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Reach High Conversion Rates with the Best Website Heat Map Software
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If you are an e-commerce, startup or online business, one of the best methods for to you boost your Conversion Rate Optimization campaign is to run website heat maps like click or mouse movement and scroll heat maps. Heat mapping is a very simple but very efficient way to analyze visitor interaction and user behavior on your website.
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One underrated aspect of Conversion Optimization that most businesses have not given attention to is heated mapping. If you are this kind of businessman, then you are not getting the significant benefits heat mapping gives in boosting your conversion rates. This SEO tool that can drive more traffic to your website and ultimately increase your conversion.
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Location: Emerging Pests and Pathogens ResearchTitle: An in vivo transcriptome for entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 2575
|Donzelli, Bruno
|Roe, Bruce - University Of Oklahoma
|Schneider, David
|Declerck, Genevieve - Cornell University - New York
|Churchill, A.c. - Cornell University - New York
|Gibson, Donna
Submitted to: Fungal Genetics Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2011
Publication Date: 3/15/2011
Citation: Donzelli, B., Roe, B., Schneider, D.J., Declerck, G., Churchill, A.L., Gibson, D.M. 2011. An in vivo transcriptome for entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 2575. Fungal Genetics Conference Proceedings. p. 118.
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Technical Abstract: Molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenic process of the insect pathogen Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 2575 in its host are only partially understood. To probe the transcriptional responses of the fungus during the interaction with insects, we have developed a method to specifically recover pathogen transcripts from infected Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm) larvae. cDNA was sequenced using the Roche 454 GS-FLX platform and the resulting 344,678 reads were attributed to either the pathogen or the host based on similarity searches against the GenBank nr and est_others databases. 14,298, out of 34,652, unigenes, had significant and specific similarity to known fungal proteins or transcripts, while 2,748 unigenes were attributable to the host. All the M. robertsii virulence factors described to date were represented, alongside with several novel transcripts potentially involved in virulence, including cell wall proteins, iron homeostasis genes and hydrolytic enzymes. On the host side, the library contained mainly transcripts of housekeeping genes, and only ~50 could be associated with immune defense responses. A more complete annotation of the library based on a draft of the M. robertsii ARSEF 2575 genome is in progress.

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Obamas at Christmas in Washington 2012
The Obamas Celebrate Christmas Washington Style With Psy, Diana Ross, and More!
The Obamas Celebrate Christmas Washington Style With Psy, Diana Ross, and More!
Yesterday, the first family continued their holiday celebrations by attending the charity concert "Christmas in Washington." President Barack Obama was joined by wife Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia at the seasonal spectacle, which benefits the Children's National Medical Center. Vice President Joe Biden was also in attendance, bringing along his granddaughters. Conan O'Brien hosted the all-star event, which featured performances from a diverse group of musicians including Diana Ross, Smash's Megan Hilty, The Voice's Chris Mann, American Idol winner Scotty McCreery, Demi Lovato, and Psy.
The South Korean "Gangnam Style" star's participation was controversial, considering news of his 2004 anti-American performance made headlines late last week. But Psy apologized and was allowed to perform. Despite the controversy, the performers and first family were all smiles at the concert. Get in the holiday spirit with photos from "Christmas in Washington," and tune in to TNT Dec. 21 to watch the concert!


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By Caroline McGraw Aug 09, 2012 0
The Changing Face of Autism: Growing Up and Going Forward
"We need to understand that all children with autism grow up," says the narrator in the documentary film "The Changing Face of Autism." This is a fact with which the film's co-executive producer, Lynne Duquette, is all too familiar. Her son, Sam, is on the autism spectrum. Three years old when filming began, Sam is now a 16-year-old. "The Changing Face of Autism," which premiered in 2008, was the result of six years of collaborative effort by the production team.
Along with Lynne Duquette as the visionary and co-executive producer, the team included Raoul Peter Mongilardi as co-executive producer and John Chisholm as director. The film features interviews with families of individuals on the spectrum, as well as medical professionals, educators, therapists, and other key players in the autism world. Though the film highlights the need for early intervention services, it also looks forward to the future, reminding viewers that individuals with autism need support and services for each stage of their lives.
"The Changing Face of Autism" was nominated for the 2009 Voice Award. Autism After 16 talked to Lynne Duquette about the film's message, and Duquette's life with her son Sam.
AA16: As a parent, what were you hoping to communicate to other parents and families of individuals on the spectrum through this film?
LD: I made the film so that other parents wouldn't feel so isolated. [Isolation] was my overall feeling during not only the diagnostic process, but in trying to find my way through all of the different avenues presented as things that would help Sam. [When your child is diagnosed with autism], your life turns upside-down, and you become very one-dimensional.
At the time, I didn't have the inclination to seek out a support group. In retrospect, I'd say to parents that the first thing you should do for emotional support (and a wealth of information) is seek out a support group.
I also made the film to honor the people [therapists, teachers, caregivers] who tirelessly continue to help individuals with autism. It takes an enormous amount of patience to do what they do, and often there's no immediate gratification. Yet these people devote their lives to helping these individuals, and I don't know what we would have done without that kind of dedication.
AA16: What led you to make "The Changing Face of Autism"? Did you have previous experience working in film?
LD: I am an actress (mostly commercial talent), and I have a strong journalism background. I like to write, and I like to tell stories. I was studying journalism at the time of my son Sam's diagnosis, and the idea to do the film came because I read an article in the Los Angeles Times that profiled the families that ended up in the film.
Because I was so isolated, I thought, "Wow, these people are having the same experiences that I am!" It [the LA Times article] was a well-written piece in terms of the facts, but I felt unless someone was intimately connected to the material, their eyes would glaze over. I felt it would be more impactful to show the family members talking, to let others hear their voices. I wanted to bring them to film ... to make them seem more real.
