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Apparently that's not it and that's not all. After Travis Rice and Brain Farm Productions' "That's It That's All" the snowboard community was left wondering how Curt Morgan and Rice were going to surpass the bar that they had set. Well here it is folks, the much anticipated trailer for their new movie, "The Art of Flight". Between director Curt Morgan's creativity, the skill of riders including Travis Rice, John Jackson, Gigi Ruf, Scotty Lago, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvick, Jake Blauvelt, among others, enough helicopters to film helicopters filming riders… from a helicopter, and more cutting-edge camera equipment than was used to film "Avatar"… this movie guaranteed to take off.
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Tim Tebow Trade Talk Rumor Squelched; 'Out of Character'
With only one season game under his belt as a Jets player, unashamed Christian quarterback Tim Tebow is rumored to be contemplating a trade away from the New York Jets by season's end. However, shortly after its publication at the New York Daily News, many sports analysts were calling the trade story that included quotes from an un-named NFL source preposterous.
"He won't make a stink during the season, but if Mark Sanchez doesn't provide an opening to play, then I think Tebow is one-and-done as a Jet," wrote sports columnist Gary Myers in the article for the Daily News. "I believe he endorsed the trade to the Jets rather than his hometown Jaguars because he felt he would have a better opportunity to get on the field as a quarterback. Sanchez was vulnerable, but he has responded to the pressure put on by Tebow."
Myers then quotes an anonymous NFL source as saying, "I think he will be a good soldier. At the end of the year, I think he will express those concerns to the Jets. He will want to move on. The one thing about Tebow is he is the quintessential team player. He would never do anything that is going to undermine the team. But he's football-aholic. It's in his blood."
Already under a giant magnifying glass for being a so-called "polarizing" sports figure, Tebow has not immediately responded to the rumor, but the sports media became all-a-twitter with opinions on Thursday.
"The source and the theory behind it doesn't fully add up when stacked against Tebow the man," wrote Kristian Dyer in a column published for the CBS New York website.
After explaining that Tebow knew full well what he was getting himself into with the Jets, Dyer writes: "He is a gamer and a fighter, and one never counts out that type of player. The Tebow way isn't to back down, and it isn't to ask for a trade. As such, it would be out of character for Tebow to demand a trade, or even rumble about it."
On Thursday, NFL Network reporter Albert Breer tweeted, "I can't find anyone who gives any credence to the idea that Tim Tebow is suddenly somehow contemplating what he'll do in 2013."
The Jets posted a 48-28 win over AFC East rivals the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. Sanchez threw three touchdown passes and helped the Jets set the franchise record for most points in a season opener.
In the game against the Bills, Tebow was involved in only 10 of the Jets' offensive plays. He ran the ball five times for 11 yards and didn't throw a pass.
"I'm definitely competitive, but the No. 1 thing to help competitiveness is winning football games," said Tebow. "However I can help this team to win football games, that's the ultimate goal."
Dyer, who covers the Jets for Metro New York, described Tebow beyond his competitive nature.
"You see, Tebow has never been about this world, and the born-again Christian with a strong faith isn't as concerned about his snaps and playing time as he is with his own character and soul," Dyer wrote in the same column that blasts the trade rumor. "For Tebow isn't just an athlete or a personality; he's an ambassador here on earth of a faith which he so clearly wants to share. The greatest media market in the world provides him with that platform, where at every turn he is being talked about.
"And starter or not, New York lets him share his faith, something more important to him than wins and losses."


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Oh, see, oh see, my heart,
Amidst night's velvet blanket's soft sweet murmurings! -
The quick trilled cricket's throb throated happy hopes;
The sob sob frogs alone upon the water's edge, now hopping happily;
The quickest gleam of white-winged butterfly, 'midst the garden's herbs -
The fair fine flash of flitting firefly, sure pathed.
Here, see? Only look, just there...ha ha! Swift sweeping...
Captured, in my eyes, just so!
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What is the PIC number of the University of Southern Denmark (EU applications)? 999904616
What is the CVR number of the University of Southern Denmark? 29283958
What is the University of Southern Denmark's bank account? Internal link
What is 'overhead'? Overhead is usually given as a percentage of the direct project costs applied for. The overhead is given to cover the indirect costs of the project. Indirect costs are for example rent, heating, electricity, cleaning, administration, and library. The Danish governmental research councils give 44 % in overhead, EU typically gives 20 %, while private foundations give from 0% and up to an minor part.
I am coming to work as a researcher in Denmark on a grant from another country. Do I need to pay taxes in Denmark? The tax rules in Denmark are complex and there is not one precise answer to this question. The International Staff Office at the University of Southern Denmark can inform you about the rules and the International Citizen Service can tell you about your specific situation.
Post.doc., post doc, postdoc - how is it spelled?
In Danish the word is spelled postdoc from the English postdoctoral (postdoc'en, postdoc'er, postdocen, postdocer). In English the word is spelled postdoc too.
Phd, ph.d., ph.D. - how is it spelled?
In Danish the word is spelled ph.d. (ph.d.en, ph.d.er) and in English the word is spelled PhD.
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If Michael Fassbender's role in the blockbuster 300 didn't convince you he was going places, check out today's news from Variety:
"Hunger," co-financed by Film4, the Northern Ireland Film Commission and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, is an impressionistic interpretation of the last six weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker who died in the Maze prison in 1981.
Michael Fassbender ("300") will star as Sands.
Film fans may recognize that the story behind Sands' hunger strike was previously told in Some Mother's Son, starring Helen Mirren. Hunger appears to have more avant-garde aspirations; its director, Steve McQueen, is a Turner Prize-winning artist of video installations. But roles like Sands are the stuff Oscars are made of, and Fassbender, with his probing blue eyes and sinister, Cheshire-cat grin, has the intensity to pull it off.
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If you're a freelancer or digital business owner, working from home is most likely your reality. There are so many amazing perks to being based chez vous, starting with that whole "no commute" thing. However, finding the balance between work life and home life all in the same place can be a challenge if you're not mindful of possible distractions. Life coach Zeta Yarwood tells Time Out why there is much more to the success of working from home than balancing your laptop on the chopping board while you stir in the pasta sauce. We quiz her on her top dos and don'ts.
How much space do you need for a home office?
You want enough space so that you can move around and access everything with ease. If you're constantly bumping into things or feel claustrophobic, you will start to associate your office space with frustration and stress, leaving you less motivated to work in there.
How should you choose the right space to set up?
Pick a room that has a lot of natural lighting, as this is good for our mood and our sleep patterns. I would probably choose a room furthest away from any distractions such as the TV in the living room or the fridge in the kitchen.
Does colour really make a difference to focus and concentration?
Colour is great for lifting mood and energy, leading to feelings of inspiration and motivation, which subsequently and positively affect focus and concentration. It's about personal taste and choosing colours that provoke the right emotions in you. Some people have found red can increase feelings of anger and frustration, while others have said it can increase their feelings of passion.
How do you define a work area and keep others from interrupting you?
When it's work time, it's work time. Make sure your spouse or family knows that just because you are home does not mean you're available. As you're setting up your work space, explain that this is your "office" and you need peace and quiet to do work. It's about setting realistic boundaries that work for you and your family.
Are you as productive at home as you would be in an office environment?
Productivity stems from two things. First, motivation. And second, ability to manage external distractions. If you're not fully engaged in what you're doing, you will be more susceptible to getting distracted. Lack of engagement could be because the task at hand is boring, stressful, too complicated or overwhelming. So, in effect, it doesn't matter if you're at home or at work. You'll subconsciously entertain anything that will distract you. Whether that's answering emails, checking social media, going to the fridge or making another cup of coffee. It's a form of procrastination.
