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DGCustomerfirst survey is Dollar General official customer survey site to select and give 10 customers that are chosen at random by the Admin $100 gift card and 400 prizes at $100 each will be given during the DG sweepstakes as a result of the survey taken on www.dgcustomersfirst.com.
The way DGcustomerservey works is unique and customers that are selected at random when they enter to win the prize will be notified via phone call and on email. So, there is no way you will not receive the DGCustomerfirst gift card if you are selected as one of the winners.
However, upon notification that you have been selected as the winner, you must submit your address within 72 hours so that you will be able to get mail from Dollar General regarding the DGcustomersurvey within a month or a month and two weeks.
About Dollar General
Dollar General Corporation is an American variety store where you can purchase all product in one shopping mall like ShopRite, Walmart etc. The DG corporation was first launched on July 1, 1955, by James Luther Turner and Cal Turner (SR) and the first store was opened officially in Springfield. The Dollar General has it headquarters in 10 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and the United State.
As at the moment of writing this Dollar General Customer-first survey guide, the corporation has over 14,000 locations across the globe. After the founder, the company's chairman and the CEO, Michael M. Calber and Todd Vasos are playing the hard to get games to make sure that the DG corporation offers the best and hear back from customers.
Dollar General Estimated Revenue
The product you can buy from DG to take the survey at DGcustomerfirst.com includes clothing, cleaning materials, home decor (furniture), beauty aids, pet supplies, toys, seasonal items, grocery, and health supplies. However, the company down history has a little to complain about lost revenue and the company has an estimated value of $20.349 billion.
Company's Investment
The two founders, Turner and Cal invested $10,000 in 1939 ($5000 each) which they started as a wholesale company. After a decade and a half, the company has realized over $2 million in cash, and in the 1950s, they both agreed to move from wholesales to retail. And today, they are in operation in 44 states with more than 15,000 stores.
The DG managements make it possible to raise a lot of money in a short period by selling a product whose price will not go above $1 when they started and today, the record million in sales daily.
The DGCustomerfirst is a new initiative to reward all DG stores customers at random with a gift card of $100 to 10 customers that take DG survey on www.dgcustomerfirst.com and another 400 customers cash prize which is close to $100 per winner.
However, the only requirement to qualify for this raffle draw is a valid DG store receipt if you are above the age restriction.
DGCustomerfirst Survey Rewards
You will want to know whether it's worth it to take the DG customer survey or not. Here is your free reward for taking your time to give feedback on DG stores.
- You may be lucky to be among the 10 customers that will be selected at random to take away $100 gift card to shop at DG store of your choice
- You may also be lucky to be among the 400 prizes of $100 winner during the sweepstakes.
- If you are also lucky, a Dollar General store coupon code can also be given to you to reduce the price of your next purchase on any of the DG stores.
- You will know your fate within a few days if you are one of the winners and you will be mailed within 3 days after notification.
- A mail will be at your doorstep in not more than 6-8 weeks.
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How to Take DG Store Survey @DGCustomerfirst.com
Let me put it straight that there is no language barrier when you want to take the DG store customer survey at www.dgcustomerfirst.com. With your latest receipt, you are qualified to take the survey but you are not guaranteed of the selection since winners are selected at random.
- Go to Dollar General survey site at DG Customer First
- Select the time you visited the store as written on your receipt
- Enter the store numbers leading with "0"
- Enter the 15 DGCustomerfirst survey code on your receipt
- Click on the enter button
- Take the survey and give answers to the questions to the best of your knowledge
- Submit your response to the survey questions
- Enter your information such as name, address, phone number, email, and mailing address when prompted.
Now, relax. If you are selected an admin will contact you on the phone and via email. If you are selected, you will be instructed how to redeem your $100 gift card at the nearest Dollar General store to your location.


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Being married is a new, exciting phase of life. It is a time when you are building hopes and dreams together. That is why, being prepared for unforeseen possibilities as a couple is the wise thing to do. Considering you have just tied the knot, a term insurance is the perfect option for you. By securing the future of your spouse with a term insurance policy, you're helping them embrace a strong and fulfilled future.
The status from 'me' to 'we' brings on a lot more responsibilities. Apart from yourself, you also need to factor in the needs of your spouse. This includes your spouse having a strong financial backup, in case of a tragic loss. And nothing is better than a life insurance plan to help your spouse embrace a new normal after you.
But why should you as a newlywed couple choose term insurance? A term insurance plan is a lot cheaper than most other life insurance plans. Given that as a newly married couple, you would have a number of other financial obligations to fulfil, this plan will suit you the best. Buying a term plan means hitting two birds with one stone that is, securing the future of your loved ones while not burning a hole in your pocket.
Here are some term insurance benefits that a newlywed couple will enjoy:
A term insurance pays a certain amount of the death cover as a lump sum amount or part monthly or yearly payments. It means that upon your death, your spouse gets a lump sum payment that will be needed to meet immediate expenses or monthly payments needed for regular expenses. In some cases, you may get both. Therefore, a term plan makes sure that your spouse is able to live a financially comfortable life in your absence.
Term plans come with lower premiums. But, the death benefit your nominee receives is high in most cases. Unlike a other insurance plans, a term insurance plan gives you more coverage for relatively lower premiums, thus making it the perfect protection plan you need in order to secure the future of your new partner.
Today, a number of term plans have the option of being converted to whole life insurance or endowment plans, with little or no costs. Therefore, getting a term plan as a young married couple is a good idea. Once you are closer to the end of the term, you may convert this policy into a whole life insurance or even an endowment plan. At times, this may be allowed once your term insurance plan has crossed five years. Post this conversion, you will be charged premiums as per your newly selected plan and tenure. However, converting your policy to whole life insurance should be done only if absolutely needed.
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On Friday, I received the next set of blocks for the Crazy Quilting International Heart DYB Round Robin I am participating in. This set of blocks belongs to Barbara W.
The first block was embellished by Kathy S. (a.k.a. Clothqueen). I love the buttonhole stitch around the heart. The SRE is lovely and the charms are darling additions. The remaining blocks are the ones I get to choose from.


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I often wonder about this life of mine and whether or not I should take a human companion. I'm thinking this as I grow older each year. I guess I could be of use to the girl who cries when my paws dry up and my stature becomes limp and all I can manage to do is walk from the kitchen to her bed.
Being a stray and surviving in the city means relying on humans and the thing they call cash. It's either this or competing with other nasty cats for garbage scraps or expend a lot of energy trying to snatch a clever sparrow. Some homes have mice but I've cultivated a taste for salty, soft foods. Still I choose this life of a stray to avoid wearing the collar.
Predictability at some point would be nice though. I have great affection for this man in front of me right now as I knead on his wool scarf. He has bailed me out of a few precarious situations. He speaks to me as if I can comprehend what he is saying and would go on passionately, for hours, about the state of human affairs before dosing off. Some words I've picked up from him include rallying, inequality, money and power. I guess humans are also fighting for scraps and chasing sparrows in the world that they created.
The familiar scent of cedar and dried coffee beans is enticing but midnight fast approaches.
