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Vincent Jamart
High Touch Technical Support Engineer at Cisco
ICT, virtualization and datacenter technologies.Currently working in Cisco Datacenter group as HTTS engineer.
11 years of experience as Unix systems engineer (architectures design/support) mainly on IBM AIX and Linux platforms.
6 years of experience as Datacenter networking engineer on Cisco technologies (SAN/Nexus/UCS)
2 years of experience as Oracle DBA and security auditor.
Aside technical focus I'm used to work in ITIL environments and handling team leading/projects management (PMI) roles.
StrengthFinder: Context, Discipline, Deliberative, Intellection, Command.
Specialties: UNIX/Linux, AIX, SAN, Cisco Datacenter solutions, security,
High Touch Technical Support Engineer IV at Cisco
October 2016 - Present
Supporting Cisco's high profile customers in EMEA portfolio
Interfacing with Customer Account Teams, High Touch Operation Managers, High Touch Engineers, Advanced Services, TAC and various BUs to provide timely support and issue resolution to meet or exceed our customers' expectations.
Provide tier 3 technical assistance in Datacenter networking and Server Virtualisation technologies, including operating systems, hypervisors and storage solutions.
Improve overall network performance, advise on proactive operations and resolve chronic network issues
Engaged in UCS Supportability group, working closely with business unit to enhance serviceability on platform and software, assisting on QA for end to end testings (AGILE) and cross-organisation programs as a customer advocacy.
NCO(R) at Belgian Defence
January 2006 - Present
-Defense&Support -Supply Chain & Mobility -CIS
Customer Support Engineer IV at Cisco Systems
November 2010 - April 2017
CSE in TAC Datacenter, Storage Networking backbone team (2010-2017) ; Server Virtualization EMEAR team (2012-2017) ; Content Networking backbone team (2015-2016).
Supported platforms: MDS9000 (SME/DMM/SanTAP, IOA ,IVR), Nexus 7k/6k/5k/4k, FCoE, DCNM, UCS B/C/E/M/W/HX-Series, Nexus 1kV, HyperFlex, VMWare ESXi, XenServer, SLES/RedHat Linux, Windows Server/Hyper-V, StorMagic, DLSw, WAAS, Citrix NetScaler.
Receiving and resolving complex issues and meeting customer needs;
Working with other people to solve problems and enhance future products;
Using debugging tools and lab simulations to analyze problems and identify solutions;
Keeping up-to-date with new technology products in order to provide support as soon as they are launched in the market.
The focus is mainly on break/fix engineering, but this can be combined with a big share of design advisory.
-regular NPIs on supported platforms
-KT (Kepner-Tregoe) troubleshooting/decision models -Technical Instructor Presentation Skills
-Aspiring Manager Program
-Cisco Security Ninja
Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Analyst at Network Research Belgium
May 2006 - November 2010
Team member for AIX/VIOS, Solaris, Linux/ESX installations
Designing entreprise-grade infrastructures on AIX/VIOS, PowerHA and Linux systems (SLES/RHES on
physical -HP ProLiant- & virtual -z/VM,VMWare- servers)
3rd level support for UNIX systems
Security relay for UNIX issues
Shadow teamleader
Atypic configurations design (aside SAP, SAS, WebSphere, TSM, Oracle RAC environments) Disaster Recovery plans
Pre-sales support Technical offers validation
QA & systems manager at Free Field Technologies SA
January 2004 - May 2006
Quality Assurance definition for multi-platform development (CMMI,ISO-15504/SPiCE
HPC simulation software in acoutic fields;
SME IT infrastructure management using Free Software tools and methodologies.
-MPI, Myrinet & Infiniband switching, SGE -Cisco ISR
-Cisco PIX firewalls (PIX-OS 6.3)
-Cisco Aironet introduction
UNIX Systems Engineer at Systemat
November 2001 - December 2003
DBA/UNIX consultant; Oracle, AIX and GNU/Linux specialist in multiple large-scale project definitions and
implementations in Luxembourg.
Various security-oriented projects for SME, DBA for a large bank (BCEE) and telecom company (P&T),
Linux-based projects incubation consultant (Arcelor).
PoC for BIL-Dexia/FETA on IBM AIX integration/support.
-Multiple IBM NPI (AIX 5.2, TSM, ESS/Shark, DS4000 storage)
AIX System administrator at Belgian Defence
June 2000 - November 2001
AIX/Linux system administrator on client-server logistic applications.
Large scale networks and distributed databases management; Oracle 8i Parallel Server and IBM SP/2 clustering;
Security and monitoring applications on SuSE/Linux and Solaris8;
Version control for code over ILIAS application (RCS/CVS customization/programming), life-cycle management for production systems (Air Force, Navy);
Interforces POC for Medical component test databases.
-Oracle 8i Parallel Server -ADSM 3.2
Cisco Learning Network
CCNP Datacenter, CCNA R&S, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, 2010 - 2016
ERSO (Saffraanberg)
Military and Strategic Leadership OR-7, 2015 - 2015
SLES12, SuSE Cluster CLA, 2016
Citrix Education Center
Netscaler, 2015 - 2016
IBM Forum
AIX, PowerHA, RS/6000, pSeries SP/2, 1999 - 2010
Sun Microsystems
Solaris, SunCluster, 2006 - 2007
9i Database, 2002 - 2004
computing science, 1999 - 2000 EVENING STUDIES -1st year-
Royal Technical School of The Belgian Air Force (Saffraanberg)
B.Sc, Computing management, 1997 - 2000
Collège St Quirin, Huy
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Bill Lively at TEDxSMU 2010
Through the winter of 2011, Bill Lively was President and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee. From 2000 through 2008 Bill Lively served as the founding President and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. During his tenure as President and CEO, the Center raised more than $334 million to construct the venues. For twenty‑five years
Bill served on the faculty and in the administration of Southern Methodist University.
During his tenure at SMU, Bill founded SMU's Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series, John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, Doak Walker National Running‑Back Award and SMU's Athletic Forum. Concurrent with his quarter of a century service to SMU, Bill worked for 23 years with the Dallas Cowboys as Director of the Dallas Cowboys' Band and producer of the Cowboys Game Day Entertainment. In his spare time, Bill is an avid mountain climber and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Grand Tetons and adjacent peaks in Wyoming, and many of Colorado's 14,000‑foot peaks.

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Bali is known as the island of the Gods. Hinduism is alive in everyday life and one encounters ceremonies and offers to the Gods at every turn. The countryside of mountains, terraced rice paddies and forests is covered with temples of every size.
Famous for the white sandy beaches in the touristic south, the centre of Bali is dominated by volcanoes, led by the Mount Agung, the Great Mountain, and magnificent lakes in green valleys.
Traditional arts and crafts include wild ritual dances, gamelan music, wood carvings and paintings.
...is not entirely barrier free. In Hinduism, levels and stairs are an important part of the philosophy surrounding a temple. But it is always possible to discover some, if not all, sides of a location. We provide assistance to explore as far as you wish to, using portable ramps, 'secret' sideways, and the help of competent personnel ready to assist.
You can combine visiting Bali with a trip to Yogyakarta and/or Sulawesi, or focus only on exploring Bali.
Have a look at our Bali tours to all the great destinations, or discuss other variations with us.
There is much to do and see on Bali - our list is far from exhaustive. Find an overview below, with background through the links. For each destination, accessibility information is available here.
The Pura Lempuyang Luhur, one of Bali's most important temples, spectacularly set into the slopes of Lempuyang mountain, view full view onto great Mount Agung.
Famous Tanah Lot sits on an offshore rock in the ocean, offering spectacular views, especially, but not only, at sunsets.
Pura Taman Ayun, the 'temple of the beautiful garden' features traditional architecture with Chinese inspiration.
Goa Lawah temple with thousands of bats is allegedly connected to Besakih, mother temple in the mountains, by a tunnel.
The village Tenganan of the indigenous Bali Aga people follows strict rules for life to maintain their bodily and spiritual integrity.
Taman Ujung is a beautiful old palace, surrounded by pools and integrated with the natural landscape of ocean and mountains.
The Uluwatu temple hangs over the Indian Ocean at the very tip of Nusa Dua, the peninsula in the south of Bali.
The water temple Tirta Empul is built at a holy spring. Its ancient bathing pool is still well used. Big koi fish swim around.
Besakih, the 'Mother temple', is the most important, largest and holiest temple of Hindu religion in Bali, built on sacred Mount Agung.
Dance and music are defining elements of Balinese life and culture.
Bali's biggest Buddhist temple and monastery, Brahmavihara Arama Budha Banjar, is located in the hills above Lovina in northern Bali.
Ulun Danu Beratan temple is beautifully located at the shores of Lake Beratan in central Bali, 1200 meter above sea-level.
The Sangeh Monkey Forest with its giant nutmeg trees surrounding a mysterious temple is inhabited by several clans of friendly monkeys.
The Jatiluwih valleys and hills are covered with rice terraces cultivated with the traditional Subak system, an UNESCO world heritage site.


