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Daily Links: Bringing the Bling Edition
Published on - September 10th, 2009 (by J.D. Roth)
An Australian credit card site has compiled a list of the top 25 most badass personal finance bloggers. What does it take to be a badass personal finance blogger? I have no idea. "Badass" is not a term I would ever use to describe myself, but I'm there — and so is new GRS staff writer Adam Baker.
Several folks on the list — including Baker and me — got our very own "badass" caricatures. These things bust me up. Take a look:
Funny, funny stuff. Speaking of badass personal finance information, here are some other great money stories from around the web:
First up, Kiplinger's has compiled its list of fabulous freebies for 2009. "We looked for primo goods and services, they write. "No useless junk allowed." The list includes free videogames, free birthday stuff, merchants with free shipping, sources of free software, and more. Many of these will probably be familiar, but I found some new places to explore.
Next, Matt at Debt-Free Adventure shares tips on how to save money on just about everything. One of his secrets? Spending filters. Jabs says that a spending filter is an idea or a concept — like the 30-day rule or the public library — that can use to sift your Wants, leading you to spend less.
At The Simple Dollar, Trent outlined 21 ways to reduce spending without making your life miserable. This a fine list of frugal ideas.
Speaking of miserable: Sherri at Serene Journey offers some great advice in the ironic secrets of the perpetually unhappy. I have friends who are usually happy; I have friends who are always miserable. The "secrets" Sherri cites make up much of the difference, I think. (I'd add one other secret: "Compare yourself to others." That's a sure-fire way to make yourself miserable.) This is a fantastic article.
This article is about Spare Change
Hi J.D., I just want you to know that you are making my life more cluttered because you keep linking to blogs I haven't seen before that I then become addicted to. I think the piece on unhappy people is very relatable to financially unsound people … many of the same mindsets apply.
Love the cartoon!
Wow, those racist caricatures are really offensive. What's next, portraying personal finance bloggers as hook-nosed Jews sitting on piles of diamonds? Why on earth does anyone think this is okay?
Those caricatures are TRULY HILARIOUS lol…
I want you to know that I appreciate the effort you place in providing links for those who have yet to reach your third level of personal finance. They are truly inspirational and with practice and plenty of discipline will help us achieve the financial goals we desire.
Take Care.
PS. Rose — I personally don't find anything racial about them whatsoever. I believe they were posted for entertainment purposes only. If you take those caricatures as seriously as you do your finances, you may just be the one holding the piles of cash in time
Congrats fells… I was also deemed one of the 25 "bada$$" PF Bloggers – hilarious post! Those pictures are truly awesome… so much creative and humorous effort.
Thanks for the link JD.
Hi JD,
Thanks so much for linking to my article. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I read the "bad-ass" article this morning it was great with a lot of great sites. Well done on achieving bad-ass status…don't know what it takes to get that either but I guess just keep doing what you're doing
All the best!
I do love the caricatures.
Yo Yo Yo. JD actin like the Jay-Z of the PF blogosphere. Yo dog you got mad skills that are off the hizzle, shizzle. Way to go boyyyyyyy.
Why on earth does anyone think this is okay?
You know why. White privilege: they're soaking in it. They've never had to be the ones constantly making a choice to either "dress white" and ignore their culture or acknowledge their culture and accept that people see their clothes and immediately assume they're thugs, thieves, foul-mouthed, and violent.
So for them, because they can just try on the stereotype without anyone actually thinking they belong to that group, because the part of the stereotype that signals "real" is skin color, it's hilarious. For them, it's a costume they can try on virtually with no repercussions, so why should they care that they make life harder for people who look like the stereotype and can't get away from it? Skin color comes *right off* like the bling, doesn't it?
JD, you talk a lot about responsibility. Don't you think you also have a responsibility to not glamorise or endorse this kind of nonsense even if you're not the one it hurts? Or maybe even *especially* since you're not the one it hurts?
I love those pictures. What a great way to draw some attention to yourself too. A linkbait story if I ever saw one.
Now the question JD – Why you spending all your money on bling bling? You think gold is a great investment?
Way to rank with the best.
@Cairsten, I take your point, but when you write: "They've never had to be the ones constantly making a choice to either "dress white" and ignore their culture or acknowledge their culture and accept that people see their clothes and immediately assume they're thugs, thieves, foul-mouthed, and violent."
I am confused. I presume you are talking about black/african american culture (I am not frm the US so do not mean to offend if I use the wrong term). For me culture implies something that has been around for many years, whereas the clothing I associate with "thugs, thieves" are hoodies and a lot of bling. The stuff that is in the caricatures. Has that dress style really been around long enough to be considured part of the culture? I don't mean to offend, I am just confused, and wondering why anyone would aspire to that dress.
Love the caricatures! and congratulations on being one of most bad-ass PF bloggers out there
Just goes to show that no matter what you post, someone's going to have a negative opinion about it!
For what it's worth, I enjoyed the caricatures. It's such a contrast with your personalities!
For you folks out there screaming racism, I can't understand quite why. It's a MUSICAL genre. If they were caricatured as heavy metal stars and not rap stars, is that racist? Or country stars, is that racist? Why does music have to be assigned a color? There are plenty of white boy rappers who dress like this too. Why do people always have to scream 'racism' at every turn? That makes things racist when they don't have to be. Your yelling about 'racial differences' brings out more racism than the art itself, (which to me, just looks a bit too silly/young for a professional blog, but hey, I suppose everyone has to have a little fun sometimes).
