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Today is the 105th International Women's Day. The theme this year is "The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum."
It's hard at times to keep the movement forward in focus given the war on women's rights on the past year. For every piece of good news, there is a piece of bad news. The good news is the President Obama signed the Violence Against Women act yesterday. The bad news is that there are 22 members of the United States House and 31 members of the US Senate who voted against it.
In the micro level of comics it also seems like for every two steps forward there is one step back.
But let's focus on the positive today. Let's focus on the things that make us happy and give us hope.
What is it in superhero comics that you think is worth celebrating for women, right now? What best represents how you want to see women portrayed. Please let me know. You can see what others have said in the past this blog and I welcome your submissions.
Sitting above my home office is one my favorite pieces of superhero artwork. The piece by Lucy Knisley is, I think, close to perfect for today.
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It took five different EMS services and every fire department in the county to get all 21 softball players, the driver, the coach, and two more adults off a bus that over-turned Friday night while traveling to a game.
One parent of those students on board is speaking out about how the community came together to help out.
The spokesperson for Union County Schools says all but one of those softball players are recovering at home. She says that both the Union County and Livingston County communities have been showing a lot of support since the time of that accident.
"She just said their bus flipped and then the call dropped," says Sonya Gough. "I called back, everybody was fine, and there were no life threatening injuries."
Sonya tells 14 News that her daughter was injured and is now back at home.
"She got some stitches, a sprained wrist, just cuts and bruises," says the mother.
Union County Schools Spokesperson Malinda Beauchamp says other injuries among those on the bus include a broken leg, a broken arm, and a shoulder injury. Beauchamp says those injured were spread out over three hospitals. Papa John's donated pizza, school administrators drove to check on the girls, even a hospital visit from the opposing team.
"The hospitals gave them great care," says Beauchamp. "The Livingston County girls' softball team were just a class act."
Sonya says she rushed to the hospital Friday evening to be with her daughter and tells us all the support from school staff and the community will help the team on their road to recovery.
"The coaches, staff, they were all awesome," says Sonya. "They came to both hospitals and prayed with the girls."
Beauchamp tells us the team member who is still in the hospital is expected to be out by Monday. She says all Union County Students perform bus evacuation drills on a regular basis.
There are softball games scheduled for Monday and Thursday, but school officials say Monday's game may be canceled.
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Last night members of North Dakota's 818th Engineer Company landed back on U.S. soil.
Sgt. Major Wallace Keller is the proud father of Patrick Keller, who is part of the 818th.
Patrick's unit spent nearly a year in Afghanistan clearing mines, building roads and performing maintenance.
Keller says it's a dangerous job and he was relieved when his son called him yesterday, to let him know he was back in the states.
"I was here at work and was upstairs and the phone went off and it said Patrick Keller and I thought oh thank God, we're back on U.S. soil," Sgt. Major Wallace Keller said.
Sgt. Darren Linde and Specialist Tyler Orgaard were also part of the 818th.
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Treat yourself to a well-deserved Florida golf vacation. Florida is home to many world-class golf courses, and St Pete Beach is no exception. Our spectacular climate allows for picture perfect golfing year round.
Isla del Sol
Located just 1½ miles from the Loews Don CeSar Hotel, the 18-hole "Isla Del Sol" course at the Isla Del Sol Yacht & Country Club facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida features 6,392 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. Designed by Mark Mahannah, ASGCA, the Isla Del Sol golf course opened in 1977. The avid golfer will love the challenging fairways, beautiful bunkered greens, shimmering lakes, and plentiful gardens that enhance the beauty and heighten the challenge of this bayfront course. More info
The Course at Feathersound
Feather Sound Country Club was designed by Joe Lee and updated by Bob Cupp. The par 72 course at Feather Sound plays like one of the longest 6,900 yard courses you've ever played. By allowing the average player to swing away off the tee and offering plenty of options to every player, it's a course that can challenge and be enjoyed by players of all skill levels. Most of the difficulty to be found at Feather Sound is around the Pinehurst-style elevated greens, the signature feature of our course. The challenge in playing well here is first in hitting these small, subtly contoured greens, and how you manage your short game once you're around those greens as well. And with our new, TifEagle Bermuda greens, we are able to maintain very good pace on the greens, but at the same time they're quite receptive. Located in Clearwater, FL approximately 25 minutes away. More info
Bardmore Golf & Tennis Club
Broad, generous fairways that invite you to hit away; glistening water features that add some sparkle to your round; and, of course, abundant sunshine. You'll find our overall conditions are consistently excellent. We have Tif-Eagle greens that rival tour status. Our new state-of-the-art practice facility boasts a 15,000 square foot putting surface on its new Tif-Eagle practice green. Hone your skills on the putting and chipping green, or perfect your pitch shots on another special green featuring practice bunkers. You will find mounded areas and turf mowed at all the heights you will fine on the golf course, from closely mown approached to deep rough, so that you can practice every possible shot you have in your golfing repertoire and get set to take on our great course. Located in Largo, FL approximately 25 minutes away. More info
River Strand Golf & Country Club
River Strand, a 27-hole championship golf course designed by Arthur Hills, provides a challenge to the low handicapper, yet the high handicapper will enjoy it, too! All the while, you're playing in a gorgeous, natural setting with palm trees, live oaks that Mr. Hills designed around, and a nice mix of river holes. The golf course fits harmoniously with the environment, with holes intertwined by tributaries and estuaries. The Manatee River and its tidal water areas are incorporated into several of the holes, making the course a remarkable and memorable experience. in Bradenton, FL approximately 35 minutes away. More info
Legacy Golf Club
Legacy is an upscale, 18-hole championship daily fee course, different from anything found in the region. Offering a level of service and conditions found at world-class private facilities, this award-winning Arnold Palmer signature designed course has quickly earned its reputation as one of the premier courses in Southwest Florida. The course features elevated multiple tees, and virtually every hole is framed with sand and water. What makes this course unique is the 360-foot wide fairways on all corridors, making the look very dramatic and visually challenging, while still approachable to all players. Located in Bradenton, FL approximately 40 minutes away. More info
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With the Mirror's Edge demo available in the PlayStation Store today and the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, Electronic Arts sends along this new trailer showing about a minute of in-game footage.
