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text: I think that I have every reason to come into this theatre and spew hatred all over the place. I fucking hate when I see perfectly healthy people destroying their body. I am stuck with what I have and I find the best fucking way through a shitty situation. I fight and fight cause thats all I know. If you are in my flamespread its your own fucking fault. How many cheesburgers you need to eat…get on a fucking weight program you fat bitch. I know someone close to me, that chooses to spew nasty shit all over the place. Lemme tell you, they got the life I wish for a freakin second I could change lives, some motherfuckers have the life and have not never what fuckin really is. Dont get me wrong friends and neighbors (to which I dont have many of) I dont hate for no reason, you get in my path and your fucked up you get flame on. I will keep you posted about Zman and his health issues. He is currently battling Liver Cancer and let me tell you he is the toughest son of gun I know. I am taking over and flaming shit all over the place. I dont know how much I will post, But I will post I PROMISE So carry the fuck on planet earth…….


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My maternal 2nd-great granduncle, Charles Riggs WRIGHT, married on this date in 1890 in Innisdale, Madison County, Indiana to Bertha Cordelia LEONARD. Charles was the son of Joseph W. and Rebecca Ann (HEATON) WRIGHT, and the younger brother of my John William WRIGHT. Bertha was the daughter of Stephen Sylvester and Susan (TODD) LEONARD. Charles was born November 11, 1870 in Madison County. Bertha was born March 6, 1873 in Madison County, Indiana. They raised 4 children in Monroe Township where Charles was a farmer and salesman. Bertha died February 26, 1950 and Charles remarried to Nellie FETZ. Charles died November 23, 1967 and is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.
My maternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Maud LAMBERTSON, married on this date in 1896 in Hamilton County, Indiana to Francis F. FISHER. Maud was the daughter of Carey W. and Clara E. (COOK) LAMBERTSON, and the younger sister of my Charles Wilson LAMBERTSON. Maud was born June 19, 1878 in Darke County, Ohio. Francis was born December 7, 1871 in Indiana, the son of Uriah and Elizabeth (HOOVER) FISHER. After their marriage, they lived in Hamilton County, Indiana and Jefferson County, Illinois. Francis died between 1920 and 1930, and Maud remarried to Will HAYSE. Maud died April 9, 1952 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois and is buried in the Old Shiloh Church Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
My paternal 5th-great grandparents, Deacon John PHILBRICK and Sally JEWETT, were married on this date in 1770 in Hollis, New Hampshire. John was born February 23, 1748 in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire, the son of John and Judith (SANBORN) PHILBRICK. Sally was born March 7, 1749 in Hollis, Province of New Hampshire, the daughter of Samuel and Sally (________) JEWETT. After their marriage they raised a family of 8 children in Hollis and Weare, New Hampshire. John died July 31, 1780 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. I do not have Sally's death date.
My maternal 4th-great granduncle, Seth W. BEALS, married on this date in 1863 to Sarah E. ADAMSON. Seth was the son of Nathan C. and Elizabeth (CHEW) BEALS, and the younger brother of my John T. BEALS. After their marriage they resided in Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas where they had at least 3 children. Seth died August 3, 1909. Nothing further known at this time.
My maternal 5th-great granduncle, John KIMMER, was born on this date in 1795. John was the son of Nicholas and Sarah (FAYLER) KIMMER, and the younger brother of my Elizabeth KIMMER. Nothing further known at this time.
My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Minerva PIERCE, was born on this date in 1846. Minerva was the daughter of Francis S. and Rebecca (PAGE) PIERCE, and the younger sister of my Edmund G. PIERCE. Minerva married December 31, 1868 in Madison County, Indiana to Daniel SIGLER, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (SHANK) SIGLER. Daniel was born May 1844 in Indiana. They raised a family in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana where Daniel was a physician. Minerva died August 31, 1902 in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana and was buried in the Elwood City Cemetery, Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.


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Toyota has uncovered the Yaris Hybrid R concept - a city runabout with a sportscar power output of 300kW.
The three-door Yaris concept car is powered by a 1.6-litre petrol engine teamed to a pair of electric motors. Power is expected to be sent to all four wheels.
A release from the company states the car will bring "Toyota Hybrid System-Racing technology to the road (and track)".
The drivetrain's electric motors are charged by a pair of power-boosting super-capacitors which capture energy lost through braking, as seen in Toyota's TS030 Hybrid Le Mans racing car.
The Hybrid R drivetrain is expected to be used in a future sportscar application, possibly in the next-generation successor to the Toyota Supra.
The Yaris Hybrid R concept will debut at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show in September.


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I had a conversation with a guy the other day who is working through some career choices, trying make it to the top of his profession as quickly as possible. He's at a fun place in life, with a lot of talent and a lot of potential, just waiting for the right time to make his move.
During our conversation I remembered a quote I read several years ago by Jack Welch that really stuck with me. Welch was the long-time CEO of GE whose name is synonymous with the words "leadership" and "management" in some circles. He gave this advice to young leaders:
"If you treat the job you're on today like it's the last job you're ever going to be on, and you do it better than anyobody's ever done it before, I guarantee you won't stay on that job."
It's easy to get focused on the ladder rather than the job. The irony is, the best people to move up are the people who aren't focused on the ladder at all.
You want a promotion? Pretend like you'll never have another promotion and do your job like you're going to do it for the rest of your life. Spend all your time focused on a future job rather than your current job and you're likely to end up with neither.
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December 31, 2009 isn't just the last day of the year, it's the last day of the decade — so, you "aught" to celebrate in style! If you find yourself flush with a bit of extra cash after the gift-giving holidays have passed, you can ring in the new year (and decade) in a number of magnificent ways.
Here are 10 Manhattan restaurants that are welcoming 2010 with a bit of panache:
21 Club: If you miss old New York, you don't have to, thanks to 21 Club. For $225 per person, you can enjoy a four-course dinner and dancing in this legendary location.
Ajna: For "Top Chef" fans, there's no better place to raise a glass (and a fork and a knife!) than at Ajna, where "Top Chef" winner Hung Huynh will be preparing a special five-course meal for $275 per person.
Asiate: $295 gets you sweeping views of the city on this special night – along with a sumptuous six-course dinner and dancing at this gem located on the 35th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
Aureole: Everything old is new again at Aureole, Charlie Palmer's relocated and renovated restaurant. For $500 per person, diners will feast on a five-course chef tasting menu with wine pairings, DJ entertainment, and a Champagne toast, just steps from Times Square.
