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I've watched good movies, and I've watched bad movies. I've read good books, and I've read bad books. I've seen good TV, and I've seen bad TV. I've heard good music and I've heard bad music. I've bought good comic books, and I've bought bad comic books. I've played good video games, and I've played bad video games. I don't have a large enough sample size concerning stage productions to make a statement.
There are stories, ideas, characters, themes, motifs, ideas, and settings stretching far and wide across boundless boundaries and back again. They are all unique. Different subjects work differently in different mediums because different subjects require different mediums. Something like Half-Life could only work through the interactive, first-person narrative format a video game can provide. Likewise, the abstract horror and tortures of Guernica can only exist as oil on canvas.
And yet there's this false hierarchy that's always preached and always accepted: Books are always better. Read a book, support your local library, turn off the TV and read, enjoy silent reading time, etc. etc. etc. Literature and prose are the kings of all communications, and all others are garbage. Every kids' TV show has an episode where the characters learn books exist, and embark on a 22 minute adventure where reading is fun. Likewise, those same shows have episodes where somebody becomes obsessed with TV or video games, then needs to be weened off. An addiction to reading? That's good! An addiction to TV? That's bad! Let's not forget, these lessons are being dispensed on television. Is this irony or flagellation?
Understand me, I'm not being anti-literate. Books are one of the oldest and most versatile forms of entertainment and art. There's an infinite realm of possibilities and opportunities in the written word. Books are good, but books are only one of many different viable options. If books were the best option, there would be no alternatives because we found the perfect medium. But other options do exist because books are not perfect.
The problem with books is simple: They're not a visual medium. Whatever the author wants to convey, they convey. If the author says the hero is tall, the hero is tall. If he says the room was silent, the room was silent. If the author says everybody ran, screaming for their lives, everybody runs screaming for their lives. There's no ambiguity in words, right? Wrong! Words are nothing but ambiguity.
The author conveys what he chooses to convey, but the reader has the task of interpreting those words. When the author said the hero was tall, you could imagine him being six foot two, or you could imagine him being eighteen foot nine. When the author says the room is silent, you could imagine a surreal vacuum where no sound escapes, or simply an awkward pause in conversation while the radio drones on in the background. When the author says everybody ran screaming for their lives, you could imagine a hectic group funneling out the fire escape, or a frenzied mob crawling and clawing each other, stampeding and trampling others before dying in an explosive blast. Literature is a tabula rasa. A blank slate for the reader to interpret the author's words and meanings. They will vary from person to person. This is what visual mediums fix.
Visual mediums replace the open world of the author with a set and established image concocted in joint effort between the screenwriter and director. Peter Benchley told us Jaws was terrifying, Steven Spielberg showed us.
As I said earlier, there is no one medium better than another. There are only mediums more suited for the task at hand. Truly successful and inspiring (and profitable) works are frequently tested in different realms. MASH became a TV show. Legos became a video game franchise. The Addams Family became a cartoon. Spider-Man became a stage musical. Some work, and some send Broadway hopefuls to the hospital.
Which brings me to another complaint: Movies are not the end-all, be-all of media evolution.
Bitch and moan as much as you want concerning adaptations and remakes saturating the film market. Research and returns prove scientifically audiences prefer an established franchise. So movie studios dredge the world of art and entertainment for all viable properties, even if they seem like bad ideas at the time. I've either accepted this or I've become numb, because this truth doesn't bother me anymore.
What does bother me is the one-way expectation expected by others. Any noteworthy piece of art, be it a book, TV show, toy line, musical or video game is practically expected to be adapted into a feature length film. It's not an issue of "if" it's a matter of "when."
I first noticed the taste of this bitter pill while reading an internet discussion board concerning the recently released and forgotten Need For Speed adaptation. Somebody couldn't believe they were making a blatant Fast and Furious knockoff, meanwhile in their own words, "Where is our Bioshock movie, already?"
Not "I would have preferred a Bioshock movie," not "Bioshock would have made for a better movie," not "Is there any news on a Bioshock movie?" Just entitled expectations and disdain that his whims weren't met. I can't blame him. Everything has to be a movie, nowadays. That's the goal. If your work becomes a movie, you've succeeded. Abed never hoped for six seasons. He hoped for six seasons AND a movie.
If we can suddenly realize this faulty logic, maybe we can stop the stigma against adaptations by only making adaptations that work. The prime example of which being movies based on video games. There have been nearly three dozen feature-length movies based on video games, and they are all terrible. Video games don't fit amongst the restrictions of the motion picture medium. Gone is the interactivity, gone is the pacing, gone is the controllable camera, gone is the first-person experience. It becomes a third-person story on rails. It's as immersive as an animatronic ride.
Plain and simple, not everything needs to be a movie. Some stories don't
work as movies. Franchises can always expand outwards, but it doesn't
have to be in one inevitable direction.
Feel free to leave comments about how the first Resident Evil movie wasn't completely terrible, because I never get tired of hearing those flimsy excuses.
