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Bill Haley & Johnny Kay: Bill Haley & Friends Vol.4 - Tale Of A Comet (CD)
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Titre de l'album: Bill Haley & Friends Vol.4 - Tale Of A Comet (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
- Année de publication 2009
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Bill Haley
Geboren am 6.7.1925 in Highland Park, US-Staat Michigan, gestorben am 9.2.1981 in Harlingen, Texas. Der Rock'n'Roll-Pionier kam aus der Country- und Western-Swing- Szene. 1953 formierte Bill Haley die Comets (später unter anderem mit dem exzellenten Saxophonisten Rudi Pompilli, verstorben am 5.2.1976), im Jahr darauf unterschrieb er einen Plattenvertrag bei Decca.
Bis 1960 spielten Bill Haley & Co. über ein Dutzend US-Hits und Klassiker ein, darunter Unvergängliches wie "Rock Around The Clock', 'See You Later Alligator", 'Rock-A- Beatin'-Boogie', 'R-O-C-K' und 'Rip It Up'. Die Crew wirkte ferner in Musikfilmen jener Zeit mit. 1958 war der Altmeister mit der deutschen Sprache in Kontakt gekommen. Für seine LP 'Rockin' Around The World' (Decca 8692 - USA) spielte Bill Haley Tracks wie 'El Rocko', 'Vive la Rock'n'Roll', "Me Rock-A-Hula', - 'Piccadilly Rock' und 'Wooden Shoe Rock' ein, die zumindest im Titel internationales Flair signalisieren sollten. Was lag da näher, als für den deutschen Abstecher ein so ungemein gebräuchliches Wort wie 'Schnitzelbank' in den Text zu integrieren?l Ebenfalls im Angebot: 'ja', ' - Fraulein' und 'Ach, du lieber Augustin'. . .
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Bill Haley
The hoopla surrounding the purported fiftieth anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll 2004 didn't quite ring true. Bill Haley might have lobbied for 2001...fifty years after he'd covered Rocket '88'; or 2002…fifty years after he'd recorded Rock The Joint; or 2003...fifty years after he broke into the pop charts with Crazy, Man, Crazy, a record that fit every criterion of rock 'n' roll. But, of course, Bill Haley said not a word; he had died neglected and alone on the Mexican border in 1981, and even at the time of his death he was wondering why he'd been written out of the story.
True, the Pennsylvania polka bars and union halls where Bill Haley stumbled upon his music didn't have the eye candy appeal of Memphis after dark, and true, kids didn't want to be Bill Haley as they wanted to be Elvis Presley, but he was absolutely, definitively first. Perhaps the only ingredient of rock 'n' roll (as we would come know it) that's missing from these recordings is the music's democratic ideal. You could buy a guitar and with a little aptitude and a few weeks' patient study you could pick out a Duane Eddy tune or an Elvis solo, but you would not be able to play much of the music on this collection.
The basic truth about rock 'n' roll has been reiterated in thousands of books, documentaries, and articles. It was the fusion of R&B, country, and pop, but while Elvis talked about seeing the very primitive Arthur Crudup, Bill Haley's idea of R&B was the tightly marshaled swing of Louis Jordan and the showmanship of the Treniers. While Elvis thought of Hank Williams and Bill Monroe as country, Bill Haley thought of the Sons of the Pioneers. It was a difference that resolved itself to age and geography. Elvis was ten years younger than Bill Haley, and he came from the South, while Haley grew up on the east coast. Make no mistake, though, Bill Haley paved the way for Elvis. When RCA Victor in New York signed Elvis away from Sun Records, they were hoping they'd signed someone who could reach the market that Haley had opened up:
a market that no one knew existed before Haley.
The full story of Bill Haley's early years is told in Chris Gardner's extended biography, included with our definitive collection of early Bill Haley, 'The Real Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll' (BCD 16509). Briefly, William John Clifton Haley was born on July 6, 1925 in the Detroit suburb of Highland Park. His father, Bill Sr., was a transplanted Kentuckian and his mother, Maude, was British. Bill Sr. moved the family to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania during the Depression and kept his head above water by working in the shipyards. He played the banjo and Maude played light classics on the piano. Bill Jr.'s desire to play music was inhibited only by the shyness that probably stemmed from self consciousness over his one blind eye.
Before the end of the Second World War, though, Bill Haley was trying to carve out a career in music. He was very much in the thrall of pre-War faux cowboy music. He wore the hat, sang the songs of an idealized west, and yodeled. In fact, he told Canadian dee-jay Red Robinson that he was an Indiana state yodeling champion, although no one has ever been able to confirm (or deny) that claim. There were rumors that he'd made his first recordings with the Downhomers in 1945, but that seems unlikely. By the end of 1947, Haley was back in eastern Pennsylvania after stints throughout the northeast, and made what were probably his first recordings for Jack Howard's Arcade Records with his group, the Four Aces of Western Swing. He had a spot on WPWA in Chester, Pennsylvania, and formed a partnership with two future Comets, steel guitarist Billy Williamson and accordionist Johnny Grande. He'd also signed away parts of his income, apparently in perpetuity, thereby setting the stage for the financial problems that would dog him to the grave…and beyond. In 1948, though, a percentage of Haley's income didn't amount to much. "I was working until 2:00am in the clubs and opening the station [WPWA] at 6:00am," he recalled to the 'Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin'. "Seven days a week!"
In 1949, Haley changed the name of his group to the Saddlemen (to avoid conflict with another popular local group, the Four Aces) and moved them through a number of brief label affiliations, including a fling with Atlantic Records via a lease deal. In 1951, Haley signed with Dave Miller, an engaging if morally ambiguous man who at least knew how to get records distributed outside eastern Pennsylvania (one of his labels, Palda, issued records by the other Four Aces). Miller later found his niche as one of the godfathers of the budget record business, and, at one time, was responsible for more records cluttering up thrift stores and charity shops than anyone else—even Andy Williams.
Dave Miller met Bill Haley at the Twin Bars in Gloucester, New Jersey, where the Saddlemen had a regular gig. Miller had just taken a sales trip down South and returned with a copy of Jackie Brenston's Rocket '88', then atop the R&B charts. The practice of covering R&B songs for the country market was gathering steam, and Miller saw potential for Rocket '88' in the country market. "I played the record for Bill," Miller said in an interview quoted in 'The Real Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll,' "and he was quite reluctant to record it as it wasn't his 'bag' – he being a country artist. But Billy Williamson and a few of the other fellows in the band said 'Bill, we have nothing to lose,' so Bill did make the cover of 'Rocket '88'', which sold very well locally." If Haley was truly reluctant, he nevertheless brought a distinctly black feel to his recording. It was the first intimation of greatness. The other side, Green Tree Boogie, was more firmly in the country boogie mold (ie. with the emphasis firmly, if engagingly, on country).
Now we fast-forward to 1952. R&B bandleader Jimmy Preston, who was from Haley's adopted hometown, Chester, cut the frantic Rock The Joint as a Good Rockin' Tonight spinoff in 1949. An R&B dee-jay in Chester used Preston's record as his themesong, so Haley undoubtedly knew it well. "Out on the job one night, just kidding the band," Haley told 'TV Radio Mirror' in 1957, "I went into 'Rock The Joint.' Billy (Williamson) and Johnny (Grande) started to laugh and joined in. Al Rex hit it on the bass. We really got a kick out of it ourselves. Then I looked around -and, so help me- people were dancing. I turned to the guys and said, 'What on earth did I do?" The guitar solo was by Danny Cedrone, leader of another local group, the Esquire Boys, and it doesn't take a degree in musicology to figure out that it's the same solo that Cedrone would replicate almost note-for-note on Rock Around The Clock two years later. It was a fiendishly difficult solo, and the first great rock 'n' roll guitar setpiece. Haley, incidentally, wrote Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie for Cedrone's Esquire Boys. Parenthetically, it's worth noting that Haley's record wasn't the first white cover version of Rock The Joint: that honor goes to the sadly neglected Jimmy Cavallo, who, in 1951, cut a version modeled closely on Preston's.
