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- On My Way Here mentions:
- SoulShine - they have Clay's age wrong ... 10 years younger?!?
"American Idol" runner up Clay Aiken will release On My Way Here this May via RCA Records. The album will be the 19 year old pop singer's fourth studio release and feature 12 new songs. It was produced by Marc "Kipper" Eldridge and executive produced by Jaymes Foster. The first single will be the disc's title track, "On My Way Here", which was written by Ryan Tedder of One Republic, Chris Faulk and Hunter Davis.
- People.com - Clay tells Access Hollywood: private life isn't your business:
For Clay Aiken, his private life is exactly that – private.
Asked about the frequent speculation about his personal relationships – in particular, his sexuality – the second-season American Idol runner-up, 29, tells Access Hollywood's Billy Bush in an interview to air Friday: "I think for the most part ... people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever, they don't want stuff like that pushed in their face.
"I don't think that that's necessary, and that's also not what I'm here for."
Still, the Raleigh, N.C.-born Aiken – whose new album, On My Way Here, arrives May 6 – says he's had a rough time dealing with the public interest the surrounds him.
"It can be difficult, especially initially," he says. "I think when you get into anything and you're not used to people scrutinizing this that or the other, it bothers you."
- MSNBC/Access Hollywood -
Clay Aiken has no interest in taking his love life public.
During a promotional appearance for his upcoming album, "On My Way Here," and his Broadway show "Spamalot," the "American Idol" Season 2 runner-up told "The Billy Bush Show" it's only the media who cares whether he is gay or straight.
- All Headline News -
"American Idol" second season runner-up Clay Aiken has had a successful career since leaving the reality singing show. The singer, who is now starring in "Spamalot" on Broadway, says he still isn't used to people wanting to know so much about his personal life.
Aiken, whose new album "On My Way Here" is due out May 6, appears on Friday's "Access Hollywood." Interviewer Billy Bush asked Aiken about the frequent speculation on his sexuality, and Aiken replied by saying, "I think for the most part... people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever, they don't want stuff like that pushed in their face."
- About.com - article about Adam and Nikki Anders, who have written for Clay -
Adam and Nikki Anders have written songs for a wide range of performers including Backstreet Boys, Nick Lachey, Clay Aiken, and Sheryl Crow.
- Dose.ca - Britain's richest pop stars -
It's Winehouse's first time on the Rich List, and the singer made her debut at the No. 10 spot, tying with R&B artist Craig David and the UK's prettier version of Clay Aiken, Pop Idol winner, Will Young.
- American Idol pays a visit to Clay on the set of Spamalot:
- Blogcritics -
Broadway performances were discussed and a montage of past Idols involved in stage productions came next. LaKisha Jones and Fantasia (The Color Purple), Diana DeGarmo (Hairspray), Tamyra Gray (Rent), and Clay Aiken (Spamalot) were all featured, but Tamyra and Clay had the most coverage.
- Carolina On My Mind takes OMWH around the world. Take a look above at the superb Photoshop work that has placed Clay in England, Thunder Bay, Ontario and Brazil (to name a few). All of these cool covers at up at Carolina Clay's special blog.
- Clay - The Man - We're "Falling" for Clay's new album
- Techno Geek Girl - 11 days to Clay's new album! The excitement is here.
- All That Is Clay Aiken - clips from OMWH leaked
- Anew and Afresh - Clay has "a genuine heart for service to others":
Although I personally think Clay Aiken is a cut above most in the talent department, there are a lot of good singers out there. And although Clay's particular looks are what floats my boat (except when someone gets after him with a flat-iron!), there are other good-looking guys around. But the ones who put pure talent, good looks, and charisma (which Clay Aiken has in spades) together with a genuine heart for service to others...well, those are a treasure.


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The 10 Most Expensive Bottles of Scotch in the World
There are few things as fine as relaxing with a glass of quality scotch, be it neat, on the rocks or with a single drop of water. Scotch whiskies express an unbelievable range of flavours, hidden beneath overtones of smoke, peat and wood. While most may never venture beyond Johnnie Walker Blue in price, there are those who prefer a dearer drop. Whether you have a pallet that can pick out the slightest notes or you've only just started to appreciate scotch, these special scotches are priced to impress.
These are some of the finest and most expensive scotches in the world, made more expensive by their rarity, age, quality and special bottles. In this list there are scotches that only ever had one bottle, scotches sold in fine decanters crafted by french crystal masters and scotches older than your grandparents. Getting your hands on any of these may be difficult and costly, but the flavours will speak for themselves.
If you've got something special to celebrate or just want to toast your own success, you may want to acquire one of these sought-after works of art. As luxury goes, few things impress discerning guests as much as a fine, rare scotch whisky poured from a fine decanter. If you've got a few thousand dollars lying around, perhaps one of the entries on this list might interest you.
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- Malcolm Turner is CTA's Executive Director with many years experience in marketing and fundraising for major UK charities and secular agencies. He is a board member of Christian European Visual Media Association and International Christian Visual Media - an association of producers worldwide.
- Crawford Telfer is CTA's Director of Programmes with over 40 years experience in television production. He started off as a BBC cameraman for 15 years and since then has produced and directed numerous documentaries, dramas and features. He also preaches and is a board member of the Christian European Visual Media Association (CEVMA).
- Leila Janz is CTA's Administrator and handles day-to-day enquiries and DVD sales - usually the first point of contact with CTA.
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Today's off day for the Astros gives them a perfect chance to get work on their golf games, but some might be enjoying the opening round of the Masters Tournament. Craig Biggio has only been hit by a pitch twice during the Masters, on April 7, 2001 and on April 13, 2002. Both were Saturdays during round 3 of the tournament. Tiger Woods won both tournaments during which Biggio was plunked. Tiger Woods average score at the Masters on days when Craig Biggio is hit by a pitch is 67.
42 golfers have won the Masters, and 205 pitchers have hit Craig Biggio with a pitch, but only two of those pitchers share a last name with a Masters winner. Allen Watson plunked Biggio on April 9, 1996 (2 days before the '96 Masters), while Tom Watson won the Masters in 1977 and 1981. Craig Wood won the Masters in 1941, and 57 years later Kerry Wood threw the first of 3 plunks at Craig Biggio.


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Barossa, Barossa
I've added another post on our trip to the Barossa Valley. Click on the Archives for December (righthand side of the screen) to find Barossa - December 13. The post includes tasting notes for the following wineries
Kellermeister/Trevor Jones
Dutschke Wines (winemaker)
Rockford Wines
Turkey Flat Vineyards
While you are there you might as well check out The Sauce! Where's The Sauce on December 11 and the first day of wine tasting described in Barossa - December 12.


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Lot of concern out there right now about the impact of proposed logging on the Atlas Road in the Crowsnest Pass. Some of this concern is being driven by the logging that took place last year along the Kananaskis Road. Above are some pictures of where the logging took place up the Kananaskis Road about one km north of Coleman.
On Tuesday December 2th both SRD and Spray Lakes Sawmills will be appearing in front of council to make presentations regarding the proposed logging.
7pm at the municipal office in Coleman this is open to the public.


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Here are a few of the children's clothing projects I've completed in the last year:
1. First up: a set of matching romper and bloomer outfits for sisters who are now 3 years and 7 months old, respectively. My first venture with matching clothes for siblings. I had so much fun with this pretty fabric!
2. Sleep sack for my little guy when he grew out of the store-bought one and I could make one for WAY less money than what it cost to buy another one!
3. Sweet little sunny yellow romper and bloomer set for a long-time friend who just had a baby girl this spring.
4. Cheery purple sun dress and bloomers for the same friend's baby.