Aside from the obvious flexibility, what would you say is the top benefit for home working?
Reduced stress levels. While you might be physically at the office, mentally you might be focusing on personal issues. Working from home can help reduce stress levels because you feel more in control and have more mental capacity to focus on your work. Also, improved health – by working at home the commuting time saved enables you to resume physical exercise, to go for a long walk, for example, before and after work, or to join a local gym.
And the potential pitfalls to watch out for?
1) Feeling isolated. While you might work better on your own, it is important to remember we are a social species and living like an island is not sustainable.
2) Not feeling part of the team. If you work for a company, working from home might mean you find yourself removed from key company updates, news, changes, etc.
3) Self-motivation. To work from home successfully you have to be able to motivate yourself and do something you love.


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Larry David
Lawrence Gene David is an American producer, writer, comedian and actor. He is best known for co producing American sitcom 'Seinfeld'. He and Jerry Seinfeld are joint creators and executive producers of the show. David was also head script writer for the show from 1989 – 1996.
In a '60 Minutes' interview with Charlie Rose in 2015, the bald Larry David was asked about his net worth reported to be over $500 million. Larry said quote "I don't have that kind of money! My wife took half of it in the divorce, the figures are crazy."
Then Charlie Rose asks about Seinfeld money and how the media insiders are reporting that he did in fact make half a billion dollars from the show. Larry says quote "That's just nuts! No, it's not! It's not! And mind your own damn business!".
Repeat episodes of the Seinfeld show are still shown around the World. 'Seinfeld' continues to make the producers of the show including Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld considerable amounts of money every year.
In October of 2000 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' starring Larry David premiered on the HBO network. The show where Larry David plays a version of himself ran for 8 seasons with a total of 80 episodes up until 2011 when the show was discontinued.
In June of 2016 it was announced that 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' would return for another season of 10 episodes in 2017.
Bald Comedian, Actor, Producer Writer
July 2, 1947, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Alive or Dead
Alive and Well
Best Known for
Seinfeld producer
Height & Weight
5′ 11″ / 180 cm's – 180 lbs / 82 kg's
Net Worth
$400 Million USD
Married or Single
Divorced Laurie Lennard. They were married from 1993 to 2007. They have 2 children together, daughters Cazzie 1994 and Romy 1996.
Gay or Straight
Interesting Facts
He has never owned a camera or even taken a photograph in his life.
Larry loves to do crossword puzzles in his spare time.
'Turner Classic Movies' is his favourite television channel.
He hates holidays like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentines day to name a few.
Larry David wears spectacles and is bald on top with white hair on the sides and back.
Larry David On Being Bald – Scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm


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The Stone House was the second of the three originally planned Class novels, tied to the first series. It was written by A.K. Benedict.
Publisher's summary Edit
"If you get out, you'd think you'd be one of the lucky ones. But you're not. The house infects you."
There's an old stone house near Coal Hill School. Most people hurry past it. They've heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you'll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming.
Tanya finds herself drawn to the stone house. There's a mystery there, and she's going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there's a presence in the house. One that wants her.
Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any ghosts.
Plot Edit
to be added
Characters Edit
- Tanya Adeola
- Andrea Quill
- Charlie Smith
- Matteusz Andrzejewski
- April MacLean
- Ram Singh
- Vivian Adeola
- Tanya Adeola's aunt
- The Queen
- Alice Parsons
- Catherine Grace Parsons
- Amira
- Yana
- Baba
- Ummi
- Zainer
- Alan Turnpike
- Constantine Oliver
- Rajesh
- Felicity
- Danny
- Doug
- DC Carpenter
- DC Turner
- Female bone spider
- Baby bone spider
References Edit
Individuals Edit
- Tanya Adeola has a neighbour named Mrs Cartwright.
- Of all ghostbusters, Matteusz wants to be Kate McKinnon as the one with the best hair.
- Miss Quill compares Tanya's invisibility with Derren Brown's magic tricks.
Alien species Edit
- Miss Quill mentions Daleks.
- Miss Quill mentions fire stallions.
- There are aardvarks on the planet Rhodia.
- Miss Quill does not give one Aulian's breath for what Alan Turnpike thinks.
- Bone spiders have a thorax.
Locations Edit
London locations Edit
- The old stone house is at the end of an East End street in Shoreditch.
- Tanya has been to Spitalfields market.
- Tanya's aunt met the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
- Miss Quill, Ram, April and Tanya meet at Elephant and Castle tube station to visit Alan Turnpike who lives on Meadow Row.
- Offices of Constantine Oliver Ltd are in Highgate.
- Miss Quill bought her extraterrestrial knives on Camden Market.
- A laboratory in Brompton is fully aware of aliens.
- Alice Parsons's coffin was taken to Kensal Green cemetery.
- Catherine Grace Parsons was adopted by a couple from Stoke Newington.
Other Earth locations Edit
- Amira with her father, mother and sister Yana lived in Damascus in Syria until the war started.
- Amira, Ummi and Yana crossed the border from Syria to Kahramanmaras on the Turkish side.
- Ummi drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on their way from Turkey to Greece.
- Tanya's aunt went for a holiday in Spain.
- Among national dolls in the house there is a Spanish and Iranian dolls.
- The last refugee camp Amira stayed in before England was in Calais. There she shared a tent with a family from Homs.
- Yana suffocated while crossing the Channel in the back of a lorry with a refrigerator unit.
Extraterrestrial locations Edit
- Miss Quill mentions the flame lake of Kabal.
- Miss Quill mentions Eckbear system.
Plants Edit
- Dandelions and overgrown roses grow in the garden of the old stone house.
- Tanya sees geraniums.
- The windows of the house are covered with ivy.
- The back garden of the house is overgrown with nettle and dock leaf, which looks like nettle.
Animals Edit
- Trochulus hispidus is a species of snails with hairy shells.
- Mrs Cartwright has a Collie.
- Charlie draws ants.
- A cat pisses on dandelions.
- Tanya notices a pile of earth scurried up by a badger.
- The hedges in the back garden of the old stone house have the shape similar to a squirrel or a woolly mammoth.
- Tanya sees a dead wasp.
- Earth spiders have no eyelids.
Human biology and psychology Edit
- Tanya read that even having not slept the night, a human still catches bits of non-REM sleep. She also read about five tricks to wake up from nightmares: concentrate, observe, scream, blink and run.
- Human bones are wrapped in periosteum.
- Shifting brainwaves from theta to gamma and beta results in waking up.
- Stimulation of amygdala during sleep causes adrenaline flow and opening of the eyes.
- Tanya thinks that Amira exhibits Stockholm syndrome towards the house.
Food and drinks Edit
- Tanya often eats Shreddies in the evening.
- Charlie and Matteusz Andrzejewski drink orange juice.
- Miss Quill really loves coffee.
- April MacLean gives Tanya and Ram Singh apples to eat.
- Vivian Adeola prepares lasagna for dinner.
- Miss Quill eats sausage and egg for breakfast.
- Ram eats waffles with bacon and maple syrup.
- Teachers at Coal Hill School eat a lot of jam doughnuts.
- Amira feeds off tomato soup, tinned pasta, beans and mandarin segments.
- Miss Quill can tell amontillado by the smell of an empty bottle.
- Amira uses alphabet spaghetti to spell a warning to the Coal Hill defenders.
- Tanya smells garlic, rosemary, cinnamon and batter.
