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It can't really be unusual that I always want to relive the fun and happy moments of my life. This tendency has got to be human nature, this need to recreate a successful event or fun family time and to want experience the feeling of joy and celebration over and over again. We all do it; we venture to host our second and third annual Christmas parties, revisit the exotic locations of our family vacations, travel on our second honeymoons and decide to have more children. I have tried on my occasion, often unsuccessfully, to recreate my most cherished times and have often ended up disappointed because frankly, it is just really difficult to make something "happen" more than once. Most of the time the problem lies in the fact that my expectations are just too high and my memories of past events too idealized. Other times, the stars and planets just don't align in the same way they did before. I guess that's life.
My task that day was to make lunch while Amy and Peter grabbed a bottle of wine from the refrigerator in my garage. I tend to keep more than a few bottles of yummy special wine out there since for me, Malibu is the perfect place to enjoy a bottle of wine. You see, the house that my husband and I have out there is one of the few places that I can go to really relax. It's very casual and quiet, and best of all, it gets horrible cell phone service, so going out there, all the way to the edge of Zuma is an act of strategic, wine-filled escape.
Now, believe it or not, I don't have the crazy wine collection that I should. I just don't have the time or opportunity to drink the wine that I would amass if I was to start my own cellar. My husband doesn't drink, so opening an entire bottle of wine for me to only consume one glass is just too wasteful for me to handle. And honestly, cataloging and caring for such an investment is more than I can handle right now. Instead, I've bought a few random special bottles to enjoy when friends come over or to drink on a special occasion like this one.
I told Amy and Peter to pull out any bottle they wanted and was thrilled when they came back with a bottle of 2004 Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne. I bought a few bottles of Coche-Dury wines in pre-recessionary times and was waiting for the perfect time to open one up. Coche-Dury is thought by many, including me, to be one of the all-time best and most sought-after producers of white Burgundy. Jean-François Coche is the third generation of Coche's to tend the less than 9 hectares of the family's vines. He, and now his son Raphael, care for their vineyards with reverence and rigor and in doing so produce vines of low yields and extremely high quality. In the cellar, long lees contact (to prevent oxidation) and high doses of new wood give Coche-Dury's wines their characteristic opulence, vibrance and acidity. Though most people would probably plan a meal carefully around the opening of such a rare bottle, at the time it seemed like the perfect, impromptu thing to do. We were blown away by the wine from the moment we looked at it. The wine had an stunning golden hue and striking nose of slate-like minerality and power. On the palate, the wine was equally as intense with notes of pear and apple, hints of hazelnut, exotic spices and incredibly racy acidity. We all loved the wine itself, but also the fact that we got to enjoy something so great in such a casual, unplanned manner, together.
For each year since, I've invited them back out to celebrate the Fourth with the promise of another bottle of Coche. We've drunk the 2005 Corton-Charlemagne, the 2004 Meursault-Perrieres and just this last holiday, the 2005 Meursault. Each of these wines has held their own against the others and has memorialized each summer celebration with its stunning deliciousness. I'm hoping that I can get my hands on another bottle before July of 2012 so that I can keep this annual tradition and my Fourth of July "re-do" alive.


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Cherish (December 24/02)
Robin Tunney's big break came several years ago, with The Craft - a mediocre movie about witches that nevertheless allowed her to shine. Since then, she's been unable to find a role in a movie that wasn't weak in some way; her performance as a victim of turret's syndrome in Niagara, Niagara was literally the best thing about that movie. Unfortunately, with Cherish, she's stuck in the same rut.
Tunney stars as Zoe, a flighty and quirky girl who's working a cubicle job and pining after a handsome co-worker named Andrew (Jason Priestley). The two get to talking at an office party and seem to hit it off, but after going to her car to retrieve something, Zoe is accosted by a suspicious man. He forces her into the car, and the two drive off - even though Zoe is quite drunk by this point. After Zoe accidentally runs over (and kills) a cop, she's arrested and the strange guy is nowhere to be found. Her lawyer (played by Nora Dunn) manages to keep Zoe from going to prison before the trial, and instead has her placed under house arrest. She is moved into a spacious flat and has a bracelet attached to her leg that'll let the authorities know if she tries to leave the apartment. Daly (Tim Blake Nelson), the man assigned to Zoe, finds himself curiously drawn to her.
Cherish opens with a spectacular sequence that, unfortunately, sets unrealistic standards for the rest of the movie. With The Association's Cherish playing in the background, the camera glides through Zoe's office and introduces us to the people in her life. It's not often that a popular song (well, it was popular back in the day) is paired so seamlessly with images, so it didn't seem unreasonable to expect a lot out of the film. And while the majority of the movie is filled with similarly impressive visuals, the story just isn't dense enough to maintain interest for over 90 minutes.
Once Zoe moves into the loft, the film becomes (essentially) a series of wacky vignettes featuring her reaction to the various characters and situations that now surround her. Some of this stuff is kind of interesting (such as Zoe's relationship with the anal-retentive Daly), but a lot of it is superfluous and feels like padding. There's this whole subplot following Zoe's attempts to climb to the top of her building without being caught that never really goes anywhere, but does add about 10 minutes to the runtime. And that's the problem, really; a lot of elements feel like they've been thrown in for that reason and that reason alone. Cherish would've worked a lot better had it been a short film.
Still, Tunney's performance allows for a certain level of interest to be maintained, and it was definitely a treat seeing Nelson play something other than a doofus. But the movie never quite lives up to their performances, substituting quirkiness for story.
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With Sir Gwaine and his followers lost in the wilds near Ismir, the stronghold revived by none other than Morgana, Arthur knows that a rescue mission is the only possible course of action, but Gaius warns that a direct assault is exactly what Morgana is expecting. Gwen suggests Arthur and his knights take an alternate route, approaching Ismir from the west by crossing through the land of their ally, Queen Annis.
Annis is only too glad to grant safe passage to Arthur and his knights, and the evening's feast leads to merriment, which somehow leads to Merlin getting tricked into juggling for the Queen's pleasure. Arthur is shocked to learn his trusted servant has this skill, but the humiliation of being treated as a jester can't wipe one image from Merlin's mind: Before reaching Alice's castle, the rescue party came upon a village that had been sacked, and all its inhabitants dead. Merlin wandered on his own and came across man who sprang to life when Merlin touched a strange symbol on the man's wrist.
The man warned Merlin to take greater care than ever of Arthur, or the prophesy of Arthur's Bane would trap them all in its cycling destiny. He then showed Merlin a vision of Arthur in a terrible battle, being struck down by a dark-haired foe. The dragon tells Arthur that the symbol on the man's wrist was that of a Druid seer, and he should heed the words and vision well.
Gwaine and his company, meanwhile, have been captured by Morgana and put to work in the mines underneath her stronghold. She is searching for a mystical key that her adviser says will grant her access to worlds of knowledge, and she forces her captives to hack in the granite in search of it. One night, Gwaine spies a soft light coming from one of the uninhabited mining tunnels. Following it, he is surprised by Morgana's guards, beaten for wandering away, and left for dead. But as his body lies prone, a glowing blue figure approaches and incants a spell that heals Gwaine's mortal hurt.
As Arthur and his knights approach Morgana's castle, Merlin tries to get Arthur to turn back when they are sprung upon by Morgana's forces. Arthur is attacked and Merlin must carry him away to safety. Word of the ambush reaches Camelot, where Gwen realizes her trusted handmaiden, Sefa, has been feeding information to the enemy. As punishment for this treason, she sentences the girl - who did what she did in order to protect her sorcerer father - to death. Gaius and others look askance at Gwen's severity, but say nothing.
In a quiet dell, Merlin tends to the wounded Arthur who, the moment he awakes, insists on going after his men. Merlin breaks down and tells him of the prophecy he heard, but Arthur places no authority in it. As the two search for food, they fall into a trap, and are cut down by a band of ruffians. A dubious figure saves them from immediate death by saying that Lady Morgana must decide their fate. Arthur is grateful for the reprieve, but Merlin recognizes the face as the one who slew Arthur in the Druid's vision - and it is Mordred.


