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Electricity from ambient heat
I was always interested in the idea that you could generate electricity from ambient heat. Such a thing would not violate either conservation of energy or momentum and thus should be possible. Please don't bring up the second law of thermodynamics - it is a *tendency* not a certainty. Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...thermodynamics if you don't believe me.
Anyways, I've drawn up an equation as a starting point in the thought process. The model in my head is a two-chamber device where a heat pump creates a gradient where one chamber is the hot one and the other is the cold one. The model assumes that the energy put into the pump is exhausted into the hot chamber (to increase that chambers temperature, and thus the heat gradient).
To keep things simple, I assume there is no outside environment. Only the two chambers exist and heat cannot be transfered out of both chambers.
The equation I came up with calculates at what efficiency the electric generation must occur in order for a net gain in useful energy to happen.
Eff = A/(2x + A)
* A is the heat-energy added to the hot-chamber via powering the heat pump
* x is the heat-energy moved from the cold-chamber to the hot-chamber (2x is the difference in heat-energy), and
* Eff is the heat to electricity conversion efficiency needed for the system to break even.
This comes from the equation: gain = (2x+A)*Eff, where gain is the amount of electricity generated.
Now, since this kind of thing is generally regarded as impossible, I'm wondering what is wrong with my assumptions, or generally why this scheme doesn't work.
10-03-08, 07:09 AM #2Please don't bring up the second law of thermodynamics - it is a *tendency* not a certainty. Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...thermodynamics if you don't believe me.
This might be a problem, because the answer to your problem lies in thermodynamics. Can you explain why you think that the 2nd law is not a certainty?
Anyway, to investigate your interesting idea properly, you will want to read up on thermodynamic cycles. You'll find that the maximum possible efficiency of a heat engine is less than 100%, and depends directly on the difference in temperature between the hold and cold reservoirs:
(Cold and Hot are the respective reservoir temperatures in kelvins)
The performance of a heat pump is similarly limited:
Where Q is the heat transferred and W is the energy consumed.
I'm no expert on thermodynamics, so that's as far as I can go... but I think I've given you enough to be able to figure out whether or not you can get the required efficiency.
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Also, with no 'environment', and heat not being transferred to/from it, you don't have an engine.
An engine can't be a closed system, or it can't do anything useful. How do you get heat into it, for one thing?
An engine inputs heat, and outputs work (so the heat has to be replaced from somewhere).
The system includes an energy source to drive the heat pump, and the generated electricity.
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Vkothii: pete's got it right. The point of my question is that all the heat neccessary is inside the two chambers (which are at equal temperatures before the heat pump gets to work). The chambers are the environment, it is a closed system mind experiment.
"Can you explain why you think that the 2nd law is not a certainty?"
Of course. Did you read the wikipedia article I linked? Entropy is a very misunderstood measurement, and people end up saying things like "entropy always decreases". That statement, however, is false. Net entropy does not always increase. It simply has a *tendency* to increase in nature. It is an empiracle law.
"the entropy of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium."
On a microscopic scale, equilibrium really never happens. There are always small fluctuations throughout any ambient system. Thus the second law of thermodynamics is a macroscopic generalization, and not a law that holds at all times.
This link is related to that:
Anyways. The law of thermodynamics can't be used to calculate how close my thought experiment can get to working - even if it could be used to calculate whether it can work or not. In other words, the law of thermodynamics is not a fundamental law, but is based on other laws - or based on simple observation.
I'll take a look at those canot efficiency and heat pump efficiency equations later.. they require some calculus to evaluate in this context...
Frencheneesz, you are right about the second law of thermodynamics. It's not a law at all, just a tendency. You are also "on to something" with your heat pump, and Maxwell came up with a very similar idea. Read about Maxwell's Demon, and the decades of debate that developed. The "bad" news is that it has been proven that you will always be required to put more energy in than you can pull out, but the "good" news is that you have concocted a thought experiment that is on par with a certified Physics genius...!
In a very similar setup, I've myself always wondered if you could generate energy by storing pressure from molecular movement with a "one-way gate" separating two tanks. This happens in biological processes such as osmosis...
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I have an old Apple //e program, in which it does an education animation of that Maxwell's demon idea, a little guy with a tennis racket, holding it up to deflect a slow molecule (or vice versa) and lowering it to let pass a fast molecule. After a while one tank naturally becomes hot, and the other cold, setting up the needed temperature differential to power up a turbine to do work. All you need then, is some reverse refrigerant, with the right temperature properties, so that it boils on the hot side, and condenses on the cold side. Then the resultant gas pressure can power up a turbine. Problem is, supposedly, Maxwell's Demon uses energy just to make the decision and move his tennis racket, about the energy of a refrigerator, so no "free lunch" or "perpetual motion machine" here.
I agree that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, is probably just a general observation, and not really an absolute law, so someday, I may yet see my imagine car with the "cold" radiator, sucking up FREE waste heat out the ambient air, to provide the power to zip along down the freeway. Frosting up problems, I imagine could be solved, by dividing the radiator into thirds, cycling which third is in defrost mode, and designing it to avoid too much rain blowing into it?
Thermal batteries would self-recharge, tending to "sweat" or attract condensate, any time too much power is withdrawn from them, as by "conservation of energy," higher power draw would necessitate an increased cooling effect upon the batteries.
Thermal batteries, or nuclear batteries, would be way cool. Imagine buying a digital watch, that never will need another battery. Imagine calculators, that still power up, 50 years after you bought it. Imagine cars, never needing refueling. Imagine a cellphone, that never runs dead, nor needs recharging, nor a charger. Imagine power lawn mowers, tools, computers, cordless phone bases, with no power cord and no gasoline tank. Don't touch that part of the lawn mower. It could be very cold? That frost there, might be colder than a freezer?
But I have no idea how to produce materials with such absolute thermal absorbing properties. But then, people didn't know so much about superconductors, until what? Maybe decades ago?
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I always find these threads highly amusing.
What none of these people seem to realize is that others have spent tremendous amounts of time and effort attempting to find a 'loophole' in the 2nd law. Some have even dedicated the major part of their lives and resources in the effort - all to NO avail.
On a macroscopic scale - which is all that matters for any practical purpose - it simply cannot be done. Entropy will always win in the end.
A major flaw in all their plans is that they always assume no external environment and completely disregard the ordinary losses in ANY energy conversion process AND simple friction. Those things cannot be avoided, yet the dreamers dream on and every new generation produces yet another batch of foolish people who will try yet again.