- Charlie eats a burger.
- Tanya drinks hot chocolate.
- Vivian is good at baking molasses and ginger cake.
- In prison, Miss Quill receives biscuits.
Organisations Edit
- Tanya often tries hacking the Pentagon.
- To gather information about the house, Tanya impersonates a representative of the Mass Observation Centre at the local library.
- Reyland Developers puts up an announcement for nightwatch staff in a local newspaper.
- Alan F. Turnpike runs the urban legends website "Myth City" featuring stories about the old stone house.
Science Edit
- Miss Quill mentions underlying prames of the Renyalin series. April thinks that she means primes.
- Miss Quill is wondering if the Rift is causing an uplift in temperatures.
- Tanya studies three-dimensional trigonometry and Bragg scattering.
- Miss Quill assigns a problem about the link between photoelectric effect and ionisation. Tanya mentions that a typical mistake is to link work function to electrons escaping from individual atoms.
Technology Edit
Earth technology Edit
- April uses Nair tubes to remove hair.
- Tanya and Ram communicate via DM and FaceTime.
- During a heat wave, April uses a battery-operated fan.
- Amira communicated with Baba using Whatsapp before losing her phone in the sea.
- Tanya mentions Instagram.
- When Charlie says Miss Quill's pen might be a special device, Ram suggests it is a dildo.
- Miss Quill has EMF readers, like on Most Haunted, that measure fluctuations in electromagnetic fields.
- X-pro II filter modifies photos by blackening the edges.
- Alan Turnpike drives a Mini.
Alien technology Edit
- Miss Quill mentions an authenticating gun capable.
- She has a pen that works as artron energy detector.
Gardening Edit
- Flowers such as roses are supposed to be deadheaded.
History Edit
- There are dolls in Victorian dresses in the attic of the house.
Culture Edit
Earth culture Edit
- The old stone house would have been too gothic for the Addams Family.
- Miss Quill warns the Coal Hill defenders that her relationship with them is not similar to the one depicted in Dead Poets Society.
- Tanya calls the bag packed for her and Ram by April "Mary Poppins handbag".
- Tanya thinks the overgrowth in the back garden of the old house looks like topiary.
- The inside of the conservatory reminds Tanya of a scene from Great Expectations if Miss Havisham were a keen gardener.
- Spain was famous for flamenco and castanets.
- Miss Quill enjoys Orange is the New Black.
- The Coal Hill defenders find old issues of Beano and Dandy comic books for children.
- Tanya's aunt does Zumba.
- Tanya mentions J-horror.
- Alan originally thought that Faceless Alice could have been Alice Parsons, dressed up Psycho-style.
- Alan broke into Alice Parsons' house during the night to make sure that Alice was really sleeping, that there was no bolster in the bed or pulley system like in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
- Tanya wears pyjamas with unicorns.
- Tanya has an idea to use EMF readers like on Most Haunted.
- Charlie compares them with ghost busters.
- Miss Quill compares Constantine Oliver to the Cheshire Cat in reverse.
- April wonders if their investigations of the house will have a Scooby Doo ending.
- Since the house seems to clean up on its own, Tanya compares it to a creepier version of Beauty and the Beast.
- Covered in webs, Miss Quill's suit looks like a Halloween costume.
- Alice Parsons' letter mentions Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes' Night.
- Jasper Adeola sang "Rock-a-bye Baby" to young Tanya.
- Tanya asks if Alan like jazz. He replies that he is a prog person.
Rhodian culture Edit
Religion Edit
Minerals Edit
- Miss Quill has a knife made from rare Kalthagon stone.
Notes Edit
- Although, based on the dates mentioned in television episodes, the main events of this story are supposed to be happening in October-November 2016, repeated mentions of a heat wave and pictures of "packed British beaches" in newspapers suggest that A. K. Benedict intended the story to take place in the summer. This makes dating some of the events of the story uncertain.
- Matteusz's identification with Kate McKinnon makes even more sense given that she is openly gay.
- When the Coal Hill defenders split up investigating the house with Tanya going upstairs with Charlie and Matteusz and Miss Quill, April and Ram trying to find the basement, Tanya suddenly interferes in the conversation of the latter team happening downstairs. (Presumably, these are Ram's words, erroneously assigned to Tanya.)
- April says: "My parents aren't going to let me out of the house ..." even though her father is not living with them and is not even allowed to approach April without permission.
Continuity Edit
- Miss Quill asks if her students have been replaced again. (PROSE: Joyride)
- After their first kiss (TV: Nightvisiting), Ram and April started dating.
- Matteusz has moved in with Charlie. (TV: Nightvisiting)
- When Ram calls April Miss Quill Mark 2, Miss Quill says that it is an insult to the real Miss Quill Mark 2, who "did her best but war was not for her". It is not clear whether she is speaking about her sister. (TV: Nightvisiting)
- Miss Quill recognises hands she held when she was a kid, hands of a friend lost in a war. Later she would tell Ballon about her partner killed during the war. (TV: The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did)
- Amira sees Tanya's nightmare in which her father died. (TV: Nightvisiting)
- The main events of this story are set between Nightvisiting and Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart, placing it in November 2016.
External links Edit
- Official The Stone House page at Penguin Books


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The new fall season seems to start tonight, and we just had a stellar summer season. I'm talking about TV of course, not nature or anything like that.
Spoilers abound below, so if you are behind on any of these shows then probably don't read the blurb beneath the headings.
This fall I'm watching these shows:
Parks & Recreation
Thursday 8:30 on NBC
Starts on Sept 17
A lot of people weren't too impressed with the first season of this show. To them I say that I wasn't impressed with the first season of The Office… at all. I quit watching after that season for almost all of the second season. But I gave it a second chance and it got better and better. The main character got more reasonable and likable. The side characters spun off into interesting directions and the show got to be more renewable. The same thing will happen to Parks & Recreation.
The reason why I like this show more than The Office is that I used to work in a small town municipal office and the portrayel of the uselessness of city workers is amazingly accurate. Also I find Amy Poehler to be far more interesting than Steve Carell.
Thursday Night Live
Thursday 8:00 on NBC
Starts Sept 17
That's not actually what this show is called, it's really called Saturday Night Live: Thursday Nights, or something like that. Apparently it wouldn't have the same brand recognition if it was just TNL. Oh well, that's not the point.
I'm going to watch this show, but I don't think I'll enjoy it too much. I love SNL, I am a firm believer that it's still a good show. But I find that ridiculous sketches are a lot funnier after 11:30 pm rather than after 8:30 pm. Also Seth just isn't as good without Amy and he isn't as funny as Tina and Amy and he's about as funny as Jimmy, but not quite as funny as Jimmy and Tina. In the end I'd rather watch 30 Rock, so I'll watch TNL until 30 Rock comes back on in October.
The Office
Thursday 9:00 on NBC
Starts Sept 17
Meh. I've never felt attached to The Office, I watch it and I laugh (more at Phyllis and the other side characters than at Michael, Dwight and Jim). But I feel no need to promote this show, it's doing well, and you already watch it so who cares.
Thursday 9:30 on NBC
Starts Sept 17
I'm proud to say that this is the only new NBC show that I'm going to watch. Usually I watch 90% of their new shows and I'm always disappointed. But thanks to NBC's falling fortunes and their new strategy to save money (Jay Leno) I don't have 40 new shows that I have to fit into my schedule.
But at the same time the jury is still out on this show. I have no idea if it's going to be good or not. I'm giving it a chance, but I'm not giving it a huge chance.