The demo features the prologue of the game, a tutorial and a segment of the single-player story mode.
Mirror's Edge ships to stores November 11 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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Drought will weigh on 2013 commodity prices
The agricultural industry is still reeling from 2012's bad weather, and most analysts aren't expecting much improvement this year.
The agricultural industry was hit hard by the most severe and extensive drought in at least 25 years in 2012, which had an impact on crops, livestock and food prices at all levels. While prices already started increasing in the fourth quarter of 2012, the majority of the impact on retail food prices will likely be seen throughout 2013, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) analyzing the drought.
Effects on the Commodity Supply Chain
The largest impacts may be seen in beef, pork, poultry and dairy products, despite a temporary reprieve in prices due to herd culling in response to higher feed costs.
The October Consumer Price Index (CPI) data suggest that this reprieve has ended and prices are likely to rise throughout 2013. Meanwhile, the full effects of increased corn prices on packaged and processed foods will likely take 10 to 12 months to move through to retail food prices, according to the report.
Looking into 2013, the USDA expects the following impacts:
Corn demand is expected to suffer from diminished export, but benefit from higher food, seed and industrial use, while projected prices for 2012/2013 are estimated to be between $6.75 and $7.65 per bushel. In response, corn futures have steadily fallen from their $800 highs in August and September to around $700 in February.
Soybean demand has benefited from both the drought and concerns over South American crops, which resulted in projected prices being raised last month from $13.55 to $15.05 per bushel, but unchanged this month. The result has been a steady decline in soybean meal futures and a recent recovery in soybean oil prices.
Wheat was relatively unaffected by the drought, unlike corn and soybeans, since it was harvested in the spring and early summer. But prices for the commodity are projected at $7.75 to $8.45 per bushel in 2012/2013, which is up from $7.24 in 2011/2012.
Livestock prices remain in limbo after the drought caused more cow liquidations (rates not seen since the 1980s) and as the prospects for herd rebuilding deteriorate. Record high beef prices led to live cattle prices of nearly $135 at the beginning of the year, but these levels have since fallen sharply to below $125 by mid-February.
Analyst Takes on Ag Commodities in 2013
Many analysts are mixed on the prospects for agricultural commodities in 2013, after experiencing such a turbulent year in 2012. On the whole, they seem to expect to see stronger corn prices, weaker soybean prices, and are mixed on other agricultural commodities with a bias toward the downside on the whole. Meanwhile, many recommend a long/short strategy to hedge against potential downside to the asset class as a whole.
Here are some specific analyst opinions to consider:
Deutsche Bank (DB) recommends selectively buying agriculture in 2013, with short-term value in oversold grains and oilseeds. They are constructive soybean oil, which lagged the complex in 2012, but cautious deferred hogs, recommending pairing long cattle versus short corn in deferred months.
Robobank N.A. expects grain and oilseed prices to be volatile, with a first-quarter rally giving way to weakness for the remainder of the year. The analyst expects soymeal to be the worst-performing commodity of the year, while palm oil could have the most upside as Chinese imports and biofuel demand drive prices higher.
Goldman Sachs (GS) expects agricultural commodities to be down 3.5% on the whole when factoring in all classes, but notes that the combination of downside risks to crop production and signs of resilient demand will require higher crop prices in the coming months, given already very low inventories, especially for corn.
Bank of America Merril Lynch (BAC) cautioned investors to prepare for disappointing wheat harvests in 2013, saying that unless U.S. weather turns unusually favorable in the winter and spring, next year's winter wheat crop could be severely damaged, providing potential support for prices over the coming year.
The Bottom Line
The takeaway from the 2012 drought and outlooks for 2013 is likely one of mixed results. While the drought undoubtedly led to sharply higher prices, especially in late 2012, the prospects of higher supplies and a global response (in Brazil, for instance) have dampened prices moving into 2013. But according to some analysts, there may be opportunities hidden within the industry, particularly in corn and wheat, where supplies remain tight and future supply is uncertain.
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Mirage...Well I'm not better off in Gold, right at the present; But stocks/equities have done very well since the first of the year....
And they have done exceptional since Obama has been in office.
Gold has been stagnant or down for about a year or more, pretty much the same with Silver.
We are in the "waiting mode" for our day in the Sun...
But I'm starting to feel a little like "the Lurker", that hangs around a Slot Machine, waiting for a loser to get off the seat....So I can swoop in and reap the big hit.
But as a side note; Gold has served us well in the early part of the Recession.
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August 2014 - Olympic Swimmer Inducted Into Georgia Hall of Fame
Olympian swimmer Maritza McClendon inducted in to the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame. Read more here!
August 2014 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Focuses on Water Safety
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. will participate in a swim clinic with members of the USA Swimming national team in Irvine, California at the Phillips 66 National Championship. Read more here!