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Your editorial board is either ignorant, ill-informed or complicit. President Bush et al., should be impeached and stand trial for war crimes. It is clear they lied us into war, causing thousands of deaths while enriching themselves. It is shameless. If we do not stop the consolidation of power now, we stand a good chance of losing our democracy. Bush needs to be impeached so as to tell future presidents we as a country will not tolerate it.
Robert Soloway, Sunrise
Readers respond to a June 12 editorial urging U.S. Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Robert Wexler to stop trying to impeach President Bush and deal with real issues


text: In May, 2016, the Soleras were invited by the non-profit, Project: Music Heals Us, to perform a concert in a Connecticut prison. This transformative experience sparked a passion in the quartet to bring interactive, thoughtfully-conceived chamber music concerts into incarcerated communities across the country. Since that first concert, and with the support of PMHU, the Solera Quartet Prison Outreach Residency has already brought dozens of quartet concerts to federal and state correctional institutions at all security levels in Connecticut, New York, and California -- and continues to grow rapidly. The Soleras have been awarded the 2017 Father Eugène Merlet Award for Community Service in support of a new pilot program launching in January, 2018 - a week-long musical immersion at Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, featuring concerts for inmates and staff, daily interactive study sessions on the life of Beethoven, and a creative composers' workshop.


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Atticus began a new adventure this past July. How did it begin? A friend at church told me her daughter was auditioning for commercials and that I should get Atticus involved. She provided the information of the talent agency they use. I told her I would ask Atticus if he was interested, but I didn't … Continue reading Auditions AGT Style
Wind Machines and Dippin' Dots
Atticus and I planned a trip to COSI. I wanted him to experience the planetarium for the first time. He wanted to go because he thought there might be a wind tunnel. I told him COSI doesn't have wind tunnels, and he'll just have to wait until he gets to Virginia Tech to live out … Continue reading Wind Machines and Dippin' Dots
Who Needs Training Wheels?
Oxford dictionary defines training wheels as "a pair of small supporting wheels fitted on either side of the rear wheel of a child's bicycle." Atticus has required a significant amount of support in many areas of life – and learning to ride a bike wasn't an exception. I bought him a bike for his third … Continue reading Who Needs Training Wheels?
Stormy Weather
Tropical Storm Cindy blew through the United States last week, and I watched as Atticus excitedly followed her path. With great anticipation, he awaited the arrival of the storm's lingering effects in our area of the globe. The rain was to arrive around midnight, and he had every intention of staying up late to greet … Continue reading Stormy Weather


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Wilmington, DE, 19801
Doors 11:00 AM / Show 11:30 AM
This event is all ages
The Cat's Pajamas are looking for some MOVIE STARS and your family is hired! Join the girls trio as they don their sunglasses and film a sneak peek of their upcoming summer show for the Delaware Library system. Be prepared to cluck like a chicken, dance like a bookworm, and go on "the musical joyride known as The Cat's Pajamas- a family must-see!"
The Cat's Pajamas brings a musical comedy twist to high-octane-kid-rock in 3-part harmony that will knock your socks off. The audience is plunged into a wild, wonderful world of stories, puppets, props and costumes with sophisticated music that's absolutely guaranteed to tickle the entire family's funnybone.
Janet Schreiner, lead vocalist and bandleader, created the Cat's Pajamas in 1990 as a duo. Since then, the band has grown to include a talented crew of 9 of Philly's finest working musicians, composers and teachers. Janet and the band pull out all the stops with infectious music and high-energy concerts, exposing families to the joy of a truly great family-centric live performance.
Experienced by thousands (and thousands) of families and heard around the world, don't miss your chance to wear YOUR sunglasses and be a movie star with The Cat's Pajamas!
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ALCEDIAG develops companion tests in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, based on the company's proprietary biomarkers and unique knowledge and expertise in RNA Editing.
Companion tests allow to identifying patients who are most likely to benefit from a particular therapeutic product. In psychiatric disorders, 40% of patients respond partially or do not respond to treatment. If the patient is a poor responder, he/she may also develop side effects. The companion test will detect those who respond well to the treatment. It will also identify patients who are at risk of developing adverse side effects. A companion test is specific to a given treatment and will help to monitor treatment response in order to improve its effectiveness and safety levels.
ALCEDIAG companion tests rely on a thorough analysis and understanding of the impact of the pathology or treatment on RNA editing at the patient level. As such, the objective of ALCEDIAG companion tests may be to assess a treatment's effectiveness and to predict psychiatric adverse side effects.


