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Katherine Suicide — Suicide Girl of the Day
Meet Katherine, a Suicide Girl who calls herself a "milkshake pro." We are also milkshake pros but it usually takes a lot of lubricant.
NAME: Katherine Suicide
LOCATION: United Kingdom
OCCUPATION: Milkshake pro and fire breather.
CURRENT CRUSH: Robert Downy Jr. Mmm.
BODY MODS: Are increasing rapidly.
GETS ME HOT: Feeling new lingerie on my skin, tattoos, Raybans, chivalry and boys who can sing.
FAVORITE POSITION: Reverse cowgirl is the current favourite.
SIGN: Cancerian
I LOST MY VIRGINITY: And I stole some other people's, too.
I AM LOOKING FOR: Whoever comes along.
MY KINK FACTOR: I'll try anything once, especially if you beg for it.
MY STATUS: single
MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME: When I go out, ANYTHING can happen.
I WANT: Friendship
INTO: Staying out late, learning new things, performing, posing, talking in depth for hours, boobs.
NOT INTO: People who talk alot but don't say anything, people who whine but do nothing about it, unfair treatment of anyone, liars - I see straight through you.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Me, I make my own happiness. Also: PRESENTS! Sweeties.
5 THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: My computer, my straighteners, my make-up, my iPod and my boobs.
VICES: I'm vain. I spend too much money. I eat too much junk.
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WMD - Intel 1
Before placing the C4 in the enemy barracks, search the console near the stairs Hudson descends (or starts off in) for this tape player.
WMD - Intel 2
Enter the second floor of the perimeter building and cross the walkway to the other side. An orange-lit maintenance room will have this tape player within.
WMD - Intel 3
In the room rigged with explosives, look at the warehouse's roof. There is a stationary yellow beam (actually a cargo crane) above and to the side of the small marked room where Steiner greets your team. Under this yellow beam is a table with the tape player.
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Luckless in Lambeau?
This Sunday, the Packers will host the Cowboys at Lambeau Field for just the sixth time in the history of the two clubs. At Lambeau, the Cowboys have never tasted success. Our record against the Packers has been great when we play them at Texas Stadium and we have had wins against them at Milwaukee (where the Cheeseheads have occasionally played some home games).
In the five previous meetings at Lambeau, here's how things turned out:
Nov. 13, 1960 – Cowboys 8, Packers 41
Dec. 31, 1967 – Cowboys 17, Packers 21 (the Ice Bowl)
Oct. 8, 1989 – Cowboys 13, Packers 31
Nov. 23, 1997 – Cowboys 17 – Packers 45
Oct. 24, 2004 – Cowboys 20, Packers 41
As you can see, the Boys have been pretty luckless in Lambeau so far. Will Sunday be different? I think so. It seems as if last season and this one have both been seasons of "firsts" and "lasts" for the Cowboys and our young leader, Mr. Romo. Personally, I think the key to victory in Green Bay this Sunday will be the arm of our young Wisconsin native. Perhaps it will take a young man who grew up in Burlington, Wisconsin to break the jinx of Titletown, U.S.A. and warm up the "Frozen Tundra" for a first Cowboy victory. So – no pressure Tony – but we're countin' on ya.
The Packers don't have Brett Favre anymore. We all know that. To paraphrase the Packers management, "The Favre Train has left the building." He now plays for the New York Bretts, leaving the reigns of the Packer season in the hands of Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has looked good thus far, but the season is early, and the Packers haven't played a team with the kind of talent the Cowboys have.
Also, Rodgers did look good when he replaced Favre last year against the Cowboys at Texas Stadium – just not good enough. Many in the media are singing the praises of the new Packer starting QB – calling Lambeau field "Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood." However, like Bill Parcells once said, "Let's put away the anointing oil." It's early. Romo may have something to say about who the real sheriff in town is.
Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood? I don't think so. Perhaps we, as Cowboy fans should sing the song together and add a new twist. Hopefully, you are old enough to remember the original show on PBS. If not, here's how it goes with a final change to the ending:
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood…
A beautiful day in the neighborhood…
Won't you by my…
Won't you be my…
Fair warning to our dear "neighbors" in the north – you're going down. Go ahead and nail up the sign "Cowboys Owned" over the Lambeau label. The "Favre Train" has left the station and the current "Rodgers Trolley" just doesn't have the "umpf" to pull the hill.


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A prolific shoplifter has been banned from entering four shops in Alfreton and Somercotes as part of an ASBO.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Monday, March 17, how James Mason, 36, of Main Road, Jacksdale, is currently serving a 28 day custodial sentence for theft and breaches of a conditional discharge and a suspended sentence and the CPS has now successfully applied for a two year anti-social behaviour order with bans.
Prosecuting solicitor Bill Taylor said: "Mason has an extensive record for dishonesty and is a prolific thief at shops and has been convicted for a number of shop thefts. Part of the reason is that he is a drug-user."
Mr Taylor explained Pc Chris Anthony has come into contact with the defendant when he has had drugs or his demeanour was such that he appeared to have taken drugs and he said he can lose control.
The court heard Amber Valley Shopwatch members have raised concerns about Mason and these included two Co-op shops at Leabrooks and Somercotes and the Boots at Alfreton and the Wilkinson's at Alfreton.
Mr Taylor added: "The purpose of the ASBO is to allow people to get on with their business and that certain shops should be protected."
Magistrates imposed a two year ASBO with the conditions that Mason does not cause harassment in the concerned areas and that he is banned from entering the Co-op at Leabrooks, the Co-op at Somercotes, Wilkinson's at Alfreton and Boots at Alfreton.
The ASBO also bans him from entering certain areas in Alfreton and Somercotes except when using public transport through Somercotes and visiting a Job Centre in Alfreton. Magistrates warned Mason, who accepted the ASBO, that any breach could result in custody.


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Progress ~ Chaos World Redux Chaos World
# Posted on April 30th, 2018 11:45 AM by Gideon ZhiChaos World was one of the very first RPGs I worked on, and as a result the current patch isn´t quite up to standard; I had to cut down a *lot* of the text in order to fit the game script back in, and I never released it with a v1.0 status. Today I´m announcing that I still have Xeur´s original script before all the paring-down; with the help of TheMajinZenki I´ve mapped it to a new proper script dump and am preparing it for reinsertion. No new screenshots yet as it hasn´t gotten that far, but this is something I´m legitimately excited about and wanted to share the progress that has been made.
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Progress ~ Yu Yu Haksuho Tokubetsu-Hen Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen
# Posted on April 23rd, 2018 12:01 PM by Gideon ZhiToday I´m providing a progress report for Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen. The main script is translated and inserted, but there´s a lot of fiddly technical bits left. I´ve been slowly re-drawing the menu graphics (the text on the menu items is actually painted on; it´s not on a different layer so when it´s removed, whatever was supposed to have been underneath it needs to be filled in by hand) and working on the menus. The tournament mode has a few problems and the attract mode still needs to be done, but the project is in fairly good shape. I´ve replaced the screenshots on the project´s page to reflect the work that´s been done. No ETA though; other things are taking priority.
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Progress ~ Monstania Redux Monstania
# Posted on April 16th, 2018 11:59 AM by Gideon ZhiMonstania was the very first translation patch of meaningful size that I released, and it is correspondingly more than a little creaky in a lot of ways. To that end I´ve spent some time reworking it. I´d like to be able to have user-entered 8-character names and it still has the weird soft-lock semi-hang bug that the original version has, but I´ve gotten the script completely retranslated (thanks again to TheMajinZenki, who did JoJo, SRW2, Magical Drop 2, and Masoukishin.) I´m attaching a couple of sample snapshots of current work to this news post, but as they don´t reflect the currently available patch I´m not going to add them to the project page. As with Lady Stalker, the Monstania redux´s future could go a number of ways; I´m not going to say much more here about it, other than that it´s amazing how simple this game is to work on now that I´ve got nearly 20 years of experience under my belt!
