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I noted jewelry in the bedroom that I had entered and proceeded to pocket it. There was such a large amount that I decided to go downstairs and search for a trash-bag to help store stuff in. I'm a bit of an asshole if you haven't figured it out, I love using my accidental donors' things against them. I made good progress through the house. I'd say that I'd made it through most of the house in ten minutes. As I had gone through the house I couldn't help noticing the cheery atmosphere, the house was decorated with various photos of people smiling; children, men, women, you name it. The owner had a lot of relatives or friends, there were easily over twenty photos with different people in each. Eventually, all that remained was the basement. Normally I'm a bit hesitant about bothering with basements, but the cheery vibe of the house coupled with the loot I'd gained made me feel like going through the basement would be quite pleasant. The basement was dark and smelled awful, so I thumbed on my flashlight and god almighty do I regret turning it on. The repugnant odor should have been enough of a warning, but it wasn't, I foolishly wrote it off as mold. You know those photos that I mentioned earlier? Well, everyone in those photos was down in the basement, at least twenty of them in all and in various stages of decomposition. One in particular caught my gaze, a female body that sat at the top of the corpse pile, it was unmistakable in that it had been situated that way by whoever had done this. However, that wasn't what disturbed me about it, what really disturbed me was the fact that the skin was painted (presumably to hide the decomposition). That particular victim must have been special to the killer in some way. I could state more, but I don't really want to scar the reader for life. Just take me at my word when I assure you that it is grotesque. I'm a thief, not a liar. Long story short, I spent too much time staring in horror and a car pulled up (a rather loud one). I quickly shut the basement door just as I heard the keys unlock the front door. Obviously, I am still in the basement (dead or alive is anyone's guess at this point). The basement has a window that pushes outward, but it is too small to crawl through. I had thought about yelling for help and shot the idea down just as quickly as I'd thought of it. Why haven't I used a cellphone to call for help? Well, I don't remember the address and I didn't bring it. I was always afraid that I might leave it on and get a call if I ever ended up in a situation to where I had to hide, like this one. I heard the owner's footsteps as he entered the house, it didn't take him long to notice that his stuff was missing either, because the footsteps became frantic as the owner ran through the house. As the footsteps got louder and closer to the basement door, I knew what I had to do. I stuffed my bag of stolen goods under the pile of the deceased and followed. The stench was nearly unbearable. My view wasn't great, so I couldn't see much, but I did manage to get a glimpse of one of the owner's hairy hands as he walked by, the hand contained an oar. Evidently, if I am caught, I won't be killed right away, but rather tortured and made to suffer. I watched as the hairy hand went right by me and readjusted the painted woman at the top of the corpse pile. I listened as I heard the madman ascend the basement and shut the door behind him, if only he had stopped there. Instead, he took things a step further and locked the basement door, the sound of the tumblers clicking prophesied my doom. I waited for what felt like an eternity and I emerged from the corpse pile when I was certain that he wasn't coming back. I quickly went through my bag of goodies in an attempt to find something to help me out, but it was less than helpful. I actually feel like there is a moral in there somewhere, but I just can't be bothered to try to see it. After I searched the basement, I managed to find a pen and some paper, I proceeded to write this and slip it out the window in the hopes that the breeze would carry it to someone. Maybe that will get the twisted sicko caught if nothing else. I'm just going to wait in the corpse pile and hope that he slips up and leaves the house after unlocking the basement door. Waiting will either yield me my freedom or my doom. I just want you to consider a couple of things, dear reader. Firstly, how close must you live to that house in order to have obtained this piece of paper? Secondly, I guess even serial killers need vacation.
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- Background checks should be expanded to cover both purchases from federally licensed firearms dealers and private sellers. Currently, only sales from licensed dealers are included in the background check requirement.
- As proposed by the Shooting Sports Foundation, states and federal agencies should share all disqualifying information to the background check system.
- Gun sellers shouldn't sell a gun until the transaction is cleared by the background system, even if it takes more than the currently permitted three days.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
What About that 3-Day Rule?
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"As the Charleston shooting rampage painfully shows, there are some cases where more time to investigate before a firearm is transferred would mean more lives saved.ReplyDelete
Dylan Roof picked up his gun not three days after having his name entered into the NICS system, but five days. Then, he waited two months (the entirety of which the investigation into his eligibility to purchase a firearm was supposed to be ongoing, and if he'd been found to be a "prohibited person," the gun would be confiscated, and presumably Roof arrested), before he committed his atrocity.