Rock The Joint reportedly sold 150,000 copies and pointed unerringly into the future. Miller closely mic'd Rex's slapped bass and worked it prominently into the mix, and Haley's vocal was, as Nick Tosches later observed, "one of the first instances of a white boy really getting down to the art of hep." Haley seemed reluctant to commit himself to this new music, preferring the economic certainties of the east coast country music dances, but he slowly began to realize that he'd seen the future…and it rocked.
At the suggestion of Bix Reichner (who hosted a jazz show on WPWA and later wrote songs for Haley), the Saddlemen became the Comets, and the first single under the new name was Real Rock Drive. Although credited as the composer, Haley had in fact rewritten Tani Allen and Buck Turner's Bullet recording of Tennessee Jive. Bullet's publishing company, Volunteer Music, sued right away, despite Turner's advice that they should wait to see if Haley's disc became a hit. Essex stopped working Haley's record, and promptly issued Crazy Man Crazy.
Haley's new manager, 'Lord' Jim Ferguson, persuaded Haley to quit the beer joints in favour of high school gigs, despite the fact that it meant a drop in earnings. "It proved the smartest thing we ever tried," wrote Haley's accordionist, Johnny Grande, in 1957. "The kids taught us. We tried our experiments on them. When their shoulders started moving and their feet started tapping and their hands clapping we knew that a certain tune was worth keeping in the act....Bill noticed that their favorite expression was 'Crazy!'. He took their word and their football chant, 'Go! Go! Go!' and gave it back to them in a song." Crazy Man Crazy entered the Pop Top 10 and the die was cast. Everyone around Haley began to sense that they were onto something – even if no-one knew quite what.
Grande described the painstaking process by which Haley had evolved his sound: "We rehearsed in the studio every day for two years. One of the engineers gave us a big assist by putting our trial runs on tape and playing them back so that we could study them. When we were broke he would sort of delay putting it on the bill. Always we were looking for something. We'd take a standard like 'Ida' and we'd play it every way we could think of - fast, slow, loud, soft, hillbilly, waltz, dixie, progressive. 'Haley was like a scientist putting one thing after another into a test tube,' Billy (Williamson) says. 'And he'd be so happy when one experiment turned out right.' One of the most important experiments happened one day when we were studying some Count Basie records. Since we didn't have brasses, we fooled around with the strings, trying to get the same effect, trying to build volume. Haley with the bass discovered that when he plucked the strings in the accepted way, it came out rrom-pahhh. If he back slapped them, it changed the accent to rrom-pahhh. That's how the heavy back beat became the basic form in our rock & roll."
The follow-ups to Crazy Man Crazy showed that Haley still hadn't truly grasped what was happening. At two of the sessions after Crazy Man Crazy, though, he presented a song called Rock Around The Clock but Dave Miller refused to cut it because of an ongoing dispute with the music publisher and co-writer, James Myers. The song had been written in 1953 by Max C. Freedman, a Philadelphia songwriter, already 60 years old. He'd written Sioux City Sue in 1945, and had worked stints as an announcer and radio personality. He would later put lyrics to operettas. After Miller refused to cut Rock Around The Clock, Myers placed it with veteran country artist Sonny Dae and the song made its inauspicious debut on Jack Howard's Arcade label.
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You have time to complete this online crochet course, and make jewelry for gift giving at Christmas time.
In this class, instructor Robyn Chachula shares her love and passion for crochet by taking you into the world of creative crochet jewelry. She has gathered together her favorite crochet and jewelry-making techniques to share with you to create five gorgeous jewelry pieces while learning many valuable skills you'll apply to all your crocheting.
The beautiful class projects — Pansy Cuffs, Flower Motif Necklace, Snowflake Earrings, Pineapple Pendant Necklace and Golden Petals Ring–are presented both as written instructions and in symbol patterns. With clear explanation and large, on-screen examples, Robyn takes the mystery and fear out of reading symbol diagrams. She'll also explain how to crochet jewelry with classic materials such as thread and beads, plus how to work with unusual materials such as wire, leather and hemp.
Later in the class, Robyn will demonstrate simple jewelry-making skills to construct the projects, such as how to join motifs with jump rings and how to shape a wire motif into a beautiful ring. Finally, you'll explore creative ideas for using motifs far beyond jewelry and into home decor and art pieces. When you complete this class, you will have many new skills to make your next crochet project a complete success.
In this class, you'll learn:
- Which materials work best for creating beautiful crochet jewelry pieces
- How to read crochet symbol diagrams alongside written instructions
- Basic jewelry-making skills and how to use them with crochet motifs
- How to crochet with wire, leather and other materials
- Two easy bead crochet techniques
- How to transform motifs into amazing works of art
- How to block and stiffen motifs into permanent shapes
Confident beginner crocheters able to chain, slip stitch, work single, half double, double and treble crochet stitches will be able to successfully complete this class.
Annie's online classes include downloadable and printable class patterns in PDF format in addition to the online video content. You can view online classes at your convenience, 24/7, 365 days a year from any mobile device, both tablet and non-tablet (phones, iPod Touch, etc.) but classes are best viewed on tablets or computers. All Annie's online classes and DVDs have closed captioning.
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As most of you know, I'm a huge movie fan – hence the name I chose for my blog. But I also love reading, even though these days I don't read as much as I used to.
Unlike many people, one thing I don't stress about is when books become movies – to me, it's very clear that they are two completely different means of communication and one can never be exactly like the other. The book author has one point of view that may not be shared by the screenwriter and the director. It's someone's version about someone else's work – it will never be the same but that doesn't have to be something bad: I had tears in my eyes this morning after watching Jose Saramago's reaction to Fernando Meirelles' take on "Blindness".
Now I give you my take on Brazilian chef Morena Leite's pistachio brigadeiro – it is not exactly like hers, but still delicious.
Pistachio brigadeiro
100g unsalted, shelled pistachios
1 can (395g) sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon unsalted butter + a bit extra for buttering the plate
Butter a large plate and set aside.
Place the pistachios in a food processor and grind until it resembles wet sand.
Mix the condensed milk, butter and ground pistachios in a saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly – when the bottom of the pan starts to show and the mixture is a bit thicker, remove from heat and immediately pour into the prepared plate. Set aside to cool completely.
To serve, place 2.5cm (1 inch) portions into individual serving spoons or roll into balls and place in a serving dish.
Serves 10-12


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If someone asks "How are you?", which of the following is grammatically correct?
"I am well, thank you. And you?" or "I am well thank you. And yourself?"
'Yourself' sounds more formal, and is used frequently in everyday language (at least in my surroundings). However, I've been doing a little bit of investigation into the use of my vs myself and you vs yourself and it seems that it is only used reflexively to reflect back to 'you' or 'me' as the subject. E.g., you hurt yourself. In the case of "and you/yourself?", you/yourself is being used as the subject, in which case it would seem that the correct version would be "And you?".
Any clarification on this would be great!


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Barbara Johnson to Address New Ways Ministry Symposium!
New Ways Ministry's Seventh National Symposium, From Water to Wine: Lesbian/Gay Catholics and Relationships, will have the distinct honor of a visit from Barbara Johnson, the Catholic lesbian woman denied communion at her mother's funeral, whose story made national headlines.
Ms. Johnson will visit the Symposium with her partner on Saturday, March 17, 2012, to address the assembled meeting participants about her recent experiences. Immediately following her remarks, the participants will confer a blessing upon Ms. Johnson, her partner, and their entire family.
"Barbara Johnson's faith witness has been strong throughout this whole ugly incident," said Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry's Executive Director. "We are honored and humbled that she will be with us for the Symposium, and we are sure that all will benefit greatly from her presence."
The Seventh National Symposium takes place March 15-17, 2012, at the Renaissance Baltimore Innerharbor Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Other major speakers are: Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley; former Maryland lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Catholic Bishop Geoffrey Robinson of Australia; Richard Rodriguez, Pulitzer-nominated writer and commentator; Catholic theologians Patricia Beattie Jung and Luke Timothy Johnson. For more information and to register, please click here.