And, as luck would have it, one of my neighbors, Raoul Peter Mongilardi, has his background in TV, in production, and another neighbor of ours was John Chisholm, a TV writer and director. One day, after an earthquake, we were up on the roof of our building, and I was so frustrated after an IEP meeting with my son, and he [Rauol] said, "You should tell this story." And that's how our collaboration began. The three of us just happened to have the three components necessary to make a film, and our proximity [to one another] was definitely a key.
Once we had this idea for a film, I reached out to the participants in the article, and one by one they said yes [to our interview requests]. When Dr. Ivar Lovaas returned our call, it was really exciting, as though the President of the United States had agreed to an interview!
As we filmed, one parent could finish the next parents' sentence, and I could see a story unfold. It was a double-edged sword: I was so happy but to make the movie, but sad that I had to.
AA16: How does the film fit with the way in which many adults with autism see their experiences—that is, not as something to be cured, but as a difference to be embraced? For example, in the film Ivar Lovaas talks about "building a person" where there was none.
LD: With regard to Ivar Lovaas's statements: I found them to be helpful in breaking down what parents could not articulate to those who may not know the process of how to create the learning patterns necessary for adaptation and ultimately, success in the world.
Knowing that he has dedicated his life's work to unraveling the mysteries surrounding autism in a skeptical society, I am confident he meant no harm or disrespect and most certainly did not mean to say that a person with autism doesn't exist. Rather, that the pathways for learning did not exist. He appeared [in the film] as an expert in the field of research of autism.
That being said, I don't think there is a person affected by autism who doesn't cherish every milestone and victory and embrace their situation. Thinking has evolved since those statements … It was my experience, and the experiences of those whom I chose to help us. If someone could relate or not feel so isolated in their quest to help their child, [then I'd have achieved] my goal.
AA16: Can you tell us about the "change" referred to in the film's title?
LD: We chose "The Changing Face" because [of the realization that] it wasn't someone else's child's face—it was my child's.
AA16: The film has a strong advocacy component in terms of raising autism awareness and improving quality of life for individuals with autism; how has the film aided in advocacy efforts?
LD: I started making the film during a time in which I was angry because it didn't feel like anybody knew anything [about autism]. Doctors, educators, psychologists … they were all pointing fingers at one another.
In terms of an advocacy message, I feel like if you watched my film you'd get the sense that you have to trust your gut. This isn't a how-to movie, it's a how I did it movie, meant to keep you going. It's not easy. I struggled, because I didn't want people to feel like I was telling them what to do. In the film, I focused on the experts that I used and trusted. I wanted to show people the advice that I listened to. I showcased the pieces of my puzzle.
The participating families were also a big factor, since each family has a different dynamic, and they have different roads to navigate. I wanted to show the diversity of how autism affects people.
AA16: What do you think has been your greatest challenge to face as your child with autism became an adult?
LD: Because of the fact that you wouldn't instantly recognize Sam's disability, I'm not sure he'll be treated appropriately in certain situations. I want him to be understood, to be protected, to sense danger. I want what anyone wants for their child, for them to be happy, healthy, and successful.
The challenge is helping him keep up with this world that goes so fast. The world doesn't move at his pace, and he doesn't move at the pace of the world. He has so much to offer, but in this world, it's really hard for people to just slow down and listen. Only someone who has autism can understand how much others have to slow down, how tough it can be to switch gears.
AA16: What's been the greatest joy of being a parent of a young man with autism?
LD: My son is now one of the fastest swimmers on his high school swim team; he's also run two triathalons. My joy is that he's been able to participate on a team the team, that they accept him and love him. When my son achieves camaraderie, that is my greatest joy. He was alone for so long.
AA16: In your experience, how can parents like you to prepare themselves and their children for times of transition?
LD: I do have a philosophy of transition, one that's been immensely helpful for me. Here it is: The transition [from teenager to adult] is the cornerstone of their adult success. And this [Transition] is a time when there are still so many supports in place, a network, a net. When you're faced with a decision about how much or how little independence you should give [your child], you have to imagine … imagine [your child becoming] someone who doesn't get to have the experience of trying it on his own.
So I think to myself, Now is the time to make the mistakes. Now is the time to err on the side of giving [individuals] more independence. I know Sam craves it. He's in a school that's fantastic, and he has a lot of support, and he's blossomed. I struggled with [giving him greater independence], saying to myself, "But everything's working! I don't want to change anything!" Yet if you don't do it now, it's so much harder later.
AA16: What resources have been most helpful to you as a parent of a teenager on the spectrum?
LD: I looked everywhere for something to make sense. In 2003, the Internet was not like it is now. I downloaded medical literature, but it was all jibberish [to me].
[When I found] the book "Let Me Hear Your Voice" by Catherine Maurice …. That was the first time I felt a kinship. I don't know how this woman did it, but she gave me the groundwork for our lives; she showed me how it was going to be. It was a roadmap. It outlined how much work it was going to be [to raise a child with autism and do therapy], and that actually made me determined to enjoy the experience.
I think the best that you can hope for is to enjoy the moment ... to learn to live with this new situation, to accept it. I just invited autism in and decided to make it a part of the family.
AA16: Was there one thing that stood out about the experience of making "The Changing Face of Autism"?
LD: I think what stands out was the day that Sam was old enough to understand that I was making a movie about him, that I was proud of him. And he gave me the OK to share his experience with the world. He gave me his blessing. He gave a speech at our premiere, and he said, "I want people to have a good life like me." I was in tears for days.
AA16: What's the most significant lesson you've learned as you've journeyed with your son?