Daniel: Daniel Boulud's signature restaurant is serving a gala dining menu in five courses for $595. In addition to fabulous food, there will be live music, a DJ, and dancing at this Michelin favorite.
Eleven Madison Park: Fresh off rave reviews and earning its first Michelin star, this crown jewel in restaurateur Danny Meyer's empire will be serving a seven-course holiday tasting menu. Live music and views of Madison Square Park promise to make the night festive and romantic.
The Oak Room: This recently refurbished New York landmark in the famed Plaza Hotel will serve an elegant five-course tasting menu (with Champagne) for $295 per person. A burlesque themed party begins in the adjoining Oak Bar at 11PM.
Russian Tea Room: You'll feel transported by the atmosphere at this fabled midtown favorite – not to mention pampered. The second seating includes a 5-course dinner, dancing, and an open bar for $500 per person. Cheers!
SHO by Shaun Hergatt: Chef Shaun Hergatt is preparing a lavish 5-course menu in this Financial District hotspot. A live band and a Champagne toast are included in the $250 per person pricetag.
Two Times Square: If you want an unforgettable evening, Two Times Square is the place to spend it. Guests can relish an open bar, a five-course meal with wine pairings, music, and more – not to mention the very best view of the ball dropping in Times Square, all for just $2,500 per person.
You can find reservations at hundreds more New York area restaurants on New Year's Eve here. If you're going to be on the road, visit our international New Year's Eve page to find deals and offers wherever you're celebrating.


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UK Paradiso Tour Feb/Mar 2012
Hayley Westenra starts her UK six concert Paradiso tour on Wednesday 29 February at Gateshead - see below for the dates and links to where further details can be found.
Northampton Derngate Theatre is nearly sold out, see its Event page here, so if you want a good seat at the other venues, book straight away!
We understand from the official Facebook page of tenor Gianluca Paganelli that he will be among the support artists for Hayley on this tour.
To discuss the UK tour in the HWI forum click here.
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Hayley and Gianluca Paganelli sing "Vivo Per Lei" in Bournemouth
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Another problem for Merrill, Aboulafia says, is that "he's a small startup company. The history of this business is that the big guy wins. An investor would be very leery of putting money into a small company with a new engine technology like this, only to watch Pratt & Whitney come along and take over the market."
Even the newer, more visionary aviation companies seem wary. "It's ingrained in our core, our company culture, that the engine has to be there, certified and proven," says Mike Van Staagen, vice president of advanced development for Cirrus Design. Cirrus recently unveiled a mockup of a single-engine personal jet, but it will use a standard high-and-fast Williams FJ33 engine. "We closed the door on Merrill because it was just too big a leap. To hinge the entire company on an unproven engine is just something we're not willing to do."
With their V-tails and top-mounted single nacelles, both the Cirrus mockup and Eclipse Aviation's new single-engine, four-seat Concept Jet, introduced with much fanfare at last year's Oshkosh show, look to be straight out of the Merrill playbook. Underneath the skin, though, the new Eclipse is still a 400-mph, 41,000-foot, million-dollar machine powered by a high-and-fast turbofan. Merrill's low-and-slow market niche remains wide open, waiting to be filled by somebody with enough money and vision.


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A Q&A with the Author of 7 Essential Elements of Effective Websites
Your online presence is an expression of your identity — it's a tangible representation of your business, your goals, and your value to the visitors that find you. Now, after 20 years and some 30,000 hours of design and coding, Jim Infantino, founder of Slab, is about to publish a book on the craft of creating web pages that bolster brands.
In 7 Essential Elements of Effective Websites — which Jim introduces to readers as a manual for brand leaders seeking to better reach their active and inquisitive audience — the author takes us through several core concepts of online content, from personalized and brand-specific design (versus template-driven trends) to the basics of theory and structure that help well-built sites succeed.
In the way of a preview, let's talk with Jim about some key ideas in the book.
Q: One of your points, in the book, is that we expect more from websites than we did in the past. What do we tend to demand from our online experiences with a site, these days?
Jim: Our expectations of how a website should behave has changed significantly. They've become more a part of our daily walking-around lives. Your website is a key element in your online reputation. The reputation market is rapidly replacing the Search Engine Optimization market, as we begin to think of our identities online more holistically.
Social integration is important — we have the expectation that a website not only links to the most popular social-media sites, but automatically publishes to those many sites with a click. Mobile layouts for all phones and tablets are also a part of it — making your site work more like an app for visitors checking information on the go. Better data-reporting is key— but so is presenting your information as data to search engines with better structure for search-engine optimization. We want better audio and video that is mobile-device friendly.
In general? The growing Internet of Things and our increasing involvement with social networking is driving the need for constant innovation in web design and web programming.
Q: What are some ways that a website can make a brand look bigger than it might actually be — meaning, in a good way?
I think any small- to medium-sized business should always want to present themselves as an expert. That is part of what your website does for you. If it's well designed, it makes you look more competent — inspiring more trust from your visitors.
This really depends on design and content. You might be a freelancer, but if you have a great design and sizable portfolio, no one needs to know it's just you. In this way, so long as your work holds up, you can attract larger jobs than you might have if it was just you and a business card — or you and a hastily created, generic, template site. This goes to the value of custom design for your business.
Q: In your book, you make some distinctions between what is a trend and what is a gimmick when it comes to website design. How does one walk this line during the design phase, and what keeps trendy design elements from becoming problems for site owners, later on?
There was recently a study on whether the parallax effect — a background image that scrolls at a different rate, or in a different direction, than the rest of the content (very popular right now) — entices people to stay on a site longer, absorb more information, and/or engage the website's target action areas. The study found that between identical sites, one with and one without this effect, there was no discernible difference in visitor behavior. This could mean that the parallax gimmick has little or no benefit for sites that use it, or that the study was not structured correctly to take into account overall brand perception.
The only downside to using a feature like this is that at some point it will look dated. When that happens, you want to be able to remove or replace that gimmick without having to redesign your entire site. The best practice is to keep the gimmicks discrete from your main design. That is one reason templates built around them can be problematic down the road.
Q: You raise an interesting point about planning and launching websites: sometimes you need to consult experts other than a graphics designer. What kinds of other-than-designer advice would you recommend owners seek?
If you have access to a user-experience (UX) expert, that would be excellent. Most web programmers have some understanding of UX. In general, you need three minds at work, here: a graphics designer, a web developer, and a UX expert. Sometimes you can find two or three of these minds in the same person — but not very often.