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Progress ~ Magical Drop 2 Commercially Available Magical Drop 2
# Posted on April 9th, 2018 11:33 AM by Gideon ZhiToday I´m going to be talking a bit about Magical Drop 2. The translation is complete and the game is now fully playable in English, end to end! But I´m not releasing it just yet, primarily because it is currently available for purchase - yes, with the English translation applied - as part of the Data East Classics Collection from Retro-bit. That´s right: we´ve been licensed! I´ve ticked the progress counter on the project page up to 99 (it doesn´t go any higher for projects without downloads) and updated the screenshots to showcase current work. From here I need to ask for some patience while I figure out where Magical Drop 2´s future lies.
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Progress ~ Laplace´s Demon in Beta Testing Laplace´s Demon
# Posted on April 5th, 2018 12:48 PM by Gideon ZhiLaplace´s Demon is a very strongly thematic game. Most years since its original release I´d think to myself, ´I should make sure to get this done for Halloween´ or ´Wouldn´t it be funny to release this on Valentine´s Day´ or something along those lines. The problem was that the thought would occur way too close to the holiday in question, and there was never enough time to fully fix the game in time. Then the holiday would pass, and Laplace would once again cease to be a priority.
I´m no longer aiming for a holiday-themed release for this. It´s been in playtesting for a while, and a second round is scheduled to start as soon as Masoukishin is done, but there are enough bugs in the original game that it can be kind of hard to tell if an issue is something caused by the translation or if it´s something that was always there. In the interests of personal sanity I´m not aiming to fix anything present in the original game, though the new version of the translation does look much nicer than the version I released back in the day. To that end I´ve completely replaced the screenshot slideshow on the project page with 15 fresh snaps showing the current state of the translation. I don´t think this one is very far off, though as usual I´m not going to commit to any given release date.
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Miscellaneous ~ Site Updates, Discord, Etc# Posted on April 4th, 2018 04:20 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone,
There´s an awful lot to talk about, an awful lot that´s happened in the last few years that the site has been silent. Some of that´s personal and isn´t really appropriate for this feed, but there´s a ton of news on a bunch of different projects that needs to get shared, and a number of pages on the site are a little creaky with age as well. So for the next little while I´ll be posting updates on Mondays and on Thursdays with project news, with site infrastructure updates as they occur.
For today, you´ll note that I´ve removed the "wanted" link from the hotbar; the information in it was old and misleading, it was an extremely manual process to keep it up to date, and in general it is no longer needed. I´ve replaced it with an invite link to the Aeon Genesis discord. The rules are basically the same as the forum rules.
Of particular note is that several years ago I set up a task and bug tracker, and I´ve grown to greatly appreciate tickets in the system for keeping track of what needs to be done on a given project. The task lists aren´t exhaustive (in particular, one game only has two tasks: "translate the script" and "insert the script") but more get added as projects mature. Additionally, any updates to tickets on public projects are echoed to a channel on the discord. Consider the site to be big-picture news, while the ticket feed is much more fine-grain. You won´t see individual bug fix updates on the website, but if you´re interested in following the day-to-day, the discord is the way to go.
More soon!
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Progress ~ Ladystalker Update Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on April 2nd, 2018 12:36 PM by Gideon ZhiToday on "things I haven´t talked about in a while", I want to highlight Ladystalker. Some progress has been made in formatting strings for line length, and most (but not all) of the interfaces have been hacked. I´ve also hacked the scrolling introduction. The work is currently imperfect (see "Lad" instead of "Lady" below) and probably two thirds or more of the game still remains to be checked for both line length and context. For a variety of reasons Ladystalker isn´t a priority at the moment, but I did want to drop a note to say progress is being made, if slowly, and that it hasn´t been forgotten about.
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Release ~ Last Fighter Twin and Great Battle 5 v1.20 The Great Battle 2 - Last Fighter Twin, The Great Battle 5
# Posted on March 29th, 2018 12:51 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone, just dropping a quick note to say that Last Fighter Twin and The Great Battle 5 are up to v1.20. I´ve fixed an issue in LFT that caused the game to reset before the full ending could be displayed. TGB5´s title screen now works correctly if you hit start to skip the animation, and I´ve fixed the status bar palette (but made the font uglier in the process, an unfortunate but necessary tradeoff.) Enjoy!
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Progress ~ Super Robot Wars Gaiden in Beta Super Robot Wars Gaiden
# Posted on March 28th, 2018 11:08 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone, I´m just dropping a note here to say that SRW Gaiden: Masoukishin/The Elemental Lords is currently being playtested. The screenshots on the project page were old, so I´ve replaced the lot of them with 21 fresh new snaps. I´m extremely pleased with how it looks, and even though it won´t be conveyed in screenshots I´m also exremely pleased with how it sounds, as we´ve got music persistence working in the game! The patch will be provided as an optional extra when release happens, and barring any major disasters that should be sometime in the next few months.
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Release ~ Updates to Great Battle 2-5, now v1.10 The Great Battle 2 - Last Fighter Twin, The Great Battle 3, The Great Battle 4, The Great Battle 5
# Posted on March 13th, 2018 04:36 PM by Gideon ZhiHi everyone,
Last Fighter Twin, Great Battle 3, Great Battle 4, and Great Battle 5 have all had their patches updated. LFT´s update re-adds the cursor to the title screen and translates the 2P character select screen. GB3´s update fixes shops when playing with two players. GB4´s update fixes an AI bug that makes some fights harder than they should be. GB5´s update fixes a timing issue that caused only half of the title screen to render on hardware and more-accurate emulators.
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King's Campers Units Bear Scannable Tags
October 20, 2010 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
King's Campers, Wausau, Wis., has announced that all inventory tags will now have a two-dimensional scanable code printed on each tag. This code has been put in place to help customers with "smart phones" to access more detailed information about the RV they are interested in through a free QR Reader application, according to a news release.
"Technology is taking our world in fantastic new directions. We are now able to reach our customers at all times of the day or night whether or not we are closed," said Janice Skidmore, King's Campers' brand manager. "It's very easy to do: a customer with a 'smart phone' can scan a code directly from the tag on the RV he or she is interested in. This code will direct the customer straight to that RV as it is posted on King's Campers' website. Thus the customer can read detailed information about that camper, see many photos of that camper, and can also view a drawing of the floor plan. This will help the customer who visited our lot during non-business hours; he or she will be able to find out pertinent information even if a sales team member is not present."
John Gajewski, King's Campers' sales manager, added, "At King's Campers, we always aim to give the highest level of care possible at all times. This free application is just one more way for us to do the best job we can."
The QR Reader application is a free download that is also free to use and can be found on several websites relating to "smart phones." One of these codes accompanies this story.
King's Campers sells KZ, Salem, Open Range, Tiffin and Winnebago brands and services all RV makes and models. King's Campers has been locally owned and operated since 1990.
For more information on this topic, contact John Gajewski at (71) 355-5556, or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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You know that Network that says Fox News uses highly edited video
Liberal news outlets were quick to run an edited video of Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) at a recent town hall meeting, alleging it shows the senator's insensitivity towards a grieving mother who lost her son in the 2012 Aurora shooting.
The edited video first appeared on Phoenix's KTVK during a news package of the town hall meetings McCain has held during his most recent trip through Arizona.
The video shows Caren Teves, whose son was killed when spree killer James Holmes attacked a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, asking the senator about assault weapons. "These weapons don't belong on our streets," she says.
The video then cuts to McCain responding by saying, "I can tell you right now you need some straight talk. That assault weapons' ban will not pass the congress of the United States."
However, a simple YouTube search finds the full video, uploaded by user "PoliticoMafioso," of Senator McCain's town hall meeting, including his entire response to Caren Teves's question:
John McCain's Full Response to Aurora Shooting
via John McCain's Full Response to Aurora Shooting – YouTube.