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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, APPELLANT,v.MARVIN DALE YOST, APPELLEE.
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; heard
in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell
County, the Hon. Richard E. Eagleton, Judge, presiding.
Marvin Yost was found guilty of the murder of his wife after a jury trial in the circuit court of Tazewell County on February 8, 1977, and was sentenced to a term of 18 to 60 years. In his motion for a new trial Yost restated the contention he made at trial that evidence of a prior conviction for felonious assault in 1965 had been improperly admitted to impeach his testimony. The trial court denied the motion, but on appeal the appellate court reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial (65 Ill. App.3d 386). We granted the People's petition for leave to appeal.
After the defendant had testified at trial, the prosecution, over objection, was permitted, for the purpose of impeaching his testimony, to have the jury informed of a conviction of the defendant 10 years and 10 months earlier in Michigan for felonious assault. The defendant had been given a sentence of not less than two and not more than four years, but the records introduced by the prosecution, though indicating the date of conviction, did not state the date of the release of the defendant from confinement or whether the defendant had in fact been confined. The prosecution contends that there was a presumption that the defendant served at least the minimum term of two years and hence his release from confinement was within the 10-year time limit for impeaching a witness by evidence of conviction of crime which this court discussed in People v. Montgomery (1971), 47 Ill.2d 510. In that case the prosecution had introduced evidence of a 21-year-old conviction for robbery to impeach testimony of a defendant charged with a narcotics offense. It was held that the statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 155-1) providing that if the defendant in a criminal case takes the stand a prior conviction may be introduced into evidence to impeach his credibility, vested in the trial court, not in the prosecutor, the right to determine whether evidence of a particular prior conviction should be admitted into evidence. In the opinion, the court discussed the version of Rule 609 of the Federal Rules of Evidence relating to impeachment by evidence of conviction of crime which had been proposed by the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The second section of the proposed rule i.e. Rule 609(b), at that time read:
"(b) Time Limit. Evidence of a conviction under this rule is not admissible if a period of more than 10 years has elapsed since the date of conviction or of the release of the witness from confinement, whichever is the later date." (47 Ill.2d 510, 510, 516.)
In the last paragraph of Montgomery it was said: "In our opinion, the provisions of this Rule should be followed in future cases." 47 Ill.2d 510, 519.
The defendant argues that evidence of his almost 11-year-old conviction should not have been admitted under the holding in Montgomery. He says that the version of Rule 609(b) cited in Montgomery should have been applied, not any of the versions which were subsequently proposed.
Rule 609 was not adopted by Congress in the form set out in Montgomery. A different version was later proposed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and other versions were proposed by the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary before Rule 609 was adopted in its present form.
The prosecution argues that the provisions of Rule 609 as set out in Montgomery were not current at the time of the trial here and, as evidence that this court did not intend to adhere to the version appearing in Montgomery, calls attention to the opinion in People v. Ray (1973), 54 Ill.2d 377, 383, in which the court quoted the version of Rule 609(b) which had been later proposed by the Supreme Court. That version, which was not adopted, provided: "Time Limit. Evidence of conviction under this rule is not admissible if a period of more than 10 years has elapsed since the date of the release of the witness from confinement imposed for his most recent conviction, or the expiration of the period of his parole, probation, or sentence granted or imposed with respect to his most recent conviction, whichever is the later date." 54 Ill.2d 377, 383.
It was not the court's intention that the standards for impeachment announced in Montgomery would be changed from time to time to correspond to whatever changes might subsequently be proposed for Federal Rule 609. The court considered that the provisions of the rule as it was proposed when the opinion in Montgomery was adopted should be followed in future cases. It would have been unreasonable to propose that a possible future version or versions with provisions which of course could not then be known were to be followed. We believe this can be gathered from the opinion in Ray. The court observed in Ray that the version of Rule 609 approved by the Supreme Court did not contain the provision giving the trial judge discretionary powers in allowing or denying impeachment by evidence of conviction. It said that when the court stated in Montgomery that "Rule 609 was to be followed in future cases" (54 Ill.2d 377, 383) it did not of course anticipate the elimination of the provision giving judges discretionary power. It clearly noted, however, that the Montgomery holding declaring that judges did have such discretionary authority was to be followed in future cases. The court also said the "reference to Rule 609 [in Montgomery] was a shorthand expression of our holding, as well as an expression of our view that other provisions in the rule, not concerned in Montgomery should be followed." (54 Ill.2d 377, 383.) The court's quotation of Rule 609(b) according to the version which the Supreme Court had proposed at the time Ray was written was a regrettable inadvertency. The 10-year time limit for impeachment stated in Montgomery, which we have set out earlier in this opinion, is the standard to be applied.
We would observe that decisions handed down since Ray have continued to cite the version appearing in Montgomery as the governing authority on this question of time limitation on evidence of convictions. (See, e.g., People v. Preston (1978), 61 Ill. App.3d 434; People v. Owens (1978), 58 Ill. App.3d 37; People v. Mikrut (1974), 19 Ill. App.3d 516; People v. Overturf (1973), 12 Ill. App.3d 441.) In at least one decision, People v. Warmack (1979), 73 Ill. App.3d 783, however, this court's inadvertent quotation in Ray from the later version of Rule 609(b) was misleading, and it also apparently led the trial court here to believe that Rule 609 as it was finally adopted should be applied.
Applying the standard set out in Montgomery, it is clear that evidence of the defendant's nearly 11-year-old conviction for felonious assault should not have been admitted for impeachment purposes. The People argue, however, that since the defendant was sentenced to a term of two to four years, we should presume that at least the minimum period of two years of the sentence was served. If we do make that presumption, the People say, then under the standard of Montgomery the defendant's release from confinement would have been within the 10-year time limit and the evidence admissible.
It would be improper in the context of this question to presume that the defendant served the minimum term or any portion of the term to which he was sentenced. There are, of course, instances in which persons receiving sentences are not in fact incarcerated. A court should not presume confinement or the date of a release from confinement. The party seeking to impeach testimony has the responsibility of presenting proper evidence of an impeaching conviction.
The decisions cited by the People (People v. Dixon (1970), 46 Ill.2d 502; People v. Herzic (1956), 9 Ill.2d 572; People v. Meier (1954), 3 Ill.2d 29) to support the argument that we should presume that the sentence of the defendant was served concern situations relating to previous habitual criminal statutes. They do not have a bearing on the issue here.
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Topic: Clothes (11/02/12)
TITLE: The Basket Case
By Tim Pickl
Since it was such a pleasant, sunny day, I added two wash loads of clothes on the clotheslines, and then took a nap while I waited for another load of clothes to finish washing and for the clothes to finish drying outside.
I got up from my nap and stretched and then went outside, completely shocked.
All of my clothes were gone.
At first I thought maybe they had just blown away—something innocent. But as I looked closer, the clothespins were scattered on the ground.
My basket was gone, too. Someone stole my clothes!
"Mike, this is crazy, I can't believe this, this is crazy."
"What's crazy? Slow down. What's going on?"
"You won't believe what happened."
"What happened?"
"I just put my clothes out to dry on the clothesline and now they're all gone."
"Gone? You mean someone—"
"Yes! Someone stole them. I can't believe this."
"I'll come home. I can be there in about a half an hour."
"No, it's okay. I'll have to report this to the police."
"Don't call 911. Call the non-emergency number."
"Good idea."
I reported it to the police and then kind of forgot about the incident. A few weeks later, we had another gorgeous day. This time I asked my husband if he thought it was okay if I hung up the clothes outside again—because it was mostly his clothes that would be at risk this time around.
"Yeah, go ahead. It's all good. I contacted the police and they have several reported incidents in our area of clothes being stolen this summer. They have a few leads, and think they are close to nabbing the culprit."
"Okay, I just wanted to be sure."
"Oh, make sure you use the new green clothes basket."
"Already on it! I love you, Mike."
"I love you more."
That day was very similar to the sunny, breezy day when my clothes were stolen. I clipped Mike's clothes on the lines and prayed that the clothes would be safe. That day I had to run to the food market because we were almost out of coffee and weekly necessities.
But, while I was gone, Mike's clothes were stolen, too.
"Mike! You won't believe it—it happened again."
"What happened?"
"I put your clothes out to dry on the clothesline and now they're all gone."
"Gone? You mean someone—"
"Yes! Someone stole them again. I can't believe this."
"Okay, did they take the basket, too?"
"What do you mean, good?"
"I'll let you know as soon as I find out anything."
"Okay. I love you Mike. Be careful."
"I love you more. It's going to be okay."
To be honest, I did not think it was going to be okay. I just felt that having anything stolen from us was kind of creepy. While I waited, I finished washing the clothes, but used the clothes dryer instead of hanging them out on the clothesline. I had a few minutes to relax so I turned on the television and "surfed" through a few shopping channels, but I really wasn't in the mood to buy anything. Finally, I landed on an early local television news show. One of the famous anchors was explaining how to make Exquisite Pumpkin Pie. Then, on the bottom of the screen a BREAKING NEWS text alert scrolled:
Breaking News… Police arrest the Clothesline Bandit in an apparent clothes basket sting. Details to follow the Recipe for Success Show…
"Hi Mike?"
"Yes, I was about to call you. I just got off the phone with the police."
"What happened?"
"They had me duct tape a disposable cell phone on the bottom of our clothes basket. They were able to track the thief directly to his hideout."
"That's amazing! Did they save your clothes too?"
"Oh yes. Watch the report."
I was shocked as the police described the bandit as a young Boy Scout who was trying to gather clothes for a clothing drive for a local homeless shelter. When asked why he was taking the clothes, he answered, "Because everyone in this town refused to give me any clothes for the drive. They were all too busy or slammed the door in my face."
"Wow. I would have given him some clothes."
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- Our house is overflowing with my leaf plate and Mr. Potato head collections so I'm starting to collect something new, ampersands (the "&" symbol). I loved this picture that I saw from someone who collects the letter H, but a wall full of the letter F just isn't quite as lovely. Instead, I decided to go for ampersands because I love ampersands and they are a little more difficult to find, which makes the hunt all the more fun. Plus I love the idea of some day having a wall fun of ampersands over my writing desk so I could stare up at , "& . . . & . . . & . . ." as I write. So far my collection consists of one ampersand as pictured below (not much of a collection yet, but don't you love it?). PS-I thought this was an original idea and then Candice told me that one of her friends has a whole wall of ampersands.
- I am currently car-less. We were in an accident on the way home from church today, and while we are all shaken, but fine, I cannot say the same for my poor Isuzu Rodeo. The damage is pretty ugly, and we're waiting to find out how bad it really is. I LOVED my car and found myself wishing it could have happened in our junky Hyundai, but it's probably for the best as we may have been hurt were we in the Hyundai. I am guessing we may have to rent a car this weekend while the Garners are visiting because we can't all fit in one car and we only have one car! And how am I supposed to be working on secret Christmas plans if I don't have a car?
- My love for polka dots may be eclipsing my love for stars, and this is BIG news if you know me.
- I'm currently addicted to Simply Apple juice. It taste so fresh, crisp, and yummy!
5. I hate to admit this, but I'm probably up to my ears in library fines right now because I have a stack of books that I've been meaning to review so I keep holding on to them. I've slowly been working my way through them on the Children's Literature Book Club blog.
6. I love buying gifts. Larry and I used to have very different gift giving styles. I keep explaining to him that when you need to buy a gift, you are not supposed to walk around any given store and force yourself to find something for that person while you happen to be there simply because you are already there. You are supposed to think ahead of time about what that person might really love and then you specifically set out to buy that item. I actually really enjoy thinking about it and I have to say that over the years, Larry has become a fantastic gift buyer and now he even starts shopping way before me.