Q: Are Facebook, Tumblr, and other social-media sites capable of doing the same job as a brand's home website with a blog? What's the best role that a brand's social-media pages might play?
When you are at Facebook, the branding is all about Facebook, not about you. Visitors come and find you and then see something shiny, like one of their friends liking your status, and they are gone. Social sites like this are best for luring in visitors via excerpts, images, and links.
Of all social-media sites, Tumblr comes closest, but none of them is a substitute for your own site. We don't recommend that people blog on any of these sites but Tumblr. We have a script that integrates your Tumblr content into Slab — but we have found that most of our clients who used to use Tumblr for blogging have eventually switched over to blog only on Slab.
Q: There's a point of view out there: mobile web is dead, long live the app. Is there any advice in your book that you would you highlight as being applicable to app design?
Only when you are offering something really essential that will stand repeated use do you need to develop an app. Ninety percent of the time, a client of ours who says they want an app doesn't really want an app. What they could be better served by is a mobile-friendly website.
Apps are not connected to the Internet of Things in the same way as websites. For example, if you integrate something in your app with social media, people can't like or link to a screen in the app the way they can on a website. I heard on Marketplace, on NPR, recently, that in general people only use a total of 20–30 phone apps per month with any regularity. Whereas, they may visit thousands of websites per month. It's very competitive and a high hurdle for your app to be one of the 30. Add to that the issue of how to convince people to download it — and then it uses up memory on their phone which cuts down on the number of pictures of their kids, or songs by their favorite band on that device — and you might be able to see why I don't agree with the mobile-web-is-dead point of view.
There is a great xkcd cartoon where the stick figure announces that he has a solution for this: you don't download apps all the time, you just use them as needed from a remote server. In the next frame he realizes he has invented "the webpage".
Managing your business is hard enough. Managing your website should be easy. Slab offers high quality, custom designed, easy to edit websites. Talk to us about building your site, one that you can update yourself with ease. E-mail email@example.com, or call us at 617.566.3433.


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Several years ago the LAS raised quite a bit of extra money collecting empty ink and toner cartridges for recycling. I think it would be a could idea to give this another go. We still have an account at www.recycle4charity.co.uk and I have just sent some of my own empty ink cartridges which will earn £1 each for the LAS. Not all types of cartridges are accepted so please have a look at their website to check before bringing them up to Westcliffe Street. I am happy to collect them from Westcliffe Street and arrange for them to be sent for recycling and keep our Treasurer smiling. This is Phil
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On the 14th of September the 1st ever World Garlic Eating Competition ever took place at The George Inn in Chideock. Competitors had five minutes to eat as many raw pre-peeled cloves as they could. The competition took place in heats with 3-4 people challenging each other. The winner was Oliver Farmer from Charmouth who ate 49 cloves! All the garlic was supplied by South West Garlic Farm.
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A year ago this week, the Android Market sloughed its cocoon, emerging triumphant and sassy as a Google Play butterfly. To celebrate the metamorphosis, Google's giving stuff away, for free, all week.
Today's promotions include free songs, free apps, free books, a free Breaking Bad episode, and—if you're sitting down, are you sitting down, please sit down—in-app purchase credits. Go! Enjoy! And no one tell Google that your birthday is when you're supposed to get presents, not give them away. [Google Play]


text: Doors: Entryways to World Cultures International Terminal March 2014 - September 2014 1 of 12 2 of 12 3 of 12 4 of 12 5 of 12 6 of 12 7 of 12 8 of 12 9 of 12 10 of 12 11 of 12 12 of 12 Doors depicting Sheikh Ibrahima Fall and Sheikh Amadou Bamba Dakar, Senegal painted metal Fowler Museum at UCLA; Museum purchase X99.51.1a,b L2013.3301.024a,b The image of Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), the spiritual leader of millions of Muslims in Senegal (at right), can be found throughout the capital, Dakar, in various locations—from the sides of buildings to doors, such as the one displayed here. The saint was a Sufi or Muslim mystic who resisted French colonial oppression through pacifism. A Senegalese Sufi movement called the Mouride Way is grounded in his teachings. Sheikh Ibrahima Fall (1855–1930) (at left) actively supported and promoted the teachings of Amadou Bamba. His popular nickname, "Lamp," refers to how Fall became a beacon radiating the enlightenment of the saint. Door early to mid-1900s Sa'dan Toraja peoples South Sulawesi, Indonesia carved and painted wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Jerome L. Joss Collection X85.1073 L2013.3301.026 This door provided passage between two rooms in a Toraja lineage house (tongkonan), a massive peaked-roof traditional dwelling. Behind it was the sumbung, a special room in the southwestern part of the house where the dead are laid out before funerals. The buffalo is an auspicious motif in Toraja culture, and the staff between the horns is a symbol of defense or protection for the dwelling. Door early to mid-1900s Senufo peoples Ivory Coast carved wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of the Goldenberg Family Trust X2010.16.160 L2013.3301.028 Nearly a million and a half people who live in Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso are known collectively as the Senufo. This Senufo relief-carved, pivot-hinged door depicts abstracted animals in three tiers separated by bands of geometric designs. The relief carving creates a shadow that lends the door an illusion of depth. Shrines, including those belonging to Sandogo, the women's society that parallels the men's Poro initiation society, were occasionally fitted with finely carved doors. Domestic compound door late 1800s–early 1900s Igbo peoples Awka village, Nigeria carved woodX83.254 L2013.3301.014 This door comes from the north-central region of Nigeria where compound gateways were highly elaborate. Their size and artistic decoration reflected the grandeur of the male meeting house and thus the status, wealth, and social influence of the family head. Such doors often protected shrines visited by travelers hoping to obtain success and good luck. Highly skilled professional carvers were responsible for crafting doors; those working in Awka were the best known. Door early to mid-1900s Maroon peoples Suriname carved and painted wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of William Lloyd Davis and the Rogers Family Foundation X81.1344 L2013.3301.011 The decoration of houses in communities in what is today the country of Suriname, located in northeastern South America, seems to have begun in the second half of the nineteenth century. Carving, painting, and wood inlay were employed in a great variety of decorative techniques. In some areas, whole façades were turned into massive works of art. Painted doors were most fully developed in the eastern region, and openwork or bas-relief carving was exploited in communities in the central region. Door 1953 Lamidi Fakeye (northwestern Ekiti, Nigeria, b. 1928) and Fayomi (Nigeria, artist's dates unknown) Nigeria wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of Dr. Richard and Jan Baum X91.336 L2013.3301.020 This door is one of sixteen carved by Yoruba artists Lamidi Fakeye and Fayomi for the Idena Gate of the palace of the oni, or king, at Ile-Ife in the 1950s. Adesoji Aderemi II, the reigning oni, who was a Christian, commissioned the doors, which are ornamented with Christian iconography. At some point after his death the subsequent oni, Sijuade, replaced