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Anonymous - David Thewlis and Jamie Campbell Bower interview
Interview by Rob Carnevale
DAVID Thewlis and Jamie Campbell Bower talk about some of the controversy surrounding Roland Emmerich's Shakespeare epic Anonymous and some of the research they did. They were speaking at a press conference held during the London Film Festival.
Q. How did you research your part – the villain of the piece, so to speak?
David Thewlis: I didn't research it at all. I don't really know much about what this film's about. I haven't seen it and I didn't read it. I thought it was about computer hacking, so I was a bit disappointed. I'm going to see it tonight [laughs]. No, of course it was one of those things where we all did lots of research. It was one of those greats films where you can do an immense amount of research because there's so much written on both sides. I went to see Rhys [Ifans] just before and he'd mistakenly bought the wrong book! Unfortunately, my research was to read a very dry piece of academia called The Cecil Dynasty, which wasn't very interesting at all and I don't recommend it to anyone! But it's always great fun to play a villain.
Q. And Jamie, how was it for you working in such esteemed company? Were you at all daunted?
Jamie Campbell Bower: It's terrifying… an absolutely terrifying prospect working with people who you've admired for so long. But also incredibly exhilarating and I feel honoured to be a part of this and to sort of learn from the best. I suppose for me that's what the job is about – to learn from people who I hold in such admiration.
Q As a young actor, were you ever nervous about taking part in a movie that was debunking Shakespeare to a degree?
Jamie Campbell Bower: I'm nervous about taking part in any movie!
Q. How was playing the younger Rhys for you?
Jamie Campbell Bower: Goodness! It was interesting because we didn't do a lot of preparation together so much and I think that's a testament to the casting and a testament to Roland's vision in the fact that Rhys and I have discovered that we're fairly similar, so someone must have seen that fairly early on. Joely and Vanessa have said throughout this whole press tour that you're not the same person you are when you're in your late teens to where you are when you're in your 50s, but what's fantastic about this film and the way that John Orloff has written it is that you can see the character development and you can see the arc, and I think that really is very key to having two people play the same character.
Q. Did you have any apprehension about upsetting Shakespeare purists when you first read the script?
Jamie Campbell Bower:* Well, I'd heard of this theory beforehand and I was interested to discover more about it and what Roland has given myself and I think all of us is a broader understanding and an education into this theory and into who these people were. I wasn't nervous about doing it because of that, I was inspired because of that.
David Thewlis: Quite the opposite, I didn't have any apprehension, I just relished the idea of being involved in something that possibly could kick up this amount of fuss. And there is an awful lot amount of fuss right now. On the BBC website today they've covered up the statue of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, if it is the statue of Shakespeare, which it's probably not (!). But it's just fascinating. It wasn't a pre-requisite of getting the part that we all had to subscribe to this and go out into the world and talk about the validity of Oxford writing the plays.
Personally, I have a very open mind about it and I don't really know what I feel either way. I think it's quite fun to think about it, as it would be if we thought that Prince Edward was the author of the Ken Loach films or Princess Beatrice and Jenny were the new Coen brothers! I think really the film should be enjoyed and we shouldn't get too serious about what it all means. So, I relish this debate.
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January 10th, 2019 | 35 mins 22 secs
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[Watch] The Weeknd - "Initiation" (Unofficial Video)
Earlier this month, Toronto-based electronic/R&B artist The Weeknd let loose a brand new track titled "Initiation." The song, which followed the release of the Thursday Mixtape, is a possible taste of the artist's upcoming third mixtape of the year, titled Echoes of Silence. As well, unofficial visuals for the track were released today, with Marcos Fantu in the director's chair. You can watch the unofficial, NSFW video in the player above.


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Eagles Are 1st team in NFL history with 1,300 net pass (1,341) & 900 rush (933) yards in 1st 5 games... QB Michael Vick has won past 2 starts vs. TB. QB Nick Foles has 3 TDs, 0 INTs & 122.4 rating this season... RB LeSean McCoy leads NFL with 514 rush yards & 700 scrimmage yards. Averaging 140 scrimmage yards per game. Has 10 TDs (6 rush, 4 rec.) in past 8 Oct. games & aims for 9th Oct. game in row with TD... WR-PR DeSean Jackson ranks 3rd in NFC with 525 rec. yards & averages 18.8 yards per catch, best in NFC (min. 20 rec.). Among active players (min. 200 catches), ranks 2nd in NFL with 17.6 avg. (302 rec., 5,310 yards). TE Brent Celek averaging 17.8 yards per catch, highest by TE with 10+ rec... 9 different Eagles have 1+ sack. DT Fletcher Cox & LB CONOR BARWIN lead team with 2 sacks each. Cox has 6.5 sacks in past 12. Had sack in last game vs. TB. Barwin has 2 sacks in past 4. DT Bennie Logan had 1st sack last week. CB Cary Williams is only DB in NFL with 2 INTs & sack this year.
Buccaneers Rookie QB Mike Glennon made 1st career start in Week 4 & threw 1st TD pass... In last year's meeting, RB Doug Martin rushed for 128 yards & TD. Has 1,750 scrimmage yards (125 per game) & 11 TDs (10 rush, 1 rec.) in past 14. His 1,750 scrimmage yards are 2nd most in NFL in that span... WR Vincent Jackson had 6 catches for 131 yards (21.8 avg.) & TD in last year's game. Among active players (min. 200 catches), has NFL-best 17.8 avg. (361 catches, 6,430 yards). WR Mike Williams had TD in last meeting... DT Gerald McCoy tied career high with 2 sacks in last game vs. Phi. CB Darrelle Revis had INT & FF in Week 4. Incl. playoffs, when Revis has INT, his teams are 16-3 (.842). Rookie CB Johnthan Banks had 1st career INT in Week 4. LB Lavonte David had sack in last game vs. Phi. Is only player in NFL with 20+ tackles (28), 3+ sacks (3) & INT (1). TB is only team with 4 players with sack & INT: S Mark Barron & LBs David, Mason Foster & Dekoda Watson. Barron leads team with 30 tackles.
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text: The first concept art has premiered for the much anticipated young adult novel adaptation "The Maze Runner". The artwork reportedly comes from the film's director Wes Ball. Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario star in the project about a group of boys trapped in an enormous maze who seek their freedom.


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Cristianne Casper
My interest in permanent makeup was first piqued in 1996 while I was in cosmetology school. We had a one day class to introduce us to it. I wanted to learn more about doing permanent makeup back then but heard that I would have to go to California. That wasn't possible at the time, so I put it on the back of my mind. In 1998 I met a woman who did permanent makeup and taught classes on it. She had done some work on herself which I was very impressed with. I asked her to do full face makeup on me, eyeliner, eyebrows, and lips. I loved it! She thought I would be good at permanent makeup because I have a cosmetology background, I'm an artist, and I do traditional makeup well. Her belief in me gave me the confidence to go through with the classes. She taught me well and said I was her favorite student. I had two month's worth of clients to work on right after I finished the training. I have liked doing permanent makeup so much, that I quit doing hair to focus only on doing permanent makeup and, since 2006, teaching others how to do it. I have a strong passion for permanent makeup. I love creating a beautiful look for the women I work with. Through word of mouth I have built up a good sized client base. I love them and they have been so happy with the work I have done for them, they have sent their friends and family to me. I love what I do!


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NCSLA annually gives the Distinguished Service Award to a person who has performed a great service to science education in North Carolina. In 2008 this award was renamed in honor of Michael C. Jackson, a founder of NCSLA. In past years Fisher Scientific Education has generously sponsored this award. It will be presented on April 12th, 2014 at the spring membership meeting.
Nominations are due no later than March 31st! Please take the time to nominate a deserving candidate who has been a tremendous asset to science education in NC. The nominee does not have to be a member of NCSLA. Please try to keep your nominations confidential. Former winners include:
• Fred Allen (1999)
• Charles Coble (2000)
• Jessie Jones (2001)
• David Haase (2002)
• Vallie Guthie (2003)
• Tom Bell (2004)
• Manley Midgett (2005)
• Steven Dyche (2006)
• Judy Jones (2007)
• Beth Snoke Harris (2008)
• Brenda Evans (2009)
• Fred Beyer (2010)
• Bob Panoff (2011)
• Cindy Moss (2012)
• Charlie Lytle (2013)
Nominations should be completed online
Nominations include:
1. Completed nomination form.
2. Letters of recommendation or support.
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Last week I posed the question 'how do you review a game that you didn't like, but also isn't very memorable'? I got many answers but the one I liked the most was from @Alocidej. He said "quickly" So that's how I'm going to review today's game... very, very, quickly.
Before I do, let me explain how this blog series works
I have a TON of games I own but never beat, I want to play them all and review them.
Now there are some RULES about my backlog.
Every game I own and never beat was placed into a random list maker.
I MUST beat the games in order decided by the random list maker.
I can only skip RPGs because they take a long time (but I must still beat them in order)
I can't skip any other game.
If I buy another game, it gets put in a random place in the list.
If I get a new game I REALLY wanna play, I can make it next in the list.
Games in a series (ie Halo) were placed in order from first to last.
When a game is done, it will be reviewed.
Now let's start this week's review.
Review #2 – Capsized
Capsized is a 2D platformer made from a VERY small indie crew. It's about a crew of astronauts crash landing on an alien planet. The crew needs to explore the planet, repair their ship, fight, and escape. I'll start with the positives. For being such a small team, the design and game is very ambitious. Also the soundtrack is awesome.
Now, let's look at the negatives of this game. Before writing this review, I was looking at reviews other people wrote and I saw something that really stuck with me. A Steam Review said "the level design works against you" and that is 100% true. The game has a series of levels each with an objective. The objective is either go there, kill that, or collect this. This is fine for the first few levels but then everything goes to shit. The level objectives begin to repeat, making the game monotonous and then the level just get longer and longer. Fuck you level 11.
This is a keyboard and mouse game with the mouse used to aim and shoot. The controls are floaty and unintuitive. This makes precision jumping, and precision platforming infuriating. They give you a grapple beam and occasional jetpack to help alleviate the issue, but it doesn't help.
The WORST part of this game is the enemies. They're easy to defeat, but their placement is bullshit. A lot of times enemies appear off screen, and can take out half your health before you see them. Even though they're easy to kill, they also deal a ton of damage. They also blend into the background, fly all around, and swarm you. Fuck em!
Score: Meh out of Meh.
Next game: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccooness


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Disability charity Momentum Skills has announced details of their next fundraising event, "Gardener's Question Time" at Inverurie Town Hall on Wednesday, April 29, at 7.30pm.
And Momentum Skills are delighted to announce that Beechgrove Garden presenters Jim McColl and Carole Baxter will be answering the questions on the night.
Joining Jim and Carole on the panel will be locally based horticultural advisor and soft fruit specialist, Colin Stirling. The evening will be hosted by STV news presenter Chris Harvey. They have all given their time in supporting this, the very first Gardener's Question Time in aid of Momentum Skills.
Momentum Fundraiser Michael Jamieson said: "We are most grateful to Jim, Carole, Colin and Chris for giving their time and expertise to help raise funds to support the continuing work of Momentum in the North East.
"This is the ideal opportunity for all budding gardeners, and indeed those like myself who perhaps just want to find out about gardening generally, to come along and have their horticultural problems and queries answered by these three gardening experts."
Tickets cost £8, including refreshments, and are available in advance from Michael Jamieson on 07739 526531.


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The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a set of recommendations based on its series of forums on Afghanistan--the sixth and last of which will be held Wednesday. It's releasing the report now so its membership may consider it in deciding how to vote on the $96 billion War Supplemental this week.
Here is a preview of just a few of the valuable recommendations in the report:
"Require an 80-20 ratio (political-military) with all future US funding, with a special inspector general to monitor the implementation of this ratio"
Even Gen. Petraeus calls for this 80-20 ratio in his counterinsurgency strategy, but a panelist on the Afghanistan Forum, Gen. Paul Eaton, former commander of Iraq's security forces,pointed out that funding in Afghanistan is 90 percent military.
"Require the immediate cessation of drone attacks
Many of the panelists, including Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson--Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff -- pointed out that the high number of civilian deaths from drone attacks creates more enemies and fuels the insurgency rather than undermining it.
"Require UN involvement in overseeing and mandating the role of US and international military operations.... Require any increase in US troop presence is oriented to training and support roles for Afghan security forces...not for US-led counterinsurgency efforts."
The report reads, "17,000 additional troops are neither sufficient to manage the conflict nor a useful contribution because the already deployed US/international forces are not being presently utilized." It is worth noting that the Petraeus counterinsurgency strategy calls for upwards of 400,000 troops. Col. Wilkerson recommended the support/training role of any additional troops.
"Require the initiative of a dialogue process, with Saudi Arabia--who initiated previous talks between Afghan government and ethnic/tribal leaders--taking the lead, or with other international organization taking the lead."
Its clear that the insurgency will not be defeated and security not achieved until ethnic and tribal leaders are brought into the fold.
While I personally would like to see a call for immediate withdrawal of US troops, and a sharp and smart focus on diplomatic and political solutions to the conflict, these recommendations would improve the current strategy of escalation that destabilizes the region and threatens President Obama's domestic and international agenda. Kudos to the Progressive Caucus for setting up these forums, listening to people with a deep understanding of the issues, and putting forth recommendations in a timely manner.


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Jeremy Hellickson has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with what is being called "shoulder fatigue" (via Marc Topkin). There is no structural damage, and he is only expected to miss two starts.
Chris Archer, who was part of the trade that sent Matt Garza to the Chicago Cubs, has been called up and will make his big league debut on Wednesday.
Archer, who is one of the Rays' top prospects, has a 4.81 ERA in 14 starts this season with triple-A Durham. He has 90 strikeouts in just 76.2 innings, but has struggled with his control at times, walking 45 batters.


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A dragon rises up over a hoard of golden treasure topped with a brimming money chest. Four large, dragon-engraved coins sit beneath the chest. And yet, despite all the gold, the strongest colour comes from the green backdrop. Not trees or forest, more like the green of a cave interior, flecked with bright, golden sparks.
This speaks very obviously of holding your possessions in high regard, of fiercely guarding what you have and adding to it. More subtly, it reminds us that a material focus is not purely bad: sometimes, in order to grow, we first must build up our reserves.
I take this card as a reminder to store up the reserves I will need for birthing in a couple of months time. Already, I have a hospital bag almost completely packed and at the ready, with a couple of bits that I ordered online due today. Sleep will also help fill my energy reserves, as will meditating and staying strong through exercise. Sounds like a plan :)
I am grateful for the reserves of strength, calm and patience I am developing.


