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Monday, September 26, 2011
Twitter Power 2.0
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Introduction: What Can Twitter Do for You? xv
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Social Media
Landscape 1
So What Exactly Is Social Media? 2
Social Media, So What? Why Social Media Really
Is a Big Deal 5
The Different Types of Social Media Sites—
Content to Suit Every Market 9
A Closer Look at Microblogging 15
Introducing . . . Twitter! 20
Chapter 2: What Is Twitter and Why Is It So Powerful? 24
Twitter and Its Successes 24
The Power of Twitter's Immediate Feedback 27
Instant Access to Smart People 24/7 29
Chapter 3: Getting Started the Right Way on Twitter 31
Signing Up—Does Twitter Have the Web's
Most Friendly Registration Page? 31
Who's on Twitter? Your First Followers! 35
Create an Inviting Twitter Profile 37
Choosing Your Twitter Picture 52
Designing Your Twitter Profile 55
Designing a Commercial Background Image
for Twitter 63
Choosing the Right Colors 66
Notices to Notice 68
Tweeting with Your Mobile Phone 70Sending Your Very First Tweet 72
Becoming a Follower 73
A Word about Security 73
Chapter 4: Building a Following on Twitter 76
Quantity or Quality: Choosing the Type
of Following You Want 78
Quality: How to Be Intentional about Creating
Your Own Network of Experts 81
Quantity: Seven Killer Strategies to Reaching
Critical Mass on Twitter 87
Twitterank and Page Rank 101
Chapter 5: The Art of the Tweet 104
Tweet Etiquette 105
The Benefits of Following before Twittering 112
How to Join a Conversation 113
How to Be Interesting on Twitter 116
How to Drive Behavior 134
Chapter 6: The Magic of Connecting with Customers
on Twitter 137
Identifying Problems and Soliciting Feedback 138
Discovering Your Top Fans, Promoters,
and Evangelists 140
Your Micro Help Desk 146
Chapter 7: Leveraging Twitter for Team
Communication 151
Twitter for Virtual Team Leaders 152
Creating a Twitter Account for a Virtual Team 154
Building a Team with Twitter 155
Chapter 8: Using Twitter to Help Build Your Brand 159
Create a Story 161
Portraying Your Brand with Your Profile 163
Tweet Style—What to Say When You're
Building a Brand to Create Value
and How to Say It 165
Chapter 12: Building Powerful Solutions on Top
of the Twitter Platform 231
So What Is an API Anyway? 232
What Can You Do With Twitter's API?
Automating Your Twitter Experience 233
Creating Your Twitter App 234
Chapter 13: Putting It All Together 236
A 30-Day Plan for Dominating Twitter 237
Chapter 14: Power Twitterers 246
Conclusion 253
Directory Of Twitterers 255
Other Books by Joel Comm 259
Index 261
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Public Service, the Job That Keeps on Giving
If you follow Rhode Island news at all, you've heard that State Police Colonel Steven O'Donnell has opted to retire from his job leading the agency. For the purposes of this post, let's stipulate that the state government should be sorry to see him go after 30 years as the type of employee — "public servant," as big-government types like to phrase it — whom we should want in key positions. Still, this caught my eye, particularly in light of the fact that O'Donnell is 56 years old and says he's "currently seeking opportunities in the private and/or public sector" (emphasis added):
Twenty-three of O'Donnell's three decades in law enforcement have been with state police. His pension will be $101,391 annually, said Frank Karpinski, administrator of the state retirement system.
Currently, O'Donnell makes around $150,000 per year, and if he lives to be 86, he'll take in over $3 million in pension payments, even if he never receives a cost of living adjustment (COLA), while also spending some significant portion of that time working jobs that presumably will pay commensurately with his experience.
Being unable to find information on O'Donnell's pension through my usually pretty comprehensive sources, I began asking questions of the Employee Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI). Here are some things that I've learned:
- The $101,391 is for his work for the state, only. If he's entitled to anything for his brief time with the North Kingstown PD or the U.S. Marshall service, that would be additional. (I'm looking into those two angles.)
- After his time with the Department of Corrections, O'Donnell withdrew his contributions to the pension fund.
- Colonel O'Donnell contributed nothing toward his state police pension.
That final point means that his potential 30 years of pension payments can in essence be added to his 30 years of public-sector salaries as something akin to a delayed annual bonus. In Rhode Island, the question is never far from the surface: Who are the masters, and who are the servants?

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Am I Up for THIS???
I went to visit Christy Tomlinsons blog and she had been contacted by these people and they asked her to put it on her blog....so I thought a minute...and then I jumped in and contacted them...am I crazy?? I have been working on a "word" for 2012...the word I wrote in my new journal is "TRY" I started a small list of things I want to try...well, I think this ad falls in this category...If I don't try, I wont know if I can. I did hear back from them, they wanted a photo of me and to list the the things I do...I had to laugh, but I started listing, and listing...I'll keep you updated!
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- Blessings from Cindy said...
Oh my Gosh, Laurie, You should do this!! That would be so awesome & you would be great!!!! Finally a TV show concept I could enjoy watching more than anything else & would love to see you compete!! I could say, "I knew her when she was just a little blogger!!" LOL!
- December 20, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Colleen - the AmAzINg Mrs. B said...
Oh, you are sooo totally ready! The other's better watch out..yopu rock and your crats are art..A.R.T.
Just remember that, and you'll soon believe it yourself, 'cos we ALL know it :-)
- December 21, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Colleen - the AmAzINg Mrs. B said...
OK, so I need to learn to proof-read...
I meant "you rock" and "Your crafts"
- December 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM
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Wow, the burger craze doesn't seem to be showing signs of slowing down. (Though I'd still rather eat my own grilled burgers.)
Turns out that one day after hearing that my adopted home of Baltimore is getting a Shake Shack, my old stomping grounds of Philadelphia will be home to as many as five Wahlburgers locations. The chain has gained fame due to ownership by the Wahlberg brothers and the A&E reality show filmed at one of the MA-based locations.
I've never been to a Shake Shack or Wahlburgers? Worth the trip? Use the comments section to weigh in.


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Every year I always have birds to make nests either in the ferns on my front porch or the wreath on the front door. Right now there happens to be one in the wreath. Mama has laid 4 eggs. Its so fun for the kids to keep an eye on the progress. Logan and CJ viewed the eggs this morning. Excited they were!!
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Sacred Men with the Brown Skin
Adam means soil in Hebrew.
This concept came from the Sumerian Civilization that developed along the Euphrates River. However, as God input a spirit in the soil, it became a human being.
However, the fact that the human body looked like being made of soil means that early civilization was established by people with the brown skin. Even Christ Jesus must have looked like one of those people with the brown skin.
In the Bible, there are no descriptions of difference in the color of skin among those depicted in the holy book. Even the Gospels do not especially describe difference in the skin color between Israelites and Romans.
Maybe in the Roman Empire, the difference in the skin color must not have significance. It must be after the civilization moved to the north of the Alps that the color of the skin of difference races came to be paid strong attention to.
Anyway, if Adam is white, no ancient people named the first man Adam. The first man had the brown skin. So, white men who have prejudice of people with the brown skin might be cursed by God.
Great religions were all established by great or sacred men with the brown skin.
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Mat 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:


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By Andrea Ghislandi
Betis midfielder Benat Etxebarria would not pass up the opportunity to join Juventus, his agent has indicated.
The 24-year-old midfielder has reportedly caught the eye of the Serie A leaders after playing an important role in Betis' impressive start to the season.
Benat's representative claims there has not yet been any approach from Juventus, but notes his client would jump at the chance to join the Italian club.
"I cannot confirm Juventus' interest because I have not talked to anyone," Vicente Biurrun told Goal.com Italy. "Benat still has three years on his contract with Betis.
"Who would not like to play at Juventus? They are a great club with a great history. He is fine at Betis, if some offer arrives we will discuss it with the club."
Betis are seventh in La Liga, with 12 points from six games, and will travel to Real Madrid on Saturday.


