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Having travelled from town, we made landfall at Dalhousie at 8pm with a full complement of passengers, untroubled by storms or traffic diversions. A number of natives of strange demeanour were assembled to greet us, and so the discussion began.
This month's novel told the story of Mary MacKenzie, taken from her genteel and strict upbringing in Edinburgh to no less strict societies in Japan and China, and how the life changing event of an extra-marital liaison led to her eventual, partial integration and development in her chosen land. We learnt about Eastern attitudes, ambitions and the foretold expansionism of Japan through her personal and diplomatic relationships with a number of strong and diverse characters in the diplomatic and social sphere. Written in 1977, it was possible that some of the early 20th century foresight of Mary about Eastern progress may have been coloured by the hindsight of the author!
The host introduced the author, a fascinating character, and drew comparisons between Wynd's life and the subject of the book. He wrote this book on the basis of his understanding of Japanese language and culture, his experiences as a child of missionary parents, and his subsequent experience as a prisoner of war. After the war, he vowed never to return, and it is interesting that his apparent antipathy to the Japanese people is not obvious in the book. Indeed, one big attraction of the book for the host was the contrast drawn between the two rigid cultural attitudes in Japan and Scotland. Given that the author was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, and he vowed never to go back to Japan, why was the book so sympathetic to Japanese culture? Possibly, the passage of time had mellowed his opinion, and he recalled his happy childhood rather than his war experience.
The host suggested that, technically, the use of letters and diaries to draw out the plot was very effective. In the journals and letters, Mary was able to introduce the characters quite naturally, and develop them through the story. The author was able to get inside the female character very effectively, writing consistently and honestly. Was the style too consistent? Do we tend to alter our writing style to suit the recipient? Probably we do not. The interest was maintained by the use of these letters and journals, sometimes with significant gaps.
The character of Mary herself was very well realised: as her experience grew so her character developed maturity and confidence, from a naive young girl abroad to a confident young businesswoman. Some commented on her Scottish attitude to developing a business through solid foundations, her hard-nosed dealing with Bob in connection with the initial funding and the maintenance of her own control. Before it became fashionable, she developed a business plan. She invested in property, and she did not take the easy path. She also resisted the attempt of Peter to buy her house, recognising the value of bricks and mortar.
The group all thought the author wrote very convincingly as a woman, both in her comments on her own life, and in her observations on those around her, e.g. in describing the clothes of those she met, (Is this sexist? ed.) and of how this developed into a successful business. For example, the author described the consul's wife on page 19, and how her clothes did not bring out her best features.
The book was praised for its portrayal of Japanese society. For example, the description of Aiko emphasised the societal rigidity through the contrast of her revolt, possibly arising from long periods of isolation. Again, portraying the society in which she finds herself, she described how the housing was built to suit the conditions. She described the social strata well, and interacted successfully with the servant class. One of us maintained that although she made reference to people living in poor conditions, she did not really develop this as well. There was a section, 7.4.1910, in which she gives a vivid description of the sanctity of poverty: 'how a frugal diet be recorded in your favour in a big ledger.' However, these were philosophical and political arguments rather than a true emotional description of the impoverished state, as for example in a previous club book 'Hunger'.
There was discussion about the relationship of Mary to her two children, each separated early from their mother. In particular, it was suggested that the description of Mary's feelings at the loss of Jane was weak; should she have stronger expression of loss? Perhaps the author had not really understood the female psyche in this instance? On the other hand was this a manifestation of the practical and pragmatic Scottish heritage of Mary? Likewise, the speaker thought the affair was under-explained. Mary did not discuss the birth either. Was this due to the lack of mother-daughter relationship? Was it due to the shame of the act? Were the similarities between the two societies stronger than the differences?
Returning to the societal portrayal, the Japanese were presented as ruthless and expansionist in their dealings with both China and Russia. One suggested that the Japanese expansionism came from the divinity of the emperor, or earlier from the all powerful Shoguns. Alternatively, the expansionism was driven primarily by the need for natural resources. When talking of the Japanese and their discipline of the Chinese, Mary suggested that the Japanese were not the correct people to administer this, being too hard-hearted. It was clever how Tomo was portrayed as an airman, and we wondered what fate befell him, attacking Pearl Harbour, becoming a Kamikaze pilot? However, it was pertinent to note how, in the reunion, Kentaro's attitude changes, in asking Mary, rather than commanding Mary, if he can come to Yokohama.
The descriptions of the earthquakes, tsunamis and fire were very relevant to 2011. The frequency of natural disaster led to the stoicism of the population. Mary also anticipated the growth of the Japanese economy through imitation. One of our number had direct and possibly painful experience of this as he talked of the rise of the Japanese electronics industry on borrowed expertise. The author had hit a nerve!
The discussion turned to the plausibility of the plot. Generally we were comfortable with the idea of Mary developing from her arranged marriage, through her affair and banishment, to become a successful exile and businesswoman. Was the plot plausible? Yes! So, although, to a large extent, it was a portrayal of Japanese society through the eyes of an outsider, it was also a tale of one woman's emancipation. Japan was also portrayed as a land of opportunity. One drew parallels between Mary's establishment of a business and the career of Thomas Glover who helped found the Mitsubishi empire.
Thus far, our discussion had been more than usually focussed but we now started to digress. There was a passage of the book, p31, in which Mary transports her thoughts back to Morningside, and recalls a Sunday when all the church bells were heralding morning service. The scepticism of our camponologist was raised. Surely most churches didn't have bells then? Oh, yes they did! Oh, no they didn't! Oh yes they did! On balance we were happy to confirm the accuracy of the description.
We had concentrated on the source text, but a mini series was filmed in 1989. Not many remembered it, but those who did believed it to be rather poor. For some reason, the initial 'contact' between Mary and her diplomat husband stuck in the mind. "Richard crept in, it was all over in 5 seconds, and he rolled over", said one. On the other hand, Kentaro was 'there for ever', according to our resident Barry Norman. Actually, your scribe thought the descriptions in the book of the first sexual contacts between Mary and Kentaro in the Western Hills were very effective. The sudden terse nature of her journal statements, "God forgive me. I went to him", "I stayed too long today", "I think Armand knows", showed vividly the conflict between her upbringing, the societal conventions and her sexual desire. This was a defining moment in the book, as it led inevitably to her final emancipation. The contrast in style between these and the other journal entries was very telling.
What about the title? What was the symbolism of the Ginger Tree? We talked of survival and an attempt to take root in a harsh, initially alien environment. Taking off her stays symbolised what: the coming liberation, her future fallen state, the 'fur coat and nae knickers' policy of the Morningside lady?
One hour and fifteen minutes in, there is a digression towards Ian McEwan's book, "Solar"; not sure why. Apparently McEwan writes slowly, satisfied with 500 words a day. An unkind critic suggested you could see the joins. I don't think this relates to The Ginger Tree; can we get back on message, as our former leader, Tony B., might have said?
There were some slightly less believable sections on prediction, e.g. on the stock exchange, the future of automobiles and flying machines. Two Americans were rumoured to have flown 20 miles. Gosh! This is post rationalising, after the event, said one. In a true diary there would be much more discussion of now unknown events. Others argued that she was entirely consistent in her knowledge of important contemporary advances.
Given the disagreement about the prescience of the significance of external events, the discussion turned to who had editorial control of the final content of the book. Was this the original text of the author, or could it have benefited from further revision? The question was not resolved.
To conclude the book was very readable. Everyone enjoyed it. One of the key properties was the writing style, in particular the very direct and factual structure and the relatively short sentences. It was not indulgent, with no flowery phrases and page- long sentences, and where descriptions were made these were short and to the point. We thanked the host for his choice.


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Jeffrey A. Carver grew up on the Lake Erie shores of Huron, Ohio, but eventually settled in the Boston area, where he lives with his family. Currently he's writing a new volume in his popular series The Chaos Chronicles. Another of his favorite places to spin tales is his Star Rigger universe; one story in that world, Eternity's End, was a finalist for the Nebula Award. Among his stand-alone works are The Rapture Effect, and Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the SciFi Channel's miniseries. By many accounts, his work is hard science fiction, but his greatest love remains character, story, and a healthy sense of wonder.
As a teacher, Carver once hosted an educational TV series on the writing of SF and fantasy. A course that grew out of that is online, free to all, at writesf.com. In person, he's taught at MIT, Odyssey, and the New England Young Writer's Conference, and is cofounder of the Ultimate SF Writing Workshop, in the Boston area.