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I wanted to post the obituaries for Mae Green Kibble and Ralph S. Kibble, my husband's grandparents. I posted the picture of their marker yesterday.We learned a few years ago from my husband's Aunt Flora that Bessie Mae was her full name but she never liked to be called Bessie, she always went by Mae. Mae Green Kibble died July 10, 1986.
Ralph S. Kibble died June 4, 1962 in North Carolina where he had been working at a textile mill.
I thought it was interesting that the body was at the residence. I know that they had the bodies at the home years ago but didn't realize that this was done as recently as 1962.


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- 2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans
- 1 medium head escarole, sliced finely (about 6 cups when cut finely)
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 (28 ounce) canpeeled whole tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- 1 -2 teaspoon aleppo pepper
- salt and pepper
- In a medium sized soup pot combine the beans and stock and bring to a boil on high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, oregano, escarole, and juice from the tomatoes. Break the tomatoes up a bit with your hands before you add them. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- In a skillet heat the olive oil. When it is hot add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute and then add your Aleppo pepper. Cook together for about 1 more minute. Try not to let it burn.
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Congrats to ur fren!ReplyDelete
congrats to ur friend. a very cute baby indeed. the stroller is so nice :)ReplyDelete
I am going to visit my colleague's baby tomorrow.. just new born too.. only 2 weeks.. babies are indeed very cute!ReplyDelete
Yes babies are the cutest - to kiss & pinch the baby cheek is very syiok one (do that to my nephews & nieces when they're babies)ReplyDelete
It's matter of your own timing when your time comes - so stay cheers :)
Babies are angels, babies are god gifted. Nice gift you guys have bought for the baby.ReplyDelete
Is it like a pattern here? After attending a lot of weddings, now a lot of newborn too! Haha that the case on my side xDReplyDelete
I know, babies are so cute and adorable! *geram*geram*ReplyDelete
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little Jack so cuteeeeee...ReplyDelete
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Baby Jack is so cute! You and your friends picked a very nice stroller.ReplyDelete
Babies are adorable and nice to be with from 1 year onwards.ReplyDelete
Eugene is right. life is a cycle. When you live to see their children you know you number is almost up.
COngrats to your friend and don't worry, i will not ask you when is your turn.ReplyDelete
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Babies are always cute. But for me fullmoon baby are look better than newborn. Maybe I like chubby baby hahaReplyDelete
Thanks for the wishes people! I'll show my friend about it ^^ReplyDelete
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congrats to your friends. Babies are cute...before they start crying or throwing a fit...hahahahahReplyDelete
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It is June 21st today which brings the summer solstice here in the northern hemisphere. If you are fortunate enough to have clear skies late this evening, go outside and witness the vast array of stars, large ones and small ones, bright ones and dim ones, famous ones and unfamiliar ones, all within your sight. It may seem that there are more than you can possibly count.
Now go back and look at your computer screen again and witness the vast array of blogs, large ones and small ones, bright ones and dim ones, famous ones and unfamiliar ones, all within your sight. It may seem that there are more than you can possibly count. Indeed, there are countless blogs available to us today.
This stark reality begs the question, which ones do you read? Why? What about someone's blog attracts your attention? More importantly, what about someone's blog retains your attention, keeping you returning for new information, or entertainment?
Someone once said that bloggers are writers that are not good enough to get paid for their efforts. Others consider bloggers as would-be reporters that are as of yet undiscovered. And still others consider bloggers to be reporters that simply are paid by someone other than a television program, newspaper, periodical, or publisher. Any way you look at it, there are millions of bloggers out here, certainly many thousands of whom are focused on the wonderful world of wine.
These many thousands of oenocentric bloggers love to pontificate about their various experiences, dreams, and even some knowledge. They make habit of reading each other's work, commenting on it, critiquing it, and even lambasting it. However, I maintain that all of this information and commentary, some quite interesting and useful, remains relatively self contained in this world of wine bloggers. It does not reach the mainstream of the web-surfing population of the world.
So I ask again, why do choose to read the particular information that you do? I propose that you read what you do because you are finding the answers you seek. It is as simple as that. Unfortunately, the bloggers of the world can have a tendency to lose sight of this basic idea. They get so caught up in their own minds that they forget to ask one fundamental question of their readers, "What do you want to learn?"
The very best way for a writer to know what it is that their readers want is to ask them.
Here is my challenge to you as a writer. Devote your next issue, column, or article to the singular goal of enticing your readers to communicate back to you their learning desires. Engage with your readers. Strive to drive your blog outside of the tiny segment of your industry where it resides.
Here is my challenge to you as a reader. Provide feedback and commentary to the writers that you read. Tell them what you like, dislike, and what you yearn to learn. Make yourself heard.
The more we push ourselves outside of our current worlds, the more strangers we invite into our current worlds, the better our future worlds will be.