You can refresh yourself on the details of Ms. Johnson's story by reading Bondings 2.0's three reports about the event; you can access those posts, in chronological order, here, here, and here. Ms. Johnson's experience continues to make headlines. Just this week, Allen Rose, president of Dignity/Washington, published an essay in DC's Metro Weekly, a gay news magazine, which touched on this case to call on the Archdiocese of Washington to provide better pastoral care for LGBT people:
"I believe that all of the national and international attention currently focused on the correct pastoral approach to LGBT Catholics in the Archdiocese of Washington might create a grace-filled, teachable moment for this area's LGBT Catholics, their bishops and priests."
In calling for dialogue between LGBT Catholics and the archdiocesan administration, Rose suggests a variety of important and urgent topics that could be readily discussed:
"The following could be discussed: developing strategies to prevent bullying and anti-gay violence in Catholic schools, exploring ways to strengthen and expand the HIV/AIDS ministry, and forming a ministry throughout the archdiocese to support families with LGBT members.
"These and other pastoral questions demonstrate the systemic nature of the solutions that are required regarding pastoral care for LGBT Catholics. This would not be a forum to discus politics."
New Ways Ministry has long-supported the idea of dialogue between church officials and LGBT Catholics, and we think that Rose's proposal at this crucial time can turn a painful event into a turning point for good. In addition to LGBT Catholics, we think this dialogue should also include parents of LGBT people and pastoral professionals involved in this ministry. The time for such a dialogue is way overdue, and the story of Ms. Johnson's painful experience has illustrated to the world the harmful results that delaying such a dialogue is causing. We repeat what we and so many others have said about Ms. Johnson's case: "Never again."
–Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry


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Dolby's Glasses-Free 3-D: Will It Matter?
Do you remember much from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show?
Yeah, me neither. The one thing I do remember, however, is that 3-D television was heralded as the next big thing.
Of course, we all know how that turned out: Despite the best efforts of such retailers as Best Buy to stir demand for the latest and greatest 3-D sets from the likes of Sony and Panasonic , the technology fell flat as consumers were largely resistant to wearing the expensive glasses required to make it work.
Even then, after Toshiba introduced one of the first glasses-free 3-D TVs to the market, the product was still prohibitively expensive and, simply put, not compelling enough to convince the masses it was worth their money.
Even so, wildly popular 3-D movies like Avatar proved audiences are more than willing to watch good 3-D content if the venue is right. From an investors' standpoint, then, many of us couldn't help but wonder what it would take for 3-D viewing to actually succeed on a wider scale in our homes.
Enter Dolby 3D
That's why I'm so intrigued by Monday's news that Dolby and Philips have collaborated in a joint project to create a new content delivery specification for the Dolby 3D format, which will be part of a "suite of technologies" to more easily allow content creators the ability to make, deliver, and play back glasses-free 3-D content.
To help pitch the use of Dolby 3D, Dolby and Philips enlisted content creation specialist The Foundry, who will integrate the format into its widely used postproduction software products NUKE and OCULA. Incidentally, those products are the same ones behind Avatar's ridiculously cool 3-D effects, so it's telling that The Foundry is willing to open the door to Dolby 3D in its own solution.
In addition, Dolby management claims the new Dolby 3D format is "a crucial milestone in clearing the hurdles to easy and customizable 3-D viewing on TVs, tablets, smartphones, and laptops." With that in mind, while the tech isn't quite there yet, it's reassuring that Dolby and Philips seem to have the right idea. So, if glasses-free 3-D viewing does eventually find a place in consumers' homes, Dolby 3D's head start will go a long way toward ensuring it will play a big part.
Another dimension for Dolby
While this can't be bad for Philips, I'm sure I can't be alone in appreciating this as yet another way Dolby is working to diversify its operations away from its former core business in the relatively stagnant audio format market for PCs and other consumer electronics.
Couple that with the fact that Dolby is currently trading at just 14.6 times trailing earnings, boasts a decent return on capital of 18.3%, and had $743 million in cash reserves with no debt at the end of its most recent quarter, the stock is starting to look like too good a deal to pass up.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
A Princess Quilt
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That's so pretty... really loving all the pops of orange :)ReplyDelete
Very cute quilt - a lucky girl indeed!ReplyDelete
I love that fabric, it is so pretty without being overly girly :)ReplyDelete
I love strip quilts, I'm always short on time, your fabric combinations are great love the colors, nice an bright, what a great gift this would make along with the book to go with it, some little girl will be very happy.ReplyDelete
Looks fantastic Rita!! Love the orange starburst.ReplyDelete
Another great quilt, Rita!ReplyDelete
Hugs - Lurline♥
You're too good!!!ReplyDelete
Love it.
Andi :-)
Beautiful Quilt. What a lucky girl. Your lines are so straight. I'm really struggling with the straight lines right now. Any secrets? I love the dab of orange.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing Cynthia
I have a quilt I made from this line on our couch - love how soft it is - yours is beautiful and I'm sure the recipient will love it!ReplyDelete
great Quilt, lovely fabric.ReplyDelete
Lucky indeed! You really are such a role model for simple = completely effective. I have almost finished a quilt top that I have absolutely hated making (chose colours based on what I *think* the person may like and attempted a too busy design), and it has convinced me to get back to basics and let the fabrics do the talking!ReplyDelete
Hi Rita,ReplyDelete
I just love your blog! I get excited when I see you have blogged in my reader, and I hope that one day my quilts will look something like yours and that I can commit more time to my quilting like you have. I went to a workshop on the weekend with Kellie from Don't Look Now and you two are my "quilty" heros! (Love Ashley from Film in the Fridge as well), Anyway enough of my babble, I'm sure you get these all the time, but I have nominated you for a Kreativ Blogger Award, you can read about it here: http://edanrose.blogspot.com/2009/11/kreativ-blogger-award.html
Look forward as always to see what you have produced next!
Very, very cute! I love that Princess and the Pea fabric!!!ReplyDelete
Oh it's wonderful! It is amazing how such simple piecing can produce such beautiful results...especially in your hands! :)ReplyDelete
I've been exploring your blog. Every project you complete is so lovely and beautiful. I'm having fun on your blog. :)ReplyDelete
Another gorgeous quilt Rita, I love the blue at the top, very skylike!! And orange is always a favourite. xoReplyDelete
oh wow that is beautiful! now that I have a new computer with a beautiful big screen your quilts are looking even better to me! love those colours and the quilt is perfect, what a lucky girl!ReplyDelete
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For a long time, the cure for diabetes type 1 and type 2 has relied on agonizing insulin shots for patients or insulin infusion via mechanical pumps. Regarding this, experts have been creating artificial pancreatic beta cells with the he…
The global and Chinese economies were hit hard in 2020, and the global GDP grew by 5.9% in 2021. Although the global growth prospects improved and there was a V-shaped rebound, this does not mean that the economy has really recovered to the level before the epidemic. The vast majority of countries are still in the stage of recovery after heavy damage and are far from achieving real recovery.
2022 is a year of continuous recovery. Global supply chain disturbance, geopolitical tension, energy price fluctuation, local labor shortage and rising raw material prices will affect the resilience of economic recovery. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that the world economy will grow by 4.4% in 2022, of which the U.S. economy will grow by about 4%. Driven by China and India, Asia is expected to become the fastest growing region in the world in 2022. However, China's economic growth has slowed down. The 2022 government work report shows that the expected target of economic growth is set at about 5.5%.
According to research, China has set a growth rate of about 5.5%, which not only focuses on the speed of economic growth, but also anchors the quality of economic development. Scientific and technological innovation, economic and social digitization and green development will be the long-term goals of China's economic development. It is expected that in 2022, major economies such as the United States, Europe and China will introduce more favorable policies to drive the development of switching power supply industry.
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From Justin Willman's live late-night-style talk show Sleight of Mouth at NerdMelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics in L.A. come these clips from the Nerdist Channel. In the first, Kevin Smith joins Justin for some chat about Jason Mewes and man caves. In the second, Justin does an appropriate superhero-oriented magic trick with Kevin.