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Besides this over-turning from without, governments are dissolved from within…
First, When the legislative is altered….That when such a single person, or prince, sets up his own arbitrary will in place of the laws, which are the will of the society, declared by the legislative, then the legislative is changed: for that being in effect the legislative, whose rules and laws are put in execution, and required to be obeyed; when other laws are set up, and other rules pretended, and inforced, than what the legislative, constituted by the society, have enacted, it is plain that the legislative is changed. Whoever introduces new laws, not being thereunto authorized by the fundamental appointment of the society, or subverts the old, disowns and overturns the power by which they were made, and so sets up a new legislative….
There is one way more whereby such a government may be dissolved, and that is: When he who has the supreme executive power neglects and abandons that charge, so that the laws already made can no longer be put in execution; this is demonstratively to reduce all to anarchy, and so effectively to dissolve the government. For laws not being made for themselves, but to be, by their execution, the bonds of the society to keep every part of the body politic in its due place and function. When that totally ceases, the government visibly ceases, and the people become a confused multitude without order or connection. Where there is no longer the administration of justice for the securing of men′s rights, nor any remaining power within the community to direct the force, or provide for the necessities of the public, there certainly is no government left. Where the laws cannot be executed it is all one as if there were no laws, and a government without laws is, I suppose, a mystery in politics inconceivable to human capacity, and inconsistent with human society.
In these and the like cases, when the government is dissolved, the people are at liberty to provide for themselves, by erecting a new legislative, differing from the other, by the change of persons, or form, or both, as they shall find it most for their safety and good: for the society can never, by the fault of another, lose the native and original right it has to preserve itself, which can only be done by a settled legislative, and a fair and impartial execution of the laws made by it. But the state of mankind is not so miserable that they are not capable of using this remedy, till it be too late to look for any. To tell people they may provide for themselves, by erecting a new legislative, when by oppression, artifice, or being delivered over to a foreign power, their old one is gone, is only to tell them, they may expect relief when it is too late, and the evil is past cure. This is in effect no more than to bid them first be slaves, and then to take care of their liberty; and when their chains are on, tell them, they may act like freemen. This, if barely so, is rather mockery than relief; and men can never be secure from tyranny, if there be no means to escape it till they are perfectly under it: and therefore it is, that they have not only a right to get out of it, but to prevent it…
There is therefore, secondly, another way whereby governments are dissolved, and that is, when the legislative, or the prince, either of them, act contrary to their trust. First, The legislative acts against the trust reposed in them, when they endeavour to invade the property of the subject, and to make themselves, or any part of the community, masters, or arbitrary disposers of the lives, liberties, or fortunes of the people….
If a controversy arise betwixt a prince and some of the people, in a matter where the law is silent, or doubtful, and the thing be of great consequence, I should think the proper umpire, in such a case, should be the body of the people: for in cases where the prince hath a trust reposed in him, and is dispensed from the common ordinary rules of the law; there, if any men find themselves aggrieved, and think the prince acts contrary to, or beyond that trust, who so proper to judge as the body of the people, (who, at first, lodged that trust in him) how far they meant it should extend? But if the prince, or whoever they be in the administration, decline that way of determination, the appeal then lies no where but to heaven; force between either persons, who have no known superior on earth, or which permits no appeal to a judge on earth, being properly a state of war, wherein the appeal lies only to heaven; and in that state the injured party must judge for himself, when he will think fit to make use of that appeal, and put himself upon it.
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Watch 2040 RC bash a couple of PRO-MT 4x4 monster trucks at a rain-soaked skatepark [VIDEO]
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2018 09:41am
By Aaron Waldron
From 2040 RC (via YouTube):
An epic death battle between our two PRO-MT 4x4 at the skatepark yeeah!!! To infinity and beyond!!!;-)
2040RC: Cyrano & Madman
Car: 2x Pro-line Racing PRO-MT 4x4
Location: Tolstoj Park, Milan (Italy)
Music: "Battle at the skatepark" by Madman2040 - 2040 RC Original Music
Filmed with a GoPro Hero5 + GoPro Hero4 Session - Edited with Adobe Premiere Elements
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This blog post is a bit of a review, but it's mainly a post asking for tips and recommendations. I got this Soap & Body Glow Lotion over a year ago, I think it was for a late Christmas gift or a birthday present, anyway I have had it for ages and I have used it maybe half a dozen times. I saw this on my desk today and thought that this one of those products that I should really use more of. So I decided to do a quick post on it to ask if anyone has any tips of the best way to use this.
This is the bottle it comes in, it's a completely clear container so you can see the product. It also has a pump applicator.
So the directions are in the photo above, and the only way I have used it in the last is on my legs. Sadly it's winter so I won't get much use out of it that way at the moment. I was thinking of using it mixed with my foundation to give a nice glow to my face, but my only concern is that it has a really strong smell that lasts a long time. The smell is nice, it's the typical warm sweet soapy smell that they usually use for their products, but I'm not sure if I want this on my face all day. I could use this as a fragrance as this suggests, but I'm not sure if I like the look of a shimmery neck, that kind of reminds me of being 16.
The last photo is the product blended and and dried. It is a nice soft subtle pinky silver shimmer. It is too subtle to use as an actual shimmer, but it is perfect to brighten up larger areas. Does anyone else use this product? I feel like it's going to waste just sitting on my desk.


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Date of issue: 30 May 2004
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A Season of Giving
During this time of year, our campus is busy with students finishing final exams and everyone preparing for the beginning of a new semester and a new year. We know December is a busy month for you as well. In the midst of the excitement that surrounds this time of year, we hope you will consider making a gift to the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Contributions provide students and faculty with the opportunity to achieve success here and beyond. Gifts of any size make a difference.
UHCL will be closed for the holidays Dec. 22 – Jan. 2. For any questions, please contact us at 281-283-2021 or by emailing email@example.com.
Online & Credit Card
You can use your credit card to make an online gift on our secure giving site, https://giving.uh.edu/uhcl/. Online gifts made before midnight, Dec. 31, will be processed as 2017 gifts. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card and American Express.
All checks must be made payable to University of Houston-Clear (or UHCL) and mailed to:
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The postmark on the envelope must be December 31 or prior in order to be considered for the 2017 tax year. Specific gift designations (Hawk Advantage Scholarship, UHCL Priorites Fund, etc.) should be listed on the memo line or with a note.
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Gifts may also be made via phone by calling University Advancement at 281-283-2021 with a credit card number by 5 p.m. on December 21. Gifts can also be delivered to University Advancement in Bayou Building, Suite 1604 by December 21.
For stock transfers or questions about other types of gifts, please leave a voice message at 281-283-2021. Messages will be checked throughout the holidays and someone will return your call within 24 hours.Give to UHCL


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The federal government has expanded an investigation into fires that can start in the doors of several Toyota models, adding 600,000 Camrys and other vehicles to the probe.
The investigation now includes 1.4 million cars and SUVs from the 2007 to 2009 model years. When the investigation began in February, it involved more than 800,000 Camrys and RAV4 SUVs from the 2007 model year.
Certain Camrys from the 2008 and 2009 model years, as well as some 2007 to 2009 Yaris subcompacts and all 2008 Highlander Hybrid SUVs, have been added to the investigation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, said on its Web site Monday. The vehicles were built from September 2006 through August 2008, the safety agency said.
Toyota and the government have received 161 complaints of fires involving the vehicles. Nine people have been hurt, according to government documents. Toyota's largest North American plant, in Georgetown, assembles the majority of Camrys sold in the United States.
All the vehicles use the same power window switch in the driver's door. The switches can overheat and cause fires, the government said.
NHTSA has upgraded the investigation to a so-called engineering analysis, which can lead to a recall.
Owners of the Toyotas who smell smoke or feel heat in the doors should call their dealers or take them in for an inspection, Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said. The company is cooperating with NHTSA in the investigation, he said.
Toyota's Camry midsize sedan is the most popular car in the United States, and the RAV4 small SUV also is a big seller. In December, the 2012 Camry received a five-star safety rating from NHTSA, its top rating.
Toyota's reputation has taken a hit during the past three years due to a string of huge recalls that ballooned to more than 14 million vehicles worldwide. Millions were recalled for acceleration problems, and Toyota replaced floor mats that can trap gas pedals and pedal assemblies that can stick and cause cars to take off unexpectedly. After an exhaustive investigation, U.S. safety regulators, aided by NASA engineers, found nothing wrong with Toyota's electronic throttle controls.


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Geetha brings you two fabulous reviews of the Hollywood blockbusters opening this weekend: Mad Max Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2. Do this reboot and sequel deserve your hard-earned bucks? Read on!
This week I suggest you go see MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. Not only will you be impressed with the spectacle and action, but this has what a certain fanboy fave from last week didn't: emotional impact via character development. It's certainly not your standard post-apocalyptic flick. And no, you won't feel as if someone just tried to ram feminism down your throat.
After AEON FLUX tanked in 2005, critics crushed Theron, saying she couldn't carry an action heroine film. Those wonderful folk will all just have to suck it, because, guess what. She absolutely carries this two-hour mind-f* of non-stop vehicular mayhem on those beautifully toned shoulders as the magnificent Imperator Furiosa (such a cool name). Now this is what a reboot should be like—not one of those corporate crapshoots where all the characters are branded, the dialogue bogged down with a ton of tiresome exposition, and every single CGI trick in the book trotted out to beat you over the head.
The entire movie is one long, intense car chase across a grim desert landscape, where the availability of water and oil means the difference between life and death. In a bleak post-war future, Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) is your typical tyrannical emperor, who also enjoys slave-trading on the side. He has five gorgeous women (Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Zoe Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Riley Keough, Courtney Eaton) whom he forces to bear his children. Sick of his alcoholism, Furiosa—one of his soldiers—smuggles the harem out into a tanker, and they escape. Enraged by the double insult, Joe sets out with his whiter-than-snow war boys and an army of insanely morphed hotrods on a violent chase for retribution. His hood ornament: Max (Tom Hardy), one of his recent captives. Max escapes and forms an alliance with Furiosa, and together they try to outwit Joe and his Aryan war tribe.
What's so awesome about Furiosa is that she never once compromises her gender, or needs to be rescued by some guy. So cool! Finally someone who can hold a candle to Ripley from ALIEN. The credit goes to George Miller, who also directed the other MAD MAX movies. It took him fifteen years to make FURY ROAD, but, as you'll see, it was well worth it. It just goes to show, boys and girls, that it's better to toil at something for a while and make it truly spectacular, rather than just throw it together to meet some deadline and hope it sticks—like all the other reboot kings are doing. Here's hoping FURY ROAD wins a few Oscars. Check out the trailer here:
PITCH PERFECT 2 is… adequate. In this dutiful sequel, Anna Kendrick and the Barden Bellas are on the verge of graduating, when their reputation is besmirched thanks to Fat Amy's (Rebel Wilson) wardrobe malfunction. Now their only chance to redeem themselves is via an international championship challenge.
Their main competition is an arrogant German group that's just begging for some karma-style b*-slapping. The main problem with this flick—helmed by newbie director Elizabeth Banks—is that many of the jokes don't hit their mark, some of the situations are quite obviously contrived, and the fun… just doesn't feel fun enough. But, the songs are rockingly good. And in the end, that's really what it's all about. Here's the trailer:
And those are the big openers this weekend. See you next time!