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*I was going to use "trepiding" instead of "bouncing" but turns out that's not a word. Odd. I was sure it was. Maybe it's French!*
Anyways... I wanted to post one of the last assignments I had for my 201 (Writing and Reporting class). The assignment was to write a feature story on a teacher. Here it goes:
Living Large
Brian Powers Smith teaches piano, voice, organ… and life
By Naila Jinnah
It's a crowded room, full of books and plants and sheet music. It's a hearty room, though, with a splendid black Grand Piano taking up most of the space, except for one slim corridor of walking room. Or wheeling room, if you're Brian Powers Smith.
He's a big man, always has been and always will be. But it's humbling to see a bubbling man with such a big heart, and a huge voice, bogged down in a wheelchair, with big boot-like braces on both his feet.
He hasn't always been like this. It's cliché, but it's true. In August 2002, Smith was diagnosed with Charcot's foot, a complication of diabetes that causes nerve damage and leads to weakened foot bones. He had always been active, with never a moment to spare. From singing for L'Opera de Montreal and rehearsing with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, to Sunday mornings directing the church choir, and weekdays, teaching piano and voice in his NDG duplex, Smith was always busy, and that's the way he likes it.
Now, Brian Powers Smith focuses on teaching music. He is older and only has about 10 students. But in 1960, when he was 20, Smith had close to 100 students, which is far from what his first piano teacher expected. In fact, after taking lessons for five years, Smith was told that he would never amount to anything, music wise. Fortunately, his grandmother, whose piano and love for music first inspired him to take lessons, encouraged him to stick with what he loved.
"When I was fifteen she said, 'would you like to do music, seriously'", recalled Smith. The answer was yes. So she bought Smith a new and better piano, a stereo system, and paid for his lessons with a teacher who believed Smith had tremendous potential as a music teacher. He went on to study piano, voice and organ, and how to teach them, earning degrees at both McGill University and the University of Toronto. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Smith's teaching philosophy is routed in his own experiences. For instance, he would never tell a student that they had no talent.
"I, as a teacher, have no right to do that," he explained. "They may not have a good ear, they may not have a good rhythm, but you don't say they don't have talent, because every student can turn around and all of a sudden pull up their socks and start working, and wow!"
"I feel that every student, whether they are five years old, or they are seventy-five –and I have students who are seventy-five and older – they all have a possibility of [producing] something," said Smith. "You have to give everyone, young or old, a chance."
"I'm not God. People think that I think I'm God," he joked, "but I don't know."
This easy-going nature of his created a unique learning environment for Smith's students.
"He's the best freaking teacher I've ever had," exclaimed Kristin Radtke, who has been taking piano and organ lessons with Smith for the past ten years.
"You build a personal relationship with him," she said, explaining how even when she was on a student exchange program in Norway, she and Smith exchanged emails.
Smith has come to depend on some of his older and closer students, especially since "the falling out of the foot."
Radtke and her family are especially close to Smith, having helped him out when the progressive deterioration of his ankles kept him bedridden for two years, forcing him to quit the Opera because he could no longer stand during performances, and confining him to a wheelchair.
"I was walking on my ankle [bones]. It was extremely painful," Smith explained.
"My life turned around completely," he said. "I had to give up my post as organist and go on sick leave for two years."
"It was very difficult. People used to say to me, 'how can you stand [not being active]'", he recalled.
"And I would say, 'Well, what do you want me to do? If I jump out of my bedroom window, I'll only go down two storeys and break both legs.'"
"I love life too much to go and get terribly depressed."
Smith's love for music is what kept him going, and his passion is what inspires him to teach. "I love directing my choir, I get a great deal of pleasure out of that. That's why I keep going, because I could retire if I wanted to."
"I would rather keep going as long as a can so that I can be directing my choir. Because I can always teach, at home, until the day that I die. But I can't always have a church choir to work with because there are all sorts of politics in churches."
Smith knows churches very well. He is Anglican, but has played, taught and directed at the Sainte-Anne de Bellevue Union Church since he was a teenager. For him, religion and music are intertwined.
"My religion comes from the music. I can get very emotional over music. Music allows you to have sadness and joy, happiness, anger, all at the same time."
If it hadn't been for his personable nature, Church politics might have caused Smith to lose his post as choir director and organist several times. There was his first marriage and divorce in the 1960s, in a time when, according to the minister, "divorces happen to some people." Smith avoided the problem with his second marriage, which was non-denominational, making the divorce process that much simpler. His next experience, a jump over the fence and out of the closet, went over without a hitch due to the affirming congregation of the United Church of Canada.
"From '75 to '87 [when I met my current partner], I didn't say that much to people, but people knew."
As far as he knows, Smith has never had any problems with parents, or students, because of his sexuality.
"You make a bond with your students," he explains. "Most students have a very close bond with their teacher, as well as the teacher with the student."
"I have to be very careful as a teacher. There are students who are very clingy."
"A lot of students, they want to be hugged. But we, as teachers, pull back," he disclosed. It's not because I'm afraid of what I would do to a student, but [I'm afraid of] what would happen if they said something happened."
"Most of my students are [very caring]. It's a relationship you build up over the years."