Related articles
- McCain to mother of Aurora shooting victim: The assault-weapons ban isn't going to pass Congress (hotair.com)
- MSNBC Uses Selectively Edited Video To Smear McCain (patdollard.com)


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Inventions That Shook The World "The 1970's" This decade is best remembered for disco and Watergate. But with inventions like the cell phone and the digital camera, the 1970s mark the beginning of the digital age to come. Other featured inventions in this episode include the bomb disposal robot, the sticky note, and the hybrid automobile. Part 8 of 10G
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Decade of Discovery Within the last decade, scientists and explorers have discovered a quarter of a million new species. This program showcases the most extraordinary. These creatures that no one had dreamed existed, have scientists in a spin and are causing textbooks to be rewritten. They include the world's longest insect, one of the rarest mammals on Earth, and a carnivorous pitcher plant big enough for a human fist to fit inside.G


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Posted on May 16, 2011 in Shoes and Apparel
When it comes to junior shoes, a question that often comes up is sizing. At Tennis Warehouse, the shoes are on the men's sizing scale. For example, we offer a size 7 in junior shoes as well as a size 7 in men's. Minor sizing discrepancies between brands aside, these shoes should fit the same on your feet.
With the sizing question out of the way, let's dive into what's out there. Within our junior shoe lineup, there are shoes designed to meet the needs a range of players from the competitors who are out on court several hours a week to those players who are just getting started with a lesson or playing once a week.
The adidas Barricade 6.0 xJ and Nike Air Court Ballistec 3.3 — are two of the biggest names and easy choices. They're modeled after what some of the pros are wearing. The Babolat Propulse 3 is gaining favor with plenty of adults and graces the feet of Andy Roddick. The junior version sports a striking red cosmetic, and the foot strap technology to lock in the feet. Juniors can also now sport Asics shoes with the Gel Resolution 3, the first junior Asics model. The popular Gel Cushioning system is found in this one, and there's plenty of support too as well as two color options.
1. The adidas Barricade Team xJ has similar looks to the Barricade xJ 6.0 but is missing some of the more technical features. It is still going to offer solid performance and comfort, though, and the bonus is players have more than one color option. The Team version is $44.95 vs. $74.95 for a full price adidas Barricade xJ 6.0.
2. The Nike Air Max Court Ballistec 3.3 gets another mention. This top notch shoe is now on sale, marked down from its original $80 price. It has the visible Max Air in the heel and a durable cage-like structure on the upper to please the hardest of competitors. It's now $64.95.
3. Prince's T22 is a favorite model among adults and is offered for juniors at a great price and with a few color options. The T22 is a great all-around shoe, blending comfort, durability and stability. This shoe performs beyond its $49.95 price tag.
4. The Wilson Trance Impacts are built for heavy play and are at a killer price right now. This shoe has lots of cushioning and doesn't skimp on durability features with a hefty toe guard. Go for the black/yellow shoe for an aggressive look or for the white/black/red one for a more traditional tennis color option. The white based shoe costs $29.95, while the black/yellow is a steal at $24.95.
5. The adidas Barricade xJ 6.0 white/blue is on sale now as well. This is the top-of-the-line junior tennis shoe in the adidas lineup. This is an older color, allowing you to take advantage of the lower price. While juniors may be limited to one color at this price, they do get the fully loaded Barricade xJ 6.0. That package includes a lot: durable adiWEAR 6 outsole, functioning support claws, adiTUFF protection on the upper, signature adiPRENE cushioning and Torsion System stability. Get this one at $64.95, $10 cheaper than the new colors.
Check out the entire Junior Shoe page for more options and check out the customer feedback, too. Be sure to visit often to check for new markdowns as well.
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DEAR ABBY: I'm a 23-year-old woman who still lives at home. I have been working for the last five years and have saved enough to live comfortably on my own. Unfortunately, my parents have forbidden me to do it because they think I'm being manipulated into it by my boyfriend, that I just want to "do whatever I want" and be out until late (although I'm rarely up past 9 p.m. and they know it), and because I "can't stand them" anymore.
I have no privacy! My mail is opened "mistakenly" and my calls are listened in on even when I politely -- and sometimes angrily -- ask them not to. They have even imposed a rule that I must show them my bank balance weekly.
They have told me I will not leave the house without being married first. I would like to live on my own before I actually marry so I can experience what it's like.
This is something I have always wanted to do. If I do move out, they say I'll "bring shame and embarrassment" to the family.
There seems to be a double standard going on here because my older brother has his girlfriend sleep over. How can I accommodate my parents without being disowned? -- FEELING HELPLESS IN ILLINOIS
DEAR FEELING HELPLESS: Your parents have chosen to ignore that you are an adult, self-supporting and entitled to make your own choices. They may be well-meaning, but they are extremely heavy-handed. Their hyper-vigilance -- opening your mail, eavesdropping on your phone calls and insisting on checking your bank balance weekly -- is over the top. They would like you to be "safely" married before you leave their protection.
Is their problem that they disapprove of your boyfriend?
If you get a place of your own, do you plan on moving him in? If that's not the case, there is no reason why your living independently might shame or embarrass them.
Not knowing your parents, I can't judge whether their threat to disown you is serious or not.
However, if it is, realize it's a form of blackmail, and you will have to decide which is more important -- your freedom or their support.
DEAR ABBY: "Lights Out in Federal Way, Wash." (Aug. 13) asked if it was a "sign" that her deceased parents were watching over her when streetlights would go out as she drove under them on her way home.
I understand your desire to give encouragement to someone who has lost her loved ones, but don't you know that many streetlights are light-activated so that after headlights hit them in just the right way they will turn off? After you pass under them, it becomes dark enough again and they will turn back on within a few minutes.
While I'm sure that given the opportunity this girl's parents would watch over her, the streetlights she described have nothing to do with the paranormal but have a scientific and logical explanation. -- SOMEONE'S WATCHING IN GUILFORD, MO.
DEAR WATCHING: While many readers shared similar experiences, the majority had a logical explanation as you did. However, I still feel that if what she's experiencing brings her comfort, the important thing is what she chooses to believe.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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Feb 16 |08:00
A BlankTV Premiere Presentation:
Lost in Society - "Wrong Direction"
Lost in Society Keep Heading the "Wrong Direction" in 2012!
Asbury Park, New Jersey's pop punkers LOST IN SOCIETY deliver the goods straight from the Garden State with their new single "Wrong Direction". The new track is off of their new split with Altercation Records label mates AMERICAN PINUP.
This release will be available on Interpunk and everywhere else on Feb 7th 2012. Also, be sure to catch the guys on tour this year in both the United States and Canada, as they will be touring all over North America, including SXSW, Valley of the Vapors and thirteen stops on WARPED TOUR throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2012!
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Tips & Tricks
Reordering Photos in iOS 8 Photo Albums
Although it's been possible to create photo albums in the iOS Photos app for a while now, the feature becomes even more useful with iCloud Photo Library and the impending final release of Apple's Photos for Mac app. Now all of your photo albums from iPhoto or Aperture can be synced via iCloud Photo Library onto your iPhone, eliminating the need for managing this data in two places. One thing you may notice, however, is that new photos added to your iOS Photo Albums are not sorted in any particular order — they're simply added to the end of what's already there.
The good news, however, is that you can actually reorder these photos manually. Apple doesn't make this obvious at all, but if you tap on the "Select" button in the top right corner, you can then simply tap-and-hold on any one of your image thumbnails and then drag that image and release your finger to drop it anywhere else in the current album. Unfortunately, this only works in user-created Photo Albums; you won't be able to reorder photos in any of the built-in albums such as "Favorites" nor can you reorder photos in iCloud Photo Sharing albums.
Muting Conversations in Messages
If you've ever participated in group message conversations on your iOS device, you may find that sometimes repeated notifications can begin to get annoying, particularly if there are a lot of people in the group and you're not actively involved in the conversation. While leaving is always an option, perhaps you still want to be able to check back later as to what's going on, but don't need notifications coming up every few seconds as people are chatting away.
