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I was a bit apprehensive with my decision to attend Tuesday's Strata tutorial "An Introduction to the Berkeley Data Analytics Stack (BDAS) Featuring Spark, Spark Streaming, and Shark." I'm more a stats guy than computer scientist and generally shy away from conference presentations by "vendors."
But I've had great experience with U.C. Berkeley open source software over the years, working extensively with Berkeley Unix, Ingres and PostgreSQL. And I'm glad I participated. Berkeley professor and AMP (Algorithms, Machines, People) Lab co-director Ion Stoica and grad students Matei Zaharia, Reynold Xin, Shivaram Venkataraman and Tathagata Das presented a lucid introduction to what might well become the foundation for a next-generation big data platform that extends the current Hadoop ecosystem.
I'm the first to admit I find the Hadoop lexicon – MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Hive, Pig, NoSQL, et. al – confusing. The BDAS presentation clarified a lot for me. Starting from a big data platform built on infrastructure, storage, data processing and applications, the goals of BDAS are:
- To combine the now-disparate handling of batch, interactive and streaming data into a single execution engine
- To readily accommodate sophisticated machine learning algorithms, and
- To be compatible with the existing Hadoop ecosystem.
And if all of this can be delivered with a half an order or more performance boost, so much the better.
The BDAS design approach includes the aggressive use of memory, enhanced parallelism and the increasingly popular trade-off of a bit of accuracy for a lot of performance. The team cited research that even at big factories like Microsoft and Facebook, 90% of current jobs process 1 TB or less of data, with an average of 15 GB.
The workhorse components of BDAS include cluster computing runtime Spark, cluster resource manager Mesos, and SQL API Shark. There's also a variant of Spark for the unique demands of streaming data.
What separates Spark immediately from MapReduce is its integration and high-level accessibility. "Spark provides primitives for in-memory cluster computing: your job can load data into memory and query it repeatedly much quicker than with disk-based systems like Hadoop MapReduce. To make programming faster, Spark provides clean, concise APIs in both Scala and Java. You can also use Spark interactively from the Scala console to rapidly query big datasets."
Though Spark is a new engine, it's fully compatible with data sources supported by Hadoop, so can run against existing data. Spark's optimized for the special needs of machine learning and data mining, and "is also the engine behind Shark, a fully Apache Hive-compatible data warehousing system that can run 100x faster than Hive." Finally, Programs written in Spark with functional language Scala (or Python) are much easier to read and maintain than their java MapReduce primogenitors. Sounds too good to be true!
Spark is open source under a BSD license. You can download it and get started locally, or deploy it on a private cluster or Amazon EMR. Training videos and materials from an AMP Camp held at Berkeley last summer are available. There are also Spark/Shark meetup groups.
I liken the difference of what I see between Hadoop of 2013 and BDAS to my education in programming many years ago. My first college exposure was assembler, which I found pretty inaccessible. Once introduced to the high-level languages Fortran and Pl/1, though, I was in business.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A Warning
Supposedly when your kids start getting older, you don't need to spend so much time with their care, and so you have more time for yourself. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS! It is a lie! They just get into more activities, so you have to spend more time driving them around. Of course, also supposedly, kids who are in the upper grades of high school can get their driver's license and save you endless hours by shuffling the younger siblings around. This does not take into account having a sucky president, a lousy economy, and a husband underemployed for the last several years. Thus, a family may have a lot better places to put the few hundred dollars required for the driver's ed needed to get a license for those under the age of eighteen. Weird things like clothes and stuff. My only hope is that if Romney is elected, the economy may improve to the point that our daughters will not be living with us forever. My main regret is that we do not have a basement.
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The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has released District 90's student performance scores for the 2017 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment. As the results indicate, District 90 students and schools continue to demonstrate consistently strong academic achievement. The overall scores for the District indicate that more than 63 percent (63.4%) of students met or exceeded proficiency in math and more than 73 percent (73.3%) met or exceeded proficiency in English/Language Arts (ELA). These results indicate that District 90 students achieved levels of proficiency that more than doubled the state average. PARCC assessment results for each school and the District are available on the District 90 website.
To learn more about the role and types of assessment used in the District, please plan to attend a Town Hall Forum on Tuesday, November 7 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Roosevelt Middle School. The topic for the Forum is Student Achievement and Standardized Assessment in District 90. Dr. Alison Hawley, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, will provide information about how students in District 90 performed on recent standardized assessments, with attention given to areas of relative strength and opportunities for growth.


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I spent my day with my family and younger cousins. Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, they are still young so it's a nice thing for them.
I suppose since I was working yesterday as well, I didn't have time to get all that festive. I did try though! I tied a piece of Christmas tree decoration into my hair and some of the customers started calling me Angel haha.
In other news, I made some cupcakes to take with me today:
Tomorrow I'm attempting to go to the boxing day sales, wish me luck!


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President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS' Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today – Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months."
Remember lefty rage over Bush's golf game?


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I have never been to this store. It has been open less than two years and will be closing May 28, 2011. Another piece of the Michigan economy gone to hell. Click the link for address etc. Honestly, I don't think I even know where Marysville is. But a Google map will help you if you want to hit the final sale days. Sigh.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Scrapbook Zone Closing.
This is one store I didn't think I would ever have to list under closing or closed. I have always loved this store in Farmington Hills. I preferred the older location because it was easier for me to get to off the multiple freeways I had to take to get there. Plus added benefit was a Panera across the street!
The Scrapbook Zone had more cardstock colors than any store I had ever been to. I have visited many a store that had the basics or professed to have the most cardstock but the Zone had every color imaginable and if you couldn't find something to match, the color didn't exist. There was always a cool stamp at 40% off each month and the most incredible examples up for viewing of art that employees and customers had made. I still remember someone "borrowing" an heirloom scrapbook someone made and I never did find out if it was returned.
But the oddest shopping night in the store, they were shop lifted. This very well dressed woman kept trolling the aisles and I thought she was weird but so are many people Then the cops show up. Yeah, that was a fun trip, and the last one I actually took on my own before hubby retired. I am going to miss this store and now have absolutely no reason to visit the area. I am at the point where I say "why bother to leave the house"? All my former haunts are going away.
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The singing Dingo link of the previous post was found at the mimicry page of adlib.
2 dogs fighting also made an impression.
This was sparked by a search for wire music after reading a post on fence music at barista. We once used some music of the wires in a play, a haunting production.
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Buenos Aires Sept 9, 2012: Spiritual Guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar drew a huge crowd for his event 'El Planeta Medita', in Argentina's capital on Sunday. An unprecedented 1.5 lac Argentines meditated against violence and to create a stress-free world.
The meditation was also joined by thousands from 300 cities across the world as the event was webcasted live. Sri Sri addressed the crowd in Spanish, "Life is so short, there is not enough time to love yet people are occupied in conflicts. We are fortunate to know how to get rid of stress." The audience responded with a huge cheer and applause when asked by the spiritual leader if they would join in to create a beautiful world.
People from all backgrounds and age groups came together to meditate. Urging the crowd to cultivate a sense of belongingness, he added, "We need to educate ourselves in peace, love, integrity, honesty. It cannot happen if the mind is stressed and the intellect is filled with prejudice. The world needs upliftment and with meditation we would be able to do that."
He then led the gathering into a meditation. This was followed by a scintillating Yoga Rave performance where everyone chanted Indian bhajans like 'Ganesh Sharanam', 'Hari Narayan' 'Jai Jai Shiva Shanbho', etc. This was performed by Nicolás Pucci and Rodrigo Bustus from the 'So What' band who, inspired by Sri Sri, have created music blending the vibrations of old Sanskrit mantras with electronic music.
Various young leaders who have done remarkable work in the prisons and slums of Argentina were also felicitated.
The Art of Living founder was on a five-day visit to Argentina which began on Sept 5, 2012. During his tour, Sri Sri visited the San Martín Prison where a prisoner told him, "Thank you for what you have done for us. Although we are here, we still feel free. You gave us back the desire to live." Over 5200 prisoners have taken the organization's rehabilitation programs that reduces violence and aggression.
In Cordoba, thousands braved the rain and the chilly weather and gathered to hear the spiritual master. Here, the General Consul of India, Dr Sergio Lais named Sri Sri as the Custodian of the World Peace.
At Siglo 21 University, the largest private university, he told the youth, "I hope to take to the East the good from the West and vice versa and make a better world. We are in a globalized world and our youth deserve more than a partial vision."