Apart from being like a big teddy bear, Radtke believes that Smith's trust in his students is what sets him apart from other teachers.
"He doesn't have a 'higher-than-thou' attitude," she explains. "He makes sure his students don't feel like they're simply [a student number], but he knows how to make you feel like he really values you as a student and as a person. And to have all of that coming at you… it's hard not to like him."
"He takes his students' strengths and limitations into consideration, and quite obviously cares a lot about them," declared Radtke.
"I'm with a student a lot longer [than University professors are with theirs]," Smith commented. "People tell you their problems, and that's part of what has to happen. And if you have to go overtime because of it, you have to go overtime."
"As I get older, I really want to work with the people that are interesting to work with, not [because] they have great talent," said Smith, even if he believes that some of the greatest compliments a teacher can get is his students excelling in their exams.
What really warms his heart, though, is when students that he taught a long time ago tell him that they were "very fond" of their lessons with him.
"It's very tiring to teach," said Smith, stressing the strain of listening to a constant flow of music that more often than not includes false notes and flat tones. "Because if I teach for four or five hours in a row, by the time [I] finish, I can just go and stretch out in the bed and vegetate, because I need to," he laughed.
"Teaching, for me, has taught me how much more there is to learn. Because every day you teach – and I've been doing it for a long time – something different happens."
Like today, for example. Mid-way through her lesson, Radtke stops being a student and becomes a friend, helping Smith with his sick cat, Orfé, named after the main character in the opera "Orfé et Euridice". Orfé treads through the large piles of books, around the Grand Piano, and finally settles in his travelling cage, which Radtke promptly closes. She will be driving Orfé and Smith to the veterinarian. Her lesson is temporarily suspended, but it doesn't matter.
As it always is with Brian Powers Smith, life goes on.
I got an A. :D
Speaking of grades, here's the final breakdown:
201 (Writing and Reporting) - 6 credits: A
203 (Radio News) - 3 credits: A-
309 (Principles of Editing) - 3 credits: B+
316 (Print Law and Ethics) - 3 credits: A
318 (Advanced Desktop Publication) - 3 credits: A-
Now that's pretty amazing, if I do say so myself. I'm a little bit dissapointed with my B+ in editing. I thought I was doing better in that class, but if I think back, most of my assignments were a B+ or an A-. So it's just a matter of means. Also, kinda sucks to have a B, because I can't say I got straight As!!! :P
I've written the first part of "Diary of a Habs Fan". I call it "The Prelude". I think I like the idea of going with musical themes, and lyrical words.
The problem is that now I need to decide where I'm going with this. I know I need dialogue, and soon. As in, the first paragraph of Chapter 1. Which I just thought of calling "Pre-season". But that wouldn't match up with Prelude, now would it. Unless I use a colon to seperate the musical:sports title.
I have 2 directions I'm thinking of going.
1) Following the chronology of a hockey season. First, training camp is announced. I would start with an extract from the sports bulletin on TV. "The Canadiens have announced their training camp schedule. Once again, they will be opening their doors to the public for a few days at the Pierrefonds Sportsplexe..." And then break into my main character pumping her fists in victory and yelling "Yes!" And looking around to see if anyone noticed.
After that, I know I need major dialogue. Should the main character be like me, living alone/with a roomate/bf as a student? She's obviously a "She". That's for sure. But maybe she's still living at home, with her parents, who don't understand her obsession. Which is a great almost "villain" role. The voice of reason. (The more I think about it, the more I like it)
2) Start with the "Go go go" guy blowing his whistle and waving his arm wildly at the cars. But then there's no chronology. Unless I start from the playoff game, and work through the summer. Which is boring. Because of all the breaks. And there's mostly just trades and drafts, and I can fit that in to the first couple of days/chapters.
But then I break right into the heart of the story.
I think I need to decide whether this is a book about hockey or about someone who loves hockey. And I'm think I'm leaning for the latter, with the sequence of events of point 1).
Thank you blog, thank you very much ;)
Soon, I shall post the Prelude. Then, the story shall write itself, right?
psst... this is about the 3rd novel I try to write. The other one had to do with drugs and junkies. It's working title was "Cocaine". It's somewhere on a protected diskette. And yes, I still remember the password. Just didn't want my parents to find it ;)
I also started a Habs novel, but that was going to be more like, girl falls in love with hockey player, they meet, and start a wonderful relationship... except for the life of a hockey player.
Which is really cheesy and boring, unless it's an autobiography or memoire or something along those lines.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated...
Stay tuned!


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It's like she's been a Newman all along!
She fits right in with all the craziness of our house!
All about her:
She loves to tickle others (and be tickled too)
She loves to ride anything with a motor (4 wheeler, golf cart & lawn mower)
She says many english words/phrases
~ uh-oh
~ mama, baba, emawee (Emily), Sami, Kayla, Max, Macie, Jake
~ go pee pee
~ bye bye
~ nighty nite
~ amen
~ baby
~ nan nan, pap pap, pappy, kara, pop pop
~ monkey
~ yummy
She says many Chinese words, just can't figure out what they mean
She eats EVERYTHING, her favorites are bacon, ham, Mac n cheese, chicken, beef stew, all fruit, eggs, chocolate milk, yogurt, goldfish, chips
She sleeps 10+ hours every night....in her own bed!