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Frontline Foundations, a drug addiction treatment center at 605 Michigan Ave., LaPorte (www.frontlinefoundations.com), teamed with a fellow addiction recovery source, The Artistic Recovery (TheArtisticRecovery.com), to present a video featuring LaPorte Mayor Blair Milo talking about sources available to address addiction and recovery in the community.
View the video by clicking on this link and then clicking on the video "LaPorte Mayor on addiction in the community": https://theartisticrecovery.com/video/
"One of the single most troubling undermining of the fiber of our community, and of our families, is that of opioid addiction," Milo said. "After we re-emphasize that a key to the reduction of opioid addiction is to ensure we do everything in our power to stop the illegal sale of drugs via criminal drug peddling and curb the profuse writing of prescriptions for opioids, we then need to focus on the importance of our supportive efforts for those addicted to pursue and succeed in recovery. I felt it important to share my interview with you that I recorded on this very critical issue. I hope you will take a few moments to hear what I had to say, desiring that it help us all recommit to understanding and supporting all the efforts being made in moving the dial in a positive direction in drug recovery efforts in our community."


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I was in the grocery store today, taking a very leisurely tour of the aisles.
I say leisurely because I was trapped behind a pair of very old, geriatric pre-fossils. The woman would like to stop at the end of each aisle and peer longingly down each one. You know? Rather than just reading the signs that have hung above the aisles, since the dawn of time?
I want to pull my hair out. Or pull her hair off. Her husband is doing his best and he is a trooper. He is focused. He is in the ZONE! He has that cart zeroed in on the far end of the store and is making his glacial way in that direction. He is a man on a mission. He will not be deterred by meaningless and time consuming side trips down aisles, so even though snails fly past him and he screams "THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD!" at them, he continues limping north.
His wife would stop him every few feet to tell him she was going down an aisle. He'd say "Make it quick." And carry on. He was so slow that he would just clear the end cap when his wife would return.
He was my kind of guy. In-and-out and get back home. Unfortunately he was the slow one and he was going as fast as his two hundred year old legs would carry him. He limped on one leg and favored the other.
When I finally made my move to pass the sluggish duo, I was met by what could only be a store full of Australian and British ex-pats.
Am I the only one with a driver's license? Am I the only one who drives on the right? More suppressed hair-pulling and fantasies of poking people with dull, possibly rusty, poking devices that give you tetanus just by looking directly at them.
Finally I was free. I had my four items that I came for and hopefully one of them was the toilet paper which was my sole reason for *really* coming to the store. I'm not looking down now because I can see my goal. The self-checkout. Naturally the shortest line is also the one filled with shoppers for whom negotiating US currency appears to be a novelty. They have also only just now realized they are in both the express lane and the self-checkout lane.
Panic has set in. They have already unloaded their cart but now have no idea were to go.
It's Sunday *and* Mother's Day so I was trying to keep the blasphemy to a minimum. I haven't shouted obscenities at anyone yet so I figured I was ahead of the game here. I'm doing great but still wishing for my rusty poker to poke people with.
There is nothing like patience in situations like this so I took a deep breath and wondered what patience would feel like. I tried to picture patience. What do patient people look like when they have ADD? Do they look like me? Do they feel like this? Do they feel stabby?
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Together Forever Mini Album
It's Friday again! I'm always happy when it's Friday, who doesn't? Lol :) I'm here to share a mini album that my friend commissioned me to make. Yep...you heard me right. Not a card but a mini album. I can't share the contents but only can show you some of the details inside.
The cover (I seriously love the butterfly!! Thanks Jessy! I'm considering of getting one soon)
Paper fabric by Dear Lizzy and butterfly die by Papertrey
Sheila knows I love ticket and bought me a pack of Maya Road's ticket (thank you my friend!)
Bought the tiny sentiment stamp from Wati not too long ago and I love the crisp result that the stamp gives. It's from Technique Tuesday by the way.
I got to run! We are having a group outing and my colleagues are waiting for me! See you soon!
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sooo pretty and girlie...so the fabbie butterfly on the cover...what die is that from? it is so lovely and intricate!ReplyDelete
It looks gorgeous Cindy! Love the butterfly! And the sweet colours! :)ReplyDelete
I don't need to see from my magic binoculars... ITs absolutely gorgeous... and yes I heart the butterfly too.. have a good one Cindy...xxReplyDelete
pretty cindy! love the butterfly diecut and fabric one too. adorable ticket! your friend will love it. thanks for sharing and have a great friday and weekend! *hugs* steph :)ReplyDelete
Great that you have completed the album! Tho u can't show the whole album it still look so beautifully done!!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful Cindy! I love all of the little details you put into it!ReplyDelete
Your mini is beautiful and I agree I love the butterfly on the cover. Can you tell us who it is made by?ReplyDelete
If it's got your touch, it's def gotta be beautiful ;) from the lil that's shown, I can see that's a truly gorgeous mini!! Your fren will love it gurl! ;)ReplyDelete
thi is just just gorgeous.. never made an album before... so this is just fabbie... yeah love that gorgeous butterfly :)ReplyDelete
What a perfect memory book. So much thought and detail seemed to go into it! Thanks for sharing!
This is just lovely!ReplyDelete
Ah...I'm sure your friend will LOVE this creation of yours, love the Maya Road stuff, so yummy!ReplyDelete
Love your mini Cindy - I can tell there is a enormous amount of detail. So pretty...More minis!!!ReplyDelete
Cindy it's a lovely album..the butterfly really looks the alike to the Hero Arts stamp butterfly..is that the Sizzix die-cut butterfly??ReplyDelete
Beautifully created my friend... the colours are just so sweet... and the details u put in look gorgeous...ReplyDelete


