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The Real Dirt with Chip Baker
Business & Economics Podcasts >
United States
Living Soil: Revolutionary or BS?
Chip talks with Colin Bell from Mammoth Microbes to get to the bottom of living soil and if it really meets the hype, plus the story behind Mammoth Microbes and Mammoth P.
The Culture and Business of Ganja in Jamaica
We've all wondered it. We've all wanted to try it. But the real question we all have is, is Jamaican ganja any good? In this week's episode of The Real Dirt, Chip and Travis talk about Jamaican ganja. How to get it, how it looks, how it smells, how it tastes, and more. Plus in a special feature, listen to Jessica Baker interview Dr. Lakisha Jenkins, an expert on Jamaica's medical cannabis industry. Get both sides of the Jamaican cannabis industry, from the black market to the medical market...
Toklahoma: Growing cannabis in Oklahoma
Growing cannabis. A lot of us wish we could do it, a lot of try to do it and fail. Well, now Oklahoma can join our ranks. With its booming medical marijuana industry, Oklahoma is drawing natives and cannabis industry transplants alike to its fresh new marketplace. But cannabis is new to many in the state, and that means growing cannabis is new too. Whether you're in Oklahoma or not, this episode covers some key tips for growing successfully indoors, from the lights you should use, best...
The Problems with Planting Clones Outside
It's a stacked lineup in this week's episode of The Real Dirt Podcast! Jason of Kiskanu, Chris of Cultivate OKC, Brian of Yumboldt Farms and Jeff from Little Hill Cultivators get a surprise phone call from Chip Baker to talk about clones and the problems with planting clones outdoors. You might not know it if you're new, but cannabis is an extremely photosensitive plant. You can't get clones started in a controlled indoor environment and then move them outside and expect great results....
The Story Behind The Real Dirt Podcast
The Real Dirt has come a long way since the first episode of Tony Don't Smoke OG was recorded in 2016. Dozens of incredible guests and 70+ episodes later, The Real Dirt is making a move. We've been in the same studio in Denver, CO for over two years and with so many new cannabis hubs popping up, it's time to make The Real Dirt a little more mobile. As the podcast starts its transition to the new studio, Chip Baker looks back and how The Real Dirt began, where it has been and where it is...
Everything You Need to Know About Coco Coir
This week's episode of The Real Dirt is a full deep dive into the growing medium coco. Growers around the country have heard a lot of different stories about coco, not all of it true. Coco is an exceptional, renewable medium that can increase your yields, and make you feel better about your environmental impact. Hear from Darren Erasmus, CEO of Growers Soil (@growerscoco) and his opinions on coco, why he loves it, and why you should be adding it to your soil mix, or growing straight out of...
Top Tips for Growing Hemp
Please SUBSCRIBE! Growing hemp on a large scale isn't like growing other field crops, and it's also different from growing regular cannabis. From how you plant to when and what (seeds or clones, feminized or not), there are a lot of factors that go into growing quality hemp. In this week's episode of The Real Dirt Chip hangs out with Jacob, Head of Sales for Cultivate Colorado and an avid cannabis/hemp grower. Hear how their experiences have been growing hemp so far and tips they have for...
Hemp Laws Explained with Vicente Sederberg LLC
These new hemp laws can get a little hazy. There's little coordinated regulation across the country, and when it comes to CBD there's almost none at all. In this week's "Hempisode", Chip and Justin talk with Shaun Hauser and Andrew Livingston from Vicente Sederberg LLC, the leading cannabis law firm in the country. From the basics of the new hemp laws, to the complications and intricacies of a regulated hemp and CBD market, this episode covers it all, with exclusive, insider information from...
Inside The Alabama Hemp Industry
In this week's episode of The Real Dirt Podcast, Chip and his Co-Host Justin Jones (Dank Dispensary, Kush Bottles) call up Brett Terry. Brett works with Front Range Biosciences in Boulder, CO. he has already obtained his permit to grow industrial hemp in Alabama, and coming from a growing background, he's seen some issues already. Sit back, roll one up, and hear how Alabama is dealing with their new hemp industry, who's getting involved and why on this week's episode of The Real Dirt...
Getting Started in Legal Hemp
On this Real Dirt Hempisode, Chip and his Co-Host Justin Jones (Dank Dispensary, Kush Bottles) talk with Mike Leago from the International Hemp Exchange. The three talk about the rising amount of farmers getting into the legal hemp industry, the problems they are facing and how iHempX is helping hundreds of hemp sellers and buyers connect through their online platform. Roll one up and hear about the rising trends in hemp, the explosion of CBD and where the industry is headed on this week's...
Investing in Cannabis with Louis Han
Getting outside financing in the cannabis industry has never been easier. It's also never been more competitive. Louis Han is the Director of Deal Flow for The Arcview Group, an investment firm that has put over $240 million into more than 200 different cannabis ventures. But before any new cannabis business can get a meeting with Arcview, Louis needs to approve. In this episode of The Real Dirt, Chip calls up Louis to talk about the rising business of investing in cannabis, his tips for...
The Future of The Legal Hemp Industry
It's the first Real Dirt Hempisode! The legal hemp industry is taking off faster than some entrepreneurs can handle. While some are already struggling to stay afloat, many are capitalizing on the new legal industry, establishing the ground work for a new, multi-billion dollar industry. In the first Hmepisode, Chip talks with Graham Carlson, Mike Leago and Hollis Carter. Graham is one of the originators of Charlotte's Web CBD, one of the first CBD companies in the United States. Mike Leago...
Inside Maryland's Medical Marijuana Industry
Maryland's medical marijuana industry is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing and most prevalent industries on the East Coast. In the first episode of Season 3 of The Real Dirt Podcast, Chip hangs out with Jay and David of Culta in Baltimore. In this episode, Chip, Jay and David talk about building out Culta's 400 light facility, how they sourced their genetics, and their predictions for the future of the medical marijuana industry in Maryland. Roll one up, sit back, and enjoy Episode...
Breaking the Stoner Stereotype
Envision a "stoner" in your head. Do you see a tie-dye shirt, or a suit and tie? The industry is changing, and so are the people working in it. Some people see this as the death of a culture. Others see it as the birth of a new one. Tune into the Final episode of Tony Don't Smoke OG Season 1, where Chip, Tony and Collin talk about stereotypes, whether or not cannabis is the next designer drug, and more!
Connecting to Your Cannabis: Tony Don't Smoke OG
You can tell when your cannabis is sad. What if your cannabis can tell when you're sad too? Find out in Tony Don't Smoke OG Ep. 109.
Getting Cannabis Industry Jobs: Industry Employment Guide
It seems like a new state is legalizing cannabis every few months! And you know what the means...a ton of cannabis industry jobs! But if you don't know where to look, how to apply, and what the requirements are where you're looking, you'll fall behind the competition. In this week's episode of The Real Dirt, Chip talks about some of the biggest legal states and how to get a job in each market. He also sits down with The Real Dirt Content Manager Travis Crane. Travis left his life in rural...
The New Taxonomy of Cannabis
The taxonomy of cannabis is changing. That is, the definition of what makes cannabis cannabis is changing. What we know as indica and sativa is not the full truth. It's been diluted a lot through pop culture and a lack of scientific information regarding the origins of cannabis and how it has been bred through the generations. In this week's episode of The Real Dirt, Chip sits down with Jessica Baker to talk about the new science coming out about the origins of cannabis. It turns out, that...
Is Hemp Constitutional in Colorado? Harvest Special Pt. 5
Amendment X could bring a big change to the Colorado hemp industry. In the final Harvest Special episode of The Real Dirt, Chip dives into Amendment X, what it means for Colorado, and how it could put the state ahead or behind, depending on how you look at it. Hear all the details now on The Real Dirt!
Seed Breeding: luck or skill?
Every grower dreams of seed breeding. The reality is anybody can plant a seed and get results. They just might not be the results you want. In this weeks installment of Tony Don't Smoke OG, the gang puffs on some OG and Cookies as they talk seed hunting and breeding, and how big of a pain in the ass it can be. Roll up a shorty and enjoy this week's Tony Don't Smoke OG!
Maintaining Cannabis Quality: Tony Don't Smoke OG Ep. 107
Cannabis quality isn't everything when it comes to growing, but it's definitely at the top of the list. In this week's episode of Tony Don't Smoke OG, Chip, Tony and i225 talk quality and how to maintain consistency in your grow. Roll up a shorty and enjoy this episode of mild weed snobbery!