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Read a little further into the article, and you'll find:
The second law can be stated in various succinct ways, including:
- It is impossible to produce work in the surroundings using a cyclic process connected to a single heat reservoir (Kelvin, 1851).
- It is impossible to carry out a cyclic process using an engine connected to two heat reservoirs that will have as its only effect the transfer of a quantity of heat from the low-temperature reservoir to the high-temperature reservoir (Clausius, 1854).
- If thermodynamic work is to be done at a finite rate, free energy must be expended.[5]
Immediately after that, you'll find the mathematical formulations.
On a microscopic scale, equilibrium really never happens. There are always small fluctuations throughout any ambient system. Thus the second law of thermodynamics is a macroscopic generalization, and not a law that holds at all times.
This link is related to that:
...the second law can also be consistently broken at micron scale, over time periods of up to two seconds.
Your system is neither microscopic nor short term. It is quite definitely bound by the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
The Law of Large Numbers is relevant.
Anyways. The law of thermodynamics can't be used to calculate how close my thought experiment can get to working - even if it could be used to calculate whether it can work or not. In other words, the law of thermodynamics is not a fundamental law, but is based on other laws - or based on simple observation.
Good luck!
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Entropy can decrease, tho it is statistically unlikely. Do you agree pete?
Ok, so instead of doing calculus I'll assume the machine is held constant (at constant temperature).
I'll chose two temperatures and try the calculations for them:
* hot = 308 K
* cold = 273 K
My original equation:
minEff = A/(2x + A)
* A is the heat-energy added to the hot-chamber via powering the heat pump
* x is the heat-energy moved from the cold-chamber to the hot-chamber (2x is the difference in heat-energy), and
* minEff is the minimum heat to electricity conversion efficiency needed for the system to break even.
A = x/Cp
* Cp is the coefficient of performance for the heat pump
This leads to a slightly modified equation:
minEff = 1/(2 Cp + 1)
The maximum efficiency for the carnot cycle is 1 - cold/hot. This is 11.36% for this example.
The maximum coefficient of performance for a heat pump is hot/(hot - cold). This is 8.8 for this example.
If we use the maximum coefficient of performance the equation is:
1/(2*8.8 + 1) = .0537634 = 5.37634% minimum break-even efficiency.
This gives almost a 6% leeway between the theoretical maximum efficiency, and the minimum neccessary break even efficiency.
These equations indicate that what I have proposed is possible. Does anyone see a flaw in my logic or my math?
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Interestingly, using these equations, the leeway between the theoretical maximum efficiency and the minimum neccessary break even *increases* as the cold temperature decreases *and* as the temperature difference increases. However, if you look at the minimum efficiency as a percentage of the maximum theoretical efficiency, the opposite is true: the percentage *decreases* in the above conditions. This indicates that as heat is taken from the system, it becomes harder to continue taking energy from the system. This is exactly as one would expect. Comments?
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If anyone is foolish enough to exclude those factors, there are MANY devices that could produce the same results you ar getting.
It's a total waste of time and imagination.
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"[I]by ignoring the very real considerations of friction and power-loss[\I]"
I really don't understand why you say that. I am explicitly talking about efficiencies that have to do with power loss. Let me break it down for you Read-Only:
Heat-pump pumps heat from cold to hot - energy loss contributes to the heat on the hot side as a result of a non-infinite Cp (coefficient of performance).
The heat gradient is then used to create electricity - the efficiency of this process also creates extremely significant heat loss.
The point of my equations is to not only show that this is possible, but determine how easy it is. In fact, the "leeway" I calculated is how far away from ideal this machine can be and still produce net energy. If you say I ignored power-loss considerations, you are mistaken.
Let me use more realistic numbers in those equations for you:
* hot = 35 degrees C = 308 K
* cold = 10 degrees C = 283 K
* Cp = 7.2
:source GSHP ground at 10°C (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump#Efficiency)
* minEff = 1/(2 Cp + 1) = 0.0649351 ~= 6.5%
Instead of using the carnot efficiency, I'll use the less ideal endoreversible process measure which is:
* maxEff = 1-sqrt(cold/hot) = 0.0566352 ~= 5.6%
The leeway then is -0.829984% . So these equations using more or less real numbers indicate that producing usable electricity from this system would be very difficult. However, the ideal maximums still suggest it may be possible.
To all those who would rather yell at someone pursuing sound solid science - think about helping them discover reasons they might be wrong on their own and perhaps expanding your own mind to discover things you've never known.
For example, did you know that an ambient-heat electricity generator was theoretically possible before this thread?
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No, I didn't know it was possible - and I STILL know it it isn't possible.
I'm not "yelling" at you and I have no problem with you wasting your life and resources chasing after this Maxwell's Demon just as so many thousands before you have done. So go right ahead - build your silly device and go insane trying to make it work. That will be nothing new, either. The 2nd law will defeat you just as it has done the others.
The likelihood of a decrease in entropy for even a millionth of a second for an engine of any appreciable size is extraordinarily low. Do you really want to design an engine that has maybe a 1 in several trillion chance of working for a tiny fraction of a second?
Ok, so instead of doing calculus I'll assume the machine is held constant (at constant temperature).
If this is to work, then the average temperature of the system must decrease over time.
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The laws of thermodynamics clearly say that there is no device that could extract net useful energy from ambient heat, even if did you have such things as perfect frictionless generators and perfect insulators.
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Well, I think that "theoretical" is not a synonym for "nonsense" in this case... what Frencheneesz wants to do is not even theoretically possible. But the discussion of why it is not possible is worthwhile and interesting (to me, at least!)
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About SONY
Started as an electronics shop in Tokyo by Masaru Ibuka in 1946, Sony worked with 8 employees and a $530 capital. A year later and together with colleague Akio Morita, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was founded and built Japan's first tape recorder, the Type G.
At the start of the 1950s, Ibuka manages to convince Bell Labs to license its transistor technology, giving birth to the first commercially successful transistor radios. The company changed its name to Sony in 1858 and easily infiltrated the US market, selling 5 million portable transistor radios by 1968.
In 1960, the company founder Sony Corporation of America. The decision to do so was unheard of but opened up the Japanese to plenty of export opportunities. This reputation as a powerful exporter was given further boost by the fact that Sony products were known for its excellent quality. The company was able to sell their merchandise at above market prices and resisted the lure of low prices. In 1979, it introduced the Walkman brand, which is the world's first portable music player that uses the compact cassette format.
The company continued diversifying its portfolio and developed innovative products such as Compact Disc and PlayStation. Eventually, it purchased CBS Records (1988) and Columbia Pictures (1989), which helped expand the company's media presence.
