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Brand-New Buddy Comedy Starring Taylor Gray and Dillon Lane as Two Sun-Soaking, Beach-Loving Best Friends Joins the Network's Successful Slate of Hit Live-Action Programming
Santa Monica, Calif. - June 7, 2011 - Nickelodeon heats up the summer with the epic launch of its newest live-action comedy series, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, premiering Friday, July 1, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with a second brand-new episode airing at 8:30 p.m. The epic weekend continues with the premiere of two all-new episodes on Saturday, July 2 at 8p.m. (ET/PT) and Sunday, July 3, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The series, which will air regularly on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), centers on two lifelong best friends on a never-ending quest for awesomeness while dealing with everyday dilemmas. Always approaching life, high school and surfing with enthusiasm, Bucket (Taylor Gray) is measured and analytical, while Skinner (Dillon Lane) is zen and carefree.
"Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures is a classic buddy comedy set against the backdrop of a fantasy California beach town," said Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon's President, Development and Original Programming. "Taylor and Dillon have great comedic chemistry and you can't help rooting for their characters, as they face every crazy situation with endless enthusiasm. And our audience will love to see True Jackson, VP's Ashley Argota in a brand-new role as Bucket's object of affection."
Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures follows two inseparable friends from Southern California with three goals in life: stay friends forever, always be near a beach and, when they're not at a beach, find a way to get to one. In the premiere episode, "Epic Election," Bucket attempts to win over the affection of classmate Kelly (Ashley Argota, True Jackson, VP), by running for class president, with his best bud Skinner acting as his campaign manager. However, Bucket soon realizes that he will need a lot more help to beat super-popular athlete, Aloe (Glenn McCuen, Marmaduke) and is forced to team up with the Kelly's younger sister, the precocious Piper (Tiffany Espensen, Hop), in order to save face and try to win the heart of his dream girl.
In support of the series premiere, Nickelodeon's multi-platform efforts include sneak peeks and promotional behind-the-scenes content that will stream on Nick.com as well as Nick's wireless partners. Following each premiere, clips will be available via Nick's wireless partners and full episodes will be made available for download in HD on iTunes, Sony, Xbox and Amazon. Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures will also launch in the summer-themed "Surf and Burp" category on Nick's video-on-demand.
Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures is developed by executive producer Tom Lynch (The Troop, South of Nowhere) and created by executive producers Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin (Quintuplets, Kid Notorious) under The Tom Lynch Company banner. Jonathan Stark (According to Jim) also serves as executive producer.
Taylor Gray (Bucket) is a native of the Los Angeles area and began his acting career five years ago after booking his first commercial doing stunt work for Dannon Spring Water. Shortly after, his adventure continued in a feature film entitled The Take, starring opposite John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez. Since then, he has appeared in multiple hit television series, including Numbers, Hawthorne and The Mentalist. Dillon Lane (Skinner), originally from Arizona, has been singing and acting for most of his life. With his unique sound blending acoustic with pop, his debut album Broken Promises features such virally popular songs as Never Understand My Life, Hangin on a Heartbeat, among others. Gray and Lane sing the series' theme song, "No Worries."
Tom Lynch, founder and CEO of The Tom Lynch Company, began his career as a rock-n-roll producer on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert and as creator-writer-producer of Night Tracks. With an extensive roster of creating television hits to his credit - including Nickelodeon series The Troop, South of Nowhere, Romeo!, Secret World of Alex Mack, Caitlin's Way and The Journey of Allen Strange, Lynch's other series include Just Deal, Skate, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, and the Emmy-nominated Scout's Safari, which was set and filmed on location in South Africa. He rediscovered his musical roots with the hip-hop sitcom Romeo!, starring rap artist Master P and his real-life son, Romeo and Class of 3000, co-created with Andr� Benjamin of OutKast.
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Serious food allergies 'have changed our lives'
Even something as simple as eating a sandwich from her packed lunch which has been touched by crumbs of cake can trigger a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction in Niamh Rooney.
The seven-year-old, from Hertfordshire, experiences this type of reaction - called anaphylaxis - when exposed to eggs and all kinds of nuts. She is also allergic to dairy foods and shellfish.
Her mum, Claire, says she is heartened by news of a potential treatment for peanut allergies but wonders how that might help someone with multiple food allergies.
The whole family has been on high alert every since her first anaphylactic episode when she was just 18 months old.
"It has changed our lives totally. I think about it all the time," she says.
"I dread going out to eat now, even though we are really sociable people and we love doing it, it just doesn't seem worth it anymore.
"And we also holiday in the UK so there aren't language barriers when it comes to food."
Daily risks
Claire admits to buying the same boring items at the supermarket every week because she knows they are safe for Naimh. She says she is regularly frustrated by labels that say they cannot guarantee to be free from traces of nuts.
In contrast, staff at Naimh's primary school are great, she explains, and very understanding, keeping all the necessary medication on site.
Although it is impossible for Naimh to have school lunches, because of the risk of contamination, Claire is allowed to cook her daughter a Christmas dinner and bring it into school to be warmed up.
If there are any cooking lessons, Claire is called in to double-check the ingredients.
She says Naimh's diet is quite limited as a result, with her packed lunch normally containing sandwiches with dairy-free butter and ham, fruit and some dairy-free biscuits.
But children's parties are probably the biggest challenge and cause of greatest anxiety.
"I would love not to have to send my daughter to a party with her own food and her own special party bag, and worry about nuts and eggs in the room."
When Naimh's first serious reaction occurred after she ate cod, Claire initially thought she was choking on her food. But then she started struggling to breathe and hives appeared all over her face and arms.
Naimh ended up in hospital, where she recovered fully, before doctors started testing her for other allergens.
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"I do all the panicking and worrying behind the scenes because I don't want her to be affected by it.
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POST: 'Henry IV' - sh*ts gonna be good
What's it about?
Shakespeare's Henry IV - in a women's prison.
What'd I experience?
I probably should have worn something nicer. My workout clothes (disclaimer: I didn't actually go to the gym) didn't really go with the snazzy vibe of the new St. Ann's Warehouse. Dumbo clearly got some work done - last time I was there it was still an empty little corner, now it's vibrant and rich with new scenery. Also, it served as quite the contrast to the world I was about to be thrown into.
Before even stepping foot into the theatre space the show has begun. All I could hear was breathing as the inmates are brought through the lobby area with some pretty legit looking officers.
This sh*ts gonna be good.
The entrance was as badass as the set was. Everyone is escorted into a confined area within a cage - it felt like walking into a prison courtyard from Orange is the New Black. The area is divided into 4 blocks, all with the focus toward the performance area. I can't really see anyone complaining about seating - but this is New York City so I'm sure someone was.
It quickly becomes apparent that this is one of those immersive experiences. I kinda freaked out when I realized that there was no intermission in this 2 hour long production, but I can confidently say I didn't think of leaving my seat for a second.
Hearing those gates close gave me chills. This wasn't because of the 47 degree weather, but more so the kind of chills I get when something good is about to go down. Just as I turned to look at the exits - make sure I knew where to run toward just in case - the lights went out and Jay-Z came on.
His song. Not him. I repeat Jay-Z was not on stage. That would be crazy.
The women are brought in a straight line through the main entrance. Adorned in all gray sweat suits, greasy hair, and bare faces. Each carrying child-sized chairs and tables that they scattered around stage. This probably sounds as confusing as it first looked to me, but the one thing that really stuck with me was the attention to detail. The interpretations will obviously vary, but for me the child-sized furniture and props just added to this fantasy world that suddenly appears once the guards leave.