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Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - August 20-24, 2009
Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - August 20-24, 2009
Web Development
- ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) 1.1 Released
- Building a Simple Cache Manager - Gil Fink on .Net
- Write Firefox Extensions in Visual Studio with Web Site Projects
- ASP.NET MVC V2 Preview 1 Strongly Typed UI Helper Performance
- REST for ASP.NET MVC SDK - Maarten Balliauw
- 10 Vital Lessons for Web Start-Ups
Web Design
- The Web Design Process Start to Finish
- 25 Creative Website Footers
- 10 Interface Rockstars You Should Know About
- A Crash-Course in Advanced CSS3 Effects
- Essential Tips for Designing an Effective Homepage
- Building Web Pages With HTML 5
- Smart Advertising – 30+ Bizarre and Creative Ads
- Letterpress Effect with CSS
- 50 Creative Advertisement Examples
- How to Make a Mega Drop-Down Menu
- Elegant ScrollPanes with jQuery and CSS3
- 22 Photoshop Web Design Interface Tutorial Sites
- Automatically generate table of contents using jQuery
- 6 Essential tools to check your website Usability
Silverlight, WPF & RIA
- Comparision between Silverlight vs. Flash
- Silverlight misconceptions, bad reviews, bad comparisons
- How To Wrap Text in a Silverlight 3 ComboBox
- Additional physics based behaviors for Blend and Silverlight
- An out-of-browser install pattern for Silverlight
- Creating a Silverlight DataContext Proxy to Simplify Data Binding in Nested Controls
- Silverlight and RIA Services – Part II
- Switching themes based on the ambient light?
Database & Related Technologies
- NHibernate vs Entity Framework: a performance test
- Tips when working with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
- Nikhil Kothari's Weblog : BLinq – Linq to Bing Search APIs
- SQL SERVER – Measure CPU Pressure – CPU Business
- NHibernate Perf Tricks - Ayende Rahien
- Languages in the 2nd Edition of Programming Entity Framework
Web Service & Related Technologies
- Windows Communication Foundation extensibility to the max
- A Developer's Guide to the WCF REST Starter Kit
- WCF Extensibility part 2: The big picture
- WCF Extensibility part 3: Formatting operations
- How to unit-test asynchronous operations?
- ASP.NET MVC, TDD and Fluent Validation
- Test Your Website in Different Screen Resolutions - Amit Agarwal
- Improved MEF + Unity Integration Layer
- Queueing Theory In Action, plus, frogs - Eric Lippert
- Some useful DateTime extensions - Mark Blomsma
- Coding: Unused code - Mark Needham
- Simpler Transactions
- It should be easy to build *good* software - Jimmy Nilsson
- Adopting Agile… the Video Podcast - Mike Cottmeyer
- Protect Your Site Reputation: Avoid these Unethical SEO Tactics – FreelanceSwitch
- Passing data between layers using Generic list collection
- Avoiding The Perils Of Demo Driven Development
- The first rule of exception handling: do not do exception handling
- Code Rush: when making software was fun
- The Only Truly Failed Project
- Better Projects: A manager's checklist
- Expand Your Development Skills With Creative Tech Projects
- The future is here: Video Playing Ad in a Print Magazine
- I Love Reviews
- 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know- Adrian
- The "dream book" for C# and .NET – Jon Skeet: Coding Blog
- Ideas are a work of art

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Agrimony Bach Flower
Bach Flower remedies are plant based remedies useful for emotional harmony. For those who hide worries behind a brave face.
Size10 ml
Common Uses
Mental worry and torture but appears cheerful.
Suggested Dosage
Single Remedy Use: 2 drops in water and sip at intervals or add t 30ml mixing bottle containing still spring water. Take 4 drops a minimum of 4 times a day. Multiple remedy use: Add 2 drops of each remedy (max 7 remedies) to a mixing bottle and use as above.
Health Information
Bach Flower remedies - for emotional harmony were the inspiration of Dr. Edward Bach over 50 years ago in England. He developed these 38 plant based remedies for particular mood state or personality traits that he believed to have a major impact on the general physical health.
5x dilution of flower extracts of Agrimony in a grape alcohol solution.
Keep out of reach of children.