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- jcam13
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- Wedding: May 2013
Does anyone celebrate their engageiversary after they've been married? I've seen a few Facebook posts like this lately and feel like I'm missing something…
Does anyone celebrate their engageiversary after they've been married? I've seen a few Facebook posts like this lately and feel like I'm missing something…
um no. The same goes for "dating" anniversaries and anything else. not a fan!
We said it to each other, but not on Facebook or any other social media.
@jpalm13: I wouldn't put it on facebook but I would probably celebrate with my SO.
Of couse, I will celebrate anything. Often it just means me cooking one of our favorite meals and getting a nicer bottle of wine.
@jpalm13: I honestly can't remember what our exact dating/engaged anniversaries are…oops.
My engagement was a year and a half, so I did post on facebook about our "engageiversary" once, while we were still engaged. But after we got married? No.
I think about our dating anni because it's how long we've known each other but I don't share any of that openly
Our dating anniversery is so amazing and I am so not willing to give it up. We started dating on New years eve. We are not ring engaged yet and I dont remember what day it was when we mutually aggreed to get married but I am almost postive he will be traditionally proposing on new years eve 🙂
Even if I did get engaged in the traditional sense, I'm sure I wouldn't remember the day it happened. I'm not a "dates" person.
We will always acknowledge our dating anniversary, it was our day for 8 years before we got married, And it's a special day to us.
I wouldn't say anything publicly, but we'll probably do something fun together to celebrate the day.
We're planning on having a "negative 1" year wedding anniversary celebration on 8/8/14, though! Basically just going out to a bar with friends and having a good time. We both thought it would be a fun idea since we're having a long engagement!
We were in Venice on our honeymoon on our 1-year engagiversary, so we laughed about it, and brought back a bottle of bubbly with dinner that night.
This year… We may have had a glass of wine and said something about it, but that's not much different than any other night.
No we never really acknowledged it. We still acknowledge our dating anniversary though.
Nope, definitely not. Not my style. My husband and I celebrated our dating anniversary, although now that we're married it will likely just be a nice dinner at home (and a good excue for champagne!) and an acknowledgment since we have our wedding anniversary now. I don't even think we mentioned our engagement "anniversary." It just doesn't seem necessary…kind of like people celebrating "month-aversaries".
I don't even remeber what date we got engaged. So no, we won't be celebrating it. I know it was in April, and so will our wedding. No need to celebrate twice in one month. I'm sure we will still do our dating one, at least in a small private way, since that is the first day we met. It's always fun to say 'We've known eachother for X years"
@jpalm13: I remember my dating anniversary over the day I got engaged (which is sad–I just know it was Friday in Sept and would have to look back at the calendar at the specific day).
We only celebrate our wedding anniversary. Our dating one, its just like, "Hey. We've been together X amount of years. Wanna use it as an excuse to eat ice cream like pigs?" And because he's an awesome guy, he'd totally be on board.
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Dreamfall Chapters continues and concludes the gripping story of Zoë Castillo, the Dreamer. Revisiting familiar locations and characters, and introducing new sights and sounds, new faces, new game mechanics, new thrills and challenges, Dreamfall Chapters takes the player on an emotional, exciting and challenging journey — from a dystopian cyberpunk future, through the mysterious and dreamlike Storytime, to the magical landscapes of Arcadia. We aim to recapture the heart and soul of The Longest Journey and to improve on the immersion and game mechanics of Dreamfall in order to bring you a fitting, satisfying and emotional conclusion to the Dreamer Cycle.
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Every year around this time I write a post on what it's like being whatever age I am and single (26, 27, 28, 29). This year I bring you a post about what it's like being 30 and in love.
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For 29 years I couldn't imagine being in a relationship. It was always this far off, foreign concept. I liked boys, dated boys, kissed boys (…not always in that order) but never jumped in enough to develop a long-term relationship. I was fiercely protective of my heart and had incredibly high standards.
At the end of March, two months before my 30th birthday, Justin asked me out. I was surprised because we had unsuccessfully dated before (see previous post.)
I said yes, unaware of the journey in front of me.
It didn't take long for me to discover I was riddled with fear. Worse case scenario meant finding myself heartbroken, unable to get out of bed, eating only Wendy's. (Aka Lorelai in season 5 of Gilmore Girls.)
I knew I needed to risk my heart on the line, but how much of my heart, and at what pace? Where was the formula?
Somewhere along the way, between April and September, my heart fell into Justin's hands.
It was the Saturday we went blueberry picking. The summer heat soaked my clothes despite it being 9am. When we kissed it was sweaty and gross. He picked most of the blueberries; eventually I stood in the shade because I was so hot. He was supposed to take me home so I could clean the house for my birthday party that night, but instead we spent the day running errands and making out in the car, the AC blasting.
It was a month later when we were on the red couch, navigating a difficult situation. Turns out I was in the wrong. I falsely accused him because of a misunderstanding, yet he didn't throw a punch back. He listened, he cried, he kissed me. I'll never forget that feeling of my heart dropping in my ribcage and my chest warming my body. Falling in love is an actual feeling.
It was the countless hours he listened to me verbally process. The book he gave me for my birthday. Trips to the airport. Flowers left in my room. That time he picked me for his cornhole partner, even though I'm no good. It was him sitting on my bed, reading scripture or The New York Times to help distract me from the panic I faced.
It was him saying "I love you" for six months with no return.
I didn't realize my heart had slipped out of my control until October when I was in Ecuador on a bus from Mindo to Quito. I was typing out a note to him on my phone (to email later) when I found myself writing, "Do you know what you're holding? My heart is dangling between your fingers…"
I was afraid for most of our relationship, and that slowed me down, but I never let fear stop me completely. I just inched into the water instead of cannonballing. I'm sure I could have handled things more smoothly, more maturely, but as my married friend Holli says, "When it comes to this stuff we all act like 6th graders." (Can I get an amen??)
Falling in love with Justin is a love story between me and him, but even more than that I consider it a love story between me and God. More than trusting Justin with my heart, I had to trust God with it. I wanted God to tell me what to do (or what would happen), but He didn't. He gently guided me with wisdom, but the moves were always mine to make.
If there's one thing I've learned about love, it's that it plays out differently for everyone. As much as I wanted a rulebook, or a formula, it doesn't exist.
In December, on the same red couch where my heart first dropped, I said those three words for the first time.
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Emotions ran high during Saturday's overtime thriller between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
ESPN's Lisa Salters reported on the broadcast that a loud, profanity-laced shouting match took place in the Warriors' locker room at halftime. It sounded as if Draymond Green and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr were the principle characters in the dispute.
"One of the players, believed to be Draymond Green, was shouting so loudly and using such profanity in the locker room that it could be heard well outside the locker room," Salters reported.
"At one point, the player said, 'I'm not a robot. You messed me up right now. If you don't want me to shoot, tell me, and I won't ever shoot again.' As his teammates tried to calm him down, he could be heard saying, 'Come over and sit me down.' OKC police heard it and came to stand outside the locker room, just in case they were needed."
The Warriors trailed 57-46 at halftime, and at that point Green was 0-of-3 from the field. He would finish the game with two points after having missed all eight of his shots.
The reigning champions, however, would eventually erase the deficit in regulation, before Stephen Curry drilled a heart-breaker to secure their 53rd win in overtime.
Green, despite his struggles from the field, played a huge part in the comeback. He entered the half as a minus-11, and finished as a plus-10, meaning that he was on the court for a 21-point turnaround to finish the game. He also had 14 assists, 14 rebounds, six steals, and four blocks on the night to make up for his lackluster scoring output.
After the game, Kerr assured the media that everything was kosher with Green.