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Despite having played some of the orneriest bad guys in films and on television for over four decades, actor James Best was forever ingrained in the minds of audiences as the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazzard" (CBS, 1979-1985). A World War II veteran, he fell in love with acting while serving in Europe, and became a Universal contract player in the early 1950s. Scores of small film roles led to steady work in television and films, frequently as villainous cowpokes in "Ride Lonesome" (1959) and "Shenandoah" (1965). The bumbling Rosco P. Coltrane showcased Best's rarely-seen comic side to its fullest, and if it typecast him for the remainder of his career, he did not seem to mind. A respected acting teacher and occasional producer-director, he settled into independent film production and enjoyed the minor immortality afforded by nostalgia and television reruns. James Best died of complications from pneumonia on April 6, 2015. He was 88.
Born Jules Guy on July 26, 1926 in Powderly, KY, he was first cousin to Don and Phil Everly, better known as the pop group the Everly Brothers, through his mother's side of the family. One of nine children, Best's family was torn apart by his father's alcoholism and the financial devastation of the Great Depression. When his mother died in 1929, Best and his siblings were given up for adoption. The three-year-old was adopted by Armen and Essy Best and raised in Corydon, IN. After high school, he was a metalworker before joining the U.S. Army to serve in World War II; Best served on Army Air Corps B-17s and as a military policeman in postwar Germany. A chance encounter with a USO performer inspired him to audition for Army Special Services, which sent him across Europe as an actor in the play "My Sister Eileen." His director was Arthur Penn, who later enjoyed fame for helming "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967).
After his discharge, Best headed for New York City to try his hand as a professional actor. Like many others, he landed small parts without much consistency, and supplemented his income by working as a model. When an opportunity arose to audition for a Universal Studios talent representative, Best gave his all and was signed to a contract. There, alongside such fellow up-and-comers as Clint Eastwood, Shelley Winters and Tony Curtis, he was given bit and supporting parts in features, starting in 1950 with an uncredited turn in "One Way Street" (1950). A friendship with decorated World War II vet-turned-actor Audie Murphy led to more substantial roles in "Kansas Raiders" (1950) and a growing fan base of starstruck females. But an ill-timed dalliance with the girlfriend of a Universal executive put an end to his contract, and he was back to bit parts in films like "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953).
Cowboy star Gene Autry took a liking to Best, casting him in several of his kid-oriented Western series, including "Annie Oakley" (syndicated, 1953-56) and "The Gene Autry Show" (CBS, 1950-56). Time and patience eventually elevated him from background player in films like "Forbidden Planet" (1956) to a character actor specializing in intense, often unhinged Southern men like the psychopathic lead in "Man on the Prowl" (1957); "The Left-Handed Gun" (1958) as a wild sidekick to Paul Newman's Billy the Kid; and the vicious outlaw targeted by bounty hunter Randolph Scott in Budd Boetticher's "Ride Lonesome" (1959). There were protagonists on Best's résumé as well, like the cult favorite "The Killer Shrews" (1959) and a rare lead in "Verboten!" (1959), a gritty drama by Samuel Fuller about an American GI in postwar Germany that bore similarities to Best's own military experience.
Television became Best's steadiest source of income in the early 1960s; Westerns were of course a natural destination, but he was also memorably featured in three episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (CBS, 1959-1964) and twice on "The Andy Griffith Show" (CBS, 1960-68) as Jim Lindsay, a talented musician who needs a little guidance from Andy. Features during this period were few, though "Shock Corridor" (1963), his second film for Samuel Fuller, provided him with a show-stopping part as a shell-shocked Korean War vet who believes himself to be Confederate colonel Jeb Stuart. Best also turned up in the Jerry Lewis comedy "Three on a Couch" (1966), which featured the screen credit "Introducing James Best," and the Westerns "Shenandoah" (1965) and "Firecreek" (1968), both starring his acting hero, James Stewart.
In 1964, Best established his own acting school in Los Angeles. He soon became known as one of the best teachers in the city, and counted such talents as Farrah Fawcett, Gary Busey, Teri Garr and his children's babysitter, Lindsay Wagner, among his pupils. He maintained the school until 1971, when he relocated with his family to Mississippi, where he became the artist-in-residence at the University of Mississippi and continued to teach drama, in addition to helping to establish the Mississippi Film Commission.
In the years prior to "The Dukes of Hazzard," Best ironically played some of his darkest roles in films and on television; he was the racist sheriff who arrests Paul Winfield, separating him from his family, in "Sounder" (1972); a cross-dressing lumber mill owner who seduces Robby Benson in "Ode to Billy Joe" (1976); and a venal thief who mutilates traumatized Vietnam War vet William Devane, setting off a brutal revenge streak in the Paul Schrader-penned "Rolling Thunder" (1977). Best also began his career behind the camera on several films for longtime friend Burt Reynolds, including "Gator" (1976) and "The End" (1978). Best served as associate producer on the former, and uncredited director on both films; his role was to direct the scenes when Reynolds, the credited director, was on camera. The pair also appeared together in Peter Bogdanovich's "Silent Movie" (1976) and "Hooper" (1978).
The following year, Best received the part that became his calling card for the next three decades - that of Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazzard." Initially, the role was darker and more in tone with some of Best's previous bad guy parts; in one early episode, Coltrane even murdered a man. But when the network discovered that children were tuning into the series, the focus - and Best's character - was given a more cartoonish feel. Inept, utterly corrupt and borderline idiotic, Coltrane became one of the show's most popular characters, providing much of the laughs in his interaction with main villain Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), who was also his brother-in-law. Best improvised much of his dialogue with Booke in their scenes together, and also gave the character his famous pinched delivery and stuttering laugh; it was reportedly a voice he used when playing with his children.
Best stayed with "The Dukes" for its entire network run, and even reprised his role on the animated spin-off, "The Dukes" (CBS, 1983). He also co-wrote and rewrote numerous episodes, and directed three between 1981 and 1984. In 1997, he reunited with his original castmates for "The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion" (CBS), which saw Coltrane promoted to town boss, and "Hazzard in Hollywood" (CBS, 2000), as well as several "Dukes"-related video games. Rosco P. Coltrane would eventually come to dominate Best's career; though he had been an actor for over four decades, and the role had made him financially sound, producers and casting directors could not see him as anyone but the silly sheriff. Aside from a few appearances on episodic television and in independent films - one of which, "Death Mask" (1998), he also wrote - Best retired from acting. A resident of Florida since 1987, he taught acting at the University of Central Florida and served on the Advisory Council for the Motion Picture, Television and Recording Industry of the state. With his second wife, actress Dorothy Best, he established a production company, Best Friend Films, which offered high definition production services for independent producers. Best continued working well into his 80s, and co-wrote the horror sequel "Return of the Killer Shrews" (2012), in which he co-starred with his "Dukes" partner John Schneider. James Best died of complications of pneumonia on April 6, 2015 in Hickory, NC. He was 88 years old.
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The other week on the radio, I heard the people at the Ugg company are making….. yes you might have guessed it, Uggs for men! As if there aren't already lots of women's products creating a more "masculine" version for their counterparts. Originally it was worn by men first, but then became hugely popular with women to the point of becoming a status symbol. It quickly turned into another one of those things which can define who and what you are and how much you earn, as Ugg boots aren't exactly cheap.
They have been around for quite sometime now, and their popularity maybe starting to take a very gradual dive. This is indicated by the steady increase in sales advertising Ugg boots with something like 60% off. Perhaps by lauching the Men's Ugg boots and expanding the range, the company hopes to pro-long the lifespan of the Ugg boot by appealing to a different audience. Already there are some celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Orlando Bloom and Justib Timberlake who are sporting the new trend. The boots themselves don't really look that bad on guys, infact they even seem unisex. But perhaps because it was so popular with women, that it has inevitably become associated as a woman's accessory, that it might have a stigma attatched to it which could put most men off. As with alot of new trends, I think it will be slow to catch on but would eventually be yet another trend. Also as it has been a freakishly cold winter this year, guys might just adopt this new trend just to keep warm men. Or at least that's what the male celebrities seem to be doing.
It's yet another product with the label "masculine" and tends to have a more streamlined and dark toned look/ packaging, but at the end of the day it's still just the same as what we women use. Either it's a re-branding of something ordinary such as facial moisturiser, tinted moisturiser or captilising on something that's popular amongst women, and making a male version. A great money maker no doubt, but I'm probably being a little biased here. Girls have always borrowed boyfriend's clothes, and so the clothing industry have cottoned on, designed boyfriend jeans/jackets etc etc, and sold it to women as the next fashion must have. Somehow it seems cute and acceptable for women to do this, to add that extra edge to one's image or create a more casual look. But when it comes to men using a 'male friendly' version of our beauty products, and now our fashion accessories too, it jus seems wrong somehow. Almost as though this could add a feminine touch to their image or ego which, unless you don't mind, might be one trend which may not be very popular.
I asked a group of male friends about if they would ever ear Uggs. No matter how cool, or which famous faces are wearing them, they will not be seen wearing Uggs. Why? Because to the average guy, this footwear is perceives as being girly. It's something that only girls wear. Although the majority said no way, the odd one or two said maybe… if it was cheaper.
So if girls wear it was a fashion statement, the same reason one would buy designer shoes for example, what reason would men wear Uggs for?


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Forget the struggling poor of the urban inner-city cores. They've all moved to the suburbs.
For the first time in U.S. history, more people live in poverty in suburban areas than wallow in urban squalor, according to a report conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
In the Bay Area, this is part of a startling, sobering trend: "Over the last decade, the number of Bay Area residents living in poverty rose twice as fast in suburbia than in urban areas," according to SF Weekly.
Poverty in the suburbs is now at 16.1 percent, compared to 7.2 percent in cities, the newspaper reported.
In San Francisco, the story is that skyrocketing rents and real estate prices forced the poor out to the outer-county suburbs in Contra Costa, Solano, and other counties.
A very troubling aspect of the findings: "Suburbia wasn't built for poor people -- it lacks the infrastructure," the newspaper reported. There are fewer public services, like parks, public transportation, and other key links to other people the urban poor "enjoy."


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Temple & Vihar of Maha-Buddha (Satya Singha) in Katmandoo. August 1857
Artist: Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Medium: Watercolour
Date: 1857
Watercolour by of the Mahabodha temple and monastery at Kathmandu in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated August 1857. The image is inscribed on the reverse: 'Temple & Vihar of Maha-Buddha (Satya Singha) in Katmandoo. August 1857'.
Sakya Singha; the 'Sakya Lion' of the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley is an epithet for Gautama Buddha, who was from the Sakya clan. The artist, Dr Oldfield, was Residency Surgeon at Kathmandu from 1850-1863, and wrote in 'Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive...' (1880), "This temple is of an unusual form, having no mound nor spire of segments. It is of a conical form, with little minarets at the four corners of the lower portion of the building. It is about seventy-five feet high. It stands in the centre of a small court, which is so narrow and confined that there is only a pathway between the houses composing the court and the sides of the temples. It is consequently impossible to get a distinct view of the upper part of the building...It is, perhaps, the most elaborately carved of any temple in the Valley, and is probably also in the best state of preservation...The whole outside of the temple from top to bottom is most elaborately carved with small figures of Buddha; these reliefs extend deep into the brick, through the composition, and are nearly as hard and as durable as stone. There are said to be in all, outside and inside, nine thousand different carvings or designs of Buddha in this one temple."