July 2014 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Makes an Impact On The D.C. Area
Community service was the focal point for members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. as they wrapped up their 55th Biennial Boule, or convention, in National Harbor. More than 1,300 people attend the five-day event at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center from July 18 - 22. Read more here!
May 2014 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Rises for Social Action
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April 2014 - 55th Biennial Boule Special Undergraduate, Spring 2014 New Member, Spring 2014 New Philo & Rhoer Registration Options Now Available
A special installment payment plan for 2014 Boule registration which will include all members inducted after January 1, 2014 (or Spring 2014 new members), all undergraduate sorors, all Philos inducted after January 1, 2014 (or Spring 2014 new philos) and all Rhoers is available. Read more here!
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The Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Committee is proud to announce the launching of its unplanned pregnancy training module for new members via webinar. This training will bring greater awareness of the issue of unplanned pregnancy. Access the webinar here!
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Welcome to Better Services
Better Services, was started in 1975, in the organised sector, for the business line of emblem merchandising, with the object of producing International quality merchandise, keeping pace with prevailing global standards and making such quality products available in India. The object was also to deliver on time and that too at a reasonable cost. In 1975, there were only a few engaged in this business, in a primitive unorganised way making the best of the little merchandise they produced, depriving the customer of any option of choice, variety or quality. Each of them subsequently closed down.
Mr. Madhu Narang, the Owner Managing Director of Better Services, is also engaged in his family business of venture capital financing, since 1954. His family businesses now include development and building of commercial and residential townships and financial portfolio investments.


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Asus has unveiled a tablet-laptop hybrid that runs both Windows 8.1 and Android simultaneously »
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Bill Gates has admitted Microsoft's mobile phone strategy was a mistake as part of an interview on CBS »
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Microsoft continues to take a beating for its decision to enable the Do Not Track privacy setting by default in the company's brand-new Internet Explorer 10 »
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Square Enix brought Final Fantasy VII back to the PC, 15 years after its original PC and PlayStation release »
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A supercar from Lebanon? and it's premiering in the U.S.?! Welcome to the global market. Of course you never heard about it. Unless you know David Frem, a Lebanese student at American University of Science and Technology, who is the proud designer.
Frem wants to compete with models from Ferrari, and he's off to a slow start. The Frem F1 is built with a 2.0-liter 16v four-cylinder engine sourced from Volkswagen and a transmission from Audi. This combination should be good for a top speed around 125 mph. But it does come with some nice luxury options like xenon lights, reverse parking camera, navigation system and a glass roof. The fiberglass body is only 10 cm off the ground for better stability and traction.


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General areas present at Silken Al-Andalus Palace include a restaurant, a smoking area and also a bar/lounge. A swimming pool belongs to the hotel's facilities, as do an outdoor swimming pool and an outdoor swimming pool (seasonal). Among the opportunities for relaxation are a sauna, a beauty salon and a Turkish bath. You can benefit from a laundry service here, in addition to a baby-sitting service and an express check-in/out service. If you forgot something at home, don't worry, there is a gift shop on the premises. Business guests can benefit from a conference space, which is available here in addition to a business center and a secretarial service. As this hotel has 623 rooms you are sure to find one that suits you here. Paid self service parking at limited hours is another option you can make use of when you come here by car.
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UCSF researchers have made a notable advance in the effort to illuminate the existence of adult stem cells in the human brain ...
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More than 1,000 teens from San Francisco and San Mateo counties are expected to attend the 4th Annual Young Women's Health Conference on Wednesday, March 10, in San Francisco.
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The Academy Opens NYC Coward Festival with 1932/1933 Best Picture Winner "Cavalcade"
Beverly Hills, CA (March 6, 2012) – The life and career of playwright, composer, director and actor Noël Coward will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of its "Monday Nights with Oscar®" series on Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The screening of "Cavalcade," hosted by curator Brad Rosenstein, will also debut a display of images and posters from Coward's films in the theater lobby.
Based on Coward's 1931 smash London theatrical production, "Cavalcade" follows a wealthy family as they experience key historical events in the first three decades of the 20th century, including the Titanic tragedy and World War I.
The print is courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and Twentieth Century Fox.
The Academy's program is part of a citywide celebration of Coward, which includes the opening of the touring exhibition "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward" at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Academy; it was shown in the Academy's Los Angeles gallery in 2010. For more information, visit www.noelcowardinnewyork.com.
Tickets for "Cavalcade" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the box office prior to the event (subject to availability).
The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street in New York City. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. For more information, visit www.oscars.org or call (212) 821-9251.
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As part of the ongoing work of the Arts and Aesthetics Committee, the Divinity School has recently installed new works of art in rooms and hallways throughout the school.
To celebrate the unveiling of the artwork, the committee hosted a reception and art tour on March 12. Led by Jo Bailey Wells, the committee chair, professor, and director of Anglican studies, the tour highlighted the new installations and gave several artists an opportunity to describe their work and its significance.
Rachel Campbell painted a series of oil portraits for the Langford basement hallway titled "Our Parish." The subjects, chosen based on recommendations from the Divinity School community, represent different ages, ethnicities, and walks of life. These portraits, Campbell said, are intended to reflect John Wesley's sentiment that the world is our parish, reminding everyone in the Divinity School that the work and study here is intended to serve all those in our local and global parish. (See a video of Campbell discussing her art and its significance. [1])
Margaret Parker, the sculptor of the "Reconciliation" statue on the Bovender Terrace, has loaned the school a series of woodcuts titled "Ruth." She collaborated with Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology, to create the series for the book Who Are You, My Daughter: Reading Ruth Through Image and Text. The starkness and simplicity of the woodcuts, installed in the 0015 Westbrook classroom, trace the story of suffering and redemption found in the book of Ruth.