LD: He has definitely taught me. He has taught me everything I didn't know.


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Cornbread is one of John's favorite foods. He has been known to eat an entire pan all by himself, and yet somehow he is still a slim, trim hunk (I'm waiting to see how long it takes him to edit this!). We make when we're having soups, stews, and any food that has yummy juices that we want to soak up. It is also the main ingredient in the Cornbread Dressing recipe that I'll be posting in the lead-up to Thanksgiving.
For more ideas on how to make your favorite foods gluten free, so you can enjoy them this holiday season (or anytime!), make sure to check out my ebook, The Gluten Free Survival Guide. I packed it full of practical strategies to help you enjoy the holidays and still stay gluten free, plus it's got all of my favorite recipes included too.
If you're wondering why this recipe is titled "Southern" cornbread, it is because it does not contain any sugar. Cornbread should not have any sugar! It is blasphemous! I know Jiffy puts sugar in their mix, but they are just wrong. This may offend some people who were raised on sweet cornbread, but please don't hurt your cornbread by adding sugar. Now that I've finished that rant, on to the cornbread.
I used to think that cornbread was the best bread recipe ever for a gluten free diet because you don't need any special ingredients. (I do add some brown rice flour to mine, but you can just as easily use 1 3/4 c. cornmeal, if you want.) However, I've been having trouble finding a non-contaminated cornmeal at our grocery store, so I'll probably order fromKinnikinnick next time. We've never noticed a problem with the cornmeal we've purchased at the local grocery, but we're not as sensitive as some of you, so I don't want to recommend it. Update John found gluten free cornmeal by Arrowhead Mills at Whole Foods so that's what we will be using in the future.
If you do look for cornmeal at your grocery store be careful because most grocery stores carry cornmeal and cornmeal mix. The cornmeal mix contains cornmeal and wheat flour along with leavening agents. Read your labels and make sure you're just getting cornmeal. I've also had friends tell me that their cornbread was gluten free only to find out that they didn't realize that cornbread mix had flour in it (or they didn't realize that "flour" is made of wheat!).
Yield: 8 slices
Cornbread should really be made in a cast-iron skillet, but you can use a glass casserole dish in a pinch. The crust won't be as crispy, but that's the only difference.
This recipe has been brought to you by the Gluten Free Cooking School.
Be sure to visit www.GlutenFreeCookingSchool.com for more great recipes and information about Gluten-free living!


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EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following letter to respond to a request for public comment from a federal agency or department. This letter is an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
Title VII:
EPA Information Collection Request -
Background Checks
December 19,
Staci Ramrakha
Environmental Protection Agency
Policy Training and Oversight Division
Office of Acquisition Management
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20460
Dear Ms. Ramrakha:
This responds to the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) request for comments under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) about the renewal of the Information Collection
Request (ICR) titled Background Checks for Contractor Employees (Renewal).1
Pursuant to the PRA, the EPA solicited comments on several topics, including
whether the ICR is "necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Agency [and] whether the information will have practical utility."2
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) offers these comments as the agency responsible for enforcing
the federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws, with a particular
focus on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title
VII).3 Title VII prohibits employment
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin,
or sex. The EPA's ICR directly impacts employment by EPA contractors
at a variety of government and private sites.
The EPA's ICR requires background
checks for all contractor workers before they are deemed qualified to
work on an EPA contract at any "response site" or "sensitive site,"
assuming the workers are not subject to background checks under Homeland
Security Presidential Directive-12. 4
The EPA states that the "[i]nformation collected by contractors for
performing background checks is necessary for applying the Government-established
suitability criteria" on contract employees pursuant to 5 C.F.R. Parts
731, 732, and 736.5 According to the EPA,6
individuals must not have a weapons offense in the last
five years or a felony conviction in the last three years to be qualified
to work on a contract at any EPA "response site."7
Furthermore, to be qualified to work on a contract at an EPA-designated
"sensitive site,"8 an individual must not
have a weapons offense in the last ten years, a felony conviction in
the last seven years, or a misdemeanor conviction in the last five years.9
EEOC Comments
We understand that the EPA must ensure that its contractors' workers will not pose an unacceptable risk of harm at sites where it has contracts, especially security-sensitive sites. At the same time, the contractors are subject to Title VII if they meet its coverage requirements.10 A pre-employment inquiry concerning criminal records does not in itself violate Title VII because Title VII does not regulate inquiries by employers. However, the use of criminal record information by a Title VII-covered employer, employment agency, or union, may violate Title VII if it is done in a discriminatory way. Thus, an employer or other covered entity must not use criminal history information to engage in unlawful disparate treatment (i.e., an employer must not use criminal record information differently depending on the applicant's race, national origin, or other protected status). Moreover, because disproportionate numbers of African Americans and Hispanics are convicted of crimes, the use of conviction records to make employment decisions is likely to have a disparate impact on these groups. Where there is such an impact, an employer or other Title VII-covered entity may use criminal history information to make employment decisions only when it is job related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.11 For exclusions based on convictions, this means that the criminal conduct must be recent enough and sufficiently job-related to be predictive of performance in the position sought, given its duties and responsibilities.12 The EEOC's guidance identifies three factors to consider in making this assessment:
Applying these factors, we are pleased
that the EPA considers the time elapsed since the convictions.
However, the EPA does not target its exclusions within these time periods
to specific crimes that relate to the contract work at issue.
For example, we question whether it would be job related for the position
in question and consistent with business necessity to exclude all people
with misdemeanor convictions in the last five years from working for
all EPA contractors at EPA-designated "sensitive sites."