An awesome aspect of this production is the fact that I didn't have to study Shakespeare's Henry IV. Some of the language is altered to throw some jabs at sexism. The most memorable of moments (apart from every monologue Dame Harriet Walter had) were the character breaks that happened at random. There is no denying that Shakespeare's writing often had verses that highlighted the lack of respect toward women - sadly not much has changed - and they are often used in a comedic context. Not here.
Phyllida Lloyd (the director) cleverly took a huge section of sexist text that degraded and insulted women and turned into a PSA. Every time I was taken out of King Henry's world it had a specific intention behind it. A women abruptly runs off stage (no longer in character) to then be escorted back onstage by some officers. There is a small anecdote about the actress having asked the production to exclude the explicit text, because it made her uncomfortable. It was as funny as it was empowering.
I have never seen a live production of Shakespeare's Henry IV done more traditionally, but to me Dame Harriet Walter is Henry IV. She made me feel her desperation. The same desperation I imagine an inmate would have when faced with the opportunity to be free. A few (meticulously chosen) times we see small cracks of the real world - the prison. It's not the clothes or the props that made me remember these women are prisoners, but those moments that kept me in check. As much as I am enraptured by their world, I get to walk out a free woman. I think actually holding myself back from being fully immersed allowed me to will gain more. It felt like visiting a relative in jail. You visit and chat some, but then you get to leave while they are left behind metal bars.
Part of me was unsure of my initial assumption of importance of having the backdrop be a women's prison. Fortunately, the day (who says Friday the 13th is an unlucky day?) they were hosting a talk back after the performance. It was awesome having the director herself reassure me - and 50 other people - that I am allowed to take the story as I wish. Phyllida Lloyd (the director) said that every character break hadn't been planned until the cast got into rehearsals. Once they began studying the text they realized the opportunity they had to give their perspective - as women - about the sexist nature of Shakespeare's writing.
It was comforting to know that I am allowed to see this story as I wish. So I have. I think a group of women in a female prison decide to perform Henry IV as a farewell to a beloved inmate. I know this sound ridiculous, but I think my theory holds up until the very end. A young women (aka the Prince) is being released, but for an older women (Falstaff, the Prince's companion) who has grown to love her finds it hard to be happy about the release.
I am ripped away from the fantasy world and into reality with a harsh screech from an inmate who can't bare to say goodbye to someone who has essentially become a daughter to her. And who better to be the actor then a female prisoner that knows the pain of having family taken away from them.


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This topic contains 8 replies, has 9 voices, and was last updated by colin.valenta 2 years, 6 months ago.
June 8, 2013 at 2:48 am #51845
Good! Im glad the title caught your attention. Seems like the second someone argues against leaning they are automatically labeled as a "frat boy douche bag". I am in a fraternity, however I'd like to think that I'm not a douche bag (but thats for you to judge). A little background on myself, I am a 3rd year Physics major at UCSC and a member of Sigma Pi Fraternity. I am here to argue against the leaning rule in a vain attempt to purify the game of pong.
First I'd like to get a few issues out of the way:
1) Wether you lean or not, if your good at pong your good at pong. The guys winning these large scale tournaments are very coordinated individuals who could play well even if an elbow rule is put in place.
2) Making a shot while leaning is easier than not leaning. Thats a fact. The cups are closer while leaning. The closer the cups the easier it is to shoot.
3) A person attempting to play elbows in a tournament that allows leaning would get WRECKED. It would be pretty amusing to watch in my opinion.
4) Please reread issue #1
5) I am an no way claiming I am better than you at pong. I do claim I could chug a beer faster than you, but hey thats a completely different sport.
6) Yes being tall does give you some advantages in leaning, but being coordinated gives you a much bigger advantage. Please don't compare tall NBA players to tall pong players, thats an irrelevant comparison. Ive seen people say "Oh so since you think allowing leaning for tall people is unfair the NBA shouldn't let tall people play". That makes zero sense and is not a constructive argument at all
So now that I have these issues out of the way I can begin with my argument.
Why I think an elbow rule should be put in place
A) Leaning makes pong easier: Its simple, if I lean I have a higher percentage chance of making a shot than if I didn't lean (see issue #2). How is making pong easier going to help it evolve into a respectable sport?
B) The elbow rule makes the game "prettier": Have any of you seen the way steph curry or ray allen shoot the basketball? Probably the most beautiful jump shots in the game today. A non leaning beer pong shot resembles a one handed jump shot in some ways. Some players add more arc to their shots which makes it all them more enjoyable to watch. A leaning beer pong shot resembles a line drive "dunk" in some respects. In my opinion it looks very crude and unrefined.
C) Adding the Elbow rule will create a larger gap between elite players and average players. I feel that by allowing leaning (i.e. making the game easier) average players have less distance to cover with respect to elite players. Don't get me a wrong an elite player would beat an average player many more times than not. But with an elbow rule in place I feel an average player would stand NO CHANCE against an elite player unless they got extremely lucky.
D) Everyone in college plays elbow rule: All the cool kids are doing it… Seriously though if you walked into a college party leaning all over the place you would be made fun of. Just like if you tried to play elbow rule in a tournament that allowed leaning you would be ridiculed. But the fact of the matter is college kids take there pong seriously, and enjoy the challenge of not leaning.
E) Elbows is more fun: Ive always felt that the greater the challenge the more fun it can be. When something is less challenging it becomes more mundane. Imagine this scenario; I'ts last cup and the game is on the line. What is a greeter challenge; Taking the shot from 8 ft away or taking the shot from 5 ft away? The answer is obvious. So if everyone has to shoot from 8 ft away the game will be more challenging for everyone and more enjoyable in my opinion.
F) Leaning looks ridiculous: Id rather square up and take an elbow shot than lean halfway across the table. What if I'm drunk and loose my balance? Now I look like an even bigger asshole (remember I'm a frat boy so were automatically assholes in general)
G) It is not hard to enforce… with the right technology that is
How to enforce the elbow rule:
Using technology than can be found in a traditional TV remote one can easily create a cheap device that could enforce the elbow rule. First each table needs to be retrofitted with a device that detects infrared beams of a certain wavelength. Imagine this device as some sort of plastic covering or tape that would be placed at the ends of the table. Players will be given elbow straps retrofitted with a device that emits infrared beams. The strap will actually be worn slightly above the elbow, and the infrared beam will theortically be pointing straight down while in the act of shooting. If a players elbow crosses the tables end, the infrared beam from the elbow strap will interact with the infrared receptor (the strip at the end of the table). The detector could then be programmed to turn on a red light located on or near the table if it detects the elbow strap crossing the plane of the table. It would be a completely accurate method of enforcing the elbow rule. This would be an inexpensive device and would cost much less than your traditional TV remote.
Using easy to make cheap technology large scale tournaments could successfully enforce the elbow rule and make the game more enjoyable for everyone.June 22, 2013 at 6:50 pm #56757
1)When you play "House Rules" You don't lean, but you play on a 6 ft table (most of the time).
2)Would you enjoy people calling "elbows!" All FUCKING NIGHT LONG (because there is Big Money on the line, so they would)?
3)They would need a Ref at every table.
4)If you don't like it…. DON'T FUCKING PLAY OUR WAY!!!!!June 24, 2013 at 1:17 am #56811
Das BreechenMember
Lean or get Leaned on.
Also even if they switced it to elbows the better players will still win and I don't see how that will make it anymore fun for a bad team.
Elbows=Get drunk with silly rules with freinds.