UPDATE: This show is good, very, very good. I will definitely watch the rest of this season.
Survivor: Samoa
Thursday 8:00 on NBC
Starts Sept 17
Good ol' Survivor. What can I say, I love watching this show.
Thursday 9:00 on NBC
Starts Sept 17
This show should really be down in my category for shows I intend to watch. I am very far behind on this show. I blame it on my friends because we said we'd watch it together, but that's just an excuse. I love this show and someday I'll watch it, but at the moment I'm just trying to avoid spoilers.
Saturday Night Live
Saturday 11:35 on NBC
Starts Sept 26
Again, I love my SNL. The casting changes this year were slightly horrifying. But I'm sure Lorne knows what he's doing, he's been doing it for 35 years. Who am I to question him?
30 Rock
Thursday 9:30 on NBC
Starts Oct 15
I'm probably most excited about this show. Did you know that I've developed the habit of watching an episode of 30 Rock every night before I go to bed. I've been doing it for six months or so. This show is just glorious. It's inching closer and closer to an Arrested Development level of comedy perfection in my mind. (It'll never actually surpass Arrested Development, but it'll come close to equalling it.)
Family Guy
Sunday 9:00 on FOX
Starts Sept 27
Family Guy is getting less and less interesting every year. I'll watch it out of devotion, but if I don't get a big laugh between every commercial break then there'll be hell to pay.
But there's always that second Star Wars episode that they've been dangling in front of our noses for two years now. We can always look forward to that.
American Dad
Sunday 9:30 on FOX
Starts Sept 27
I actually like American Dad more than Family Guy these days. Roger is turning into a far better character than Stewie.
The Cleveland Show
Sunday 8:30 on FOX
Starts Sept 27
I'm giving this show a chance, but not because of Cleveland, I don't like Cleveland. I'm watching this show because of the the bear neighbors and because the bear wife will be voiced by Arrianna Huffington. I look forward to watching her say terrible things.
Monday 8:00 on NBC
Sometime in 2010
I shouldn't put this show on my list. I am very far behind ont his show (I thought it was getting canceled), and I have no motivation to catch up.
Friday 9:00 on The CW
Starts Sept 25
Same for Smallville, really far behind with almost no intention of catching up.
Now we're on to the cable shows. These shows are the reason why I don't catch up on my network shows, the cable networks keep on making better shows.
Bored to Death
Starts Sept 20 on HBO
Bored to Death stars one of my favorite movie stars, Jason Schwartzman. He plays his usual character, a neurotic creative/intellectual type who isn't very creative or smart. If you think back that describes almost every character he's ever played. Anywho, this show looks like it's going to be very hilarious. With guest stars like Parker Posey and Kristin Wiig, something is going right.
Project Runway
Some evening on Lifetime (bleh)
On now
I don't fully understand why they moved this show from New York to LA, but I'll live with it. Honestly, this show is good, but the Canadian one is better. Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn and the other judges have nothing on Iman, Brian Bailey and the Canadian judges.
Sometime on Fridays On USA Network
On now
I love Psych. The show is so funny in a nostalgic way and the cases seem to be getting better and better. They used to do just regular old murder mysteries, but now it seems like every episode is based on a classic movie.
White Collar
Starts Oct 23 on USA Network
White Collar is another USA Network show. This network is getting better and better, I seem to be watching every show they make. Their formats seem to work quite well. They are all essentially dramedies formatted like procedurals. The characters tend to be quite odd, and the dynamics are always fun. This show is starring Matt Bomer (Bryce from Chuck), Tim Dekay (Clayton from Carnivale), and Natalie Morales (Wendy from The Middleman). It's a great cast and I'm sure it will be awesome.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Starts Sept 17 on FX
Sunny comes back this season and will no doubt shock us again and again with it's evilness.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Starts Sept 20 on HBO
Meanwhile Curb Your Enthusiasm this season is going to be about the original amoral foursome. The Seinfeld gang is teaming up for about seven episodes of this season. It should be epic, and I'm sure NBC is contemplating suicide since the reunion won't be on their network.
Starts Sept 27 on Showtime
When Dexter is actually on it's one of my favorite shows, but when it isn't I'm always surprised that I'm a fan. This year's story seems significantly better than last years Jimmy Smits centric buddy drama was… uncomfortable. This year is about Dexter's new baby and John Lithgow's new character. Having John Lithgow as a antagonist is genius and going to be creepy and a half.
Over the summer I watched these shows:
On Showtime
Weeds was most definitely my favorite summer show. Just like Alanis Morisette's character I'm addicted to the drama of the Botwin family. I was on the edge of my seat this entire season and I think I laughed more this season than during any other Weeds season. Many people think the show has lost it's focus, they think it's changed so much that it's not the same show. I am not in that camp. I love it when shows reinvent themselves. I would rather see a show completely change directions and morph into a totally unrecognizable monster rather than seeing it fade into a dull repetition of past successes. And weeds has totally reinvented itself. And I love the directions it has taken. It's awesome that Celia finally has a purpose in the show, it's great that Nancy is finally being forced to look in the mirror and see what a terrible mother she is, it's terrific that Silas has grown up, and most importantly, it is glorious that this show has managed to transform Shane into a murderous monster.
Nurse Jackie
On Showtime
I hate Nurse Jackie, the person. I watched this show because my friends insisted, and since I force them to watch so many TV shows I thought I should return the favor. But I hate Edie Falco's character going into the show and I hated her more by the end. She deserved far worse than what she got at the end of the season. The reason(s) why I continued watching the show was because of Zoey and Dr. O'Hara. They were entertaining enough to keep me watching
I now know how people who watch Weeds and hate Nancy feel like. Personally I still like Nancy despite her lack of responsibility and her insanely risky actions. It's interesting to see that situation from another perspective.
Burn Notice
On USA Network
Burn Notice is great because it takes so little concentration on my part. The show is too simple for me to watch with two eyes, so I play video games and watch it at the same time. It's much better that way.
Also I don't like Moon Bloodgood, she was around for half the season and I found her exceedingly dull.
In Plain Sight
On USA Network
I find myself liking In Plain Sight more than Burn Notice. Burn Notice isn't really based in reality. Michael, from Burn Notice, does extremely illegal and, at times, immoral things and there aren't consequences. And when his clients are in trouble you never really worry too much about them. In Plain Sight on the other hand has a serious sense of danger. Mary's clients could get killed at any moment. Also the setting is just awesome. Everytime I watch that intro I'm surprised at what a perfect procedural it is. For this show you don't have to suspend your disbelief, US Marshals actually do this kind of stuff all the time. They work undercover constantly and they deal with people who are actually going to get assassinated. It's a genius setting. (Although Mary McCormack's upper lip does bother me at times.)
Royal Pains
On USA Network
Royal Pains is at the bottom of my list of USA Net shows I enjoy. It's meant to be a kind of midrange between Psych and Burn Notice. It's not quite a hilarious comedy but it's not really dramatic or dangerous. Unfortunately the show hasn't hit it's stride yet. Also Paul Costanzo has some really bad comedic timing. I don't know why but he's always too quick with his jokes. You don't even have time to think about what was just said and he's already done with his zinger.
Shows that I intend to watch in the near future:
True Blood
On HBO
I've been avoiding True Blood for quite some time. I know it's an amazing show and it's had unprecedented success and the casting is mostly perfect, and all my friends love it and I will love it… but.. it's Anna Paquin. She's just disgusting. I can't describe how much I hate her and her Oscar. But I think I'm finally giving in. Fine, I'll watch your show.