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Last night was just great!
Our oldest granddaughter was over for the night. She's attending a charter school that focuses on the arts as well as the state requirements. Her instrument of choice is the cello. Last night, she created this little tune and taught my wife how to play it on the cello. Then she taught me a simple chord pattern to go with my wife's playing. Then we jammed: My wife on my granddaughter's cello, me on my guitar, and granddaughter on the bodhran. We actually played together pretty good, according to both females.
That was simply awesome. I've always played solo on the guitar or autoharp and the only time I ever jammed before was on drums so it was really great being able to jam this way. It's been so long since I've had my guitar out that I hadn't realized just how much I missed playing it.
Yep, those of you that are wondering…keyboard calluses do not substitute for guitar calluses. I really missed those by the time we put the instruments away.
Well, I just realized that I have to re-do my map for the Pa'adhe tales. Overall, it's in good shape, but my font size, for one thing, is a little small and hard to read when the map is printed on letter size media. I need to indicate two new places and also indicate two regions. Maybe three regions. Eventually I'm going to have to include territorial/state/country lines. Or something.
Unsurprisingly enough, my laziness is causing me a little extra work with these tales, too. I've now got a lexicon, or perhaps more appropriately a dictionary/encyclopedia of 2,460 words related to this series. No, no, no! Not 2,460 individual, defined words, but 2,460 words making up descriptions of people and places. Unfortunately, I added them as I needed them, so while I have them broken into two major groups, People and Places, they're also in each section in the order I added them. It's almost time to shuffle them around so they're alphabetically listed.
Right now, I have the new story Mercenaries (working title) percolating. When I finish a first draft (D1) of a story, I like to let it sit a week without my touching it. Sometimes two weeks, even. Then I will return to it freshened and more aware of mistakes, erratic flow, and other such ilk. If I were to work on it as soon as I finish writing it, I would be too close to the story and the writing to really be objective. Every D1 version of my stories goes through this cooling off period before I begin working on D2.
That doesn't mean, though, that I just idly lounge around as far as writing goes. No, indeed not. Usually, though admittedly not always, I start on a new short story. There's nothing like writing a new story to get your mind off the D1. In this case, I now have 1,324 words of the next Pa'adhe short story, tentatively titled Dreamland.
And I found out something interesting.
Virtually always, my rule for D1 is that I write and write and do NOT go back and tweak what I've written. That tweaking is deferred until D2 work starts. That doesn't mean I don't do any adjusting, since there will be some obvious things I'll catch while writing as I regularly go back to the start and read what I've got so far in order to keep it consistent (one advantage of writing short stories). What I mean is that I do NOT go back and tweak the story or paragraphs or sentences until they're perfect. D1 is the rough draft. D1 is where, as I tell those that ask me about writing or how to write, "just get it down so you don't lose it. Worry about grammar and spelling later!" Typically with D1 my goal is I write, I get my words down, I don't worry about syntax or grammar or spelling or using the same word too many times in a paragraph or…any of that kind of stuff. D1 is meant to be the process of getting the story from my brain onto media to work with. D1 is the storytelling, D2…Dn is the tuning and wordsmithing.
And I just found the exception to the rule.
In the upcoming Dreamland, I have at least one chant, a bit of poetry. For whatever reason, THAT I will tweak until I get it as right as I can. I still just get it down and keep going with the story, but when I return to the story if I'm at a spot where I haven't yet any real idea where I"m going or what happens next, I zero in on the poetry and work on tweaking that.
I say "at least one chant" because I've not yet gotten more than that 1,324 words down. Heck, I've not even left the pier and gone sailing yet! Indeed, I've only just met the new story's "guest character". But that one chant, I just had to tweak it and adjust it and…well, I can't seem to help it. I love playing with the flow of words and getting the rhythm of the chanting or singing going. I've about got it to where I'm going to remove the other working versions of the chant and leave the one. When I return to Dreamland I'll be resuming the storytelling.
At least until the next chant or song.


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Comforting a Grieving Nation
This week a 147 peopled were massacred at Kenya's Garissa University College. On Good Friday, the Archbishop of the nation's Anglican Church published a powerful and moving pastoral letter that concludes :
"While governments have a vital role, even more important are the hearts and minds of ordinary people. Let us covenant together before God that we will never ever surrender our nation or our faith in Christ to those who glory in death and destruction. We will not be intimidated because we know and trust in the power of the cross, God's power to forgive our sins, to turn death into the gate of glory and to make us his children for ever."
To a Soldier's Wife: "I am lying mortally wounded"
Joshua Chamberlain is best remembered as the hero of the battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. Today I want to remember him as the author of a remarkable letter.
A Bowdoin College professor, Chamberlain possessed no formal military experience when he enlisted after the outbreak of the Civil War. However, he proved himself a quick study in the art of leadership, rapidly rising to the rank of colonel of the 20th Maine.
The young leader established himself an able field commander. His clear thinking, personal courage, and command presence under fire were critical in repulsing the Alabama 15th's attempt to take Little Round Top on July 2, 1863. Had the Confederates succeeded, leaving the Union left flank exposed, the withdrawal of the northern army from Gettysburg would have been all but certain.
A year later, on June 18, 1864, Chamberlain suffered a severe abdominal wound at Petersburg while leading a charge that he had strongly urged General Grant to forgo. The primitive state of medical care left him with almost no hope of recovery. The next day, believing his death imminent and in excruciating pain, he penned this beautiful letter to his wife:
"My darling wife I am lying mortally wounded the doctors think, but my mind & heart are at peace. Jesus Christ is my al-sufficient savior. I go to him. God bless & keep & comfort you, precious one. You have been a precious wife to me. To know & love you makes life & death beautiful. Cherish the darlings & give my love to all the dear ones. Do not grieve too much for me. We shall all soon meet. Live for the children. Give my dearest love to Father, Mother & Sallie & John. Oh how happy to feel yourself forgiven. God bless you evermore precious precious one. Ever yours, Lawrence."
The wounds Chamberlain suffered at Petersburg led directly to his death – 49 years later on February 24, 1914! In the meantime, he continued to teach, eventually becoming president of Bowdoin College and serving a four-term governor of Maine. He was believed to be the last Civil War veteran to die of wounds received during the conflict.
A Father's Plea: Get an Honest Husband
John Adams, who would become our second president, travelled across Europe in behalf of the young nation. Even when separated by ocean, he and his beloved wife, Abigail, stayed in touch by letter, expressing their mutual admiration and devotion, offering commentary on the major political issues of the day, and diligently tending to the pressing concerns of family life. Letters took months to arrive, so much consideration was given to their composition. Each thought had to be weighed carefully and expressed clearly, every word just right.
In a 1782 letter Abigail informed him of their 17-year-old daughter Nabby's romantic interest in a promising young lawyer, Royall Tyler, the talented son of an affluent family. Gifted with a sharp mind, he became valedictorian of his class at Harvard. By all accounts, a profitable career lay before him
But as Tyler and Nabby's relationship blossomed, Abigail's concerns grew. The young lawyer's reputation for moral recklessness disturbed her. Expressing her doubts, she confessed to John, "I feel the want of your presence and advice."
Abigail's news troubled John, but he was not caught off guard. A wise father, he sought earlier to warn his daughter of the dangers of making a foolish choice for a husband. He wrote:
"Daughter! Get you an honest man for a husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard the honor and moral character of the man more than all other circumstances. Think of no greatness but that of the soul, no other riches but those of the heart. An honest, sensible humane man, above all the littleness of vanity and extravagances of imagination, laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show, living in modest simplicity clearly within his means and free from debts and obligations, is really the most respectable man in society, makes himself an all about him most happy."
Christian parents echo John Adam's concern. A renewed moral character is the fruit of our salvation in Christ, and we should prize godly character in others even as we pursue it ourselves. And at no time are questions of character more important than when a man and woman contemplate marriage.
For more information about the relationship between Royall Tyler and Nabby Adams, see:
David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), 288-291.
Margaret A. Hogan an C. James Taylor, eds., My Dearest Friends: Letters of Abigail and John Adams (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2007), 270-277.