So apparently not only is three days not enough, but nor is five days, nor even two months and five days. What an easy way for a government to shut down gun commerce--just "investigate" every prospective buyer indefinitely.Replies
"Dylan Roof picked up his gun not three days after having his name entered into the NICS system, but five days."Delete
Kurt, the law actually says three business days, and since he tried to buy on a Saturday, it and Sunday doesn't count in regards to the law. Though they do still seem to be operating. I'm still waiting for the promised review to find out at what point, did they discover Roof was a prohibited person, or if they ever did find out till after the fact.
Much has been made of the three day limit on delaying a purchase to allow for a background check with much blame being heaped on the "evil NRA"Delete
However, the original bill sponsored by the group that eventually came to be called the Brady Campaign, mandated a five day waiting period. If the original bill had passed without amendments, would we all now be blaming the group that used to be called Handgun Control Inc.?
Kurt, the law actually says three business days, and since he tried to buy on a Saturday, it and Sunday doesn't count in regards to the law.Delete
Oops--you're right, of course, and as usual. Thanks for the correction.
- AnonymousSeptember 25, 2015 at 3:52 AM
That's SS, blaming something on a bill that never passed.Delete
In addition to Kurt's good description of the details about the Charleston shooter, what exactly what laws would have stopped the terrorist in Chattanooga? I've not seen anything that suggests that he was either a prohibited person or used prohibited weapons.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2015 at 10:16 PM
None of your 3 comments mentions the suggested positions mentioned in the article. But it's OK for you to go off (divert from) the topic, but no one else can. So to make it clear SS, do you support the 3 positions stated in this article?Delete
Actually two of my comments discussed the NICS background check system and how it worked in regards to one of the shootings mentioned in the article. Namely the shooting in Charleston.Delete
The third comment was in regards to another shooting mentioned in the article, the terrorist attack in Chattanooga and my observation that the shooter wasn't a prohibited person.
I think the second position is a good one. You likely wouldn't approve of it because that position was authored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry organization. The NSSF also said in the article,
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which represents gun dealers, said the focus shouldn't be on the "back-end of the background check system." Instead, it said, that the focus should be on ensuring that states submit all disqualifying criminal and mental health records to the background check system and that the system gets "the support it needs at the federal and state level." It said 99 percent of delayed background checks eventually end in the approval of the transaction."
And I agree with that too.
"what exactly what laws would have stopped the terrorist in Chattanooga?"Delete
That's a trick question. I've told you many times you cannot work backwards from one single incident unless you're going to accept all hypothetical scenarios.
Let's see, if we had really strict gun control, any number of laws MIGHT have prevented this. He might have lost his gun rights due to a dropped gun or a negligent discharge. He might have been known to the local sheriff as a problem kid and denied the gun licence under the may issue system, etc., etc.
"That's a trick question. I've told you many times you cannot work backwards from one single incident unless you're going to accept all hypothetical scenarios."Delete
Not a trick question at all Mike. From everything I've read, the only contact Joe Terrorist had with law enforcement was a DUI. While I'm sure that's on your list for lifetime disqualification to possess firearms, currently it doesn't even do that for cars or even a license to drive one.
As for your assertion that you cant work backwards from one incident, isn't that exactly what Mr. Johnson from the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence is attempting to do by using these events to advocate for even more gun laws?
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2015 at 3:24 PM
There's SS again thwarting the improvement of gun laws so they actually work.Delete
Anon, there are enough exceptions to the assertion that more gun laws work to suggest there are, as Mike often says, "other factors" that contribute to high or low violent crime rates above and beyond strict gun laws.Delete
So continuing to fixate on more laws when they don't necessarily improve things isn't logical.
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2015 at 7:41 PM
Your kill crazy gun loon side won't let them work. If 3 days isn't enough time, you fools anything longer than 3 days, is unconstitutional, just one example. I fixate on people like you who could care less about preventable death. You are sick.Delete

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Fox's Megyn Kelly rips Keith Ellison
From my report on the homepage:
Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Wednesday blasted Rep. Keith Ellison for his attack on fellow host Sean Hannity, saying that a member of Congress coming across as so partisan and "clearly armed for a fight" makes it hard for Americans to trust their politicians.
Kelly, who addressed Hannity's contentious interview during a segment on "America Live," said Tuesday night's exchange when the Minnesota Democrat called Hannity "the worst excuse for a journalist I've ever seen" and a "shill for the Republican Party" exemplifies the widespread unhappiness with Congress.
