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The Portland Trail Blazers are still in huge trouble in this series, but they were in huge trouble in Game 4 of this first-round battle on Monday night in Oregon. Trailing by 10 points with 8:45 left, Portland was just about to hit the golf course for the offseason.
The Portland Trail Blazers Can Win Because…
They have a renewed belief in their ability to respond to adversity and contain Memphis' offense. They also have the Grizzlies at a disadvantage because of a new injury suffered by the team from Tennessee.
The Blazers' confidence should be sky-high after erasing an 80-70 deficit in the final 8:45 of Game 4 on Monday night. Portland came back on the strength of its defense to win, 99-92. Portland crawled back into that game against Memphis by limiting the Grizzlies to just six points over seven minutes. Memphis' offense ground to a halt, and the Blazers were able to prevent Marc Gasol (21 points) from being able to burn them down the stretch. The Grizzlies were also unable to hit a three-point shot in that seven-minute span of time. Memphis scored 115 points on Saturday in Game 3 and had every right to feel it could do a lot of good things on offense, but Portland finally took away Memphis' offense on Monday. That has to give the Blazers a feeling they can turn the corner in this series and get it back to Oregon for a Game 6 later in the week.
The other big reason Portland should feel emboldened is that Memphis might still be without its point guard, Mike Conley. The starter was out of the lineup in Game 4, and there's great uncertainty about when – or if – he'll ever return to the court in this series or in the next few weeks. Without Conley's penetration, Memphis' offense suffers. Nick Calathes is not a complete replacement. The Blazers could get back in the series as a result. As a final reason for Portland, Damian Lillard scored 32 points and finally looked like a superstar. If he continues to play this way, the Blazers can make up ground and win on the road, so keep this in mind when looking at the NBA odds.
The Memphis Grizzlies Can Win Because…
They should be able to defend C.J. McCollum in Memphis. What's the old saying about the NBA playoffs? Role players do well at home, but not on the road. McCollum didn't do much of anything in the first two games of this series in Memphis, but in Games 3 and 4 in Portland, he averaged 22 points per game, scoring 18 in Game 4 after scoring 26 in Game 3 on Saturday. Without McCollum's scoring, Portland wouldn't be alive in this series, but he averaged just four points per game in Games 1 and 2. If McCollum scores under 10 points, Portland probably won't find enough offense to win. If McCollum does score more than 15, the Blazers might still get this win. In Memphis, though, don't expect McCollum to do much.
Two other reasons to take Memphis: Role players Courtney Lee (19 points in Game 4) and Beno Udrih (13 in Game 4) continue to play well. Moreover, they played well on the road. They're better than McCollum and should give the Grizzlies the balance they need to win.
We still have to check on Conley's status but it feels like Game 4 was the Blazers last stand. They'll like put up a good fight but Memphis is still the better defensive team, one that has a better bench and more toughness inside. Take the Grizzlies here with your NBA picks.
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Bit of history there JRS.
The last photo is of the Arrol Johnson car plant in Heathhall . This went to be the North British Rubber Works , Uniroyal and Gates . Now a sad sight to see it abandoned and half demolished. This factory provided a living for generations of Doonhamers.
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This thesis continues work towards a computer-checked system for automatic complexity analysis of functional programs. Following [DLR15], we extract cost information from a source language to a monadic metalanguage which we call the complexity language, and give a denotational semantics to the complexity language which interprets types as preorders and terms as monotone maps between preorder structures. Building upon the work presented in [Hud15], we extend the source language with more types, and prove that the complexity language is sound relative to its interpretation. In addition, we observe that the recurrences we obtain using our system resemble recurrences obtained manually. We implement all of our work in Agda, a dependently-typed programming language and proof assistant.
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Computer-assisted system for microstructural design and control of steels has been developed, which is concerned with (i) construction of database of physical properties and (ii) computation al approach of kinetics of phase transformation. The results obtained are as follows.1. The database on phase diagrams of iron base alloys has been constructed. The related papers after 1990 are collected which combines with the previous compilations by ASM International. This information is available for world -wide database service on the Internet by the use of an object-oriented database system MOOD.2. The database on diffusion coefficient of iron base alloys has been constructed. The relation between diffusion coefficients and melting point is analyzed. This method is useful for the estimation of diffusion data where there is no experimental information.3. The databease on the surface energy and viscosity of liquid phase in iron alloys has been constructed. The computational method of estimating surface energy is also presented.4. The interaction between C and alloying elements in ferrite is evaluated and it strongly affects the creep strength of carbon steels.5. Phase decomposition is predicted by computer simulation based on non-linear diffusion equation.6. Effect of magnetic and chemical ordering on phase equilibria is clarified. It is shown that the interaction between magnetic and chemical ordering significantly affects the phase stability.7. Solute drag effect is quantitatively analyzed when the grain boundary is moving.8. The relation between mean grain radii and volume fractions of alpha and beta phases of dual-phase is established.
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I had the privilege to help with adoption photos for this sweet Border Collie mix pup. Her name is Tammy. She LOVES other dogs and people. From her bio, she loves cats a little TOO much. She's a high energy dog. So she'll need someone who can keep her physically and mentally active.
I met her and her foster human Mike today for a quick photo shoot out in the non-stop wind here in fabulous Wisconsin. Here are some images from Tammy's session. If you are interested in her, she can be found on Pet Finder.
Come on…seriously? Lookit her lips. She's ready for kisses.
Her ears flap around in the wind. Its adorable.
She plays really well with her foster brother.
She clearly adores her foster human.
I adore her ears.
These two waited patiently for Mike to come back.
This image cracked me up. Neener neener neeeeener!
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Date: October 12, 2016
CEAS-IMS students continue to build legacy at 2016 PHM Society Data Challenge.
University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) students are continuing to build a legacy with their recent 1st place win at the 2016 Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society Data Challenge.
The PHM Data Challenge is a competition that is open to students, researchers, and industry professionals. It is remotely conducted. Each team downloads a set of data for analysis from the designated website and submits the results. The winner is determined by participants' ability to provide the best analysis method and results.
This year's team—Team Apocalypse—was made up of mechanical engineering PhD students Yuan Di and Xiaodong Jia who are both members of the Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS).
Di credits the win to the resources granted through the Center for IMS, "Our Center has been at the forefront of the PHM area for more than 15 years. We are experienced in studying (and developing) the cutting edge methodologies and algorithms for PHM solutions and Industrial Big Data analytics. All the methods and analytical processes we used in this competition were derived or learned from our experiences in the Center."
Though the team members describe the competition as very difficult, they state that the benefits granted through the opportunity were well worth the challenge. The competition allowed the researchers to develop new algorithms that can be applicable in their future study.
"I think it is helpful for my future career," said DI, "We were given the opportunity to develop analysis methods with real potential for industry impact. This type of experience can be the defining point in my resume and will make a fantastic story for interviews in the future since I plan to go to the industry after graduation."
Di encourages students who are interested in competing in the challenge next year, to study what the IMS Center has accomplished over the last 15 years, and to become versed in the area of Prognostics and Health Management – specifically in reference to industrial applications.
This year's win made the sixth time since 2008 that UC's IMS students have placed 1st in the PHM Society Data Challenge.


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Amherst College values the individual religious beliefs and commitments of members of the campus community. The College has entrusted the religious advisors with the oversight of religious life on campus. Our commitment is to assure that students have reasonable access to religious services and practices of their own choosing. We believe that religious life involves respect for various beliefs and traditions as well as considerate interaction with and learning from one another.
Religious life staff fall under three categories as described below.
Religious Advisors
The religious advisors consist of the five positions that are hired and paid by the College: the Coordinator for Religious Life along with the Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, and Roman Catholic Religious Advisors. Each of these are entitled to full staff privileges at the College, office space at the Cadigan Center for Religious Life, and a budget from the College for programming. Religious advisors are expected to attend all scheduled meetings for religious life staff.