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We haven't had a pretty Abbey picture up in a while! She gets everything she wants by batting those long lashes and giving a certain look with her big brown eyes...I always give in and groom her!
Tomorrow is a very special day everybun... Can you guess what it is?


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Ahhh.....Another peaceful, relaxing weekend.
It started with snow. Finally, a measurable snowfall. Only about 4", but enough to get the kids outside for an afternoon, enough to have to shovel off the cars, enough to make farm chores just a bit more complicated.
Then comes the cold. The high pressure, low pressure, whatever (I was never really good at meteorology) that comes after a snowstorm brings with it wind and low temperatures. Today's HIGH will be close to 18F. Right now it's 6F. Wind chills should bring us down below 0F. Some people would tell us that the horses should be in all day, but they're not. That's why they have fur coats, after all.
Miss Mary performed in our church's Boar's Head Festival this weekend. Her experiences remind me why we homeschool...and that's all I'm gonna say about that!! We also hosted a friend from Wisconsin, who wanted to see the Festival in hopes of bringing one to her congregation.
And today we're back to normal...whatever that is. Up at 7:30, first load of laundry in and critters fed before breakfast, computer time and cleaning/organizing to follow. A day in the life!!


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Classy but Nutritious Chicken Rice Casserole
I recently bought a new cookbook called Everyday Light Meals from Taste of Home. It has lots of great looking recipes, which I'll share with you along the way. Over the holidays, I tried this one by Mary Louise Chubb, Perkasie, PA. It was a winner with the family. It's easy and delicious. I served it with Cranberry Spinach Salad which I'll give you next week. It's very good.
Chicken Rice Casserole (Prep: 20 minutes Bake: 25 minutes)
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1-1/2 pounds)
- 1 tblsp. canola oil
- 3/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 3/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups of uncooked instant brown rice
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1-1/2 cups frozen corn, thawed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon of pepper
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 2 tablespoons minced parsely
In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil for 4 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute peppers, onion, mushrooms and garlic until tender. Stir in the rice, broth, corn, salt and pepper; bring to a boil.
Transfer to an 11x7x2 inch baking dish coated with non-stick cooking spray. Top with chicken; cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 5 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear. Sprinkle with almonds and parsely. YIELD: 6 SERVINGS
Nutrition Facts: One serving (1 chicken breast half and mixture) equals:
- 351 calories
- 8 g fat (1 g saturated fat)
- 66 mg cholesterol
- 493 mg sodium
- 37 g carbohydrate
- 4 g fiber
- 33 g protein
Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 vegetable
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A day that comes once every year
Repeats once every 365 days
Returns every 12 months
Reminds us of a year gone by in 52 weeks
Was 2011 a year well spent
To learn new skills and talents
To earn new friends
and nurture old relationships
Was it a year squandered
On wasteful pursuits?
Damaging activities?
Burning bridges?
What was it for you?
A good year 2011
or a Bad year 2011
What will it be in 2012
A year of promising future
Or a year of challenges!


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By being prepared ahead of time and carrying out proper conduct, you will have a successful interview. Here is a link including other tips on conducting an interview. http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-interview-someone Best of luck!


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Each year, the SUEZ Watershed Recreation Program has opened company reservoir property to program participants for fishing, hiking and birding activities during the spring, summer and fall seasons.
The program, open through November 30, provides participants with access to more than 6,000 acres of watershed property in both New York and New Jersey, including Lake DeForest in Rockland County and Lake Tappan, Woodcliff Lake and Oradell reservoirs in Bergen County. This unique recreation program offers residents the ability to enjoy the beauty of local watersheds, and reflect on the importance of protecting local water resources.
This year, SUEZ is excited to introduce a number of enhancements that are designed to work towards making the watershed recreation participant experience more enjoyable. Two new trails have been established along the Oradell Reservoir and informational kiosks about the watershed have been erected in Haworth and Emerson, New Jersey. Program participants will also receive a "Reservoir Ranger" Junior Naturalist Activity Book for children between the ages of six and 12 that features interactive learning opportunities about watershed locations. Finally, a new family permit has been introduced so that everyone in a household can enjoy the program at a reduced fee.
Wheelchair accessible areas are located at Lake Tappan and Woodcliff Lake.
Permit holders who intend to fish must have valid New York and/or New Jersey State fishing licenses.
Those interested in purchasing a Watershed Recreation Program permit can apply online at www.suezwatershed.com. The website also features a downloadable Watershed Recreation Brochure, which details key information on watershed locations as well as the types of wildlife that can be observed throughout the properties.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Without direction
Currently, I am in my "spring break", which in Colombia is actually the Holy Week so for this second half of the break everything will be closed up and the city will be very quiet. This leaves a lot of time for reflecting and, for me, that often includes stressing as well. Like my blog, I sometimes worry that I am without direction. I always had a plan - a plan for the day, the week, the month, the year, the next five years. Slowly these plans have become less defined. I definitely still have a daily plan and a weekly plan for work - but not much else. Is this a problem? I don't know.
Was wondering today, if some of the feelings I was struggling with were related to culture shock. Can one really feel culture shock after 3 years in a country? Turns out yes, but the author of this post calls it culture stripping. For folks who have not lived out of their home country for an extended period of time, this will sound horrible. For those who have, maybe it will speak to you.
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I might be in a constant state of stripping as I often feel comfortable with the discomfort of anywhere and have learned to feel home is where I am . . . in a sense. I think a lot of people always help to remind me (in good and bad ways) that I am not local to the place I am in. But I think you could easily feel non-local to the place from where you actually are or back "home," wherever that is.ReplyDelete
One goal for me is to continually shed those layers (whether in a new culture or right back where I started), both physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually, etc. Maybe then I begin reaching to the core of who I want to be and am becoming.Replies
Victor, Thanks for your insights. From thousands of miles away you continue to inspire me and encourage me to grown and be the best I can be. Thank you.Delete
Even though I grew up with German culture and never really experienced culture "shock" over here, I am still very conscious of the differences and how they make me feel. A lot of the feelings are good! But sometimes they're negative, and I think that's ok. Expats, like everyone else, are allowed to be annoyed or disappointed at their country sometimes. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sophia. Still waiting on the Skype date. I miss you a lot.Delete


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Recovering from one of his 'pokies' of the day with a little DS time
So after Ty woke up from surgery we pretty much had nonstop hospital yucky stuff the rest of the day. He is at a disadvantage now that he doesn't have a port. They can't get blood to draw off of a normal IV so everytime they need a sample of blood now that means another pokie which entails him crying and writhing while I hold his whole body down and the nurse holds his arm and the IV girl draws the blood. It is lame. When you have a port everything goes in the port, everything comes out of the port so there are very few pokies involved. So today he had two blood draws, a shot of neupogen, the IV in his hand taken out (they put another in his foot during surgery cause the one in his hand stopped working) involving some painful tearing off of a lot of tape wrapped around his hand. In addition to that he has sever diahrrea now so we have had two bedding changes, about 20 diaper changes (he can't have a pullup cause of the IV in his foot), and about 20 trips IV pole and all to the bathroom. In addition to that we spent about 1 1/2 hours getting him to drink his contrast that he had to drink to get a CT scan. It was a full cup of gatorade with the contrast mixed in and apparently the gatorade does not disguise the yuckiness of contrast cause he would drink a little bit, cry and yell that it was hurting his tongue and was yucky. We aren't sure why his tongue is sore but he has cried about it a few other times today as well.
Oh, and he also had another blood transfusion today. His labs today: WBC 0.5, RBC 2.54, HCT 22.3, HGB 7.2, PLTS 101, ANC 100. He ended up only having one platelet transfusion last night instead of two, and I think i already mentioned that he got blood last night.