A papercut titled "Immersion," is on loan from Angela Eastman. The painstaking work of cutting a pattern to transform a plain sheet of paper into an intricate, textured work of art is similar to the repetitive discipline of prayer or meditation, Eastman noted. "Immersion" is on display in the Goodson Lobby outside Goodson Chapel.
The Westbrook cloister walk has been transformed into a camera obscura art installation that projects images of the surrounding area onto the walls and ceiling of the hallway. Ethan Jackson [2], a visiting artist with the Duke University Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, chose the hallway after a search throughout the Duke campus. The installation constantly changes with the light, revealing images of the Duke Chapel tower, passing clouds, and people walking near the building. The installation will remain through graduation in May. (Watch a video interview with Jackson that discusses the medium of camera obscura and his installation. [3])
The Divinity School library is also hosting two exhibits. The painting "The Vision of Isaiah" by Luke Allsbrook [4] hangs in the open space between the library desk and the periodicals room. During the tour, Allsbrook described how the scene in Isaiah 6 inspired his art, with the message of grace embedded in the story of the terrifying seraphim and the burning coals that cleansed rather than destroyed Isaiah. The painting incorporates scenery from the mountains of North Carolina, Greek temples, the California coast, and Allsbrook's artistic rendering of the heavenly beings of the seraphim. The painting is on loan through the end of 2012, and is also available for purchase.
"Haitian Stations of the Cross" by John Sylvestri is on display in the Library Reading Room. Sylvestri created the stations from recycled oil drums in the community where he lives in Croix Des Bouquets, outside of Port Au Prince, Haiti. They were commissioned by Divinity School Chaplain Sally Bates, who leads regular mission trips with Duke Divinity School students to Haiti. The commission included the request that Sylvestri depict Jesus as a Haitian, and the landscape of each station includes the curvilinear vines and flowers typical of Haitian folk art.
|Ethan Jackson on the camera obscura
|Rachel Campbell on "Our Parish"


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I did not meant my comment to be taken litterally. You could try to parse it using online dictionaries, but it would be a futile exercise. It must be taken into the context of the ongoing audit at Judy's and with the fact that it was in response to PDA's comment.
In a nutshell, I was referring to the Chewbacca Defense described by WebHubTelescope there:
"This makes no sense" is a comment argument by commenters with a litteralist bent who lack both charity and sportsmanship.
In the present case, what I meant was that the only thing left against PDA's argument is that it makes no sense.
Resorting to litteral meaning makes for trivial wins. Just take any claim and try to understand it by parsing the words through online dictionaries. It's impossible to miss a state where the comment makes no sense anymore.
That's what I meant by "parsomatic" at Keith's on a other thread we both know:
Common knowledge is quite useful to communicate. Among useful knowlege there are pragmatic bits, e.g. context. Living without access to pragmatic is no fun. If you have any experience dealing with people on the autistic specter, you should know what I mean.
Strictly speaking, this is what "this makes no sense" meant.
(Source: http://judithcurry.com/2012/05/30/science-is-not-about-certainty/#comment-205085)


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Not your typical Bible Study…
Jesus says goodbye to His disciples, and unfortunately, so must we. But before Jesus ascended into Heaven, He gave what is known as the Great Commission. He charged His followers to go out to make new disciples. Now it's your turn to do the same… Check out our last Bible Study on Matthew 28:16-20.
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Jesus spoke about Heaven and Hell frequently. Despite the regularity of the subject, Jesus spoke about these future realities in the form of parables. In Matthew 25 Jesus describes Heaven and Hell like bridesmaids waiting on the groom, servants being entrusted with money, and goats and sheep being separated. Sort through some of these parables in this free Bible study on Matthew 25.
"Are you resentful because I'm generous?" God's generosity is great when we receive it, but when others whom we don't think deserve it receive it, it can feel unfair. Jesus challenges our perceptions about God's generosity with the parable of the workers in the field. Check out this free Bible Study on Matthew 20:1-16.
"We accept the love we think we deserve." When it comes to God, I think this statement is unfortunately true. To combat this, we have to be okay with the fact that we don't deserve the love we get. God cares for you, whether you deserve it or not. And He comes looking for you when you wander off. You have to work hard to keep God at a distance because He is pursuing you. Check out this free Bible study on Matthew 18:10-14.
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Jesus said that to follow Him, we must "take up our cross." What did Jesus mean by that exactly? Is this cross a spiritual concept, an analogy or a literal description of the Christian life? Either way, following Jesus isn't easy and it takes your full commitment and participation. Check out this free Bible study on Matthew 16:24-26.
Who do you think Jesus is? Jesus poses this question to His disciples, yet only Peter gets the right answer. Who you believe Jesus to be effects the way you see the world. So who do you say Jesus is? Do you believe Jesus to be God or do you believe the culture's version of Him? Do you bow for Jesus or for lesser gods? Check out this Free Bible Study on Matthew 16:13-17.
Are you what Jesus defines as a hypocrite? You may be surprised by the answer when you introspect. Now there is a difference between acts of hypocrisy and being a hypocrite. Neither are good, but one involves singular acts; the other involves a lifestyle.
