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Why Creative Commons Licenses Help Rather Than Hinder Struggling Artists
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Creative Commons (CC) has been with us for nearly a decade, so you would have thought people might understand it by now. Apparently not, judging by the title of this blog post: "How Creative Commons Can Stifle Artistic Output."
The author, George Howard, begins reasonably enough:
Now, the servicing of the muse is not compelled by money, but, rather, other impulses. However, absent some type of financial return for the artists' work, bad things happen: artists begin to believe that their work is without value, and they stop; or, artists have to subsidize their artistic income by working a soul-crushing job that eventually diminishes their ability/desire/time to create…and they stop. In either case, art stops being created. This to me is unacceptable. I defy anyone to give me a good argument against the creation of more art.
Clearly from that description Howard is concerned mainly with artists that are relatively unknown and/or struggling, and his point about their need to make money is a fair one. But from that premise he then makes this extraordinary leap:
All of this is why I react negatively to proponents of the so-called "copyleft" movement.
He goes on:
As a bit of background, the copyleft movement originated from software development, where hobbyist programmers desired to make software free (or very cheap) in order to reduce/eliminate piracy.
That is wrong in just about every respect. Copyleft, which actually depends upon copyright in order to work, was invented in 1983 by Richard Stallman. Far from being a "hobbyist", Stallman was one of the best programmers of his day. Moreover, copyleft – specifically the GNU General Public License – was devized not to "reduce/eliminate piracy", but almost its polar opposite: to encourage and facilitate sharing.
The author's understanding of how Creative Commons licenses work seems equally shaky:
There are several justifications for an artist or songwriter to give up copyrights. The first is reasonable: that by providing a means for artists to more easily exchange rights, reduces transaction costs, and thus encourages collaboration.
Artists employing Creative Commons licenses do not "give up copyrights": they always retain them. But they grant additional permissions to others – to share, to adapt, to sell. That's not about "exchanging rights" – there's no quid pro quo required, and rarely does this result in any artistic collaboration; instead it's from a desire to see your work enjoyed or re-used more widely.
The second — that current copyright law enforces and encourages a restrictive permission culture to the detriment of the public good — is not. By this I mean that the idea that copyright somehow impedes creativity and artistic development is just plain wrong.
The idea that copyright on a work impedes "creativity and artistic development" refers to its effect not on the original creator, but on other artists, since by definition copyright is a monopoly that forbids them from building on the creations of others unless they ask permission – often expensive or impossible to obtain. Creative Commons licenses, by contrast, encourage this kind of activity by granting permissions upfront to everyone, making them particularly beneficial for those rising creators with limited means but plenty of ideas.
Despite this, Howard insists the problem lies not with copyright itself, but elsewhere:
what really impedes creativity and artistic development is the artist's perception that his or her music is valueless/the inability of the artist to monetize his or her output.
And yet it's copyright that exacerbates this perception among struggling and still unknown artists that their art is valueless, not CC licenses. Copyright places obstacles in the way of sharing your enthusiasm for a creative work by passing it on so that it can be explored and enjoyed by others. All CC licenses permit this, and it is precisely this spreading of the word that is likely to lead to the creator becoming better known and appreciated.
Nor does making works more freely available preclude the possibility of earning money from them. Fans may buy the work in other formats – for example as a book, CD or LP as well as a download. People may want to make direct contributions to support the artist to encourage them to produce more. Techdirt has devoted many posts to the different ways in which revenue can be generated from CC-licensed goods that are made available online.
Howard concludes:
Artists tend to have — at best — an uncomfortable relationship with the monetization of their work, and need no encouragement to devalue it. Rather, artists need to be reminded that their contribution to this deeply troubled world is valuable. The exchange of value between an artist and his or her fans, is a means to allow the artist to continue creating art, and thus is crucial.
His own words emphasise that what is crucial is an "exchange of value between an artist and his or her fans". Copyright, with its ever-expanding range of restrictions and harsh punishments for those who overstep the mark – even unwittingly – hardly promotes that exchange. Creative Commons licenses are the true allies of artists who are struggling for recognition and remuneration, thanks to their broad permissions and explicit encouragement to share and enjoy, which promotes and enhances that exchange - and helps to generate that crucial financial return too.
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Many aeons ago, when the Gods were young and the world was new, the Storm Queen and the Mad Lord of Avarice met in battle in the heavens. The battle between the two raged not for hours, but for decades, with no quarter asked, and none recieved in their madness. Beneath them, the lands were shredded by mighty winds and shattered with the force of the Mad Lord's blade, while the soil was soaked and charged by the very blood of the gods. In the end, both of the gods had been weakened enough in their battle that for precious moments, each was no longer immortal. In the beginning of their moment, the golden steel sword of the Lord of Greed crashed into the crackling blades of wind and thunder the Storm Queen called her own, and in one shimmering moment, each shattered as if they were made of fine glass. Reduced at last to biting and clawing, the Gods withdrew from their battle, concerned far more with survival than with vanquishing their foe, each drained of their fury, and indeed, much of their divine power. Swiftly forgotten by each was the remnants of their weapons.
Rejected by the earth, and forgotten by their creator, the shards of the Blade of Greed were soon subsumed by the chaotic forces that coursed through the shattered lands, dispersing into the magic of the madlands where the fought, later named the Desert of Divine Despair. The shards of Typhoon and Monsoon, however, were recognized by the Wind and Sky, and so the lands beneath them permitted them to exist, and thus remembered, so they continue to exist.
Twenty-six in all, thirteen from the Blade of Monsoon and thirteen from the Blade of Typhoon, the Shards of the Storm are thin, jagged shards of a translucent metal with a strange, silvery sheen. Each pulses with a blue crackling of thunder and keens with the howling of a vast wind forced through a narrow gap.
Magical Properties:
In their raw form, the Shards of the Storm are uncontrollable by mortal man. The eddies and currents of the power they express are far too chaotic for mortals to comprehend even the smallest portion, and there is little he can do besides let theme exist. They will draw chaotic, random events to themselves, and one will find that rain clouds and thunderstorms seem to be attempting to have a love affair with the bearer.
However, if they are taken and forged into an item, the act of forging will give pattern to the chaos, and allow the most willful the ability to control them. Further, the type of forging will determine what the shard grants to the wielder. In all cases, the inclusion of multiple shards causes the power of the artifact created to rise exponentially.