Adjunct Religious Advisors
The adjunct religious advisors are not paid by the College, but have a commitment to working with the religious advisors to enhance the religious life of the College. They are a significant part of the religious life staff. Adjunct religious advisors meet one or more of three criteria: 1) they serve a particular population on the campus that is not fully served by the religious advisors and for whom adequate services are not readily accessible in the surrounding community; 2) their primary ministry focus is the College; or 3) the institution they represent has a significant historical connection with the College. Adjunct advisors may use campus facilities, receive a parking permit, an e-mail account, and are listed in the campus directory, student handbook and on the web site. Other privileges may be provided in special circumstances and these should be arranged with the Coordinator. Where more than one person represents an organization, only one of these shall be an adjunct religious advisor and any others will be religious affiliates. The adjunct, in that situation, will be the primary contact person for the College. Adjuncts are expected to attend the regularly scheduled religious advisor meetings and are invited to special meetings with administration, faculty and staff.
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Local clergy and campus ministry workers are welcome on the campus at the invitation of members of the Amherst community. Religious affiliates receive an identification card that recognizes their official status on campus. The card is good for the academic year of issue. Affiliates are expected to attend at least one of the religious advisor meetings each year and to meet annually with the Coordinator. The Cadigan Center for Religious Life may be reserved for events with college students and staff. Ongoing use of campus facilities will be in accordance with the College's customary guidelines.
All representatives of various religious groups must meet with the Coordinator for Religious Life to discuss the Guidelines for Religious Groups and to complete the Information Sheet . A letter of endorsement from a national organization and a local/regional contact person is required at the initial application for adjunct religious advisor or religious affiliate status. Religious advisors approve all adjunct religious advisor and religious affiliate appointments. Appointments are for one year and are renewable after an annual review with the Coordinator for Religious Life. After one year and 500 hours of service, adjunct advisors and religious affiliates will be eligible for discounted meals and use of athletic facilities.


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A bridge construction group announced Wednesday that nearly 56,000 bridges nationwide are "structurally deficient."
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) released a list of 55,710 deficient bridges that includes bridges like the Throgs Neck in New York, the Yankee Doodle in Connecticut, and Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., USA Today reported.
The association's list is based on data from the Department of Transportation. The department scores bridges on a nine-point scale and classifies those deemed structurally deficient as in need of attention.
More than one in four bridges are at least 50-years-old and have never undergone major construction, according to the ARTBA analysis.
The group said state transportation officials have identified 13,000 bridges that need replacement, widening, or reconstruction.
"America's highway network is woefully underperforming," said Alison Premo Black, the group's chief economist who conducted the analysis. "It is outdated, overused, underfunded and in desperate need of modernization."
The number one state with deficient bridges is Iowa, which has 4,968 deficient bridges. Pennsylvania came in second with 4,506, Oklahoma in third with 3,460, Missouri in fourth with 3,195 and Nebraska rounded out the top five with 2,361.
There are also eight states where at least 15 percent of the bridges are deficient. Those states are Rhode Island at 25 percent, Pennsylvania at 21 percent, Iowa and South Dakota at 20 percent, West Virginia at 17 percent, and Nebraska, North Dakota, and Oklahoma at 15 percent.
Federal officials are looking for new ways to fund road and bridge construction because the gas tax that funds the highway trust fund hasn't provided enough money for construction projects.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao called the highway trust fund "a huge issue" during her confirmation hearing in January because it spends $10 billion more each year than it collects.
President Trump has proposed a $1 trillion infrastructure program that has received bipartisan support from leaders such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).


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Built on a proud tradition of helping to prepare students for successful careers, the Berkeley College M.B.A. in Management degree program combines academic excellence and practical knowledge based on the professional demands of a global marketplace. The intensive program delivers an advanced level of education to provide students with an educational foundation to achieve lifelong success in their chosen careers.
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- The ability to use information for planning and stewardship in the contemporary business environment
- The capacity to develop and implement an integrated process of planning and acting responsibly
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Ulster University has mothballed its plan for a peaceline campus in west Belfast, blaming the lack of Government support. The university council has put on hold its three-year-old Springvale initiative to regenerate north and west Belfast.
Vice chancellor Sir Trevor Smith said the Government had "yo-yoed", with decisions having allegedly been imminent several times over the past year. "I can see no reason why Government has been dragging its feet," he said. He added that there were strong parallels with the University of the Highlands and Islands project which has won Scottish Office and Millennium Fund support.
Ulster has not sought a specific sum from the Northern Ireland Office, but Sir Trevor said Springvale's estimated costs were around Pounds 65 million. Some Pounds 30 million had been already earmarked from non-government sources, and there had been optimism about a bid to the Millennium Commission.
The scheme has been welcomed both locally and abroad, with United States vice president Al Gore describing it as "a powerful new force promoting cross-community harmony".
Joe Hendron, Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for West Belfast, this week said Springvale was a "magnificent concept" from an educational, social and economic point of view. The blame for the scheme's deferment lay squarely with the Northern Ireland Office, he said. He and Cecil Walker, Unionist MP for North Belfast, are seeking urgent meetings with ministers in a bid to resuscitate the proposals.
An NIO spokesman said: "We commissioned consultants to look at the viability of the Springvale proposals. Their report is very complex. We had hoped that decisions would have been reached by now, but we want to get it right rather than rush to some conclusion that is irrevocable."


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Check out the new Tenth Doctor Screwdriver Remote, as well as a fantastic range of Whovian merchandise. Free posters (while stocks last), cosplay fun with staff and fans, plus a special guest appearance from the Doctor's greatest foe.
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Name: Sabina Kay
Occupation: Model – Photographer – Makeup Artist – Dancer
Education: General Business
Stats: 34C-27-40
How did you get started on your current career track?
I was first enrolled in a modeling school around age 11 (gah, scam, I know, my poor mother!). Nothing really came of it. Finally I did a test shoot for a small clothing company in Guelph about three years ago, a creative shoot a year later, piddled around a bit the following year, but this past year is when things have really taken off for me.
What gives you the most satisfaction as an artist?
Not even compliments or praise (although they are nice :)); but when I see a well-taken photo, where I am on point as a model.
What motivates or inspires you in your work?
Seeing other excellent work and getting to pick the brains of those who create it.
Do you have a personal work philosophy?
Like Nike, I just do it.
If you weren't doing this, what could you see yourself doing?
One of the other occupations I have listed, or I'd be a flight attendant. I love to travel.
What are you working on right now?
I just completed a video (below, by Videographer Anhtuan Phung) and am continuing to push forward and make connections.
Sabina Kay from Studko on Vimeo.
To stay in shape, what's your basic diet look like?
At this point, I eat whatever and then when I notice inches creeping on, I clean it up a bit.
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What sort of fitness plan, if any, do you follow?
I walk a fair bit now that I've moved to Toronto–to and from subway stations, if I don't feel like waiting for streetcar.
What's next for you? What's your next big idea or project?
I really want to be in MAXIM. That would make me so unbelievably happy. Or in one of Playboy's Special Editions – for lingerie.
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Favourite recipe: Not sharing! I'm actually a terrible cook, to be honest.
iPhone or Android: iPhone, all the way. So aesthetically pleasing although I hate how it's so restricting (I have yet to jailbreak mine).
What are you driving: Nothing. Lost my license for racing. BUT my dream car would be a 350Z. I've also grown very fond of Civics.
Absolute WORST experience on set/shoot: I shot with a guy who kept complimenting me…every single minute. Literally. I had to cut it short and tell him that I am, at this point, his professional colleague and that, since he wouldn't talk to an office co-worker that way, I'd appreciate it if he didn't do it to me. I've been fairly lucky.
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Support the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Retailed Preferred Small Business/Wealth Management engagement executive to bring the full set of EPO capabilities to the business. The IAMEPO engagement manager will work closely with Retailed Preferred Small Business/Wealth Management leaders to provide oversight and enablement for the IAM program and coordinate process to drive compliance with policies and standards.