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Arnold Manaaki Wilson
Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Arawa iwi (tribes)
Ahakoa ruarua noa o kupu i takoto
Anō te rite he whakatauākī te reka
I puta ai āu mahi tohungatanga
I runga i te tatangi o te kī.
Tirohia mai rā aku pewa
I taurite tēnei ka tītoko
Kei te ngaru whakateo
E tere atu rā i Ohinemataroa
Kia tū mai koe Parekohe
Me koe Taiarahia tāria ake rā
Kia rite tonu ki te mata rākau
He wā poto noa
Kia whakatau ake au
Ki runga o Maungapōhatu
E kore a muri e hokia.
Dr Arnold Manaaki Wilson was one of the pioneers of modern Māori art. Of Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Arawa descent, Wilson was the first Māori artist to graduate from the University of Auckland's Elam School of Arts. In 1955, he gained a Diploma of Fine Arts with first class honours in sculpture.
Wilson was influential as an artist, educator, and mentor. He was one of a group of artists – including Ralph Hotere, Muru Walters, Selwyn Muru, Paratene Matchitt, Fred Graham, and the late Katarina Mataira and Cath Brown – who became known as the Māori modernists. They were the first generation of Māori artists to engage with the styles and forms of international modern art, and to experiment with new ideas about the style and function of Māori art.
As ambassador, advocate, agent provocateur, educator, and exemplar, Arnold Wilson played a pivotal role in the positioning of such art in national and international forums.
– Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Elam School of Fine Arts
In 2001, Wilson received the Te Tohu Toi Kē Award from Te Waka Toi for new directions in contemporary Māori art. He received an Arts Foundation Icon Award in 2007 and, in 2008, an honorary doctorate from AUT University, acknowledging his work in education and the arts. He was a made a Member of the said Order (MNZM) for services to Māori and the arts in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours list.


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Skies of Glory Review
- Refreshingly agile aerial dog-fight gameplay.
- Quick competitive online play. A great mix between sim and arcade styles.
- Rendering distances can be bad despite what your radar says.
- Variety is the spice of life, but you can actually have too many planes.
Skies of Glory is value for money no matter how you look at it and gamers casual or otherwise would be remiss in ignoring such a great dog-fighting game.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
There's a kind of magic that comes from developers that use the free-to-download but pay-to-play model correctly and Skies of Glory by SGN will have you handing out cash almost willingly.
As the name implies it's a flight simulator with arcade style dog-fighting. The game's set in World War II and takes players on a world-wide tour as you progress through the missions. Your accelerometer controls the basic tilt and lift of your plane, while touches and drags allow you to manipulate your air-speed, yaw and weaponry easily. The aim of the game is accurate agile maneuvering and after a few short minutes you'll be doing loops and twists like a pro.
A lot of detail has gone in to replicating the vast amount of planes in the game. Each is skinned vividly and looks stunning as it swoops around at high-altitudes. The world itself is fairly poorly rendered and uses washed out textures, but the overall design is immersive and authentic. Depending on your prowess, planes and weapon configurations will unlock, but it's also worthwhile checking out the additional missions, skirmishes or planes available from the in game store.
You may need to buy at least one plane to play competitively online, but while you're at it you may just find yourself buying more missions to keep you occupied offline. But even without paid content Skies of Glory has so much to offer and from casual gamers to flight-sim fanatics the game's free to play content is stunning value.
DescriptionGear up for the ultimate in multiplayer air combat! SKIES OF GLORY takes you back to the groundbreaking aeronautics of World War II, set in the real life terrain of both Pacific and European theatres of war. Over land and sea, under realistic weather conditions, you and your friends can team up to defend a base, destroy enemy compounds and logistical resources, or show off your piloting skills in a full-force free-for-all.
"Pretty graphics? Check. Lots of action? Check. The ability to blast your friends out of the sky over a WiFi connection? Check." Brian Caulfield, Forbes.com
Skies of Glory features a robust list of multiplayer options for WiFi and Bluetooth play. Host 8 player simultaneous combat over a single WiFi network. Synch up over Bluetooth for one-on-one action. Use any 3G or WiFi signal to connect up to 8 players from around the world.
Fly the SKIES OF GLORY any time, any place!
• 3D accelerometer based flight combat
• Get up close and personal with your opponents in WWII style planes
• Stunning graphics and immersive audio make for a more visceral combat experience
• Multiple skirmish modes, campaigns, and tons of training missions with more to come
• Engage with opponents from around the world in 8-player combat over the internet via 3G and WiFi
• Fly with friends over any local network for up to 8-player combat
• Buy more planes for your hangar to maintain a competitive edge over your opponents
• Take off from your base or aircraft carrier on bombing runs to eliminate enemy ground targets, bridges and ships
• Play your own music over our customizable jukebox
Skies of Glory is developed in collaboration with Revo Solutions.
Try Other SGN Games
F.A.S.T. - War is coming to your part of the world, will you be ready?! Get ready with F.A.S.T.: Fleet Air Superiority Training. Fly skirmishes against simulated pilots to build flying and dogfighting skills, and then put those skills to the test in live head-to-head combat against other pilots around the world over WiFi Internet!
(fluff)Friends - A free app that lets you adopt , feed and race (fluff) pets as well as decorate their habitat. With one of the most dedicated and loyal communities on the social web, (fluff)Friends is a favorite for all ages.
SGN Golf: This app lets you swing your iPhone or iPod touch like a golf club and then tells you how far your shot went. Your device gauges how fast you swing and how far your shot travels with its accelerometer. It's like having a driving range wherever you go.
Agency Wars – Play advanced scenarios based missions for the CIA, KGB, Mi6, Mossad or MSS and compete against the rival agencies. With an in-game economy to buy precious items, location-based gaming, and Facebook Connect, no other game stretches the iPhone's technology so far.
Mafia: Respect & Retaliation: The first of SGN's role playing games, players complete "jobs" to become the Don of Their city. With its 'Sin City" like 2D graphics and clever location-based game play, players can immerse themselves in the mob world.
Vampires vs. Werewolves: From SGN comes a howling experience that you can sink your teeth into. Vampires vs. Werewolves takes place in a gothic horror world where the two most fearsome creatures of the night fight for superiority and blood.


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Collaborative Service Design Masterclass
Collaborative Service Design
We will cover practical and essential tools for faster/cheaper idea and assumption validation useful for every product manager and entrepreneur who is creating a new service or product.
Trainer Alek Kozlov
This two day workshop is covering product thinking and service design practices that are used by trainer to identify hidden market opportunities, user expectations, technical complexity and dependencies, needed skills and risks.
Students will select a product idea to explore and use it as a vehicle to learn a wide variety of agile product design and lean UX tools.
We will cover practical and essential tools for faster/cheaper idea and assumption validation useful for every product manager and entrepreneur who is creating a new service or product.
This workshop for anyone who is in his/her journey of finding the real market needs and disruptive opportunities.
- You will practice the process of collaborative clearing vague scope of initial idea into more and more clear set of well understood requirements.
- You will learn how to create Pragmatic Personas, identifying biggest growth potential and validate disruptiveness of your idea against their expectations.
- You will practice techniques that help you to identify, remove and handle the risks of vicious assumptions and unnecessary waste.
- You will leave this course not only writing better stories and creating stronger product backlogs, but also planning and communicating through the build team more effectively.
- Introductions and Course Overview
- What is a Service? What is Your Service?
- Service Ideation and Service Narrowing
- Exploring Context (mood boards, lean canvas, collaborative chartering)
- Skill set needs and reality
- Exploring Customers and Users (pragmatic personas)
- Exploring Use and Interactions (story mapping)
- Customer Journeys and Product Slicing
- Adding Clarity with Tests and Paper prototypes
- Architecture and dependencies
- Delivering, Learning and Adjusting
Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur, Product Owners, Managers, Business Analysts and UX people along with anyone looking to identify and communicate user needs more effectively.