A sword or other weapon from the shard will manifest the destructive power of the storm: The sword may strike with lightning, thunder, fierce winds, sharp ice, pelting hail, or any other attack that might be expected of storm magic, depending on the forging of the sword and the mind of the wielder.
Wearing armor containing a Shard of the Storm, the protected will find that the winds and sky themselves are willing to come to his defense. He may find himself resistant, or even immune, to natural and magical thunder and lightning, or he may find that fierce walls of winds turn aside the blades and arrows of the foe. He may even find that his armor runs with lightning and electricity, which will leap to the foes that strke him, dealing damage to them.
Wands and staves fashoned from Shards of the Storm may grant the wielder powers over the weather of an area, the ability to call down lightning from above, or perhaps any other weather-related ability he had in mind when creating the stave.
To wear a crown or helm containing a shard in its making is perhaps the most dangerous, for while it will grant the wearer the voice of command, and perhaps knowledge of all that can be seen from the sky in the region, it will also grant him the fury of the storm. Once he has begun a course of action in battle, he will see it through to the end, no matter how devestating it may be.
Other combinations are possible, even likely. The shards may be fashioned as a part of any thing that contain their physical size, and each will grant the holder of that item a tiny fraction of divine power over the weather, as much dependant upon the holder as upon the fragment.
Only a few things remain constant between each of the shards. First, the larger the shard, the more powerful its abilities. Second, as they forged of the divine will of the Storm Queen, that will will begin to possess the bearer of the shard or the crafted artifact. Capricious, destructive, demanding, and utterly chaotic, the Storm Queen's behaviour will slowly make itself the behaviour of the mortal who bears the shard.
Should all thirteen shards of a particular blade be gathered into a single place, a particularly powerful wizard or priest, also talented at the forge, may be able to reform them into the original blade. The shards of Typhoon cannot be combined with the shards of Monsoon into a single blade. Should either blade be reformed, they will grant the wielder an enormous amount of power over the storm and its related elements, however, the Storm Queen will -immediately- know of its recreation, as well as each and every use of its power. More than likely, she's going to want them back. Badly enough to kill, if needed.
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CodexCollin's Confusing Puzzle ( Items ) Home/ Personal - Magical
Collin was always good at solving blacksmiths puzzles, but this time he had finaly met his match. Collin's Confusing Puzzle is an item that complements Siren no Orakio's Item submission "Shards of the Storm". This is a quest submission.
Crest of the Stormhammer ( Items ) Other - Magical
This is a Quest Submission for the Shards of the Storm Quest.
The shards of Typhoon and Monsoon were recognized by the Wind and Sky, and so the lands beneath them permitted them to exist, and thus remembered, so they continue to exist.
But what of the shards themselves? When the hands of mortal interfere with the Gods, woe to thee who believes them worthy.
Desert of Divine Despair ( Locations ) Area - Other
The ruins of the lands that bore the confrontation between the Mad God of Avarice and the Storm Queen, this place has been soaked by the divine essence of two of the most chaotic gods.
Eye of the Typhoon ( Items ) Jewelry - Magical
A shard of Typhoon set into an exceedingly large amber, this powerful pendant grants clarity of sight and temper to the wearer, as well as several other powers over the storm.
Monsoon and Typhoon ( Items ) Melee Weapons - Magical
The divine weapons of the Storm Queen, these enormously potent weapons are both the Source and the Destiny of the Shards of the Storm, the physical manifestations of the destructive capacity of the wind and rain.
Shard of Deluge ( Items ) Melee Weapons - Campaign Defining
Long sword built from storm sword shard. Empowered with the force of storm-water.
Soilturner of the Spring ( Items ) Tools - Magical
In accordance with my own Quest:
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, the implements of war returning life to the land.
Spectacles of All Seeing ( Items ) Jewelry - Villanous
The eyes of the all seeing are never ending. The truth can only be revealed to those willing to bear the burden.
His eyes opened in disbelief, the battered spectacles rising slightly on his brow. To everyone around him, everything was normal. As it should be. To his eyes, the light was nearly unbearable. An aura of energy filled his vision completely. He knew what it was he saw, what the others could not. He knew he saw the impossible, and he wanted it all for himself.
The Boots of Storms ( Items ) Clothes - Magical
These boots are an item that complements Siren no Orakio's Item submission "Shards of the Storm". This is a quest submission.
The Rod of Arcane Power ( Items ) Other - Magical
The Rod of Arcane Power is saught after by wizards everywhere as a source of limitless power. The Rod of Arcane Might is an item that complements Siren no Orakio's Item submission "Shards of the Storm". This is a quest submission.
The Star of Breezes ( Items ) Home/ Personal - Magical
There is always a cool breeze blowing through the room that has this simple table decoration. The Star of Breezes is an item that complements Siren no Orakio's Item submission "Shards of the Storm". This is a quest submission.
Thunderheart ( Items ) Armor - Heroic
A Breastplate containing a Shard of the Storm, and blessed with its powers… after a fashion.
Winter's Bounty ( Items ) Transports - Heroic
A mid-sized sailing ship with an embedded Shard of the Storm.
Winter's Tempest ( Items ) Melee Weapons - Campaign Defining
Forged of destruction, in the name of hatred, Winter's Tempest is a cold echo of its parent blades, yet still it bears the destruction of the frozen elements.


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Storm rages
Returning UVA students may be told that the controversy over the firing of President Teresa Sullivan ended with her reinstatement back in June, but evidence points to the contrary. Why is Rector Helen Dragas still at the helm, and what will it take to bring integrity back to Jefferson's University?
Hello, Dalai!
It's more than six weeks until his holiness the Dalai Lama appears in Charlottesville for two events on the Downtown Mall, but getting to see the famed peacemaker in person won't be easy– or cheap. Why were the tickets so pricey, and why wouldn't UVA sponsor the visit?
Home-run maker
At an age when most girls have switched from Little League baseball to softball, 12-year-old Caroline Lund is doing more than just sticking with America's pastime. She's showing the boys how it's done.
Oddly satisfying
The titular hero of Disney's latest family flick may have leaves growing from his calves, but Roger Ebert assures that the cast of The Odd Life of Timothy Green put in pitch-perfect performances sure to entertain audiences of all ages.