Although a lot of analyst predicted the company's downfall especially during the 1980s global recession, Sony managed to overcome all obstacles by pursuing convergence. The 2000s were filled with ups and downs for the company but it focused on increasing cooperation between its business units. In 2009, it launched its "make believe" campaign and tried to focus on 3 major areas: imaging, gaming and mobile technology.
Popularity in the Philippines
Sony has always had a strong presence in the country and it is not surprising that it remains a brand favourite among Filipinos. The company has always been consistent in the quality of products and although the prices are not as low as the other smaller brands, a lot of Filipinos still choose Sony and consider their products a long term investment especially since they are guaranteed to be durable.
The company currently offers many products and the following are the most popular in the Philippine market:
Television – boasts of stunning quality image. The collection is under the Sony Bravia series which features the best sounds, interconnectivity with mobile devices, stylish quartz design, comes with built in apps and comes with useful accessories. Choose from LED TV, LCD TV and Projection TV.
Home Video – customers are treated to the best home cinematic experience with the DVD/HDD, Blu Ray Disc, USB Media players that showcase vivid pictures, multiformat and distortion free.
Home Theatre System – bring your viewing experience to a whole new level with Sony's range of home theatre systems that include Blu Ray Home theatre systems, DVD home theatre systems and Home Theatre component systems.
Compact digital cameras – Filipinos love capturing special moments and they have found a reliable tool to use in Sony digital cameras. The Cyber-shot series has always been popular ever since its introduction in the market.
Mobile phones and tablets – true to its promise, Sony did not disappoint with its line of mobile phones and tablets. The Xperia tablet series delivers the perfect combination of content, hardware and network ensuring that the devices are user friendly and offer superior experience. The Xperia smartphones which run on Android or Symbian operating systems are packed with the leading mobile technologies and are more reasonably priced.
Sony Ericsson
In 1987, Ericsson, which is a Swedish telecom equipment company and Sony entered a joint venture under the name Sony Ericsson. The venture was a success as it gave birth to a great collection of mobile phones including Cybershot (C Series), Fun Phones (F Series), Generation Web Phones (G Series), Camera Phones (K Series), Messaging Phones (M Series), PDA Series (P Series), Radio Phones (R Series), Swivel Phones (S Series), Tela Phones (T Series), Vodafone phones (V Series, Walkman Phones (W Series), Xperia Phones (X Series) and Clamshell Phones (Z Series).
By 2012, Sony completed its acquisition of the Ericsson shares and focused on only one of its series, the Xperia range for its mobile phone line.
Official Stores
Sony products can be purchased readily considering that they are carried by major appliance stores all over the country. For a complete list, you can use the store locater at the company website http://www.sony.com.ph/section/shop.
Sony is set to launch its PS4 gaming console on January 14, 2014 at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City. For more news and other announcements, you can follow Sony Philippines Facebook and Twitter accounts.
SONY Products Categories in Philippines
About Xperia
Manufactured by a prestigious brand name, Sony Xperia is a line of smartphones and tablets first introduced in 2008. The collection's name is derived from "experience" which is clearly what the company hopes its users to have when using one of their units. In fact, the first Xperia X1 model came with the tagline, "I Xperia the best."
Popularity in the Philippines
Although Filipinos tend to be swayed by what is popular, the great features of the Sony Xperia line easily convinced them that they are worth looking into. The price tags are considered reasonable considering such features but they are nonetheless at the pricey range. In any case, the Xperia series is among the most saleable brands in the market, joining the ranks of Samsung and Apple. If Sony continues to introduce more improvements, it would not be surprising if a lot of Filipino owners would soon be buying one of the units. To date, Sony manages the competition easily by introducing different-priced units to meet any budget considerations. And because it is from Sony, one of the oldest and trusted brands in the country, you can expect the Filipinos to be huge fans.
What you will notice about the Sony Xperia handset line is that it is as modern as you can get. The sleek design, crystal clear display and the amazing responsiveness make it one of the most coveted phones in the market.
To give you a clear view of what this phone brand has to offer, here are some of its best features. For starters, Sony used all its knowledge and technology to ensure that the Xperia phones boast of the best cameras. Its Xperia Z1 Compact model actually boasts of a 20.7MP camera and come with large image sensor, natural colour reproduction and the company's award-winning G-Lens which allow for high quality and brighter images.
In terms of operating system, the collection started with Windows Mobile but soon shifted to the more popular Android OS. Meanwhile, the company opted for Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors. As a smartphone, you cannot find any other phone which is as smart as those from the Xperia collection. The devices are loaded with intuitive applications which make communicating, sharing and capturing a truly amazing experience.
It cannot be denied that the phones and tablets under the Sony Xperia collection are gorgeous. They also come with bright displays and snappy performance. Of course, the cameras are just fantastic even its entry level Xperia E comes with 3.2MP camera with 4x digital zoom, touch capture, geotagging and self-timer. Some would argue that the prices is on the tad expensive but you can always count on Sony to be reliable and buying one of its mobile phone is a smart investment.
The decision to shift to Android operating system is also another plus, considering its reliability and not to mention the the huge Google Play Store market. The recent Xperia handsets also come with water-proof capabilities, which is certainly an advantage for local users who are literally living on islands.
Some would find the prices of the Xperia phones to be too much for the average Filipinos especially with the availability of low budget phones. But then again, you should not expect Sony to be competitive in terms of prices but on features and if their latest phone is a testament of this, the units are worth every penny. Price ranges from P6990 to P34000.
The Xperia Z1 model, which was launched last September 2013 will no longer be the collection's flagship handset if you would believe reports that the company is set to introduce a new model during the Mobile World Congress 2014 in February 2014. Codenamed "Sirius", the said unit will supposedly feature 5.2inch display, 2560x1440pixel, 20.7MP camera and 3700mAh battery as well as powered by Mobile Bravia Engine 3. For those who are collecting the Xperia line, you better start saving up as it is estimated to be priced at around 449 British pounds.