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ON AIR - Martin King
with Martin King
Scott combines co-presenting duties of Q102's Drive @5 show with being the CEO of the station. He's a busy man!! Catch him and Venetia each weekday from 5pm.
All time favourite song: Stevie Wonder - Superstition
All time favourite album? David Bowie - Young Americans
All time favourite artist? Paul McCartney/David Bowie/Hozier – depends on my mood.
Favourite movie? Any original Hitchcock
Staying in or going out? Stay in during the week
If you could invite five people to dinner who would they be? Nelson Mandela, Prince, Terry Wogan, Angelina Jolie, Oscar Wilde
Favourite spot in Dublin? Ranelagh village
Cheese and Onion or Salt and Vinegar? Cheese & Onion
You're ordering takeaway - what do you get? Lamb Rogan Josh, Pilau, Samosa and Bhaji
You can jet off on an all expenses paid holiday this afternoon - where would you go? Maldives
Coffee or tea? Either as long as it's black
You're on death row, what's your last meal? Beef Stroganoff, Apple Pie and Australian Shiraz
Bus, Dart or Luas? Dart
You've killed someone, who do you call to help bury the body? Venetia Quick
Facebook or Twitter? Facebook
Celebrity crush? Emily Blunt


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March 7, 1932
THE P.R.R. NO. 216; CHRISTIE SCOW CORPORATIONv.PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.
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The claimant's lighter was prima facie liable for the collision with the libelant's scow, which was moored at the time. We think that the District Judge was right in holding that the prima facie case so established was not met. The bargee of the lighter left her moored to a tanker on Saturday afternoon, and did not come back until Monday, when, although well made fast, she had got adrift and fouled the scow. It appeared from a statement of the claimant's counsel that the tanker sailed some time on Saturday, but the time makes no difference, for at any rate she had left her berth. The claimant did not prove that the bargee made any inquiry when the tanker was to leave, though he was chargeable with notice that she must cast the lighter off if she did. The possibility that, when cast off, she might not be properly made fast, was within those consequences which he should have apprehended. At least he is not shown to have been free from negligence in leaving his charge under such circumstances, and this negligence was a contributing cause of the collsion.
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11/17 Waiting for Guffman
This Tuesday, NOVEMBER 17th we will be bringing back one of our favorite Play Club West readings, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy.
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN is a mockumentary, co-written and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance. The title of the film is a reference to the Samuel Beckett play, "Waiting for Godot." As in the other mockumentaries created by Guest, the majority of the dialogue is improvised.
The Complex, Dorie Theater
6476 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood 90038
Tuesday, November 17th
Please try to be on time by taking into account Rush Hour Traffic and Parking. There is metered parking in the area, and after 7:00pm, the meters are FREE. Parking is usually more available North of Santa Monica, on surrounding streets like Wilcox and Lexington.
As always, admission for our weekly table readings is FREE, and there will be wine to purchase for a suggested donation.
CORKY ST. CLAIR – Cody Clark*
RON ALBERTSON – Matt Ritchey
SHEILA ALBERTSON – Emily Clark*
LIBBY MAE BROWN – Olivia Schlueter-Corey
DR. ALLAN PEARL – Tripp Pettigrew*
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LLOYD MILLER/UFO EXPERT/RAGING BULL AUDITIONER – Herman Poppe*
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MRS. ALLAN PEARL/COSTUME DESIGNER/SINGING AUDITIONER – Erin Beck
JOHNNY SAVAGE/STEVE STARK/COSTUME DRESSER – Brant Rotnem
GWEN FABIN-BLUNT/COSTUME DRESSER/GIANT BOOT – My-Ishia Cason-Brown
PHIL BURGESS/STAGE MANAGER/RED SAVAGE – Christine Cronin
TUCKER LIVINGSTON/ROY LOOMIS/UFO ABDUCTEE – Teresa Waxer
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28 December 2013
Ski Day
Today we went skiing at Little Switzerland. It was in the upper 30s, sunny and perfect. It's a small hill, but only 30 minutes from our house. We ran into a number of people we know, including one of H's good friends, some people who's son plays soccer with C, and my friend Kari's (who lives in Alabama) entire family. So fun. H did great. He can go down anything there, and once he ran into his friend, we didn't see them for awhile as the hit the slopes alone. Then there is C. Skiing still isn't his favorite thing to do nor his forte -- but he had fun. Just like last year, after we got him to try going down some of the larger runs, we ended the day back on the bunny hill. Once there, he didn't even want to leave. I sure hope we will be able to get out a couple more times this year!
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The story about alt country, alt soul, alt punk, alt genre Memphis band, Lucero, is that at the beginning it was the creation of an emo kid and a hardcore kid.
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Ben Nichols was the emo kid. Guitarist Brian Venable, who'd barely learned his instrument when the band started, was the hardcore kid.
In the nearly 19 years since, the band has built a following on the backs of its live show and an ever-changing sounds from southern rock to soul to country. They have added keyboards and piano and then horns ("because everything from Stax soul to Rocket from the Crypt that we grew up on had horns"), then stepped away from the horns on their latest album.
They started out as a quartet, grew to nine on stage, and are now back to a band of five who will be at Shaka's Live with Esme Patterson on Feb. 6.
"We learned that all of our sad bastard country songs when you put horns on them become sad bastard soul songs," Venable says by phone from home before the band heads out for its first tour after a paternity leave for Nichols. "Johnny Cash turns into Al Green if you put horns on it."
"That's the beauty. We can do whatever we want," he adds. "Whatever we do sounds like Lucero."
He grew up that hardcore kid listening to Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys but at some point he started to rediscover other music. Lynyrd Skynyrd was pretty good, a band he overlooked. That sent him towards Jimmie Rodgers and soon he was on to the Carter Family and bluegrass and Townes van Zandt. He and Nichols love The Smithereens, Tom Petty and Huey Lewis and the News. Yes, that 80's guy. There's no longer a need for only the cool references for them.
"I love the Pogues. I love The Replacements. In the same breath I can listen to Huey Lewis "Sports" with just as much excitement," he adds. "But it doesn't have as many cool points, maybe."
Last year, he says he spent six months listening only to classical music.
"The fun one (to ponder) is who's the emo kid and who's the hardcore kid now," he says.
Both kids will be back on the road after playing only about 80 dates last year, about a third of the gigs during the band's most barnstorming days.
Nichols had a child over the summer so they took a break. This winter it was drummer Roy Berry's turn. Venable was happy for the break with his son, who's eight. "This has been like a vacation," he adds, "a well-deserved vacation."
They slipped into Sam Phillips Studios in Memphis in January to "see what we got" and maybe record a few songs, probably Nichols's "Loving" from the movie of the same name directed by his younger brother, Jeff, about the interracial Virginia couple prosecuted for marrying. "It might be an EP. It might just be…We don't know," he says. "We're just knocking the rust off."
Venable says there's no telling whether fatherhood will change their songwriter's writing. Then he pauses and notes that Nichols got married before the last disc and promptly wrote a song about it. "Ben's always been a pretty literal songwriter," he adds.
"All A Man Should Do," their latest, was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis with Ted Hutt on the knobs, their third collaboration with him and the studio. Venable remembers walking past the brick building with no windows for four years when he worked in a deli, not realizing its importance. Now, he does. Now, the band embraces being part of the Memphis canon. Jody Stephens of Big Star sang harmonies on the band's cover of "Fell in Love with the Girl" on the last album.
"The older you get, the more involved you are, the more you meet these people," he says. "At some point, Memphis defines us. You realize the heritage and want to become a part of it."


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Load your favorite playlist on the iPod and get to scrubbing. The pay-off? There's nothing better than enjoying a clean room on a sunny spring day. Somehow it makes all things feel possible: a good thing to remember when you're facing a toilet that hasn't been cleaned all winter.