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Screenplay Review - Hidden
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"There is one type of script that is absolutely perfect for the spec market – this one. If you come up with a contained horror scenario that's intense, that has immediacy, and that's a little bit different from what's come in the past, somebody will buy it. Shit, I'LL buy it. You can make these movies for a cheap price AND they're easy to market. So they're always going to be in high demand.
But that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. You have to find that fresh angle. Hidden is by no means original, but it has just enough new that it doesn't feel like yet another contained thriller clone.
For example, almost all scripts with people hiding from an unseen danger put several strangers together. It's a smart way to go because you can create a mysterious backstory behind each character (that can be revealed over the course of the script) and the potential is high for conflict since you have a bunch of different personalities.
But Hidden took the unique approach of sticking us with a family. You definitely lost some potential conflict with the choice, but what you gain is an overwhelming sense of love between the characters and an "us against them" mentality. This created a strong bond between us and the characters, which meant we were rooting for them from Page 1.
And remember that when you have the audience rooting for your characters, you can pretty much get away with anything. You can even ignore some of the things I preach all the time because if we're desperately rooting for the characters, the structure isn't as important. We just want to see the characters win, regardless of the mechanics beneath them. The closeness of this family really helped in that sense. I read on because I wanted to see them survive.
Speaking of the family, it includes Claire and Ray Hewitt, former middle-class suburban parents, and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe. They're down in this shelter because a year ago, on an ordinary Sunday, a mass hysteria rose up when a unique virus started infecting everyone. The virus turned ordinary people into dangerous and uncontrollable beasts.
The Hewitt family tried to get away like everybody else, but when the military started attacking civilians, they fled into the woods and found this hidden shelter. They've been here ever since, hiding. And it's gone pretty well. Except they're finally running out of rations and will need to find food somewhere else – not an easy task since going to the surface is the equivalent of suicide.
But hunger is just one of many invisible clocks ticking down for this family. And those clocks start ticking a lot faster when an accidental fire sends smoke out the ventilation shaft up into the forest. It's only a matter of time, now, before the breathers spot the smoke and seek out its origin. When that happens, it's doubtful our family will be able to remain…hidden.
Lots to like about this one! The writing itself was top-notch. The brothers have an amazing ability to keep descriptions sparse, so that the script moves along quickly, yet still pack interesting shit into their action, so that the info both moves the story forward and paints a powerful picture of the situation.
I read lots of scripts from writers who hear their writing needs to be sparse, but they take it to the extreme. The writing ends up containing so little meat, so little detail or depth of information, that it's as if the words disappear somewhere between the page and your eyes.
I loved how the brothers would take time, for example, to explain how a rat was able to get into their food supply and chew through the cans, cutting their survival time in half. It's stuff like this that paints a detailed picture of their predicament – that shows the unique things a family in this type of situation would have to go through. There's meat here. There's specificity.
But the real power of the script came in the writers' ability to tell a story. Again, so many new writers focus on how to string words together. And it's not that that isn't important. It is. But it's not nearly as important as telling the story and keeping the reader interested.
Right away, we hear about these "breathers." The way the family talks about them, you'd think that the devil himself was hunting them. And yet we don't know what they are yet because the writers have chosen to make them a mystery. Well guess what? That mystery is a storytelling device to keep us, the reader, interested. We will keep reading until we see these breathers for………"


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My New Abstract collection originally designed for the group show curated by Saskia Pomeroy is now available from my shop and from YCN.
New Abstract
I'm making new work for a a group show curated by Saskia Pomeroy…
'A show at the Printhouse Gallery
The group show 'New Abstract' describes a current movement in the vanguard of visual arts. Alongside the Printhouse gallery's Ruth Hanahoe, Saskia Pomeroy has brought together an exciting group of artists and designer-makers whose work discusses abstract themes.'
Opening night, 5th June 2013 from 6pm
Nothing But Navy opened yesterday and it's bloody great. I'm a huge fan of navy and so I'm like a pig in poo.
Plenty of lovely stuff to buy including Fine Little Day chopping boards, Falcon enamelware and some limited edition stuff I've made. My Watercolour cushion (pictured), Watercolour ceramics and Tiny Planters, which you can see more of over here.
Nothing But Navy: 11-6pm daily, 30th March - 4th April. 24-26 Calvert Avenue, Shoreditch, London E2 7JP
Hold me closer Tiny Planter!
My new ceramics are available at Nothing But Navy from tomorrow night. Come by if you're in London, there's drinks from 6-8.30pm.
You can see more of the Tiny Planters and Watercolour Dishes over here Hazel Stark X Nothing But Navy , click thorough to shop.
Hazel Stark X Nothing But Navy , photos by Agnes Lloyd-Platt
Hazel Stark X Nothing But Navy , photos by Agnes Lloyd-Platt
I've made some new work for NBN, I've printed cushions, tea towels and have made some navy heavy ceramics. I can't wait to reveal the results of my new hand-built pottery obsession!The last NBN pop-up was in Stroud, this show is right on my doorstep, hurray. There's a small selection online too.
It's been a bit quiet on the making front recently due to my exciting new project WORKSHOPPE.
I've organised a design pop-up for Christmas shopping wusses like me who can't face the high street, and well have better taste than that too!
WORKSHOPPE Filling Santa's sack with hand crafted and designer made goods… 7th-11th December : Clerkenwell, London
Have a gander at the website and join us on Twitter & FB.
