by me, my beloved wife, Chaz, and our brilliant friend, Josh Golden of Table XI. Stepping away from the day-to-day grind will enable me to continue as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, and roll out other projects under the Ebert brand in the coming year.
Ebertfest, my annual film festival, celebrating its 15th year, will continue at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, my alma mater and home town, April 17-21. In response to your repeated requests to bring back the TV show "At the Movies," I am launching a fundraising campaign via Kickstarter in the next couple of weeks. And gamers beware, I am even thinking about a movie version of a video game or mobile app. Once completed, you can engage me in debate on whether you think it is art.
And I continue to cooperate with the talented filmmaker Steve James on the bio-documentary he, Steve Zaillian and Martin Scorsese are making about my life. I am humbled that anyone would even think to do it, but I am also grateful.
Of course, there will be some changes. The immediate reason for my "leave of presence" is my health. The "painful fracture" that made it difficult for me to walk has recently been revealed to be a cancer. It is being treated with radiation, which has made it impossible for me to attend as many movies as I used to. I have been watching more of them on screener copies that the studios have been kind enough to send to me. My friend and colleague Richard Roeper and other critics have stepped up and kept the newspaper and website current with reviews of all the major releases. So we have and will continue to go on. At this point in my life, in addition to writing about movies, I may write about what it's like to cope with health challenges and the limitations they can force upon you. It really stinks that the cancer has returned and that I have spent too many days in the hospital. So on bad days I may write about the vulnerability that accompanies illness. On good days, I may wax ecstatic about a movie so good it transports me beyond illness.
I'll also be able to review classics for my "Great Movies" collection, which has produced three books and could justify a fourth.
For now, I am throwing myself into Ebert Digital and the redesigned, highly interactive and searchable Rogerebert.com. You'll learn more about its exciting new features on April 9 when the site is launched. In addition to housing an archive of more than 10,000 of my reviews dating back to 1967 we will also feature reviews written by other critics. You may disagree with them like you have with me, but will nonetheless appreciate what they bring to the party. Some I recruited from the ranks of my Far Flung Correspondents, an inspiration I had four years ago when I noticed how many of the comments on my blog came from foreign lands and how knowledgeable they were about cinema.
We'll be recruiting more critics and it is my hope that some of the writers I have admired over the years will be among them. We'll offer many more reviews of Indie, foreign, documentary and restored classic revivals. As the space between broadcast television, cable and the internet morph into a hybrid of content, we will continue to spotlight the musings of Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales, as well as the blog "Scanners" by Jim Emerson, who I first met at Microsoft when he edited Cinemania. The Ebert Club newsletter, under editor Marie Haws of Vancouver, will be expanded to give its thousands of subscribers even bigger and better benefits.
For years I devoutly took every one of my tear sheets, folded them and added them to a pile on my desk. The photo above shows the height of that pile in 1985 as it appeared on the cover of my first book about the movies published by my old friends John McMeel and Donna Martin of Andrews & McMeel. Today, because of technology, the opportunities to become bigger, better and reach more people are piling up too. The fact that we're re-launching the site now, in the midst of other challenges, should give you an idea how important Rogerebert.com and Ebert Digital are to Chaz and me. I hope you'll stop by, and look for me. I'll be there.
So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies.
[ Above portion is Taken from his website ]
Ebert compiled "best of the year" movie lists beginning in the 1960s, thereby helping provide an overview of his critical preferences . His top choices were :
On behalf of all the students and staff of my acting institute Vidur's Kreating Charakters , I offer my condolences to Ebert's wife Madame Chaz Hammel-Smith and his family and admirers .
I may not be running the most famous acting school of Mumbai , or the most famous acting institute of India , or the most famous acting academy of bollywood , or the most famous acting institute of the world , I may be small and very insignificant , but I thought it proper to offer my condolences to Madame Chaz and show my respect to the most famous film critic of the world . On his death even Barack Obama , the president of United States of America , expressed his grief . It shows his stature and importance .
Rest in peace sir ! You will be missed a lot . I will always be in touch with you through your website and your books . I will always regret the fact that I came to know you when the end was so close .
[ This blog is not entirely written by me . Name of the movies posted above is taken from Wikipedia . Long introduction of Roger Ebert is taken from his website and his thumbs down quotes about movies have been taken from the various sources and articles posted on the internet . I am indebted and express my gratitude .]
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Nadir Olivet, a Guatemalan native and owner of La Carrera Cycles in Toronto, had a wild idea. Why not host this years 18th annual Cycle Messenger World Championships in his native country. Despite severe weather such as mudslides, the show has gone one.
Here is a report, via Messmedia.org from VeloNews.
The show goes on: Guatemalan landslides challenge Cycle Messenger World Championships organizers
By Connor Boals • Updated: Sep 9th 2010
It's a bike messenger's job to get the delivery done in any condition: rain, sleet or snow.
But what about landslides?
The 18th annual Cycle Messenger World Championships will answer just that question as hundreds of messengers from across the globe descend on the tiny Guatemalan town of Panajachel, where some preliminary events started Sept. 3
Heavy rains from tropical storm Hermine have already brought the mountainsides down, closed roads, stranded racers across Central America, displacing villagers and even taking several lives.
Read the whole story here.
A promo video by Lucas Brunelle.
CMWC Guatemala from Lucas on Vimeo.
Bill Chidley of the London messenger blog, Moving Target Zine, has been filling daily reports on the scene.


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The new Apple iPhone 8 has a 4.7 inch Retina HD display (1334 x 750 pixels) with True Tone technology. True Tone offers more natural colours and richer colours. The iPhone 8 senses the natural light surrounding it, in order to automatically adjust the white balance.
Augmented Reality is at the heart of the Apple iPhone 8 and AR games and apps are managed with ease, with a faster six core A11 Bionic processor and a three core GPU. The iPhone 8 has an aluminium frame and the front and back faces are made from glass, giving support for wireless charging.
The 12MP camera has a larger sensor for capturing more light and there is a 7MP FaceTime camera for video calling. The iPhone 8 also has water resistance, a fingerprint sensor, iOS 11 and an updated Siri that can translate languages.