them. Granary façade early to mid-1900s Toraja peoples Tondon Village, Sulawesi, Indonesia carved and painted wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kuhn X85.855 L2013.3301.015 The importance of a fruitful rice harvest is paramount to the Toraja; therefore, the architecture and decoration of rice granaries are the focus of special attention. Auspicious motifs and patterns that convey wishes for abundance and protection are common themes. Circular sun motifs, buffalo, and chickens grace this granary façade, along with other images of plenty, which are also found on the sacred ceremonial textiles of the Toraja. Door early 1900s possibly Nigeria carved wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of the Wellcome Trust X65.1395 L2013.3301.001 The origins of this door remain unknown. A handwritten note written and tacked to the front of the door reads: "strictly private, no admittance." Another typed note reads: "strictly private room." The door was displayed in the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924–25. The plank construction of the door is unusual because most traditional African doors are fashioned from a single piece of wood. Door 1600s–1700s Iran lacquered wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Transfer from UCLA Research Library X75.864 L2013.3301.004 From the earliest Islamic period, plant motifs and patterns were used to decorate architecture and objects. Artists drew inspiration from different types of plants and flowers throughout the centuries. Plants appear in many different forms, ranging from single motifs to stylized repetitive patterns. Ornamental writing also appears on the decoration of everyday items. A small inscription lies within the floral designs on this door from Iran. Inscriptions are carefully positioned on different parts of the objects they decorate. Their content ranges from poetic verses and pithy proverbs to auspicious blessings. Doorway panel 1800s Paiwan peoples Taiwan carved wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; H. P. and J. F. Ullman Collection X72.833, X72.835 L2013.3301.002 The Paiwan, an indigenous group on the island of Taiwan, number approximately seventy thousand. The Paiwan have developed a distinctive style of woodcarving. Human figures, which represent ancestors, heroes, and warriors, are common themes. The decorated panel displayed here flanked the entryway of a Paiwan ancestral house. These panels were carved and named for the ranking ancestors of the house. Granary door early 1900s Toba Batak peoples North Sumatra Province, Sumatra, Indonesia carved wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Rogers X79.1047 L2013.3301.010 A lizard is depicted on this Toba Batak door. The Batak universe can be traditionally divided into three realms: the upper world or realm of the gods, the middle world or realm of humans, and the lower world or realm of the mythical dragon. Tomb door early to mid-1900s century Sa'dan Toraja peoples South Sulawesi, Indonesia carved and painted wood Fowler Museum at UCLA; Jerome L. Joss Collection X86.3132 L2013.3301.018 The Toraja are well known for their elaborate funerary practices. Carefully carved tomb doors are the focus of special attention. This door once closed the entrance to a tomb located high in a cliff in the Toraja region. The figure evokes the ancestors buried in the tomb.


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Monday, May 24, 2010
Following are quotables from "Real Time with Bill Maher" for Friday, May 21st, 2010. "Real Time with Bill Maher" airs Fridays at 10:00PM ET (10:00PM PT, tape delayed) on HBO, with additional replays throughout the week on HBO and HBO 2.
Every time this guy opens his mouth, it gets a little crazier. Today he angrily demanded that liberal media stop quoting him in context.
- Bill Maher in his opening monologue, regarding Rand Paul
Good news in the oil situation. BP said they found a way to start breaking up their oil slick. The bad news is it involves a toxic chemical called Corexit 9527A … Apparently this is moving us further from a solution and closer to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Bill Maher in his opening monologue
Sunday, listen to this, they're going to try something new. They're going to try what they call a "top kill." That's where they shove a fluid that looks a lot like mud down into the well. I hope this works because the next idea involves Bruce Willis and an asteroid.
- Bill Maher in his opening monologue
General Electric is now recalling a million coffee makers because they, um, catch fire. Well, they said you have to admit that will wake you up and get you out of the house.
- Bill Maher in his opening monologue
Gold has no intrinsic value. And if you're really worried about, say inflation rising, I would by Spam. You know, you can eat Spam, you cannot eat gold.
- Economist Nouriel Roubini
New Rule: California, the state with the most debt and the most marijuana dispensaries must be allowed to avoid bankruptcy by selling weed to neighboring states. That's how we will get out of this budget crisis - by holding a "baked sale." It's the perfect solution. We needs the cash and Arizona needs to chill the f**k out.
- Bill Maher, in his "New Rules" segment
New Rule: Don't put that in your mouth. A new study finds that dangerous drug-resistant staph infections in children have increased tenfold over the past decade. And for you little ones out there, the infection eats you alive and then you never see Mommy and Daddy again. And you get it from being on a plane and kicking the back of my seat.
- Bill Maher in his "New Rules" segment
New Rule: Convenience stores can sell beer but they can't make it. Yes, introducing 7-11's own beer called Game Day, which can get you so drunk you might even buy one of those hot dogs that have been spinning since the Reagan administration.
- Bill Maher, in his "New Rules" segment
This week's guests were Michael Eric Dyson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, John Fund, Patton Oswalt and Nouriel Roubini
34 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Aloha Bill, I subscribe to HBO just for your program. I feel that you are on point 90% of the time, but your ill informed stance on Arizona being one of your stupidiest states is not correct! As a born and raised Arizonan, like 73% of all AZ residents, this new law to go in effect is the correct one! Altho' violent crime is down, just under 20% of AZ crime is cimmited by illegals. But you never hear any of these real statists on the news, especially, the broadcasters. And our welfare system that creates Anchor babies is costing Arizonans and ALL Americans plenty, actually creating loss of jobs and loss of income for ALL legal residents! Case in point, my friend married a legal Mexican, they have 4 grown adults from 28-19 years. The family has always worked in the restaurant business and was able to make living wages. But the two youngest boys could not find work. Once this law was passed, the young men were finally able to wash the dishes, wait tables and cook for the customers! Now our legal Americans and American born Mexicans can make a living for themselves and their families! I feel for the Mexican plight too, but I want legal Americans to be able to work here in their own country by not having illegals steal their potential for jobs that they are willing to do! Most of the illegals, at the moment, have fled to Texas is our understanding. Now they must deal with the issue that our gov't refuses to address. So please, revisit this issue with seeking out more information, learning the real circumstances and facts! Perhaps, one must be a little more poor, like us, to mix and mingle with the middle class down here struggling more than ever to survive in their America, while the elite and rich simply cannot see the unintended consequences of their actions by not inforcing laws already on the books and creating new laws that actually deny legal Americans the right to try and capture some of the American dream! It is not America's place to try and solve the many problems of the world and try and turn all of the world's economy into one that our corrupt corporate entities can suck in and rape! For now, Good Luck to all legals, we need it, man! Mahalo, Lynne, a teacher in Arizona. :)
- May 24, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Bill!
