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This is not only an excellent TED talk, but a useful tutorial for any public speaker or presenter. You'll get a thoughtful look at how you listen (or don't) and how your audience listens (or doesn't), as well as thoughtful ways to ensure that changes. Listening is critical to understanding, so if your presentation goal is to gain your listeners' understanding, listen to this.
Treasure gives you five tools to recalibrate your listening, ranging from 3 minutes a day of quiet to how to savor the mundane sounds of your day, so you can hear and appreciate them better--he calls those sounds "the hidden choir." Add his five steps to your public speaking practice!
UPDATE: District 29 Toastmasters blog offers another use for this skill and the video: If you're an evaluator in Toastmasters, use it to sharpen the skills you use to listen to the speakers you're evaluating.


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MOBILE, Ala. - The miserable passengers aboard the ill-fated Carnival cruise line were slowly making their long journey home Thursday after crews repaired a broken tow line, another bad break that briefly set the ship adrift off the Alabama coast.
As passengers came within sight of land and a cellphone signal, a clearer picture of the scene aboard the ship began to emerge. They described overflowing toilets, sewage backed up in showers, scarce food, people getting sick and a tent city on what was supposed to be a tanning deck. What began as a four-day voyage in the Gulf of Mexico had turned into a vacation nightmare, not at all the luxury cruise touted in brochures.
The more than 4,000 people who left Galveston, Texas, a week ago were expected to make it to shore Thursday night at the earliest - only to then face an hours-long bus ride or other travel hassles to finally get back home. Frustrations with the cruise line were simmering on and off the ship, as passengers and their relatives questioned why it has taken so long to get back to dry land after an engine-room fire disabled the ship Sunday.
'There's poop and urine all along the floor,' Renee Shanar, of Houston, said from her cellphone aboard the ship. 'The floor is flooded with sewer water ... and we had to poop in bags.'
The ship was in sight of the Alabama shore Thursday afternoon when the tow line broke, leaving it briefly dead in the water, Coast Guard Petty Officer William Colclough said. It wasn't immediately clear how long the broken line had delayed the trip home.
The 14-story ship still has to negotiate a tricky, shallow shipping channel before it can dock. Before the line broke, the ship was traveling about 5 mph.
Television images from CNN showed passengers with signs of 'Help' and 'I love you' hanging from their cabin rooms. Others walked around the deck, some waving to the helicopters flying above. People in boats, presumably officials from Carnival, the Coast Guard and Customs, have boarded the ship.
Shanar, who is on the ship with her husband, said the couple had a cabin with no windows, so they have been sleeping outside for days. She said the food has been distributed on the 9th floor, and some of the elderly have needed younger people to bring it to them. They were initially only given cold cuts, like turkey and vegetable sandwiches. Then another cruise line dropped off hamburgers and chicken sandwiches, but the line for that fare was nearly four hours long.
'And then people started getting sick from the food,' she said.
The company has disputed the accounts of passengers who describe the ship as filthy, saying employees are doing everything to ensure people are comfortable.
Terry Thornton, senior vice president for Carnival Cruiselines, said they received an extra generator that allowed them to serve hot food on the ship Wednesday night, and that the food services will be fully operational when they are docked.
That isn't expected until at least 8 p.m., perhaps later. The massive ship still needs to make turns and navigate cross currents on its way to the port - all without the help of its engines.
'This is going to be a long day,' Thornton said. 'There is no way we can speed up the process.'
When passengers arrive in Alabama, their stay will be short. Carnival said in a statement late Wednesday that passengers were being given the option of boarding buses directly to Galveston, Texas, or Houston - a roughly seven-hour drive - or taking a two-hour bus ride to New Orleans, where the company said it booked 1,500 hotel rooms. Those staying in New Orleans will be flown Friday to Houston. Carnival said it will cover all the transportation costs.
'I can't imagine being on that ship this morning and then getting on a bus,' said Kirk Hill, whose 30-year-old daughter, Kalin Christine Hill, is on the cruise. 'If I hit land in Mobile, you'd have a hard time getting me on a bus.'
Hill is booking a flight from Amarillo, Texas, to New Orleans to meet his daughter when she gets there.
Vance Gulliksen, a Carnival spokesman, also said the company chose to bus people to New Orleans because it 'offered additional capacity and flexibility which was important to us.'
Thelbert Lanier was waiting at the Mobile port for his wife, who texted him early Thursday.
'Room smells like an outhouse. Cold water only, toilets haven't work in 3 1/2 days. Happy Valentines Day!!! I love u & wish I was there,' she said in the text message, which was viewed by The Associated Press. 'It's 4:00 am. Can't sleep...it's cold & I'm starting to get sick.'
Robert Giordano, whose 33-year-old wife Shannon is aboard the cruise liner with a group of friends of hers from Edmond, Okla., said he has yet to speak to someone at Carnival. All his information has come through pre-recorded phone calls, the most recent one Wednesday afternoon when he was told the ship would 'probably' arrive in Mobile late Thursday or early Friday. He got better information, he said, when the 'Today' show called him.
'A complete utter surprise to me. I'm excited but I didn't know about that,' Giordano said. 'That's the biggest frustration for me now is that the media knows more than the family members do and certainly more than the passengers do on the ship.'
Gulliksen said the company has tried to keep families updated and established a toll-free number for friends and relatives. Gulliksen said about 200 Carnival employees are in Mobile waiting to assist passengers upon their arrival, and some will go on board to assist when the ship sails in.
The ship left Galveston for a four-day cruise last Thursday with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members. It was about 150 miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula when an engine room fire knocked out its primary power source, crippling its water and plumbing systems and leaving it adrift on only backup power.
No one was injured in the fire, but a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition was taken off the ship as a precaution.
In Mobile, officials were preparing a cruise terminal that has not been used for a year to help passengers go through customs after their ordeal.
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones questioned the plan to bus passengers to other cities, saying the city has more than enough hotel rooms and its two airports are near the cruise terminal.
'We raised the issue that it would be a lot easier to take a five-minute bus ride than a two-hour bus ride' to New Orleans, Jones said. Jones said Carnival employees will be staying in Mobile.
Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled more than dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before the engine-room blaze. The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation.
Gulliksen said the Triumph's recent mechanical woes involved an electrical problem with the ship's alternator on the previous voyage. Repairs were completed Feb. 2, and the problem was not related to the fire, he said.
Passengers were supposed to get a full refund and discounts on future cruises, and Carnival announced Wednesday they would each get an additional $500 in compensation.
Once docked, the ship will be idle through April.
Plushnick-Masti reported from Houston. Associated Press writers Bob Johnson in Montgomery, Ala., and Melissa Nelson-Gabriel in Mobile contributed to this report.

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Defeat for Algeria on Tuesday completed a miserable start forAfrica at the World Cup in Brazil with only the heroics of aging Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba to enthuse over.
The 36-year-old came on as a substitute to help the Ivorians come from behind to beat Japan on Saturday but for the other four African representatives, their chances of a second round berth are already looking bleak with the tournament not yet a week old.
Algeria, the last of the African sides to get their finals campaign underway in Brazil, were beaten 2-1 byBelgium in Belo Horizonte.