She loves to check herself out in the mirror
She plays babies
She can eat with chopsticks
She loves to have her nails painted
She stands on our front porch and yells "Baba" at the.top.of.her.lungs!
Every night at dinner she passes out napkins to everyone
She is the first to fold her hands for prayer at meal time & bed time
She folds laundry...all laundry...clean or dirty...not a bad thing!
Our family has been so blessed by her, we look forward to the rest of our lives being a family of 6!!!
Though Mira has only been home a week, she has done many things, this little girl is so happy and full of life. It's just proof that God is here.
Hugs n prayers,
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text: i am in toronto right now. my friend lives up here so i had to come and see if i could meet darren. I live in los angeles but ever since i started reading about darren and him making the sequel to my favorite movie ever i had to meet him and maybe get in his pants. cause look at him you know. my friend new where he was staying and i saw him but i didnt have the nerve to talk to him. maybe i will next time i see him.


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The Bay Area has added an estimated 400,000 jobs in the past four years — almost 40 percent of the 1.1 million total that regional planners had predicted would be added by 2040.
The strongest growth, according to the Bay Area Council, has been in construction, information (tech), professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality.
Venture capital investment in 2014 was the highest it has been since 2001 — with Uber leading the way at $1.2 billion, Airbnb at $500 million, Lyft at $250 million, Pure Storage (all-flash enterprise storage) at $225 million, and Pinterest with $200 million.
Almost a quarter of the jobs were added in San Francisco — a surge that helps explain the strain on the city's housing and transportation.
Still, according to San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Vice President Jim Lazarus, the city's workforce only recently surpassed its 600,000 all-time high, after an exodus of jobs in the past 14 years caused the number to dip as low as 510,000.
Part of the reason is a pent-up demand for construction after the recession, which put the brakes on most building projects, Lazarus said.
Slowing down the city
Whether the city can — or wants — to keep pace is the question.
Of the estimated 90,000 new jobs in San Francisco in the past four years, about 50,000 are believed to be have been office hires. That's more than 12,000 a year, or two to three times the annual number that can be accommodated under Proposition M. That 1986 law limits new office development in the city to 875,000 square feet a year, which is enough space for about 4,000 to 6,000 workers.
Commercial real estate brokers estimate the job burst has pushed San Francisco office vacancy rates below 8 percent, creating concerns that some companies may move elsewhere.
"It's going to slow down in the city — not because people don't want to come here, but because there is no more space," said the city's chief economist, Ted Egan.
In fact, Egan said, it's already happening. After three consecutive years of 5 to 6 percent job growth, it dropped in 2014 to about 3 percent, with many jobs now being created in Oakland and beyond.
Gina Simi, spokeswoman for the City Planning Department, said the city still has the equivalent of almost eight Transamerica Pyramids under construction or in the pipeline.
But longtime housing activist Calvin Welch warns that the crush of new workers — consigned on average to only about half the office space they had back in the 1970s and early '80s — already is creating a "transit and affordable-housing tsunami."
"And I think there is going to be great pushback," he said.
One of those doing the pushing is left-leaning Supervisor John Avalos, who worries that too many jobs are being created for highly skilled workers, creating a shortage of opportunities for "middle-class and working-class San Franciscans," who might have to leave the city.
"We haven't cracked that nut," he said.
Whatever the case, the regional job growth in the past four years has put the Bay Area on track to reach the 30-year total predicted by the Association of Bay Area Governments and the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission within the next decade.
Officials from the two agencies said the earlier estimates were based on long-term job patterns in the Bay Area. The report really is more of a tool to help local agencies making decisions about investing in housing and transportation.
'Correction' needed
And while growth is going gangbusters today, the report is about the long-term picture.
I'd be very surprised if (regional job growth) didn't slow down," said Cynthia Kroll, chief economist with the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Kroll may have a point, given the two job slumps in the past 15 years — first the 2001 dot-com bust, then the 2007-10 recession.
"Within the next seven years, we are certainly going to see some kind of correction," said Tracey Grose, vice president of the job-promoting Bay Area Council Economic Institute. "How big it is, I can't tell you."
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I taped my interview with Sean on Saturday live from the Rio for the Lord Admiral Card Club Radio Show and Podcast. If you don't know by now, it's the best podcast dedicated to poker in the universe. Over the last few months, I've become a huge cult figure in Canada. I'm happy to be a part of their amazing show.
Sean and Brent are working hard every week to get their podcast done (for free) so stop by and show your support.
You can download the MP3 of this week's show... Episode 32: Here. (Right click and Save As)
You can download the MP3 of last week's show... Episode 31: Here.
We discuss the third week of WSOP action including my first attempt at a WSOP event and the odds of certain players winning the main event.