The good news is that in iOS 8, you can now enable a "Do Not Disturb" feature or any conversation in Messages. Simply tap on the Details button at the top of the screen, and you'll see a toggle below the list of people in the conversation allowing you to mute the conversation. This works for one-on-one messaging conversations as well, making it useful for muting things like automated SMS notifications.
Enabling SMS Continuity in iOS 8
The ability to sync and carry on text message conversations regardless of whether you're using an iPhone, iPad, or Mac has always been one of the slicker features of iMessage, but until recently, there always seemed to be a disconnect between doing this with actual iMessages as opposed to traditional SMS text messages. Since not all of us have friends who exclusively use Apple devices, it was always a bit of a juggling act to figure out which ones you could message from your Mac or iPad and which friends made you have to reach for your iPhone to communicate. Fortunately, iOS 8.1 introduced the welcome feature of bridging this gap with "SMS Continuity," which allows SMS and MMS messages to be sent and received using any device registered to your Apple ID. The options to control this can be found by going into your the Settings app on your iPhone, and selecting Messages, Text Message Forwarding. Here you'll see a list of all of the non-iPhone devices associated with your Apple ID, and you can simply toggle the option on or off for the devices you wish to have participate in your SMS conversations.
As a security precaution, toggling a device ON will display a numeric code on the remote device that you'll need to enter into your iPhone to confirm the pairing.
Once you've done that, the feature should just start working in much the same way as it always has for iMessage. Unlike iMessage, you'll still need your iPhone to act as the gateway for SMS/MMS messages, as it's responsible for transferring the messages between your other devices and your cellular carrier's network. This is done wirelessly over the Internet via iCloud, however, so as long as your iPhone is on and has an Internet connection, the feature will work regardless of whether your iPhone is in actual proximity to your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch.
Restoring Deleted Photos and Videos in iOS 8
If you've ever inadvertently deleted a photo from your Camera Roll, you'll appreciate that iOS 8 now has your back. Among the list of enhancements added to the Photos app is a new "trash bin" in the form of a "Recently Deleted" album. In here, you can find any photo or video that you've removed from your iOS device in the last 30 days, sorted chronologically by the date the photo was removed.
A helpful indicator over each thumbnail tells you how many days each item has left to live before being permanently removed from your device. From here, you can view individual photos or select groups in the same way as in any other album, which you can then choose to either permanently delete or recover back into your normal photo library. If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled, your "Recently Deleted" album and photos also sync across all of your devices, so a deleted photo can be recovered (or removed) using any of your connected devices. Keep in mind that photos in the "Recently Deleted" album do still take up space, on your iPhone, so if you've just removed a batch of photos to try and free up space on your device, you'll need to take a trip over here to permanently delete them before you get that space back.
Monitoring Battery Usage in iOS 8
We all strive to get as much battery life as we can out of our mobile devices, and while many users have mixed experiences with the iPhone's battery life, there's little doubt that it can sometimes be confusing trying to figure out exactly why some days are better than others. While this has been shrouded in mystery for years in the world of iOS devices, the good news is that iOS 8 can finally give you some insight in this area.
While it's a bit hidden away – you'll need to take a trip into the Settings app and then look under General, Usage, Battery Usage – once you get there you'll find some useful tracking on which of your apps are the biggest power hogs, and you can choose to see stats over either the past 24 hours or the past 7 days, expressed as a percentage of the power used by each app when your device is not plugged in. Apps that have been using power in the background will also be annotated with notes like "Background Location" to help you clarify where your juice is going. If there are any obvious tips that can help to improve your battery life, you'll also see a section for "Battery Life Suggestions" covering things like enabling automatic screen locking.
Customizing Mail swipe actions in iOS 8
If you deal with a lot of e-mail, you'll probably appreciate the more advanced swipe gestures that iOS 8 adds to the Mail app. No longer limited to merely deleting or archiving messages, iOS 8 allows you to perform up to four different actions simply by swiping either left or right on an item in your inbox. By default, swiping right-to-left now displays a "Flag" option in addition to the Trash/Archive and More options, and you can also now swipe left to right to get an option to mark a message as read or unread. A long swipe in either direction will also automatically execute the appropriate actions, while a short swipe simply presents buttons that you can tap on to complete the action.
While the default options are somewhat useful, they may not match your normal way of working through your inbox, so the good news is that you can customize these settings even further. Simply take a trip into the iOS Settings app, and in the Mail, Contacts, Calendars section you'll find a setting for "Swipe Options"; from here you can choose to have the swipe-left gesture show a Mark as Read/Unread or Flag button, and the swipe-right gesture can be customized to Mark Read/Unread, Flag, or Archive the message.
Automatically removing old Messages in iOS 8
Traditionally, iOS has retained your entire conversation history in the Messages database,so if you send a lot of pictures and videos via iMessage, this can eat up quite a bit of space on your iPhone over time. Prior to iOS 8, the only real way to deal with this was to remove an entire conversation, basically starting over, or to manually scroll back through your Messages history and remove individual items one-by-one. Fortunately, in iOS 8 there's a slightly easier way.
If you go into the Messages section in your Settings app, you'll see a new option, "Keep Messages." This setting allows you to tell to iOS to automatically purge anything in your Messages conversations older than the specified time frame. Unfortunately, the options are limited to either "Forever" (the behavior in past iOS versions), 30 days, or 1 year, but even 30 days is still far better than having to go through and delete an entire conversation if you're running low on space. Keep in mind that enabling this option will immediately purge everything older than the specified time frame, and continue to do so as a rolling thirty-day or one-year window, so if you want to keep your old conversations backed up somewhere you'll want to look at archiving them using a third-party Mac or PC app before you take the plunge.
Hiding Photos in the iOS 8 Photo Library
Although Apple's new iCloud Photo Library feature remains in beta at this point, iOS 8 still packs in a few nice little photo management features. One of the lesser-known of these is that you can now actually hide photos from showing up in your main timeline in the Photos app. To do this, simply tap-and-hold on a photo — either in the thumbnail or full-screen views — and a context menu will appear with a "Hide" option. Tapping "Hide" brings up a confirmation, explaining that the photo will be hidden from the "Moments, Collections, and Years" views, but still be shown in any albums that it's been explicitly placed into, as well as the Camera Roll. If you're using iCloud Photo Library, the hidden status will also sync across all of your iOS devices, removing the photo from your timeline on all of them.
Once you've hidden at least one photo, a new "Hidden" smart album will also appear in the Albums list, giving you quick access to any photos you've hidden. Unhiding a photo is done in the same manner as hiding a photo — tap and hold on the photo you want to unhide, and the context menu will show the "Unhide" option. This is a handy way to keep photos on your iPhone without having them clutter up your timeline, and it's especially useful if you're using iCloud Photo Library to store your entire photo collection in the cloud.
Restricting web access in iOS 7
Controlling web access on iOS devices has traditionally been somewhat tricky, requiring that you not only disable Safari entirely but also avoid installing apps with their own web browsing capability—a loophole that had Apple requiring even the most innocuous apps to carry a "17+" rating anytime a web browser was included within.
The good news is that iOS 7 significantly improves this, allowing you to permit the use of Safari while still controlling access to specific web sites; you can choose to limit access to common adult sites, block specific sites by address, or block everything that's not on a specific list of permitted sites.
To enable this feature, go into your iOS Settings app and choose General, Restrictions and look for the Websites section. From here, you can choose one of three restriction levels; choosing "Specific Websites Only" also helpfully provides a predefined list of kid-friendly sites that you can customize further. This list will also automatically be included in Safari's bookmarks for faster access.
It's especially worth noting that this works not only with the built-in Safari browser, but any other iOS Browser or app that includes a built-in browser, so you also no longer need to worry about whether something seemingly harmless like a reference app may suddenly provide a backdoor to unfettered Internet access.
Advanced Mail searching in iOS 7
While you're probably already familiar with the Spotlight search feature in iOS 7—simply swipe down from anywhere on the home screen to find it—if you're often trying to track down specific Mail items, you there are some advanced features you may find useful.