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Bethel Music, the worship ministry of Redding, CA-based Bethel Church, releases the highly anticipated We Will Not Be Shaken CD/DVD internationally January 27 with Provident Music Distribution. Recorded during an evening of worship on a mountaintop overlooking Shasta Lake north of Redding, the live album and DVD present 11 new songs led by the Bethel Music Artist Collective, including Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Hunter Thompson, Amanda Cook and Matt Stinton, as well as debut artists Kalley Heiligenthal, Hannah McClure, Paul McClure, Jonathan David Helser and Melissa Helser.
The We Will Not Be Shaken album (produced by Bobby Strand and Chris Greely) and film (directed by Nathan Grubbs and Luke Manwaring) chronicles the sound and breath-taking visuals from a multi-camera shoot that includes aerial views from a drone aircraft's camera flying overhead at this unique gathering.
Meant to be a catalyst for other worship communities to take hold of what it means to "not be shaken," We Will Not Be Shaken's title track was birthed in a spontaneous moment of worship on a Sunday morning service at Bethel. The song hails a message of promise amidst adversity and the victory believers have in Jesus, while the recording powerfully captures the track's energy and declaration, inviting listeners to join in praise.
Though the battle rages
We will stand in the fight
Though the armies rise up against us on all sides
We will not be shaken
In addition to a Digital Deluxe version that includes a digital booklet, four videos and one exclusive video, the full We Will Not Be Shaken CD/DVD track listing, with associated song leaders/writers, follows:
- "We Will Not Be Shaken" – Featuring Brian Johnson and written by Brian Johnson, Bobby Strand, Ben Fielding, Bob Hartley and Chris Greely
- "Ever Be" – Featuring Kalley Heiligenthal and written by Heiligenthal, Gabriel Wilson, Chris Greely and Bobby Strand
- "Jesus, We Love You" – Featuring Paul McClure and written by Paul and Hannah McClure and Kalley Heiligenthal
- "No Longer Slaves" – Featuring Jonathan Helser and written by Helser, Joel Case and Brian Johnson
- "You Don't Miss a Thing" – Featuring Amanda Cook and written by Amanda Cook and Bobby Strand
- "Seas of Crimson" – Featuring Brian Johnson and written by Brian Johnson, Daniel Bashta, Joel Taylor and Bobby Strand
- "Home" – Featuring and written by Hunter Thompson
- "Nearness" – Featuring Jenn Johnson and written by Jenn Johnson, John-Paul Gentile, Janie Taylor and Robby Busick
- "You Are My One Thing" – Featuring Hannah McClure and written by Hannah and Paul McClure
- "Who Can Compare To You" – Featuring and written by Matt Stinton
- "In Over My Head (Crash Over Me)" – Featuring Jenn Johnson and written by Jenn Johnson and John-Paul Gentile
Leading songs from We Will Not Be Shaken amidst capacity crowds in venues around the country while on tour last month, Bethel Music's new album follows Hunter Thompson's acclaimed Swan Song, released last week, Steffany Gretzinger's The Undoing released in August and You Make Me Brave released last April. The Undoing hit No. 2 on the Billboard Christian charts, No. 20 on the Billboard Top 200 and reached Top 3 during release week on iTunes in the US. You Make Me Brave launched in its debut week at retail to No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, becoming the highest charting retail debut ever for Bethel Music (Tides Hit No. 30 Sept. 2013). In February 2014, Bethel Music's Tides Live shot to No. 1 on iTunes' Christian/Gospel chart, and Bethel's first-ever studio album, Tides (Sept. 2013), hit No. 1 on the overall Top Christian/Gospel Albums and Praise & Worship Billboard retail charts amidst unprecedented international acclaim.
For Bethel Music chord charts, videos, events and more resources, visit: bethelmusic.com, www.facebook.com/bethelmusic, @bethelmusic and http://instagram.com/bethelmusic.