The also posted a Golden Nugget, which includes a few mini-excerpts of recordings I did while I was playing in Event #22. You can download those nuggets... Here.
If you want to catch up and listen to previous episodes, please visit their archives over at Brainscat. Stop by their site and download the extra nuggets. Thanks again to Sean and Stacks for having me on.
Pimps Up
I've had a fun time chatting with Sherry from Let's Poker. She's a poker novice and provides a fresh account of the WSOP. Check out her stuff.
Dan from Pokerati always has unique content. He's been trying his own version of a podcast. Take a peek.
Otis appears and disappears for hours on end. I assume he's hard at work on his Poker Stars Blog. One of the best things about covering the WSOP is getting to see Otis everyday.
Don't forget to take a peek at Flipchip's 2005 World Series of Poker photo gallery. Also the Poker Prof is hard at work at the vast database of 2005 World Series of Poker tournament results. I also like his WSOP Quick Stats.
Foxy Pauly
I've also been cranking out a ton of poker articles for Fox Sports. If you haven't read any of them, check them out. Here are the last few:
1. Better Than an OscarYeah, my press badge now reads "Fox News" and I get some interesting looks from time to time. I dunno if it's impressive or intimidating. Dan and I considered crossing out what the WSOP media department wrote on our badges and adding "Playboy" or "Rolling Stone" or even "High Times" which would be a fuckin' hoot!
2. Johnny Chan Wins 10th Bracelet
3. Son Rise
4. A Guy Named Charlie
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LOAD Day8 here with a color prompt. The Canadian flag was the featured one for color: Red. White and a Maple leaf. The first thing that came to mind was the maple leaf :) I remembered a photo card that had Zachary on it playing in the leaves and that is where my layout took off:
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Monday, November 17, 2008
THE DESCENDENTS - ride the wild / it's a hectic world (7" ) Orca & Pacific Records l-1056 1980 & 1985
I still don't get all the myths around this 7". The first version is considered to be in a 100 pieces press run but for 100 pieces it just pops up too often. My copy is supposed to be the reissue from 1985 and it states "an ORCA production for PACIFIC RECORDS INT." on the back. Is Pacific Records Int. = Pinsicato Records???? Or is this copy an even later rerelease? Also this copy has stated "recorded in 1979" on the back, which I have never seen on any other sleeves of the reissue. But who cares! The Descendents still without Milo and more into surf than punk and: I love it. I do not share the many scorchers concerning this 7".
Here is a detailed posting about the pressings but I am not wiser after reading it, especially concerning my copy.
It's a SPOT production of course. This 7" is later included on SST's "bonus fat" compilation - still available as cd, 12" or even cassette.
THE DESCENDENTS - ride the wild / it's a hectic world (7" ) Orca & Pacific Records l-1056 1980 & 1985
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1. ride the wild
side b:
1. it's a hectic world
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The Descendents
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Damascus: Syria's authorities and the opposition traded accusations on Sunday over who was behind blasts that rocked Damascus and Aleppo, on the eve of parliamentary polls designed to boost the regime's legitimacy. Latest news from World News Desk
Overnight violence in Damascus province killed three people, a rights watchdog said, as the authorities made final preparations for a vote it says is crucial for building "the new Syria" but which the opposition has already dismissed as a "farce."
Information Minister Adnan Mahmud said that voting on Monday was an act of defiance.
"By taking part in the election, Syrians are defying the campaign of terrorism and aggression led by international and regional parties implicated in a terrorist war against our country," he said in a statement.
President Bashar al-Assad meanwhile on Sunday laid a wreath at a monument on Mount Kassioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, to commemorate the annual Martyrs Day.
The opposition for its part blamed the regime for two bomb blasts on Saturday in Damascus and one in Aleppo, where according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights an explosion hit a car wash as a bus was passing by, killing at least five people.
"It is the regime that caused these mysterious explosions. We are suggesting an international commission of inquiry," said Omar Idelbi, spokesman for the Local Coordination Committees, which organises protests on the ground.
"The revolutionaries have no interest in these explosions," he told AFP.
But state media, which reported three deaths from the Aleppo blast -- including a 10-year-old boy – blamed "terrorists" linked to the opposition for carrying out on Sunday's attacks in a bid to sow instability ahead of the vote.
The Britain-based Observatory said on Sunday a young man was gunned down by regime troops during the night in the town of Al-Tal, while an explosion killed two in Daf al-Shouk area, also in Damascus province.
Army attacks on rebel positions continued elsewhere in Syria, with several people wounded and a number of houses destroyed when the Arida village in central Homs province was shelled, the Observatory said.
In the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, government troops reportedly carried out a number of raids and made arrests in the town of Al-Quriya.
On Monday's vote, against a backdrop of unrest which the Observatory says has killed more than 11,000 people since March last year, will do little to change the autocratic country, according to regime critics and analysts.
Damascus: Syria's authorities and the opposition traded accusations on Sunday over who was behind blasts that rocked Damascus and Aleppo, on the eve of parliamentary polls designed to boost the regime's legitimacy.