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It holiday time at the Clearwater Public Library! A reminder that the Library will be closed on December 27th for Christmas. There is still time to enter the two Christmas contests at the Library. One contest is for anyone of any age, "Guess the Peppermints". There is a jar full of peppermints at the front desk. All you have to do is write your full name, a contact number and your guess as to how many peppermints are in the jar and drop it in the box. On Wednesday, December 21st we will go through the guesses and the one that is closest to the correct amount without going over will win all the peppermints! The winner will be contacted on the 22nd so that they can pick up the peppermints in time for Christmas. Please bring a container to take the peppermints home in as the jar must stay here so can be used in other contests. The Second contest is for youth up to age 12 (twelve). It is a simple coloring contest. Color the picture, fill out the information on the back and turn in to the Library by 6:00PM on December 20th. Friends of the Clearwater Public Library will judge the contest and the winner will be announced/contacted on the 22nd. The winner of this contest will receive a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Giant Fun book to color with stickers. So be sure to drop by the Library and try your hand at our holiday contests. There is still time to get that "all year long" gift for your loved one, pay for a membership in the "Friends of Clearwater Public Library" group. Help your loved ones help the Library and therefore our community. Memberships are $5.00 for individual, $10.00 for a family and $10.00 for an organization. What an inexpensive, unique way to spread some holiday cheer. Contact a member of the group or drop by the Library to take advantage of this offer. Happy Holidays! When the holidays get a bit hectic for you, the solution is easy — Keep Calm and Keep Reading.
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A new exhibit at the Little Cayman Museum will showcase two amateur photographers' work on the island's wildlife.
"Little Cayman: Above the Waves" features photos of the diverse bird, lizard and mammal populations on an island better known for its underwater wildlife.
Mike Vallee and Ed Houlcroft, dive masters by day, brought their cameras out of the water to show off the island's wildlife on the ground and in the air.
"These are two very talented young men who are passionate about wildlife," said Nicola Dorrington, coordinator for the museum.
Mr. Vallee said he hopes to "capture that moment you can't see with the naked eye." He wants to bring out the detail in these moments and give people a chance to look at creatures like the green anole or red-footed boobies.
He said the Little Cayman exhibit is about conservation and "showing people what we are trying to save here."
The exhibit opening will also serve as a fundraiser for the museum. Founded by Linton Tibbetts in 1997, the museum reopened last summer. Ms. Dorrington said she hopes this will be the first of many temporary exhibits to show off what Little Cayman has to offer.
The opening, at 6 p.m., Friday, April 17, includes silent and live auctions of the prints. All proceeds go to the nonprofit museum.