"You guys know Draymond, come on. A part of what makes him special is his emotion and his passion. So nothing major happened. Obviously we came out and played great in the second half."


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A friend of mine asked if I could sew a Captain America nap mat for her son. I love making stuff for my friends, and I always love a challenge!
I started by using this tutorial from Prudent Baby, but I ended up changing it so much, that I could have done my own tutorial (had I taken pictures).
I made the top as a pillowcase, so that the pillow could be taken out when it's washed.
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The blanket is attached and made of cozy fleece:
And it all rolls up and velcro's shut! I took some creative license and put his name on the outside. Hope he likes it!
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Since I was a kid I have been fascinated by makeup. It's power to transform a face with just the simplest bits..
Make up for me has always been a part of making my days joyful. I can wake up feeling and looking like crap and with the swipe of a brush, a dab of highlighter and some great foundation and within minutes I am feeling like a new person. Don't get me wrong.. I think the natural is good... but I have to say.. Make up is great!
...And in 2017 I plan on diving into the world of video.. But for now.. in the good old fashioned way I am sharing the products that I used to create this look.. Through photo's and words..
So shall we start..
This Foundation is buildable and had Hyaluronic Acid to help keep your skin hydrated all day.. It goes on smooth.
I adore this little metallic pot that comes complete with it's own liquid primer. Buildable and beautiful.. For this look I with my finger added two light layers of product to create a subtle yet striking highlight.
Dabbed a little of the beautiful dark nude color (second row, third down) under the Stila Metalic shade.
This cheek palette is perfection.. Striking and bold.. I am a crazy girl for cheeks.. and never pass up the opportunity to wear juts a touch too much blush. For this look I dabbed a bit if Exhibit A (the bright orange reddish color) and layered Takeover to tone it down a bit all with the Yachiyo Kabuki Brush
A beautiful bold full creamy red..
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Rochefort Brewery (Brasserie de Rochefort) is a Belgian brewery which produces three beers designated as Trappist beers. The brewery is associated with the Rochefort Abbey, which originated in the thirteenth century; monks have been brewing beer at Rochefort since the sixteenth century, providing much of the income for the monastery.
Around fifteen monks live at Rochefort Abbey, where the first brewery was founded in 1595.[1] The water for the beer is drawn from a well inside the monastery walls.
Rochefort uses Pilsener and Munich-type malts, and Hallertau and Golding hops.[1]
- Rochefort 6 (red cap, brown beer, 7.5% ABV). Reddish colour, brewed only about once per year, representing approximately 1% of total beer production. This beer begins with a density of 16.5º Plato is 7.5% ABV. "Rochefort 6" is the oldest Rochefort Trappist beer and was brewed empirically until the end of the Second World War. Until 1958, this was the only Rochefort beer that was bottled in both 33 cc bottles and 75 cc bottles. It has a strong malt taste and is slightly bitter.
- Rochefort 8 (green cap, brown beer, 9.2% ABV). Yellowish-brown colour, with more fruits and a slight amount of Demi-sec. This variety constitutes the largest proportion of production. Dates from 1955. Originally this beer was only brewed for New Year's Eve celebrations. "Rochefort 8" begins with a density of 20.8º Plato and reaches a final 9.2% ABV. Due to the overwhelming success of this beer, the monks decided around 1960 to brew it on a regular basis. Sometimes this beer is also referred to as the "Special".
- Rochefort 10 (blue cap, dark beer, 11.3% ABV). Reddish-brown colour, begins with a density of 24.5º Plato and ultimately reaches 11.3% ABV.
- ^ a b Jackson, Michael (1 March 1991). "A saintly glass with the brothers of barley". Retrieved 20 May 2015.
External links[edit]
- Abbey website
- Brasserie de Rochefort (in English) Brewery details from BeerTourism.com
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I often hear from my yoga students and clients that meditation is just TOO hard…and I have to admit that until 2 weeks ago, I succumbed to the same thought process. It just seemed that my constantly busy mind was just too cluttered with chattering loud noise and a seemingly real 'lack of time' mindset to find even 2 minutes for practicing. But all this stuff is just excuses because sitting still and being present to the chatter feels frustrating.
Or maybe even defeating…
Can't say I know a single person who would love to admit and relish in the fact that sitting for even 2 minutes, perfectly still and silent, is probably one of the most difficult and yet nourishing things a person can do for oneself. Yet, most of us never get past the difficult part to experience how healing and profoundly liberating a meditation practice can be. I should know.
Try after try, year after year, meditation was something I believed I couldn't do. "It's not for me," I said. "My mind just won't get quiet," I moaned. For a long time, I thought that meditation was too simple and yet hard, thus I didn't really need to do it. I'd even avoid it every time a practitioner I was working with would ask me to practice daily. Then this past May, I sat in a 30-minute group meditation in LA suddenly faced with the reality that the noise in my head was exponentially louder than the room I shared with at least 100 other people.
The experience felt like failure, so I avoided it again…
Seven months rolled by and then BAM! With the strain of fully committing to my dream life this past December (yes, taking a leap isn't easy and involves way more energy than running on auto-pilot in a life you don't really like), my Ayurvedic practitioner suggested meditation. Finally, I internally and mentally said YES to this choice.
I'm no expert (all two-weeks into a practice that I can honestly admit that I've haven't been 100% about) in this moment, but I realized 2 important things that I hope will shed some light for those of you who really believe it just isn't for you:
1) In sitting for 15 minutes of meditation daily, it literally takes me more time right now to finally feel 'still' than the time I actually spend there. Probably at least 10 minutes is spent wrestling with…well, me. And it's totally ok. I never knew until now how tense I wake up each day. This spells bad news since the level of stress only builds from there.
2) Maybe meditation isn't about the goal of being still. Instead, it might be about the process of becoming still in body and mind. That journey, in and of itself, can provide valuable information and insight to dis-ease you regularly feel as well as how to begin the process of un-winding the baggage and stress we carry around like pack-mules.
Overall, I notice that when I don't meditate, I actually miss it. Feels weird and strange to 'miss' meditating, but I do (even the beginning moments of the most intense struggle to settle down and be still). And on the days that I successfully sit for 15 minutes, I find myself calmer, more energized, and better prepared to deal with un-ruly situations and people. For me, that's a win-win.
I'll share my journey about this new adventure as things continue to unfold, but in the meantime, I invite you to take a seat, even if only for a minute or two each day and practice sitting still. Damn all those excuses and make the time for yourself. Who knows…maybe meditation could be the start of a real personal revolution to feeling a little bit better and more at ease each and every day.


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Practice Fusion secures $85m to fuel acquisitions, expansion
December 10, 2013 Written by Jonathan Brandon
Healthcare IT has transformed in recent years, particularly for smaller practices – which look to adopt learner support systems that do more for less while improving patient care. Practice Fusion, a provider of cloud-based EMR, big data and booking services secured an additional $15m Tuesday, bringing its total series D round haul to $85 million. The company said the new funds will fuel strategic acquisitions to help Practice Fusion keep its momentum.
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Gaspin group leader for NBC
EmptyNBC Universal is consolidating all of its non-NBC and non-Universal Media Studios television properties into Universal Television Group, a newly formed division to be overseen by NBC Uni's cable and digital guru Jeff Gaspin.
In his new position as president and COO of Uni TV Group, Gaspin will add oversight of Telemundo TV network, its 16 owned-and-operated stations and NBC Uni's domestic first-run and off-net syndication unit to his current portfolio that includes NBC Uni's entertainment cable networks — USA Network, Bravo, Chiller, Sci Fi Channel, Sleuth and Universal HD — and its digital and wireless efforts.
Telemundo and first-run syndication previously reported to NBC Uni TV stations and network operations president Jay Ireland, who recently left the company to become president and CEO at GE Asset Management. Off-net syndication was under the purview of Marc Graboff, who was named co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios two months ago.
