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I've teamed up Wendy Hoffman, the founder of www.menopausetheblog.com , to offer you a free download of my book, "The Best Defense against Aging: Getting Fit and Staying Strong."
Wendy and I have collaborated over the years and her site is a reputable source for targeted information for women in menopause. Connect with Wendy for your copy of my e-book (box at top right), and find out how you can participate in the new study on Vitamin D and fish oil , get the latest update on research findings from the North American Menopause Society annual conference, and review other timely topics on menopausal issues.
Coming soon! Check back for more info on the giveaways of my books that Wendy and I have planned for the near future.


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A slow waltz tempo as room, piano and cello melodies as a couple that makes a courtship dance. The more I listen to this track, the most I get into this image. It's a perfect track to listen while you are landing, or taking off. Press play, close your eyes, and and the end of the track you'll be in a safe place.
bzur is a solo music project born in Cagliari – Sardinia – Italy
He started studying piano at age 7. After several years, an interest in composition developed. His first – almost undocumented! – works were deeply influenced by european electronic music masters Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis.
After a 10 year break, a solo project in 2007 helped sharpen and develop his composition skills in entirely new directions.
Since then, he has composed more than 300 tracks, ranging from electronic (experimental, ambient), to piano solo (short improvisations, lullabies), to orchestral (epic mood, melancholic, soundtrack oriented) and any other styles and genres that piqued his interest.
He is often inspired by poetry, science fiction, astronomy and figurative art.
In 2012 he graduated in "Musica e nuove tecnologie" at the Cagliari Conservatory.
You can learn more about bzur here:
About the Curator - Igor Longhi
Igor Longhi, Italian piano and soundtracks composer. From the experiences at the Conservatory through the publication of 4 albums and international live experience with his reggae band (Makako Jump), Igor composes his music by capitalizing on his musical influences, resulting from great masters such as Einaudi, Yiruma, Tiersen, and making of classicism and minimalism its flag.

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Google street view...
Dec 16, 2008
Google put the street view for Christchurch live some weeks ago and I love it! What an amazying feat considering the effort involved in taking all those images (be interesting to know what kind of camera they used...), geo-referencing everything, streaming the service and so forth.
For a different spin on Street View and privacy concerns in regards to Google in general have a read of this article. Quite interesting if you ask me, especially the part about GA (Google Analytics) data being copied and stored in the US... One might wonder who else thereby could get access to the surf behaviour and patterns of millions of non US citizens (a bit of paranoia doesn't hurt).
For those friends & family far away, have a look at some of our favourite CHC places (be patient, takes a while to load);


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I started wearing makeup fairly late, I was almost 20 I think. Of course I experimented with some mascara, eyeliner and little bit of lipstick when I was a teen - but base products such as foundation, concealer, powder, blush... those were all foreign to me. Today, I cannot imagine myself not wearing any makeup. I've gotten so used to having this flawless complexion that I wonder how I used to feel so confident without it. I'm kinda glad makeup techniques changed so much over the years though. I remember my teachers piling on orange foundations and bright pink blushes like there was no tomorrow. Now it's all about the no makeup makeup look which, to be completely honest, probably requires more makeup than any other look, but it really shows how styles and trends have evolved over the years. There are times when I feel completely fine leaving the house without a full face and there are times when there's just absolutely no way. Feeling confident without makeup for me has become a little bit tricky.
Everything depends on my mood, my cycle, the severity of my acne, the weather, my outfit of the day, the people I'm hanging out with .. Right now I'm finding myself in a period where I will pile on as much makeup as a can. I want a full blown smokey eye, long lashes, flawless skin and loads of highlighter. I don't even have a 5 min makeup routine anymore - it's literally all or nothing. I remember there was this one Sunday when I actually started balling because my boyfriend suddenly decided it would be a good idea to go out for bagels - I wasn't 'ready' and physically leaving my house, that day, didn't even cross my mind in the slightest. Yes, I got over it in the end but the thought of having to 'get ready' when I'd just been hanging around all morning, doing absolutely nothing, just didn't feel right to me. Getting a full face on already takes me half an hour, easy, and then I still have to do my hair. I didn't want to see people and I didn't want to feel ugly. Sunglasses could work, true, but Belgium isn't exactly the sunniest of countries and, believe me, no one wears glasses here to cover up their face. I mean, I wish!


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UNIT TEST 5/1/2019 ma kaya ekam sudhi puchhashe: Official Note
5/1/2019 Saturday Na Roj Primary Schools Ma Levanar Unit Test Ma Dhoranwise Kaya Kaya Chapters Puchhashe Eni Nodh.
The Australian raven was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827, when they reported George Caley's early notes on the species from the Sydney district.[2] Its specific epithet coronoides "crow-shaped" is derived from the Greek corone/κορόνη "crow" and eidos/είδος "shape" or "form".[3] The two naturalists regarded the Australian raven as very similar in appearance to the carrion crow (C. corone) of Europe,[4] though they noted it was larger with a longer bill. They did not give it a common name.[2] The location where the type specimen was collected is not recorded, but thought to be in the Parramatta district.[5]Christian Ludwig Brehm described Corvus affinis in 1845,[6] later determined to be this species.[7] In his 1865 Handbook to the Birds of Australia, John Gould recognised only one species of corvid in Australia, Corvus australis, which he called the white-eyed crow. He used Johann Friedrich Gmelin's 1788 name,[a] which predated Vigors and Horsfield's description.[10] In 1877 Richard Bowdler Sharpe recognised two species, but recorded that the feather bases of the type specimen of C. coronoides were white. He named C. coronoides as the "crow" and C. australis (as Corone australis) the "raven".[5]Scottish naturalist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant corrected this in 1912 after re-examining the type specimen, clarifying the species as C. coronoides (raven, and incorporating little and forest ravens) and C. cecilae (Torresian crow).[11]
Gregory Mathews described the western subspecies perplexus in 1912, naming it the southwestern crow and noting that it was smaller than the nominate subspecies. He called C. coronoides coronoides the eastern crow, listing its range as New South Wales, and described what is now the Australian crow as another subspecies, C. coronoides cecilae, calling it the north-western crow and recording its range as northwestern Australia. In the same work he listed the raven as Corvus marianae, with a type specimen from Gosford and listing its range as New South Wales. He listed the little raven and forest raven as subspecies.[12] Mathews had erected C. marianae in 1911 as the name after declaring Corvus australis Gould to be preoccupied;[13] French-American ornithologist Charles Vaurie acted as First Revisor under Article 24 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Code and discarded C. australis as a junior homonym—in 1788, Gmelin had used the same binomial name to describe the black nunbird—to preserve the stability of the name.[14] This has been followed by later authors.
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This one is very similar to the game Sixes with a few differences. It's very easy to play and can involve a ton of drinking so it's a great pre-game drinking game. What you do is roll a die, then check the corresponding cup. If it's full drink it, if it's empty fill it. Simple as that. This game works with any number of players.
What You'll Need
6 cups (preferably various sizes), one six sided die and some drinks. Plus a flat surface to play on.
Set Up
To set this game up place all six cups in a row. Leave them empty. Then each player rolls the die. Highest goes first. Turn order is clockwise.
Six Cups Drinking Game Rules
On your turn simply roll the die. Then look for the corresponding cup, where 1 is the cup closest to you and 6 is the furthest.
If it's empty fill it up and pass the die to the next player.
If it's full drink it and roll again.
Extra Rules
The Full Monty: If ever you roll and fill up the final sixth cup that's considered the Full Monty. Pass out the drinks to whoever you want to and they have to drink them.
Make-a-rule: If on your turn you drink 4 or more cups you get to create a game rule. If anyone is caught breaking the rule they have to drink.
That's pretty much it for the Six cups drinking game rules. It's a very easy game to play and get the hang of. If you're looking for a dice game with a little more complexity we suggest taking a look at our own Shuffle Dice game! Please be sure to remember that if you plan on playing heavy drinking games like these that you should always mind your limits and drink responsibly.


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The Guardian's Data Blog has taken a look at the Drug Misuse Declared data and makes the observation:
The most common age for first taking either powder cocaine, ecstasy or cannabis was between 16 and 18 years old. The most common age for cannabis was 16 years old whilst for powder cocaine and ecstasy it was 18 years old. The report also found a wide variation for age of first drug use from as young as seven up to 57 years old.
The raw data for this is available here. One of the things you notice if you dig into it is that there is quite a difference between when older people who have used drugs remember first using and what those under 35 said. It is also worth noting that the youngest age group – 16 to 19 year olds – will inevitably have started earlier.