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I came across this amazing project thanks to TEDx Yerevan. Loved the idea and wanted to share. More info below – check it out. Continue reading
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Activists Warn of Poaching in Khosrov Forest State Preserve
Environmental activists Mariam Sukhudian and Yeghia Nersissian are blowing the whisle. They have visted the "Kaqavaberd" area of Khosrov Forest State Preserve and discovered remnants of endangered animals around what seems to be festive bonfires of a group of hunters. Continue reading
Yerevan's Inhabitants Fight Summer Heat in Fountains
Fountains in central Yerevan serve as an escape from summer heat for the Armenian capital's inhabitants. Kids swimming in this fountain have long become a common sight. I couldn't resist the temptation of making a little video… Continue reading
Mashtots Saga Ends in A Controversial Win for Civil Activists
In what seems to be a carefully choreographed performance ahead of this Sunday's parliamentary elections, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan ordered the removal of kiosks assembled in a park in central Yerevan. In doing so, Sargsyan ended the 80-day standoff between the municipality and environmental activists. Continue reading


text: "I think mobile will lead to a resurgence in physical stores, non-anonymous customer interactions and integrated offline/online experiences" — Automobiles killed small town shopping and brought about big box retail and now the internet is killing the big boxes with e-commerce. What will mobile will bring? I like Paul's vision. Think Outside In » Three trends to watch for 2013 via @ciryx December 11, 2012


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One of the best things about the playoffs is the opportunity to have a fresh start for a new season, and a chance to become a difference maker each night. After the fourth line took the headlines following the Canadiens victory in Game 1, it would be the third line, along with goaltending, that would help propel the Habs in Game 2 to take a 2-0 series lead with the series heading to Montreal.
After a sub-par regular season, which saw a trip to the press box as a healthy scratch, Rene Bourque elevated his game on Friday night with a two-goal contest, including a highlight reel goal which turned out to be the game winner. He led all Montreal players with four shots on goal.
Meeting with the media on Saturday, Bourque admitted that the playoffs are providing a fresh start as he wants to atone for the regular season, and now is the best time to make an impact.
Coach Michel Therrien also conceded that since his late-March trip to the press box, Bourque has played more physical and shown the kind of game they expect from the forward.
The power play also managed its first goal of the year against the Lightning in Game 2, and ended a scoreless run of 27 consecutive attempts without a goal. The Canadiens also showed some of the best puck movement with the man advantage that they have in quite some time. The team has put a lot of focus on the special teams over the last week in practice.
The power play goal scored by David Desharnais was his first career playoff goal. Max Pacioretty earned his first power play point with an assist on the play.
The line of Thomas Vanek, Desharnais and Pacioretty has combined for two goals, five points and 22 shots over the first two games of the series. Meanwhile, the Bourque, Lars Eller and Brian Gionta trio have put up four goals, seven points and 16 shots.
While the Bell Centre will be rocking on Sunday night, the Habs refuse to look too far ahead, knowing all too well that a 2-0 series lead built on the road in 2011 still ended in a Game 7 overtime loss to the Bruins.
Montreal had an off-ice workout on Saturday, with no line-up changes expected for Game 3.
You can listen to Sunday's game live at 7pm et/4pm pt on TSN 690 Montreal, TSN 1050 Toronto, TSN 1200 Ottawa, TSN 1290 Winnipeg and TEAM 1040 Vancouver.
The Blogger: Jessica Rusnak covers the Canadiens at practice and on game day for TSN Radio 690.
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Mark Adventures: Marking Shanghai
(me with some other interns around the DDB office)
Elisa here! I've been living for the past five years in Shanghai (or on breaks, since I've been at boarding school and now UChicago) and this summer is no different. I've had two internships this summer - and still in the midst of my second one. I was at Accenture for the month of July - doing some translating, powerpoints and decided that I probably don't want to go into computer science. I didn't get to see much IT Consulting (or any clients at all) but did see a lot of excel, SQL and Oracle programming…
My second internship was much more exciting - and much more related to the Mark. I went to an advertising agency called DDB (Doyle Dane and Bernbach). In China, they do ads for McDonalds, Pernord Ricard (aka Absolut Vodka), Neutrogena, Clean & Clear, Shanghai Volkswagon, Porsche, etc. Originally taken in as a planning intern, I actually spent more time on the Public Relations (known here more as Knowledge and Communications). So far I've gotten to interview and write a press release, write entries for the company blog, write case studies, write articles for Chinese Whisper (DDB newsletter) go to meetings with clients and other small companies we work with (eg. website developers), revise company biographies, and do simple menial labor like press clippings, sending out newsletters, and organizing databases. I've also worked a bit on Hotpot - which is kind of like a company Facebook. As for the planning department, I've also made a few "insights" powerpoints for Neutrogena and C&C. Very exciting!
So it's been a lot of writing! I've met a lot of super awesome, inspiring people, and I really enjoy this advertising agency feel. We also have a pool table! (And on Fridays they serve some sort of dessert - last month it was icecream, this month it's grass jelly).
Other than that, I went to Seoul three weeks ago as a spur of the moment thing. I can't begin to express how much fun I had! I love all the little college environments (Hongdae, Idae, etc). This summer's been really fun - I work 8 hours a day on the weekday (and then exercise every day too! so tiring!) but hang out with friends, shop, eat (eat, eat, and eat) on the weekend.
See you all in the fall!


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Prayers for all.
I can't imagine. I can't imagine that race to the school to look for my kids. I can't imagine losing them. What a horrible and powerless feeling.
My heart just aches for those parents and what they are going through.
Sometimes it's better to push someone away...not because you stopped loving them but because you can't take the pain anymore.
Two miles wide and forty minutes on the ground. . .
Honey Badger don't care. - Randall


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PPI or Payment Protection Insurance is an insurance policy that people opt for to safeguard themselves from losses arising from non-payment, in case the borrower is unable to make the payment on time. These reasons include the death, disability or illness of the borrower, loss of job or any other circumstances that render the borrower unable to repay the payment or debt.
A very flourishing business for those who sell it, PPI or credit insurance has been a part of credit agreements issued by brokers, banks and other lenders for the last 20 years. It is a tool to protect the borrower in case of an unforeseen situation and to avoid the debt from being passed on to the borrower's kin.
There are some dirty secrets about PPI, such as of them being mis-sold, the major infringement of it being professional negligence. The ways through which this mis-selling has taken place are:
n most cases, this mis-selling is a deliberate action by the lenders or the bank. Complaints about these have been mishandled on a large scale, with banks reporting as much as 80 % gross profit margin by (mis)selling these policies.
Sales people, in their effort to sell loans and credits, state that the loans are 'protected.' The nature and the cost of this protection were not mentioned and if the consumer raised a question, they asserted either that the cover was compulsory or that the loan would not be issued without it.
With consumer groups helping create a furore about this practice by banks and lenders, refunding of mis-sold PPI has become a possibility. A consumer can claim back PPI with the help of such companies and can also stand to gain from their legal advisors. These advisors are trained to hold negotiations with the bank, as they understand the technicalities completely and are also aware of the consumer's legal rights.