Gaspin is the third NBC Uni executive to take over some of Ireland's responsibilities, along with John Wallace, who recently was named president of the NBC O&O stations and NBC TV Network, and Media Works president John Eck, who added oversight of NBC affiliate relations and network operations.
Telemundo president Don Browne and Barry Wallach, president of NBC Universal's domestic distribution division, now will report to Gaspin.
Gaspin continues to report to NBC president and CEO Jeff Zucker.
"Jeff is one of those rare executives who has both great creative sensibilities and well-developed business acumen," Zucker said. "I'm pleased to add to his responsibilities with this promotion and am confident he will continue his record of outstanding performance."
As president of NBC Universal Cable and Digital Content and president of NBC Uni cable entertainment and cross-network strategy during the past three years, Gaspin led NBC Uni's entertainment cable division to its strongest performance ever and more than doubled the traffic to all of the TV group's entertainment Web sites with the implementation of video streaming.
Gaspin called his new expanded portfolio "an evolution of responsibility."
"We're a content company in a changing world," Gaspin said. "The goal in creating this job was to make sure that we maximize both for the consumer and for NBC Universal the value of that content."
NBC Uni has struggled launching first-run syndicated shows in the past few years with the short-lived talk shows hosted by Jane Pauley and Megan Mullally.
Gaspin said daytime talk shows "has been a challenging business and challenging daypart" and that he's "looking at new types of content" to bring to the first-run arena.
On the Telemundo side, Gaspin said he has worked with Browne for 15 years and has a great rapport with him.
"We finish each other's sentences," he said. "I know Don and the team are poised to take Telemundo to the next level, and I am excited to help them with my expertise in network TV."
Gaspin previously served as executive vp alternative series, longform, specials and program strategy at NBC.
He served as Bravo's president and before that successfully relaunched VH1 in the late 1990s.
Gaspin began his career in the stations division of NBC in 1984 and moved to NBC News in 1987.


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Ever since the rise of Napster, discussions among movie and television executives have included a vow not to let happen to Hollywood what happened to the music industry. After spending a few days last week at the Cable Show in Washington, I'm starting to hear a new worst-case scenario: that Hollywood goes the way of newspapers.
"The biggest risk is so much stuff gets on the Internet for free that we turn into the newspaper business," Stephen B. Burke, Comcast's chief operating officer, said in an interview last week.
Ironically, this new fear results from the partial success of Hollywood's attempt to fight piracy. Sure, like the music labels, studios sue file traders and push for draconian copyright laws. But what is really making a difference is that they are making a good chunk of their content available digitally through services like iTunes and Hulu. This gives the early adopters an alternative to stealing shows, and it gives the studios a promise of profit from digital distribution.


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So do cast members and the show's producers from where and when they can – and the dialogue often pays off.
Nielsen's Twitter tracking division said "PLL" is the top-tweeted show and ranked No. 1 for the week of June 16-22.
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PORT MORESBY - The efforts of staff and EMTV newsroom team in the last few months had paid off with a successful transition into a program. Bhanu Sud, Chief Executive Officer of Media Niugini Limited and CEO -EMTV, said the efforts of staff paid off with a successful transition into the virtual studios for EMTV's flagship program, the nightly news bulletin. "This process was something that required a lot of planning, training, investment and teamwork," he said. "The transition to the virtual studios technology was something that we have now completed in Papua New Guinea and it is the first of its kind in the Pacific Islands region.'' In addition to the set, Sud added that EMTV personnel also reviewed the bulletin graphics, general flow of information, weather and currency information to ensure the maximum possible flow of information to viewers. "In merging all of these changes, EMTV also successfully leveraged its partnership with CNN International to allow the station to run a CNN news ticker on-screen to ensure up-to-date International and National news headlines during the presentation of its bulletin,'' Sud said. "Bringing all of these elements together every night at 6pm is a monumental challenge, but one that our staff accomplish every day.'' The changes will include better broadcasting for viewers.
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As a result of a clash with a radio personality from a rival station, a New York judge issued a restraining order against Funkmaster Flex on Wednesday. Flex, a Hot 97 DJ/radio personality, has also been charged with third degree assault and harassmentboth misdemeanors. The restraining order and charges stem from a confrontation Flex had with Steph Lova, a Power 105 radio personality, outside of the Hot 97 offices. Flex allegedly smacked, punched and choked her and called her an ungrateful bitch. After the incident, Flex supposedly tossed a wad of cash toward Lova as a type of compensation for her pain and suffering.
Published reports have chronicled Flexs rage at Lova ever since she conducted an on-air interview with Nas, where the Queensbridge emcee claimed Flex was accepting money for increased radio spins and he urged listeners to snatch the DJs chain on sight. Steph Lova has filed a civil suit against Flex for an undisclosed amount.
Under the guidelines of the restraining order issued by the judge, Flex, real name Aston Taylor, is not to have any contact with Lova, either by phone, fax, in person or via any party. Flex, 35, nor his lawyer commented on the situation, since the DJ willingly turned himself in to NYPD.


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These free online vocal warm ups will remove all that nasty vocal tension that makes singing so uncomfortable!
I'd like to share with you an exercise that could actually change the way you think about singing.
This is an exercise that can be used to warm up your voice. Now when you first read the instructions you may think "hey that's not a mind-blowing exercise that's going to change my voice!"
And I do agree, from the initial reaction, this exercise seems nothing special.
But let me tell you... stick with the explanation, because there are some powerful reasons that this exercise is indeed very special. Reasons that will truly unleash your voice.
Ok, first I'll tell you what the free online vocal warm up is, and then I'll explain why this exercise is so effective... Remember; make sure you read the explanation!
Here it is...
Using the words one, two, three, four, sing a simple five tone scale.
Meaning, sing in your easy range, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one...
And so on...
Now here's the piece of information you need to make this exercise powerful.
You don't actually 'sing' these words... you speak them on pitch.
So when you sing (or talk) the word "one", it's like you're in conversation, and hitting a note with the word. And then two, which you sing a note up... still like you're talking, but you've changed the pitch slightly...
Just stay with me for a moment...
Let me explain why this exercise can improve your singing voice out of sight
The most powerful aspect of this exercise is... it allows you to understand how you are "supposed" to sing
You see, when you sing, it should be as close to talking as possible.
Most people, when asked to sing a song, will really try to sing it! Meaning they change the way they hold themselves, they change the way they hold their chin... the way they open their mouth, and how much breath they use.
They think that singing is different compared to talking. But this isn't so...
There are differences, yes... but singing and talking actually aren't so dissimilar. Truthfully, singing and talking are brothers.
That's why using this simple free online vocal warm up, you can really discover a lot of things about your singing.
For example...
You will realize how much air you need to engage your vocal chords... Is it more or less than what you usually use to sing?
You will also feel the ease that should be felt all the time, no matter what song you're singing...
You will get the feeling of your vocal chords being closed. Now pay attention because this is a VERY important point.
Have you heard singer's that have a really breathy sound when they sing? This is happens because they aren't closing their vocal chords completely when they sing.
But when you talk... is it airy or breathy?
In most cases no... Which is because the vocal chords are being held closed.
So this free online vocal warm up really teaches you how to keep your vocal chords closed.
Practice this exercise in an easy range, keeping it as close to talking as possible. Do it for an extended time, and you will realize how effortless singing really is.
Don't blow this exercise off because of it's simplicity. That would be a big mistake. Use this exercise frequently, and each time, pay close attention to the sensations that you feel in your mouth, head, and chest.
Feel how there is no tension at all. And feel how everything feels very conversational and easy. This is how singing is supposed to be!
Now... how about some free online vocal warm ups to help you learn how to sing high notes, with ease?
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Charles L.D. Bean donated this 25 acre parcel to the town in 1971 to preserve the view of Hebron Bay and the surrounding area.