We urge the EPA to retain time limits in its standards, but at the same time to narrow its exclusions to focus on particular misdemeanor and felony convictions that relate to the work and the site of a contract. We also recommend that the EPA implement a waiver or appeals process so that individuals or contractors can request an individualized assessment. The EPA apparently already has a waiver process for its drug screening exclusions.14 Note that the Maritime Transportation Security Act, which requires criminal background checks for security reasons, includes an individualized appeal procedure for port workers.15
We hope that these comments are helpful.
Please feel free to contact Assistant Legal Counsel Carol Miaskoff at
202.663.4645 or Acting Assistant Legal Counsel Tanisha Wilburn at 202.663.4909,
if you wish to discuss them further.
Peggy R. Mastroianni
Legal Counsel
1 See 76 Fed. Reg. 67,182 (Oct. 31, 2011).
2 Id. at 67,183.
3 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. See also E.O. 12067 (requiring EEO coordination and making the EEOC the lead agency for enforcement of EEO statutes).
4 76 Fed. Reg. at 67,184. See also Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, 2 Pub. Papers 1765 (Aug. 27, 2004) (HSPD-12). HSPD-12 does not apply to individual contractor employees "under contract to a department or agency, requiring only intermittent access to federally controlled facilities." Memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget on the Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 - Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, M-05-24 (Aug. 5, 2005). EPA implemented HSPD-12 through the "EPA Personnel Access and Security System" (EPASS). Under the system, all contractor and subcontractor employees "whose work under the contract requires on-site access to an EPA-controlled facility or logical access to an EPA information system for at least 24 hours a week for at least 6 months a year, will be required to undergo a background investigation in order to receive an [EPASS] badge." See EPA Attachment to Work Statement Agency Personal Verification Procedures for Contractor Personnel (Oct. 2006). See also EPA Supporting Statement A for "Background Checks for Contractor Employees (Renewal)" (Feb. 2, 2009) [hereinafter "Supporting Statement"], available at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=200902-2030-001 (stating that "[t]he background checks and application of the Government's suitability criteria must be completed prior to contract employee performance").
5 Supporting Statement, supra note 4.
6 See Performance Work Statement: Levels of Personnel Background Checks for Contractor Employees [hereinafter "Performance Work Statement"], available at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=200902-2030-001&icID=23563.
7 An "eligible response site" is defined as a site that meets the definition of a "brownfield site" in section 101(39) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). See 42 U.S.C. § 9601(101)(41)(A). A "brownfield site" is defined as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant." Id. § 9601(101)(39)(A).
8 "Examples of 'sensitive sites' include those that involve law enforcement activities, apparent or suspected terrorist activities, any indoor cleanups (including private residences), drug lab cleanups, and response actions at geographically sensitive locations such as military installations and government buildings." Performance Work Statement, supra note 6.
9 Id.
10 See generally EEOC Compl. Man. No: N-915, Section 2, "Threshold Issues," § 2-III B., Covered Entities, available at http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/threshold.html#2-III-B (last modified Aug. 6, 2009) (explaining which entities are covered by Title VII).
11 See EEOC Compl. Man. No. N-915, Section 15: "Race & Color Discrimination" (Apr. 19, 2006); EEOC Policy Guidance No. N-915-061, "Policy Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII" (Sept. 7, 1990); EEOC Policy Guidance No. N-915, "Policy Statement on the Issue of Conviction Records Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964" (Feb. 4, 1987) [hereinafter "Conviction Records"]. However, when an employer demonstrates that a criminal record exclusion is job related and consistent with business necessity, the exclusion would still be unlawful under Title VII if the plaintiff demonstrates that there is an equally effective, less discriminatory alternative and the employer has refused to adopt it. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(k)(1)(A)(ii).
12 See Conviction Records, supra note 11.
13 Id.
14 See Performance Work Statement: Drug Screening for Contractor Employees, available at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=200902-2030-002&icID=23565 (stating that "[i]f the results of an employee's drug screening does not meet the [EPA's] criteria the Contractor may apply for a waiver").
15 The Maritime Transportation Security Act requires all port workers who work in secure areas of a vessel or facility to undergo a criminal background check to obtain the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC). See 46 U.S.C. § 70105. Port workers may be denied the credential if they have certain convictions in their background, but they also have an opportunity to file an individualized appeal to challenge the denial decision. See 49 C.F.R. §§ 1515.5, 1515.7.
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Interesting article here from the GB Press Gazette. Ryan Grant, Poppinga voting for Obama. Some of the others, not so sure. Brother Steve, stop doing all that work on the election etc and start writing pieces like this. I think it would be fascinating to know which candidate players from throughout the NFL will be voting for.
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The Packers, as an organization, do not take a political position and Murphy said players are free to express their own political preferences.
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What could have been an interesting political satire or a subversive black comedy is instead a dreadfully dull horror movie laden with stereotypes
In 2022, the American government has come up with a solution for crime: The Purge. Once every year, for 12 hours, all crime is legal. You can murder, rape, assault and rob to your heart's content and get a free pass. Government officials are protected, emergency services are shut down and the rest of the country lets it rip.
Wealthy Americans are usually safe from The Purge. They hide behind fancy security systems, sometimes throwing Purge Parties, and watch the mayhem unfold on live TV. News channels cover the violence, which is captured on a network of closed-circuit cameras.
Think of it as a nation-wide Hunger Games.
Strangely, The Purge seems to be working. Unemployment is at one percent, crime is at a record low and decent folk have the annual option of exorcising their demons. Targets of the Purge are usually the poor, homeless and minorities, but you can't have everything.
The Sandin family doesn't participate. Dad James (Ethan Hawke: Before Midnight) is a security systems salesman who believes in the benefits of The Purge. His wife Mary (Lena Headey: Game of Thrones) is a homemaker of the Donna Reed era, who cooks in stilettos, submits to her husband and demurs when her curious son asks why The Purge is necessary.