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There was a couple of stand out items at the show this year that I really thought deserved their own post. They really struck me because they all worked on a number of different levels; really 'smart' concepts that integrated great design with creativity and function. Functional design is becoming huge and these are three very different but very cool examples. Check them out.
I loved this first idea. This takes the very utilitarian walkway, something we all take for granted and builds in an element of reflexology. This idea is amazing! This is so easy to build into a walkway, patio, driveway or yard in your own home. A quick DIY, it uses different sizes and textures of patio stones that you walk over in your bare feet, stimulating different acupuncture and reflexology points. It makes a great feature element in any outdoor area. Popular in Asia, you would not believe how incredible you will feel after walking over these.
Another great item we came across was this crazy cool Scandinavian outdoor grill house. Yup that's what I said, a grill house! The perfect place to congregate and socialize while you grill up some fresh food. Apparently these are big in Scandinavia and have been recently introduced to North America.
The structures are fairly small (they can sit 6-12 pple depending on size) but packed with intelligent and thoughtful design.
This one comes installed, with it's own grill, adjustable hood, pivoting griddles, fish boards and all accessories; dinnerware, flatware and pelts. Keep an eye out for these babies.
Lastly, here is a furniture demo our friend Michael at casalife walked us through. This is a seriously gorgeous piece of furniture which is so functional and versatile. Inspired by some designs originally developed for the military, the modular options allow you to customize based on your needs. This one is a bed to desk conversion, but there are a slew of others. This solves the guest room you only use twice a year dilemma. It comes in various finishes and with different accessories; lighting, technology accessories, a tv, wow!


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Sometimes a product or service is developed which is revolutionary and has huge potential, however if potential customers do not know of its existence it is unlikely to sell. Making sure that your basic commercial proposition is visible to your potential customers is an essential part of a successful business.
This is where a professional marketing agency is invaluable. A good marketing agency can help you find the right audience, the right campaign and the right platform to help you penetrate your target market.
Functions Of A Marketing Agency
If you are looking to expand your business there are many benefits a professional agency can bring. Some of the most common functions and benefits of a marketing agency include:
Saving Time
If your staff are not specifically and properly trained in marketing the time that they may spend developing campaigns could be done by a professional team in a fraction of the time. This frees up your staff to focus on the things they are good at. Advertising, when done properly, is a time consuming endeavour but it is also a vital one. This is particularly relevant for smaller businesses, who cannot hire staff or an integrated marketing team, to focus on.
Saving Money
The initial outlay involved when hiring a marketing agency can be off-putting. A focused plan however, that pinpoints the correct audience, without disrupting your dedicated staff's day-to-day tasks, can save an enormous amount of money, even with the initial cost factored in. What's more, agencies are offered cheaper rates by many media outlets, which in turn can help save you money.
Professional Advice
Becoming adept in marketing takes a long time and even longer to perfect. This can only be done with study, experience and practice. By using a competent agency, your business will be able to take advantage of expert advice in areas that may not have even occurred to you. It is often in the minutiae of a marketing campaign that success is achieved and this kind of detail can only be provided by professionals.
Rapid Execution
Once a business has decided it requires a new marketing strategy or campaign, the quicker it is implemented the better. As an agency employs staff that are able to focus and deliver on the various specific details, the execution of the campaign can be much speedier than if it was handled in house. When successful, this can have a huge impact on a business's turnover.
Brand Awareness
Brand development is a complex and sometimes counter-intuitive task. Encompassing diverse areas such as logo design and suitably themed advertising campaigns, this can only be robustly and correctly executed by those with specific sets of skills. This is possibly one of the subtlest areas in all of advertisement and requires a deft touch and profound understanding of the market.
Reaching the Correct Audience
No matter how ingenious an ad campaign is, it amounts to very little if it's directed at the wrong audience. You can spend a fortune of an idea only to watch it sink without a trace when it falls upon the eyes and ears of an inappropriate group of people.
Because professionals in the industry understand where the specific age group or gender will exist for a business, they can cultivate the campaign and direct its message to the potential clients and customers to maximise its effects.
Increasing Sales
The whole idea of an advertising campaign is to increase your sales and profits. Brand awareness, pinpointing the correct audience and freeing up your staff to help the entire operation function correctly, can all have profound effects on the success of a business.
Types Of Marketing Agency
As you might expect for a sector that is used by a disparate section of businesses, there are many different types of advertisement agency. Although there is plenty of crossover, which of these is right for a specific business will need to be properly researched. The main types include:
Digital Marketing
Also known as online marketing, digital marketing agencies are almost solely concerned with using the Internet as a platform to promote a business. By trying to attract as many numbers, or visitors, as possible, they attempt to engage customers' potential that will browse a website. Because they are able to focus this advertisement to the most relevant parts of the Internet, it can be a quite precise practice that garners significant results.
Social Media Marketing
With the growth of social media over the past decade or so, having a presence on sites like YouTube or Twitter can be enormously beneficial to a business. Some sites are able to engage up to a billion people a day, so the potential for social media marketing success is huge. Unfortunately, these numbers can mean a campaign can be easily lost amongst the noise of such sites, thus using a professional agency is wise.
B2B Marketing
B2B stands for business to business, so as you might expect, this type of agency's expertise lies solely in the business field. Fostering relationships and ideas are just a couple of the reasons businesses might want to make others aware of their presence, products and services.
B2B advertisement is an even larger sector than consumer advertisement in purely financial terms.
Viral Marketing
Although it may seem as if viral marketing is a new kid on the block, the fact is it has been around in one form or another for a very long time. With the advent of the Internet, however, it has come a long way in a short time.
Much like social media marketing, viral marketing uses the Internet to engage its audience. Unlike social media marketing, it does not achieve this with straightforward adverts. Short videos are the most common method employed by viral marketers, with a focus on creating word of mouth and the sharing of said video. Other ways to create a successful viral campaign are free products and services.
Design Agency
Design agencies use graphic design to create a succinct and eye-catching logo or message that can be printed onto products, such as free T-shirts and stationary. In this way a brand can be an ever-present advertisement that is seen by both those that use the products and those around them.
Creative Agency
Creative agencies are something of an amorphous entity, crossing boundaries into design, social media and many others forms of advertisement. Essentially these are the creative people behind the campaigns, offering services relating to strategy, technology and design.
PR, also known as public relations, is probably best known in the world of politics but it has been at the centre of the advertisement industry for many years. Applying its skills to every media type, from TV to newspapers, as well as conferences and tradeshows, they are mainly concerned with making sure your message gets out there to the right people.
Choosing the Right Type of Agency for your Business
As this is such a large subject, it can be difficult to know which type of agency can provide the right type of advertisement, as well as the best quality, for your operation. As this is such a big decision for a company, it does pay to research the subject thoroughly.
An agency that does not understand your business will have very little to offer, so viral marketing, for example, will not be suitable for a small family run retail outlet. Understanding what you want to achieve with your marketing strategy is key here and a professional agency should be able to steer you in the right direction.
Marketing Providers In The UK
With so many reputable, and disreputable, agencies around, it can be difficult to know where to start. These are some of the most renowned agencies in the UK:
- Marketing Companies UK – an organisation specialising in social media campaigns
- Jenkinson & Associates Marketing– a smaller-sized Leicestershire based organisation specialising in personal bespoke marketing solutions
- IBMC – a company based in Scotland that specialises in internet marketing strategies
- Catalina Marketing– an organisation with a very impressive portfolio of clients and a history going back over 20 years
How Much will an Advertising Agency Cost Me?
As you might expect, this can depend on a range of factors. Each campaign will utilise many different skills and the costs of running it can vary wildly. Running costs are one of the largest expenses to consider.
For larger companies, TV commercials offer a reliable audience that can be easily predicted but costs range from £50,000 to £500,000. Smaller channels are not as expensive but are still out of reach for most businesses.
Magazine and newspapers do not have the scope they once had but can still demand fees of up to £200,000 at the top end. Digital advertising is not as predictable and rarely offers a potential audience that is as enormous as other platforms. At the higher end, however, this can run into the tens of thousands.
Agencies can earn their money via commission, which can be as much as 15% but does mean there are no up front costs and therefore the risk is low. This may not be suitable for larger companies as there is more to lose this way.
Service fees and project fees will also need to be factored in to costs so it pays to research what you might need, what you can afford and what is cost efficient for your business.