'Through Ian's Eyes' is a mini project based on my friend's 1000+ iPhone photos taken between 2013-14. In the series I will pick one photo a day for a week to interpret in drawing and story.
Ian and I met 8 years ago in Beijing and maintained a supportive, close friendship through email, skype and random meetings in Montreal, Vancouver, Vermont and New York. He is one of the most fascinating people I know and I hope to give you a glimmer of his unique philosophy through the characterization of him… as a cat.


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November 15, 2016 – Grace
I've heard it in many sermons and even the bible says "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God" Ephesians 2:8, and yet every time I heard a sermon on Grace I never fully understood all the aspects of God's grace. Merriam-Webster defines Grace as: 1. Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification 2. A virtue coming from God and 3. Approval or special favor.
As I read through the verses in the Bible concerning grace and then looked at the definitions I came to a better understanding. We are sinners, we were born sinners, we will always be sinners, we can never be perfect. There has only ever been one that is perfect, Jesus and he was sent as the final sacrifice for our sins.
Just as it says in Ephesians 2:8, we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not because of something we have done, but by simply believing on him, simply recognizing him as Lord, God has favored us with this gift of grace. He has given us special favor in his son, Jesus Christ, he has given us a way for regeneration and sanctification so that when we leave this material world we will dwell with Jesus in a perfect world without sin, without illness, without pain and without evil, and that is an eternal gift. Today I am thankful for the Lords Grace.
November 16, 2016 – Mercy
Mercy was another word I didn't quite understand. We are told that God is merciful and that we should be merciful to others. I assumed that mercy was the same as forgiveness or kindness and in a way they are all connected. Any preacher can quote bible verses or read from the bible in his sermon, and he may be blessed with the gift of preaching a great, spirit filled lesson, but there are always those in his audience, who trusting him to teach the right way, don't always understand what some of these blessings such as grace and mercy actually are. I really think that they should give a definition at the beginning of the sermon for those who don't understand some of these gifts.
Merriam Webster (again) defines Mercy as a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion. I always thought that it meant an act of forgiveness when some one would preach about receiving Gods mercy. I always knew that it was something good, something you should desire, but until I really got into the Bible and started looking up the definitions of some of these words, I didn't fully understand them
I would suggest, if you are an avid reader of Gods word, if you are really interested in studying the bible, keep a dictionary near by and "Where to find it in the Bible, A to Z" by Ken Anderson. You will be amazed at how much more you will get out of your studies using these two reference books along with the Word of God. Today I am thankful, ever so thankful for God's mercy.
Psalm 51:1-2 Have mercy on me, O God, acording to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
November 17, 2016 – Gods Love
Do we actually understand what love is? When we were young, maybe just getting interested in the opposite sex, some of us believed we were in love with someone if we had a crush on them, even if we didn't really know them. Unfortunately in today's world, many teens associate warm fuzzy feelings, good conversation and sex with love, and because of that we end up without a multitude of teen pregnancies, teens having multiple partners, and teens and young adults who do not grow up understanding what love is.
Love begins in the home, before an infant is even born, but in today's world of material wealth, many parents associate giving their children everything material they want with showing them they love them. Because so many Federal, State and City organizations have interfered with the way parents are allowed to raise and discipline their children, the children grow up thinking that love is being given gifts.
The gift of love is not a material item. God gave us his son Jesus because he loved us, and Jesus gave up his worldly life because he loved us. God didn't go out and buy us a bunch of toys to show us he loved us, and Jesus didn't hand out top of the line cell phones, computers, or video games to show us he loved us. Merriam Webster defines love as: strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion. It says nothing about material items. Today I am thankful for love, especially the love of God.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.


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It was an afternoon to forget for Bath Rugby's Freddie Burns in the Champions Cup as having missed a penalty in front of the posts in the closing minutes of the game the former England international's day got even worse. Having broken through the Toulouse defence he was nailed on to score the match-winning try, but with the score at 22-20 to the French side, Burns elected to take his time in grounding the ball and it was duly swiped out of his hand, which resulted in Toulouse winning.
Burns' mistake when missing a penalty appeared to have been forgotten when he went over the whitewash, but as the 28-year-old arrogantly blew a kiss at the Bath supporters it gave Toulouse's Maxime Medard a golden opportunity to knock the ball out of Burns' hands and the ball went over the dead-ball line.
Burns instantly knew he had messed up as he stared into the turf as the celebrations from Bath supporters quickly turned into despair, and after the video referee adjudged that Burns failed to get the ball down then the scores remained at 22-20 to the French visitors.
To make matters worse for the Bath back, he was replaced for the closing minutes of the game, and he will have to deal with watching the harrowing replay for days to come, as what had looked like a battling win for Bath would turn into a nightmare defeat in what was a huge game in their opening Champions Cup tie.
Watch Freddie Burns' shocking error here:
Chance to win the game...
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Menorca Luxury holidays
Menorca's peaceful landscape is quite the contrast to the neighbouring party islands of Ibiza and Mallorca. On your luxury Menorca holiday, expect to see culture, unspoilt coastlines and a laid-back pace of life.
This pretty island offers something for everyone; luxury holidays to Menorca combine inspiring landscapes and history. A visit to Mahón, for instance, is sure to sate the thirst of discerning historians: this old city is a medley of cathedrals, robust Spanish mansions and open-air markets.
Those seeking seclusion should take a trip to the purpose-built Mediterranean fishing village of Es Grau. You'll find this gem on the coast of Binibeca Vell, along the south-eastern corner of the island. Top restaurants and chic bars dot the coastline, serving up authentic Spanish cuisine you won't find anywhere else in the Balearics. Make sure to try the local Rajiformes (a flattened fish related to sharks), traditionally oven-baked or grilled.
It wouldn't be a luxury Menorca holiday without a little indulgence, which is why the Xoriguer Distillery in Placa del Carme has become so popular. This heritage gin distillery gives holidaymakers the chance to sample local liquors, whilst basking in the glorious Balearic sunshine.
Hop aboard one of the luxury cruise ships operating along the harbour of Ciutadella and enjoy a swim at Binigaus beach. Once the sun goes down, however, swimsuits are replaced with evening wear and visitors are encouraged to gather round and pop champagne as the sun goes down.
It wouldn't be a Menorca luxury holiday without some shameless VIP treatment. So why not take the stress out of your Menorca holiday by hiring a unique chauffeur-driven car to take you across the island in style?


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Table manners
There is a soul shaped hole in the art world. We work around it as if it were a large dining table with jagged corners. We could all sit down around its expansive perimeter but prefer instead to manoeuvre about it using our rapier like wits to dismiss its presence. An artist could incorporate the table in their work but they would have to somehow knowingly create an alter ego who was outside of the modes of knowing analysis. Mentioning William Blake is like declaring an appreciation of antique tables that existed in more innocent times but such things are frankly no longer realistic for those who eat on the hoof. I have tried to avoid the table but it makes me sick. The art world loves its finger food.