Funny, I could swear I have commented here several times before with no mention of disapproval *or* racism. That would be because those posts did not hold up caricatures based on a stereotype of a minority culture and present them as funny. I understand that that may be a difficult distinction to grasp when the instinctive response to any mention that something might be racially offensive is to close ranks.
I'm not actually willing to do Racism 101 in the comments of this post, though, so I'm done talking. JD's response is going to determine whether I keep reading or not; it's been a good resource, but I can find good resources elsewhere that don't require me to grit my teeth.
@Brenda, #11:
I see two people leaving brief, to-the-point comments without capslocking or insults. Is that "screaming" and "yelling"? This is my first time leaving a comment on GRS in months, maybe over a year. Is that "at every turn"? If you disagree, go right ahead and disagree, but I fail to see why disagreeing should include portraying anti-racist commenters as hysterical loudmouths. The only people who benefit from that sort of characterization are people who want to keep getting away with racist behavior.
This culture is awash in racism. We're all mired in it. Everyone is going to screw up and do something unintentionally racist, like saying "I've been gypped" or referring to "Indian summer" or thinking that caricatures of finance bloggers as blinged-out rappers are funny; we're trained from birth to think and say these things, and it's very easy to see them as normal (which they are, in the sense of being extremely common in our culture) and right (which they aren't, despite being extremely common in our culture). When someone points out that unintentional racism, the responsible thing to do is listen, accept that we screwed up, work on fixing it, and commit to keeping a closer eye on ourselves and trying not to perpetuate racist culture. That's behavior that reduces racism. If someone points out unintentional racism and we react defensively, we're essentially defending racist behavior and thought and saying that no one should ever question it. Is that a stance you really want to take?
As for people responding to anti-racist comments with racist comments, I am sadly forced to agree that this happens quite a lot, but I would lay the blame at the feet of the people who are voicing the racist comments. If I ask someone to stop hitting a child and a nearby person then hits me, I suspect you would not suggest that I was to blame for that person's violent behavior. If I ask someone to recognize they've promoted something racist and other people then make racist comments in response, I am likewise not responsible for their racism. They are, and they're the ones you should direct your outrage towards.
Like Cairsten, I'm really hoping to see JD's response to all this.
Thanks for the daily link. I enjoyed browsing through all of them!Your badass caricatures are awesome!
I think Brenda is spot on -why do some people feel the need to see "isms" in everything? How anyone can see racial issues here is just bizarre. I feel for JD, having to put up with this sort of ridiculous overreaction to his excellent blog.
All very silly. What makes this a race related caricature (as someone else mentioned) is your own internal dialogue.
The topic is "badass" personal finance. So, rappers portray themselves as badass – it's part of their schtick – who else does – bikers do, would you have been insulted if all the writers were shown as bikers?
It's about a music genre, not a race.
Hey J.D. and Adam,
Bling looks real nice on you
Congrats on the bad-ass status.
Now I'm making myself miserable comparing myself to the bad-asses
"Lighten up Francis"…For those of us old enough to know that phrase.
Word JD….word
Seriously though, congrats! That's a great honor and you and Baker certainly deserve the props…yo!
These were awesome for sure – my George Washington even got some bling. Congrats to all mentioned!
Brenda and SM have already said what I was going to. Rose Fox and Cairsten are seriously confused.
I didn't think the cartoons were about race at all. Like others have said, the joke is that they are rap artists, who can be of any race (and nationality, actually), but are united by flashy shows of wealth and a badass persona.
Um, so on another note, I loved the links posted.
I used to compare myself to others constantly, and it never made me anything but miserable. Then coincidentally, a couple of people who I envied (yes, I'll admit it) fell on some really hard times, and I realized how incredibly stupid I was to assume that just because that person made more money or had a flashy job that their life was perfect. I learned to be content with the great things in my own life, and to be truly happy for the good things in other peoples' lives.
That was a truly classy and well-written response JD.
Thanks for the links.
JD, I've always thought you were a classy guy, but your response confirmed it. Excellent work.
I agree 100% with your response, JD. The cartoons are innocent and funny and anyone who thinks otherwise is being influenced by their own internal dialogue. As said above, you are one classy guy. Keep it up!
29When I saw your tweet about this yesterday, I thought this would eventually be an issue.
In general, your race and background will shade the lens (no pun intended) through which you perceive things. It's the reason why when a black person says racism, a white person first thinks says "Why are we bringing up isms?" or when a woman says sexism, a man thinks the same thing etc. It's just the way it is. The powerless person will often see something (that may or may not be oppresive) and deem it as oppresive while the empowered won't see it that way.
The caricatures here show bling which is usually associated with black people prior to being associated with rappers etc. However even the [learned] black community is moving away from being associated with this i.e. bling, sagging pants etc.
That said, I do think that while these caricatures might initially appear racist, a thoughtful look at what they represent (swag) is representative of a mindset and not a race.
The simple fact that JD had to comment in defense of posting the cartoons shows exactly how laughable the internet can truly be.
Turn down the sensitivity meter people, lighten up, and laugh a little.
'Fo shizzle.
Great links and love the caricatures.
Fred's site did an incredible job with this post and it surely took the PF world by storm yesterday. I love these and am so happy that a lot of my friends were mentioned. Check out the writing on some of the descriptions as they were equally as enjoyable as the caricatures.
Great follow up comment by JD. All in all, this made my week.
Congratulations, it looks like J.D. is in the #1 spot in this poll: http://twtpoll.com/r/p4hhp0
Congrats on being the most badass personal finance blogger!
Kudos for the thoughtful response, J.D.
Hey JD, our true homie – keep on blingin' up on personal finance! You are awesome. Keep up the great work.