Alek's is the Scrum.ee founder, business consultant and coach. Also he is trainer at Tallinn Technical University and DevTraining.
Alek is one of Agile Estonia co-founders.
Alek practises Scrum-methods since 2004 and he is helping other companies to embrace agile mindset and scrum practices since 2009.
Alek is Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), ScrumMaster (CSM) and Product Owner (CSPO), Innovation Games facilitator and passionate product/service designer.
Alek was first full-time Skype agile coach, who's responsibility was to plan, execute and support teams in their Scrum transition. He been working with Skype, Telekom, Insly, Helmes, Tieto Estonia, SMIT, Töötukassa, TTP and many other organisations from the different sectors.r in 2008.


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After a dream on the eve of Earth Day about actor/Earth-saving activist Ed Begley, Jr., I decided to dedicate my green friendly Earth Day blog entry to him.
Welcome to MBC! It is a great place to find new blogs and new friends!
I would love for you to stop by my blog at www.myadventureinmommyhood.blogspot.com and tell me what you think. I've got a great giveaway going on now too! Come on by to win a $20 certificate to Princess & My Pea Boutique! Just leave a comment and I always follow back!
Also, join up for our weekend blog hop starting the Friday! I hope to see you there!
Enjoy your time here and I can't wait to check out your blog!
My name is Missy and I am also a member of the Mom Bloggers Club. I have a blog,www.luxurybeautyproducts.blogspot.com and I also run the blog hop network.
I wanted to let you know that I am following you, and hoping when you get a chance you can follow me back. I also want to invite you to join my groups, The Blog Hop Network, Beauty Bloggers, and Children's businesses. Also, I would love to place a link to your site on my blog if you want to do the same with my blog on yours. Please let me know by sending me an email regarding this and it has been nice meeting you via the web.
Welcome to MBC!
Just wanted to share my blog with you :)
Little Boys are Made of Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
I'm also a Scentsy consultant and looking for other moms to join my team: Kick the Wick
I host a blog hop every Tuesday! Come link up with us...it's a great way to get new followers!
You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter
I'm looking forward to reading your blog!
Hi there and welcome from The Girlz Korner in upstate New York where you'll find light, witty and rather entertaining articles on every topic imaginable from The Little Black Dress to Making Whoopie. We'd like to invite you to come over and showcase your products, services and blog for free to our thousands of visitors. So if you get a chance to kick back and exhale, if only for a brief moment, we'd love to have you. Don't be too overwhelmed by MBC. The ladies are awesome here and sooo embracing. Hope you enjoy your stay :)http://www.thegirlzkorner.com
Hi Kathleen! Welcome to the club and feel free to check out my blog: Swanky Baby - swankybaby.net. I'm looking forward to checking yours out too!
Hello, welcome to Mom Bloggers Club. MBC is one of the largest social network for mom bloggers. It is a place where moms who blog converge to talk about the latest trends in blogging and support each other in their blogging endeavors and a place to make new friends. I review, blog and sell children's books & gifts. My blog link is http://mymcbooks.wordpress.com. I will be stopping by your blog.
Leading Moms in Business is back and will be grateful if you could please take a minute to vote for Memorable Children Books & Gifts on Leading Moms in Business 2011 Competition. You can cast your vote everyday. Click link to vote http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-in-business/contestant/10217/index.php
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Aloha means Hello | by Jay
Tombo at UHFootball does a thorough job of keeping up with all the news surrounding Warriors football; his blog is a great resource for keeping tabs on everything leading up the Hawaii Bowl this week.
Case in point: this morning Tombo linked a short Ferd Lewis column from the Honolulu Advertiser, recalling Gerry Faust's 1984 Aloha Bowl appearance. Pretty interesting set of comparisons.
To that point Faust had gone 25-19-1 at Notre Dame and had drawn heavy flak for it.
He needed a win to close the '84 season, something to help project a robust '85 and beyond.
Sound familiar?
Weis is 28-21 (.571), percentage-wise very similar to Faust's record (.568) at the same four-year point. Though it could be argued Faust played the tougher schedules.
And for a while in the fourth quarter of that bowl game a generation ago it looked like the Irish, with Allen Pinkett and Mike Golic, would get the win in classic Irish comeback fashion for Faust, right up until the time quarterback Steve Beuerlein's last-gasp pass came up short in the end zone in a 27-20 loss.
Then, the questions about Faust's tenure heightened, percolating into 1985, which would become the gentlemanly coach's last season in South Bend...


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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
This week the challenge is
A Bit Of Sparkle
I think most of us like a little bit of sparkle. I think I must have been a magpie in a previous life as I do love glitter and shiny stuff ;-)
This week we are showcasing our very own exclusive Simon Says Stamp Products. You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.
As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
Please pop by to see what our super talented guest Sonia and the DT have made, and please leave comments :-)
I used a new Flora Background Cling Stamp, White Embossing Powder, Big Hugs Craft Die and Doll Pink Card Stock
I used Watercolour paper and white heat embossed the background design. I then sprinkled A Bit Jaded and Blackcurrant Infusions and then spritzed with water, the transformation was amazing to watch! A few tiny specks goes a long way. I used kitchen towel to remove a lot of the colour as I wanted the background to be quite subtle. I absolutely LOVE this effect and now need to get all of the infusions colours!
I used an iron to remove the melted embossing powder.
I really didn't want to cover any of the background so I simply die cut a circle of vellum and then added some sparkly twine, sequins and 'hugs' to finish it off. I added extra sparkle using a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen over the die cut 'Hugs'
So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting
Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.
You have until Wed 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
Fab n Funky. Create A Background
The Crafty Addicts. Add A Sentiment
A Inky Mess. Anything Goes Mixed Media
Brown Sugar. Embossing
Creative Artiste. Anything Mixed Media
Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
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James M. Williams Named to the Governmental Accounting Standards BoardNorwalk, CT, January 21, 2002—James M. Williams, a Partner and the National Director of Public Sector Accounting and Assurance Services with Ernst & Young LLP, has been named to a five-year term as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), effective July 1, 2002. Mr. Williams will succeed Edward M. Klasny, a retired Partner of Ernst & Young LLP, whose second and final term ends on June 30 of this year. The appointment was made by the Financial Accounting Foundation's Board of Trustees, which oversees the activities of the GASB and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
In commenting on Mr. Williams' appointment, Manuel H. Johnson, Chairman and President of the Financial Accounting Foundation, stated "We are very pleased to announce Jim's appointment to the GASB. He brings a wealth of experience in governmental accounting and demonstrated leadership skills. His background will be an asset to the GASB."
At Ernst & Young, Mr. Williams is responsible for monitoring and communicating information and guidance on current governmental developments to public-sector specialists throughout the firm and, he participates in public-sector engagements.
Mr. Williams, a Certified Governmental Financial Manager, has participated extensively in professional activities and committee service. He represents the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He also chairs the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Financial Management Standards Board.
Among Mr. Wiliams' past professional contributions, he was a member of the AICPA Government Accounting and Auditing Committee and the AGA State and Local Government Committee. He also was a member of the AICPA Government Technical Standards Subcommittee and served on several GASB task forces.
Mr. Williams, a Certified Public Accountant, is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in accounting and an M.A. degree in public administration.
About the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Foundation
Formed in 1984, the GASB is the independent, not-for-profit organization that establishes and improves financial accounting and reporting standards for state and local governments. Its seven members are drawn from the Board's diverse constituency, including preparers and auditors of government financial statements, users of those statements and members of the academic community.
The Financial Accounting Foundation is responsible for funding, overseeing and selecting the members of the GASB and the FASB. For more information on the organizations it oversees, visit its websites at www.gasb.org and www.fasb.org.