The property is located on the lake side of North Shore Road approximately 1/2 mile from Hebron Village near the Cockermouth River.
Restrictive covenants placed at the time of donation do not allow for development or any additional trails other than the current snowmobile trail through the property to access the lake. Per Mr. Bean's wishes, the land is to remain unaltered keeping the property wild and scenic.
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Dates: 2002-
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
Municipalities are empowered to "revise, codify, and compile...and to publish in book, pamphlet, or looseleaf form all ordinances." In 2004 Spring City published the "City Code of Spring City," which is a complete simplified code of all general or permanent city ordinances (See Utah Code, 10-3-707 [1977]). Spring City Code addresses the following: administration, committees and commissions, business and license regulations, public health and safety, motor vehicles and traffic, public ways and property, utilities, building and zoning and subdivision regulations, and impact fees.
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I have found many great stories here. This story of mine is not a huge deal but it was quite fun at the time. I was 18 at the time and so were my two friends.
Back then I had two male friends Tom and Ricky that I had grown up with since my mom and I moved into the complex six years before. We were no more than very good friends all that time.
One summer day we were all together talking about how Tom and his girlfriend had just broken up. During the conversation Tom said how he would miss her hot body and great sex. Ricky joked saying he would have to go back to the old days like before. Tom gave Ricky a mean look and said shut up. Ricky kept on poking fun and said why shut up, Shooter? Tom again told him to be quiet then I knew something was up.
I asked what Shooter meant then Ricky laughed. Tom covered his face and got up and walked around in circles saying 'Oh my god'. Ricky said that was a nick-name he was given a few years ago. Long story short......Ricky told me they used to jerk off with two other guys while looking at pictures of naked women. He said that Tom was called Shooter because he squirted his cum real far.
By this time Tom was laying down on the grass still covering his face. We were all laughing about what Ricky just told me. I found it very interesting and quite a turn on to think that they had watched each other jerking off.
I started to probe bit more about jerking off telling them I had nobody else to ask and they should tell me because they were my friends.
Tom sat up and took his hands away from his face then said, 'OK, what do you want to know'. A whole new world was opening before me and I had info available straight from the source!
I started to ask lots of questions about how often they did it and what they thought about. One of the things Ricky said was that he never had a girlfriend before and he liked to think about cumming on girls tits while he jerked off. Tom started to laugh then bragged about how he had done it with his ex-girlfriend. Ricky said he did not believe him and Tom said you don't have to but I did it.
I was getting real turned on talking to the guys about this so I offered my own confession. I told them I had only been with one guy and I liked to masturbate watching late night soft porn movies. They both were very interested once I admitted that to them, then the questions started to fly.
After a while of us all telling about our masturbation delights I had a great idea that I wanted to make happen. The converstion went like this.
Me. Remember how you guys talked about wanting to squirt on a girls tits?
Them. Yah.
Me. Since my mom's at work why don't we go back to my house and you guys can try it on me?
Ricky. Really? You mean on your tits?
Me. Sure.
Ricky. Wow! Tom we gotta try this! Come on lets go now!
Tom was a bit more set back by this judging on how he said nothing. I then said, 'well, are we going or not'? Ricky was already walking toward the door saying lets go then Tom got up and with a big smile said, 'I'm in'.
Now all the while I was saying these things I was so excited I was trembling inside. As we walked to my house I could not believe that I had just asked these guys to cum on my boobs. What had I just done I asked myself. It felt very sexual thinking about what was about to happen.
We went directly to the basement and I closed the blinds on the small windows. I put on all the lights then we all stood looking at each other. Ricky asked what he should do. I said I guess you guys have to get your clothes off first. Ricky was naked within seconds and Tom was still fully clothed. Ricky had a full hard penis and I could not believe how far out it was sticking. He was skinny and so was his penis but it was so long!
I turned to Tom and asked 'are you going to join in'? He started to undress then there were two hard cocks in front of me. Tom had a nice size erection too, His was not as long and was much thicker.
I held up my end of the deal and took off my clothes. As I was taking off my bra Ricky was already moving his hand back and forth on his hard cock. I could not take my eyes off his cock now. I had never seen a guy jerking off before and it looked so nice and made me feel so hot!
Now I was naked and both guys commented on how nice my boobs looked without clothes on. Ricky said he always liked it when he would see my nipples pocking through my clothes.
I told them it was time to do what they said they were going to and I sat down on my knees with my hands on my heels pushing my boobs out nice and far. Both guys got real close and started to stroke their cocks looking down at me while I looked up so close to their hard cocks.
I told them to make it last as long as they wanted and that I was enjoying the show. It was less than a minute more before Ricky took a few deep breaths then said I'm cuming now then squirted his nice warm cum on my tits. He was groaning and swaying his hips and his cum squirted out about six inches each time then it went to a few drops but he did not stop stroking his cock even once he stopped squirting. Finally he stopped and said how that was the best thing he had ever done in his life.
Tom kept stroking his cock looking down at me as I now held my hard tits waiting for his cum. I told him make it last but soon I knew he was about to squirt. I let go of my boobs then held onto my heels again pushing out my cum covered boobs waiting for more cum to start. Tom was stroking faster then slowed down and said here it comes, then he started to squirt. The first squirt hit the top of my boobs and bounced onto my cheek then about three or four more long hard squirts came out each one with large loads onto my boobs shoulder cheek and neck. Tom's orgasm was very hard and so nice to watch. Once he stopped moving he sat down on the rug then laid on the floor with his cum covered hand on his belly and one over his head.
Ricky was sitting on a chair still watching with a half hard cock in his hand slowly moving it up and down. I leaned forward and their cum started to run down my body. I wiped off my cheek and smiled telling them we had bever had this much fun before. As I was still wiping my cheek Ricky asked if he could do it again. I said sure and he was hard and stroking again. It took him a while sitting there as Tom and I watched him stroking his cock again. We all said nothing for about five minutes then he stood up and walked over to me while blowing hard out of his mouth then blasted me with a bit more cum. His very long penis was being stroked so fast that his hand was almost a blur. He did not squirt much cum this time but was his orgasm ever hard! He was loud and moved around quite a bit as he finished a second orgasm on my tits.
I got up and went to the powder room to wipe down. I closed the door then looked in the mirror. Seeing all that cum was so hot and I had not had an orgasm. For the first time in my life I tasted cum. I watched myself in the mirror scoop cum off my body then drip it on my tongue. I loved the taste. I just looked at myself in the mirror then I began to scoop as much as I could and licked every drop off my fingers. I pushed my boobs as close to my mouth as I could so I could just reach some of the cum still left with my tongue sticking out.
I went back to the room and both guys were dressed. I was quite unhappy about that because I fully planned to masturbate in front of them. I knew it would not be long before my mom would be home so I did not have a lot of time. I dressed and the guys left.
I went to my room and masturbated to quite a few good orgasms before mom got home, then later that night I spent a good two hours reliving that day while my clit got the best workout ever. I was so orgasmed out that when I stopped I fell asleep without even washing up.
The next morning I went right back to the thoughts of the guys squirting on my boobs and face plus how nice their cum tasted. I had more orgasms both the night before and that whole next day that I had never thought possible. When my fingers got sore I used my electric toothbrush on my clit. My lower body even hurt for a few days from all the heaving with my orgasms. After that second day I had to leave my clit alone. I have never had such a tender clit. When I was able to masturbate again I found my orgasms were better than ever. I owe it all to my two great friends.


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Today I was inspired by Michael Dickens hunt for the Optimal Keyboard Layout to start a collection post of how to speed up your typing. We all type a lot and I guess most of us have acquired a particular self-taught typing style over time that lacks a lot of what real touch-typists do. So what can you do:
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Is your browsing too slow? Block the stuff that's bogging you down. QuickJava is a simple Firefox extension that gives you the ability to temporarily turn off browser plugins.