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CFRP Strengthening Of Prefabricated Timber Panel Walls
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This paper provides an experimental analysis of timber-framed walls, coated with carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRP) strengthened fibre-plaster boards, usually used as main bearing capacity elements in the construction of prefabricated timber structures. The tensile strength of the boards is lower than the compressive one and essentially lower than the strength of the timber frame, therefore it is convenient to strengthen boards in their tensile diagonal direction with high-strength materials in order to gain a higher capacity. It has been shown that the inclusion of CFRP diagonal strip reinforcement on the load-carrying capacity can be quite high and that it is maximized when the carbon strips are connected to the timber frame. On the other hand, the ductility itself was not significantly improved. The test samples proved an important distinction in behaviour in timber frame-fibreboard connecting area, dependant on the boundary conditions between inserted CFRP strips and timber frame. Keywords: timber, frame walls, CFRP, fibre-plaster boards, experiments. 1 Introduction There is an increasing tendency worldwide toward building multi-level prefabricated timber structures with timber-framed walls as the main bearing capacity elements. Their load-carrying capacity becomes critical, especially when taller structures are subjected to heavy horizontal forces, particulary with structures located in seismic and windy areas. In this case it is sometimes necessary to reinforce the walls. The treated wall is a composite element consisting of framed panels made from sheets of board-material fixed by mechanical fasteners to one or both sides of the timber frame (Figure 1). There are many types of panel products available which may have some structural
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The tender was released today for the construction of the $39.5 million Barneson Boulevard which is a project set to create jobs, assist in revitalising Darwin's CBD and encourage private investment.
According to Paul Fletched, Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure, the project will deliver a connection between Tiger Brennan Drive and the CBD while finalising the duplication of Tiger Brennan Drive between Dinah Beach Road and McMinn Street.
"The construction of the Barneson Boulevard and Tiger Brennan Drive Stage 3 project is expected to support approximately 80 jobs over the life of the project, and will also support further economic development in the Darwin CBD through improved road infrastructure.
"The new Barneson Boulevard is planning for Darwin's future, with the link ultimately reducing pressure on other CBD roads and providing commuters with another option to enter and exit the CBD," Mr Fletcher said.
According to Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics and Northern Territory Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison, all three tiers of government were working together to revitalise and provide an entry all Northern Territory residents can be proud of.
"Barneson Boulevard will provide an attractive and modern entry to the city that showcases Darwin's tropical appeal and further promotes its potential as Australia's northern capital and gateway to Asia," Ms Manison said.
"Approximately 200 shade trees will be planted along Barneson Boulevard, creating a cool streetscape with excellent pedestrian and cyclist linkages into the CBD."
The tender will open for a period of 10-weeks, closing in February 2018. Two industry briefings and a number of addendums will be held and released to confirm a number of design aspects. The Australian Government has committed $29.5 million to the Barneson Boulevard and Tiger Brennan Drive Stage 3 project. The Northern Territory Government and City of Darwin have each provided a further $5 million.
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May 18, 2012
So, it turns out I'm haunted
- (of a place) frequented by a ghost
- having or showing signs of mental anguish or torment
The "place," in this case, being my head. The "signs" including but not limited to cuticle biting, eye twitching, intermittent spells of spasticity and lassitude, anxiety (more or less constant), nightmares, night sweats, night terrors, and a fascination with death.
Far from being alarmed by said haunting, I am in fact quite relieved; I've known since pre-language toddlerhood that there was something other inhabiting the soft tissue encased in the slowly fusing bone mass that would become my skull. How nice, after all these years, to be able to address this suddenly concrete and thus assailable entity.
An aside: wouldn't it be cool to find out that somewhere within the recesses of your body, perhaps buried deep within your liver or your spleen, there lurked a twin? I first heard of such a possibility on CSI, which was a decent series back before they killed off Gary Dourdan and William Peterson left the show. TV drama politics aside, the victim, who was really the perpetrator, did not take the news of his slightly unorthodox cohabitation well. (I can't remember though if it got him arrested or got him off.) But really, think of the benefits! Live twins are said to be one of the closest, most perfect relations we can have, but even they, after all, have limitations. A micro-twin, on the other hand, would have all the benefits of a true mini-me without the obvious drawbacks. (Really, do I want another Annie Maier in my life? No. And you probably don't either!) You could, for instance, call on your twin anytime of day or night without having to worry that he/she might not pick up the phone, or worse, that your brother/sister-in-law might pick up instead—because, clearly, if light-hearted banter was something you were good at, you probably wouldn't be fantasizing about having a hairy bone mass lodged in your organs with whom you could have a conversation. You could visit without your twin without calling, take him/her out to dinner without a care as to who would pay the bill, and wear their clothes with complete impunity!
However, I digress.
My ghostly friend is neither dead nor encased safely in my spleen. And while I cannot reveal his/her identity, for fear of endangering the innocent (that is, me), I can say that he/she is someone with whom I am both intimately and irrevocably connected. I am not unique; we all sanction the presence in our lives of at least one person who wants nothing more than to possess us. As is the case with my possessor, said people are often
- display, exhibition, presentation
- sign,indication, evidence, token, symptom, proof, substantiation, reflection, example, instance.
- outward or perceptible indication; materialization
- the state of being manifested, (that is) a conscious feeling, idea, and/or impulse that contains repressed psychic material
As such, my apparition at least must also, in addition to ruthless, insatiable and often cruel, be fairly labeled innocent. A fiend perhaps, but a reluctant fiend.
What, you may be wondering, if you are still here to wonder, in the hell has this to do with ANYTHING? It has to do with hesitation. With indecision. It has to do with goal setting, goal reaching, and self-constructed barriers. It has to do not with writing but with allowing what it is we have written to escape from our souls, our pens and and computer screens to a concrete existence in the greater, larger, infinitely more entertaining world. It has to do with my book. And maybe yours.
To be continued
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How is this for a blast from the past? Choose Your Own Adventure books were hugely popular when I was a kid. It allowed you to make decisions on what you wanted your main character to do. You would then have options to turn to various pages within the book and live with the consequences. This provided a non-linear way of reading and a single book had tremendous replay value. Choose Your Own Adventure has now come to the digital age on the Apple iPad with ten books to purchase via the iBookstore.
There are ten Choose Your Own Adventure ebooks published by Chooseco, LLC. Each one costs around $6.99 and are aimed at kids and nostalgic parents. I think this is a great idea to publish these kind of books in the digital realm. Instead of flipping pages manually, you simply click on links and are automatically on the page that continues your adventure.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times.


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With the almost simultaneous launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has clearly been encouraging manufacturers to think beyond black, white, or silver.
Along with Nokia, HTC has come up with handsets in a range of colours, just in case anyone was thinking of Windows as an operating system primarily for business users.
2012 is the year Microsoft really pushes its new look, helped along by the roll-out of the Modern UI (formerly Metro) to all of its platforms.
The HTC 8X shows a totally different approach to the one taken with the launch line-up of Windows Phone 7 devices two years ago, which all varied in shape and style but were all far from consumer-friendly.
HTC is certainly not playing safe now, and that's a good thing - depending on how easy it will be to find the colour you want from your chosen retailer or network operator.
The phone is neither too heavy or too big. There's a 4.3-inch screen, which is smaller than the mammoth 4.7-inch screen on the Android-based One X, which you might have assumed HTC would have based this phone on.