Mad Men
On AMC
I have less of an excuse for Mad Men. I know I'll like it, but it's just a lot of paying attention. Someday I'll get to this show. (At this point I'm a little embarassed because some of my less educated friends have watched and enjoyed more of this show than I have.)
Top Chef
On Bravo
I was inspired by my favorite WordPress TV blogger Myles over at Cultural Learnings. It's a great blog with very insightful reviews of random episodes from very good shows. Anywho, this summer Myles apparently watched four seasons of Top Chef in the space of a week or something. When a well educated TV blogger, with great taste in TV, marathons a reality TV show, that's a sign of quality.
In Treatment
On HBO
The same goes for In Treatment. I'm sure it's a very high quality drama, but it's a lot of time. There are a few thousand episodes to go through to catch up. I mostly want to watch this show to commend the creators for their audacity for creating such a unique format. Can you imagine pitching a show with five episodes a week to a cable network, and then telling them you want to hire only award winning movie actors? That's impressive.
Sons of Anarchy
On FX
Maybe I'll watch this, don't quote me on this. I have one single friend that's pushing me to watch this one.
There are still other shows that I haven't watched yet, shows like The Tudors, Merlin, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under etc. If only we had summers like the old days when there was no new programming, and the cable nets only put out one show a decade. Ah the good ol' days, back when I had time.
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Over the weekend, I disposed of an awful lot of my writing history. It hurt, but you always have to keep moving and learning.
I spent much of last weekend digging around under my house. Not because there's anything wrong with the foundations (that I know of), but because this week is one of two occasions this year when I can dispose of large rubbish items via leaving it on my kerbside, and I had a lot to sort through.
Moving twice in the space of the last year, both out of and into my house had left me with much to sort through, and naturally those idiots at AJ Grant left behind some rubbish as well, because of course they did.
In the process of getting rid of things, I came across a very heavy plastic crate, filled to the top with magazines. One specific magazine, in fact. Australian Personal Computer, the mag I cut my journalistic teeth on way back in 1998. That feels like a long time ago because, any way I choose to look at it, it was.
I worked at APC (which was, at the time, a magazine owned by Australian Consolidated Press, or ACP, an acronym confusion point that was its own hilarious talking point from time to time) from February 1998 — I forget the date — through to September 11, 2001.
I'd kept the full "run" of my time on the magazine; for some time on shelves in the house until I had kids and space was at a premium, and then in storage boxes under the house. I hadn't looked at them for many years by this point.
I opened up the box, and was greeted by the rich, wafting scent of paper mould.
Damn. At some point, some moisture must have gotten into the box, and while the magazines themselves presented as dry, clearly they were in the process of going particularly bad. Which meant only one thing — they had to go.
Before anyone gets twitchy about them flapping around on my kerb, the magazines went to my recycling bin. They're paper, and should be recycled responsibly.
Pulling out all those issues brought back a wave of memories associated with that job.
Interviewing for the position at a magazine where my older brother already worked, and being asked (predictably) if I could work with my brother.
I answered yes, because of course you would if you wanted the job. It turns out we work very well together, because even when we don't agree we can work around it.
At the same interview, I was told the equal best bit of journalism advice I've ever had:
"You know, you're unlikely to get rich doing this. You have to do it because you love to write."
For those curious, the other bit of advice that I'd say is equal to that is that "As a journalist, you never, ever stop learning.". It's sad to reflect that both people that gave me those particular nuggets of wisdom are no longer amongst us.
Working across three floors when I first started; the main "offices" on level 8, the labs up on level 11 and the single office shared with PC User that was dubbed "The Pit" because it had no windows and only a single door. Or maybe that was the inhabitants, although the Pit's atmosphere didn't stop its inhabitants becoming successes in their own fields right across the planet. What was interesting at the time was that there was a need for resources, and there were resources. Dedicated reviews writers, folks writing news, others writing features and a shared pool of knowledge and mentoring.
Which also reminds me: The Pit was where (pretty much as an office) we all crammed in to watch the first trailer for The Phantom Menace, a trailer that utterly melted the Internet when it first debuted. No, really, it did at the time, and bear in mind this was an era when most folks were on dial-up connections if they had connections at all. We got the trailer, eventually and had a viewing in The Pit. The lads in The Pit were testing projectors, you see…
From there, moving to a single floor (such luxury!) on Castlereigh Street, and having enough space to throw frisbees and a red rubber Novell brain (I've still got that, though it's showing its age) around the office in bored moments. Not that it wasn't hard work — there was a lot of blood, sweat, tears and checking of copy in order to put out a magazine that folks would want to spend their money on.
APC also gave me a solid appreciation for the value of both mentoring and good sub-editing. I can recall as a young journalist (even I was young once upon a time) complaining to one of the subs about what had been done to one review or another, and being utterly raked across the coals for it.
I was, of course, totally in the wrong, and I quickly learned. Writing is a skill that has to be nurtured, and being willing and able to take feedback to improve is a vital part of developing that skill. Also, a good sub-editor is worth his or her weight in gold, and then some more again. Sadly it seems that subs are the first to be cut when times are tough, presumably because they're viewed as not "creating" content. It's very short sighted thinking, because talented subs can both ensure content is correct and improve it immensely.
Equally, working amongst a large group of skilled and emerging writers helped me immensely, because there were so many different viewpoints, skill sets and abilities to call on, lean on and learn from. It's why I try to help out other writers wherever I can, because it's the kind of help I had early in my career that laid the foundation work for the writer I'm still becoming. Remember, you never stop learning, and if you think that you have, then your writing is only going to get worse. Really, it is.
Magazines aren't dead — I'd still like to think that there are many niches and writing formats that they can serve in a way that online doesn't do well if at all — and it's worth noting that APC continues under the stewardship of Dan Gardiner. I can recall Dan joining the staff at APC, thrown into the deep end — we all were, and it's a good way to sort out those who can write and those who can't — but there's no doubt that the magazines I threw out belonged to a different era of magazine publication — or that he'd probably kill to have the resources we did then.
Still, looking at those issues did highlight a four year span of my life that's now long in the distant past.
It did sting to let them go, but time moves on. I can't imagine my kids, all of whom were born after I'd moved on from that job having any particular attachment to, say, the issue where I told people not to buy the Fish PC (this being a PC shaped like a fish, and I only wish I was joking) or the issue where I blatantly stole an idea from PlayStation Mag and we tested whether you got worse at driving games after a few drinks.
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South Florida Single Mother Receives an Additional $32K in Free Grants for Her Daughter
Financial Aid appeal nets entering college freshman an additional $8K in free grants from Emory University.
By: College Planning PhD, Inc.
Her financial aid award letter was finally posted on Tuesday, August 14th, for $18,811 annually in grants. Immediately after reviewing the award, J. Jay Greene personally spoke with the head of Financial Aid, and using his knowledge and expertise of the financial aid process, appealed the award based on some discrepancies he uncovered. Within 24 hours, Sondra and Naomi were rewarded with an additional $8,169 in grants (which is an additional $32,676 during her undergraduate studies).
The head of financial aid contacted Mr. Greene to thank him for making them aware of the errors, and commended him on his professionalism and thoroughness. She also went on to say she was pleased with the manner in which Mr. Greene conducted himself, and that from the her viewpoint, the family was fortunate to have him help them navigate through this process, and go the extra mile to ensure the family received the maximum amount of much-needed aid. She continued to remark that he was her new best friend. She even inquired about his services to assist her daughter and grandson in California.
Sondra had already contacted our office prior to seeing her new financial aid award letter to thank J. Jay for all his help, and to secure his services for the entirety of Naomi's college career…that was before learning about the additional $8,169 per year.