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a trip to the beth chatto gravel garden was very inspirational for both myself and the garden owners of one of my current projects.
their soil is predominantly stodgy clay, so we were on the hunt for suitable dry garden, clay soil loving plants! obviously the plan is to dig grit into the soil to make it free draining, but the owners wanted to look at plants that cope with no maintenance and thrive in all types of soil.
the beth chatto gravel garden is just the place for this. the gravel garden evolved from planting in poor soil and the philosophy is that the garden can be, and is, left to its own devices. chatting to one of the gardeners about soil issues, he strongly recommended veratrum and that is most definitely now on our list. a beautiful plant indeed.
walking round the rest of the gardens, I particularly love the round stones informally yet intentionally placed near the water (in the water garden) that entice you down to a peaceful spot tucked under the bamboo and trees. for me, the perfect place to sit with my morning cup of tea.


text: We've improved our website security You may have noticed websites like Google and Facebook are now using https or SSL, now so are we! What is HTTPS? by Greg Hyer HTTPS is the acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. It is a protocol used for secure communications over a computer network, like the internet. Communication over HTTPS are encrypted between the client and the server so eavesdroppers don't listen in, no one tampers with the data, and your website data isn't forged. What is SSL? SSL is the acronym for Secure Socket Layer and is often used interchangeably with the term TLS – Transport Layer Security. Both are cryptographic protocols that help encrypt communications over a computer network. Typically, if a website wanted to encrypt the transmission of its data between the server and the client, they would purchase an SSL certificate that contains an encryption key that is placed on the server. Why should you care about HTTPS and SSL? This gets back to the three reasons why Google is calling for all websites to switch to HTTPS. In order to access most websites, the URL usually begins with "HTTP." This is the unsecured version of the protocol that transfers data between the web server and the browser on your computer or smartphone. Remember that fear you had of using your credit card online? Well, it's not just credit cards that are of interest. Google sees three reasons for securing your website with HTTPS and SSL. They are "Authentication," "Data Integrity," and "Encryption." These three reasons speak to a number of issues that have come up when it comes to communications over the web. Authentication addresses the issue of verifying the ownership of your website. Believe it or not, there are people out there that make replicas of websites and divert traffic to it in an effort to steal from you. Most people know that they need to check for the Green Lock in their browser before entering personal information into the website. You can go one step further and verify the SSL certificate to make sure it belongs to the website you're on. Data Integrity speaks to whether or not the data on the site has been tampered with while it's in transit. If someone know's what they are doing and your website is not secure, they can tamper with the data transmitted from your server back to the client. The form submission that the client just sent could go to the hacker and not to you. Encryption refers to the security of communications between the client and the server so that no one else can read them. This is a key point for commercial websites. While it's extremely important to encrypt the communications on an ecommerce website, it's equally important to encrypt the data submitted using forms. Read more about We've improved our website security


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This mechanical tally is such a cool item! The kinds of things produced in those long-past decades really had ingenuity. The maker is harder to pin down. Whitney seldom marked anything beyond their postcards, so the tip of the hat goes to that firm, out of business in the early 1940s, to be the maker. However, it could be from another manufacturer like Volland, Henderson Line, Rustcraft, etc. Both Beistle and Dennison can be eliminated, as can be Gibson. However, bottom line is that this is a great item that will strengthen any collection of tallies. I've never been able to locate one for the collection, evidenced by the one in my third edition coming from the inestimable Bobbie Lasky collection. (Bobbie is one of a handful of top-tier Halloween collectors in the United States.)
Mark B. Ledenbach's vintage Halloween collectibles blog.


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Out now on PlayStation4, Xbox One, and PC
June 26, 2017
EA Play has been and gone but what a ride it was. We saw the explosive reveal of the Highway Heist Gameplay Trailer and perhaps more importantly, it marked the very first time players could go hands on with Need for Speed Payback. Sadly, not everyone could make it to Hollywood but worry not for we've picked some of our favourite community made videos and we're sharing them right here.
So what can you expect? We've got Highway Heist gameplay and sitting alongside this is the very first look at customization in Need for Speed Payback. Check out a number of cars being customized, including your first glimpses of a Derelict Super Build. An off-road Volkswagen Beetle, what's not to love?
What are you waiting for? Sit back, relax and hit play.
© 2019 Electronic Arts Inc.


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A snowmobile sled for the 21st century! The fully enclosed Snowcoach features a high performance gas shock suspension and limited rotational hitch, bench seat, and seat belts allowing for a safe, comfortable ride. This unique passenger sleigh is constructed out of polyethylene and is equipped with body reflectors and brake/running lights. The Snowcoach has a length of 72" (length with hitch 86"), width of 45" and a height of 52" with a 350 lbs capacity. Shipping Weight 350 lbs.
Snowcoach by Equinox (rear view shows optional cargo rack)
Contact Us for more information on how to purchase your new Equinox Snowcoach!


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After the spectacular flop of my first fundraising gig to try and raise money to send a Christmas Gift to Web Development Helper's creator Nikhil Kothari, I am baack. My initial pledge was returned and the drive closed by fundable.com because the goal was not met.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Neither Scott Hanselman nor Carl Franklin has officially endorsed this fundraiser.
Scott Hanselman is doing to .Net development what my idol Carl Sagan did to Science. Carl Sagan brought science to the masses and got the general public excited about science. Cosmos was a ground breaking tele-series. Through his weekly podcast, Scott along with Carl has done more to .Net and software development than any other MVP I know. Hanselminutes makes .Net development and software development exciting and Scott's take on just about any software paradigm encourages the average .Net developer to jump out the well and venture beyond the norm and explore and learn. The language is so unbelievably simple you just don't realize 20 minutes just went by. But time is relative. I once saw a poster that said "The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on!". So true.
Episode 95 has just been posted and pretty soon Hanselminutes will reach the major milestone of 100. So fellow developers, lets band together and make this milestone an episode to remember. Hanselminutes is for us. Let's make the 100th episode by us too. I don't know the exact production costs of an episode of Hanselminutes, but adding up Scott's time, Carl's time, studio time, preparing the episode for download, bandwidth costs, I guess $5000 is a fair guesstimate. I have setup, yet another fundable.com fundraiser here. I figure we need just 1000 of us donating $5 to reach the goal.
I have put in an initial pledge of $20. This is how a fundable.com fundraiser works. The goal is $5000. We have 25 days to reach that goal. If by the end of 25 days, the goal is NOT reached, all pledges will be returned. In other words until we reach the goal no credit card or PayPal account will be charged. Once the goal is reached, fundable.com will cut a check and send it directly to
Pwop Productions, 302 State Street Suite 516, New London, CT 06320
Fellow .Netians and Hanselminutes fans, lets roll!
Click here to make a pledge.
Thanks in advance for your support.