Leaning=Competive sport for money.June 28, 2013 at 12:23 am #57272
You're drunk go home. It ends the tears for the cry babies… we've all had to deal with sore losers at the end of the night because their pride relies on an albow crossing the plane. GTFO LFG BPONG.COM STFU, get out in vegas and play, forget your frat house. Do the math… it just makes more sense to do so.July 1, 2013 at 9:14 am #57336
I don't think players should be allowed to shoot half way across the table when there's $50,000 on the line.
But…those are the rules. So lean lean!!
Has anyone ever won the WSOBP not leaning? I personally never lean, but to each his own I suppose.July 2, 2013 at 4:16 pm #57401
First off I want to start by saying the following: Good post for someone who plays the game another way. You didn't attack our rules, rather explained the way You think the game should be played. As far as I know, everybody on this site, on this forum, who's played wsobp rules at one time or another played elbow rule. I think everyone can agree with most of the points you're making as well but we see more of the negatives in the way You play being run on a large scale tournament
Now with that said, here is the biggest thing I think you and posters like you are making…. you confuse the fact that the WSOBP and BPONG.COM are not at the Corporation level of a NBA, MLB, NFL etc…. It's THEIR tournament, THEIR use rules…. if you don't like them, you have every right in the world to 'start up' YOUR own tournament and play with YOUR own rules. The guys running this site had an idea and ran with it. By all means get a rich friend and go do it. Call it the Galactic Series of Beer Pong. Then you can deal with all the headaches, the complaints, the YouTube later comments… that's not even getting into t he business aspect. So Either play or don't, but you should realize by now everything you mentioned in your post we've already heard someone else say…. ya know?July 5, 2013 at 10:42 am #57438
I love a good, rational discussion about this issue. So many times it devolves into yelling obscenities, and no real headway is made on either side. First, every point you make about why Elbows is more difficult and therefor more superior to Lean is correct. I don't think there's really a lean player who would realistically argue that leaning is harder, or even that they are the same difficulty. The one and only real reason leaning was ever introduced into the game by BPONG at the first WSOBP was enforcement, which you've identified.
The problem with your proposed solution is that you are asking players to wear something on their arms during a game. A game in which there are players who won't even play in shirts with sleeves because of how it feels during their shot. But let's say for the sake of argument that BPONG makes the decision, and distributes this technology to every table at the WSOBP, and has enough surplus to replace all the equipment that gets damaged by drunk players.
Great, but what about the local organizer? The local organizer doesn't have the funds or infrastructure as BPONG. You can't expect every local bar that runs weeklies or satellites into the WSOBP to have in stock all this technology. Most won't make that purchase. So you'll have bars running elbow tournaments to grant entry into the WSOBP, without the technology, and you have the arguments all over again. Every single game will devolve into an "Elbows!" shouting match.
With all that being said, I don't think the "laser" approach is the solution to this issue. Until a cheaper, simpler alternative can be found (nobody say pongbar, please), I think we have to accept the lean, and just try to reach a broader audience before they get too entrenched in their elbow ways.July 6, 2013 at 2:27 am #57444
It's refreshing to see an argument for elbow rules from another perspective that's not simply bashing leaning.
However, like clawless said players will not accept wearing anything. If you have seen any pictures or videos of games you'll notice most players remove everything in their pockets to have the same weight distribution during games (sounds absurd, but I do it too).
As a local organizer I would love to see the game go to "house rules" but as of now there is no way of correctly enforcing it. I lose a lot of potential teams before they even play because of the rules.
By the way, I'm always down for house rules cash games, those are my favorite to win! Played a few at Blondys in Vegas during the Masters
Sorry if anything doesn't make sense, I'm still recovering from Vegas..February 20, 2017 at 12:50 pm #64058
The most reasonable solution to increase the integrity of the WSOBP tournament would be to at least require both feet be on the floor. This is much easier to enforce than the elbow rule and would give more legitimacy to the winner since nearly all the world plays with out leaning in some form or fashion. Do they dramatically change the rules in other sports just for their championships? Are the goal posts wider at the Super Bowl? Are the goals wider at the World Cup. Do they make the field smaller at the World Series? Nope.
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During a conversation with one of our junior high boys, we shared our thoughts on discouraging moments. In that moment, I wanted to remind the young man and myself that the Lord knows us intimately and that He cares. He is involved with us every step of the way.
I believe that we are called to love and serve one another, to make disciples, to deepen our relationship with Christ and make Him known.
Having worked at TCM for quite some time, I've had many instances to reflect and share about the growth in relationships with the kids, as well as stories of kids experiencing God's love. This will forever...
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The past few weeks have been really eventful and awesome, but at the same time I felt many instances of stress and chaos in programs and in my personal life as well. When meeting with fellow peers, the topic of spiritual rest and peace came up quite a bit. I realized that in the midst of chaos and stress
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Since we started the Push It Real Good walks I've often crossed path with the Buggy Fit squad in Pittville Park. It always felt a touch awkward – there was us meandering around the lake and there they were powering on through with resistance bands hanging off their buggies and a look of determination in their eyes. I'm inherently a very lazy person so I always felt relieved to be on the slower team.
So it was with some caution that I accepted Joan's (Physiotherapist, qualified personal trainer and owner of the Buggy Fit operation in Cheltenham) invitation to review a Buggy Fit , class but when the day arrived, the skies were bright blue and the park was a stunning place to be, so I arrived with the little one wrapped up and securely fastened into my all terrain buggy ready for action. I was absolutely certain that she would be a howling nightmare all the way through, begging to be let out and 'walk mummy walk' and that I wouldn't make it to the end of the hour long class, but that was one or many assumptions I had about Buggy Fit that were dispelled during this fun session that I was able to enjoy alongside my toddler.
Here's a few other myths about Buggy Fit…..
1. You have to be super fit. WRONG! Joan's class is amazingly well tailored to all abilities. Mums can come once they've had their GP check or 12 weeks post caesarean section so they are healed inside and out. Joan checks all mums for a diastasis (tummy muscle separation) on their first visit and your level of fitness doesn't matter. It had been a while since I'd done anything too energetic and each exercise could be tailored to each level. As we started a new activity at varying points around Pittville Park we were always presented with a couple of options to meet our fitness level – so run a lap of the area we were in or run half a lap or a quarter. There are also enough mums at each class that if you are the one that hasn't been for a run in three years you won't be alone. We had to pair up in a lot of the exercises and everyone was extremely welcoming.
2. You can only bring teeny babies. WRONG! Buggy Fit welcomes children of all ages. It takes place on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning at 10.30 at Pittville Park (meeting at the Pump Rooms) and there were mums with pre schoolers on bikes and scooters, mums like me determined to keep their toddlers strapped into buggies with the help of snacks and mums with tiny ones snoozing away or watching intently at this group of squatting and lunging Mamans. I would have bet a not insignificant about of money that the Bébé would have been whinging after twenty minutes but she clearly found the class more entertaining than a twenty minute episode of Dora The Explorer and sat fascinated and enjoying a more determined buggy push that she was used to.
3. You need a super dooper Chelsea Tractor style buggy. WRONG! Even though I brought mine you really don't go off road and most of the exercises are done with the buggies parked up. If your buggy is capable of being pushed around the lake at Pittville Park on the paved path then it will be fine for Buggy Fit. No expensive equipment required.
4. You have to commit to paying for a stretch of classes (which is tricky when you're a mum – life has so many variables doesn't it?) WRONG! If you fancy giving it a try; your first class is free if you choose (at the end of it) to sign up for an eight week block. You can either pay on a drop in basis (£6.50 per class), pay for a block of 8 classes (£44 with NO expiry date) or pay £72 for a two month unlimited card where you could (should you choose to) come to three classes a week over two months (meaning you classes would be £3 each and your mum tum will be well on the road to recovery!)