Firstly, keep in mind that if you're searching from the home screen, iOS will only search the from, to, and subject fields of emails that are already on your device. To perform a more advanced search you'll need to go into the Mail app and then swipe down to reveal the Search field. Entering a search from here will not only perform a full search on your message content, but also extend the search to messages stored on the mail server that have not yet been downloaded to your device. From here, you can also use keywords similar to those found in the Mac Mail app: for example, a search for "Flagged December 2013" will reveal all messages received in December that you have marked with a flag. Other keywords you can use include VIP, FROM, TO, and various "smart" date formats such as yesterday or last week.
One caveat, however: While iOS Spotlight itself understands these keywords, your mail server may not; once the search continues on the server side, chances are that you'll simply get literal results for these keywords. Still, this can be a pretty handy way to quickly filter through the mail that is already stored on your device.
Using Smart Mailboxes in iOS 7 Mail
If you spend a lot of time working with e-mail on your iOS device, especially across multiple accounts, you may find it handy to know that you can actually now customize your main mailbox listing. With iOS 7, you can change the order of the default smart mailboxes such as the universal inbox, and VIP list, as well as enabling additional types of smart mailboxes. Simply tap the "Edit" button in the top-right corner of the Mailboxes screen to make changes.
Pre-defined smart mailboxes are included to group unread messages, flagged messages, VIP list items, messages with the user's e-mail address in the To or CC line and messages with attachments. If you have more than one mail account configured, you'll also see folders for aggregating all drafts, sent items, and/or trash across all of your mail accounts. You can also add individual mailbox folders to the main screen to saving you from having to dig into the account-specific folder hierarchy for folders you frequently access.
Changing Siri's voice
While the voice of Siri has almost achieved celebrity status, if you're not a fan you may be happy to know that you can now change up Siri's voice by going into the General, Siri section in your iOS Settings app. iOS 7 adds a male voice for the North American English language settings that you can choose as an alternate. If you really want to change things up, the UK and Australia language settings also provide different voices, but keep in mind that this may also affect Siri's ability to recognize your requests as well as the results returned by Siri in some cases.
If you're not really fond of any of Siri's voices, you can minimize how much your iPhone talks back to you using the Voice Feedback in the same settings screen; setting it to "Handsfree Only" will keep Siri quiet except when you're using something like a headset or car kit.
Search the web from your iPhone home screen
Find yourself searching the web a lot from your iPhone and prefer to type your requests in rather than dictating them to Siri? In addition to searching through the stuff in your built-in iOS apps like Mail and Contacts, you can also use the built-in Spotlight search feature to search the web or Wikipedia directly. Simply swipe down from the home screen to display the Spotlight search field and key in what you want to search for.
Options to "Search Web" and "Search Wikipedia" will appear at the bottom of any other results found on your device, and tapping on these will open Safari to either search directly on Wikipedia or initiate a web search using your default search engine, as specified in the Safari section of your iOS Settings app.
Fix iPhone battery + crash issues by reinstalling apps
While iOS and the App Store generally do a pretty good of keeping your apps up to date, even going so far as to transparently update them in the background with iOS 7, we've noticed that in some cases an update may not install properly, resulting in unpredictable behavior. In its most innocuous form, an app may appear to have updated according to the App Store, but still look like the old version; in more serious cases, you may be faced with an incomplete update that causes the app to crash or exhibit other odd behavior. Even worse, when this happens with apps that are allowed to run in the background—like Facebook—it can actually bring your entire iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to its knees.
If you're experiencing something odd with a specific app that has been recently updated, the obvious solution is usually just to delete it and reinstall it from scratch. Further, if your iPhone or other iOS device has started behaving oddly in general—poor battery life, lags, or even freezes—look for apps with background privileges. VoIP apps such as Skype are common apps that get special privileges to run in the background, and it's worth noting that Facebook officially became a VoIP app earlier this year and was granted the same privileges to potentially run amuck even when it hasn't been opened.
Keep in mind, however, that unless an app stores its data in iCloud or its own cloud service, you will lose any data in the app by removing and reinstalling it. If your data is crucial, you may need to revert to an older iTunes or iCloud backup instead, although this will mean restoring your entire device from scratch.
Redeeming Gift Cards using your camera
With the holiday season fast approaching, iTunes Gift Cards are likely going to be common gifts for many. One really nice feature introduced in iOS 7 is the ability to redeem iTunes Store Gift Cards simply by scanning them in with the camera on your iOS device. Although it's been possible to do this on your Mac since last year's release of iTunes 11, the ability to do it right from your iPhone means you can get to buying stuff with your Gift Cards much more quickly.
Tapping the "Redeem" button found at the bottom of the main iTunes Store or App Store screen will take you to a screen giving you the option to use your camera or enter your code manually. Only the newer gift cards with a box around the code are supported for redeeming via camera, so if you have an unsupported gift card or a promotional coupon, you'll still have to enter your code in the old-fashioned way.
Zooming in Google Maps with one finger
- November 14, 2013
- Apps + Games, iPad, iPhone, iPod,
Not only does Google's Maps app for iOS generally provide better mapping data, but it also includes some nifty UI features, including the ability to zoom in and out on a map with a single finger. This is a particularly great feature for one-handed operation on an iPhone or iPod touch, although it works in the iPad version too. Simply double-tap and hold your finger down anywhere on the map and then slide your finger up to zoom out or down to zoom back in. A single tap-and-hold gesture after releasing your finger returns you to normal panning mode. It can be a really cool way to navigate around your maps once you get the hang of it.
iOS 7: Blocking inbound calls and messages
iOS 7 now allows you to set up a list of numbers that you do not wish to receive calls or messages from. Numbers can easily be added to this list simply by selecting a contact card from your recent calls, messages, or contacts and tapping the Block this Caller option at the bottom. A single block list is shared by the Messages, Phone, and FaceTime features, and adding a number to the list will block you from being contacted from that number by any of these methods.
You can view the list of blocked numbers from within the iOS Settings app by selecting Blocked from the Phone, Messages, or FaceTime sections; as noted above, however, the list is shared across all three of these services, so these are just three different ways of accessing the same list.
Messages and FaceTime calls from blocked numbers will be ignored entirely; Phone calls will be sent directly to voicemail, but any resulting voicemail messages will be stored in a separate "Blocked Messages" section that can be found at the bottom of your visual voicemail message list.
iOS 7: Monitoring and Controlling Cellular Data Use
iOS 7 introduces a great new feature for users on limited data plans: You can now track how much cellular data is being used by each app on your iPhone or iPad and even disable access to cellular data for specific third-party apps. This is a big improvement over prior versions, where only an aggregate cellular data counter was provided and little to no control over which apps could cellular data.
You can access this feature form the Cellular section in the iOS Settings app; scrolling down will reveal a list of the third-party apps installed on your device. The amount of data used by each app is listed under the app's name, and a switch to the right of the name allows you to disable cellular data for the app on an individual basis. A section at the bottom of the list provides information on any data used by apps that have been removed from your device as well as a detailed list of data usage by each built-in system service.
Note that this information only affects cellular data use; data used over Wi-Fi is not counted in any of these figures, and switching an app off from this screen will not prevent it from using data while on a Wi-FI connection. These counters will accumulate until manually reset; the "Reset Statistics" button at the very bottom of this screen can be used to reset all data counters—a good idea to do at the start of your monthly billing cycle if you're trying to track data usage against your monthly allotment.
Organizing Home Videos in iTunes
Last year, iTunes 11 introduced a new "Home Videos" category, providing a great way—in principle—to use iTunes for storing personal videos and syncing them with other Apple devices without cluttering up the main "Movies" category. Unfortunately, it wasn't until the release of Apple TV 6.0 and iOS 7 that the category become fully supported across all of Apple's current hardware devices.
The "Home Videos' category will remain hidden in iTunes and on other devices until you actually place something in it; to categorize a video as a "Home Video" simply import it into the main "Movies" section and then open the properties by selecting it and choosing File, Get Info, selecting the Options tab and setting the Media Kind field to "Home Video."