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As Supervisor David Campos has worked to protect Healthy SF, obtain free MUNI for low-income youth, help schools by preventing teacher layoffs, fight foreclosures and evictions and restore funding for critical neighborhood services.
Prior to his election as Supervisor, David served as General Counsel to the San Francisco Unified School District and as a member of the San Francisco Police Commission. Since 2004, David has been an elected member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.
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Socialism and Human Cattle
There is a reason ranchers are so conservative; we know and use all the traps that socialists use on citizens. We sprinkle a little hay in a gate and watch the masses move through without a thought, then slam the gate shut without even one slap. The cattle become conditioned to know when we are coming, and they always expect something from us, so they come. We drive and honk our horns and watch as they run to get rewards of feed, salt or whatnot. We magically wave our hands, turn some knobs and water appears to fill a trough, we watch them closely, you never know when one might cough.
Like nanny state social programs, we ranchers design our corrals so the cows move to the chute. Like people who can't live without the help of government, cattle believe there are no other choices, so they never give a thought to anything outside the chute. Ranchers address the social issues of cattle. Like a command and control, centralized government, we decide who gives birth, when they die, who will be the father, who deserves a life, and who is expendable. Health care is mandatory. Cattle get the shots we choose for them. They are give no choice because ranchers are all-knowing, and we're not concerned with the opinions of livestock.
Ranchers require cattle to pay their all, when all comes due. As the socialist state requires the citizen to pay taxes, there is no mercy and when we say the price has to be paid, it is paid. Total productivity is what we claim, one hundred percent contribution is our aim.
Everyone should spend time on a ranch, our livestock is so happy. They are supported, protected, and live lives in happy oblivion, then we lead them gently to the stock yards, where they are slaughtered. Think about it. Ranchers understand socialism, and I hope the rest of you do too.
by Kelly Couey
posted with permission of the author by Reagangirl.com 3/20/15
Tags: cattle, Ranching, Silt Colorado, socialism


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Mote, the Amazon S3 Music Player
16 May 2010
Mote began as a 6-hour project and slowly changed into a 12-hour one. It takes the contents of any Amazon S3 bucket, checks for audio files and lets you play them like an album. It defaults to using HTML5's audio tag, and falls back to Flash if your browser does not support HTML5. Mote is […]
- filed under 6 hour projects, amazon s3, audio, projects


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sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libxft-dev
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libglib2.0-dev: Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.16.2-1ubuntu1) but 2.16.3-1 is to be installed
libxft-dev: Depends: libxft2 (= 2.1.12-2ubuntu4) but 2.1.12-2ubuntu5 is to be installed
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Hits per nine innings
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In baseball statistics, hits per nine innings (denoted by H/9) is the average number of hits allowed by a pitcher in a nine inning period; calculated as: (hits allowed x 9) / innings pitched. This is a measure of a pitcher's success based on the number of all outs he records.
Compared to a pitcher's batting average against, a pitcher's H/9 benefits from sacrifice bunts, double plays, runners caught stealing, and outfield assists, but it is hurt by some errors. Unlike batting average against, a pitcher's H/9 benefits from outs that are not related to official at bats, as they are recorded on runners after they have reached base.
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The Javascriptvoid error simply implies that the application, software or the program is unable to run the Java script which is needed to display a certain feature, image or option. In most common instances, you are likely to find an empty space on a webpage, the login options may not be visible or available, some software applications may not run at all or some programs may have problems in executing the tasks. In all such cases, you would get a notification of Javascriptvoid.
The Javascriptvoid error is at times displayed right on your screen or on the webpage that you visit and at times it may not be obviously displayed but a quick hover of your mouse or the cursor to the empty or malfunctioning space will give you a prompt at the bottom end of your screen that there is a Javascriptvoid error.
If Java is too preoccupied and supporting several applications, a certain webpage or program may be unable to run Java and can show this error. Some specific websites may also have this problem on its own which has nothing to do with your browser or system.