"I understand that there's a partisan divide, I think everybody understands that in Washington," she said. "You look at the behavior of a U.S. congressman — a U.S. congressman — you know, 'you are. I'm rubber, you're glue.' And he initiated that, he was the one pushing that. And I ask you whether this is the kind of exchange that leads people to say, 'I cannot stand politicians. I don't want to watch Washington, I don't want anything to do with Washington.' And they have, what, a nine percent approval rating in the Congress?"
"Here is what I see when I see that exchange — I think, this guy, do we trust this guy to negotiate with the Republicans?" Kelly added. "Do we think he could sit down with a Republican and strike a deal on this? And I'm sure there's some obstinate Republican on the other side who is also going to give him a tough time. But it's just the turn off. These are our elected representatives, these are the people we trust to get something done for us?"
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Lucas Rage, the King of Counterfeit, amazingly remembered something when he saw the recent M.U.S.C.L.E. Newspaper Advertisement post.
Something about it seemed familiar to him. He knew he had seen the wrestling ring image before. In fact, he had seen it on this website. Infinitely frustratingly I cannot find the original post.
Lucas thought it was in an Auction Watch and I thought it might have been in an Epilogue.
Thankfully he saved the image from the original eBay auction.
Lucas' guess is that these graphics were used by advertisers for placement in print ads.
He might be correct.
I also wonder if Clicks cleverly repurposed promotional material from Mattel. My guess is based on the bottom of the page. It says:
The catalogs were not for consumers. A retail store would have had access, like Clicks. Perhaps this sheet comes from a reminder mailer that Mattel would send to retailers?
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This is a sterling silver .925 Badger pendant on a cotton cord
Each pendant is custom made when ordered and may take up to 30 days to receive. But we try to do it faster. We do ship world wide!!
All profits from the sale of this item will go directly to Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue and their efforts in the United Kingdom to the preservation of wildlife in its natural environment.
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New Nor1 Product Automates and Empowers the Front Desk Upsell Process
New Nor1 Product Automates and Empowers the Front Desk Upsell Process
Silicon Valley, CA – June 25, 2012 – Nor1, Inc., the technology leader in upsell solutions, will debut the aptly named FrontDesk Upsell™ this week at HITEC 2012 in Baltimore, MD.
FrontDesk Upsell is the latest product in the portfolio of solutions that comprise Nor1's upsell platform. The new solution streamlines system efficiencies, and enables hotels (currently available to all hotels using MICROS Opera) to realize more revenue through relevant and targeted upsell offers at the front desk while improving award automation.
"Hotels are telling us what they like most about FrontDesk Upsell is even more fundamental than the optimized offer creation. It's all about efficiencies. FrontDesk Upsell™ gives them complete assurance that every offer made is based on real-time availability of room types with the right attributes for a given guest. It also provides visibility to all upsell offers, results and reporting in one single tool," said Pierre Boettner, Vice President of Hospitality Technology for Nor1.
Award Automation With MICROS Opera
Through an Opera Exchange Interface (OXI), hotels using eStandby Upgrade and FrontDesk Upsell™ can see reservations, room changes and upgrades as they happen, as well as getting a real-time view of inventory and availability. When used in conjunction with eStandby Upgrade, reservation records are updated with a comment insertion on the record indicating the eStandby requests made by guests and the associated potential revenue capture for the hotel, offering full transparency and visibility of the guest's interactions throughout the operation.
Turning Front Desk Staff into Empowered Upsellers
Whether it's a brand, chain or property-level integration of FrontDesk Upsell™, Nor1's latest solution enables hotels to standardize and accelerate the front desk upsell process to consistently offer guests relevant and targeted offers based on true decision intelligence gleaned from guest-centric, stay-specific and historical transaction data that is analyzed by PRiME®, Nor1's patented decision intelligence engine. FrontDesk Upsell™ offers are dynamically generated and displayed for front desk agents in a simple scripted pop-up regardless of the original booking channel or the availability of contact data. And, this point-of-sale solution can also be configured to automate a staff incentive program, which will motivate usage and compliance to drive guest and employee satisfaction as well as revenue.