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I think that having choices is important – after all, who knows your data center better than you do? So, in keeping with my focus of listening to our customers, I am excited to share with you that just like our Fabric Extender (FEX) collaboration last year with HP, we have most recently brought the FEX technology to the Fujitsu PRIMERGY blade chassis, giving joint customers an opportunity to further simplify data center access operations and improve productivity. The PRIMERGY Ethernet FEX, also know as the Cisco Nexus B22F, extends the Cisco Unified Fabric into the Fujitsu PRIMERGY Blade Chassis and offers operational simplicity at scale with a single point of management and policy enforcement.
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The FEX technology is just one step we are taking to ensure choice and interoperability, and we're excited to continue on this journey with both partners and customers
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Arizona offers cautionary tale on "bath salts" ban
Ah, yes, another failed campaign in the war on drugs, this time having to do with the exotic chemical compounds known as bath salts. But let's have Jackee Coe of azcentral.com pick up the tale:
"In February, [Arizona] Gov. Jan Brewer signed a new bill into law that added seven primary chemicals commonly used in the designer drug known as bath salts to the banned-substances list.
"But police say the law has done little to curb the growing number of incidents involving people high on bath salts because drugmakers are constantly tweaking their formulas to stay ahead of bans."
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill banning bath salts in June. Such legislation became the rage after a man in Miami with a long history of arrests chewed off the face of a homeless man – allegedly while on bath salts, although Florida's WPTV reported in July that this couldn't be determined by laboratory tests.
Earlier this year, Reason's Meredith Bragg predicted what would ensue after the bath salts bans went into effect.
"Here's the problem with banning 'synthetic methamphtemine' …" she said. "There are an infinite number of ways that natural and artifical drugs can be combined, married and sewn together to get a user higher than Matthew McConaughey on any given Monday. Science will always be one step ahead of the legislative process, so as quickly as a chemical compound is banned, four more will spring forth from crafty laboratories eager to pacify those seeking a quick fix."
But fear not: Lawmakers will return with another proposal, and then another, to try to plug the leaks. As Coe reports in Arizona, for example, "Lawmakers say they're still trying to find a way to permanently ban bath salts in all the different forms it may take. They have several ideas for how to solve the problem."
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TORONTO - Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St. Louis won his second career Art Ross Trophy to become the oldest scoring champion in NHL history, while Capitals star Alex Ovechkin claimed his third Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy on Sunday.
The awards were announced after the conclusion of the regular season. The Ottawa Senators beat the Bruins in Boston 4-2 in the evening's lone game, which was originally scheduled for April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings.
St. Louis, 37, finished the season with 17 goals and 43 assists for 60 points, edging Lightning teammate Steven Stamkos (29-28-57), Ovechkin (32-24-56) and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby (15-41-56), who missed the final month of the season due to injury.
St. Louis won his first Art Ross in 2003-04 when he finished with 38 goals and 56 assists for 94 points. He registered points in 36 of the 48 games he played this season.
Ovechkin scored 32 times to capture his third goal-scoring title. The 27-year-old started the season slow with nine goals in his first 25 games, but scored 23 in his final 23 games, including a five-game streak from March 17-24.
The Russian forward has scored 30 or more goals in each of his first eight seasons, giving him 371 in his career.
Also Sunday, Chicago Blackhawks goaltenders Corey Crawford and Ray Emery won the William M. Jennings Trophy as the goaltenders on the club who allowed the fewest goals.
Crawford and Emery split duties for Chicago, which allowed a league-low 102 goals, two fewer than the Ottawa Senators.
Crawford posted a 19-5-5 record with a 1.94 goals-against average and .926 save percentage, while Emery was 17-1-0 with a 1.94 GAA and .922 save percentage.


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Uganda Journalist Sees Eventual Exit Of Museveni
"Museveni may wake up one day and 'whew!' like Mugabe, he may need fifty-one percent," Mwenda said, referring to the Zimbabwe elections where opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in the first round, forcing a run off.
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Uganda's long-term ruler, Yoweri Museveni, could lose in the country's next presidential election slated for three years from now, a leading Ugandan journalist told a cross-section of Americans and Ugandans interested in media and human rights issues here in New York today.
Mwenda, who has had run-ins with the authorities in Uganda, spoke at a luncheon hosted by George Soro's Open Society Institute (OSI). Mwenda, who publishes a private newspaper, The Independent, in Uganda, is in New York to accept an award tomorrow from The Committee to Protect Journalists; he is one of five journalists selected by CPJ for its annual honor recognizing reporters who operate under extreme risk, around the world.
Mwenda who has been imprisoned several times, by order of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni , for his critical pieces exposing torture, human rights abuses, and unprecedented levels of corruption condoned and perpetuated by the regime, started off with a rather paradoxical assertion; that he was optimistic about the future of press freedom in Uganda. He attributed his optimism to what he referred to as the relative independence of the Ugandan judiciary.
The judiciary has rescued Mwenda on appeal, each time he has been arrested or "kidnapped," as he put it, by agents of the government.
In effect, he argued, the judiciary is the bulwark of press freedom in Uganda which has constrained the president's rather nefarious designs against the press. Nonetheless, Mwenda made it clear that the environment for independent media in Uganda is extremely difficult as evidenced by the multitudes of independent publications that have failed ever since President Museveni came to power in 1986.
Museveni uses a variety of tools to jeopardize the viability of critical independent media that are perhaps more effective than overt raids of press premises and forced closure of critical media that the government employs from time to time, he said.
These tools include draconian "sedition" and anti-press criminal laws, some dating back to the era of British colonial rule that are still on Uganda's statute books. Citing these provisions to prosecute him, the regime has saddled Mwenda with huge legal fees, which have now reached $58,000, way beyond his financial means, and have accumulated due to the need for legal representation in the courts of law.
Additionally, due to Uganda's penchant for British-style legal technicalities which need to be addressed pending hearing of cases, Mwenda was, at one point, required to report to the police for daily interrogation for a period of three months, which made it exceedingly difficult for him to publish his nascent publication.
Despite the liberalization of the economy, the government is still the dominant economic actor in Uganda, especially in terms of advertising revenues which are the lifeblood of newspapers, Mwenda said. Cognizant of this reality, Museveni has banned government advertising in independent critical publications such as The Independent, thus constraining their growth and viability vis-a vis, the government publication, The New Vision Newspaper and associated publications that get all the advertisements from government departments.