The design is very simplistic, with a curved matt polycarbonate casing in a choice of four colours (including black, blue, lime green/yellow, and red) and the entire front covered in Corning Gorilla Glass.
Along the right-hand side are very thin, but still easily usable, 'volume' and 'camera' buttons, with a 'power' button up top. There's then the slide-out SIM card tray (for a micro SIM), headphone jack, and micro-USB socket.
The 8X feels like a phone that doesn't need to be placed inside any form of protective casing. If dropped, the casing might scratch or dent slightly, but the colour won't chip away. This is not a green light to go smashing it down onto concrete or off a bridge, however.
The future is streaming out to you
You may have noticed that we haven't mentioned a memory card slot. That's because there isn't one. There's 16GB of internal storage, and that's your lot. Although Windows Phone 8 now allows expandable memory, the 8X isn't one of the models to include a card slot.
You do, however, have 7GB of free cloud storage with SkyDrive, and the option to purchase more. Microsoft is no different from the many other companies that believe you will stream more of your content than access locally, which might be something we'd all like to do but can't given limited internet speeds or data caps.
If you were to start streaming everything over mobile data, you'd be limited to a very small number of tariffs.
Although the 8X isn't 4G compatible like Nokia's Lumia 920, it does support DC-HSPA, which can offer data speeds of up to 43Mbps. With a totally unlimited data plan, the idea of streaming music, video, and photo galleries can be a reality, but not for everyone just yet.
Easy to control
Windows Phone 8, like its predecessor and now Microsoft's new desktop OS, is all about tiles, colours, and personalisation. The result is something that's significantly different from Apple and Google's respective offerings.
There's no icon grid in the form that many people will be used to, but rather a totally customisable grid on the smartscreen made up of application icons and Live Tiles. These can now be resized and moved around in any order you want, which is a big improvement over version 7.
Information from each tile can effectively replicate the actions of a widget on Android, but in a more controlled environment to stop things looking messy and out of place.
Unfortunately, this simplicity could also be one reason that some people will be turned off by Windows Phone - something Microsoft must hope will change over time as consumers grow familiar with the similar Modern user interface in Windows 8.
A swipe to the left reveals the full application list, and everything is controlled though the touchscreen, a 'back' button (which doubles as a 'recent apps' button when held), a 'home' key (which doubles as a voice control key), and a 'search' button. It's all very simple, and thanks to the strict guidelines on app design everything works in a consistent fashion.
You can find out more about the OS in our 10 things we learnt about Windows Phone 8 feature.
Kid's corner is one of the cool features of WP8 you can read about above
Easy to set up
If you never tried Windows Phone before, it really is an operating system that you can get to learn in a few hours. But the real power doesn't become evident until you set it up with your own data - not only your phone book and calendar, but also your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts, as well as Skype.
This is where Windows Phone comes into its own, and a powerful device like the 8X with its 1280x720 pixel HD display makes the experience better still.
Once you've set up your accounts - all managed from one single Windows login - your phone will begin to collect data about you, your friends, and your contacts. You can then see updates without loading separate applications, and communicate within private groups or 'rooms' designed for close friends and family.
Capturing memories
Every Windows Phone also has a dedicated 'camera' key, which can be used even when the handset is locked. Thanks to the faster processor, the camera now starts up more quickly than on previous Windows Phone models, but not quite as quickly as on the Sony Xperia T, or Motorola's lightning-quick Razr i.
Being able to quickly start the camera can mean the difference between getting a photo or not, but you also want to get a good picture. The 8-megapixel camera is equipped with a bright LED flash and there are a range of camera modes, including additional 'lenses' that you can download to add in further features, like new camera effects.
Video recording offers full-HD (1080p) capture, and the front-facing camera is unique in that it offers a wide-angle view, designed specifically to allow group video via Skype. This is an excellent feature - one of those innovations that makes you wonder why nobody thought of it before.
Better still, the camera is also HD quality to further improve those video calls, even if it's a feature a lot of people won't actually use at all.
Lasting power
When multi-tasking was added to Windows Phone, Microsoft placed restrictions on what apps could do when they were in the background. This saved battery life, but also effectively stopped many apps from functioning properly. It made apps like Skype virtually useless, as you stopped getting updates until you resumed.
Skype is now not only usable, but it's a service that everyone is likely to want to use now
This time around, Microsoft has updated Skype to receive push notifications, much like Twitter and Facebook, enabling you to keep Skype logged in and online all of the time without any significant impact on the battery at all in standby.
It means you can now be easily reached by Skype for a voice or video call, and you can communicate with instant messaging and not worry about your battery dying in a matter of hours - an issue Android users will no doubt be fully aware of.
Tucked away inside the phone is a 1,800mAh battery which isn't as large as I'd have liked it to be. Despite Microsoft's efforts to reduce power consumption, many apps and most games will drain power as fast as any other phone - even Qualcomm's latest generation S4 processor.
Fortunately, my fears were partially allayed over the week of testing. The phone did seem to manage pretty well - even when I spent a great deal of one day playing Angry Birds Star Wars.
And it's worth mentioning at this point that Windows Phone has an ever increasing collection of games. While many will cost you money here, compared to the growing choice of freemium titles elsewhere, they are nearly always highly polished and optimised thanks to those tight controls put in place years go to ensure the hardware would always be of a sufficient standard.
And when it comes to the 8X, HTC has maintained that high standard and combined it with a stylish design to create one of the most exciting phones I've used in some time.


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My next step in the plan was to produce pamphlets, to distribute to all bookshops in lieu of 5000 consignment copies. Well, Bernhard from Irthling.com did a beautiful job on them (see below); there are single details (e.g. a sentence elucidating that Les' books are only marketed by P'kaboo) that need to be changed, and that is all.
But: If I print all those flyers and suddenly there is a demand for MORE THAN 36 BOOKS... (which is the stock I have currently) - I have to have the next print run in stock! I can't do this and sell out and oops - 3 weeks no books! So at least I have to print 50 more books, which means, the edited updated version, which entails, new ISBN, maybe the cover graphic improved... definitely the blurb improved and the review added.
So, step 1 AGAIN, fix up SW1 and get print-ready, print a run of 50 new books, and THEN go for the flyers!
The flyer does not want to load. It's a zip file. Zipped closed.
I'll return to Federi now and see what I can do for him.


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I remember the day I became an adult: I was 18.
I moved from a country town, right across Australia to a large city. To look for a job, to decide what I wanted to do with my life after finishing school.
I didn't know many people but I was young, carefree and enjoying meeting new friends and having new experiences.
I met a man and fell for him in a big way. I fell in love; had a fun time, traveling for weekends away, going to clubs and bars. We both worked, he had started a career but I was still deciding what I wanted to be. I worked in cash jobs. Just enough to pay my way and live in the moment.
About 6 months into the relationship everything changed. I missed a period. I purchased a pregnancy test. It was positive. A forgotten pill. A life changing error.
My boyfriend was convinced the test was wrong. The doctor was sure it was right.