Benefits of FrontDesk Upsell™
- Increase wallet share from guest
- Create demand for premium inventory and ancillary services
- Loyalty and guest experience improve with relevant and targeted offers
- Get more revenue from OTA bookings
- Empower all front desk staff with consistent upsell capabilities
- Consistent communication to guests
Features of the FrontDesk Upsell™
- No set-up, license or maintenance fees
- View inventory availability directly from the awarding tool
- Faster revenue auditing
- Scripted offers train staff and require less dependency on individual employees
About Nor1 Inc.
Nor1, Inc. is the technology leader in upsell solutions. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Nor1 provides data-driven pricing and merchandising solutions to maximize revenues for hotels and resorts worldwide including Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental and Carlson hotels. Nor1 products include its signature eStandby Upgrade® and the FrontDesk Upsell™ both powered by PRiME®, the decision intelligence engine, that makes product selection, upsell pricing, and display ranking decisions customized for each hotel guest.
Nor1 is creating the fusion between technology and guest experience. It's that combination of expertise and skill that have set Nor1 apart and continues to attract technology's most distinguished investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit www.nor1.com.
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Peruvian fancy bullwhips 1 + 2
Two fancy bullwhips from Peru. note the construction of the transition zone, which is not done as a core but as a set of overlays of decreasing lengths. The handles are decorated with brass and steel rings, additionally some coins are applied! The little attachment after the transition zone is a closure to keep the whip coiled. Peruvian whips are not for cracking but made to hit!
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Writer/actress Stephanie Carrie has launched The Tangled Web We Watch, a new blog/site for webseries creators and consumers. More and more writers are making shows for the web, but it's kind of a Wild West. What are the conventions? Which companies are looking for material? What's the next step after you've written a script? Should you try to produce it all on your own?
The still-developing site features interviews, news, lists of companies and production resources to get you in touch with people who might be able to work on your webseries production. Today, Stephanie posted a great interview with Corey Moss, VP of Digital Entertainment at Principato/Young. Check it out!
Friday, October 26, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
What TV spec to write for the WB Writers' Workshop in 2013
Congrats to the writers who have been accepted into the WB Writers' Workshop for 2012 - and also to the top 5% of applicants who have been invited to WB's seminar tonight.
The WB Writers' Workshop has updated its list of acceptable specs for the 2013 program (the submission period runs May 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013). Included in the 122-show list are new premium cable comedies like GIRLS - but in the past, the Workshop has advised against writing premium cable comedies that won't translate as samples for current WB shows. Remember that the program's goal is to get you staffed on a WB show - so your sample needs to show that you'd be a good fit for one of these shows. Be sure to read what the WB Workshop looks for in a spec, and which specs past winners wrote to get into the program (in 2012, the comedy specs were MIKE & MOLLY and 30 ROCK). On the drama side, premium may not be a bad thing; one writer accepted into the program wrote a SHAMELESS spec.
The WB Writers' Workshop has updated its list of acceptable specs for the 2013 program (the submission period runs May 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013). Included in the 122-show list are new premium cable comedies like GIRLS - but in the past, the Workshop has advised against writing premium cable comedies that won't translate as samples for current WB shows. Remember that the program's goal is to get you staffed on a WB show - so your sample needs to show that you'd be a good fit for one of these shows. Be sure to read what the WB Workshop looks for in a spec, and which specs past winners wrote to get into the program (in 2012, the comedy specs were MIKE & MOLLY and 30 ROCK). On the drama side, premium may not be a bad thing; one writer accepted into the program wrote a SHAMELESS spec.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Free NYTVF event with Graham Yost, creator of Justified
New York area readers, take note: The New York Television Festival is hosting a free 2012 Creative Keynote conversation featuring Graham Yost, creator of FX's JUSTIFIED. From the festival: "Yost will participate in this intimate discussion of television writing and producing, offering TV lovers and fans unique access and insight the process of creating and guiding some of television's boldest dramas."
Tue, Oct 23
92Y Tribeca Main Stage
200 Hudson Street
Again, the event is free, but you'll need to reserve a ticket here.
Tue, Oct 23
92Y Tribeca Main Stage
200 Hudson Street
Again, the event is free, but you'll need to reserve a ticket here.
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Black List Launches Service For Aspiring Writers
By now you've probably heard about The Black List's new service for aspiring writers. From their press release:
The Black List founder Franklin Leonard and co-founder/CTO Dino Sijamic announced today the launch of a paid service that allows any screenwriter, amateur or professional, to upload their script to The Black List's database, have it evaluated by professional script readers, and depending on its evaluation(s), have it read by as many as 1000 film industry professionals currently a part of its membership site. The Black List's home on the web is http://www.blcklst.com.