Consequently, The New Vision Publishing company is flush with cash, which the government is using to buy and bribe many of the remaining independent media outlets such as radio stations, further constraining the space for independent expression, Mwenda said.
Moreover, Mwenda also noted, the government controls the major printing presses in Uganda, which forces independent media to struggle to meet their printing obligations, often relying on small printers with limited capacities.
President Museveni has also managed to leverage his economic liberalization policies and some semblance of tolerance to opposing views, relative to previous regimes, to mask his very poor human rights record, and muzzle international criticism, Mwenda said.
Unlike the case of Zimbabwe, where White farmers mounted an effective global media campaign, the local victims of Museveni's policies and human rights abuses are indigenous Ugandans, lacking international social networks to effectively lobby and appeal to Western powers. Consequently, the World Bank and other private investors including the Aga Khan continue to pour money into Uganda, turning a blind eye to serious human rights abuses and unprecedented levels of corruption.
And, in the case of the Aga Khan -- that bought Uganda main independent Newspaper, the Monitor --even acquiesced in the government anti-free press policies, forcing the resignation of Mwenda from the publication.
Still, the regime's capacity to bribe and coerce opponents is reaching its limit, due to resource constraints. Mwenda says Museveni's organizational structure has crumbled and that he may no longer have the wherewithal required to deploy throughout the country and steal a presidential election again. "Museveni may wake up one day and 'whew!' like Mugabe, he may need fifty-one percent," Mwenda said, referring to the Zimbabwe elections where opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in the first round, forcing a run off. Tsvangirai refused to participate in the runoff, citing violence against his opponents, leading to the current stalemate in Harare.
Mwenda said it's unlikely that Uganda would ever experience a similar type of paralysis; he said the military and police forces would abandon Museveni once it became clear he was vulnerable.
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The only issue now is going to pick it up. I don't get home until the 25th of April. So I am flying my wife, mother, and son to Fort Worth, they will get to visit my brother in the process, and it is cheaper doing it this way than driving. You gotta love frequent flyer miles.0
usa_bigs Posts: 1Anyone have any recent success stories with a Sequoia purchase? Limited or Plat. 4wd.
txpackersfan Posts: 27I just purchased a 4WD platinum for $4,800 off sticker which turned out to be about $200 less than Edmund's TMV price. Still it was more over invoice than I wanted to pay. I tried the e-mail method of sending requests to multiple dealers looking for best prices. Very few want to budge on price and no one gets near invoice unless the vehicle is a demo with lots of miles. The offers that came back made me laugh ($1,500 - $2,000 off sticker). One dealer offered me a 2012 demo Platinum with 11,000 miles for $59,000 and wouldn't budge on the price. I quickly found out that buying a Sequoia is nothing like buying a mainstream high volume vehicle like a Camry. The volume is low so basic supply and demand allows them to still sell for a premium. Ultimately I found a dealer that had about 20 in stock which is very rare. I knew exactly what I wanted so went there with checkbook in hand and got the deal done in about 20 minutes. Good luck.0
I have been looking for a new Limited with 2nd row captain chairs and after talking to several dealers, determined that a factory order was the only way to get what I want. Can't get leather in an SR5 with 2nd row captain chairs. I have been offered an invoice deal. It is close to the end of the production year, but the offer seems decent given the need to order. In So Cal area. Thoughts?0
yipeokia1 Posts: 1Hello,
I'm actually a 2012 Tundra owner visiting ; just purchased my vehicle with the SR 5 package- didn't have leather either- but for $ 2000, I had the TRW leather installed, with the brushed aluminum running boards, and heated seats. If I had waited for a limited - I would have spent like 6 k more.
You shouldn't have a problem doing a similar deal.
Pays to think outside of the box.0
mjohnr99 Posts: 193OK, here is pricing for you right now in mid-Atlantic area. I just spent a week researching the same vehicle at 7 dealerships that had one on their actual lots. The vehicle is a 2012 Limited 5.7L V8 4WD with 2nd Row Bench seat, Navigation Option, Rear Seat DVD Option, and the Floor/Cargo Mats with Door Sill Protection. This is a pretty typical configuration out here, and the MSRP on this (which included the destination charge) is $58,725.
I was amazed at the range of prices in a 50 mile area around Washington DC. These are the last of the 2012s and we are right at the end of the sales quarter, but some dealers are still attempting to rake uninformed consumers for all they are worth. In getting my bids, I did not use Edmunds TMV pricing (too high in my book), but rather sent emails directly to Internet departments, and then I go from there.
Here are the costs on this same vehicle in descending order. These reflect the dealers' best overall cost to me (i.e., including all the hidden little costs). The only thing you would add to any of these numbers below is the tax (3.2% in VA) and the tags (~$75).
So, this is a true apples to apples comparison of pricing on the same vehicle:
I obviously went with the last one (which was an advertised online price believe it or not). I then negotiated it down to $52,139. It was not a demo and had under 30 miles.
My out-the-door price was thus 52,139 + 1,653 tax + 70 tags = $53,862!
This was a great price for a week's worth of email work. $52,139 is far under invoice on the vehicle ($54,139) as well as far under the TMV price. It was as close to true cost as you get.
If you look at some of the car websites that show the actual prices of recent sales in this area, my price is at the extreme end of the Below Market range. The one dealer asking $54,955 (a very large one with tons of advertising and lots of inventory in this area) was really out of line asking for that price, as I was out-the-door with my vehicle for over $1000 less then their price (which did not include taxes or tags).
The moral of the story: contact dealers directly, do your home work and go beyond these "recommended" fair prices you see on car websites. I saved thousands of dollars doing so.0
jac1304 Posts: 33Wondering if anyone is looking or bought one recently? Prices seem to vary greatly from dealer to dealer. I am in PNW, any good dealers to work with up here? Also, anyone thinking of waiting and seeing what is next model; since this is end of cycle?
Invoice seems to be around 57,500. Any dealer holdbacks or incentives that I am not seeing?
You might want to look at a QX56. Big discounts. Seems to a be much nicer vehicle.0
jwh2o Posts: 3Just got quoted $1,125 per month zero down for 36 months on a 63k msrp Platinum. I leased the same vehicle in 2008 for $675 back than. Anyone able to lease one for around $700?0
$57,100 out the door on a 2013 Platinum, Black with Red Rock interior. Added remote start for $350, fender flares for $750 which was dealer cost. Very happy with the car so far.0
jlaird325 Posts: 2Childerj,
Thanks for posting....