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Monday, April 16, 2012
Columbus Chalkboard Drawing
We have moved on from the War of the Roses to Columbus and the discovery of the Americas. I did this drawing tonight, so it will be a surprise for Anna in the morning when we start reading Columbus by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire. It's such a beautiful book, as are all of the D'Aulaire books. Eventually I will own the all of them. Unfortunately they are expensive and I can't find them used, so it is a slow accumulation.
This drawing was a little bit more challenging than the last. Circles are hard to draw freehand; as you can see, mine aren't exactly perfect spheres. My continents aren't exactly perfect either. South America looks pretty good, but North America looks a little wonky. The general idea is there though. What's perfection, anyways?
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At this week's 'Into the Fold' lectures, a recent MA Ceramics graduate presented her Degree work, future plans, Fireworks studios and participation at exhibition at 'Made in Roath'
Harriet McCarmick is interested in investigation and using natural elements such as deer antlers, legs, feathers; as well as taxidermy, and translating all of this into ceramics, through abstracted forms.
These then acquire metamorphic, and narrative qualities – with help of using colour, shape, position and light.
Through this she questions how objects are perceived in space, and impact on the visual connections with natural world.
2D, sketchbook work was always important to her, and in MA, colour starts to creep into her work.
She is creating cast for all her objects, and casting using stained slip, never any glaze, but fires them slightly higher for her distinctive finish.
Harriet's career in ceramics started when she missed her interview for Fine Art course, and came to the BA Ceramics at CSAD instead. She then stayed for her MA and now she is part of the Graduate Residency at the Fireworks Clay Studios in Cardiff.
Exhibiting her MA work in September, she is trying to exhibit as much as possible, setting up a gallery with other MA graduates at the Made in Roath festival.
Her ambition is PHD and possibly lecturing in the future, which I hope will be a success as I found her lecture and work very captivating.
It's a great inspiration listening to a successful and interesting recent graduate, with a such great body of work, sketchbook pages and explorational journey.


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Ever since I have discovered I can run I was doing races pretty much every summer. Exception was when we have moved away from Cardiff but even then I still did Surivial of the Fittest in 2013 and Birmingham half the same year.
Admittedly since Edgar came into our lives I exercise less even ... not at all... I still managed few races and even got the dream time of 10k in 58min.
Yeah it's a great time for some one who doesn't really take running seriously!
But this year I felt the pressure to go running. The pressure to do the races. And I didn't feel happy about it. So I maybe run once this year by my self and once with the club. But as for races... I am taking a year off.
I wouldn't say I am out of shape. We still walk a lot. Thank you Fitbit for keeping me on track. But races are complicated. I need to sign up on time and with enough time to train. Also I want to do as many as I can and can afford. Yes these things cost money. Not much but it all adds up. Also usually races are on Sundays so I need a sitter. And not many people can and will... if before it was just the matter to scoff down some bagels with peanut butter and banana, pin the race bib on and do the race now it is more complicated... I need to arrange very much in advance and I need to work to have disposable income. But mainly a mate to watch Egg.
So since I have not run much but I still feel the bug I responsibly taking a year off. This won't be enjoyable running, besides toddler needs me still and I need to not stress about running... I have enough stress as it is.


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Since my last post on the dollar - see here - its moved more consistently with the more obvious count I felt might be playing out at that time, requiring a further low to complete wave C of (2) on the overall bullish count.
Here's the daily picture:
Dollar Daily:
You can see that in the last post the technicals suggested some upside to come, but with the main wave count I had, it seemed likely that this upside would be in the context of what I would label as wave (iv) of [v] of C of (2).
Looking at the updated daily chart above, we got the move up in the indicators and some upward movement in price. Price moved above the yellow highlighted area of congestion which is the area shown on the daily chart from the last post. This was bullish. However, it then moved right back down again - bearish. It then moved back above it - bullish. By yesterday, it had moved back below it - bearish.
This oscillating action would be more obviously consistent with a correction so I think that has to continue to be my main count for this overall bullish count for the moment. This means that we should see a new low below 76.144 at some point soon.
The indicators currently seem to confirm the possibility of a further decline. As I've noted on the daily chart, the RSI failed to make it above 50, the MACD histogram has been printing lower high bars, the MACD suggests it could be about to roll over and the stochastic failed to get to overbought and is now rolling over.
Here's the 80 min chart showing how I'm labelling wave C from the wave B high at 83.522:
Dollar 80 min:
Of course, we may still be in wave (iv) which could be forming as a triangle, with the decline into Friday's close being the d wave, so there could be another move up to come before wave (v) gets going.
I think if we take out the high at 78.273 at this stage, I might start thinking that 76.144 marked the end of wave C and (2) on this overall bullish count, as shown by the alternate labelling on the 80 min chart. Certainly, if we do that without taking out the low at 76.709, it might well become a distinct possibility. Here's how I would count the move up from 76.144 as the start of wave (3) up if that low marked the end of wave (2) down:
Dollar 10 min chart:
You can see from this chart why I've said above that if we rally above 78.273 without taking out the low at 76.709, the case for a bottom at 76.144 might well be strengthened.
Even if we drop below 76.709, it may just mean that we're still in wave ii, but we'd have to stay above the 76.144 low of course, to keep this alive.
So, taking out the low at 76.709 is going to suggest that the main count, for a new low below 76.144 is on the cards. If we fail to take out the 76.709 low but instead rally up again in 5 clear waves and take out the high at 78.273 the case for a wave (2) low at 76.144 would gain strengh, but it wouldn't be conclusive - we'd have to see whatever low we rally from above 76.709 hold on the next pullback.


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I came back home to the scene of you lying lazily on the couch, flipping channels on the TV. "Hey," I said, but you didn't answer. Cool, maybe you didn't hear me. I took off my heels and purposefully let them fell from my hands to the floor. The sound made you flinched, but you kept your eyes on the screen.
I kinda hovered (I don't know why I describe it as hovering, maybe because my audible footsteps didn't even make you turn around) and slumped myself beside you. I played with your hair, whispered "I miss you" in your left ear. You mumbled something like "me too". Maybe you thought I was being too clingy, maybe you were tired, maybe you were troubled and you needed some space. So I kissed your forehead and went upstairs.
Or maybe you thought I was kidding when I told you I missed you? I thought of that while I was showering. So I reached for my phone and typed "I really do" and sent it to you. I quickly regretted it, though. Maybe I was too clingy, maybe I overreacted, maybe I thought too much, maybe I was too childish. Your "Do what?" reply confirmed that.
I put on my new dress and that perfume that you liked. I went downstairs and hugged you from behind. "Hey, what's the matter?" I spoke. It took you a few seconds to say "nothing". "Are you okay, sweetheart?" I put my hands on his cheeks but you pushed them away.
Later, I found myself strolling alone at the park I loved so much. You must know where it is, the one I told you about, the one we went to when I wanted to share the night sky with you. I sat on the bench and looked at the sky. Maybe you were tired when you replied "I'm bored of us." earlier. Maybe I didn't love you enough, because I managed to laugh it off and said "Me too." Maybe you were bitter ever since we fought about whose problems were bigger. Maybe it was my loud mouth or maybe it was my silence. Maybe we had spent less time together. At that exact moment, it rained. As I watched raindrops accumulating on my new dress, I laughed at how I was crying.
Maybe we've both stopped trying.


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Mood: awake! abnormal at 3:13....AM or PM, heh...
Music: shhh.....it's quiet time on C8
Food craving: actually nothing right now because we just had a massive food party for Ed at work (it's his last night as a PCA, and hence, why I'm awake a 3:13 blogging) and we ate all the good stuff...pizza, wings, blue cheese with chips and "easter" cake.....I guess it was on sale or whatever. It's ok because the bunnies really mean fertility and it was kinda like a wedding party for Ed and I, celebrating our future litter of children. Well, it tasted good, bunnies or not. But not as good as lobster. I guess I am craving lobster right now, even though I'm fuller than full. I added this extra header because all I do now is eat, and when I'm not eating, I'm thinking about what I want to eat next. It's terrible.....-ly wonderful.
So, I had a free hour to spare this evening and a computer to sit in front of and we all know how an hour will fly when in front of a computer so I wanted to spend it wisely. With an unbelievably meager 9 emails in my inbox I soon headed to the old blog to update. Alas, the site was down and would not let me in. I still managed to squander away the whole hour looking up maternity clothing and finding cloth diapers versus disposable ones instead. Ed and I are ambitious and want to go all out with the cloth diapers....even though we have no washing machine at our dear apartment. I hope it works out because I'm all for them, good for baby, wallet and environment. But there's only so much we can take of poopy diapers sitting in the corner. More to come on that dilemma this winter.
I had planned on blogging about the wedding plans. But the biggest news is just that we finally got a place. A lovely hotel conference room with all in one wedding and reception, just how we wanted it. Minimal decoration required and "free" linens (plus the cost to rent). The only problem is that we got one of the most talented pianists in all of United States and Canada to offer us her services for free, like the real kind of free, and we have no piano! So, um, anyone got a keyboard to lend? Or, heck, anyone feel like moving a piano for us?
I'm ashamed to say the dress hasn't even gotten into cut out pattern form yet, or left the JoAnn fabric bag it came in for that matter. That's only half the material. The rest of it is still sitting on the bolt in some unknown store. Hey, it's hard when you have no car!
No one wants to hear about that anyway. Same old wedding stresses everyone goes through. I was going to be original this time and do a Top 10 List of Things I'm Looking Forward To. But it would only be original if I filled it out, and originally. And I'm kind of lacking on an entire list of ten things off the top of my head so if I end at five don't be surprised that I called it a night.
Top Ten Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. The Wedding and subsequent marriage to Ed. No duh.
2. Esther/Ethan. Also a no brainer.
3. Sleeping in my own bed tonight. Sarah has been too kind to let me sleep at her place but the back can only take so much of a deflatable airmattress. Boy oh boy do I love my queen sized bed. I've got to take advantage of it before I move out in four days and the next tenant gets to enjoy it.
4. Having family worship when we get married. :)
5. Breakfast. Maybe I can pick up a lobster on the way home....
6. Homeschooling. The success of your child is potentially in your hands, as well as so many other things. It's one of those things that is so terrifying and yet inevitable so it does no good to run in fear but nervously to step forward with blind faith that tons of other mothers have done it by the grace of God, so why can't I?
7. Having gray hair. I hope it turns white too. :)
8. Planting a garden and eating so many tomatoes that I get sick of them.
9. Using Ed's American Express miles to go somewhere cool, like Great Britain or Edmonton.
10. 7 AM so I can go home and sleep!
Goodnight! Thanks for bearing with my if you made it this far and I promise not to blog this much again atleast until I wake up this afternoon. :D