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Industrial Hardware & Specialties, Inc. :: Formed Wire Products
This Category currently has a complete selection of Round Bend U-Bolts. We will be adding other products and an option to build other items online shortly.
Industrial Hardware & Specialties is what we are all about!
The images below display an assembly that we produced for a steel bridge with a wooden deck in Maryland which is intended to prevent the bridge from going downstream in the event of a washout. The bridge abutment is 2'-11" wide and it is built on three 45 feet deep caissons. The round bar is 2" diameter x 14" between the legs x 36" overall length from ASTM F1554 Grade 55 Steel which has been Hot Dip Galvanized to ASTM A153. The spelter socket which is attached with a 17-Ton Safe Working Load (170,000 pound Ultimate Breaking Strength) Anchor Shackle was produced with 1-1/4" diameter Extra Improved Plow Steel (EIPS) with an Independent Wire Rope Core (IWRC) with a Ultimate Breaking Strength of 159,800 pounds. Customer took delivery in February 2011.
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The American Political Science Association (APSA) has named the Center's director, Bruce Cain, its member of the month for June 2018. According to APSA, the honor "recognizes and highlights member achievements and professional milestones."
For the occasion, Professor Cain answered a brief Q&A with the association's website.
Why did you become a political scientist?
To be honest, I was and still am a political junkie, and liked the idea of getting paid to study what I was interested in. I probably could have made more money as trial attorney, but being a political scientist is just more interesting.
Why did you join APSA and why do you continue to stay involved?
One of the things I appreciate most about APSA is the annual meeting, as it is the one time I get to see many of my former students and advisees. I don't spend all my time chatting in the hallways but enough to make the meeting more than just another conference with papers.
What is the most challenging aspect of being a political scientist? How?
Staying objective and being a citizen with personal political views at the same time. I have tried, though perhaps not always successfully, to be objective and analytical in my work and public commentary, but it is not easy—especially recently.
If you could give one piece of advice to someone in their graduate/undergraduate years, what would it be and why?
I would hope that more undergraduates enter public life in some capacity and try to improve their communities in some way. I would hope graduate students think of their craft as not just being about garnering awards and citations, but as a useful way of understanding and navigating politics at all levels. Political science can be useful if we just try to make it so.
Outside of political science, tell us something interesting about yourself.
My dad was a psychiatrist and my mother a psychiatric social worker. This has helped me understand and deal with my many co-authors over the years.
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Not Magnolia/
I brought Curtis flowers for his birthday. He's not the kind of guy you'd think would like flowers. I mean, look at him.
This guy wants guns and ammo and scotch, not flowers.
But we have a thing about magnolias. He would like to have a magnolia tree in our yard. I would not. He has fond memories of his mother picking magnolia blossoms, putting them in a bowl of water and letting the smell fill the room. Being from the North, I have no such memories (unless you're talking lilacs… oh, I miss lilacs). All I know about magnolias is that they come from huge trees (like take over your whole yard huge) and they drop large leathery leaves all year long (what is known as a "dirty" tree).
For his birthday, though, I decided to pick him some magnolias. Mike helped.
We put them in a bowl of water, just like old times. I even put one on his bedside table, so he'd awaken to the smell of sweet memories.
First of all, he didn't even notice the huge bloom and bowl by his bed when he woke up. I had to point it out.
"Oh. A magnolia." [sniff] "Thanks."
His enthusiasm was underwhelming, but he just woke up, so I'd give him a break.
Not much later, I asked, "So how did you like your magnolias?"
Still underwhelming, so I persisted, fishing for enthusiasm... something... "Smell like you remember?"
"Actually, no."
"They don't smell the same. Maybe they aren't ripe enough."
"Ripe enough? We aren't talking about fruit here. These are flowers. They open; they smell; they die. They are about as "ripe" as they are gonna get."
"I'm thinking maybe it wasn't magnolias that my mother used to get, after all."
Actually, as it turns out his mother used to pick gardenias, not magnolias. Happy birthday, anyway.


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Vancouver Island School of Art
2549 Quadra Street
Victoria, BC V8T 4E1
Phone: 250.380.3500
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I will be a guest instructor in the afternoon portion of this class.
This workshop covers two approaches to drawing as meditation: the first are simple line drawings resulting close observation of natural forms and really learning to slow down and draw what you see; the second part involves making zentangles which are small scaled patterned drawings built around specific design structures. We are delighted to have Jill Ehlert guest artist as the instructor for the second half of this workshop. If you are simply looking for a way to relax and want to experience the joy and focus that drawing can bring, this is the workshop for you.
February 9 Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Wendy Welch
Tuition: $100.00 (6 hrs)
Material Fee: $25 (all materials included)
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What feeling controlled you this morning?
Who has impacted your life today in a negative way?
What emotions have you felt so far today?
Have you ever contemplated the fact that most of us live almost entirely by our feelings? Or that we blame our little emotional outbursts on our personality types? Oh, we may not think we are emotionally driven beings, but let's look a bit closer. Many of us unknowingly give our feelings free reign over our day to day lives which often leads us to venting, or more graphically, vomiting our feelings all over anyone in our paths. And we often feel justified in this simply because we have ill feelings at the moment or we think "That's just how I am". Just like when we contract a stomach virus, we often feel better temporarily after we have spewed out what's inside. And woe to anyone who stands in our way! We have been wrongly taught that our feelings are always valid and even good, regardless of what they are, just because we feel them. Therefore, we believe it is always a legitimate practice to spew them in a noxious way out of our minds and mouths and onto others, when actually all the sinful ones are good for, is to be flushed and removed far from us. This diseased lifestyle is not the manner of life to which God calls His children.
"We are under the illusion that we can't help how we feel; our emotions are considered the foundation of who we are," says Chris Tiegreen in The One Year Devotional: Walk with God, p. 16. With this belief, many Christians have been led down a relationally destructive path where debris falls behind them at every turn. Verbal hurricanes flow from their mouths leaving nothing and no one standing in its wake. No wonder family and friends run for shelter when the storm hits and even when they see the storm rising on the horizon. We often contaminate and destroy those we love most when we live by our feelings rather than by the Word of God. "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Prov. 4:23
God commands us to do and abstain from many things. But He also commands our feelings and what we do with them. The Bible commands all manners of emotions such as joy, forgiveness, fear, love, various desires, kindness, tenderness, mourning, and more and God commands that we exercise self-control over all these. Is this a new idea to you? Does it seem impossible and maybe frightening? Does this turn your stomach just a little or seem repugnant to you? Take heart! The God who loved you when you were His enemy and died for you while you hated Him can make this a joyful, delightful and even relief-filled truth for you. But for today, I just wanted to introduce this idea that we are responsible for our feelings, that some feelings are sinful and that the expression of our temperaments and feelings can contradict the Word and let you pause and meditate on this for a while. For proof of these statements please see the scriptures listed below. Then find hope and a bit of the solution to this dilemma in this quote from Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Spiritual Depression, p. 101.:
I have already been at pains to emphasize that all our temperaments are different, and I want to emphasize it again. But at this point I would say that although our temperaments are different, our temperaments* should not make any difference at all face to face with the task. Now here is the miracle of redemption. We are given our temperaments by God…but it must never be true of us as Christians that we are controlled by our temperaments*. We must be controlled by the Holy Ghost. You must put them* in order. Here are the powers and capacities and here is your particular temperament that uses them, but the vital point is that as a Christian you should be controlled by the Holy Spirit. What is so tragically wrong in a Christian is that he should allow himself to be controlled by his temperament*. The natural man is always controlled by his temperament*, he cannot help himself; but the difference that regeneration makes is that there is now a higher control even over our temperament*. The moment the Holy Spirit enters in, He controls everything including temperament, and so He enables you to function in your own particular way through your temperament…Temperament* remains, but temperament* no longer controls. The Holy Spirit is in control.
Where I have placed an *, please re-read the paragraph above and put the word "feelings" in the paragraph. This is what I believe Dr. Lloyd Jones was saying in context. Also, the bolding is mine emphasizing that while we are definitely enabled by the Spirit to live self-controlled lives, we often ignore His Spirit and live according to our feelings rather than faith.
Take a little while to think about any ways you may have "spewed" today or this week. is this a godly way of life? Did you dishonor the Lord in any of the ways you expressed yourself, even with facial expression or sighs or body language? Have you had sinful feelings? if you find that you have sinned in how you have felt or expressed yourself, please know that the sacrifice of Jesus has paid the price for your sin as a believer in Him, and all you need to do is repent and confess to God (and any people involved) and you will find cleansing for your soul.
All these passages command us to feel or not to feel in certain ways, quite contrary to our normal ways of thinking: (I have purposefully not typed out the passages because I find there is much more value in each of us looking up scripture for ourselves, especially when the topic is a difficult one than in all of it being typed out for us.)
Matt. 5:12
Ps. 110:2
Rom. 12:8
1 Peter 1:22
Roma. 12:10
Luke 12:5
1 Peter 1:17
Col. 3:15
Rom. 12:11
1 Peter 2:2
Eph. 4:32
James 4:9
2 Tim. 1:7
Acts 24:25 and many many more!
Stay tuned for more on the topic of faith and our feelings and what God says about how we are to feel and live. Blessings to you on this lovely day.