Had a fab weekend at the Renegade Fair, met loads of great people including the rather cheeky Renegade gang who sucessfully taught me a good-security-practice lesson by hiding a pile of my cushions! What a fantastically cheery and patient bunch, come back soon please.
Thanks all the fellow stall holders, bloggers, shop/gallery owners and lovely customers for all your kind words, support and purchases!
Lovely write up and photos on Kerry's sweet blog Seventree and from other talented ladies Helen and Anna.
I'll be at the Renegade Fair with my lovely and supremely talented friends A Alicia and Ellie Curtis, Sat & Sun 11-6pm. Drop by if you fancy picking up beautiful jewellery from Anna, damn fine prints and cushions from Ellie or cushions and party things from me.
There'll be some other awesome people there too, including Julia Pott and Mat Daly.


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Do you remember all the angst, hoopla, and dire predictions that floated around as the millennium approached?
All sorts of catastrophes were predicted: the Y2K bug, a technological winter, etc.
Now, here we are on the eve of the Mayan, Hopi, I Ching, Webbot, and other Doomsday Preppers end-of-time scenarios – 12/21/12.
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Super-thin-crust pizza and terrific wings earn this tavern a faithful coterie of fans who insist that it serves equally well as a place to bring the kids and as a nice neighborhood bar where you can catch a game on one of its big screen TVs; attentive service seals the deal.
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Rt 95 South to Exit 23. At top of ramp take a left crossing back over Rt 95. Follow road to the left and at bottom of hill you will see The Home Depot. Take right onto Grasmere. Follow to end. Go right on Post Road. We are immediately on the left. Parking in rear.
Visit our other fun locations "Vinny's Backyard" in Stamford, CT at 1078 Hope Street and "Sherwood's Restaurant & BBQ" at 2136 Boston Post Rd. in Larchmont, NY.
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Sometimes I worry that I've forgotten how to pronounce "that is such fucking bullshit" so I go and checkout the latest headlines on Queerty and it comes right back.
Because I'm a huge dork :D I've sent an incident report to @glaad about Queerty's recent biohobia.
I've reproduced it below so that if you have two minutes spare :D you can copy it and file a report about it yourself HERE.
If you do, perhaps put in a line about how you read about it on a friend's blog so they know we're not spam? Idk.
In reporting on an interview in which the actress Gillian Anderson disclosed that she's had relationships with women, Queerty referred to her as a "lesbian until graduation" (in their headline), a "hasbian" and a "lezzie".
"Lesbian until graduation" and "hasbian" are both slurs used to belittle women who are or have been in the past, attracted to women.
In Queerty's Terms of Service, it requires that its users agree not to post, submit, or otherwise make available content which "degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender [or] sexual orientation." The post's comment section contains a number of posts that don't keep to this rule.
When faced with criticism over the article on twitter, Queerty responded with a series of unfriendly, unprofessional, and transphobic tweets. They refused to acknowledge what they had published was inappropriate and accused critics of being "haters" (https://twitter.com/#!/Queerty/status/180007144303771648).
While their official account asserted that they "cover bisexual issues very thoughtfully", staffer D. Evan Mulvihill (@EMulvz) mocked critics of the blog in a series of tweets including: "Apparently if bi person tells me Lamp is a bi slur I don't get to correct them. Who's having their cake and eating it, too, in so many ways?" (https://twitter.com/#!/EMulvz/status/180034445783470080)
Please take a stand against the biphobic and lesbophobic language Queerty is using & defending.
Please note: Anderson has not, as far as I'm aware, disclosed how she identifies her orientation.


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Hi Tom
""Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich." - On the Iraq war in 2003
I believe you once said that Peter Ustinov was a great raconteur."
did you take inspiration from him?......and what is your view point on his quote above?.


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L. B. Cowman worked as a pioneer missionary with her husband in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which time they helped found the Oriental Missionary Society. When Mr. Cowman's poor health forced the couple to return to the United States, Mrs. Cowman turned her attention to caring for her husband until his death six years later. Out of Mrs. Cowman's experiences and heartbreak came her first book, Streams in the Desert, followed by its companion Springs in the Valley. During the next twenty-five years, Mrs. Cowman inspired several nationwide Scripture distribution campaigns and wrote seven more books. Finally, on Easter Sunday in 1960, at the age of ninety, Mrs. Cowman met face-to-face the God she had served so faithfully for nearly a century.
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"It's boring, it's too quiet, all my friends are gone, I am going home, I am visiting a family friend etc.", are the common phrases you hear from most students during breaks. People like me get to stay on campus and see what Luther College looks like without most students.
During Christmas break, the campus looks emptier than any other breaks. Most of the student body leave campus and go home or explore other parts of the US. The few of us left, mainly international students stay indoors because we tend to be very sensitive to the cold weather. The only place that one sees a lot of people is in the kitchen. Mainly, the faculty and staff are the people one will see in most parts of the day.
Even though the campus is quiet, for me it is just a change of environment. It is the time that I relax and enjoy movies. The quietness provides me with an opportunity to efficiently reflect on the past semester and set new goals for the next semester. The unoccupied evenings allow me to spend as much time as I want preparing Swazi traditional meals and to spend enough time with my friends. This is the break that I get back to doing what I love, running. Christmas break is when I work a lot of hours to cover all of my outstanding fees. The break creates a conducive environment for me to do almost all the things I never find time to do during the semester. It is a break that provides different opportunities.