Ghana and Nigeria, whose coach Stephen Keshi said there was no reason why an African team could not win this World Cup, are on the back foot while Cameroon sit on the brink of elimination.
Ghana's coach Kwesi Appiah confidently predicted his team, who showed the best form in the African qualifiers, would better their quarter-final placing of four years ago but even after losing to the United States on Monday still seemed buoyant about his side's potential.
"It's not going to be easy to qualify for the group, but we'll give everything to do just that. We're going to have to play well against Germany and I know we'll give them a good game," he said.
The 2-1 loss for the Black Stars, who conceded an injury time winner, means Ghana must now get results in their remaining Group G games against Germany and Portugal.
Nigeria failed to break down a defensive Iran and were jeered off the field after a 0-0 Group F draw inCuritiba.
It puts them under pressure to now beat Bosnia in their next game on Saturday and then also likely needing points from their last group game against Argentina.
Cameroon will be eliminated if they lose to Croatia in Manaus on Wednesday, having already been beaten by Mexico in their first Group A game last week.
Major blow
They will start without captain Samuel Eto'o, ruled out because of a knee injury, in a major blow to their already faltering chances.
Algeria still have a chance to turn around their fortunes against a far from impressive Russia and South Korea in Group H. But without the momentum of winning start on Tuesday they now must find extra capacity to get past the group phase for the first time in their history.
It is the Ivorians who now hold the continent's realistic hopes after a start that compounds the misery of 2010, when Africa had six sides at the finals and just one of them got through the initial stage.
Their 2-1 win over Japan in Recife leaves them in confident mood for their remaining Group C games against Colombia and Greece and on course to achieve their target of getting past the first round for the first time in three tournament appearances.
"We are close to qualification. This is important and we need to focus," Ivorian fullback Serge Aurier told reporters. (editing by Justin Palmer)


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CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) will join the technology policy conversations in play at the South by Southwest EDU and Interactive conferences in Austin starting this week. Privacy and the "internet of things" will be among the topics on the agenda for the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). ALA also will join members and sister library organizations at the joint "Innovative Booth for Libraries" March 7-11, 2014.
SXSWi is a premier technology and policy conference featuring some of the world's most forward-looking thinkers, emerging technologies, and inspiring digital creators. ALA and other library organizations will engage attendees, panelists, policy-makers, startups, and venture capitalists about the ongoing importance and relevance of libraries and librarians to the tech industry. The exhibit hall presence is made possible by library technology partner Innovative Interfaces.
OIF Director Barbara Jones will speak March 5 about "Don't Track Me: Libraries Engage Youth and Privacy." Open Society Foundations funded an ALA project for librarians to work with high school students on privacy issues. One project focused on problems faced by immigrants to the U.S. The panel includes Jones, Adriana McCleer, a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and two Austin-area high school students.
OITP Program Director Larra Clark will join Innovation Policy Day March 11 for a panel on "Innovating Policy for the Internet of Things." The "Internet of Things" operates over unlicensed spectrum such as Wi-Fi and there will undoubtedly be a torrent of new technologies across a host of industries. Policymakers in Washington – Congress, the Administration, and the FCC – have begun to recognize the critical importance of supporting the growth of Wi-Fi. This panel will explore the cutting edge policy debates that will undoubtedly impact the new technologies ahead.
"SXSW offers a great opportunity to extend the reach and visibility of the library profession, of ALA, and of our core values and best practices with technology influencers and innovators," Jones added.
During the SXSW Interactive conference, dozens of librarians will be featured panelists, interactive session volunteers, and engaged attendees sharing information about modern libraries - and librarianship.
"Our goal is to help more entrepreneurs and policy leaders recognize how librarians help support next stage businesses," says Joe Murphy, director, Library Futures at Innovative Interfaces. "When we talk about the library as a space for co-working, startup incubation, and creativity, we are talking about what we have always done as libraries – but in a new way."
The "Innovative Booth for Libraries" is co-hosted by the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference, EveryLibrary, the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), Urban Libraries Council (ULC), and Urban Librarians Unite (ULU). It is made possible through generous support from Innovative Interfaces (iii.com). For more information on the programs, panels, and outreach librarians, archivists, and museum professionals are doing at SXSWi, visit http://www.sxswlam.org/.


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The generalized mean (power mean) with exponent $p$ of $n$ numbers $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$ is defined as
$$ \bar x = \left(\frac{1}{n} \sum x_i^p\right)^{1/p}. $$
This is equivalent to the harmonic mean, arithmetic mean, and root mean square for $p = -1$, $p = 1$, and $p = 2$, respectively. Also its limit at $p = 0$ is equal to the geometric mean.
When should the different means be used? I know harmonic mean is useful when averaging speeds and the plain arithmetic mean is certainly used most often, but I've never seen any uses explained for the geometric mean or root mean square. (Although standard deviation is the root mean square of the deviations from the arithmetic mean for a list of numbers.)


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Like many, I rationalized the US incursion into Iraq as, "I don't know whether Iraq has WMDs, but Saddam is a brutal dictator and removing him from power is worth our effort."
With 10 years of hindsight, I can say that our invasion of Iraq was not worth our effort. Iraq was not worth the deaths of 4,488 US men and women with names like Lucas, Justin, Chadrick, Romel. Iraq was not worth the pain of the families that live on, Gold Star Families, or the many children now fatherless. For our nation, Iraq was an unnecessary cost for not nearly enough gain. For our nation, Iraq was a mistake.
Personally, the lessons I learned were worth the volunteering as an infantryman for two tours, 801 days, and over 400 combat missions in Iraq. I have had the honor of leading more than 100 great men and women, and working with hundreds more. Through them, I saw what it means to serve, to show loyalty to an idea and to each other, to work incredibly hard, and to be American.
The lessons I learned were worth being told by my battalion commander that the participation of my then-fiancé in an anti-war protest would directly lead to the death of some of our soldiers, that she wasn't "supporting the mission" as expected, as if the debate on risking American life was unpatriotic. The lessons are worth being told that anti-war protests would decrease morale in our unit, as if the strategy of clearing the same neighborhoods house-by-house, over and over again didn't already deal a death-blow to morale. The lessons are worth the tears that fill my eyes every time I hear "Taps.''
Historians will continue to analyze why we invaded Iraq and whether or not our leaders willfully misled us. But what we know to be true is that those who questioned were quickly shunned as un-American in the same shameful vein as Joe McCarthy in the 1950s. Looking back, many may wish those voices were stronger — stronger in volume, in quantity, and in their ability to change policy. At least 4,488 Americans would. I would.
As I walked with my men up and down the streets of Baghdad, meeting Iraqis in baked-mud houses over sugary chai, I learned how important investment in education and economy is to peace. The young men that fought us had no job, no education, and no hope that things might get better. Risking or losing their lives fighting us seemed their least bad option in their wholly distorted view of the world. If they'd had a job to support their family, they would never have picked up an AK-47 or constructed a homemade bomb.