Could you please elaborate on where you purchased and more details on the vehicle....
I'm being quoted 57k on 2012 models...platinum 4x4....
I bought the car in Greenville,SC. I kind of lucked out in they quoted me the 57k number on a 2012 but found out the one they could get was a demo with 6k miles. They ended up giving me a 13 to get the color I wanted. But it means they can go that low and still make money on a 13.
The vehicle is black, red rock interior with the other options I lited above. So far I love the car. It is so quiet compared to my MDX. It's bigger but not too difficult to drive.0
echodaddy Posts: 1Was quoted $56,900 for a 2013 Toyota Sequoia Platinum, 2WD, Blizzard Pearl with Red Rock interior, dealer options include Remote Start, glass break sensor, and premium carpet mats. Just want some confirmation that this is a good price before we pull the trigger as we have never spent so much on a car.0
colddude Posts: 4Just bought from Toyota of Berkeley, CA. Last of a new 2012 Platinum, 4WD, Metallic Gray, 50 miles, with floormats, $63K MSRP, paid $52,900 before tax/fees. Good experience overall.0
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In the market for a 2013 or 2014 Sequoia 4x2 Limited and trying to get an idea of what people are paying / have paid.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!0
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In the market for a 2013 or 2014 Sequoia 4x2 Limited and trying to get an idea of what people are paying / have paid.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!0
I looked at Platinum 4x4. Deals were about $4,000-$5500 off MRSP on 2014. Limited availability at local dealers. End of the month and year suspect may be able to get a better deal. Dealer may be able to get one to your specifications from the port. Where I am, toyota is run by the Southeast distributor which can redirect a model.0
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NYSE-Euronext is being sold to a 12 year-old Atlanta based commodities futures exchange called the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) for $8.2 billion.The news of a deal broke last night, surprising many on Wall Street who thought all the horse trading between exchanges was over since so many attempts (by Nasdaq, and even ICE) failed last year.
NYSE-Euronext stock surged on the news before being suspended this morning, so it seems the market likes the deal. It is, after all, an attempt by NYSE-Euronext to enter the lucrative derivatives business on top of its traditional stock and stock options trading business.
ICE, on the other hand, is looking at NYSE-Euronext's European holdings, iconic brand, and listings listings listings.
More pluses: ICE is a leader in electronic trading, but also in financial reform implementation and transparency. That's a very good thing in a world where the SEC is taking a closer look at exchanges in general.
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Just because I am a failure at promoting myself and making money for myself DOES NOT mean I am a failure at blogging. (In fact I believe almost the opposite. Each human is allotted finite time. Time spent in self promotion is time taken away from producing good stuff if you think about it.) So that's already a win for you, dear reader. An added bonus is that I don't overadvertise. Have you noticed that there are very few ads on this blog? Do you appreciate that? People always bitch and moan about ads, but what do they do to encourage people who keep them under control? How about putting your money where your mouth is and stumbling your favorite Dork Chow post and/or subscribing and or just tweeting something you like to your personal network. Take the plunge, make a new RL friend! Thank you. Yes you, you think somebody else is gonna do that for me?
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SQL to Event Hub scenario
This scenario is pretty rare, and you should be sure that it applies to you before continuing! Generally speaking, if you are using Event Hubs, you are working with streaming data, which you may end up storing in SQL. This project deals with the opposite, taking data out of SQL and pushing it to an Event Hub. The reason this is rare is that the data stored in SQL is usually more static than dynamic, and it would make little sense to stream it anywhere. On occassion, however, you may actually need to do this. The anticipated scenario is one where a SQL table is being updated from some remote source, and you want those updates to be streamed so that they can be visualized or merged with other streaming data. The code in this project is an example of how to do this. It is not a supported solution, nor a recommended one, but simply an example to show you how it can be done.
For more information about this sample, see the Pulling data from SQL into an Azure Event Hub topic in this repository.
- An Azure subscription
- A version of Visual Studio installed on your desktop
- An Azure SQL table being updated with data as the source of data
- A field in that table that is a unique, growing value - for example the record number
- A Service Bus namespace and an Event Hub as the target for the data
Setup Tasks
Setting up the application once you have an Event Hub and its Connection String involves the following tasks, which will be described in greater detail below.
- Clone or copy the project to your machine
- Open the project solution in Visual Studio
- Edit App.config in the SqlToEventHub folder to provide the relevant source and target configuration data
- Build the project
- Publish the application to your Azure subscription
- Verify that data is coming in to your Event Hub from the SQL table
Editing App.config
All the parameters you need to specify to get this project to run are in the
<appSettings> section of the
App.config file. There are two sections, one for the SQL table you will poll for updates, and one for the event hub
to which you will send those updates.
The SQL table information
In the
<appSettings> section, enter
The connection string to your SQL database. Find the line in the
<appSettings>section that says
<add key="sqlDatabaseConnectionString" value="[Sql connection string]"/>Replace
[Sql connection string]with the connection string to the SQL database. In the Azure portal, select SQL databases from the left nav menu, and then your SQL database in the right hand pane. In the next pane, click All settings. In the Settings pane, under GENERAL click Properties. Finally, in the Properties pane, under CONNECTION STRINGS click Show database connection strings. The Database connection strings pane will show four connection strings. Copy the first one, labeled ADO.NET. It should look something like the following:
Server=tcp:myserver.database.windows.net,1433;Database=mydatabase;User ID=myadmin@myserver;Password={your_password_here};Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Connection Timeout=30;Replace
[Sql connection string]with this whole string.
The name of the table that holds the data you want to pull. Find the line in the
<appSettings>section that says
<add key="DataTableName" value="[datatable]" />Replace
[datatable]with the name of your table (without the
The name of the field in your SQL table that is a unique record id. Find the line in the
<appSettings>section that says
<add key="OffsetKey" value="[row_id]" />Replace
[row_id]with the name of that field in your table. NOTE THIS IS CASE SENSITIVE. Finally,
The interval at which your cloud service should poll the SQL table. Find the line in the
<appSettings>section that says
<add key="SleepTimeMs" value="10000"/>Replace
10000with the interval that you want to use, in milliseconds. The default is 10 seconds.