Things like Flash, Silverlight and Java are great at extending what the web can do, but they can also make it unbearable. Flash ads use processing power, burn up battery reserves and play sounds – all without asking you for permission. The performance hit from browser plugins like Flash is significant – which is the reason mobile device manufacturers refuse to include them.
QuickJava is one of our favorite Firefox addons, because of how easy it makes turning off these resource-hungry plugins for desktop users. You can even take things to an extreme, turning of CSS and images entirely (not recommended). Here's how it works.
Using QuickJava
Install QuickJava, then restart Firefox. When you do you'll see two new things. The first is a button up top:
Clicking the buttons can individually block, from left:
- Javascript (JS)
- Java (J)
- Flash (F)
- Silverlight (SL)
- Cookies (C)
- Images (I)
- Animated Images/GIFs (A)
- Style/CSS (CS)
Hover over any box if you need a reminder about what's what.
You can change what shows up where easily in the extension's settings. Right-click the icon, then click "Options":
Several settings can be edited manually, but feel free to ignore this if you don't understand it.
Blocking: A Mixed Blessing
If you block things, sites will break. More than a few sites rely on cookies for logging in, and turning off CSS will quickly make the modern web unusable. Gmail will run like crap, if at all, if you turn off JavaScript.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't use this extension, but it does mean you need to think before you just turn everything off. Be selective about what you block: I recommend leaving it at Java, Flash and Silverlight, unless you really know what you're doing.
Happily, blocking those three things is straightforward. Here's what a flash item looks like with Flash blocked:
Simple, right? Sadly there's no one-click way to re-enable flash for just one item, unlike Chrome's built-in option (more on that later). But you can turn flash back on with just a couple of clicks, retracing the steps outlined above.
If you're stuck using Airport, or otherwise pathetically slow WiFi, I actually recommend turning off images along with Flash and Silverlight. Firefox is insanely fast when you do:
It's quick to toggle, so play around. Find settings you like for different circumstances, and let us know what works for you in the comments below.
What About Chrome?
QuickJava is a Firefox exclusive, but that doesn't mean Chrome users are out of luck. That browser offers, built in, a "Click to Play" setting for browser plugins:
You'll find this in Chrome's settings. You'll need to click "Show Advanced Settings", then "Content Settings". This works mostly like QuickJava, but is actually better in one key way: you can re-enable Flash for individual items. This means you could, say, watch a video on a news site without also enabling the flash ad on that same page. I wish QuickJava worked more like this.
Like I said, blocking Flash and Silverlight by default can seriously increase your browser's, and potentially your computer's, performance. Turning off other things can break things, but is also kind of fun to play with. I recommend you give this a spin if you're looking to get just a little more out of your browser.
Want to do even more? Erez outlined other tips to help you keep Firefox from becoming unbearably slow How To Keep Firefox From Getting Unbearably Slow How To Keep Firefox From Getting Unbearably Slow I don't like Firefox. I think it is a monolithic, huge, heavy browser, and its XPI-based architecture feels slow and dated. Firefox is more flexible than other browsers like Chrome but it also gradually slows... Read More , and Tina outlined how to make Firefox start faster How To Make Your Firefox Browser Start Up Faster How To Make Your Firefox Browser Start Up Faster Read More , so check those out if you want even better performance. Do you have other tips for speeding up Firefox? Please share them below!
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ad block plus is the best ad blocking addon for firefox!
Install "Firemin" and your memory consumptions is gone!!
Yes, I don't know why MakeUseOf didn't mention that. I guess it's a sponsored post for QuickJava.
How to enable Click to Play in Firefox: First, make sure "plugins.click_to_play" is set to true in about:config (should be the default in Firefox 26). Then, go to Addons (Ctrl + Shift + A) -> Plugins - and choose "Ask To Activate" from the dropdown menu next to the plugin. You will then be asked to activate that plugin each time a site needs it, and you can activate it temporarily or always for this site (for example youtube.com).
How to block images: open a new tab, type about:config, press Enter, confirm warning, search for permissions.default.image, double click to set it to false.
Simple, right?
Simon, this is not a sponsored post; we disclose sponsoring. This is a single app review; Quick Java is one of our best Firefox addons.
It's unfortunate that both the author and the editor of this post (me) missed Firefox's native feature. Thank you for pointing it out!
It might in fact be time to remove the app from the Best Of list.
When developing the latest version of QuickJava I had played with the new "ClickToPlay" state, but couldn't get it to work properly because I hadn't found the about:config option yet. When a user emailed me last December asking about support for this functionality I dug in a bit more and found it. The functionality is there, you just have to turn it on! Since there seems to be further interest I have posted a 'how to' on the support page of the site.
Also, QJ does not pay for any reviews, posts or any other form of content. Any feedback is purely from the community (the way it should be!).
Tina, Obviously I would like to convince you not to remove QJ from your Best Of list, my ego appreciates it! Haha, that aside I hope you can see the future development path and value that QJ brings outside of the ClickToPlay realm for users and developers alike in regards to JavaScript, Images, Cookies, ect.
Justin, Thank you for such a gracious review and simple how-to writeup. As noted it is not available for Chrome because when I was asked about porting it Chrome did not give their addons enough power to control any of the things QuickJava does. They have since added their click to play functionality and enhanced the API to support toggling JavaScript, but there is an addon that already handles that (written by somebody else):
Fire has this function built into it just like Google Chrome does.


text: As the quote by President Bill Clinton goes, one of the highest priorities on everyone's mind is the state of the economy. The International Monetary Fund released its most recent report on the state of the US economy this week. And the Fed says it will start rolling back its stimulus plan soon. So, what does this mean for US economic recovery? Felix Salmon is a financial reporter for Reuters. He explains the latest in economic news.


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Frank Serrano's atmospheric plein-air paintings capture urban Los Angeles and the surrounding Southern California scenery
By Norman Kolpas
On an autumn Sunday afternoon, Frank Serrano sets up his easel on a rise above the beach in Dana Point. It's a stretch of Pacific coastline that early 19th-century seafaring writer Richard Henry Dana Jr. (for whom it was later named) described as "the only romantic spot on the coast." Today the author of Two Years Before the Mast probably wouldn't recognize the place, as an affluent resort community and marina has grown around his namesake locale. But development doesn't deter Serrano from uncovering the beauty of modern Southern California.
Surrounded by eight students who have signed up for his plein-air painting workshop, Serrano begins to sketch out on a small canvas board a scene that expresses the unspoiled serenity of the setting. In the foreground, a short jetty of jumbled boulders juts into the waves. A few miles out, a sailboat glides toward a distant breakwater, its mast and sail blending with the afternoon mist.
Gathered closely around him, the students stand transfixed as the scene comes to life under Serrano's quickly moving brush. Mixing oils to just the right shades, he repeatedly adjusts the colors of rock facets as the changing afternoon light gradually reveals more pleasing tones. With swift dabs, he adds a froth of waves breaking toward the shore. He suddenly decides to make a change to the water in the distance, wiping away paint with a swipe of a paper towel and then replacing it with a lighter hue that casts the boat in sharper relief.
Finally, he's done. The work before him possesses a richness—of colors and tones, of highlights and shadows, of realistic details and a hazy atmosphere—that conjures an unusual sense of depth for a two-dimensional work. "A plein-air painting shouldn't look like a split-second snapshot," explains Serrano. "It's something that you capture over two hours."
Thinking of Serrano's works as a series of time-lapse images somehow explains why they appeal to the many people who have been drawn to them over his almost 18 years as a professional fine-art painter. With uncanny sureness, he manages to create an atmospheric, timeless aura by portraying each key detail of a scene at the moment its innate beauty is most captivating.
"You could say I'm both a tonalist and a realist," Serrano notes, explaining his approach. "While I try to convey reality on the canvas, I'm more interested in capturing a mood. That's why I prefer hazy, atmospheric days to bright, sunny ones."