Companies have also set up online claim processes through which their advisors can assess your claim, helping you track it in a quick and efficient manner. If you have had a mortgage or any other kind of loan in the past, there is a probability that a PPI was clubbed with it. A legal company can help analyse this and claim the amount from the bank.
A PPI claim does not, in any way, affect your credit rating or your chance of applying for a loan. Accurate information along with right guidance can help you get the money back, which was yours anyway.


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People are starting to hack together some interesting things for the MetaWatch bluetooth watch platform, but the official forums are so hard to navigate that it's hard to keep track of what's going on. This post will serve to pull together some of the things I've come across, and I'll update it until I get bored of curating it.
There's now a MetaWatch Wiki; updated versions of the content below can be found there, particularly in the Hacks and Libraries & Frameworks pages.
Developer Resources
- Official MetaWatch Forums
(also good for general questions—please don't ask them in the comments!)
- #metawatch IRC channel on Freenode
- MetaWatch wire protocol (PDF)
Libraries & Frameworks
- Official Meta Watch Manager for Android source code (Android)
- Official MetaWatch firmware source code (Embedded C)
- PyMetaWatch (Python, Linux/Windows/Mac)
- MetaWatch (C, Linux)
- MetaWatchManager (Android BroadcastIntents)
- .Net port of PyMetaWatch (.Net)
- Cicada (Android app framework & runtime)
- MWKit (Objective-C library for Mac OS X and jailbroken iOS)
- MWManager (Mac OS X app to drive the watch)
Assorted app prototypes that I put together
Minecraft Clock, also done by me
Controlling room lights via OpenAMI by Kai Aras
Showing Google Maps for your current location by Zero Cho
Desktop Mac App notifications via Growl by Kai Aras
Jailbroken iOS support by Kai Aras
Album art and song title display by javispedro
Firmware tweaks by Garth Bushell to add a 24-hour toggle to the embedded menu and to add the year to the idle display. (source code)
Let me know what else you find (though I reserve the right to not post everything that I come across).


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human? more or less
the inevitable question
Last week in lecture, a brave student put up his hand and asked: isn't all this technology dehumanizing?
For the past week, I've been trying to think of how to respond to this question, wondering how I might situate my own interest in new media while keeping the question open. I think the question of "the human"—how this idea or category functions in relation to the key ethical, political, legal (juridical), cultural, and environmental concern—is absolutely fundamental and can not be wished away with short responses. It probably requires a multitudes of tweets and retweets just to get the ball rolling.
The following post goes someway to provide a rough sketch of what I see as some of the important underlying issues in the human/post-human debate. It also provides a few cultural texts/contexts that have helped me to think about the impact of digital media on teaching literature and the arts.
a bit of background
The question of the (de)human was raised in response to my clumsy introduction of deqq.com, a microblogging application we have implemented to open an extra channel for students and instructors to continue discussions beyond the lecture hall—extra in the sense of being in addition to seminars, regular office hours, and Moodle fora. It is important to note that this concern about the (de)humanizing effect of social media surfaced in the midst of a larger anxiety about a change in the format of the course delivery.
This semester my Emily Carr colleagues and I have been charged with teaching English 101: Intro to Poetry & Drama as a lecture course (with breakout tutorials) rather than as a seminar course. Predictably, the format change has caused significant trepidation among students and faculty, even before the course began. Many saw it as a regressive move—a retreat to the old model of the sage on the stage.
i like change
I should confess that, despite misgivings about the economic impetus for restructuring of first year English, I saw the change as a valuable opportunity:
- to rethink the curriculum,
- to radically shift our approach to teaching literature and composition,
- to work together with a group of seven colleagues (7 sages on the stage) to re-animate the lecture format.
I saw and see this change in the delivery model as a vital point of entry into a much larger set of questions around 21st century cultural literacies, especially these impact Art, Design, and Media education.
Having taught first year English for most of past fifteen years, mainly in seminar classes, I am familiar with the pros and cons of small group learning. Furthermore, I have no interest in returning the massive survey courses—e.g., English 101: Beowolf to Hemingway. Yet, from my teaching, learning, and research on creative and critical collaborations, I've become concerned about a kind of complacency (mine own and others) with regard to received knowledge about the role and function of culture. A concern that, for me, goes to the heart of how and what we teach when we teach English.
teaching beyond print-culture
In the context of English, Critical thinking is one of the key learning outcomes. This usually means that students are encouraged to practice textual analysis (close reading, see also this howto from the Harvard Writing Centre) and to participate in in-class discussions (usually modeled on the Socratic method). Critical thinking is important. Given the current anti-intellectualism of our political leaders, I think it is vital. However, what often passes for critical thinking tends to rely on various out-of-date assumptions about communication and the importance of print culture.
What happens when we consider 1/ the nature and transformation of texts as we move from analogue output (objects) to digital texts (an environment) and 2/ the impact of communication technologies on staging and mediating meaningful dialogue or debate? In a nutshell, I wonder how long English, as an academic discipline, will last after the disappearance of the book. What comes next?
Being able to interpret or unpack literary texts and then to be able to engage in dialogue with one's peers—these are absolutely fundamental skills. And university English can be (often is) an extraordinary opportunity for many people to learn about influential cultural texts and critical contexts. Having devoted a life to reading, studying, writing about, and publishing literary texts, I am aware of power of Literature and print-based culture.
Nevertheless, we need to be clear that English Studies, as it developed during the twentieth century, came to be dependent on the availability of print media, which was became affordable with the mechanization of printing processes (movable type), and print-based literacies, which were a major focus of government investments in educations and culture. As consequence, English as we now know it is deeply intertwined with the development both of mass media and the influence of the British Empire.
Since the 1950′s with the advent of television and the emergence of post-colonial resistances throughout the English speaking world, this has begun to slowly change. Across a number of fronts, there has been a dramatic shift in power and a growing mistrust of print-culture, particularly outside dominant cultures. (Perhaps, I need to follow this up on a post about Stuart Hall and legacy of the Birgminham University Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.)
if you google it, does it not bleed?
The state of literature, the nature and meaning of twenty-first century comminications technologies, a world without printed texts—books and newspapers—these are huge philosophical and sociological concerns. And I can't begin to answer them here. I'm not even sure, to be candid, that I want to save English by transforming it, or updating it. Still, I have trouble ignoring the impact of new media on how, why and what we teach under the guise of English.