You'll need to sync the video to any iOS devices the old-fashioned way, since iCloud doesn't support non-purchased video content, at which point a new "Home Videos' button should appear in the iOS "Videos" app.
Storing Google Maps for offline use
- October 31, 2013
- Apps + Games, iPad, iPhone, iPod,
Sometimes it's useful to have access to certain maps while away from an Internet connection, especially if you're an iPod touch or Wi-Fi-only iPad user. If you're using Google Maps—and with the sub-par performance of Apple's own built-in Maps app you probably are—recently viewed information is cached automatically to some degree, but you can also actually tell Google Maps to pre-load a full detailed version of whatever map view is on your screen.
Simply focus on what you'd like to save, and then type the phrase "ok maps" in the search box. You'll see a brief dialog indicating that Google Maps is pre-loading the map followed by a confirmation that the on-screen map area has been cached on your device. This is particularly useful for working with larger areas like whole cities, as the full detail will be stored on your device, allowing you to zoom in and see everything even while offline. Keep in mind, however, that this doesn't work beyond a certain maximum area—about the size of an average city—so don't expect to be able to store maps for your whole state or country.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Sit Down, Shut Up? Honestly... when it comes to my unions, I'm used to it.
Writers take a stand over 'Sit Down'
Dispute highlights ongoing tension between unions
On Thursday, the writers for Sony Pictures TV's upcoming animated Fox series "Sit Down, Shut Up" walked off the show in pursuit of WGA representation.
The writers, who are members of the WGA, claimed that they were misled by Sony TV that they would be covered by the Writers Guild, while the studio had made arrangements with another union, IATSE.
The labor dispute highlights the ongoing tension between the two unions over jurisdiction in primetime animated series. The writers on all other animated Fox series, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, are represented by the WGA. (20th TV also co-produces "Sit Down," but Sony TV, which developed the comedy with studio-based writer Mitchell Hurwitz, is the lead production entity.)
Sony TV produces "Sit Down" through its animation division, Adelaide Prods.
Under IATSE, writers not only won't get new-media revenues and other terms the WGA negotiated with the studios during the strike, they also won't get paid residuals, a crucial safety net for scribes between jobs.
There's a bunch of other blah blah blah stuff in there - but it really boils down to this. The writers on this show are getting a taste of how little animation writers make under the IATSE contract. Or, to be fair, how little they make "in success." I'm sure their episodic rate was the same - it's the residuals and the back end that's lower than they're used to.
And by lower, I mean NONEXISTENT.
I'm torn here: Of course, I'm pulling for the writers, because in the end, all they're asking for is money "in success." But then, there's ambivalence, because I am not so foolish as to think it will affect anyone but these individual writers. Good for them, doesn't mean anything for the rest of us.
The WGA had a moment where they could have stood their ground for animation writers, and animation writing was one of the first things they folded on during the strike. No surprise, really. Animation writers (of my level, not of the Simpsons/Family Guy/King Of The Hill level) simply are not a large enough part of the WGA, and they weren't going to strike over us.
I get it.
Meanwhile, the same math works on IATSE. Non-writing union members call the shots. We're a small percentile (Steve? Got a number?) within the union that does represent us.
One doesn't want us. And one doesn't hear us. But they're both fighting loudly over us.
Thanks for the invite, guys, but I know you're only doing this to make the girl you love jealous. Call me when prom is over.
16 comments:
Here's the true irony. Sony already set up a WGA signatory animation company -- Appleton Productions (guess they like the letter "A") -- when the writers on Dilbert insisted on a WGA contract. And the sky didn't fall or anything. So it's not like they CAN'T do it.
- June 16, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- June 16, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- June 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM
You can unlock the Caps by pushing that middle button on the left.
- June 16, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- Bitter Animator said...
Think for yourself? Do the studios/corporations/whatever think for themselves as individual people when doing deals? No, because that would make no sense. It's strength in numbers.
The individual versus giant worldwide corporation puts one side at a slight disadvantage (I'll let you guess which side).
So your divide and conquer attitude only reveals the writers themselves to be your enemy.
And, you know, that's not all that surprising because most writers probably give you a hard time about the Caps and the amount of exclamation marks you use and then call you an idiot.
- June 17, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I wanted to say something impassioned, but that first guy used all the exclamation marks. It doesn't matter. These guys will end up getting their wga deal while the rest of us scramble for freelance to get hours so we don't have to pay 700$ for a doctor's visit.
PS: Any news from Steve Worth?
- June 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Kevin Koch said...
Meanwhile, the same math works on IATSE. Non-writing union members call the shots. We're a small percentile (Steve? Got a number?) within the union that does represent us.
I see why you're a writer, given these math skills. ;)
Four of 16 Animation Guild executive board members are writers or former writers. That's double the number of board artists, and double the number of animators on the board.
In the last 4 TAG CBA negotiations, there have always been 2-3 writers on the negotiating committee, and a couple of cycles ago virtually the entire committee was writers. No other TAG job classification has been so well represented on negotiating committees.
As far as overall TAG membership, about 8% are writers (it fluctuates of course). I've seen writers take this to imply that TAG is therefore 92% artists/animators. But as anyone who has bothered to learn what an entire crew on an animated production does will know, TAG membership is a pie chart made up of relatively thin slices.
TAG is a patchwork quilt of job titles, all with one thing in common -- making animation. Some are more technical than artistic, and many are creative without being artists. Quite a few can claim significant creative contributions to the final product.
- June 18, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Matt Wayne said...
As an 839 board member and a writer, let me add that I suspect the writers would rather be WGA, just because we would have a better pension plan, and very likely more money for the same work, and the sizable chunk of us who also write live action wouldn't be paying into two health funds and two pension funds.
And certainly our president wouldn't joke about stupid writers and their terrible math skills. I mean, being a physics major is impressive, but it's no reason to get shirty. I know that at least one writer has a masters degree in physics, and any number are lawyers, engineers and plain-old-folks who have access to calculators.
One 20-year veteran of both unions springs to mind whose math skills are so amazing that he can take his pension statements from the two unions, compare them side-by-side and complain about the thousands of dollars he's losing every month by having worked through 839.
- June 18, 2008 at 7:16 PM
One 20-year veteran of both unions springs to mind whose math skills are so amazing that he can take his pension statements from the two unions, compare them side-by-side and complain about the thousands of dollars he's losing every month by having worked through 839.
Guess what? I'm not going to defend the IA Pension. It was god-awful when I started, and it's been improved -- three decades on -- to mediocre.
But here's the question for the twenty-year vet:
If the WGA pension was/is superior, then why the hell were you working under an IA contract? Are you nuts?
(Here's my guess at the answer: It was the job he could get. Just like a WGA agreement that still excludes animation was the deal the Writers Guild could get.)
- June 18, 2008 at 7:34 PM
- Steve said...
The issue here, is equity.
If animation writers were making WGA basic cable monies and WGA basic cable back end, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
We could be part of a guild, a union, a league or a superteam. I doubt we'd care.
There is no logical argument as to why those monies paid for services delivered should be different, other than the fact that they can be.
And the only reason they can be is because the union that negotiates animation contracts has other priorities than animation writers.
And why? Because we're 8% of the guild, and an even smaller percentage of IATSE.
Hmf. Maybe it is math based after all.
- June 18, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- Steve said...
You're right. That writer took the job, and has to live with the money, residuals, and pension. They know it going into it. You get the deal you negotiate.
It's a little like the SAG/AFTRA thing. Two unions fighting to represent the workers for the same job - it only takes one union to be willing to take less money, pay less pension, serve out smaller residuals - and suddenly everybody's making a lot less.
It makes it even worse when you know you're doing the same job as someone else, and getting paid INFINITELY LESS.
Look at it this way:
If another Union came into animation - calling itself The 'Toon Squad - and could reasonably convince a studio they could produce Cartoons for less than TAG - guess who they'd want to be in business with? And if you wanted to work for them, guess who you'd have to work for?