There's another way, however, in which the passage of time burnishes Serrano's paintings: He gravitates toward scenes that convey the enduring appeal of his native Los Angeles and Southern California. "I've learned to find beauty in the craziest places, right here in town," says the artist, who now lives in suburban Glendale, a few miles north of downtown.
By way of example, he cites the Los Angeles River, which was tamed by miles of massive concrete channels built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after a series of floods devastated the city in the 1930s. Now being restored as a series of urban wildlife sanctuaries, the river draws Serrano to paint not only its rushing water, abundant wildlife, and lush vegetation but also, as seen in pieces like L.A. RIVER HUES, the elegance of its landmark bridges.
"I've met lots of people who live and work here in Los Angeles and, when they see what I paint, it reminds them of how wonderful this city is," he continues. "I'm proud to be an artist who was born here."
The 43-year-old Serrano grew up not far from Los Angeles International Airport, the middle of three children of a French father and Portuguese mother. From early childhood, he says, it was clear to the entire family that "art was my calling." Paper and pencil were always around, and he'd draw pictures of dogs and horses, as well as favorite cartoon characters like Goofy, Popeye, Pinocchio, Woody Woodpecker, and the Flintstones. Recognizing that he excelled at art, his parents made sure he was always enrolled in after-school art classes at local community centers, and throughout school he won his share of awards.
By the time Serrano was in Westchester High School, he'd begun to earn money through his talent, taking to heart entrepreneurial lessons he'd learned as a participant in the Junior Achievement program. "I did architectural drawings for new awnings for a Sizzler restaurant for a friend's father," he recalls. "And I designed a company logo for another friend's father."
Instead of following the well-trodden path to art college, Serrano started his own business creating commercial art, logos, and signs for a wide range of clients. That, in turn, led Serrano to specialize for a time in airbrushed typography for custom race cars, hot rods, and trucks.
As he progressed through his twenties, however, he grew tired of the constant travel to car shows. So he opened a small screen-printing business designing shirts and hats for car shows as well as for jet-ski and boat races. That, in turn, led him into specializing in promotional wear for popular TV series like "Cops" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
All the while Serrano was running his commercial art business, he also felt the allure of fine art. "I always enjoyed going with friends to museums and art shows, down to Laguna Beach or up to Carmel," he says. In 1993, drawn by the ambiance of the artists' community, he moved his business to Laguna, where he found himself painting seascapes in his spare time.
One day, a girlfriend asked him to paint a picture. "It was a no-brainer," he laughs. "I even threw in some whales and dolphins for her." Others saw the results and began asking him to paint for them, too.
After observing Laguna's many plein-air painters at work, Serrano decided to switch mediums. "I'd been working in acrylics, but they would dry too fast outdoors. Everyone down at the beach was painting in oils, so I started using them, too." He continued to paint on the side, showing his increasingly accomplished results in local art shows and small galleries while he also began offering plein-air workshops, something he still does from time to time.
Then, in 1999, with his reputation growing, Serrano organized a plein-air painting trip into the Sierra Nevada for himself and 11 other well-known artists, resulting in a widely respected, strong-selling show at Exchange Fine Arts Gallery in Orange, CA. "I knew then I needed to make the change," he says. That year, Serrano became a full-time fine artist.
He also began to realize that he didn't need to trek to the High Sierra or the Four Corners or other popular artists' destinations to capture the kind of atmospheric scenes he'd become known for. "The tonal stuff I prefer was right in my back yard," he says. "In Los Angeles, you get the marine layer with moisture in the air, and you get smog, and when they mix together you get this beautiful haze, a mood that's created in the air."
That doesn't mean he sticks exclusively to urban or suburban subjects. A freeway drive just an hour or two from his home can bring him to scenic spots like Dana Point or Santa Barbara, where more conventional plein-air subjects await fresh interpretation.
Take, for example, LATE AFTERNOON SANTA BARBARA, which depicts Leadbetter Point State Park, on the coast just north of that idyllic coastal city's harbor. "I was facing west, painting into the sun, which was low in the sky, giving those atmospheric halo effects," he recalls. The point itself appears in deep shadow, and the distant clouds, mingling with a haze rising from the Pacific, already glow warmly with a hint of the sunset soon to come. It's a signature Serrano work, so much so that the artist also made a 16-by-24-inch version from the original 8-by-12-inch painting. The larger piece is included in his current two-man show at Maureen Murphy Fine Arts in the Santa Barbara suburb of Montecito, where his paintings are hanging alongside works by Ralph Waterhouse.
Regardless of the resulting size of a canvas, Serrano believes that as a plein-air painter he's finally reached a point in his career where he feels fully contented and satisfied. "When you're outside painting," he explains, "you have to be completely involved in the moment. And when you're completely involved like that, all your troubles go away. I enjoy my life now, because I have lots of those moments."
Maureen Murphy Fine Arts, Montecito, CA; Betsy Swartz Fine Art Consulting, Bozeman, MT; www.pleinairgallery.com.
Upcoming shows
Two-man show, Maureen Murphy Fine Arts, through December 31.
Solo show, Serrano Studio Gallery, Glendale, CA, February 5-6, 2011.
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Kendall Jenner was seen out in LA on her way to a spa on Saturday (July 22).
With a specific, cheeky nod to off-duty style, she combined an Enfants Riches Déprimés T-shirt with Roberto Cavalli Resort 2018 trousers in a fantasy, under-the-sea motif.
Finished with the Stuart Weitzman 'Clingy' booties that are now becoming ubiquitous among the model set, she added a final touch of whimsy with her furry pink bag.
With each piece alone providing its own spirited, unconventional personality, the look had the sort of unplanned, unmatched panache that could be interpreted as messy or modish.
What do you make of it?
Credit: Vogue.com & Backgrid


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The CD54HC4514, CD74HC4514, and CD74HC4515 are high-speed silicon gate devices consisting of a 4-bit strobed latch and a 4-to-16 line decoder. The selected output is enabled by a low on the enable input (E\). A high on E\ inhibits selection of any output. Demultiplexing is accomplished by using the E\ input as the data input and the select inputs (A0-A3) as addresses. This E\ input also serves as a chip select when these devices are cascaded.
When Latch Enable (LE\) is high the output follows changes in the inputs (see truth table). When LE is low the output is isolated from changes in the input and remains at the level (high for the 4514, low for the 4515) it had before the latches were enabled. These devices, enhanced versions of the equivalent CMOS types, can drive 10 LSTTL loads.


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How do you recognize a need for invention and nurture that into an innovation within your organization? How can you develop your capacity to invent? Opportunities to invent are all around us, but it's easy to miss them and hard to seize or capitalize on them. In this course, you will learn how to recognize, frame, and respond to these invention opportunities, as well as to create a healthy culture of invention.
The goal of this course is to expose participants to the culture and methodology of the inventor, starting from the conviction that everyone can improve their ability to invent.
We will focus on invention in an engineering context, although additional lessons will be drawn from other fields including science, the visual arts, architecture, and more. The class is taught by one of the founders of the field of 3D Printing, whose inventions in that field and in photovoltaics have led to seven start-up companies and three publicly-held companies.
We will also discuss invention in the context of its role in competitive strategy and as a distinct and recurring aspect of innovation. Essential elements of Intellectual Property (IP) law and patent writing will be taught and practiced. The relative roles of patents and trade secrets will be reviewed, especially in view of current challenges in protecting IP.
Human beings are born inventors, with a deep urge to explore. Formal education equips us with the ability to analyze. But invention requires both synthesis and analysis as well as an "artful" interplay between them. Invention therefore, must be relearned. Our goal is to have you feel the thrill of inventing and take it back to your workplace, feeling comfortable giving yourself a "license to invent."
Earn a Professional Certificate in Innovation and Technology
The Invention Process may be taken individually or as a core course for the Professional Certificate Program in Innovation and Technology.