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Natalie Portman
|Natalie Portman
Portman at the Cannes Film Festival, 2015
|Neta-Lee Hershlag
(1981-06-09) June 9, 1981
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|Harvard University
|Years active
|Creative Artists Agency[1][2]
|Benjamin Millepied (m. 2012)
Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג;[3] June 9, 1981[4]) is an actress, producer and director with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005).
Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003. During her studies she starred in a second Star Wars film and opened in New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001.
Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological horror film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011.
In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Education
- 3 Career
- 4 Social and political causes
- 5 Personal life
- 6 Awards and nominations
- 7 Filmography
- 8 References
- 9 External links
- 10 Further reading
Early life[edit]
Portman was born on June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem.[5][6][7] Her original given name was Neta-Lee, a Hebrew name.[3][8] She is the only child of Shelley (née Stevens),[9] an American homemaker who works as Portman's agent, and Avner Hershlag, an Israeli fertility specialist and gynecologist.[10]
Her maternal grandparents, Bernice (née Hurwitz; 1925–2014) and Arthur Stevens[9] (whose family surname was originally Edelstein),[11] were from Jewish families who moved to the United States from Austria and Russia.[12] Natalie's paternal grandparents, Mania (née Portman) and Zvi Yehuda Hershlag, were Jewish immigrants to Israel.[13][14] Zvi, born in Poland in 1914, moved to what was then Mandatory Palestine in 1938 and eventually became an economics professor; his parents died at Auschwitz.[14] One of Natalie's paternal great-grandmothers was born in Romania and was a spy for British Intelligence during World War II.[15][16][17]
Portman's parents met at a Jewish student center at Ohio State University, where her mother was selling tickets. They corresponded after her father returned to Israel and were married when her mother visited a few years later. In 1984, when Portman was three years old, the family moved to the United States, where her father received his medical training.[12] Portman, a dual citizen of the United States and Israel,[18] has said that although she "really love[s] the States… my heart's in Jerusalem. That's where I feel at home."[15]
Portman and her family first lived in Washington, D.C., but relocated to Connecticut in 1988 and then moved to Jericho, New York, on Long Island,[19] in 1990.[20][21][22]
While living in the Washington, D.C. area, Portman attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland.[13] Portman learned to speak Hebrew[23] while living on Long Island and attended a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County in Jericho, New York.[19][24] She graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, Long Island in 1999.[25][26][27] She studied ballet and modern dance at the American Theater Dance Workshop in New Hyde Park, New York, and attended the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Wheatley Heights, both on Long Island.[19] Portman skipped the premiere of her film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, so she could study for her high school final exams.[28]
In 2003, Portman graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in psychology.[27][29][30][31] "I don't care if [college] ruins my career," she told the New York Post. "I'd rather be smart than a movie star."[32][33] At Harvard, Portman was Alan Dershowitz's research assistant.[34][35] While attending Harvard, she was a resident of Lowell House[36] and wrote a letter to the Harvard Crimson in response to an essay critical of Israeli actions toward Palestinians.[37]
Portman returned to Israel and took graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the spring of 2004.[38] In March 2006, she was a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism, where she spoke about her film V for Vendetta.[39] Portman has professed an interest in foreign languages since childhood and has studied French,[40] Japanese,[40] German,[41] and Arabic.[42]
As a student, Portman co-authored two research papers that were published in scientific journals. Her 1998 high school paper, "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar," co-authored with scientists Ian Hurley and Jonathan Woodward, was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search.[43] In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called "Frontal lobe activation during object permanence: data from near-infrared spectroscopy" during her psychology studies at Harvard.[44][45]
As a consequence of both her academic and acting careers, Portman has an Erdős–Bacon number of 7.[46][47][48][49][50]
Early work and film debut[edit]
Portman started dancing lessons at age four and performed in local troupes. At the age of 10, a Revlon agent asked her to become a child model,[20][51] but she turned down the offer to focus on acting. In a magazine interview, Portman said that she was "different from the other kids. I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked very hard. I was a very serious kid."[52]
On school holidays, Portman attended theater camps. When she was 10, Portman auditioned for the 1992 off-Broadway show Ruthless!, a musical about a girl who is prepared to commit murder to get the lead in a school play. Portman and future pop star Britney Spears were chosen as the understudies for star Laura Bell Bundy.[38]
In 1993, she auditioned for the role of an orphan child who befriends a middle-aged hitman (played by Jean Reno) in Luc Besson's film, Léon: The Professional. Soon after getting the part, she took her paternal grandmother's maiden name, "Portman", as her stage name in the interest of privacy and to protect her family's identity.[53][54] Léon: The Professional opened in 1994,[55] marking her feature film debut.[56]
Early career: 1995–1999[edit]
During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in the films Heat, Everyone Says I Love You, and Mars Attacks!, as well as a major role in the Beautiful Girls, for which she garnered significant acclaim.[57] She was the first choice to play Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, but producers felt her age wasn't suitable.[51] In 1997, Portman played the role of Anne Frank in a Broadway adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank.[58]
Also in 1997, Portman was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The first film, The Phantom Menace, began filming in June 1997 and opened in May 1999.[20][59] Following production on The Phantom Menace, she initially turned down a lead role in the film Anywhere but Here after learning it would involve a sex scene, but director Wayne Wang and actress Susan Sarandon (who played Portman's mother in the film) demanded a rewrite of the script. Portman was shown a new draft, and she decided to accept the role.[20] The film opened in late 1999, and she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ann August.[60] Critic Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon called Portman "astonishing" and said that "[u]nlike any number of actresses her age, she's neither too maudlin nor too plucky."[61] She then signed on to play the lead role of a teenage mother in Where the Heart Is, which opened in April 2000.[62]
Breakthrough roles: 2000–2005[edit]
After filming Where the Heart Is, Portman moved into the dorms of Harvard University to pursue her bachelor's degree in psychology.[20] She said in a 1999 interview that, with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she would not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying.[63] During the summer break from June to September 2000, Portman filmed Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in Sydney, along with additional production in London.[64]
In July 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Mike Nichols; she played the role of Nina alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.[20] The play opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.[65] That same year, she was one of many celebrities who made cameo appearances in the 2001 comedy Zoolander. Portman was cast in a small role in the film Cold Mountain.[20]
In 2004, Portman appeared in the independent movies Garden State and Closer.[20] Garden State was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and won Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. Her performance as Alice in Closer earned her a Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[66][67]
The final Star Wars prequel, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, was released on May 19, 2005. The film was the highest grossing domestic film of that year[68] and was voted Favorite Motion Picture at the People's Choice Awards. Also in 2005, Portman filmed Free Zone and director Miloš Forman's Goya's Ghosts. Forman had not seen any of her work but thought she looked like a Goya painting, so he requested a meeting.[69]
Mainstream success: 2006–2009[edit]
Portman hosted live television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on March 4, 2006.[70] In a SNL Digital Short, she portrays herself as an angry gangsta rapper (with comedian Andy Samberg as her partner in Viking garb) during a faux-interview with comedian Chris Parnell, saying she cheated at Harvard University while high on marijuana and cocaine.[71] The song, titled "Natalie's Rap," was released – alongside other sketches from the show – in 2009 on Incredibad, an album by the Lonely Island.[72]
V for Vendetta opened in early 2006. Portman portrayed Evey Hammond, a young woman who is saved from the secret police by anarchist freedom fighter V. Portman worked with a voice coach for the role, learning to speak with an English accent, and she famously had her head shaved.[73]
Portman has commented on V for Vendetta's political relevance and mentioned that the main character, who recruits Evey to join an underground anti-government group, is "often bad and does things that you don't like" and that "being from Israel was a reason I wanted to do this because terrorism and violence are such a daily part of my conversations since I was little." She said the film "doesn't make clear good or bad statements. It respects the audience enough to take away their own opinion".[74]
Both Goya's Ghosts and Free Zone received limited releases in 2006. Portman starred in the children's film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which began filming in April 2006 and was released in November 2007; she has said that she was "excited to do a kids' movie."[73] In late 2006, Portman filmed The Other Boleyn Girl, a historical drama in which she plays Anne Boleyn; Eric Bana and Scarlett Johansson co-starred.[75]
In 2006, she filmed Wong Kar-wai's road movie My Blueberry Nights. She won acclaim for her role as gambler Leslie, because "[f]or once she's not playing a waif or a child princess but a mature, full-bodied woman… but she's not coasting on her looks … She uses her appeal to simultaneously flirt with and taunt the gambler across the table."[76] Portman voiced Bart Simpson's girlfriend Darcy in the episode "Little Big Girl" of The Simpsons' 18th season.[77]
She appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Dance Tonight" from his 2007 album Memory Almost Full, directed by Michel Gondry.[78] Portman co-starred in the Wes Anderson short film Hotel Chevalier, opposite Jason Schwartzman. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury.[79] Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in September 2008.[80][81][82] The short film, about a young woman who is dragged along on her grandmother's romantic date, was screened out of competition and Portman drew inspiration for the character from her own grandmother.[83] In 2009, she starred opposite Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in the drama film Brothers, a remake of the 2004 Danish film of the same name.[84]
Critically acclaimed roles: 2010–present[edit]
Portman played a young ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's 2010 film Black Swan,[85] a role of which critic Kurt Loder wrote: "Portman gives one of her most compelling performances in this film, which is saying something."[86]
To prepare for the role, she went through five to eight hours of dance training each day for six months and lost 20 pounds (9 kg).[87] In 2011, she won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress.[88][89]
After Portman's Oscar win, controversy arose over who performed the bulk of the on-screen dancing in Black Swan.[90] Sarah Lane, one of Portman's dancing doubles in the film, claimed that Portman performed only about five percent of the full-body shots, adding that she was asked by the film's producers not to speak publicly about it during the Oscar season.[91] Director Aronofsky defended Portman by issuing a statement insisting that Portman performed 80 percent of the on-screen dancing in the movie.[91] Portman was trained by professional ballerina Mary Helen Bowers for her role in the film and later wrote the foreword to Bowers' book, Ballet Beautiful.[92]
Portman co-starred in the 2011 film No Strings Attached, alongside Ashton Kutcher. She was also an executive producer on the film. She then starred in Your Highness, opposite James Franco and Danny McBride, and also played the role of Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh's superhero film adaptation Thor and reprised the role in Thor: The Dark World.[93] In 2010, Portman dropped out of the lead role of Elizabeth Bennet in the novel adaptation, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but served as producer of the finished film, which was released in 2016.[94]
In 2010, Portman signed on with Dior and appeared in several of the company's advertising campaigns. In October 2012, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority banned a Dior advertisement that featured Portman wearing Dior mascara after a complaint from Dior's competitor, L'Oreal. The ASA ruled that the photographs of Portman "misleadingly exaggerated the likely effects of the product".[95]
By February 2012, Portman had signed on for two Terrence Malick projects, one named Knight of Cups and one yet untitled, both planned for release within two years.[96] In April 2012, Portman starred in Paul McCartney's music video, "My Valentine", alongside Johnny Depp.[97] Portman is scheduled to star in the Western film Jane Got a Gun.[98][99]
In July 2013, Portman announced she had chosen an adaptation of Israeli author Amos Oz's autobiographical novel A Tale of Love and Darkness as her directorial feature debut. Portman also starred in the film and was a co-writer on the script.[100] A Tale of Love and Darkness premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[101]
In May 2015, Portman signed on to play the title role in director Pablo Larrain's Jackie, a biographical drama about 1960s American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy following the death of her husband, President John F. Kennedy.[102]
Social and political causes[edit]
Portman, who is an advocate for animal rights, became a vegetarian when she was eight years old, a decision which came after she witnessed a demonstration of laser surgery on a chicken while attending a medical conference with her father.[103] She became a vegan in 2009 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals.[104] She does not eat animal products or wear fur, feathers, or leather. "All of my shoes are from Target and Stella McCartney", she has said.[105] In 2007, she launched her own brand of vegan footwear.[106]
During her pregnancy in 2011, Portman went off her vegan diet and returned to vegetarianism,[107] though she resumed a fully vegan diet afterwards.[108]
In 2007, Portman traveled to Rwanda with Jack Hanna, to film the documentary, Gorillas on the Brink. Later, at a naming ceremony, Portman named a baby gorilla Gukina, which means "to play."[109] Portman has been an advocate of environmental causes since childhood, when she joined an environmental song and dance troupe known as World Patrol Kids.[citation needed] She is also a member of the One Voice movement.[110]
Portman has also supported antipoverty activities. In 2004 and 2005, she traveled to Uganda, Guatemala, and Ecuador as the Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International, an organization that promotes micro-lending to help finance women-owned businesses in developing countries.[111] In an interview conducted backstage at the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia and appearing on the PBS program Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, she discussed microfinance. Host Fareed Zakaria said that he was "generally wary of celebrities with fashionable causes", but included the segment with Portman because "she really knew her stuff".[112]
In the "Voices" segment of the April 29, 2007, episode of the ABC Sunday morning program This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Portman discussed her work with FINCA and how it can benefit women and children in Third World countries.[113] In fall 2007, she visited several university campuses, including Harvard, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, New York University, and Columbia, to inspire students with the power of microfinance and to encourage them to join the Village Banking Campaign to help families and communities lift themselves out of poverty.[114]
Portman is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and in the 2004 presidential race she campaigned for the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry. In the 2008 presidential election, Portman supported Senator Hillary Clinton of New York in the Democratic primaries. She later campaigned for the eventual Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, during the general election. In a 2008 interview, she also stated: "I even like John McCain. I disagree with his war stance — which is a really big deal — but I think he's a very moral person."[115]
In 2010, Portman's activist work and popularity with young people earned her a nomination for VH1's Do Something Awards, which is dedicated to honoring individuals who do good.[116] In 2011, Portman and her then-fiancé Benjamin Millepied were among the signers of a petition to President Obama in support of same-sex marriage.[117] Portman supported Obama's re-election campaign.[118]
In January 2011, Portman became an ambassador of Free the Children, an international charity and educational partner, spearheading their Power of a Girl campaign.[119] She hosted a contest challenging girls in North America to fundraise for one of Free The Children's all-girls schools in Kenya. As incentives for the contest winner, she offered her designer Rodarte dress, worn at the red carpet premier of Black Swan, along with tickets to her next premiere.[119] Free the Children's all-girls school was also the beneficiary of proceeds from sales of Nude Grege #169, the lipstick Portman designed for Christian Dior.[120] It was announced in May 2012 that Portman would be working with watch designer Richard Mille to develop a limited-edition timepiece with proceeds supporting Free the Children.[121]
In February 2015, Portman was among other alumni of Harvard University including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Darren Aronofsky and Susan Faludi who wrote an open letter to the school demanding it divest its $35.9 billion endowment from coal, gas, and oil companies.
Those students have done a remarkable job in garnering overwhelming student support for divestment, and the faculty too have delivered a strong message. But so far [Harvard] has not just refused to divest, they've doubled down by announcing the decision to buy stock in some of the dirtiest energy companies on the planet.— Open letter to Harvard University from notable alumni, 2014[122]
Later that year in May, she spoke at the annual Harvard Class Day to the graduating class of 2015.[123]
Personal life[edit]
In 2006, she commented that she felt more Jewish in Israel and that she would like to raise her children Jewish: "A priority for me is definitely that I'd like to raise my kids Jewish, but the ultimate thing is to have someone who is a good person and who is a partner."[124]
After starring in the video for his song "Carmensita", she began a relationship with folk singer Devendra Banhart,[125] which ended in September 2008.[126]
Portman began dating ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied in 2009. The couple met while she was filming Black Swan, for which he was the choreographer.[127] In December 2010, Portman announced their engagement and confirmed her pregnancy.[128][129][130] Portman gave birth to their son Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011.[131][132] In February 2012, Portman and Millepied were photographed wearing wedding rings at the Academy Awards ceremony,[133] but representatives did not respond to requests for comment on the couple's marital status.[134][135] On August 4, 2012, Portman and Millepied married in an intimate Jewish ceremony in Big Sur, California.[136][137]
In January 2013, the Paris Opera Ballet announced that Millepied had accepted the position of director of dance, beginning September 2014.[138] The couple subsequently announced plans to relocate to Paris. Portman said she would like to become a French citizen.[139] Millepied said in January 2014 he was in the process of converting to Judaism.[140] In 2016, the family moved from Paris to Los Angeles.[141] In September 2016, it was announced Portman and Millepied were expecting their second child.[142][143
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|Cohn !Marya Cohn
|Short film
|Mann !Michael Mann
|Beautiful Girls
|Demme !Ted Demme
|Everyone Says I Love You
|Allen !Woody Allen
|Mars Attacks!
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|Amidala !Padmé Amidala
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|Minghella !Anthony Minghella
|Garden State
|Braff !Zach Braff
|Nichols !Mike Nichols
|Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
|Amidala !Padmé Amidala
|Lucas !George Lucas
|Free Zone
|Gitai !Amos Gitai
|V for Vendetta
|Hammond !Evey Hammond
|McTeigue !James McTeigue
|Paris, je t'aime
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|Goya's Ghosts
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|Forman !Miloš Forman
|My Blueberry Nights
|Wong !Wong Kar-wai
|Hotel Chevalier
|Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
|Anderson !Wes Anderson
|Short film
|Darjeeling Limited, TheThe Darjeeling Limited
|Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
|Anderson !Wes Anderson
|Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
|Mahoney !Molly Mahoney
|Helm !Zach Helm
|Other Boleyn !The Other Boleyn Girl
|Boleyn !Anne Boleyn
|Chadwick !Justin Chadwick
|Other Woman !The Other Woman
|Greenleaf !Emilia Greenleaf
|Roos !Don Roos
|Also executive producer
|New York, I Love You
|Appears in the segment directed by Mira Nair
Also director and writer for one segment
|Cahill !Grace Cahill
|Sheridan !Jim Sheridan
|Susser !Spencer Susser
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|Black Swan
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|No Strings Attached
|Kurtzman !Emma Kurtzman
|Reitman !Ivan Reitman
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|Green !David Gordon Green
|Foster !Jane Foster
|Branagh !Kenneth Branagh
|Illusions & Mirrors
|Woman !Young Woman
|Neshat !Shirin Neshat
|Short film
|Thor: The Dark World
|Foster !Jane Foster
|Taylor !Alan Taylor
|Seventh !The Seventh Fire
|Riccobono !Jack Pettibone Riccobono
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|Knight of Cups
|Malick !Terrence Malick
|Tale !A Tale of Love and Darkness
|Oz !Fania Oz
|Portman !Natalie Portman
|Also producer and writer
|Jane Got a Gun
|Hammond !Jane Hammond
|O'Connor !Gavin O'Connor
|Also producer
|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
|Steers !Burr Steers
|Kennedy !Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis
|Larraín !Pablo Larraín
|Barlow !Laura Barlow
|Zlotowski !Rebecca Zlotowski
|Malick !Terrence Malick
|Bio !The Biologist
|Garland !Alex Garland
|Death !The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
|Dolan !Xavier Dolan
|Denotes films that have not yet been released
|Sesame Street
|Season 34, Episode 11
|Sesame Street
|Season 35, Episode 4
|Hitler's Pawn: The Margaret Lambert Story
|Night Live, SaturdaySaturday Night Live
|Episode: "Natalie Portman / Fall Out Boy"
|Armenian !The Armenian Genocide
|Simpsons !The Simpsons
|Episode: "Little Big Girl" (voice role)
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The good people at the Foreign Policy website are spotlighting a 2009 piece about "Egypt's Next Strongman." Of the two men discussed, one - Gamal Mubarak, son of Pres. Hosni Mubarak - is no longer viable. The current mass protests demand dad step down; they're not going to accept his son in his place. But the other man, Omar Suleiman, the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service (GIS), known as the Mukhabarat, was this morning appointed by Mubarak as his new vice-president. The 2009 essay reveals that a number of respected figures in Egypt endorsed him as a possible successor, at least then:
Publicly, Suleiman has started to gain endorsements for the job from Egyptians across the political spectrum as the increasingly public discussion plays out of who will follow Mubarak. A leftist leader of the Kefaya movement, Abdel Halim Qandil, has urged the military to save the country from a Mubarak dynasty. The liberal intellectual Osama Ghazali Harb -- a former Gamal acolyte who turned to the opposition and founded the National Democratic Front party -- has openly advocated a military takeover followed by a period of "democratic transition." Hisham Kassem, head of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, also has stated that a Suleiman presidency would be vastly preferable to another Mubarak one. On Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, partisans of a Suleiman presidency make the same argument, often seemingly driven as much by animosity toward the Mubaraks as admiration for the military man. On the other hand, as the essay notes, Neither offers the new social contract that so many of Egypt's 80 million citizens are demanding in strikes and protests. . . . .The prevalence of the Gamal vs. Omar debate, more than anything, highlights the low expectations ordinary Egyptians have for a democratic succession to Hosni Mubarak's 28-year reign. Those low expectations come with their own quiet tyranny, too.
Suleiman does have strong links with US military and intelligence figures, so his ascension would likely be welcomed in those quarters - and by Israel. But it seems likely at this point that Egypt's protesters will see Mr. Suleiman as an unacceptable continuation of the corrupt regime that has bedeviled them for almost 30 years. On the other hand, if Mubarak somehow weathers this storm a few days more and the protesters grow weary of trying to budge him, he just might try to soothe things by trying to hand off the reins to Suleiman. Whether that will fly with the Egyptian public is one thing; but Obama/Clinton just might try to pitch it as evidence of Mubarak's responsiveness to his people and do what they can to help ease him in.