Preparing to spend a quiet night watching the murders and beatings on TV, the Sandins lock down their palatial home and set the table for family dinner. When a desperate man comes beating on their door, the adults ignore his pleas. But their softhearted son takes mercy, opening the door to the beaten black man.
Following the bloody stranger is a clique of preppy Purgers, decked out in blazers, waifish sundresses and doll masks. Their leader demands their victim or the Sandin family.
Where do the Sandins draw the moral line? Can they withstand a siege led by J. Crew models?
The Purge could have been an interesting political satire or a subversive black comedy. Instead writer/director James DeMonaco (Little New York) makes a dreadfully dull horror movie laden with stereotypes. It's never clear whether The Purge is a commentary on class disparity, race relations, violence or religion. All are shoehorned in with ridiculous dialog and hammy acting.
Pretty white killers in doll masks have become a favorite villain for horror directors, but it may be time to retire the trope. It doesn't help that the leader (Rhys Wakefield: Nobody Walks) confuses menace with unnecessary facial tics. When his female marauding companion can barely lift the machete she's wielding and skips through halls in her flowing white gown, the image becomes farcical instead of fearsome. Who wears white to a slaughter? Her dry-cleaning bills must be astronomical.
Scares are rote, lots of people leaping from around corners and spurts of violence. But you never much care about either the family or the killers.
In full disclosure, other viewers found The Purge thrilling. A gaggle of teenage girls screamed, yelped and whispered oh my god, that's creepy. I should have given them my $10; they were far more entertaining than the film.
This is a great article!
You mention that the horror movie is laden with stereotypes. Could you elaborate on that? Personally, I couldn't think of any.


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What does your Surgeon say. Is he adapting a 'wait and see' approach or does he want to get back in there to fix it? The problem is tht they dont repair the rod - it has to come out and be replaced. I was quite hoping that they would just get a soldering iron and melt it back together again!
Kelly, I do hope that you get some answers real fast. I can honestly say that ' i know what you are going through and i do sympathise with you'. Take care and let us know how you get on, Best Wishes, RB
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The break in the rod is just below my new fusion at L4-L5. It is close to a join or whatever it is, where the screws then go into the spine. I actually feel like there may have been more break(s) at the moment, or else I am extremely paranoid, as the pain and discomfort has changed/increased. I find that laying on my side is causing the most pain in the SIJ and down the outside of my legs, and therefore end up attempting to sleep flat on my back which just doesn't feel right as I haven't slept on my back for eternity! I get some sleep only when I take a sleeping tablet, and I really don't want to be too dependent on that, but you have to do what you have to do I suppose! The surgeon seems to be adopting the wait and see approach, but I am getting another opinion, but can't see the surgeon till the end of May! It's going to be the longest wait for me. I am very scared where this is heading.
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8 out of 17 snake species across the globe have gone into a death spiral - some species have shrunk nearly 90 percent in the past decade. Scientists are scrambling to understand why.
According to BBC News:
For reasons that are not entirely clear, some populations shrank in number abruptly around 1998.
Writing in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers describe the findings as "alarming" but say much more work is needed to understand the causes.
"This is the first time that data has been analysed in this way, and what we've shown is that in different parts of the world we seem to have this steep decline in a short period," said project leader Chris Reading.
"It surprised us when we realised what we were looking at," he told BBC News.
"And we don't have a clue what it was about that period of time (around 1998)."
Some have suggested that a fungal pandemic may be to blame, or perhaps weather conditions in 1998 (it was an El Nino year). But the snake decline remains a mystery.
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I knew it would happen someday. After years of getting my veggies from farmer's markets, it became obvious that choosing food from local soil gave people a kind of high, and that farmers were some of the absolute coolest people around. That they had fans, almost groupies, really, people who anticipated their appearance at the market for weeks and were completely bummed if they didn't get to eat their vegetables or cheese or eggs or chicken all week. That they were the new rock stars.
Calendar collaborators Liz Gaylor and Kelsi Nagy were way ahead of me. Their enterprise, Pitchfork Pinups Calendar Co., has created the first "Farmers of the Front Range" calendar for 2012, with the help of Fort Collins photographer Darren Mahuron. Each month features the folks you've seen at farmer's markets in Denver, Boulder or Fort Collins, with an epigram, a recipe, and a description of the farm itself.
For example, June's pinups are Bailey and Dennis Stenson of Happy Heart Farm, who pioneered one of the first CSA (community supported agriculture) programs in Colorado. They're shown with their tandem bicycle, which usually accompanies them outside the farm close to Fort Collins. June also features this bit of wisdom from Barbara Kingsolver: "Whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of dirt."
July's pinup is Native Hill Farm's Katie Slota and Nic Koontz, their dog, Toots – and Cherry, their bright red 1950s IH McCormick Farmall tractor, with rows of vegetables stretching out behind them. Plus a recipe for Red Devil Beet Cake.
Katie and Nic farm on leased on acres close to Fort Collins, as well, and many of their CSA members bicycle out to help work the vegetable plots. Their epigram? "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating," (Luciano Pavarotti).
In fact, when I called Katie to chat, she was in the middle of making dinner — curried elk stew with shallots and potatoes, spinach with whole green lentils, and something with pumpkin for dessert. "It's kind of an Indian night for me," she said.
Katie got her master's in environmental health, with a focus on animal epidemiology. But she never felt like she was making enough of a difference. "I always wanted to do more hands-on stuff to get to the nation's health issues and the world's health issues, and now I feel like I am."
That sounds like a pretty big burden for two people and a two-acre farm, I said. "Oh, but it's not – it's wonderful," she said. "I'm sure anybody would say if they wake up and do what they love, it's not a burden, it's a joy. It's a pretty beautiful thing."