I was alone in a new city and scared. My strict Catholic upbringing and personal belief was that I had to have this baby. I didn't believe in abortion for myself. I had always thought it was something for other people to worry about. Not me. I would never be in that situation.
My boyfriend did not want a baby. He was absolutely sure that we had to terminate.
He would not consider any other possibility.
I went back to the doctor and asked his opinion. He suggested we make an appointment at a pregnancy advice centre for counseling about what we should do. We went along after work one night.
The pregnancy advice centre was essentially a pro life organization in disguise. They told us having an abortion would increase my chance of breast cancer, infertility, death.
They showed us awful, terrible photos that they said were the product of termination. They said that I must have the baby, it was the only right thing to do.They pushed their cause blatantly. They confused a vulnerable young teenager even more.
We left. He was angry. I was shaking, upset, sad, confused.
The doctor apologized and said he had no idea the advice centre was like that. He seemed to want me to hurry up and make a decision.
Baby or abortion. That simple.
He didn't seem bothered either way. He didn't ask me if I had family or friends to talk to.
My boyfriend convinced me that it was the only thing to do.
We couldn't be parents. We were too young. Not financially secure. Not together long enough. Not prepared.
I was booked in to a local private hospital for the procedure. It wasn't an abortion clinic. My boyfriend was happy to pay for the anonymity this afforded.
We arrived. They explained that I would have a general anesthetic and they would dilate my cervix with rods, and then scrape and suction the contents of my uterus away and remove the pregnancy. I cried, cried and sobbed uncontrollably until I fell asleep. The nurses were professional but nothing more. I felt that they were judging me for my choice.
I woke up, sat and had a cup of tea. I was given a leaflet explaining the after effects. I would have stomach cramps, bleeding for a couple of weeks. I was told to call my doctor if the pain was severe or the bleeding was getting heavier not lighter. I was sent home with my boyfriend to rest and get on with my life.


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I've never met a man who knew quite what a Fleshlight was. That is, beyond the understanding that it was shaped like a flashlight and you fucked it. And there's not an awful lot more to it, to be fair.
But two weeks ago I had to find out. The rather beautiful organism – I got The Flight – arrived at the Kernel offices wrapped up in anonymous fashion. Wasting no time, I dashed home like a horned-up Charlie Bucket, and had at it.
The following weeks I've been mentioning it to all my friends. "It's the best darn thing!", and they've done one of two things. Either leaned away and told me I was a pervert. Or leaned in surreptitiously and asked me "so actually… what do you do with it?".
I mean, you fuck it. The thing is designed to mimic the feeling of sex without the… well, without anything else. Man doesn't need a vagina. He needs lubed plastic and a vacant house. And then he needs to shove the thing in the dishwasher while he eats dinner, ready for a rerun in 30 minutes.
The Fleshlight in anatomy is a plastic tube filled with a hollow "sleeve" of something akin to Cyberskin – which apparently is the closest we have to the "real thing". Apologies for all the double quotations here but this is all jargon as far as I'm concerned. You spread lube ("NOT OIL BASED") around the opening and, when you're hard, dip in. It's really that simple.
It's not better than sex, as such; it's totally different.
So for the last two weeks I've been telling all the men I meet – I'm quite serious – that this is a whole new masturbating experience. It reminds me of my first orgasm, age 12. I remembering calling it "hot ice" – the sensation of an orgasm – and since then I've never recaptured the experience. Sadly, the Fleshlight doesn't quite ramp up the experience to "ice" levels, but I get something similar. It's not better than sex, as such; it's totally different. And certainly the "manual' method pales in comparison.
Plus, it's actually designed for penile pleasure. Which the mouth, vagina and lowly hand are not. Evolutionary biology is principled on the idea that whatever works goes, and so as long as man is sufficiently attracted to woman (at least most of the time), the species will continue.
"You're fucking plastic" was what my editor told me. I was indeed. And there's not a lot more to say about it. But the conversations I've had since then and my many post-orgasm ruminations I've brought fresh light to a dark place (of my mind).
Of course, Fleshlight-esque devices have been around for longer than the full-tubed abomination. But I feel as if the previous attempts at enhancing male-masturbation were more engineered for adding novelty to sex, not solo-performance. Mainly because male solo masturbation is seen as a sad fact of life, and so not a place men want to be spending upwards of €40 (because it was obviously the Europeans that came up with this).
The great sex toy gender gap
Female toys enjoy a very healthy image in popular media. They have even taken on a socio-political status for some women. It's their unsheathed weapon. "Who needs men? Not us. We have two AAA batteries and a stick." Woman's masturbation was a sign of the modern and liberated female, who sincerely contests the sexual utility of men.
Sex and the City was said to be a turning point in widespread perceptions of female sexuality. One of the reasons Samantha – an aged good-time girl – is a fan favourite is because she embodies wild and uninhibited sexuality. She doesn't care what people think of her lovers, how many and of whatever age. And you'd better believe if she's willing to do any number of sex acts to a preteen she's willing to use a sex toy.
Good for her. And good for any woman who feels embarrassed or deterred from wanking because they heard it was gross or weird. Samantha and her sexual attics made female sexuality – all of it, solo or with any number/type of partner – acceptable.
Male sexuality: not so much. A sexual male is a hopeless archetype of panting, sweating, googly-eyed, mystified by female genitalia; desperate, chubby: typecast as the hanger-on, the leering stranger and obsessive boyfriend. Female-male erotic depictions in the West usually simplify by telling us these are your typical White men. Black men have big dicks but are unruly/hypermasculine, Asian men are timid and unproductive in bed and Hispanic/Italian are rapacious lovers. Unless you're a Black man who's pleased by that idea or Iberian, these aren't flattering.
Male masturbation is a guilty albeit prevalent bodily function, yet most would just rather not talk about it.
Male masturbation – regardless of race – we're taught is a shameful act. If you masturbate past the age of sixteen, you deal with a stigma that says you're likely a virgin, very possibly unattractive and terribly terribly lonely. Girlfriends can't understand why you don't just have sex with them. Plenty of men actively fuel negative ideas about wanking as if self-chastity was the mark of a true man. They claim to have done it once or twice but now get enough sex they don't have to. Maybe so, but more likely they are lying, or are suffering from the most pernicious cold if their bedside bin is anything to go by. Plus, having sex actually increases sex drive, not decreases it. So unless you live with your girlfriend and she's willing nightly to go at it, chances are you're living with some frustrated sexual urges with the help of your hand.
It's the lonely idea of a man hunched over his couch, bashing at a throbbing skin tag that is so unappealing. True, but why should, conversely, a woman slamming at her vagina with a rattling sabre be a sign of fortitude? This is not me offering a sob story; these are just peculiar facts about Western sexual culture. Male masturbation is a guilty albeit prevalent bodily function, yet most would just rather not talk about it.
Regardless of its history, the bottom line is: wanking is awesome. We, men, start earlier and we almost never stop. What sex often gives in atmosphere, it fails to deliver in orgasm, because masturbation gives a guy full control over his orgasm. And then when two partners have different sex drives – the man usually wanting it more than the woman – it is an essential tool in letting off steam. Wanking is just plain clever.