@Rose and Cairsten – I think you two have the most messed up minds around here. I am a fine black woman and when I saw the caricatures, I saw great relevance and I was even smiling. There was no racism here but because you are so stuck in it, you want to promote your -ism given any opportunity. Why can't my white brothers be portrayed with some bling? They are doing some bad-a$$ stuff. Come one, why do you choose to see bad stuff all the time?
@Rose adn Cairsten, take your time to focus on your personal finance goals. Let the world live in happiness.
J.D, keep up the excellent work.
omg just the IDEA of "bad-a$$" PF bloggers cracks me up!
Great links. I shared the one about "how to be unhappy" and lots of us are seeing ourselves in at least one or two items. Thanks!!
Real racism is disturbing and wrong. This is funny and harmless. Rose Fox, I don't know what race you are, but if you were ever exposed to real racism I think you may change your tune and worry about those ACTUALLY harmed by bigotry…..grow up.
Wow. That went about like I expected. My Bingo card's not quite full, but it's getting there.
The Pause for Applause
"Unlike all those other white people out there, I'm an anti-racist." (…) "I do anti-racist work and I try to educate other people about anti-racism." (…) "Wait, did you hear me?"
The Culture Appropriator
"Damn, bro! You know I'm down with the homies, I ain't no wack racist cracker, shiznit."
Turning the Tables
"You're being just as racist against white people, you realize. You're being racist against me right now, you reverse-racist hypocrites!"
The Remove the Right To Be Angry
"You're too sensitive… if you weren't so aggressive, vocal, hostile, angry, or upset, people would listen to you and you wouldn't get in trouble!"
The Utopian Eye-Gouger
"I'm colorblind, personally… why can't we all just ignore race, it's not like it's even real… it's not like I tangibly benefit from being white every day or anything! Can't we all just get along?"
2. Attack the person, not the argument.
Personal attacks end the discussion before it even starts! If you can accuse your opponent of "paranoia," "white guilt," "internalized racism," "whining," "overreacting," "paternalism," "condescension," "being obsessed with race," "bitching about racism at the drop of a hat," or "taking things too personally," you don't need to bother addressing the content of their remarks. This will save you time and energy you can then devote to happier pursuits.
"It's just a book/film/comic book/TV show!" (cartoon)
"Pointing out racism just makes it harder for us to achieve a colorblind society. You shouldn't judge people based on their race."
"Focusing so much on race just shows that you're racist yourself."
"Minorities can be racist too, you know!"
if you actually want a starting place on what not to do when someone points out that there's a racist stereotype at play in something you just said/did/posted, these are good places to start.
In any case, I was waiting for a response. I now have that response, and it's removed a bit of clutter from my life. I can get personal finance from sources that don't glorify racist caricatures or condescend irritatingly while denying the racism's there. I have now unsubscribed from the feed, and will do so from this post as well.
I've been reading GRS for a few months now and enjoyed Bringing the Bling as much as all the rest. Great blog J.D.! Keep up the great work. What's up with all that bling on your caricatures?! lol
Kudos, J.D.!
This discussion has been bugging me all day because I've studied visual rhetoric and I know the impact that even subtle messages can have on people over time. Rose and Cairsten raise interesting questions, and I don't think people should be so quick to dismiss them.
I can't say what's right or wrong in this case, just that we need opposing voices in the dialogue.
J.D., you are the tops when it comes to PF bloggers and your classy response to this "race" tempest in a teapot proves that you are a truly exceptional person. Racism, sadly does exist in our world, no matter how hard we try to make it go away.
We are all of different colors, but we come here to learn about one color. The color that I am focusing on nowadays is green. Green as in saving more of it, earning more of it and doing more nice things for our planet so my kid can enjoy a better world. Green is gorgeous.
Oh JD you are totally badass. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.
LMAO at that drawing of you! hahahaha!
LOL love the caricatures. @ Rose Fox: lighten up. Please.
Dear JD,
Thanks for your great post and glad you liked your caricature. Your 2 comments above were so professional and I can see where everyone is coming from. We intended to entertain with the pics just wanted to say that the bloggers are cool and they help us all to get a little richer, both personally and financially. Blinging them up a bit. We had heaps of fun going through the blogs and doing a real indepth analysis. We also read a lot of comments and posts as you could imagine. We chatted to some other pf bloggers to get their suggestions too. And then decided who were worthy of being badass. I really appreciate all the comments and I hope it brightened up everyone's day, and maybe its quite a good resource?
Congrats to JD and Adam.
Personally I love comparing Adam Baker's real pic on his blog to his bada$$ one. Congrats to Adam for being the newest GRS writer!
@Brian – Thanks for the big ups.
@JMoney – George needed a bitta bling.
@MattJabbs – Love your work dude
I truly admire that you go out of your way to please such a diverse variety of readers.
I must opine that in this case, I believe Rose and Cairsten's opinions are likely based on personal gripes and issues, and are certainly over-looking the true value of your content.
(It is the contrast in these animations to reality that is the entertaining part and clearly they are NOT to be taken literally.)
As a psychology major I deal with many people who are sensitive to a diverse range of topics because of their own biases and experiences that frequently shaped and distorted their realities.
The fact they attempt to "threaten" to leave your site simply because of some drawing that you — the author — didn't even design yourself seems fairly immature and almost entertaining within itself.
You are a truly valuable and irreplaceable asset to the Personal Finance blogging community, and there will always be those who don't agree with what you do. Criticism is simply a natural part of life, and when it cannot be justified logically, it should be dismissed as unwarranted.
My take on the caricatures was pretty much in line with yours and I appreciate the very thoughtful way you articulated it in your comment. Thanks and keep up the great work.
