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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, Julius Caesar was the first of Shakespeare's Roman history plays. Presented for the first time in 1599, the play reveals the great dramatist's consummate ability to explore and express the most profound human emotions and instincts. So clearly and urgently does it impact its insights into history and human behavior, Julius Caesar is traditionally among the first of Shakespeare's plays to be studied at the secondary-school level. In addition to its compelling insights into the human condition, Julius Caesar is also superb drama, as Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators hatch a plot to overthrow Caesar, dictator of Rome. After Caesar is assassinated, Mark Antony cleverly turns the crowd against the conspirators in one of the most famous speeches in literature. In the civil war that follows, the forces of Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar eventually win out over the armies of Cassius and Brutus. Humiliated and desperate, both conspirators choose to end their lives. These tragic events unfold in a riveting dramatic spectacle that also raises profound questions about power, government, ethics, and loyalty.


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If you have come to this site, you are likely thinking about starting a physical fitness program. If you are healthy enough to exercise, there's no time like the present to begin. And the benefits of exercise
are so numerous as to change your life both positively and dramatically. Of course, you are looking for a physical fitness program that suits you as an individual. The following should be the process of selecting a program:
An alternative is to take the President's Challenge Adult Fitness Test. It was released in May of 2008 by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, an organization established by President Eisenhower in 1956 to promote physical fitness in the U.S. The test provides on-line scoring of subtests that include walking or running, pushups, half-situps, sit-and-reach flexibility, and body composition via both BMI and waist measurement. Results are provided in terms of age-specific percentile rankings.
You might wish to take some of the fitness tests in the Eurofit for Adults test battery that was developed in the 1990s to assess health-related fitness of European adults. It includes some interesting and useful tests such as:
If you want to compare your performance to military standards we have posted testing procedures and scoring tables for the U.S. Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). This test scores you based on the number of pushups you do in 2 minutes, the number of situps you do in 2 minutes and your time for a 2-mile run, with several minutes rest between test components. However, the Army is in the process of developing a new test battery to more closely simulate the physical demands of combat.
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The previous installments of this series described four archetypal co-workers that may be familiar to you — Vickie Versions, Sally Sharer, Sly D'Stroyer, and Louie Lostem. Each is a team member you might not pick if you were the one assembling a presentation team. Even though we're pretty sure they are perfectly wonderful people most of the time, they can be anything but wonderful to work with when creating or organizing slides and presentations. We would now like you to meet the fifth and final person you will meet when you make presentations…
Harry Hermit
Harry often seems to find himself in the barren wilderness cut off from the all the benefits of contemporary civilization due to a lack of internet connection. Sometimes it's because he's always on a plane or stuck in the middle of nowhere visiting remote client sites. Sometimes Harry is just the kind of guy who insists that his dial-up AOL internet access works "just fine."
Whether he's an intrepid explorer or a neo-luddite, Harry often needs to download shared presentation files to work on them offline and away from the team. What happens when Harry returns from his sojourns in the geographic or technological hinterlands? How can the work he did while he was away be integrated back into what the team has been doing?
Even though SlideSource Library is an innovative cloud-based solution to presentation management problems, it still works just fine for folks who find themselves disconnected from the cloud. Harry can easily download slides from SlideSource Library and work on them offline. Then when he returns from the wilderness, windblown and badly in need of a shave, he can easily upload the slides back into his slide collection.
The best part is, SlideSource Library will automatically recognize his slides and will return them to exactly the same place they came from, making Harry's version the latest and greatest while retaining all the versions that came before. All tags and other information associated with the slide in SlideSource will remain, and if the updated slide is part of any presentation in SlideSource Library, it will be automatically updated. SlideSource Library will even know if anyone else has edited the slide while Harry was working offline and will help him resolve the version conflicts.
Have any of the fine folks we have introduced you to over the course of these articles reminded you, even a little, of someone you know? It's hard to imagine working in a collaborative environment for any length of time without having the pleasure of sharing a project with someone who at least resembles one of them. SlideSource Library can easily accommodate your co-worker's (or boss's) quirks. It can also lessen the negative impact that any other slide management challenges might have on your team's performance. We invite to take a few minutes to learn more or to sign up for a free, full-featured trial account, and see how it can help your team find its way to the project's conclusion.


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Video: 1,500-hp Chevrolet Corvette hits 231 mph at Texas Mile
A company by the name Late Model Racecraft now holds the record for the fastest Corvette standing mile, which was set this past weekend at the Texas Mile.
Late Model Racecraft's twin-turbo Chevrolet Corvette C6 hit 231 mph despite a 31 mph head wind. The 'Vette sports a 440 ci engine with a custom LMR twin turbo kit and runs on Hoosier R6 tires. The tuning allows the Corvette to dyno at 1,500-hp.
Follow the jump for the video to see what it looks like to be in a Corvette traveling 231 mph.
Late Model Racecraft also set the fastest time at the Texas Mile with a 1,800-hp Camaro which topped out at 244 mph (video posted after the jump).
Late Model Racecraft's twin-turbo 1,500-hp Chevrolet Corvette:
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In case you haven't watched any T.V. lately or been to CNN.com or BBC, you may not know that Get Found First is now an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau. Go ahead, check out our home page. You'll see our BBB link on the right side bar, just waiting to be clicked. Should you so choose to verify our claimed accreditation, you will find that we have an A- rating. Yes, we have only been accredited since April 1st and no, it is not an April fools day joke by the BBB. We are applied recently for the accreditation and April 1st just happens to be the day they approved us. At least they have a sense of humor over there.
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7/8 inch Grosgrain ribbon in Tan
3/8 inch Dazzle ribbon in Turftan
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Black marker
*Note: Remember to seal all your edges.
1. Cut a piece of 7/8 inch Tan Grosgrain ribbon about 3 inches long.
2. Next, fold over as shown and glue the overlapping pieces.
3. Trim off the excess ribbon from the overlapping point. This will be Hedgie's head and body support.
4. Cut 20 pieces of 3/8 inch Turftan Dazzle ribbon in 2-1/2 inch strips.
5. Fold each piece over to make tight loops. These will be used for Hedgie's spikes.
6. Attach the loops to the body with glue.
7. Once Hedgie's body is full, attach the googly eyes to the face.
8. For a cute little nose, color the tip of the face black with the marker.
9. Finally, adhere your new little creature to a clip, headband, pin or woodland scene and enjoy!


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Journey to the inside of a glacier
This June, the world's first and longest man made ice cap glacier ice cave will open in Langjökull glacier, Iceland. The ice cave, or more precisely, tunnel, is 800 metres long and reaches down into the glacier at a depth of 30 metres. Iceland Monitor was invited to see the tunnel before it opens.
The ice cave is set to become a "must-see" on any visitor's list to the country. It's located on the vast glacial landscapes of Langjökull where 953 square kilometres of ice strech as far as the eye can see. As you stand on this plateau on top of the glacier some 1,450 m (4,760 ft) above sea level, the ice beneath you is up to 580 m (1,900 ft) thick.
To get to the ice cave, you have to drive to the scenic Húsafell in west Iceland, a spot popular with vacationing Icelanders due its location between mountains and glacier which produces a sheltered, woodland environment. From Hotel Húsafell, you will be able to board an impressive 8-wheel-drive glacial super truck, which is quite an experience. This former army truck manages to cross just about anything and the drive through sand, ice and sludge up to the entrance of the Ice Cave takes around half an hour and is a true adventure. On our trip the weather was stunning, with bright sun hitting the sharp whiteness of the glacier and highlighting the jagged peaks of the surrounding mountainrange. According to our driver, sometimes the visibility is close to none on the way up but the truck is so well equipped that it never fails to deliver you safely at the mysterious entrance of the ice tunnel.
Once inside the glacier you will see the carved walls of blue ice with a variety of interior chambers that include a small chapel. Once the ice cave is ready in June, it will take you on a journey with interesting information about the glacier, glacial exploration and research and the effects of global warming. LED lit walls inside the tunnel will take you to a variety of chambers containing exhibitions, a café and a room which is available for weddings, parties, meetings and other events.
One of the most impressive sights inside the cave is a glacial crevasse, beautiful and awe inspiring with man being a small and insignificant presence in the majesty of of the surrounding nature.
Summer 2015 also sees the opening of a new five star hotel, Hótel Húsafell which offers a unique experience of beautiful design, gourmet food and thermal pools to relax in. There are plenty of walking paths in the area with lush scenery to complete your trip to the glacier.
For more information on the ice cave, prices and bookings click HERE.
For information about Hótel Húsafell which opens in summer 2015 click HERE.