So thank God for the Fleshlight. I'm not suggesting it came along particularly to challenge an ethical high ground woman have, or that it purposely tries to oust the ridiculously ineffective "penis-sleeve" that is the vagina. It came to serve a function, as does all good tech. But since it's here – and unashamedly here – it's interesting to see whether, as it rises in popularity, is will change unhealthy perspectives on male masturbation.
Hopefully it can do that. It's weird to see how strangely masturbation is treated. Even with all the positive press female masturbation enjoys, it still isn't dinner-time conversation. Why, even in the Kernel offices – a feverish den of scat and unscrubbed table-tops – the Fleshlight was an object of scandal and ridicule. Whatever. At the end of the day, I'd prefer to be crawling into bed with someone else. But, if that's not, shall we say, forthcoming, having sex with a tube is absolutely fine.


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Almost 1.2 million businesses have just weeks to go before the introduction of Making Tax Digital on 1st April. The new Government rules require all VAT-registered businesses with taxable turnover above the VAT threshold of £85,000 to keep records digitally and have compatible software to submit VAT returns.
But the message from Geens is keep calm and carry on as there's more benefits than challenges from switching to digital accountancy.
At Geens, we are fully geared up for Making Tax Digital and have the ability to work with the business software of your choice to support your business.
Many people will have heard of Xero, Sage and QuickBooks, but according to Theresa Middleton, Director of the Making Tax Digital for Business Programme, there are over 160 software products for businesses to choose from with a range of prices, including some that are free, offering different levels of functionality to suit every business.
We are not in the business of promoting one software solution. We have a number of client using bespoke packages and we are familiar with all options.
Keeping up to date with tax rules can often seem overwhelming for companies and missing tax deadlines makes all businesses vulnerable to penalties.
But the upside of Making Tax Digital should mean your business should never miss a deadline again. You can choose a software package which will automatically calculate your VAT and tax liabilities and report the figures to HMRC for you.
"There has been understandable concern from business organisations about Making Tax Digital and much of this is about just how ready or aware businesses are of the need to start storing and filing their VAT data digitally," said Karen Lowe, a Director at Geens.
"The latest research from HMRC indicates that 81% of VAT mandated businesses are aware of Making Tax Digital either by name or the concept but only 45%t are ready to sign up before 1st April.
"However, once companies have switched to digital accountancy they will undoubtedly benefit from having up to date accounting records. Smart use of accountancy software means that companies will have a clear picture of their finances available at all times.
"Making Tax Digital will end so-called shoe box accountancy where some companies rush in to see their accountants with a box full of receipt just days before their annual accounts are due.
"At Geens, we have provided demonstrations and training and will continue to do so. While the key date of 1st April is on everyone's mind, it is also wise to look at each company's year-end date as it is preferable to have the entire financial year on one system. Having said that data conversions from one software to another are readily available which can bring across old data from a non-compliant system. Software upgrades to include bank feeds can significantly reduce a business owners time spent on its day to day bookkeeping so there are some real advantages to the changes for some"


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There have been countless explanations given as to why Myspace experienced a rapid and catastrophic collapse in 2011, including things like "there was too much spam and phishing going on" and "Facebook was just more hip and trendy, so young folks flocked to it".
From my own personal experience, it was a sudden disabling of tools and features which had made it valuable as a networking site that quickly turned it from a vibrant and active community to a barren and desolate digital wasteland.
Myspace was a big deal on the cusp of early web 2.0 for a number of reasons, but most importantly, it was an easily customizable free website with a built in address book and music player. Of course some folks would abuse this by embedding the most obnoxious stuff, cramming their page with glittering weed leaves and dancing babies, bringing mid-decade browsers to a crawl, but this versatility allowed a very important user-base an extensive set of tools that had not been available previously-independent musicians and promoters.
Suddenly, every band that had any recordings could have them online, on unique pages, their fans could put listen to and download new tracks, share them by putting them on their own pages, and musicians and fans could stay in touch.
More importantly, Myspace allowed bands to tag themselves by up to three genres. Fans, promoters and labels could do something really neat: they could search for and browse bands within specific genres in specific regions, listen to their music and quickly get in touch. If a promoter needed to fill a slot in a show, they could quickly search by the genre and location to find a band that would be a good fit, lived in the area, gauge their fanbase and get in touch to work out details.
Several of the albums I put out via Retro Virus Records were assembled in this way – Fuck Your Scene Vol.s 1 & 2, Mundus Patet and The Worst Music Dracula Ever Heard* were largely put together by browsing bands and saying "Hey, interested in being on a comp?" Shows, and music fests I organized were filled in a similar manner, as were shows and music fests put on by friends and fellow musicians. But all of this came to a screeching halt in 2011.
The brass and interface developers at Myspace were more concerned about the growing popularity of Facebook than the needs of their most active userbase. Ironically, when UI changes were made to make Myspace have more of a Facebook-like feel, rather than listen to the complaints of users who'd said they'd stayed with Myspace because they didn't LIKE Facebook, they ran off in their own direction. Now, what I am absolutely certain killed Myspace was when they removed the ability to browse band pages by genre and state/country. One day, the most important networking feature for the most active users who'd been keeping Myspace anchored was gone. Musicians could no longer easily find out what bands were in their own area, and promoters could no longer use Myspace as a tool to find area talent and organize events. Some folks stuck around for awhile because of connections they'd already made, but making new connections had become difficult. Many of us would've gladly taken twice as many of those awful Selena Gomez ads on the login screen if you'd at least let us quickly search for punk bands in this or that state to ask if you could get on a show or crash at their place when you came into town, assuring them they had a floor to sleep on if they ever came your way. The next thing you knew, the only music that was easy to find was insipid big-name pop whose labels had shelled out money to have them shoved into our faces.
The community began to crumble at an alarming pace. Accounts became abandoned as Myspace ceased to have much to offer independent musicians and promoters. Worse, a message through Myspace was no longer a viable way to get in touch with musicians, promoters or venues, because people weren't logging in anymore. Music collectives and digital scenes died, seemingly overnight. One of the most fascinating and exciting music projects I ever had the privilege of being involved with, which had taken the old Myspace platform and turned it into a comprehensive piece of audio-visual artwork, suddenly had the rug pulled out from under it – while Gl1tchg0r3* could survive an inimical split from their record label, it could not survive the total overhaul of the Myspace platform.
And Myspace could've survived without the camgirls, the survey girls, grandma and grampa, would-be poets and authors, and folks with the weed leaves and dancing babies as a top notch site catering to and connecting professionals and amateurs in the music industry, but it could not survive as a viable networking platform that lacked the feature of competitors (and was structurally unable to support them) while they ripped out the existing tools and features that had been necessary for its power-users. By the time News Corp sold in mid 2011, the site had been run into ground, selling for less than a tenth of what they had paid for it six years earlier. Though Myspace has somehow trudged on like a hungry ghost, with a small fraction of its userbase and acting as a 'plug-in' music service, it is definitely not the Myspace that was. And sadly I don't know that there will ever be anything quite like it again. That's my take, based on what I observed as a highly active user of the platform, on why Myspace turned into a zombie site.