Ten years later, our mistaken invasion of Iraq has taught me three things: questioning the value of the fight is never unpatriotic and is crucially necessary; I personally own the actions of my government and I must stay engaged; investment in education and economies prevents conflict. I hope we've learned the same lessons as a country. The cost is far too high to learn them again.
Dan Futrell, a US Army veteran and two-time recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project and a Tillman Military Scholar of the Pat Tillman Foundation. He lives in Somerville.


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DENVER (AP) — Ty Lawson has a reputation for quickness and scoring. He can play defense, too.
Stephen Curry can attest to that.
Lawson had 18 points and nine assists and his defense on Golden State's top scorer was just as valuable in the Denver Nuggets' 102-91 victory over the Warriors on Friday night.
Curry was held to six points in his lowest-scoring game since early last season.
"I think Ty and him have a little bit of a rivalry," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "Ty's pressure in the last couple of games has been getting better. He's understanding he can be a pest on that end of the court. He didn't get any open shots and we picked him up in transition."
Curry was in danger of going scoreless for the first time since his rookie season three years ago. He didn't score until he hit a 3-pointer with 3:21 left, and he hit another with 1:35 left to cut Denver's lead to 10 at 101-91.
"I don't know. It was a rough one out there for everybody," said Curry, who attempted only three shots through most of the game before hitting his final two. "I was coming back and forth off the bench and missed a lot of time in the first half. That's no excuse. I have to be more aggressive."
Lawson pressured Curry from the start, creating an early steal that led to Danilo Gallinari's dunk.
"I pressured him as much as I could. I knew if he didn't have a good game, it would be tough for them to stay in the game," Lawson said. "It would be difficult for them to stay in the game."
Andre Iguodala had 29 points — 21 in the second half — and Gallinari added 20 points for the Nuggets. They have won three straight.
David Lee led Golden State with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Carl Landry had 19 points.
Klay Thompson had 16 points, all in the first half.
Despite Curry's struggles, Golden State led at half before the Nuggets took over after the break. The Warriors missed their first nine shots of the third quarter as Denver went from six down to ahead 62-53 lead. Iguodala scored nine points to ignite a 17-0 run that began at the end of the first half.
"We've been doing good adjusting out of halftime. The only negative is we can't let ourselves get down," Iguodala said. "We've got to be ready to start off well, take leads in the first half and try to put them away with those big runs in the third quarter."
With Curry scoreless, Landry and Jarrett Jack tried to pick up the slack. Landry had six straight points to pull Golden State to 66-63, but Lawson led the way as the Nuggets took a 78-70 lead heading into the fourth.
"We've been a second half team the last three games," Karl said. "The first six minutes of the third quarter were tremendous. Iguodala motivated a lot of that with his defense."
Denver used a 9-0 run at the 10 minute mark to pull away. Iguodala scored four points and JaVale McGee had a dunk and a free throw that made it 91-74 with 7:28 remaining.
"They turned it up a notch and we ran for the hills and didn't respond," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "We didn't help the cause by turning over the basketball and we allowed them transition points. So they got it going. But we didn't try to stop it. We actually helped them keep it going."
NOTES: Lee has six straight double-doubles and seven in his last eight games. ... Nuggets F Wilson Chandler sat out his fifth straight game. Chandler is still dealing with issues from offseason surgery on his left hip. ... Iguodala's career high is 34.


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WASHINGTON — Democrats command the votes needed to pass a sweeping health care bill through the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, an unexpected statement that quickly drew a biting response from rank-and-file conservatives demanding changes in President Barack Obama's trademark legislation.
The House's top Democrat also signaled strongly that lawmakers will soon incorporate a provision to curtail growth in Medicare costs into the legislation, although she said it would be done in a way that "respects the prerogatives" of Congress.
The White House and conservative lawmakers want to empower an independent commission to order changes in spending within the giant government health care program for seniors, subject to veto by the House and Senate.
While Pelosi said she has "no question" that Democrats have the votes they need, she stopped short of promising the full House would act on the legislation before beginning a monthlong vacation at the end of July.
"We are waiting to see what the president says, and what the Senate will do," she said.
Pelosi spoke as White House officials and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, met with moderate and conservative Democrats who have stalled progress on the bill, demanding numerous changes as the price of their support.
Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., expressed unhappiness at the Speaker's words. "I've been meeting to death, so if that has been for naught until they counted votes, and just to occupy our time, I'm sorry," he said.
"I thought we were legitimately having conversations about writing a good health care bill for America."
Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., who also has been involved in days of private negotiations, said he believed the Speaker was mistaken when she said Democrats have the votes to prevail.
Separately, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee met privately to consider changes in the legislation they pushed through last week.
Across the Capitol, a small group of senators of both parties continued a daily series of meetings aimed at producing a bipartisan agreement. There was no visible sign they were close to an accord.
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Pelosi's statement was her most optimistic to date on the prospects for health care legislation, and came a few hours before a prime-time presidential news conference where the president once again urged Congress to act.
"We will pass reform that lowers cost, promotes choice and provides coverage that every American can count on. And we will do it this year," Obama said in excerpts of an opening statement that the White House distributed in advance.
Since returning from an overseas trip more than a week ago, Obama has spoken in public on a near daily basis about his desire for legislation to expand health coverage while reducing the skyrocketing growth in costs.
In recent days, though, public opinion polls have shown a leveling off in support for his proposals, and emboldened Republicans have stepped up their criticism. One, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. has predicted that health care could turn into Obama's "Waterloo" if the legislation is blocked.
Video: Health care reform: Too fast, too soon? The president referred to the political struggle, as well. "This isn't about me," he said in the excerpts. "I have great health insurance and so does every member of Congress."
Pelosi's remarks were uttered at a news conference designed to showcase the difficulties that can result from a lack of insurance or insufficient coverage, and appeared aimed in part at recovering some of the political momentum.
"You are a part of history and you are watching the legislative process at work, and it will take some time," she said. "But we are going to do it right and it will lower cost, improve quality, expand choices, be fully paid for and make America healthier ..." she said.
Democratic leaders have said any legislation would bar insurance companies from denying coverage or charging higher premiums on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.
In general, the bills would provide federal subsidies for lower income families unable to afford coverage, part of an effort to dramatically reduce the ranks of the uninsured.
The House bill includes a provision for the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies, a provision strenuously opposed by industry.
The legislation appeared on course last week, until Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, said it lacked steps to control the costs of health care in the future.
On Friday, Obama called for lawmakers to include a provision to change that, specifically requesting creation of an independent board that would have the power to set payment rates for doctors, hospitals and other providers under Medicare.
But in a fresh sign of the challenges, the American Hospital Association urged its members to oppose the provision, saying it could "hit future hospital reimbursements hard." The AHA joined other hospital organizations recently in agreeing to cut more than $150 billion over the next decade from projected Medicare payments. Officials could not be reached to say whether that deal might be reconsidered in view of the proposed change to the legislation.
The administration's legislation, as well as a competing bill backed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., would both dramatically reduce the clout that Congress has in setting payment rates, a change that has drawn opposition from numerous lawmakers. At the same time, they are designed to clamp down significantly on future costs.
Rockefeller's bill, for example, limits Medicare's growth to 1.5 percent a year, until the program is financially solvent, regardless of the rate of inflation.