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At the beginning of August, a Turkish newspaper translated BuzzFeed's "10 Reasons Real Books AreBetter Than E-books" article to Turkish. I think this was in hopes of firing up debates among Turkish readers since e-books are getting more available here as well.
Having been skeptical of e-reading at first, I can say all my doubts went away when I got the chance to actually hold an e-reader and see what it was like to read on one. Ever since my family got me a Kindle on my birthday last January, I've been glued to it, and I'm not willing to let it go. Of course, this doesn't mean I'm ditching my "real" books, as BuzzFeed puts it.
Aren't e-books "real" books? To me, they're as real as a book on paper because they have all the pages which you can just as easily read. So, shouldn't we call the "real" books "printed books" or "books on paper" instead? Anyways; let's move onto the 10 reasons why printed books are better than e-books and how I do not agree with all of them.
(The parts in italics are taken directly from BuzzFeed's list)
You can read books in the bath.
I'm sure many bookworms will agree with me when I say that reading a book is tricky around water whether it's printed or electronic or carved on stone. BuzzFeed suggests that if you drop your printed book in the tub, you can just blow dry it, and it will be "good as new." Well, NO, they will NOT be good as new because the pages are gonna stick and the ink's gonna get all messed up. So you need to be just as careful with your printed books and e-readers when you're in water. Or just leave them somewhere dry and don't take the risk at all.
No need to turn off your book on a plane.
This is true, but Kindle (I don't know about other devices) has an airplane mode just like cellphones and tablets do. BussFeed's point is that you won't have to close a printed book even for a few minutes on the plane, but with finding your seat, and the people around you getting seated and all that, you'll lose some reading minutes anyway.
You can read in the sun.
I've read on my Kindle in the sun and had no problems.
They will fill your shelves.
This is also true, but… I have so many books that I'm having a hard time fitting them onto shelves. I have a small apartment, so it's not like I can get as many shelves as I need without having to move the rest of my furniture out. If I really like a book I've read on Kindle, I'll go buy a printed copy of it as well. If I feel it's a book I don't want to own or wouldn't read again, it stays on my hard drive and saves me physical space.
Antique books are amazing.
This is also true. E-books aren't stopping anyone from obtaining antique books. And what's better, you can store your antique book safely and pet it once in a while, and if you want to re-read it, you can do it on your Kindle without damaging that beauty.
You can't get an e-book signed.
Another correct point. But the thing is, if you go to a signing, printed copies of the author's book will be available for sale right then and there. Also, when I met one of my favorite Turkish authors randomly, I didn't have his book with me. I told him how I was a fan, and he signed my journal that I always carry with me. As long as you ask for their autograph, they wouldn't even mind signing a napkin for you.
Libraries and bookstores.
Both are important, and none of them are going to die because we're not going to let them. I was recently in Helsinki, Finland, and I went into Akateeminen Kirjakauppa (Academic Bookstore) 2-3 times, and it was always crowded. Turkish bookstores are the same. And libraries let you touch everything and then borrow the book you want, so they'll be around.
Finishing a long book is more rewarding this way.
They mean finishing a big, printed book is more rewarding, which I think is rather ridiculous because whoever wrote it apparently hasn't carried around Murakami's IQ84 or The House of Leaves. If you love reading stories, any length is rewarding because you get to experience new worlds and characters. To me, this point would only be valid with big school books because finishing them would mean the school year is over and done with.
They inspire tattoos.
They inspire much better tattoos, which has nothing to do with the format they come in. An example:
Books don't die.
Meaning even if they get torn they will never run out of juice and leave you disappointed right in the middle of a story. My Kindle's battery goes on for days, for one thing. The second thing is… You make sure to charge your phone so it doesn't die on you during the day. This is something we used to. So, doing the same thing for our e-readers isn't a burden. Am I right or am I right?!
Getting down to my main point: I do not want printed word to die; I can't honestly imagine life without it. But we should also be aware of how convenient e-books are and how they make life easier. Why the hate? If you're dying to read a novel, you don't have to get dressed and drive yourself to the nearest bookstore. You don't even have to get out of bed. Just clickityclick and you got it! I think we should enjoy e-books instead of hating them.


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The Boardman Spartans celebrated Senior Night Feb. 8 during the girls basketball game against the Lakeside Dragons.
Nothing would've spoiled such a celebratory event than a third consecutive loss by the Lady Spartans. Boardman was coming off a pair of losses to All-American Conference Red Tier rivals Canfield and Howland, so another dud against lowly Ashtabula Lakeside would've acted as a buzz kill.
Thankfully, Boardman's 76-32 victory allowed its three seniors to have one last night of honor at home.
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Senior Alexis Doland scores her two points on short jumper from in the paint in the fourth quarter of Boardman's 76-32 win over Ashtabula Lakeside. The varsity Spartans then earned victories over Youngstown East, 62-38, and Cardinal Mooney, 54-45, making their overall record 12-9 and 5-7 in the All-American Conference Red Tier.
"We lost a heartbreaker to Canfield and then two days later, we had to play a very good Howland team," Boardman head coach Jeff Hammerton said "We regrouped nicely for a huge win on Senior Night. We did it for (Lauren) Gabriele, (Lauren) Pavlansky and (Alexis) Doland."
Gabriele paced the Spartans' scoring attack against Lakeside with 23 points. She also yanked down 12 rebounds. Junior Jenna Vivo had a great all-around night with 21 points, eight assists and five steals. Pavlansky put in 18 points to go along with four assists and four steals.
Five Spartans then secured double-digits in the team's 62-38 blowout of Youngstown East Saturday. Vivo led the way with 14 points. Gabriele scored 13 points. Alicia Saxton scored a dozen points. Pavlansky picked up 11 points, while Cate Green added 10.
Despite being tied with the lowly Panthers at half time, Boardman's 41-17 run in the second half earned the Spartans their third league triumph. The defensive performance by the Spartans after halft ime is the type Hammerton is hoping to see once the Division I tournament commences next week.
"We played a great second half against East," Hammerton said. "We are really working on our half court, man-to-man and zone defenses. We go long periods sometime without scoring, so we really want to focus on making every possession a difficult one for our opponents."
The varsity girls then earned a third consecutive win against Cardinal Mooney, 54-45, at the Monday nonconference road game. Vivo had a game-high 26 points to lead Boardman past the Cardinals.
Carolyn Kay led the 10-9 Cardinals with nine points for a Mooney team, which shot 16 of 48 from the floor.
Boardman's opponent in the opening game of the Akron SVSM District is Red Tier and seventh-seeded Warren G. Harding. The fifth-seeded Spartans swept the 10-12 (2-10 in the AAC Red Tier) Lady Raiders this season, but only by a combined 13 points.
That's why it will be important for Hammerton's ladies to pick up the defensive pressure once again.
"We have to be ready to play great defense because (Harding) can score in bunches," the coach said.
A win over the Raiders will send the Spartans into the sectional round against fantastic 16-5 and third-seeded Austintown Fitch.
Unlike their success against Harding, the Spartans had trouble tripping up the Lady Falcons. The Austintown girls upended the Boardman bunch in both of the schools' meetings this winter.
"It will be tough to play Fitch with a sectional crown in the balance," Hammerton said. "We play two teams (in the tournament) we know very well, so there won't be many surprises."
The tournament tilt versus Harding will be played 1 p.m. Saturday in Boardman. The winner of the first round will then battle the Austintown Falcons 7 p.m. Feb. 23 in Austintown.
Before the beginning of the postseason, the Spartans had one last remaining regular-season game Wednesday against Ursuline.