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Okay, I'll admit it up front. If you clicked the link looking for a Back to the Future fan fiction where Marty McFly and Doc Brown encounter an interdimensional version of the despicable Biff Tannen, you may be slightly disappointed. However, before all you sci-fi fans and 80's movie buffs click away to read an article containing the top seven reasons Hollywood is so over your favorite child actor of yesteryear, I would like to address something about our beloved hero from the fictional town of Hill Valley, California, Marty McFly.
For those who are unaware, Marty McFly is the protagonist of the hit 1985 film Back to the Future. The basic plot of the movie is that Marty finds himself transported back thirty years to 1955 in a time machine (made out of a DeLorean!), where he is tasked with influencing his high school-aged parents to fall in love in order to ensure his existence, and figure out a way to get back to 1985. In the two subsequent films, Marty finds himself in similar predicaments where he is in a race against time to get back to the future (see what I did there?) or face his demise.
Throughout the film series, despite his frequent time travel, Marty still finds it difficult to think fourth-dimensionally, that is, with regard to time. For example, in the third film, Marty, stranded in the Old West, needs to drive the time machine toward an incomplete bridge which overlooks a ravine in order to return to his correct place in history. After objecting that driving over the partial bridge would cause him to plummet to his doom, Marty is admonished by Doc, who tells him, "You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally!" Doc explains that although the bridge is not yet finished in 1885, they will be able to safely coast across the ravine on the completed bridge upon their arrival in 1985.
Even though Marty knew about the completed bridge in his destination time, he could not seem to look past his present circumstance and threat to his well-being. Just like Marty, sometimes we have trouble thinking fourth-dimensionally. It is often difficult to look past our current circumstances. Sometimes we become anxious about paying our bills, our current job situation (or lack thereof), how much is in our savings account, or how much we're able to put in our 401k.
While taking care of our responsibilities and being good stewards of our resources is necessary, there is a difference between being a responsible human being and worrying unnecessarily about things over which we have no control. Our minds tend to play this trick on us: I need stuff (food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, etc.) to live; I need money to buy stuff; therefore, money, and my ability to obtain it provides for my needs. However, those of you who have been through dire circumstances know, it only takes one event, and all of that money and preparation can be gone in the blink of an eye. We have trouble thinking fourth dimensionally, and we don't realize it. We are predisposed to assume that life will continue on its current trajectory. We will continue to accumulate stuff and look to our experience and education to give us higher earning potential and provide for our ever-growing list of needs and "needs." While, in reality, we have no idea what events we will face in the future, or how they will affect our pocketbooks. As a result, there is a possibility that the finances we looked to as our provider will have disappeared. Our natural inclination would be to try to feverishly accumulate more in the name of responsibility, in order to protect against any potential threats to our wellbeing. After all, we must protect ourselves and our family financially, at all cost. It's the responsible thing to do, right?
Jesus talks at length about this very subject in Matthew 6:19-34 (NLT):
19 "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
22 "Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
25 "That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
28 "And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
31 "So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear? 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously and he will give you everything you need.
34 "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."
Although we can look at money as a means by which God provides for our needs, it is vital for us to realize that it is not the money itself, our job, or even our own abilities that provide for our needs. In this passage, Jesus identifies God as our provider and makes it clear that it is impossible to serve God and look to our finances as our provider. Just like Marty was afraid at the thought of driving the time machine over the unfinished bridge, we panic at the thought of the unknown and tend to put our faith in our finances for security because it is what we can see and understand right now. But, just as Doc assured Marty that he would be safe driving across the bridge, God assures His provision of the needs of his people when they seek His will for their lives above all else. He is the Lord of the fourth dimension (time) and knows not only our present situation, but He also knows what circumstances we will face in the future. Even though God's provision may not always come in the form we think it should, if we learn to put our full faith in Him and align our will for our lives with His will for our lives, the outcome will be more fulfilling than we could possibly imagine.
Your friend in time,
Zach Rozgonyi


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As we continue our look at replayability in game design, we turn to one of the most popular features requested by gamers: Multiplayer. Depending on who you talk to, this can be the make it or break it point for a game. And yet despite its popularity, there isn't too much discussion about why it makes a game more replayable.
Today's Critical Thought is on the topic of multiplayer architecture. When building your game's multiplayer, you need to look at the options available. I talked about things from a high-level point of view, including TCP/IP, Client/Host and more.