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Sunday, 9 October 2011
Amulet #43 - Get Better/Stay Better
Over the last week, I've not been very well. After a nasty bout of food poisoning, it has taken me quite a while to get better. Over that time I have been semi-house bound, under strict instructions to rest and this has meant I have been watching quite a lot of films, videos and TV programmes online. It has also been the first chance I have had to really catch up with the footage and reports coming from the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York.
While watching Alex Mallis and Lily Henderson's short film Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.), I was struck by the way in which people in the movement are beginning to organize themselves to address daily and basic needs like healthcare, food, shelter and sanitation. Today's amulet is an echo of the red crosses worn in the film by members of the first-aid working group (theirs are fashioned from red gaffa tape), worn in solidarity with those who are protesting against social and economic inequality in the USA, an amulet to protect against forgetting how well provided for I am as a UK resident (a beneficiary of the NHS) and as a personal reminder to get better and STAY better.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Amulet #41 & #42 - Forget Me Not
My very lovely friends Sarah and Ulysses are both moving away... to different parts of the world. Just before they left I made them this pair of amulets to remind them of the times we have shared together and to protect them on their new adventures. This now officially makes Sarah the most-amuleted person I know (other than myself) as this is the 3rd amulet she has received (see also Amulet #37 & #35. She obviously needs a lot of protecting!
I obviously *should* have also been wearing my "Never Can Say Goodbye" amulet (#11) at the time too (how could I forget such a thing?) which I was wearing when saying goodbye to Ulysses last time (on leaving Berlin). All of this does give me faith, however, that all of our paths will continue to cross in the future... hmmm, that gives me an idea for another amulet. And so the world continues...
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Amulet #40 - Play The Ukulele
I thought I'd just blog this amulet quickly, as I need to maintain the little bit of momentum I've got on OPERATION CATCH UP and because this is an amulet that recently had to undergo repairs. Around the same time that I started this project (yes, back through the mists of time in December 2009), I was given a bright green ukulele as a Christmas present. I am a little embarrassed to say, but I can still only play 3 chords. I know that all I need to do is practice, but somehow this still seems beyond me. The best inroads I have made were learning bits of the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah when I was confined to bed with flu for 4 days last spring.
I made this amulet in March 2010 as a reminder to practice and to combat my recurrent excuse about having to tune up continuously. It is a uke pitch pipe and it has lived for a long time on my polka dot coat. This amulet (possibly above all others) is a classic conversation starter, with many folk leaning down to blow into it in a surprisingly intimate way. It has had so much use that I recently had to repair it (as it fell to bits).
I'm glad that this amulet combines a kind of cheeky sauciness with quite an earnest wish to become better at playing musical instruments. I can't help but feel that George Formby (my inspiration for wanting to learn to play) would be proud!
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Amulet #39 - One Bite At A Time
Today I'm blogging another amulet from OPERATION CATCH-UP (made in March 2010) and this one I can give a very specific date to, as it was made as a birthday present for my long-time collaborator Hannah Jones (the other half of LOW PROFILE). This amulet consists of 3 fridge magnets specially made to hold Hannah's "Schedule of Dreams" to the fridge in her kitchen.
As you can see from the snippet of said 'Schedule' shown in the photograph, Hannah is quite a busy person. She has often found herself overwhelmed by the number of things she has got going on at one time and makes a series of lists and schedules for herself to keep feelings of panic at bay. For this one, I took the well-worn advice that answers the question "How do you eat an elephant?" as a starting point. At the moment (when I find myself again in a time of having lots of different projects on the go at once), this amulet seems quite apt.
You'll be glad to know that Amulet #33 (the one that reminds me to finish what I've started) is working really quite well. I've been wearing it everyday since I made it and seem to be achieving lots. You never know, I might even get to the point where I have a new nickname and become known simply as 'The Finisher'! This, however, is possibly a long way off...
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Monday, 29 August 2011
Amulet #38 - 1x500+5x100
My friend Ria Hartley is embarking on a project. An excellent project. A project that she has wanted to undertake for a long time. Ria intends to spend 14-days-straight traveling on trains around the island of Great Britain. Unlike a regular tourist, Ria will not be leaving the train stations she arrives in, she will remain confined within them for all of this time. During her time on the trains, her routes, choices and decisions will be swayed by chance encounters and personal exchanges
I think this is a project with a huge amount of potential, and I have become really interested in how Ria is making this happen. Rather than approach standard arts funding bodies or research boards, she has adopted a crowdfunding model where patrons (anyone willing to invest £10 or more) enter into a 'contract' with Ria when they part with their money. This is a challenging way to secure project funding - challenging because it takes vast amounts of energy and enthusiasm to make people aware of your project and convince them to 'invest' in it, but also in that it poses a series of challenges to our ideas about who the 'stakeholders' might be in the support of research and development of new work in the arts.
I have made this amulet to try and help her in her quest. When I started coming up with the idea for it (a few days ago), Ria still needed £1000 to achieve her target. In conversation I was helping her break this down into just needing to find 1 person who would invest £500 and 5 people who would invest £100 each. I'm hoping that the amulet might assist in some way. I've got my fingers crossed too.
Have a look at the website for The Train Project (http://thetrainproject.riahartley.com/) and of course, if you feeling generous, please do support the project!
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Amulet #37 - Don't Let Plymouth Get You Down
This is another of the amulets I made sometime around last March (mid-hiatus on this project). It was specially designed for my friend Sarah (also the more recent recipient of Amulet #35) who was having a hard time at work in Plymouth at the time.
As readers of this blog may or may not know, I am a little bit in love with Plymouth. So much so, that I am currently working on a new project with my partner-in-crime (and other half of LOW PROFILE) Hannah called Would You Like This Badge?. This project (a series of badges developed in response to our experiences of living and working in Plymouth, thinking about how people view the city, from the inside and outside) follows on from our previous (slightly ridiculous) attempts to get people we know and like to move to Plymouth, by writing letters and making videos for them.
So, this amulet forms part of a series of on-going efforts I've been making to improve the experience of living in the city that is now my adopted home. Remember, if you need an amulet to protect you against the perils of your own city, do let me know. I am taking requests!!
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
Amulet #36 - Not The British Museum
My friend Cara is, to say the least, a little obsessed with archiving and archives. This is another of the amulets that I made last March or April but never quite got round to blogging about. At the time, Cara and I were studying together and both getting lost on our own research journeys. During a group presentation, in response to Cara's feelings of frustration at the difficulty of finding a format in which to realise her work (and communicate a complex set of ideas), one of our tutors said "Cara, you need to remember that you are not the British Museum".
I loved the sentiment of this statement - the notion that any of us might need reminding from time to time that we are 'just one person', that sometimes projects grow and spiral out-of-control more quickly than we realize, that we (as individuals) don't need to replicate things on the scale of large institutions and that any one of us does not need to cover absolutely everything. Some things are always going to fall by the wayside, feel too large to even start or have the potential to become too cumbersome to ever complete (ahem... still not letting myself off the hook for not finishing things though! - see Amulet #33).
However, over a year on, I'm not sure how well this amulet has worked. Have a look at Cara's current project http://instability-in-stability.co.uk (where she has locked herself away in her loft for the last 3 months, investigating and archiving every object it contains) and judge for yourself. As you can imagine, even this amulet has been described, archived and added to the inventory, as has Amulet #17.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Amulet #35 - Don't Get Your Heart Set On It
Last night, my friend Sarah and I were exchanging tales about our various past, previous and current romantic entanglements. Through our conversation it soon became clear that we are both often fallible to similar traits - wanting to make plans and have something to look forward to, and holding out for things to work out the way we want them to. After much discussion, laughing at ourselves and semi-ridiculous suggestions, I remembered that there was (of course) a song for exactly this occasion.
What I love about this phrase 'Que Sera Sera' is partly the shonky and very literal Spanish translation (Que = What, Sera = Will Be, Sera = Will Be) but also that the song gets re-purposed by hopeful football supporters ("We're going to Wemb-le-y). This one should stand as a reminder that no matter what outcome any of us would like to see, we actually have very little power over the end result.
This amulet follows on from another that I made for Sarah last March, (OK, so this is where the chronology on this blog is going to get a little too confusing... let's call it Amulet #37, and I'll post it in the not too distant future!) which is currently residing in Venezuela.
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Sunday, 21 August 2011
Amulet #34 - Resist Firefighting
When someone spends all their time putting out fires, they look very busy, and they have a great sense of purpose.
I think I made this amulet while in Celrà (Catalunya, ES) during a postgraduate research gathering I was part of, after making a presentation for my MA (sometime in March 2010). I think that is why I'm wearing a little "Well Done!" sticker. Looking back, I'm not exactly sure what the intention behind this amulet was now (my memory is far from good enough to stretch back that long) but I do remember wanting to make a series of miniature life preservation devices (following on from Amulet #32). This is a miniature fire blanket.
Since then, I have used this as an amulet to protect against what people who write about project management call 'firefighting' (appearing busy by jumping in to sort out day-to-day problem situations at the expense of achieving larger-scale projects). I think, gradually, I might be getting a little better at saying "No" to things (as advised by the ever-wise Goat Island in A Letter To A Young Practitioner), taking time and not allowing other people's panics and demands to throw me off course. As always, I still have a long way to go and probably need quite a few more amulets to help me get better at mindfulness in general!!
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Saturday, 20 August 2011
Amulet #33 - No More Half-A-Job Dobbs
Forgive me Father for I have sinned... it has been 533 days since my last amulet post. And you'll have noticed that I stopped posting at #32, which is pitiful. After a number of false starts at re-starting this project after its MA dissertation invoked hiatus, I am back on it.
A number of years ago, I earned the nickname 'Half-A-Job Dobbs' from my then long-term boyfriend because of my tendency to start projects with such eagerness, only to drop them or let them peter out some time later (before seeing them through to completion). Since then, this nickname has hung around in the back of my mind, niggling at my sub-conscious.
Earlier today I was thinking about how best to spend a rainy day indoors and thought about a range of things I have been putting off that would ultimately make me happy. As the king of the procrastinators, you can imagine, this list of mine is ample! However, I have decided that this blog is not a job that should fall off the end of the list indefinitely. In the 533 days that have passed since I last posted I have actually undertaken to make a range of different new amulets (not at the original overly-ambitious one-a-day rate), so my post today will shoot the chronological numbering system to hell somewhat, but catching up with the backlog of un-uploaded amulets was one of the excuses I was giving myself for inaction.
So, here it is - the new amulet I have made to protect myself from my Half-A-Job Dobbs-ness. I'll be wearing it a lot over the next few weeks in the hope that it will help me catch up with things on here, and rest assured reader, I WILL FINISH THIS THING!
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Timemaster Chronograph DateThanks to its imposing 44 mm-diameter size and the clarity of its dial display, this chronograph is both user-friendly and attractive. The solid stainless steel 16 mm thick case is fitted with a notched rotating bezel with the starting point marked by a phosphorescent arrow. The matt black metallic dial is endowed with luminescent hour-markers, hands and numerals. In the centre, in addition to the hour, minute and chronograph seconds hand, a hand signals the date. Available with metal bracelet or leather strap, and also with a luminescent dial. Water-resistant to 100 metres.
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Freedom City hilariously ridicules the current kakistocracy (government run by the worst people) in a gripping satire that pays homage to The Monkey Wrench Gang.
After President Trump unceremoniously dies from natural causes, four misfits from Washington, D.C. who call themselves the Fearless Vampire Killers sever the heads of Confederate statues and wage a comedic guerrilla war on post-Trump America. When President Pence enlists droves of fascist volunteers to crush the "alt-left" uprising, the rebels must risk their lives to run the fascists out of D.C.
What follows is not only a battle for survival—but a desperate search for remnants of what once made America great.
"Despite the odium and widespread condemnation of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, he passed with all the fanfare of a fart in a mesh sack. Medical examiners said it was a thrombotic stroke, likely exacerbated by obesity and high blood pressure. Some said cocaine and opioids had been found in his system, but these reports were never confirmed. Trump was dead, and now it was time to start glossing over his dismal legacy and perpetuating his vision, posthumously, for Making America Great Again..."
To read a larger excerpt, please visit Amazon and click the link to "Look inside."
"Didn't read book by failed writer @PhilipBecnel, but can tell you its written baddly. Totally FAKE NEWS! Sad." – Donald J. Trump
"I've never heard of it." – Hillary Rodham Clinton
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What to Consider When Looking for a Real Estate Agent
To make your work of buying or selling property, it is important to hire an experienced real estate agent to help you. However, there are many real estate agents and it can be difficult to determine which one to hire.
When looking for an agent, you will come across various advertisements of different firms or agents all purporting to be the best in the market. Some of the ways in which the agents market themselves include through direct-mail postcards, online ads, yard signs and even sponsored public benches. It can be challenging to determine the right agent to choose. Still, by using common senses, you can size up an agent's record and potential.
When looking to buy or sell property, find out the following before hiring an agent:
A Quick Overlook of Resources – Your Cheatsheet
Recent clients worked with
Find out whether the agents you want to hire have been active in the real estate market. You want an agent that have been active over the past 12 months in helping clients sell or buy properties. With the dynamics of real estate industry always changing, an active agent will be in a better position to advise you on various issues related to the market.
What Do You Know About Resources
Ask the clients for a list of clients that can vouch for their work. Ask about clients that the agents have worked with over the past one year in helping them buy or sell properties. You should reach out to these clients later on to find out about their experience with the agent. Before starting to reach out to the clients, find out whether there are any that will be particular disappointed or pleased.
When you get in touch with the clients that the agent referred you to, find out about the asking and sale price of the properties they were dealing with. If you are looking for an agent to help you sell property, confirm whether the properties the potential agent you want to hire has sold in the past were similar in size, price and features to yours. Look for an agent that has specialized in the type of property you wish to sell.
Another piece of information you should find out about is how long the homes were in the market before they were sold.
Check Licensing
Real estate agents are licensed and disciplined by the state licensing body. Find out whether the state licensing authority recognizes the real estate agent you wish to hire. It is also important to find out whether the state licensing body has taken any disciplinary action against the agent you wish to work with.
The above are two things to keep in mind when choosing a real estate agent.