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- Governance: Works with business leaders to ensure ongoing execution of appropriate governance and management structures
- Issues management oversight: Works with CSBB leaders and control partners to identify and raise potential issues; Provides thematic analysis of issues for business to identify emerging trends, partners with FLU leaders to review results and create action plans; Oversees issue remediation efforts, and provide active guidance on process
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- Strong risk mindset with process & controls background
- Ability to integrate and analyze data from multiple sources, draw conclusions and present executive-level reporting
- Ability to balance and optimize intersecting priorities
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Last week, Pakistan's deadliest militant group warned that anyone following in the footsteps of 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner and school activist MalalaYousufzai would be killed.
"We will kill those Malalas, those who are following Malala Yousafzai," Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Taliban vowed.
On Tuesday, the group followed through with its threat.
Seven attackers massacred a Pakistani military-run high school in Peshawar, executing at least 141 people, mostly children, in one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's history. Within the first 20 minutes of the attack, the men had already executed more than 60 children, Pakistani sources told TheBlaze via Skype.
A police official in Peshawar told Sajid — a source who lives in the city and spoke to TheBlaze on the condition that he be identified by a pseudonym — that the men were allowed to enter the school because they were wearing official Pakistani army uniforms. Sajid's 14 year-old cousin was killed in the attack, and Sajid has received direct threats to his life from the TTP.
He said hospital officials at Lady Reading Hospital still have six dead children that have yet to be identified.
"These people are not human, they are not Muslim, they are monsters," Sajid said.
The hours-long attack with ended with the deaths of 132 children, ages 10 through 18, and nine staff members: five female teachers, three guards and one security person. All of the attackers died, though it wasn't clear whether they were shot by soldiers or detonated explosive vests, the Associated Press reported.
Sajid said TTP sent the warning about Yousafzai to members of the Pakistani media on Dec. 10. Yousafzai — now known predominantly by her first name, Malala — was shot by the Taliban in an October 2012 because of her fight to see all children of Pakistan educated.
"Democracy is black law and nowadays, Western countries, NGOs, media outlets and political parties are trying their best to strengthen this black system within and this system is main cause of present situation where everyone is facing hardships, there is no justice and people are facing the worst law and order situation," read the five-page Taliban document, which Sajid translated from Urdu for TheBlaze.
"Unfortunately the father of Malala Yousafzai ( Ziauddin Yousafzai) is a greedy and selfish man. He wants fame, that's the main reason that he sold the respect and honor of his daughter and pushed her in the hands of NGOs. Ziauddin violated Pashtun code and the Islamic principle just for getting fame in the world," the document said. "Ziauddin pushed Malala to fight the Islamic principles and now Malala is against the Islamic code and principle. So we believe that holy war will continue till the doomsday, and we will continue our fight against the people like Malala and Ziauddin, who are working in the hands of NGOs and violating Islamic principles."
A spokesman for the TTP said its actions Tuesday were also in retaliation for the recent large-scale and ongoing military operations by the Pakistan army in an area of North Waziristan, which is home to the militants and numerous foreign fighters.
"We selected the army's school for the attack because the government is targeting our families and females," Muhammad Khurasani in a statement. "We want them to feel the pain."
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made an emergency visit to Peshawar and said in a press conference that military operations would continue against the militants in North Waziristan and that security forces will also launch operations against the militants in other tribal areas. He also announced a three-day nationwide mourning for the children killed.
Sajid, who has been under direct threat from the Taliban for more than a month, said he pulled his own children out of school in Peshawar several weeks ago and is now in hiding with his wife and children.
"I was worried that something like this would happen for more than a week," he said.
"I think today the Taliban sent a very clear message and people will no longer want to send their children to school," he said. "They are afraid. The Taliban did this in response to Malala's activism and her great victory against them as she fights for education for all of Pakistan's children."
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EMA broke through with her well-received debut "Past Life Martyred Saints" full of bold songs wrapped into howling guitar feedbacks, followed by the second studio record "The Future's Void" (2014). After exhibiting in MoMA PS1, Ema retreated to a basement of a generic apartment complex in Portland Oregon, where in a non-descript room she came up with a portrait of present day America – the world of working-class alienation, Mexican grocery stores, American flags hung over basement windows and empty shopping malls.
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My good buddy 345onthefly posts these vids occasionally to chronicle his ongoing pursuit of the the flats species around the Cayman Islands. Yours Truly makes a guest appearance channeling some kind of skinny island version of The Anchorman.
This film documents a good friend of mine's journey in fly fishing starting in October 2012 to date. I know, he can fish that well already. Sigh…
New Flatswalker / Fish-Bones film. The dude doing all the talking/singing/thumbs-upping is your's truly, Mr. WindKnot. Other than that, it's sort of self explanatory. Enjoy.
(And also, vimeo rocks. Fe' reel, dred.)
(PS Wow, has technology come a long way; that 2009 Andros vid looks like it was shot on my phone… a 2005 Nokia something… max resolution: roughly the size of a postage stamp.)
(PPS What's a postage stamp? Google it.)


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Does fruit in the workplace really boost business?
There has been a lot of talk recently about whether fruit in the workplace can boost the morale of the work force and perhaps even lead to higher productivity and concentration levels thus in turn benefit the business. Research undertaken by Fruitful Office found that it does indeed increase productivity and concentration by over 10% which is great for not only the staff but also the company itself as that will surely mean a better work load.
Fruit for the whole office is great for showing that you as a business care about your staff's health whilst also caring about the business itself. Fruitful Office actually found that 80% of their clients found that quality of life improved dramatically in the workplace as soon as fruit was introduced for the workforce – morale, productivity and concentration were all boosted.
Not only did the provision of fruit mean that the business benefited from the increased levels of productivity and concentration but it also vastly improved their health too. The survey showed that 70% of staff had started to eat more fruit than they would normally have done due to the recent addition of the fruit provision whereas 45% of the staff found that by eating the fruit, they weren't snacking as much on the less healthy snacks – something which can be all too easy in an office environment especially if you work in the middle of a busy city or town where the temptations are absolutely everywhere.
Its little wonder that many more businesses are starting to provide fruit for their staff. A small simple outlay for some fruit for their staff can yield such great results, it is definitely a great investment to make into a business – with boosted morale and productivity and healthier staff, everyone is happy from the staff to the bosses to the investors – everyone seems to be a winner – and whilst being healthier too. The benefits far outweigh the costs – in fact the provision of fresh fruit is perhaps one of the most cost effective solutions to increasing morale and productivity in the workplace that there is.
One such company who provides fresh fruit for their work force is HomeAway UK and they've been listed on a round up of the best tech companies to work for due to employee benefits – it seems the staff really do enjoy the provision of fresh fruit that their company supplies! Staff happiness is key for great work and they seem to have it covered.
With 87% of those surveyed saying that they would rather be employed by a company that supports their health and wellbeing, it is clear to see why simply providing some fresh fruit in the workplace really does help – in both the staff and the business itselfs case. It increases the likelihood that staff will stay at the company as they know they are cared for and it increases motivation to complete a workload – a win/win situation right there for all involved.


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Right, third place is now secure. Seeing as United ended our vague, vague hopes of the title, it's now time to start sacrificing goats and things to make Chelsea royally screw up. They take on a Newcastle side in good form on Monday, and play Bolton in the last game, a side who could also be involved in a last day battle to stay up. Although at home you'd expect them to win that. We need them to draw against both sides. Maybe a Champions League hangover could hit them this weekend, then maybe they'll slip up, and second place goes to the last day. Would certainly be interesting. But you'd expect them to be on a high after their Champions League semi final triumph, and with the title still a possibility for them they'll be fully motivated. It's our fault we've fallen to where are and are having to pray for another side to mess up in order for us to finish higher than third, after being five points clear a couple of months ago. Everton's fifth place finish isn't completely secure and they'll be going for the win.