The Event Hub information
Also in the
<appSettings> section, enter
The name of the Event Hub to which you want the data sent. Find the line in the appSettings section that says
<add key="Microsoft.ServiceBus.EventHubToUse" value="[event hub name]" />Replace
[event hub name]with the name of the event hub that you created.
The connection string to your Service Bus. To find it, in the Azure classic portal, select Service Bus from the left nav menu, highlight your Namespace Name in the right pane, and click on Connection Information at the bottom of the page. In the Access connection information window that opens, highlight and copy the Connection String shown. In the new Azure portal, select Browse from the left nav menu, pick Service bus namespaces from the list, and then your Service Bus Namespace from the right pane to get to a screen where you can get the Connection Screen information. It should look something like the following:
Endpoint=sb://myservicebusname.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=Axf5bbXYZeEaLoIeLMN2RV1sc3HdkYxFq7RX/T6a5TE=Find the
<appSettings>section in App.Config, and the line that says
<add key="Microsoft.ServiceBus.ServiceBusConnectionString" value="[Service Bus connection string]" />Replace
[Service Bus connection string]with the whole of the string that you copied from the portal, starting with "Endpoint" and ending with an "=".
Publishing the application
- In Visual Studio, right-click on 'WorkerRole' in Solution 'SqlToEventHub', and select Publish.
- In the Publish Azure Application, answer the following questions.
- Name: [pick something unique]
- Region: [pick same region as you used for the Event Hub]
- Database server: no database
- Database password: [leave suggested password]
- Click Publish, and wait until the status bar shows "Completed". At that point the application is running in your subscription, polling the SQL table for any records that have been added since the last time it was polled, and pushing those records to your Event Hub. From there, you can access with Stream Analytics or any other application as you would normally.


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If you were to suggest bands to any of the members of TBM what would it be?
I think owen would be interested in the metal I listen to because he knew about Coal Chamber touring in europe last year when I met him in toronto.
I was surprised to know Nate likes godsmack and korn.
Id suggest other stuff to rhim in terms of technical drumming such as meshuggah and necrophagist but thats prolly not his speed. :P
I could go on about some electronic acts with rainbow like ministry, the prodigy, meat beat manifesto etc to see if he was familiar with any of them.
Id mention some rock acts to mike like Kix for starters..maybe hes into that?
Lastly id like to throw some metal names to chibi because she likes devildriver and i think theres a little metalhead in her hehe.
mushroomhead, mudvayne, dope, downthesun for starters! its slower metal nothing insane.
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If you are on Instagram then you will already be familiar with the #scrappytripalong that has gone totally viral in the last few days! I finally reneged and joined in the fun. I used a Boho Jelly Roll by Urban Chiks.
The Jelly roll only makes 12 Blocks which makes it a perfect Baby Quilt.
It went together in a matter of hours.
I timed the blocks and they took 25 minutes each to make.
My next project is
On a Whim by Camille Roskelly
I only have another 16 blocks to go on this one,
these take slightly longer tan 25mins...lol
Fabric is The Birds and The Bees by Tula Pink
The grey fabric is a Ruby, which I think frames the fabrics wonderfully.
The solid is Bella Solids in Feather.
I have also been working on a project from Sarah Fielke's Craftsy Class. She explains Needleturn Applique in simple terms and it's been lots of Fun!
The First Customer Quilt for 2013 is loaded on the Gammill...
My New Year's resolution should have been to blog more, so hopefully now that I have had a break things will get back to normal. I have also realised that you cannot do everything, so I'm trying to slow down and enjoy the roses so to speak!
I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful Festive season! I hold out a lot of hopes that 2013 will be a good year, fingers crossed that I'm right!


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Tuesday, 27 January 2009
New Things for Edinburgh II
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New Things for Edinburgh I
This is the set of four postcards of robots I mentioned. Sorry for the rubbish image quality. Praying our heroic printer Jonny can pull through and do them up for me so I won't have to shell out assloads of cash. The titles of the postcards (printed on the back) are, from left to right, top to bottom: Strange New World, It's The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Scared), Crumpet Timer & Greed of the Mechanical Man. I'll try to sell them fairly cheap in relation to how much printing costs. Watch this space.
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Monday, 19 January 2009
Narc Illustration
I created this to go in the February issue of local music magazine Narc, it'll be coupled with a retrospective article on the band Crane. Have a wee gander, should be interesting to see it in print. It's free from RPM and places if anyone is even remotely interested...
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Friday, 16 January 2009
Antho Launch Night... and that
The fourth issue of the Travelling Man comics group anthology is soon to be released. The issue is called You Will Have To Wait... And That and all stories are linked in one sub/super-liminal way to a variety of random objects that frequenters brought down one night. These items range from magic juggling balls, to a massager, to a magic eightball (which is responsible for our title). It's cracking stuff, from contributors old and new.
But most importantly, there will be a launch night, similar to the one for our last one. This is taking place at The Telegraph behind Newcastle Central Station on Tuesday Feb 3rd at 7:00pm. It will cost the general public £2, and they will receive a copy of the comic on entry, as well as a bunch of free cakes and sweets and the joy of watching live performances from Echo Ave. and The Stillwells.
Be there or be rhombus!
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Monday, 12 January 2009
First post and lots to talk about. I'm currently working on two sets of four postcards. One of robots and one of monsters. They will be available for purchase from my website (link to the left) and Etsy shop, as well as at this year's Zine-O-Rama in Edinburgh on 7th and 8th of February. I've also just finished one, possibly two, illustrations that will feature in the February issue of Narc magazine. I'll have pictoral updates on my real website as and when.
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Seahawks notebook: Russell Wilson grinning his way through camp
If it looked like Russell Wilson was having fun playing quarterback for the Seahawks in his first two seasons with the club, you should see him now.
"I'm having so much fun out here — probably more fun than I've ever had before," he said Thursday.
How is that possible?
"Just trying to be in the moment every day, every snap, every rep, just really working on my craft," he said. "If I can do that, it will give us a better chance to make all the consistent plays but also the big-time plays when we need it."
Wilson said he is continuing to try to do everything "with a purpose … trying to click into game mode. How can I visualize this situation and feel this situation and be in the moment every time? If I can do that, I give myself a chance."
Wilson was sacked more times per pass attempt than any quarterback in the league last season, so protection is a focus this camp.