@ Cairsten — The links you posted were really interesting, but I was put off by your "bingo card". It's "nice" to see all the ways people think others are racist. In fact, it sounds like there's no possible way to not be racist. According to that list, even discussing race is racist. I don't get it.
Sometimes if you see people as fitting into those boxes, it's because you put them there, not because they actually belong there. If you see enemies in everyone around you, then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Boo-hoo, the trolls are unsubscribing. Congratulations, J.D., on a readership now more sane.


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By Matthew Birt -
26 August 2012 14:33
Cal Crutchlow ended a 12-year wait for a British rider to score a MotoGP podium after he took third place in this afternoon's Brno MotoGP race.
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider finished behind a thrilling scrap between Spanish duo Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, which Pedrosa won after an enthralling last lap.
Pedrosa took his third win of the season in dramatic fashion after he exchanged the lead four times with title rival Lorenzo on the last lap.
The pair had been locked together for the whole race but Repsol Honda rider Pedrosa started the final lap in front.
Lorenzo seized the lead at Turn 5 but it came down to the penultimate corner when Pedrosa dived under the 2010 world champion's Yamaha YZR-M1.Lorenzo briefly edged ahead again but ran wide on the approach to the final corner and Pedrosa swept around the outside. With a faster pace approaching the final right-hander, Pedrosa managed to cling onto one of the best victories of his MotoGP career.
So often in his career when battles have come down to the final stages, Pedrosa has been second best, but today's crucial win will give him massive confidence heading into the final six races.
His third win of the season cut Lorenzo's title lead to just 13-points and it was a day to remember too for 26-year-old Coventry rider Crutchlow.
He was in third place from the first lap and a series of consistently fast laps ensured he never came under any serious threat from Italian team-mate Andrea Dovizioso in fourth.
Crutchlow's stunning third, which came after he claimed a career best qualifying result in second yesterday, secured the first rostrum by a British rider since Jeremy McWilliams was third at Donington Park back in 2000.
Crutchlow's result continued a remarkable run for Herve Poncharal's French-based Tech 3 squad. Today's third was the fifth race in the last six that a Tech 3 rider has finished on the podium.
Dovizioso took an easy fourth ahead of German Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista.Valentino Rossi had a strong start and held fifth until lap nine. But he was powerless to stop Bradl and Bautista from streaking away and he finished a massive 34 seconds behind Pedrosa at the end of the 22-lap race in seventh.
It was another nightmare day for Texan Ben Spies, who suffered a clutch problem immediately after he launched off the line.
He plummeted back to 14th but recovered to eighth when he crashed out on lap nine. Spies was uninjured but he has now scored just five points in the last four races after a shocking run of luck.
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Another prediction that will bite you on the arse in 2013.
After the past 2 seasons you've no arse left to chew bud.
28 August 2012 21:40
He's got form on his side Rossi doesn't he acaknacker. Fuggin' dreamer.
28 August 2012 20:26
When Rossi fails to deliver on the Yamaha 2013 allegiances will swiftly switch from the yellow clown to the jolly green monster?
28 August 2012 20:11
well done
well done cal i didn't watch the race because i was at cadwell for the british superbikes but i will catch the race reply on eurosport it came this season in your second season keep up the good work and and try and the next move is a win i belive you can do it and your fans do as well.
28 August 2012 20:05
So you're suggesting Reverend
that Uncle Carmelo is a capricious man not to be trusted. When Rossi fails to deliver on the Yamaha 2013 allegiances will swiftly switch from the yellow clown to the jolly green monster?
Bulldog Coventry doesn't strike me as politically savvy as the Tavullia terrier. Then again he of the low hanging fruit may not be aware his strings are being pulled.
I can hear Ezpeleta cackling away to himself, One Night in Bangkok playing in the background.."And thank God I'm only watching the game --controlling it --"
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To say "Evil Dead" is groovy would be the understatement of the year. (But not when Bruce Campbell says it.) In fact, it's the best and bloodiest of the season.
Everything longtime fans have hoped for, and the ultimate newbie's launch into this (better) cabin in the woods, "Evil Dead" is a true reboot. That word, along with the equally dreaded "reimagining" is bandied about far too cavalierly. In this case, however, it's the devil's honest truth.
Overseen by the original "Evil Dead" movers and shakers (Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell), but infused with the fresh blood of first-time feature director Fede Alvarez and a cast of relatively unknown cuties, this flick rocks hard and heavy. Imbued with tinges of germane humor, "Evil Dead" plays it straight and scary, and clocking in at a breakneck 92 minutes, the shock and suspense never let up.
The reason for having the young 20-somethings hang out in an isolated shack is better than most: Mia (Jane Levy) is kicking hard drugs, and along to show their support are her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), friends Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci), Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore), and medical student Olivia (Jessica Lucas). Motivations for each character's behavior and actions (withdrawal hallucination, brotherly concern, use of hypodermic needles, etc.) are each attributed as intelligently as possible given the milieu. The script (co-written by Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues and Diablo Cody) is solid.
After some weird gear is found in the basement, including a patently evil "Book of the Dead" complete with barbed wire binding, spooky stuff starts to happen. Then it all goes to hell in a hand-basket, launching into a full-blown, out-and-out freak fest, complete with demons, witches, and zombies. Mostly demons.
Employing practical effects (only occasionally augmented with CGI enhancement), the supernatural murder and mayhem offers something truly garish and gruesome to behold… not since "The Shining's" elevator scene have I seen so much blood (in fact, the forest even rains red at one point). Bodies – living, possessed, and dead – are violated in all sorts of ways, ranging from tree-limbs to chainsaws to nail-guns to fireplace pokers and even an electric carving knife. Not a single punch is pulled.