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- Let's Eat Healthy!
About Me
Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder
- Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international consultants. About living in Italy, the Veneto area near Venice; in Indonesia, central Java. Why we love the southeast of the United States and moved back from Italy. Our love for gardening, the botanical way. Sharing with you our manifold treasures from exotic places and even offering several at Spectrenoir:http://ebay.to/2xI69uc, for others to enjoy. As well as high end silver items from Giovanni Raspini, Italy | google.com/+MariettesBacktoBasicsI also do classes and consulting... too much to list here! Check out my google.com/+MarietteVandenMunckhofVedder ABOUT page, where you see my other LINKS and email address; you just scroll down.Thanks!Love to bring back some romance and quality to the daily life of others...
Monday, September 5, 2011
{Natural Healing Chart for almost all Sickness}
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Wonderful information. We all need to eat more fruits and veggies!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for posting this!
Thankyou for sharing, I know what to cook now in my wok or pan! :-)ReplyDelete
Have a great week Mariette!
This is such a great chart .. Thank you so much for sharing this. I better make sure I get my apples, with the rain and dampness we are currently experiencing. Wishing you a fabulous day ...xo HHLReplyDelete
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This chart is amazing! thank you so much for share it with us, it will be very useful every time I'll prepare something to eat.
Te mando un abrazo, mi querida amiga.
Have a wonderful week!
lots of love, your friend
Laura =)
Lieve Mariette,ReplyDelete
Deze kaart is nieuw voor mij. Ik ga er maar eens een uitdraai van maken en in mijn favoriete kookboek stoppen, om zo nu en dan even door te nemen!
Een fijne nieuwe week!
Lieve groet, Madelief x
Hello Mariette,ReplyDelete
thank you so much for this tableau. It is really interesting, how easy (and delicious) we can improve our health.
Best greetings, Johanna
Great info, Miss M! Very interesting and also thought provoking!ReplyDelete
Hello Mariette,ReplyDelete
I hope that you are having a lovely long weekend! First off, thank you for these two charts—I am actually printing them both off as I type this to you. How helpful they are. Sometimes it's easy to forget all the essential things we need, especially when being quite busy. There are so many wonderful, natural solutions on this earth, and this is proof.
xx, Sarah
That is a terrific chart Mariette! I always eat lots of fruit and vegetables but always wonder what they are helping with health wise. Now I know!ReplyDelete
Hope you are having a wonderful day my friend!
xo Catherine
Liebe Mariette, danke für diese Liste. Sie ist sehr hilfreich.ReplyDelete
Liebe Abendgrüße sendet dir
das ist sehr interessant, dankeschön!ReplyDelete
lg nora
Dear Mariette,ReplyDelete
Many thanks for sharing this chart, it is wonderful.
Shall print it off and put in the inside of my pantry door.
Also how neat your little mushrooms growing in the garden are.
Hope that you have a lovely week
Mariette, Great information for each of us. I am copying this one.ReplyDelete
Hope your temps are cooling off a bit.
Love to you, Ginger
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Cardz4guyz this week the challenge 71 theme is World Wildlife . For my card I have used a very old Impression Obsession stamp which I have had more years than I care to remember ! Its a stamp that really doesn't need anything adding to it, I did just stamp a bit of bamboo round the edges (yes I know bamboo doesn't grow in the jungle but it looked ok !) Backing paper is a freebie piece from an old magazine and the sentiment stamp is Clearly Besotted. Hope you will join us this week
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Byrne conquers cruel world of 'Vikings'
NEW YORK – If there's one thing Gabriel Byrne has learned in recent years, it's the importance of a comfortable chair.
After a marathon 106 episodes as psychologist Paul Weston on the HBO drama "In Treatment," Byrne stars in "Vikings," History's first full-length scripted series, as Earl Haraldson, a Norse chieftain with a flowing salt-and-pepper mane (all his own, thank you very much) and a taste for cruelty.
Despite the considerable differences between the shows – one set almost entirely in a shrink's office in brownstone Brooklyn, the other in 8th century Scandinavia – they both left Byrne, well, uncomfortable.
"My biggest problem was always the chair. I would spend more time testing out the chair than anything else," the actor says of his "In Treatment" experience. In "Vikings," filmed in his native Ireland last summer, Byrne's Haraldson can mostly be found perched in a regal throne, ordering his subjects on another plundering mission or condemning them to death via public beheading.
"Thinking that it wasn't going to be anything like 'In Treatment,' I looked at the throne and said, 'Yeah, it's a throne,' " he reports. Alas, he was wrong. The throne was too big, which may account for the sinister snarl Byrne wears on his face in so many of his scenes.
Make that "wore": In Sunday's episode, Earl faced off in a death match with Ragnar Lothbrok, the visionary young upstart played by model-turned-actor Travis Fimmel. It didn't turn out well for the aging despot, who was dispatched to Valhalla with a blow from Ragnar's ax and, finally, a merciful slit of the wrist.
While it was something of a shock that "Vikings," which has garnered an impressive 5 million viewers a week and was recently renewed for a second season, killed off its biggest star so early in the series, for Byrne, 62, the finite commitment was a major selling point.
"I was kinda happy to die," he confesses.
Byrne's willingness to go gently into the good night certainly had something to do with the grueling pace he maintained on "In Treatment."
That project required Byrne to be on camera for virtually every dialogue-heavy scene over three seasons that ran as long as 43 episodes apiece. Even the world's plushest armchair is going to start to feel oppressive at that point.
"In terms of pages shot per day and the volume of material, I think it was pretty spectacular. I don't know that anybody else would have done that amount of sheer volume of words," Byrne says, adding that although he is proud of "In Treatment," he was "delighted" when it was canceled in 2011.
The show's passionate fan base was less excited about the news. Though ratings were modest, Byrne was honored with two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe award, with his role as the troubled yet compassionate Weston burnishing his reputation as the thinking woman's sex symbol. Such was the fascination that the New York Times even dedicated an article to viewers' erotic fixation with his subtle body language, dubbing him TV's "latest Dr. McDreamy."
Byrne says he isn't surprised by the reaction.
"Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often," he muses.
"To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person – not to get too heavy about it – but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer."


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Revere, MA - While NECCO produces delicious sweets that are enjoyed by many year round, the company takes great pride in the excitement that surrounds their beloved Sweethearts during Valentine's Day. It's a time of the year when everyone is focused on surprising their loved ones with special presents that show their true love and affection. NECCO's Sweethearts have long been an important part in this gift-giving tradition and several media outlets were excited to share the stories of Sweethearts, past and present!
Since this season is a favorite for passionate candy fans, many candy websites wanted to get in on the Valentine's Day fun! Two popular candy blogs, Collecting Candy and Candy Blog grabbed a pair of NECCO's newest Sweethearts products, Hot Hearts and Cool Hearts, to review for the season. NECCO was thrilled that both websites gave the new treats rave reviews on both the delicious bold flavors and the fun packaging!
Each year, NECCO receives messages that their fans love Sweethearts but are always looking for an even bigger and better way to express their love and appreciation for their special sweeties. To meet these growing requests, this year NECCO took a chance to revolutionize the gift-giving game and made solid gold Sweethearts available for purchase with customized engraved sayings! With such a ground-breaking venture as this one, news companies both locally in NECCO's Massachusetts community, as well as across the country, were buzzing about this truly one-of-a-kind Valentine's Day present!
Not stopping there, NECCO made this Valentine's Day special in the digital world as well with their #tweethearts campaign, carried out in conjunction with Boston's top ad agency Hill Holliday. In this program, Twitter users could send a Tweet to the @tweethearts account and would receive an image back from the account that showed their tweet spelled out on Sweethearts with a link to order them for their sweetie! With such a fun, innovative initiative, the online world was abuzz with excitement for #tweethearts and couldn't wait to send their Sweetheart a Tweetheart!
Finally, who can forget that some of the most fun times we have had at Valentine's Day is when we are kids. In this spirit of the joys of childhood, NECCO took their traditional kid-friendly Sweethearts one step further with the launch of Color Your Own Sweethearts! These deliciously fun treats feature the regular Sweethearts flavors of grape, orange, blue raspberry, strawberry, lemon and green apple, but have exciting new boxes. These boxes showcase cute black and white stencil designs, perfect for kids to color in using their own imagination! In conjunction with this product launch, NECCO also announced the Color Your Own Sweethearts Coloring Contest. This contest allowed kids ages 5-12 submit their designs of their colored in boxes for a chance to win a $1,000 Savings Bond and the opportunity to have their own personal phrase appear on a Sweetheart in 2015!
Overall, the 2014 Valentine's Day season was truly exhilarating. With each initiative, Sweethearts fans were treated to fresh and exciting ways to enjoy their favorite Valentine's Day treat. After all this buzz, NECCO is already looking forward to creating more memories next year!
ABOUT: NECCO (New England Confectionery Company, Inc.) is the oldest continuously operating multi-line candy company in the United States. It was founded in 1847 when Oliver Chase invented the first American candy machine: the lozenge cutter. NECCO produces its entire assortment of candy at the company's world headquarters in Revere, MA. Popular brands include: the beloved NECCO Wafers, the Valentine's Day staple Sweethearts, and other iconic brands such as the Clark Bar, Sky Bar, Canada Mints, Candy Buttons, Mary Jane, and Haviland Thin Mints in addition to many seasonal favorites.