I just started watching your show "Real Time" almost a month ago, after a friend of mine talked me into watching your film, "Religulous" -which I think is the greatest film about religion since Monty Python's "Life of Brian"-. I was impressed to see that there are people who are not afraid to say what they believe, especially on such important issues like politics and religion.
Unfortunatelly, the only way for me to watch "Real Time" is on YouTube, since I live in Greece and the only way we can get quality television over here is through internet.
Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on all those great things you have done so far (Politically Incorrect, Religulous and Real Time) and point out that your opinions and the way you pass them is an inspiration for many people; and I am one of them. So, take care and keep up the good work! :)
- May 24, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- A Arriaga said...
The Arizona immigration law has nothing to do with going after cleaning ladies!! Arizona has the 2nd highest kidnapping rate in the WORLD!! The border towns are under siege! You think all those criminals are legal Americans that just flock to AZ to commit their crimes? And your audience cheers that idiot statement!? You may be doing it for comedic value but your audience can't tell the difference! Get a clue moron! You're not helping this country, you're hurting it! I used to watch your show even though your a teabagging republican basher(god forbid we disagree on things), that it results in personal attacks on us. You're not even worth watching anymore. Just deleted you from my DVR.
- May 24, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- s said...
Stange, but true:
I have reported GA Congressman John Linder's partnership with my former employer Patrick Stansbury of Pentagon Publishing, Inc. Snellville, GA www.pentagon-usa.com in importing major illegal drugs via the US Air Force via Maxwell AFB and shipped (at least in the late 90s) by the son of the AF General heading US Air War College, not only to FBI and local law enforcement but after hearing out-ot-the-blue from Obama strategist www.tomhouck.com , to Obama's org and GOP leadership. Democrats seemed to be concerned, but now seem helping to cooperate in cover-up. Newt Gingrich was previously in charge and I was arrested and held in jail for a minor and bogus charge for months in 1990 when I tried to expose this plot earlier.
Also, I worked for Tennessee Williams and can prove agents of Republican Party have stolen most of the proceeds of his plays since his death to pay for Republican Party black ops. See some of my references in reviews of my book (John Lahr and Thomas Keith are involved in the plot. Kenneth Holdich is a Williams cousin and top Wms scholar. Larry Myers possibly came from another planet.) Bottom line: I am the only person who was with Jackie Onassis and TW at Jean Stein and George Plimpton's party 1/10/82 when she convinced him for good reason to write the codicil which would have transferred management of his estate from Sewanee to Harvard. I knew the people NYC lawyer Michael Remer, TW "friend" Maria St. Just (b. Maria Britneva), and TW's personal attorney and 1st brother-in-law of Paul McCartney, John Eastman bribed to claim TW was incompetent. I saw them go from destitute to wealthy and one was kept in high style by a Republican politician high in Tennessee State Legislature (Republican), or so Schuyler Wyatt claimed.
I am related to the Kenans of Chapel Hill, NC, and have had their help in some of this. Also will get with Harvard to correct the fate of TW's estate as soon as politics settles down. No one can sue me for libel, and they have not been able to commit me to a mental hospital (five attempts so far) or successfully poison me.
See my book's site: www.walkingonglass.net
Political blog: scottkenan.blogspot.com
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- May 24, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Dennis W. Hall said...
Dear Bill, I've always loved your show especially when you talk about the drug companies. I just recently lost my mom last month and hours after she died in the course of helping my Dad and Grandma (Who has had Dementia/Alzheimer's , or so we were told for the last few years!!)organize their medications I discovered some shocking facts.
I'm from New Jersey and I became so angry with this story that I am grieving the old school Jersey way and doing something about it. I did a video Public Service Announcement at CarolynsCause.org with link to Video on Facebook
In Loving Memory of my mom Carolyn D. Hall, I honor her by telling our story in hopes of saving people just a small part of the needless pain and suffering our family went through. Please watch the video and pass the link. The Facebook "CarolynsCause" page I started now has over 200 members in just a couple of weeks and video on YouTube soon. Thanks so much Bill. Keep up the fight.
Dennis "just a stupid actor that acted like a doctor for several hours and saved my Grandma the rest of her life in a nursing home" Hall
- May 25, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Unknown said...
If anyone should read this Bill Maher fans should. In my county in Florida an atheist teacher was doused in holy water by two other teachers
- May 25, 2010 at 4:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hello, long time fan from Europe. I have a great suggestion for your panel: Slavoj Zizek. Check him out, he is both controversial (he is a marxist), but more importantly, he is quite a character. It would be great to watch him interact with you and all the other guests at the program. If you dont know who he is you can check out videos with him on youtube. Please consider him!
- May 25, 2010 at 5:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Hello Bill, how are you?! Hope you're fine!
I hope you can read this message, I imagine that you receive too many, and you're a very busy man, it was not easy to find a way to contact you!
I'm your #1 fan in Brazil, I just love your comedy acts, and your very intelligent, sarcastic criticism!
Yet I'm writing this letter to you to give youa a suggestion that, in my opinion, would be of great value to the atheist/secular comunity, and a big blow to the absurd faith of Christians, especially Americans and Brazilians (that are "flour the same brush ").
It is proposed that you invite William Lane Craig for a TV-network debate!
You see, Craig is currently the number one hero of the Christians! He is that guy who asked Richard Dawkins to debate, but Richard declined many times (claiming Craig was not important).
In fact Craig is a professional debater and highly misleading, he can at times say things that even when we know they are not true, it strikes and cuts the opponent's reasoning.
I believe that debate with him would not be as simple as mock Christianity (Although some irony is always timely and comic), but you would require a little research and studies on the arguments he uses, and which arguments hits him. (I know them and I can anticipate some of your work, if you like! )
I, as an atheist, would love to see this lies promoter being humbled by an amazing debater and thinker like you. I do not think there is someone more appropriate.
I saw him to debate with Christopher Hitchens, and it was not productive to Hitchens, thats has been so lazy as an apartment's apartment!
