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Any doubt about how destructive the casual creation of life outside marriage is to men, women and children can be seen in the state's desperate efforts to connect men and their children.
Once life is created by adults who have no particular committment to each other, it falls to the state to try to salvage the children. Otherwise, they follow the examples they know, examples that lead them to poor school performance and lifetimes of failure. For children of the unwed, especially among the underclass, life without a mother and father in the home is the rankest cruelty self-absorbed adults can inflict unintentionally.
Emotionally and financially, they enter life with two strikes against them.
The state, through the Georgia Fatherhood program, does its best to reconnect the absent parent, mostly men. It's an uphill struggle. "These people face daunting obstacles to becoming parents," said Department of Human Resources Commissioner B. J. Walker of participants in the program, about 11 percent of whom are women.
Keep in mind that the men and the few women in the Georgia Fatherhood program want to support their chiildren. "You have a lot of men out there who have various barriers, such as education, criminal records, substance abuse problems who really want to do the right thing," said Keith Horton, who heads up the DHR program.
Of the 3,000 who will have been enrolled in this fiscal year, the hurdles are indeed daunting:
It's clear that such men would not be seen as attractive prospects for marriage. The compelling question is why, then, women would casually create human life with men they'd not view as marriageable? That is the cultural problem, one that opinion leaders in families, churches, communities, public life and in the media should take on.
Instead, we're going the other way. Professor Jeffrey M. McCall of DePauw University, author of "Viewer Discrection Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences," noted in an AJC op-ed, that "network programmers are clearly intent on redefining how marriage is viewed in America."
CBS, he writes, is creating a show tenatively called "Arranged Marriage," in which young adults have spouses chosen for them by friends and family. Not pretend spouses. Spouses they're expected to marry. Reality TV follows.
So we have on the one hand a state working with men who want to be fathers, who are willing to pay child support and, many of them, to connect emotionally with their childdren, while television demeans the institution that would have served the best interests of both men and women, but most of all children. It's insanity.
It's insanity that we pretend marriage doesn't much matter and that it's fodder for no-value entertainment.
The Fatherhood program in Georgia is frantically trying to reconnect. It incudes training to help the adults find work. It works with adults in prison to teach men how to be fathers and it includes paternity testing to remove all doubt that the children are theirs.
It also includes something that undoubtedly means a great deal to young girls — and should to the fathers as well. That is father/daughter dances that have been held in places like DeKalb and Cordele.
"We don't just focus on child support finances," said Horton, "there's an emotional bond to be created there as well. "
Horton and other state officials can try to perform miracles in connecting men and women to their children.
But they are able to help only a few at the time, after the children have suffered.
That adults discount marriage is harmful to their children. That television treats the institution as a game is a national disgrace.
April 21st, 2009
9:36 am
They are selling out our country for a little power.
April 21st, 2009
9:43 am
it falls to the state to try to salvage the children.
UH-oh! That sounds like SOCIALISM.
Wooten is suggesting that the state has a legitimate interest in improving the lives of poor and disadvantaged children! And you all know where THAT leads… public education, immunization and healthcare programs, or even… SCHOOL LUNCHES!
This is outrageous. Turn in your Republican credentials immediately, Jim. No Republican worthy of the name gives a damn whether poor kids starve, sicken, and die, and it's disgusting–disgusting!–to suggest that we should! Hang your head in shame for such a horrible statement.
April 21st, 2009
9:44 am
Demi, shut up! The Republinazis, no longer relevant, sold out this country a long time ago. Too bad about these miserable, useless kids!
April 21st, 2009
9:45 am
Jim, good read look at this slimeball, got Bristol Pg & then won't do his duty..
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's father is taking the 19-year-old father of her grandson to task for not helping to pay for the baby's care.
In the issue of Us Weekly magazine to be released Friday, Chuck Heath says Levi Johnston is capitalizing on national interviews but not spending money on Tripp, the nearly 4-month-old son of Johnston and Bristol Palin, the governor's 18-year-old daughter.
Heath says he wishes Johnston would "take some of this money he's making and buy some diapers with it."
The unemployed Johnston has said he wasn't paid for appearances on national television last week, when he complained the Palin family was limiting his access to Tripp since the couple broke up. A message left at Johnston's Wasilla home wasn't immediately returned.
April 21st, 2009
9:50 am
The Treasury Department's most ambitious plans to rescue troubled banks
– partnerships between the government and private investors, backed by
the Federal Reserve — are inherently vulnerable to fraud and should
not be started without stronger safeguards, a top government
investigator warned in a report to be released Tuesday.
April 21st, 2009
9:51 am
Education in the schools Jim…….ever hear of Sex education…..
I know it is something Republican's like your NEW LEADER "Palin" fails to see the merit of……..But hey she possibly never even talked with her daughter about Sex Education.
When the leading Republican Figure Head's daughter is in the situation you write about today Jim…….it is probably time to look in the Mirror.
What did the Palin girl say…….Something about preaching abstinence is Silly and unreasonable.
Education……Now I know the Republican's are not about Education……….. But it starts with Sex Education Jim.
You probably don't get it….Palin doesn't either……..Thus her unwed daughter's with a child !
Republican's just don't get it, but they preach and Judge !
April 21st, 2009
9:51 am
It is long overdue for someone to say – STOP having children that you really don't want or are prepared to properly take care of. Treating children as byproducts of sex is shameful and should be treated as a crime. If these absent fathers were locked up and forced to work or forced into the military to provide for their children the birth rate would drop dramatically.
April 21st, 2009
9:52 am
Some of the nation's most influential financial institutions, including
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, slashed their
political donations, even as Congress began to prepare for increased
regulation of the troubled industry,
April 21st, 2009
9:53 am
So how is the state to pay for it, considering nobody wants to pay for anything.
April 21st, 2009
9:53 am
Clear Channel Communications, the embattled radio and outdoor
advertising giant, is seeking to reorganize its debt load and is
considering hiring an adviser for its capital-structure issues.
April 21st, 2009
9:54 am
I went to a father-daughter dance, but this creepy dad kept cutting in. My daughter kicked him in the cojones, just like I taught her. Makes Daddy proud.
April 21st, 2009
9:55 am
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region fell across the board on
Tuesday, mirroring declines on Wall Street as renewed nervousness about
the health of the U.S. banking system put at least a temporary stop to
a six-week rally in global stock markets.
April 21st, 2009
9:56 am
Copyleft – Remember, most of the Neocons and Republican't's, especially in these precincts, are "pro-life" until the kid is born when it's on its own for daring to be born to the "wrong" parents. You know, the whole "Love The Foetus, Hate The Child" mantra they've used since the 80's…
April 21st, 2009
9:57 am
"it falls to the state to try to salvage the children."
HA HA HA……… Jim is preaching "Socialism"…………of course without Sex education.
Gosh when are the Republican's going to put some brain power to use ?
How is this………"it falls to the state to try to salvage the children."…any different then Health Care for all American's Different ?
We should take care of some but not all ? Jim did you fall on your head last night ?
April 21st, 2009
9:57 am
As R. Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire accused of masterminding an
$8 billion Ponzi scheme, tells his side of the story, regulators are
lying when they say he defrauded tens of thousands of investors. And if
any of it is true, his chief financial officer is to blame, Mr.
Stanford says.
April 21st, 2009
9:59 am
The increasingly thorny question of who should be in charge of finding
assets and compensating Bernard L. Madoff's victims touched off a
public tug of war among federal judges in Manhattan on Monday — a
fight that will determine how victims' claims will be handled.
April 21st, 2009
9:59 am
You are right on track, Jim Wooten. Children without real parents are sad.
One Atlanta TV news program sometimes shows children available for adoption. Some are teenagers still looking for a "home with someone to help me with…" and they name something they like. Little ones, sometimes siblings, come on with faces of hope for a family that "wants" them. It is heart breaking. How can the mothers and fathers of these children discard them?