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Ok so I have been voting mad everyday for the Irish guy to win the job or the wildcard entry for this best job in the world. I've looked at the top four and the top two women don't seem like any craic at all! The girl who is number one comes across as a bit of a Ham and no bit of craic in her at all. Do we need to see a nerd blogging about the great barrier reef i don't think it would be very entertaining. However I'd rather go for a pint with her than the next hobag.
The russian girl comes across as being a bit of a tramp, she only barely mentions the fact that she's a marine biologist and then she goes into how great a body she has. Well good for you but your not getting my vote lady, try using something else rather than sex to sell yourself! (and oh my god the state of your bikini, how high have you pulled up the bottoms??)
Now the canadian guy looks like he could be proper competition. His was funny and light hearted and if I wasn't voting for george I'd def vote for him!
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The Bitter Taste of Rejection
Several weeks ago I applied and interviewed for an admissions position at a local community college. On Tuesday I received my rejection email from the HR department. It went a little something like this:
Rejection emails are the worst. I fondly remember receiving my rejection email from UConn's HESA program back in the day. I spent the following afternoon weeping over my failure and inevitable homelessness. (In my defense, it was a very abrupt email.)
I'll admit that I was pretty disappointed about not getting the job. I was hoping to have an easy time of it. I wanted a life that involved a guaranteed job with minimal effort! I wanted to breeze through my last semester of graduate school with a job securely in place.
Yeah, so that bubble has burst.
I am relieved that the waiting is over. This job application was pretty awkward for me, since I applied for a position that was within the department I'm currently interning for. I've walked on eggshells these past weeks, feeling uncertain whether or not my stay would be permanent. I felt it would be inappropriate to talk to anyone in the office about the interview. The Dean of Admissions, whom I would have loved to discuss this experience with, was on the search committee and therefore couldn't really chat about it. My rejection now means that I can talk to her again! Talk about a silver lining.
Needless to say, I'm not taking this rejection too personally. I think my optimism stems from recognizing that it's very early in the job search. I haven't even started my last semester of grad school yet! Also, this was my first rejection. Maybe once I have a string of rejection emails I'll complain a little more about my dreaded future as a paralegal. Until then, I've found two positions to apply for over the weekend. Time to move on.


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Alex Carroll (born March 18, 1992) is a Canadian football wide receiver who plays for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He previously attended Queen's University where he played college football for the Golden Gaels and studied political science.
Born: 18 March, 1992
Height: 5ft 11in (1.80 m)
Weight: 195 lbs (88.5 kg)
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The magic of a place like India is that, with over a billion people living in it, there is a high chance that someone, somewhere is doing the stupidest thing you can possibly imagine. Even if you were forced to sit down and imagine the stupidest thing possible, however, it's not certain that you would come up with the concept of throwing hundreds of babies off a roof.
Nonetheless, campaigners in Karnataka face on uphill struggle in trying to ban the annual event which couples hope will bring the child good luck, or at least a penchant for bungee jumping in later life. Here's a video. Look how much fun they're having:
Prior to his death (and subsequent canonisation by the guilt-ridden, short-term-memory-inflicted morons of the world), there was one man who flirted with the idea of throwing babies from high places but even his diseased brain was able to stop himself from letting go. His antics were a bit tame in comparison.


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So after the hard drive failed on our mac laptop, the hard drive began to fail on the pc that mom gave me! We took our mac in to "compugeeks" to see if they could get the data off of the hard drive after the computer completely shut down last Sunday. We were a bit worried since daniel had his writings from the past few years, all his students grades, I had pictures, and we both had tons of music and of course most of it was not backed up! Thankfully they are able to get our stuff off of the hard drive (hopefully as I will know for sure tomorrow when I go pick it up.) We were very thankful to have the pc but it soon showed the same error message "smart drive failing." That happened at the beginning of last week and I called mom on Thursday complaining about our problems and she offered to give us her desktop pc that she doesn't use. I had my first dance class and was the host for this weeks early learners coop so I couldn't drive up there to get it so mom volunteered to bring it to us. About an hour later mom was on her way with the new computer! She stayed the whole weekend and played with the girls and even took them out yesterday to give me and daniel the afternoon off so we could hang out alone. It was a very relaxing ending to what was a very stressful week! THANKS MOM
Daniel found this snake in the yard yesterday while cleaning up. Ellen was not afraid to hold it and as you can tell she loved it!
This is a picture of us eating lunch the other day. We like to sit out on our back deck when it's so warm back there. The girls were being silly and I had to get a picture of the outfit that Arianna had on. She picked that out. She loves to wear things that are colorful and I love to see what she comes up with. I think this was the second or third change of clothes that she made for the day.
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† has brought us Justice
I will, without a doubt, be buying the album when it comes out: I've only heard a couple of tracks but I certainly haven't been disappointed. I suppose it is with this admission that it has fallen to Justice to be Daft Punk's natural successors as the saviours of French dance music; There's been a relatively dry spot in terms of great dance tunes since the likes of Homework and Discovery in Daft Punk's better years. Well, you only need to click the links below and download the two tracks I've include by Justice to see that this is all about to change. Enjoy, and please comment if you love Justice as much as I do. Also, has anyone out there heard the new Simian Mobile Disco album? Any good?
Justice- D.A.N.C.E.mp3
Justice-Me Against the Music.mp3


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The majority of all online brokers in forex offer demo or game account for free so you can preview their platform. It is highly recommend to trade forex under one of these demo accounts before ever trading live so that you can gain experience and confidence in your trading.
After you do begin with your real account it is important to begin using very low leverage. The most important focus of a forex trader should always be being mindful of risk.
As you are learning about forex trading pay attention to the most important part of trading money management. People are often in a rush to get started trading before they are ready, take you time and understand what you are doing before trading.
Since there are no limits on demo trading you can take your time trading under a simulated environment for as long as you like before you open an account with a broker. Trade for at least three months of making consistent profits before making the jump to a live account.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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All you people out there: Mark your diaries/ organizers/ blackberries/other planning devices with this important date and time!
You should visit our online shop if you sit all day in the library having a nervous twitch because of impending project deadlines & exams. The only excuse for not visiting our shop is if by some series of unfortunate events, you find yourself suddendly stranded on a deserted island with no internet connection.
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Starting Off #3: Foundation
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After a lot of research, I recently purchased an Acer Aspire One netbook with a 8.9" screen, 1GB of memory and 160GB disk, webcam, built in microphone and speakers (great for Skype when traveling,) wireless, 3 USB ports and an external card reader-all for $400 Cdn. Since we already have a couple of decent laptops, the purchase was for a specific function rather than to replace one of them. We use it to make PowerPoint presentations for external classes so it seemed a natural to try and find something small and lightweight because most laptops with 15" screens weigh in around 7-8 pounds if you include the charging cord. The netbook weighs about 3 pounds including the charger, just over 2 pounds without it. The footprint of the netbook is approximately 1/2 the size of a regular laptop.
Considering the size and weight difference plus a much lower price point, this is perfect for our requirements. Should you consider purchasing one for your main PC? Possibly, as long as you understand its limitations.
First, the things I like. Obviously the size and weight are great. Considering how small the screen is, I'm amazed at the clarity and brightness of it. Sure, it's small but if its your main system, you can connect it to an external monitor, which I do even with my main laptop. Also, you probably want to consider an external mouse and keyboard if it's your main system. I'm also surprised at its speed, given that it only has 1 GB of memory although that can be expanded to 2 easily with a memory stick. The standard processor in a netbook is an Intel Atom and because of this and the 1 GB of memory, the Operating System is Windows XP.
There are some drawbacks and the main one is that netbooks don't usually come with an optical drive (CD or DVD) which means if you want to load programs you can't get from the internet, you're going to have to buy an external device for approximately $50. There are ways to load programs from memory cards but the procedure is somewhat technical. I'd like to see software vendors make their systems available in these formats but they are more costly that a DVD or CD.
A decision you'll have to make is disk size. You can reduce the unit price if you purchase a basic model with a Solid State Drive (SSD) and between 8-16GB of disk space. Of course, that's not a lot so you may have to end up getting an external drive, so why not just get a decent size drive to start? I also read that SSDs can run slower but a benefit is that the unit will weigh even less and apparently an SSD drive is much less prone to getting damaged if the unit is bumped around when being carried. A unit with an SSD will run cooler but heat doesn't seem to be a problem with the 160 GB drive. Again, consider your expected usage requirements when considering this option.
Since the unit is small, you have to expect some challenges both with the keyboard and mouse. Both take some getting used to so external units should be considered. Also, if you aren't using an external monitor, you'll probably have to get your reading glasses on, although as I said, the display is bright and crisp, so it is mainly a matter of getting used to the smaller display. There are also 10" screens available but that increases the size and weight of the unit by about 20%. Again, consider how you are going to use it. I opted for the smaller unit because it is like traveling with a medium sized hard cover book.
In summary, if you are in the market for a new laptop, give this some consideration, especially if your needs centre mainly around email and internet usage. If you are looking for a travel companion and don't need heavy computing requirements, a netbook is a good solution. Also be sure to shop around. The main producers of netbooks are Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Toshiba and Sony (very chic and very pricy.) They all come with a 1 year warranty and given the low cost, they are really just a commodity that will be replaced if when it breaks down after the warranty expires.


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"I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student."
~Edward Zwick
I had the privilege of working with two very talented teams of filmmakers yesterday: Jpixx from Virginia Beach and final.revised based here in Richmond, Virginia.
I am currently part of the Richmond team, final.revised, and look forward to a long, productive relationship.
This was my first time working with Jpixx.
Hopefully not my last.
In case you haven't seen them, the two projects I helped create with final.revised are:
2011 ~ final.revised ~ 48 Hour Film Project
Winner of BEST use of line. BEST editing. BEST acting. BEST writing. BEST directing. BEST FILM. Audience Winner Group C.
|Me as Tyler Hampton, Summer League, 2011, Photo Courtesy of final.revised
To watch Summer League click on the word funny.
2012 ~ final.revised ~ 48 Hour Film Project
Winner of BEST costumes. BEST ensemble acting. Audience Award Winner Group B.
|Original Poster created by J.e.Matzer.
To watch Foot Patrol click on the words more funny.
The photo above is from the beautifully crafted In Captivity from Jpixx. Winner of The 48 Hour Film Project in 2011.
Please take a minute to watch their work after reading this blog entry. You won't be sorry. Just click on the title of the movie highlighted above.
Creating a film is a roller-coaster ride. Creating a film is like the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark...an adventure where there is a giant boulder chasing you every minute.
But... 48 hours to write, cast, shoot and edit an eight minute movie?
Are you kidding me?
It's a crash course for anyone...novice or professional!
The three films above are a testament to those who gathered to create them. Amazing teams. Amazing. Such talent! In front of and behind the cameras.
Yes. These were long, hard days but they were long hard days bursting at the seams with creativity from start to finish.
And...to have the opportunity to work with both of these teams?
It took all of about two seconds to agree to taking part of this opportunity when I received an email at the beginning of the week.
Of course I had to consider my health.
Could I really take part and not be a hindrance or distraction?
I would risk it. How could I not?
I just had to make sure I wouldn't be jumping off any trains..or bending over to put on socks.
I wonder if directors are able to watch films objectively or do they scrutinize...criticize...what they are watching? Are they able to watch but not see?
Can a chef go to dinner and just enjoy the meal?
I ask those questions because even after my own limited experience, I find myself looking at movies, television shows and even commercials with a different eye now. I have a whole new appreciation...understanding...respect for the medium.
I guess in the long run, it all depends on the individual. Some, I suppose, are able to distance themselves and enjoy.
Maybe it's the writer in me who is listening more carefully now to the words the actors are speaking...the artist in me who is noticing the cinematography and the actor who is watching every nuance of the performances.
I guess maybe we all do that thing.
You know. That thing where you watch someone do something and you wonder if you could do it differently...better.
Or...once again...is it just me?
As I just said, I have a new profound appreciation for the process of film-making.
First off, as a creative person, I love it. I love the collaboration...sitting around a table and throwing out ideas...chipping away all the excess til we have honed something special...magical...that will entertain.
Again, I understand it's all about perspective. I have been extremely fortunate to work with the teams I have worked with over the past two years. I know not everyone has the same experience.
This is art...a creative process. Personalities, opinions and egos are at play.
I've been lucky. Except for one instance, I haven't seen any of those things.
Certainly not in my experience yesterday.
Maybe it's that I am doing small, independent films. I would imagine things are much different in Hollywood.
Hollywood. Hollyweird. La-La Land. Tinseltown.
For there on the West Coast the process of making a film is much different than what I've been experiencing. It has to be. Everything there is amped up to Level 1000 where movies may take a year to film and budgets may soar over a hundred million dollars.
These wonderful short films I am taking part in are a great way for me to dip my feet into the pool...test the waters....and hopefully learn how to tread water without sinking to the bottom.
Andy Garcia used to know how to swim.
I wonder what happened.
I like Andy Garcia. Lately, though, it just seems like he's doing Andy Garcia doing Kevin Spacey doing Al Pacino. SERIOUSLY. What was with that Southern accent in Smokin' Aces? Who was your voice coach, Andy? Foghorn Leghorn?
But...sadly...Garcia's ass is at the bottom of the pool...right next to Vince Vaughan...Michael Cera (SAME GUY-EVERY MOVIE!!) and Kristen Stewart (CONSTANTLY LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE HAS POOPED HER PANTS).
I know. I know. I know.
Who am I?
Where do I get off?
I've done two movies and I'm passing judgement on these actors?
Yes I am.
It's my blog.
Still, I know exactly where I am at this point in my burgeoning acting career. I'm a beginner.
I do know I have talent but that's not enough. I need to learn how to use that talent. I am learning about the process. More importantly, I am learning about myself.
Sometimes its hard.
Seeing myself, for instance, on the small screen that is my laptop (and on the big-screen of The Byrd Theatre for the screenings of Summer League and Foot Patrol) is like looking into a mirror. I notice everything and I am my own worse critic.
As much as I love the process of film making, I have to be honest and say I hate seeing myself on screen. I've heard other people say the same thing. About themselves. I mean I've never heard anyone say they hate seeing me on screen.
Why? Have you heard something?
Is Andy Garcia running his mouth?
See...the difference between me and all those other poor souls is those people don't have my head. I mean...I have an enormous melon. You could show drive-in movies on my head. It's a big, big head.
Stewie on Family Guy? Modeled after photos of me as a baby.
I hate hearing my own voice too. I have a Kermit-the-Froggy sort of voice.
I don't even like hearing my own voice on an answering machine. Its one of the reasons I never call myself.
"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory." ~Alan Alda
I have to get over being so self-conscious.
Trust me. I have no allusions of ever being a leading man.
I'm a character actor and I am very okay with that.
"I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity." ~Geoffrey Rush
"What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows." ~Martin Short
I need to be more comfortable in my own skin and be more comfortable seeing that skin on screen.
Not how I meant to say that.
Trust me.
Oh boy.
The project I completed yesterday is, as of today, still an unnamed project.
This was the first collaboration between folks from final.revised and Jpixx. We don't really know what we're going to do with our effort when we finish or, for that matter, when we'll finish. It began as a very organic process and will continue in the same fashion until it's in the can.
I like to think of this untitled project...this collaboration...as a first date.
One of those first dates that goes really well..where you feel like dancing while you're on it and for some time after it.
It wasn't one of those first dates where you pick up your date and you step on dog poo in her front yard as you're walking towards the front door...and then..when you're at dinner...you eat shellfish because she's trying to be cute and before you know it she feeds you one of her lobster poppers like you're a baby because she doesn't know you're allergic to seafood and then you spend the rest of the date purple, bloated and throwing up in the men's room...and then...as you're walking back to her front door you step into the same pile-albeit more pressed into the lawn-pile of dog poo...and then just as your about to make your move to kiss her goodnight...you throw up just one more time...before noticing your zipper has been down all night.
This was one of those first dates. One of those first dates that when it was over...and you say 'goodbye' you are smiling a big, goofy smile and you know, as soon as you slide into your car, you know you want to go out again.
"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."
~Robert Downey Jr.
I consider myself a professional and I bring a certain level of dedication...drive to what I do. Whatever it might be at the moment.
I'm in the process of learning about Jody the film actor.
I certainly hope that process never ends.
"I always tell the truth. Even when I lie." ~Al Pacino
Well. I can't lie. I learned something new about myself as an actor yesterday while filming.
I learned about sacrifice.
Sacrifice. That's a big word with a lot of meanings.
I do know, now especially, that as an actor, you have to be prepared to make sacrifices.
Stay with me for a second...
Daniel Day-Lewis just won an OSCAR for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Speilberg's Lincoln.
When you talk about sacrifice for a role, you have to mention Day-Lewis, because his preparations and sacrifices for movie roles are legendary. It is the reason he is one of our best actors and I say actor-even though he works primarily in film-and not movie star.
Here are some examples of how Day-Lewis has prepared for and sacrificed for some of roles:
- Last of the Mohicans: 1992: ...lived off the land for six months, learning how to fish, hunt and even skin animals. (I would also wager he spent some time on a treadmill)
- In The Name of the Father: 1993: Daniel Day Lewis slept in a jail cell and only ate prison rations.
- The Crucible: 1996: He lived on location, in the replica village, without running water or electricity and even built his own house with 17th century tools.
- The Boxer: 1997: Daniel Day Lewis tattooed his hands and trained as a real fighter, twice a day, seven days a week, for nearly three years. It has been said he could have turned professional.
- Gangs of New York: 2002: ...worked as a butcher, picked fights with strangers and even caught pneumonia because he refused to wear anything but period clothes.
I know that.
I have immeasurable respect for him...and all other actors who are able to do what they do.
It is truly not as easy as it seems.
Acting in a film, television show or even a commercial is not just saying words in front of a camera. There are so many things going on...so many elements of the process I'd never really ever thought about.
Well. That's not entirely true, I guess. I had thought about them...just not as a participant...only as a viewer.
Walk a mile in a man's shoes...right?
Immersing myself into the process of creating a film...as writer and actor...has opened my eyes to a whole new world.
I would imagine that there are few instances where a scene in a film is shot once and the director yells 'Cut! Print! Let's move on to Scene..whatever!"
You're going to shoot several takes.
You've got to and in each, you have to bring it. Bring it!
Maybe the director wants you to improvise a little.
Maybe you're working with a director who wants the exact same thing you just did but different.
Magic can happen when you least expect it, whether its TAKE ONE or TAKE 20.
Remember the diner scene in Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally?
Recall the scene in which Meg Ryan simulates having an...oh...how do I say this?
Totally improvised. And the woman? Rob Reiner's mother.
So you never know.
You just have to listen to your director and do the job. Check your ego at the door and roll with punches and remember it's not about you...I know...hard to believe...but it isn't. It's about the bigger picture. It's about getting the best possible shot...capturing the best moment on film and honoring the story.
It is written in The Book of Guiness Records that during the filming of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, it took 127 takes to shoot the scene where Shelley Duvall's character swings a bat at Jack Nicholson. Now there is some disagreement in regards to the number of actual takes, but whether it was 127, 140 or 34, that's still a lot of Let's-do-it-again's.
Blame it on Kubrick's perfectionism, Duvall, the fact they were using a Steadi-cam, a new technique for shooting film in 1980, or a combination of all of the above.
We didn't have the time to shoot 127 takes for the same scene yesterday. That is not to say we didn't have to shoot a few takes for a particular scene.