Sam Harris would be a good opponent for Craig as he is very clear on his arguments, but I think he is too much nice, even nicer that Dawkins, so he can't give to Craig what he deserves.
Than I think the ONLY PERSON who could really bring down the house of Craig doing it through a historical grievance would be YOU! You're the man!
Nobody could be more appropriate, what I think, creates some responsibility...
I do not want to extend too much, I just let my congratulations and wish you a long long heath life, I know you from many years and consider you a intellectual hero, especially for yours irreverent way of addressing the issues that our hypocritical society pretends not to see!
Thank very much, and if you want to respond, you can write to carloszarref at gmail dot com.
- May 25, 2010 at 6:50 AM
- Debugger said...
The huge oil leak in the Gulf with all the tar and muck finding its way on shore and polluting the beaches could very well be the end of the world's financial crisis. This is how it works...we already got the technology that has made the enormous oil deposits in the tar sands in Alberta Canada profitable …well… this can now be used to clean up the beaches...and not only that, the government will pay you for it!! Can ya imagine the trends? Knock off the risers on those offshore rigs, make 'em bubble into the ocean, then when it finds it way on shore, we can scrape up that shit in our Hummers with the portable oil/sand separator strapped to the tailgate. Yeah, let's get a 6-pack and head for the beach to scoop up the tar balls!! The guys with all those Donzi power boats can do the same with an oil/water separator hooked on the ski rope. XOM will have a tank truck located on shore and tanker offshore to receive all the oil and will only cost you $1/bbl for them to take it. You'll be able to buy one of those separators, oil or sand, 'made in China' at Wal-Mart for only $ 75,000 but the hummer and power boat is extra. And think of the food supply, all those oil soaked birds and fish washed up on shore…but we'll need to process them before they start to stink then feed all the third world countries!!! Those big oil guys think of everything!!! Money, money, money! Think of the rampant Hummer and Donzi boat sales, separator manufacturers puttin' people back to work so they can pay their mortgage… This is like the proverbial optimist, wherever there's dog shit, there's gotta be a puppy!!! Oh and the oysters should be easier to open all greased up…
- May 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Lewis Black Reminds my friends of... me said...
Be sure to use your credit card "reward points" before they expire. Yes, thats your thank you reach around from predatory money lenders and you are eligible, even if you can afford to pay off your credit card each month. At 30% interest & double digit unemployment, that makes you the anomaly.
Its a good thing I'm not a banker, because I would go postal and kill all the other bankers. This would make me the only banker left, so I would be too important to prosecute. Then I would give politicians free money and great loan deals and then blackmail them, rip off all the depositors and send my goons to beat up debtors. What the Hell, you only live once, I might even start a war.
- May 25, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Unknown said...
you got to see this footage of the oil spill. this is in protest!
- May 27, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Scott said...
NEW RULE: BP must officially change it's corporate name to:
Black Pelican
- May 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- CanadianConservative said...
Do not buy the party line. Maher thinks all scientists are on board with global warming or climate change or whatever the koolaid drinkers are calling it these days. In fact, most of the IPCC are NOT scientists and it's about 50/50 among the experts.
Here are a few.....
Read "Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science" by Pilmer.
Al Gore says any scientist who disagrees with him on Global Warming is a kook, or a crook.
Guess he never met these guys
Dr. Edward Wegman--former chairman of the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences--demolishes the famous "hockey stick" graph that launched the global warming panic.
Dr. David Bromwich--president of the International Commission on Polar Meteorology--says "it's hard to see a global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now."
Prof. Paul Reiter--Chief of Insects and Infectious Diseases at the famed Pasteur Institute--says "no major scientist with any long record in this field" accepts Al Gore's claim that global warming spreads mosquito-borne diseases.
Prof. Hendrik Tennekes--director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute--states "there exists no sound theoretical framework for climate predictability studies" used for global warming forecasts.
Dr. Christopher Landsea--past chairman of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones--says "there are no known scientific studies that show a conclusive physical link between global warming and observed hurricane frequency and intensity."
Dr. Antonino Zichichi--one of the world's foremost physicists, former president of the European Physical Society, who discovered nuclear antimatter--calls global warming models "incoherent and invalid."
Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski--world-renowned expert on the ancient ice cores used in climate research--says the U.N. "based its global-warming hypothesis on arbitrary assumptions and these assumptions, it is now clear, are false."
Prof. Tom V. Segalstad--head of the Geological Museum, University of Oslo--says "most leading geologists" know the U.N.'s views "of Earth processes are implausible."
More to follow.....
- June 6, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- CanadianConservative said...
Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski--world-renowned expert on the ancient ice cores used in climate research--says the U.N. "based its global-warming hypothesis on arbitrary assumptions and these assumptions, it is now clear, are false."
Prof. Tom V. Segalstad--head of the Geological Museum, University of Oslo--says "most leading geologists" know the U.N.'s views "of Earth processes are implausible."
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu--founding director of the International Arctic Research Center, twice named one of the "1,000 Most Cited Scientists," says much "Arctic warming during the last half of the last century is due to natural change."
Dr. Claude Allegre--member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Science, he was among the first to sound the alarm on the dangers of global warming. His view now: "The cause of this climate change is unknown."
Dr. Richard Lindzen--Professor of Meteorology at M.I.T., member, the National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, says global warming alarmists "are trumpeting catastrophes that couldn't happen even if the models were right."
Dr. Habibullo Abdussamatov--head of the space research laboratory of the Russian Academy of Science's Pulkovo Observatory and of the International Space Station's Astrometria project says "the common view that man's industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from a misinterpretation of cause and effect relations."
Dr. Richard Tol--Principal researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, at Carnegie Mellon University, calls the most influential global warming report of all time "preposterous . . . alarmist and incompetent."
Dr. Sami Solanki--director and scientific member at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, who argues that changes in the Sun's state, not human activity, may be the principal cause of global warming: "The sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures."
Prof. Freeman Dyson--one of the world's most eminent physicists says the models used to justify global warming alarmism are "full of fudge factors" and "do not begin to describe the real world."
Dr. Eigils Friis-Christensen--director of the Danish National Space Centre, vice-president of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, who argues that changes in the Sun's behavior could account for most of the warming attributed by the UN to man-made CO2.