And yet, while visually more violent and destructive than, say, a "Saw" or a "Hostel" movie, "Evil Dead" feels less skeevy. It's not an exploitation film; it's old-school horror.
Fans of the original films will enjoy the nods (mounted 8-point stag's head, Oldsmobile, verbal asides), but as I said: "Evil Dead" is its own beast. It's not especially terrifying (very few films are, these days… then again, "Evil Dead" is not meant to be another "Exorcist", or even "The Orphanage") or shocking (nope, it's not "A Serbian Film") but it is quite visceral.
The film is deftly directed, beautifully shot (yep: we've got some zoomy demon-POV), and well-acted. Each person gets their own moments to shine, especially Levy and Fernandez, but in my opinion it's Pucci who steals the show.
Although the story is short and the action relentless, it does start to sputter toward the end (and what's more, it goes on for just a beat or two too long after a more decisive cut would've had greater impact). But overall, "Evil Dead" is, indeed, groovy.
Be sure and stick around for the post-credits cookie.
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I'm a big fan of Game of Thrones and LOVE the VFX work the guys at Pixomondo have done on the series, especially the set extensions, and it gave me a real thrill to read that series 3 is on it's way! The series 3 release date being announced at the 31st of March 2013.
2013 Oscars - VFX Nominees!
Tis but 10 days until the much anticipated Oscars! Here at Escape we have a keen eye on who will be winning the prize for best VFX, there are some pretty heavyweight contenders and nominees are as follows…
The 3D Printing Revolution!
I am a huge fan of production design and this week, came across this awesome blog site complete with a nice video explaining set design and 3d printing!
View Conference announces cash prizes for 2013 winners!
Our friends over at View Conference Italy, last week unveiled that they will be providing cash prizes for winners of their different awards. The prizes vary from top of the range tablets to a lump sum of 2000 Euros. The categories for application are as follows (complete with direct links)
Lee's App of the Week!
After a brief hiatus, Selby's App of the Week has returned - under the new married guise of Lee's App of the Week!
You water believe it!
Heinz Maier is an amateur photographer who has undertaken a rather unique project.
C (299,792 km/s)
The phrase 'put your money where your mouth is', is rarely put into practice. However, over the last few years, website kickstarter.com has bucked the trend by allowing generous and creative types to come together and put their money into projects that they genuinely believe in.
Bad Robot & Valve - Oh yes!
My goodness, it's only January but for games and scifi fans dare I say it, Christmas is coming early.
Flying Sorcery
You may remember this fake UFO clip made famous last year - naturally everyone quickly branded it a fake which it clearly was/is.
Photoshop goes (even more) 3D
Fans of 3D and users of Photoshop will be delighted this week, with the announcement that 'Photoshop CS6 Extended' is on the market, it allows you to create 3D shape text using extrusions as a 3D layer... "similar to CS4 Extended" I hear you say! But alas, according to this write up, we are told that this works far more 'natively', with 'the usability you'd expect from an integrated Adobe toolset'.
Animation Ireland
Here's something you may not know. Ireland has a booming animation industry. No I didn't know that either until I went to the Cartoon Finance conference in Dublin last year. In fact the animation industry is doing so well, that in the face of the downturn, it has become one of their major exports. At the conference, it was quipped that the animators are now the ones with the proper jobs.
WFTV: Women in Technology Networking
A big thank you to the ladies from WFTV (Women in Film and TV) for organising a networking event last night for women who work in technical roles across film and television. Three of us (Davi Stein, Anita Gribble and myself) from Escape went along to see what was going down! We had a great time meeting women from lots of different fields. Among them was a DOP, a few editors and to our delight two effects TD's from MPC.
Truly EPIC God of War trailer
We were enticed this week when we saw this epic live action trailer for Sony's game 'God of War: Ascension', It was made by creative studio and production company 'Imaginary Forces', a firm who have worked on a huge amount of projects, spanning from commercial work to television and film,
Google Chrome, Powerade, Transformers, Minority Report, and Boardwalk Empire, are but a few of their accolades to date. Impressive stuff!
If the game is half as epic as this evocative ad, viewers will no doubt want to get playing right away!
It's paper, but not as you know it...
We're fans of art all across the spectrum here at Escape, and these sculptures, created by Chinese artist Li Hongbo are rather mind boggling.
Blown Away by Disney short 'the Paperman'?
Walt Disney shorts are always a treat for viewers. In fact I'd go as far to say that when going to the cinema to see a new Disney Pixar film, part of the excitement is the opportunity to see the preluding short that comes with the main feature
JJ Abrams takes on Star Wars Episode VII
As many of you will know, JJ Abrams was last week confirmed as director of new Disney owned segment of the Star Wars saga. We'll forgive your bare faced denial of the appointment only last month JJ, just make sure episode VII is a killer!
Too much Apple for Ashton Kutcher?
Ashton Kutcher has unveiled that he got himself into a a real pickle, taking on a method actors approach when preparing for his latest role in a film set to hit screens in April 2013, which will follow the life and times of Steve Jobs.
A giant robot, loud music, and plenty of explosions, what's not to like?
The office here at Escape is usually bustling with an array of different musical sounds, and it's rare we fully agree on what radio station to keep on for more than an hour and a half.
Escape this Summer
While the days are cold, the nights are long, and we've seen the back of Christmas and New Year festivities, at one point or another, we all find ourselves daydreaming about the return of the summer sun. The smell of sun cream, the call of the beach, and the excuse to whack on a pair of shades, making ourselves look AT LEAST 20% cooler, is but a dream away at this, the tail end of January.