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He will be holding his free educational workshop, "How to Pay for College Without Going Broke", in the Media Center at Spanish River High School on Tuesday, August 28th at 6:30 pm, and in the Media Center at Boca Raton High School on Thursday, August 30th at 6:30pm. Parents are encouraged to attend, regardless of their kid's age. Seating is free, but limited by the size of the room, and previous classes have filled up. Those who are interested in attending can register at www.GetYourCollegeMoney.com or call the 24-hour hotline at (561) 208-5552 ext. 4.


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Ahmadinejad would likely not approve. With its Iranian Theater Festival, the Brick Theater unfurls a Persian carpet of conversation and performance works, many of them highly experimental, which explore Iranian history and identity. As theater has existed in Iran since 1000 b.c., the creators will have quite a lot to draw upon. The festival includes plays in English and Persian on subjects such as "murders, suicides, and rabbits"; "how hard it is to keep a chador on"; Hitler's doppelgänger; and the Iran/Iraq War as performed by marionettes. Additional events include an Iranian New Year's party, live Skype chats with Iranian citizens, and a panel on controversial visionary director Reza Abdoh staffed with several of his collaborators, including Juliana Francis-Kelly and Tony Torn.
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It was a day full of fury,
It was a night full of darkness,
It was the time with little hope;
To start moving on, to end at the long road.
Hey! What's with that quote? It's vague! It's senseless. It's such a crap! But, readers, it's MINE!!! No one cares but I care! Ehemm..(Rejuvenated)
Life's getting harder when you start losing your very precious belonging. You know that you gonna lose it, but you act like nothing's going to happen. Everything's in your hands. You're wrong and I'm wrong too. So whats next? Just watch it's being swept by the wind? Kick by an old folk? Huh..Happy? Sad? Frustrated? There's no need to feel that way because a big girl doesn't cry. (Hailing a sword to the air)
Readers. I'm not the type who is good in making decision. I seldomly change my plan, change my idea but rarely change my attitude since I love myself. Hoho.. It would be harder for me to make a decision that involves many people. But, once I've pushed the 'start' button, I won't shut it off. I will just go with the flow. Unfortunately, certain people don't understand me. They think I'm selfish, I'm rude, I'm arrogant.. Am I? Is it hard for you to accept what I've decided?
I'm not talking rubbish here but truly I'm feeling comfortable expressing things that I know, and you people, do not know. Heh, sorry. Let it stay vague and more vague. I feel satisfied. I feel happy but somehow I feel sorry to the people who feel sad or frustrated or even mad due to my decision. I crave for new air, new colours, new rhythm. But why these people won't give me the chance? Why am I still stucked under your rules?
I've never asked much before and I rarely demand things. Still, I think I need something else. I need rooms and spaces so that I can find a "filler" that can fit the place and be happy with me. Either it is long lasting or not, let the future tells. All I want now is your understanding towards the decision that I've made. I'm not evil but I've gone through your 'devilness' a lot. I guess it's more than enough and I should put it to a fullstop.
(Sigh) I know it's imposibble for you to read my crappy thingy but at least, I've reduced my burden - telling things that you would never want to understand, repeating the same things that you would never want to hear.. Who are you heh?
Well readers, please don't regret reading my blurry essay ;p thanks!
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text: SetAnOpenCourse #151 Posted January 13, 2016 Quite correct, I worked in the USA as an alien,for several years on an H1B visa. I had no representation, could not vote, but got to pay taxes !! OK; the dual taxation agreement made sure I only paid one lot of "federal taxes" BUT, I got to pay dual taxes on State taxes, and I had to pay SS and Medicare, and am prohibited from ever receiving 1 cent of those. So' I'm a little tetchy about this and generally do NOT tip, unless there's exceptional service. I lost many thousands of dollars on this deal (to the exclusive benefit of the US taxpayer), and figure that the state bureaucrats could craft a way to get some of this money into the hands of the workers in the approximately 10 restaurants I visited and "stiffed" the wait staff. After all these bureaucrats give themselves great salaries, grand titles and lots of holidays! And lets just add it into the fare and pay them a decent wage! Oh yes, I've read all the reasons why this "can't work" and its all horse manure. Gee, the world financial mandarins, can bring the world almost to a financial meltdown, and still walk away with obscene bonuses!!!!! Surely one of them could produce a workable system? But anyway, I've sailed on several lines, and usually halve the tip/HSC/whatever, after 35 years in the miltary, I don't need my bed turned down with a chocolate, I keep my own bathroom clean, and usually eat at the buffet (just like the mess-hall) never buy drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, and don't need pampering. If there was a choice, I'd cruise on a ultra basic line, Like the EasyCruise one, but I'm not aware of these anymore. An ultra basic line sounds great for me, except that HAL seems to have the ships that I like (promenade, etc.). DW and I would have no problem without any cabin service for a week, although a couple of fresh towels midweek would be nice. Nevertheless, we've been keeping the HSC as-is. If they could offer a stateroom category with limited service and a low HSC, we'd surely go with that. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Bowman, Eddowes (DNB00)
BOWMAN, EDDOWES (1810–1869), dissenting tutor, eldest son of John Eddowes Bowman the elder [q. v.] and Elisabeth, his cousin, was born at Nantwich on 12 Nov. 1810. He was educated chiefly at Hazelwood, near Birmingham, by Thomas Wright Hill, father of Sir Rowland Hill. The future postal reformer was his teacher in mathematics. From school he passed to the Eagle foundry, Birmingham, where he improved himself in mechanical engineering. He became, about 1835, sub-manager of the Varteg ironworks, near Pontypool. On the closing of the Varteg works in 1840 Bowman betook himself to study, graduated M.A. at Glasgow, and attended lectures at Berlin, acquiring several modern languages and mastering various branches of physical science. In 1846 Francis W. Newman resigned the classical chair in the Manchester New College, having been elected to the chair of Latin in University College, London. Bowman was immediately appointed his successor at Manchester as professor of classical literature and history, and he held that post till the removal of the college to Gordon Square, London, as a purely theological institution, in 1853. To this removal he was strongly opposed. Remaining in Manchester, though possessed of a sufficient independence, he gratified his natural taste for teaching by engaging in the education of girls. For the study of astronomy he had built himself an excellent observatory. On optics and acoustics he delivered several courses of lectures at the Manchester Royal Institution and elsewhere. From 1865, when the Owens scholarship was founded in connection with the Unitarian Home Missionary Board, he was one of the examiners. He was a man of undemonstrative disposition, of wise kindness, and of cultured philanthropy. He died, unmarried, at Victoria Park, Manchester, on 10 July 1869. Among his publications are:
- 'Arguments against the Divine Authority of the Sabbath … considered, and shown to be inconclusive' 1842, 8vo.
- 'Some Remarks on the proposed Removal of Manchester New College, and its Connection with University College, London,' 1848, 8vo.