text: To paraphrase a phrase, there is no such thing as a free app.Yes, there are hundreds of thousands out there that won't cost you a cent to download. But they still extract a price. The price, at a minimum, is information \u2014 about you. As more than one expert has said, "You are the payment." And that payment is not risk-free.[Is mobile anti-virus even necessary?]The large majority of mobile apps, even those vetted through Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store, are (with apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein) "getting to know you, getting to know all about you," in exchange for helping you tune your instrument, see your way in the dark, find a new restaurant and any number of other services.Except the goal of that knowledge is commercial, not romantic. The developers of those apps are selling information about you to analysts and marketers \u2014 information that, knowingly or not, you are volunteering to give them.That, in the view of many mobile users, is not necessarily risky if all it means is getting some targeted ads for things that already interest them. And there are apps available that are even designed to protect your privacy \u2013 among them Telegram, Wickr and Confide for text messages and Snapchat for photos \u2013 that delete what you sent in seconds or minutes.But users may not be aware of how much more interested purveyors of malware are in them than they were even a couple of years ago.The Mobile Security Threat Report from Sophos, released at this week's Mobile World Congress, reports that while the first mobile malware appeared 10 years ago, it has exploded in the past two years, responding to mobile subscriptions now totaling about 7 billion and app downloads of about 110 billion just from Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store.The company, which has tracked Android malware samples since 2004, reported that they remained relatively negligible until 2012, and since then have grown to more than 650,000.And even with apps free of malware, users may not know how deep the collection goes, and how their information (about friends and business associates, their identity and their financial transactions) can fall into the wrong hands.[6 tips for smartphone privacy and security]Domingo Guerra, cofounder and president of mobile app risk management vendor Appthority, contends that this is a greater risk than malware right now. While he agrees that malware is "growing exponentially," he said it remains, "a sliver of the app ecosystem. Having analyzed over 2.3 million apps for our customers, we have found that less than 0.4% of apps have malware, while 79% had other kinds of enterprise risk.In its Winter 2014 App Reputation Report, Appthority analyzed 400 apps \u2013 the top 100 free and top 100 paid for each of the two most most popular mobile platforms, iOS and Android ndash; and reported multiple "risky" behaviors, most involving the privacy of users.[7 enterprise mobile security best practices]Of the free apps analyzed from both platforms, 70% allow location tracking, 56% identify the user's ID (UDID), 31% access users' contact list or address book, 69% use single sign-on, 53% share data with ad networks and analytics and 51% offer in-app purchasing.That last item \u2013 in-app purchasing \u2013 can be especially risky, and expensive. Guerra said a growing trend is for apps to, "leverage in-app purchasing to monetize. For example, Candy Crush Saga, one of the most popular free apps, is also one of the top-grossing apps."Guerra said Apple recently settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission about in-app purchases specifically for children's apps. "Parents thought they were authorizing one in-app-purchase transaction, but instead authorized any transaction during a 30-minute window," he said."This resulted in many 'unauthorized' charges, as kids used in-app-purchases to buy additional content, features, virtual goods etc. And in-app-purchases can be as high as $99 per transaction."That does not mean paid apps are not invasive. "While 95% of free apps exhibited at least one risky behavior, so did 80% of the top paid apps," Appthority reported. "Developers of paid and free apps are seeking new methods of generating revenue and unfortunately, it comes at the cost of the user's privacy."Security vendor McAfee reported similar findings recently. In a recent post on the McAfee Blog, Lianne Caetano wrote that company researchers, "found that privacy-invading apps are more common than ever before, and beyond violating your digital space, some even contain malware and other suspicious characteristics."According to the report, 82% of the apps read the UDID; 64% know the wireless carrier; 59% track the last known location; 55% continuously track location; 26% read the apps used; 26% know the SIM card number; and 36% know the user's account information.[iOS vs. Android: Which is more secure?]While some tracking is inevitable, given that users expect certain apps to guide them to specific locations, "the real question is: What are these apps doing with all of the information that they collect? ... some of these apps may be oversharing that information with third parties or using it to inform more nefarious groups," Caetano wrote.And some of the promises made about privacy may not be rigorously enforced. Among Apple's latest rules for developers is that they should not request a UDID as a method of user tracking.[Security risk in Starbucks app a 'wakeup call' for consumers]"However, 26% of top iOS apps still make requests for UDID, and on any device that is running an older OS than iOS7, the apps are still able to get the UDID directly from the device," said Guerra.Beyond the privacy risks, Guerra said many apps, "are communicating without encryption, so intercepting this data in motion is also easy." A hacker doesn't need to hack a device to get this data; they could simply sniff the network.In spite of such multiple warnings about both privacy invasion and malware from mobile apps, there is so far no perceptible consumer backlash about the risks of mobile apps. That may be in large measure because, as Scott Matsumoto, principal consultant at Cigital, puts it, "there is no backlash because people don't know it's happening."But Matsumoto also said data collection on users is not a black-and-white issue. Some free apps, like those from a bank, collect information so they know users' typical habits and can tell more easily if someone is trying to impersonate them.Dan Dearing, vice president of marketing at MobileSpaces, agreed. "The problem is complicated," he said. "You might want apps to see your contacts, to make your life easier, but not upload them to their server. But then the policy choices that a user needs to make get too complicated."There are things consumers and enterprises do to improve their privacy. Among the most basic are to buy apps only from reliable sources that have been vetted by companies like Google and Apple, and to take the time to limit the amount of tracking an app can do, through privacy and\/or preference settings."Apps are generally collecting more information than they need," Guerra said. "Why does a flashlight app need my location, calendar, and address book? The issue this creates is that these databases are not always built securely and can become targets for criminals or governments \u2014 recall NSA's comments about using Angry Birds data to track user data."Strong passwords and strong encryption also help, especially with handheld devices that can be lost or stolen.Bogdan "Bob" Botezatu, senior e-threat analyst at Bitdefender, said encryption is crucial, since, "mobile phones and tablets spend the bulk of their time on unsecure, untrusted networks."[Mobile users at risk from lack of HTTPS use by mobile ad libraries, security researchers say]Botezatu also said users should, "limit themselves to installing the applications they need, most of which come from trustworthy publishers. The smaller the number of applications installed, the smaller the attack surface."But among experts, there is not much optimism for the future, at least in the short term. "This is a problem that is still in front of us," said Matsumoto.


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by John Hawkins | October 15, 2009 7:11 am
It all began when Meghan McCain posted this admittedly hot photo of herself on Twitter:
Then apparently, in a shocking breach of internet decency, someone, somewhere must have called Meghan McCain a slut. That prompted this flood of pathos from Meggie Mac[1]:
so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing but apparently anything other than a pantsuit I am a slut, this is
why I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment
I am going to take some more time to think about it but seriously I was just trying to be funny with the book and that I'm a dork staying in
when I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a "slut", I can't even tell you how hurt I am
ok I am getting the f*ck off twitter, promise not to delete my account until I sleep on it, thank you for the nice words supporters
I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic, I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended.
After this, poor little Meghan McCain got a predictable surge of fanboy support, even from ABC's Jake Tapper[2].
Poor Meghan McCain! Don't listen to the haters, Meghan! Oh, how cruel the world is that anyone could say anything bad to poor little Meghan McCain!
Now normally, I try to be chivalrous about this sort of thing, even with liberals — but, I'm sick and tired of the weird self-esteem issues of the McCain family being thrust into the national spotlight.
I believe Meghan McCain's father spent much of the last few years attacking other Republicans and even introducing damaging legislation, in large part, because he wanted to punish the GOP for rejecting him in favor of George W. Bush in 2000. For all of his courage in Vietnam and his skill at politics, John McCain is a small, vindictive, petty little man who's personally unworthy of even being a senator — and the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Meghan McCain is an airhead with severe self-esteem issues who joined the Republican Party late last year just so she could get more attention for criticizing it — and she ruthlessly exploited her family name to get attention.
"Oh, look at John McCain's daughter! She's a liberal Republican who hates everything about Republicans! Wow, put her on the View! Let's give her a column at the Daily Beast even though she's a mediocre writer! Awesome!"
Meghan McCain is a trite, no-nothing, silver spoon mediocrity who's willing to be a dancing monkey for the Left to get her 15 minutes of fame. It's pathetic really, but so be it.