5. The classes are fair weather only. WRONG! Joan is out in the park supporting Mums to feel a little bit more like their former selves, three days a week regardless of the weather. If you wake up on a Monday morning and have a long day ahead with an energetic toddler it might seem easier to stay at home and have a duvet day – guarantee you'll be regretting that by 11am. Get wrapped up warm and hit the park for some fresh air, great company and exercise that truly is appropriate for all abilities. I promise you won't regret it.
We loved our class and will be back for more. You could see from the number of mums who turned up that I'm not the only one who think this combination of spending time with your child, whilst doing something for you, is a total winner.
You can find out more about Buggy Fit here. Tell Joan we sent you!
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
And the winner for best actor in a Mossad film is .....
Special thanks to the producers and directors at MEMRI.
A June 20, 2010 release.
Part 2 ..... Part 3
Regrettably, Adam will not be attending this year's American Mossad Academy Awards show.
Accepting in his absence will be Joey Lieberman and Chucky Schumer.
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From being told the guy was nuts to portraying him as some kind of Clint Eastwood type, bounty hunter.ReplyDelete
I don't think I would be taking Afghan hash along to smoke if I was planning on 'smoking' out 'Binjamin' Laden. Might get too stoned and forget to take off the safety.
How close did Gary Faulkner, the shaggy Colorado construction worker arrested in Pakistan on Sunday, come to tracking down his prey, Osama bin Laden in the mountains along the Afghan border? Very close, according to his brother, Scott, a physician in Fort Morgan, Col. Scott says that during his last two visits to Pakistan, wanna-be bounty hunter Faulkner had located a cave on an 18,000 ft mountain where he saw "a bearded man in a white robe speaking on a walkie-talkie".
The 52-year old American was arrested in a forest in northwestern Pakistan while trying to cross into Afghanistan's wooded Nuristan province, a known lair of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. Police thought he was joking about hunting bin-Laden until they searched Faulkner and found a pistol, a 40-inch sword, a dagger, a pair of handcuffs, a small chunk of hashish, and Christian literature (presumably for his own inspiration rather than to convert the al-Qaeda leader). "I was surprised to hear that Gary had been caught in a forest," his brother told TIME. "Everything Gary had told me about this cave was that it was on a barren, high mountain with no trees. Maybe he found out that bin-Laden had moved on."
- AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Hey Adam, that turban wrap job looks like it was done by Rita KatzReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Jane Burgenmeister has started a new google blog.


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Work in Rochester
Work in Rochester is a field guide to the economic life of Rochester, New York. Daily, throughout 2011, Clarke Condé interviewed and photographed people at work in Rochester creating a unique collection of photographs that focus on the men and woman who work in Rochester.
Rochestrians will find many familiar faces among the 365 photographs that run the gamut of the local economy from senators to bankers to barkeeps to bums. The 365 photographs of the collection stand as a personal and intimate visual record of the people that collectively create our local economy.
The book is available from Amazon here.
January 15, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Chris stands in Monroe Avenue seven hours a day with a sign that advertises five-dollar pizzas. I asked him why he was out there in the snow without a coat. He said it's because he is hot-n-ready.
January 18, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Ulysses and crew work in the dark and cold just after midnight, removing the skyway between the exposed shell of Midtown Plaza and the Xerox Tower.
January 21, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Alex was exposed multiple times to asbestos while demolishing the former Genesee Hospital with little protective equipment. His son was exposed every time Alex came home from work and gave him a hug.
February 9, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Manol hauls a shopping cart full of scrap metal from East Avenue to the scrap yard on Portland Avenue to get paid.
February 24, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Chuck follows the conversation while trying on a jacket presented by Veterans Advocate at the War Memorial.
February 25, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Rick and Douglas shovel driveways off South Avenue for $20.
March 28, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Angelo sells reptiles for a living from his shop on the corner of Winton and Main. I asked if the Jungle Carpet Python he was holding bites and he said, "Oh yeah. Everything bites."
May 8, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Daniel is on leave from the Air Force. Today, he is selling flowers on the corner of Lake Avenue and Driving Park. He says it's an easy $75. He got this tattoo three days ago.
May 28, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Heavenly and Mary Ann sell Gatorade and flowers from their driveway in North Winton Village.
July 14, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Greg pilots a F/A-18 Hornet for a living. Standing on the airport tarmac, he says work is busy, but he gets a flame retardant suit and a week-and-a-half paid vacation a year.
September 13, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Alfonso is a crossing guard on South Avenue. He is always smiling at the kids, chatting with parents and staring down the cars. He says this is the best job because of the people.
September 29, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Adam leads a memorial vigil for Latasha Shaw, who was beaten and stabbed to death on this day four years ago at the corner of Dewey and Driving Park, by a mob of women and teenage girls, as a large crowd of neighbors stood by and watched. Adam was the only elected official at the vigil.
October 29, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Jeremy repairs a furnace in a Dewey Avenue basement.
November 7, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Tom started a record store in the Village Gate in 1982. He just found out that he lost his lease and needs to be out by the end of the year to make room for a restaurant. He says the building owner didn't even talk to him before signing the new tenant.
November 19, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Coleen pierces nipples on East Avenue. One for $40 or two for $60.
November 25, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Joe pretty much runs the show over at the Mobile station on Brooks Avenue when his uncle is not around.
November 29, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Rodney has been in the car business for 26 years, spending the last five as sales manager at the only new-car dealer in Rochester. He says the reason the dealership has thrived on University Avenue is because they have kept their scale small and constantly adapt to the changing needs of their customers.
December 5, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- Kevin is the Republican House Whip. He was on Broadway today to pose for pictures as part of a fundraiser to reelect Tom Reed. I asked him how many of these he has to do a year. He said about two or three a week.
December 25, 2011
ROCHESTER, NY- YaYa says he is a bit tired as he keeps the store on Emerson Street running Christmas morning.


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François Coty
François Coty is the single most important figure in the history of the modern perfume industry. Born in Corsica in 1874, Coty first learned about perfumery while working in a pharmacy. However, it was not until he was introduced to Antoine Chiris by a mutual friend that his perfume career began in earnest. The Chiris family were manufacturers and distributors of perfumes; Coty began studying the art of perfumery in their laboratory, eventually developing his first fragrance, Le Rose Jacqueminot. After intentionally dropping a bottle at iconic French department store Magasins du Louvre, demand for his fragrance skyrocketed, making Coty a millionaire and a fixture of the perfume industry. Over the next decades, Coty revolutionized the perfume industry. His brilliant marketing strategies changed the way that perfume was purchased. Coty's approach is best encapsulated in his famous quote: "Give a woman the best product to be made, market it in the perfect flask, beautiful in its simplicity, yet impeccable in its taste, ask a reasonable price for it, and you will witness the birth of a business the size of which the world has never seen." His creations changed the perfume landscape, pushed boundaries and explored uncharted territories. Several of his most iconic fragrances serve as models for well-known fragrance families to this day including L'Origan (floral oriental, 1905), Chypre de Coty (chypre, 1917) and Emeraude (oriental, 1921).


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The more I think about it the more I feel convinced that in comedy the medium of laughter is the message. I mean, when people laugh is because for a moment they are enjoying seing something in a completely unexpected light or are experiencing the temporary lifting of a taboo or are discovering that something they thought peculiar to them is actually shared. This list is of course incomplete, but the point is that all these experiences are highly valuable per se. There is no need to say anything more and, most importantly, nothing more being said will ever compensate for the lack or paucity of these experiences. Call me a formalist, if you want (or call me a cunt, if you must).
Friday, July 5, 2013
On the purpose of comedy
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This page contains information about the CBBC Racing Season
The Red Top Series is held the first Sunday of every month between October and May.