*Though the Dracula comp came out in Fall 2011, it was put together the prior year. I can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure that by early spring of 2011, I'd migrated fully to Facebook with only a token presence on Myspace, partly out of nostalgia and things like Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tuti leaving comments on my page from back when a comment on social media was a bit less of a casual thing.
**I've been meaning to talk about Gl1tchg0r3 in a full post for some time. Maybe later this week or next.


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Dear Greg:
Thank you for answering my previous questions!
You have made reference to SAG before, so presumably Young Justice has to abide by SAG rules or get boycotted. I have a few questions related to this and the voice acting part of the production process:
1. How do the voice talent get paid? A flat rate? Are they paid by the hour? By the line? By the episode? Or some variable rate?
2. When you voiced Lucas Carr, did you have to join the SAG union? Or is production allowed to hire non-SAG personnel as long as they pay them differently?
3. You have stated that getting a second character out of an actor entails no added costs. Since it is free, I am wondering why a few actors (Jesse McCartney comes to mind) doesn't get to voice a character other than Dick Grayson. Was it a matter of actor preference, producer preference, or a mix of the two?
4. How long does a typical recording session last? Do you sit in throughout the whole session, or leave it up to the voice director? How many episode(s) are typically recorded in a sitting?
5. When one of the voice actors sing a song (Reach for a Reach, Hello Megan), they get separately credited. Is this subject to a different rate, or is the singing part simply added as a "character" in determining pay?
Thank you, and I hope by the time you are reading this, you've already got several gigs lined up!
0. I'm not sure "boycot" is the correct word. The major studios sign contracts with SAG, that prohibits them from contracting non-SAG labor for their acting needs. They can get around this by SUB-contracting, but most don't on major projects.
1. I don't want to speak for EVERY show. In my experience, a voice actor gets paid a flat fee for four hours of work and up to two character voices. For a tiny additional fee, you can get a third voice. But this holds per episode. So for example, even if you could record one guy playing four roles over two episodes in a single four hour session, you'd still owe him two payments. The fee is negotiable, as long as it's above union minimum. But most series pay the union minimum plus 10% and have favored nation clauses in their contracts, which prohibits them from giving any individual actor a raise without simultaneously giving raises to EVERY actor on the series.
2. I first joined SAG to play Donald Menken on Spectacular Spider-Man, and am still a member in good-standing. No union shop can hire non-union actors.
3. Well, Jesse often DID voice additional characters, like Thug #2 or whatever. But generally, there are some actors who have the ability to change their voice enough that they can convincingly play multiple characters without the audience balking. Others really - as talented as they are as performers - only have their own voice.
4. Sessions typically go three to four hours. But often we'll be there all day. We can only keep each individual actor for four hours without incurring overtime, but we could start one actor at 10am and have him until 2pm. And we could start another actor at noon, and have her until 4pm. And a third at 1pm and keep him until 5pm. That way, we have overlap to record their scenes together, but we also have more time to get everything done.
5. Singing is a separate rate. And it's also an additional character, unless they are singing IN CHARACTER. That is, if Nightwing suddenly burst into song, we'd have to pay an additional fee to Jesse for his singing. But we wouldn't have to count that as a second character (or third, since he's also doing Thug #2).
Hello Greg,
My friend and I really want to start a comic book company, but we do not know how. I was wondering if you could give us some helpful hints or tips for getting started. Thank you very much for you time and answers.
Hints on starting a company? No, sorry. I don't know how.
1a. When you are working on a series and have to deal with a story bible or design document, is it inclusive of scripts and detail or just an over view.
1b. If they get to large is it common to separate them into their own documents? ex. A document for characters biographies and another for plots/timelines.
2. When changes are made to either a script or story bible do you use strike-through until it is finalized or simply delete the content?
3. When I am working on story boards or scripts I try to make characters actions be causality based and driven by their personality, moral alignment and available options. Is this similar to how you create your story lines?
4. How can I make characters engaging and direct through dialogue in scenes that are relaxed?
5. What is your going rate for projects and would you be interested in working with Mark Crilley or Luaren Faust?
1a. Most series bibles are written in advance of scripts. Mine TEND to be very thorough, including plans for stories, etc. But, no, by definition, it does not include all the details included in all the scripts. I try to update/revise the bible as we proceed. But by that time no one's looking at the darn thing anymore, so keeping the bible on track is a luxury and a low priority and almost always falls by the waysid. I'm not sure what you mean by a "design document".
1b. For a television series that doesn't seem like something that would ever happen. Years ago, I did do the bible for the entire Platinum Comics Universe, and that was so long that I did split it into multiple sections.
2. See above. But I tend not to use strikethrough very often. I tend to just revise.
3. Yeah, pretty much.
4. Get in their heads. Be clear what they want. Be clear on the difference between what they want and what they know they want. HEAR THEIR VOICES.
5. I'm not going to tell you what I get paid. Sorry.
5a. I'm always interested in collaborating with talented folks, but I'm not going to get specific about any individual.
Are you cursed? If so please provide name of curser and last known adress, thank you.
Let's please not perpetuate this "cursed" thing. I mean, seriously, that's all I need. For the next guy who might want to hire me to think I'm cursed and/or incapable of going beyond two seasons.
Why do networks love canceling your shows? Seriously, your shows are always my favorite on any network that they're on, and yet that network always thinks that it's a great idea to cancel it!
It's nothing personal. Believe me. I'd love to indulge my paranoid side and think it is, but it just isn't.
1. When you write an animation spec how much blocking do you put into the episode? My research says I should describe every single twitch of the character's face and body so that the animators in Korea will get everything right. But I wrote a short episode for a company that told me I should only do that if I'm both the writer AND the animator. I should just stick to short details like I would for live action. So who is right?
2. I assume the best way to answer that question is to read examples of animated scripts--Is it possible to obtain copies of Young Justice scripts from season 1 somewhere? Should I go to a script library in LA or attempt to contact Cartoon Network for a copy?
1. There is no right and wrong. Every series has it's own rules. I'd love to say there's a standard, but there just isn't. On MY SHOWS, we use the scripts to direct the entire episode, including camera angles, etc. The actual directors and storyboard artists aren't restricted to doing the script exactly as written, but by being thorough like that, I feel more confident that at the very least, they know what I'm looking for. If they come up with better ideas, great. I don't know that I've ever seen an animation script that was totally Master Shot style, a la live action. But I've seen many that lean way more in that direction. But it's not the way I work.
2. You can. But I don't recommend it. Currently, though we're not thrilled about it and hope the situation changes someday, YJ is dead. You want your spec script to be for a show that's CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION. On that level alone, YJ doesn't qualify as a good way to spend your time if you're serious about getting work in the industry.
Hello, Mr. Weisman.
These questions are an extension of the previous question I submitted.
6. Before Nielsen ratings were released for animated programs, what size audience had to be attracted in order to keep a show alive on a network? Since you worked on a number of projects over the years, it would make sense that you'd have a pretty good grasp on the matter.