FINALLY, The Rock has come back, to the big screen!
Dwayne Johnson, known to most as wrestling icon 'the Rock', is to play the role of a snitch in his new movie, aptly named, 'Snitch', set for release February 22nd..


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(This is part of the AJC's "30 in 30″ series — with quick hits on top high school football teams across the metro area and state during spring football practice. We're doing 30 football teams in 30 days. Click here for a master list. Hey AJC, what about spring sports? You know, the non-football sports? Go here)
Campbell High School needs a little hope.
The Cobb school has only one won more than seven games one time in the 15-year history of the football program.
Where is the hope? It's with coach T.K. Dodd, who is in his second-year of coaching the Spartans. Campbell has been a revolving door for coaches, with four different ones over the last five years.
Campbell, which was 2-8 last year, will return its Team MVP, two-way lineman Henry Hankerson (6-foot-1, 295 lbs.). "He's aggessive, coachable, mobile and a very strong player," said Dodd.
The team also welcomes back its highest-graded offensive lineman from last year, junior Tyler Houston (6-0, 290). Senior free safety Trey Fluellen (5-10, 170) was among Cobb County's leaders in interceptions last season.
What about spring practice? Campbell is desperately seeking a QB for the first time in three years, with Caleb Edmonds as the top candidate. Dodd is also searching for a No. 1 tight end and defensive lineman.
The Spartans are excited about the potential of WR Arviel Jenkins (5-10, 160), who has all the physical tools but just needs to gain some more confidence in himself.
YOUR TURN: What do you think will turn Campbell into one of Cobb's top football programs?
Team: Campbell Spartans
Spring Game: 6:30 p.m., May 14
Spring practice dates: May 3-14
Last year's record: 2-8
Starters lost: 10
Head coach: TK Dodd
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May 9th, 2010
6:42 am
I graduated from Campbell of Smyrna in 1978 and the school had been around for years then. They had a damn good football program around that time. What BOZO wrote this article?
May 9th, 2010
10:42 am
It is a painful sentence. Campbell will be a painful team.
May 11th, 2010
6:19 pm
"What do you think will turn Campbell into one of Cobb's top football programs?"
Only one thing will turn Campbell into one of Cobb's top football teams, one thing that is sorely lacking in Campbell's district when compared to other top football programs in AAAA and AAAAA…. Money!….and lots of it! When talking about Cobb County football, money is something that the most competitive teams, like Walton, McEachern, Hillgrove, Harrison, etc in Cobb seem to have alot of.
August 26th, 2011
4:43 pm
And isn't it a shame…b/c the EC parents have more $$ than us south west cobb parents& we have kids leave our district to go to those schools… Not fair to the kids here who stay, work hard an b/c of economics don't have the extra edge! I will support the CHS Spartans, the best way I can… $10 last week at a car wash for the girls' softball team. Or donate to my daughter's lacrosse team… So what if we don't win… We love our students & our athletes…!


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CBS has announced the cast of the upcoming all-star season of "The Amazing Race," and there's great news - Utahns David and Connor O'Leary are back.
You may recall that in Season 22, the father-and-son team -- both cancer survivors -- were doing very well until Dave, 59, ruptured his Achilles tendon and tore his calf muscle at the end of the second leg of race and were forced to drop out - three episodes later.
"To get the call to come back, was ... it kind of blew us away," Dave O'Leary told CBS.
In the new season, which begins Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. on CBS/Ch. 2, the real-estate investor and his son, a professional cyclis, will get another chance to run the race.
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You pick: Benghazi, IRS, ObamaCare, the VA...President Obama's ineffectual leadership and mismanagement of the administration's scandals paints the same picture: a surprised, reactionary White House that didn't know, quick with rhetorical outrage and meek in response and accountability. The current scandal has understandably provoked an outcry for swift and decisive action by the president over the mistreatment of veterans at VA hospitals. Don't hold your breath. The studious go-slow Obama approach is once again onscreen. For Republicans looking to gain control of the Senate the president's inaction paints a perfect target on Democrats, especially vulnerable incumbent Senators. Truly, the GOP couldn't ask for a better scenario to drive home its point that government is too big and poorly run by this group. What Speaker John Boehner calls "systemic failure" is becoming a common phrase heard from Republicans. A point they will no doubt be driving home when it comes to the midterm contests.
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We loved the way the spicy kick from the shrimp mellowed with each bite of sweet papaya and cool, creamy avocado—so much, in fact, that we gave this dish our highest rating. To cut down on prep time, we recommend using metal skewers. If you prefer to use wooden ones, be sure to soak them in water 30 minutes before grilling.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 skewers and about 2/3 cup salad)
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- Calories: 353
- Calories from fat: 52%
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated fat: 3.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 12.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3.1g
- Protein: 29.3g
- Carbohydrate: 16.3g
- Fiber: 5.7g
- Cholesterol: 252mg
- Iron: 5.1mg
- Sodium: 592mg
- Calcium: 72mg
- 24 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined with tails intact (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Cooking spray
- Avocado and Papaya Salad
- Lime wedges (optional)
- 1. Prepare grill or grill pan.
- 2. Thread 3 shrimp onto each of 8 skewers. Brush with olive oil; sprinkle evenly with salt and red pepper. Place kebabs on grill rack or grill pan coated with cooking spray; grill over medium-high heat 2 minutes on each side or until shrimp are done. Keep warm.
- 3. Serve kebabs with Avocado and Papaya Salad. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.