Wenger said this week that he thought that the loss at Old Trafford is what cost us the league. While I can see what he is getting at, it's draws that have cost us far more than two high profile losses. We've drawn eleven games this season and lost three. United have drawn just six, and lost five. I'm not entirely sure what significance I was expecting that stat to have, but if we had won a few and lost a couple of those eleven draws, we could be top now. When United are drawing, you see them going all out for the victory, and while occasionally it means they might lose in a game where they over commit in attack, they'll probably win more than they lose. There were home games this season where the score would be equal with half an hour or so to, and you didn't see the absolute avalanche of attacks that you wanted to from our players. We would keep the same pace as the rest of the match and it would result in a draw. Win four, lose four and draw three of those eleven draws, and we'd be top of the league right now with seven losses to our name.
Everton have only won one of their last seven league games, and that was a victory scraped at home to Derby. They proved tough against us last season, but we beat them comfortably this season in a rather bizarre encounter and we really need a win this time, to end the campaign on a bit of a high in front of the home fans, and to keep our chances of finishing higher than we currently are alive. A win sees us a point behind Chelsea before they travel to St. James' park, not a straight forward place to go to, and perhaps the pressure could get to them.
Everton have been one of our favourite teams to play in the Wenger era. We've beaten them eighteen times, drawn three times and lost four of the twenty five meetings between the two sides in all competitions. Two of those four losses have come at Goodison Park in the two seasons prior to this one. Everton have been our visitors for the last home game of the season twice before, in more celebratory circumstances than this one will be. The draw at Ashburton Grove last season broke a run of eleven consecutive home victories against Everton in the league.
Team News
I may have been hasty with my comments before the Derby game that Flamini is out for the season, it is suggested that he'll be back in the squad for this game. Maybe for a farewell performance in front of the home crowd. We'll have to wait and see about van Persie's injury, considering he was able to score with said tight hamstring it can't be that bad, but then again it is van Persie. After suggesting he might rest the European Championship players for some of the remaining games, he proceeded to start all of them against our easiest opposition of the last three, and rest Adebayor. So I have no idea what team he'll go for this time, you'd assume Adebayor will be back starting, we're of course without Rosicky, Sagna, Hleb and Diaby. For the last home game of the season he should go full strength, whatever that is with the players we have available, maybe rest some players against Sunderland if second place is definitely no longer possible by then.
Subs: Almunia, Senderos, Denilson, Gilberto, Bendtner.
Everton miss Tim Cahill and James Vaughn for the end of the season, but will welcome Mikel Arteta back to the starting lineup after injury.


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Han Bi: Henry really said that? Are you sure?
KSW Oppa's Wife: That's what Ji Tae said.
Han Bi: Whatever. I bet he's a faker – he's probably only been to America in his dreams.
KSW Oppa's Wife: lol
And I actually laughed out loud. Well, not really, but I chuckled. It's funny how everyone tended to exaggerate online. Other than guys adding an average of 4 inches to their heights and women subtracting an average of 15lbs, simple expressions like 'lol' actually meant "I'm slightly amused." Something like 'rotflmao' meant "That was cute" and for me, more often than not, 'brb' meant "I don't want to talk to you."
KSW Oppa's Wife: Oppa, did u finally watch Xman last week?
Han Bi: How many times will I tell you that I don't watch that crap?
KSW Oppa's Wife: You really should. It was pretty good because they had DBSK on but I don't understand why they won't get Sang Woo Oppa.
Han Bi:
Oh, and meant "I have no point so I'll just pretend I'm rolling my eyes." Kang Han Bi was a second year college student I'd previously met at one of my grandfather's (now uncle's) company's shareholder's meetings. Just like everyone else under 21, he'd looked bored and annoyed at being forced to attend another stupid meeting where the adults kissed each other's asses while their male kids sat stiffly with 500,000 Won ties strangling the color out of their faces.
I was standing stiffly at the bar in my 100,000 Won toe-pinching shoes trying to see if I could dig a hole in ground with the heel and disappear when he walked up to me. Since I was going through my "I hope I am not a lesbian" phase, I talked to him and gave him my number. A little over a year later, we were friends who kept in touch mainly by Instant Messenger.
Han Bi: What are you doing this weekend?
I was about to type my usual, "nothing" when another window popped up.
KSW Oppa's Wife: brb
I clicked on the blinking window.
Ass-Anal sucks: Hey.
Uhm. Okay. I had this knack for allowing myself to be added to every single contact list and it looked like it had come back to bite me in the ass.
Ass-Anal sucks: What's up?
I looked at the email address but couldn't place it.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Who the hell is this?
Ass-Anal sucks: Jesus.
So not only was it deranged, it was also stupid?
KSW Oppa's Wife: Was that supposed to be funny?
Ass-Anal sucks: What's funny about saving your soul?
KSW Oppa's Wife: Fcuk off, you sick freak. I'm blocking you now.
Ass-Anal sucks: Chill. It's Ji Tae.
What the…? How tha…? Then I put 2 and 2 together and figured that he must have gotten my address from the email I sent him with the Lost links. What a stalker.
Ass-Anal sucks: Are you still there or have you run off?
I could practically see him smirking.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Why would I run off?
Ass-Anal sucks: Ask yourself that question.
KSW Oppa's Wife: wtf?
Ass-Anal sucks: Whatever. Can you read Chinese?
What? What kind of conversation were we having? Was I in some kind of alternate dimension? I looked around but everything looked the same.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Why do you want to know that?
Ass-Anal sucks: It's a simple question: Yes or No?
KSW Oppa's Wife: I can manage.
Ass-Anal sucks: Cool. I found a site that has recent Lost episodes subtitled in Chinese. I'll send you the link.
Ehm… Okay. I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Cool.
Ass-Anal sucks: So who's KSW?
KSW Oppa's Wife: You don't know Kwon Sang Woo?
Ass-Anal sucks: Is that the one from the crappy girly movie about the two guys in the palace?
I chuckled. It was funny how almost every guy I knew hated The King and The Clown.
"What's funny?" Yun Ah asked, interrupting me in mid-type.
I quickly covered the MSN window with my hands. "It's none of your business."
But that only intensified her curiosity. "What?" She tried to pull my hands off but I elbowed her side.
"Ouch. Why are you so mean? Okay just tell me who it is."
I shook my head.
"Hee Soo's got a boyfriend, Hee Soo's got a boyfriend," she teased. She probably would have kept it up all day long if she hadn't gotten distracted by something on her screen. I didn't even have to look to know that it must have been something Kyung Min had written on MSN. Could someone please explain why someone would IM the person sitting right next to them? What happened to just turning your head and talking? And this wasn't a one off thing. Yun Ah and her First Husband did it all the time. They even went as far as IMing eachother while they were on the phone to each other! Was that supposed to be cute?
Ass-Anal sucks just sent you a Nudge!
Ass-Anal sucks: Are you still there?
KSW Oppa's Wife: Yeah.
Ass-Anal sucks: So am I right? Is that KSW?
Oh, back to this. Of course he wasn't right. Only a deranged loser would mistake the epitome of maleness for the epitome of femaleness. Lee Jun Ki was cute in his own way but could we not insult Kwon Sang Woo? Thanks in advance. I was about to tell him off when I finally understood who he'd meant.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Oh. No, dummy. That's Gam Woo Song. Oppa has been in a lot of dramas and movies like Sad Love Song, Running Wild, My Tutor Friend, Stairway to Heaven etc etc
It turned out he'd seen My Tutor Friend because his ex had brought the DVD over and forced him to watch it with her. It's funny how you probably knew more about your enemy than you did your friend. He didn't mention her name but I knew he was talking about Lee Tae Ran: The most annoying do-gooder this side of PETA. After recommending some of Kwon Sang Woo's work to him, I decided that it was time to change the subject.
KSW Oppa's Wife: I take it you're not a fan of sodomy?
Ass-Anal sucks : What?
KSW Oppa's Wife: Your name
Ass-Anal sucks: lol. Oh. That's about a soccer team.
KSW Oppa's Wife: Oh. Arsenal?
Ass-Anal sucks : You know them? Do you like soccer?
KSW Oppa's Wife: Nope. But Ki Won does. Are you a Man-U fan as well?