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Understanding the GFC with Clarke and Dawe
Self-funded retiree Ivor Badfeeling tells Clarke and Dawe he lives off interest rates, through gritted teeth.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: We've heard a lot in recent years about the vagaries of the global financial system. This week it's caught the imagination of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe.
BRYAN DAWE: Now, your name is Ivor?
JOHN CLARKE: Ivor. My name is Ivor, yes. Good evening.
BRYAN DAWE: Alright. And what do you do, Ivor?
JOHN CLARKE: I'm a self-funded retiree.
BRYAN DAWE: Ha ha, whoopee.
JOHN CLARKE: Mmm.
BRYAN DAWE: How's that going?
JOHN CLARKE: How's it going?
BRYAN DAWE: Yep.
JOHN CLARKE: Well you know potato peel?
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah.
JOHN CLARKE: Really useful.
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah, they are useful, aren't they?
JOHN CLARKE: Yeah. And just as good the second day.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And what do you put on them, Ivor?
JOHN CLARKE: What do ya put on them?
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah.
JOHN CLARKE: Other potato peel.
BRYAN DAWE: That's right, yes.
JOHN CLARKE: Coupla layers of potato peel. Gives a bitta body.
BRYAN DAWE: What's your surname, Ivor?
JOHN CLARKE: Badfeeling.
BRYAN DAWE: Ivor Badfeeling?
JOHN CLARKE: Yeah, so do I.
BRYAN DAWE: OK, Ivor, your special subject tonight is the GFC, the Global Financial Crisis.
JOHN CLARKE: Is that what that stands for?
BRYAN DAWE: What did you think it stood for?
JOHN CLARKE: GFC, I've got no idea. It's not a stock my broker covers.
BRYAN DAWE: No, it's Global Financial Crisis.
JOHN CLARKE: OK, yeah, yeah, yeah.
BRYAN DAWE: You sure you want this to be your special subject?
JOHN CLARKE: Yeah. I know about the subject. I lived through it.
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah, but if you don't know what it stands for, maybe you should pick another ...
JOHN CLARKE: No, I'll be right. Honestly, I've still got some bandaging, trust me
BRYAN DAWE: OK, fine. Alright. OK. First question. Best of luck. What caused the Global Financial Crisis?
JOHN CLARKE: Well it's essentially a credit crisis.
BRYAN DAWE: Yes, but how did it happen?
JOHN CLARKE: Well, banks and lending institutions lent money to people far in advance of the actual asset value of the things they were lending it on.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And where was that money coming from?
JOHN CLARKE: It was coming from banks and lending institutions.
BRYAN DAWE: No, that's incorrect. The money actually didn't exist.
JOHN CLARKE: So, where did the people pay the money back to?
BRYAN DAWE: Well, they didn't, they couldn't. They'd been lent more money than they could afford to repay.
JOHN CLARKE: So what did the home owners do?
BRYAN DAWE: No, hang on, Ivor, I'm asking the question, if you don't mind. Here we go.
JOHN CLARKE: Oh. beg ya pardon.
BRYAN DAWE: What did the owners of the loans do when their money couldn't be repaid?
JOHN CLARKE: They went broke.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And what did the home owners do when they couldn't pay their loans back?
JOHN CLARKE: They went broke too.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And what did the banks do?
JOHN CLARKE: They paid themselves bonuses, very substantial bonuses.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. But what did they do when their depositors were going broke?
JOHN CLARKE: Oh, yes, they got given a trillion dollars by the Government.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. Why?
JOHN CLARKE: Because they're so important and such brilliant people and you can't have an economy without the keys decisions being made in the middle of it by bankers.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And where did that money come from?
JOHN CLARKE: That money came from me.
BRYAN DAWE: Correct. And what's that called, Ivor?
JOHN CLARKE: It's called a bloody disgrace, in my view. That is called a bloody disgrace.
BRYAN DAWE: No, no, no, no, no. No, Ivor, it's called free trade.
JOHN CLARKE: But it isn't free trade. It's not free trade. If it were free trade, then there was a credit crisis, then asset values would drop and I'd be able to buy the entire banking sector for crappance.
BRYAN DAWE: Shut up, Ivor.
JOHN CLARKE: Yeah, sorry. Silly me.
BRYAN DAWE: How do you do potato peelings again?
JOHN CLARKE: How do you do them?
BRYAN DAWE: Yep.
JOHN CLARKE: You sautthem.
BRYAN DAWE: Ahhhhhh.
JOHN CLARKE: In water, often.
BRYAN DAWE: Terrific.
JOHN CLARKE: It's very exciting.