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'Katie Plus Eighty' Coming to ABC?! Katie Couric Spoofs 'Kate Plus 8'!
Now that Katie Couric has left CBS Evening News, she has more time for fun stuff, like spoofing Kate Gosselin on Jimmy Kimmel's Primetime Special!
Katie Couric was on the show to promote her new book The Best Advice I Ever Got and discuss her recent deal with ABC, which included a promo for her "new reality show Katie Plus Eighty!
The promo featured Katie using a megaphone to announce dinner to the eighty children swarming her house and a slingshot to serve the masses spaghetti and meatballs. The promo ended with Katie surrounded by the kids, shaking one of them off her leg saying, "Get off me!" No doubt poking fun at Kate Gosselin's dysfunctional home life on Kate Plus Eight!
While introducing the reality show promo, Katie joked, "I'm particularly excited about that because I think that's what really clinched the deal for me…I thought people really deserved an inside look at my life because it's so fascinating… I definitely want cameras in my house." Haha!
Katie did say that the real deal with ABC will include contributing to various programs at ABC News and a daytime talk show coming in the fall of 2012. We can't wait!


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The official news agency of China, Xinhua, published a long and detailed piece about the highly successful launch of the Shenzhou 7 space mission. The article even included conversation between the three astronauts (or whatever the Chinese call them).
The article was published hours before the launch occurred. Now there's a news organization for you.
China space mission article hits Web before launch
BEIJING - A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.Excerpts of the article are included in the report.
The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken down.
A staffer from the Xinhuanet.com Web site who answered the phone Thursday said the posting of the article was a "technical error" by a technician. The staffer refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.


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University of Maryland regents will look into the actions of basketball Coach Lefty Driesell and explore the extent of drug abuse on campus in the wake of the death of All-American Len Bias, a state official said Thursday. Bias died of cocaine intoxication a week ago, two days after the Boston Celtics made him their No. 1 pick and the second player taken in the National Basketball Assn. draft.
Arthur A. Marshall Jr., the prosecutor directing the investigation into Bias' death, said Driesell held a team meeting at his home hours after the death to advise his players on how to respond to questions from police and the news media.
Driesell has said he gathered the players to console them. "We prayed together," he said at the time.
A state official who asked that his name not be used said that the Board of Regents would look into Driesell's actions as well as the academic records of athletes.
It has been reported that five of the school's 12 basketball players flunked out of school last semester, and that one out of every 10 of Maryland's athletes flunk out each semester. Bias failed three courses and received no credit for his other two in the spring semester.


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The Dark Knight Rises really is one hell of a nice movie, but when the cool vehicle that are converted to LEGO version, it is just disappointing although the designer trying to get as close as possible to the real the Bat. Picture below is taken from Bricks Review:
The set are not looking real good itself, the playability are just too common, especially to those that collect Star Wars. All they use is flick-fire here and there. The tumbler although is small, but I still like it, while there is no need for me to comment on the minifigs although some might not like Bane.
Links to the review is right below the picture.
Image from Bricks Review.


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this dam is down the road from us and has the most beautiful water lilies
On Thursday nights at church, Pastor has been taking us on a "Journey Through the Bible". Tonight, we just finished the Old Testament and will head to the New Testament next. It has been such a blessing!
Tonight, I was reminded of something I'd highlighted several weeks ago while going through the book of Habakkuk.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in The Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:17-19
the paddocks inside the fence have the most beautiful green grass for the calves to eat
Right now, we are in the midst of our rainy season....except it's not been exceptionally rainy. A friend calls it a "green drought" because everything is green but our dams aren't full. A drought or a bad rainy season means the cost of everything is higher. The price of feed for our cows as well as the price of mealie for the average citizen will rise.
YET, I will rejoice.
God is good despite our hardships. He is my strength!
Contrary to the previous months of the "rainy season", this past week/weekend has been wondrous with rain. We had rain Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Then yesterday evening it poured and poured and poured from the evening until the early morning hours. The ground is nice and squidgy-soft. :)
Having a proper rainy season carries a whole new meaning now that I am a farmers wife. :)


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Friday, March 13, 2009
Some new finds
Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the Rastro in Madrid. The Rastro is a large flee market filled with all sorts of goodies for those in search of collage items and cheap thong underwear.
A few years back, I went and happened upon a man that was selling old, mostly unusable, watch pieces. When I arrived to the Rastro this time I went straight to search for my old friend. I looked and looked for him, thinking that perhaps he moved his stand. After a good hour, I resorted to asking other vendors if they knew what happened to him. The first man refused to answer me. The second and third vendors I asked confirmed that he had died a few years back. A bit of a downer to the whole trip to the Rastro but here are some of the finds I did encounter on my scavenger hunt among the sometimes haphazardly, strewn, melange of things.
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Etiquetas: Assemblage, Commentary, Found Objects, Rastro


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JUPITER CHRISTIAN 3, OXBRIDGE ACADEMY 3: The Eagles are (2-1-1). The Thunderwolves are 3-1-1
TRINITY CHRISTIAN 8, FAU 0: Pepe Best had three goals and two assists for the Warriors (5-2). Joey Daantij added two goals, and Junior Jaramillo had three assists. FAU is 1-4-1.
ZION LUTHERAN 2, ROSENBLATT 0: Frankel Alexis recorded his first shutout of the season for the Lions (1-2-2). Sam Glaun had six saves for the Eagles (0-4-1).
JUPITER 0, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL 0: The Warriors are now 4-0-1. Adam Rahman had two saves for the Cobras (1-0-2).


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From OLPC
Luis González, 28 years old, very immature/childish, Chilean, Christian, computer programmer, student of Math/Computing Education at Santiago University, Chile.
Interests: Linux, computer programming (C, PHP, Perl, Python, Java, Javascript, LOGO, etc.), fractals, analytic geometry, didactics and constructivism, linguistics, constrained computer environments, information services.
Languages: Spanish (native), English (read/write), and many others though with very little proficiency.
Has trouble with: Social life, dancing, deadlines, unnecessary features, keeping track of things...


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Living in a motorhome isn't for everyone, but if you crave the freedom of life on the open road, it could be for you. Of course, once you make the decision to live mobile, you can't simply pack up your home and go. Living in a motorhome requires you to make personal and legal preparations, like joining a mail-forwarding service or paring down your belongings. After you make all of the arrangements, though, you can hit the road -- along with your kitchen, your bedroom and all of your worldly possessions.
Pare down. When you live in an RV, you simply do not have much space in which to live or store anything. Keep only that which you need, like clothes that you wear often. Digitise whatever you can, like photos, bills and other documents, and switch over from a desktop computer to a smaller and more versatile laptop.
Secure your belongings. When you're driving a motorhome, anything that is not secured -- like clutter on the kitchen counter -- will slide around, fall and make a mess. Keep your things in baskets, bins and drawers. Secure belongings with rope or bungee cords.
Get insurance. Just like a car, your motorhome needs to be insured before you can drive it.
Set up an account with a mail forwarding service. This ensures that you are a legal resident of a particular area, which is crucial for paying taxes and voting.
Take alternative transportation. You may not always feel like driving your RV across town or out to dinner -- load it up with portable transportation like a motor scooter.