"For years people have been asking me how to get their scripts to Hollywood. Short of endless rounds of unanswered query letters and screenplay competitions that may, in the best case scenario, attract the notice of a few people, I never had a good answer," said Leonard. "We built this to provide one. It's essentially a screenplay competition with rolling admission, as many prizes as there are good scripts, and instead of a check, you may be rewarded with a career as a professional screenwriter. We're delivering the best scripts directly to the hundreds of people who can help get them bought and made."
Aspiring screenwriters will pay $25 a month to have their scripts hosted on The Black List's website, accessible only by a closed community of Hollywood professionals. They can further pay $50 for evaluations by anonymous script readers hired by The Black List. Every read by industry professionals generated by those evaluations is entirely free. Moreover, The Black List will not claim a commission, finder's fee, or producer credit on business generated by their service. "Writers retain all rights to their work and are free to negotiate the best deal they can get. All we ask is an email letting us know of their success," added Leonard.I was going to do a more in-depth post about this, but The Bitter Script Reader has already covered most of what I was going to say about how it compares to other script coverage and script listing services out there. (BSR also did an in-depth interview with Franklin Leonard, so check that out!) One question that's already popped up: will the Black List will accept TV scripts? "Not yet, but soon," says The Black List's official Twitter account.
Many writers tell me that they don't know how to get their scripts to the right people, and now we have a new method to add to the list of usual ways writers can get noticed (win a contest/fellowship, meet people through an assistant job, etc). In many ways, Hollywood is resistant to change - but why shouldn't we be utilizing the Internet and new technology in our industry?
I really do believe that Franklin's goals are to A) utilize new technology in Hollywood and B) champion good writers. I met Franklin back in 2008, after he contacted me about this blog; I think he's simply interested in anyone who's exploring the insider culture and methods of the entertainment industry on the public platform of the Internet. But he's not just a technophile, he's also a film industry professional - and one way this service differs from some other services is that The Black List is a respected brand within the industry, led by an experienced executive.
Will The Black List's new service actually change the way aspiring writers get their scripts noticed? Maybe. Two things need to happen: enough industry professionals need to use The Black List site (which is now free for them), and the scripts uploaded need to be good.
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I'm not sure there are thousands of fantastic scripts floating around out there, just waiting to get read by the right people. I have always maintained that the path to being a professional film or TV writer is simple (though not easy): 1. write a great script, and 2. find someone important who likes it - and in my experience, most writers think that #2 is their problem when it's actually #1. I have read scripts by both repped and unrepped writers for agencies, production companies, contests and coverage services - and the quality of the scripts is often disappointing. ScriptShark offers affordable coverage and scouting services - but is upfront about the fact that only approximately 5% of its submissions earn positive enough coverage to qualify for scouting. I wouldn't be surprised if The Black List yields similar results.
But if your script is truly good, then this new service can only help. Getting your script read is still hard even after you've secured representation, so I'm excited that there's one more way to connect with people looking for scripts.
To save yourself some money, please read professional scripts, study proper script formatting, outline extensively, write at least a second draft and proofread your script before sending your script to any service, contest, agent, etc.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Nerdist Writer's Panels for October
Check out this month's Nerdist Writer's Panels at Meltdown Comics:
Sunday, October 14, 5-6:30ish:
Jeff Eastin (creator, White Collar and Graceland)
Victor Fresco (creator, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Better Off Ted)
and more panelists TBA
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Thursday, October 18, 8pm:
NWP Presents the release of Not My Bag, a new autobiographical comic by former Walking Dead editor Sina Grace!
Also featuring performers/comic book writers:
Blair Butler (Attack of the Show)
Gerry Duggan (Deadpool)
James Asmus (Thief of Thieves)
This comic release party/panel is FREE!
Sunday, October 21, 5-6:30ish:
Pendleton Ward (creator, Adventure Time)
Martin Gero (creator, The LA Complex; Bored to Death)
Kent Osborne (head writer, Adventure Time; Spongebob; Flapjack)
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Crows into inaugural GF1:15
AFLW: The Adelaide Crows have booked their ticket to the inaugural AFL Women's Grad Final, thanks to a 24 point win over Collingwood.