Nic also came to farming as a second career – he was at an engineering firm. He, too, wanted to be doing something more hands-on, Katie says. "My favorite phrase of his is, 'I have an idea.' I have a lot of ideas, but he's the one who figures out how to do them. It really takes a lot of engineering skills on the farm." Nic and Katie got engaged in mid-August, and Katie thinks they'll set their date for September – "because that's when all the good food is."
The calendar, $14.95, is available at Tattered Cover's three bookstores; at the Be Local winter farmer's markets in Fort Collins (there's one tomorrow, Saturday Nov. 19) and at the information booth at the Boulder Farmer's Market (which has just one more outdoor, also Saturday Nov. 19, before it moves to an indoor site at the fairgrounds in Longmont). It's also available at the Denver Urban Homesteading, at 2nd and Santa Fe at the Windsor Dairy booth. Denver Urban Homesteading is open Fridays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., year-round.
The calendar is also for sale at the In Season markets in Denver; the Boulder Bookstore, Firehouse Books in Fort Collins and at the stores of some of the featured farms: Abbondanza Organic Seeds and Produce; Hazel Dell Mushrooms; Copoco's Honey and Bee Products; Windsor Dairy; Pastures of Plenty; Grant Family Farms; Garden Sweet; Red Wagon Organic Farm; Jodar Farm; and Cure Organic Farm. If you buy one directly from a farmer, they reap 40 percent of the proceeds.
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La Femme D'Argent: Air Pressure
Going through the RPS mail from when I've been away, I hit upon Cooper bringing Air Pressure to our attention. It's a conversion of Bentosmile's original into Flash, and is a short visual novel with three endings. It involves GIRLS again. I should turn this into GIRLS! week at RPS or something. Actually… I've had worse ideas. Inverting the straight to the sexy approach and… nevermind. This is slight but atmospheric, and suitably open to interpretation. Go plays.


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Hmm while I kind of see your point, I'm not sure about it since "happier, more mindful and more relaxed" could occur from any path, even non-Buddhist ones...Namdrol wrote:People do not understand what a "result" is. If they are happier, more mindful and more relaxed, what other result do they want?Clarence wrote:How come these people don't get what they are looking for? Are they all practicing wrong? You yourself said it is so subtle that it is hard to understand.
I'm afraid our minds really like those bells and whistles.What could be cooler than that? Everything else is just bells and whistles.
Haha yes, he likes advertising in the sense of giving out information but he said he doesn't like "publicity". Perhaps there's a thin line between them. Magnus's thought crossed my mind too, but then I thought it's better to have one thread and everything in it instead of multiple ones.Nonsense, ChNN likes advertising very much. I remember when I was president of Gakyil at Tsegyalgar, I said we must advertise transmission days. People said, oh no, ChNN wont' like that. So I wrote him, and he loved the idea. After that, membership in DC exploded.
Was that the webcast about essence, nature and energy from sgra thal 'gyur? I didn't participate but have been thinking of listening to the replay.Nangwa wrote: During the April 29th webcast Rinpoche explained this principle quite clearly.


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Originally Posted by dot75
"When you can snatch the eighth-note from my hand, it will be time for you to go."
or maybe it will be time to start on 16ths?
Originally Posted by ragman1
So right now I'm going through the Mickey baker as my main course of study, and to implement those ideas, I have the CP onimibook and a book of Charlie Christian solo, I figure analyzing what that did and try to incorporate their ideas into my playing would help.
I was able to get this Charlie Christian book that has a number of his solos and analyzed solos and the author went over a number of his ideas and techniques, been learning his Rose Room solo!
So for I think I would want to base my style of Charlie Parker and Charlie Christian, it will a lot of studying and fun!.
Originally Posted by grahambop
I need to learn autumn leaves as well
I've found that singing along with your soloing — like George Benson, for example — instantly makes it more musical and interesting. The act of vocalizing triggers something magical in the brain that translates to the fingers.
I'm learning to improvise also but my case there's a catch when trying to improve with practicing a lot.
After a some days of all sorts of routines, the rhythm gets snappy, more confidence, you know all the technical shape gets better. But it tends to get automatic. "Better" but it's a little numb, a little predictable. Not fully satisfying. Recording my solo, seeing that it IS actually better now but not pleasing in the right way.. that's quite frustrating. And on top of that, I know bloody sure that I've done better with way less knowledge, skill etc.
Now I'm after getting "emotionally" connected to the guitar, so that just about any note would make me feel good.. even the funky wrong ones
*mini-compositions. Just pick a short chord progression and try create a good passage over it. "good" meaning a "lightbulb" moment.
*playing lots of simple hit tunes by ear, connecting them always to my scale patterns that I use.
*listen how a single long note FEELS against another(bass) note, or a chord.
*listen before playing a thing. If doing that, I can start hearing the new note or chord in my mind. It's a real thing, this really happens
Well, those are my mind games. Seems to be working, sometimes surprisingly well.
Originally Posted by Patriot81
If you want to align with Christian and Bird I would also recommend that you check out Joe Pass' books. He's fully steeped in bebop and swing and breaks down a lot for you. He lived longer than Charlie and Wes and made some time to produce some learning materials. There is also a Joe Pass Omnibook now. Learn some Wes solos, or portions thereof, as well!
Originally Posted by Jazzstdnt
For Wes one solo I love is his for on six solo, but can't find sheet music for it online, so I might have to learn it by ear.
Also when learning solos, what are somethings I should be doing to while learning the solos in order to be useful for my own playing outside of what im learning. I have heard things like find lines that I like and transpose them to every key and to make variations of those licks.