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Reginald Mengi, one of Tanzania's wealthies businessmen and revered figures in the East Africa business circles has died at the age of 75.
Reginald Mengi passed away leaving behind $560 million for his 39-year-old wife and former Miss Tanzania, Jacqueline.
The news of his passing was confirmed by executives at his family office on Thursday morning stating that he died in the early hours in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tanzania's President John Magufuli took to Twitter with a condolence message early on Thursday.
"I am shocked at the death of an elder and a friend Dr. Reginald Mengi. I will remember him for his immense contribution to the development of our country and for the words he wrote in his book (titled) I Can, I Must, I Will. Sorry to members of his family, IPP workers and the entire business community," the President said.


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Thanks to Mike Sullivan at SavingDowns for once again standing up and being a voice for people who have Down syndrome (both pre-born and born), and their families.
We reject Otago University's discriminatory paper on Down syndrome
Saving Downs has called for the resignation of Otago University's Director of Bioethics following the publishing last week of a highly offensive and discriminatory paper about prenatal testing for Down syndrome.
The paper that was published last week basically outlines the practice of antenatal screening for Down syndrome in New Zealand and considers the possible implications of the introduction of 'Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis' (NIPD), which enables diagnosis earlier in pregnancy with less risk of complications.
There are a number of academic inaccuracies in the paper. Let's have a look at those factual errors and other problematical statements.
In the abstract Jones acknowledges that:
"Prenatal testing may result in fewer people with Down syndrome."
He then attempts in the rest of the paper to dismiss any ethical concerns over such an outcome. Such a possibility is extremely problematic as it devalues the lives of people with Down syndrome by reducing their birth prevalence. It is in direct conflict with basic principles of human rights and dignity.
Professor Jones states:
"First, we value an ethic that stresses the importance of 'doing the most good'. On these grounds we accept that in some cases, the perceived disadvantages resulting from a Down syndrome pregnancy (to child and family) may outweigh the perceived good from the child's life."
This statement is false, as can be attested by the actual lived experience of people with Down syndrome and their families. Children with Down syndrome live good lives and are loved and valued. The concept that they are a "disadvantage" and that we are "doing the most good" by not having them around is an extreme form of discrimination that reinforces negative stereotypes towards them. It exposes them to harmful attitudes, bigotry and prejudice.
The first section of the paper provides an overview of screening in New Zealand and the 2010 "Quality Improvements", a subject has been discussed at length on many of our blogs.
It is stated as a fact that:
"Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is used earlier than 14 weeks of gestation, and amniocentesis is used after this time. Both procedures carry with them a spontaneous abortion risk of around 1%."
This is incorrect. The risk of spontaneous abortion for CVS is 1 to 3% according to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Accuracy is important is discussing such matters where lives are at stake.
This is immediately followed by a very problematic statement:
"With current screening most pregnancies subjected to CVS or amniocentesis do not actually have a DS fetus and as a result, fetuses are lost as a consequence of these diagnostic procedures. The primary advantage of NIPD is that there is no risk of spontaneous abortion, because diagnosis is based on only a blood sample."
A careful consideration of this statement shows that there is an underlying false assumption that the loss of foetuses without Down syndrome is an ethical concern, whilst the loss of those with Down syndrome does not present a ethical concern. NIPD is seen as an advantage because it reduces harm to one group of human beings whilst continuing harm to those with Down syndrome. The position stated is that one group of human beings are off less worth (those with Down syndrome) than the others (those without Down syndrome). The ethical and non-discriminatory position is to ensure that there is no harm caused to either group during the screening and diagnostic pathway. Incidentally, it was this same flawed logic that was behind the 2010 "quality improvements".
Jones then moves on to observe that the introduction of NIPD is likely to have a negative impact on birth numbers for Down syndrome:
"Increased uptake of tests will result in increased detection of DS, and probably more terminations. The number of DS births may, as a result, drop. However, it is unlikely that DS will disappear."
"But as more pregnancies are tested, will DS become a 'rare' disorder? In time, perhaps."
But then he says:
"DS screening does not serve to systematically erase the congenitally disabled from the population; it provides information for patients about their pregnancy."
So he has in just a few paragraphs before recognised that the number of births is likely to drop, but then says that screening "does not serve to systematically erase the congenitally disabled from the population". If you proceed with act (screening with NIPT), knowing the likely outcomes (less births), then you are ethically bound to the consequences of your actions. This is a basic principle of law and ethics.
Read the rest of this post at Saving Downs.


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Adult Sheep Finder
For all you Kiwis out there. ;-)
I'm posting mostly over at Quirky Cookery right now, where I play with my food and teach you to have fun with it, too. Come check me out?
PJC--Adult Sheep Finder (for you sheep shaggers out there)Posted by Jessi
Labels: animals, other sites, PJC, quirky
3 comments:
- Alison said...
That site is hilarious!
- March 7, 2008 at 4:19:00 PM CST
- Anonymous said...
Ewe are ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d.
- March 10, 2008 at 10:29:00 PM CDT
- Taffdog said...
Thats one beautiful looking sheep.
( I must get out more !!). In the uk we also have good looking ladies like this.....I have a wkd sense of humor have a look at the meaning of life in my blog if you've got time.
- April 3, 2008 at 1:27:00 PM CDT
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How To Position A Person Form In Excel With VBA
Those that work in laptop programming appear to have a certain set of traits that benefit them in their careers. Nevertheless, to further optimize the operate of the Java program, it wants some further information to higher perceive and make modifications for this program, for instance with the application "Turbo Pascal" which is a basic-level programming language.
Programming languages are categorized into three – Low Level, Center Level, and High Degree. Primarily, ALL programming works on the premise of having a central "data" set (which might both be stored in a database, or just in reminiscence as an array or one thing) and then having inputs & outputs to assist the user handle this information.
Then again, Matlab is a proprietary language utilized in mathematical programming. Programming packages begin at $31.99 per 30 days for 60 channels. The usage of Semantic Web languages for declarative programming can ease the translation between totally different representations of information, and ease interoperability between systems.
Simply guess the recognition of C. In keeping with statistic proven by some experiences, the language C holds the second position in Programming Community Index with 16.eight % of the market, subsequent to the Java, the another programming language used for E-commerce on the Internet.
The Minnesota Mannequin Of Dependancy Remedy
If you are already conversant in AutoCAD's AutoLISP programming language, your pure next step to a higher stage of programming is Visible LISP (VLISP). Before you bounce in and begin studying a programming language, will probably be helpful to you for those who understand what is programming and the way it works, including some programming terminology. Other than being consumer-oriented, high level languages also make development of applications fast sufficient.
A small example of the Power of programming the unconscious mind is this: one of the bodily functions controlled by the unconscious is the production and absorption of HGH (human development hormone). Some of them nonetheless require you to be taught a 'scripting language' (a simplified programming language made for a particular task) however usually this isn't too difficult or concerned.
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Learn Computer Programming
This text examines how drag and drop programming and different types of interactive software program development can assist end-users to program through the net. There's no "profit" to using either (they both have their benefits & disadvantages) – the important thing thing is to understand that should you're taking a look at creating sure purposes, you may … Read More...