- June 6, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Rather than expressing his rather shallow thoughts on sophisticated issues, Bill should invite the following:
1. Noam Chomsky to discuss Israel and the Middle East Peace Process (or lack thereof);
2. John Stossel to discuss libertarianism;
3. Lord Monckton to discuss climate change and energy policies.
I've been watching all season and I don't think Bill has said an intelligent thing yet. In addition to being a dolt, I recall Bill being extremely rude to the female republican who had the nerve to suggest that the science on climate change was not settled. This show no longer is a fair and balanced discussion about current affairs but instead has become a collection of sycophants espousing Bill's, the Democrats and the Greenies' political slant! And, Van Jones? Seriously, why would anyone listen to his ridiculous opinions? And, yes I know, I don't have to watch, and though I used to enjoy the show, I will never watch again (unless he has some guests with legitimate opposing views as well).
- June 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Desmond Ravenstone said...
Christine O'Donnell ... <a href="http://ravenstonesreflections.blogspot.com/2010/09/problem-with-christine-odonnell.html>seriously, folks</a>
- September 25, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- .livejournal.com said...
I must say that last night's show (9/24/10) of yours was one of the worst we've ever seen.
1. How can you dignify a low-life, liar, and trouble-maker like Andrew Breitbart, by bringing him on your show?
2. How could you allow Amy Holmes to spew out all those 'false GOP Talking Point poisons,' without disputing them; thereby, seemingly agreeing with them? If you're unfamiliar with the true, real and correct facts/statistics (and so able to set her straight), don't bring right-wing guests to your show. For if that's what we wanted to hear we'd (God forbid) be listening to FOX NEWS instead!
Bottom lining it: Become more informed, so that you can "correctly" answer a fool according to his/her folly.
Thank you.
- September 25, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- meldanty said...
You're an idiot. Please explain to me how everything came into being without GOD! And with all your expertise and intelligence please tell me exactly how long does it take for evolution to happen?
- September 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- Desmond Ravenstone said...
1) OK, then where did God come from? And if God did not need to come from somewhere else, then why does the universe need to come from somewhere else?
2) Evolution takes as long as it takes. There is no set "recipe" for one species to emerge from another; there are only the right conditions and pressures leading to that.
By the way ... You do know that there are folks who believe in God and accept the validity of evolution? And if you didn't, then who are you to call anyone else an idiot?
- September 26, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Spring said...
About Christine: how could you?
I thought she was your friend. You led her to believe you were friends.
I am disappointed in you.
- September 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- Debugger said...
if you believe there is a god, let me take you to a childrens hospital or the rubble in Gaza with women and children vaporized with DIME bombs and if this god was that great, why would he create greed?
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Mr. Maher,
I am just wondering if you would openly rebuke the Islamic faith for their beliefs like you do the Chrisitan faith. Just a thought
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Due to vacation, I missed last weeks "What's New In Your Cup?" This week I am back and ready to share all the new things we've been drinking.
I have enjoyed several new teas during these last couple of weeks as I am sure you have as well. So getting to the point, let's talk about tea…
1. Summer from Felicitea reported that she's been drinking white tea with lychee fruit. I tried lychee fruit for the first time last month… delicious! Lychee fruit bursts with flavor in your mouth. It is juicy, refreshing and sweet. I can only imagine that this tea is yummy! Summer, you'll have to provide us with the actual tea name and where it can be purchased. Additionally, Summer has been sipping away at iced Sloth Tea to get through the days. An oldie but goodie! I just tasted Sloth Tea for the first time over the weekend. The review is in progress.
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3. Over the last couple of weeks I enjoyed Chief's Delight by Native American Tea Company, Orchid Temple Oolong and Sugar Caramel Oolong both by Golden Moon Teas, and finally Darjeeling Goomtee (2nd Flush)by Tea Logic. I cannot say which I enjoyed the most as each one was distinctly different. Check out the reviews here on Tea Escapade.
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The researchers reckons that $600-700 premium over regular LED-backlit LCD TVs will keep 3D out of the mainstream for the next few years. The limited availability of 3D content to watch, and uncertainties over the price and - just as important - the compatibility of the 3D glasses needed to view the material, will act as a barrier too.
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Thanks,FWIW, the hottest AP in the world, Iwan Baan (who amongst other things won the first Julius Schulman Award and look at his client list) uses DSLRs. He has a much looser style than traditional APs (like me). Who first informed me about Iwan Baan and his huge influence on AP? the CEO of Hedrich-Blessing..........enough said?
I was shooting on the same assignment as Iwan Baan some month ago[...]
I was shooting on the same assignment as Iwan Baan some month ago, and had the chance to talk to him about his shooting style and equiptment. You are right that he is the hottest AP in the world with an impressive client list. Iwan comes from a Photo Journalistic bacground, hence his photographis approach and talent for including people in his images.He works with a 1Dx, the 17 and 24 TS and two zooms 24-70 and 70-200. Interesting he shoots handheld 90% of the times and just bumps ISO up, he is not afraid of 6400 og higher ISO, he never uses any lights. This is complete opposite of normal AP working with MFD, pancake cameras shooting with tripod and 50 ISO and bringing ton of lightig equiptment.I think the AP business and style changes at this moment more to a Iwan Baan style, and was I to reinvest just for AP I would not go the MF way. I am with Stefan Marquardt using my canon for 99% of my commercial Architectural work, and using my IQ160 for personal work.I think this is real life experience for European Architectural Photography, you can simply cover more grounds with the Canon as opposed to the MF back shooting style (always shooting the damn plexy for LCC). This is not a war between DSLR and MFD backs, a lot of professional photographers would have both and choose what is the best for the job. In my case I choose the Canon 99% of the time for AP. I choose the Canon for speed and flexibility AND the post production time is 1/3 of the Phase.Willow I hope you can use this info. I think traditional AP is changing towards a more loos and flexible style aka Iwan Baan.Cheers TES
I have the impression that in Europe they like the natural style better and in USA they likethe more artificial style more.Unfortuantly I live in Europe .
That has been true to some degree going way back to when film ruled this genre. But understand I do almost all my shooting in the US largely for US clients (I sell a lot of stock to overseas magazines) and my US clients by and large love that look these days. I gave a talk to the AIA here recently about recent trends in AP and showed some IB work and they flat out loved it. Here is what one high profile architect client wrote me after the talk:Insightful talk yesterday. Iwan Baans work is simply terrific I checked out his website and recognized some of the images thank you for the tip!