Ass-Anal sucks: Hell no. It's all about Chelsea, baby!
I was about to ask him if I looked like a 15 month old child when Han Bi's MSN window blinked. I instantly felt bad for forgetting about him but when I started to write my apology, I realized that he was already offline.
When I got back to Ass, he'd begun to write an epistle explaining why Chelsea was the best team in the English Premier League so I left him with a 'brb' and started on my homework
"I've got one question," Ji Tae said.
He'd returned from helping my sister with her homework and we hadn't exchanged a word in the fifteen or so minutes he'd been there.
"What?" I asked, not taking my eyes off the fanmade JaeHo video montage I was watching on youtube. I just couldn't get over how adorable those boys were and when Yun Ho covered Jae Joong's mouth and hugged him so possessively, my heart fluttered. DBSK rocks!
"How is it that I've never seen you study and you're not flunking out of school?"
I groaned. He was taking my mind off all that JaeHo goodness to ask me that? "I'm just naturally brilliant."
"No, I'm serious. You don't wake up in the middle of the night to secretly study, do you?"
"Do I look crazy to you?"'
He looked me straight in the eye. "Do you really want me to answer that?"
"Fcuk off!" I said as I rewound the part where Yun Ho massaged Jae Joong's thigh. I arched my brow and tried to figure out if I found that hot or not.
"But seriously, how do you do it?"
I sighed. Why couldn't he just let me be? "I just happen to have a photographic memory or whatever. As far as I attend class, I'm fine. And I usually do my homework while waiting for Umma to pick me up. Are you happy now?"
"So you mean to say that if you actually applied yourself you could be a genius?"
I shrugged. "Probably not. Besides, why would I want that?" I reached for my bookbag. "But now that you've disturbed me, I've got a math problem for you. I think I'm doing it correctly but it doesn't fit with the example in the book."
I pulled out some books and went over to him.
He spent some minutes looking over my work. "Yeah, I think there's a mistake in the book."
I was standing behind him and looking over his shoulder. "You'd better be right because if I get this back and the teacher marks it wrong, you're in big--"
We were interrupted by the sound of the door being opened. We looked around to see my mother walk in.
"You're still here? Do you think you own this place or what?" my mother asked with irritation. She'd been having problems with one of her contracts and as such, had been spending an inordinate amount of time on it. "Okay, I have some work to do. Go and study in your room."
What the bloody… "Both of us?"
"Yes." She looked at me like I'd asked the dumbest question since the last question Jessica Simpson asked.
"But Umma, he's a guy and I'm a girl."
"So what? Is anything going to happen?" she asked, daring me to say otherwise.
"Of course not," I replied in disgust. There was no way I'd committed that many sins in my past life.
"Then what's the problem? Study in there from now on."
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Chapter 7
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Praised by the press for her musical sensitivity, precision, and attention to style, Nina Scolnik has performed at renowned festivals in Europe and in the United States as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra and chamber musician. A distinguished teacher of international standing, Scolnik has groomed pianists for serious careers as concert artists and teachers for over 30 years.
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Cast: James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch Director: John Hamburg Genre: Comedy Rated: MA
Running Time: 111 minutesSynopsis: Over the holidays, loving but overprotective dad Ned Fleming (Bryan Cranston) travels to California to visit his daughter at Stanford"where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird Mayhew (James Franco). Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for the apple of his eye. Ned's panic level escalates when the straight-laced Midwesterner, who finds himself increasingly out of step in Laird's glamorous high-tech world, learns that Laird is about to pop the question. Why Him? Release Date: December 26th, 2016
'The Guy's An Octopus!" Ned Fleming (Bryan Cranston) seems like a guy who's on top of the world. Owner of a mid-sized printing business in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ned is genial, outgoing and adored by his employees, his friends and his close-knit family"wife Barb (Megan Mullally), daughter Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) and son Scotty (Griffin Gluck). But life becomes a little more complicated for 'The Big Cheese," as Ned is known, during his 55th birthday party when Stephanie joins the event via Skype to send well wishes to her dad from her Stanford dorm room. The Flemings and their party guests are surprised by an unexpected (and naked) introduction to her new boyfriend…or at least a part of him. Distraught over the fact that Stephanie has uncharacteristically been hiding something from him, Ned begrudgingly agrees to travel with the family to spend the holidays in California to meet his daughter's first serious boyfriend. Expecting an unassuming college student, Ned discovers that Laird is actually a heavily tattooed, wildly inappropriate Silicon Valley tech magnate whose culture is completely foreign to him. Everything about Laird's world"his wacky, unfiltered nature, his sprawling 'smart home," his disturbingly paperless existence"conflicts with Ned's pragmatic meat-and-potatoes perspective. Despite Laird's repeated attempts to make the Flemings feel at ease during their stay at his Palo Alto estate, Ned only becomes increasingly uneasy. Before long, Ned is vowing to do whatever it takes to bring down the man he perceives as a rival"with the situation escalating even further once Ned knows Laird plans to propose to Stephanie. Himself a father, Bryan Cranston could relate to Ned's struggle and his reluctance to let go. Ned is a good man motivated by a deep commitment to his daughter"and Laird is just not what he had in mind as a potential son-in- law. 'It's tough as a dad to see your child grow up and become an adult," he says. 'You've been responsible for them all of their lives and are expected to voluntarily let go of that grip and away they go." The tense tug-of-war between Ned and Laird"small-town conservatism versus the anything-goes excess of Silicon Valley"forms the spine of the story. 'The whole show really is about these two men and their stubbornness about how they maneuver around each other for the favours of the daughter," Bryan Cranston says. 'Ned Fleming and Laird Mayhew are different in every way"level of education, where they were raised, who they were raised by, the principles by which they were raised"everything. The way they live, their taste in music, their generation"everything about them is a complete opposite of each other. Naturally there's going to be friction because they just can't relate to each other in any way." That's not to say that Laird isn't well meaning. He's actually incredibly sweet and thoughtful and very much in love with Stephanie. But after a life spent writing code and designing apps"and a natural penchant to be completely honest at all times"Laird's a little clueless about how to read a room and appropriately modulate his behaviour. He consistently does all the wrong things for all the right reasons, and his misguided attempts to win over Ned only manage to push him farther away. 'I'm a little unpolished and rude, and I have a lot of tattoos and use crude language, so I'm everything that Bryan Cranston's character wouldn't want in a son-in-law," James Franco says. Laird is honest"to a fault. 'What's great about Laird is that he is not capable of lying," Bryan Cranston adds. 'He is impulsive and socially crude and hurts feelings sometimes because he says what is honest and we know that that's not always the best policy. But on the other side, he also doesn't have the gear to be dishonest or deceitful, which makes Ned think he has an ulterior motive because no one is that good and must be up to something. He thinks Laird is going to do something and is going to get him before he does." Not everyone responds to Laird so negatively, though. Barb, Ned's college sweetheart, is increasingly open to Laird's unconventional approach to the world, and she appreciates how far he's willing to go to gain Ned's affection. 'Barb is a little less buttoned-up than Ned and has a little bit more of an artistic bent so she's a little more open-minded to Laird than Ned is," says Megan Mullally (Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation). 'Laird keeps saying how sexy Barb is to her face. He talks about her slammin' bod and all this stuff, and she doesn't really know how to respond to it. But she kind of likes it, you know, in a very chaste way. She sort of blossoms and has a little bit of an awakening, if you will." Also becoming increasingly swayed by Laird is Ned's 15-year-old son Scotty, who comes to Palo Alto a buttoned-up junior-corporate-executive-in-training and leaves a Silicon Valley beanie-donning hipster. 'Scotty starts off worshipping Ned and we see that he slowly starts to lose grip of Scotty because he's fighting a completely different battle," says Gluck (Middle School). 'I am a bit corrupted by Laird and want to be more like him." For her part, level-headed Stephanie largely finds herself struggling to keep the peace, watching the father she adores gradually unravel and attempt to drive a rift between Laird and her. 'Stephanie just wants everyone to get along and ends up putting out fires all the time," says Zooey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!). 