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'Almighty God Hath Created the Mind Free'
This piece examines the background behind the "Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty," a precursor to the First Amendment's religious elements. According to Hayward, the early days of the founding were plagued with arguments over whether or not America would specifically be "a Christian nation." Although there were many religiously-minded citizens in the era of the founding, it was finally determined that Christianity would stand a much better chance of surviving and spreading if the nation took a neutral stance on religious matters. Hayward concludes by stating, "[t]he principle of the separation of church and state is today widely misinterpreted to mean the exclusion of religion from public life. The Founders, to the contrary, thought a fastidious neutrality on the part of the state between denominations and faiths would strengthen the influence of faith in our culture."
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E3 2014: Evolve Hands-On Impressions
Evolve, the next game from the development studio that brought you Left 4 Dead, is bringing a new take on the multiplayer shooter that has a very unique premise: a team of four human players try to take down one alien creature that can evolve and get stronger as the match goes on. At E3 2014, I managed to get my hands on Evolve to see how this intriguing approach to a shooter would turn out.
The humans trying to kill the creature can choose one of four classes: assault, support, medic, and trapper. Assault and medic have abilities that you would expect, while the trapper's most notable ability is to lay down a huge bubble-like arena that prevents the monster from running away to a safe place. This is an extremely useful ability, as it allows you to lock down the creature if you have the advantage, or safely escape if you're being overwhelmed. The support, which is the role I played during my match, can launch a UAV to try to scout out the monster, cloak himself and his teammates, and send out sentry turrets that gun down nearby enemies.
If you're playing as the monster, it's your job to continually upgrade and improve your abilities by killing and consuming the variety of animals scattered throughout the level. There are 3 stages of evolution, and as you get to the next stage, you can increase the effectiveness of your moves. The monster I fought in my match was a flying squid-like alien that was surprisingly mobile. The monster also had a plasma charge attack that was reminiscent of the Hammer of Dawn in Gears of War, where several smaller lasers would slowly collapse into singular laser that can obliterate most things in a few hits.
After a few skirmishes with the monster, it was painfully obvious that coordinated teamwork is of the utmost importance if you want to take down the creature. Even at its first stage, it's still tough to survive, even if we managed to get about a quarter through its health. But after the creature had evolved to stage 2, it was a pretty one sided battle. Without any sort of coordination, we were mercilessly slaughtered without any hope of survival. And then by stage 3, it wasn't even close. Trying to fell the beast before it fully upgrades to its maximum capacity seems to be the only feasible way to kill it, unless you and your team can really outwit and outplay the monster even when it's at its strongest.
I'm positive that if you have a group of friends that can work together and play their class, Evolve will probably be an experience unlike any other. But from my brief hands-on impression, playing with randoms without using any sort of teamwork may result in a sub-optimal experience. Regardless, this fresh take on a multiplayer game is undoubtedly an intriguing one that has me curious to see how the final product ends up.


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Had the pleasure of working with a couple of very cool cats on this shoot for Stabstyle.
Pro surfer Creed McTaggart and hair maestro Richard Kavanagh.
Throw in some distressed denim, a pack of awful cigarettes, some crazy fake sideburns (thanks Rich.. . individual strands of hair glued on ) and with a little studio lighting, some cool moments ensued.
We were paying a little homage to the 50's photographer Karlheinz Weinberger, his "Rebel youth" series is incredible.