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She's calmer now. The winter Sun is setting.
The edges of her voice have dulled
her eyes are still swift, snowy blue
blossomed into summer skies.
She is august now. Slow,
heavy as the air. Mellow,
the Moon easing in her hammock.
It was the crispness of the sweater that made me stop. Folded firmly, it was starched with the wind and the sun of the country it was dried in. Australia. I pushed it up to my face and breathed in deeply. Just the stale scent of the plane remained, not the detergent she used to wash it. But it was enough, it was enough. I placed it over my face and let my head drop back as the memories of the trip washed up through my senses.
Inhale. Long flights and airport reunions. Exhale. Her bedroom in that little apartment, his dirty dungarees and white ponytail past the door. The curtain-sifted light in her room and the darkness sitting, brooding in the corners. Inhale. The wind, the constant wind around the house, through the windows, playing tag with the screen door. Exhale. Arguments. Speed-walking through pale, yellow brick streets under a muggy grey sky. And quiet conversations in the dusk; thoughts waiting on pillows.
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Monocles: 'Ow, do people really wear these?'
At the close of last night's opening segment, Rachel donned a monocle and remarked, "Ow, do people really wear these?"
A British trend piece from a few years ago suggests people really do, but what I've been wondering is why they've become a symbol of wealth. Wouldn't rich people, even in the monocle hay days of the early 19th century, be able to afford a full pair of glasses? The article cites generally accepted history with the explanation that monocles were a loophole for aspiring army officers who couldn't pass an eye test but were barred from wearing spectacles. And monocle trendiness grew from there. That's as good an explanation as any. Solid history about the monocle is sparse online. Also without citation, the site "Mad about monocles" chalks the upper class associations up to the fact that they were relatively expensive baubles, exactly what rich people might like to collect. I have to wonder if the invention of the achromatic lens and the fact that a person could be an "amateur optician" added caché to carrying a lens around.
Google very helpfully gives us a look at the monocle chapter of Spectacles and Other Vision Aids: A History and Guide to Collecting by J. William Rosenthal, which doesn't really explain the aristocratic association, but does offer hints with descriptions of famous artists wearing them in painted portraits early in the trend, and European diplomats wearing them at their peak.
So OK, monocles were immensely fashionable and became popular as a result. People wore them even when they didn't need help with their vision. Some people even wore flat glass circles with no lens properties. Rosenthal describes looking through them as being cool in a way that reminds me of how smoking cigarettes is was cool. By the 1890s monocle design had developed such that they were actually comfortable to wear, unlike the one Rachel grappled with last night.
Get meta with me after the jump…
Everything I read attributed the crash of the monocle trend to their popularity with the German military. Now it could be that the only social significance that remains is the original association with wealth, perpetuated by popular icons like the Monopoly guy ("Rich Uncle Pennybags"). But I have one other theory I'd like to offer and you tell me what you think:
Around the same time that monocles were trending with rich British and French people, there was another fashion trend taking hold, Dandyism. A dandy would dress elegantly, sometimes exaggeratedly so, imitating aristocracy despite middle class standing. In terms of sheer costuming, it makes me think of Japanese Harajuku style, but I reckon it'd be more accurate to think of them as hipsters who dress fancy instead of like slobs starving artists. So not only is there a history of rich people wearing monocles, but there's a history of dressing up like rich people with monocles as an element of the costume.
My proposal is this: Even though it's true that rich capitalists once wore top hats and monocles, when we wear those things to portray rich capitalists, what we're really doing is drawing upon a tradition that featured those characteristics as part of a flamboyant caricature that serve as a placeholder in the popular imagination. In support I'll offer The New Yorker's Eustice Tilley and early 20th century fictional character Psmith, both based on actual rich people but both drawing on dandy fashion, including the monocle.
As I turn back toward the light at the entrance of this rabbit hole, I am as confident as ever in Gilmor's maxim that someone reading this surely knows more than I, so I welcome and appreciate any insights you can lend. I am also prepared for criticism from fans of Japanese culture who want to tell me the more appropriate term to use instead of Harajuku.


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Dina the Dirty Dinosaur promises to give you a "Jack Happy" birthday - So happy, in fact, that we've been forced to add our special Wiggles Modesty Car to protect young eyes.
Faith L., you ever get a driving pain in the nether regions? Just curious.
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Adobe has announced that it will be pulling its Flash Player app from the Google Play store for Android today, Wednesday August 5.
The developer intends to tinker with the settings of the Flash Player app so that future updates will only be available for devices that already have it installed. So if you don't have it installed already on your Android device, do it now!
This move is part of Adobe's previously announced plans to end support for Flash on mobile platforms. There will be no Flash App support for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, or any other Android iterations going forward.
Adobe has conceded that HTML5 is the future of web media content on mobile platforms, and now intends to focus on Flash games, desktop Flash, and Adobe AIR – which enables developers to build stand-alone apps out of Flash content.
Adobe famously hit a major snag in its efforts to bring Flash to mobile when Apple – and in particular Steve Jobs – took a stand against the standard and refused to support it on any of its mobile devices. We've all seen those question boxes when encountering certain pieces of video content on our iPhones, but it's become less of an issue as the standard has started to fall out of favour.
Apple's issues with Flash related to its closed nature and technical performance when it came to battery life demands, security and stability, leading to the company's early championing of HTML5.
With Android joining Apple on the non-support list, and Windows 8 set to offer only partial support, it seems Flash for mobile isn't long for this world.
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|2012-05-16, 17:14
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Also LOL at Rias easily defeating a high class devil. Raiser was high class and he wasn't even trying. Ross, Xenovia and Akeno are all considered on par with high class devils. They would also win against Rias. Rias's overall level seems to be the lower end of high classs.
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|2012-05-16, 17:19
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The Classes doesn't matter, it is like the Roman Empire. Classes doesn't represent strength, Rias is High Class and Princess due to her being a Gremory. Ise is considered High Class in his Balance Breaker without boast and he was a low class Devil.
|2012-05-16, 17:25
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Location: Seattle and Houston... sleeping in a car.
I agree. There has been way too much made of this class=strength idea.
It's all relative. If we were to pick one devil from 100 high class devils and and one from 100 low class devils, chances are, the high class devil is stronger. However, that doesn't definitively mean that the low class devil can't be stronger.
|2012-05-16, 20:43
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Yes its like ReaperxKingx said the reason why rias is in the high class ranks is because of status well that part of it any way . And rank of strength for Rias team is like this now after vol 12
1 Issei
2 kiba
3 Akeno
On Rias and the others I cant says without being bias.
One thing I now is that Issei's power and tier rank and power clas goes up depending on which form he takes.
And Akeno depending is she uses her new fallen angel form.
And Kiba depending on the SG and his new swords.
|2012-05-16, 20:55
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|2012-05-16, 21:10
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|2012-05-16, 21:30
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|2012-05-16, 22:07
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And i think we should stop log because this is starting to sound like a discussion.
|2012-05-17, 21:08
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Sorry guys, I have another question. I just finished Volume 11, and what exactly happened with Ophis's power? First it seemed like it got taken away, but then Ophis said she actually sealed her power away so Samael didn't take it, but then it's stated she still had her powers lost. What exactly happened? And will she ever get it back?
|2012-05-17, 21:11
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|2012-05-17, 21:14
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Samael stole a rather large percentage of the rest (some places list 75%).