'At every point something goes wrong and she feels like she is watching these car crashes right in front of her. She is stuck in the middle and doesn't want to have to choose between her family and the man she loves." Through it all, Ned does, at the very least, have one unwavering ally"his best friend and colleague back home in Michigan, Lou Dunne, played by Cedric 'the Entertainer," who tries to help Ned cope with the unexpected chaos of the trip. 'I back my friend, like just one hundred percent," the actor says. 'I'm that kind of cool, calm voice that always keeps the troops in line, keeps everybody under control, keep them believing in the chief's"the Cheese, as we call him, the Big Cheese"goals and his plan and his dreams." Working with co-screenwriter Ian Helfer (The Oranges), director John Hamburg crafted a hilarious, heart-felt script that perfectly captures the challenging transition parents face as they witness their kids creating lives and relationships of their own. 'To me, there's nothing funnier than the awkwardness of real life," says John Hamburg, who expertly mined real-world situations for laughs with earlier films such as I Love You, Man and Meet the Parents. 'As a comedy writer, you go through life thinking, what if this was a scene from a movie? Every day is full of tons of awkwardness and tension and miscommunication, and so that's where I like to pull from. This is a story about a normal family"they go into an abnormal world, but it is a world rooted in reality." Adds producer Shawn Levy, the comedic powerhouse behind the blockbuster Night at the Museum franchise: 'I think John Hamburg is as great a filmmaker as we have in terms of grounded, character-driven comedy. Why Him? is funny as hell but very much anchored in authentic, relatable human relationships. I love that we're getting comedy out of circumstances that sometimes gets extreme but is always tethered back to character and to relatable human experiences." About The Story & Characters Why Him? was an idea hatched in a basement in Atlanta when producers Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill were in production on the 2012 alien invasion comedy The Watch. 'We were all standing there in the dark on this wet, claustrophobic stage saying how great it would be to do a movie in Hawaii," recalls Shawn Levy. 'Shawn Levy and Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill came up with this idea called Aloha… We loved the idea and gave it to John Hamburg, who did an amazing rewrite and reconceived the whole idea. He really made it his own." 'The only downside was that he changed the location, so we're not shooting in Hawaii," Dan Levine says. "But everything else was perfect." John Hamburg and Helfer were excited by the chance to put a fresh spin on the classic story of a concerned father clashing with his daughter's new boyfriend, but in crafting the script, they also made certain that both Ned and Laird are likeable and well intentioned to insure the audience is laughing with the characters, not at them. 'Laird's character, he's wealthy, successful, in some ways he has it all, but all he really wants is a family," John Hamburg says. 'Ned thinks Laird is trying to show him up, but in truth, Laird is in awe of Ned because of the life he's built for himself." Why Him? is firmly rooted in Ned's perspective, however, with Bryan Cranston's traditional, small-town father forced to accept that his daughter is an adult capable of making her own decisions. But coming to terms with her love for Laird also means navigating a Silicon Valley culture entirely foreign to his more conventional sensibilities. Says Bryan Cranston: 'Ned is a straight-laced, Midwestern guy. He's an analog man in a digital world and gets completely lost in the conversation. He's not up on the jargon and isn't really sure where something's going or what it means. In my time, I've seen the milkman come and go and now records are a novelty." Adds John Hamburg: 'He gets out to Palo Alto, to Silicon Valley, and it's almost like a Wizard of Oz kind of thing. He hasn't really been exposed to this world, and it just feels like this surreal nightmare to him." While Ned is fighting to keep his small independent printing press alive, Laird is making millions in the digital realm and living in an eco-friendly house that is entirely free of paper. 'While there is very much a war going on between these two men, the conflict also originates in a conflict we see going on all around us between the old and the new, the increasingly obsolete and the emergent," Shawn Levy says. Finding the right actors to genuinely embody each of the generational perspectives was paramount. Bryan Cranston and James Franco had precisely the right chemistry. For Bryan Cranston, the project offered the opportunity to return to comedy after several years steeped in heavy dramas that included his masterful portrayal of chemistry-teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White on the hit series Breaking Bad, as well as his recent turn as Dalton Trumbo in Jay Roach's 2015 biopic about the screenwriter, for which he garnered an Academy Award® nomination. 'I love doing dramatic roles, but you don't have as much fun as you do on a comedy," the actor says. 'When the objective of your job is to go to work to find different approaches to making people laugh, that's a good gig." Bryan Cranston's undeniable timing, nuance and personal insight proved to be comedic gold. 'Bryan Cranston is such a magnificent actor," Shawn Levy says. 'The guy doesn't hit false notes. He is able to play Ned so honestly and you feel this father's inner freak-out, but it is expressed in ways that are often misguided and as a result really comedic. He's pitch-perfect in this part." With an established reputation in the comedy realm as a result of his extensive work with frequent collaborator Seth Rogen, James Franco, who earned a best actor Oscar nomination for his turn as hiker Aron Ralston in 2010's 127 Hours, was interested in exploring the genre further with a different dynamic under John Hamburg's direction. 'When I got into comedy, I was introduced to the importance of grounded characters who provide a real emotional through-line and not just a series of jokes," James Franco says. 'John Hamburg really subscribes to that idea and creates the kind of comedies that I gravitate toward because it doesn't feel like fluff. You're actually having something of an experience while you're laughing." James Franco and John Hamburg's relationship actually began as professor and student when the actor was attending the graduate filmmaking program at NYU. 'Unfortunately, he was my teacher the semester that I was doing 127 Hours, so I wasn't there a lot," James Franco says. 'But we talked a lot and I got to know him on the phone. I liked his movies, I liked his writing and then he told me that he was thinking about Bryan Cranston for the father role. I didn't know Bryan Cranston, but I saw him backstage on the last episode of The Colbert Report, and he said, -Hey, I heard you might do this and I might do it. What do you think?' So we started talking and he's just the greatest human being ever, so great to work with and such a great guy." For Laird, the wealthy tech magnate completely devoid of a filter who prizes free-flowing creativity over any kind of tradition or structure, multi-hyphenate James Franco was the ideal choice. He could really embrace Laird's uninhibited nature, says producer Dan Levine. 'James Franco really embodies that character given all the things he does as a painter, author, director, writer and actor"he is able to embrace the artistic sensibility of Laird who's a real dreamer," Dan Levine says. 'He doesn't have a filter but he's all about passion, and James Franco steps into that role so easily." Although Laird is unruly and wild, he's also incredibly winning and likeable, qualities James Franco definitely brought to the role. Offers John Hamburg: 'He manages to get away with stuff that I thought he would never be able to get away with because he's James Franco and he's got this smile and this glint in his eye and this playfulness. So he can say some of the most offensive things to this nice Midwestern family, but he's not doing it to get a rise out of them. It's just that no one taught this guy how to act. He's just a guy who has no boundaries." 'I definitely think that there's a little bit of James Franco in Laird and there's a little bit of Laird in James Franco, too," adds Gluck. To help develop the character of Laird, Franco Skyped with video game designer Cliff Bleszinski (known as CliffyB) for some real-world inspiration. 'He's sort of like a snowboarder pimp," James Franco says. 'That's sort of like his style. He talked really fast, he throws in a lot of cuss words but is also saying some pretty intelligent things, you know? I thought, oh, there's something of Laird in there that I can use." Underscoring the great divide between the Flemings and Laird even further are the eccentric Silicon Valley characters the family meets while at Laird's estate. First among them is Gustav, played by Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, Keanu). Sure to be an audience favourite, Gustav acts as a spiritual consigliere of sorts"he's Laird's life coach, martial arts trainer, and best friend, and he tirelessly tries to advise Laird on how to behave around Stephanie's family. 'Because of Laird's dicey upbringing, he doesn't know how to interact with the world in the best possible way, so Gustav has taken him under his wing and is trying to nurture him into adulthood the best way he can," Keegan-Michael Key says. Keegan-Michael Key enjoyed the way in which the character's lengthy list of eccentricities grew as filming progressed. 'With each script revision, it's been interesting to watch things added on to Gustav," he says. 'He knows martial arts but he's also a chef and speaks six languages or seven or nine. Oh, and it would be funny if he was almost an Olympic swimmer and maybe he served at a Tibetan temple…the world was our oyster in regard to this character." Keegan-Michael Key brought an energy and enthusiasm to the role that went well beyond the initial character description, says Shawn Levy. 