text: Posted February 15 Mental illness is a topic not many talk about. There's a definite taboo surrounding it, on top of the general fact that most people don't know how to handle it on either side of the equation. I've been on both sides of the equation, and I know it's difficult. What do you say to someone who comes to you and admits they want to harm themselves? What do you do when you feel the need to talk to someone but are too afraid people will leave? So I am deciding to share some of my story here. To encourage people to listen if asked to listen, and to seek help if they feel they need to. Asking for help is okay! Admitting that there's a problem is the first and hardest step. Supporting your friends who have admitted that there's a problem is key in helping them become better. I'd like to start with an apology. Over the years, I have come off rather rude at times and I've even picked fights with members of this community. I fully accept responsibility for this, and one important thing for me is to never blame my actions on something else. They are mine. I came to a point in life where I was depressed, and as such, I took it out on others. I sought help for the depression, but nothing seemed to work. Soon other symptoms piled up, including a crippling anxiety and even some mania. The depression made it hard for me to do anything, including keep up with my duties here. The anxiety stopped me from doing even the simplest things, such as grocery shopping. The mania ranged from being my most productive times, all the way to a hypomania state where I was a danger to myself and others. I didn't remember much about my hypomania moments. The rest made life difficult, leading me to feel some unpleasant things. I wouldn't say I was close to "ending it all", indeed I had been closer in my earlier life. I simply didn't want to exist. Thankfully that began to change in 2017. I finally made the call to seek help, and I was first diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. Well, the depression medication worked some, and the anxiety medication helped reduce the panic attacks. I decided to do something crazy though, and I went to a convention for the first time in my life. The entire weekend was amazing, even though I was shaking most of it. I put myself through the ringer, under medication and with my therapist on call, and I came out alive. Unfortunately things only improved so much. In 2018 I ended up improving my living situation, but I still found myself crippled with depression. Worse, the mania and hypomania was increasing. I had no idea what this was, but I welcomed the mania. Who needs sleep when I was getting so much done! I ended up working over 100 hours a week at my previous job a few times. Great, I guess? I finally made another call to admit that things weren't going as good as I had been indicating. Yes, it was silly of me to lie to my therapist and psychiatrist, but I don't like change. I started recounting how I only felt good when I was busy with work. I mentioned sleep was a problem, but I figured it was the caffeine I was drinking. Then a memory hit me of just a day ago when I "went crazy" in my car and tried to see if I could take a corner at a high rate of speed. I'm usually reserved and safe, but I remember feeling god-like. I could do anything. I was invincible. Well, that lead into a string of memories that were all very similar and I started unraveling the hypomanic states where I not only did reckless things that could've hurt myself, but times when I nearly hurt others as well. I was re-diagnosed as bipolar and needless to say I was not well for a week or two. The guilt of what I had done in the past weighted heavily, and still does. I'm doing a lot better now, though not perfect. I need to make that call yet again, and I will. I at least know what I'm up against now. I'm not saying I'll be perfect. I may still have my moments, but I've been making an effort to remember and apologize when I do. I'm really not a mean or angry person at heart. While I can endure criticism and "hate", under it all I love this game and what I do. That about sums up my story. Remember that it is okay to ask for help, and it is okay to not know how to help one who asks. Be supportive and if you find yourself in that weird position of not knowing how to help your friend, recommend they seek help. We can't always fix ourselves without help. I hope this story helps some, either with their own troubles or in understanding "what the hell is wrong with Keenan". I'm not asking forgiveness of those I've offended, but I do hope this explains things a bit. I wish you all well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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WASHINGTON - The confirmation of Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland as US Ambassador to Singapore may be in limbo, reflecting a degree of turmoil in Washington triggered by the FBI's investigation of President Donald Trump campaign's potential collusion with Russia during last year's US presidential election.
The nomination confirmation was stalled after Ms McFarland appeared to contradict her statements about her knowledge of any communications between Russia's then Ambassador in Washington, and Mr Michael Flynn, a key Trump campaigner later appointed national security adviser in the administration.
She had told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in written comments for her confirmation hearing in September that she "was not aware" of any communications between the two men. But the New York Times reported on Monday that it had obtained an e-mail Ms McFarland sent on Dec 29, 2016, the day former President Barack Obama's administration authorised new sanctions against Russia, saying Mr Flynn would talk to Mr Kislyak that evening.
Mr Flynn, a former lieutenant-general, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his contacts with Russia, and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors delving into the actions of President Trump's inner circle before he took office.
Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN: "I think there should be no action on this nomination until we get the information."
Ms McFarland's appointment was due to go to a vote in the full Senate. It is unclear what will happen to her nomination now. Reuters reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would have to take procedural steps in order to overcome the hold and confirm her nomination, which would eat up valuable floor time in the Senate.
"It looks like a fraught nomination," Ernie Bower, CEO of consultancy BowerGroupAsia, told The Straits Times.
This may leave the US without an ambassador in Singapore for the foreseeable future.
Mr Bower said: "It is hard not to have an ambassador in the country chairing Asean". The US has also not nominated an ambassador to Asean either, he noted.
The majority of US ambassadors posted abroad are career State Department officials, but about 30 per cent of them have been political appointees in recent years, especially to countries with which Washington has significant ties. US ambassadors to Singapore have been political appointees for the past three decades, since veteran diplomat J. Stapleton Roy left in 1986. When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, there was no US ambassador to Singapore for over a year.
Delays in appointments to key posts abroad have raised eyebrows in Washington. The US Ambassador to Seoul, said to be seasoned Korea hand Dr Victor Cha, has not been nominated either. Analysts see the State Department as somewhat been marginalised, with the White House running foreign policy directly. Mr Trump last week said that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was still on board the administration, following speculation in the US media that the secretary was on the verge of being replaced.
This is not the longest time the US embassy in Singapore has been without an ambassador. According to the US embassy website, after Patricia Herbold left the post in Jan 2009, it took more than a year for the next ambassador to be appointed.
Ms McFarland served as Deputy National Security Adviser to Mr Flynn before he was fired in February, after it was revealed that he had misled Vice-President Mike Pence over the nature of his contacts with the Russian Ambassador.
At issue in the Flynn case is a call between him and Russian Ambassador Kislyak on Dec 29, 2016, in which he apparently urged Moscow not to react harshly to sanctions imposed by President Barack Obama following US intelligence assessments that Russia had interfered in the presidential election.
Months later, President Trump fired FBI director James Comey, who later testified before the Senate that the President had asked him to go easy on investigating Mr Flynn's contacts with Russia.
Mr Trump has called the Russia investigation a witch hunt designed to discredit his election win. He has maintained that Mr Flynn was merely doing his job when he spoke with foreign ambassadors.
On Monday he told reporters: "I feel badly for General Flynn. I feel very badly.
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her. Flynn lied and they destroyed his life, I think it's a shame."
Ms McFarland, a 65-year-old mother of five grown-up children, had her appointment as ambassador to Singapore endorsed by among others, Cold War veteran Henry Kissinger.
She began her career in the 1970s as a night shift secretary on Mr Kissinger's staff. She went on to work for three US Presidents - Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan - on the National Security Council, in the Department of Defence, and in the administration. She was also a regular contributor to Fox News on security issues.
Ms McFarland is widely seen as having President Trump's ear. In May a senior Washington diplomat told The Straits Times: "She understands the President; she would be able to articulate his strategic world view."
In the Reagan administration, Ms McFarland worked as a speech writer to then Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger, whose 1984 Weinberger Doctrine laid out guidelines for circumstances under which the US should become involved in military operations overseas - and is echoed in the Trump administration's "peace through strength" approach.
At a Jan 10 conference on America's role in the world at the US Institute for Peace in Washington, she told the audience: "We have a President who is going to seize this unique historic moment (and) is going to rebuild America's defences."
American values would "continue to be the bedrock, American global leadership is going to continue", she said.