- Briefing is at 10am and the race commences around 10:30am
- Trailer sailers and dinghy's are welcome to compete
- $10 entrance fee applies
- Download Sailing Instruction here
This race series is designed to create a special event for smaller Dinghy style boats (Laser, Sabre, etc).
- This is now held mid-month on the Sunday after the Friday Hambuger night (please refer to the club Calendar).
10am briefing for a 10:30am start, then two or three short races finishing with a sausage sizzle.
This event is to encorage sailors of all ages to come and have fun, in the safety of a controlled sailing environment
Download Sailing Instruction here
- To be raced within the Red Top Regatta Sprint Series on the First Sunday of each month throughout the racing season (October to May) with no additional entry fee.
- Individual races will be sailed under the control of the Clayton Bay Boat Club as directed by its Red Top Sprint Series Sailing Instructions.
- There will be six races with one discard.
- No handicaps; a simple first past the post race.
- Entry in one race is deemed to be entry in the series.
- Read more
- Download Sailing Instruction here
- The Long Race Series is designed to take advantage of the stronger afternoon sea breezes and achieve a more challenging race for experienced sailors and crew.
- Held at the CBBC on the Saturday prior to the Red Top Series (above) between October and May
- Briefing is at 2:00pm
- Download Sailing Instruction here
This year the Rat Race Regatta will be held on 16th and 17th March 2019
Several years ago a couple of local Hartley 18 sailors had an impromptu race in the waters near Clayton Bay and Rat Island. The course was up the Goolwa Channel from Clayton, through Snug Cove and Dunn's Lagoon, across Marshall's Bight, behind Rat Island and back to Clayton. Next day, they did it again, but in the opposite direction.
The regatta is open to all boats of the following general classes:
Division 1 (Dinghy)
The Traditional Rat Race Course circumnavigating Goose, Goat and Rat Islands.For Dinghies (Wyndrel or other Hartley 18 based vessels permitted)
Motors are not required for this division. Only Class approved sails will be used.
Division 2 (Trailer Sailer)
Stony Point Course. For Trailer Sailers and must carry motor in operating position (raised).
Only Class approved sails will be used. Fleet will be split into Spinnaker & Non Spinnaker.
Division 3 (Junior Dinghy Classes)
From Clayton Bay, circumnavigating Goose and Goat Islands and return to Clayton Bay. For junior sailors and classes such as Optimist, Mirror, International Cadet etc. Only class approved sails will be used.
Division 4 (Multihull off the beach and trailerable)
For OTB boats the Traditional Rat Race Course circumnavigating Goose, Goat and Rat Islands.
Trailerable boats will use the Stony Point Course with a possible extension depending on weather.
Course Directions (clockwise or anti-clockwise) will alternate on each day of the Regatta and will be advised at the Briefing.


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Information on this charity project (updated 18 Jan 2005)
1. Activity Fund Raising Mechanism
We will provide the service of helping individuals or groups of people to take portraiture photograph. For every photograph print made for the individuals or people, donations will be collected from them. A minimum of S$5/- donations will be collected from the individual or group of people for every successful print.
2. Locations
We will conduct the above-mentioned activity at:
a. The Merlion Park. At the platform extended from the bank of Singapore River.
3. Collection of Donations
We will sign out donation containers from the Singapore Salvation Army. All donations must be dropped into the containers. These containers will be returned to the Singapore Salvation Army at the end of the charity drive.
4. Period of Activity
We planned to hold this activity over three weekends:
Weekend One: from 150105 to 160105
Weekend Two: from 220105 to 230105
Weekend Three: from 290105 to 300105
This activity will be conducted from 0900 hours to 2100 hours daily on the indicated dates.
Manpower deployment:
Shooting Point (minimum per group)
2 x Photographers (1 handle individual shots with wireless networking, 1 handle group shots with CF cards)
1 x Network helper (to station with notebook to conduct wireless transfer of photograph image files)
2 or more donation collectors and helpers
Printing Point (minimum per group)
2 x DI (1 on workstation handling individual prints, 1 on notebook handling group prints)
2 x printing helpers (each handling 2 printers, recording of photographs issued and ensuring smooth running of printers)
2 or more helpers handling crowd control
For the above plan, ideally we need 3 groups of volunteers at any one time. Group 1 operating, Group 2 standby, Group 3 resting.
To sign up as a volunteer, email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the following information:
1. Name
2. Contact number
3. number of additional friends you are coming with
4. date and time that you can volunteer (for time as much as possible in blocks of 4 hours, i.e. 9am to 1pm, 1pm to 5pm, 5pm to 9pm)
5. area of responsibility (Photographer, D.I. for post-processing or Helpers to handle wireless transfer, printing or crowd control)
a. photographers please indicate the type of equipment you are using
b. D.I. will be using photoshop as the post-processing software
NOTE! please do not PM me via CS as i will be away till 29 Jan morning.
special thanks to ClubSnap Admin for making this thread a sticky :thumbsup:
special thanks to Sulhan, his wife and his sister for sponsoring our Weekend One meals. we will be getting meals for Weekend Two and Three from them at a subsidised rate as well. (yum! yum!)
Thanks and Regards,
1. ok everyone, the core group has met and decided that it will not be necessary to conduct another training and briefing session as we will be able to handle the manpower distribution on site. so NO MEETING before the actual day charity drive. Those coming for the morning shift or full day shift please be at the Merlion Park by 8.00 am.
poohbear will be contacting all the volunteers from now on. please give him your full support as he is busy with work as well. he needs to confirm with all volunteers of the time you will be on site to help. he will be calling every volunteer, but please help to save time and effort by emailling to the same email address, email@example.com, your confirmed timing.
he has full access to my email and CS accounts to make necessary arrangements and announcement.
2. on top of that, we have quite abit of fun with the lots of OTs over the last 2 days, i think it's time to be mindful and respect CS admin's support for this thread as they have made this a sticky. (thanks to CS admin once again! ) so please refrain from OTs (equipment talk, personal jokes etc. they can be discussed in other threads) from now. there's a time to be playful and a time to be serious, we have an important task ahead and let's work together with high spirits and not dilute the team spirit that is starting to build up.
I'll be away till 29 Jan for school work and I feel really bad to leave the task now. I hope this will not have any negative affect, in fact I hope that the rest of the team coordinating will do a much much better job, I am sure of that. keep up the good work everyone! we are doing great!


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Moscow sues Kiev in London over $3bn debt
According to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, the lawsuit was filed after repeated unsuccessful attempts to encourage Ukraine to talk on debt restructuring. Moscow wanted Kiev to recognize the debt as sovereign with restructuring terms better than those proposed by Ukraine to its private creditors.
READ MORE: Germany wants Kiev to compromise on debt to Moscow
Siluanov is confident the London court will be open and unbiased. "I think the hearing in the English court will be open and transparent, and the protection of the rights of the Russian Federation as a creditor will be carried out by an independent, authoritative court, which will impartially consider the dispute between the two sovereign states regarding debt default on Eurobonds," he said.
The Finance Minister added that Russia has repeatedly been ready to discuss the possibility of an out-of-court settlement of Ukraine's debt repayment but "unfortunately, Ukraine was not ready to negotiate in a spirit of good will."
In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Finance Ministry to file a lawsuit against Ukraine if Kiev failed to repay Russia's $3 billion Eurobond loan within the 10-day grace period following the December 20 deadline.
READ MORE: Putin orders Finance Ministry to sue Ukraine over unpaid debt
Kiev failed to pay off the debt before the deadline at the end of the year. Russia's Finance Ministry announced on January 1 that meant Ukraine was officially in a state of default.