Ophis recovers the power she sent away, bringing her to twice the power of the heavenly dragons at their peak but this situation makes her powers unstable. She can't use them without destroying friend and foe alike.
After being rescued by Isei.
|2012-05-19, 03:21
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Location: Ireland
It's hades in the third arc,the old maou faction in the second and either raiser phenix or reynalle in the first,but the main antagonist is meant to be hades
Also there is a questions and answers threads as well so you should ask there
|2012-05-19, 03:25
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To date:
1.) Raynelle, the fallen angel who murdered Ise.
2.) Riser Phenex, the high class devil who was Rias' arranged fiance.
3.) Kokabiel, the fallen angel who deliberately tried to start a war just to prove his race (fallen angels) are superior to everyone else.
4.) Vali.
5.) Shalba and the "old maou" faction.
6.) Cao Cao and the "hero" faction.
7.) Same as above+ Hades, god of the dead.
The most recent "primary antagonist" was Cao Cao of the "hero" faction, which TBH is anything BUT heroic. The closest we saw to heroic from them was Sigfreed, at least he fought and died honorably. We can NOT say the same for Jeanne who used children as shields, Heracles who actively attacked helpless children or Cao Cao who deliberately targeted a non- combatant, Asia, just to force Ise to protect her. (And take heavy damage in the process).
8.) Possible future Antagonist, Indra, Hindu god of war, presumably as strong as the 4 current Maous put together.
|2012-05-19, 05:24
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Tried to kill Odin to stop the peace talk's and start Ragnarok
|2012-05-19, 06:06
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I wouldn't really say there was any antagonist in volume 5 as all they did was train,the closest were kuroka and bikou.Or maybe the sitri team for the RG
Maybe even azazel and tananim for the hellish training for ise and weeks away from rias
|2012-05-19, 06:37
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Well main antagonists for each volume would go like following.....
Volume 1 - Reynalle
Volume 2 - Raiser
Volume 3 - Kokabiel
Volume 4 -Vali
Volume 6 - Diodora
Volume 7 - Loki
Volume 9 - Hero Faction
Volume 11/12 - Hero Faction(mainly Cao Cao).
But Volume 5 and 10 didn't have main antagonist. It was like a rivalry volume between Ise and certain character.
Volume 4 - Vali*
Volume 5 - Saji
Volume 10 - Sairaorg
Volume 11/12 - Cao Cao*
It actually is good to have volume with rivals rather than antagonist. Well personally I like battles between rivals than battle between MC and Last Boss characters. In Volume 4, Vali would be considered an antagonist rather than rival. Well all of you can understand the reason when you read volume 4 so no reason for me to go in details. And Cao Cao is definitely an antagonist but is considered as one of Ise's rival from many Japanese readers. Personally hoping for a fourth battle between Ise and Cao Cao since in their third battle wasnt satisfying at all.
|2012-05-19, 08:44
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about the thing azazel said can you tell what he meant in volume 4
.I have lost a lot of things. However, theres no helping seeking for things that arent present. It is our duty to guide humans. We members of the Seraph have the same opinion that the most important thing is to watch over the children of God from now on as well, and to guide them.
Hey hey, with your speech just now, youll fall you know? -----I thought that but you took over the system, right. Its become a good world. Its completely different from the time when we fell.
|2012-05-19, 10:18
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Maybe What he meant was from the great war between the three faction where many lives were lost,not sure though!when they fell they became fallen angels,ones that have lost the grace of god,and we're seen as evil existences and attacked by the angels
In volume 12 Siegfried said that akuja Beelzebub was the only devil who could match sirzcechs, if I'm not mistaken,but surely ise could of put up a fight against him even before he got the dragon body as he could fight him for 10 minutes head-on,although he wasn't really trying
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Valerii Sumilov-5 Elemente Wine Label
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(Excerpt) Interview with Valerii Sumilov : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Valerii Sumilov : The main inspiration for my design was the wine itself named "5 Elemente". Dry red wine produced under this trademark is unique in many ways, including taste, flavor and décor. This product is rather unique for the market because it is made out of five different wine varieties: Shiraz, Merlot, Carmenere, Rara Neagra and Malbec. Usually a blend is comprised of two-three grape varieties, the final balance of which in the product is the result of numerous experiments and refinements. This makes the product in question even more unique, as it is a result of a production experiment that was undertaken by the company Equinox in rather harsh conditions. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Valerii Sumilov : When creating this design I wanted to communicate the concept of exclusiveness, refinement and status, which corresponds to the positioning of this product. The wine was produced in a limited series of 1150 bottles in the high price segment, and it could only be purchased in upscale and expensive restaurants. That was my main focus when working on this design. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Valerii Sumilov : It took me about two weeks to create the main concept, including the accumulation of information and creation of three different directions. Afterwards, the concept was refined from the technical point of view. The project itself took about 5 month to complete, starting with the initial inquiry to its final production in the printing house. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Valerii Sumilov : Initially, I have developed three design concepts for this wine. Each of the concepts was heavily based on different symbols that communicated different traits of the product. However, all three were based on laconic, even minimalist aesthetic. For the final version, the client has chosen the concept based on the Roman number "V". The Roman number V serves as the main stylistic element and delivers a rather refrained tone to the whole design of the label. The color scheme comprised of black, grey and white emphasizes the strictness and moderation of the selected style. A unique solution was to create a label that covers the entire circumference of the bottle in contrast to the traditional approach of using only one or two segments. As a result, the label is drawing attention regardless of the side you're looking at. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Valerii Sumilov : This design was successfully produced and printed by one of the best European printing houses. The product was produced and successfully sold by Equinox Company. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Valerii Sumilov : For more than 10 years I'm primarily engaged in designing wine labels. That's why I have plenty of experience, knowledge and skills mainly in this domain of design. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your wor.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Valerii Sumilov on 5 Elemente Wine Label at design-interviews.com ]
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For day time pleasures, the James Street Market is a hot spot with its range fresh fruit, vegetables and meat, while movie buffs can get their fix at Palace Centro Cinemas.
James Street also houses an array of fashion and homeware retailers that has earned it a reputation as one of Brisbane's most stylish strips. Must-shops include Kisses, Little Kisses, Sass & Bide, Scanlan and Theodore, Mimco, Swedish Style, D.I.Q, Magnolia Interiors, Novo, Little Joe, and The Standard.


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Last Wednesday brought one of those moments that TV historians may well be writing about 50 years from now.
The top-rated show in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic Wednesday night was not perennial winner "American Idol," nor was it "Modern Family." It was "Duck Dynasty," A&E's "soft-scripted" reality series about a family of duck-call manufacturers.
"American Idol" still won with total viewers, racking up 13 million, but "Duck Dynasty" scored a remarkable 8.6 million for the premiere of its third season.