Yet and still, even though Meghan McCain has been handed everything in her life on a silver platter because her last name happens to be McCain, somebody calls her a "slut" and she has a public meltdown. In all seriousness, people like Michelle Malkin[3], Ann Coulter[4], and Laura Ingraham[5] probably see more truly vicious comments in any given week than Meghan McCain has seen in a lifetime. Yet, you don't see them having little public snit-fits about it. Maybe that's because they earned their success and don't have the fragile self-image that comes from knowing that they're just pretenders trading on their daddy's name.
PS: If this seems mean, there's a reason for it. I think sell-out publicity whores like Meghan McCain are particularly despicable in politics. I talk to people every day of the week who are struggling on in politics to make a positive difference for their country. They go out and bust their behinds, often toiling in obscurity, because of a sense of patriotism or because they want their children to grow up in a better country than the one they grew up in.
Then, a female version of Spalding Smails who thinks she knows everything comes along, makes fun of the things they hold dear just to try to get her name in lights, and then breaks down when she gets back 1/10 of what she dishes out. It's contemptible. It's perfectly ridiculous. And it's about time someone said so.
Update #1: For all of you waiting with bated breath to see if the Republican Paris Hilton (Sorry, Paris! You don't really deserve that) would delete her Twitter account, it appears that she has decided against it:
I would like to thank my family and friends for their support. This has been an embarrassing experience but also a learning one. I will not
be deleting my twitter account but I will be more careful in the future about my use with the medium.
So, this was a "thank my family and friends for their support" moment for the little pampered princess? Seriously? And there are people who think she's mature enough to intelligently comment on political issues?
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A lady is throwing a party for her granddaughter, and had gone all out… a caterer, band, and a hired clown. Just before the party started, two bums showed up looking for a handout. Feeling sorry for the bums, the woman told them that she would give them a meal if they will help chop some wood for her.Gratefully, they headed to the rear of the house.The guests arrived, and all was going well with the children having a wonderful time. But the clown hadn't shown up. After a half an hour, the clown finally called to report that he was stuck in traffic, and would probably not make the party at all.The woman was very disappointed and unsuccessfully tried to entertain the children herself. She happened to look out the window and saw one of the bums doing cartwheels across the lawn. She watched in awe as he swung from tree branches, did midair flips, and leaped high in the air.She spoke to the other bum and said, "What your friend is doing is absolutely marvelous. I have never seen such a thing. Do you think your friend would consider repeating this performance for the children at the party? I would pay him $50!"The other bum says, "Well, I dunno. Let me ask him -HEY WILLIE! FOR $50, WOULD YOU CHOP OFF ANOTHER TOE?"
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Bad News Appliances 3/30/14
Consumer Reports testers make sure products offer peak performance and safety but recently they've found some problems with appliances.
First, the $200 Krups Convection Toaster Oven #FBC4. When testers set the oven to toast on its darkest setting the display just quit at about the two-minute mark. It happened with all four of the Krups toaster ovens Consumer Reports tested. The units did eventually turn off and finish their cycle so it's not a safety issue but Consumer Reports says it's a serious performance problem. Kenwood's $2,000 Cooking Chef is an all-in-one stand mixer, food processor, blender and induction hot plate. For $2,000 you'd expect the best but testers found some major issues with the food processor attachment. With the first Cooking Chef, the food processor blade kept spinning for nine seconds after lifting the lid. The exposed slicing disc had enough power to cut through a carrot. With the second one tested, the blade stopped sooner but testers did the plastic hub on a slicing disc broke, then one of the screws at the bottom of the drive shaft assembly sheared off. The company says it has a replacement part, but Consumer Reports was not able to find it. And the $90 Two Way FlexBrew Coffeemaker from Hamilton Beach poses a safety risk. The problem is even if you are just using the single-serve side, the hot plate for the carafe side still gets hot! A "Hot" warning label does turn red but if the carafe is not on the hotplate and you reach for the single-serve cup you could brush the hotplate and get burned. It's almost 400 degrees. Consumer Reports contacted Hamilton Beach about its design. The company said it's 2-Way FlexBrew coffeemaker is safe, that it has sold more than 91,000-thousand of them and has received no reports of burns from the warming plate. However, the company says it will give a refund to anyone who asks for one.
If you do spot a problem with an appliance, notify the Consumer Product Safety Commission at 800-638-2772.
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She is clearly a trailblazer for women, throwing her hat into the highest ring in politics. But while Michele Bachmann became the first female presidential candidate of the 2012 campaign this week, she does not, interestingly enough, view herself as a feminist.
Unlike Sarah Palin, who has brandished the feminist moniker and spoken of an "emerging conservative feminist identity," Bachmann told me in an interview Tuesday that she wouldn't call herself a feminist—instead, she simply described herself as "pro-woman and pro-man." When I pressed her on the matter, the Minnesota congresswoman said she sees herself as an "empowered American."
Bachmann seemed loath to engage in the kind of girl-power rhetoric utilized by Palin and Hillary Clinton, who both invoked the perennial—and so far unbreakable—presidential glass ceiling.
Said Bachmann: "I'm a woman comfortable in her own skin. I grew up with three brothers. My parents didn't see us [as] limited [by gender]. I would mow the lawn and take out the trash; I was making my own fishing lures. I went along with everything the boys did."
Bachmann is still doing everything the boys do, but as a female candidate she endures indignities that are foreign to your average male pol. Yet she takes it all in stride.
In a joint interview with Bachmann last year, then-Sen. Arlen Specter lectured her to "act like a [lady]" when she strenuously disagreed with him on a point. A recent Rolling Stone diatribe by Matt Taibbi called her "completely batshit crazy" with a "retro-Stepford image." MSNBC's Chris Matthews has accused her of being "hypnotized" on the air and has referred to the three-term House member and former tax attorney as a "balloon head."
And over the weekend, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked Bachmann if she was a "flake." She was not pleased. "It seemed very insulting," she told me. "But he did give me a call and he did offer me an apology." (Wallace also posted a video apologizing and explaining why he asked the question.)
As for Matthews, she has received no apologies, but she is unfazed. Unlike Palin, who frequently decries the "lamestream media," Bachmann doesn't attack the attackers. "The media is what the media is," she says. "It's part of the territory. A person has to accept that there are difficult questions and unfair questions and it is a part of this process and it is what it is."
While Bachmann was dismissed by much of the punditocracy before turning in a top-notch performance in the CNN debate this month and snagging a second-place spot in a recent Iowa poll, there is no clear explanation for why she has been overlooked or underestimated—at least, not if you've spent any time with her.
True, the media have a field day playing up her every misstep—most recently her assertion that the Founding Fathers "worked tirelessly" to end slavery—but we should know by now what that is about. (Hint: She's a woman with presidential aspirations.) If Joe Biden's gaffes had received half the attention of Bachmann's, nobody would take him seriously, either.
In person, Bachmann seems eerily disconnected from the TV caricature. She is bright, quick, charming, and thoughtful. She will civilly and gamely debate any issue.
In a time when people are so tired of the shenanigans of the political parties, Bachmann calls herself "post-partisan." She blames both parties for the mess the country is in. She identifies with the Republican Party as a conservative, but she isn't going to carry water for its members or make excuses for their reckless spending.
When the Iowa native speaks of her childhood, which involved hardship, she is devoid of self-pity. After her parents divorced when she was 13, her family had little money, and she used babysitting proceeds to buy her own clothes. She told me that she was thankful that her family didn't have money and she had to work her way through college because it taught her the importance of hard work and the value of the dollar.
In a conversation last year, she marveled to me that Democrats were bragging that their health-care plan allows parents to keep their kids on their health-care plans until age 26. "Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26?" she asked. "Parents want their kids to grow up and take care of themselves. A 26-year-old is an adult."
Bold words in today's culture of eternal adolescence.
In late 2010, when conservative pundit S.E. Cupp told CNN's Larry King that she thought Bachmann should run for president, the panel erupted in giggles. King was puzzled: "Are you kidding or do you mean that?"
Nobody should be laughing now.