Originally Posted by dot75
Here a clip of me improvising on How High the Moon, I tried several things
I tried to improvise based on the melody
then I tried to solo on the big strings with a kind of figure I made up
I was learning ornithology by Charlie Parker and found they are the same changes, so I used some ideas from the start of his solo on there.
Feel free to destroy me on this solo lol. Im trying!
Patriot -
Well done. It's so refreshing to find an enquirer on here who doesn't just ask a question and then disappears. Not only have you stuck at it but you've had the BALLS to show us a clip. Brilliant.
Okay, here's my reaction. First, too fast for a starter. HHTM isn't a beginner's tune. So, slow it down a tad and take it easy with an easier tune and chord progression. Autumn Leaves sounds a good idea.
Then notes. It's not bad but, as I say, at that speed you're going to sacrifice note choices. I think it was Joe Pass who said if the backing is removed you should be able to make out the chords by the notes. I don't know if I'm making that clear.
I can hear what you're doing. On what basis are you playing those lines? I know you said Charlie Parker but he's an expert and you have to know why you're playing what you're playing. Is it basically scales or playing around the chord shapes? Those are the two main approaches before it gets far more advanced.
That's enough destruction (!). What do you say?
Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
Originally Posted by ragman1
I love that observation about playing too fast, I was listening to a Charlie Christian soloing on blues song last night and the was he developed without playing fast was crazy.
Autumn Leaves is one song I need to learn, I should make a list of easier standards to learn.
For this I was thinking in terms of scales, and trying to hit chord tones, mainly the roots to start for now, but since I know the song's melody, I think I may be hitting other tones without thinking of it too much.
Why were you doubling up on so many notes? Nerves, or did you just run out of notes to continue the line? :-)
Originally Posted by Jazzstdnt
Originally Posted by ragman1
So maybe a mixture of running out of and having a small number of solo ideas.
I need to learn how to have lines. Would things like playing through arpeggios be considered a line? In the Rose Room solo by Charlie Christian im learning I like some of his arpeggio ideas.
Originally Posted by Litterick
Im a book nerd btw for anyone here, so if there are any jazz related book, theory or just for reading wise, im super open for talking about that!
On a similar note the book John Coltrane: His life and Music by Lewis Porter is a great read as well!
Originally Posted by Patriot81
As a matter of fact the CP Omnibook would probably have good ideas for lines. I haven't seen that book but one problem could be that some bebop lines aren't at all obvious. Simple scale lines and arpeggios are usually simple to understand but bebop language isn't always. Like I said, it's essential that one knows why one is playing what one plays. Otherwise it becomes mere imitation.
Another point is the thing about solo ideas. I feel it's a real mistake (in fact I know it is) to try to hold an idea in one's head and then try to approximate it musically. It stifles playing. It's far, far better to know the chords and what one's basically supposed to be playing over them and then just let rip. Improvisation is walking a high wire without a safety net. It won't always be brilliant but it's better than trying to copy something preconceived. Experiment with it and see.
I suppose you've been on to YouTube and found the vids of Rose Room. There's a transcription if you read music but there are also versions by cover players that'll show you where to put the fingers. All good stuff.
Yeah, you should ignore what the greats did and noodle on 7 note scales. Be sure to chase every single chord.
Originally Posted by ragman1
Not only does it have his solos written out but the author analyze it and the first few hundred pages he talks about the various chord and scale ideas he used
This and the omnibook are going to my main tools as far as solo studying
Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
No-o-o-o, do NOT ignore what anyone does, do NOT noodle over anything, and do NOT do one chord at a time. A line is a line, a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, a page.
It's a sound and a feeling, not an exercise.
Lol...I'm just being crabby.
But seriously, if your improv sucks, start with Charlie and Django.
Originally Posted by Patriot81
The thing about using arpeggios like that is that these days, frankly, they sound dated and a bit sparse. I doubt if anyone plays a solo like that now, at least I've never heard it. BUT - to learn arpeggios, yes. Good resource.
But, look, you must start simply. I know you'll do it your way, and so you should, but you can't do the impossible. The CP stuff is highly advanced. You must know that. Especially on a guitar. It's much harder to finger than a saxophone.
Patriot -
Now there's a thing. All this talk of Parker, Christian and Django...
Can you post one vid from YouTube of a jazz guitar player whose style you really like? Not what would be easiest for you to copy and play, but the sort of style you'd like to sound like. What jazz sound really does it for you? Just out of interest.
Originally Posted by ragman1
It the theoretical stuff and trying to understand what he, and other players, do in order to make their own solos sound great!
Cheer up Mr B, don't like to see you down
He's a nice man, you know
Here's one I like. Walking the wire, no net. Really good solid jazz guitar playing. And guess what, he's a poster here. You can talk to him! He will talk to you!
Originally Posted by Patriot81
If you think of it, there's just the guitar, six strings and the same notes, same tunes, same chords, same 'rules', etc, etc. But what makes Joe Pass different from Wes Montgomery, different from Pat Martino, different from Ed Bickert, different from Jimmy Raney? That's the point, isn't it?
It's because they're them. We'll never be someone else but we can always glean things from others. But in the end we come back to ourselves... :-)
Originally Posted by ragman1
Originally Posted by ragman1
Reach, reach!
Anyone could recommend a first rhythm changes song to really learn?
Originally Posted by Patriot81
Originally Posted by Patriot81
When I started learning jazz I had some theory and scales from doing classical guitar, but no jazz knowledge. Also there was no internet then and I had no books. So I just copied bits of solos I liked off records and played around with them on different tunes and gradually built up some lines to use. I also learned a number of tunes by ear (I had no fakebooks then) and worked out the chord changes by ear. The only book I got then was the Joe Pass chord book as I wanted to know the common jazz chord shapes (I had been playing rock guitar so didn't have a clue about jazz chords).