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Burning Man 2013 began on Monday, August 26 and ended on Monday, September 2. The sensational even has captured some of highly ecstatic moments among people who witnessed it.
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For those who doesn't know much about the "BURNING MAN", here's a quick intro:
It's difficult to explain to someone who hasn't experienced the even in real. It's an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.
Burning man begins on the last Monday of August and ends on first Monday of September. The even is held in Black Rock Desert in the northern Nevada, USA.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — A French naval vessel intercepted 11 suspected pirates traveling off the Somali coast on Sunday in two assault vessels and a so-called mothership loaded with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers, the French Defense Ministry said.
It was the French ship's third pirate intervention in a month. France has been the most aggressive in pursuing pirates out of more than a dozen nations patrolling shipping routes in the Gulf of Aden.
Another three suspected pirates were detained Saturday by the Seychelles coast guard, which had been alerted by the French warship Nivose after European officials decided there was not enough evidence to hold them.
French Defense Ministry spokesman Christophe Prazuck said the 11 new suspects were intercepted Sunday morning about 560 miles off Somalia's coast. They had been traveling with a pirate mothership — a larger vessel often used to tow speed boats hundreds of miles out to sea and resupply them in open water. Prazuck said it was still unclear what France would do with the new suspects.
Meanwhile, the three suspects arrested by the Seychelles coast guard vessel the Andromache were expected Sunday evening in port in the islands that depend heavily on tourism, according to Brigitte Ahshung at the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation.
Prazuck said the three had previously been detained and interrogated by sailors aboard the Nivose, after being pulled off a 32-foot fishing boat loaded with 13 barrels of fuel, water and food but no weapons.
Last month, the Nivose delivered 11 suspected pirates to Kenya.
Pirates are now holding 17 ships and around 300 crew, including the Greek-owned cargo ship Ariana, hijacked early Saturday with a Ukrainian crew.
On Friday, a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. It was the first time NATO forces found pirates armed with raw explosives, spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Fernandes said.
The attack on the Ariana — about 1,000 miles from the sea corridor NATO guards — the seizure of explosives may indicate the pirates are adapting their tactics as crews become better trained in counter-piracy measures.
Explosives can also be used in illegal fishing.
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Antique books get better care at Tibet's Norbulingka
Researchers in Tibet Autonomous Region said Thursday that they are cataloguing and making digital copies of antique books at Norbulingka, an ancient palace, amid efforts to better preserve the ancient documents.
The palace's management office and the regional ancient book protection center jointly launched a survey of old documents in the palace last September. So far, the survey has covered nearly 600 books, with over 400 antique books registered as cultural relics under state protection.
Penpa Tsering, deputy head of the regional ancient book protection center, said nine of the books were the only existing copies.
He said the survey team catalogued ancient books, made photocopies and put them into protective cases.
The team will continue to survey over 4,000 ancient books in Norbulingka, located in the regional capital Lhasa.
Built in the mid-18th century, the palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001 as part of the historic ensemble of Potala Palace.
Tibet is home to a massive collection of ancient books, and the region has completed a survey of more than 13,700 ancient books, accounting for over 65 percent of the region's total.


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A few decades ago, a collection of pre 1914 FN car parts was sent from Australia to the USA. From memory there was a frame, front and rear axles, and an engine at least. I've seen photos, but don't have any other info.
I believe the parts were from a mix of different models, and I haven't heard that they were assembled into a car.
I'd like to get in contact with the current owner or anyone who knew of or knows what happened to these parts. Can anyone help?
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Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "pre-diabetes" — blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 57 million people in the United States who have pre-diabetes. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during pre-diabetes.
Research has also shown that if you take action to manage your blood glucose when you have pre-diabetes, you can delay or prevent type 2 diabetes from ever developing. Together with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the American Diabetes Association published a Position Statement on "The Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes" to help guide health care professionals in treating their patients with pre-diabetes.
There is a lot you can do yourself to know your risks for pre-diabetes and to take action to prevent diabetes if you have, or are at risk for, pre-diabetes.
The American Diabetes Association has a wealth of resources for people with diabetes. People with pre-diabetes can expect to benefit from much of the same advice for good nutrition and physical activity. The links on this page are cornerstones of successful management of pre-diabetes.
How to Tell if You Have Pre-Diabetes
While diabetes and pre-diabetes occur in people of all ages and races, some groups have a higher risk for developing the disease than others. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, as well as the aged population. This means they are also at increased risk for developing pre-diabetes.
There are two different tests your doctor can use to determine whether you have pre-diabetes: the fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The blood glucose levels measured after these tests determine whether you have a normal metabolism, or whether you have pre-diabetes or diabetes. If your blood glucose level is abnormal following the FPG, you have impaired fasting glucose (IFG); if your blood glucose level is abnormal following the OGTT, you have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
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A few months ago, I improvised a short section of movement, playing with the idea of a soundscape through the scraping and jumping of feet on concrete.
A few months later, colleague and collaborator pianist Coila-Leah Enderstein watched the footage and took this idea of a soundscape further by creating a piano score in response to the footage. Using prepared piano to add texture and layer, she responding musically to a visual rhythm.
Through collaborative play and dialogue, we were left with a short film as the product of our experimental curiosity and craft.


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|Extracellular Matrix News 8.06 February 16, 2017
Modeling the Two-Way Feedback between Contractility and Matrix Realignment Reveals a Nonlinear Mode of Cancer Cell Invasion
Researchers incorporated a mechanochemical free-energy–based approach to elucidate how the two-way feedback loop between cell contractility and matrix fiber realignment and strain stiffening enables the cells to polarize and develop contractile forces to break free from the tumor spheroids and invade into the extracellular matrix. [Proc Natl Acad Sci USA] Abstract
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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Drive Enamel Formation via an Evolutionarily Conserved Self-Assembly Motif
Using targeted mutations in mice and high-resolution imaging, investigators showed that impairment of ameloblastin self-assembly causes disorganization of the enamel organic matrix and yields enamel with disordered hydroxyapatite crystallites. [Proc Natl Acad Sci USA] Abstract
Extracellular Matrix Receptor Expression in Subtypes of Lung Adenocarcinoma Potentiates Outgrowth of Micrometastases
The authors showed how differential expression of a network of extracellular matrix molecules and their interacting proteins contributes to risk of relapse in distinct latent lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) subtypes. Overexpression of the hyaluronan receptor HMMR in primary LUAD was associated with an inflammatory molecular signature and poor prognosis. [Cancer Res] Abstract | Full Article | Press Release
Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 Mediates Myosin-Dependent Collagen Contraction
Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is a tyrosine kinase collagen adhesion receptor that mediates cell migration through association with non-muscle myosin IIA (NMIIA). Because DDR1 is implicated in cancer fibrosis, researchers hypothesized that DDR1 interacts with NMIIA to enable collagen compaction by traction forces. [Cell Rep] Full Article | Graphical Abstract
Extracellular Protonation Modulates Cell-Cell Interaction Mechanics and Tissue Invasion in Human Melanoma Cells
The authors tested the modulation of cell-cell-adhesion by extracellular pH and NHE1. MV3 tumor spheroids embedded in a collagen matrix unraveled the efficacy of cell-cell contact loosening and 3D emigration into an environment mimicking physiological confinement. [Sci Rep] Full Article
Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrix Induces a Mechanosensitive Invasive Epithelial Phenotype
Scientists used a 3D epithelial morphogenesis model in which cells were cultured in biochemically and mechanically defined matrices to examine matrix-mediated gene expression and the associated phenotypic response. They found that 3D collagen matrix promoted expression of mesenchymal genes including MT1-MMP, which was required for collagen-stimulated invasive behavior. [Sci Rep] Full Article
The Binding Capacity of α1β1-, α2β1- and α10β1-Integrins Depends on Non-Collagenous Surface Macromolecules Rather than the Collagens in Cartilage Fibrils
Investigators showed that chondrocytes strongly bind to cartilage collagens in the form of individual triple helical molecules but very weakly to fibrils formed by the same molecules. They also found that chondrocyte integrins α1β1-, α2β1- and α10β1-integrins and their I-domains have the same characteristics. [Matrix Biol] Abstract
Hydrogen Sulfide Inhibits High Glucose-Induced NADPH Oxidase 4 Expression and Matrix Increment by Recruiting Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Kidney Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Since hydrogen sulfide (H2S) inhibits high glucose-induced matrix protein increment by activating AMPK in renal cells, investigators examined if H2S inhibits high glucose induced expression of NOX4 and matrix protein and if H2S nitric oxide pathways are integrated. High glucose increased NOX4 expression and activity at 24 hours in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells that was inhibited by sodium hydrosulfide, a source of H2S. [J Biol Chem] Abstract | Full Article
Human Th17 Migration in Three-Dimensional Collagen Involves p38 MAPK
Scientists examined the implication of p38 MAPK in regulating the migration of human Th17 cells through collagen. Using specific inhibitor and siRNA, they found that p38 is necessary for human Th17 migration in three-dimensional (3D) collagen and that 3D collagen increases p38 phosphorylation. [J Cell Biochem] Abstract
Simvastatin Inhibits IL-1β-Induced Apoptosis and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by Suppressing the NF-kB and MAPK Pathways in Nucleus Pulposus Cells
Researchers investigated the mechanism underlying the effect of simvastatin on intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD). The viability of nucleus pulposus (NP) cells was determined by the methyl-thiazolyl-tetrazolium assay. The apoptosis of NP cells was measured by flow cytometric analysis, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling, and western blotting of relevant apoptotic proteins. [Inflammation] Abstract
A Review of Gradient Stiffness Hydrogels Used in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Given the importance of gradient stiffness hydrogels in basic research and biomedical applications, there is a clear need for systems for gradient stiffness hydrogel design strategies and their applications. The authors highlight past work in the field of gradient stiffness hydrogels fabrication methods, mechanical property test, applications as well as areas for future study. [J Biomed Mater Res A] Abstract
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SpinalCyte, LLC Announces New U.S. Patent
SpinalCyte, LLC announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9,545,432, "Methods and Compositions for Repair of Cartilage Using an In Vivo Bioreactor." [SpinalCyte, LLC] Press Release
Chi-Med Initiates First-in-Human Clinical Trial of Novel FGFR Inhibitor HMPL-453 in Australia
Hutchison China MediTech Limited (Chi-Med) announces that it has initiated the first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of HMPL-453 in Australia. HMPL-453 is a novel, highly selective and potent small molecule inhibitor targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor. [Hutchison China MediTech Limited] Press Release
Verastem Announces Dosing of First Patient in Combination Trial of Defactinib and Avelumab in Patients with Ovarian Cancer
Verastem, Inc. announced dosing of the first patient in a new clinical trial evaluating avelumab, an investigational fully human anti-PD-L1 IgG1 monoclonal antibody, in combination with Verastem's defactinib, an investigational focal adhesion kinase inhibitor, in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. [Verastem, Inc.] Press Release
Broad Institute Wins Bitter Battle over CRISPR Patents
A panel of US Patent and Trademark Office judges have determined that a series of patents granted for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard will stand. [Nature News] Editorial
Henrietta Lacks's Family Wants Compensation for Her Cells
The eldest son of Henrietta Lacks wants compensation from Johns Hopkins University and possibly others for the unauthorized use of her cells in research that led to decades of medical advances. The cells taken from the 31-year-old after she died of an aggressive form of cervical cancer in 1951 were the first to live outside the body in a glass tube. [The Washington Post] Editorial
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The recently released Halo: The Master Chief Collection includes Halo 2: Anniversary, the franchise that is totally remastered version of Halo 2. In addition to the amazing visuals, updated textures and frame rates, 343 Industries has redone the entire soundtrack, with remastered and new songs to bring Halo 2: Anniversary up to a higher level.
The music team – consisting of Paul Lipson, Lennie Moore, Tom Salta, Brian Trifon, and Brian White – has worked on Halo games in the past, and took that experience and love of the series into the process of updating Halo 2's soundtrack for a new generation of gaming.
"This is very beloved, iconic music, so we spent a long time in preproduction, crafting a plan that we felt honored the original material, but moved things forward both creatively and qualitatively," Lipson said.
"This was probably our biggest challenge and balancing act, creating what we came to refer to as a 'celebration and innovation.' We wanted to make the ultimate love letter to our fans and to the game, so getting deep into the details made all the difference."
So how does one go about recreating one of the most iconic and well-loved game soundtracks of all time? Note. By. Note.
The team spent two months transcribing the score, listening to every song, and writing the notes down by hand. Laborious? Sure, but Lipson and team used the challenge to their advantage.
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Ayad M. Ramadhan, & Adil K. Jabbar
College of Science, University of Sulaimani
This paper discusses a new type of (2x2) linear systems called invariable system, which depends on the determinants idea. Also, it gives a relation between the solution of the original system and the system after changing (bj's).
Keyword : Linear, Invariable, Determinants.
[1] Boas M.L., Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences 1983, John Wiley & Sons,Inc., New york.
[2] Bunday, B.D., Basic Linear Programming, Edward 1984. Arnold, London.
[3] Crauwels,H.A.J. ; Hariri, A.M.A. ; Potts, C.N.; Van Wassenhove , Branch and bound Algorithms for Single Machine Scheduling with Batch Set up Times to Minimize Total Weighted Completion Time,1998, February, Baltzar Journals,
[4]Fryer, M.J.; Greenman , J.V., Optimisation Theory: Applications in OR and Economics, 1987, London.
[5] Gass, S.I., Linear Programming: Methods and Applications, 1984. McGraw- Hill Book Company, New York.
[6] Orman. A. J., On the Complexity of Coupled-Task Scheduling, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 1997, 72.(13-25).
[7] Richard, B., Operations Research: Theory and problems, Schaum's Outline Series, 1982. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.


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I saw Disney's "Tangled" on Thanksgiving.
I started crying about two minutes in…
…and stopped about a couple of days ago. Though it still makes me tear up. AMAZING movies do that to me :)
I also bought this:
It's a really great Art-of book, and I recommend it for sure! I love these books and going through them I find so many talented artists. People like Claire Keane, Jin Kim, Lorelay Bove, Lauren Airries, Victoria Ying, Shiyoon Kim, along with Lissa Treiman & Scott Watanabe, and a whole bunch others whose blogs I couldn't find. I'm much too shy to comment on any of their blogs, but I did meet Scott Watanabe at Comic-Con! (He was so great and friendly! I was a big dork!) And of course, Dan Haring, who is a talented writer as well as an artist, must be mentioned here too :)
If you haven't seen it yet, you totally should! It made me bawl.


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I have pretty much always been a creative crafty soul. I made journals in elementary school. (Which were really just copy paper folded, stapled and decorated within an inch of their lives with doodles and sparkly gel pens.) Embroidery thread friendship bracelets in middle school. I remember making a huge poster board sized collage for my room in high school that took me hours and hours. My craft room (and dining room and desk and closest) is filled with felt and fabric, paint and paper, wood and washi tape and that makes me a happy, happy girl. And now, thanks to a generous box of goodies provided by DecoArt, it is filled to the brim with DecoArt glass paint and supplies!!
Despite my previously mentioned crafty history, this was the first time I used glass paint. But the process was so much easier than I expected and I can't wait to show you what I made with it!! With all of the get togethers and events that happen this time of year, this Summer Beverage hostess gift is a thoughtful handmade gift for your favorite hostess!
My first stop was my local Old Time Pottery and picked up the red glass carafe, the small glass jar, tray and napkins. The set of drinking glasses was from my stash and I think they are from Ross or TJ Maxx. All in all, I only spent about $15! Your local thrift store would be a great place to pick up glass items as well.
To get started, I wiped the surface of the glass with rubbing alcohol and let it dry completely. Then, I picked out the stencils and and the paint I wanted to use: Fun in the Sun Stick-On Stencil, Crystal Gloss Enamel Glass Paint in White and Crystal Gloss Enamels Glitter Glass Paint in Red and Crystal Clear. The stick on stencils are so cool – they form right around any curves in the glass. I applied paint and then carefully removed the stencil. For the shells, I used a combination of the White and Crystal Clear to paint the shells for a bit more texture. Now – this was the tough part for me – allow paint to dry for f-o-u-r days. Then, bake according to package directions. I didn't bake my red carafe since it had a stopper and rubber seal that I couldn't figure out how to remove. The moral of that story is read the directions before buying your glass, ha ha!
How about a quick picture collage to show you how easy it is to add some nautical charm to plain glassware with DecoArt glass paint? Great! I just happen to have one!
I followed these same techniques for all of my finished pieces and I LOVE how they turned out! The hint of shimmer and sparkle in the paint turned very simple everyday glass ware into pretty serving pieces that look custom and expensive!
To complete the Summer beverage hostess gift, I tucked the shell carafe, scallop shell glasses, starfish jar (great for ice, lemons, garnishes, etc.), a pair of bamboo tongs and the nautical napkins in a wicker tray.
If you are ready to shop, Americana Glass Paints are available at Michaels, JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores, Pat Catan's Craft Centers, A.C. Moore, Beverly's, and other fine craft retailers.


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Behind the Lens: The Life and Times of Bob Mizer (Part III)
Author's note: This is the third part of a four-part series designed to introduce the novice to photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer. We will post a new installment to this series on our blog each week for the next month. Part III will explore Mizer's life from 1968, the year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nudity in art wasn't obscene, to his death in 1992.
A little more than a decade after Beat poet Allen Ginsburg's poem "Howl" won a major victory when it was determined to have artistic merit, Bob Mizer claimed his own victory when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized sexual nudity in art in April 1968.
Mizer's empire continued to grow in the years leading up to the ruling. In Los Angeles, his compound specifically grew as he purchased land (and with it, structures) surrounding the house in which he grew up. Now, in the waning years of the 1960s, Mizer's domain included an office building, pool area, guest housing and even a faux woodsy outdoor set where many of his movies and still images were shot. Now free of the disapproving eyes of his mother, Delia, Mizer welcomed models into the compound, where they came and went freely, some living on the grounds for a few days, some for weeks, months or even years. A veritable zoo of animals now populated the Mizer compound, too, scattered throughout buildings and yards, where they roamed and were taken care of by Mizer's models.
And so, with the growing popularity of "Physique Pictorial" and Mizer's color films detailing the antics of scantily clad sailors, Greek gods, nymphs and cowboys, life seemed good for the artist. But there was still one restriction that hindered his work – the illegality of full-frontal nudity in art. Mizer kept his models clad in snugly-fit posing straps in order to protect himself and his art, too.
"All of that changed with the court's 1968 ruling. After that, the fig leaf fell," says Den Bell, founder and president of The Bob Mizer Foundation. "Mizer began once again freely photographing full-frontal nudity at his AMG studio, something he had not done since the mid 1940s. He had tentatively explored it a few years earlier in films that documented nudist camps, places like Ramona Ranch, Hemet and Homeland. These films really set the stage for the golden age of pornography in the early and mid-1970s."
However, with the court's ruling and nudity making its way into the pages of "Physique Pictorial" also came a change in the types of models photographed by Mizer. The models of his 1950s and early 1960s works were beefy, boy-next-door bodybuilders, almost exclusively Caucasian. Mizer began shooting more models of color to appease the diverse tastes of his audience.
More notable, though, were the types of models he shot. The angel-faced, traditionally handsome models of the 1950s gave way to more rough-trade types – criminals, porn stars, hustlers, junkies festooned with tattoos, chipped teeth and matted hair, flexing their muscles and sneering almost angrily into the camera. Mizer brought their personalities to life through his model guide, a small visual, biographical glimpse into their world. Tiny symbols that ran alongside each individual model's photo shoots denoted a certain personality trait – affable, conceited, hardworking, lazy, religious, quarrelsome. Every symbol had a meaning, and in later issues of "Physique Pictorial," it seemed that more and more models were linked to a criminal past or some nefarious activities.
Even as Mizer's denizens became more morally questionable, at least by 1970s standards, his star continued to blossom.
"Only a year before the Supreme Court's nudity ruling, Mizer shot Joe Dallesandro in the nude in the Athletic Model Guild studio, which was very bold and very like him," Bell notes. "Of course, Dallesandro was on his way to becoming a star in Andy Warhol's pop art circles."
As the 1970s progressed, more outsiders took notice of the AMG empire. A documentary, Inside AMG, was shot at the AMG studio and released in 1973; only two years later, Mizer would shoot the bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who would go on to become the governor of California in 2003.
"At that point, Mizer, it seemed, had finally crossed over from a niche market into a more mainstream audience," Bell says.
As the 1980s dawned, Mizer wisely listened to the advice of his friend and contemporary, David Hurles of Old Reliable Studios, who urged him to experiment with new video technologies. Mizer began to focus more heavily on shooting close to home and recording complete two and three hour "session videos" at that point, while balancing his work with "Physique Pictorial."
The bursts of color in his films and images were unquestionably Mizer. Here, scraggly-haired lads wrestled with one another against colorful backdrops boasting royal blue skies and purple mountains. Models appeared to soar through the air in leather restraints, suspended in time by Mizer's lens. The addition of color to his works, shot throughout various locations in and outside of his complex, conveyed a playful eroticism – and almost always nude.
At least one of Mizer's models, Ed Taylor, who had previously appeared in the AMG film "Slave Ship," lived in the compound and cared for Mizer, who was plagued by health problems in his later years. Though still very much interested in sex, his models were now de facto family members who looked after Mizer, their patriarch – after all, Mizer had taken them in, given them a place to live, taught them responsibility and the importance of good health. It was the least they could do.
Mizer's journal entries in the last few years of his life reveal a struggle with gout, an affliction of excess. In medieval times, it was believed only to strike the affluent who enjoyed fatty meats and alcohol. In a way, it seemed a fitting ailment for Mizer, who enjoyed all of the hedonism life had to offer.
In the spring of 1992, Mizer shot his last model. His failing health had made keeping up with the rigors of regular work an exhausting task. He died of cardiac arrest on the evening of May 12, 1992, leaving behind over two million still images and thousands of films. Only one month later, the heir to Mizer's estate – his brother, Joe – died, leaving everything to Wayne Stanley, who lived in the compound himself.
In mid- to late 1992, as broken props, stained mattresses, collapsed columns and antique equipment were unceremoniously hauled to dumpsters and discarded, and boxes of photographic material were sealed away in storage lockers, it seemed as if that would be the end of Bob Mizer's story. But the last-ditch effort to preserve the Mizer name and his enormous body of work was still on the horizon. Soon, a new generation of artists would learn the story of Bob Mizer.
Next week -- Part IV will chronicle the founding of The Bob Mizer Foundation and examine Mizer's lasting legacy to the art world.


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By Heather Sadusky
This story begins with a question from a caller to the television newsroom.
Where did all the Monarch butterflies in my yard from last year go?
Well, it turns out that Monarch butterfly populations are in fact greater this year than they have been in the past two years.
Their population tends to fluctuate, and the summer season isn't over yet, but some collectors of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network have noted they saw more in one day this year than all of last.
However, when looking at the long-term trend over 10 to 15 years, the Monarch butterfly population has been steadily declining.
A recent study indicated the possible negative effects road salt can have on butterflies, but Monarch specialist Doug Taron from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum said that wouldn't even make his list of problems.
The biggest issue is the Monarch's loss of food and habitat, the milkweed plant.
With recent developments in agriculture, "round-up ready" corn has become a dominant crop because it's been genetically modified to be resistant to the pesticide Round-Up.
This means fields of round-up ready corn can be treated with the pesticide and remain unaffected, while all the other "weeds" and undesirable pests are killed off.
This includes milkweed, the Monarch butterfly's only food source.
Additionally, the push for biofuels several years ago caused fields to be cleared for growing biofuel crops (soy, corn, etc), further diminishing milkweed from the landscape.
Other occurrences like disease and predation can have an effect on Monarch populations, but are part of the natural order.
Some, though, believe that the practice of rearing monarchs for celebrations such as weddings is spreading disease, which is not entirely unfounded.
Today, we are in the middle of a generation of Monarch butterflies who originated in Illinois and will die in Illinois, but not after laying their eggs that will hatch in about 4-6 weeks.
Those offspring will become adults during a time of year when there is less sunlight, causing them to live longer and to fly south, migrating to Mexico for our winter.
The whole circuit from Illinois to Mexico and back across the span of a year takes about four generations of Monarch butterflies to complete.
While scientists can't pinpoint an exact, direct cause for the decrease in populations, continue planting your milkweeds if you'd like to continue seeing Monarchs!
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum hosts butterfly releases every day at 2 p.m.


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Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB full review
As well as its well-known line in computer memory, Kingston Technology is now becoming as recognised for its wide range of solid-state storage drives.
Relatively affordable drives such as the Kingston SSDNowV+ were never intended to be state-of-the-art; instead they did a great job of popularising the technology through more accessible pricing, along with upgrade kits to simplify the job of exchanging internal drives, bundling external drive enclosures and software.
Standing proud now at the top of the company's range though is a formidable-looking flagship model, the Kingston HyperX SSD. And this slab of storage does promise the kind of performance to blow even the fussiest of enthusiast's socks off.
Among the standout specs we see touted for the Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB are sequential reads of 555MB/s and writes of 510MB/s. Those figures are very close to the measured performance of another drive we recently tested, the Patriot Memory Wildfire 240GB, with its 559/508 megabytes per second recorded results for read and writes.
If those advertised and measured results for the competing drives look similar, it's because they share the same key technology.
While the provenance of Patriot Memory's NAND flash is not listed, we believe it to be Toshiba 25nm MLC type. The Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB here is said to be using Intel 25nm MLC NAND flash.
But the greater influence on actual handling comes from the SSD controller. Both drives take exactly the same processor, the SandForce SF2281.
As such, it carries our standard caveat concerning manufacturers' favoured results versus actual speeds: the SandForce controller uses a fast compression/decompression DSP to accelerate its data transfers and thereby hit those impressive speeds.
This technique may benefit certain real-world files such as system dll and plist files, text documents and spreadsheets; but these are tiny files, compared to the video and music and ISO images that most demand and should realise these scorching sequential read/write transfers.
Such media files and disk images are not readily compressible any more than they already are, for example throough MPEG or JPEG lossy compression coding schemes. The data pattern within these files is quite random, so they do not squash down like the continuous 0s or 1s datasets favoured by many synthetic benchmark apps.
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Marketed at enthusiasts, including gamers who seem to like a little bling to their hardware, the Kingston HyperX SSD comes in a stylish chassis of blue plastic with brushed metal top plate and heavier die-cast base. As such, at 110g, it's a little heavier than some SSDs that capitalise on their freedom from motors and spinning discs to present a lower overall weight.
The Kingston HyperX SSD is available as a bare drive for around £360 or as part of an upgrade kit for £400. Select the kit, and you receive an external enclosure for your old drive. This is a smart plastic case with USB 2.0 interface, and a handy finger-lockable sliding cover on the back.
Also in the box is a metal mounting plate in matching blue, to install the drive in spaces made for 3.5in disks; a blue SATA cable; and a natty screwdriver with three hex-mounted tips, two cross-head and one flat blade.
A software CD-ROM adds Acronis True Image HD software for Windows. This can be used to help clone an existing system drive onto the new SSD.
Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB: Performance
In a simple sequential transfer test with the ATTO benchmark tool, the Kingston HyperX SSD scored very close to the Patriot Wildfire. Reads peaked at 558MB/s while writes hit an even quicker 525MB/s, just giving the Kingston the edge here in large-file data writing.
HD Tune Pro showed a familiar signature in its graph plots of write speed versus capacity; little spikey waves rising above a level 451MB/s, the small spikes nudging 485MB/s. Compared to wild oscillating plots that some SSDs record under stressed sequential writing conditions, such as the Crucial M4, it's a steadier transfer characteristic in that benchmark's standard dataset.
CrystalDiskMark reported transfers closer to the 500MB/s point using compressible data, specifically 507MB/s for reading and 491MB/s for writing. And smaller-sized 512kB data was not far behind, at 444 and 462MB/s respectively.
Using randomised data here to more closely mimic files from the real world, the Kingston HyperX SSD showed a read speed of 492MB/s but now just 302MB/s when writing.
While circa-300MB/s is significantly lower than the circa-500MB/s reported when writing a string of 1s (0xFF dataset) – a 65% drop in performance – it wasn't quite as conspicuous a difference as we saw with the Patriot Wildfire, which plummeted from 475MB/s to 256MB/s in the same test (a 85% reduction in performance, when comparing compressible to randomised data).
At the very small file size level, revealed by CrystalDiskMark's '4K QD32' test, the Kingston HyperX SSD also held up very well. Even with random data, the benchmark reported 265MB/s writes and 228MB/s reads. Those are terrific speeds that really bode well for a fast-feeling computer interface.
Perhaps the best indicator of actual file-juggling agility under pressure is the input/output operations per second (IOPS) figure. While not as fast in random writes as the Crucial M4 we tested, the Kingston HyperX SSD nonetheless could reach 60.4k IOPS in writing and 52.6k IOPS in reading, as reported by the AS SSD benchmark's 4K-64Thrd test.
The Crucial M4 came in with 84.2k and 40.3k IOPS in the same test, suggesting a swings-and-roundabouts trade in performance between the drives' read and write capabilities.
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The Government shares my own commitment to maintaining high standards of animal welfare at slaughter, and there are strict legal requirements in place. In slaughterhouses, these requirements are monitored and enforced by Official Veterinarians of the Food Standards Agency to ensure that animals are spared unnecessary suffering, distress or pain during the slaughter process.
CCTV, as with other monitoring methods, does have limitations and relies on businesses to monitor their operations appropriately. The Government is unconvinced of the need for further legislation at this time, but is keeping the need for CCTV under review.
As part of this ongoing consideration the committee that advises the Government on farm animal welfare has reviewed the effectiveness of CCTV in verifying the welfare of animals in slaughterhouses.
The committee reported earlier this year and while it did not recommend legislation to make CCTV mandatory, it did express the view that CCTV can be beneficial to animal welfare at slaughter. It further recommended that all assurance scheme operators, food retailers and others in the food chain should require that CCTV be installed in slaughterhouses associated with them. I can assure you that the Government will give this report full consideration.


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In the SyFy original movie Red: Werewolf Hunter, actress Felicia Day takes on her first leading role as Red, a descent of Little Red Riding Hood. When she brings her fiancé home to meet the family, he learns that the family business is werewolf hunting, but is skeptical until bitten by a werewolf, and Red tries to save him as her family insists he must be killed.
Best known for her work with Joss Whedon, as Vi on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Penny in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Mag on Dollhouse, along with her original web series The Guild, now in its fourth season, Felicia Day talked to Collider for this exclusive interview. In it, she discussed the physicality involved with being a werewolf hunter and getting into the best shape of her life so that she could kick some butt, the enjoyment from the creative freedom she gets in making The Guild, having her own comic, getting to voice characters for video games, and how she owes her career to Joss Whedon. She also talked about her upcoming role on SyFy's Eureka and expressed her desire to someday play an evil villain. Check out what she had to say after the jump:
Question: Have you always wanted to be an actress? How did that come about for you?
FELICIA DAY: I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress. She got a degree in theater and she has a children's theater, even now, in Alabama. She was the one who pushed me into acting and she made me audition for Scout in "To Kill A Mockingbird," and that was the first audition I ever got. I even won an award for it, for Best Young Performer in a little theater. That was the first thing I ever did. Then, I got back into it through musicals because I was really into dance. I auditioned to be in the chorus of "Oklahoma!" and that ushered in my whole experience with theater and doing musicals.
And then, I eventually started taking singing lessons because the singers always got treated better than the dancers. I also branched out into more acting. After that, I just always kept acting, even when I was in college. It was not through the theater department because they didn't really like film majors taking classes, but I would do local community theater, here and there, because it was so much fun. I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical "get up and go" attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city. Obviously, there were a lot of wake-up calls and situations there, but slowly but surely, I found my acting niche. But, it proved a bit too narrow, which is why I branched out from there.
How did you come to be a part of Red: Werewolf Hunter?
DAY: I believe it was a combination of SyFy and one of the producers, Angela Mancuso. She was aware of some of the things that I was doing in new media, and Syfy new me through my online activities and Dr. Horrible. When they called and said, "Would you like to do this job?," it was exciting because that had never happened to me before on a project. It just seemed like a cool combination of all the things I love, and it seemed like it would be an awesome life experience, as well as just a really fun and wonderful acting experience. I'm always being doing everything on my sets, and I was doing a lot of my own sets, at the time. So, just the idea of being able to go away for a month and really just concentrate on the acting was just a wonderful opportunity for me.
What can you say about the film and who you're playing in it?
DAY: It's a movie about secrets. Basically, my character wants to be able to come clean and live a whole life. She has this secret burden of being a werewolf hunter and she has a fiancé who she wants to come clean to. It's a very small ensemble, and it was really interesting, the way that that worked. We're dealing with the supernatural and large fight scenes, but at the same time, it's really just about this family, and the struggle and burden of responsibility, which seems to be a running theme in paranormal stories. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's nice to have it grounded underneath the storytelling, and all of the werewolves and everything. And, it is definitely fun to stab people, or pretend to stab them. I didn't stab anyone for real.
How does it relate to the Little Red Riding Hood story? Are these characters descendants?
DAY: Yeah, it's sort of a family legacy. It's a legacy they have to control the wolves. It's more driven and inspired by fairy tales. I'm a huge fan of fairy tales. I wanted to be a folklore minor in college. I've always been obsessed with fairy tales, just because that's where all our storytelling comes from. So, the idea of taking these traditional stories and making something more modern out of it is a really clever idea. It's really fun to be a part of it.
What was the work-out and training schedule like for this? How physically intense was this role for you?
DAY: I have to say that I think I was in the best shape of my life for this movie. I got really disciplined and worked out every day, starting three weeks before. It was kind of late when they called me to do it because the movie came together pretty quickly, so I just got very serious. I said, "I'm going to be in shape, I'm not going to eat carbs and I'm going to do all the girlie actress things." Being the lead is a big responsibility. You might have the biggest trailer, but you also are in every scene, you're first in and last out on every day, and you get paranoid about every little thing. I tried not to get too caught up in that because that's not really the point, but at the same time, I did take getting in shape seriously because I wanted to make sure that it's believable. I didn't want to be huffing and puffing, every time I did a fight sequence. My character definitely needed to be in shape. It was actually a really fun challenge. I went to the location a little bit early to work with the stunt coordinator. He did a lot of Parkour moves in the fight sequences, which was very cool. It's a lot more visceral and close than traditional fight scenes, which makes it feel more real.
Did you find that you enjoyed doing this kind of physicality?
DAY: I've always enjoyed it. I came from a dance background, so that's what I did my whole teenage years. I was at the dance studio a lot. It just becomes your social scene and part of your life. To me, even from the beginning of my acting career, I've always done a lot of physical comedy. On Buffy, I had some really big moves in the finale, "Chosen." They were like, "We're going to put you on a wire. Are you okay with that?" And, I was like, "Bring it on!" I wish the schedule had allowed me to do even more fighting, but I got to do quite a bit. When I would go home at night, I would have bruises all over my knees and my elbows, and all my joints hurt a little bit, but it felt good. Part of acting is really grounding yourself physically, in your body, so that was really good.
Did using a gun come easy for you, or did you have to get used to that?
DAY: I grew up in Texas, so guns were not unfamiliar to me. And, for Dollhouse, I did "Epitaph One" and "Epitaph Two," and I held a gun through most of those two episodes. They were actually really long shoots for those episodes, and they were very intense. We were shooting all the time. I was OCD about making the prop guy, the special effects guys and stunt guys instruct me on how to look good holding the gun, and I would carry it around all the time. At first, it felt foreign, but I got to the point where it became more like second nature. That was a huge advantage for me, going into this movie, having done that role on Dollhouse. After that, I actually asked my dad in Texas to take me shooting because I wanted to feel how a real gun is shot. That experience helped me understand how easy it is to actually shoot a real gun. It's an intimidating experience, so it was good to do that under safe conditions. My dad was quite delighted that he got to show me.
Was it more exciting or nerve-wracking to take on a lead role like this? Was it something you felt you were ready to do?
DAY: I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I've never had a role where I wasn't intimidated by it. But, at the same time, there's an Eleanor Roosevelt quote that says you should do something every day that scares you because that makes you grow. That's what you learn from, versus the things you know you can do well. Having done The Guild, I'm the lead in that as well and, at the same time, I'm also the writer and I co-produce it, so I did feel like it was perfect timing between Season 3 and Season 4. I definitely felt like it was something that I wanted to dig my teeth into, and I felt like I was capable of doing it, considering the different kind of roles that I've played. I definitely think the role on Dollhouse gave me the confidence to embrace that. This is not a light movie. It has a lot of horror overtones in it, which was a change of pace and a wonderful challenge. Having great actors to work with always brings your game up, and I just really enjoyed working with this ensemble. There weren't a lot of actors in the cast, so we were very close. It just became a relaxed and enjoyable environment to work in.
Did your involvement with SyFy for this lead to you doing Eureka?
DAY: I do a lot of conventions and I know a lot of those actors, and there are so many cross-pollenations between SyFy and me. I'm a huge sci-fi fan and I'm a fan of a lot of the stuff they do. I think Eureka was driven more by the show runner, Jaime Paglia. He's one of the producers and he wrote the first episode that I did. I know that they were aware of my work. And, Wil Wheaton, who had been on an episode in the earlier part of Season 4, introduced me to Jaime at a convention. So, I'm not sure exactly what came first there, but I think it might have been more from the writing side. Clearly, SyFy approved me and they like the work that I do. It's really flattering to be able to do two projects with them.
What can you say about your character and how she'll fit into the overall story?
DAY: I play Dr. Holly Martin, and I'm an awkward scientist brought into Eureka. There's definitely relationship juggling and introducing tension between me and Fargo (Neil Grayston) and Dr. Isaac Parrish, who's played by Wil Wheaton. It was really fun to work with Wil again because he did my show, The Guild, the last two seasons. It's been my longest job on one set since Buffy. I think I'm in at least eight episodes, for the back end of their season. I've never been on a nicer set. Everybody is so welcoming. I felt like I really am part of the family.
With as unpredictable as this business can be, does it help to step onto a show that already has established success?
DAY: Oh, yeah. It is great, but at the same time, it's a little intimidating. This cast and crew has been working together non-stop for years. It's always funny, when I've done guest appearances on different television shows. You go onto a set and you're the new guy, and everybody else is very comfortable. It's not like a movie where everybody is getting together for the first time. Even if you have a small part, you're a little bit more organically part of the whole. So, sometimes you stick out and don't feel very comfortable when you're a guest actor on a TV show because they know you're going to come in and then leave. I've been on Eureka for an extended period of time now, but at the same time, on the first day, the actors made me feel like part of the family and it made it so much more enjoyable an experience. You feel comfortable to do what you really want to do with the role, versus feeling like you're really just a guest there.
How did you get involved with doing voices for video games?
DAY: I think that that's part of my just being a part of the video game world. It's definitely 100% because of The Guild and Dr. Horrible and my online life. That's where I feel the most at home, in a sense, because that's where I've really forged ahead and made my own thing. People know my work and they call up because they want to hire me for video games that I'm a huge fan of. I just had "Rock of the Dead" and "Fallout: New Vegas" come out, and I did voices in both of those projects. Those were both people who were just familiar with my work and they called to see if I was interested. In both instances, I was just so flattered and bowled over that I just became a fangirl myself when I got the call. I grew up with video games and TV on equal footing, and I think more and more people are growing up like that, so my fandom is equally as enthusiastic in both of those arenas.
What has that experience of doing the voice work been like, as an actor?
DAY: Doing voice work is new, but at the same time, you just have to learn to act in a different way, a little more demonstratively. You have to think about the fact that nobody can see your face, so you have to express yourself a lot more vocally. It's challenging, but at the same time, it's really, really fun. When they tell you to grunt like you're being hit, you don't necessarily get to do that in TV all that often.
For someone who might not be familiar with The Guild, how did the idea originally come about and how difficult was it to make that happen?
DAY: The Guild just became a passion project for me. I've been an actor in Hollywood for eight or nine years now and, having found my niche, I was making a good living, but I wasn't really creatively fulfilled. I felt like I was getting more and more pigeonholed into this one-note character, so in my off time, I decided to write something. I had just come off of a horrible "World of Warcraft" addiction, where I was playing for nine hours a day, so I realized that there was a void that needed to be filled before I went back to playing video games and I decided to write a TV pilot. They always say, "Write what you know," so I wrote it about a group of online gamers because that's really what I've done all my life. I was home-schooled, so playing with people online has been something I've done since I was six or seven years old. So, that just became a TV script that nobody really wanted to do because it was too niche.
And then, my producer, Kim Evey, came in and she had the idea to do it for the web as a web series. At the time, there weren't really a lot of web series at all. There were a couple, like Lonely Girl, but other than that, it was very much more just one-offs and sketches and things like that. So, we just decided to do the first couple of episodes on our own dime. After that, we put up a PayPal button and our viewers actually got us through a whole season of episodes, which will be the thing I'm most proud of doing. People actually donated to keep us going. That's such a gratifying way to have started all this. It just feels very authentic and real to me, and I couldn't be more flattered.
And then, after Season 2, we got picked up by Microsoft and Sprint, who has sponsored us for three seasons now, on all the Microsoft portals. It's one of the longest-running web series online. We have millions of views and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. That's the funny thing. People find things on the web when they find them, so I get more and more people every day saying, "I just discovered The Guild," and we just celebrated our third year anniversary a month ago. It's just amazing. To me, it's so gratifying to be able to still have that grassroots spirit with our show, and be able to get instant feedback from people. It's been an amazing roller coaster ride and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Has your work on The Guild given you the desire to write, produce or direct in another medium as well?
DAY: I enjoy working on a set where we have more resources, and just being an actor is great because I can focus on one thing and do it to the best of my ability, but at the same time, I know that graduating to TV as a creator would be a completely different lifestyle for me. I have complete creative control on The Guild. Microsoft and Sprint have faith in me that every season I'll deliver something similar to the last season that's of the same quality. They don't really impose anything upon us, as far as creative decisions. But, once you get into TV budgets, the way that TV has generally worked is that there's extensive development, there are a lot of people who have opinions for marketing, and there are all these other departments. It's a lot to have to juggle.
The thing that really attracts me is inventing new ways to do things, and I think that they Internet is a place where somebody can have an idea and they can put it up online the next day. There's no barrier there, and there's no marginalization of characters and story. You don't have to appeal to everyone. For me, it's very tempting to try to be able to pay my bills better doing a TV pilot or delving into that world more, but I honestly really get a thrill when we do something that somebody has never done before.
On The Guild, every single thing that we do, nobody has ever done before. I find that to be more exciting and more inspirational. And, the fact that other people see what I've done and want to do it, and want to do it better, and want to invent new ways to do things as well, that's just a better legacy, in general. It makes me prouder of what I do, every day. It would have to be a very special project that I felt could be done nowhere else. The long eye of it is that TV and film and Internet are all going to meld, so it's really just about who's going to invent what the standard is, and I don't think that's there yet. I'm ready to be a part of that part of it.
What was it like to also spawn a comic book from The Guild?
DAY: It was amazing. That was just something that I didn't really set out to do, but I knew Scott Alley over at Dark Horse for the Dr. Horrible comic and through Joss [Whedon], and he's the one that pursued me to do it. I know comics, but I would never call myself a comic expert. I think comic book experts are the most well-educated geeks in their area. It was almost intimidated and I didn't even know if I wanted to try because I didn't want to mess anything up. But, Scott persuaded me to try to do it.
Having done three issues of a prequel into the web series, he persuaded me to do five more, and I'm working on that right now, as I'm working on Eureka. It's five stand-alones about all the other characters in The Guild. The biggest thing I've taken away from comic book storytelling is that you have to be brief and you also have to be visual. I don't direct. We have amazing directors who do The Guild. And, it definitely has made me appreciate visual storytelling more, versus just thinking about the script. The comic book writer is also the D.P. and director of the art form, versus just being responsible for the script as a screenwriter. It's definitely been a learning lesson.
With the comic book, the video games and your work on the Internet, do you feel like you have the ideal career for your own tastes?
DAY: I'm living the best life. Sometimes I get really stressed because it's just a lot. I would be rewarded for it on a much higher level and not have to work quite as hard, if I were on the TV and movie side, so sometimes I just get a little burned out about it. But, at the same time, the cool thing is that, when I get people who like what I do, those are people I'm fans of. I've carved a career out for myself, where every time somebody offers me something, I'm a fan of their work. I'm exactly doing what I want to do, and I'm definitely talking to the same people who I admire. I think that's just an honor. I feel like I'm really blessed. I don't need to be known by every single person in the world to have a great career. I think that's something that a lot of people should take to heart. If you're doing something you really love, on the Internet you can find other people who love that thing as well and who will enjoy what you do, and it really is enough, in this world. The world is too big to please everybody.
At what point did you realize you were good at comedy? Did it come naturally for you?
DAY: I considered myself more dramatic and I never did any comedy until I started taking improv classes in L.A. I had a horrible experience in a scene study class, where I had a horrible, abusive teacher, so I quit acting. And then, somebody told me to take some improv, so that I could just get out of my head, and improv is the basis of everything I do now. Just being able to not ruminate or be inhibited, and really find who you are unconsciously, is all improv. Even when you're doing drama, the root of it is improv. It's spontaneous because, in life, we're always doing improv. That was a huge revelation for me. I had no idea I was funny at all. It's something I had to discover. That's why it's always good to try new things. I never would have done improv unless somebody had pushed me to do it. It was terrifying to me. But, most of the things that I've done that have terrified me have turned out to be the most amazing things in my life. It's just overcoming fear.
What has working with Joss Whedon done for your career, and how has it enriched your acting?
DAY: I owe every single thing to Joss. My whole career is owed to Joss, and I'll never forget that. He's a huge hero to me, in many ways. Just the fact that I am able to work with him and call him by his first name, even, is always a constant. He is one of the people in the Hollywood machine who maintains his voice, and that's so incredibly difficult. You have to appreciate that. Just from Buffy to everything that he's involved me in, and just him being a mentor and a friend, I couldn't be more privileged. I owe everything to him because his fanbase is a lot of the people who support what I do as well.
You can't equal the Whedonverse in the world of fandom, as far as loyalty and kindness. That's something that's the most enjoyable and touching. You can't really say that, on the Internet, there's a huge group of people who can be known for kindness and support, and I think Whedon fans are those people. It constantly floors me how considerate, kind and supportive the fans are. With every single thing I get to do, I sometimes wake up and am like, "Wow, I'm really doing everything that I would be a fan of, in real life." Now that I have so many opportunities, I have to turn down a lot of things. My bottom line is really, "Would I be a fan of this? Would I enjoy this? Is this going to be a great life experience?" The blessing of being successful is being overwhelmed a little bit, and I didn't know that was going to happen. So, that's my baseline for deciding what to do, every day.
Do you have any dream projects you're hoping to do, in the future, or things you haven't gotten to do yet, that you'd love to be able to do?
DAY: Yeah. I love fantasy and I think that there's a lot to be done in that genre that hasn't been done. When I see Game of Thrones being done (for HBO), I wish I were British because being in that would make me die. I'd love to be somebody evil and play a villain. I think that would be really interesting, and it's something I've never done before. Those are things that are on my list of, "Hey, if nobody else writes it for me, I guess I'll have to write it for myself." And, I'd love to be in a spacesuit. Those are things I have on a list. I've already been able to kill some zombies, or zombie-like people on Dollhouse, so check on that one. And, I got to kill werewolves in Red. One of the reasons I wanted to do it was because of the werewolf hunting. I was like, "Yes, I can do that. That will be an experience." There's a long list of things, and I always write them down. If I can't play them, at least one day I can write them.


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A psychopathic sex offender has been set free again in British Columbia, after being briefly detained, despite the revelation that he was "harassing a vulnerable female" near the halfway house where he's under supervision and other troubling discoveries. Authorities expressed "significant concern" after learning that Donald Gazley (inset) secretly struck up a pen-pal relationship with a female sex offender in a U.S. prison – a woman who helped a man abuse her daughters. Gazley has a three-decades long criminal record that includes sex crimes against children and vulnerable adults and a conviction for involvement in a murder. He appears to be a rare and particularly dangerous offender – a sexual psychopath who preys on children and adults, male and female. Most offenders like him resist treatment and never stop committing crimes.
Gazley was taken into federal custody on February 16, 2016, seven weeks after he was released from a penitentiary in British Columbia. Sources tell me that Gazley had been released to a community residential facility, a site similar to a halfway house, in North Vancouver. His eight-year sentence for sex crimes committed in Ottawa, Ontario had expired but he was subject to a 10-year supervision order that included seven special conditions. The supervision order is a seldom-used legal leash reserved for dangerous, persistent criminals, particularly sex offenders who resist treatment.
In late April, the parole board reviewed the troubling discoveries about Gazley's behaviour during his seven weeks of freedom and decided to turn him loose again. His case management team recommended to the board that the suspension of his release be cancelled, even though the board was given "no further details about who you apparently harassed or how you harassed her," according to the written record of the April 21, 2016 parole decision (read entire document below).
Gazley denied the harassment allegation.
"At your post-suspension interview when you were told by [Correctional Service Canada] that you were harassing a vulnerable female to the point in which she felt concerned for her safety, you claimed you had no recollection of doing so," the parole document states.
Gazley is an admitted, chronic liar and manipulator. He confessed, during his testimony during a murder trial in Ontario in 2002, to lying "almost … all the time" when talking to police about the murder, before striking a deal for a lenient sentence in exchange for his testimony against the killer. Gazley was diagnosed in 1991, during a prison evaluation by a psychiatrist, as a "classic psychopath with all the typical features of superficial charm and good intelligence, manipulativeness, lack of true remorse, untruthfulness and insincerity." (Learn more about Gazley's past and psychopaths in this story and podcast).
Gazley has continued to reoffend despite going through many treatment programs during his multiple terms in prison and jail. His criminal record begins in 1977. Treatments given to sexual psychopaths "have shown little or no reduction in recidivism rates," according to research by forensic psychologist Stephen Porter, an expert on psychopaths. His research shows that Gazley fits into a category of criminals who "can be expected to offend early, persistently, and often violently across the lifespan." (Porter appears in Episode 4 of the Cancrime podcast)
Gazley was turned loose again by the parole board despite the alarming discoveries about his behaviour. New conditions were imposed that require him to continue living at a community based facility for another year, to immediately report any attempts to initiate sexual and non sexual friendships with females, not to associate with anyone involved in criminal activity or substance abuse and not to be "in, near or around places where children under the age of 18 are likely to congregate such as elementary and secondary schools, parks, swimming pools and recreational centres unless accompanied by an adult previously approved in writing by your parole supervisor."
In addition to his sex-offending pen pal and his harassment of a female, authorities also found in his room at the halfway house a pamphlet for a youth business program. Many of Gazley's victims have been boys and girls aged 11 to 14. A search of his room also turned up a list of names of federal offenders, including their confidential FPS (fingerprint sheet) numbers. Gazley claimed he was given the list when he was a peer counsellor in prison.
The new conditions were imposed on Gazley's renewed freedom because he appears to be testing the boundaries of his supervision order and challenging authorities charged with watching him.
Despite his history of abusing vulnerable adults and children, and despite specific direction that he cannot "take on any role of trust, coaching or volunteering with community members," he asked, after his release from prison in December, if he could volunteer as an English teacher for refugees. He was refused permission. He also has asked if he can work at a university campus in a position related to prison health care. On another occasion, Gazley asked staff at the halfway house to help him apply for a pass to attend a community centre so he could exercise and go swimming. Gazley also argued with his case management team, according to the recent parole record, when he was told he could not socialize with other sex offenders in the community. His case management team "notes the concern is significant given that associates have been a factor in your offending."
Gazley has proven problematic for staff supervising him. He has complained that they have "spoken down" to him. He claims that he has been "isolated in the community" and he has expressed frustration at the way his case has been managed. The parole document reveals that, before Gazley was released from penitentiary in December, another inmate accused Gazley of sexually assaulting him.
The parole board decided to set Gazley free again because it concluded that he does not presently pose "a substantial risk of reoffending."
"You are clearly a challenge for your [case management team] to manage," the board stated. "You are argumentative and oppositional but to date you have apparently not breached any of your special conditions or disregarded the clear instructions of your CMT to the point that you have become unmanageable or that you were preparing to do so."
The written record of the decision by the Parole Board of Canada April 21, 2016, lifting the suspension of Gazley's release:
» Listen to Gazley in manipulation mode in Episode 4 of the Cancrime podcast
» Gazley's parole records from 2013-16


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Reese turned one at the end of November.
{I'm finally posting this, after 2.5 months}
We decided to have a birthday party for her in the middle of December
after my husband's finals were finished.
When I saw this vintage, rainbow hot air balloon birthday party
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I knew I had to do it too.
And since I found a great deal I was able to buy her printable party package on etsy.
This woman was the hit of the party.
All the kids loved their balloons that she made.
It didn't take her long to dig into this cake.
Don't know what we'd do without her.
She's such a special little girl who makes me so happy.
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I'm going to keep this short, because as you may have guessed by the title of this story things may not have panned out quite the way we expected. A few days back Image Line (the makers of FL Studio) announced they had sampled an original Roland TB-303 and would now destroy it. They took requests. We felt destroying a piece of music history wasn't the best way to deal with a classic synth and posted about it here.
So, a few days have passed. The reactions were strong back then, how are you feeling now? And most importantly what really happened to the TB-303?
Here's the video showing what Image Line did to the vintage music machine... even if you're squeamish about things being harmed (like me) it's worth perservering and watching this short video to the end...
Spoiler alert: Don't read this if you want the full impact of the video... but basically, the real Roland TB-303 was not harmed at all during the making of the video above.
Here's what our friends at Image Line tell us about the video and about your chance to win a genuine Roland TB-303 if you buy Transistor Bass:
"We made the video and it's even hard for us to watch it! Here's what we did: We took a Cyclone TT-303 and removed the internals, inserted a fake 3D-Printed circuit board and knob (notice one gets hit with the saw look carefully at the last moment and you will see the change). We then filmed the genuine Roland TB-303 on the saw and swapped it out at the last moment for the Cyclone TT-303 (the case with fake internals). That's why there's duct-taped end-stops on the saw, so we could position both units exactly. As the genuine TB-303 and clone TT-303 cases are identical, it was easy to composite the two videos in post. If you pay careful attention to the guard on the saw, you can see small errors in the video mask. Yes we did cut up the TT-303 case, but its now reassembled, working and nicely 'modded'. Of course, no genuine TB-303 was harmed in the making of this video. However, we still see some people on social media claiming we faked the fake and destroyed both! What you gonna do? But! If you believe both still exist, read on."
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1985 Porsche 944 – Today's Sportscar Tempter
'80s icon!
The Porsche 944 is a two-door sportscar that was built between 1982 and 1991 by the Stuttgart firm.
Seen as the bigger brother of the 924, the 944 utilised a reworked version of the 924s platform but ditched the 924s underpowered, Volkswagen derived 2.0lt inline four-cylinder in favour of an all new, all-alloy 2.5lt inline four-cylinder complete with dual balance shafts.
Throughout the 944s lifespan, the displacement of the four-pot donk grew from 2.5lt to 2.7lt and then 3.0lt, depending on what model customers chose.
In addition, the 2.5lt was also turbocharged for the 944 Turbo and Turbo S models which were introduced in 1985 and 1988 respectively.
The shove from these donks was sent to the 944s rear wheels via either a three-speed automatic or a five-speed manual transmission.
Initially, customers were only able to purchase the 944 as a two-door coupe, however, in 1989 Porsche released the 944 S2 Cabriolet.
The 944 was a highly successful model for Porsche, with over 163,000 models being sold in its nine-year lifespan.
This particular 944 is an '85 model and, according to the seller, the vehicle has had the same owner for the past 27 years.
In addition, the seller adds that the vehicle comes with its service books, a lift-out sunroof, air-conditioning and power steering.
The 944 is $19,500 and anyone interested in this classic Germanic sportscar can view the full listing here.
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Streaming video site Hulu's owners call off sale
After searching fruitlessly for months, the owners of streaming video site Hulu have stopped looking for a buyer.
Walt Disney, 21st Century Fox and NBC Universal said they would keep their ownership stakes and invest $750m (£496m) to help the site grow.
"We believe the best path forward for Hulu is a meaningful recapitalisation," said Fox president Chase Carey.
Direct TV and AT&T were reported to have submitted bids of $1bn in recent months.
Hulu's owners "had meaningful conversations with a number of potential partners and buyers, each with impressive plans and offers to match," said Mr Carey. But in the end, the companies decided the best way forward was to continue to invest in the site and to use its technology to compete against rival Netflix.
Hulu has more than 30 million monthly visitors and generates revenue of more than $700m through subscriptions and a free ad-supported service.
"Hulu has emerged as one of the most consumer friendly, technologically innovative viewing platforms in the digital era," said Disney chief executive Bob Iger in a statement.
A buyer for Hulu property had previously been sought in 2011.