'Keegan-Michael Key brings into every room such a force of positivity and such bold comedic instinct we knew he was going to take a big swing with Gustav," he says. 'For me, Gustav is a descendent of the Hank Azaria character in Along Came Polly and Martin Short in Father of the Bride, a character that is weird and often with an unintelligible accent but warm and with total devotion." The production also cast some of the sharpest young comedians working today"including Adam Devine (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates), Andrew Rannells (Girls) and Casey Wilson (Gone Girl)"as upstart entrepreneurs Ned encounters at a massive, raucous holiday party Laird throws in honour of the Flemings' visit. The guest list is a virtual who's-who of tech world billionaires, people who, for Ned, seem to speak another language entirely. For the filmmakers, those key supporting roles gave them the chance to poke fun at established Silicon Valley stereotypes. 'When the supporting cast are comedy aces, you're in a good spot, and the movie has a plethora of comedic opportunities," Shawn Levy says. 'John Hamburg's casting instincts are very deliberate and the strength of the supporting cast adds to the comedic richness." Devine plays brash tech mogul Tyson Modell, the 24-year-old creator of the wildly popular Ghostchat app where 30 million people 'boo" each other everyday. Modell is the epitome of the enfant terrible image often associated with the young billionaire set. 'As far as the billionaire tech stereotypes go, you're either an egomaniacal sociopath or the kind of chill guy who doesn't have an office and gets around on a long board," Devine says. 'Tyson is the guy who angrily yells at his driverless car that everyone has to put up with." Ned also meets siblings Blaine and Missy Pederman, the creators of an online invitation company called StampFree Invites, the internet business most directly threatening the fortunes of his midsized printing press. 'Ned is in the printing business and here we are representing the future, which is paperless," Rannells says. 'We are the digital version of Ned's small mom-and-pop shop, so Ned looks at us as the end of days," Wilson adds. With such a rich landscape of characters, Hamburg set out to create an atmosphere that would unleash the formidable strengths and instincts of his talented cast. Improvisation was not suggested, but rather required"something the actors found thrilling. James Franco appreciated John Hamburg's total commitment to keeping the creative space open. 'It's important to feel like someone behind the camera can support you," he says. 'If you're riffing, you hope the director can build on it and guide you. John Hamburg leaves a lot of room for improvisation"you start with the script and then roll from there to see what you find." 'The permissiveness…we were like children," Bryan Cranston adds. 'We'd do the scene as written and were not only allowed to but were encouraged to go crazy and add whatever was appropriate to the character." Confirms sketch-comedy veteran Keegan-Michael Key: 'I have never been involved in a production where I've had a director turn the cameras back around on something already shot to capture the other side of what was improvised. It made my eyes sparkle. From an actor's point of view, this has been a dream because you get to really feel it out. There will be moments in the film that will have been created completely organically. That is what John Hamburg was really looking for." John Hamburg says the best comedy begins with a strong script, but maintaining an environment on set where unexpected ideas can thrive always yields exciting surprises. 'Throughout the day, you just discover certain veins of comedy that you didn't know were going to be there in the morning," he says. 'To me, it's a free-for-all. It's a very collaborative, open process where the actors yell things out, I'll yell out ideas during the take. They'll jump on it, they'll pitch ideas back to me. It's one of my favourite things to find something that didn't exist in the morning and by two o'clock, it's almost become a running joke on set. It just makes it, I think, fresh and funny and alive." The process resulted in extraordinarily long takes, something rare given the breakneck pressures of film production schedules. While shooting one particularly uncomfortable scenario for Ned"in which Gustav must come to his aid while he sits on a high-tech Japanese toilet that's malfunctioned"Hamburg let the cameras roll for 46 minutes as Bryan Cranston and Keegan-Michael Key dissolved into laughter over and over again. 'It's fun to watch an actor of Bryan Cranston's caliber not be able to keep it together time after time," John Hamburg says. 'And then Keegan-Michael Key, who's used to being in these kind of comedies a little more, he couldn't keep it together. I kept saying, -Guys, do you want me to cut?' And they kept saying, -No, no, no, no, no.' It was mayhem but beautiful to watch two men make each other laugh that hard." Adds Keegan-Michael Key: 'Every time we would reset, Bryan Cranston would say -I got it, I got it,' and I would move into frame really slowly as close to his face as possible and he would break every single time. He must have apologised 56 times. It was a 46-minute take and there are probably two useable minutes." Relishing his return to comedy after so many years in dark, compelling drama, Bryan Cranston's enthusiasm was palpable. Keegan-Michael Key comments, 'This is a triumphant return to comedy for Bryan Cranston. He is in the pocket, in his element and he's been so much fun. Anyone who knows Bryan Cranston knows that he relishes and celebrates every moment he's on set and if they could catch on camera half the stuff he does off-screen…he has left people in tears on set." Laughs James Franco: 'You wouldn't expect Bryan Cranston to be the one to push the envelope, but he's the one who most often makes the suggestion that's gone too far, for both the scene and for the actors. I love that the crudest one in the room is often Bryan Cranston." About The Production Filmed in Los Angeles over nine weeks, Why Him? required the production team to create two very different aesthetics"the cozy sweater appeal of Ned's Michigan home and the minimalist majesty of Laird's sprawling hipster estate in Palo Alto. To stand in for Grand Rapids during the holidays, the Universal back lot was transformed into a picturesque snowy suburban neighbourhood. Truckloads of ice were brought in to blanket the streets with snow and large hoses blasted trees with snowy foam to create the illusion of a winter wonderland. By contrast, Laird's home exemplifies the sleek, streamlined world of tech. Surrounded by vast lawns where he keeps an array of animals (lawn to table!), the expansive 'smart house" is completely paperless, bathrooms included. The home also features an omnipresent operating system named Justine, a virtual concierge voiced by Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco, who can field questions, give feedback and track activity and conversations from room to room. The center of the home is an enormous great room that houses the pride of Laird's extensive art collection"an installation of a giant moose submerged in a tank of its own urine. The majority of the paintings on display are James Franco originals, however. 'A lot of the artwork in the movie is painted by James Franco, almost every piece," John Hamburg says. 'It seemed appropriate for the movie. I mean, Barb and Ned sleep under a big painting that says, -Humping Capybaras,' above an image of two animals, well, humping each other. It's very James Franco and very appropriate for the movie." Laird's home is also where Gustav tutors him in evasive Parkour as a means of self-defense. The intensive training involves random sneak attacks (an homage to The Pink Panther and Kato)"the goal is to create an innate skill set that is instinctual, primal and can be appropriately triggered when necessary. 'Because Laird is a valuable asset he needs to know how to protect himself in case there was a kidnapping or something of that nature," says Keegan-Michael Key. Gustav's training methods are put to the test, however, on an unfortunate recipient…his desired father-in-law. Convinced that Laird is a fraud, Ned enlists his trusty I.T. guy back home (Zach Pearlman) to hack Laird's computer and do some digging into his financial records. Armed with information he believes will finally expose Laird's intricate web of lies, Ned confronts Laird in front of the family, and that's when tempers finally bubble over. Accusations fly, and things quickly turn physical. Trying to evade Ned's attacks, Laird's Parkour training kicks in, and he effortlessly climbs to the top of the moose tank installation. With a nod to the growing pressures of the trip, the pressure of Laird's body weight against the glass causes the tank to explode, sending Laird flying across the room in a giant wave. 'The explosion is perfect because it's all the different threads that we've been developing throughout the movie that come to a head in such a great way there," James Franco says. 'The scene wasn't originally that way and to John's credit he is really good at developing ideas and allowing each scene to reach its max potential." The notion of Laird bursting out of his giant art installation provided an opportunity for the filmmakers to wink to James Franco's public image in a subtle way. 'James Franco has this reputation as an artist and we thought it would be kind of funny to have James Franco explode out of this fantastic piece of art as a weird little meta-idea and it grew from there," Helfer says. The stunt was undoubtedly the most complicated sequence to film. Why Him? SFX coordinator Jeremy Hays brought in several engineers to work through the logistics of the sequence involving an eight-foot tank filled with 2,900 gallons of water. 