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7:15 PM ET, May 26, 2012
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
W: J. Hoover (1-0)
L: J. Guthrie (2-3)
CINCINNATI -- Chris Heisey had come close enough to hitting a home run this season that he knew one eventually would come. Still, he was starting to get a little anxious.Heisey finally got on the board Saturday, giving Cincinnati the lead with his first homer of the season and four relievers made it stand up in a 10-3 win over the Colorado Rockies."I told my wife (Lisa) a few times that I need to hit one one of these days just to get it off my back," the Cincinnati outfielder said. "It was nice to finally get one."Devin Mesoraco and Ryan Ludwick also homered as the Reds overcame a poor start by Mike Leake to pick up their seventh win in eight games. The power was badly needed, manager Dusty Baker said."Leake couldn't keep the ball down," Baker said. "(Colorado) can hit. You've got to outscore them, and that's what we did. It was nice to see some balls leaving the ballpark."Rookie J.J. Hoover (1-0), the first Cincinnati reliever, pitched 1 1/3 shutout innings to pick up his first career win. Sam LeCure followed with two innings before Logan Ondrusek and Sean Marshall each added one."All the guys are just trying to go out and do the job and give the team a chance to stay in the game or come back," Hoover said.Colorado right-hander Jeremy Guthrie's first career start in Cincinnati was forgettable. Guthrie (2-3), in his third start since coming off the disabled list on May 15, allowed a season-high 10 hits and tied his season by giving up six runs. He had five strikeouts and a walk in five innings."I never really got into too much of a groove," Guthrie said. "I fought myself early in the count throwing balls. I got behind a pretty good lineup knowing I had to throw strikes so I didn't walk guys. It wasn't a well-pitched game on my end."Four of the first five Colorado batters Leake faced got hits, but the Rockies managed just one run. Marco Scutaro led off the game with a triple off the left-field wall on the third pitch and Tyler Colvin followed with an RBI single. Carlos Gonzalez hit into a double play, helping the Reds avoid more damage.The Reds took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the first, which started with Zack Cozart reaching on third baseman Jordan Pacheco's two-base error. Two outs later, Brandon Phillips doubled to drive in Cozart, Jay Bruce walked and Heisey hit a 0-1 fastball 367 feet into the stands down the left-field line for his first home run since last September."I'd hit a couple that could have gone out, but either it was the wind or I hit it to the wrong part of the ballpark," Heisey said. "I just reacted to it and got enough of the barrel on it."The inning-opening error was the key, Colorado manager Jim Tracy said."We didn't get off to a very good start," he said. "If you look back, the error to start the game came back to haunt us after the Heisey at-bat, but with that being said, as we went along, we didn't pitch particularly well. We really didn't. Jeremy was not sharp, but you would have liked to have the opportunity to get him jump-started correctly."Colorado knocked Leake out of the game with a two-run fourth that started with doubles by Pacheco and Nieves on back-to-back pitches to start the inning and Colvin's two-out RBI single.Leake, 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA over his previous two starts, lasted just 3 2/3 innings, allowing nine hits and three runs with one walk and four strikeouts."We would like to have seen Leake go deeper, but they had the heart of their order coming up, and they can score quickly," Baker said.Mesoraco led off Cincinnati's fourth with his third homer of the season and second in his last two games, a 406-foot blast to left field on a 3-2 pitch. Mesoraco hit a go-ahead grand-slam in Cincinnati's 6-3 win over Atlanta on Thursday. The Reds broke the game open with a four-run seventh, three on pinch-hitter Ludwick's 421-foot, three-run shot into Cincinnati's bullpen in left-center field on a 1-1 pitch from Matt Reynolds. The homer was Ludwick's fifth of the season, and the fifth of his career as a pinch-hitter.
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Pacheco extended his career-high hitting streak to 11 games (16 for 44, .364) with a second-inning single. ... Rockies LHP Jorge De La Rosa was scheduled to make the first start of his second rehab assignment Sunday for Triple-A Colorado Springs at Fresno. De La Rosa underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left elbow last season. ... Reds LHP Aroldis Chapman's 20 appearances without an earned run to begin a season are a franchise record, surpassing the record of 18 set by John Hudek in 1998, according to Elias Sports Bureau in stats distributed by the team. ... OF Michael Cuddyer returned to Colorado's lineup after being scratched from Friday's with a stiff neck. ... Reds RHP Mat Latos seeks his second win of Cincinnati's homestand in Sunday's series finale. He'll be opposed by 49-year-old Colorado left-hander Jamie Moyer.
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Scoring Summary
|T Colvin singled to left center, M Scutaro scored.
|B Phillips doubled to left, Z Cozart scored.
|C Heisey homered to left (356 feet), B Phillips and J Bruce scored.
|J Bruce doubled to deep right center, J Votto scored.
|W Nieves doubled to deep left center, J Pacheco scored.
|T Colvin singled to center, W Nieves scored.
|D Mesoraco homered to left (388 feet).
|B Phillips singled to right, D Stubbs scored, J Votto to third.
|R Ludwick homered to left center (420 feet), B Phillips and C Heisey scored.
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Does urban "green" harbor healthier microbes?
We evolved in natural environments, characterized mainly by soil, water, vegetation, and the innumerable microorganisms associated with each. Many researchers have observed linkages between human well-being and exposure to green space, including mental restoration, reductions in disease and mortality, better birth outcomes, and decreased crime and violence. Explanations for why these benefits are observed are often based on the idea that humans are evolutionarily predisposed to prefer environmental settings that confer survival advantages, namely landscapes that are similar to the savannas and woodlands that humans are thought to have inhabited for thousands of years. Is it possible that vegetation is a source of the microbes we have co-evolved with over the millennium and whose presence we may require for physical and psychological health?