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SEOBOOK: Search Engine Optimization is one of those informative texts that every person who is trying to make their website successful and well known should get their hands on and now. No, I'm not exaggerating. Aaron Matthew Wall, the author, is a testament to that. How do I know? When I type "seo" into Google. Wall's site about SEOBOOK is on the first page of over twenty-five and a half million entries. Convinced yet? You should be! SEOBOOK is an accessible, relevant, and genuinely helpful text.
The contents
SEOBOOK is an ebook, so it is accessible to everyone on the web. It's also frequently updated by the author, which ensures it remains relevant. It's about 220 pages, so it isn't too intimidating size-wise. But it is jam packed full of useful info. The book starts off with some fairly general search engine information; like what it's all about, what search engines are for and how they work, how to choose your domain name—generally easing you in to the complex world of how to get yourself out there on the web. Wall then starts getting a bit more specific about aspects of SEO, like writing for search engines, interacting with search engines productively, how to market, and how to figure out how well you're doing. Wall states that while he markets the book as being about SEO, it really is more about conveying everything he knows about the web. And providing the reader with lists of valuable resources so they can do more research on their own.
This book is for anyone with a website, who wants to get out there and get noticed by search engines. And I suspect that is everyone with a website
Who's this book for?
This book is for anyone with a website, who wants to get out there and get noticed by search engines. And I suspect that is everyone with a website. If you want the world to know about you, you need to know about SEO.
Relevance to free software
This book is, as I said above, for everyone. It isn't actually geared towards free software or proprietary software. However, Wall offers this book free to those who are certified non profit, charities, churches, open software developers, or schools. So he is supportive of free software ventures, and that counts for a lot.
This book is well written and does what it sets out to do—it teaches you how to get your site discovered!
I think its best point is that, as stated above, its author is supportive of free software projects. This is a fantastic plus.
The only reason I think you might not like this book is that it's EXPENSIVE, particularly for an ebook. Sure, it will probably help you get popular, and it does tell you how to make money off advertising, but a struggling little website just might not be able to afford it. All the same, if you can afford it I'm sure it won't be long before you get your money back.
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Nine: People born on dates 9, 18 and 27. The number 9 is really something else. Nines are shining personalities, fiercely burning and full of light and intensity. People born under the number 9 are fearless, daring and often quite stubborn. Though full of adventure and bravery, it is important you take good care of yourself while you're young as 9's health really deteriorates with age. You can be very impatient and this leads to frequent misunderstandings. Always willing to lay down your life for the sake of honor as you are a distinguished personality. Nines are destined for greatness if you can steer clear of negative thoughts and actions such as gossiping and whining.
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Selling Your Property Without Hassle
Investing in real estate properties is more often than not, a very good investment decision to make because of its increasing value throughout the years. Of course, you have to know the perfect time to buy a property, and also know precisely when to sell it to get the maximum value yields for your money. There also be a time in your life wherein you would need to move into a new place or a new home. When the time comes that you would have to sell your property, have you thought about being fully informed and knowledgeable about the specific steps you would have to do from start to end? Have you considered that there are certain legalities involved when you are selling a real estate property? If the answers to these questions never crossed your mind and if you are looking into selling a property soon, then the best option for you to consider is to hire a conveyancing solicitor to help you get the job done.
Conveyancing Solicitors
Who exactly are conveyancing solicitors, and why do you need them? Conveyancing is actually an integral part of the buying or selling process of real estate properties. Your conveyancing solicitor would be hands-on in helping you with the settlement and negotiations with your buyer, and as well as the process of transferring the title to your respective and chosen buyer. They will make sure that you are able to meet all of the legal obligations necessary for the transaction and at the same time, make sure that all of your legal rights are protected. Since a legally binding document such as a Contract of Sale will be utilised for the transaction, each party – both the buyer and the seller, are required to have their own conveyancing solicitor to represent them throughout the transaction. The solicitor's ultimate job is to legally and smoothly transfer the ownership of the property from you as the seller, to your client as the buyer. His or her job will begin once an offer is to be considered and will only end once the key to the property is with its respective owner.
Contract and Negotiations
As the seller, you and your conveyancing solicitor would be responsible for drafting the Contract of Sale. During this time where the contract is being drafted, your solicitor must be in continuous communication with the buyer's solicitor so that negotiations would not be put into a halt and there would not be any cause of delay for the completion of the transaction. The seller and the buyer, through their respective solicitors, must agree to the terms and conditions to be stated in the contract. The parties involved should agree on the following:
- Date of the completion of the transaction which usually lasts for 7 up to 28 days after the contracts have been given to each other;
- If there are fixtures and fittings to be included in the sale price, what would these be, and if it would not be included, how much would be added to the initial sale price given for the property;
- If there are any issues raised by the surveyor, who is responsible for fixing this or paying for it.
Finalisation and Completion
Once the Contract of Sale has been finalised and both parties have agreed to sign it, the buyer should immediately pay the deposit agreed upon on, which usually amounts to 10% of the price of the property. Until the transaction is finalised and completed, you as the seller, are still considered to be the legal owner of the property, so there would be no need for you to pack your bags at this point. But of course, leaving last-minute could only be a hassle, so preparing beforehand would still be best. This would also give you time to ensure that everything is okay and in place. Once you hand over the key to the real estate agent, as well as any spare set of keys that you have for the property, your conveyancing solicitor could collect the outstanding balance the buyer owes you of the sale price. Your solicitor would also be responsible for giving all of the legal documents to prove the new ownership of the property and to pay off your mortgage using the profit you got from the sale. Only when the buyer receives the keys from the estate agent and the legal documents from your solicitor will your conveyancing solicitor's job be done. With his or her help, you are ensured of a hassle-free transaction without worry that any legality would bite you back in the future.