What strikes me about our current situation—in many ways this is crucial to how we might positively transform the Humanities—is that the new modes of communication, which are irrevocably reorganizing all facets of twentieth century life, have yet to take hold in English class. Granted many of us now rely on Moodle, Blackboard or other Course Management Systems. Most universities I know have committed to "smart classrooms" and trying to provide faculty with computers and lcd projectors in the classroom. And in many institutions, the course packs that replaced books as a less expensive alternative are in turn being replaced by Open Courseware. I imagine too that many instructors are increasingly dependent on Youtube, Flickr, Google and other web-based tools to provide supplementary materials.
In good old Marxist terms, one might have talked about this change in terms of base and superstructure. I might ask how can we discuss about the importance of English Literature, when even the most committed of us have all begun to abadon books? If reading and writing are what matter to us, why are we not shifting our focus on to wiki's, blog post, email discussions, or even tweets.
Why are more of us teaching courses like UBC Prof. John Beasley Murray's wiki-based "Murder, Madness, and Mayhem: Latin American Literature in Translation"? Granted this is a Spanish Literature course, but I sure we can develop similar approaches with English texts and contexts.
If it is critical engagement that motivates us, might we not be more inclined to find connections between the growth of English what do we make of Google's recent struggles with China?
social knowledge / social space
Relative to books, newspapers, and other older forms of mass media, Social media open new possibilities for educators and cultural producers, particularly for artists, educators, and designers.
It used to be that if you wanted to participate in political dialogue you would have to travel to a particular space: Agora, Altingi, Parliament, House of Commons. Likewise for so called "higher learning," one would have to travel to the University: Bologna, Oxford, Heidelberg, Harvard, or the U of T. The central buildings for these great universities were their libraries. Much like the banks or treasuries at the centre of political capitals, the university library functioned as storehouse for what was most valued: information, debate, knowledge.
The traditional function of libraries has been superseded. Digital Archives such as Project Gutenberg or perhaps more importantly those collected by Google are rendering libraries obsolete. This does not mean that I think librarians and archivists are no longer relevant (as my original draft of this post suggested (see comments bellow). In fact, the opposite is true their knowledge and skills are increasingly important as we struggle make sense of the at times overwhelming flow of information. With the emergence of the web and growing ubiquity of mobile communications, individuals can participate in political dialogue, scholarly research, and various cultural forms of cultural production from almost anywhere. The most powerful institutions will be those who can facilitate access to their massive storehouses—e.g., MIT or the Bodelian library at Oxford.
The example of the Back Dorm Boys (wikipedia entry), featured in the above video, is instructive: the original response by the English speaking media to their viral youtube posts was to poke fun and to marvel at the number of "hits" these videos they were getting. Few recognized that these videos were produced by Wei Wei and Huang Yi Xin, two students at the Guangzhou Arts Institute, or that their off-centre mimickry of American culture might be anything but a pale imitation of the real thing, if one is allowed to refer to the Back Street Boys as such.
The a tendency to disparage new forms of communication limits the development of new ideas, and in so doing, it allows for the exclusion of individuals and groups who don't immediately fit the norms of a dominant culture. Perhaps the ability to normalize or naturalize certian modes of representation to the exclusion of others is, unfortunately, one of the most enduring legacies of the Humanist project.
Arguably some of the most influential and innovative interventions in contemporary culture are happening off or under the radar of West's major arts/culture institutions, and are often hard for people to recognize or accept as Art or Culture. This idea, as controversial as it is, has been fundamental to the reconfiguration of curatorial practices, particularly in the wake of curator Okwui Enwezor's radical (re)programing of the Document for Documenta XI across a series of geographically dispersed platforms (Frieze Article)—to give one famous example.
a conclusion of sorts
This long, a slightly rambling post has touched on a number of complicated issues around the cultural politics of representation, including thinking about the history of English Studies, the Enlightenment, Post-coloniality, contemporary Curatorial practices and more. The points I've raised in the post are but the tips of a much larger idea flows, which I will continue to explore in future posts. Nonetheless, I hope they might help situate this prickly question of "the human" or more to the point our assumptions about the dehumanizing nature of these technologies with were are so embroiled.
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I disagree with you that libraries, librarians and archivists are obsolete. Librarians have expertise in curating collections, finding information that's not available on the open web, metadata standards and cataloging, information literacy, open access publishing, digitization, information architecture and heaps of other things.
It is naive and offensive to suggest that librarians are obsolete. Suggesting this provokes a similar response to when people argue that art education and the arts in general are frivolous and pointless.
Your assertion is strong reminder that me and my coworkers need to be working harder at doing outreach and continually reevaluate what we're doing in order to stay relevant.
Great collection of ideas and speculations here… I find it interesting how this notion of 'dehumanization' is so often linked to mediated processes, a kind of hankering for the days of what used to be. But the days that used to be were also days that held their own particular longing for a different (non-existent) past. I adhere to a fairly concrete principle around technology: unless we take ownership of all this newness, it can take ownership over us. That is, unless I can look critically and acutely at new media, for instance, I (and those like me) will eventually succumb to how others interpret this media. So I don't want students to 'not use' wikipedia, but I do want them to use it with critical awareness (of its mutability, user-edited unreliability, etc). It's also become increasingly apparent to me that to 'dehumanize,' which is, at is core, to treat others as if they were illegitimate subjects, can happen in f2f environments with great regularity, and sometimes it is the disseminative force of media, through the likes of youtube, twitter, facebook, that actually points to and remarks upon that dehumanizing act. What I'm saying is that in the pedagogy of the humanities, we have a host of tools at our disposal, all of which can work toward a greater humanization, and it should. Our limitations are not set by our technology but by the elasticity of our imaginations.
A very interesting post, especially since I happen to be a librarian. In my experience, the moment you put something on the web, it begins to fall apart, to deconstruct. The ability to hyperlink from one bit of information to another bit of information tends to turn what had appeared to be a coherent unity, e.g. a newspaper, a journal, a book, or a library, into a myriad of separate bits of "information" that is reorganized in unpredictable and even in bizarre ways. Some decry these bits as totally chaotic but others do not. I personally think that a debate over whether it is chaos or not is useless since I don't see any possibility of anything stopping it for a long time to come. It is much more productive to figure out how to adapt to it.
Just as journalists have identified closely with their newspapers, librarians have identified very closely with their libraries. Therefore, they believe that a lessening in the importance of the "library" translates into a lessening of importance for themselves as well. But now with the decline of newspapers, we are beginning to see that it is important to differentiate between "journalism" as an endeavor, from a "reporter who works at a newspaper" as separate concepts, and therefore I believe it will be just as important to differentiate between "librarianship" and "a librarian who works in a specific library." While I have no doubt that "journalism" and "librarianship" can survive and even flourish in the new environment somehow in all kinds of novel ways, I don't know if "newspapers" or "libraries" will be able to adapt. This is a further example of the trend toward deconstruction that affects people's lives and careers. I don't know if this is such a bad thing although it is definitely disruptive.