Lead Instructor(s):
Course Length:
Course Fee:
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It is highly recommended that you apply for a course at least 6-8 weeks before the start date to guarantee there will be space available. After that date you may be placed on a waitlist. Courses with low enrollment may be cancelled up to 4 weeks before start date if sufficient enrollments are not met. If you are able to access the online application form, then registration for that particular course is still open.
Participant Takeaways:
- Understand the role of invention in innovation
- Internalize the distinct modes of thought embodied by synthesis and analysis and practice transitioning from one to the other and back again
- Gain facility with methodologies for idea generation and confidence in idea generation
- Gain facility with methodologies for analysis and learn when and where to apply analysis
- Develop the ability to think critically about Intellectual Property within a framework of competitive strategy
- Feel the thrill of inventing and to be able to bring it back to the workplace
Who Should Attend:
Who should attend:
This program is designed primarily for those working in industry, specifically mechanical, electrical, and materials science engineering. Executives, CTOs, and project managers in product design, Research & Development, and manufacturing will benefit from attending this course. Anyone working on projects related to the Internet of Things are particularly well-suited to this course, as IoT is the intersection of the mechanical, electrical, materials, and information arenas.
Start-ups live and thrive based on the impact of their inventions and those actively working in start-ups can make immediate use of the course, including in the classroom itself. (Prof. Sachs has participated in seven start-ups based on his inventions including as co-founder and CTO). Venture Capitalists and investors in Sci-Tech might gain insights into evaluating inventors and inventions. Policy makers looking for ways to frame R&D projects will also benefit.
As individual contributors, you will be able to make more inventive contributions to your projects because you will learn how to recognize an inventive opportunity and frame it. Additionally, you will understand how to initiate phases of exploration and synthesis, understand how to look for weaknesses by initiating phases of analysis, and understand when to move back and forth between synthesis and analysis. You will gain an understanding of how to analyze your individual contributions for strategic impact and be more active participants in design reviews and critiques.
As managers, you will be able to foster a work environment that promotes inventive contribution by helping to frame the strategic needs which prompt seeking an inventive opportunity. You will be able to help people to overcome risk aversion and social pressure in ideation and invention, helping to direct the artful interplay of synthesis and analysis. You will know when to switch modes and how to integrate observations and results from the two modes, helping to set the right tone for design reviews and critiques. You will learn to set a tone where the outcome is what is valued by being able to apply objective criteria to evaluation and allowing for some level of depersonalization in the decision-making process.
Computer Requirements:
A laptop or tablet with Word and Excel (or equivalents) is required for this course.
Program Outline:
There are eight tracks in the course. Many of these topics will be revisited at several stages during the week.
Establishing context: The course will look at the role of invention in innovation, where innovation is understood to connote the complete and interacting sequence required to get a product to market. The touchstone of the course is to recognize that invention requires both synthesis and analysis as well as skill in moving back and forth between the synthetic and analytic frames of mind. The course aims to help participants understand the widely different roles and viewpoints of synthesis and analysis from the vantage point of different creative professions. We will briefly examine the cognitive psychology and brain science that supports the existence of these two different modes of human thought, and their complimentary roles in making us creative, yet keeping us grounded.
Examples, deriving lessons: Participants will look at a range of inventions by reviewing patents and reading accounts of inventive undertakings, in the words of inventors and through the eyes of third parties. The goal is to get a sense of the motivations and approaches of inventors and the diversity of circumstances surrounding and motivating invention.
Identifying inventive opportunity: As in any engineering endeavor, it is important to understand the needs that must be satisfied and the constraints on the solution. Participants will also learn how to identify and articulate opportunities for invention. For example, we will use the language of "contradiction" as articulated in TRIZ (see below), to formulate a problem in a way that is conducive to invention.
Synthesis: A main focus of the course will be on synthesis, especially on idea generation. We will study and practice formal methods including: brainstorming, morphological analysis, and TRIZ (also known as Invention Theory). Attention to inventive culture, both when inventing as an individual and especially inventing in groups will be reviewed. The opportunity to loosen up with Invention Improv, where small teams respond in the moment to ad hoc and sometimes silly inventive challenges.
Analysis: During invention, analysis plays the crucial role of keeping synthesis from becoming fantasy. First, participants will recall and re-build their abilities to do order of magnitude estimation and first-order analysis, in order to be able to "sanity check" ideas. Participants will examine proposed solutions from the point of view of whether they are "coupled" or not, using the language and concepts of Axiomatic Design to appraise concepts and direct improvements. We will enumerate technology rules having to do with hierarchical design, platform definition, and subsystem definition. The role of analysis in design reviews will be examined, as well as some of the personal dynamics that arise in these settings.
Artful interplay: The language of the interplay between synthesis and analysis is the model, or in fact, many types of models. The art lies in knowing when to switch between the two modes of thought. We will examine how to identify what is to be learned at each stage in the iterative looping between synthesis and analysis and how this helps to shape successive steps in a project plan.
Intellectual Property: The history and conceptual underpinning of patents will be reviewed (it's an Enlightenment concept). The structure of a patent document will be examined with the focus on being able to read and interpret the essence of a patent: patent claims. Participants will also learn to draft patent claims and will practice with the inventions made in class. The course will look at the changing role of patents in the light of state-sponsored IP theft and discuss the trade-off between patents and trade-secrets.
Competitive strategy—projecting trends: It is essential to compare an idea against the competition—taking into account where the competition might be by the time your project goes to market. Through case studies, the class will examine trends in technology, both as a means to project the progress of the competition, and as a means to project the role of an invention in the midst of creation.
Included in Tuition:
- A set of notes and copies of all lecture materials
- Group dinner
Course Schedule:
View 2018 Schedule (pdf, subject to change)
This course meets 8:45 am - 4:45 pm on Monday, 8:15 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday through Thursday, and 8:15 - 11:45 am on Friday. There will be short assignments to complete after class each night.
Emanuel Sachs
Professor Emanuel Sachs has spent his career moving back and forth between academia and industry. He has co-founded or otherwise been involved in seven start-up companies based on his inventions and co-inventions, including three that went public, one that was acquired by a public company, and three that are still private. Several of these companies are in the field of 3D Printing, which he helped to found, beginning in the late 1980s. Several of the companies are in Photovoltaics — solar cells. He has also contributed inventions in widespread use for process control for microelectronic fabrication.
Professor Sachs is committed to teaching and has brought innovative methods to the teaching of invention, the engineering sciences, design, and manufacturing. He has received several teaching awards in conjunction with this work. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Links & Resources:
How an MIT Group Invented 3D Printing (audio story) - WBUR 90.0, January 13, 2017
This course takes place on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We can also offer this course for groups of employees at your location. Please complete the Custom Programs request form for further details.
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Eric Salamon, previously general manager for U.K. sauces, has been appointed general manager, corporate marketing European grocery, based in Hayes, Middlesex.
Mr. Salamon will "act as the custodian of Heinz positioning for grocery across Europe," according to the company, and will be responsible for the strategic development of consumer communications. The remit includes advertising, PR and corporate initiatives. He will report to Robert Bailey, director sales and corporate marketing European grocery.
In addition, Jane Edwards (formerly St Clair-Miller), has transferred from general manager, corporate marketing U.K. grocery, to general manager, European sauces.
Nigel Clare, Heinz European grocery managing director, says the moves are "a significant step in globalizing the Heinz brand.
"With this latest organizational development, the business has a leadership team, an organizational structure and category management processes that will drive our double-digit earnings growth across Europe."
Grocery is the only business unit to have a dedicated executive responsible for corporate marketing across Europe. Grocery includes products such as ketchups, sauces and canned foods.
The other units are infant feeding, frozen and chilled and food service. Overlaying that business unit structure are eight core global categories such as convenience meals and ketchups, sauces and condiments.
Heinz sales across Europe for the year to April 1998 were $2.4 billion.
Copyright August 1998, Crain Communications Inc.