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Return to: Undergraduate Majors, Minors and Certificates
The recreation and park management (RPM) program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Recreation, Parks, Tourism, and Related Professions. Students who want to declare a major in recreation and park management at the time of entrance into the degree need to have completed 30 s.h. of coursework at ECU or in transfer credits; possess a minimum overall GPA of 2.0; and have met with an adviser in the Health and Human Performance Advising Center (located in the Belk Annex). Following admission, the student is required to schedule a meeting with his or her RPM faculty advisor. Students majoring in recreation and park management must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA and a minimum cumulative 2.0 overall GPA in all core and restricted elective courses to remain in good standing. Majors must earn a minimum grade of C (2.0) in all required core RCLS prefix courses. If a course without the RCLS prefix is approved as a substitution for a required core RCLS prefix course, a minimum grade of C (2.0) must be earned. Students dropping below the required 2.0 GPA will not be allowed to enroll in any additional RCLS prefix courses until the GPA meets the 2.0 requirement. If a student receives a grade lower than a C (2.0) in a required core course, the student may re-take that course without meeting the 2.0 GPA requirements. Students graduating from the RPM program are eligible to sit for the national examination to become a Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) and thereby acquire this valuable credential for professional advancement.
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The Buddha-Chitta prayer beads originating from Guru Padma Sambava
Sambhava or Guru Rinpoche, who introduced Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet, was in meditation retreat at the cave of Tongsum Tunda in present-day Kavre District of Nepal, he considered what he could do in a material way for the local people. He could see that they deserved to have peace, happiness and prosperity in future generations, in the interest of benefit for all sentient beings, so in his wisdom and enlightened activity he provided them with a special gift.
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"Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for"
-Charles Stanley-
For the last year and a half, Keith and I have been in a state of rush. We rushed to launch our non profit. We moved as fast as we could to fundraise. We worked quickly to complete the program and submit to the county for approval. We rushed to find the perfect house for the sweet babies. We raced to decorate it and make it as perfect as possible. We interviewed, discussed, interviewed again, prayed, and found the most PERFECT staff. Things were moving quickly, almost seamlessly and we were getting so very excited. We submitted our facility program to the state for what would be the last and fastest (or so we were told) step.
Then we waited. And waited. Here we are on our fourth month of waiting. It seems as though we ran our fastest marathon, and on the very last mile, we have slowed to a crawl. Nothing more can be done on our part, we simply must wait. Every piece of information has been submitted, analyzed, reviewed, resubmitted, reviewed again, and documented. We have done our part. Each time we try to move things along quicker we are reminded that there is nothing left to do but wait.
The state has been so wonderful about keeping us in the loop and communicating with us, however, we can't help but to feel restless and anxious. Don't they know that there are babies needing a place to go? Don't they realize our staff is amazing and is so ready to love on and help heal the little ones? Do they understand that we have amazing therapies and services planned, ready to go? Do they even care that every month that goes by without our doors open, means countless babies being moved around while they search for a foster home? Our quiet waiting has turned to restless frustration. We trust the state when they say we have to "trust the process" and wait it out, but we can't help but let the irritation get to us every once in awhile.
So as we (not so) patiently wait, we try our best to quiet our hearts and place our focus on what we are waiting for. The waiting will make our time when they finally come that much sweeter. We know that a year from now, this waiting will seem insignificant in the whole scheme of things. We are choosing to wait with grace and be joyfully expectant at what is to come.


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Facebook has officially taken the throne as the most popular social network in America. Facebook surpassed MySpace in U.S.-based traffic for the first time in May, according to new data released by Web metrics firm ComScore. The news comes amid other signs of success for Facebook and struggle for MySpace, creating what may be a perfect storm for a changing of the guards.
Facebook's Success
Facebook scored 70.278 million unique visitors in the U.S. in May, ComScore reports, compared with MySpace's 70.237 million. The difference isn't enormous, but in the big picture, it may be significant.
Just look at how far things have slid over the past year: In May of '08, MySpace was sitting pretty at 73.7 million visits, while Facebook was following with only 35.6 million for the month. That means Facebook has nearly doubled its usage in a single year, while MySpace has fallen about 5 percent. The trend seems to suggest that in addition to some veteran users likely switching sites, the majority of new social network users are also flocking to Facebook.
Lest you think things have since calmed down, even more recent numbers from traffic measurement company Hitwise find Facebook's share of the social network market jumped 22 percent from May to mid-June. Facebook Chat also reached a new milestone of 1 billion messages sent per day just this week. Amid all of that, MySpace announced Tuesday it's cutting nearly a third of its staff as it attempts to regain its footing.
Social Network Shift
The change is reminiscent of the shift occurring in the browser world right now: After years of domination, Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been steadily losing ground for months. With the low adoption rate of IE 8 and IE's ongoing overall drop in market share, it's looking like my past predictions of its ending reign may come true even sooner than I'd suspected.
The two scenarios really are somewhat similar: An early favorite is slowly being surpassed by a later arrival. Little by little, the challenger is innovating while the past ruler is stagnating, or simply following. And, little by little, even the most novice computer users are starting to catch on to the difference.
In the case of Facebook, the company seems to be working overtime to achieve those innovations. There was the introduction of custom Facebook usernames just last week — that alone gave Facebook a growth of nearly 3 percent in market share, according to Hitwise. Then there was December's debut of the Web-wide Facebook Connect system, which extended Facebook's reach far beyond its own domain. Factor in the start of Twitter-esque live-streaming updates and some significant growth in mobile usage, and you've got a fairly meaty list of wins. The negative–turned–positive privacy debacle earlier this year probably didn't hurt, either.
Facebook became the global social network leader one year ago. If the current trends continue — and thus far, they show no signs of slowing down — its lead in the U.S. is likely only going to grow stronger as well. Should MySpace have some secret move hidden up its sleeve, it had better break it out soon. Once the tides have completely shifted, it's going to be a heck of a lot harder to swim upstream and get people back to turn back around.
Connect with JR Raphael on Twitter (@jr_raphael) or via his Web site, jrstart.com.


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Alchemy VR at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
April 18, 2018
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting takes place every two years and brings together the heads of state for 53 Commonwealth countries. This year London hosted the meeting from 16th-20th April 2018 ,and the team at Alchemy were very lucky to be invited to demo our Great Barrier Reef Dive experience for the full duration. One of the summit's focuses was sustainability, with a particular lens on plastics in the ocean – so the Reef Dive was a perfect fit! Attended by over 2000 delegates from across the Commonwealth the forums a wide variety of people tried the experience, which is always a huge hit with audiences.
Space Descent VR was also featured during the course of the week's activities. It was exhibited to guests at the Department of International Trade's welcome reception, the event was opened by Prince William, and the Duke of Cambridge found the time to stop the demo area and ask a few questions about the possibilities VR has for science education.
Many thanks to the Cabinet Office and the Department of International Trade for including us in such an incredible event!


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As a child, I dreamed of becoming a director. I would write out my career, detailing the movies I would make, the awards they would win, and even how much money they would earn. But most of all, I loved casting the roles in the films. I would get just the perfect actors and actresses for each film. What I realize now is that instead of being a film director, what I was really interested in becoming was a casting director.
Since we're in the age both of adapting animated movies into film (thanks, Disney?) and of bringing anime to live action, I propose an exercise: Let's cast a Ghibli film! Of all the Studio Ghibli classics, two come across to me as having a good chance at becoming wonderful films themselves—Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Porco Rosso. And while the latter has live-action sensibilities, I'm afraid I'm just not familiar enough with European actors to effectively offer suggestions for many of the roles for that one. We'll go with Nausicaa, which not only screams "sci-fantasy epic," but features meaty roles that could be modified for a PG-13 audience. It also holds a real world fascination for so many, demonstrated by the development of a functional glider like Nausicaa's and a recent live-action trailer.
Here are my suggestions—let me know if I got it just right or missed it entirely, and if the latter, who you'd select instead!
Role: Nausicaa
[NAUSICAA] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 17-22 to LOOK 18] Strong-willed and free-spirited, Nausicaa is adventurous and though a princess, is more of a tomboy. She is typically measured and compassionate but can display a fiery temper. Physical role. MUST NOT BE SCARED OF HEIGHTS. Average height (5'5″ to 5'9″). Athletic build. Any ethnicity.
Selection: Sophia Lillis (It, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase)
One of the brightest young stars in the industry, Sophia has demonstrated both qualities necessary to play a live-action Nausicaa: a youthful exuberance and a maturity beyond her years, the latter coming with an edge that we saw out of Lillis in It. A question here is the action-hero side to Nausicaa—other possible actresses have action-roles on their resume, while Lillis only has a bit from the first chapter of It, but more important are the character qualities she carries. Oh, and the red hair is a nice touch.