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Leadership Change and the Designated Successor
Posted on 26. Jan, 2018 by leadrecruit in Boards Behaving Better
In my 20 years as an organizational consultant and executive recruiter for both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, I continually find that most board leadership does not have emergency or long-term transition plans in place for the chief executive. The sub rosa issue of a planned departure is avoided in order to not rock the boat with the current executive. A robust leadership continuity plan would, however, serve as a roadmap for an internal junior executive's talent management prior to their leadership transition; unfortunately, very few organizations provide the executive coaching needed to enable the "designated" (but unprepared) successor – often the current CFO or COO – to succeed as CEO.
Nothing is more central to a dynamic organization than its capacity to cope with complexity, ambiguity, uncertainty, and change. In the modern era of rapid change, it is imperative for a nonprofit organization to be more future-oriented and more concerned with selecting the proper direction and most capable leader. Our nonprofit leaders have to be capable of dealing with revenue generation and sustainability issues that demand courage, decisiveness, and action. This makes the distinction between leadership and management quite critical in the search for a new chief executive, which has large implications for both an organization's externally-focused succession planning, as well as their internally-focused successor planning.
Search committees often make hiring decisions based on candidates' institutional knowledge, rather than their ability to tackle future challenges. Committees inherently focus on keeping the status quo and select the internal COO or CFO candidate, regardless of whether they have developed or demonstrated the ability to lead. CFO's and COO's are good managers, adept at overseeing resources and organizing the activities and operations of the organization, while CEO's are leaders that challenge the process, inspire shared vision, enable others to act, model the path forward, and encourage commitment internally and externally. In my extensive consulting experience, I am continually dismayed that many organizations are over-managed and under-led, resulting in unmotivated employees without a clear or compelling vision. This implies a lack of robust talent management.
Subsequently, there are many public examples of the unprepared internal candidates succeeding the chief executive; the COO-turned-CEO or CFO-turned CEO often departs after a limited and frustrating tenure. The search committee must then engage once again in an extensive and expensive search process and adeptly manage declining stakeholder and community confidence.
Search committees must explicitly consider the profound distinction between management and leadership when selecting a chief executive. In the process of assessing talent for a leadership change, it is important to keep the expectations of management and leadership quite distinct – if the board wants the next chief executive to create new ideas, new approaches, and new methodologies. Good managers demonstrate success by being tactical, but great chief executives demonstrate success by being strategic leaders; the distinction is critical.
Effective leadership continuity and transition is about a focus on the needs and challenges facing the organization, rather than successor planning that prioritizes the comfort level of the board. To ensure organizational sustainability, chief executives have to demonstrate the skills to competently address problems and issues that demand courage, decisiveness, and action. Taking the time to train potential internal successors to truly lead puts organizations many steps ahead of the game.
Retirement – Who Makes the Decision?
Posted on 26. Jan, 2018 by leadrecruit in Boards Behaving Better
Change in leadership often strikes fear at the very heart of an organization. It can throw the board, staff and leadership into turmoil. In fact, people go to great lengths to avoid disrupting the status quo. Sometimes, they even stay in dysfunctional relationships because it seems like a more palatable option. If we are overwhelmed by the fear of new leadership and we try to hold onto the way it's always been, we expend a lot of energy resisting change.
Change in leadership is, indeed, a painful thought. But avoiding or postponing leadership change could put the organization in long-term jeopardy. What is most important is that the facts are faced and parameters put in place to ensure the organization will continue to thrive and stand on its own without the current leadership.
The organization's vitality and sustainability are the key factors to be considered when thinking about leadership continuity. This issue of the organization's best interests is often confused with the best interests of the founder/long-term leader. The organization is often held hostage to the retirement considerations of the chief executive, who may no longer be leading the organization into the future. Not surprisingly, we have seen a number of organizations that are holding on to leaders who have lost their passion and vibrancy, leading to the organization's decline.
There is the example of The Philadelphia Foundation that lost its focus on mission and did not serve its constituents in a meaningful way. The community foundation did not grow its resources to lead innovative regional initiatives, nor provide substantial funding for their grantees' organizational sustainability. The Philadelphia Foundation is seen as a critical philanthropic resource for the large diverse Philadelphia region with significant challenges; as a major city, it ranks as the fifth largest city in the nation. Surprisingly, according to the Foundation Center, The Philadelphia Foundation is not listed among the top 25 Community Foundations in the nation, in terms of asset size or total giving. We learned that many of the top ranking community foundations serving smaller cities, like Pittsburgh, Boston and Hartford, have significant impact within their communities.
For more than a decade, the long-term President of The Philadelphia Foundation was not displaying robust leadership, but had requested a hiatus to consider possible retirement. Outside the foundation, everyone spoke of the board being "asleep at the helm", out of touch with the foundation's current lack of community responsiveness, compared with its greater significant potential. When the leader's limited functioning became too obvious to ignore, the board had to step in and create a hasty leadership change.
We have seen many boards reluctantly ask the long-term chief executive or founder if they have any retirement plans. When the board chair gets the unsurprising response that the chief executive has no immediate plans to retire – that is a discussion-stopper! But Boards should not acquiesce so quickly…
Frequently, long-term leaders who have not had authentic performance conversations with the board leadership believe that the organization is theirs to oversee – until they get tired of showing up. Boards are remiss in not having regular performance expectations and comprehensive performance reviews with long-term leaders. The performance review should focus on the health and sustainability of the organization, and have input from the major stakeholders. Conversations about retirement are challenging, but approaching leadership viability through consistent and vigorous 360 performance reviews will ensure that organizations are focused on growth and sustainability.
According to Bill George, author of True North, organizations derail when leaders are not able to lead others with deep curiosity, and keen judgment. So who makes the retirement decision?
Questions regarding retirement planning for the board:
- Why is this the right time to transition to new leadership?
- What will ensure the organization's sustainability in the next 3-5 years?
- A new chief executive will make changes to the operations and might move the organization in new directions; are you ready for this?
- What will be the biggest challenges for a successful leadership transition?
- Can the long-term leader envision letting go while still being embedded in the organization; what will be the most difficult aspects of stepping back?
- In planning for the transition, what crucial responsibilities and relationships is the long-term leader prepared to share or hand off; what key relationships should s/he maintain?
- How does the long-term leader want your organization's stakeholders to describe their legacy?
- How can the board best support the long-term leader through transition planning?
The Dream Board Chair
Posted on 26. Jan, 2018 by leadrecruit in Boards Behaving Better
Every nonprofit organization (as well as public agency) is looking for the perfect board chairperson who can excel at every aspect of leading the organization to the next level. It's true that the board chair is a critical element to a successful organization. Selecting a board chair must be a careful and strategically well-planned process. You don't select a board chair based on who raises their hand first and cries "pick me."
Serving as the chair of a board is not a role for the undecided or inexperienced. To do the job right demands at times exceptional and supernatural qualities, endless energy and undivided attention and commitment. Accepting the responsibility of leading a nonprofit board, not just serving as a figurehead, assumes that the chair possesses the leadership competencies through demonstrated (professional or volunteer) experience to do an effective job and produce results, namely leading a team, running a business and handling the allocation of resources.
It has been our finding that the focus of nonprofit and business leaders, in their board roles, is frequently on keeping administrative costs and enterprising risks low, without consideration of what it takes to ensure program quality and impact. They often do not understand how the mission is realized or how its impact is assessed. They would never consider running their own businesses without the necessary resources or talent just to keep overhead low.
Imagine if these leaders used their board roles to promote a greater investment in capacity building, succession planning and performance measurements, rather than minimizing risk and administrative costs. Without adequate training on their role as a nonprofit board leader, they miss creating the alignment of the mission with an understanding of the talent and resources needed for success and sustainability. We propose that the stewards of mission-driven organizations should be adequately trained in the implications of their governance roles, before assuming the mantle of board chair.