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Savita Halappanavar, an Indian woman living in Ireland, was refused an abortion during a complicated miscarriage at 17 weeks because the fetus — unviable though it was — still had a heartbeat. When abortion was the only recourse to save the mother's life, the doctors refused, telling her and her husband "this is a Catholic country". The abortion was finally performed after the baby died two whole days later, but it was too late for Savita. As a direct result of that delay, she died of septicemia. She would have survived if the pregnancy had been terminated at the first sign of complication. Hell, she could have been saved if doctors had simply prioritized the heartbeat of the viable human being over the unviable one.
People around these parts have vented their frustrations already. Brianne reinforces the fact that atheism intersects reproductive rights (and thus human rights — reproductive freedom is not only a feminist ideal, but a human rights one!). Ophelia lays the blame for the needless death squarely at the feet of Catholicism. Zinnia decries the theocratic dystopian nightmare the country has evidently become. Avicenna wonders why the country is so faithful despite the innumerable Catholic pedophilia and abuse scandals in the country. Dana points out that the Catholics ignored one entity with a heartbeat in favour of another, for no ready reason. But Stephanie nails that reason — the doctors, being good Catholics, let Savita die because she was failing at her one duty: making babies.
I barely have anything I can add to this collective howl of outrage except, maybe, a bitter and jaded sigh. And a request of adherents.


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Ink wash painting
|Ink wash painting
|Chinese name
|Traditional Chinese
|Simplified Chinese
|Vietnamese name
|Tranh thủy mặc
|Chữ Nôm
|Korean name
|Japanese name
|1. 水墨画
2. 墨絵
|1. すいぼくが
2. すみえ
Ink wash painting, also known as literati painting is an East Asian type of brush painting that uses black ink—the same as used in East Asian calligraphy, in various concentrations. For centuries, this most prestigious form of Chinese art was practiced by highly educated scholar gentlemen or literati.
Names used in the cultures concerned include: in Chinese shuǐ mò huà (水墨畫), in Japanese sumi-e (墨絵) or suibokuga (水墨画?), in Korean sumukhwa (수묵화), and in Vietnamese tranh thủy mặc (幀水墨).
Textual evidence suggests that Shan shui style painting existed during China's Liu Song dynasty of the fifth century. Ink wash painting developed further during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). The 8th-century poet/painter Wang Wei is generally credited as the painter who applied color to existing ink wash paintings.[1] The art was further developed into a more polished style during the Song Dynasty (960–1279). It was introduced to Korea shortly after China's discovery of the ink.
Asian aesthetic writing is generally consistent in stating the goal of ink and wash painting is not simply to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its spirit. To paint a horse, the ink wash painting artist must understand its temperament better than its muscles and bones. To paint a flower, there is no need to perfectly match its petals and colors, but it is essential to convey its liveliness and fragrance. East Asian ink wash painting may be regarded as a form of expressionistic art that captures the unseen.
In landscape painting the scenes depicted are typically imaginary, or very loose adaptations of actual views. Mountain landscapes are by far the most common, often evoking particular areas traditionally famous for their beauty, from which the artist may have been very distant. Water is very often included.
East Asian ink wash painting has long inspired modern artists in the West. In his classic book Composition, American artist and educator Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922) wrote this about ink wash painting: "The painter ...put upon the paper the fewest possible lines and tones; just enough to cause form, texture and effect to be felt. Every brush-touch must be full-charged with meaning, and useless detail eliminated. Put together all the good points in such a method, and you have the qualities of the highest art".[2] Dow's fascination with ink wash painting not only shaped his own approach to art but also helped free many American modernists of the era, including his student Georgia O'Keeffe, from what he called a 'story-telling' approach. Dow strived for harmonic compositions through three elements: line, shading, and color. He advocated practicing with East Asian brushes and ink to develop aesthetic acuity with line and shading.
Ink wash painting uses tonality and shading achieved by varying the ink density, both by differential grinding of the ink stick in water and by varying the ink load and pressure within a single brushstroke. Ink wash painting artists spend years practicing basic brush strokes to refine their brush movement and ink flow. In the hand of a master, a single stroke can produce astonishing variations in tonality, from deep black to silvery gray. Thus, in its original context, shading means more than just dark-light arrangement: It is the basis for the beautiful nuance in tonality found in East Asian ink wash painting and brush-and-ink calligraphy.
Materials and tools
Ink wash painting is usually done on xuan paper (Chinese) or washi (Japanese paper) both of which are highly absorbent and unsized. Silk is also used in some forms of ink painting. Many types of xuan paper and washi do not lend themselves readily to a smooth wash the way watercolor paper does. Each brush stroke is visible, so any "wash" in the sense of Western style painting requires partially sized paper. Paper manufacturers today understand artists' demands for more versatile papers and work to produce kinds that are more flexible. If one uses traditional paper, the idea of an "ink wash" refers to a wet-on-wet technique, applying black ink to paper where a lighter ink has already been applied, or by quickly manipulating watery diluted ink once it has been applied to the paper by using a very large brush.
In ink wash paintings, as in calligraphy, artists usually grind inkstick over an inkstone to obtain black ink, but prepared liquid inks (墨汁 in Japanese, bokuju) are also available. Most inksticks are made of soot from pine or oil combined with animal glue. An artist puts a few drops of water on an inkstone and grinds the inkstick in a circular motion until a smooth, black ink of the desired concentration is made. Prepared liquid inks differ in viscosity, solubility, concentration, etc., but are in general more suitable for practicing Chinese calligraphy than executing paintings.[citation needed] Inksticks themselves are sometimes ornately decorated with landscapes or flowers in bas-relief and some are highlighted with gold.
Ink wash painting brushes are similar to the brushes used for calligraphy and are traditionally made from bamboo with goat, cattle, horse, sheep, rabbit, marten, badger, deer, boar and wolf hair. The brush hairs are tapered to a fine point, a feature vital to the style of wash paintings.
Different brushes have different qualities. A small wolf-hair brush that is tapered to a fine point can deliver an even thin line of ink (much like a pen). A large wool brush (one variation called the big cloud) can hold a large volume of water and ink. When the big cloud brush rains down upon the paper, it delivers a graded swath of ink encompassing myriad shades of gray to black.
Once a stroke is painted, it cannot be changed or erased. This makes ink and wash painting a technically demanding art-form requiring great skill, concentration, and years of training.
Noted artists
- Southern School
- Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty
- Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty
- Four Wangs, 17th century
- Bada Shanren
- Ong Schan Tchow
- Su Shi
- Qi Baishi
- Wu Zuoren
- Xu Beihong
- Zhang Daqian
In popular culture
The video game Ōkami, published by Capcom for the PS2 and Wii systems, is done almost entirely in a style resembling ink wash painting. In the episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Cave of Two Lovers," the backstory behind Omashu was illustrated in ink wash painting. An episode of Nickelodeon's Wonder Pets titled "Save the Crane"[3] has the characters fly into an ink wash painting to rescue a baby crane. In the episode of South Park titled "Tsst", Cartman's mother learns to make sumi-e paintings while Cartman has run away from home.
See also
- Shan shui
- Bird-and-flower painting
- Chinese calligraphy
- Four Gentlemen
- Japanese calligraphy
- Japanese painting
- Korean calligraphy
- Korean painting
- Haboku
- ↑ Wang, Yushu Wang. Wu zhou chuan bo chu ban she. Translated by 王玉书. [2005] (2005). Selected poems and pictures of the Tang dynasty 五洲传播出版社 ISBN 7-5085-0798-3
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How do you feel about Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable? Trick question: It doesn't matter!
This is an obvious parody, but it's the laugh-to-keep-from-crying kind. It's a very real possibility that the two largest (and most hated) cable companies in the U.S. will come together to form a Voltron of shitty customer service. The combined company would serve 30 million American households.
And even if you live in a region with access to smaller, rival Internet service providers and drop cable TV for Hulu and Netflix, Comcast wins: It's been a part-owner of Hulu since it acquired NBC Universal in 2011, and it recently began charging Netflix for the use of its pipes.
In summary, Comcast's supply of fucks to give is at an all-time high, but approximately zero of them are for you.


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