Ukraine's sovereign debt to Russia dates back to a deal between President Vladimir Putin and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich that was struck in 2013 and envisaged Moscow buying $15 billion worth of Ukrainian bonds. Russia bought $3 billion on December 20, 2013, and the debt was supposed to be repaid by December 20, 2015.


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Happy New Year!
I can't believe it's already 2012. Time seems to be going faster and faster as the years go by. I can't say I'm sad to see 2011 go, but I wasn't happy for it's quickness either.
2011 for me was a year of some very low lows, and some equally high highs.
It's funny how life can tend to do that. Maybe it does that on purpose, balancing out your existence and experiences to help in shaping a well-rounded human being. Or maybe things just happened to happen that way.
2011 set up a very interesting 2012. I know that this year will bring, going to stay positive, some of my best moments. I can feel them coming. I know that this will be the year that things really start growing within my career. 2011 did a good job with dropping some varied projects into my lap, of which I'm stoked! Yet, at the same time, whether I want to admit it or not, I'm afraid that this year might also be the hardest moments of my life. I want to stay positive and think that things will sustain, but I can't be selfish. So again, highs and lows are what is for seen in 2012.
With the shift that my life seems to be gravitating towards in 2012, I feel calm about things. Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe more good than bad will occur this year. Maybe it's my avoidance of reality that's kicking in. Maybe it'll be a year of acceptance as well as advancement.
I'm trying not to picture the year, or whatever time increment you want to use, is a positive or negative light, instead I'm focusing on taking things as they happen. It's not that the universe is for or against me, things just happen. Instead of focusing on what will happen, I just need to focus on my present and make sure that I'm happy and doing what I can, when I can.
That is my resolution, after all. To steal Chris Hardwick's line from "The Nerdist Way" (you should pick it up, fa sho!); Don't be a pawn for the darkness. It's a good life philosophy, but one step at a time.
I want to be a better person. Not that I think I'm a horrible person, cause I'm pretty rad, but there is always areas of my life that need to be worked on. All of us have those areas, so why not make a conscience effort to evolve.
Life is evolving everyday, from new career paths to a change in family. The only way you can experience the fullness of life to absorb everything, let it breath within your bones, and then incorporate it into your being. This seems like it would be the logical thing to do, however we tend to let our emotions take control over our thoughts and effect how we react. I'm a very emotional person, sometimes a person who relies on emotional contact, so not making it about my emotions is going to be a challenge. Instead, for every bad thing that makes me want to hide under my blanket for a week, I'm going to focus on the good in my life. It's all about balance.
A life of balance. That's not a bad resolution/goal to strive for either in 2012. I hope I'm able to attain/stick with my resolutions.
It's a new year, anything is possible.


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wednesday 10.14/
(The magic of Lightroom and skin softening.)
More ideas for decorating. I would really like staff so I can delegate what needs to be done.
I found out that Ryan looked at Andy's missing library book. But he cannot remember where he put it. So frustrating.
Love a busy and productive day especially when I spend most of it out of the house.
Goofed on my hair appointment. I was way too early so I went to lunch but then it was late and I had to rush.
I looked at mattresses for the boys. What?! $1000 for a twin mattress? Crazy! I was hoping for about $250 each. But those are not comfy. At least I can forget the delivery which costs $69! But they do take away the old mattresses. I think I'll keep looking and wait for a bigger sale.
I went to Sears at Slug Mall. What a depressing store. But Kevens seemed much smarter than Jimbo Ignatowski. Paint is on sale this week. D'oh I could have saved over $25 if I had waited but then I wouldn't have 1 1/2 rooms done.
Interesting to see to people at Starbucks. I have to remember not to stare.
Another batch of brownies is in the oven. It's a pretty easy recipe even though you have to melt the chocolate. I did refigure the calories and I was only off by 20 so I don't feel bad for eating 2 yesterday.
Here is the recipe... it's from Martha Stewart's Cookies. Double Chocolate Brownies
A few points:
• I use bittersweet chocolate because I never have semi-sweet on hand.
• The book calls for unsweetened Dutch process cocoa. I can only find sweetened Dutch process cocoa so I am betting the bittersweet cancels out the sweetened cocoa.
• I use a Baker's Edge pan sprayed with pam. I get 16 brownies (OK they are not quite equal in size) and the calorie count is 131 for one brownie.


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1 of the greatest Theoretical Physicists of the 20th Century, created countless papers and the infamous Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. The majority of individuals contemplate power from biomass as unclean given that they are wastes and this implies that sophisticated power conversion technologies need to be improvised to allow the use of biomass as a clean energy resource. The technology is not low-cost, and although nuclear plants can use significantly less land that some other energy sources, the systems and gear installed on the land can far exceed other sorts of energy costs.
It's effortless to see how such a push toward cleaner power positive aspects China: her infamous air pollution is not only a national disgrace—what other nation has created a demand for 'clean air tourism?'—it is a substantial drag on the economy. For instance, authorities argue that if there was an accident at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant outside of New York City, evacuation would be not possible. Which leaves nuclear energy firms and the communities based on them for power with the uncomfortable task of deciding what to do with a giant piece of hazardous waste in the form of an empty plant that can not be used for significantly else. Nuclear energy is the tremendous amount of energy linked with the robust bonds within the nucleus atom itself.
As the Nuclear Energy Institute reported in a brief to the US Department of Power, one hundred {30ebd6d596203ce3536f35d8f985fad88bcf3b90ca052bda9dcc0b2d5bc15e91} loan coverage by taxpayers is important … simply because the capital markets are unwilling, now and for the foreseeable future, to provide the financing necessary" for new nuclear energy plants. Such attacks appear somewhat pointless in that beneath any plausible scenario we are going to have both nuclear energy plants and escalating deployment of renewables more than the subsequent several decades. This indicates that regions with low wind densities will not be capable to use the clean energy from the wind. I think that the world is in the middle of a enormous transition that we have to make to renewable power. What is missing is a reputable synthesis of all this information, one particular that can let us clearly divine the course of the development of renewable power more than the next couple of decades.
The total production cost of non-renewable energy sources is always greater as evaluate to alternative power sources and this explains why the finish goods of nonrenewable power elements such as petroleum and propane are generally costly for the customers to offset as considerably as possible the total expense incurred in their production. Conclusion: Nuclear energy, like all non-emitting technologies such as wind turbines and hydroelectric generation, does not emit criteria pollutants or greenhouse gases in the direct production of electrical energy. In 2006, U.S. nuclear energy plants lowered emissions of sulfur dioxide by three.1 million brief tons.
Till, that is, buying for a new auto and negotiating the myriad energy-related possibilities at play brought property the realization that renewable energy is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It's an independent international agency established in 2009 with the objective of advertising renewable power source. If the private sector has deemed nuclear power too risky, it makes no sense to force taxpayers to bear the burden.


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Pictures, Pictures, Everywhere
- Pictures, Pictures, Everywhere
- The Jury Is Out
- ACDSee 5.0
- CompuPic 6.2
- iO Presentation Manager 3.2
- Paint Shop Photo Album 4 (public beta)
- Picasa 1.5
- Preclick Photo Organizer 1.2
- Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0
- Anatomy of an Image Manager
- Adobe Photoshop Album
- Photo-Sharing Software
- Scorecard: Image Management
- Summary of Features: Image Managers
Last year, 25 billion digital photos were saved to PC hard drives around the world. So says Lyra Research, a Massachusetts firm that keeps tabs on the digital-photography market. The company also claims that the total number of photos stored on our PCs has now reached 60 billion.