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|Farscape episode
|"Home on the Remains"
|Episode no.
| Season 2
Episode 07
|Guest star(s)
|John Brumpton (B'Sogg), Justine Saunders (Altana), Rob Carlton (Vija), Hunter Perske (Temmon), Gavin Robins (Keedva)
|Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman, Jr.
|Rowan Woods
|Production no.
|Original airdate
|June 16, 2000 (US); August 7, 2000 (UK)
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Desperate for food, the crew visits one of Chiana's old stomping grounds, where not all of the past can stay buried.
The crew are suffering from starvation, and have visited the remains of a Budong, where Chiana once lived, in hopes of getting some food. However, Chiana stole from some friends before she left, so she may not be welcome. All the while, John Crichton is frying some dentics, only to find out that there's a reason why no one eats them. Aeryn Sun says that she wants to leave, when Zhaan enters. She's budding, and says that she must have food, or she'll die.
On the Budong, Chiana says she has a plan to get them food, when an attack occurs. Chiana's friend Temmon is hurt badly, so she finishes him off. B'Sogg enters, saying that he's closed the mines until they find the Keedva – the animal that attacked. He asks why Chiana is here, and she tells him her ship is dying of starvation. After being forced to hand over their weapons, B'Sogg says that he'll feed her friends but not her; she used up his charity. As the others leave, Chiana is met by an old friend, Altana, who she goes to eat with. Whilst discussing old times, Altana says that she's leaving as she hit it big – she has found some nogelti crystals, and she wants to give Chiana half.
Back on Moya, Aeryn begins to mix a salve under Zhaan's instructions, when Zhaan goes into a catatonic state. Pilot warns Aeryn that Moya is beginning to numb from Zhaan's spores. Meanwhile, Rygel complains about his food, so B'Sogg goes to take it but the others say no; they appreciate it. Ka D'Argo says that they'll work to get the meat they need, as they have no choice.
Crichton takes some food to Zhaan, but she grabs his hand and says she needs meat. She says that for Delvians, animal proteins stop the budding cycle, as the buds have evolved for protection, and will poison predators so they can be eaten, since the Delvian is immobilised.
Rygel is playing Vija at a game, but Vija cheats and wins, and when he realises that Rygel has no crystals, Rygel is forced to go to the mines. Meanwhile, Chiana attempts to charm B'Sogg, but D'Argo walks in on them. He says that they need meat now, but B'Sogg says they must pay for it. The only the he wants is Chiana, but D'Argo refuses and punches him. B'Sogg says that he hid all the meat, and he wants Chiana for good.
D'Argo and Chiana argue over what just happened, and she says that she doesn't need another brother. D'Argo says that he doesn't want to be; he just wants to help. He will go down to the mines with Altana to get the crystals.
Aeryn tries to help Zhaan by shining light on her, but it increases the budding, and Zhaan accuses Aeryn of trying to kill her. Meanwhile, Crichton sees Chiana talking with B'Sogg, who says he won't negotiate how long she must stay with him. Chiana then tells Crichton where D'Argo is, so Crichton goes to get him.
Moya's sensors are weakening from the spores, and if they aren't gone soon she may be permanently blinded. Aeryn gets Pilot to prepare a transport pod to get Zhaan away from Moya, but Zhaan has vanished.
Crichton finds Rygel mining a crystal, and goes to drag him away, when a whistle noise sounds and the Keedva attacks. Rygel floats up on his throne sled, so Crichton grabs on and won't let go. The whistle sounds again, and the Keedva runs off, and Crichton headbutts Rygel for biting his finger.
Zhaan is still on Moya, but budding even more. Aeryn still can't find her, and Pilot says that they may have to flush the atmosphere anyway. Meanwhile, as D'Argo and Altana return with the crystals, the Keedva stalks them. They talk about Chiana, and when Altana asks if they're together D'Argo says that's up to Chiana.
Aeryn tells Pilot to seal off command and decompress Moya, as it's the only way. As Aeryn feels guilty, Pilot begins to repressurise. Meanwhile, the Keedva attacks and kills Altana, and again runs off on hearing the whistle.
Chiana is worried about D'Argo, when the creature alarm goes off. B'Sogg tells Crichton that he found their friends too late, but managed to scare the creature off. A bloodied D'Argo calls out and says that he couldn't protect Altana, and she's now dead. Chiana asks B'Sogg how this could happen, and he says that he closed the mines and they should have stayed out, but Chiana tells Crichton that she believes he killed Altana.
On Moya, Zhaan attacks Aeryn, saying she is trying to kill her, that Aeryn has always hated her, that she came to Delvia and imprisoned her, and plotted with Pilot against her. Aeryn says that she's harming Moya with the spores, but Zhaan says that she would never harm Moya, and she can't think. Zhaan asks Aeryn to help her, so Aeryn says she will and headbutts her, and asks Pilot to prime the transport.
Crichton is back in the mines, and finds B'Sogg's stash. B'Sogg appears and unleashes the Keedva, which B'Sogg says he has developed a mutually beneficial relationship with. Chiana calls for Crichton, and B'Sogg leaves him and the Keedva alone. Crichton manages to trap it in some bars, killing it.
Chiana pulls a gun on B'Sogg, who says she's not a killer. She says that she's evolving, but he's persistent that she won't kill him in cold blood. She says he's right, and shoots the Budong, and the blood pours over his arm, shrivelling it.
Back on Moya, the crew are feasting, with Zhaan on her fifth helping of barbecued Keedva. Chiana draws D'Argo away and Zhaan apologises to Aeryn for what she said. Meanwhile, D'Argo joins Chiana on command, and says that she doesn't have to act around him. She says that she only lets her guard down when she feels safe. He says that she is, and when she questions it he kisses her, then turns and walks out of the room. Chiana looks down and softly says "Whoa!"
Memorable quotesEdit
- John: Fields of green grass...
- Chiana: Well, mold is, uh, is green.
- John: Crystal blue streams...
- Chiana: Ruptured bile ducts, actually.
- John: If I had anything at all left in my stomach right now, I'd throw up.
- B'Sogg: Chiana...you're a thief and a tralk...but you're not a killer.
- Chiana: I'm evolving, as a... as an individual.
Background informationEdit
- Ben Browder stated that Crichton's comment about giving his arm to Zhaan was a reference to "DNA Mad Scientist". ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Though she normally prefers creating her own tears, Claudia Black used menthol under her eyes to create Aeryn's involuntary reaction to Zhaan's pollenation. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Dave Elsey used The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration when designing the Keedva. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- This episode was the only Farscape episode to receive an 18 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- John Brumpton originally used an Australian aboriginal accent for B'Sogg, but it was changed because it sounded too much like an American southern accent. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Brumpton remembered the heat on the set, "What they used to do was get portable air conditioners and put your chair about two meters in front of them with the air conditioner on full blast. Just this chilled air coming on your face, which you needed. It's not like being out on a tennis court!" ("Farscape Chronicles" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Terry Ryan used the outfits worn by gold miners in the Yukon Gold Rush in the 19th century as inspiration for the costume design. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Elsey considered B'Sogg's flesh melting effects as gory as the ones he created for Hellraiser. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Rockne S. O'Bannon stated, "We were trying to maintain the struggle of being prisoners on the run, so the fact that our people were running out of food and were hungry was an interesting reality that we had never dealt with before. Out in space, everyone had had comfortable adventures before this. Food had never entered into it." ("Farscape Chronicles" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- O'Bannon commented on the size of things saying, "One of the things I wanted to do was to be like the Star Wars films and show the physical scale of things. That's a big part of the appear of the original Star Wars. You have matte shots of little people with gigantic buildings of the Jawa Crawler. There's something very unearthly about that scale. So whenever we could, we would present things that were very big in scale, like the Peacekeeper command carrier. I felt that continued to sell the notion of other worlds." ("Farscape Chronicles" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- Rowan Woods tried to bring a real world feel to the episode, "I really enjoy people thinking about themselves – even if it scares them. That's what I like doing and what I'm good at. I'm telling a story on planet Earth, and I'm not going to change just because I'm in outer space." ("Farscape Chronicles" - Starburst Edition DVD v2.1)
- John's method of killing the Keedva is a lower-budget version of Luke Skywalker's killing of the monstrous Rancor in a similar situation in Return of the Jedi.
Links and referencesEdit
- Ben Browder as John Crichton
- Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun
- Virginia Hey as Zotoh Zhaan
- Anthony Simcoe as Ka D'Argo
- Gigi Edgley as Chiana
Guest starsEdit
Guest castEdit
- Rob Carlton as Vija
- Gavin Robins as Keedva
- Hunter Perske as Temmon
Voice artistsEdit
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- Lani Tupu as Pilot
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WeatherTech has become an old hand at Super Bowl commercials by now—and that's exactly why the Illinois-based manufacturer of custom automotive floor-protection accessories is changing things up a bit in its fourth Big Game appearance.
Beyond promoting the made-in-America message of the company's founder and CEO, David MacNeil, the WeatherTech advertisement in Super Bowl LI also adds a sexy female character in a thrilling scenario in the commercial. It requires a sort of highway chase and an action movie maneuver by a black-suited, WeatherTech-branded heroine—but WeatherTech mats still save the day.
In the commercial to be released Thursday evening, the WeatherTech precision-manufacturing operation in Bollingbrook, Illinois—taking advantage of digital-era customization technology, a produced-in-America supply chain, precision manufacturing and taut distribution network—is the real hero.
"The message will never go out of fashion, but we keep trying to find different ways to spin the same message so we're not just replaying the same commercial," MacNeil told brandchannel, as he discussed WeatherTech's Super Bowl performance and its continuing growth:
bc: Sometimes you've embargoed your Super Bowl ad until the game, sometimes you've shown it beforehand in full. What's the strategy?
David MacNeil: We embargoed it once. It's going to get played on the Super Bowl and everyone watching it will see it anyway. And if we can get additional national play for the ad because people are showing Super Bowl commercials on evening news shows or whatever, it's more bang for our Super Bowl buck.
bc: Why did you decide to push the envelope in terms of a creative direction this year?
MacNeil: Our message resonates with every American—and being a patriot will never go out of fashion. Providing jobs for your fellow Americans will never go out of fashion. This year's commercial has a bit more action in it, with an action hero, and it's a fun commercial. But it's also a serious commercial about how we feel about creating American jobs. If you take support jobs into consideration for our 1,100 employees here, it means that there are more than 5,500 jobs out there in America just supporting us: box manufacturers, raw-materials manufacturers, people who drive the trucks. We're doing our part to help the American economy.
Mission: Vehicle Protection. #TechTeam #WeatherTech #SB51 pic.twitter.com/qa84P2pMKp
— WeatherTech (@WeatherTech) February 1, 2017
bc: You certainly helped create a movement. What do you think about how the importance of American manufacturing jobs played out in last fall's elections and since then?
MacNeil: I'm a businessman and a manufacturer, not a politician. So I'll stay away from those particular questions.
But the message is certainly resonating with everyone, and a lot of people are getting on the made-in-America bandwagon. After our 2016 Super Bowl ad, our website witnessed an astounding 756 percent increase in traffic. So certainly what we're saying does resonate and does help create more business, which is good. That's why we're investing again in the Super Bowl commercial.
But I was spending money doing national print advertising and talking about "made in America" well before it became fashionable. People could say I was spending more on messaging than on our products, but I say they go hand-in-hand. We deliver the finest automotive accessories imaginable, but there is value in the message itself, to me. It's a way to get people thinking about whether to buy an Estwing hammer made in America for $20 or one made 7,000 miles away for $7 that will fall apart after an hour or two—and supporting steel mills in America to make steel for the hammer.
So there's a bigger picture here. Certainly we want to sell our automotive accessories, but from a patriotic standpoint, we want to get people to think about supporting American manufacturers by buying American goods.
WeatherTech is suiting up for our 4th Super Bowl® commercial this Sunday. Watch the teaser at https://t.co/ebrQvgE0xu pic.twitter.com/mtYY0K0vAK
— WeatherTech (@WeatherTech) February 1, 2017
bc: And you're selling more of these American-made auto accessories abroad these days, aren't you, not just in America?
MacNeil: We have an operation in Parma, Italy, that has a warehouse and sales office for serving the European continent and the UK, and that's always been important. We're very much for international trade, as long as it's fair trade. You buy 10 from me and I buy 10 from you, and life is wonderful. But if I buy 100,000 from you and you buy 10 from me, I find that unfair. And that's as far as I'll go, politically.
bc: The auto industry is changing quickly—whether it's EVs or self-driven automobiles. How does that affect WeatherTech?
MacNeil: Whether a vehicle runs on gasoline, hydrogen or water—it doesn't matter. As long as people have to get into their cars with gunk on their feet, we're going to supply those vehicles. We're an OEM supplier to Tesla, for example, and we're proud of that. We have a number of OEM accounts.