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It happened almost overnight. After being on more top ten lists than any other film of the year, plus the double win of Best Picture and Best Director at the Critic's Choice Awards and Golden Globes, The Social Network was the Academy Award front-runner for the top prizes.
But then the nominations came out, and The King's Speech lead the pack with 12 nods. Followed by True Grit, then The Social Network.
Then the DGA awards this Saturday gave its Best Director prize to Tom Hooper for The King's Speech. Then SAG Awards on Sunday gave Best Ensemble to The King's Speech cast.
Now, it's The King's Speech to lose. And with ballots being mailed as I write this, it's looking practically inevitable. How did this come to pass? I have a guess, but it is just that: a guess. I'm thinking this is a three-way vote split and The King's Speech lovers are pulling ahead. There's a split between True Grit and The Social Network, and The King's Speech, which has zero controversy attached to it, has been anointed the safer more traditional pick.
Do I think The Social Network is a better film? Yep. But I also like True Grit and Inception more than The Social Network. In fact, I'd rank Inside Job, Toy Story 3, The Pat Tillman Story higher. My favorite performance of the year is James Franco in 127 Hours.
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I'm going to blame my absence on work. Work in the form of a job, and work in the form of a writing project. The Attack of The Side Project is progressing nicely now that I've been sufficiently motivated. I hate saying I'm pretty excited about a project because I usually jinx myself, and within a few weeks or a month, I'm back staring at the screen, wanting to write, but boiled down in a cesspool of paralyzing perfectionism that won't allow me to move forward. Let me just say I like the idea I'm working on, and will do everything I can to see it through at least a first draft. It's too early in the first draft for me to elaborate much, but I will say there are Zombies. If you think a post-apocalyptic mix of The Missing and Taken, and there are super-fast and deadly Zombies roaming about, you are pretty close to the idea I'm working on.
Livius Nedin and Robb Olson over at Booked have been busy as Hell lately. First up is a review of Donald Ray Pollock's novel The Devil All the Time. Next they scored an interview with writer Max Barry, author or the new novel, Machine Man, as well as the novels Syrup, Jennifer Government, and Company. The guys are also participating in a giveaway of a certain anthology I happen to have a story in over at Goodreads. Click the link at the top to enter the giveaway.
Finally, Booked is joining forces with Richard Thomas and Chris Deal for Frank Bill's book release party for Crimes In Southern Indiana. Wow, these guys are busy this month. You'd think seventeen back to back interviews would have worn them down or something, but NOOOOO, they just keep on bringing us the stuff we want. Keep up the good work guys.