For a cable series to take first place in that demographic is rare. For one to shoot down two of broadcast TV's highest fliers is unprecedented. We have noted for years that broadcast TV has been declining while cable channels have been rising, but the triumph of "Duck Dynasty" may well be the point where equality was officially achieved.
Meanwhile, AMC's hit "The Walking Dead" continues to produce almost unbelievable numbers on Sunday nights. Even against the viewer-vacuuming presence of the Academy Awards last week, "The Walking Dead" scored more than 11 million viewers. For the entire week, it crushed every other show in 18-to-49 group except for the Oscars.
We're watching more cable TV, but we're also paying more for the privilege – a trend, you may be surprised to learn, that your cable company is not necessarily happy about. Our prices are rising because cable companies are paying more to carry the channels we want, and higher subscription prices generally means fewer customers.
Battles between cable and satellite providers and the channel owners are getting nastier and more frequent. The latest may be particularly important.
One of the biggest providers, Cablevision, is suing one of the biggest network owners, Viacom, over its practice of requiring cable companies to carry its less-popular channels in order to get the more-popular ones like Nickelodeon or Comedy Central.
A victory for Cablevision – while unlikely given previous outcomes of similar suits – could open the door for lower prices.
What the Watcher is watching this week.
1. "American Idol" (Fox, Tue-Thu) – At last, we vote
2. "Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites" (CBS, Wednesday) – Shamar lives!
3. "The Walking Dead" (AMC, Sunday) – Rick looks for weapons
4. "The Amazing Race" (CBS, Sunday) – More from New Zealand
5. "The Americans" (FX, Wednesday) – KGB looks for a double agent
6. "The Staircase" (Sundance, Monday) – Updating the brilliant documentary
7. "Project Runway" (Lifetime, Thursday) – Designing with duct tape
8. "Vikings" (History, Sunday) – Miniseries begins
9. "The Joe Schmo Show" (Spike, Tuesday) – The truth is revealed
10. "Justified" (FX, Tuesday) – Fishing with dynamite
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A 19-year-old New York University student who went missing over the weekend was found trapped in a narrow gap between a dorm and a neighboring parking garage in lower Manhattan, where rescuers had to break through a wall Sunday night to free him.
Firefighters pulled Asher Vongtau from the space between the 17-story NYU dorm at 80 Lafayette St. and the neighboring 5-story building, officials said. An FDNY official said the space was between 18 inches to 2 feet wide.
It took firefighters about 90 minutes to break through a wall in the garage and free Vongtau, said Fire Chief Joseph Schiralli.
"He was conscious, he was moving, he was definitely tired," Schiralli.
NYU spokesman John Beckman said in a statement Monday that the school had been searching for Vongtau since students reported him missing early Sunday. The search had included looking for him in local emergency rooms and tracking where his NYU ID had last been used.
After hours of searching, an NYU security worker looked in the space between the dorm and the garage and found Vongtau, conscious and moaning.
It's not clear how Vongtau became trapped there, officials said, though it was possible he had fallen out of a window or from the roof of one of the buildings.
Authorities said he was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. As he continued to recover, his condition was upgraded to fair on Monday, the hospital said.
Beckman said the school is "very glad to say the least that student was found and rescued."
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The announcement of an $85 million deal between Alcatel-Lucent and National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler NBN Co brought with it the news that the telco giant, and source of many of NBN Co's hires, would be providing the optical networking terminal (ONT) infrastructure, which would be installed in each home as contractors roam the streets of announced trial sites to install fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) connections.
The ONT (also known as a networking terminating unit or NTU) pictured above is an example of the indoor units Alcatel-Lucent sells to 95 different FTTP deployments worldwide. However, the vice-president of the company's NBN division, Sean O'Halloran, told Computerworld Australia that the unit delivered to the NBN Co and subsequently to Australian homes would be unique.
Like any ONT, those installed in Australian homes will be capable of feeding an external fibre connection to Ethernet points within the home and, of course, delivering speeds of at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps). However, the ONT has been made specifically for the Australian market, providing four Gigabit Ethernet ports, two telephony ports and a single ADSL2+ simulation connection... that's right - ADSL2+.
An opened external optical network terminal (ONT)
The connection doesn't actually use ADSL2+ technology, but rather delivers a data connection over the copper-based wiring that continues to lurk in Australian homes. That allows NBN Co to install ONTs on the front of the house and use the existing internal wiring, while also affording customers the ability to connect to the NBN through their existing ADSL2+ modem gateways without having to purchase additional equipment. It also allows Internet service providers to continue flogging existing ADSL2+ hardware, as iiNet has done with its BoB ADSL2+ wireless modem router to NBN customers in Tasmania.
The two telephony connections will also mean customers won't have to worry about purchasing analogue telephone adapters (ATA) normally required to use their standard telephones with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Though Alcatel-Lucent's ONTs are already guaranteed for the first phase of the NBN rollout, NBN Co can shift allegiances and the remainder of the $1.5 billion it expects to spend on ONT and GPON equipment over the full deployment to another company, effectively changing the ONT design and characteristics. O'Halloran said Alcatel-Lucent believed it would go through two or three iterations of the device over the lifespan, with differing ports and capabilities, including support for fibre-based Ethernet cabling.
The company shipped its millionth ONT globally in February this year but, should it retain its contract with NBN Co, it could end up providing up to 12 million of the devices for Australia alone.
The optical network terminal (ONT), illustrated
The specifics of how these ONTs are to be installed, and what type of ONTs will be used, are yet to be formalised - according to both NBN Co and Alcatel-Lucent, installation at initial trial sites in Tasmania has largely been trial and error. Those who own the homes where fibre is to be installed have thus far had a say as to where the fibre would be run and the ONT installed, while the wholesaler and the telco industry as a whole is yet to decide how to best meet the challenge of installing fibre to each unit in an apartment block with minimal interference and without upsetting strata title owners. But, as NBN Co looks to ramp up to the 5,000 homes per day it hopes to reach at the peak of construction, it is believed these decisions will be either pre-determined or, at the very least, streamlined to minimise distraction.
A discussion paper on end-user migration released by the Communications Alliance suggested both external and internal, plug-and-play ONTs be offered to consumers as a range of options for installation and use.
However, more important issues, like power backup for ONTs and telephony use for emergency calls during an outage are yet to be addressed publicly by NBN Co.


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Have you spent all of your hard-earned money at the movie theater this summer? Has the box office drained your wallet? I hope not because Hollywood is nothing if not persistent. The bigwigs will get people to see anything. Aliens fighting cowboys in the Old West? Sure, put it up on screen. A cartoon about blue midgets from the 1980s? Greenlight it! Steve Carrell as a forlorn loser turned lady's man? Well we've done that before, but let's roll it back!
Just remember, I'm not reviewing these movies, but rather predicting where they'll end up on the Tomatometer. Let's take a look at what This Rotten Week has to offer.
Cowboys and Aliens
When you first heard about Cowboys and Aliens did you make a semi-logical jump and say, "Oh good god, Favreau is going to make another Wild, Wild West. Or even worse, Jonah Hex! Someone stop him!" And why not think that way, with the desolate American western landscape, pioneer town backdrop, tumbleweeds aplenty combined with the promise of a full alien invasion replete with lasers, spaceships and a Daniel Craig wristband that makes him a quasi-superhero. It's full on genre merge and that's dicey territory.