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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a 2009 fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Charles McKeown. The film follows a travelling theatre troupe whose leader, having made a bet with the Devil, takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations and present them with a choice between self-fulfilling enlightenment or gratifying ignorance.
Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield, Lily Cole, and Tom Waits star in the film, though Ledger's death one-third of the way through filming caused production to be temporarily suspended.[4] Ledger's role was recast with Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell portraying transformations of Ledger's character as he travels through a dream world.
The film made its world premiere during the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, out of competition.[5] Afterward, this $30 million-budgeted film went on grossing more than $60 million in worldwide theatrical release.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was nominated for two Academy Awards in the categories Best Art Direction (art directed by Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, and set decorated by Caroline Smith; lost to Avatar) and Best Costume Design (costumes designed by Monique Prudhomme; lost to The Young Victoria).[6]
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Locations
- 5 Music
- 6 Release and box office performance
- 7 Critical reception
- 8 Awards and nominations
- 9 Notes
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Doctor Parnassus' (Plummer) theatre troupe, which includes sleight of hand expert Anton (Garfield), confidant Percy (Troyer), and Parnassus' daughter Valentina (Cole), performs outside a London pub. A drunk (Riddell) barges onstage and crashes through a stage mirror, where his face changes (Crawford), and he enters a journey of imagination that culminates in a choice between a torturous-looking twelve-step program and going to a pub. He enters the pub, but it explodes; in the real world, Parnassus says he has lost another one to Mr. Nick (Waits).
Mr. Nick reminds Parnassus that in three days Valentina turns 16, and her soul will be his. Drinking and playing tarot, Parnassus tells Valentina that, centuries earlier, he ran a monasterywhere monks perpetually recited stories to sustain the world. Mr. Nick challenged their beliefs by sealing their mouths. The world survived, but Parnassus claimed it was because of stories told elsewhere. Mr. Nick bet Parnassus over who could win more souls. Parnassus won 12 souls before Mr. Nick, and gained immortality.
As the troupe crosses a bridge, Anton spies someone hanging beneath it. They rescue the man (Ledger), who spits out a golden pipe when revived. Claiming to have amnesia, the man joins the troupe as a barker. Parnassus becomes despondent over the impending loss of his daughter. Mr. Nick visits Parnassus, revealing the hanging man is a disgraced philanthropist named "Tony". He offers Parnassus a wager: Valentina can stay with whomever wins five souls first.
Tony convinces the troupe to remodel the show as more attractive to contemporary Londoners. In an upscale mall, Tony lures a woman (Steed) into the mirror and follows her, where they enter a pastel-coloured dream-world of giant high-heel shoes, bejewelled eggs, and floating lily pads, representing the woman's imagination. The woman's imagination also changes Tony's face (Depp); upon discovering this, he dances elegantly with her, and they spy a motel run by Mr. Nick. However, Tony convinces the woman to take a gondola toward a pyramid alone, winning a soul for Parnassus. Tony then falls back out of the Imaginarium, changing his face back to normal; the woman exits shortly after and writes a blank check. Three other women clamour for a turn. Each emerges elated; Parnassus wins three more souls.
Four Russian gangsters chase Tony, who owes them money, into the Imaginarium. As they threaten Tony, who has transformed into his vision of a successful man (Law), Parnassus tempts them with a police recruitment song, promising they will enjoy being cops who can legally brutalise people. Mr. Nick lures them to a woman that takes the form of their mother with a giantbabushka. It explodes; the score is four souls apiece.
Parnassus reveals to Valentina that in an hour she will belong to Mr. Nick. He finally explains he made a new pact with Mr. Nick to be youthful again, so to win the heart of a woman he loved. In exchange, any child he fathered would become Mr. Nick's property at age 16. Valentina attempts to run away, but Tony enters the Imaginarium to give his soul to Parnassus; in exchange, Parnassus must teach him the trance which powers the dream-world. Valentina returns as he tries to enter the mirror, but Anton blocks them, having discovered that Tony is a fraudulent charity scammer.
Anton struggles with Tony; in the scuffle, first Valentina, then Tony, enter the mirror. Influenced by Valentina's desires, Tony's face changes again (Farrell), and they float along a beautiful river in a gondola. Shortly after an impoverished child disrupts their boat trip, Tony is suddenly now a philanthropist, speaking at a fundraiser. Anton appears as an outspoken child and exposes Tony as a fraud. A mob pursues Tony as the landscape disintegrates. Anton falls into a void, and Tony flees into a desert.
Distraught over her father's bargain, Valentina gives her soul to Mr. Nick. Disillusioned at his easy victory, Mr. Nick offers to trade Valentina for Tony. Chased by the mob, Tony flees to a gallows, but Parnassus confronts him, holding Tony's pipe and a copy. Parnassus challenges Tony to choose which pipe is genuine. He chooses wrongly, inserts the copy in his windpipe, and does not survive being hanged. Mr. Nick keeps his word and Valentina is freed, but Parnassus is abandoned in the Imaginarium.
Parnassus emerges from the Imaginarium years later, and finds Valentina is married to Anton and they have a daughter. He watches them from outside a restaurant window, but when tempted to join them, he is stopped by Percy. Teaming up once more, Parnassus and Percy sell toy theatre replicas of the Imaginarium on a street corner. Mr. Nick invites Parnassus over to him, but Percy successfully puts an end to the temptation.
- Heath Ledger as Tony, a mysterious outsider who joins the group.[7] When Ledger died in the midst of production, the role was recast for certain scenes to have Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law portray "physically transformed versions" of the character within the eponymous Imaginarium.[8]
- Christopher Plummer as Doctor Parnassus, a former monk, and the 1,000-year-old leader of a travelling theatre troupe.[9]
- Andrew Garfield as Anton: a member of Doctor Parnassus' troupe and who is in love with Valentina.[10]
- Verne Troyer as Percy, Doctor Parnassus' confidant.[10]
- Lily Cole as Valentina, Doctor Parnassus' daughter.[11]
- Tom Waits as Mr. Nick, a personification of the Devil.[9]
Writing[edit]Edit[1][2]Promotional one-sheet for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which, for several months, was the first placeholder on the film's official site
Director Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Charles McKeown wrote the script for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,[9] their first collaboration since The Adventures of Baron Munchausen(1988).[12] When he was approached with the basic concept by Gilliam, McKeown thought of the central character of Parnassus "as a semi-eastern medicine man evolved",[13] and in retrospect he further said about the script's sensibilities, "[i]t is about the theme of imagination, and the importance of imagination, to how you live and how you think and so on. And that's very much a Terry theme. [...] I like the idea of storytelling being the thing that sustains the universe."[13] Gilliam described the premise as a "fun and humorous story about the consequences of our personal choices in life",[14] and explained his goal for the film: "It's autobiographical. I'm trying to bring a bit of fantasticality to London, an antidote to modern lives. I loved this idea of an ancient travelling show offering the kind of storytelling and wonder that we used to get, to people who are just into shoot-em-up action films."[12] Gilliam and McKeown based the character of Tony on former British prime minister Tony Blair, who "would say the most insane things and probably he'd believe them himself".[7]
Gilliam repeatedly said in interviews that the character of Parnassus was meant autobiographically, a tale of an aging man with a vivid imagination in a world that doesn't listen any more.[15] Still being caught in depression over the disruption of his last self-written project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, his constant struggle with the established studio system, as well as becoming aware of his progressing age, worried that he was going nowhere with his latest projects and that he might not have much time left, Gilliam put a number of references to sudden, tragic, and premature death into his script before the loss of Ledger became a reality. In fact, Gilliam felt compelled to emphasise time and again that upon the film's release many things might be mistaken as references to Ledger's fate but that the script wasn't changed apart from re-casting Tony with Depp, Farrell, and Law.[16][17]
Filming[edit]Edit[3][4]Heath Ledger during a break between set-ups at Clerkenwell, in late January 2008.
The film received a budget of $25 million at first,[18] but its final budget was about $30 million.[19] For The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam and his cinematographer Nicola Pecorini went wider than ever before on focal length with a new 8mm Zeiss lens, unusual even for a Gilliam movie which are usually trademarked by wide-angle imagery.[20] The widest lens that had been employed before on a Gilliam film had been a 9.8mm Kinoptic. Production of the remaining computer generated imagery effects shots were carried out in Vancouver.[9]
London filming[edit]Edit
Production started in December 2007, beginning with various shots of the Imaginarium wagon moving about the London suburbs (to be more specific, Bounds Green, London)[21] on the evening of 9 December.[22] The carnival scenes were shot at Potters Field between 10–11 December; shooting then moved to the abandoned Battersea Power Station for three days, where the production had set up offices nearby.[23] After a full day of set-up, the hanging scenes at Blackfriars Bridge were shot for three hours on the evening of 17 December.[24]
At the same time that an intimate early scene between Andrew Garfield and Lily Cole was being shot on top of the travelling Imaginarium wagon, second unit work around London was also being done for several more nights, until 20 December; this change in schedule was to allow Heath Ledger a break to travel back to Australia to visit his family. After the entire cast returned from Christmas break, the production resumed shooting for 2008 back at Battersea for one full day; this was Tom Waits' first day on set, as he would mainly be required for the subsequent Vancouver shoot, not the London section. From 5–6 January,[25] the production filmed scenes with the Imaginarium at Leadenhall Market; shooting on this sequence managed an average of 70 set-ups a day.[26] The production had originally planned to shoot the Leadenhall scenes at Bond Street, but this was scrapped, due to security concerns.[27]
After various nighttime footage at a Homebase parking lot in New Southgate,[28] and interiors behind the stage curtain (including reaction close-ups of Heath Ledger) shot at Bray Studios in Windsor, production finally wrapped in Clerkenwell, with shooting on the night of 18 January being Heath Ledger's last footage shot for the film;[29] he returned to his New York City apartment over the weekend while the production regrouped, and was expected to appear on set in Vancouver after a week's break for the second stage of shooting.
Effects of Heath Ledger's death[edit]Edit
Production was disrupted by the death of Heath Ledger in New York City on 22 January 2008. Ledger's involvement had been a "key factor" in the film's financing.[11] Gilliam was presiding over concept art when he was informed by a phone call that Ledger had died. His initial thought about the production was: "The film's over, it's as simple as that."[7] Although production was suspended indefinitely by 24 January,[30] Gilliam initially wanted to "salvage" the film by using computer-generated imagery to make Ledger's character magically change his appearance, perhaps into another character. He also wanted to dedicate the film to Ledger.[31] The imagery would have been similar to transformation techniques seen on Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and those employed on Roy Scheider's performance in his posthumous release Iron Cross.[5][6]Tom Waits on location for the first day of filming in Vancouver, 24 February 2008.
Eventually, actors Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law were cast to replace Heath Ledger in certain scenes, portraying the new idea of transformed versions of Ledger's character travelling through magical realms, while the footage shot with Ledger would remain in the film as his character's "real-world" appearance. Gilliam told Entertainment Weekly, "Then we made the quantum leap: What if we get three actors to replace him? [...] Johnny was the first person I called. He said, 'Done. I'm there.' Same with Jude and Colin."[32] Depp, a friend of Gilliam's who starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the aborted The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, had been compared to Ledger by cinematographer Nicola Pecorini. Law was also a friend of Ledger's and had been considered for the role of Tony, and Farrell had also been friends with Ledger.[7]
Initially, Tom Cruise expressed interest in being involved as another actor to replace Ledger, but Gilliam turned him down because Cruise had never been a close friend of Ledger.[33][34] Gilliam stated, "I just wanted to keep this [in the] family—it's as simple as that [...] There were people even offering to come and help, they didn't know Heath. It had to be in the family somehow, I don't know why; it was my attitude."[35]
One scene planned for the Vancouver shooting with the Tony character was scrapped; two others were altered to accommodate Ledger's absence, a third was added to plan for Colin Farrell's role in the film, and a fourth, already in the script, had a prop of Farrell in a magazine added.[36] A fifth, with close-ups of Ledger already filmed, scrapped any major dialogue from Tony and used a body and voice double, as detailed below.
Vancouver filming[edit]Edit
With the role recast, and the script restructured accordingly, filming resumed in Vancouver on 24 February 2008, a month later than originally planned;[37][38] this push-back in filming also required another film produced by Samuel Hadida, an adaptation of the video game Onimusha, to be delayed indefinitely.[39] Exteriors required for the film's ending, featuring Christopher Plummer and Verne Troyer, were shot during this time; the location work also required the presence of Tom Waits (on the first day)[40] and Lily Cole (on the second).[21][41] All of Plummer's scenes, including exterior flashbacks shown early on in the film,[27] had to be filmed first in the Vancouver schedule, within three weeks, as he was due to leave to begin filming on The Last Station, which was to start production in Germany on 7 April.[26][42]
After arriving in Vancouver on 26 February,[40] Colin Farrell joined the cast and began practicing scenes with them for several weeks while Christopher Plummer's bluescreen and interior work was done, only beginning filming proper on 10 March.[43] Farrell's work was the first of the Tonys to be done, as it was the only Imaginarium-based shooting that involved significant sets; the scenes at the charity ball were shot (at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre),[44] then the hanging scene, and finally the gondola sequence (rewritten from its original conception due to the now-compressed shooting schedule).
Johnny Depp's shooting on the film was the hardest to incorporate into any of the new actors' schedules, due to his contractual obligation on Michael Mann's Public Enemies at the time; in the end, Gilliam had access to Depp for one day and three hours. All of the shots involving him had to be completed in one take, to fit into Depp's compressed time schedule.[7][8]A few of the scenes featuring Zander Gladish, behind a mask, doubling for Ledger in the film.
Finally, Jude Law arrived at the very end of shooting, on 2 April,[45] to film the Imaginarium ladders sequence, which now required more dialogue than originally planned; a key scene in the Imaginarium wagon between Tony and the rest of the cast had been reserved for the Vancouver interior shooting,[38]and so all of the dialogue (and, thus, narrative role of that scene) had to be funnelled into a conversation between Law and Andrew Garfield's characters in the Imaginarium.[25] This conversation proved to be the last sequence shot for the film, and involved a set completely improvised, on the day, to look like the ground at Battersea;[27] they did not have the budget for anything better, but the production crew came away quite impressed at how well it worked.[25][27][46]
For the first two Imaginarium sequences, a double for Ledger, Zander Gladish, was used to ease the audience into the other actors as Tony; Gladish also doubled for Ledger in wide shots and masked close-ups for another, non-Imaginarium scene, where his character tries out various costumes. Gladish wore the character's mask for his shots, and did not speak, but is still credited for his work on the film.[36][47]
Depp, Farrell, and Law opted to redirect their wages for the role to Ledger's young daughter, Matilda, who had been left out of an old version of Ledger's will,[48] and Gilliam altered the part of the credits saying "A Terry Gilliam film" to "A film from Heath Ledger and friends."[7]
Gilliam said in retrospect about the first transition from Ledger to Depp in the film:
|He's extraordinary. That's why I put Johnny in first position [of the three new Tonys], because number one, he was going to be the most difficult to get any time with, and number two, I just thought if it works with the transition to Johnny and if the audience goes for it, they'll follow the next two. And that's exactly how it works. [...] That's what's funny, when Johnny appears so many people think it's Heath! And it's a trick: Johnny's not doing anything. He looks like Johnny. [...]
[During the initial shoot] Heath was on stage and the Russians are appearing, and he was behaving in a very funny way, he was moving around, and I said, 'Heath, I know what you're doing.' He said, 'What are you talking about?' 'You're doing Johnny Depp, aren't you?' And can you believe, that helps this transition [when Ledger enters the mirror and becomes Depp]. This was not intended!"[35]
Depp said of the experience:
|Maestro Gilliam has made a sublime film. Wonderfully enchanting and beautiful, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a uniquely ingenious, captivating creation; by turns wild, thrilling and hilarious in all its crazed, dilapidated majesty. Pure Gilliam magic! It was an honor to represent Heath. He was the only player out there breathing heavy down the back of every established actor's neck with a thundering and ungovernable talent that came up on you quick, hissing rather mischievously with that cheeky grin, "hey... get on out of my way, boys, I'm coming through..." and does he ever!!! Heath is a marvel, Christopher Plummer beyond anything he's ever done, Waits as the Devil is a God, Lily Cole and Andrew Garfield, the very foundation, are spectacular, Verne Troyer simply kicks ass and as for my other cohorts, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, they most certainly did Master Ledger very proud, I salute them. Though the circumstances of my involvement are extremely heart-rending and unbelievably sad, I feel privileged to have been asked aboard to stand in on behalf of dear Heath."[49]
Jude Law also commented on the film, saying:
|I have always loved Terry Gilliam's films. Their heart, their soul, their mind, always inventive, touching, funny and relevant. When I got the call, it was a double tug. I liked Heath very much as a man and admired him as an actor. To help finish his final piece of work was a tribute I felt compelled to make. To help Terry finish his film was an honour paid to a man I adore. I had a great time on the job. Though we were all there in remembrance, Heath's heart pushed us with great lightness to the finish.[49]
Colin Farrell commented on the experience in his blog, saying,
|It's not hard for me to imagine that if I ever look back on the films I've been a part of, and the stories I've had a hand in telling, one will stand out as so unique an experience, as to be incomparable. This experience was the shooting of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The reasons for its uniqueness, sadly, are probably obvious to anyone who reads this.
Three of us had been asked to complete a task that had been set in motion by a man we greatly liked and respected as both a person and an artist. Being part of this film was never about filling Heath's shoes as much as seeing them across the finish line. How I wish he had brought the film to its completion himself. Of course, the whole crew felt this way. And the cast that we joined felt it, too. It was this spirit of grieving the loss of Heath, that Johnny and Jude and I joined. But there was also a sense of dogged insistence. Insistence that Heath's last piece of work should not be kept in the shadow of the light of day.
More than anything, though – more than the sadness and shock, the vulnerability and un-suredness as to whether it was right to complete the film or not – was an incredible sense of love. A community of people, caterers and actors, electricians and makeup artists had been brought together in a recognized sense of love and obligation, for and to, one of cinema's finest actors and most generous of men. It will be this sense of love amidst the sadness I will remember most. Such a gift and an honor, from Heath, to be a part of the trail that he left behind.
RIP Heath Ledger x[50]
Principal photography in Vancouver wrapped, as planned, on 15 April, but the production was soon beset by further tragedy when producer William Vince died of cancer, just two days after model shooting back in London had wrapped.[21] Fellow producer Amy Gilliam, Terry's daughter, remembered, "[Bill Vince] always said, 'If you get your film in the can, you'll be all right.' And I kind of believe that he stayed with us to know that happened."[35] Eventually, while on post-production, Gilliam himself was hit by a car, resulting in a cracked vertebra. Gilliam recalled: "So I thought, it was third time lucky – they just didn't get me. They got the star, the producer, and they were going for the director, and the fuckers failed on the last one. Whoever they are..."[16] "They were going for the trinity [...] That would have been a tidy end to the whole thing. But they didn't kill me. I'm stuck here to tell the tale."[15]
Gilliam finished editing the film by November 2008, and then work began on creating 647 computer generated imagery effects shots.[7] As usual with his films, Gilliam found inspiration in particular painters for each CGI-generated scene inside the titular Imaginarium. According to Designing the "Imaginarium" published by CBSnews.com, the scene with Doctor Parnassus's attempted suicide related to the style of Odd Nerdrum,[51] the Ladder World with Jude Law featuring "rolling hills with simple trees" was inspired by the art of Grant Wood,[52] the kitsch landscape from the beginning of the sequence with Colin Farrell took inspiration from Maxfield Parrish,[53] and Jose Maria Sert's mural of the Crucifixion in Rockefeller Center inspired the scene including the final minutes of Farrell's appearance in the film.[54]
According to the official ParnassusFilm Twitter channel[55][56] launched on 30 March 2009, post-production was finished on 31 March. After the production had finally come to a successful closure, Gilliam felt that "[I] didn't make this film. Forces from above and below made it. It made itself. I don't worry anymore. It's got its own relentless momentum. It just needed some human sacrifice."[15] "It's made itself – I was just one pair of hands and there were many hands."[16] "Don't get me into my mystical mode ... but the film made itself and it was co-directed by Heath Ledger!"[57] "The irony is that the choices that were forced upon us improved the movie, so it was as if Heath co-directed the movie, even co-wrote it."[58] According to Gilliam, actor Colin Farrell also went on record for saying that he hadn't been simply playing the character of Tony, but that he was rather feeling like "channeling Heath".[59][9][10]Tony is found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge.
Gilliam also positively recalled people's commitment to Ledger's memory: "Everyone in the cast and everyone in the crew was determined that this film would be finished and everybody worked longer, harder and somehow we got through. It was really ... people's love for Heath that propelled this thing forward."[60] "All the actors already in the film had to change their schedules, and there wasn't a moment's hesitation. [...] They all said, 'We'll do what's necessary.' It's really a love letter to Heath by everybody involved. He was beloved by so many."[15]
[11][12]The restyled show debuts in Leadenhall Market.==Locations[edit]==
The film opens with St Paul's Cathedral in the background (by the north bank of the Thames), and the first show is performed under the rail tracks at Green Dragon Court, directly next to Borough Market, with Southwark Cathedral in the background (in Borough, London, on the south bank of theThames), where the drunken lout molests the performers and then enters the mirror. The next scene, with Tower Bridge in the background, is just east along the riverbank, by City Hall. Tony is found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge, and the very large disused building in which the following scene (and several later ones) occurs is the interior of Battersea power station, farther west along the south bank of the river.
The following scenes occur north of the Thames: the Homebase, DIY store at 3 Station Road, south of New Southgate railway station, in New Southgate, followed by the Horseshoe pub in Clerkenwell Close in Clerkenwell from which the wagon flees. The restyled show makes its debut inLeadenhall Market, where the stylish women gather to watch. Bray Studios near Windsor was used for model shooting and additional photography.
The remaining scenes were filmed in Vancouver. The fantasy scenes were filmed at Bridge Studios in Burnaby, while the charity gala occurs at the Orpheum Theatre, and the glass-walled "mall" is the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library, the curved arcade being the library's entrance foyer.
[13][14]The "mall" is the foyer of the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.==Music[edit]==
The original motion picture soundtrack of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was composed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna who had previously worked on Gilliam's Tideland (2005). Gilliam wrote lyrics for the two songs "We Love Violence" and "We Are The Children of the World", the latter of which spoofed Michael Jackson's famous "We Are the World"[61] and was nominated for a 2009Satellite Award in the category "Best Original Song".[62]
The song "We Love Violence", performed in the film by policemen in drag, was sung by Gilliam, Mick Audsley (who edited the film), the musician Ray Cooper, Ed Hall (who was also the Visual Effects Editor), and Andre Jacquemin (who was Supervising Sound & Design on the film).[63]
- Track listing[64]
- "Once Upon a Time"
- "The Imaginarium"
- "The Tack"
- "Tony's Tale of Woe"
- "The Monastery"
- "Book & Story"
- "Sympathy for the Hanged Man"
- "The First to Five Souls"
- "Escape from the Pub"
- "The River"
- "Suicide Attempt"
- "Tango Amongst the Lilies"
- "Victory in the Lilies"
- "Four Through the Mirror"
- "The Ladder World"
- "We Love Violence"
- "Top of the Wagon"
- "We Are the Children of the World"
- "Tony's World Collapses"
- "The Devil's Dance"
- "Tony's Salvation"
- "Parnassus Alone"
[15][16]Tom Waits and Lily Cole, promoting the film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.==Release and box office performance[edit]==
Before The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was finished, the film had already received healthy interest from worldwide distributors and the film sold out across the world.[65][66] However, the film received lukewarm response from many distributors in the United States. Gilliam said that Fox Searchlight Pictures and other distributors had declined to release the film in the US.[67]Eventually, the film's US distribution rights were acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, which released the film in the US through Sony Pictures Classics.[68] In fact, the US was the last territory in which the film was sold.[69]
Box office[edit]Edit
According to Reuters, the film debuted at No. 3 on its first weekend at the UK box office.[70] The film debuted at No. 2 in both France[71] and Italy, generating the year's third-best box office return on an opening weekend in Italy. Said Roberto Proia, distribution chief of the film's Italian distributor Moviemax, about its surprisingly warm reception, "Almost two years after his death, Ledger has a huge fanbase which, along with the rest of the stellar cast, certainly contributed hugely. [...] We also found out that teenagers massively love Gilliam, and we did not expect this. He really has rock star status."[72] Eventually, the film had earned about $54,119,168 theatrically in the countries outside North America.[73]
For the first two weeks of its theatrical run in the US, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus topped box office charts in per-screen average gross,[74][75] taking c. $31,000 per location on each of the weekends,[76][77] and beating even its direct competitor, James Cameron's Avatar, thereby. The film earned $415,233 on its North American limited opening Christmas weekend (25–27 December 2009), being presented in 48 theatres with an average of $8,651. The second weekend of Parnassus (1–3 January 2010) set an average of $7,684 with a gross of $368,836 which made for a total of $1,029,821 domestically. Releasing in 607 North American theatres, Parnassus took eleventh place on its opening wide release box office weekend (8–10 January 2010) with earnings of $1,762,637, an average of only $2,904 and a total of $2,989,290.[78] Eventually, the film had earned $7,689,607 theatrically in North America.[73]
According to the working partner of William Vince, the film had already made its budget back even before it opened in North America.[79]
Home media[edit]Edit
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom (Region 2) on 29 March 2010, by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Supplementary material includes an audio commentary and an introduction by Gilliam, deleted scenes, wardrobe test for Heath Ledger, visual FX feature, and three featurettes titled "Behind the Mirror", "Building the Temple", and "UK Premiere".[80]
The DVD and Blu-ray were released in the US on 27 April 2010.
Critical reception[edit]Edit
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 64% of 186 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6 out of 10. The site's general consensus is that "Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle."[81] Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 65 based on 30 reviews.[82]
Awards and nominations[edit]Edit
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was nominated for two Academy Awards, in the categories Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction.[83]
The Costume Designers Guild of America named The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus for Best Fantasy Film of the year with costume designer Monique Prudhomme receiving the award.[84] In addition, it was also nominated for twoBAFTA awards, including Best Production Design (Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith) and Best Make Up & Hair (Sarah Monzani), but lost both to Avatar and The Young Victoria respectively.[85] It holds two nominations at the 2010 Jameson Empire Awards (Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Best British Film) voted by the public[86] and was nominated for two Saturn Awards, in the categories Best International Film and Best Make-up (Sarah Monzani).[87]
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was nominated for Best Achievement in Production at the British Independent Film Awards, but lost to Bunny and the Bull.[88] It was further nominated for three International Press AcademySatellite Awards, in the categories Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction & Production Design, and Best Original Song, and Monique Prudhomme won the award for Best Costume Design.[62] The film was also voted Best Fantasy Film of the Year by readers of the Total Sci-Fi Online magazine.