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The Hidden Structure of Successful Screenplays
In his book The Sequence Approach: The Hidden Structure of Successful Screenplays, author Paul Joseph Gulino outlines a way to write screenplays that has been taught at USC Film School and other leading film schools for decades. It's called the sequence approach.
Screenplays—and perhaps stories, in general—use the three-act structure. "Every story must have a beginning, middle, end" has served as a guiding axiom as far back as Aristotle's Poetics, 2000 years ago. It's drummed into every professional writer.
But sustaining an audience's emotional involvement in a story often goes astray in the middle. The middle is too big and too easy to lose the connection between beginning and end.
A 120-page screenplay has at least 60 pages of "middle" for plot twists, sub plots, minor characters, and other story developments that take place between introduction/setup and resolution/conclusion.
The sequence approach aims to parse the beginning, middle and end of the screenplay into smaller chunks, based on the legacy of film production, which used reels of film with a duration of about 12 to 15 minutes of shooting time each.
In effect, each film reel was shot as a small, miniature story of its own. Each reel generally had one location and one major movement to add to the story. Each set of scenes on one reel might hold together with their own beginning, middle, and end.
Why were films shot in sequences? Because in some cases, the ability to buy the unexposed film needed to finish a production may have been in question. Materials and developing processes were expensive. So whatever filmmakers had in the can might have to stand on its own, if funding fell through.
Thus, the birth of sequences. And viewers learned—and perhaps have evolved—to absorb film stories in this way.
In his book, Gulino also lists the "Big Four" dramatic elements of a successful screenplay while defining what happens in each of the sequences, labeled A through H, that comprise a typical feature-length movie.
Although formula is a contrivance, drama, too, is contrivance, except drama is a contrivance that won't work if it feels contrived. That's the writer's job: to be original enough in character and dialogue to make the contrivance acceptable as a willing suspension of disbelief.
And although no formula can inspire you to write a great screenplay, perhaps the sequence formula will help you if you have otherwise excellent characters, artful dialogue, and an innate writing genius all your high school teachers fawned praise upon. Your work can still get lost in a story that falls apart somewhere in the middle without structure.
The "Big Four": Dramatic Elements Of A Screenplay
1. Telegraphing: Something's Going to Happen
Also called "pointing" or "advertising," tells the audience explicitly what will happen in the narrative: a character makes an appointment or has a deadline—a ticking clock.
False telegraphing plays it off in reverse, as when the writer tells the audience something will happen, and it never does.
2. Dangling Cause: Somebody Says They're Gonna Do Something
Like telegraphing, but carries more emotional weight, as when a character makes an expression of intent, issues a warning or threat, gives a hope, fear, or prediction that puts a question in the audience's mind for which no immediate answer is provided.
Gulino gives an example of a character's cause from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," when McMurphy says exactly what he plans to do: "Put a bug so far up her [Nurse Ratched's] ass she won't know whether to shit or wind a wrist watch."
3. Dramatic Irony: We Know Something the Characters Don't
Or "omniscient narration," comes in two different flavors, suspense and comedy, and occurs when the audience learns something unknown to characters on the screen (revelation), creating anticipation (ironic tension) about what will happen when the truth comes out (recognition).
For example, in "North By Northwest," Eve saves Roger from the police, but the audience knows she's only doing it because she's working for people who want to kill him, a fact he doesn't know until the ironic tension plays out in the story.
4. Dramatic Tension: Somebody Wants Something and Can't Get It
Comes in two different flavors, chases and escapes, and can be summed up as the reason the protagonist exists: somebody wants something badly and has trouble getting it. That's the story.
The Eight General Sequences of a Screenplay
Act 1: A & B
Sequence A—The exposition or background that establishes genre and who, what, when, where, and under what conditions the story takes place.
- Includes the "hook," a curiosity or puzzle, usually within the first five pages.
- A glimpse of the protagonist before the story begins. Their normal life, in medias res, how things would be if the story didn't happen, often including a thematic image.
- Ends with an incident, or "point of attack," the first intrusion of instability in the protagonists flow of life.
Sequence B—Sets up the main dramatic tension: Will the protagonist get what he wants?
- It's the first attempt by the protagonist to grapple with and understand the instability caused by the incident in Sequence A, and Sequence B makes the problem seem even worse.
- A turning point by the end of the sequence, where we thought we knew what's happening in the story, but everything has somehow changed.
Act 2: C, D, E & F
Sequence C—The protagonist's first attempt at solving the problem, usually by trying the easiest solution.
- The problem, even if initially solved, gets worse: bigger and deeper.
Sequence D—The protagonist tries more desperate measures to return life to stability after the first effort in the previous sequence failed, only to have new complications arise.
- Contains the "first culmination":
a revelation, where the audience learns something the character doesn't know, or
a reversal, where the audience gets the hope of success and a glimpse of the actual resolution to come (or its mirror opposite) before the problem seizes control of the narrative again.
Sequence E—The protagonist works on the new complications.
- The stakes get higher.
- The clock ticks faster.
- New characters, subplots, or opportunities add to the narrative.
- The protagonist's objective may reverse entirely.
Sequence F—The protagonist at last finds a resolution to the main dramatic tension.
- Contains the "second culmination": a situation that resolves or reframes what the protagonist wanted so badly.
Act 3: G & H
Sequence G—The unexpected consequences of the resolution. The climax.
- Previously established subplots and dangling causes bring forth new problems, sometimes causing the protagonist to work against his previous objectives.
- It's a new angle on what it means for the protagonist to have gotten (or not have gotten) what he wanted in the main dramatic tension of the story—a new angle.
- (NOTE: No new subplots or characters introduced at this point, i.e. no gun on the mantle in Act 3 that wasn't put there in Act 1 & 2.)
Sequence H—The protagonist's instability from the initial point of attack is finally settled.
- Contains the third or "final culmination": a final ending, denouement.
- May include the "epilogue" or "coda," a brief scene that ties up loose ends and subplots and gives the audience a chance to come down from the story experience—a "button": a small event that punctuates the energy at the end.
Know The Rules, To Break The Rules
Few stories adhere to formula for formula's sake. Sequencing is a guide for plot structure, not a replacement for ambious writing. It should reinforce, not retard, your ability to tell a story.
However, once the sequence approach gets in your head, it will be difficult for you to watch a movie without seeing many of the elements of sequencing at work, either explicitly or intuitively. You will watch movies differently, and you will be hard pressed to find a successful film that strays too far from the structure.
One thing's for sure, it will take some of the mystery out of movies for you, because once you recognize telegraphing, dangling cause and dramatic irony, you will find few movies surprise you.
And if you don't learn to keep it to yourself, your friends won't want to watch movies with you anymore, either. You will be more like an athlete training in the gym than a specator watching the game.


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The latest-starting game on baseball's official Opening Day on Monday is from Oakland as the new-look Athletics host a Texas team that's probably not going to be good again in 2015. The A's are -153 favorites on MLB odds with a total of seven runs.
A's Busy This Offseason, Rangers Not So Much
Few teams underwent more of a dramatic makeover this offseason than Oakland. General Manager Billy Beane went all-in last season to finally win a playoff series, trading for the likes of Boston's Jon Lester and the Cubs' Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel. Alas, the A's were under .500 after the All-Star break after having the best record at the halfway point. They lost the wild-card game in Kansas City. Lester left as a free agent, which wasn't a surprise. What was: Beane traded Samardzija to the White Sox. And that was hardly his only move. All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson was traded to Toronto for young players as was All-Star catcher Derek Norris to San Diego. Catcher/DH John Jaso and first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss also were dealt.
Is Oakland worthy of their current MLB odds?
So while it seemed like Beane perhaps was starting a rebuilding movement with prospects he also acquired highly coveted utility man Ben Zobrist from Tampa Bay, closer Tyler Clippard from Washington and signed free-agent designated hitter Billy Butler from Kansas City. Monday's lineup will be almost unrecognizable compared to the one that was last in the field in Kansas City. The A's begin the season without outfielder and projected leadoff hitter Coco Crisp. He just had elbow surgery and could miss up to eight weeks. Crisp hit .246 with nine homers, 47 RBIs and 19 steals last season. Fellow outfielder Josh Reddick also opens the season on the DL. He hit .264 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs in 2014.
Texas was one of the busiest teams in the 2014 offseason, trading for Detroit's Prince Fielder and signing free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Both were flops, with Fielder missing much of the season to injury and Choo also battling injuries and struggling when he did play. This offseason was much more quiet. The biggest move was the hiring of manager Jeff Banister to replace Ron Washington, who resigned late last season. Really, any chance Texas had of contention for a wild-card spot probably vanished with the news that ace pitcher Yu Darvish was lost to season-ending Tommy John surgery. Plus the former No. 1 overall prospect in baseball, second baseman Jurickson Profar, will miss a second straight season because of shoulder surgery. You should keep this in mind when looking at the MLB odds.
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Probable Pitchers
With Lester and Samardzija gone, the clear ace of the A's is 25-year-old right-hander Sonny Gray. He was 14-10 with a 3.08 ERA last season and is one of the better young pitchers in the AL. It did seem like Gray perhaps tired down the stretch as he was 4-7 with a 3.47 ERA after the All-Star break but 10-3 with a 2.79 ERA before it. Gray faced Texas more than any other team in 2014, going 4-2 with a 2.06 ERA in six starts. He struck out 35 in 43.2 innings and Rangers batters hit just .217 off him. Fielder is 0-for-6 career off Gray. Adrian Beltre is 2-for-15 with four strikeouts. Leonys Martin is 2-for-17 with six strikeouts. No current Ranger has homered off him. Gray is the first A's starter to make back-to-back Opening Day outings since Barry Zito (2005-06). Gray threw a six-hit shutout against Texas in the regular-season finale last season to clinch the wild-card spot.
Instead of Darvish, Yovani Gallardo will take the mound for Texas. He was the team's biggest offseason addition, acquired via trade from Milwaukee. The 29-year-old right-hander had spent his entire career with the Brewers and was 8-11 with a 3.51 ERA last season. He didn't face the A's in 2014 and only a few Oakland players have ever faced him in a regular-season game. This will be his second career start against the A's. He lost to them, 6-1, on June 5, 2013. The Rangers haven't won on Opening Day since 2003.
MLB Free Picks: For your MLB picks, take Oakland and the 'under' runs as pitchers usually are ahead of hitters this early in the season. The 'under' is 5-1 in Gray's past six starts against Texas.