Many PC users organize their digital photos in directories all over their hard drives and use Windows Explorer to find them, but as a photo collection grows, this quickly becomes cumbersome. Using filenames to locate Word documents and MP3 files is one thing. Using them to locate photographs with such clever names as DCP_0013.JPG is quite another. When you're searching through a large stash of photos, you need more intuitive, more visual, ways to locate images.
Recognizing digital photography's growing popularity, Microsoft built some basic image management features into Windows XP. But its features still are not powerful enough for today's digital-camera users. Without the ability to organize pictures by dates, keywords, and metatags, such as subject and place, our images quickly disappear into a hard drive abyss. Meanwhile, storing and finding images are only part of the equation. People also need tools to touch up images and share them with others.
Image managers such as ACDSee, CompuPic, and Ulead Photo Explorer have been around for years. The earliest products on the market often looked a lot like Windows Explorer, with a list of directories down the left and thumbnails on the right.
It wasn't until Apple introduced iPhoto that image management caught the attention of mainstream computer users. Since iPhoto's release, a variety of companies have developed similar applications, mainly focusing on the Windows platform. We tested eight sub-$50 Windows-based image managers that go beyond Windows XP's capabilities.
The most exciting progress is seen in the innovative interfaces that offer an intuitive way to browse through all the images on your PC. Adobe Photoshop Album (which was still in private beta when we put this story to bed), Picasa, and Preclick Photo Organizer all offer a time line view that lets you scroll through your collection of photos chronologically, no matter where they're stored. This is a much better method than the outdated technique of moving from folder to folder. In fact, we predict that all image managers will eventually move to this paradigm.
If your picture taking has gone digital, you'll soon find yourself drowning in an ocean of photos that Microsoft won't be able to help you escape. Fortunately, with one of these programs, managing your image collection will be smooth sailing.


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Once upon a time, there was a man who had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer, he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked, Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"
It's April 22nd. Earth Day. And over 1 billion people from almost 200 countries around the world will be giving a shout-out to Mother Nature, including me. But before you call me a granola-munching hippy (as someone already did by defacing one of our Earth Day posters at school), consider this:
Earth Day isn't about saving the planet. The planet will be just fine; it'll bounce back. Animals will adapt and evolve, plants will return, water will rain clean. It bounced back after each of the ice ages and the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and it can do it again.
In fact, the only ones who won't be ok are us. We would not adapt. We would not return. We would not survive. Did you know that of the millions of species of animal and plant life on this planet, we are the ONLY ones that are not a necessary part of the food chain? That we are the ONLY species that the world would not miss if we became extinct? The reality is, the world is better off without us. Our relationship with the planet is not symbiotic, its parasitic...and we're the parasites.
So if that's the case, what's the big deal about Earth Day?
Earth Day is about saving each other. Its about saving ourselves. We're the ones who need help. We're the ones who will be dealing with water and food shortages, increasingly violent and destructive weather, and the wars, diseases, and major changes to our quality of life that we're already feeling. The increase of turbulence during air travel isn't just your imagination; its a result of the stronger and more frequent storms we now have. In fact, it has been predicted that if this pattern continues, within the the 50 years, turbulence will be so bad that air travel will be virtually impossible. It'll be too dangerous.
I'm not asking you to single-handidly solve the turbulence problem or end world food shortages or cure cancer. It's impossible for one person to do all that.
But its not impossible for ONE BILLION people to do all that.
Today I brought my reusable mug to Starbucks instead of taking a paper cup.* And I took leftovers for lunch in reusable containers instead of buying a lunch wrapped in disposable containers. And tonight my children and I will be cleaning the litter off our street.
|My reusable mug eagerly awaiting to be filled by my friendly neighborhood Starbucks Staff.
What can YOU do? Read a book instead of watching TV. Have a meatless Monday veggie dinner. Throw your eggshells/tea bags/coffee grounds in your garden instead of the garbage. Air Dry your hands instead of using the electric dryer or paper towel. Check your email/Facebook/Twitter account less often.
Throw just one starfish back in the ocean, just like 1 billion other people are going to do.
One billion small actions = one big change.
So tell me, what's YOUR starfish?
*It didn't hurt that I got a free coffee because of it. You can too! Bring your reusable mug to Starbucks on Earth Day and get a free coffee or tea! Its a win-win situation!


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If you're looking for an utterly usable supercar that's also beautiful to look at, the Vanquish could be just the thing. Costly to buy as well as to run, these cars will take regular use in their stride, and with 2578 Vanquishes built, they're not as rare as you might think - and not all examples have been cherished, so tread carefully.
Key Dates
1/98: Project Vantage is unveiled at the 1998 Detroit motor show.
3/01: Production cars arrive, with a 460bhp 5935cc V12.
6/04: The Sports Dynamic Pack becomes optionally available, with reconfigured suspension, stronger brakes and revised steering.
11/04: The Vanquish S supersedes the standard model, with more power (now 520bhp), mild styling revisions, redesigned wheels, and standard fitment of the Sports Dynamic Pack.
2/07: The Ultimate Edition debuts; 40 are made, with black paintwork, interior revisions and personalised sill plaques.
Aston Martin Vanquish (2001-2008) Checklist
- Inspect the bodywork very carefully for scrapes; not all Vanquishes are cherished; its inherent usability means some are used regularly, frequently in urban environments.
- Check around the door apertures, as the glass can rub against the A-pillar, through the protective rubber exposing the aluminium underneath.
- Some of the brightwork can deteriorate and it's costly to replace, while any blistering of panels will also be expensive to repair - all of the bodywork is made of aluminium.
- Poorly set up gearbox controls are common; aftermarket upgrades are available though.
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bash on Mac OS X
O'Reilly: bash on Mac OS X. I need to read this because I'm still using tcsh, and I have a number of aliases I need to convert before I can switch.
O'Reilly: bash on Mac OS X. I need to read this because I'm still using tcsh, and I have a number of aliases I need to convert before I can switch.
Here's a tricky chicken-and-egg question for Mac admin types...
I have—actually, a relative of mine has—an iMac running Mac OS 9.0.4 that I'd like to upgrade to OS X.
The CD-ROM drive is broken, so the idea is to buy an external CD drive and hook it up. But all the CD drives we can find require OS 9.1 or greater.
Is there another way to install OS X on this machine? Or a way to install 9.1 so we can get a CD drive running so we can install OS X?
Eric Czarny posted a new Cocoa XML-RPC client implementation. I took a quick look at it—and it looks good. Eric is using the design patterns you'd expect from a Cocoa implementation. Cool.
If you have one of those microwaves with a spinning platter, try this experiment:
1. Put some water in a mug with a handle.
2. Put the mug in the microwave; run it for a minute or two.
3. When the microwave stops, note the position of the mug handle.
If you're right-handed, the mug handle will be at about 10 o'clock every time, the most awkward position for picking up a container of hot liquid.
You can't reach around it without risking touching the hot mug with the inside of your wrist or forearm. You have to use your left hand.
(It's possible this isn't universal—it could just be me this happens to.)
I'll be on Inside Mac Radio sometime today between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Pacific. (That's in just a few minutes, at the time I'm writing this.)
We found a bug after releasing the special Atom beta of NetNewsWire yesterday.
If a feed has summaries but no content, NetNewsWire ignores the summaries—and items display in NetNewsWire as titles only.
We've seen this so far with some Blogger weblogs. (To be clear: it's not a Blogger bug.) Though we'll fix the bug in a future release, in the meantime, if you have a Blogger weblog and you want to work around it, you can.
On the settings for your site's feed, under Descriptions, choose Full instead of Short. Here's a screen shot.