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I thought I would write a small note on this.
As many other things, bug and crash tracking have evolved at Ikalogic during the past few years.
So, when you send a report to Ikalogic (whether it's from ScanaStudio or IkaScope app), an anonymous log is uploaded to our servers, along with a comment (if you added one in ScanaStudio). ScanaStudio workspaces are also uploaded (if you explicitly accept to share those). Finally, we get a nice slack notification for each and every report.
It is important that you know for sure that we do process those logs, and that we try our best to understand the roots of each and every crash to prevent it in future releases.
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As a part of our master thesis, my study partner Jacob and I have decided to continue researching into the benefits of binaural simulated sound (Video Explanation). Within research related to binaural simulated sound, often it is postulated that binaural simulated sound can create a higher level of immersion for players which use this technology, than other types of spatially rendered types of sound (Stereo and mono). We have not been able to find any research backing this up. Additionally, our body responds to various stimuli e.g our heart rate increases when we get scared and our eyes flicker when we hear incoming danger. We also believe that our bodies respond differently, depending on the type of spatial audio you are exposed to. We decided to create a study based on this. Our research questions are:
Do different types of spatial audio:
- produce different levels of self-reported immersion?
- affect arousal on a psychophysiological level?
The exact method on how to investigate this question is not completely set yet.
At first, we are required to develop a questionnaire so we can get self-reported levels of immersions. This questionnaire will help us identify whether there are correlation between the measured physiological responses and the self-reported levels of immersion. Before we can do that, we have to select a proper definition of Immersion.
Second, we have to identify which physiological responses we should use. We have been discussing to measure heart rate (HR), skin conductance (SCR), facial muscle tensions (EMG), brain responses (EEG) and perhaps skin temperature. We will have to make sure that the responses we choose measures the responses from two neurophysiological systems, valence and arousal, if we wish to map the responses to an emotion.
Third, we have to develop a experimental setup that allows us to measure both physiological responses as well as levels of immersion. We have decided to create a small horror game, hoping to induce fear into our participants. We expect, the more immersed a player is, the more fear will be induced, the higher is the physiological response and the higher is the level of self-reported immersion.
We will make a system that allows us to switch between the auditory rendering method, so we can switch freely between binaurally simulated, stereo and mono audio. Our game makes use of the Oculus Rift DK2 and uses its head rotation as the only player input. No keyboard or mouse. This allows us to strap our participants into wires and devices, without fearing they will rip them off.
There are still plenty of unknowns in our study, and the field of psychophysiology is a new field for us. We hope to perform a multitude of experiments, so we can iterate and create better experiments by each iteration. We still have until the end of May, and I'll create a post when the time comes about our results