So really I just kept on like that for years and eventually could play lines on different tunes. But I would say a lot of what I play is really made up of little bits and pieces of existing ideas which I just re-combine on the fly, as it were.
Later on I learned more theory etc. but that always came second for me.
The main players I copied stuff from were Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Dexter Gordon and Chet Baker. Charlie Parker a bit less, simply because I found his solos a bit too fast and complicated to learn from. But I did steal some Parker ideas here and there.
I must admit I find it difficult to explain this stuff because I just followed my ear and intuition really.
Originally Posted by joe2758
That's how you get better ... excellent. Play, record and post it.
I'd suggest working on your time first and foremost. Specifically, be as critical as you can be that those 1/8th notes fall exactly when and how you want them to. My advice is take your solo, slow it down by 50%, and play it over and over and over, being deliberately intentional to make the groove a little stronger.
I think most time issues for most players are technical, rather than not hearing or feeling the time correctly. The only way to work through that is slowly. Exaggerate the evenness of every note in the line. Repeat. Repeat. Ad nauseum.
You wont improve the things (I think) you need to improve on by playing at that tempo. Period.
I'd second the idea that the CP omnibook isn't a great place to start ... unless you're simply a super talented mofo. It's like a calculus book when you're in the 3rd grade. Unless your name is Will Hunting, that won't be super useful. There are a LOT of more productive ways to approach jazz.
Also, I'd suggest using any solo transcription book as a reference when you get stuck instead of as the source.
Learning the scales and arps and voicings is useful, but not nearly as important as (a) playing with good feel, and (b) learning lines. The world's greatest writers rarely have the world's largest vocabulary. A dictionary isn't a lot of fun to read.
I actually like the doubling up of notes. I think most jazz players don't do that enough. We move on to another note too soon. I might scale it down a little, but the idea of it isn't something to shy away from.
I'm new here, but this forum seems pretty awesome. A superb resource with some super helpful folks.
Originally Posted by grahambop
The notes that work over each chord...are in the chords!
Originally Posted by Patriot81
In my head, once I know a tune reasonably well, I can hear the sound of the chords (especially root, 3rd and 7th) and I know what lines and notes will fit. I can usually hear them without a guitar in my hands.
One thing to work on is major and minor ii-V-I progressions, and the altered notes on the V (dominant) chord in those progressions. If you can play correctly on those, and recognise them wherever they occur, you can nail about 50% of what occurs in all jazz standards. Because they are everywhere in the tunes.
As above :-)
Thinking only in scales is very, very limiting. But then so is thinking only in arpeggios. One needs everything, a bit of a scale here, an arpeggio there, an altered sound in the right place. And, as Mr. Beaumont said, the right notes are in the chords, or around them.
Incidentally most of the great players did it the way grahambop described. They listened, wore out their old LPs, learned tunes by ear, and played with others. Playing with others is a hell of an instruction.
I think you're having trouble settling on a tune. Rhythm changes, I'm afraid, is usually played fast in Bb and I wouldn't recommend it personally unless it was slowed down considerably.
There's a tune on the Practical Standards thread at the moment called Satin Doll. It's medium swing, in C, and has pretty basic chord changes. You could give that a go, if you like, but it's just a suggestion.
By the way, do you read music, even badly?
Originally Posted by ragman1
And yes I can read standard notation just fine!
Find one you really like. Never mind five or ten, just one that hits the spot for you. And get working on it. Don't be one of those people who are forever making plans and never quite get round to it.
With me it was Summertime and then Georgia. With you, who knows? Find your fave, dive in, and it'll work. Obvious reason, because if you love that song it'll stick with very little effort.
Originally Posted by ragman1
Right now I have been learning Take the A train, and using the idea of using different chords for the progressions that are laid out in the Mickey Baker jazz book!
Originally Posted by Patriot81
Your emphasis here is on improvising. What are you going to play over these chords? Does the MB book give you any ideas for lines or is it just chords?
Originally Posted by gnatola
Originally Posted by joe2758
I'm not an emoji expert but I think poster may mean 'why didn't I think of that?'
The thing about I Got is it has a turn around at the end that needs to be dropped for improv.
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Denver AIA picks its 2011 design winners
Good design looks even better when you know it came about during tough times. When the economy gets shaky so do people looking to build things.
That makes all of the projects recognized for merit this year by the Denver AIA even a little more special. Hats off to the architects and builders who kept their clients committed to high standards when they had to be getting nervous about costs.
There's a long list of worthy endeavors here, including Tryba Architects swell parking garage at the Denver Botanic Gardens and RNL's other-worldly National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden.
But here are two projects you might have missed and both are rich – mostly because the designers were able to see tremendous possibilities in existing, ordinary structures and turn them into interesting attractions and good neighbors.
Freight, the latest bit of rehab magic at the Taxi site on Ringsby Court in River North, got a Merit Award for Built Architecture. Stephen Dynia Architects converted the 30,000-square-foot freight terminal into multi-tenant commercial space. Like other projects at Taxi, it was all about a tight budget and a wild imagination. The dominant materials: corrugated metal and orange paint. The cost was $85 per square foot, according to developer Kyle Zeppelin.
Another standout is the Cherry Creek North Medical Building, which also received a Merit Award for Built Architecture. This project, by and Sexton Lawton Architecture, has been around a while but it's worth a drive by at 255 Detroit for sure. The front is a mix of transparent and translucent panels that manage to be inviting and private at the same time. That's pretty much how you want your medical clinic to come off.
Here's the official list of the lucky. It's directly from the Denver AIA press release


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