'It's funny because you first read the script and then go to meetings and try to convey what an engineering feat the sequence requires as well as the risk and danger while giving everyone the confidence it can be done," Hays says. 'I've done similar things with aquariums that are around three or four feet, but when you're talking about something eight feet, that's something completely different." The first challenge was to build a structure on the set that would support the weight of the 5,000 lb. tank plus 3,000 gallons of water"the total weight was a staggering 17,000 lbs. The team then had to determine how tempered glass ¾'' thick could safely hold back the water inside the tank while the cast and crew shot around the installation for the several weeks leading up to the stunt. Because a stunt performer would be submerged in the tank at the time of explosion, blowing out the glass using pyrotechnic devices was not an option. Instead, Hayes and his team used a high-pressure pneumatic cylinder that transferred roughly 8,000 lbs. of force onto a small point on the top corner of the glass to shatter the tank and flood the set with water. 'We had an idea of how far the water would go, and it went much farther and it demolished the set in a way we intended it to," Shawn Levine says. 'It was a pretty complex stunt for this size of movie and it was absolutely stunning." John Hamburg says the sequence caused plenty of nervous moments, but he was thrilled with the final result. 'It was my most stressful day on a movie set ever," Hamburg says. 'Thankfully we did one take. It went off without a hitch. The stunt man did get a little scrape on his nose, but he went through a plate glass tank and survived and we had, I think, 11 cameras filming it. It's a really fun and exciting moment in the story." But it's not just the film's outrageous stunts or wild physical comedy that's likely to stick with moviegoers. Bryan Cranston, for one believes the truly relatable story of a devoted father finding a way to embrace the unconventional tech billionaire his daughter loves that's at the center of Why Him? will resonate with viewers this holiday season. It's a funny family comedy about acceptance and connection. 'A lot of comedy is derived from the differences between us and is best when born in a sense of reality," Bryan Cranston says. 'If an audience leaves a theater and had a lot of laughs, that is a value in itself. If an audience laughed and actually felt something, that's the rich experience we hope to achieve."
Why Him? Release Date: December 26th, 2016
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Synopsis: "American Is Not Broke: Four Multi-Trillion Dollar Paths to A Thriving America by Scott Baker belies the commonly held belief that the American economy is unsustainable, That there is no money for social programs, no money to run the government, no money to cut taxes, and above all, we have to cut spending on all domestic programs. But it is simply not true. Instead of familiar complaints about the national debt, leading to just slicing a shrinking economic pie differently, or worse, to Austerity Economics, the reality is that we already have all the wealth we could ever need. The tried and proven proposals in "America Is Not Broke" would guarantee America's prosperity, fairness, democracy, and economic and ecology on a sustainable basis. "America is Not Broke" showcases four multi-trillion dollar reforms: Sovereign Money, Georgism, Public Banking, and Ending Government Financial Asset Hoarding, plus a few other major reforms that demonstrate just how we can have it all, if we only learn where to look.
Critique: Exceptionally well researched, written, organized, and iconoclastic, "America Is Not Broke" by Scott Baker (Managing Editor/Economics Editor and writer for Op Ed News" is impressively informed and informative. Very highly recommended for community and academic library Economics reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists, "America Is Not Broke" is ideal for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the true workings of the American economy. It should be noted that "America Is Not Broke" is also available in a paperback edition (978-0996418430, $19.99) and in a Kindle format ($9.99).


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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) workshop on Data Management and Transfer
On 4 February 2015, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) held a workshop on Data Management and Transfer, which set out to address some of the fundamental challenges relating to the long-term management of scientific research data.
The meeting was initiated to establish the relationship of core PERICLES technologies to a number of complementary data management projects undertaken at STFC, as well as those for archiving and managing Magnetic Confinement Fusion data at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE/EPSRC) (currently around 10 Petabytes of data). Focus at CCFE is currently being directed towards longer term data volumes planned for the Big-Data ITER experiment being constructed in Cadarache, France (40GB/s data rates, 400s pulses).
The central challenge, identified by STFC, is to implement a long-term data preservation environment that can manage large collections of scientific data, replicated across national research projects, which may form the basis of international collaborations.
The overall aim is not simply to place data in a data repository, but to share large quantities of raw data, pre-processed data, and post-processed data across many laboratories and partners on a regular basis. This requirement has highlighted many challenges relating to access of scientific data, which require sophisticated access control policies; and also require innovative methods of capturing the various steps of scientific experiments (workflows), which can be re-run in future to reproduce results with some degree of authenticity and integrity ("reproducible science").
CCFE and STFC have already developed a range of core technologies that help address many of these challenges, including a "Provenance Metadata Gathering System", which is designed to capture and record derived data processes; the Integrated Data Access Management (IDAM) data access tool, for analysis, visualization, modeling, and accessing data; and the JET toolkit for data acquisition, analysis, and archive. Of particular interest is current work in capturing the provenance of scientific workflows, such that experiments can be replicated in future over different storage technologies.
The STFC and CCFE presentations resulted in the articulation of "aspirations", which focused on the identification of an object storage technology and a data archive for nuclear fusion. This led into discussion of the PERICLES project, in going further than object storage technologies, with their incorporation of tables and fact stores.
John Burns, Paul Watry, and Jerome Fuselier's[1] presentation focused on the PERICLES Entity store, which is envisaged as a federated system, providing access to distributed data repositories of scientific and experimental data. The presentation demonstrated the PERICLES evolution from a mainly iRODS-based system, to the latest version, which can support potentially any storage technology, including CEPH (a requirement for STFC & CCFE). The presentation also demonstrated the use of the PERICLES tool to manage the data life cycle, or continuum, across shared collections in ways that might foster collaborations and data re-use. Part of this discussion was based on the project's information model to depict the semantics of the data and their interrelationships, which may be used as the basis for automatically deriving and annotating links (LRM); and the QA approach to ensure that the right data is accessible easily, and the obsolete data gets removed or refreshed.
Talks are now taking place to determine how many of the complementary technologies can be integrated, as a means of rapidly developing innovations in the curation of scientific data; and to explore the extensions of this discussion in ways that promote observational and space science data, which are common to each.
[1] John Burns, Paul Watry, and Jerome Fuselier's are responsible for the PERICLES contribution of the University of Liverpool relating to the integration of test-beds as well as developing processes for preservation ecosystems.


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Friday, May 25, 2007
NAMCHI, May 24: A free personality evolution and career counseling was held at Namchi on 19 May, by the Air Hostess Academy (AHA) Siliguri wherein around 100 students appeared and underwent the counseling.
Among the participants 40 students were selected for whom a presentation class was held the next day on 20 May. The entire programme of counseling, personality evolution till the presentation classes were conducted at hotel Samdruptse, Namchi.
A team of four staffs came from AHA Siliguri for the purpose, comprising the Training Coordinatior Srijana Kumai, Director Vikash Singhal, Orientator Deepshika Sharma and Business Development Executive Sabrina Moktan.
It was the first such counseling programme held by the institute at Namchi. Earlier the institute held similar classes at Darjeeling and Gangtok. In the near future similar classes are likely to be held in Kalimpong, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and later in Kurseong and Mirik.
The New Delhi based institute has its branch office at Siliguri. The Air Hostess Academy (AHA) is reportedly the pioneer institute in aviation and hospitality management training. After completion of classes in Namchi participated by students who appeared class XII examinations and the appearing class XII students from various schools in and around Namchi, the institute selected 10 students for its training.
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