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Leaders Who Lead from the Front
20 years ago, I met Amal in a mall. -Eliot Marshall
This is the way that our paragon and vocal leader likes to begin the story of his humble beginnings with Professor Easton. Of course, Amal had a history that went back even further: all the way to the home of Helio Gracie-one of the founders of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu-in Rio where our namesake spent time in his 20s. He sold all of his extreme individual sporting gear: bikes and kayaks and skis and his other personal belongings, too. He did it so that he could travel to a purportedly perilous place where he would be unwelcome and endangered at every turn according to those that knew of his plans. It seemed important, though. So off he went, to battle with some of the toughest fighters on earth at the time-to learn about a martial art the existence of which the world had only just learned.
And he brought it back to us.
The combination of Professor Amal Easton and Professor Eliot Marshall (along with some other very key figures added along the way)-a combination that occurred initially in a Boulder, CO shopping center all the way back in the late 1900s planted a seed that would change countless lives for the better.
Humble Beginnings
Professor Marshall told the story of how he started at what was then called Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Boulder by mopping mats. So many of us have done it, for the absolute love of the sport, the comradery, the feeling we get when we push ourselves and see how much suffering we can endure before we submit. We work weekend tent events, we teach brand new students how to count in Portuguese, we help with kids' classes, we write articles. We do whatever we have to do to earn the privilege of stepping on that mat and seeing what we're made of. It's superlatively gratifying to learn that the guy who stands in front of us and teaches us how survive that suffering went through those same steps of earning his way onto the mat.
Most of us won't fight in the UFC. We won't win championships at the highest levels at each and every belt. But we will achieve whatever it is that we achieve-in part-because of guy who can ultimately relate to each and everyone of us.
"Family" Can Mean Many Things
So here we all were 20 years later, the collective tree that sprouted and grew from that seed, gathered at City Park in Westminster, CO. Like a huge family re-union where you get to see cousins of the 1st, 2nd, and even 3rd variety, we congregated. Members from all of the academies-familiar faces all in the same t-shirts ate Arvada Fundamentals Instructor Kevin Baughman's delicious tacos-350 plates in all. They drank wine and beer. They listened to music, played games, caught up, and laughed. Kids blew bubbles, watched enrapt as Professor Junior juggled hunks of dry ice, and bounced off of one another in the inflated castle (shockingly few tears, too). Grown men and women donned 25 lb sumo wrestler suits and tossed one another around gleefully in the intermittently blazing and clouded mid-day sun (again, surprisingly few tears).
We were regaled with words of gratitude from Professor Easton, Professor Marshall, and Easton CEO Professor Mike Tousignant.
With sponsorships, contests and silent auction items, organized by Van Tran, Sachi Ainge, Sarah Rochniak, et al., the Easton Academies were able to, once again, raise a sizable donation for Children's Hospital. Over 450 members attended the event and $13,451 was generated!
Community is what makes human beings special. Our ability to gather in an organized manner, to cooperate in groups so large is what separates us from the other great apes. We need it. We crave it. It is literally written into our DNA. Yet, it is painfully absent from many modern lives. We need it like food, like water, like air; we need hugs; we need contact. It is heartbreaking to realize that there are people out there who do not feel the kind of belonging-any kind.
Building Something Special Together
So, you can say that Amal Easton brought real, authentic, from-the-source Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to Colorado and to all of us. And he did.
You could say that Eliot Marshall represents the best of the system that we are all blessed to be learning and that he inspires and instructs us as to how to live an authentic life by being a good example to us. And he does.
You could say that Mike Tousignant is taking the Easton brand, message and experience to the next level and to more people than ever before. And he is.
What else they are doing, though, is they are giving my kids and a lot of yours a large group of humans with whom they can safely interact-among whom they can get lost (without my constant gaze) and be free to be themselves They are giving some of the more socially-akward among us a place and a group to whom they can finally say those things that were filling their heads without an outlet-with whom they can share their lives. They have provided a setting that can fulfill that evolutionary need for the love and acceptance of a group that is neither romantic love or necessarily familial love.
Like I always say to my classes: yeah…we're trying to make better martial artists, but more importantly, we're trying to build better humans.
Turns out: 20th Anniversary Celebretion BBQs are a good place to be reminded of all of that.