Hi I have started to do some architectural / interior photography and love it.Are there any architectural / interior photographers here that cangive some advice to what kind of equipment that is best suited?I have a Nikon D800E and a Contax645/P65+.Is a tech camera the best route or is there other options that are "better"?I only want advice from photographers who are doing this kind of work or has done it in the past.Hopefully some of you guys can give me some good advice.ThanksWillow
I think when users are pushing you toward 35mm, they feel like they're giving you good advice. You can get results close to medium format, and you can do it more productively and less expensively. The biggest advantages 35mm offers are more production. Less Expensive. But I ask you, whoever said that was the essence of photography?Steve HendrixCapture Integration
"One of his secret it that he only shoots very good architecture, he turns down assignments if he does not like the architecture or architect." testfoto, you are right. I always feel, it´s is very easy to take good photos of good architecture - but much more difficult to take good images of uninteresting architecture (which is something one finds himself doing from time to time, if thats buys your bread and butter).I don´t want to imagine his photos of mediocre architecture.to see some strong architecture images have a look at http://www.brigidagonzalez.de/ and particularly the "3Dminus1" gallery. really breathtaking images!
so it depends on what the client wants.
The essence of photography is what you do with the subject. When quality levels are so high as they are today with both high end 35mm DSLRs and MF digitalthe difference in quality is less relevant.Now that the quality of both systems exceeds what clients need a system that is more productive, faster and less expensive to buy and maintain is the best choice. On top of that the both the financial and time resources that are freed up by this choice can be put into the content of the image.A more productive and efficient system lets you concentrate more on the subject and variations around your concept and approach.Just looking at live view over HDMI while moving people and things around when shooting staged interiors is so helpful, especially hen you need the camera right up against the wall to covr the view you want.Wireless live view when sending your camera up on a pole....The essence of photography is not about ultra HiFi and ultra+a-bit-more HiFi. It's about content, style, mood and light.Clients, at least the big ones don't need to be thrilled. They work with the best as a norm, so it's not really thrilling. It's meeting the high standard they want.Image quality is there with both high end 35mm DSLR and MF. Clients standards are met through content and making the process of getting the images as little as possible like pulling teeth.Having a small footprint/treading lightly as a photographer is also important. Many time with corporate, industrial and private clients the sooner you are done the better.It can cost more than the photographers fee to make a facility, building or luxury available for photography, sometimes 10 fold. You can rest assured that a significant part of Iwan Baan's success if from his small agile kit and small footprint... he treads lightly and most likely gets great access as a result.


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Pondering some change
I'd pondered some adjustment with the new patch. It really tempted me…
I've been committed to IDS for a long time. And I'm the only priest in the guild that has it. Of the other priests, only one is a healpriest, and she's almost never in the same raid as me. (we were together for SSC last night. Usually when I'm there she's not for the 25 man stuff – more my issue than hers.) The rest of the priests are shadow.
Shadowpriests, druids and shamans are all running in the 170 or so spirit. My IDS adds 40 and gives them +10% of the total – +20/21 – to spelldamage and +heal. For that matter, the mages and warlocks aren't too far off that number either.
So if I drop IDS, I'm dropping ~+20 spelldamage from all the caster DPSers when I'm in the party. Assuming 10 of them in a 25-man raid, and using the standard rule of divide by 3.5 for dps — I'd be gimping raid damage by a bit less than 60 dps.
Importantly, I'd be gimping myself by almost 50 +heal as well. The other priest… about 45. And the other healers, +20 or so heal bonus.
sigh – I'd almost talked myself into this change, but those numbers are nice. So, what do I gain?
I get 2 more empowered healing, which I've shown before to be not worth the trade for the IDS. But I also get Circle of Healing. And at the levels I'm reaching that's not a bad spell. More importantly, it's been tweaked so that healbonus applies.
According to Blizzard, you need 1338 heal to get the same benefit as you did from the old spell. According to the math I see, that's… off a bit. 22% of 1338 is 294, which added to the new average of 430 becomes ~724 per person healed. That's a bit better than 530. Instant heal gets the 'instant heal bonus' benefit from mental agility, making this a 410 mana spell that will heal a group of people (say, after an aoe) for an amount of health that's less than half what they'd get individually from a flash heal.
sigh. AoE heal, but oh so tiny.
To be honest, I want that AoE heal. But it's not good enough – not even with the additional Empowered Healing – to make it worth giving up IDS. I will keep that talent.
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First of all I would like to thank you Zingiber on your simple but powerfully accurate and well researched blog. I am no where near you in raiding but I feel we can all benefit from an experienced end-game priest such as your self. My toon name is Crusard. I hail from Argent Dawn US. We have a teeny-tiny guild "The Namesakian Raiders" in which we do our best to raid Kara on a weekly basis. I am a Hybrid 31/30/0 IDS priest. I too am a fan and do not plan on ever changing back to full holy for insignificant AOE effects and better crit chances. I crit often enough to satisfy my healing ego. I have managed to build a pretty tough [errr…tough-talking]priest with some decent digs. I have meticulously socketed everything that I have managed to acquire to maximize +healing and mana quantity. In the end I wound up with 13,000 mana and +1700 healing. I get lots of good feedback in pugged heroics on my healing prowess despite the fact that I am wearing absolutely no Tier equipment…too include many "how do you have so much mana/+healing?" questions from T4 priests that I inspect and think [what were they thinking]…lol! I would appreciate any advice directly that you might have on my character (if you do armory look-ups on your blog repliers that is). Once again, thank you for going so much further with your mathematical equations and valuable insider tips on playing the class that I have loved since I first started playing the game.
All I can say is PLEASE!!!!!!! Don't get rid of IDS. Thanks
I switched from IDS to CoH once we started Essence of Souls and its proven to be invaluable for the final stages of BT.
Most of the healing intensive fights in BT are fought with the whole raid positioned in close proximity to each other (Bloodboil, EoS, Gorefiend, Illidian(Phase 2)). Once you eliminate the problem of CoH's radius restriction its extremely nice.
Even with spread-out positions (TK/SSC/Hyjal) its still useful as a melee-dps heal as they should be in the same party for the shared auras anyway.
Ultimatly CoH makes the business of healing more interesting and that should be big factor in your decision. This is a game remember!


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America's Financial Educator
For almost a decade now, Peter, CEO of Wealth Educators International, has been criss crossing the world, speaking with groups about how to secure their own financial future. Everyone can benefit from sound financial planning and Peter engages audiences of all backgrounds in ways help them.He has helped tens of thousands of individuals, from high schools and colleges, to the United States Military, to teachers and professionals, dramatically improve their financial knowledge. Whether its through a one on one education session, an online seminar, or a live event, he specializes in helping people put their financial house in order.
Wealth Educators International, LLC
170 South River Rd,
Bldg. 1, STE 205
Bedford NH 03110
866-673-3152 (toll free)
Peter Bielagus