Yesterday Sheila posted on ranchero.com that it was NetNewsWire's first birthday—and now today we have a small present for you.
But first, a note about birthdays: the first beta of NetNewsWire Lite appeared going on two years ago. So if it seems like you've been using NetNewsWire for more than a year, it's probably because you have.
Anyway, today we've posted a special Atom beta for testing NetNewsWire's Atom parser.
Atom support is part of NetNewsWire 1.1—but this build is not a build of 1.1, it's really 1.0.8-plus-Atom. NetNewsWire 1.1 will have a bunch of new features, but this build is just for testing the Atom parser.
Gus Mueller (of VoodooPad fame) posted a Cocoa class for doing an edit-in-BBEdit. Very cool.
I'm intrigued by the idea of taxing people $6/month so that music downloading would be otherwise free and unrestricted.
The big drawback is that I don't want to download any non-free music, and I'd resent paying the $6 for something I don't want. I'm not sure that fogeys like me really want to subsidize the music habits of teenagers.
It sounds like a way for the music labels (which produce a nearly uniformly boring product) to be ensured of making a profit and getting my money. They have no interest in creating something I personally would like—and they'd have even less reason to try, since they'd be getting my money anyway.
But I must be missing some larger point about society or copyright law or something. Feel free to enlighten me.
P.S. I like music—that's not what this is about. In fact, I just bought a new Stratocaster.
NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.8 fix a couple small but important bugs and add a bunch of feeds to the Sites Drawer.
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Written by Rebecca Fraser-Thill Career myths stick in the college years like hand-clapping games stick in primary school.
So when my college students drop by my office to talk about "the future" (cue ominous music), the same falsehoods spill out year after year. I certainly can't blame them; I believed these myths myself in my early twenties.
Here's the trick, though: the sooner we purge our minds of career misunderstandings, the less the ominous music is needed. So let's dispel these bad boys, shall we?
7 Common Career Myths
1. You're about to choose your "forever"
This is far and away the most common myth I encounter. It's usually phrased along the lines of, "But I don't know what I want to do for the rest of my life."
Neither do I! Neither does most anyone I know. How boring would our lives be if we did know what we'd be doing forever?
We don't have good data on just how much career and job change is normative, but it's safe to say that change is the rule rather than the exception.
Skeptical? Then dedicate the coming month to this activity: ask everyone you encounter how they got to their current career. The stories will likely fascinate and amaze you. Plus make you feel a lot less pressured to figure out "forever" and instead simply choose what's next!
2. Networking is about sharing your resume
When we focus networking efforts on resume sharing, we fail miserably.
In fact, networking is all about building relationships. Plain and simple.
Keith Ferrazi and Tahl Raz describe this well in their book "Never Eat Alone":
"Over time, I came to see reaching out to people as a way to make a difference in people's lives as well as a way to explore and learn and enrich my own...Once I saw my networking efforts in this light, I gave myself permission to practice it with abandon in every part of my professional and personal life. I didn't think of it as cold and impersonal, the way I thought of 'networking.' I was instead, connecting - sharing my knowledge and resources, time and energy, friends and associates, and empathy and compassion in a continual effort to provide value to others, while coincidentally increasing my own." - Keith Ferrazi with Tahl Raz
Haven't talked to someone in a while? Pop him or her an email or text for a coffee date. The conversation doesn't have to center on careers or job searching for it to count as a "networking."
3. You need to be born into connections to get a good job
This one makes me crazy. Crazy! And I hear it all the time. (I also once adamantly believed it...)
Yes, much of the successful job search process results from "who you know" rather than "what you know." That's not a cynical statement, it's a natural reality (wouldn't you rather hire someone who's been vouched for by someone you know?).
That said, we all have opportunity to create connections, if we're tenacious and creative about doing so. By virtue of attending college alone we acquire a network of thousands upon thousands of people. It's up to us to make use of those networks appropriately (see #2!) and to not let shame over our unconnected roots stop us from pursuing the life we want.
4. Your major dictates your career
In some highly-skilled fields, such as engineering, a particular major and set of training are necessary to gain entry.
For most industries, however, employers simply want people who can work in a team, make decisions effectively, plan and organize their work, and verbally communicate well. In other words, major doesn't matter one bit.
It's up to us to package ourselves to make a case for any particular job. We must not let the content we learned overshadow the skills and sensibilities we gained.
5. No job is better than the wrong job
I've seen many seniors turn down job opportunities because they were afraid they'd get set on "the wrong path."
I'm all about being selective and intentional in our decision making. That said, doing is better than thinking.
When we work in any capacity, we gain new skills, contacts, and understandings of what we do - and don't! - like. That information can't be gained by simply "mentally trying on" a job or industry. This is why even the cruddy coffee-fetching internships are worth something; perhaps seeing a boss behaving badly will spur you to become a corporate trainer. You simply never know.
6. Money matters more than meaning
When asked what is essential to them, 74% of first-year college students mentioned "being very well off financially" while 43% said "developing a meaningful philosophy of life." That's an exact switch in values from the late 1960s.
Is that such a bad thing? We all need money to survive, right?
Well yes, but beyond a "good enough" level, money doesn't translate into career satisfaction. When Psychologist Karl Pillemer interviewed 1000 older adults about what made their lives worthwhile for his book 30 Lessons for Living, he found:
"No one - not a single person out of a thousand - said that to be happy you should try to work as hard as you can to be able to buy the things you want. No one - not a single person - said it's important to be at least as wealthy as the people around you, and if you have more than they do, and if you have more than they do it's real success. No one - not a single person - said you should choose your work based on your desired future earning power." - Karl Pillemer
In contrast, one interviewee after another mentioned meaning as being essential to satisfaction, which matches scores of studies on true happiness.
7. A multi-year plan is necessary for success
We don't need a detailed plan to succeed, we need a vision: a well fleshed-out sense of WHERE we'd like to head and WHY.
The HOW, however, tends to be largely beyond our control. It's often a matter of what job openings happen to exist at a given moment; who we stumble upon who knows someone who knows someone; whether the perfect internal candidate for a position drops out, leaving the opportunity to us.
If we trust that knowing WHAT we want is enough, then we can make intentional choices while letting the details take care of themselves.
We'd love to hear from you in the comments below:
What is your #1 hard-and-fast belief about careers? Do you think it's accurate - or a myth?
Photo Credit: tokyoform
Life After College Coaching — Limited Spots Available for Spring!
Speaking of getting clear on vision, Jenny and I have created a Spring Coaching Program for recent grads to address this exact issue!
Who it's for: Those of you who are unsure about what you want to do next, what your strengths and values are, and how to harness them into energizing and meaningful work. Even if you do know what you want to do (or at least what industry you want to work in), you may feel lost on the practical next steps of how to actually make it happen.
When: We're in the process of accepting 10 applicants for our program that kicks off in April.
What: Jenny and I have over 20 years combined experience working with twenty-somethings. Both of us care deeply about helping clients find meaningful, thrilling work (and lives to match), and work collaboratively on every step of the coaching processes we've each refined over the years. When you sign-up to work with one of us, you're actually getting the shared wisdom and mastermind power of both!
How: If you're interested, you can learn more about how our coaching works here, and click here to apply. If we think we might be a fit for working together, one of us will reply to schedule a complimentary 30-minute get-to-know you call to go over your goals, the program details, and answer any questions. No matter what, you'll leave the call with greater clarity and a handful of resources to move you forward.
We look forward to hearing from you!
About Rebecca
Rebecca Fraser-Thill is the founder of Working Self, a site that helps twentysomethings create meaningful work - that actually pays the bills! She teaches psychology at Bates College and is one half of the Life After College coaching team. Follow her @WorkingSelf.