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Zimbabwe's pro-government Herald newspaper is calling for an end to the torture of government prisoners. This is the first time a government publication has admitted that some detainees are tortured by the police.
The Herald, which is partly owned by the government, said torture is "wrong and useless."
The newspaper said torture breaches a fundamental right guaranteed in Zimbabwe's constitution. It added that people in detention would admit to almost anything to stop the torture, making it an ineffective tool for finding the truth.
It also said torturers are degraded by abusing those in their custody.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai this week accused President Robert Mugabe's government of torturing detained opposition supporters, including a Member of Parliament. He said many of the party's leaders have been arrested, often on trumped-up charges, just so police could torture them.
Mr. Tsvangirai said his party, the Movement for Democratic Change, wants a retired judge to head a judicial inquiry into government-approved torture in Zimbabwe.
Opposition leaders report rising levels of repression, and last week the human-rights group Amnesty International said police are increasingly involved in persecuting President Mugabe's political enemies.
Zimbabwean police routinely dismiss torture allegations, but inspector Cecilia Churu says the police formed a special team of investigators last week to look into the allegations. She claimed most torture allegations are aimed at distracting attention from the serious charges detainees might face.
Mr. Tsvangirai said he has no faith in any probe carried out by police investigating themselves. He said the majority of those tortured were opposition supporters, and he claims more than 1,000 people have been tortured in the past year.
Journalists and human rights workers in Zimbabwe have seen many people emerge from detention with serious injuries.
In Washington, the U.S. government warned Americans in Zimbabwe they should consider leaving the country because of the deteriorating security situation. The warning was made against a background of increasing political unrest and widespread hunger.


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Ever saved password in firefox??? NO!!! Don't save it it's exposable let me show you how to get the password of your friend which is saved in firefox. Follow Me:
1. Open firefox
2. Goto option
3. Again go to options
4. Go to security tab.
5. And finally head towards saved password
6. Now here you will get the list of all sites with their password saved
7. Now click on any site and see down you will find show password
8. Click it and you are done.


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>> Sunday, March 7, 2010
Chloe is a vivacious Pointer that is true to her breed by being unremittingly obstinate. Her food obsession makes for easy training, but also makes for a bigger belly added with her allergies I've come to realize it would be cheaper and healthier to feed her only homemade dog treats. She'll be on her dog food primarily, but there will be recipes for those days where I have time to cook for her.
There are certain things that you should never feed a dog. Always consult your vet before adding anything to your pets diet.
- Alcoholic beverages
- Small bones such as from fish or poultry
- Caffeine-including Chocolate, Tea, or Coffee
- Grapes or raisins
- Raw Pork
- Nuts peculiarly macadamia and almonds
- Onions
- Uncooked Garlic- Garlic powder is safe in small amounts
- Cooked bones
Cooking for your dog is a fun healthy way to bond with your dog.Read more...


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Mutley: Sorry Selena... I did not mean to offend. I have a bottle of Benedictine and some Garibaldi biscuits and could pop round to apologise whenever you give the nod...
I first made Mutley's acquaintance when he sent me an email containing a disgraceful suggestion.
Needless to say, I responded in kind.
Mutley is unemployed, decadent and idle. While you and I are trying to save the world, his big idea is to replace the Devil with the Deep Blue Sea. Making life rather pointless. The first thing an unemployed man must do is to recognise he has no job. But whereas Mutley the cool, wry, irrepressible blogger keeps himself pre-occupied with the most reflective and irascible log, it is his sense of fellowship with his readers which makes him such a formidable competitor. His repartees at the comment section are always as entertaining as any discourse he writes.
His doggedness is absolutely disarming. He's illiterate, but legendary!
Nor has he any comprehension of his own deficiencies as a web-site host. His blog has two time zones. GMT and MMT. Which always tends to remind me: had I opted for Virgin Airlines, rather than Mutleythedogsdayout, I might have been half way across the Atlantic by the time he came round to see me.
But, there we were, at the SpearmintRhino, with me on my third Appleton Special, while Mutley rubbed himself against my legs in a totally incontinent way. He has short hair, a dog-collar around his neck and is continually sniffing your crotch. His eyes never seem to leave your hem-line. I might as well have been wearing nothing but a G-String. In fact, everyone I meet appears to take an interest in my virginity. I had to sit on my hands to stop myself pulling his ears. Mutley then brought out his present: a gift-wrapped bottle of Benedictine and a top-shelf magazine entitled Mongrel Bitches.
I'm a pedigree bitch," I said.
"I can see that, and I feel for you,"Mutley replied. "You're trying to get through life by spending half of it prostrate."
"La vie horizontale," I conceded. "But, of course, I spend the other half trying out new pole-dance routines. That's something I excel in.
"Don't get the wrong impression." He said, I love your chest. "Fact is," he then added, "I've never rejected an advance from a 36DD."
Which particular biological qualification actually gives me the ability to hold therapeutic appointments in male sexual dysfunction and on how to stimulate the nerves involved in libidinous arousal - not to mention my research into activating the brain's melancoptin receptors. I can't think of anything else that draws you so warm-heartedly to the company of men which doesn't involve cunnilingus. And even though I, myself, make very little use of the freer sexual life that I advocate for others, the patriotic education of the male of the species is in my hands. I will accomplish it.... I have, in fact, endeavoured to present a paper on the subject, and tried to be objective in presenting summaries of all the current theories. This is what I do. Do I ever get tired, blasé, uppish? No, hand on heart, I'm always excited about libidinous matters, and still get that frisson with a every new patient.
Mutley, meanwhile, acknowledged that he firmly believed monogamy was not essential to a good relationship. "I believe in open associations," he said. And then went on to claim that he preferred fellatio to coitus." It combines," he stressed, "and surpasses the joys of flying."
Even though the farthest thing from my mind, when I make love to a man, is whom he may be married to, I realize now that in this, as in so many circumstances, men are only interested in one aspect of the problem. I shook my head. "I never accept offers," I said. "I make demands. That's two-hundred-fifty quid an hour. Plus expenses!"
It was then, with deliciously perfect timing and, crucially against my Pole, that Mutley lifted his hindmost leg and delivered this stinging response....
"You'll never make a Golden Retriever out of me." he said.
Mutleythedog looks pretty fierce, and the element of macho chic that he brings to my company is very imposing. He's got no discipline either (- but a very high sperm-count)! So people get out of the way in the street when they see the two of us coming. Other than that, Mutley is totally soppy. He's never even growled at me once.
Except with other dogs - then he's an absolute bully!
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Book Review - The New Small Person
About the Book
Lauren Child tells the familiar tale of a less-than-welcome sibling with subtlety, insight, affection, and humor.
Elmore Green starts life as an only child, as many children do. He has a room to himself, where he can line up his precious things and nobody will move them one inch. But one day everything changes. When the new small person comes along, it seems that everybody might like it a bit more than they like Elmore Green. And when the small person knocks over Elmore's things and even licks his jelly-bean collection, Elmore's parents say that he can't be angry because the small person is only small. Elmore wants the small person to go back to wherever it came from. Then, one night, everything changes. . . . In her signature visual style, Lauren Child gets to the heart of a child's evolving emotions about becoming a big brother or sister.
My Take on the Book
As I read this story, my thoughts were drawn to my two daughters. Often an older child has challenges when a young sibling arrives. The older child has their room, their toys, their routines, etc. In many instances if is often difficult for the older child to share.
The story shows clearly the feelings of the older child. But what I love about this story is that it also indicates to the reader/listener that those feelings can change. There can be a wonderful relationship blooming. All it takes is one special incident in their lives. And in this story once such incident occurs that enables the siblings to become good friends and playmates.
I believe this story is worth sharing with your children. It is sensitive to the issues of the older child, but also shows the love of the younger sibling.
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I had the chance to check out the new space (conveniently located next to their previous Richmond location) and was thoroughly impressed.
IKEA Canada has been one of the leaders of greening business in Canada, having been named one of the country's Greenest Employers 3 years in a row by Mediacorp. In fact, if you think about it, IKEA was actually the first Canadian retailer to stop the use of plastic bags.
Some other neat sustainable facts about the new Richmond location:
- it is 40% more efficient than the last round of stores that were built in the early 2000s (I'm looking at you Coquitlam)
- it has 'parking'spaces for 100 bikes, as opposed to the 12 at the old location
- they will be using environmentally friendly cleaning solvents and other products
- there will be improved waste/recycling throughout the entire property
If you head to IKEA Richmond tomorrow, there are some sweet deals!