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text: Home > Entertainment Manny approves of Mommy D's 'Wrecking Ball' number ABS-CBN News Posted at May 09 2014 05:29 PM | Updated as of May 10 2014 07:20 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MANILA - Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao approves of the recent trending "Wrecking Ball" number of his mother Dionisia Pacquiao, who is endearingly called in showbiz as Mommy D. Speaking with ABS-CBN News on Thursday, Pacquiao was asked for his reaction to the popularity of his mom online, following her appearance during his recent fight with Timothy Bradley, and the popular segment on "Gandang Gabi Vice" where she sang the Miley Cyrus hit number. "Happy naman ako para sa kanya," Pacquiao said. "Siyempre, sa edad niya, kailangan na niyang mag-enjoy at maging masaya sa buhay." On whether Mommy D's audience can expect her to sing more tunes like "Wrecking Ball," a laughing Pacquiao said, "Ini-encourage ko siyang kumanta ng mga Christian songs!" Pacquiao also shared his message for Mommy D, as well as his wife, Jinkee, on the occasion of Mother's Day. "Happy Mother's Day kay Mommy D. Salamat sa pagpapalaki sa amin nang tama," he said. "Salamat sa lahat ng mga mothers nag nag-celebrate ngayon linggo, especially to my wife, Jinkee. I love you very much. I'm very na happy na buo 'yung pamilya namin at masaya kami palagi dahil nandiyan ang Panginoon sa amin." Last April 27, Pacquiao and Jinkee welcomed their fifth child, Israel, who they only got to bring home last Wednesday. "Si Israel, okay naman. Nasa bahay na. Wala nang kumplikasyon. Lumabas siya kahapon," he said. Pacquiao praised Jinkee for being a good mother to their five children. "Para sa asawa kong si Jinkee, salamat sa walang sawang pagmamahal sa amin, sa mga anak niya, at siyempre sa pamilya. Salamat. Kumbaga sa ano, more than a wife, talagang ano siya, walang katulad na mom sa buong mundo!" Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Entertainment,Top Stories,Manny Pacquiao,Dionisia,Mommy D,wrecking ball,star news,star news Read More: Manny Pacquiao Dionisia Mommy D wrecking ball star news


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Deborah Morris completed her Bachelor of Fine Art and Secondary Level Teaching Certification at the University of Texas at Austin. While exploring various media including oil, acrylics and ceramics she taught art to children in public and private schools in Austin, and did freelance graphic art and illustration. After obtaining her Master of Architecture in 1987 she began a practice in Houston which she maintains today.
Her architectural projects have been exhibited throughout the country, and recognized nationally and internationally through publication in prestigious periodicals and journals including Progressive Architecture, Texas Architect, Architecture, Dwell, and Architectural Review. Since her return to art in 2004 she has focused primarily on drawing in pencil and crayon. Ms. Morris has exhibited her work in juried shows and by invitation in Houston and Austin, and was a finalist for the 2007 Hunting Art Prize.
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University of Texas School of Architecture and Planning, Austin, Texas
1982 Secondary Level Teaching Certification in Art, Honors
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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University of Texas College of Fine Arts, Austin, Texas
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Assistance League of Houston, 2008 Texas Art
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Visual Arts Alliance 25th Juried Open Exhibition
Juror, Sally Sprout, Houston
2007 Assistance League of Houston, Texas Art 2007
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Visual Arts Alliance 24th Open Exhibition
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Hunting Art Prize 2007, Finalist 2007
Six member national jury
Visual Arts Alliance Member Exhibition
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Darke Gallery
Work by Three Houston Women
2006 Visual Arts Alliance Membership Exhibition
Juror, Clint Willour, Galveston
M2 Group Invitational
Juror, Max Harrison, Houston
2005 M2 Group Exhibition
Jurors, Mitch Cohen, Max Harrison, Houston
2007 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2005 First Prize, M2 Group Exhibition
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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, Adjunct Lecturer, Studio Instructor
1999 University of Texas
School of Architecture, Arlington, Texas, Visiting Critic
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Are you addicted to anything? I'm addicted to books - any books. E-books, paperbacks, library books, any form of reading I can get my hands on. I have to keep myself from visiting Amazon.com or Rhapsodybookclub.com or I will spend away the money meant for other things. I even go to the library and get books when I have plenty on my Kindle and in my paperback collection that I haven't even read. Yeah, I'm addicted.
My husband looks at me and says, "And what about the books you're writing? Why are you reading more stories when you need to finish the ones you're writing?" Well, I'm doing research! I gotta know the genre I'm writing intimately! I can't just go in cold turkey!
Yeah, okay, so I probably read more than I need to learn how to write what I'm writing. But it's my drug of choice and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than alcohol or drugs, and I can put it down any time (cause it's there to pick up again anytime I want! lol).
To be honest, you do need to read many, many stories in the genre you want to write to know what kinds of things sell. Writing is a business as much as it is a passion. You have to know what kinds of stories get noticed and some of the styles of those stories out there. My two favorite genres are paranormal romance (non-human) and science fiction (completely human but with cool oddities), and I've read a lot of books in both. My library overfloweth.
I've recently read some fun ones that had me giggling and intrigued. Check out One Night In Scotland by Karen Hawkins, Planet Mail by Kate Pearce (talk about hot!), Penelope and Prince Charming by Jennifer Ashley, If He's Wild by Hannah Howell, and The Hawk by Monica McCarty for romance, and Rhapsody by Elizabeth Hayden, Song In The Silence by Elizabeth Kerner, Storm Front by Jim Butcher, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh for science fiction. If He's Wild and The Hawk are in the middle of the series, but they were the ones that caught my attention the most. And One Night In Scotland is the first one I read by Karen Hawkins, but she made me howl with laughter.
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The Branford Community knows John Steady for his work with the yearbook pictures and taking pictures at sport's events but not everyone may know about his most recent project. Steady created a webpage that has all kinds of information on all of the Branford Sports and, of course, includes many photos. The site will cover topics such as high school sports, youth sports, former athletes who are in college, the history of Branford Sports and much more. Steady writes a lot of the articles himself with the help of others. Mr. Miller, the head of the English department at school, will be writing a sports column every two weeks that covers awards, banquets, jv sports, freshman sports, and much more.
Before the site was up, Steady had been putting up promotional videos which were watched by over 1000 people within the first two days. "I have received many great emails from people who are excited for it to actually start," says Steady prior to the beginning of the site.
What was Steady's inspiration for the site? He says, "Over the past two years, sports coverage has gotten very bad. I started writing for newspapers back while I was a student at Branford High School in 1988; back then almost every game and every sport was covered on a weekly basis. That has changed for the worse over the past few years so I started to think of a way to fix it and this is what I came up with."