But Favreau seems to have eschewed the steampunk nonsensical found in Barry Sonnenfields' Razzie Winner and made a movie about what would actually happen if aliens attacked a Western town. If someone can make that premise not appear totally laughable, and actually produce something watchable, well the battle is half won.
Favreau's built up more than enough industry directing cred to warrant the benefit of the doubt. In fact, his forays into directing have been positive across the board with Iron Man (94%), Iron Man 2 (74%), and Elf (84%). Some early reviews (not on Rotten Tomatoes yet) have been positive and although he's got an Englishman in Daniel Craig riding around the western landscape killing ET's and rolled out Harrison Ford's old bag of bones for turn across the big screen, it looks like a positive venture all around. Just make sure there isn't a giant mechanical spider. The Rotten Watch for Cowboys and Aliens is 75%.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
No one plays the middle-aged, semi-clueless, heartsick, hapless, professional doofus quite like Mr. Steven John Carrell. And though some of his roles trend away from clueless and in to functionally retarded, while others skew from lovey-dovey to downright woebegone, the dude has a knack for playing the everyman i.e. He's the guy none of us really want to become later in life even though it's probably inevitable. The one difference between Carrell's roles and the rest of us 9-to-5'ers is his characters all seem to know the joke's on them and crap just works out in the end. The rest of us regular dudes? Our lives actually blow.
In fact, keeping it in the Carrell wheelhouse, Crazy, Stupid, Love doesn't look all that different from The 40 Year Old Virgin except Carrell has a better job, he's getting a divorce rather than just never getting laid, and the motley crew of degenerate advice givers have been replaced with an ab-tastic Ryan Gosling and a teenage kid. In this offering, director team Glen Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris - 70%) have those other players (Gosling at least) with heart ailments of their own.
Carrell's characters, at least ones similar to his role as Cal Weaver, all follow a fairly predictable trajectory. Something tragic befalls him (wife dies, divorce, unintentional celibacy), he mopes for a while, talks to some people and gets the girl in the end. And though they are predictable, the stories are entertaining. After all, Carrell is us, just funnier. The Rotten Watch for Crazy, Stupid, Love is 79%.
The Smurfs
Saved the worst for last. I could wax philosophical on the subtext for this film (an intense look at race relations in America). Or it would be easy to examine the overt symbolism of using little blue people to dissect the way our culture interacts with the "new" or the "unknown" (change make us sad). Or I could even delve deep into how the protagonists in this movie represent a certain counter culture who eschew modern excesses and want nothing more than to return to the earth from which they came (they live in mushroom houses, which could just mean they love getting high). I could do all that, but I won't because really the biggest cultural contribution this flick will make is that it's going to be an incredible drinking game. Take a swig of beer every time you hear the word "Smurf" said in dialogue and you, along with all your college dorm buddies, will be blitzed on Keystone Light in less than 45 minutes.
From a critical perspective, hmm, how do I put this delicately? It's going to blow. I honestly don't think Spielberg could take the source material and make a winning flick, but since Stevie-boy didn't sign on do it, the studio got the next best thing: Raja Gosnell. You've heard of him. He gave us winners like Beverly Hills Chihuahua (41%), Yours, Mine & Ours (6%) and Scooby-Doo (30%). And those are just a few pieces of s#$% he's thrown up on screen at theaters near you. So what should you expect from this little blue disaster? Don't worry, I'll tell you. The Rotten Watch for The Smurfs is 9%.
Which Rotten movie will have the highest final Tomatometer score?
Recapping last week:
Captain America: The First Avenger (Predicted: 58% Actual: 73%) - After garnering a fair amount of hatred in the comments section over this prediction (I knew it would happen) it looks like I'll have to split difference with the CapAm fanatics who thought this thing would be in the high 90's. At one point, right before press I was flip-flopping about the prediction and was going to come up a bit. Woulda-shoulda but I stuck by my prediction. Fifteen percent is just about my cutoff for prediction success.
Friends With Benefits (Predicted: 67% Actual: 70%) - A big win no matter what way you shake it. I took a chance considering romantic comedies like this are far from critical darlings. Overall a pretty good week.
One other thing I wanted to bring up this week was something mentioned in the comments section last week, concerning the difference between the overall Tomatometer score and the "Top Critics" score. I have heard, in different movie-related discussions the "authenticity" of the Top Critics as compared to the collective pool of those reviewing movies, and have even at times considered only using the Top Critics score. But, by and large, the Top Critics seem to be relatively from the old-school print media and I'm not totally convinced writing for The Wall Street Journal or even the Minnesota Star Tribune does a Top critic make. There are plenty of great online reviewers out there (ahem, you're clicking through one right now) and I'm willing to sift through the garbage thrown out here and there to gather the opinions of the whole rather than the select. In fact, were it up to me, I think I would create a group called "Top Critics Who I Want to Have a Beer With and Don't Want To Punch in the Face" and go with that instead. If Rotten Tomatoes makes that, list I'll start using it.
Next week, dudes switch bodies and Caesar rises. It's going to be a Rotten Week!


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How to install: The 64 Bit beta installation files are added to the FL Studio 10.10 Beta installation folder as follows ...
- Install FL Studio 64 Bit - Unzip the contents of the .zip below into the existing FL Studio 10.10 Beta and allow it to merge/overwrite files and folders. This will not work with any earlier FL Studio version. It will not interfere with the existing FL Studio 10.10 32 Bit install so both can be used from the same folder. Make a shortcut to the FL64.exe on your desktop to run the 64 Bit version.
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- MUST install shared files - Download this and run the installer. It will put them in the Image-Line shared program folder, typically is C:\Program Files (x86)\Image-Line\Shared. Do this EACH time we release an update.
- Codec update - To open many samples that come with FL Studio[/b] - You need to install the 64-bit acm driver. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Image-Line\FL Studio 10 Beta\System\Installers\VorbisACM_x64 folder. Right-click vorbisacm.inf and choose Install. Note that it may not work on all Windows versions. Consequences are blank Edison, Slicex, Audio-clip etc editor windows on load. We will have a proper installer in a future release.
Please read everything below before asking questions
This is the first public release of the 64 Bit beta. It will have more bugs than our usual 32 Bit betas since nearly every line of code has been touched by the update to 64 Bit. If you are not able to keep your cool, even knowing this is a beta, when things go wrong then DO NOT USE THIS VERSION. If you do have problems then please report them with reproducible steps and we WILL fix them.
Full list of included 64-bit plugins.
This version includes a 64 Bit version of FL Studio, Edison and most native plugins. If your favorite native Image-Line plugin does not seem to work you can check here for the 64 Bit VST version. We DO plan to convert as many native plugins to 64 Bit as possible. That won't be possible in all cases.
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Please test all your favorite 64 & 32 Bit Bit plugins and report here any problems so we can sort them out.
Yes - This release WILL allow to record and use a SUM of audio clips that go above 4GB. You can reach the limits of your edition of 64 Bit Windows without any bridging or other work-arounds used in the 32 bit version of FL Studio.