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Take One (1968) - Rear Window
- article: Rear Window
- author(s): Alfred Hitchcock
- journal: Take One (1968)
- issue: volume 2, issue 2, pages 18-20
- journal ISSN: 1192-5507
- keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hecht, Cary Grant, Dial M for Murder (1954), François Truffaut, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Conrad, Juno and the Paycock (1930), MacGuffin, North by Northwest (1959), Notorious (1946), Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), Rope (1948), Sean O'Casey, Secret Agent (1936), The 39 Steps (1935), Vertigo (1958)
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Rear Window
by Alfred Hitchcock
I chose this picture because of all the films I have made, this to me is the most cinematic. I'm a purist so far as the cinema is concerned. You see many films that are what I call photographs of people talking. This film has as its basic structure the purely visual. The story is told only in visual terms. Only a novelist could do the same thing. It's composed largely of Mr. Stewart as a character in one position in one room looking out onto his courtyard. So what he sees is a mental process blown up in his mind from the purely visual. It represents for me the purest form of cinema which is called montage: that is, pieces of film put together to make up an idea.
When the film was originally invented, when cutting was invented, it was the juxtaposition of pieces of film that went through a machine that displayed ideas on the screen. Unfortunately today a lot of that is lost: It's not being used sufficiently, or sometimes not at all. I think it was Pudovkin, the famous Russian director many years ago, who took a close-up and he put various objects in front oi a woman's face and it was the combination of her face — she never changed her expression — and what she looked at (whether it was food or a child or what have you) that seemed to give an expression to her face. I made up the whole of the film production section of the Encyclopedia Britannica and I took the idea of this film as a prime example of the power of montage. For example, if Mr. Stewart is looking out into this courtyard and — let's say — he sees a woman with a child in her arms. Well, the first cut is Mr. Stewart, then what he sees, and then his reaction. We'll see him smile. Now if you took away the center piece of film and substituted — we'll say — a shot of the girl Miss Torso in a bikini, instead of being a benevolent gentleman he's now a dirty old man. And you've only changed one piece of film, you haven't changed his look or his reaction. This is one of the reasons why I chose this film. You see, many people think that a little dialogue scene in a movie is motion pictures. It's not. It's only part of it. Galloping horses in Westerns are only photographs of action, photographs of content. But it's the piecing together of the montage which makes what I call a pure film.
In Vertigo and other of my pictures a lot of the visual "pure cinema" techniques are used, but the subject matter is the thing that lends itself to certain treatments. I use the cinematic technique as often as I can, but sometimes there isn't the opportunity. Certainly I think that this film of all of them presented the greatest opportunity.
I have made films based on stage plays (back in the very early days of talking pictures) where I found that when filming a stage play, it's best not to, what they call in our business "open it up," because a stage play is designed for a limited area of presentation, that is, the proscenium arch. Some years ago I tried to get around this problem when I made a film called Rope. It was a stage play and it played continuously in its own time. And I tried to give it a flowing camera movement and I didn't put any cuts in at all. I tried to do it as if I were giving the audience all opera glasses to follow the action on the stage, but basically it was on stage. I think people make a dreadful error when they "open up" stage plays. What do they do when they say "open it up"? Well they open it up with a shot of Fifth Avenue and a Yellow Cab pulls up, the characters come out of the cab, they cross the sidewalk, they go into the building, they press the button for the elevator, they go up, they get out of the elevator, they go around along a corridor, they press another button, and when the door opens, where are we? Back on the stage.
For Rear Window each cut was written ahead of time. It's like scoring music — I prefer to make a film on paper. People ask me, "Don't you ever improvise on the set?" and I say "No, I prefer to improvise in the office while we're writing. That's where the ideas come from." So I prefer to design this kind of film well ahead of time, with each cut in its proper place. It's like composing. A lot of films are made where they have a first draft script and make it up as they go along. To me that's like a composer trying to compose music with an orchestra in front of him. He has a blank sheet and he says, "Flute, give me a note will you." So I work strictly on paper.
There's no score in Rear Window. I was a little disappointed at the lack of a structure in the title song. I had a motion-picture songwriter when I should have chosen a popular songwriter. I was rather hoping to use the genesis, just the idea of a song which would then gradually grow and grow until it was used by a full orchestra. But I don't think that came out as strongly as I would have liked it to have done.
Rear Window has a happy ending, but I don't think you have to drag in a happy ending. I think that an audience will accept any ending as long as it's reasonable. Years ago I made a film of Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock. It has a tragic ending, a very grim ending, but there was no other way around it. Vertigo ended with a girl falling from a tower in the same manner that she had helped a murderer with previously. The ending depends really on the nature of the content of what has gone before. Sometimes if you've created a lot of suspense in an audience it's very essential that you relieve that tension at the very end.
The rhythm of the cutting in Rear Window speeds up as the film goes on. This is because of the nature of the structure of the film. At the beginning, life is going on quite normally. The tempo is leisurely. There's a bit of a conflict between the man and the girl. And then gradually the first suspicion grows and it increases. And naturally as you reach the last third of your picture the events have to pile on top of each other. If you didn't, and if you slowed the tempo down, it would show up considerably. In the film Psycho, you start off with just a sack of money and a girl who is suddenly murdered in a shower. The shower scene was made very violent because of what was to follow. The pattern there was that events again increased, but I'd decreased the violence because I'd transferred the violence from the screen to the mind of the audience. So I didn't have to be violent later on because I'd built up the apprehension — having given them a sample, shall we say, and so it was a matter of going on and on increasing your tempo of events but keeping the violence down and letting the audience carry that for you, you see.
When you come down to the question of color, again it's the same as the orchestration with cutting. If you noticed in Rear Window, Miss Lonely Hearts always dressed in emerald green. To make sure that that came off, there was no other green in the picture, because we had to follow her very closely when she went across the street into the cafe. So I reserved that color for her. In Dial M for Murder I had the woman dressed in red to begin with and as the tragedy overtook her she went to brick, then to grey, then to black.
Since my scripts are worked out beforehand, there is no opportunity for creative work on the part of the film editor. I don't mind the film editor being in ... well, in fact, even with the writer I let him be part of the direction of the picture. Working closely with the writer I can tell him how we're going to shoot it, what size image, and so forth. So I'm willing to share the creative end of it with the writer and the same would apply with the editor. But, you see, where the work of the average editor comes in is when he's given a lot of film to sort out. This is when directors use many angles of the same scene. But I never do that. As a matter of fact when this film, Rear Window, was finished somebody went into the cutting room and said, "Where are the out-takes? Where is the unused film?" And there was a small roll of a hundred feet. That was all that was left over.
If you want to be really mean towards the character in this film you could call him a Peeping Tom. I don't think it's necessarily a statement of morality because it's a statement of fact. You don't hide from it, there's no point in my leaving it out. When Grace Kelly says that they're a couple of fiendish ghouls because they're disappointed that a murder hasn't been committed she's speaking the truth. They were a couple of ghouls.
The MacGuffin in this story is really the wedding ring, which is the clue. The MacGuffin is really a nickname for what happens in spy stories. Or it's the papers that are stolen. It's something that the characters in the film care a lot about, but the audience doesn't worry about it too much. It's the plan for the fort or what have you. In Rudyard Kipling it could always be the Khyber Pass and the forts around it. Years ago I made a film called Thirty-Nine Steps and someone said, well what were the spies after, and it turned out to be a lot of gibberish which nobody ... it was an airplane engine or bomb-bay door or something. As a matter of fact I refuse to use the kind of thing which most people think is very important. In the picture North by Northwest, Cary Grant speaking of the heavy or the spy says to the CIA, "Well, what is the fellow after?" and they answer, "Well, let's say he's an importer-exporter." And Grant says, "But what of?" and they answer "Government secrets." And that's all that was needed. The word MacGuffin comes from a story about two men in an English train, and one says to the other "What's that package on the baggage rack over your head?" "Oh," he says, "that's a MacGuffin." The first one says, "Well, what's a MacGuffin?" "It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish highlands." So the other says, "But there are no lions in the Scottish highlands." And he answers, "Then that's no MacGuffin." To show you how people do make a big mistake about this kind of thing, I once designed a picture with Ben Hecht. It was called Notorious. And it dealt with the sending of a woman, Ingrid Bergman, and an agent down to Rio to see what some Nazis were up to. They were up to something. So the producer said, "Well, what are you going to have the Nazis doing down in Rio?" And I said, "Well, I thought that we were going to have them searching for samples of uranium 235." And he said, "What's that?" And I said — this is 1944 — "Well, that's the stuff they're going to make the atom bomb out of." And he said, "What atom bomb? I've never heard of it." And I said, "No, it isn't out yet." As a result of me making this mistake, the producer didn't believe a word I said and finally sold the project to another studio, for only 50 percent of the property. He could have made 100 percent had he not made that cardinal error. Then I did meet some producers years after who said, "You know, we were offered a story of yours, Notorious, and we thought that was the Goddamndest thing on which to base a picture. How did you know years before it happened?" I said, "Well, there were all kinds of rumors. The Germans were dealing with heavy water in Norway." And so those producers lost all kinds of money for the wrong kind of thinking. But they still think that way. They still think that if the film's a spy film that it's all about ... well, the MacGuffin.
On the question of violence, you see, you've got to go right back to the three-month-old baby. He's held in his mother's arms and the mother says to him, "Boo!" And the mother is being violent. And the child gets the hiccups and then the child smiles and the mother is very pleased with what she's done. It starts as early as that. In other words she scares the hell out of the baby. And that's how fear is born. And later the child grows up and goes on a swing and becomes violent to itself. It goes higher, and higher, and higher, and then it goes over the top. And next it tries a new kind of violence by going to the midway and going on the roller coaster, and then it goes shooting at rifle ranges, and knocking down objects. And the child is forced to read Hans Anderson or Grimm — you'll notice the word "grim." They take the child to see Hansel and Gretel and how they push an old woman into the oven. So there's nothing new in it. We've always had violence — it's communication. We've always had violence. We didn't have television, we didn't have radio years ago, but the violence was always there. Little boys point at each other and say "Bang, you're dead." And the other little boy rolls over. They don't believe it. People are fearful that children who are brought up to look at movies and television are violent. It isn't true. A little boy once came up to me and said "Oh, Mr. Hitchcock, in that scene in Psycho, what did you use for blood, chickens' blood?" And I said, "No. Chocolate sauce." But he said, "What did you use?" So I'm not sure that all the hullabaloo about violence is really correct. So far as the average individual child seeing movies, seeing Westerns with horses rolling over and bodies falling.... It reminds me also, going back to Psycho, I had a call from the Los Angeles Times. One of the reporters said, "A man has just been arrested for the murder of three women. And he confessed to murdering the third woman after seeing Psycho." What did I have to say about it? I said, "What film did he see before he murdered the second woman? And am I to assume that the first woman was murdered after he had just finished drinking a glass of milk?"
The delineation of suspense covers a very, very wide field. Basically it is providing the audience with information that the characters do not have. The most simple example, the elementary example, is if four men are seated around a table and they're having a discussion about baseball, anything you like. Suddenly a bomb goes off and blows everyone to smithereens. Now, the audience get from that fifteen seconds of shock. But up to that time you've spent five minutes on a conversation about baseball. And the audience are without any knowledge that that bomb is under the table. Now let's take it the other way around. We show the bomb under the table, and let the audience know it's going to go off in five minutes. Now you go on with your conversation. Now the conversation becomes very potent, with the audience saying, "Stop talking about baseball, there's a bomb under there." Just as in Rear Window people were anxious about Grace Kelly being in the room and the man coming along the corridor. You're giving them information that neither of the characters have. So now you know there's a bomb under there and at the end of five minutes it's about to go off. You've driven the audience to the point of anxiety. Now a foot must touch the bomb and someone must look under, discover there's a bomb, pick it up, and throw it out the window. But it mustn't go off under the table. Because if you create suspense in the audience, it needs to be relieved of that suspense. Now, I made a film years ago from a Joseph Conrad story called Secret Agent. And I had a scene where a small boy carries a package across London. And he didn't know, but the audience knew, that a bomb was inside. And it had to be left at a certain place at a certain time. Well. I showed every form of holdup. He was even held up by the Lord Mayor's procession. Then he got onto a slow-moving bus, stop signs, go signs, policemen. And it drove the audience crazy. And I'd told them one o'clock and then I let it go on to one minute past one, two minutes past one. And at four minutes past one the bomb went off and blew up the bus, the boy into little pieces. I'd committed a cardinal sin. I had let that bomb go off. People were furious, angry.
I remember at the press show the leading London press woman critic came up and nearly hit me. "How dare you do a thing like that!" I hadn't relieved the suspense.
Yes, I saw Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black. I thought it was quite well done. Well, people said that it was a tribute to me. The only thing that bothered me was I didn't know how the woman got to know that there were five men up in that room. But maybe he was getting mixed up with the MacGuffin.