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Salem man arrested for allegedly running over two children
SALEM — Police say a Salem man has been arrested for allegedly running over two children with a truck while they played on a sidewalk.
KOIN-TV reports 40-year-old Casper Ankin was backing out of a driveway Wednesday afternoon when police say he struck a 3-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy.
Police say Ankin continued driving the truck and tried to leave the scene. Police located him in a nearby residence.
Police say witnesses told responding officers that bystanders attempted to physically restrain Ankin before he went into the residence.
The children were taken for treatment for non-life threatening injuries.
Ankin was arrested on investigation of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, assault, and failure to perform the duties of a driver involved in an accident.


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Beyond the Scoreboard: Trey and Ben – two very good quarterbacks duel it out Friday night
Tres bien.
In French, the translation means very good.
Trey and Ben.
In the northeastern mountains of Western North Carolina, it means the same as in Paris.
Not a lot of mountain folk speaking French in Burnsville and Ledger, but when they talk football – and they do that a lot these days, thanks to the success of their high school teams – it doesn't take long for the conversation to come around to Trey and Ben.
Very good. Very, very good.
Trey Robinson at Mountain Heritage, and Ben Young at Mitchell. Both have been starting quarterbacks since the beginning of their freshmen seasons in high school, when each was too young to drive.
Now as seniors, Ben has started all 50 games under center for the Mountaineers, and Trey has likewise never missed a game, 44 consecutive starts.
And they have done more than play in every game. They have combined to post a 74-20 record for the teams under their guidance.
And they have been buddies since childhood, once playing on the same Little League baseball team.
"Ben was pretty much my best friend when (I was growing up) in Mitchell County," said Trey. "And we're still friends. We still talk, he actually texted me on Sunday."
"We were always hanging out when we were kids," said Ben. "And we keep in touch. When we play, we are enemies, but outside football, he's just Trey."
Based on the consistently strong play of the quarterbacks, their two teams have shared the Western Highlands Conference regular-season crown each of the past two seasons.
Trey and Ben squared off in the eighth grade for a middle school championship when they were 14 years old (Trey's team won, starting a pattern), and they have held annual battles each year since then.
Trey's Cougars have gotten the better of Ben's Mountaineers each of the past two seasons, and Friday night in Burnsville they will meet for the final time as high school superstars, both teams undefeated and in all likelihood playing for yet another WHC title.
"Those guys have been competing against each other since about the third grade," said Mitchell coach Travise Pittman.
"They have really battled it out. I have tremendous respect for Trey and what he has done. He's a tough kid – he carries the ball like 30 times a game, and he keeps on ticking."
And while the outcome of their teams on Friday night will likely depend on how well they play – usually does with the quarterback – their individual statistical battle will continue to add to the legacies of both.
Put simply, those fortunate enough to witness the game Friday night at Cougars Stadium will be watching history, for it will be the coming together of two of the best quarterbacks – and among the best football players – to ever strap on the pads in WNC.
Trey is already in the record books and is adding to his totals at an epic pace. His 10,514 total yards (6,529 rushing, 3,985 passing) are the most ever in mountain football, as are his 131 touchdowns via the air and ground (80 rushing, 51 passing).
He is on pace (427 rushing yards away) to pass Owen High's Jager Gardner (6,955 yards) to become WNC's all-time leading rusher.
This year through five games, he has rushed for a WNC-best 1,112 yards and 16 touchdowns and passed for 456 yards and three scores.
Which means if he stays healthy and on pace, he will leave the Cougars as WNC's most prolific rusher, scorer and total yardage leader in the history of a sport that dates back as much as 100 years.
And Ben isn't far behind.
His numbers have been more modest this season (574 yards passing, 9 TDs, 426 yards rushing, 5 scores) because he has a deep roster of talented skill position players, but he still has 9,702 yards of total offense in four years.
He is currently 579 yards behind WNC's all-time No. 2 in total yards, Erwin quarterback Damien Ferguson (10,281 yards).
Again, barring injury and staying on pace, Ben (6,769 yards passing, 2,933 yards rushing) should finish second behind Trey among WNC's career total yardage leaders.
"I think that's very special for our two counties (Yancey and Mitchell)," said Pittman. "For them to bring that kind of recognition to our schools, and for them to bring that kind of talent and achievement over four years, is really special."
"I think it's pretty amazing that two quarterbacks that close have done those things, but I don't think about that," said Ben, 18.
"(Statistics) don't matter to me. If I carry the ball one time and we win, then that's fine."
Trey, 18, inherited the Cougars' starting quarterback job from his older brother Trevor in 2014.
He was age 15, and on the first play from scrimmage in his opening varsity game, there was a bad snap from center and Trey got creamed for an 8-yard loss.
But a couple of plays later, he ran for 20 yards, and an unparalleled career of gaining yardage was off and running (and passing).
Ben also had a moment of truth in his first start as a 15-year-old freshman. Late in the first half, he ran a two-minute drill to perfection and completed several passes, including one for a touchdown. He has since thrown 57 others for scores.
He ranks second behind Trey in career touchdown responsibility in WNC with 118.
Trey said he is proud of being WNC's all-time leader in total yardage but it is not as important as his main job as a quarterback – winning games.
"It's definitely a life accomplishment and something to be proud of, but it happened because I've played with some great teammates who are a big part of the record," Trey said.
"Trey is a great guy and as good a football player as I've ever seen, and such a hard worker," said Ben.
"What he has done is not by chance. He's worked at it."
And what they have both done is way beyond gaudy statistics – they have produced winning football.
The Mountaineers were 2-21 the two seasons prior to Ben's arrival.
As a starter, he has led Mitchell to a 41-9 record, into the playoffs all three seasons and to the state 1-AA title game in 2015.
"Ben has had a great career, and has been a great leader," said Trey. "He's done a great job with his team, led them to a state championship game."
The Mountaineers are 33-4 the past three seasons, including a 6-0 start this year. Their only two regular-season losses since 2014 have been to Trey and Mountain Heritage.
The Cougars were 15-18 in three seasons before Trey took over. They are 33-11 since, with three playoff appearances. Their record the past three years, including 5-0 this season, is 27-5.
"They are both great kids," said Mountain Heritage coach Joey Robinson, Trey's father. "I've known Ben since he was a kid, and he's from a great family and he's an exceptional young man.
"They have both excelled because they have had great teammates and because they put the time in, the hard work to get better. They are great leaders who have taken their teams to great success."
Trey and Ben.
Very good, indeed.


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CJ Field
Name: CJ Field
Date: March 3, 2018
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST
Website: http://massmoca.org/event/cj-field/
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North Adams native CJ Field wasn't born with a guitar in his hand — but he could have been. Field carved out a place for himself on the Nashville scene as a frontman of the edgy rock-and-roots collaborative Delta Riot and as a chart-topping songwriter. He's back in his hometown for a show of spirited, gritty guitar that's sure to please all you fans of Sam Cooke, Levon Helm, or Ryan Adams.