"One of our goals is to do everything we can to get me a little more time to make decisions because we've got the guys who can really get open … they're doing a really good job," he said.
Both Wilson and coach Pete Carroll cited the efforts of receiver Phil Bates, a third-year converted quarterback from Ohio University.
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Carroll independently touted Bates as the Seahawk who had a "great week."
"He's really been productive," Carroll said. "He's been active and made a bunch of big plays. This is the culmination of a couple years of work to get him to this point. He adapted from the quarterback spot. He has really sculpted his body and looks like a receiver. He has all the movements down and he's a tough competitor."
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Meeting Mr. Smith
I was walking down Sadun St. in Baghdad on a hot Thursday evening when I was spooked.
It was August 1998 and I was the only known American in Iraq. The delegation of moms, journalists, professors and pacifistswho I had led around the country had just and I was waiting for the next group to arrive. My group, Voices in the Wilderness, was being watched by the FBI as well as Saddam Hussein. During the few days between delegations I spent time shooting pool (Brittish rules) and drinking warm Iraqi beer with a young Brittish raised Iraqi doctor. The doc was pressuring me for money to buy false papers so that he could flee the country. I was afraid for him but also afraid that this could be a set up, or for that matter, that we would get caught by the regime. I was torn wanting to help my only friend in the country but not wanting to risk the future of my group Voices In the Wilderness. I called a friend back in the states to ask him what he thought of "Saving Private Ryan" ethics. He didn't know what I was getting at but I couldn't be more specific on a phone connection that was being listened to by multiple parties.
I left the "business man's center" of the airline office where I made my international phone calls and changed single $100 US bills for inch thick stacks of $250 Iraqi Dinar bills to walk down Sadun St. Thursday nights in Iraq are the weekend night and Sadun St. is, or was- I haven't been back since a car bomb went off outside the church I was praying in in 2004, full of food vendors and carnival like gigs like "Squeeze this to test your strength" and "Ring the bell with a sledgehammer". I was trying to buy some chicken from a vendor who spoke no English, I spoke a few Arabic phrases, when a middled aged man with well weathered skin approached. He had no shirt or shoes and was wrapped in a wool blanket; he looked a lot like some of the homeless guys I've lived with over the years. In unaccented English he said to me: "It's like Kentucky Fried Chicken" get some and buy me a Pepsi so we can talk. In Iraq at that time the Pepsi was counterfeit and the bottle was worth more than the soda so you had to stick by the vendor to return the bottle when you finished otherwise he would chase you down. So I bought the man a Pepsi and got myself some chicken and we started pacing 20 yards in each direction so that the chicken seller wouldn't get all jiggilly with us about his bottle. After a few steps the man with the serious tan told me: "I studied at MIT, you know Boston, don't ya?"
"Uh, yeah, I grew up there."
"Good, good. You know, I'm an enemy of the state."
"Me too, buddy. In fact, I'm an enemy of all states" I chirped.
As I said this I noticed that a young Iraqi man in crisply pressed khakis was pacing with us and doing so in a badly obvious way.
The tan man then said: "You know, the CIA is an agency of your government."
"No shit buddy."
The tan man then grabbed my arm and repeated insistently: "The CIA is an agent of your government. Do you know what I mean."
At this point I was getting spooked that the tan man was a spook himself. The government of Iraq had warned our group that our government would try to infiltrate us since we were the only Americans they were giving visas to. I began to freak out. Was I being recruited by the CIA? Was I being set up? Who might be setting me up? Was my doctor friend involved? Was he not really a friend? Why would the CIA think I would join? I was married to a woman who was a convicted felon for hammering on a nuclear weapon and I had been arrested dozens of times for things like pouring my blood acoss the White House driveway.
With my arm still in his grip I asked: "What's your name buddy?"
"Mr. Smith, Do you know what I mean?"
Damn, I thought, this man is going to get me disappeared. So with a curt: "I gotta get back to my hotel" I gave my Pepsi bottle back to the chicken man and ditched Mr. Smith and the man in khakis.
Six years later when the FBI came to my home to question me about my humanitarian work in Iraq they told my wife they were interviewing all Iraqis in America. I'm Italian American from Boston. When the G-Men finished questioning me I asked if I could see the folder they had on me. There was no mention of any Mr. Smith. But then again when I did a FOIA request for my FBI file a year later I was told that I didn't have one.
I'll never know who Mr. Smith was but I sometimes wonder if he was friend's with the man who came calling on me when I was in Khartoum in '05. I was with my 12 year old son and leaving the country one step ahead of the secret police who had arrested a reporter travelling with me. But this is a story for another day.


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My first finish for 2007 and isn't it cute. I love cats, most of the time, so I really think this one is nice. It was a very fast stitch, bought it last weekend. I plan to stitch it two more time, once for my Ph.D. advisor and once again for a friend of my sister. The first will be framed and hung in my office.
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Well, it's not a stitching project, but it is completed. My crafting buddies and I (we call ourselves the "Collective Brain") decided to try our hand at making these decorative words for next Christmas. Yesterday, we started we foam core and lots of paper and glue. By the end of the night, each of us had completed our project. I am a Santa collector so I chose to do "Ho Ho Ho." It is really cute, but not as cute as my sister's. She's a snowman collector and she did the word "Snow". It is wonderful.
Last year I completed 23 stitching projects. I plan to do as well if not better this year. I have my WIPs posted on my other blog, but hope to have some completed projects posted soon.
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The Equity Foundation is giving you a unique opportunity to learn the art of self-testing from some of the best casting directors in the world.
Being able to self-test means you can live anywhere and still get seen for auditions. It is a vital skill for any actor.
The Equity Self-Test Project is designed to challenge you as a performer. The project has been designed to emulate a quick turnaround self-test request or last minute call out. Once you have been confirmed to take part, you have one week to submit your self-test link. Our feedback from performers highlights how many actors are not confident when it comes to recording their own self-tests, from lighting and sound to editing and uploading. The Equity Self-Test project aims to help performers hone their technical skills as well as receive feedback from top casting directors.
STEP ONE: Have you registered for the Self-Test Project yet? If not, click HERE to register – make sure to specify your age range and have your MEAA membership number handy. Please note, you must be a current MEAA Equity member to register for the Self-Test Project. To join MEAA, click here.
STEP TWO: Once a month we pick an age range and select at random 20 registered MEAA Equity performers who fall within that range.