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Jeff Burk - The Very Ineffective Haunted House & Other Strange & Stupid Stories
Jeff Burk - The Very Ineffective Haunted House & Other Strange & Stupid Stories
Strange & Stupid Stories by the author of Shatnerquake, Jeff Burk. We promise, they are strange & stupid.
The Very Ineffective Haunted House
There's something about people who are failures but refuse to ever give up that I find charming. The idea of someone who is terrible at something but still keeps trying despite the fact that any rational person would have given up long ago is inspiring to me. I know a lot of artists and writers look positively upon their art but I never feel that way about my stories, I can only see their faults but other people seem to like them so I keep writing them. This is another one of those stupid stories and it's about failure and just leaning into that failure.
But instead of it being about a writer who drinks too much and plays with cats all the time it's about a haunted house who only wanted to be an artist.
"Like Lloyd Kaufman and Sam Raimi's mutant offspring."
-Wil Wheaton
"If Chuck Klosterman raised a child on Jack Kerouac, Star Trek and comic books, that kid would be Jeff Burk. Original stuff that is sure to turn heads for fans of any literary genres."
-MC Lars
"Jeff Burk writes some awesome shit. Just read it."
-Carlton Mellick III
"Jeff Burk watches too much TV."
-Chester Knebel, head animator for SUPERJAIL Season 1.
"Reminiscent of a modern William Faulkner."
-Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger


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I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am spring has sprung! I had every intention of posting some pictures from the yard, but don't have a camera at home these days and forgot to borrow one from work at lunch. Maybe this weekend.
Anyway, just wanted to wish everyone a happy spring!
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So my Armoire is FINALLY finished!! It's been painted for awhile, it just took me forever to get the windows done! It is such a relief to finally have it done. Now I get to fill it with all her cute little outfits!!
So remember what it looked like before…yikes! I found this piece of trash at Savers for $10. I knew it had potential…and for $10 I couldn't just leave it!
With a lot of sanding, a coat of kilz 2, and a few coats of swiss cofee I think she came out B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! I also distressed the edges a little to give it more of a vintage look.
I put some of the extra paint I had from when we painted the striped wall in our paint sprayer and gave the hardware a few coats of pink paint. Then I sprayed them a couple of times with Minwax polycrylic spray paint for extra protection. I'm loving the pink against the white. Oh so girly! :)
The windows were the trickiest part for me. I really wish I had the tools to cut out wood…but I don't, so I decided to just use cardboard instead. I know-so lame! It definitely wood of looked better with white wood- but oh well!
I traced the cardboard, cut it out and then wrapped it with batting/fabric and hot glue. I'm not going to lie- it looked ugly! So I decided to add a little ruffle trim to spice it up! I thought about painting the cardboard white, but then decided it may make it look more cheap. lol! So for now it stays brown.
Wow can you believe it's the same piece of furniture!?
**UPDATE: To see the full nursery reveal click here**
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by Stefan Carew, Digital Communications Officer
At Marine Atlantic, safety is our first priority. We believe the health and well-being of our employees and passengers is our greatest responsibility. That's why we're committed to maintaining a 'safety first' culture.
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Arriving at our terminals
- We comply with the Canada Shipping Act. In accordance with the Act, recreational vehicles carrying propane must have cylinder valves fully closed before boarding the vessel. You must declare all propane and gasoline products you are carrying and you will be issued a tag for each.
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Bex Day - Malcolm in Barry
We drove to Barry and had fish and chips and played in the fun fair. Only sober fun cos I had to drive. This is Malcolm who worked on the carousel that goes really high up in the sky and you can see the strip of sand and sea. I wanted to get a Tshirt that said Barry-bados but it was too expensive and I knew I would probably never wear it. I do know that TV programme Gavin and Stacey and that was filmed here. It took me 8 hours to drive home cos we kept fucking up the directions and my friends were high in the back. Anyway enough about me (narcissist) Malcolm tattooed his ex wife's name Edna on his hand plus true love. He said he's had 2 more wives since. What is true love?


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This is my latest installment of photography-related links that I have found interesting in the last month.
My flickr photo picks for the month (ie Other People's Photos That I Like)
Links for the month
- 5 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos
- 11 Great Camera Angles for Food Photography
- 7 Tips for Better Architectural Photography
- Available Light Photography
- COLOR correction in Lightroom
- 19 Beautiful Examples of HDR Done Right
- 12 Video Tutorials for Improving Your Photoshop Skills
- How to Get Vibrant Colours in Photos Without Overdoing It
- 7 Tips for Photographing a Conference
- Advanced Tips for Tack Sharp Images
- 50 Best Photo Effect Tutorials 2010
- 17 Wild Photographs of Tornados
- Seven Holiday Photography Tips
- 10 iPhone Apps for Every Photographer
- Lightroom's Clarity Slider – What Does It Do?
- Are You Using Your Correct Eye When Photographing?
- Landscapes of the Texas Plains & Canyons Book
- Five Technology Advancements in the Last Decade That Benefited Photographers
- Mostly365: Share a photo with the world every day!
- i365 Flickr Group
These links are also listed as a category on my weekly installment of links on RhondaTipton.Net.
Other Photography Link Collections
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Entertainment & Life
Want to buy the farm with barn that inspired 'Charlotte's Web'? It's for sale
The farm with the barn that inspired the popular children's book "Charlotte's Web" is on the market.
The Associated Press reports that the saltwater farm in Brooklin, Maine, where author E.B. White wrote the book has an asking price of $3.7 million.
White reportedly lived on the 44-acre property until he died in 1985 at the age of 86. He bought the 1700s home with his wife in 1933.
According to AP, the current owners are selling the farm after owning it for more than 30 years.
Those owners, Mary and Robert Gallant, told the Portland (Maine) Press Herald they plan to live in South Carolina full time. The Gallants already have a home there.
The octogenarians say they have a lot of strangers coming by the house, either just to look, take photos or ask for a tour.
"E.B. White would turn over in his grave if he knew how many people stop here," Mary Gallant told the paper. "But to me, that's absolutely wonderful that he is so alive to the world."
Downeast Properties listing agent Martha Dischinger told AP the property has most of the historical touches from White's ownership.
The barn that was the setting for the children's book about the pig named Wilbur and the spider named Charlotte is still there. So is the famous rope swing whose motion was mimicked in White's writing, according to the Press Herald.


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The Premier Baseball Social Network for Players, Coaches, Scouts, and Umpires
Good Morning Everyone,
Any guidance on models to shape for billets that are 98-99oz. With the exception of heavier training bats that players have requested, I have found it difficult to utilize these billets to shape a (-2), (-3) in most models. Any help is appreciated.
Kevin Sekula
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Those weights are perfect for trophy/award bats.
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