Since the very nature of the "newspaper" has disintegrated beyond all practical recognition with tools like Google News, I predict that "libraries" will disintegrate as well as projects such as Google Books (among many others) come online. It will be increasingly important for "those who practice librarianship," i.e. experts in information retrieval divorced from any single source, to remain flexible and adaptable. It will be plenty of work to create new tools and techniques, but there's nothing wrong with that.
Thanks for clarifying your position. I'm glad you don't have a hate on for libraries and librarians.
I look forward to meeting with you and your RA to talk about how you might use Zotero to manage information within your research project, as well as how it might be an appropriate tool for collaborating with others outside your project.
I, for one, welcome our robot masters.
Technology is good, but we have to use it smart. How to be smart? Keep everything simple. Keep everything in one spot. Keep everything in focus. There are too much pollution around us. Not only the environmental pollution, visual pollution but also internet pollution. Internet trash like spam email, abandoned websites (which used to be some popular sites), abandoned email sites, abandoned community sites. They are like abandoned satellites, the trash in the space, we won't see it, but we know that it was there. And most of the time, we leave it there and forget about that space. Will Deqq, facebook, twitter, google end up to be one of them?
Information on internet are like stars on the sky. Some people loves to study the stars by looking through the telescope. Some people loves to study the stars by watching discovery channel. Some people loves to study the stars by hearing stories from others. There are many ways to receive information. So, if you tell a person who loves to hear stories from others that they need to use telescope from now on, the stories will told by a computer which build in a telescope. If you need help, you send an email, post your comment on a forum and interact with people by pressing the keyboard, read post on screen… and then you just have to wait and wait… to wait for the response. To wait for the signal from the outer space. Sometimes the signal would suck up by a black hole. But don't worry, it's fine. It's just a black hole which stored a lot of information there. Welcome to our new space, this space is called black hole.
Well, I just want to write something I am struggling with, too – technology and humanity. I felt like in my generation, which I have witnessed the transitional period from writing a letter to sending an email, from using a film camera to a digital camera, from using a walkman to Discman to MD player to ipod. I figured out it's a pain for me to overcome so many changes, when I look back the products I have been bought, it seems like I have been living in a puberty age all the time. I still need to overcome many changes until I grow up. After 50 years, I think I am a grown up now, but someone will tell you, no, you are still in a puberty age, more changes are needed.


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June 12, 2014
A picture of WWE star Rock in a poster for the upcoming Hercules movie.
June 4, 2014
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May 27, 2014
A picture of WWE Diva Summer Rae shooting a gun in the upcoming Marine 4 movie.
May 12, 2014
A picture of the Rock doing rescue training. The former WWE star is preparing for his role in the upcoming San Andreas movie, which will be about the biggest earthquake in the history of mankind.
April 23, 2014
In order to promote the upcoming movie, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon took a promotion picture with a guy in a Scooby Doo outfit. The WWE vice president of talent and live events is lifting up the person in the suit. The trio is also standing in front of a replica of the Mystery Van, the primary mode of transportation for the characters in the cartoon.
March 23, 2014
A picture of Hornswoggle on a movie set with Tina Fey. The long time WWE performer has a brief role as a convict in a Russian prison in the new Muppets movie.
March 17, 2014
To promote her addition to the cast of the San Andreas movie, the Rock posted this picture of himself and Carla Gugino, who will be portraying the female lead, on Instagram.
March 16, 2014
While the speculations had long been out there, the Rock has finally confirmed that he will be starring in The Janson Directive. The movie is based off of a novel by Robert Ludlim, who passed away in 2001 and will not get to see the big screen adaptation of his work. Rock revealed to WWE fans that he will be producing and writing the movie as well.
September 27, 2014
One name that will definitely not be at Hell in a Cell 2014 is Batista. He will be busy next month doing a new movie with acting legend Robert De Niro. The two will star in a film called Bus 657, which will be centered around a heist. Batista will be playing a greedy character who helps his coworker rob a bank to pay for health treatments for his daughter.
September 25, 2014
Batista isn't the only former WWE star who has been signed to star in a movie sequel. It has now been revealed that Kevin Nash will be reprising his role as Tarzan in the upcoming Magic Mike 2 film. The first film, which stars Channing Tatum, was a surprising hit that made a lot more money than expected, so a sequel had been discussed for quite some time now.
September 24, 2014
By now, everyone knows that Roman Reigns has been hospitalized and is forced to miss Night of Champions 2014. Seth Rollins needs a new opponent. One of the ideas being tossed around is to have Dean Ambrose making a surprise return at the pay per view and continue his feud with Rollins. Ambrose had taken a couple of weeks away from WWE to film a movie, but he finished up this weekend.
September 21, 2014
A childhood dream is about to come true for Eve Torres. She revealed that she is heading to China to work on a movie starring Jackie Chan, whom she referred to as one of her childhood idols. No word yet on what role the former WWE diva has in the film, but Eve did promise to upload some pictures while she is over there. That should provide some clues as to what her role is.
September 9, 2014
In yet another sign that Batista might never return to WWE, the big guy is restructuring his contract with Marvel Studios. The company wants to pay him more money after the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. In addition to being signed for the sequel, Batista is also expected to be part of the cast of the third Avengers movie. With a whole lot more money in his pockets, the former world heavyweight champion may decide to retire from professional wrestling altogether.
September 9, 2014
Since his movie career has taken off thanks to the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, the widespread belief in the industry is that Batista is unlikely to return to WWE beyond a special appearance. During a recent interview, the former world heavyweight champion hinted that he would be a bit more inclined to return if management gave him more creative control over his character and story line.
September 2, 2014
The value of the WWE audience has taken yet another hit. There is already a good amount of advertisers who are avoiding the company because they do not feel that the demographics is desirable. Reports are now surfacing that Marvel purposely declined to advertise their Guardians of the Galaxy movie to the WWE audience, even though Batista could have drawn in some of the fans to the film. Since the studio was not interested, WWE opted to avoid promoting the movie, even though it could have benefited them internally.