With the figures you presented about the status of most disconnected fathers, I am surprised that any of these fathers make a good parent. Maybe it is worth a try.
No need to mention TV. Morality is gone on "entertainment shows", a lost cause never to return.
April 21st, 2009
10:15 am
Well, I hope CopyLeft and A.J. are just being cute this morning. They seem to care more about politics than children. Just sqawking deliriously to get an argument. Then comes Churchill's Mom with her paid Dem post for today.
If you don't care about children, take the day off. Wooten cares and wants you to care. Why don't you try being decent instead of a bunch of self centered dimwits saying the same thing every day? At least, read what Wooten says before you make claims against his concerns. You might even show that you care a little bit about children.
April 21st, 2009
10:21 am
Children are noisy, expensive … they smell.
April 21st, 2009
10:22 am
They do not smell.
April 21st, 2009
10:23 am
Babies smell.
April 21st, 2009
10:28 am
April 21st, 2009
10:31 am
Where is Chris Broe's opinion.
You know he has one.
April 21st, 2009
10:35 am
Government is all about fixing the problems of society. There are just some problems that cannot be fixed by government and this one that Wooten addresses is an example of such a problem. Even if the child(ren) reconnect with the father/mother . . . what kind of example does these parents bring to the table. The vast majority have criminal records . . . are uneducated. . . jobless, etc. I think government could use the money spent on this program better for some other purpose. It is almost the same senseless purpose as the program in which children are paid to go to school. Taxpayers already pay for education and now we are paying for kids to go to school!
April 21st, 2009
10:40 am
I'm sure it will emerge soon (along with a cloud of methane) from his bum.
April 21st, 2009
10:45 am
Children are precious beyond words. Anything to help families be together (whether the parents are married or not) is worth doing.
April 21st, 2009
10:56 am
Jim, I'm thrice divorced and I live in a van down by the river. with a divorce rate of 50%+, marriage is meaningless. ANY child or family counselor will tell you that while the best case scenario is to have a child(ren) raised in a two-parent, loving home; raising a child(ren) in an "unloving" two-parent home (domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness) creates its own problems. please let me know when the State figures out how to force adults to embrace concepts like honesty, accountability, personal responsibility, respect. these concepts are in short supply on Wall Street and Capitol Hill (and under the gold dome locally). it is foolish to fantasize about John (or Jane) Q. Public taking the high road when it comes to children. There are good parents and there are inept parents and a marriage certificate is not part of the equation. I know many responsible, healthy and dedicated single parents (widows and widowers, un-wed single mothers/fathers who have adopted children). This is why we are wasting time debating same sex marriages, etc. The State should not and cannot endorse or oppose any interpersonal relationship between consenting adults and to have its hand in the "morality police" business ends up causing more problems than it resolves. As with everything else, Americans generally take the low road when it comes to character. Americans will continue to fail because there are no consequences to failure. Our Family Court system is a joke, and even if there were laws to "protect" children or to ensure every child had a positive adult role model in his/her life, how are you going to enforce this law or who establishes the "standards" in terms of what consitutes a "loving family" or healthy home? if you think a piece of paper signed by a judge, priest, minister or justice of the peace is the answer; well I guess your logic makes perfect sense.
April 21st, 2009
10:57 am
Wooten's conclusions are in his premise. Wooten's Premise: That parentless children face economic obstacles. Wooten's Conclusion: that parentless children face economic obstacles. His supporting data has existed since the Exodus. Marriage is what happens when your planning other things. Wooten's moral outrage is limited to ceremonial aplomb. He thinks that reality tv deserves to host his moral outrage. He makes economic assumptions about neglected cultural solutions from which he extracts the nature of man and expects that to pass for moral outrage. C+.
Don't bother reading bookman today. If you've read my comments lately then you've already been exposed to over half the material, and you'd also know how incorrect he is. First, Bookman cites Brooks to explain premises for his arguments. Yet Brooks is incorrect about demographic cyclical behavior. Consumers are no different now than they were in the depression. There's no new era where consumers are concerned. Otherwise, no economic theories would be reliable. The stock market couldn't exist.
April 21st, 2009
11:02 am
My Baby's Mama . . .couldn't agree more with you that chldren are precious but quite honestly if these parents weren't so selfish having children without giving a thought to bringing them into a world where life is difficult with two parents in the home . . . let alone just one I would say yes it is worth doing, but paying for a program where 81% don't have jobs . . . just who is supporting these children and how is the success of this program measured? It is easy to say these parents want to connect with their children . . . but what does not mean? Quite honestly, I'm tired of "children" being held over my head for education and government programs when they are the product of lazy, selfish, deadbeats, illegals and whatever!
April 21st, 2009
11:12 am
I'm 30 and have nine children. It's awful hard out here trying to write nine different checks and visit nine different houses to see them all. I need a long vacation.
April 21st, 2009
11:18 am
EDUCATION…………SEX EDUCATION……….Something the Republican's will not acknowledge !
Just ask Sarah Palin………
April 21st, 2009
11:20 am
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April 21st, 2009
11:21 am
the more i read this blog the more i hate democrats
April 21st, 2009
11:22 am
Church…..Just not a friendly place to be………..No Sex Education taught There !
Episcopal Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Man stabbed at East Cobb church
Cobb police spokesman Joe Hernandez said the stabbing stemmed from an altercation between two church employees.
"One began choking the other, and the one that was being choked pulled something out and started stabbing the other one in his neck," Hernandez said.
April 21st, 2009
11:23 am
What a crock. I am a single Mother by choice , I have reared one very responsible college graduate (thanks to the Georgia lottery and Hope Scholarship) and have another who is in the Sage (gifted) program in public school. They are the products of my values and beliefs, and my greatest joy and gift. I seriously doubt if they would have benefited from the strife and turmoil that comes from staying in an ill fitting "marriage". We live within our means,have never been in trouble with the law,I am so sorry we don't fit the stereotype of Mr. Wooten's poorly imagined ,morally superior opinion.
April 21st, 2009
11:25 am
Here is a FUNNY POST…………Got to enjoy God Fearing Republican's !
April 21st, 2009
11:21 am
"the more i read this blog the more i hate democrats"
HA HA HA……….. Love your follower's Jim……Education is Not high on their list !
Did this Person go to Church On Sunday ?
April 21st, 2009
11:26 am
Read "Promises I can Keep" a look at why poor women put childbearing before marriage.
Also, suggest you look at who "qualifies" for the program, andyou won't be surprised at the above statistics.
April 21st, 2009
11:30 am
April 21st, 2009
11:32 am
Compassionate Conservatism v2.0
Best of luck with that, JW.
April 21st, 2009
11:49 am
Good morning, Jim,
This seems a favorite soapbox topic of yours, yet I've not seen you make a single positive suggestion. It's easy enough to find fault, and you're quite skilled at it. Have you noticed, however, that practical suggestions don't seem a part of the conservative dogma?
April 21st, 2009
11:52 am
I am 50, and beyond my childbearing years. I spent my childbearing years in Atlanta, including my time at Emory. I wanted to have a family – husband and children – but was unwilling to have a child out of wedlock, so I never had any kids. I never could get around the importance of first finding a husband – to have a child out of wedlock completely negates the role of the father – which, despite having a truly lousy father myself, I felt was important.
These uneducated women who are breeding with these deadbeat men – what's their problem? The stupid gals I see in the news, giggling. The stupid men I see in the news, criminals. The resources we waste each year, acting in loco parentis to an ever-increasing underclass who breed like animals.
I always thought that the government should step in at some point – how many children should one woman have before we as a society say no more! Is it four children on welfare? Is it five? How many children should women who are on public assistance be allowed to have? How many crack addicted children should a woman be allowed to have? Remember in the '80s when the crack babies would leave Grady with $250K bills? Why was there no discussion back then about making sure the women involved where PREVENTED – gee, what a concept – from having additional children while they were addicted?