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I was watching the Steelers game tonight and I remembered out of nowhere that I won Colin Cowherd's book. I am going to dig it out and read it. I am excited. When I got the book my husband made fun of me. I LOVE football and do not mind listening to sports shows on my local channel. For example I love Mike and Mike in the morning. Most subject always have a book to go with it. I think I have to read some tour books but I am going to dig out that book I won out and will keep you posted. Any sports fans out there? Let me know! And let me know if you know Colin Cowherd.
I have a lot of plans for book tours that I will be doing myself. If you read my old blog you will remember that I had 1-4 tours a day that I did for other companies. Then a great friend of mine pointed out since I know how to do tours so well that I should start my own business. And I did. So keep an eye out for tours and giveaways. I am going to get back into doing tours for other companies as long as there is no conflict of interest. I love to help out. And I love to bring my reading audience new books to check out.
Come back tomorrow. I think I will try my hand again at drabbles. FUN!
Oh by the way - I am going to NYComicCon on 10/11. Because of my MS I can only make it one day. I am hoping things will change next year because I am missing a lot on Friday especially. I came away with two free books and lots of comic books that I loved last year. I used the app on my phone to plan out my day this year plus I am writing everything on an index card in case I am out of range. I already wrote down the booths that are giving away advance copies of books YIPEE and JACKPOT!! Some of them you have to be the first say 100 people. But most you just get a free book. I hope I have the luck I had last year.
And off the subject of books but on the subject of ComicCon, wish me luck. I have a Superman shirt I wore last year but it is Soooo hot in the Javitz center. I wound up buying a Walkind Dead tank top. I don't like tanks so I ordered some shirts from the same place I got my Superman shirts, no luck. I am washing them everyday so they soften up. But I just found the ReedPop site and they had a v-neck shirt (Dr Who) and an 80's style off the shoulder (I think Walking Dead). So they look thin and comfy. The Superman shirts are like any mass produced shirt and have a circular neckline. I feel like I am choking in those. I own mostly v-neck shirts or shirts that are cut low. So I ordered the above mentioned shirts and wish me luck that they are lightweight and at least one fits.
I will tell you more about ComicCon as I find out info. Any readers on the East Coast going to the NY ComicCon? What day or days are you going? Let me know!
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Tahniahle pada yang dapat memiliki tu.. Ceroi?..Kalau nak beli iPad2 yang lama tu leh la jual eh..
KUALA LUMPUR: The iPad 2 is on sale from today, and anxious buyers have been queuing up at the shops since last night to get the latest edition of the device.
Internet marketer Wilson Chin, 26, was proud of being the first person in line at Machines Mid Valley at 10pm.
"I also wanted to document the whole experience of the iPad craze as early as possible on my blog.
"I usually wait for the second generation of most electronic gadgets as they usually come with improvements," he added.
IT analyst Siti Hafsah said she took a day off work for the iPad 2.
"I'm happy that the iPad 2 is launched simultaneously with Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.
"The last time, people had to wait for more than six months," she added.
Mobile application engineer Swee Wai Hoow said he needed the iPad 2 for his work.
"It will be interesting to see how the new features will be incorporated for new applications," said Swee.
The iPad 2 offers improvements from the original iPad by being thinner, lighter and faster with a claimed 10 hours of battery life.
The iPad 2 is also cheaper than its predecessor by RM50 to RM100 depending on individual models.
For the Wifi-only models, prices are fixed at RM1,499, RM1,799 and RM2,099 each for the respective 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions.
Meanwhile the 3G and Wifi-enabled models will go from RM1,899, RM2,199 and RM2,499 respectively.
Maxis yesterday announced it will offer dedicated data plans for iPad 2 in coming weeks.


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Artists: Josh Duffy
Josh Duffy
Web: http://www.joshduffytattoo.com/
What year did you start tattooing?
I started tattooing professionally in October of 2004 at Modern Ink in Inglewood, CA.
How did you get into tattooing?
My friends wanted tattoos and introduced me to tattoo magazines, which very quickly fascinated me.
I wanted to know more about it and eventually I got my first tattoo at the age of 21—then I was hooked!
Where did you apprentice?
I tried very hard to get an apprenticeship at many different shops. Most were unwilling to teach me—I even got laughed at when I went to one shop. It seemed like there wasn't anyone who took me seriously as an artist. That made me want it even more; I don't take "no" for an answer. With persistence I found a shop that was willing to take me on, Tattoo Mania in Hollywood, CA. I drove to the shop one late evening, around 7 p.m. Rocco, the owner, asked me how badly I wanted to learn. I was hungry to start learning and do whatever it took to become a tattoo artist, so he said all right, and I began to clean tubes and scrub the toilet within 10 minutes of meeting him. My apprenticeship was old-school and definitely not ideal, but it humbled me and made me realize my place. The apprenticeship with Rocco lasted only six months before I was fired, since I was more interested in art and they were more interested in old-school mentality and basic tattooing. I left the shop feeling very angry and determined to reach my goals. The very next day I met with Mario Vasquez, owner of Modern Ink. Mario was instantly complimentary of my art and hired me on the spot. I began my second apprenticeship with him, and after four days I was asked to do a tattoo, just to see where my skill level was. Upon completion of the tattoo, I was taken off apprenticeship and put on as part-time tattoo artist—I guess I did good, ha. Mario is the man that made it happen for me. He gave me my start and an open door. Everyone in my family is an artist, and they do it for a living. I was around art since I was in diapers, learning how to paint and draw at an early age. I look up to my mom, as she has artwork all over the world, and everything she does is flawless. I feel very fortunate that I have had so much art in my life, and so much support.
What conventions have you worked at? Have you won any awards?
I have worked at many conventions across the United States, and in Australia as well, and have won awards for my work many times. But you know, awards are just someone's opinion. I think that it is cool to win them, but it doesn't mean anything.
How do you describe your style?
I am not the best at describing my style, ha ha, but I like to do artwork instead of replication. I like to do dark black-and-gray, not necessarily evil, since anyone who has met me knows that I do not have an evil bone in my body. Portrait work is fun, but gets kind of boring to me since it is not pure art. But it's definitely practice for the pieces that I enjoy doing.
What inspires you as an artist?
I am inspired by horror movies, plant life, people, nature, religion, culture, elements, and daily life. I feel that everything contributes to the art that I create, and every experience influences my mood. Inspiration comes in many forms.
What other mediums do you work in?
I love to paint and draw, but I don't have tons of time, since tattooing is full-time for me as well as taking care of my family. I hope to become a much better painter in the future.
What tattoo artists do you admire most?
I admire all artists in all forms—it would be selfish to name only a few, since I gather inspiration from all of them to make my art the best it can be.
Is there a tattoo that you haven't done yet that you are dying to do?
I look forward to tattooing, period. I look forward to creating the best tattoos I can, while progressing with each one I do.


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There are two things which have always really puzzled and eluded me since I was a child 1) Whether I would ever swallow the bullet and get a tatoo (not sure about how i feel about being 60 saggy and illustrated) 2) How I could use lego men to live out my dreams and create mass havoc in a lego brick world of destruction.
Whilst I am still unable to decide what to do about these things The ads were done by GREY are a step closer than I am to finding the answers.
7 years ago


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This is tremendous news for all of us who view CETA as an assault on our democratic right to govern ourselves.
Here are two links worth following on the current situation:
- An Open Letter to the Parliament of Wallonia from Canadian Academics.
- The Great CETA Swindle by Corporate Europe Observatory


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This semester our group focused on a social media marketing campaign for Darcy Lear who is a Spanish Lecturer at the prestigious University of Chicago. Here business, DarcyLear.com offers a variety of services including academics (writing coach for PhD candidates), job/career transitions (resume critiquing and interview preparation), and on campus workshops (interview preparations, professional school applications, and job search documents).
In a time like now when social media is extremely popular, we knew that we needed to utilize the most commonly used outlets in order to ensure that Darcy's services would be publicized to the fullest. One major source that we utilized was Darcy's Twitter page, which was very beneficial to our project. Twitter allowed Darcy to be connected to other professionals that offered similar services while simultaneously promoting her own. Marcos and I were also aware of the "peak" hours of Twitter (which can be classified as the time of day where individuals are the most active on the website) and we recognized that Darcy needed to produce tweets during this time. We took into consideration the busy schedule of Darcy and decided to use a database called Hootsuite which gave Darcy the ability to plan her tweets from days to even weeks ahead. The database would automatically post her tweets which enabled her to market her services without the constant stress physically tweeting every three hours.
One important aspect of Spanish 332 that we also decided to use was the "hashtag". In class, Professor Abbott spoke about the importance of the hashtag and how it has the ability to expose a smaller business to a broader audience. What is so fascinating about this is that it is completely free of charge. We were able to promote Darcy's services faster and more efficiently.
In total, this campaign was very successful. Darcy has increased her Twitter followers and has received some clientele from this project. Although her numbers did not increase drastically, we are very content with our results. It takes time to build a strong foundation for a social media marketing campaign.
So what?
One thing that we have definitely learned from this experience is the importance of time management. In order for a social media marketing campaign to be successful one must constantly be engaged on various outlets of social media. We are full aware that life can be very busy so utilizing databases like Hootsuite, or SocialOomph will make marketing less time consuming.
We also recognized the importance of having multiple accounts on different platforms. During our project, Marcos and I completely forgot about our Facebook clientele and this is problematic because we could have potentially lost clients. By not staying actively engaged on both websites, we put our Facebook campaign at risk. We are now fully aware of how beneficial it is to pay close attention to multiple outlets of marketing.
In short, Marcos and I learned that there are easier ways to produce desired results. We also learned that it is imperative to be familiar with new technology so that it is easier to maneuver throughout the databases (Twitter, Facebook, Hootsuit, SocialOomph, etc.). As technology continues to evolve, I am certain that newer resources will be created for small business owners like Darcy Lear.
Now what?
With the videos and tweets we helped Darcy compose, we are also reaching out to a wide variety of people. The videos are posted on YouTube offering interview skills techniques in bothSpanish and English. Since YouTube is so widely used, the chance to reach out and affect others outside of the Champaign-Urbana community dramatically increases. A lot of the time, person who are looking for jobs aren't sure of how to appropriately respond to a lot of the questions. With help from such an academic professional, like Darcy, were able to best assist those needing guidance for their interview processes. Working with social media and Darcy has helped us learn a lot about the "twittersphere" and the plethora of people we actually reach out to. Even if we're not able to personally help these people, they can use any of the other videos Darcy's posted as references or also look up Darcy's Twitter for informative consulting and advising tips. Within the community it's important to spread the word about projects and people like Darcy. Being in such an academic setting, the advice is very useful for those seeking employment post-graduation or throughout their education. Although Darcy's Twitter followers have increased a lot as well with Facebook subscribers, there's still a long way to go. To maximize the effectiveness of Darcy's consulting, the course and community should follow and subscribe to her page. The easiest thing about this all is that it's so simplistic. It's either on Facebook, Twitter, or Darcy's blog so it's really accessible to the majority of people. Hopefully Darcy Lear's social media can grow to help a lot more people than just the Champaign-Urbana and UIUC community and that others may gain such insight from the very useful information.