No - This release WILL NOT allow you to record or load a SINGLE audio file (nor will Edison) that exceeds 2 GB. We will be releasing a future beta that includes an update of the sampler & support for W64 which can exceed the limits imposed by the wav format.
32 Bit bridge - This release includes a 32 Bit bridge to host 32 Bit VST plugins. They will be auto-detected.
Philosophical rambling - To bridge or not to bridge, that is the question? In an ideal world you will restrict use of 32 bit plugins to FL Studio 32 Bit and 64 Bit plugins to FL Studio 64 Bit and never the two should meet. Either way if you start using 32 Bit plugins in 64 Bit FL Studio OR vice versa, the world does not end but two things happen. 1. There is a small CPU hit and 2. An increased probability that a plugin can crash. Some plugins will be rock solid while others will crash faster than you can say DOH! But what's new
Known Problems
- Hat Basic & Snare Basic may not load. Delete Hat Basic & Snare Basic from: [\Data\Patches\Misc\Used by demo projects\Seamless - Antecoder, Agnivesh ft. Avinash - Ishaq Hua Hai Mujhe & Seamless - Menagerie]
- CPU Memory panel - Memory display incorrect
- Denoiser tool in Edison not implemented
- Scripts in Edison and Slicex not stable
- Audio file CODECS for .ogg do not work correctly on all computers. This means some included (compressed) .wav content won't load correctly.
beta 2
- updated for FL 10.10 beta
beta 1e
- wrapper with some bugfixes
beta 1d
- added latest Patcher artwork files
beta 1c
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Looks like it won't be particularly pass-friendly on Saturday. The forecast is calling for rain. I think that favors the Redskins and their running game.
Weather: Rain likely for the game
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Here is what the national media is saying, which I unfortunately agree with…from msnbc.com
The Seahawks have been one of the most perplexing teams in the NFL. They play great at home (7-1) and poorly on the road (3-5). They're invincible one week and get stepped on the next. They pine for former MVP Shaun Alexander one week, then declare they're a passing team the next. Two things jump out about Seattle's resume entering the playoffs. First, they're the worst of the playoff teams, No. 15 overall, in total defense, worse than the Chiefs and Ravens. Second, they're tied for 10th in the conference in rushing touchdowns with only nine. More than anything that reveals itself statistically, the feeling here is that the Seahawks simply don't play consistently enough with the kind of passion that has characterized the Redskins' play the last four games. All of it adds up to the Redskins beating Seattle on Saturday and making the trip the following week to Dallas.
Here's hoping our "dominant" Hawks show up this week.
I don't disagree with the inconsistency statement. I do, however, greatly disagree with the statement that the Hawks are the worst defense in the playoffs.
This analysis focuses on the Hawks' weaknesses, but mentions nothing of their strengths.
True that hawkblogger. Seems no one sees our strengths at the moment, lots of folks picking us to lose. It's hard to know what to expect in the playoffs because you can throw everything out the window, it's a new season.
I immensely enjoy your blog, thanks for keeping it up!
thanks, hawkgirl. getting comments on posts, and having conversations with other fans is by far the best part.


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S3 E11 Nikki Heat
"I think you feel trapped and you're serious as hell! But right now, I need you to think about the people who love you. And they need you to PUT DOWN THAT GUN!!"
These are the stirring words of Detective Nikki Heat. Okay, they're actually the audition script words of Natalie Rhodes (guest star Laura Prepon), the beautiful actress who will be playing Nikki in the movie. And, according to Castle, the words aren't all that stirring. That's probably because the screenwriter made lots of changes while adapting his novel. Castle's not all that thrilled with Natalie Rhodes either. He doesn't think a woman who was a braless coed in a movie called "Knife 2" should be playing Kate Beckett…er…uh…Nikki Heat.
Fortunately, there's nothing like a murder to take your mind off casting woes. High-end matchmaker Stacy Collins is found skewered by a fence in an alley. Hours earlier, she was at a surprise party thrown by all the happy couples she'd united. Ryan wonders who would want to kill someone who gave couples such joy. That's probably because he's about to propose to his girlfriend. He just isn't sure how to pop the question.
Castle is shocked when Nikki Heat shows up at the crime scene. Yes, the famed actress Natalie Rhodes has been granted permission to shadow Beckett. She wants to get to know the real Detective Heat. As Natalie researches her role, the team learns that the victim's ex, Brad Williams, argued with her before she was killed. Natalie is impressed with Beckett's interrogation tactics while questioning Brad. She's less impressed with Castle, who is horrified to hear that she never even read his book.
[break] Brad alibis out, but points the team toward a slimy P.I. named Duke Jones and his assistant Chloe. The victim had been making weekly payments of $5,000 to Duke for months to do background checks. Apparently, things didn't work out for one of Stacy's past matchmaking clients.
The mystery thickens when Beckett finds a hidden bag in Stacy's place with 250 grand in cash. Natalie suggests they trace the designer bag ID info which leads them to Tonya Wellington, one of Stacy's clients. Her husband, Bill Wellington cheated on her. An infidelity clause in their prenup means Bill must pay Tonya $100 million. The woman he had an affair with is Duke Jones's assistant, Chloe, who also goes by the name Greta Morgan. She was part of a honey-trap scheme.
As the pieces of the case continue to fall into place, Beckett seems to become more and more unhinged. Why? Well, Natalie is a method actress. In order to become Nikki Heat, she must first become Kate Beckett. That means acting like her, talking like her, dressing like her and, yes, even looking like her. There's only one thing she needs to do to complete her research. She must experience the passion Nikki Heat has with her leading man, who the author based on himself. Guess that's why Natalie and Castle are caught kissing in the elevator...by Beckett.
[break] As you may have guessed, Beckett is a little peeved at Castle the next morning. Ryan's girlfriend, Jenny, is also upset. She thinks Ryan was with Natalie the night before. Actually, he was just hiding the fact that he was asking Jenny's parents for permission to marry her. Beckett's anger subsides after Natalie tells her that Castle turned her down. For him, it would have been way too meta.
As far as the case, the team finds out that Greta Morgan has been honey-trapping other clients with Stacy, who felt bad that she hooked up women with unscrupulous men who planned to leave them penniless. Greta doesn't want to give Beckett the names of the other clients. But she will give them up to Nikki Heat.
One of the cheating men, Scott Donner, accidentally killed Stacy while trying to get back incriminating photos. A desperate Donner points a gun to his head. Beckett's promise of a fair trial doesn't fly. Then Natalie chimes in with these stirring words: "I think you feel trapped and you're serious as hell! But right now, you need to think about the people who love you. And they need you to PUT DOWN THAT GUN!!" He does just that. Castle says, "Guess that script wasn't so hacky after all."
The case is closed and Natalie leaves the team, even though she didn't do all the research she'd hoped to do with her character's creator. As for Ryan, he makes amends with Jenny and finally finds the perfect way to pop the question. He asks her to marry him smack dab in the middle of the squad room. The answer is yes and the applause from his friends echo throughout the entire precinct. Love it!