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Last night one more Prog & Roll radio show was on air as usual, but because my wife and co-host was sick, I had to run it all by myself.
We had many people listening once more, and some of them were also participating on the chatbox. From time to time the chatbox was on fire, and we shared a laugh quite a few times. Further than that, we played with our listeners our usual 'grade the songs' game and we added a few more songs in the list for the 'Song of the Month' contest, that will take place on the last show of November.
Last night's show was divided into 2 major parts: The first "noisy" one, and the second, more relaxed and "proggy" one.
Here you can take a look at the whole playlist:
Part 1: YEAR OF THE GOAT: Spirits of Fire / SIENA ROOT: Between the Lines / CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX: Deviant Burials / VERBAL DELIRIUM: Images from a Grey World / IN THE WOODS: Kairos.
Part 2: MAGO DEL OZ: La Costa del Silencio / TRIDDANA: Man of Clay / NIGHTWISH: Sacrament of Wilderness / IRON MAIDEN: Powerslave / METALLICA: For Whom the Bell Talls.
Part 3: STEVE HACKETT: Wolflight / CORVUS STONE: Early morning Call / KANSAS: The Unsung Heroes / MESSENGER: Somniloquist.
Part 4: CULPEPER'S ORCHARD: Gideon's Trap / PROCOL HARUM: Something Magic / ILLUSION: Wings Across the Sea / KING CRIMSON: Starless.
The next Prog & Roll radio show will be online on Sunday the 20th of November, having as "guests on the chatbox" the English Progressive Rock band The Far Meadow.
I very big thanks to all those who tuned last night, and especially to Benjamin Bell and Colin Tench who were there once more. We are very proud and happy to have such lovely people in our audience.
Thank you all! 😊


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Every now and again, we'll throw in a special episode of DNN Hangout, where we talk about something that we believe will be extra beneficial to the community. Sometimes this will have one or more special guests attached to it, sometimes it won't. In this special episode, Joe Brinkman and I walk through the source code of DNN platform. It's grown so much over the years that we realize just how intimidating it can be to someone. After watching this hangout, that intimidation should be at a minimum.
It's always exciting for me to meet someone in the DNN community that I haven't met before. This hangout is one of those times. In this hangout, we speak with Jess (or Jean-Sylvain Boige) of Aricie. He's the CTO of Aricie and the genius mind behind the module for DNN called PortalKeeper. I must admit, I didn't know anything about PortalKeeper before this hangout, but rest assured… this is going to be a pretty standard tool of mine for current and future projects. If you've gotten even the beginnings of a technical bone in your body, you're sure to geek-out just like I did!
In most social networks, connecting with someone else can feel like a personal decision. After all, if you accept a friend request in Facebook, you've just given access to all of your "private" images and updates. They'll see that embarrassing photo of you at the beach. {GASP!} This has trained us to be weary of who we allow to be "connected" with us online. So much so that some people have private Twitter accounts. (Something that I have yet to understand.)


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{Author: Stephanie Perkins}
{Other books: Anna and The French Kiss, Isla and The Happily Ever After}
{Pages: 338}
{Published by: Dutton Books on September 29th, 2011}
{Setting: San Francisco, California}
{Published by: Dutton Books on September 29th, 2011}
{Setting: San Francisco, California}
Stephanie Perkins has a way of mixing background in with the original story. When reading "Lola" I noticed she did what she originally did with "Anna" (Referring to Anna and The French Kiss, book 1 of the trilogy). Stephanie kept the explanations minimal and spread out through the story. All the important info isn't just clumped together. Also, she has made a habit of leaving us hanging but eventually at some point in the story she comes back around to give us a hand and help explain things. It's quite an incredible process. Everything Stephanie writes has a certain feel to it- it's a certain young, airy, un-comprehendible feeling. To explain as soon as I finished "Anna" I HAD to read "Lola" absolutely had to. Now with "Isla" (Referring to Isla and the Happily Ever After, book 3 of the trilogy), I want to hold on and draw out the bubbly feeling her stories inject in me.
The way her characters act and interact make them believable, make them that certain feeling I mentioned.
Lola is unique. From the bright teal wigs displayed around her room, to the jars of zippers and buttons, Lola Nolan is unique. She is quite the spunky character with a lot of 'umph' (pronounced 'ummfff'). What I did notice also was the fact that Lola being 17 was still pretty young and immature, rightly so being her 17 and young and immature. Stephanie didn't make Lola an overachiever and make her a middle aged woman in a teenage girl's body, she made her exactly her age. Even with her boyfriend, she didn't give up so easily when her parents were rejecting him, she kept up; like a teenager who thinks they know what's best for them and all would do. It's actually very sad- the predicament that made Lola and Cricket avoid each other, but it happens all the time. It has a name by the way, it's called... 'Skinny Love'.
Urban Dictionary: skinny love
Cricket is terrified of admitting that he liked Lola, and as much as he tried to break from that shell something always got in the way and he couldn't tell her.