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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, is being questioned by detectives on suspicion of illegally accepting valuable gifts from prominent businessmen in a scandal that is roiling Israeli politics.
Police officers came to the Prime Minister's official residence in Jerusalem today to question him about claims that he took designer suits and his son accepted free overseas trips from at least two businessmen.
Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged but the criminal investigation into him is one of several probes swirling around him and his family. His wife, Sara, was questioned by police in a different case just weeks ago.
The latest investigation involves claims that Netanyahu took gifts from Ronald Lauder, an American billionaire from the family that founded the Estee Lauder beauty products company.
Police have already questioned Lauder, who is also the president of the World Jewish Congress, and he admitted buying suits for Netanyahu and hosting his 25-year-old son Yair on holiday, according to Haaretz.
Channel 10 TV has reported that Yair accepted free trips and other gifts from Australian billionaire James Packer.
Israeli police reportedly suspect that larger and more valuable presents were involved and Israeli media said the gifts may be worth "hundreds of thousands of shekels".
A spokesman for the Netanyahu family said: "All the supposed affairs will turn out to be fiction. We are repeating: there will be nothing, because there is nothing."
The police visit sparked a media frenzy in Israel and Netanyahu's aides erected black screens to stop waiting photographers from getting pictures of investigators arriving at the residence.
Netanyahu has so far weathered the political storm around the investigation. He began a Cabinet meeting by joking that political opponents thinking of buying new suits in case they are able to take his job should "call off their tailors".
Today he had another defiant message for the opposition, saying: "There will be nothing because there is nothing. You will continue to inflate hot air balloons and we will continue to lead the state of Israel."
The 67-year-old politician, who is on course to become Israel's longest-serving leader, has avoided prosecution at least twice so far in a long career.
During his first stint as Prime Minister in 1997 prosecutors opted not to charge him in a scandal over political appointments but said publicly that it was "a very difficult decision" not to indict him.
Three years later, police recommended charging both Netanyahu and his wife with illegally taking silverware, carpets and other items from the prime minister's residence when they moved out.
Prosecutors again decided not to bring charges, saying there was insufficient evidence.
Other political scandals involving Netanyahu and his family have ranged from the serious to the absurd.
He has been accused of a conflict of interest after it emerged that his personal lawyer was also working for a German company that supplies Israel's Navy with submarines. In 2013, Israeli media had a field day with reports that he was spending £1700 a year of taxpayer's money on ice cream.
Sara Netanyahu was questioned by police for nearly 12 hours in December for allegedly using state funds to pay for a caretaker for her father and for moving garden furniture out of the official prime minister's residence to the family's private home.
She denies any wrongdoing and no charges have been brought.
Police probes against politicians are common in Israel and Netanyahu's predecessor, Ehud Olmert, is in prison for corruption. Ariel Sharon was questioned by police over accusations he accepted bribes but the case was dropped and he was never charged.
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First off, thanks to everyone who has been checking out my new site! It's already been more successful than I could have hoped and the cost of starting it has already been paid off. So yay! If you haven't seen it yet, now is a good time because I have a 20% off sale going on until April 15. Just use code GrandOpening20 at checkout at sweetteaapothecary.com Next. My baby is due next month!! I'm going to put my Etsy store on hiatus during that time. You will still be able to shop at sweetteaapothecary.com but there could be a lag time of up to two weeks depending on how many orders I have and how I am feeling. I will put a big note about this on the site once I figure things out. I just bring this up because if you know that you want to buy something as a gift or you're thinking about getting bridesmaid gifts or whatever, make sure you do that by mid-May. Watch, just because I say all this the baby will be rude and not come til June. Fingers crossed for early.
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Anwar trial postponed again over toothacheFebruary 19, 1999
Web posted at: 1:03 a.m. EST (0603 GMT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CNN) -- The trial of Malaysia's ousted Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was postponed on Friday for the second time because the former Cabinet minister was suffering from a broken tooth.
Judge Augustine Paul postponed the resumption of the trial until Monday after Anwar's lawyer Raja Aziz Addruse told the High Court that his client in the corruption case was in "very great pain" because his tooth had broken overnight.
A royal commission is also expected to begin public hearings on Monday into injuries Anwar suffered last year while in police custody.
The royal commission was formed after a police investigation failed to identify who hit Anwar after he was arrested in September.
Anwar was sacked on September 2 and arrested 18 days later after leading 30,000 anti-government protesters through the capital calling on Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to step down after 17 years in power.
Anwar appeared in court on September 29 with a black eye and bruises on his neck and hands which he said he had suffered while blindfolded and beaten unconscious in police custody.
Mahathir initially said Anwar's injuries might have been self-inflicted. He later said the government would make sure anyone proven to have hit Anwar would be punished.
Anwar's injuries and Mahathir's apparent initial indifference stirred international outrage. But a police investigation failed to get to the bottom of the injuries.
Last month, the government announced the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry.
The commission is headed by former High Court chief justice Anuar Zainal Abidin, and former Court of Appeal judge Mahadev Shankar and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Yeoh Poh Hong are members.
Abu Talib, appointed to lead the investigation, said the hearings would be open to the public.
He has prepared a list of some 35 witnesses, including Anwar.
Abu Talib said it was not known how long the commission would take to question all of the witnesses, but the hearings were not likely to last beyond 10 days.
Once the hearings are over, the commission will draft a report that will be presented to Malaysia's king.
Anwar was charged with 10 counts of corruption and sexual misconduct in September. He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
His trial on four of the corruption charges, which started in November, is separate to the royal commission.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Riders who purchased from Blackmore Manufacturing found it to be a great addition to a mid-sized motorcycle. The frame-mounted design provides a stable ride, excellent wind protection, and storage – all in a compact package designed for a smaller motorcycle.
Looking for ways to improve their product, the builders and designers of The Wedge found only one. Rather than fiberglass, the Wedge II fairing is injection molded from TPO, an advanced version of ABS. The new material and manufacturing process allowed the designers to improve their product in significant ways. The list of bikes a Wedge II Fairing will fit include Harley and Indian models. Harley Sportster, Dyna, FXR, V-Rod and Indian Scout with more to come.
The Wedge II provides the same stability and wind protection as the original, yet it weighs less, offers increased storage, easy installation of radio and speakers, and a finished surface that requires very little prep before painting. The Wedge II offers four windshield options from 7 to 18 inches and headlight rings and turn signals that come in standard black or optional chrome. The Wedge II is without question the best frame-mounted fairing on the market today; and available from your dealer, or online at .


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Some people are naturally athletic and have great hand-eye coordination. Not me. I've never felt like a winner when it comes to my functional fitness.
Don't get me wrong, I was an active child. I loved running around playing imaginary games in the garden. But when it came to a game of tag I always would think it was - well - very boring.
At school, conventional team sports never quite gelled with me, nor I with them. I tried netball, soccer, cricket, and hockey. Safe to say, I was not the star player (although came the closest with Hockey to something I actually enjoyed).
"The problem was, I didn't like the feeling from exercise. I always felt stupid and slow"
The problem was, I didn't like the feeling from exercise. I always felt stupid and slow. I was picked last for every team. I would much prefer to have been inside, drawing, so rainy days were a bonus. I have fond memories of growing up in Karori and playing outside often, but when it comes to my school days, they were not at all glorious.
When I was about 16 my friend, whose family was quite into stuff that was cool, suggested we should go to a yoga class with her mother (still practicing hot yoga). We went to the first studio offering hot yoga in Wellington, not knowing what to expect. They had not long opened but already the yoga guru's were loyally lining up. My friend and I (me regretfully in long pants and a T-Shirt), stood in the room and went through the postures. By the end, we were sweating, giggling about a man in front of us who we nick-named 'noodle man' because he was so bendy, and left with a wonderful feeling of well-being. However, although we meant to follow up and do another class, we never did together.
"Surely I had sweated enough to fill a swimming pool?"
It was only after I had moved to Auckland after leaving school, met a former boyfriend, moved back to Wellington and was feeling very tired and heavy one year, maybe in 2009, that I decided to give hot yoga another try. This time, I decided I was going to take it seriously. My main motivation was to lose weight. I was appalled that after one class, I wasn't any thinner. Surely I had sweated enough to fill a swimming pool?
Over the next few years, I would attend yoga classes. I grew used to the hot room and came to crave it. I knew the postures and prided myself on enjoying something many loathed. I actually enjoyed the twisting, turning, flexing and movement, using my own body as resistance. It became more about the feeling than how I looked.
For me, I loved it because I wasn't competing against anyone else, just me. I was my own challenge, pushing myself harder each class. I also loved the philosophy of yoga, learning to just 'be' and switch off to whatever worries were troubling me. I went through a great deal of emotional growth in the hot room.
Whenever I needed to get well, I would go back to the mat. Now, at 27, I still turn to Hot Yoga to help me get on the straight and narrow. I've recently formed a love affair with the Wakefield Street studio of Hot Yoga New Zealand, in part due to its excellent teachers, its wide range of classes from Yin to Power Vinyasa and also it's proximity to my house. I also love their Featherston Street studio and I know they are about to open a Lower Hutt studio which is pretty cool.
"Nothing else gives me that 'alone time' I crave and also is perfect for my body to manage weight, stress, strains, and worries"
Since I've been practicing again, I've been feeling brighter and happier. I breathe more deeply. I know I should probably go more, but at the moment, three days a week is my goal. Yoga is always a loving place for me (I know, I know - #blessed) where I can be myself and also be a bit anonymous. Nothing else gives me that 'alone time' I crave and also is perfect for my body to manage weight, stress, strains, and worries.
When I come to Yoga, I know I can leave my troubles behind me - whether it's a photo that is refusing to behave on the blog, relationship stress, or just a general feeling of being unsettled. I know that when I come out, my head will be clearer and I will know what to do next. That is the power of yoga. It helps me know that I am ok - even if I am uncoordinated - exactly as I am: A Wellington girl just looking for a bit of piece of mind.