Sure, SOME animators would still be TAG, and they'd be making more than you, and getting more dumped into their pension. But you? You'd be Toon Squad, and you'd like it.
Or you wouldn't. And it wouldn't matter.
That's where the resentment comes from.
- June 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Kevin Koch said...
Matt, it was a joke. I never called writers stupid. Please, this thin-skinned stuff doesn't help.
- June 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM
>>when you know you're doing the same job as someone else, and getting paid INFINITELY LESS.
then do more than just that one job. do several. there are plenty of positions on crews, animation or otherwise.
i have yet to meet a single successful person in entertainment that strives to only create under a single creative discipline. if you want more contributions to IATSE benefits, odds are that taking some art classes will help that a great deal. if you want more contributions under DGA, make personal inroads toward learning to direct. editing your thing, take some classes at the editors guild? but arguing that what you do creatively all must fall under the banner of a single guild is myopic, and quite frankly, career death in this town. yes, its not a neat and tidy retirement package, but we're not making cars here. and thank god.
writers act, actors write, animators write, directors produce, producers (unfortunately) direct.
sounds like you've already managed to pick up cards in several guilds already, so you've managed to develop talent in several areas. bully for you. keep going. if IATSE creative expansion with a pencil isn't in the cards for you, so be it. but there are very few jobs to be able to draw creatively and get paid. take advantage.
-serial interdisciplinarian
- June 19, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Steve Hulett said...
There is no logical argument as to why those monies paid for services delivered should be different, other than the fact that they can be.
Say what? Steve, you've already answered the argument yourself.
There's a completely logical argument: the work is organized under different contracts, at different rates and different terms and conditions. And sometimes work is performed under no contracts at all.
When Verrone works under a concessionary contract as on Class of 3000, is there a "logical argument" for this?
Abso-freaking-lutely. He works under the contract the Guild he heads up can get. He chooses to work under that contract. I've never heard him whine about it. I'm certainly not going to criticize him for doing it, because it's none of my business what terms he gets for his work.
For years and years, the WGAw disdained organizing animation writers. They had it in their master agreement that they weren't going to rep animation. They negotiated and agreed to that contract, and they now live with it. Still.
Here's the reality: The Animation Guild/IATSE would have a contract exactly like the Writers Guild contract if it had the leverage to get it. In 2000, we proposed WGA-style residuals and negotiated for nine months to get them, and failed, just as, six months ago, the WGA attempted to get a few words regarding animation jurisdiction removed from their contract and -- even with a 110 day strike -- failed.
Now, why is that? Were their hearts in the wrong place? (No). Were they calloused and indifferent? (Again no). Were they mere cats' paws for evil Corporate America? (A third time no).
They didn't have the leverage ... the oomph ... the muscle ... to get better.
How's that for a logical argument?
- June 19, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- Steve Hulett said...
It's a little like the SAG/AFTRA thing. Two unions fighting to represent the workers for the same job - it only takes one union to be willing to take less money, pay less pension, serve out smaller residuals - and suddenly everybody's making a lot less.
Somewhat like the SAG/AFTRA thing. But let's look at SAG/AFTRA, since you bring it up.
Twice in the last ten years, AFTRA has tried to merge with SAG.
And each time, SAG said NO. The Screen Actors Guild didn't want to sully itself. And "Actors First" or whatever it's called, and the various SAG dinosaurs, Heston among them, campaigned vigorously to kill the merger.
And they succeeded.
And now SAG is being rammed up its collective ass for its idiotic short-sightedness. Instead of having AFTRA inside the tent pissing out ("one union"), its outside the tent pissing in, allied with DGA and the horrid IATSE.
The IA and WGA are different. But in the case of SAG's current problem, they pretty much have only themselves to blame. Bad decisions often have bad consequences (see "Iraq, invasion of")
- June 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM
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Archive for Wednesday, November 1, 2000
Veterans lead Maple Leaf Festival parade
A last minute addition to this year's Maple Leaf Festival parade brought even more meaning to the parade's theme of "Hometown Heroes."
Clarence Rusk, age 103 and a World War I veteran, joined other Baldwin City veterans to serve as the grand marshals of Saturday's parade.
"My dad just had a blast," said Nancyelaine Anderson, Rusk's daughter from Minnesota. Anderson drove her father in the parade in a convertible. "And the people in the crowd were wonderful. I could see people as they read the sign that he was a World War I veteran stand up and applaud for him."
Rusk recently moved into Baldwin Care Center after living in Lawrence for 48 years. Anderson is trying to find out if he is the oldest living veteran of the first World War.
"Nobody seems to have any record," she said. "He's got to be getting darn close to being the oldest or the last one."
Rusk who was born in Talala Indian territory before Oklahoma became a state was drafted into service in 1918 at the age of 21. Hours before he was scheduled to get on a ship that would take him to the war, the armistice was signed and he could go home.
It is one of many stories he still tells.
"He's sharp as a tack," Anderson said. "He is chuck full of stories, and they are true."
Rusk and a friend drove on mud roads from Kansas City to St. Louis to watch Charles Lindbergh return home from Paris. He took a date to an opera starring famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. He was a bachelor until the age of 35, and still was married for 62 years.
"I did not even know my father had heard Caruso," said Anderson, who interviewed her dad a few years ago to learn more about his life.
Rusk worked until the age of 82 as a operating engineer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. And he is the oldest living retiree of City Service Gas Company, a job he retired from in 1962.
The parade will be the veteran's latest tale to tell.
Clowning around
There were plenty of veteran participants in Saturday's parade. Baldwin City resident Danny McMillen was among them serving his 21st year as Elmo the Clown.
It's an act he started after he participated in the parade for several years with his children walking with scout groups or other organizations as a parent.
"I have always wanted to be a clown after seeing the big circuses with my dad," said McMillen, who is inspired by the great clowns of history and the great clowns of today. "So I started developing my character."
McMillen estimates he has played Elmo in more than 300 parades between Wichita and the eastern state line of Kansas with most of those appearances in the 1980s. McMillen has also handed out smiles at numerous events for children, often accompanied by his wife Becky, who joined in the act as the "ring master." Together they were the Rinkiest Dinkiest Wandering Circus.
McMillen eased his parade schedule in 1992, but kept appearing in the Maple Leaf Festival parade. He said he is starting to see his third generation of Elmo fans.
"I have kept up the Maple Leaf parade, because it's tradition," McMillen said.
Elmo has changed in 21 years. McMillen used to wear a wig, but McMillen has simplified Elmo's appearance over the years.
"It makes you look more gentle to children, not so scary," McMillen said.
McMillen had thought about hanging up his clown shoes after this year's parade where he poked fun at the presidential election with a sign that said "Elmo for president, I will cut your taxes and put it in a locked box." But the parade changed his mind.
"After going to the parade this year, and all the kids were calling Elmo, I can't ever let them down," McMillen said. "The pay is really good when you hear people happy."
The more the merrier
Another 21-year veteran of the Maple Leaf Festival is Ron Nelson, who serves as the announcer of the parade and during the rest of the festival with the help of his wife, Eileen, and mother-in-law, Ruth Kinney.
Nelson said the crowd at parade time was the biggest ever.
"The best estimate is big," Nelson said. "The crowd after the parade, when people are standing shoulder to shoulder, usually lasts about an hour. This year it lasted about 2 1/2 hours."
The bigger crowd which he estimates to have been between 30,000-35,000 on Saturday brought new challenges. The number of lost children brought to the announcer's stand was more than ever, and Nelson plans to be more prepared for that next year by meeting with the Maple Leaf Festival Committee and the Baldwin City Police Department before next year's festival.
There were some more pleasant new challenges as well. In addition to various items vendors donate as give-away items, Nelson also was asked to find homes for three puppies.
"We never know what to expect," Nelson said. "That is what makes the festival what it is."