Another good thing though about the characters is the fact that you just get them. Some characters do, say or think things that make no real sense or are contradictory to past things they've said or done. Except with Stephanie's characters they're just so consistent and understandable. One of the many things I love about them.
Steph's characters are definitely what I admire the most in her novels...besides the setting that is.
Steph's characters are definitely what I admire the most in her novels...besides the setting that is.
Settings and Descriptions
Though I was quite depressed that Lola's story was not in France but in San Francisco, I got over it. Though it was a long rough process to do so. I did it. I'm going to be very honest, I think Stephanie Perkins could make the ghetto look and feel amazing. One of the cutest moments of "Lola" for me was when they began synchronizing when they opened their curtains, when they ate meals and when Lola would walk her dog. It was just plain adorable. Oh and lest not forget the even sweeter scene where Lola and Cricket slid down the slide...on pizza boxes! *Still Squealing* Sorry, my inner pre-teen is showing. *Begins tucking it away again*.
Back to the review.
Stephanie's descriptions of things are just spectacular. Even when she is talking about something as simple as the moon it seems magical. Also just a little scene I found incredibly adorable again is Chapter 17, page 193. If you love sweet gestures from a guy who secretly (but publicly) likes you...you'll love this. Also check out Chapter 27, page 301. Their effortless relationship is very beautiful (and amusing). Though it doesn't seem effortless it truly is. You have to search a little but I believe we can end up finding out so many things about ourselves that we weren't aware of, through the pages of books. Like with Lola, the lesson is "There is a right one". Love shouldn't be a battle, it should be effortless in the feeling. The journey you take to be with "that one" on the other hand may require a few bumpy roads; a few roadblocks. But something so true would be infinite and would in effect knock down those barriers. As long as you have the bravery required to try. Lola had to learn that love encompasses many things. It includes jokes, and inability to hide stares, but it also includes first chances and second chances, and even third chances. You don't get many chances to find "The One" and it may take a second and third chance to realize that you blew the first chance, but as long as you seize it before it disappears you'll do just fine.


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Tried being a sparkly vampire :)
Went to Athens and Delphi with Mariel and saw a bunch of old stuff
All very impressive and cool
Enjoying the views and sunshine
Celebrated five years of being married (yes we are giant geeks)
Spent time in Sherwood Forest
Yes we are this cool
Went to Warhammer World and looked at miniatures as well as this giant Orc
Went to panel at MCM Expo with cast of Futurarma. Was awesome and very funny
With my ladies in their cosplay (none for me this time but I did wear little shorts shock horror)
Spent a day in the woods with another friend
Awesome hipstamatic effects on iPhone camera created a green road.
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Cycling is a great way to fundraise for OCD-UK. Maybe cycling along the national cycling routes is the challenge for you, or from London to Brighton, Lands End to John O'Groats, or even London to Paris.
If you want to cycle for OCD-UK, then there is a cycling challenge out there for you.
You may have your own fundraising cycling challenge in mind, like a JOGLE or LEJOG (if you do, let us know, we will try and help you plan) but if not, these are just some of the challenges that are available to you. For anybody cycling for OCD-UK and looking to raise over £100 we would be happy to send you an OCD-UK cycle jersey for your fundraising cycling challenge.
Date: 2018
Location: London - Surrey - London
Sponsorship level: £500
We have guaranteed places available for 2018.
Celebrating the legacy for cycling created by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 starts in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, then follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through the capital and into Surrey's stunning countryside. With leg-testing climbs and a route made famous by the world's best cyclists at the London 2012 Olympics, it's a truly spectacular event for all involved.
Date: Various dates through 2017
Location: London to Paris
Deposit: £99
Sponsorship level: £1560
Follow in Jo and Ashley's tyre tracks and cycle 300 hundred miles in just four days connecting two of the world's most chic capital cities as you embark on this beautiful charity bike ride challenge.
Date: 31st May - 4th June 2017 and 30th August - 3rd September 2017
Location: London to Amsterdam via Brussels
Deposit: £99
Sponsorship level: £1,560
Cycle 300 hundred miles in just four days taking in three countries and three capital cities - London, Amsterdam and Brussels. A great challenge and a great way to raise awareness for OCD-UK.
Cycling fundraising events for OCD-UK are growing in popularity, with fundraiser's cycling across the UK, Europe and beyond all in the name of OCD-UK during 2016. We really appreciate the commitment of our fantastic fundraiser's and supporters and in return we promise to support you with every pedal stroke.
For 2017 OCD-UK can arrange places in selected cycling events listed above, but you can also sign up for your own event in any local and international event, or even make your own cycling challenge. If you then participate and fundraise for OCD-UK we will even refund your race entry fee and support you with training and fundraising materials and an OCD-UK cycling jersey or jacket.
We'd love to have you join our team! No experience necessary!!!
Feel free to contact us should you be interested in participating in any of these events, or just want a little more information about cycling for OCD-UK.