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Straight Line Diagrams (SLDs), also known as Route Logs or Strip Maps, are an effective way to visualize different features and characteristics that co-exist along the same stretch of roadway. The traditional form of SLD is single-attribute and single-track; it depicts one attribute per layer in a single horizontal graphic. It assumes that there are no spatially overlapping segments in a layer. Figure 1 illustrates a traditional SLD displaying four layers: AADT, PCI, Travel Speed and Pavement Type.
However, practitioners and LRS management software tools often adopt more flexible, and sometimes more efficient, LRS data modelling. Let's take a look at three different LRS data modelling scenarios, each requiring a different SLD for visualization.
Multi-attribute SLD
In one common scenario, layers may contain more than one attribute depicting non-spatial features. As an example, the carriageway layer data presented in Table 1 includes columns for four different, but related, attributes to describe each carriageway segment (column headings highlighted yellow): Type, Avg. Width, Direction and No. of Lanes.
Table 1. Carriageway layer data on Arizona DOT's State Route 202 Frontage Road
To effectively show layers like Carriageway on an SLD, it would be advantageous to use the multi-attribute SLD as illustrated in Figure 2.
Multi-row SLD
While the multi-attribute SLD addresses the single-attribute limitation of the traditional SLD, the multi-row SLD is designed to overcome the single-track constraint. Often times on a route segment, there may be events or assets that spatially overlap. For example, Table 2 contains a list of current and completed projects located completely or partially within a 20-mile stretch of Utah's I-15.
Table 2. Utah DOT sample ePM projects located on or within I-15, MPs 300-320
To visualize this layer on an SLD, the multi-row SLD illustrated in Figure 3 would be a good choice.
Multi-track SLD
The multi-track SLD is a specific kind of multi-row SLD, in which a set of events in a layer is stratified by an attribute to denote event categories, or to denote the vertical or lateral position of events. A good example of this scenario is Kansas DOT's pavement layer data, as shown in Table 3. For the 3-mile stretch of highway K-10 EB, each row represents the pavement status (material, width & depth, etc.) of a particular layer identified by the Layer_No attribute. In the table, the "set of events" representing each highway segment is identified by the presence (or absence) of shading.
Table 3. Kansas DOT pavement layer data on K-10, MPs 0-3
The multi-track SLD would automatically render each pavement layer on its own track, as shown in Figure 4.
At a time when on-line, interactive LRS visualization software is replacing static SLDs, these new SLD forms can become yet another tool in overcoming the challenges of visualizing LRS data.


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As a small business owner you no doubt wear many different hats during your day-to-day tasks. Accountant, marketing manager, PR guru, head of HR, etc. are probably just some of the roles you have to take on. Because of this typical small business environment it is common for some aspects of a business to suffer and for some reason, despite its huge importance, it is often the financial accounts that suffer the most.
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It's more than a Training Montage — this is hard work. The hero needs to get to a new level of ability, and fast. Thankfully, he has just the hard-nosed master to teach him. But the hero just isn't up to speed: He never quite lands that punch, his chi flow is too far off to channel that spell, and the master is thrashing him in the process.
Then the hero stops and the master gives a brief line that lights a fire in the hero: "Stop trying to hit me and hit me!"/"If you aren't good enough, give up and stop wasting my time," and whoosh. He has it. He lands a blow, he casts the lightning bolt, etc. The master quips, "Beginner's luck," or "Not bad," and launches into another attack (usually demonstrating that the Hero still has some way to go). We cut out and the next time we see the Hero, he has mastered the technique.
An abbreviated and harsher version of a Rousing Speech, it is often accompanied by a reminder of what the Hero is fighting for, usually (but not always) framed in a way that insults either the Hero or the person/thing he is trying to save. This is done to get the Hero angry enough that he'll temporarily forget whatever mental hang-up is preventing him from getting this trick right.
There is some Truth in Television here; often the mental hang-up is self-doubt - if you don't believe you're capable of performing a given act, it's much less likely that you'll be able to do it. When You Snatch the Pebble...
This is also closely related to muscle memory and the Centipede's Dilemma; many complex actions are dependent on subconscious rather than conscious action - putting too much concentration into some tasks actually makes them harder to perform; swimming, riding a bicycle, and of course martial arts.
The keystone of Training from Hell and The Spartan Way. Related to Hit Me, Dammit! and sometimes Don't Think, Feel. Compare "No More Holding Back" Speech, in which the hero announces this about themselves to others.
- Defied in Chapter 8 of This Bites!:
Soundbite: I'll... try... [Death Glare] Quote Yoda AND DIE.
- Used by Master Shifu in Kung Fu Panda when he finally figures out how to train Po. Makes sense, really, since he — at times — seems just a half-pint of green dye short of being Yoda.
- Mulan has the titular character taking her father's place in the army, and failing miserably in training. After Shang essentially tells her she's too weak to make it, she becomes determined enough to do what no one else could. Retrieving the arrow atop a pole while wearing heavy weights around her wrists, from there her abilities are shown to be better than everyone else in the army. This also seems to inspire the rest of the trainees into Taking a Level in Badass.
- Silent Bob tries to quote this in Chasing Amy, but Jay punches him in the arm before he can complete it.
- The Karate Kid:
Miyagi: Now, ready?
Daniel: Yeah, I guess so.
Miyagi: Daniel-san, must talk. Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later, [makes squish gesture] get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes", or karate do "no". You karate do "guess so", [makes squish gesture] just like grape. Understand?
- In Kill Bill Vol. 2, Pai Mei tells Black Mamba, in response to her inability to punch through a thick board at close range, "It is the wood that should fear your hand, not the other way around! No wonder you can't do it; you acquiesce to defeat before you even begin."
- In The Matrix, Morpheus's "Stop trying to hit me and hit me!" line he delivers while sparring with Neo. It's part of a lesson that Neo will learn by the end of the film that, because the Matrix isn't reality, some of its rules can be bent and others can be broken and, as a result, all it really takes to break past his limits is to believe that he can and "just trying" is a mental block that prevents him from doing so.
- Star Wars: Yoda's force training of Luke in The Empire Strikes Back. Oddly, this subverts the very trope it names, as Luke fails to rise to the occasion of using the Force to move his sunken X-wing out of a lake. This highlights the problem; Luke doesn't believe he can do it, and because he doesn't, he can't. He gives up until Yoda demonstrates how badass he is by raising the X-wing out of the water.
Luke: ...I don't believe it!
Yoda: And that is why you fail.
- The children's story of The Little Engine that Could also illustrates this mindset: "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... I thought I could, I thought I could," etc.
- In A Song of Ice and Fire, Jon Snow tells Sam to be brave.
Jon: I can't command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears. You said the words, Sam. Remember?
Sam: I... I'll try.
Jon: You won't try. You will obey.
- In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry repeatedly tries and fails to summon a corporeal Patronus. He only gains the ability to do so due to a Stable Time Loop; the first time around, he witnesses what he believes to be his father protecting him from Dementors with a corporeal Patronus. When he re-experiences the moment, he realizes his father isn't going to show up to save him, but realizes he was/is there and therefore can. Dumbledore points out that he has thus discovered an element of his father inside himself. And having done it once, he can do it whenever he wants — for the rest of the series, he thus has access to an ability that usually qualifies one as an Auror.
- In a hilarious exchange in the original The Mysterious Benedict Society book, the crabby Constance Contraire snaps this at George "Sticky" Washington when he uses his nervousness as an excuse for the fidgety gestures he makes that she mistakes for gestures that are supposed to indicate test answers in their cheating on the tests created by the Big Bad of the series, Mr. Ledroptha Curtain.
Constance: Every time you have a real itch, I get the wrong answer.
Sticky: Sorry, I get itchy when I'm nervous. I'll try to do better.
Constance: Don't just try. Actually do better.
Sticky: Hey, my fidgeting isn't the only problem, you know! It would help if you had practiced your Morse Code at all!
Kate: Now, children. Let's not quibble about who's to blame. Blaming is wrong. The important thing is to get along with one another, so we may have better success cheating.
- Averted in the final episode of season 1 of Andromeda where Dylan demands of his XO Beka Valentine that "All that matters in life is that you try, promise me you'll try." as she confesses she isn't sure if she can make it to the overrun command center of the ship.
- In Chapter 6 of The Book of Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker is training Grogu, an infant of the same species as master Yoda. At one point, Grogu is having trouble using the Force to jump higher, so Luke tells him, "You're trying too hard. Don't try; do." A short time later, Grogu is doing a much better job of Force-jumping to evade low-powered blaster bolts from Luke's training remote.
- Discussed in the pilot episode of The West Wing:
Mandy: [on the phone] Look, I don't want to hear you're going to try, Bruce. This isn't gym class... I said, gym class. Gym class!... Bruce, Bruce! Cause it's important in gym to try, but it is not necessarily — look, Bruce, it was a simple metaphor.
- Yuthura Ban of Knights of the Old Republic mentioned something that sounded like the dark side version of this; just another illustration of how Jedi and Sith aren't all that different.
- In Kill Six Billion Demons, trying to use the power of a Key of Kings is doomed to fail: it takes a moment of absolute certainty. Effectively it involves bluffing the Universe into believing that it's wrong and your version of reality is correct, and the Universe has no patience for a Bad Liar.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Toph's attitude to Aang whilst learning Earthbending is a definite "There is no try" attitude: "If you're not tough enough to stop the rock, then you could at least give it the pleasure of smooshing you instead of jumping out of the way like a jelly-boned wimp!!" This is because each of the bending disciplines requires a particular quality in the bender, in this case stubborn, willful hard-headedness.
- From the Animaniacs episode "Taming of the Screwy".
Dr. Scratchansniff: Okay, I'll try.
Mr. Plotz: Trying is not good enough, Scratchansniff. DO IT!
- Star Wars Rebels:
- It examines the trope when Kanan tells Ezra "Do or do not, there is no try!" and Ezra retorts that it makes no sense: "How can I do something if I don't try to do it?" Kanan admits he always had trouble with that one, too, but "Master Yoda sure used to say it a lot!" Later they come back to the mental hang-up explanation for the advice. Kanan will not try to teach Ezra the ways of the Jedi, he will teach Ezra the ways of the Jedi.
- It later gets a Call-Back when Sabine must learn how to use the darksaber and is hesitant for a number of reasons, one of which is that she doubts she can even wield it and only promises to try her hardest. Ezra's response is "Don't try, just learn."


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Listen Up! is the title of Matt Miller's new listing blog, which will migrate from Jazz Beyond Jazz to a whole new host-site next week; but 'til then, read on:
Friday, May 23 –Â Last two nights of drummer Al Foster at the Village Vanguard, backing
his quartet of saxophonist Eli Digibri, pianist Gary Versace, and bassist Doug
Weiss. 178 7th Ave South at 9 & 11 pm $35.
Saturday, May 24 Pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez injects lyricism
into avant-garde settings with bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Chad Taylor
in her Circle Down Trio, at
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, 9 & 10:30 pm $10.
Sunday, May 25 Alto saxophonist Rob Brown's burbling tone and sophisticated
melodicism recall Cannonball Adderley – but he also has a penchant for
mercurial free-improvisation; with pianist Craig Taborn, drummer Gerald Cleaver
and bassist Todd Nicholson, at The Stone, northwest corner of Avenue C and 2nd
Street, 10 pm, $10. Â
Monday, May 26 Bassist John Hebert, a sideman with the late Andrew
Hill and a slew of post-bop improvisers, leads a quartet featuring saxophonist
Michael Attias, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi and drummer Nasheet Waits at the
Tea Lounge, 837 Union St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 pm, $5. Â
Tuesday, May 27 – June 1 Acerbic drummer Paul Motian brings his Trio 2000 – a
quintet with pianist Masabumi Kiikuchi, bassist Thomas Morgan, and freely
associative saxophonists Michael Attias and Loren Stillman to the Village Vanguard, 178
7th Ave South at 9 & 11 pm $35.
Wednesday, May 28 Multi-media artist Joshua White and his Joshua Light Show end the month at
Brooklyn's Issue Project room in a series of collaborations with
convention-shattering musicians. Images will be projected on 5/28 behind an
improvising quartet of turtablist Marina Rosenfeld, electronics improviser Ikue
Mori, guitarist Lee Ranaldo and accordionist Zeena Parkins; on the 29th, tabla master Samir Chatterjee and sitarist K.V.
Mahabala, and on the 30th,, guitarist Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity with bassist Henry Grimes,
drummer Chad Taylor and trumpeter Roy Campbell. The (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd
Street at 3rd Avenue, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, 8 pm every
night $20.
Thursday, May 29 The former
Center for Improvised Music in Park Slope, Brooklyn reopens this week as the
Douglass Street Music Collective, with Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar, pianist
Daniel Kelly's quartet, trumpeter John Carlson and drummer Matt Moran. 295
Douglass Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. 8pm.
(price? Sorry, we don't know).