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But what troubled me is the propaganda pic below circulating in Facebook, apparently designed as an offshoot of the release of the 2011 Bar Exam results. It capitalizes on the fact that Aguirre got a higher score than Santiago:
|An attack against Sen. Santiago circulating in Facebook. The one above is
circulated by a certain Ma. Stella A. Vizmanos
This fetish on Bar Exam results as a barometer for a lawyer puts into light another issue, that no student from the University of the Philippines College of Law was able to make it to top ten in the recent Bar Examinations Result.
No UP in Top Ten?
That UP, the country's premier university, failed to have one of its students reach the top ten in the bar surprised many, including UP itself (compelling them to have a meeting on the matter). This is when passing rate (31.9% of 5,990 examinees) is the 2nd highest this millennium (after 2001's 32.89%), supposedly due to reforms initiated by Corona. And this is when UP Law graduates consistently made it to the top ten: 4 in 2010, 2 in 2009 and 2008, 3 in 2007 and 2006. In 2005, UP law graduate Joan A. De Venecia even topped the bar.
|UP College of Law Centennial Commemorative Stamp
UP Law may not have anyone in the top 10, but then again, UP students, from UP Law and elsewhere, are not trained to memorize stuff and ace exams reflecting other people's thinking. UP students are trained to think differently, critique, argue, and invent. UP law students in particular are more trained to be practice-oriented rather than bar-oriented, to be litigators and not just attorneys-at-law, and as such are required to spend time as interns at the UP's Office of Legal Aid (see "From Classroom to Courtroom: OLA bridges gap between theory and practice of law").
In fact, as testament to hands-on and litigation-oriented rather than exam-based training in UP, UP Law's applicant team defeated Ateneo's (which bagged this year's top spot) respondent team in the national rounds of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition at the Supreme Court, giving them the opportunity to represent the country in the Washington DC International Rounds from March 25 to 31, 2012.
Proposal to Eliminate Ranking in Bar Exams
Some may ask then, what's the point of exams to begin with? Am I for the abolition of the bar exams? Of course not!
Before one becomes a lawyer, we have to require mastery of some of basic aspects of the law, enough to enable you to make valid legal arguments and to engage in legal reasoning. And this is what is measured by the exam - the mastery of the basic stuff. It does not measure if you will actually be able to make sophisticated (and competitive) legal arguments, or if you have a firm grasp of the political/economic context within which these legal arguments are made (and this requires exposure, experience). In this sense, whether you are a topnotcher or got a barely passing mark - if you have passed the bar, then it only means you learned enough to pass for a lawyer. Your grade doesn't automatically indicate future legal acumen. However, it doesn't stop you from learning more. It is possible for a "class goat" to know more about he law than the topnotcher through continuous study.
|From Hope for the Flowers. Caterpillars pointlessly climb the "caterpillar pillar" which
emerged from the act of climbing itself.
So what do we do? What we can do is to stop ranking bar exam passers. SC will still maintain its highly competitive passing rates, but should no longer announce the top 10 bar examinees. The examinees will receive letters in private containing their scores in each of the subjects and suggestions on how to improve. Together with reforms pushed by UP Law Dean Danilo Concepcion (specialized courses should no longer be included, the focus should be on the basic and litigation skill), other reforms that will engender new methods of pedagogy, and an increasing emphasis on legal philosophy, the nature of the exams should gradually move from being competitive and doctrinal to collegial, collaborative, open, and scientific.
On Ranking and Education
Ranking has a certain effect on one's psyche - not only does it impose hierarchy and imposes differences in relative confidence (people who are at the lower ranks may be persuaded that they will always perform less, and thus they do), it stifles paradigm-changing ideas from surfacing. For instance, the less legal education focus on bar exams which focuses on mainstream law, the more room we give to say, alternative law or development law.
The elimination of ranking in legal education goes against tradition and practice, but it is the way to the future - the 21st century post-enlightenment, post-factory-based education system.Our current system, designed to address to needs of mechanized industrialization, replicates all the elements of a factory system: testing and rejection criterion, ranking (through grades) and batching (year of graduation) for quality control, compartmentalizing for efficiency (dividing education in fields and disciplines), mass production (through huge tertiary schools), etc. In our post-industrial society that dismantles divisions between disciplines and recognizes the innate capacity of humans to learn and intuit, our method of legal education are slowly becoming obsolete.
Eliminating ranking in the education system may be too avant-garde for some, but more and more schools are doing so. Besides, more likely than not, it is the colleges and universities and not the students themselves which obsess over rankings, externalizing their obsessions to students through academic pressure and conforming their lessons to maximize passing rate.
In this sense, Miriam, judged by some as obnoxious, arrogant, and incredible, is still a brilliant lawyer, in terms of her grasp of the law and the norms and behavior of the Filipino society (maybe including how to navigate and survive while going against it). Whether she is a moral or patriotic or pro-people lawyer is another thing, and let that be a subject of a different debate.
Let us attack her politics, her attitude, her temperament. But let us not discount her intelligence and her ability by a mere score in an exam. It will be an insult to the concept of intelligence itself to do so. It will be an insult to those who did poorly in formal exams but excellently in life. It will also serve to calcify old and obsolete notions of learning, intelligence, and ability.
|Another attack pic circulated by a certain Reyna Elena