7. How important are Nielsen ratings for animé dubbed into English and subsequently aired on the channels? Ratings for these shows almost never appear on ratings outlets, like Zap2It (http://www.zap2it.com/) and TV Series finale (http://tvseriesfinale.com/).
Thank you for your time.
6. Nielsen ratings pre-dates my professional career - by a lot. (How old do you think I am exactly?) Anyway, ratings mean different things in different times. Before People Meters, kids ratings in general were way higher than after People Meters became standard. There isn't some fixed number that says this is good. Below this is bad. Everything's relative.
7. As important as for anything. Bigger numbers are better than smaller. But a show that's cheaper to produce can get away with lower numbers and skate by. But ultimately, if a program is dragging a network down, it's toast.
Hello, Mr. Weisman.
I had a few questions that pertain to the Nielsen's ratings system.
1. Why isn't there any public information about Nielsen's ratings for most of the animated series that have been on television? Classic cartoons and many of the modern ones have virtually no ratings tied to them. In the past few years, the figures have been released for programs that have performed well for cartoons, such as the animated series that currently air on Fox, Avatar: The Legend of Korra on Nickelodeon, Adventure Time on Cartoon Network not to mention Young Justice, as well as a few other programs on or were on the air.
2. Are networks allowed to request that the ratings for a show be withheld or simply not released to the public? In addition, why are the ratings released for some episodes of animated television programs, such as Young Justice or Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, while not being provided for others?
3. As someone who has worked on a variety of animated projects over the years, were you given the exact ratings of a program to work with? By that, I mean were the exact ratings made available to you, and if so, who provided them? Or was that information not provided? And did these particular ratings have any leverage on what would go in the animated universe?
4. What were the ratings like for your original animated series, Gargoyles? A search on Google turns up an article, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15899915.html, which requires a subscription to read in full, reads:
"Walt Disney Television Animation's Gargoyles new animated show delivered a strong 2.8 Nielsen metered-market rating and an 8 share average over a special stripped debut Oct. 24-28. That was up 33% in share from its,"
5. Are you even allowed to discuss the ratings of an animated program, or is there a contractual obligation that prevents you (and others) from doing so?
Thank you for your time.
1. As far as I know, anyone can PAY to get Nielsen results. But if you don't feel like paying, then you're reliant on getting those results from entities that have paid. Those entities tend to be news organizations (that may not think enough of the general public has an interest in cartoon ratings) or networks (who are only going to display ratings that make them look good and/or suit their current strategy). But I'm no expert.
2. You've got it backwards. Nielsen is a COMPANY that charges for its services. It's not some public forum that networks have somehow forced to withhold info from you. If you really want the info, go pay for it.
3. Very inconsistently.
3a. For example, on YJ, we occasionally got ratings reports from CN via our bosses at WB.
3b. Often, we got no info.
3c. Absolutely not, because by the time ratings came in we were way past committed to whatever creative decisions had been made. Whether those numbers effected air dates, hiatuses (hiatusi?) or pickups is a your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine thing. I haven't seen enough of the raw numbers myself to make an evaluation.
4. As I recall, during our first season on Gargoyles, when we were weekly, our ratings were very strong. Our second season, when we were on five days a week, was during the peak of the Power Rangers craze, and although our ratings were solid, we were consistently beat by that show, coming in at number two for our time slot week after week after week.
5. There's no contractual obligation, but there are political considerations. Plus, as I said above, I'm not always informed. And I'm not fond of passing on rumors or making half-assed guesses.
Facts and Fiction about "Deadly Force".
We got a shout out here:
15 Temporarily Banned Episodes of Popular TV Shows
"Deadly Force" made #5!!! Which is very, very cool!
It's ALWAYS nice to be talked about, and I don't want to sound like a churl, but in the very short paragraph describing the situation, there are at least four errors. Here's the original text from the website:
5. Gargoyles, "Deadly Force"
Controversy: Gunplay
While pretending to use a gun in "Deadly Force," Broadway accidentally shoots Elisa and attempts to cover up his crime. Although this episode was initially pulled from the rerun cycle thanks to objections by advisory groups, it was eventually re-aired after editors removed some of the blood from Elisa's shooting. It has since been added to the DVD collection.
Error #1: Broadway wasn't "pretending to use a gun". He was playing with an ACTUAL gun, pretending to be a cowboy. (This one may sound nit-picky, but I don't think the original phrasing is clear at all.)
Error #2: "[Broadway] attempts to cover up his crime". Not really. He's so afraid and ashamed, he runs away and hides. When Goliath accuses Dracon, it takes Broadway a few minutes to own up to his culpability. But there's no attempt at a cover-up.
Error #3: "[T]his episode was initially pulled from the rerun cycle thanks to objections by advisory groups..." That's untrue. In fact, the REVERSE is true. Advisory Groups LOVED this episode. For example, we got a positive write-up in Madeline Levine's "Viewing Violence", which I can tell you was not overly kind to most animated television series. No, the truth is we were fine when the series was in syndication and when it was rerun on the USA network. But when it moved to what was then called "ToonDisney", a new group of Disney S&P execs over-ruled what our original S&P exec had decided and ignored ALL the good press that the episode had received. Thus (for a long while), TPTB removed it from the rerun rotation.
Error #4: "...it was eventually re-aired after editors removed some of the blood from Elisa's shooting..." Again, this is inaccurate. The episode aired ONCE with the excessive blood, because Frank Paur and myself didn't get the retake with less blood back from Japan in time. WE were the ones who wanted less blood, because (a) we didn't want it to appear that Elisa had already bled out and (b) that much blood seemed distracting, like we were trying to get away with something instead of trying to tell the story. By the episode's second airing, the retake was in and the episode aired multiple times with less blood in syndication and on USA before the series' reruns moved to ToonDisney, and the version with less blood was pulled from the rotation. It's reinstatement had nothing to do with quantity of blood. It was originally brought back for Halloween marathons - I suppose because TPTB at ToonDisney thought they could get away with it on Halloween. Then later, when we began airing VERY, VERY late at night, I suppose they figured there was no reason not to include it.
Anyway, so there you have it. Still glad we were mentioned, but I figured I should set the record straight on these points.
I'm sure you're all still wondering why my presence here at ASK GREG has been so minimal. I'm still quite swamped with work, but I wanted to try to post a little something...
1) Reading the Stargate bible, have ever considered a Star Trek animated series? I know Paramount is very strict on that property.
2) Will you ever do another series of your own creation?
Thank you very much. Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1. I'd love to do one, but no one's asked me. (Keep in mind, I was asked to develop Stargate. I don't just go out and independently develop series based on properties that somebody else owns.)
2. Again, I'd love to, but no one's bought anything original that I've pitched in a VERY long time.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
"Jefferson survives"
9:01 PM | Posted by Mike | Edit Post
So spoke John Adams on his deathbed on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (unaware that his compatriot had died but hours earlier that day).
I've always been something of an American history buff -- especially the Revolution to Civil War... which is why I have so enjoyed the John Adams miniseries on HBO.
The book by David McCullough was brilliant enough, but the acting by Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney breath much-needed life into what most people see as mythic figures rather than simple human beings who transcended much to set in motion this noble experiment called the United States of America.
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