Yogurt. Why Did It Have To Be Yogurt?
Let me just say, I'm not a big yogurt fan. I'm not a little yogurt fan.
I like some yogurt-based sauces.
I have had frozen yogurt.
I have never, let's say, just sat down and eaten almost 16 ounces of yogurt.
16 ounces of vanilla yogurt. 16. Ounces. That's a lot of freakin' yogurt.
Without giving too much away, I say yogurt plays a key role in our short film and my character has to eat some.
Sure. Some sounds good.
I had to ask myself:
What would Daniel Day Lewis do?
What would Daniel Day-Lewis do?
What would Daniel Day-Lewis do?
"Well," I told myself, "Daniel Day-Lewis would have probably worked at the yogurt factory for a year, then worked as a stock boy in the store where the yogurt was sold and then probably changed his name to Dannon (Yoplait is just a little too French) and then eaten nothing but his namesake for a few weeks prior to filming."
As we have already established, I am not Daniel Day-Lewis.
Here's the thing.
I didn't even know we were 100% certain we were going the yogurt road.We had talked about it. I mean, yogurt was mentioned. It sounded like a great idea. My point is...I just hadn't given much thought to the idea of how much yogurt I might be eating.
Notice I said eating and not enjoying.
Due to mostly to my experience in front of the camera, we had to take numerous takes of my yogurt eating scenes.
Oh the humanity.
The crazy thing is that after a while I was just eating yogurt...whether or not I needed to. That big ol' spoon just kept finding its way to my mouth. I couldn't help it. I was on automatic pilot.
What's up with that?
"How much yogurt can a person eat before they explode," I wondered.
LiVESTRONG.com says there's no limit to how much yogurt a person can eat in one day just that after a certain point, there's no benefit from it.
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Take a nice big spoonful and act like I like it.
Take a nice big spoonful, smile and act like I like it.
We got through it. The director and crew were very patient with me.
It wasn't horrible and I survived.
Although, I have to admit, during the subsequent scenes, my stomach did become a second actor on set.
Just as sound and cameras were rolling and all was quiet...a strange noise filled the bedroom where we were filming.
~weeee oooooo weeeee ahhhhhhhh weeeeeee~
Like a dolphin singing Dylan.
Like someone strangling an accordion with a goose inside it.
It started off as a low grumbling...a tiny little moan...a sigh of high-pitched whines. There was some rumbling. A trembling.
This isn't my house. Please GOD don't let me fart.
This isn't my house. Please GOD don't let me fart.
This isn't my house. Please GOD don't let me fart.
I feared that an alien would burst through my chest wall and go scurrying down the carpeted hallway.
Or worse.
The word explosive kept coming to mind.
I feared the worst.
I feared a priest would come in and start dousing me with holy water.
My poor stomach.
The play must go on though! Right? Right? RIGHT?!
As the sun set, we hurried to get all the shots needed to finish the day's work.
I don't want to say "It's a wrap!" because there's still some work to do. I'm glad too because it was a good day spent with good...very talented...people.
I made a film.
I made some new friends.
Not a bad way to spend a Saturday if I do say so myself.
and that's 'Jody' with a 'y'
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"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there." ~ Meryl Streep
|Summer League ~ 2011
"Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Maggie Rizer Marriage Style
Wedding guests lingered in small cafes on Main Street, drank wine under the serene sky in blue jeans and sneakers. . .
And slowly made their way to Saint Agnes Church for one of the most beautiful, romantic weddings we've ever seen. It was quintessential, laid back, all American Maggie Style. Of course, her golden retrievers Henry and Albert walked down the aisle, and while Maggie graces the cover of Town and Country Weddings as a bride this month. . .
. . . nothing could quite compare with the beauty as she left the church as Mrs. Alexander Mehran, her stunning Oscar de la Renta gown trailing like a whisper.
In that brief moment as the new couple exited the church into the September sunlight, one of her childhood friends murmured, "It's so beautiful because it's. . . Maggie." The most romantic girl in the world on her wedding day. Yes, that was exactly why.
Guests moved to The Lake Placid Lodge in anticipation of one of the most breathtaking arrivals of a bride and groom we have ever seen; Maggie and Alex (and Henry and Albert) arrived by boat as twilight set in over the lake.
The groom helped his bride off the boat while Henry and Albert plunged unexpectedly into the lake, golden heads bobbing in delight. We moved into the tented reception area and celebrated with the couple well into the night. . .
But the most spellbinding moment of the evening was the song they chose and the dance itself. . .
As Alex enveloped Maggie in his arms and they danced to Van Morrison's Someone Like You, there was not a dry eye in the room.
And because Maggie is Maggie, she is already on email and facebook, texting friends and family about their impending honeymoon travels and how she might be the happiest wife in the world.
We send you all the love in the world, beautiful girl.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Charlie In His Sweater...Just For Chris!
This is just because Chris wanted to see a picture of Charlie in his sweater. In case you are wondering, that is his gut hanging down. Fainting goats are used as meat goats. Charlie only stands about 18" high. Can't imagine getting much meat off of him. Too sweet to eat. He knows his name and comes when we calls him.
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As you can see by the hole in the roof, this is what we started with. There was water damage that permeated the entire front ceiling panel. It appeared that this was fairly new water damage though, so I did not run into mold or really that much damage to the surfaces that the ceiling was in contact with (i.e. walls). The nice part was that I did not need tools to remove the ceiling. A gloved hand moved through it all.
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Huge Thanks to those that helped us reach our Patreon Goal! Already we have used these funds to get Christie A much better microphone and to help fund hosting of this show on Soundcloud. The website is now functional and it will be updated as the episodes are finished being edited (Thanks Gabe). We will continue to improve the show with your support and have a few 5 Minute Personalized Podcast's on the way Soon™ and hope to have many more to come.
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Episode 2 – Tiny Toons, Owls, Snowdays, Random Battles
Hazencruz talks about why Tiny Toons is responsible for the influx of furry fetish porn we saw in the early 2000's on deviant art, while Christie describes how much he would definitely bang an owl. Matt carries on about how great snowdays are in up in Leafistan, and how much random encounter battles in video games gum up the works and artificially inflate the longevity of an RPG. We hear some Clegg Goss and play a shitty bit That Hazencruz threw together 30 minutes before the show,-before finally rounding out with how shitty children's birthday parties are and what a cop-out it is to say "Nice!" to someone in response to something you don't actually care about, instead of just telling them to fuck off.
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NICK Clegg has admitted he wanted to slap David Cameron on more than 20 occasions during their time in coalition.
In a lively interview on an anarchic late-night chat show, the Deputy Prime Minister also said Boris Johnson was more of a "twat" than a statesman.
During the appearance on The Last Leg, he was asked how many times in the last five years he had wanted to give the Prime Minister a slap.
"A few times, yes, and, I think, likewise," he replied.
Pressed on whether it was more than 10 or 20 times, he said: "Oh, more than that."
During a "showdown" with presenter Alex Brooker, who deployed a "bull**** buzzer" when he was unhappy with the quality of the Liberal Democrat leader's answers, Mr Clegg faced a barrage of tricky questions.
Asked if the London mayor was a statesman or a twat, he replied: "A bit more of the latter."
Mr Clegg repeatedly refused to choose whether he preferred Mr Cameron or Chancellor George Osborne.
Labour's Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, talks "a lot of sense on Europe", he said.
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But asked if he ever looked over at Labour and wished he had gone into coalition with it instead, Mr Clegg said: "No, not very much".
"I just think they have both got it a bit wrong at the moment, actually. I think they are both lurching left and right."
After repeated prodding, Mr Clegg admitted that, on a scale of one to 10, his angst over the decision to ditch his promise on tuition fees was a nine and a half.
Brooker turned the screw on the Lib Dem leader right from the start of the live show, warning him: "This ain't going to help your poll ratings."
When Mr Clegg grabbed hold of the presenter's pocket handkerchief, Brooker, who has a disability, told him: "You've done enough bad things to the disabled."
In making a pitch to get the sceptical interviewer to cast a vote at the upcoming general election, the party leader said not voting would be like going into high street food chain Nando's, not putting in an order and then complaining if you were unhappy with what you were served.
Brooker later told the Deputy Prime Minister he had been a "good sport".
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There's a new challenge blog out there: THE CANARY BLOG and if you follow them and commit to their challenge this week, you can have a free Krista Smith image. I love Krista's images, so had to have a go. I chose to go CAS for this one. I cut the Cheery Lynn french lattice and stuck it to some plain white card and then cut my image with my Spellbinders Floral Oval and that, as they say, is that, lol.
Winter Wonderland.
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Mondelez Launches SmartLabel App
Mondelez International this week launched one of the first sponsored SmartLabel apps to give shoppers on-the-spot, in-store access to detailed product information.
The free app lets shoppers immediately find additional information on roughly 1,100 products in Mondelez's U.S. snack product portfolio (as well as on the smartlabel.org website). Users who scan a special QR code or the product's UPC on packaging are sent directly to a database of detailed information about ingredients, nutrition facts and allergens. Scanbuy Inc. created the app.
Launched in December 2015, the SmartLabel initiative brought together various industry constituents to help consumer packaged goods companies meet the growing consumer demand for product transparency. Mondelez was one of the first CPGs to join the effort.
"With SmartLabel, Mondelez International is demonstrating our commitment to consumers' focus on well being," said Naomi Rosenfeld, the company's marketing director, well-being strategy, North America. "SmartLabel gives us an opportunity to meet consumers' desire for clear access to information about the products we sell."
Unilever also has a SmartLabel app that also was produced by Scanbuy Inc., which was part of the original Business to Consumer Alliance — started by GS1 and driven forward by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute — that ultimately led to the initiative.
Product information management company ItemMaster has a universal app that provides information on roughly 80,000 products.


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The Church School of Saint George strives to teach our children the Orthodox faith: understanding of our history, basic beliefs, active participation in liturgy, and Christian living.
Our staff of volunteer teachers, aides, and support people serves our young people, three year olds through high school seniors. Using the curriculum of the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Church School staff strives to improve its knowledge and skills through workshops, retreats, and conferences.
The success of the Church School depends on us all, and through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, we have been blessed with the loyal support of our priest, our parents, and the congregation at large.
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