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Creative writing & Theatre Studies:BA hnrs Performance & Media Arts
University of Derby Professional Acting: Post graduate Diploma, Drama Studio London
• Resident writer and director for Broadway Performing Arts Company. (2002-2005)
• 'In the Tank' at The Canal Café/London Bites, selected for best of London Bites (2005)
• Borderline first performed at the Barons Court Theatre (2007). Other Borderline performances include: The Solo festival at the Lion and Unicorn (Commendation for best new writing), Pleasance Islington, Tobacco Factory Bristol
Edinburgh Festival, The Underbelly (2008)
New York International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source (2009)
• Jollity Farm commissioned by Myrtle Theatre Company, Tobacco Factory Bristol (2008)
• Brave devised/ wrote scripts with the Bristol Old Vic Young Company (2009)
• In Your Image selected for development at The Dialogue Competition at the Salisbury Playhouse. In development to be produced for 'Script Factory' at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath (2010)
• In Your Image performed at 59E59 (Feb 2011), produced by On the Square Productions
• Dead Shot Mary Bridge Theatre (Sep 2016) produced by R&R productions.
For WHEELS UP, a short screenplay
For DEAD SHOT MARY, a pilot
Dead Shot Mary
"The ebb and flow of Detective Shanley's emotional crisis is well rendered in the imaginative script by Robert Benson, and commendably delivered in a very skilled performance by veteran actor Rachel McPhee. The theater is small and cramped, but this hardly distracts from a profoundly absorbing and stimulating experience. I highly recommend Dead Shot Mary, particularly for those capable of grappling with some of life's harshest realities.
"While our modern society is often plagued by turbulence, Dead Shot Mary, provides a beacon of hope and represents an authentic and hard-working woman who not only cared about doing a good job but making a difference in the world. This play is an important reminder of the complexities of human nature and accepting the challenge to examine one's character in a deeper way. At the end of our lives, that's all we have – along with the stories that we've created along the way."
"He talks non-stop throughout, and it's beautiful, as he lapses in and out of fast-paced rhyming verse reminiscent of Mike Skinner at his best."
–The List Edinburgh
"Benson does not condescend to his subject. He's clearly more interested in consciousness-raising than didacticism or judgment. The narrator's story of how his first shot at drug-dealing turns into a Robin-Hood-ish redistribution of joy is, for instance, downright charming—if queasily so. But, thanks to the perfectly erratic pace of this lean 50-minute monologue, and thanks to the bizarre, jangling rhymes hidden within Benson's fluid writing, we never quite lose the sense of latent insanity, impending doom."
–Village Voice
In Your Image
"Benson has written a taut and emotionally powerful script. As in real life, nothing is quite what it seems in this story, and Benson never gives away too much too soon. The pacing of important revelations is just right and the script is peppered with a wonderful humor, which comes out of Benson's ability to give us real relationships; he paints a very nuanced portrait of these two brothers and their diverging memories, struggles, and connection to a father neither of them really knew."
–NY Theatre.com
"What makes In Your Image so compelling and scarily real is the incredibly vivid dialogue. Benson, who also wrote the play, perfectly captures the way that siblings talk to each other."
–Theatre is Easy
"Relationship dynamics feel authentic and richly textured. Among many beautifully wrought speeches, the highlight is one of the best (Irish) descriptions of what it's like to be a drunk by the drunk, since Eugene O'Neil."
–Woman About Town


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Jersey City's Provident Bank will be celebrating its 175th anniversary this month, and bank officials say customers can expect the same kind of service and attention they've come to expect over the years.
The bank, which will commemorate the milestone on Feb. 27, was established in 1839 by the city's first mayor, Dudley S. Gregory, as a savings bank to aid poor immigrants in search of better lives. Its first cache of deposits amounted to only several hundred dollars inside a small tin box.
Since then, it's grown into a financial institution boasting $7 billion in assets and numerous branches throughout New Jersey.
Provident's first modest office officially opened for business in Temperance Hall at Washington and York Streets on Oct. 16, 1843, taking in only $227 in deposits. It expanded to its first branch office on July 21, 1928 at 533 Bergen Ave.
The bank was one of the few in the area to survive the Great Depression and in 1970, opened its first branch outside Jersey City on the corner of 55th Street and Bergenline Avenue in West New York.
In 1978, Provident acquired the First National Bank of Dunellen, a commercial bank. It also installed the area's first 24-hour ATMs in 1980.
President and CEO Chris Martin said the shoes of the bank's past two chairmen, Kenneth Albers and Paul Pantozzi, will be big ones to fill, but he believes he and the rest of the organization have picked up the reins.
"I always try to tell people it's not about me, it's about the organization," he said. "I followed some very successful people that set the course and now I'm trying to expand and succeed in fulfilling their legacy. I think we've been up to the task."
Conservative business practices, Martin said, are still the foundation to the bank's continued success.
"People, in the true sense of the word, they look at you and say 'I like the idea of having integrity and reputation,'" he said.
Martin said the organization is still in line with its philanthropic beginnings. The Provident Bank Foundation, created in 2003 when the company became public and started trading on the New York Stock Exchange, has donated $18 million for community and educational outreach for areas in need.
"We constantly preach getting out there in the community," he said, adding that he does so himself by volunteering at area soup kitchens and doing financial literacy training at Jersey City and Bayonne schools.
He added that although lending a helping hand is vital, Provident does it in a "stealth-like manner," with no interest in being lauded with praise for their efforts.
"It's just about helping people," he said.
In celebration of the anniversary, the bank has overhauled its website and its iconic beehive logo, which has taken on a more modernized look.
"I think absolutely we have to have our ties to our beginnings, which was the beehive," he said. "It's still Provident Bank. It's a different beehive but it still ties back to the original one."
Martin said the company still pays "homage to the roots" of by maintaining seven branches in Jersey City and doing a lot of lending within the city despite having expanded to surrounding areas.
Robert Vivo, senior vice president and regional manager, said one thing that has stuck out to him over his five years with the company is the number of people who stop him to rave about Provident and explain that their family has been banking with it for several generations.
Their hometown pride in the bank, Vivo said, extends to them even holding on to piggy banks shaped like beehives that were handed out in its initial years.
"They talk about the beehive, the old beehive banks, and how they've held onto them for years," he said. "It's sort of like a collector's item. It's kind of funny in that way how people take pride in that kind of thing."