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Difficult Patron: Can I come back into the library?
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Librarians are doing God's work. I don't even believe in God but I mean that.
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When I was a child, there was no such thing as a "payday loan." There were loan sharks, who were always the bad guys in the movies, taking advantage of destitute gamblers and fathers down on their luck. They were shady, immoral, harkening back to our oldest legends and laws making a crime of usury, the financial exploitation of the destitute and desperate.
For average people, up until the 80's or so, if you had a payday, you didn't need a payday loan. You didn't need a credit card. The size of your paycheck determined how modestly or extravagantly you lived, but if you had one, you could live. And that was generally one paycheck per family. You might save up for something like a vacation, or put something on layaway that you really wanted.
But as wages began to stagnate, and regulation of the financial industry was reduced to a mere shadow, "financial products" began to emerge. Credit cards, payday loans, title loans, reverse mortgages — the gaps in household income left by rising prices and persistently low wages were seen as "opportunities" by the financial industry, demand for products that they will provide. And because this demand was driven by desperation among the consumer, well, the profits speak for themselves. It is treasure extorted from misery, blood squeezed from turnips. It is Citibank as company store, with people using credit cards for food to eat, gas to get to work, medicine and visits to for-profit medical clinics. The interest rates ensure that social mobility is next to impossible, and survival a constant struggle. And that suits some people just fine. People in the financial industry.
Why do we accept this? I think Matt Taibbi said it very well on Bill Moyers. We are demoralized, to be sure. Along with the rise of financial products comes a narrative that paints people as "irresponsible" for amassing credit card debt, deserving of harassment and shame. As Herman Cain said,
"Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself! … It is not a person's fault if they succeeded, it is a person's fault if they failed."
Success is not your fault! Well, that's odd. But more importantly, all you unfortunate souls out there, working for wages take note: if you haven't gotten rich, it is through your own failure. You could all be rich, rich as Herman Cain, if only you didn't just really suck. As Mitt Romney said, if you don't make enough money to pay income taxes, you are irresponsible. This is class war. The working people who make this country run, who educate our children, who generate the profits for the corporations, and who haven't had a raise since forever are the irresponsible ones. Meanwhile the bankers who stole their pensions and blew themselves big housing bubbles that they popped in our faces slander us to our faces, call us scum, write us off.
In a world where a minimum wage employee only makes enough in an hour to buy their choice of a gallon of gas or a gallon of milk, it is hard to envision a way of fighting back. But there is an important first step that we must take, and that is to refuse to see this as an individual problem and recognize that we are not the irresponsible ones. And we didn't start the class war, they did. It is a slow, steady war of attrition and demoralization, sowing mistrust among us, and self doubt within us.
We have to stand up for each other, and reject their narrative of "it's your own fault." They exploit and degrade the diligence and dignity of our work, and then profit from our misery. Then they tell us they are heroes for it and we are losers. We deserve better, but we'll have to stand together to get it.


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Apt. 9 Dolman Gray Sweater: Kohl's (on sale for $24.99, available in "black", "gray", & "cinder") | Top: Nordstrom Rack (similar here) | 535 Leggings: Levi's (on sale for $35.00) | Statement Necklace: Metal Marvels (use code KBSTYLED for 25% off any jewels on their site) | Kimber Tote: Shop Suey Boutique | Jacinthe Bracelet: Stella & Dot | Druzy Ring: Wrenn Jewelry (use code KBSTYLED for 15% off) | Dainty Rectangle Ring: LCLaurenConrad for Kohl's (similar here) | Watch: Daniel Wellington
| Photos | Sweet Magnolia Photography
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and as always, thanks for stopping by!
p.s let your outer beauty be an accessory to your inner sparkle…and then, SHINE!
| Photos | Sweet Magnolia Photography
I have been obsessing over light weight sweater cardis lately and this Apt. 9 Dolman Sweater from Kohl's has easily become one of my favorites. The fit, the quality, the shape, & the color are just a few things that make this sweater one of my favorites. Pairing this sweater with bright whites gives this look a fresh and crisp feel. And the accessories, like this GORGEOUS statement necklace from Metal Marvels, add pops of white throughout as well to tie it all together.
You MUST grab this sweater before they sell out…I think I may have to pick up this sweater in "cinder" as well. It is so versatile and perfect to carry you from season to season..wear it now with jeans and later over a sundress!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and as always, thanks for stopping by!
p.s let your outer beauty be an accessory to your inner sparkle…and then, SHINE!