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This was post was eye opening and poetic.
I have spent the past 8 years preparing internally for the worst (Mad Max style collapse), while cheerfully hoping for the best (free energy devices). I have researched and experimented with new ways to live, harness energy and produce food.
This author says that is all prideful folly. The easiest way to adapt to decline is to decline yourself.
Read the entire article to understand the logic of inducing personal collapse now, rather than later.
Source: The Archdruid Report
One of my presentations to [the Age of Limits] conference was a talk entitled "How Civilizations Fall;" longtime readers of this blog will know from the title that what I was talking about that afternoon was the theory of catabolic collapse, which outlines the way that human societies on the way down cannibalize their own infrastructure, maintaining themselves for the present by denying themselves a future. I finished talking about catabolic collapse and started fielding questions, of which there were plenty, and somewhere in the conversation that followed one of the other participants made a comment. I don't even remember the exact words, but it was something like, "So what you're saying is that what we need to do, individually, is to go through collapse right away.""Exactly," I said. "Collapse now, and avoid the rush."…Across a wide range of geographical scales and technological levels, civilizations take an average of one to three centuries to complete the process of decline and fall, and there is no valid reason to assume that ours will be any exception. The curve of decline, to be sure, is anything but smooth; it has a fractal structure, taking the form of a succession of crises on many different scales, affecting different regions, social classes, and communities in different ways, interspersed with periods of stabilization and even partial recovery that are equally variable in scale, duration, and relevance to different places and groups. This ragged arc of decline is already under way; it can be expected to accelerate in the months, years, and decades to come; and it defines the deindustrial age ahead of us.Fifth, individuals, families, and communities faced with this predicament still have choices left. The most important of those choices parallels the one faced, or more precisely not faced, at the end of the 1970s: to make the descent in a controlled way, beginning now, or to cling to their current lifestyles until the system that currently supports those lifestyles falls away from beneath their feet. The skills, resources, and lifeways needed to get by in a disintegrating industrial society are radically different from those that made for a successful and comfortable life in the prosperous world of the recent past, and a great many of the requirements of an age of decline come with prolonged learning curves and a high price for failure. Starting right away to practice the skills, assemble the resources, and follow the lifeways that will be the key to survival in a deindustrializing world offers the best hope of getting through the difficult years ahead with some degree of dignity and grace……The way to avoid the rush is simple enough: figure out how you will be able to live after the next wave of crisis hits, and to the extent that you can, start living that way now. If you're worried about the long-term prospects for your job—and you probably should be, no matter what you do for a living—now is the time to figure out how you will get by if the job goes away and you have to make do on much less money. For most people, that means getting out of debt, making sure the place you live costs you much less than you can afford, and picking up some practical skills that will allow you to meet some of your own needs and have opportunities for barter and informal employment.…There's quite a lot of money to be made these days insisting that we can have a shiny new future despite all evidence to the contrary, and pulling factoids out of context to defend that increasingly dubious claim; as industrial society moves down the curve of decline, I suspect, this will become even more popular, since it will make it easier for those who haven't yet had their own personal collapse to pretend that it can't happen to them.


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What you need to know about Ross
Ross has been an international athlete, swimmer and water polo player for Great Britain. He's also got a Sports Science Degree from Loughborough University, worked a number of modelling campaigns, written for magazines including Mens Health and Cosmopolitan, and given fitness advice to celebrities such as TV Nutritionist Gillian McKeith, Eastenders actress Kara Tointon and winner of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Joe Swash.
More recently he has written, directed and presented on television. Most notably a documentary he directed and presented for Sky, called "Welcome to the Fight Club" with Ricky English (who has trained Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise).
With great critical reception, the documentary took investigative journalism to a new level, as Ross climbed into the ring and fought a local champion with only 3 hours of previous boxing experience, in a bid to try and understand the mindset of a fighter.
But Ross' biggest project to date was his appearance on BBC3's factual entertainment series 'Tough Guy or Chicken', where he and four other guys travelled the world taking on some of the most dangerous activities, creatures and environments on the planet. The show was a great success, attaining audiences of over a quarter of a million viewers each week.
Back in England, Ross is working on a number of new ventures, including TV shows, launching a Free Online Fitness Channel (YourGym.Tv), teaming up with leading Sports Supplement Company MyProtein.co.uk, and continuing to train a host of celebrity clients.


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When Winston Churchill, then Prime Minister of Great Britain, addressed a joint gathering of the United States Senate and House of Representatives less than three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was a speech delivered at the right time, in the right place, to the right people. It helped strengthen and define Allied resolve for the looming battles against Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire.
Yet, among the many speeches delivered over the decades by foreign heads of state to the Congress of the United States, Churchill's December 26, 1941 address was the exception to the rule. Most foreign leaders who are afforded this honor deliver largely forgettable lectures about how wonderful are the ties between their nations and ours; and often in support of receiving financial or military support from Washington.
Few foreign leaders, however, possess the audacity exhibited earlier this month by Mexico's President Felipe Calderon when he spoke to the House and Senate in joint session. In his speech, Calderon as much as blamed the tide of extreme violence sweeping Mexico in recent months on the United States. Calderon specifically singled out our government's failure to reinstate the Clinton-era gun ban, which expired in 2004, as a major reason why some 23,000 citizens of his country have died as a result of drug-fueled violence since he became president in 2006.
In criticizing what he clearly viewed as a legislative "failing" of the Congress to pass gun-control legislation, Calderon crossed a line normally not breached by visiting heads of state – at least publicly. Foreign leaders generally are more sensitive to the protocol that you don't openly meddle in another nation's domestic political agenda.
The administration of President Obama may have urged Calderon to step into this fray as its surrogate; having correctly concluded that openly pushing the gun-control agenda this cycle would likely hurt not help Democratic candidates for Congress.
Calderon added insult to injury, when he offered as evidence of America's complicity in Mexico's rampant drug-cartel fueled violence, the fact that "more than 80 percent of [guns and assault weapons seized in Mexico] came from the United States." In reality, this "fact" is not a fact at all, but rather a figure demonstrably proved to be false. The "80%" figure (often boosted to as much as 90%) surfaced early in 2009, and was initially cited without challenge by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), officials at ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), and media personalities.
These bloated figures — offered as "proof" that lack of sufficient gun control in the US was fueling drug-cartel violence in Mexico – subsequently were shown to be completely false. The vast majority of firearms fueling Mexico's violence were never able to be "traced" in the first place; and of those that were, they were shown largely to have entered Mexico's burgeoning black market not from the US but from China, Russian organized crime groups, Spain, Israel, guerrilla groups in Colombia, and elsewhere. The Mexican military, itself rife with corruption, is another source of purloined armaments for the drug cartel; though, of course, Calderon failed to mention this.
Thus, we witnessed a foreign leader accept an invitation to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress, and then criticize that body for not passing particular domestic legislation based on false and discredited data. One might have hoped that such audacity would have elicited if not a "boo," at least a raised eyebrow from the congressional audience. National pride might have drawn at least stony silence. Instead, the Democratic majority – or at least most of them – actually stood and applauded the insults delivered by Calderon. They might as well have stood and said, "thank you, Señor; may we have another, Señor." How do you say "spineless" in Spanish?
June 2nd, 2010
11:47 am
Its an odd conclusion that OUR freedoms are causing violence in Mexico.
Especially odd is the fact that our crime(and yes, that includes firearm-related crimes) has steadily DECLINED since the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban in 2004.
So why are we enjoying a dwindling violent crime rate while Mexico is seeing a surge in violence? Surely it has nothing to do with an inept government rife with corruption.
June 3rd, 2010
6:58 pm
As usual Bob Barr flys off the handle with his facts to make a political point. Shoot ( no pun intended), and I will be happy when AJC gets its own St. Petersburg Times politifact-type investigative journalists working to give us facts. I could care less about opinions.
June 4th, 2010
11:23 am
"Invertebrado" is the literal translation of "spineless." But I am not sure that "spineless" is the correct word to use here, as it generally means "lacking backbone" or "lacking strength/character." While it is strange that Calderon is trying to blame the entirety of Mexico's gang violence problems on slack U.S. weapons regulations, and it is understandable that some may take objection to his claims, Calderon certainly isn't lacking spine or strength/character; It probably took a lot of balls to stand up in front of the U.S. Congress and bitch about this. Rather than lacking spine or strength/character, Calderon is lacking a scientific worldview, making unproven claims, attempting to support such with random figures like "80%," and failing to cite a [legit] source. As with the vast majority of our problems, both domestic and foreign, we are always lacking data and reliable controlled studies. Rather than using science/logic/rationality/empiricism, most of our political decisions (from individuals voting to presidents signing legislation) are based on emotional appeal. I would like to see more politicians with a scientific worldview. I would also like to see some controlled studies on gun regulations and gun violence… If anyone knows of any peer-reviewed journal articles on the subject, please post a link!
June 6th, 2010
9:34 am
Lets face it,obama is right when he admits "HUGE MISTAKES" that you nationalists insists that our country,"THE USA" didn't make..
We have killed,tortured and who knows what?
But,as the president has said on numerous times we are,"A NATION OF LAWS"..
Those who are here illegally from mexico do not want to go back there.Period!!
I agree,they should be deported,but when u start to stopping cars because someone looks hispanic(like they did last wed.night after 9pm,on peachtree industrial),and then expect them ,millions of them who were 1st allowed to come thru under president reagon,then with clinton,and also 12 years of the bush regime,and you expect to put the blame on obama and act like 12 or more million illegals came under his watch,THEN U ARE WRONG..
Call this great president what you want,but he will never tear down,the true meaning of world leader like the man we had in office from jan.20,2001 to jan.20.2009..What a disgrace he was..
June 6th, 2010
9:43 am
7. Make people on welfare take drug tests. (no pass, no check)
8. Make people on welfare do some kind of work. (pick up trash, etc…
wow,i agree to the fullest,and im a die hard progressive!!
lets add one more thing in there..lets say that the lighter your skin is does not mean that you can go straight into section 8 homes,and skip da ghetto..
there are more whites on welfare in this country than blacks..my wife works for the HEW,and has told me this for years and she for the love of god can't figure out why the only homes blacks and latino's get are the housing projects and rarely,rarely get section 8 homes in beautiful neighborhoods,like the lighter people..
And,its not because they will tear down the home like they do in the ghetto because there are plenty of trailor parkers who tear down those same nice homes monthly..
Lets make sure that meth,cocaine,and the people who make these drugs do more time than the ones who push it on the streets..


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I like how everyone seems like they're dead tired and Thor's just there going
'om nom nom this is a shawarma nom nom nom'
Notice how Clint and Natasha seemed to have appropriated half of each others' chairs.
and I think Tony is just realizing that he literally died and was scared back to life by the man to his left
and steve, being the senior citizen, is simply nodding off
Also, the dude behind the counter just nonchalantly making shawarma for the goddamn Avengers like they come in every day.
#meanwhile loki is outside tied to the bike rack with mjolnir on his chest
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