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Retail stocks are getting hammered across the board today so I decided to jump into what I consider a deep value play. It's hard to believe that M was trading around $45 a little over a month ago. Anyone who has followed me for a while know that I am not afraid to jump into unloved industries. I originally exercised an $32 M call several months ago. I almost purchased a call today but just decided to add a few shares instead.
Forward dividends are around $6120.
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The employee must immediately report non-payment of salary to the Ministry of Labour and file a complaint against the employer.
My friend is working as an accountant since one year at an entity based in the UAE. However, she has not received her salary for two months, owing to the fact that the employer has taken in its possession ATM Cards of all its employees. The employer deposits salary in the accounts of each employee in accordance with the Wage Protection Scheme regulations, but subsequently, the employer withdraws the money using the employees' ATM cards.
Under these circumstances, can she shift to a job without getting a labour ban?
It is presumed that your friend's employment is subject to provisions of the Federal Law No 8 of 1980 on the Regulation of Labour Relations (the "Labour Law").
Pursuant to the first part of your question, it may be noted that your friend shall be within her rights to terminate her current employment, as her employer has failed to fulfil its obligations towards her as its employee, as your friend has not received her salary for the last two months. However, your friend must immediately report non-payment of salary to the Ministry of Labour and file a complaint against her employer.
Therefore, if your friend should decide to terminate her employment, she may not face the imposition of an employment ban, as the reason for termination of employment contract may be attributable to the employer. This is in accordance with the provisions of Article 121, which states: "A worker may leave his work without notice in either of the following case:
(a) If the employer fail to comply with his obligation towards him, as provided for in the contract or in this Law;
(b) If he is assaulted by the employer or the employer's legal representative."
Pursuant to the last part of your question, it may be noted that the acts perpetuated by your friend's employer may actually amount to unauthorised use of ATM cards, which is a punishable offence in the UAE. Owing to this, your friend along with other employees of the same entity may also consider to approach the police and file a complaint against her employer. However, in any case, it is advisable for your friend to simultaneously file a complaint against her employer at the Ministry of Labour as well.
Courtesy: khaleejtimes.com


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Well, how are we all this morning? Cold and flu season is right round the corner, but fear not! The Doctor is now In.
Got something a little different for you with this post. Usually, Dr Then writes about the medical history behind current events, but today we're palpitating the past and peering down the throat of yesteryear. This is a piece I wrote for the Guardian Newspaper's Science Writing Prize, run in conjunction with the Wellcome Trust. Came runner-up. (Yay for me!) Anyhoo, you can read my little offering either on the Guardian's own website here, or just scroll on down for your very own private viewing….
Till next time, stay well,
Dr Then
Fighting fit: how dietitians tested if Britain would be starved into defeat
December, 1939. Britain had been at war with Germany for three months. U-boat attacks threatened incoming food shipments. And, armed with bicycles and walking boots, a group of medical researchers headed to the Lakes District to conduct a secret study: if Britain was totally cut off from food imports, would starvation hand victory to Germany?
This was an important medical question. Could the public stay fighting fit if food was rationed to what Britain alone could produce? If the ration was too low in protein, people would get "famine oedema" (swelling from fluid build-up). Before the war, Britain imported half its meat, more than half its cheese and a third of its eggs. Much of the protein in the British diet would therefore be lost if a shipping blockade succeeded. Anaemia (insufficient iron) and scurvy (lack of vitamin C) could also become a problem.
The rationed diet also had to provide enough fuel for the long hours in factories and farms needed for the war effort. If people were too weakened by lack of food, infectious diseases would pick them off, just as surely as bullets. Disease played a key part in deciding who won wars. Famously, Napoleon lost his Russian Campaign in 1812 after his army was decimated by typhus and dysentery. In total war, it wasn't just the army who had to stay well to win. The home front also had to stay healthy. Having a sufficient diet was a medical issue that went to the heart of the war effort.
The researchers investigating whether Britain could win the food fight were Cambridge University physiologists Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance. When war broke out, Elsie and Mac felt they could use their expertise in food and nutrition to answer whether, if German U-boats crippled food imports, would Britain be dieted into defeat?
Widdowson and McCance decided to experiment on themselves. Four students and Mac's mother-in-law also volunteered. They would pretend that a German shipping blockade had curtailed imports and they had to eat only British food. Everyone would get equal shares of the available produce. To work out what this might be, Elsie and Mac sought advice from Frank Engledow, a professor of agriculture who later helped set wartime food policy. British food production in 1938 became the basis for the experimental diet: 1 egg a week (1/3 the pre-war consumption); 1/4 pint of milk a day (half the pre-war consumption); a pound of meat and 4oz of fish per week, assuming trawlers would be commandeered for patrols. No butter and just 4oz of margarine. But they could eat as much potato, vegetables, and wholemeal bread as they wanted. The eight guineapigs would follow this diet for three months.
Happily, the gloomy spectres of famine oedema, scurvy, and anaemia did not arise. The guineapigs felt fit and well on the ration and could do their usual work. But there were two main difficulties. One was that meals took a long time to eat. Wholemeal bread without butter took ages to chew. The sheer quantity of potato needed to make up calories also took time to eat. All the fibre in the diet caused 250% bigger poos. They measured it.
The other problem with eating all that starch was the amount of flatus—gas—it produced. The consequences could be, in Widdowson and McCance's description, "remarkable."
To simulate the hardest physical work that might be expected of people during the war, some of the team headed to the Lakes District for an intensive fortnight of walking, cycling and mountaineering. It was tough going with snow and ice on the paths. But other than a sore knee for Elsie, the team did well enough that a professional mountaineer rated their performance "distinctly good". And this was on the diet that might be the lot for all Britain if shipping imports failed.
In 1940, the British government rationed bacon, butter and sugar, just as the team finished their Lakes District trial. Their report and its conclusion—that Britain could stay fighting fit even if all food imports were lost—was circulated to government departments. But the study was kept secret until after the war. As more foods were rationed, the experiment provided assurance that home front health was secure. Had the conclusion been different, Britain may have had to decide whether to distribute the limited food equitably—and suffer the consequences of widely degraded health—or give more food to workers most important to the war effort. Elsie and Mac's experiment showed this horrible reckoning was not necessary: Britain could afford to be fair and still be fighting fit. As it turned out, the experiment had been too severe. Rationing was always more generous with butter, sugar, meat, and fish than Elsie and Mac's diet. Convoys from America were able to run the U-boat blockade and flesh out British food supplies.
Rationing during WWII caused problems—it was hard to cook inventively with limited ingredients, and queuing for supplies burdened housewives. But Elsie and Mac's study showed that scurvy and starvation would not add to that burden.


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Whilst editing my recent haul and try on video I was horrified to see that when I walked away from camera wearing my new Milk It dress from The Ragged Priest I could see back rolls as my hips swayed from side to side. Queue Alyssa Edwards style reaction!
Though all of these feelings were definitely still there, and I was upset about my appearance, instead of reacting in a negative way I took time to collect myself and look at the problem objectively.
This year I am actively trying to be less reactive (which is tough for a feisty cat like me) and take the time to be kinder to myself. After much contemplation I decided to keep the clip in. And here is the reason why: I used to spend hours researching fashion magazines and though I felt inspired by styling, loved the photography and seeing new trends come to life it made me feel alienated because I knew that I could never look like any of the girls that filled the glossy pages.
In my early 20's I discovered fashion bloggers and never looked back. I hate the term 'real' because models are also humans just like you and I, but bloggers were way more relatable. They were people like me, of all different shapes and sizes, modeling what clothes would actually look like in real life.
Now a blogger myself there is of course pressure to look a certain way, but I have always prided myself on my unique approach and being 100% myself. I have never met expectations and there is no way that I am going to start to gain followers or readers.
If I started editing out all the not so flattering bits of myself where does that end? At what point do I stop being me and start becoming an internet version of myself?
Whilst working out what do about the wobbly bits in my video clip my mind flashed back to a conversation I had with another blogger in the early days of Emma Inks about photo editing. They confessed that they did photoshop temporary things like spots out of their pictures because that was not their face all the time. This made sense to me so I gave it a shot, the edit was so easy and before I knew it I had fallen into a black hole and made so many changes to my face that it didn't even look like me anymore.
So instead of being so tough on myself I am making an effort to try and accept and embrace who I am, exactly how I am, because none of us will ever be 100% perfect. So here's to getting to grips with our wobbly bits and fashion posts that celebrate flaws.


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My thanks to John Marks for bringing this recording to my attention, great music and very good recording (although I think a little more space between performers and microphones would have been nice). The Cypresses are lovely pieces and the string quartet is truly an excellent work. I was unable to locate a hi-rez download so I purchased the CD from amazon.com. I strongly urge anyone who enjoys the music of Dvorak to check this music out.
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Dvorak Cypresses/String Quartet 13
August 17, 2013 - 8:02am#2
Lost in translation, perhaps
Thanks for your kind words. That CD is certainly a "keeper"!
I wrote what I wrote because I had been cc'ed on an email wherein the label stated that there would be hi-res downloads by mid-summer.
I have checked the list of vendors they provided, and what the others offer that iTunes does not is, "CD Quality."
So, perhaps on Planet Klaatu, the terms are interchangeable.
It's still a great CD.
Now, if we can only get JA to listen to it, despite its heretical mic'ing... .
Tee hee.
John Marks


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