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text: Chavez has called on Moscow to help lead a worldwide revolution against the US [AFP] Chavez's latest world tour is taking him to several countries whose governments are eager to limit the influence of the US. He trip to Russia followed talks in China, with Hu Jintao, the country's president. According to Russian media reports, Venezuela has been asking for an arms loan for months.Growing alliance Russia's Kommersant daily newspaper reported on Thursday that the visit was part of the run-up to local elections in Venezuela and that the leftist leader would use the trip to stress his alliance with Russia against the United States. Chavez and Medvedev may observe Russian army exercises taking place in Orenburg, Kommersant reported, an event that would emphasise the growing military ties and arms sales between the two countries. In deployments not seen since the Cold War, Russia this month sent two long-range bombers to Venezuela for exercises and has dispatched a flotilla of warships from the Arctic base of Severomorsk to Venezuela near US waters. Venezuela has bought Russian fighter jets, tanks and assault rifles and is planning to purchase anti-aircraft systems, armoured personnel carriers and more combat aircraft, Kommersant reported earlier, quoting Russian officials. During his visit to Russia, Chavez is also reportedly expected to make a statement supporting Russian military action against Georgia last month. US-Russia relations are at one of their lowest points since the end of the Cold War because of tensions over Russia's conflict with Georgia and US plans to site missile defence facilities near Russia's borders. Venezuela, which is to hold local elections in November, expelled the US ambassador to Caracas earlier this month in what Chavez said was an act of solidarity with Bolivia which also expelled its US envoy. After his visit to Russia, Chavez is due to visit France and Portugal as part of an international tour that has already taken him to China and Cuba. Modernisation plans Meanwhile, Medvedev said on Thursday that Russia's plans to modernise its armed forces will not be affected by the global financial crisis. "Regardless of any crisis we should build new submarines, should simply deal with the modernisation of the armed forces," Medvedev told the crew of St George the Victor nuclear submarine during a visit to its Pacific home base at Kamchatka Peninsula. "Our country has means and resources for that," he said in comments showed on national television. Putin made the revival of the armed forces, neglected in the first post-Soviet decade, a symbol of Russia's resurgence and an additional argument in Moscow's foreign policy. Medvedev has said the recent war in Georgia showed Russia needed to equip its army with more advanced weaponry and Putin has said the military budget will grow by 28 per cent next year. SOURCE: Agencies


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- Then the most exciting for me personally & definitely one of the highlights of our year - the kids parties yay!! First up I have Paige's Christening morning tea in March, Lalaloopsy theme - beyond excited about my first pink, girly event I get to host. Then 3 birthday parties, awesome!! Cant wait :)
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Date: 2012
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Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings
Working Paper, EUI MWP, 2012/26
APITZSCH, Birgit, Skills and Recruitment in Flexible Work Settings, EUI MWP, 2012/26
Retrieved from Cadmus, European University Institute Research Repository, at: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/24034
Retrieved from Cadmus, European University Institute Research Repository, at: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/24034
Over recent decades, we have witnessed profound changes in labour markets with an increase in flexible forms of work and employment, driven by organizational restructuring and institutional change at the macro- and at the sectoral level. In order to understand transformations of employment it is central to grasp the interrelations between the organisation of work, recruitment practices, and labour market institutions. Yet, despite the growing interest in flexible work practices and the growing number of in-depth case studies in industries seen as forerunners of flexibilisation, labour market theory and research into new forms of work are not well coordinated. Therefore it is difficult to generalize findings and to anticipate outcomes of institutional changes in training, industrial relations and labour law, or of organizational restructuring such as the externalization of employment or a shift towards temporary cooperation in projects. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of flexible work arrangements. With this in mind it situates research on extreme cases of flexibilisation in labour market theory and the analysis of work control and suggests a conceptual extension, and it empirically compares two highly flexible, yet differently regulated labour market segments in Germany. The comparison of work organisation and recruitment practices in labour market segments with different degrees of professionalization allows estimating how organizations and labour market institutions shape skill demand and recognition. On this basis, the paper conceptualises the skill demand that results from personal forms of control and specifies the conditions under which networks are used for hiring.
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Series/Number: EUI MWP; 2012/26
Keyword(s): Flexibility work labour markets networks recruitment skills
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Free group riding and racing technique clinics for men, women and children are planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 7, at Western Michigan University's Business Technology and Research Park.
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This rapid protocol allows the extraction of chloroplast enriched proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana (N. benthamiana) leaves that were transiently transformed to express an epitope tagged protein of interest. Thus, it can serve as a tool to study the chloroplastidic localization of the protein of interest when it is combined with western-blot analysis. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (Agroinfiltration, Romeis et al., 2001) is used to transiently express a protein carrying an epitope tag in tobacco leaves. Here, co-infiltration with an Agrobacterium strain harboring 19 K from soil-borne wheat mosaic virus suppresses posttranscriptional gene silencing and therefore increases transformation efficiency (Te et al., 2005).The chloroplast isolation of the transformed leaves is based with modifications on Romeis et al. (2001), and includes mechanical breakage of cell wall and membranes, the removal of unbroken tissue by filtration and the separation of intact chloroplasts by centrifugation through a Percoll layer.
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Figure 1. Agroinfiltration procedure. A. The leaves indicated with number 3, 4 and 5 are best used for agroinfiltration. B. The infiltrated areas are marked with a marker pen.
Figure 2. Separation of intact from broken chloroplasts after centrifugation through a 40% Percoll layerl
Figure 3. A Intact chloroplasts and B broken chloroplast visualized by phase contrast microscopy
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Henagan Says Biblical Principles Can Be Key to Success in Business
Is business just about business? Retired billboard company owner Hank Henagan says the
best way to be successful in business is to place your values at the core of your business. "Following the business principles found in the Bible will lead to success and happiness," Henagan told the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge last Tuesday. Henagan, who is now the Marketplace Minister at Bethany Church.
Henagan, who has taught Dave Ramsay's Financial Peace University, says one of the first steps is getting out of debt. In the mid-1990's, Hank Henagan was a successful small businessman. After a career at Lamar Advertising, he had started his own billboard company, which served the suburban parishes surrounding Baton Rouge. But Henagan soon realized that he had built a house of cards, because it was all based on debt — more than $700,000 in debt that would be almost impossible to repay.
Last Tuesday, Henagan told members of the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge what he did next.
Henagan's accountant said he needed a plan. "I realized that what the Bible says is correct. In Proverbs 22:7, it says, 'The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the servant to the lender.' I didn't want to be my banker's servant anymore." So he drove to Atlanta and attended a seminar by Larry Burkett called Business by the Book.
Burkett told him exactly what his pastor, Larry Stockstill, had said, "Let no debt remain outstanding except to love one another."
"I developed a plan to get out of debt in eight years. I sold half my business and took a job to earn extra income. We sold our 4,000 square foot home and moved into a 600 square foot home. Our time in that little house was the best time of our lives," he said. A few years later, he was debt-free.
"The Book says, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all things will be added to you as well,'" he said.
"It also says, 'Lean not on your own understanding.'"
"Today 60 percent of all businesses are so dependent on borrowed money that a slight increase in interest rates would make them unprofitable."
Henagan said the Bible is filled with instructions for business owners and that if a person follows those, he will be successful.
He said the Bible establishes six "basic minimums" that every business should meet:
• Reflect Christ in your business. Luke 16:10 says that if you are faithful in little things, you will be trusted with larger things.
• Be accountable. Establish real checks and balances. Especially be accountable to your spouse. But don't be "unequally" yoked with a non-believer.
• Provide a quality product at a fair price.
• Honor your creditors. If you cannot pay, that is one thing. "But do not withhold from creditors that which is due when it is in your power to do it."
• Treat employees fairly and never show favoritism.
• Treat customers fairly.
Henagan warns business owners not to allow themselves to be in "business bondage." He said, "This is over-dedication to your work. You can't serve God and Mammon." Henagan said these are signs of business bondage:
• Having an air of superiority. This is wrong
• Overwork. "God grants sleep to the ones He loves."
• Excessive use of credit and preoccupation with debt-related problems.
• Disorganization.
• A Get-Rich-Quick mentality. This is epitomized by getting involved in things you don't know anything about, risking money, and hasty decisions.
John D. Rockefeller said the formula for financial success is simple: Tithe 10 percent, save 10 percent, and live on 80 percent.
Henagan told members of the Chamber EBR, "Winston Churchill said we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
"Remember this: If I take the attitude that the business is not mine but God's and that I am simply His caretaker, I can have unlimited success."
Henagan is associate pastor at Bethany Church and heads the Marketplace Ministry, which holds a luncheon for businessmen every Wednesday at Bethany's south campus. He can be reached at 293-2100.
Membership in the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge is open to business owners in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Chamber EBR holds a business luncheon on the 4th Tuesday of each month at Café Américain on Jefferson Hwy. For more information, go to www.ChamberEBR.com.


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