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March 8, 2015
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, VT
The Rev. Jeanne Finan
The Chair in the Doorway
...sixteen tons and what do you get
another day older and deeper in debt.
St. Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the Company Store....
This is an old Johnny Cash song,
A song about the life of coal miners who can't make ends meet
no matter how hard they work.
By the end of the month the only option to feed their families
is to shop at the Company Store
where everything costs triple--or more---
and where they just keep going deeper and deeper and deeper
into debt.
Today we call it predatory lending.
It still happens.
People who can't make it to payday get a loan.
The typical two-week payday loan
usually has an annual interest rate of around 400 %.
Yes, you heard me correctly.
These loans are not rare.
The estimate is that 12 million Americans
are trapped every year in this cycle of payday loans.
And we wonder why the poor stay poor?
Why those on the margins can't ever get ahead?
Now the good news is that in Vermont
payday loans for exorbitant interest rates are illegal.
But yes, there are loopholes
(it seems there are always loopholes)--
but we are fortunate to live in a state
that realizes that the Company Store mentality
is not a good thing
not good for our communities
and certainly not good for individuals.
We hear in today's gospel
that Jesus doesn't care much
for the Company Store way of business either.
People are coming
It's probably around the year 32
and it is the season of Passover.
A very holy season.
According to their traditions,
each family is expected to make an offering to God in the temple.
This offering is usually a lamb, perhaps a calf,
or if you are of limited means, a dove.
But if you own no livestock,
if you're poor,
or if you have had to travel a long distance
which means you could not bring an animal with you,
you have to purchase the animal
once you arrive at the Temple.
Their livestock offerings are priced off the charts.
In addition you also must pay a temple tax.
Here's where the money changers come in.
You cannot use your regular money,
you cannot pay in the currency from your own region.
These coins are not allowed in the Temple,
because Caesar's money--
or any coin with the image of a secular ruler-- was "unholy".
You have to change your everyday coins into temple money,
into shekels, the local Jerusalem currency.
The money changers made quite a hefty profit
on each exchange.
It would be a very shallow interpretation of this scripture
to think that Jesus is upset
about items being sold in the temple.
Jesus is upset--very upset--
because people are cheating other human beings,
people are very purposefully taking advantage of others,
especially the poor.
Jesus is not turning over the money changers tables
because he thinks money is bad.
He is not chasing the merchants out of the temple
because he doesn't want anything sold there.
We must not forget that there are very good merchants,
generous corporations,
who care about individuals and about communities.
Even in today's market-driven world
so many of you
work incredibly hard on the various events and fund raisers
here at St. Paul's.
So you can give money to others.
You don't get richer.
The Cathedral doesn't get richer.
We raise money
to give it away.
But in so many ways that DOES make us richer.
Christmas wreaths.
Tree saplings.
Silent auctions.
Spaghetti dinners.
There are many ways to work for justice.
Yes, our labor is important.
Our voices are essential.
But we must not scoff at raising money
or writing a check or giving away money.
Because this is another way
to make a dent in an unjust system.
We must not forget prayer and worship
for these, too, weaken the ropes that bind
the oppressed.
To give for the common good--
whether with our bodies, our creativity, our worship
or our wallets--or all of the above--
this is the good news made real and alive.
This is all justice work.
Jesus is standing in the Temple,
whip in hand,
looking a bit like Indiana Jones.
Jesus is calling for a boycott of the Company Store mentality.
Jesus is angry about injustice
and those who perpetuate it.
Jesus calls us to be angry too--
not a senseless violent rage
but an anger that is born of love and compassion
for our fellow human beings and this world we inhabit.
An anger that will strengthen us
to believe that we can make a difference.
Here it is:
My father left when I was eight years old.
Mom had six kids to raise.
She was educated but never worked outside the home.
Father didn't allow that.
She had never written a check.
The money was his domain.
She didn't know about debts he had made--
debts she became responsible for.
She went on welfare.
In 1965 the maximum benefit was $ 165 a month.
We were strangers in Boone County--no family,
no one to turn to for help but the
church we attended.
Men came to repossess our furniture.
Mom called the pastor.
He came to our house and sat in a chair
in the doorway
and wouldn't let them take the furniture.
I'm forty now but I've never forgotten that.
I've never forgotten that.
We are constantly called
to be the people that will come and sit in a chair in the doorway
for someone else,
for someone who has been pushed to the margins,
for someone who is being beat up by bullies
over and over and over.
You do not need to be a pastor or priest or ordained in any way
to block the doorway against injustice.
We promise in our baptismal covenant
to strive for justice and peace
among all people
and respect the dignity of every human being.
We need to show up to sit in those chairs.
We need to care more about others than ourselves.
We all need to do a little spring cleaning of our own lives,
It is so easy to judge and criticize others,
especially the poor, the excluded, those who are different--
when really,
we ought to be turning over some of the sharp-edged tables
in our own lives,
and looking deeply into our own souls.
And yes, I feel certain that the merchants and the money changers
have their own story to tell as well.
But the gospel story today is clear.
Injustice is not alright.
Keeping silent is not acceptable.
Being too busy is not an excuse.
We are called to work together to protect the vulnerable
from having their souls
owed to the company store.
This fight against injustice
is the journey
to save our own souls as well.


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- No thank you. This still feels like a draft to us.
- No thank you. This doesn't fit with our editorial vision or sensibility.
- No thank you. Honestly, we are overloaded with stuff right now, and your essay did not grab us on the first page, so we didn't keep reading.
- No thank you. This is potentially really interesting, but it's too long for what it is.
- No thank you. We really prefer to publish the Under 40 and Fabulous Crowd, and this is not that.
Friday, June 18, 2010
What One Writer Wants in a Rejection
6 comments:
No thank you. One of our staff of unpaid creative writing majors googled you, and you aren't a creative writing professor.
No thank you. You're not someone I personally know in New York.
- June 18, 2010 at 12:01 PM
My first rejection on a full ms request was delitefully horrifying. It stated that my novel was emotionally radiant with good literary merit, but was too dark for the agency at hand.
I clicked my heels and sobbed at the same time. It was the big R, but at least it wasn't because my novel was sloppy or first draft like.
- June 18, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Sorry, we're only publishing obscure, decades-long dead authors at this time.
- June 18, 2010 at 5:31 PM
I love these. They're not very funny because they're absolutely true.
- June 19, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Why it would be nice to get honest little form rejections like this (and yes, I get it's a joke) I do sympathize with the editors sometimes. For every decent piece they reject, there are 10 more crazy bad pieces from crazy writers. Sending a "this is potentially interesting but too long for what it is" rejection may then be met with either the writer happily lopping of 500 words at random and resubmitting or an angry email ranting about how short-sighted they are and how they don't recognize good work when they see it. Blah.
- June 20, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- Dr Ken said...
I like your blog. It's reassuring but also uplifting.
Here's an award of sorts!
- June 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM


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As journalism is lauded for its efforts in a Trump world, it vies to be read, even by those whose outrage is sparked by shade being thrown at this divisive figure.
Resignations are called for, probes demanded. A fracas ensues, a kerfuffle even. It's quite the dust-up. Five fast facts you need to know about the imbroglio are curated and cited.
I dislike the word "hub." I won't soft-pedal this, it vexes me.
Same with "tweak," which Trump used Monday to refer to Canadian-American trade agreements that he will not tear up, though he likely won't dial back on his relentless attacks on an embattled southern neighbour. (He has his dukes up. I don't actually know what this means, probably something to do with cars or maybe bullfighting.)
Other words I decry: fashionista, sweet treat, fodder. As I mull them, they raise my ire and I rue their usage. I'd reach out to ask headline writers what they were thinking but I recoil lest they slam me.
Let's double down, take a deep dive into why readers are averse to veering into mainstream media of yore. It will be a game-changer, even in print where these archaic words were devised. Language is resilient despite our attempts to level the playing field into a flatland of clichés. Here's my take.
Shall I stop now? I'll try.
The kind of words I laud, sorry, prefer, are the kind that English-speakers would use in conversation. Online sites that understand how to subliminally attract readers will not create barriers. Over here, they say, and one happily changes lanes.
But many media websites continue to use an olde worlde language. Readers don't necessarily register that they have taken an off-ramp. But suddenly they have the sensation that they have actually driven the wrong way. They are in a place where normal conversational English isn't spoken. Each time readers experience this, they feel unwelcome at some level and are less likely to return.
Journalism is fast and impermanent. It's written in haste with a 3 p.m. deadline 10 minutes ago and it doesn't work if it's delivered with pomposity. At their best, Brits write with cleverness and Americans with casual ease. The British media have done a better job than have the Americans at translating English from Faux Literary to Spoken Word. I can't speak for Canadians but we're all trying here.
The American is like sportswear — comfortable and a thing of beauty — so why don't they use it in newspapers online? Bob Odenkirk, who plays scam artist Jimmy McGill in AMC's Better Call Saul, is also a writer, his most recent book A Load of Hooey. No one handles the American demotic better. It flows like honey. No, that's a cliché and a fake analogy. You don't pour honey onto your toast. Odenkirk's words flow like laundry detergent.
Online I could tell you how Slippin' Jimmy tells a bingo crowd at a seniors home how he was once arrested for a public act known as the Chicago Sunroof. It is one of the strangest and funniest monologues I've ever seen performed. In print, I don't know if it would be permitted.
When the "University" episode of The Sopranos — Ralph Cifaretto beats a young stripper to death in the Bada Bing parking lot — ran on HBO in April 2001, network TV knew it was finished unless it could compete with offering viewers that level of fake reality. One network sent the episode around head office asking what could be done.
Nothing, apparently. Cable won. It was better. With that lesson in mind, why is news still delivered so woodenly?
"World is suddener than we fancy it. World is crazier and more of it than we think," wrote Louis MacNeice in his 1935 poem "Snow." Journalism has to describe this world. Who's rising to the challenge? Who isn't?
The competition to see who can draw readers, if not advertising, will soon become a life struggle. If your headline on Trudeau disciplining a Trump handshake on the White House steps Monday didn't include "yank," "jerk" and a play-by-play analysis with reference to a 90-degree angle of arm, centre of gravity and the classic Hand Sandwich move, then it failed.
Here's a test. Sean Spicer yesterday referred to Trump's "incredibly productive set of meetings with PM Joe Trudeau of Canada."
Write a headline, please. I wait agog.


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several videos
hey just here to dump my shit then go. I'm puttin the last 3 videos I've worked on. I think there all pretty coo.
I'm actually kind of proud of this video. when i put it up I hated it and was embarrassed but the response has been really good and that makes me feel pretty nice. so yeah.
I made the end music for this. I wish the mix was better. fucking you tube screws up every mix i do. so i wish it sounded better but I'm glad I got to work with Niko Anesti again.
I'm happy with this one


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SCANDAL: Top of the Hour
- Fitz's pick for Supreme Court Justice is caught in an affair.
- Season 2 | Episode 16
- Aired on 03/21/2013 (Thursdays 10:00pm/9:00pm)
- Ratings TV-14
- Run Time: 43:12
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Created by: Shonda Rhimes
Inspired by: Judy Smith, author of Good Self, Bad Self
Starring: Kerry Washington (as Olivia Pope)
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Katie Lowes
Guillermo Díaz
Tony Goldwyn
Jeff Perry
Bellamy Young
Joshua Malina
Henry Ian Cusick
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