STEP THREE: The first 15 performers to respond and confirm their participation are locked in for that month. Once confirmed, you will be contacted and assigned a script by an anonymous casting director. Those who miss out are put back in the mix for future rounds.
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STEP FIVE: We send your Self-Test link directly to the Casting Director. In 2-3 weeks we send back their private feedback to you. No further correspondence will be entered into once feedback is delivered. This is an invaluable learning experience and we ask all performers to take feedback of any nature with good grace.
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At any one time the casting directors involved in this project will include:
Kate Leonard (AUS), Patrick Rush (USA), Kathleen Chopin (USA), Kim Miscia (USA), Alyson Silverberg (USA), Sara Isaacson (USA), David Rapaport (USA), Nikki Barrett (Barrett Casting), Anousha Zarkesh (Anousha Zarkesh Casting), Alison Telford (ABC TV), Matt and Mike Dwyer (Barefoot Casting), Marcia Ross (Marcia Ross Casting), Matt Skrobalak (CBS Television Studios), Tom McSweeney (McSweeney Newman Casting), David Newman (McSweeney Newman Casting), Dina Mann (Dina Mann Casting), Nancy Naylor (USA), Stephanie Gorin (USA) Risa Bramon Garcia (USA), Deborah Aquila (USA) Sheila Guthrie (USA), Bernie Telsey (USA), Lisa Miller Kastz (USA), Jennifer Cooper (USA), Jeanie Bacharach (USA), Dorian Frankel (USA), Marisa Ross-Doepke (USA), Greg Apps (Greg Apps Casting).
"How to Self-Test" Videos
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Pearl Tan of Pearly Productions has produced several quick and easy "How To" videos for the Equity Foundation that take you through some of the basics.
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Make sure you practise a few times before you submit your self-test and familiarise yourself with editing and uploading videos to YouTube or Vimeo. Allow yourself enough time to shoot, edit and upload your video, it might take longer than you think!
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US casting directors discuss auditon techniques at an Equity event in LA
Helpful hints from Casting Directors
It's a perennial question for actors: how do I prepare for an audition? Here leading casting directors from Australia, New Zealand and the United States share their tips to help you understand the process and maximise your chances of success.
"If you can't make it to the casting session and you have been invited to submit a self-test, keep it clear and simple. Lighting should be gentle but not atmospheric (fluoro is often too severe, while candlelight is not sufficient); audio quality must be clear, without too many other sounds; your backdrop should be neutral so as not to distract from your test. Place yourself closer to the microphone than your reader. If the reader is operating the camera, try and lock off the frame in a medium close-up and then move the reader further back so their voice won't dominate. The advice to 'keep going' does not apply to self-tests. We don't want to see more than two takes of a scene or any stuff-ups.
"Train and maintain a flawless American accent. Most roles you will be auditioning for are going to be American, so if that accent isn't in great shape, you will not get any traction."
"For on-camera work, keep your eye line simple and clean. In a legit on-camera audition, never look at the camera unless you are told to. In a theatrical audition, if you are doing a monologue, never use the folk you are auditioning for as your point of focus. Look slightly up and left or right of them."
"Get proactive – send self-tests if you feel you are right for a role. CDs can't test everyone, but we do watch all self-tests to find little gems we may have missed."
"Make strong choices about the material you've been given. Don't rewrite the script. If you're told you may improvise, do so, but realise that the words on the page have been put there by someone who has already been hired. You have not yet been hired, so respect those words. Show what you can do to bring the existing text to life within the parameters the casting director has given you."
We would like to thank the NZ Film Commission and Media Super for their support of the Self-Test Project


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(Reuters) - A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and cannibalize women had been having dark fantasies since he was a teenager, but had no intention of ever turning those thoughts into reality, his attorney said on Monday at the start of his federal trial.
Attorney Julia Gatto also said that Officer Gilberto Valle, who faces 20 years to life in prison if convicted, talked online about torturing his own wife and her female friends and colleagues.
"What really turns on is the idea of a woman - oiled, bound, laid out on a platter with an apple in her mouth, about to be cooked," Gatto told jurors in opening arguments. "That's his dirty little secret."
She argued that Valle was engaged in online sexual fantasy role play involving a little-known internet subculture where people with unconventional desires gather to act them out in cyberspace but with no intention of every carrying out criminal acts. (source)
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free-will discussions aside...we do have control over which thoughts we nurture.
Oh, really. So, contrary to what brain researchers tell us, we do have a super brain that controls our brain, the brain being an organic electro-chemical machine,
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I'm SURE I said "free-will discussions aside". Ah yes, there it is. You even repeated it for me.
AND I asked you a question, because I'd like to know on what grounds you have set them aside.
Damn I guess I should turn myself in, a thousand year sentence doesn't really seem that long. ;)
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President Obama is in Asia but that isn't stopping him from reaching out to business leaders -- including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, a critic of Wall Street regulation signed by Obama -- about averting the fiscal cliff.
Politico reported Monday morning that Obama reached out over the weekend and spoke to Dimon and other chief executives including Tim Cook of Apple and Jim McNerney of Boeing.
Obama is on a three-nation tour of Asia and said on Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand, that he is "confident we can get our fiscal situation dealt with."
That comment and similarly optimistic words from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi helped send U.S. stocks higher on Monday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently up more than 140 points.
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Brazilian Juliana/Larissa and Talita/Antonelli to bid farewell this weekend
Bronze medallists in London, Juliana and Larissa played together for nine years, winning the World Tour seven times, the Brazilian Tour five times, the Pan-American Games twice and the World Championship once, in 2011. The duo achieved over 100 titles and 1,000 wins.
Juliana and Larissa end their winning partnership after 30 year old Larissa intends to become a mother in the coming year.
"I am a little anxious. I knew this moment would come and it will be tough to go through it. I will cry, but my tears will be of happiness and gratitude for everything beach volleyball has given me. I am sure and happy about my decision and I know my family will help me to be strong," says Larissa.
Playing together since 2009, Talita and Antonelli won the Brazilian Tour in their debut season, the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship and qualified for the London Olympic Games, where they finished ninth.
"We had four years of success. We had more pleasure than sadness, but this cycle is coming to its end and we want to finish it in a very good way," said Talita.
With Larissa out of the courts, the other three players have not announced who will they play with in 2013.
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