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Telecom Italia: next-generation fibre-optic network arrives in Pescara
Over the next few months, the people of Pescara will get access to ultra-broadband services at connection speeds ranging from a minimum 30 to a maximum 60-80 megabits per second
In agreement with the Municipality of Pescara, new low environmental impact excavation techniques to be used for the new infrastructure to minimize inconvenience for citizens and businesses
This initiative is part of Telecom Italia's next generation fibre-optic network national development plan using fibre to the cabinet technology, which is being rolled out to 100 cities by the end of 2014
Telecom Italia is beginning to roll out its next generation fibre-optic network (NGAN) in Pescara, offering innovative services to consumers and enterprise. The news was announced today at an event attended by Municipality of Pescara Councillor for Innovation Eugenio Seccia, and Telecom Italia's Head of Abruzzo and Molise Line Access Operations Luciano Montaldo.
This initiative is part of Telecom Italia's national NGAN network development plan using FTTCab (Fibre to the cabinet) technology. The network will be extended to a hundred cities in Italy by the end of 2014, covering around 6 million properties, corresponding to 25% of the population.
By the end of next year, Telecom Italia will be laying around 120 km of fibre optics in Pescara, linking up more than 390 roadside cabinets equipped with next-generation electronics. The network will cover around 75 thousand people and some seven thousand business users. For the most part, the fibre will be laid in existing cable ducts; just 35 km of new excavations will be required. Work will be carried out across the city, starting in the Zanni, Centro and Tiburtina districts, before moving on to the Stadio and Colli areas.
Over the next few months, the people of Pescara will be able to start using ultra-broadband connections at speeds of between a minimum of 30 megabits per second and a maximum of 60-80 megabits per second. Connections at these speeds make existing broadband services perform much better. The connections also pave the way for a new generation of applications such as HDTV, telepresence, cloud computing for enterprise, and services for local government to implement a "smart city" approach to services such as security, local monitoring, infomobility, and sensor networks for remote environmental monitoring.
FTTCab architecture requires laying fibre optics to roadside cabinets. Compared with other solutions, this approach offers the benefits of faster infrastructure implementation, causing less inconvenience for people and offering greater coverage for the same investment.
To give an initial boost to the NGAN network and minimize the impact of work in the city, Telecom Italia and the municipal government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the use of innovative techniques that will make it possible to reduce the length of time the work will take and minimize costs, while at the same time ensuring a low-level of environmental impact.
The "mini trench" digging techniques that are being adopted ensure the safety of all infrastructure work carried out. This groundbreaking excavation and covering technique requires excavations just a few centimetres wide and thirty centimetres deep. The technique minimizes inconvenience to citizens and public services by as much as 80%, cuts workplace accidents by 67%, and slashes the amount of time required to build telecommunications infrastructure by 80%.
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susan + kevin {married}
This beautiful lady came into the shop + it didn't take long at all for her to find the perfect dress. We knew she would be stunning on her wedding day and then she went and added a fantastic wedding team that included State & Arrow for flowers, Love Hunters for this beautiful photography, + Noah's for an amazing reception location.
Congratulations Susan and Kevin! We wish you a lifetime of Love, Laughter, + Adventure together!
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Words from the Bride:
Kevin + I, met while I was a 4th year dental student + he was a first year orthopedic surgery resident. We knew right away that it was love at first sight. From the first night we hung out at Drakes watching a Kentucky game, I knew he was the one for me. We survived a long distance relationship when I lived in Nashville for a year of work, + the trials of being together through residency. We love the spring because that's when we met, so we wanted our wedding to incorporate aspects of our favorite season. The floral arrangements + colors [sage green, coral + blush] with the incorporation of my favorite plant succulents made that happen. Most importantly, we had friends + family from all over there with us celebrating our big day.
Photography: Love Hunters // Dress Designer: Lillian West // Jewelry: Sara Gabriel // Flowers: State + Arrow Design Co. // Venue: Noah's Event Venue // Makeup: Makeup by Dawn // Hair: Dakota Settels