Is it a good life – not working, watching TV, running around in bedroom slippers? Is it a good life – not raising your children to watch you work, not reading to them, not trying to prepare them for a better life than your decisions led you to? In Brazil there are so many children they run wild in the cities, forming packs akin to wild dogs. In Asian countries there are so many children they are sold into bondage. Solutions like China's upset the natural order of things and have resulted in an imbalance of many restive young men, unable to marry.
In nature the weak die out. Humans, and especially us in America, however, set nature at naught with our least successful citizens – with nothing to contribute to society – breeding out of all proportion to their ability to give back.
Bottom line – the 22-year old with four children – she's a superior genetic specimen, superior to me, because society has decreed she is the one supported throughout her various pregnancies & the attendant complications, that her children will be supported – cradle to grave – by society.
If I was in a financial position to do so, I'd offer free Norplant to all comers. It is quite safe, and removable.
If I was in a position where I could, I'd mandate Norplant to all women on public assistance, because there's no action more likely to result in women staying on public assistance than having a child/children. I would come up with a male version of Norplant for all men on public assistance.
Living independently of their government is the sine qua non of what being an American means. This dropping babies like wild animals has just got to stop. How many more generations will we lose?
April 21st, 2009
12:03 pm
WOW………Diogenes ……You hit the nail on the head ! When will Jim come up with an Idea ?
Republican's under Bush wanted this stuff taken care of by the churches and non profits…….the BIG Problem was after BUSH bankrupted America…… these folks don't have the money !
Now Jim wants Socialism to take over…… How Republican is that ?
Of course Jim NEVER Mentions EDUCATION……. A Republican theme…. Keep them DUMB !
April 21st, 2009
12:09 pm
lizinsarasota sounds like Hitler's long lost sister. Thank God she did not spawn another like herself.
April 21st, 2009
12:10 pm
The dimacrats don't care about education, all they care about is the teachers union, and they want to keep the population stupid so they can create a welfare state. Looks like it is working for Muslims', only educate a few to lead the sheeple. I say fund abortions in a generation or too we will not have any liberals left.
April 21st, 2009
12:12 pm
Ok, please explain to me how education, criminal records and substance abuse problems are barriers to being a parent. If these men and women truly want to do the right thing, as you said they do, then they would get off drugs and stop committing crimes. Education comes later, after they've established themselves as an active parent in the childs life. You know as well as I do that using substance abuse, education, and criminal records are just poor excuses that help these mothers and fathers shirk their responsibilities.
April 21st, 2009
12:18 pm
BUSH didn't bankrupt America . . you idiot . . .we did it to ourselves!!! Greed knows no party affiliation. Those on Wallstreet are no different than the greedy people who wanted "the American Dream" without having to pay for it!!!
April 21st, 2009
12:30 pm
Ok… I get it now. Rich Republicans are the only ones allowed to self-medicate their misery , like their Supreme Role Model and Idol, that Oxy(contin) Moron – Rush Windbag !!!
April 21st, 2009
12:32 pm
Sex education should be taught early in school !
Kids at an early age see SEX all over the TV…..he Government seems to have zero problem there…… in TV shows, Movies and especially in ADVERTISING…….but these same children, have zero idea how it impacts their lives, the kids lives, and society as a whole.
Sex looks like fun to kids……..abstinence is not working folks !
April 21st, 2009
12:32 pm
Just Ameri-con, You're the idiot! George W. Hitler most assuredly bankrupted this nation, in every way a nation can be made destitute. As for the kids without a father, blame the mothers. Many women will lie about being on birth control, become pregnant and try to force an unsuspecting male to marry her skank ass. When that doesn't work she leaches off the man, aided and abetted by the stinking courts, or goes the welfare route. You can't expect men to submit to marrying some slut just because she's giving birth to his unwanted offspring!
April 21st, 2009
12:32 pm
Peter@9:51- How about education at home!!! How bout teaching our children about responsibility. It should always start at home. It is not the schools or Govmnt responsibility to be parents. But the lefts answer is handing out condoms, and as all can see this has really had great success!! For almost all of our social woe's you can look to the home envirement for the answers/culprit. Teaching responsibilty to our kids today will start changing our kids mindsets for future generations. Sometimes some of the toughest problems really do have simple solutions. Just keep the govmnt out of it,don't they screw up enough.


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"When I went into the business I never knew how 'fat' or 'ugly' I was. I never felt that there was something wrong with me. But in the world of Mode magazine, 99 percent of us are Ugly Bettys. It's interesting that the show is called Ugly Betty, not Fat Betty- but everyone assumes that the ugliness comes from me as a person not being skinny. But a skinny actress could have taken this role and put on the braces and she'd still be Ugly Betty." America Ferrera
American actress America Ferrera is most famous for playing Betty Suarez on the television comedy series "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-2010). Her performance was critically praised, and she was handed an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, an ALMA Award, a Teen Choice Award, an Image Award and three Imagen Foundation Awards. The Hispanic beauty has also starred in "Real Women Have Curves" (2002), from which she received the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for her performance, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2006), where she netted an Imagen Foundation Award and several nominations for playing Carmen, and its sequel, "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" (2008), "The Dry Land" (2010) and "Our Family Wedding" (2010), among other films. She was the voice of Astrid the Viking in the Dreamworks animated film "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010). Ferrera was ranked No. 84 on the Maxim magazine list of "Hot 100 of 2008." In 2009, she was named one of People Magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People."
Ferrera is married to director and writer Ryan Piers Williams.
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America Georgine Ferrera was born on April 18, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran immigrants. After her parents divorced, she and her five older siblings were all raised by her mother in the San Fernando Valley. She attended Calabash Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley. America knew that she wanted to become an actress as a child, and started performing in school plays and community theater when she was 8 years old. Her mom, who stressed on the important of higher education to her children, initially showed little support to her daughter's interest, but eventually changed her mind after seeing her daughter's dedication. By age 16, America had signed with a small talent agency. She was also able to earn a degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California.
On June 17, 2010, America was engaged to Ryan Piers Williams (born May 13, 1981). They married on June 27, 2011.
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After signing with a talent agent, 16 year old America Ferrera started auditioning for commercials and other projects. Her first big break arrived two years later when she landed the role of Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas in the Disney Channel Original movie "Gotta Kick It Up!" (2002), based on a true story of a middle school dance team. Co-stars in the film included Camille Guaty and Susan Egan. The same year, she was cast in the leading role of Ana Garcia, a Mexican American teenager determined to go to college to pursue her writing dreams rather than stay with her close knit family and work in a dressmaking factory in the comedy/drama film "Real Women Have Curves." Directed by Patricia Cardoso, the film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and the Special Jury Prize for both Ferrera and co-star Lupe Ontiveros. The film went on to win the Youth Jury Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Special Recognition at the National Board of Review, the Humanitas Prize for Sundance Film Category and the Producers Award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, in which Ferrera also received the nomination for Best Debut Performance. She also was nominated for a 2003 Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress thanks to her strong, magnetic performance.
Ferrera made her series television debut with a guest stint as Charlee, a high school student with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in an episode of CBS' "Touched By an Angel" called "The Word," aired on October 19, 2002. She co-starred with Aidan Quinn and Rachel Griffiths in the CBS TV film "Plainsong" (CBS, 2004), was cast alongside Peter Atherton, Mitch Baker and Johnny Bartee in the Richard Linklater directed made for TV film " $5.15/Hr." (2004) and starred as Luiza in the short film " Darkness Minus Twelve" (2004), by Antonio Negret. 2004 also saw her appear as April Perez in an episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" called "Harvest."
In 2005, Ferrera starred as Blanca Garcia, opposite Elizabeth Peña and Lucy Gallardo as Blanca's mother and grandmother, respectively on the comedy/drama film "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer." The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. She was then seen as the self-examining, but volatile Carmen on the coming of age drama "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005), an adaptation of the Ann Brashares novel, directed by Ken Kwapis and scripted by Delia Ephron. Delivering a solid performance, she picked up an Imagen Foundation for Best Actress, an ALMA nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, a Satellite nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical and two Teen Choice nominations for Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Female and Choice Movie Hissy Fit. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," which also starred Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel and Bradley Whitford, opened at No. 5 at the US box office with over $9.8 million, and it has grossed over $42 million worldwide. Still in 2005, Ferrera appeared as Thunder Monkey, the real life skateboarding groupie in "Lords of Dogtown," a biographical film helmed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Stacy Peralta and starring Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson and Victor Rasuk, and as Kate in the Shawna Baca short film "3:52," which won the Audience Award at the 2006 San Diego Women Film Festival. In addition, she could be seen on stage playing CB (played by Eddie Kaye Thomas)'s sister in the off Broadway production of "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," directed by Trip Cullman.
Ferrera was cast as Amy Barnes in the Brian Jun drama film "Steel City" (2006), where earned nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Film Festival. It was also in 2006 when the actress landed the lead role of Betty Suarez on the television series "Ugly Betty," an Americanized version of the popular Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty Le Fea." Debuted on ABC on September 28, 2006, the show was mostly successful during its first three seasons before being canceled in early 2010 after its fourth season due to low ratings. For her bright acting on the series, Ferrera won such awards as an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, a Satellite for Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical, a Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, an ALMA for Outstanding Actress - Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, a Teen Choice for Choice TV: Breakout, an Image for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series as well as two Imagens for Best Actress – Television and the Creative Achievement Award, in addition to a number of nominations.
During the show's four season run, Ferrera also took several other acting projects. She co-starred with Roberto Urbina and David Sutcliffe in the crime/drama film "Hacia la oscuridad" (2007), directed and written by Antonio Negret, appeared as Martha in "Under the Same Moon (La misma luna)" (2007), which won the ALMA Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Spanish Language Motion Picture and the Young Artist Award for Best International Feature Film, reprised her role as Carmen Lowell in the sequel "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" (2008), which was nominated for a 2009 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Romance, and provided the voice of Fawn in the direct to video animated film "Tinker Bell" (2008). In 2010, Ferrera starred as Sarah in the Sundance Film Festival premiered drama "The Dry Land," which was written and directed by her soon to be husband Ryan Piers Williams, was cast along with Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, Lance Gross, Shannyn Sossamon Charlie Murphy and Regina King in the romantic comedy film "Our Family Wedding," which was directed and co-written by Rick Famuyiwa, and provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the popular animated film "How to Train Your Dragon"
After "Ugly Betty" left the airwaves, Ferrera had a recurring role as Natalie Flores in the CBS legal drama "The Good Wife" (3 episodes). She voiced Astrid Hofferson in the video shorts "Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury" and "Book of Dragons" (both also 2011). In November 7, 2011, she made her London stage debut by playing Roxie Hart in the musical "Chicago" in London's West End.
Ferrera will play Officer Orozco in the David Ayer film "End of Watch" (2012), opposite Anna Kendrick, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña, and Hedy Galili in "It's a Disaster" (2012), a comedy film directed and written by Todd Berger. She is also set to reprise her voice role of Astrid in the upcoming installment " How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014).
Imagen Foundation: Imagen Award, Best Actress – Television, "Ugly Betty," 2010
Image: Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, "Ugly Betty," 2008
ALMA Award: Outstanding Actress - Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Imagen Foundation: Creative Achievement Award, 2007
Imagen Foundation: Imagen Award, Best Actress – Television, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Satellite: Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Teen Choice: Choice TV: Breakout, "Ugly Betty," 2007
Imagen Foundation: Imagen Award, Best Actress, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," 2006
Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, Dramatic, "Real Women Have Curves," 2002
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Annie Zamero
Mixed Media
Artist's Statement & CV
About Me
''A warrior is an impeccable hunter who hunts power. Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge.''
Carlos Castaneda, ''Journey to Ixtlan''
''...You will have to wrestle with [the ally]...and tame it. If you survive...your ally will spin you, alone, into unkown worlds. Spinning with your ally will change your idea of the world.''
Carlos Castaneda, ''Journey to Ixtlan''`
The main theme in my work is that of conflict and opposites or opposing forces. Initially I considered conflict as terrorism. However, I then read "Tales of Power" and ''Journey to Ixtlan'' by Carlos Castanada which are about becoming a warrior or person of great power, capable of magical feats, for which perfect inner balance is essential. This led to the idea of the terrorist as a warrior, but in the mystical sense. It also led to considerations of inner conflict and Carl Jung's ideas of the psyche. Jung suggests inner conflict is due to opposing forces setting up a tension in the psyche ("Memories, Dreams, Reflections"). Fusing these ideas together I began the "Warrior" series of photomontages and paintings.
The cave-like landscapes represent the inner world in Jungian terms. They are also landscapes of internal conflict within the psyche in which Self and Other are represented by figures of mythical or magical presence - 'warriors', mystical terrorists of the psyche who battle for knowledge, and 'allies', who if tamed will spin the warrior into the unknown in a terrifying ecstasy of revelation.
In this fantasy-real landscape the characters are involved in a dramatic conflict. Symbolism, juxtaposed with abstract elements, combine the mystical with a contextualised political reality.
Influences are Jurgen Klauke (masked terrorists in his "Antlitze" series, 1972), George Grosz (political collage), Henry Moore (drawings of masked /bandaged figures) and Raphael (cupids from "Triumph of Galatea", 1511). Of contextual relevance is Mariko Mori (''Esoteric Cosmos'', 1996).
Considering the underlying theme in my work of conflict and opposites, I have also explored opposites in the form of irony and satire in an earlier series of paintings. It interests me that opposites can create both humour and conflict.
The satirical paintings are of public figures set in an art historical context, therefore humour is an important element in the work. Like George Condo I think that painting can be both challenging and comedic; Condo asks us to consider how absurd a painting can be and yet be 'serious'. I share his sense of the ridiculous and strive for a convergence of gravitas and the cartoon. Satire can also be serious, and like Gerald Scarfe I am interested in using satire to uncover aspects of my chosen subjects that they would rather not reveal as part of their public persona.
Using art historical references with contemporary subjects brings art history into modernity, giving it a contemporary relevance. It also steeps the modern within the richness of painting tradition, echoing the characters of times long past and linking with their lives and dramas. Also it involves the idea of the political cartoon as a piece of fine art. My main inspiration comes either from looking at old masters or from seeing media images of a public figure. I am particularly interested in the Baroque period for its sense of drama, and more recently the Rococo period for its flamboyance.
Other Influences are John Currin for "creating" people (using contemporary magazine photos in an art historical context), Rembrandt for character and costume and Mauritzio Cattelan for the political cartoon as fine art. Also of contextual relevance is Alison Jackson for satirising public figures.
'The Magma Group 2013 Show' The Vibe Gallery London SE16
Group selected by Mark Bean, Director Vibe Gallery
The Other Art Fair, Ambika P3, Marylebone Road, London NW1
Selected by Ian Rosenfeld, Director Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery; Francesca Gavin, visual arts editor,
Dazed and Confused; Edward Lucie-Smith, art critic and writer; James Hopkins, artist.
'Elizabethan Avant-Garde' Bermondsey Project, London SE1
Selected by Edward Lucie-Smith and Charles Thomson.
Affordable Art Exhibition Vol 4, The Vibe Gallery, London, SE16
Selected by Mark Bean, Director Vibe Gallery.
'Connection Point London' Bermondsey Project, London SE1
Selected by Edward Lucie Smith and Max Presneill of the Torrenc Art Museum, Los Angeles.
Parallax Art Fair, La Galleria, Pall Mall, London SW1
Selected by Gayane Umerova, Sothebys (UK) Ltd.
'Enemies of Art' Lauderdale House, London N6
Selected by Charles Thomson and Edward Lucie - Smith
Liverpool Biennial, View Two Gallery, Liverpool
Selected by Ken Martin, Director View Two Gallery
European Capital of Culture Festival, View Two Gallery, Liverpool
Selected by Ken Martin, Director View Two Gallery
'Rising Stars' ' A' Gallery, London, SW19
Selected by Frasier Kee-Scott, Director 'A' Gallery
Salon des Arts Summer Show, 191 Queens Gate, London SW7
Selected by Peter Templeton, R.A. and Danielle Dodd, Director of Salon des Arts.
2014: 'Heaven and Hell', Espacio Gallery, London E1
Annie Zamero selected by Carlos de Lins, Director, and selection committee
of Espacio Galler
2014: 'Unrest and Instability' The Magma Group,The Griffin Gallery London W11
Group selected by
Rebecca Pelly - Fry, Director, Griffin Gallery
2013: The Magma Group, Southwark Studios Project Space London SE1
2013: 'Art Cloud 4' Festival of Contemporary Visions, Multiverso, FLORENCE
2013: 'On The Cross' Tabernacle Gallery, London W11
2012: Bow Arts Open, Bow Arts Trust, Bow Road London E3
2012: 'The Magma Group' -'Fusion' Apricot Gallery, The Rag Factory, London E1
2011: International Artspace, Adzac House Museum, PARIS
2011: 'The Future Crayon' George Tavern Arts Centre, London E1
2010: 'Remodernist Show' Lauderdale House, London N6
2010: Artspace Galleries, Maddox Street, London W1
2010: Private Art Auction at the home of Tom Conti, London NW3
2010: 'Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity' Ash-In-Art Gallery, ATHENS
2009: Matisonn Burgin Gallery, London, EC2
2009: Stoke Newington Fringe Festival, Praxis Warehouse, London, N16
2009: West-Eleven-Gallery, London, W11
2007: Novas Summer Show, Novas Gallery, London, NW1.
2013: 'Warriors and Allies' Levitski Gallery, London E5
2011: 'Politics and Royals', Lauderdale House, London N6
2009: Levitski Gallery, London E5
2007: The Salon des Arts, London, SW7
2014: 'Unrest and Instability' The Magma Group, The Griffin Gallery, London W11
2013: 'The Magma Group Show 2013' The Vibe Gallery, London SE16
2012: 'The Other Art Fair' The Magma Group London NW1,
2012: 'Fusion' The Magma Group, Apricot Gallery, The Rag Factory, London E1
2009: West-Eleven Gallery, London W11
2013: Joint Organiser, Bermondsey Arts Festival
2012: Director and performer in The Magma Group's Public Performance at The Other Art Fair (Video on YouTube)
2012: Talk at Parallax Art Fair:- "Forming an Artists' Collective", Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3
2012: Director and performer in The Magma Group's Public Performance at Tate Modern (Video on YouTube)
2011: Founded The Magma Group (www.themagmagroup.co.uk) an international artists' exhibiting group
2010: Talk at Private Auction at home of Tom Conti, London NW3
Cameron Kerr, Art Agent, West Sussex, UK
Dean Hall, Impasto Art Management, Clerkenwell, London
Elizabeth Layfield, Land Agents, Mayfair, London
Tim Clarke, Morgan Stanley Bank, Hong Kong
Steve Abrahams, London
Elsa Dax-Kerr, Paris
Anna Maria Pinaka, 'Expressing the Inexpressible of Selves and Others Through Conceptual Romanticism',
The Magma Group Exhibition Catalogue 2013
Anna Maria Pinaka, 'The Magma Group' Vibe Press Magazine 2013
Dr Chris Barlow, 'Proem:1819: Diatogue' Exhibition Catalogue, 2012
Dr Chris Barlow, Gayana Umerova, Parallax Art Fair Catalogue,2011
Cristina Pedreira, 'Connection Point London'
Dr Robert Janas, Edward Lucie-Smith, Charles Thomson, 'Enemies of Art' Victoria Press, 2011
Odysseus Yakoumakis, Exhibition Catalogue, published by Ash-in Art, May 2010
Charles Thomson, 'An Antidote to the Ghastly Turner Prize' Victoria Press, 2010
Dr Robert Janas, 'Stuckism International' Victoria Press, 2009
'Gallery 5 Exhibitions' Art in London Magazine, Spring 2009
Simon Wroe: 'You Can Go Stick It!' Islington Tribune, February 27, 2009


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(WHAS11 Political Blog) -- Two years after UPS Pilot Todd Lally drew national and local Republican support in a bid to upset Democrat incumbent U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, 2012 GOP candidate Brooks Wicker, despite a sincere effort, has struggled to tap into similar support.
Yarmuth has launched his only television commercial of the campaign that touts a Louisville Courier-Journal endorsement and Yarmuth's support for the Affordable Care Act, veterans benefits and the auto industry.
Meanwhile, Wicker is using a new campaign video on YouTube to show how Yarmuth could not think of an example of how he has cooperated with Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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JavaScript, please!
C# is nice, but JavaScript rules the front-end :)
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We've started working on the Java parser!!
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psantosl commented
We have a Javascript parser up and running, but we never made it public. We shared it once with this list. If anyone is interested... drop me a tweet @semanticmerge
Sam commented
Is there a way to subscribe to get updates for that feature?
gihrig commented
Ah... JavaScript is not Java. Java is now available (November 1). Did, actually mean that work has begun on JavaScript?
I'm working in Node and Backbone, so it's JavaScript everywhere, would love to see Javascript support (on OS X) ;-)
Eugene Dobry commented
Java or Javascript? Either way, that's fantastic!
psantosl commented
JavaScript is HUUUUGE. What would you guys recommend to parse JavaScript??


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ASUS G55VW-ES71 Review | Top Laptops 2012
The ASUS G55VW-ES71 far exceeds expectations when it comes to gaming or any other heavy processing activities, and it performs all of its duties while encased in one of the most beautiful laptop shells ever designed. The keyboard is laid out in a Chiclet style with each button as its own "island," and ASUS managed a 10-key number pad on the right hand side. The lighting behind the keyboard is adjustable, making it the perfect the brightness for anyone. The palm rest is layered with a soft mat material resulting in a comfortable gaming and typing experience.
The incorporated processor is blazing fast. Intel's new quad-core processor with eight threads lives up to expectations with a Windows Experience Index of 7.6 (out of a possible 7.9). Memory on this beast of a machine scores at a 7.8, and the graphics chugs up a more than respectable score of 7.3. This machine is only bottlenecked by the hard drive score of 5.9 (the only one out of all the categories that does not score a 7 or higher). Not to fret, with a little bit of dedicated time, replacing the factory hard drive with a shiny Solid State Drive (SSD) is quite a breeze, boosting this category's score to the max of 7.9. This of course means that the lowest score for this machine would be the GTX 660M's score of 7.3, but there should not be a soul who would be mad about the graphic card's performance when comparing to other similar machines.
ASUS took no expense in giving their users the best of the best. Keeping in consistency with the machine's speed, ASUS decided to load this rig with four total USB 3.0 slots. No more finding or struggling to look for more USB 3.0 inputs for your external hard drives because the manufacturer only decided to upgrade one of the four USB inputs to the 3.0 generation, now you can plug it into any of the USB slots and you will experience the glory of USB 3.0 speeds. The cable gets in the way for the USB slot in the back? Plug it in on the side! The user experience gets better. Usually gaming units such as the G55VW will need increased airflow to keep all its parts running cooler and lasting longer. This usually meant that the fan would have to run incredibly fast and loud. ASUS took the liberty to design a machine that runs comfortably cool and indescribably quiet! Whether you're on your bed instant messaging and gaming or you're at your desk, well, instant messaging and gaming, you will be able to relax without the noticing your laptop blazing on your leg and you will not be disturbing anyone else in the vicinity with what sounds like a giant portable fan that other gamers are lugging around.
As with all products, there are some drawbacks. For this particular machine, the power brick is quite sizeable. It is heavy enough to break a toe and large enough to make an uncomfortable bulge in just about any laptop storage bag. However, the power brick does come with two Velcro ties to sort both cables. This machine comes with a sub-woofer. YES! A sub-woofer! 2.1 channels! Sounds like an exciting feature, right? Unfortunately this is not the case because VIA's drivers are not performing as expected. Instead of using the sub-woofer to compliment the sound that flows out of the laptop, it actually plays every single sound its two speaker buddies are playing. It does not provide the bass that we all would love to enjoy, just awkwardly (and most horribly) acts as a third speaker that would output voice as you would think any sub-woofer would. Luckily, the sub-woofer can be disabled through the volume properties of the ASUS speakers.
Finally, although above I said that it would be a "breeze" to swap out the underperforming hard drive for a lighting fast SSD, it also contributes to one of the few low points of this laptop. This is because cloning this hard drive one-to-one is very much impossible with any of the freeware (and some paid software like Acronis) available online. I will not get into too much detail and just say that it is due to the fact that the hard drive is formatted under GUID Partition Table (GPT), and most cloning software does not know how to handle this. As of now I have not found any software that is able to handle GPT and would greatly appreciate the knowledge of one in the comments. The easiest way for anyone to swap in a SSD is to create recovery discs at first boot and then use the discs to boot up and install on the SSD.


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Adap.tv Empowers Publishers To Serve Own Video Ads By Extending Capabilities of Existing Display Ad Servers
Adap.tv, creators of OneSource, the first platform to help publishers fully monetize their online video content, today announced a strategic product that extends the capabilities of leading ad display management systems, DoubleClick DART and Microsoft Atlas AdManager, to serve ads onto video. Through the addition of this new capability on Adap.tv OneSource, publishers can fully participate in the lucrative arena of online video advertising.
"Our publishing partners have made significant investments in their display ad serving platforms," said Amir Ashkenazi, founder and CEO of Adap.tv. "Yet display ad servers are not designed to effectively serve and manage ads on video. Using Adap.tv OneSource, online publishers can now extend the functionality of leading display management systems such as DART and Atlas to meet the expanding needs of their business at a time when video is becoming a major component of revenue. Today's announcement is indicative of our commitment to helping publishers make the most of online video advertising by supporting multiple sources and formats, including their own ads, from premium ad networks, and through our backfill solution that includes over 50 global ad networks across many formats."
The Adap.tv OneSource video ad serving solution has no set up fees or integration costs. For publishers who want to sell and manage their own video ads, this may represent a considerable amount of savings over installing a dedicated video ad server. Publisher's ad operations teams will also benefit from continuing to use the same ad serving platforms they rely on every day that now allows them to serve video ads.
According to Forrester, companies will spend around $989 million this year to advertise in online videos. The projection represents a big leap from the $471 million spent last year, even if Forrester revises its estimates based on today's economic conditions.


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The Irrawaddy a website which reports on on Myanmar issues appeared to have been hacked on October 2, by a group calling itself the 'Blink Hacker
The Irrawaddy a website which reports on on Myanmar issues appeared to have been hacked on October 2, by a group calling itself the 'Blink Hacker
A new network system to oversee and direct ships that are stopped about a kilometre away from the harbour through computers and mobile phones in the h
(Reuters) Sri Lanka media rights groups said yesterday that police had stopped an online journalists' association from holding a workshop on ethics
A former army corporal who has been impersonating a Kapuwa (quack doctor) has been arrested by the police in Ingiriya, Handapangoda. The suspect is
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Okay, by fear I mean dislike kinda but ofc i'm afriad of them. I mean by look of thier scary poses o.O srsly blizz can't keep on mixing up the male and the famle poses. It just dosn't look right :| . But ofc I have nothing against people playing as them or what ever. I just dislike the way they look, talk and act. I mean would you really like to meet a belf all alone in a dark alley in the middle of a night? Don't think so :P. And I don't know about old enough, atleast i'm 16 but I don't really know what you compare to.


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Ken Gonzales-Day is all over LA.
Image: Ken Gonzales-Day, Untitled, 2011. Featuring Bust of A Young Man, Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi), and Bust of a Man, Francis Harwood, The J. Paul Getty Museum. (Part of the MAK Center's How Many Billboards? Art In Stead, Spring 2010.)
Also on view @ the Getty and @ LACMA.


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James finished Piano today! Vocals start this week!
More recording pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/90847388@N08/8400179892/in/photostream
-Faux Reality
Mah brother recording piano
(Source: fauxreality)
Productive day of recording and mixing.
- tom-cat
My First Album
(album artwork for tom-cat's album high school)
Hello friends!
My album was just reviewed by Nevin Baker, an indie music examiner! If you guys want a little preview of the album, then take a look at this link:
It will be available November 11th on iTunes, Spotify, AmazonMP3, and etc.!
Thank you so much for your support. I couldn't do it without you guys! Please reblog this, spread this around! It would make my evening :D
- tom-cat
I still haven't gotten that microphone yet.
I"m getting really anxious. Like I said, I hope eBay isn't a lie.
- tom-cat
Bought a new microphone today
Hopefully eBay doesn't lie to me.
- tom-cat
I had a really good day recording with my brother today. We were adding studio instrumentation for a friend of ours who played just played piano and sang. We messed around with some microphone placements and I think we presented the song well for this friend. It's a such a great feeling when I am actually happy with my recordings because typically I am not. Can't wait to do the same thing tomorrow.
- tom-cat
I have a hot date tonight
I will be spending the whole evening together with Cubase 5 Advanced Music Production System.
- tom-cat
A recording session taken place on December 14, 2008 (14 years old). Some of these early recordings will be used on my album called "high school".
- tom-cat
Last Night
I played a show at Mead's Corner last night with my new guitar. It was fun playing a show; we haven't really gotten to play a show in a while. On top of finishing my personal album, my band is writing an album as well. We will be recording it very soon.
After the show, my band mates and I went on a little camping trip. It was simply one of the best nights I've had in a while. We just talked about little stuff and just enjoyed the outdoors. We slept on the grass with some blankets, well, until it started to rain. Regardless of the rain, it was still a fun time.
My personal album will take a couple weeks/months to finish the mixing portion depending on how efficient my schedule blends in with my free time. Mixing will take the longest out of all the things I do to the songs. As I said in my last post, the total running time is approximately 53 minutes. Currently I have 16 songs to mix; there may be more songs I add along the way when I finish though. I am still unsure about a release date.
- tom-cat
Finished the recording process for my album "high school"
It has come to that time. The mixing stage will begin. The running time currently is 53 minutes. Thank you for helping me make this possible. Goodnight.
- tom-cat
Time to spend the rest of my evening finishing the final recording touches to my album. Some of my favourite things: coffee, recording and solitude.
- tom-cat


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Early music technology - 1920s jazz
Duration: 02:18
A band in New York re-create the traditional sound of 1920s jazz using the original instruments.
Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun talks about his music
Duration: 03:59
A season of new Chinese music is under way at London's Barbican Centre. It will feature works by the celebrated Chinese composer, Tan Dun, who won an Oscar for his score for the film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
Solo oboe performance of La Cigale et la Fourmie
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A young musician performs a composition for solo oboe - Piece no.1 'La Cigale et la Fourmie (d''après la fontaine)' from 'Cinq pièces pour le Hautbois' by Hungarian born American conductor and composer Antal Doráti.
The origins of rock and roll
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A guitarist demonstrates some of the basic rhythm guitar patterns which underpinned the early musical development of the rock and roll style.
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Supermodel Janice Dickinson and Bristol Palin's ex, Levi Johnston, face their biggest haters in next week's episode. Check out the preview and watch the drama unfold on Wednesday at 8:00 PM on the CW!
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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian took to her Twitter account Wednesday to talk about her appearance on The CW show "H8R."
Scott Disick, who was on "H8R" last week, tweeted, "Don't forget to watch joe francis on h8r tonight!! going to be good."
Kim responded, "Ummm I'm on tonight too!" Then later she wrote, "OMG @MarioLopezExtra my episode of H8R is on now! I'm scared to see what's gonna go down!!!"
Watch "H8R" tonight at 8:00 PM on The CW!
The always opinionated Nancy Grace talked with "Extra's" Mario Lopez at The Grove - and gave her two cents about the hater who disses Kim Kardashian on The CW show "H8R."
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"Extra" has new video of Kim Kardashian's #1 hater, who rants about Kim's "fake booty," among other insults... until the reality starlet is face-to-face the hater on tonight's episode of "H8R" on the CW, hosted by Mario Lopez.
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Starting a new thread to keep track of my progress. The goal of this work is to increase the Speed and Quality of my figure drawing and painting. Paintings are done in Corel Painter, Drawings on paper with pencil. All critiques are welcome, Thnx for looking. Here is todays work.
If you would like to see last weeks work go here.
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Here's todays work. =FOX=
The dynamic lighted figures are looking really good. You might want to try more of those with normal lighting though. The pencils are good too, however the porportions seem to get a tad off hear and there every once in a while.
Great work
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Thanks for the crits. Here's todays work. =FOX=
Here's this weekends work -- time to 15 min per. =FOX=
Here's yesterday and todays work. =FOX=
Here's yesterdays work. =FOX=
Been working on line experiments and studies of facial features. I will post up the best of them in a few days but in the meantime here's some hair studies in painter. =FOX=
Worth a look. Keep working and try to get in some tech and environments here and there. It doesn't have to be your main thing, but such variety will help you to flesh out the occaisional piece that tells a story of some sort.
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Nice work and quantity, where did you get the references for the first few girl references on a black background if I may ask?
i really like the lighting on the first few studies; nice job.
Draw more!! Or post more drawings!! :) :) :)
Here's a mix of recent studies. =FOX=
Awesome work! How about some stuff from life? Like a little set-up next to your desk or something
wow, man. what a great serie on those black & white figures. I really enjoy it. Look like u study from life a lot. Keep do what ya do.
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thx bloodstone. Thank you alot! I'm posting more and getting away from oil pastels for a long time and trying to learn how to use artists oils. It's difficult but I'm pushing harder than before. I'll try to paint the object on the desk in artist oils! hmm...if you come back you can see them to see if its good or not.
I use a "pose file" japanese book for the B&W female reference.
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I like your painter works, I've got a tablet myself but I'm having trouble making the transition from traditional media to digital. Keep up the good work
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FAIRBANKS, AK-Tomorrow there will be a couple of holiday sporting events. At 1 p.m. in Pioneer Park the Interior Freight Dog Association will have their annual Weight Pull.
There is a $1,000 purse and trophies for each weight class. There are loan harnesses available and this event is open for any breed ages 1 through 10. Registration is at 11:15 and a handlers's meeting at 12:30.
The North Pole Speedway will have races on Military Appreciation night. The Bandos and Legends cars will be revving their engines on the farthest north paved race track. Can Justin Sammons maintain his strong hold in the Bandos class? Who will win the Legends main event race Sean O'Hara or Dave Behling? They've been going back and forth since the season started. Races start at 7 p.m.
Also the 28th Annual Independence Day Run starts at 10 a.m. in Pioneer Park. Pre-registration is going on now at Beaver Sports and Play it Again Sports. It's just $20 dollars. Registration is $25 dollars on race day. The first 100 to register get a T-Shirt.


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STAY TRUE TO YOUR CHARACTER. Please attempt to stay in character when the party begins. It is understood if you need to pause and ask the Host/Hostess any questions - but to forgo this a program will be sent out listing the night's festivities. It will list everything you will be doing, how you will be doing it, and who you will be playing as.
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If you could take just one photo: Towering shelves and ancient chairs
Entering from the 16th street pedestrian mall in historic LoDo, a wide expanse of bookshelves and tables lies before you. Friendly and helpful staff mill about the children, cooking and new arrivals sections.. You might grab a cup of coffee or tea and a pastry from the coffee shop. This is nice but the real treasure trove lies beyond the summit of the stairs along the south facing wall of the building. As you crest the steps a maze of near ceiling high shelves spans out before you like some erudite labyrinth encompassing any subject imaginable. History, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Colorado and the West, Science fiction as well as a broad fiction section containing all the classics and so much more. Couches and chairs abound. Little nooks to hunker down in and escape the bustle of the city. The Tattered Cover is not a place to pass through but an activity in and of itself. A place to relax and lose yourself in a tale of your own choosing.July 30, 2012 Like Add a Comment
If you could take just one photo: cozy hidden reading nooks upstairs
In the middle of Lodo, amidst the trendy restaurants, gleaming office buildings and bustling crowds, awaits this hidden gem of an independent book store. Tattered Cover is not a place to rush, grabbing the latest best-seller and heading straight to the cash register, but is rather designed for lingering. Push open the heavy wood front doors, come inside, and take in the high ceilings, dusty wood floors and of course endless rows of books. Armed with a chai tea and a fresh pastry, scan the non-fiction, travel, and excellent children's section before heading upstairs to your true destination: the generously sized yet cozy fiction section. Grab a copy of that classic you've been meaning to read or the latest Ian McEwan novel and take refuge in one of several comfy vintage arm chairs. Sip your tea, relish the opening chapter of your soon to be purchased book, and feel grateful that there are still real bookstores where you can escape from the daily grind and comfortably indulge your bibliophile ways.January 18, 2012 Like Add a Comment


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Being Smarter with MARS Goals in 2014
As we hurtle towards the end of another calendar year many of us will consider whether we've met, exceeded or fallen short of achieving our goals. The Christmas / New Year break provides an opportunity to review what's gone, look ahead at what may be to come, and set new or revised goals for the year ahead.
'SMART' goals - those that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and and Time-based - have been considered one of the best ways of setting goals for more than 30 years, and for good reason: setting SMART goals usually works! However, they're not necessarily motivating for all of us, so as you look towards 2014 consider supplementing or replacing them with 'MARS' goals. These are goals that are:
• Motivating - 'Measurable' goals are all well and good, but far better to have goals that are truly motivating, for you and your team. If a goal's not motivating, it's almost a given that measuring achievement towards it will result in less than inspiring results.
• Advancing - If you limit yourself to setting only 'achievable' goals you run the risk of closing off apparently unattainable outcomes that are, in fact, quite possible, if seemingly unattainable. Whereas if you take steps that help you advance towards your ultimate goal all possibilities are kept in play.
• Relevant - Like 'achievable', 'realistic' goals can limit both your thinking and your progress. Instead, making sure goals are 'relevant' will keep you motivated and on-track as you continually assess what's truly important to achieving your goal in the fast-paced, ever-changing and distracting world we live in.
• Shared - Make sure your goals align with, or support the goals of others, and vice-versa. That way everyone's efforts are amplified and you'll achieve your goals quicker, and more effectively, than 'going it alone'. Sharing a goal also makes it harder to back away from, so spread the word and gain buy-in all round.
The acronym 'MARS' is also a great reminder that, like the strap-line for the chocolate bar that ran from the late 1950s through to the mid 1980s, MARS goals can help us achieve what we want to achieve - at work, rest and play - in a tailored, enjoyable way.
So if you didn't achieve all you wanted to this year, or are considering new goals for 2014, think 'smart' and use MARS to make 2014 your best year ever.
Copyright Hannah Samuel. All rights reserved. Originally published in Reputationz News December 2013 by Hannah Samuel. www.hannahsamuel.com
Help beyondblue evaluate a new online resource for leaders
Good morning
We are seeking leaders to participate in an important beyondblue and University of Tasmania research project that aims to trial a new beyondblue online resource. This resource is designed to equip organisational leaders with the knowledge and skills to promote a mentally healthy culture within their workplace.
More than one million Australians experience depression each year, with depression currently a leading cause of lost productivity in the workplace. Despite this, depression is generally not managed well by organisations. It is rare that skills training on this issue is built into leadership education programs.
Results from this study will evaluate a new beyondblue online resource for leaders and help to promote mental health awareness as a key component of leadership development.
Participation in this study will involve completing 3 short (10mins) online surveys over 6 months and you may be asked to complete the online resource (approx. 30-40mins) and participate in a short (15 mins) phone interview.
If you would like to participate in this study, or just find out more, click here http://learn.beyondblue-elearning.org.au/bbsurvey/presurvey.php?sid=1
Please forward this information to other leaders in your organisation and your network.
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This does the rounds for a lot of workplace training I'm sure. Still brings a smile to my face. The company that it was made for must love the ongoing viral marketing.
The seven deadly sins of presenting with slides
by Dominic Wells
(Source: http://www.slidemaster.com.au/blog.html)
There is an increasing expectation for organisational professionals to communicate using slide-ware technology such as PowerPoint, Keynote and Prezzi, all great tools for enhancing our message. Yet we have all sat through presentations where technology takes over working against the presenter and amongst the fumbling and mumbling the message is lost.
Enhance your message, improve credibility and connect with your audience by avoiding these seven deadly sins of presenting with slides:
1. Rely on technology
Batteries go flat, software crashes, lights go out and speakers breakdown, we all know it and yet we rarely give ourselves enough time to set up, test and re-test our presentation tools.
2. Read your slides
Slides are fantastic, we love them for their ability to enhance the spoken word but they are not The Message itself. Reading your slides will kill your, credibility and engagement, please don't do it!
3. Dim the lights
Low light sends us a subconscious signal to relax and prepare for sleep, probably not the emotional state you want your audience in! Wherever possible set your room with natural light that doesn't glare the screen.
4. Appoint a 'Slider'
A Slider is a person who is asked to press the 'enter' key to move the slides on your behalf. Lovely people but a complete distraction and incapable of working in sync with your natural rhythm. Insist on a wireless slider clicker, discreet and highly effective.
5. Deliver a monologue
Effective communication is a two way street. Where possible move away from your slides, even blank the screen to engage with your audience.
6. Get stuck in the mud
Being conscious of the projector light is a good thing but don't get physically stuck in one position while trying to avoid a shadow on the screen.
7. Using your slides as a prompt
If you don't know what slide is next you will fall into the 'click, pause, deliver' trap where you are reliant on your slides for what to say next. Know your stuff and create verbal segways between slides to deliver consistency and flow.
Creating a workplace that really works
A common refrain is, "We have to do more with less." A common result is feelings among employees of overload and burnout. With higher demands and fewer resources, what's the solution?
Tony Schwartz, CEO of the Energy Project and a contributor to HBR's Blog Network, sees the key as energizing the workplace through "sustainable engagement." This requires that organizations shift from the traditional focus on getting more out of people to investing instead in meeting people's core needs so they are freed, fueled, and inspired to deliver sustainable high performance.
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I currently have an Orion Sirius which I am pleased with but not sure it could perform well enough with an 8 inch for AP. I like the quitness of the Sirius Motors and its ability to Goto and track well. I've had an LXD-75, Orion Atlas and a CG-5 also along the way.
The G11 would do well but not sure I can get with the external motors.
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Astronomer Seth Shostak: We'll find ET by 2037!
UFO over Brazilian protests. TONS of people have seen and / or filmed this one.
When aliens attack. I watched this National Geographic documentary last night. It runs through a fictional scenario of a full fledged alien attack on our planet. What would happen? What are our chances of beating them? Worth watching!
Ex-CIA officer confessing everything on his experience dealing with extraterrestrials, their craft and a cover-up.
An event will be held in Washington, DC at the National Press Club from April 29 to May 3 in which a powerful group of researchers and military/agency witnesses will testify for 30 hours over five days before former members of the U.S. House and Senate - a Citizens' Hearing on Disclosure. The motto for this event is "If Congress will not do its job, the people will." A theatrical quality documentary will be produced about this event slated for distribution in the fall of 2013. The goal of this event/documentary is nothing less than ending the ET truth embargo in 2013.
I've been running this blog for quite a while now. I'm trying to keep the subject matter strictly on topic: UFO's and extraterrestrial lifeforms. In order to curate this blog I wade through EPIC piles of horse shit on many other websites. Doing this lead me to one annoying conclusion:
It's no wonder that those who are interested in the possibility of advanced alien life and that extraterrestrials visiting Earth are often considered 'nuts'. It really is no surprise at all. Search the web for a bit and you'll see! Each and every UFO related website I've ever visited laces it's UFO related articles with total and utter bullshit. Completely unsubstantiated nonsense on how the government:
The list goes on and on. Hide your kids, hide your wife. They're coming for us. Or at least, according to these sites.
This blog is different. I write about UFO's and aliens here. Sometimes unbelievable, sometimes maybe a bit speculative (nothing is 100% certain when it comes to UFO records) but: I try to keep the bullshit level as low as possible.
I believe chances of aliens being real and possibly visiting our planet are high. 99.99999% kind of high. In the past decade astronomers have started collecting proof of other planets orbiting nearby stars. Lately we are finding planets very much like our own. And it has only just begun. The latest estimates state that there are BILLIONS of planets out there In our own galaxy alone. Many of which in the so-called 'habitable zone' around their star. A large proportion of the US population believes UFOs exist and a believes the government is keeping this information from us.
This blog caters to this part of the population.
Conspiracy? Maybe on the secrecy part. Nuts? Not so much.
Thank you for reading.
CE-5 (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind) is a term describing a fifth category of close encounters with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI), characterized by mutual, bilateral communication rather than unilateral contact.
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Vet Cure
- Monday, December 02, 2013
A Veterinarian was feeling ill and went to see her doctor.
The doctor asked her all the usual questions: what were the symptoms, how long had they been occurring, etc.
Suddenly, she interrupted him: "Hey look, I'm a vet - I don't need to ask my patients these kind of questions: I can tell what's wrong just by looking." She smugly added, "Why can't you?"
The doctor nodded, stood back, looked her up and down, quickly wrote out a prescription, handed it to her and said,
"There you are. Of course, if that doesn't work, we'll have to have you put to sleep."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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Write your own TED talk with lies, damned lies and statistics
Sebastian Wernicke, an engagement manager at Oliver Wyman and former bioinformatics researcher, explains the results from his pseudo-analysis of TED talks. The result: a guide on how to give the ultimate TED talk. Go as long as you can, grow your hair out and wear glasses, and cover happy ideas that are easy to relate to. Or better yet, use Wernicke's tedPAD to formulaically write your own talk to drive the audience wild - or boo at you emphatically.
Now ladies and gentleman, for the first time ever, I give you my TED talk. It's still rough, so be nice.
I'll give you a couple of examples to show that happiness is a continuous journey. (Applause.) Thank you very much. We truly have a choice to make something happen the same way that others have before us. Consider French people who get very old. And then all of a sudden, we realize that a mirror does not always reveal pleasant surprises. How many of you would rather consider coffee - that really has to be said once and for all. More importantly, all of a sudden there is this choice although other people say it's bad et cetera, et cetera. But if you're creative and determined enough, you need surprises. How many of you would not agree? I believe that a mirror might be helpful the same way that it has been before. I then remembered the story of a patient which I would like to introduce to you in more detail. Looking at myself in the mirror for the world would help.
What. You think you can do better? Doubtful.
[Thanks, @Lonnen]
5 Comments
This is great.
very interesting.
I agree that "Statistical analysis of the first 525 published TED talks has revealed the ideal words, phrases and topics to use
in a really bad TED talk. Now you can easily create one of your own."
And great that anybody can easily create one of your own.