August 27, 2014
Initially, the belief was that Batista would make a return to WWE after he was done promoting Guardians of the Galaxy. However, reports are now surfacing that he could be completely done with professional wrestling. The belief is that the movie studios are against the idea of him risking injuries by being an in ring performer again. Batista could have no choice but to comply since he wants his career in Hollywood to keep growing.
August 26, 2014
The relationship between Hulk Hogan and WWE has been further extended, as the former world heavyweight champion is now going to be involved in a movie for the company. WWE Studios is producing Celebrity Death Pool, featuring Ken Jeong from the Hangover series and David Hasselhoff. Hogan has a small role in the movie, but the company is expected to promote him heavily to draw in their fan base.
August 21, 2014
For those wondering about the final segment of Monday Night Raw this week, it was designed to write Dean Ambrose off of television. There were speculations that he was going to need time off to film a movie for WWE Studios, but the initial belief was that he would not need to miss television time. It now appears that the company is just going to take him off the road, so he can focus on filming.
August 19, 2014
When it was announced that Dean Ambrose was going to be starring in an upcoming WWE Studios movie, the belief was that he was going to need to take some time off to film his part. It looks like the former United States Heavyweight Champion might only be missing the live events, as management still wants him around on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown to further his feud with Seth Rollins.
August 16, 2014
Since Hercules has been deemed a bit of a disappointment, there are talks that the Rock might miss out on some opportunities in Hollywood. Rumors have it that the WWE legend is not all that concerned. His popularity has not taken that big of a hit, and it should increase when the next Fast and Furious movie is released. Studios are still interested in the Rock as a leading man.
August 15, 2014
While the movie did not dominate in the United States as the studios had hoped, Hercules has done well overseas. Rock has now informed the fans that the movie has topped the box offices in India, Russia and Australia. The movie has generated almost the same amount from international viewers as it has domestic ones. There's still talks that the movie might barely break even for the studios, which would definitely not be a good sign for the Rock.
August 9, 2014
There are rumors floating around that Batista might not actually return to WWE after all. Guardians of the Galaxy has been quite successful, and the second movie has already been signed. Batista is already attached to the Kickboxer remake. He may come back to WWE for one more appearance, but the risk of being injured in the wrestling ring might not make much sense any more to a Hollywood star.
August 8, 2014
After 17 years of portraying the character, Kane might be receiving a new gimmick soon. Rumors have been floating around that he might be bringing the Jacob Goodnight character from the See No Evil movie series to WWE television. The belief is that management wanted to make it easier to promote the film. Some feel that the story line started when Kane handed over his mask to Stephanie McMahon on the last episode of Monday Night Raw.
August 7, 2014
It looks like Randy Orton still has a bit of the acting bug. The WWE star informed his fan through Twitter that he was working on a deal to star in another movie. Orton also revealed that they were in the early stages, so he cannot provide much details at the moment. Once the film starts production, it is expected that the former world heavyweight champion will miss some television time for WWE.
August 6, 2014
Since it has now been revealed that there are talks of having the superheroes from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie making an appearance in a future Avengers movie, that means that WWE might have a representative in a film that is expected to be seen by millions of people worldwide. Batista has a very good chance of being cast in the movie, and that would help to bring a lot of exposure for WWE.
August 2, 2014
Some potentially bad news for the Rock. His new Hercules movie is struggling at the box office. During it's second weekend in the theaters, sales dropped by approximately 70 percent. There are talks that the movie might barely break even, minus the the huge cost of advertising. The budget for the film was around $100 million, so the Rock's drawing power might take a bit of a hit.
August 2, 2014
Batista is probably grinning ear to ear right now. As many of you already know, the WWE star is involved in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Based on the strong showing thus far, there are talks that the film could break the $100 million mark during the first weekend. This increases the chances of Batista being offered other movie roles in the near future and it decreases his chances of being long term with WWE.
August 2, 2014
A picture of Velvet Sky wearing a blue bikini for an official TNA photo shoot.
August 16, 2014
A stunning picture of TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher wearing a blue bikini while laying around in the water at the beach.
August 2, 2014
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July 28, 2014
A picture of former WWE diva Maryse Ouellet wearing a tan bikini and showing off her tremendous body.
July 24, 2014
A picture of Randy Orton being pulled over by a police officer in Florida because the tint on his car was darker than the state allows. The WWE star posted the image on his Instagram account and stated that the authorities should have bigger fish to fry than to simply pull over someone with tint that is too dark.
July 21, 2014
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July 18, 2014
A picture of Brooke Tessmacher from a TNA photo shoot, and she's wearing quite the colorful bikini.
July 1, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockout Madison Rayne wearing a blueish green bikini and pulling down the bottom to reveal a bit more skin.
June 30, 2014
A picture of Santana Garrett, also known as Brittany in TNA, wearing an orange bikini and showing off her lovely rear end.
June 29, 2014
A picture of Gail Kim wearing a revealing grey bikini for a TNA photo shoot.
June 28, 2014
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June 27, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockout Velvet Sky wearing a pink bikini that is barely hanging on to her crotch area.
June 26, 2014
A picture of Christy Hemme wearing a yellow bikini for an official TNA photo shoot.
June 25, 2014
A picture of Brooke Tessmacher dressed up as an angel. The TNA Knockout is showing off her rear end, which ranks among the best in professional wrestling.
June 25, 2014
A picture of former TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love in a peach bikini.
June 24, 2014
A bikini picture of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky, collectively known in TNA as the Beautiful People.
June 23, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockout Angelina Love wearing a black bikini at the beach.
June 22, 2014
A picture of Angelina Love wearing a pink bikini for an official TNA photo shoot.
June 21, 2014
A picture of Eve Torres with her husband at the beach. The former WWE diva still looks great in a bikini.
June 20, 2014
A picture of former TNA star Chris Sabin, who was previously in a relationship with Velvet Sky, and a woman who appears to be his new girlfriend.
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We've shown you gorgeous modern concrete planters before on AT, like local artisan Zachary Aric Zamora and his variance vessels. While this particular company we have to show you today isn't local to Austin, we can't help but notice how great these products look with some succulents in them. Of course, they'd probably look good with anything planted in them...
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These are also an easy DIY project.
This was just on Design Sponge.
Big one for the tree looks fantastic... but must also be bloody heavy!
I really like them. So clean and simple. However, does it have a drain dish underneath?
I was wondering the same thing. I recently killed a few succulents by planting them in "planters" without drainage holes. Oops.
if you check their website and go through the shop link your questions shall be answered.
1. they use a composite of concrete that is apparently 30% lighter and polishes more easily... so that tree planter is only 30lbs
2. there isn't a drain dish
3. there is a drain hole though!