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IT 2024 User Interface Design Question Bank Question Paper Model Question Paper Anna University Question Bank Important Questions 2 marks and 16 marks questions
IT-2024 User Interface Design Question Bank Question Paper Model Question Paper Anna University Question Bank Important Questions 2 marks and 16 marks questions
IT2024 User Interface Design
Unit – I
- Define UID
- Is UID Important? Why?
- What are the benefits of Good Design?
- Difference between direct and indirect Manipulation.
- Explain the three types of Objects in UID
- List and define the relationship between objects in UID
- What is an Extranet?
Big questions
- Define UID and Explain its importance
- Discuss in detail the need and essential features of direct manipulation graphical system and its applications?
- Elaborate the characteristics and principles of User Interface Design.
- Give the Characteristics of Web User Interface.
- Explain the difference between GUI and Web Interface.
- Give the characteristics of
- Intranet vs. Internet
- Printed vs. Webpage.
Unit – II
Part – A
- List common obstacles and pitfalls in interface design
- Give the five commandments for the people to give a good design
- Define Usability
- List Down common Usability Problems
- List the team members of design process
- Difference between the characteristics of Novice and experienced user?
- Difference between the characteristics of Young and old Adults
- List out various average human interaction speed.
- List down the general steps to be performed during business analysis.
- Difference between direct and indirect method.
- Define Metaphor.
- Give the values of design and standards.
Part – B
- Explain the importance of usability with its measures.
- What are the obstacles encountered in user interface design process? Discuss the impact of human characteristics in design
- Explain human considerations in design
- Write a detailed note on requirement analysis with regard to user interface.
- Is guidelines and standard important to good design? Explain.
Unit – III
Part – A
1. List the features of graphical menu.
2. What are selection controls? List them.
3. Define window and give its characteristic features.
4. Give the features of operable controls.
5. What are mutually exclusive and non exclusive choice controls?
6. What are the characteristic features of a window?
7. What type of applications utilizes textboxes? Give examples.
8. List some methods available to create text based web user interface.
9. Give some examples for device based controls.
10. List the different presentation styles
11. Give the situations to use check box, radio button and check box.
12. List the characteristics of device based control?
Part – B
1. Discuss in detail about menus and their importance in user interface.
2. Discuss in detail about structures and functions of menu with suitable illustrations.
3. Explain the content and the types of menus
4. State the need for device based and screens based control and explain the characteristics of them.
5. Discuss in detail about components and presentation styles of windows with suitable illustrations.
6. Explain how screen based controls are used in the web interface with appropriate examples
7. Explain windows management and give its operations. Discuss in detail about selection, custom and presentation controls
8. Give the proper design for given Requirement
"Raghu wants to develop a portal for his shop to encourage their customers for online shopping. His customer can vary from young age to old age. He does not want to unsatisfy his customer to move between many pages and to type more. He needs a portal in such a way that it can also be accessed through keyboard also. Design a screen prototype to satisfy Raghu to give you the order"
9 Give the proper design for given Requirement
"Sharanya wants to develop an education portal as virtual class room for her subject. She wants only her students to access the portal to submit assignment, online test. She will make corrections and post again. Students can access notes and her lecture from the portal. Develop a prototype to implement all the functionalities"
Unit – IV
Part – A
- What is punctuation and hypernation of words?
- What is a message and explain its different types
- List down the response time limit for web and GUI.
- List out and define two types of errors.
- List some methods available to create text based web user interface.
- State the need for icon in user interface.
- What is a reference Help?
- What is internalization and what is localization.
- When do you have to do localization
- What is Accessibility?
- List and define the types of Accessibility.
- What is a seizure disorder?
- List and define the kinds of ICON
- What is a color?
- Explain what is RGB and HSV
- What is texture mapping
- List and define color viewing deficiency
- How will you choose color for textual graphic screens?
Part – B
- Explain the need for collecting feedback and discuss how it improves the user interface design.
- Discuss briefly the guidance and assistance process in interface design
- What do you mean by internationalism? Discuss in detail.
- Define Multimedia and discuss its characteristics and usage in interface design.
- Explain the process of choosing color.
- Define ICON and discuss its characteristics and usage in interface design
- List out various accessibility issues you can have and give design for them
Unit – V
Part - A
- What is the need for testing
- What is hypermedia
- Give the characteristics features of hypermedia
- List out some software tools for testing.
- List out some software tools for user interface design.
- What is a layout grid?
- Give the rules to develop layout grids.
- List the steps to be reviewed during testing process.
- What is a programmed Facades.
Part – B
- What is a Prototype? Write briefly about various prototypes?
- List the different kinds of test and elaborate them.
- Discuss the various rules and guidelines for window Layout.
- Discuss the rules of web page layout.
- Write short notes on tools for testing?
- Write short notes on tools for user interface design.
- How will you develop and conduct a test.
- Elaborate the importance and purpose of usability testing.


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Posted by Celia on May 24, 2003
Could anyone help me with the bracketed sentence? I don't quite understand?
Expressions of opinion could be included in the newscast through studio interviews. These 'live' segements facilitated a stronger sense of immediacy, for spontaneous or 'off the cuff' remarks added a degree of excitement (that might have otherwise been denied in the name of editorial fairness or balance. )
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fear of sleep
For example, clothes lying on the floor may become dead bodies or a ceiling fan might turn into a "faery" with the blades as wings and the central bulb as an animate, speaking face. In his own words: "The experience is usually terrifying, but I have been able to control it and sometimes it has been very pleasant (occasionally there can be a sexual element, or 'floating' feelings accompanying what appears to be an out-of-body experience).
"Common images are bearded, goblin-like demons laughing or whispering sinister speech, a faceless girl (usually covering her face with hair, moving around in bed moaning and feeling my body), hands appearing from the wall and attempting to strangle me. A hung man talking in the corner of the room, and some of the most bizarre experiences may include up to a dozen 'critter' entities (think Gremlins movie) laughing and talking about me. The environment tends to feel like a holographic dollhouse, the experience peaks and then the hallucinations mysteriously vanish when I regain control of my body."


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Yesterday, when the only thing I posted was a link to another site where I'd written a half-baked essay about How I Met Your Mother, was Astor Place Riot's most popular day ever. What does this mean? What does it mean?!!
I have no idea.
You probably don't know this, because the layout of this blog is sort of goofy, but you can comment on these posts. See those tiny buttons in the bottom left of the post? The really, really tiny ones? The speech bubble one lets you comment. So if you're the commenting type, and for the sake of your loved ones I hope you are not, I'd love to know if you have any insight to why the site did so well yesterday.
Was it because I posted about an argument with another blog? Was it because you love coming here only to be sent to another, better website? Does this mean I should just write about How I Met Your Mother all the fucking time?
Any thoughts are appreciated. You can always email me too. (See sidebar at right.) If nobody wants to read anything but crazed rants about CBS comedies, well, I can oblige. I'm a whore for you people. And like off-brand Oreos, I'm super cheap.


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Fresh off of a lukewarm Q2 2013 earnings report, Netflix's official Twitter account just posted a trailer for its upcoming original series, "Mako Mermaids".
The show is targeted at children, pre-teens, and teenagers. The premise is that a group of mermaids abandon life underwater and have adventures on land.
Starting tomorrow, you can stream all 13 episodes of "Mako Mermaids" exclusively on Netflix.
Here's Netflix synopsis of the series:
Picking up where "H20 -- Just Add Water" left off, mischievous teen mermaids Lyla, Nixie and Sirena, guardians of Mako Island, fail to stop 16 year old Zac from becoming a Merman. At risk of being cast out their home forever, the mermaids must get legs, venture onto land and take back Zac's new powers.
We watched the trailer and the series looks beyond bizarre.
The new show wasn't on our radar but if Netflix wants to continue to say that "each series performs better than the last" we suggest it try harder and become a little better at curating its original series.
See the trailer for yourself: