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Innovation has always been a messy business, a twisting path of colliding ideas and accidental discoveries. What has changed over time is not how we innovate but where we innovate.
Bruce J. Katz, who founded the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program and is an author of the "Metropolitan Revolution," said it had shifted from research parks and suburban corporate campuses to companies that work with networks of researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.
And innovation isn't limited to start-ups. Cities are undertaking groundbreaking projects to remake themselves physically, culturally and economically. —Eilene Zimmerman
CHICAGOStony Island Savings & Loan
Cities are full of restored buildings. But perhaps none has quite the significance of the Stony Island Savings & Loan on Chicago's South Side. With holes in its roof and pieces falling onto the sidewalk below, it was closed in the 1980s. Now the 17,000-square-foot neoclassical building has been brought back to life by Theaster Gates Jr., an artist and professor at the University of Chicago who lives in the impoverished neighborhood. He bought the property from the city for $1 and raised money for the restoration through his nonprofit Rebuild Foundation, which has the goal of revitalizing neighborhoods one building at a time.
The idea was to do more than just restore a building, however. In a neighborhood that is 97 percent black, the center celebrates African-American culture in a place where there had been no cultural center at all.
It reopened in October as the Stony Island Arts Bank, with collections, exhibits and programs that focus on emerging and established artists of color, said Amy Schachman, director of strategic operations for the foundation.
Among them is the book collection of John H. Johnson, the founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, and the record collection of the disc jockey Frankie Knuckles. Perhaps most unusual is the bank's "negrobilia" collection — assembled by a lifelong South Side resident, Edward J. Williams— 4,000 objects and images with stereotypical depictions of minorities dating from the 19th century.
KANSAS CITY, MO.Westport Commons
Kansas City, Mo., will soon have the largest co-working space in the world, one that was a large vacant middle school in the city's center. It will also be among the most diverse co-working spaces — places shared by people working for more than one employer — with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The former sports field will be a large urban farm and the headquarters of Cultivate Kansas City.
Why a vacant school? Because Kansas City has a lot of them, so many that in 2011 it started an initiative to sell, lease or reuse them. Of the 39 that were vacant, one was Westport Middle School, built in the 1920s.
In December, Sustainable Development Partners Kansas City, in partnership with a co-working company, Plexpod, began work to convert the school into a huge co-working space it has named Westport Commons.
The developer also has development rights to the vacant, 212,000-square-foot Westport High School, which sits across the street on 9.5 acres. It is envisioned as Phase 2 of the project. The campus will house event spaces and a recording studio, lab, game room, coffee shop, barbershop, fitness center and food bar. And it should be able to accommodate more than 50 companies and over 150 entrepreneurs.
Kansas City has become a hub for tech start-ups. It was the first community to receive Google Fiber, which is much faster than basic broadband.
NEWARK, NJTriangle Park
The city of Newark is undertaking a major revitalization that includes Riverfront Park, 31 acres of land on the Passaic River that was once home to a smelting plant and that required environmental remediation to make it usable. In February, Newark's City Council passed legislation allowing the development of 22 acres of vacant land around the Prudential Center Arena, creating what will be known as Triangle Park. The park, which will link Newark Penn Station, the Prudential Center Arena and the Ironbound District, will be the centerpiece of a plan to reinvigorate downtown and increase the city's tax base. The cost of the project is estimated at $30 million.
The park will be pedestrian-friendly and will include restaurants and bars, as well as 2.5 acres of green space. Deputy Mayor Baye Adofo-Wilson said the goal was "to bring vibrancy back to some of the more distressed neighborhoods within the city."
AeroFarms, an indoor, aeroponic farm whose global headquarters are in Newark, is building the world's largest indoor vertical farm on Rome Street in the Ironbound section, in a 70,000-square-foot former steel mill. Once fully running, it is expected to produce as much as two million pounds of leafy greens each year.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Creative Corridors Bridges
Many cities have indelible images associated with them, like the Empire State Building in New York, the Space Needle in Seattle and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Now Winston-Salem, N.C., will have one, too — 11 beautiful bridges across a one-mile stretch of highway that cuts through its downtown. The bridge project is the result of work by theCreative Corridors Coalition, a volunteer nonprofit organization in Winston-Salem formed to capitalize on the North Carolina Transportation Department plans to rebuild Route 421, known locally as Business 40.
That renovation plan includes replacing 11 aging bridges, and Creative Corridors wants to rebuild them as "green, artful and iconic," said Kristen Ford Haaf, its board's chairwoman. The bridge design upgrades and enhancements will cost $20 million. Eight of the bridges will receive significant upgrades and three will have major redesigns to transform them into symbols of the city.
The transportation department is hiring a contractor. The first of the bridges will be in place by October at the intersection of Route 52 and Research Parkway, said Lee French, a Creative Corridors board member and the previous chairman.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.The Pizitz Building
An area of downtown Birmingham that the Agriculture Department designated a food desert will become a foodie's heaven this fall. An ethnically diverse food hall is opening, along with an unusual start-up incubator program for chefs, all of it inside a redeveloped department store. The food hall will be on the ground floor of the redeveloped Pizitz department store, once a hallmark of the city's vibrant downtown. Bayer Properties bought the building in 2000.
It has preserved much of Pizitz's original architecture, even restoring its ornate, terra-cotta facade from the 1920s. The project is costing about $70 million, said David L. Silverstein, a principal at the company. It will have six floors of residential space with 143 multifamily apartments and modern office space on the mezzanine. Bayer worked with the group What to Eat in Birmingham — a Birmingham food blog — to choose restaurants and local products to include.
In partnership with Rev Birmingham, an economic development organization in the city that aims to stimulate business growth, the food hall will recruit up-and-coming chefs who may not have the business background or money to open their own restaurants. They will spend four to six months working in their own kitchens, dedicated 150- to 330-square-foot stalls in the hall.
FLINT, MICH.Chevy Commons
This city, roiled by controversy over its water quality, is reinventing itself, reclaiming vacant industrial sites and creating green space. Part of the reinvention is the Chevy Commonsproject, which will turn 62 acres of a former Chevrolet plant site — a fenced-off, weed-infested brownfield once known as "Chevy in the Hole" — into an urban park. The automobile manufacturing center along the Flint River is being redeveloped into open grasslands, woodlands and walking trails, with views of the river and restored meadows.
Another 20 acres of the blighted Chevy in the Hole site will be redeveloped by Kettering University and General Motors, creating research grounds for students, faculty and visiting companies to test automotive technologies, especially for self-driving cars.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF.Bayfront Development
It has been called the last great waterfront development on the West Coast, and clearing the hurdles in its way took decades, but next year the design phase of the Chula Vista Bayfront development will begin. The project will transform 535 acres on the southern portion of San Diego Bay — midway between downtown San Diego and the Mexican border — into a destination that will include a new convention center, hotels, 1,500 apartments, office space and retail.
Chula Vista is the second-largest city in San Diego County, after San Diego. What is unique about a development this size is the amount of preserved open space — nearly half the property will be parks with trails for pedestrians and bikes.
CHICAGO, ILArray of Things
This summer, the city begins installation of the Array of Things, a network of interactive modular sensor boxes mounted on traffic signal poles and in buildings, schools and libraries throughout the city. Those sensors will collect and measure factors affecting life in Chicago, like temperature, air quality, traffic and noise. The network will enable researchers, policy makers, developers and residents to use that data to make Chicago healthier, more efficient and more livable. The information could, for example, help the city address problems like flooding, traffic safety and road maintenance — or even levels of asthma in certain neighborhoods.
By the end of 2018, the city plans to have 500 sensors installed; the first 42 are being installed this summer.
AUSTIN, TEX.Fourth&
Fourth& is a mixed-use development that is intended to meet the needs of people yearning for collaboration and connection. Fourth&, the brainchild of Rance Clouse and his development firm,Capsa Ventures, will sit on 2.2 acres at East Fourth Street and Chicon, just south of the MetroRail line and less than a mile from downtown Austin. It will have 97 residential condominium units and 42,000 square feet of street-level commercial space.
The 130,000-square-foot development — one of the largest in East Austin — is meant to capitalize on the blurry line between life and work. The recreational facilities like the pool, for example, are open to businesses and those who live in the development. Ample open spaces, businesses and even music venues are nearby.
It will feature what Mr. Clouse describes as "Texas-size microlofts" ranging from 510 to 1,100 square feet, and urban walk-ups with a first floor of commercial space and two floors of living space above.
RENO, NEV.West 2nd District
The city used to be known for casinos and quick weddings. But the West 2nd Districtproject aims to change that in part by revitalizing the city's core. Colin Robertson, a partner at the Don J Clark Group, which is managing the project, said it would be the largest redevelopment effort ever for downtown Reno, at a construction cost estimated at $900 million.
It is needed, Mr. Robertson said, because of economic development in Reno that is being led by technology companies likeSwitch and Tesla, which is building itsGigafactory there. It's estimated that an additional 50,000 people will move to Reno over the next six to 10 years. The project will reconfigure the city's skyline, transforming 17 acres into a downtown area with 30 new buildings — including the city's tallest, at 40 stories — and 1,900 residences, 20 percent of which will be designated affordable and work force housing.
SEATTLE, WASH.South Lake Union District
The city's South Lake Union district hadn't received much investment in more than 50 years when Vulcan Real Estate, a division of Vulcan Inc., the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's company, began leading the effort to revitalize it. According to Vulcan, it became the catalyst for $8.5 billion of private and public investment in building and infrastructure to transform 60 acres here. Twenty years ago, the area was a neglected patchwork of parking lots and crumbling industrial buildings. Today, it has 11 million square feet of commercial office and life science research space, 10,250 residential housing units for sale and rent, and 1,358 hotel rooms (with another 778 going through the permit process).
Early next year, Vulcan will break ground on a 600,000-square-foot urban campus for Google and on the area's fifth life sciences research facility for the University of Washington School of Medicine. Over the next few years, skyscrapers will be added to the mix.
NEW YORKLinkNYC
This is an effort to replace New York City's aging network of more than 7,000 remaining public pay phones with new gigabit Wi-Fi stations, giving city residents and visitors free, fast access to the web. Although other cities, like Paris and London, provide public Wi-Fi, it is inconsistent and very slow, said Colin O'Donnell, chief technology officer of CityBridge, a consortium of technology companies deploying LinkNYC that includes Intersection, Qualcomm andCiviq Smartscapes. By year's end, LinkNYC's booths will be in every borough, said Mr. O'Donnell, and it will be the "largest, fastest free municipal Wi-Fi in the world." The average speed on a public Wi-Fi, he said, is about 10-15 megabits per second, but with fiber-optic cable being installed throughout the city, New York's will be "100 times faster than that."
The units are slim, rugged booths built byCiviq Smartscapes with digital ads on the two flat sides and the ability to make public calls using voice over internet protocol, courtesy of Vonage. They also have a 911 button for emergencies, a 311 button to report a city problem and a tablet built into the booth that will allow users to browse the internet and use city services and maps. USB charging ports, with fast charging technology fromQualcomm, will allow most smartphones to recharge 75 percent faster than they usually do. The project is being funded by those digital ads on the booths, so it costs taxpayers nothing.


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The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control over two warehouses in Tilburg, in the Netherlands, by SEGRO plc of the UK and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSPIB) of Canada, via their joint venture SEGRO European Logistics Partnership S.a.r.l. (SELP) of Luxembourg. The two warehouses are: (i) Tilburg I, currently leased to a tenant in the telecommunication industry, and (ii) Tilburg II, currently leased to a tenant in the automotive industry. SEGRO plc is a real estate investment trust that owns, manages and develops modern warehousing, light industrial and data centre properties. PSPIB invests the pension plans of the Canadian public sector in a diversified global portfolio including stocks, bonds, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and natural resources. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns because of its very limited impact on the market structure. The transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission's competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.8194. (For more information: Ricardo Cardoso - Tel.: +32 229 80100; Angela Nardella - Tel.: +32 229 86801)
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Burlington High School will hold our annual 9th Grade Summer Orientation for students from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 18 in the Burlington High School Auditorium.
This orientation, conducted by the school's administrators and student representatives, will provide a general overview of the school, its curriculum, and extracurricular activities.
All incoming ninth-grade and new students are encouraged to report to the auditorium at 10:15 a.m. for a brief presentation and a tour of the building. Students will also have the opportunity to meet with student mentors in small discussion groups.
Students are encouraged to bring their class schedules to familiarize themselves with classroom locations and the building layout. Refreshments will be served.


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Technomic Reports:
In Japan's busy city centers, the line for McDonald's queues out the door. The Sphinx sees KFC as it looks across the desert. Restaurant chains are a prime export for the United States, as companies see an escape from the crowded domestic market.
But at the same time U.S.-based chains look to global markets for growth, many chains from outside our borders are finding ample opportunity to expand their concepts and compete in our homeland.
U.S. operators ignore these international imports at their peril. In their effort to stay ahead of the competition, operators must identify and monitor their competition—both domestic chains and global concepts—examining performance data, menu and marketing updates, and expansion plans.
Growing List of Imports
Over the years, as Technomic has been building its intelligence on international markets—now including Canada, the U.K., Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and Mexico—and the restaurant brands that lead those markets, it continues to uncover concepts that are looking at the United States for expansion opportunities. Chains such as Tim Hortons, Le Pain Quotidian and, more recently, Red Mango have led the way for a growing list of contenders eyeing the U.S.
What they see when they examine the U.S. market is a consumer who spends almost half their food budget at restaurants, and one who is eager to try new ethnic flavors. U.S. consumers are also ethnically diverse themselves, and many are well-traveled and already familiar with global foodservice brands.
Overseas operators also see large cities and small, some of which may look a lot like the markets in which they successfully operate at home. The real-estate experts in this group will spot the many good locations left by domestic operators and other businesses that couldn't make it through the economic downturn and slow recovery. MORE>>


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I've noticed something while experiencing ASMR.
I sometimes, on a bad hair day, wear a hat. I have long hair, not unlike the typical look rocked by many heavy metal band members, some of which I listen to from time to time.
While I was experiencing a hit the one day, I saw that the peak of my cap actually started to lift up and down, more or less in tune with the "tidal pulses" I usually experience during the event.
This led me to think that this sensation not only has internal effects, like the customary tingles and pulses, or ripples, but also external, physical effects too. And it makes sense seeing as the scalp, outside the head and body, actually seems to expand and contract, or move backwards and forwards (at least with me it does anyway), during the sensation's duration.
Hey, that last bit rhymed.
When it starts to subside, then my cap just came down and stayed still.
This also ties in with people claiming to get gooseflesh on the arms and l at times when experiencing ASMR. This would be another external effect that some have.


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During my work for UNIDO, I used to have a pretty good overview of Latin American projects in the GEF, the global environmental facility. Today, I read an editorial piece about the unintended impacts of 'green walls' made to stop desertification, financed through GEF.
This piece is impressively reflected and balanced, and reminded me very much about the insights and many questions that I arrived at during my Ph.D. research.
Jill Filipovic asks the question, if the added income opportunities provided to people through international projects such as the building of a green wall, will actually motivate people to stay, of if it will actually facilitate their move to Europe?
It adds the discussion that right wing conservatives seem to hate. Can we actually stop people from moving where they want to? And is this really something we should aim at? What does even having this aim, lead to? Are all our short-sighted efforts simply adding to the ever increasing global socio-economic divide which makes it stupid to even ask why people will come to look for better oportunities?
Filipovic's writing is a deepening of the discourse led by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier , also in the Guardian, highlighting the need to work on local industrialisation and work opportunities for refugees in the neigbouring countries of countries at war. Her trying to identify a more nuanced view of what makes people migrate and what income does, illustrates a need to work even harder to develop global solutions. Most refugees I interviewed during my research, simply wanted to live in modern cities, for example. While increasing amounts of research funding is focusing on urban areas, the call to 'leave no one behind' highlights that the poorest and most vulnerable people are left in agricultural border areas, while these want to migrate to western cities due to family ties and increased standards of living. Dealing with the enormous differences in standards of living for people in urban and in agricultural and pastoral areas, is a major issue to deal with development potential for countries such as Ethiopia, for example. In order to deal with deforestation, lack of water and to make these areas prospereus, we need to focus more on country level strategies as a humanitarian community. Our research efforts need to take this into account also as measures to end chronic emergencies in certain areas.
It is facinating, how humans build large systems such as the humanitarian system and global environment alliances, thinking that we can impact something very presicely. And it is even more facinating, the unintended effects these short-sighted actions have. But as this piece very well illustrates, we can often find the most fundamental insights about human behaviour and abilities if we study these unintended effects. For example, that people will always look for opportunities to live in safety. Understanding that economic stability and equal distribution of wealth is one of the core aspects of safety for individuals, families and communities, is one of those.


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Lender Beware! Read the Fine Print
- After receiving the cutscene at the Inconspicuous Door, your Moogle will tell you to head to Sea Serpent Grotto.
- Once you zone into Sea Serpent Grotto go to (C-8) which will bring you to an area hidden on the map. You will pass through two Cracked Walls leading to a hidden room. In the very back of the room you will find the 'Shady Sconce'. Check it for a small cut-scene. (Make sure you check it twice to get CS with moogle.)
- Then head to (J-11) and go through the Ornamented Door.
- A Sahagin Key is required to open the Ornamented Door. This is a one-way door.
- Make sure to use some form of Sneak when you go past the Ornamented Door, as monsters will aggro at lvl99.
- You do not need to go through the Cracked Wall in this area, so be careful not to run too far! If you do, you may need to go around again and get another key!
- It's recommended that you bring some form of Warp as there are True Sound NMs on the way out from the area behind the Ornamented Door.
- (See:Sahagin Key Quest. Only one party member requires the key to open the door.)
- Once you use the key it will break. After you pass the door, travel along the bridge path and inspect the 'Waterfall Basin' at (H-6) on the other side.
- There is also a ??? located in this area, make sure you target the 'Waterfall Basin'.
- Return to the Inconspicuous Door in Upper Jeuno for a cut-scene.
Game Description
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- Oh, woe! Having exhausted all other options, your star-crossed moogle associate is forced to seek aid from the shadiest of scoundrels. You have an appointment with the underworld moneylender Riko Kupenreich at his office in Sea Serpent Grotto.
This article uses material from the "Lender_Beware!_Read_the_Fine_Print" article on FFXIclopedia and is licensed under the CC-BY-SA License.


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We battened down the hatches Wednesday for snow or freezing rain. We got sleet. Two tenths of an inch in the measurement after the thaw.
For limbs and branches falling on power lines, so much better!
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We battened down the hatches Wednesday for snow or freezing rain. We got sleet. Two tenths of an inch in the measurement after the thaw.
For limbs and branches falling on power lines, so much better!
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I can count the snow days off from school or work in my 60+ year life on the Gulf Coast on one hand. They have been few and far between.
So along comes 2014. We got a snow day last Friday–a day of chillin' out and watching retro TV syndications. Now, with a winter storm watch issued this afternoon for Tuesday coming up, is another snow day in view? Twice not just in the same year, but within a week? Sure looks like it.
Rare as snow days are, I'll take 'em as I can get 'em. Summer with its heat and humidity will be here soon enough and last long enough. For now, we got gas for the generator in case the lights go out, so let it snow!
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I've had my late PaPaw's historic Winchester Model 10 shotgun since I was in my 20's. Mama observed I was the only Pulling descendant at the time who hunted, so she trusted the heirloom to my care. The story behind the gun is worth noting, if in fact it's the gun of historical record. It's certainly old enough to be. Here's the gist of the story, as I recall my father relating it.
In the early years of my grandfather's and grandmother's marriage, around 1910, MaMaw (my grandmother) converted from her native Catholicism (she was Spanish) to evangelical Christianity. She was excited with her newfound expression of faith to the point that her family was greatly upset by her decision. In fact, they were certain she had lost her mind! So her brothers showed up at hers and my grandfather's front door to take Aurelia (what a beautiful Spanish name!) away to the insane asylym. But my grandfather, protector of his beloved, met his determined in-laws on the front steps with a shotgun to defend his wife and her faith, to turn them away from their intent.
Evidently, his defense worked, for the rest of MaMaw's story shows a life-long commitment to that faith she had committed to as an 18 year old newly-wed. My own legacy of faith is traced to that conviction, once courageously tested at the end of a 30 inch shotgun barrel.
Is that the same gun that Mama handed to me and I just handed down to my son? It's old enough to be. It well could be the same gun. But even if it were another gun, I get the point. My grandfather, a principled man, took a courageous stand for his wife!
I recently passed PaPaw's gun down to my son. We tested it in the field a few weeks ago, and it's an elegant relic that still shoots true. May that antique serve to remind the next generation never to take faith lightly.
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Yesterday was as unclouded as a cloudless day can be in January. 66 perfect degrees, light breeze.
What corrupt institution decrees that men and women should be tethered to desks and desktop monitors inside while outside the sky's so blue? The waste of such a day is surely sin!
Rather than office work, we should be outside spinning sonnets and whimsical lyrics.
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You can book it. If you own a home, every 15-20 years you will replace a roof and you will replace a central air unit. We did the roof 5 or 6 years ago. Now it's the 17 year old AC's turn.
THe issue started Sunday morning. The air handling unit inside wouldn't run, the compressor unit outside wouldn't quit running. I shut both of them down till the repairman could arrive. And so he did, this afternoon. Guess what?
The inside air handling unit kicked right on. The compressor unit outside wouldn't run.
The verdict? AC Guilty. But no sin for which a brand new unit wouldn't absolve. Such are the +$4000 every 15-20 years joys of homeownership.
Silver lining: Gratefully, the AC gave up in January rather than July.
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979W3. The party line at New Zion, my first phone number ever from the late 1950's. I still remember it!
Why do we remember those numbers far beyond their times?
Fast forward to the present.
(337) 457-8506. To aulde lang syne.A phone book listing, a 30+ year old numerical artifact no longer in service as of this day: the infamous number that elementary school teachers dialed when Zach talked too much in school, the number that lonesome Papa called from drilling rigs on the briny Gulf to chat with Mom during 7 day offshore hitches in the 80's, the number that Ann's teachers never called because Ann was such an angel in school … Yes, a fabled set of numerals from family lore. But no tears shed we, embracers of technology! What need we with land lines? Forge we onward and upward in the digital age!


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Like fashion's poster boy, Olivier Rousteing's wowsah cutting-edge makeover at the classic Parisienne House of Balmain with his identifiable couture ready-to-wear, the late Balmain '70s fragrance 'Ivoire' has been given a 21st century make-over. And, it's a class act that will appeal to the traditionalist and the post modernist alike.
By referencing Balmain's classic and sophisticated heritage while incorporating the demands of an ultra modern women who opts for sleek yet maximalist lines with a feminine rock-chic edge, Ivoire's new incarnation manages to raise the bar in modern chypres. Perfume designers Michel Almairac and Jacques Flori from Robertet were entrusted with re-writing this signature fragrance and to 'update the perfume without betraying it.' 'The first impressions were to remain familiar bit with a modern twist,' says, Almairac.
Says Rousteing,"This 2012 version of Ivoire incarnates the perfect translation of today's Balmain woman with a combination of heritage, richness, a touch of nostalgia and remarkable modernity."
Everything is sheer class about this newly revamped perfume. From the large rectangular pale cream box with accents of gold and black, highlighting the traditional Ivoire font, to the heavyweight, rectangular bottle with its pale pinky-beige contents. And, as for the juice itself – a sheer, veiled, powdery floral accented chypre with fresh, sharp green highlights and with the merest hint of sweet vanilla. As I say, distinctive with traditional leanings yet firmly eschewing any hints of old house, dowager dowdiness.
I wore Balmain's Ivoire as an 18 year old (as well as K by Krizia). I know, I was a rather unusual youngster with sophisticated leanings when others my age were piling on Body Shop's White Musk. Ivoire, back then, was as classy and highbrow as you could get, but gave off an older, elegant yet haughty vibe. That was probably the appeal for the younger me. The juxtaposition of French sophistication meets 1980's hipster youth, all Katharine Hamnett 'Choose Life' t-shirts, PX designer prints and Miss Selfridge 'Iron Lady' metallic pink lipstick.
This new rendition is blousier in chiffon wisps – the definitive floral chypre with a fresh orangey green tinge. There's a sharpness too. Violet and galbanum to meet the soft jasmine and rose. At its base, the earthy cedarwood and patchouli mix takes over with a hint of vanilla.
Just as Olivier Rousteing is pulling out all the stops, showing heap upon heap of beaded, intricate, hugely expensive couture influenced pieces that any Balmainista worth her dollar savvy, street cred would happily kill for, the new Ivoire will take pride of place in her expensive punk suede bag.


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Watch The Walking Dead Along With Slash This Sunday at 9/8c, Using Story Sync
What's better than watching a brand-new episode of The Walking Dead this Sunday at 9/8c? Watching it along with legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. You can do just that thanks to "Watch Together," your chance to play Story Sync with a celebrity guest each week and see how their answers correspond with your own. This week, watch along with Slash during The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 3, "Four Walls and a Roof," and be sure to test out this season's all-new features, including a results page that gauges your answers, telling you which character you're most like and whether you would have survived the episode.
To play Story Sync along with Slash, simply log on to thewalkingdeadstorysync.com via your tablet, smart phone or Internet browser — or download the Windows 8 The Walking Dead Story Sync app — when you tune in to AMC for the broadcast. The rest will take care of itself.
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Eric Jackman '15 helps students view themselves as part of a larger community as service program coordinator at the Gesu School, where he attended kindergarten through fifth grade.
Ignatian College Connection Prepares Students to Live Greater
Eric Jackman '15 living in Jesuit tradition
– Kevin Kaufman
Without the influence of his lifelong Jesuit education, Eric Jackman '15 isn't sure where he'd be today.
A graduate of Gesu School and Saint Joseph's Prep, Jackman earned a psychology degree from Saint Joseph's in May and returned to Gesu as the service program coordinator. Jackman credits the University's Ignatian College Connection (ICC) with helping him complete Philadelphia's Jesuit education trifecta.
"The ICC provided a stable support system," said Jackman, who volunteered at the Bethesda Project's My Brother's House men's shelter and played club rugby. "The ICC program was there for me. Without it, I wouldn't have made it financially or emotionally."
Reaching out to Philadelphia's diverse cultural, educational and socioeconomic students, the ICC emulates the mission of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the first Jesuits who provided educational resources to anyone with a desire to learn. Rev. George Bur, S.J., then-rector of the University's Jesuit Community, launched the program in 2004. The Jesuit Community at Saint Joseph's University initially funded the program. Since then, many alumni, friends, corporations and foundations have supported the program.
"Our purpose is two-fold," said Jennifer Dessus, who was hired as program coordinator in 2007 and succeeded Fr. Bur as program administrator in 2008. "Through pre-college programming, we prepare underrepresented high school students for higher education success, and create a connection between Saint Joseph's and Philadelphia's communities. ICC is a support system to prepare students who are already on their way to great things for the rigors of higher education and to help them see themselves as part of the equation."
Upon being accepted to SJU, ICC high school program participants are encouraged to compete for the ICC Scholarship, which provides eight semesters of tuition. Scholarship awardees are expected to excel in the classroom and encouraged to assume leadership positions within the SJU community. Scholars participate in recruiting, mentoring and programming with high school populations. For some, like Eric, this extends to teaching during summer programming.
Since the ICC's founding, 41 ICC Scholars have earned SJU degrees. More than four of every five ICC Scholars graduate within four years. The University welcomed four members for this year's 12th cohort, bringing the ICC Scholars enrolled at SJU this academic year to 20.
"The Jesuit ideals have carried me," said Jackman, a member of the Jesuit Honor Society Alpha Sigma Nu. "The most prevalent to me is 'being a man with and for others.' I gain personal satisfaction from helping others and it makes me feel useful to be a part of a cause bigger than myself."
Jackman's return to Gesu as a member of the fifth cohort of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE-SJU) is a testament to his desire to help students from backgrounds similar to his own, according to Dessus. ACE-SJU is a two-year service program matching recent graduates with teaching or administrative roles in under-resourced Catholic schools in the Philadelphia region while pursuing a master's degree at SJU.
At Gesu, Jackman, who is looking toward a counseling/guidance counselor career, helps students view themselves as part of a larger community, similar to what the ICC program provided for him. "It starts with community service, but extends to talking to each student and making him or her feel like someone cares about them," he said. "I go beyond the job description to be present in their daily lives by assisting with basketball practice, playing and talking to them at recess and being involved with their afterschool activities."
Sounds like Jackman's Jesuit education has given him a great start.
Lenfest Scholars Program Gives Students a Head Start
Launched in 2006 as a partnership between Saint Joseph's University and Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest, the Lenfest Scholars Program is a unique, incentive-based program for students enrolled at Philadelphia's Gesu School who matriculate at Saint Joseph's.
Each year, up to eight high-achieving Gesu seventh graders are invited to participate in the six-year program, through which they receive tuition credits toward a Saint Joseph's education as an incentive for their continued academic excellence and college preparation.
During those six years, students engage in college awareness and enrichment programs through SJU's Ignatian College Connection.
The inaugural cohort of Lenfest Scholars are juniors at Saint Joseph's. Two juniors, two sophomores and a freshman attend SJU as Lenfest Scholars and are eligible for additional scholarship support through the James W. and Eileen R. Lannon Scholarship, named in memory of the parents of Saint Joseph's 26th president, Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.
Complementary to the Ignatian College Connection, the Lenfest Scholars Program has enabled students from under-resourced areas to imagine a future that includes a college degree, truly allowing these students to live greater.


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What is this voluminous vibration jarring me
from deep slumber; scratch the veneer
and raw terror is unleashed unnameable,
reminding me of self imposed limitations
in a universe hardly vast enough to contain
what is termed consciousness,
Is there a plan, save for cracking open whirling holographic
Pandora's boxes in a galaxy conceived of peripheries,
and to what purpose?
Call it what you will, mathematicians grasping, grasping
in the dusky corners of dawn, awakening minds amassing
formulae in a futile attempt to order what is glimpsed behind
the looking glass, smaller, larger, fractional, incalculable,
squinting at the shards of infinitude tapping tired neurons
on fringes of an exhausted awareness, quicksilver concepts
that vanish with indomitable proximity;
Beyond the confines of socially imposed self recrimination
and edifices of faith meant to ensure order if not perpetuation
of gods we humans can conceive of, lies, like the infant saint
in his cradle, the awakening of a species rolled
onto the playing field to face down mammoth or persona
with or without props in moments geared to cope
with overwhelming ideosynchracies or a plethora of possibilities;
Are we weak, are we brave, stick figures measuring up or staring down
a jabberwocky of cobbled illusion, mindless distraction
of one hundred years of limitation, detritus heaping up
around our ears and why, why exist at all with this yoke
around our jugular, believing it is a lifeline or a weight belt dragging us
under the waters of a cognizance meant to contravene itself
through daily rituals comprising the bulk of this blink in eternity, ensuring
not too much slack in our own short leashes,
hounds of hell or angels, in turn;
There is more, go beyond, walk out at daybreak to dwell
on the horizon! Beyond this day and tomorrow lies infinity,
itself conceptual, yet enough invitation to open like the sky
when all else in a world whose orbit is proscribed
by gravity weighs us down.


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Relocating Your Telecommunications in Germany
When moving not only leaving the old home to enter a new home can ruin your nerves, but also having the telecommunications be correctly ported is a hassle. Problems like downtime, waiting time, surprisingly low transmission rates, not receiving one's phone number are nothing special at all. Special frustration comes with ultra long periods for giving notice. The goodwill of the losing provider is hardly known. Careful planning can save a lot of trouble and money.
Wanting to save costs, Alice decided to move away from Chris to share an apartment with other folks (Wohngemeinschaft). She cancelled her DSL because she was planning to share the line and costs in the new apartment. What she did not know was that her recently signed contract had a minimum time of two years. No amount of pleading would have helped. Anyhow, it is legally irrelevant that you are not receiving any services. As the Romans already said, "pacta sunt servanda", contracts are to be kept.
1. General Legal Understanding
As the providers understand it, the customer is closing a contract for a certain location and certain period. It has been reported that some companies will exempt you from the contract when you pay a fee but better not rely on that. When you move without wanting to switch providers, then usually the provider will not make any real problems.
But what happens, when you move with switching and at the new location, you do not have DSL? Then you can only hope for the goodwill of the provider. In most cases, you will be let out of the contract. Sure you can fight in court, but the chances are slim that you will win because the provider's arguments are usually deciding. The financial scope for the provider is thin, if you can believe their utterances. High investments and subsidized products are only profitable when the customer really remains a steady customer.
2. Contracting out your Momentary Provider
When studying your contract, you find out that are still stuck for a year or more. Is there really no way to contract out? The main legal and practically accepted reason will be an "Act of God". When you claim to move abroad then be sure to be able to present them your deregistration at the police (polizeiliche Abmeldung) or new labor contract or special assignment or whatever proof! Usually, that will persuade them.
But even when you can persuade them, you might have to give into a "cancellation fee (Kündigungsgebühr)". In the case you are to return the given hardware be sure to be able to prove that you sent and they received it. Best would be a registered (small) parcel. No, this is not really paranoia but just insurance as such complaints are known. Another trick for more turnover is to let the contract start anew after relocating. The reason for this trick is because switching off and switching on costs a lot.
Most providers will tie you in for two years. So when you can foresee that you might possibly be moving in around a year better take a provider that has a short enough notification period. How to find this period? Study the standard terms and condition and search for the word "Kündigung (cancellation)".
3. Correctly Applying
Complications grow exponentially when you want to move with your DSL. All providers require at least four to six weeks – the earlier the better. Do fill out the relocation form very accurately! Often providers have to battle wrong or missing details. Not only are the name and number of the previous tenant to be mentioned but also the exact location of the apartment.
The more details provided, the less chance the provider will have to goof up the move. When possible tell your provider when the line in the new address will be switched off. It is always vital to tell the provider which floor and side of a building it is on. This can be turn out to be – culturally – tricky for expats!
Floors are counted differently in Germany. When you walk into a building, you are on "ground floor (Erdgeschoß)" or "0". Going up one floor, you have entered "first floor (erster [Ober]geschoß = erste Etage = erster Stock[werk])" or "1" and so on. Even most Germans do not know how to correctly determine if right or left hand side. It is not done when coming up the stairs but when standing in front of the house and looking at it. If you can supply more details than legibly fit into the form then refer in bold print to an extra sheet, "s. Extrablatt".
4. The Day of Switching
Make sure that at the day of switching on your line, your name is on the bell of your apartment's and house's door. It sometimes happens that the technician did not come on the appointed day. Best reason will be that everything could be turned on without "having to disturb you". Check out if your phone is working. Sometimes you will find a message in your mailbox, even though you did not leave your apartment the whole day while waiting for him. Call your provider ASAP and demand a new date. When you give him a reasonable period for the new appointment, then best get in writing or per eMail that you have evidence should it later come to a case in court or for claiming damages.
If the technician does not find you with ease, he will not search for you but will immediately leave! (This is their typical behavior and by no means expat related!) Add as the phone your cell phone number so, that the technician can reliably get a hold of you. Oops, you came five minutes too late and the technician left a note that you were to call a certain number? This slip will forfeit the punctuality of the switch. Don't reckon he will come again tomorrow – a week is more realistic.
5. Keeping your Phone Number
Customers usually have the right to take their previous number to their new address – porting (Portierung). However, this will only be possible when you do not leave your current city code area. City codes are such as "030" for Berlin or "0551" for Göttingen – cell phones (01??) do not have this restriction. When moving to another city, you will loose your number. So, if staying in the same area code, make sure your porting of your number is explicitly agreed to because the new provider has no statutory duty to take your number. Do not misunderstand the above, this is no problem and seldom is, but do it just to make sure.
When receiving the order confirmation, painstakingly and exactly study the details. When moving with different numbers, especially those originally not from that provider, it can easily happen that these get "lost". It does not suffice to just edit the form and fax it back! Many providers overlook such details. A better strategy is to contact the hotline, that they immediately add the missing numbers. Afterwards demand a confirmation of the changes in writing.
In the case, that porting your number does not work, urgency is the name of the game. Numbers are definitely lost within few weeks and cannot be reallocated to you anymore. Whoever would like to avoid the lunacy when switching providers in the future, ought to change to a pure VoIP provider and let the number remain there. Be sure to let your new VoIP provider cancel the current contract. Whoever hides the move to another town from his VoIP provider will have practically taken his number with him. However, when the provider finds out you have permanently lost your number. By statute, every phone provider is to obliged to delete such a number which is inconsistent with its physical address. The only way to save the number will be to assign it to friends or family members.
6. Low Data Flow Through
Relatively new is the problem, that after relocating and /or switching providers, that you all of a sudden have only a few hundred kBit/s instead of 16 MBit as previously. This goes back to the fact, that Telekom is expanding its decentralized net and is permanently installing new junction boxes. When such boxes are only a few hundred meters from your home but the box of their competitor many kilometers away, this will lead to a dramatic decrease in bandwidth. In individual cases, your DSL will not work anymore. When this is the case, you should demand from your provider that the DSL line come from Telekom. Why Telekom? Telekom is the now private and former state phone provider in Germany. When this does not work then consider extraordinarily terminating your contract.
The day of switching your line is over and no technician gave you a call or rang your bell? That is normal, too. Is your line working? When yes, then the technician was too lazy to inform you. This is "normal" and not anything typically against an expat.


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Half of all the blog posts I write seem to begin with me semi-apologetically mentioning how long it's been since I've last written something down here (apologising to who, I'm not sure) or about the 3D scanner (which is still making progress). Well this one shan't (except in this round-about sort of way). This one shall begin with me stating:
I've Been Busy.
Trying to stay true to my new years resolution of "doing more stuff" I've taken up rock climbing again and I'm thoroughly enjoying it, I've also done a bit of snowboarding which was immensely fun, and to top it off I've also drunkenly agreed to go along to one of the tango lessons my landlady teaches…. although i may slightly be regretting that.
I love books, and for a long time I despised the idea of e-books, they seemed so impersonal and transient compared to a solid physical object that you could hold, see and smell (who doesn't like the smell of fresh print, or old dusty and worn books?). Until 4 days ago i had read the grand total of one e-book (the excellent Makers by Cory Doctrow, a massive inspiration for the 3D scanner project), if it wasn't for how good the book was my total would of stood at 0 e-books, the experience of endless scrolling and reading a backlit screen for extended periods of time is both tiring and uncomfortable.
I'd occasionally eyed kindles and other e-ink display readers in shops and over peoples shoulders on the tube, and apart from being mildly impressed by how nice the screens are to read, I was never terribly taken by them. "Why not?" I started asking myself, I have a stack of books sitting at home with the spines un-cracked, i have piles of books I've impulse bought, read once and then left in a box to collect dust and I'm forever ferrying books between London and Manchester to read on the train. These books are doing nothing more than taking up space and/or weighing my backpack down, an electronic device that could hold all of them would be perfect.
So i bought myself a kindle.
The moment I knew it was awesome was when I forgot I was reading a book on a kindle. While reading books normally I often get so "into it" I don't consciously realise I'm turning the pages, or that my eyes are skipping along lines of ink, the physical book just sort of melts away. That's the same experience I had reading my first book on the kindle.
I've read two books on it so far and its been excellent. The screen is easy to read, they've refined the button placement almost perfectly on the 3rd generation, and the ability to download any book at almost any time over 3G is incredibly useful (although the web browser leaves a little to be desired, but hey it's not what it's aimed at).
There are a few downsides. There's been many times I've looked up a book only to find it not available for the kindle (although hopefully this situation will only improve with time), the keyboard it pretty mediocre, and I don't like the restrictive DRM they put on books downloaded from the amazon store (I've heard rumours that the e-book manager calibre has some helpful plug-ins to deal with this). I can also imagine it not working very well with books that use the physical properties of the book as part of the narrative (Such books as Albert Angelo by B.S.Johnson), but with that in mind the form of the kindle, along with amazon working on an SDK, has potential to open up a whole new realm of narrative possibilities (keeping my fingers crossed for a revival of choose your own adventure books).
I've also jail-broken it so I can do custom screen-savers (some of the built in kindle ones are a bit freaky), and although its not exactly original I've done this to it:
I mean, come on. Portable, connected to a free world wide network (I bought the 3G version) with access to wikipedia/wikitravel…..
Bloody hell……. I was going write about some other stuff I've been doing but this post has practically turned into me spouting my opinions of the kindle. Well Amazon, enjoy your free publicity on this grand Blog with its staggering readership of about 2 (hi Lawrence!).


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each of the girls above was done on an A4 sized paper, drawn individually with pencils and ink. then each an every one of them were scanned and cleaned using photoshop. then the individual images were composed in a single canvas, resized and adjusted to create a line up of girls. later on, the composed canvas was exported into painter for painting. i intentionally paint the girls in one go, to achieve a controlled pallete over them. i intend to colour the outlines, but it would have taken too long and too tedious. i've already spent 7 hours up to this point alone.
after painting the drawing in painter, the raw image was then exported back to photoshop for finishing touches. in photoshop, the image was retouched by adjusting its brighness contrast value as well as saturations. then several highlights using colour dodge tool to enhance the glare, glow and shines. in total, 7 hours plus.


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Many recent developments have been made to better the efficiency of our homes, which in theory is fantastic, but there can also be a downside. Buildings now can be so well-insulated and air-tight that contaminants, including humidity, bacteria, germs, and mold, could become stuck inside, unable to get free. Not only are they caught in our breathing air, but our heating and air conditioning systems are continually recirculating the same air in our home so those bacteria gets passed around throughout the entire home.
This matter is causing the air inside to be more polluted than the air outside. The Environmental Protection Agency has reported that indoor air quality is one of the top five environmental health risks today. Countless people have tried implementing single-room air cleaners, such as electronic air cleaners, but they can generate ozone, which has shown to be harmful, and certain air cleaners are only effective in small spaces so they don't provide a solution for the entire home.
So you are breathing in poor quality air, possibly aggravating symptoms of asthma and other respiratory disorders, and in addition to contaminants floating around in your air, there may be chemicals from disinfectants, odors from cooking and laundry, as well as pollution from building materials such as paint or odor killers, all stuck inside your home. So what do you do?
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The first portion of land ,Cape Farm 983/4, was bought 40 years ago with the idea of possible development. Situated at the most northern tip of this property, on the rocks at Misty Cliffs, is our home. The second, Erf 76, known as Platberg, the mountain of the 'sleeping dog, divides and joins Misty Cliffs and Scarborough. This property was acquired in 1978 and is possibly the most beautiful, with stunning and varied views , some of which are displayed in the Full Circle Magazine in the October 2010 edition. The last adjoining erf making up the Baskloof reserve is Erf 789, the largest portion, which forms the back boundary of Scarborough.
This very badly degraded portion was purchased in 1992, around the time that we moved to Misty Cliffs permanently and joined the Redhill Landowners Conservation Group, comprising several large and like-minded landowners with property between Misty Cliffs and Redhill road. Much of this land has now been handed over to the Table Mountain National Park to manage into perpetuity. This has created a pristine wilderness area of some 3000 hectares, of which Baskloof forms a part. This area is now a part of the Buffer Zone for the World Heritage Site of the Table Mountain National Park, both a fantastic recognition of the botanical & ecological significance of the area and an awesome responsibility & privilege to manage appropriately and intelligently.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Cape Peninsula has been occupied by hunter gatherers and San people for over 100,000 years, who lived off the rich coastline. Evidence of their occupation can be seen in their shell-midden remains throughout the Peninsula. Baskloof is fortunate in that it has one of these sites on Platberg.
There are 92 graves (1907 -- 1974) on the southern side of the reserve that have cultural & sentimental significance to the area with many inhabitants of the peninsula being connected to them in one way or another. The restored "Huisie" has historical significance to it, dating back 110 years and has preserved an air of local culture and romance.
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So You Want to Be an Indie Auteur? Raindance Film Festival Wants to Teach You How to Fake It
You've probably seen at least one of them if you've ever been to a film festival. Some of them are long, some are boring, some are downright brilliant, but one thing the biggest ones have in common is that they can launch an indie career. Suzanne Ballantyne, the Head of Programming over at the Raindance Film Festival, has put together some tips for budding amateurs from her experience watching over 500 potential festival feature films per year -- and hopefully by the end you'll have the knowledge to fake being an "Indie Auteur."
Here is Suzanne on why this list exists and who it's for:
This is not about how to make Hollywood films, made-for-tv films or even low budget films. This is not about making films whose purpose is to entertain. This is about a different species altogether – the indie auteur film, short or long – the darling of the latest 'it' festival – with city names likes Gotenburg, Hamburg, Kerala and Rotterdam in their title. The kind of film that press people, pretentious programmers, art house proprietors and film academians piss themselves for. The kind of film that might just launch your career.
A couple of my favorites from the post:
3. Dialogue
Dialogue should be minimal. You do not want to overstate the case. Keep the audience guessing as to what exactly your film is about. Pauses are more important. Have lots of them and keep them long. The camera can then focus on the motionless faces of the actors as the audience desperately try to interpret their thoughts while struggling to figure out exactly what is going on.
7. The "Look"
Shoot on film or dv made to look like film (using filters, programs anything you can) – preferably on black and white or even better, black and white with nano second shards of bright colour interspersed for an almost subliminal amount of time to convey murky plot points, back story etc. into the mix. Despite digital advances proclaim your love for the "look" and smell of film.
Mix up your formats. Shoot parts of your film on a mobile phone, use found footage, photographs, alongside that indie darling, super 8mm. Shoot on recans and ends, preferably donated to you by a famous director. Scratch and draw on the surface of the celluloid. Be bold. The less understood the finished product, the better.
If any of these really upset you in any way, just know that some of these are my favorite films (and there's probably a good chance I'll make something long and boring one day that will torture audiences -- assuming anyone watches it). This list isn't to say that all independent films made in this way fit this particular mold, but if you've been around the indie world long enough, you know exactly who these people are and exactly the films they've made. This isn't even to say that making one of these films is a bad thing, because it's clearly started a few careers along the way. There is clearly a fine line between obscure and truthful with some of these films, and specifically with the choices that directors make, but it can't hurt to take a few pointers from someone who's been at this since independent film really took off.
You should head on over to the Raindance site to read the rest (don't forget part 2), and if you're a fan of independent filmmaking at all and one of them doesn't put a slight smile on your face, you might just have to have your pulse checked.
What are some of your favorites? Do you have any to add to this list? How about ones that you might be guilty of?
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Thanks for this article. This should be booming with filmmakers venting their disdain for a lot of the poser tropes we've had to sit through and endure.
One of my peeves are stories that automatically open up with a couple sitting face to face depressed. Their melancholy expressed in this shot seems to run for standard two minutes before single word is spoken. But the longer nothing is said, usually means the more painful and deep their story is.
Movies that start off at the end, then rewind to the start with subtitles that read: "Two weeks earlier..."
To me this is tiresome. And some movies actually sacrificed good endings for stylize introductions.
Movies that try to have impact title sequences that jump out and boom after a build up in the prologue.
Sometimes, the build up doesn't warrant a booming in your face reminder of what you paid to watch.
Rape as a plot device to vilify you villain. I went to a horror film festival in L.A.
Five horror shorts played back to back and all of them involved women being raped!
The uneasiness I felt wasn't from the storytelling, but that from having brought a date who sat there with her arms folded. There was more tension exuding from her than what was on the screen as I thought about the car ride home.
Text on screen to set up your movie. Show me.
After three paragraphs, it seems that's where the movie should had started. OR you just cheated yourself out of a prequel.
Horror movies that end with text on screen, telling about what happened to the characters after the movie.
Are you trying to get me to believe that this is real? Just include the conclusion in the story.
Bad flashbacks. If your dialogue/ story is engaging, people will follow and remember. No need to flash to something that happened earlier in the film. Don't pander to those with low comprehension. IMHO, it's better they be lost then ask somebody who paid attention, providing the movie actually makes sense.
Music. I would rather watch a movie that works around no music, then to have to be force-fed the emotional map with non subtle or poorly orchestrated choices.
Kevin smith's Red State comes to mind.
January 7, 2013 at 11:01AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I agree with everything you said. And let me just add: If you're going to spend the money and time to make a film, please, please find good actors. I can't tell you how many indy films I've seen with beautiful cinematography and the worst blank expressions, bad timing, excessive pausing, dead eyed acting. I would rather see a movie shot on DV with good actors than one shot on a RED and sub-par acting. I really wish there was as much information on directing actors and acting it's self as there was for cinematography.
January 7, 2013 at 3:07PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
hahahaha....lmfao. almost fell off laughing t the points. the thing is they kinda seem like what the indie crowd specifically the hipster crowd's aiming for
January 7, 2013 at 10:06AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
January 7, 2013 at 10:36AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Was she smoking weed for the interview or was it "tongue in cheek"?
January 7, 2013 at 8:32PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Look no further than every Xavier Dolan film ever made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgCqY3cE-VM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
January 8, 2013 at 6:40AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Suzanne needs to know that Kerala is not a city. It's an Indian state. Duh.
January 10, 2013 at 2:36PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
January 10, 2013 at 3:45PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Amen! I used to shoot stuff with friends as actors and one the day the light bulb switched on when one cancelled on me and another could barely stay awake during the shoot. Since then I get professionals and pay them! I will rather scrounge on gear than talent, its hard to fix bad acting in post!
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It is the same thing like art for example – what someone finds as pleasant and top-notch track, the other person would not find it as something that is top notch in his opinion. It is understandable that no perfect stereo system will produce the high-quality sound. However, you need to listen to several tracks that you are familiar with (a song from your preferred genre for example) but on different speakers. In this way, you can be almost 100% sure that you will get the right speaker for your studio before your final decision. In case you are on the budget, looking for the best audio monitors for your studio, take a look at top 5 best studio monitors under 200$.
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Officer Clemmons
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Dr. François S. Clemmons
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"I was highly motivated to tell this story because as a young boy growing up I had NO role-models. Where could I go to learn how to be gay? It haunted me for years that young men, black and white, did not have healthy role models to begin to fashion their own lives after. So, I began to put down for history how I struggled with many of the same questions I'm sure they had, and how I set about learning who I am at my very core. I wanted them to know that they could search and be victorious and successful as a gay, honorable person. Life is difficult for everyone, but gay folks don't have to live with rejection by society or reject themselves"
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"Officer Clemmons is not just another Mister Rogers story. It's a story of race, sexuality, overcoming the odds, and love. Clemmons's story will make you believe in the power of good despite all of the bad we face in this life." —Robert Lingle, Off the Beaten Path Bookstore (Lakewood, New York)
"This is a very meaningful book to me, being raised on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood by parents who were also raised on the show. A frequent character in the neighborhood, François Clemmons had to overcome much adversity in his young life to get to that point. Born in the South and then a transplant to Ohio, Franc dealt not only with constant racism but also abuse from his conservative family whom he knew he could not come out of the closet to. Through hard work, he got through school when he met Fred Rogers, the man who would change his life forever. This is a very heartfelt, inspiring, and touching memoir that any fan of the show should read, as well as anyone interested in music or civil rights." —Carl Kranz, Fountain Bookstore (Richmond, VA)
"Reading Dr. François S. Clemmons's memoir feels like sitting down for a conversation with a warm, wise, and friendly figure—just as his character, Officer Clemmons, was on screen in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Although many readers will flock to this book for Clemmons's stories of Fred Rogers, I found the first half of his life story even more moving. In easy, conversational prose, Clemmons walks us through his childhood in a family of sharecroppers, his fraught relationship with his mother and abusive stepfather, his involvement in the civil rights movement, and his emergence as a gay black man in a conservative and religious world. Above all, Clemmons's story—from his grandfather and his magic singing cane to his big break on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood—is a testament to music, imagination, and the joy of creativity. The book feels raw and a touch unpolished at times, and a few narrative threads from Clemmons's young adult life were left unresolved. But above all, this warm, big-hearted book is honest and authentic." —Rayne Stone, Rediscovered Books (Boise, ID)
"Dr. François S. Clemmons's memoir, Officer Clemmons, is authentic storytelling at its finest. Clemmons, a trained opera singer who became one of the most beloved neighbors in Mister Rogers' neighborhood, shares the story of his life with exuberance and authenticity. As a gay black man, his presence on a children's television show was revolutionary. Readers are admitted into his close and personal friendship with Fred Rogers. We are also invited into the most painful and humiliating parts of his life as he deals with prejudice against both his race and sexuality. While Clemmons is honest about his feelings of frustration and fatigue regarding the racism and homophobia he encountered throughout his life, readers are left with the portrait of a man who has spent his life pursuing the things that he loves." —Margaret Leonard, Dotters Books (Eau Claire, WI)


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Voluntary Shared Leave Listing
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The UNCW Voluntary Shared Leave Policy allows employees to donate leave to another employee who is facing a loss of income due to a personal or family member illness. As of January 2011, employees may donate sick leave in addition to vacation or bonus leave. There is a limit of five sick days to any one recipient. The recipient can only receive up to 160 hours of sick leave. The form to donate leave is located on the HR website at www.uncw.edu/hr/forms.html.
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These chewy granola bars are filled with peanut butter, chocolate, and pumpkin--making these the ultimate fall treat for those little (or big) hands.
If you've been with me for a while you know I love fall. Living in Florida, we are currently still rocking temps in the 90s and humidity may have dropped a percentage this week. Since we don't really have the weather to go with the season; we have to create it ourselves inside our homes. I bought some mums last week and placed them on my front porch, decorated for Halloween on my mantle, and bought some pumpkins that will have to be replaced next week.


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Grand Designs for some ?
I f you look carefully you will see the grand designs of the Red capped Plovers at Mogareeka,normally they have their sandscrape [nest ] in the middle of the beach with virtually no cover .These have chosen upmarket designs .
The beach nesting birds will sometimes choose a little vegetation or sticks as cover but don't seem to have the intricate designs of our bushbirds .like the incredibly beautiful nests made by the Grey Fantail in the featured image.


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Cleanliness in towns and cities of India is major societal/governance issue. Govt. of India has launched Clean India Mission to address cleanliness related problems in towns and cities of India and achieve the vision of clean India by 2019. To achieve the mission at mass scale, there is a need for coordination and communication between citizens and government authorities. ICT and mobile computing has great potential to provide connection between citizens and facilitate collaboration of citizens with government authorities. We have studied existing and related systems with their limitations. To address the problem, ICT based model using mobile computing has been proposed which will facilitate citizens to take photos of unclean spots using their mobile phones and report them to concerned government authorities of respective city locality. The ICT model aims to bring positive change in relationship between people and government by serving as a bridge between citizens and government authority to raise awareness, connect and collaborate with each other. The stakeholders in the proposed model framework are citizens of the country, NGO's, government authority, news and media agency and administrator. A prototype of the model and system design is under development.
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