A ray of light
Perhaps one of the longest and most inconsistent veterans of the Maple Leaf Festival the sun made a brief and welcome appearance on Saturday during the parade.
Star Novak, Maple Leaf Festival publicity coordinator, said the assurance of dry weather on Saturday might have boosted attendance that day.
"I wonder if the crowd was so huge on Saturday because of the threat of rain on Sunday," Novak said. "The crowd was huge. People kept coming into town all day."
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Childers found not guilty
After five hours of deliberations, around 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, a jury found Aubrey Phillip Childers not guilty of sexual assault in the 32nd Judicial District Court.The final day of the trial began with closing and final arguments starting around 9:30 a.m. Presiding judge Glen Harrison gave the charge to the court of sexual assault to the jury, which was made up of nine women and three men. Mr. Childers had been indicted on a male-on-male sexual assault that occurred around the southwest part of Sweetwater on or around August 15, 2010.Assistant District Attorney Barrett Thomas offered his closing argument for the state by noting that the victim made poor choices on the night in question, but people can learn from their mistakes in order to become a better person. The victim, though under the influence of alcohol, had been punched and knocked out to the point of almost having a concussion, which results in memory loss.The victim woke up in pain from his face and his rectum, and when he asked Mr. Childers what happened to him, he was never given an answer. Leaving the scene to seek retaliation, the victim displayed acts of a victim of sexual assault.After not finding his friend to get a gun, the victim eventually arrives to the house of a friend, Amanda Seals, who knows that something is wrong. Inevitably, she comes to the conclusion that the victim had been raped, convincing him to do the right thing and go to the hospital. The victim, stated Mr. Thomas, will feel the effects of the incident for the rest of his life.Using a powerpoint presentation, the state stressed that the case surpasses gender or sexuality, defining sexual assault to the jury while noting the evidence is overwhelming. Reasonable doubt was reiterated and compared to a puzzle with missing pieces--though the pieces aren't available, the picture can still be seen and determined--as this case will show sexual assault occurred.Mr. Thomas also recounted the witnesses and evidence from the entire case-- to those who saw the victim drunk, medical experts who saw the physical evidence from the incident, law enforcement who heard different stories from Mr. Childers and the state's DNA expert who found "scientific certainty" of Mr. Childers' involvement. It was also noted that the defense's DNA expert said that his findings were consistent to the state.However, the jury has to consider the victim and defendant's testimony. From the victim, it was discovered why sexual assault victims do not come forward because of a variety of accusations, but also the truth was discovered. From Mr. Childers, a changing story, the withholding of information and inconsistency was heard.Mr. Thomas also showed excerpts of the video interviews Mr. Childers had with Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) detective Sam Cunningham. The videos showed the defendant gradually offering more information, acknowledging the victim's pain and his pleas to God. The main question to the event was whether the victim engaged in consensual sex, to which the state said no, asking the jury to find Mr. Childers guilty of sexual assault.Paul Hanneman, the defense attorney, opened his closing argument by referencing to the state's argument. He cited the testimony of the nurse who administered the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) test and the state's mentioning of the law regarding sexual assault.Stressing that the case is about the evidence and not closing arguments, the defense noted that the DNA results found a mixture on a black shirt that was found. Mr. Childers' DNA was also found in other evidence samples because he had sex with the victim.Mr. Hanneman called the state out on using the video footage out of context in their closing argument, to which he finished the statements and reminded the jury to look at all of the evidence. He stated that Mr. Childers was embarrassed to talk to Mr. Cunningham about the incident because of the sexual aspect but believed the detective would help him.The defense emphasized the personalities of those involved in the case. Mr. Childers was the young, submissive, feminine person in the relationship, while the victim was the older, aggressive, male role. According to the defense, the sexual activity was mutual because Mr. Childers gave the victim what he wanted.Also, the personalities of the witnesses and their testimony was scrutinized. Based upon their character, the victim had a problem with alcohol and drugs and even possibly had a multiple personality disorder. He enjoyed the excitement and attention, living in a different reality.Mr. Hanneman also noted that the victim was wearing "beer goggles" that night--with his high tolerance of alcohol, in that the alcohol led him to think Mr. Childers looked like the pop singer Rihanna. However, the victim regretted his decision the next morning of being with the defendant.In addition, the victim doesn't tell all of the story but forgets things like dealing drugs and the name of a friend, making the victim unbelievable. However, bias, prejudice or sympathy should not dictate the verdict's outcome.The defense also recalled the interviews of Mr. Childers with Mr. Cunningham. The written statement, according to the defense, was not coached; the video interrogations showed Mr. Cunningham discussing the Aryan Brotherhood, the offer of a polygraph test and Mr. Childers learning about the DNA results. Mr. Childers, though, did not lie during those meetings, but if the jury believed that he did, they cannot prosecute him on that issue or for being gay but according to the charge. The victim was able to resist if he chose and was able to communicate during the act.The testimonies of others during the trial came from friends of both the victim and defendant, and the victim's testimony discounted the SANE nurse's evidence. The number of men who assaulted him, the forced entry into the car and even the abrasions sustained by the victim were all questioned. The evidence, the defense stated, proves that there was consent, in which Mr. Childers should be found not guilty.Mr. Thomas was then given the chance around 11:10 a.m. to offer his final argument to the jury, in that the defense's explanation of the evidence was "ludicrous". The SANE nurse's experience led to her conclusion and Mr. Cunningham's sole duty was to find the facts.The state would not stop with only the victim's testimony but looked at the entire evidence submitted. The DNA found on the black shirt didn't match the two men because it was from the owner of the shirt. Additionally, Mr. Childers was asked if he would simply be willing to take a polygraph test. Later, it was determined that the test wouldn't be beneficial.According to the state, only Mark Williams, an inmate, testified that the victim came back to the Cafe, also known as the Club Phoenix, around 4 a.m. Mr. Williams also stated that the only ones who knew what occurred that night were the victim and defendant.While the details in the victim's account might have been missing, the story never changed. Mr. Thomas questioned how the defense could change the gender of Mr. Childers in their explanation and urged the jury to look at all of the evidence along with the victim's testimony.Before 11:20 a.m., Mr. Harrison gave the jury further instructions before they began their deliberations.


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Animal Collective, Blondes, Oneohtrix Point Never, Prince Rama, Babe Rainbow @ MoMA WarmUp At PS1, Long Island City 7/30/10
Avey Tare's got a solo LP out soon, Deakin is heading out on tour with Paw Tracks' Sanskrit-chanting psych troupe Prince Rama, all three were on hand for Saturday's installment of the MoMA WarmUp. The Animal Collective duo and their label signees were DJing and performing, respectively, on a Triangle Records (with an AnCo assist from Brandon Stosuy) curated day at PS1, featuring heavy emphasis on various angles and densities of beat — from the deep hypnotic work of Blondes and Oneohtrix Point Never to the more Warp-ed and dance realms of Babe Rainbow and CFCF. It was sunny, and temperate, and I almost got kicked out. Summer! Lots of photos of the day here by Bek Andersen.
Tour dates for that Deakin/Prince Rama jaunt below:
8/09 New York, NY Mercury Lounge *
08/14 New York, NY Cake Shop #
08/28 Palmer, MA Camp Stanica
09/13 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands $ (RECORD RELEASE PARTY)
09/14 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs $
09/15 Montreal, QC Il Motore $
09/16 Toronto, ONT Snowball Gallery $
09/17 Chicago, IL Mortville $
09/18 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College Gardner Lounge $
09/19 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock $
09/22 Vancouver, BC The Cobalt $
09/23 Seattle, WA Vera Project $
09/24 Olympia, WA Northern $
09/25 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios $
09/27 Oakland, CA The New Parish $
09/28 Brookdale, CA Historic Brookdale Lodge $
09/29 Los Angeles, CA Eagle Rock Center For The Arts $+
$ = w/ Deakin
* = w/ Nite Jewel
# = w/ Cave, Psychic Ills
% = w/ Silk Flowers, Amen Dunes
+ = w/ Fennesz