Westernized societies are plagued with increasing rates of auto-immune disorders. A recent study in New York City has shown that kids in neighborhoods with more street trees are less likely to have asthma, after controlling for socioeconomic factors. Several other research studies have found that children exposed to higher environmental diversity (i.e. living on a farm or forested rural setting versus living in a city) were exposed to higher microbial diversity and had lower rates of asthma and allergic disposition.
If we could quantify the relationships among human health, microbial diversity and urban green space, would it change the way we design cities? Should we put a higher priority on providing adequate green space for all urban residents? Majora Carter says, "Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities." How can planners and designers ensure that all city residents will have a positive and equitable microbial experience as they interact with the invisible urban microbiome?
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May 22 2013: Green roofs are a potentially great way to introduce green space into already developed cities, but what about equal access? Those who are likely to be able to afford creating a green space are also more likely to be able to afford getting out of the city to areas with more green space. Thus, my question is this how might a planner want to incorporate/tackle this issue of wanting to develop green spaces in a city with little open space to develop so all would have access and the benefits (e.g. health and aesthetically speaking)?
May 22 2013: OK so you totally need to check out last year's TED Convo where we cover this (http://www.ted.com/conversations/11577/if_green_roofs_were_mandatory.html). Also today my Biological Diversity Class is talking about rooftop beekeeping http://www.ted.com/conversations/18440/can_urban_beehives_increase_fo.html.
Which makes me think .... I wonder how efforts like urban beehives influence the urban microbiome?
ben headMay 22 2013: That is a good question, even in that other discussion I don't think anyone had considered the impact of bees on the urban microbiome.
I almost think that in this case, the impact of the urban microbiome on bees may be a larger concern than the impact of bees on the urban microbiome. Surely bees have their own endemic microbes, but cities already have a substantial insect population, so I'm not sure how much bees could contribute to the present urban microbial cloud, especially in a way that affects human health. However, with all the concerns of colony collapse threatening bees, it may be wise to examine the health and robustness of bee colonies already in cities (Paris is apparently an urban bee hotspot). Also studying whether making bees more cosmopolitan and widely spread will increase the spread of bee diseases and parasites, and if this significantly negatively impacts their well-being.
May 22 2013: One would expect that urban beehives would help with the pollination of flowers which would have positive benefits for the surrounding area. However this one article points out in NYC there actually was a lack of flowers for the bee population to pollinate and thus in some areas you get an over concentration of bees: http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/jun/25/urban-bees-may-be-running-out-foraging-ground/
Sandra MayneMay 22 2013: I think this just supports the need for more green space in urban areas, especially if we are incorporating urban beehives. I think it is also important to construct the green spaces with native vegetation, so that the pollinators are matched with the species they have co-evolved with, this would maximize benefits to the flowers and the bees
May 22 2013: In Eugene, it was only recently that we were even allowed to build green roofs. THere are now specs for green roof construction and these have to have a permit and pass inspection. Portland is well ahead of us in the progression of moving toward more green building practices. They are like our older sibling and we follow their lead.
May 22 2013: In addition to green roofs, some countries are also incorporating green walls into their city design. In 1994, Toronto displayed an indoor green wall that was used for bio-filtration. It might be interesting to consider adding indoor green walls inside hospitals to increase healthy microbial diversity. I think the more green space included in urban areas the better, and including them in building code is a great idea
May 25 2013: Sandra, check out these green walls: http://gsky.com/green-walls/. This is also in response to a comment by Ben. This technology will allow for further development of green space in cities so it won't be limited to roof tops. Plus the amount of diversity that can occur with these walls has the potential to significantly expand the urban microbiome because of how many green walls can be added throughout a city.
May 22 2013: The first thing to understand for any city planner that wanted to improve the "green" in a city would be how far the effect of microbial "gardens" reached? Do the effects of a green area of the city reach people a mile away or 200 ft away? If money is spent in affluent areas to improve biodiversity does that reach people living in poorer areas?
May 22 2013: Great point. We have been thinking about the BioBE Center http://biobe.uoregon.edu/ about the spatial distance of a person's microbial "aura". You are taking this to another level and thinking about the spatial distance of a green space "aura".
Ryan CoveyMay 22 2013: Given what I've witnessed in Columbus, cities can make concerted efforts to add green space by including it in any redevelopment process. Most of the new construction/redevelopment around Columbus has included green roofs, tree-lined streets, parks, and mini gardens. All of these areas are not necessarily in affluent locations. Convincing the owner of every building to spend the money to develop a green roof may not be possible, when cities undergo redevelopment of a once non-green area, they have the ability to make it green regardless of the socioeconomic status of the people found in the area.
May 23 2013: I think both environmental sustainability and green spaces are becoming a prominent part of city planning because science has elucidated how our environment affects our physical and mental health, which in turn affects other factors such as crime rates. Local organizations such as Beyond Toxics (http://www.beyondtoxics.org/) in Eugene are working to reduce environmental/health risks due to pesticides and air pollution in low-income neighborhoods. They also have a "healthy bee" campaign that is working to create more pesticide-free garden areas in Eugene.
I think if there is a connection between microbial diversity and human health this will strengthen the argument for green spaces, in addition to the evidence that they may improve mental health and reduce obesity.
May 25 2013: Sonja, here is a good article on the use and development of green roofs in Seattle. http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/greenbuilding/docs/dpdp020213.pdf
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