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ADELAIDE star Erin Phillips says winning a premiership with the Crows would be like winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
A champion basketballer, Phillips has won two WNBA championships — one with the Indiana Fever and the other Phoenix Mercury — and won a silver medal with the Opals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, a gold medal at the world championships in Brazil in 2006 and a bronze in Turkey in 2014.
The Crows co-captain says winning an AFLW premiership would be right up there in her list of achievements, even likening it to the top honour at the Olympics.
"It's hard to kind of put in perspective how big this is because this is the inaugural season and although it's only a national-wide competition, it almost feels like winning a gold medal at an Olympics or world championships.
"It's going to be absolutely up there (in achievements) if we do pull it off, it'll be something very, very special.
Phillips is the daughter of Greg Phillips, an eight-time premiership player with Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL, and she said she'll lean on her dad for some advice ahead of the decider.
"I'll have to," she said on RSN927. "I only spoke to him for a little bit last night but I'm sure we'll have a father-daughter debrief when I get home.
"He so pumped, really, really excited. We're just figuring out where the Grand Final is so he can book his ticket. He'll be there."
Originally published as AFLW Premiership 'like a gold medal' for Erin
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Guy Stands Perfectly Still In Just Cause 3, Society Collapses Around Him
We all know that Just Cause 3 is batshit insane when it wants to be, but this video proves you don't even have to do anything for its world to descend into absolute chaos.
YouTube channel ThingsWePlay decided to try the social experiment and see what the idyllic Mediterranean paradise of Medici would do if left untouched. Turns out it takes about 1:46s for anarchy to take hold.
Not too far off Stoke city centre on a Saturday night then.
Without pressing a single button, the townsfolk take it upon themselves to drive dangerously, murder each other and cause major traffic collisions. There's even a panicked nun.
If anything, this video is proof that Medici needs our mate Rico just to calm everybody the fuck down. I mean seriously guys, get a stress ball or something.
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A Portuguese language course at Language Institute Regina Coeli is always individual. You receive private lessons from different trainers and your multimedia programme is also tailored to your needs.
Read more about what you can expect from us.
Why Regina Coeli
- Highly effective
- Fully tailored to your wishes, abilities and level
- Task-based, practical teaching and learning
- Rapid results
- All language trainers are native speakers
Portuguese course
A team of trainers supports you in learning Portuguese during your course at Regina Coeli. They design a programme for you in advance—one which neatly dovetails with your goals and needs so that after just five days, you are already able to get around in Portuguese.
Brazilian Portuguese differs in a number of ways from the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and Africa. For this reason, Language Institute Regina Coeli has trainers from both Brazil and Portugal. You can get familiar with the accents of both while on a course with us.
Personalised course
No single student has the exact same programme when they take a Portuguese course at Regina Coeli. Someone who is relocating to Brazil naturally needs different language skills to someone who has regular professional contact with Portuguese suppliers. Together, we look at your wants and needs and determine your current skill levels in Portuguese during your personal intake. Based on this information, we design a Portuguese course just for you.
Culture woven into the lessons
In the lessons, your trainers share a great deal about the culture and economy of their homeland with you. This gives you the background you need to have informal conversations—a very important part of doing business—in Portugal or Brazil.
Team of trainers
During your Portuguese course at Language Institute Regina Coeli, you have lessons with multiple trainers who guide you in the process of learning Portuguese each day. One trainer might explain grammar in the morning, and you might practise that grammar in a conversation lesson with another trainer in the afternoon.
At Language Institute Regina Coeli, everything revolves round your goals and your starting point is your own current skill set. Your personal programme is designed based on your in-depth intake conversation with an Italian trainer.
The programme mainly consists of private lessons, multimedia exercises and practical assignments.
Private lessons from native speakers
At Regina Coeli, you learn Italian in private lessons given by well-educated native speakers. With them, you practise real-life conversations and role plays. Grammar and vocabulary expansion are a natural part of this.
Independent study
You need time to study and process everything you are learning. Your independent study hours between the lessons are the ideal time to do this.
Sophisticated multimedia programme
During your Portuguese course, you work independently on assignments in our language laboratory.
Practical assignments
During your course, work on one of your own presentations, sales pitches or documents that you (can) use in real life. Work independently in your study hours and practise speaking in your private lessons. A course can be especially beneficial if you want to prepare for a specific event.
Your personal goals
You always work towards your own goals during the course. They are as specific as possible and geared towards practical situations such as 'making my point clearly during the weekly teleconference with my international team'. We strive to help you reach your goals by the end of the course and use what you have learnt straight away in real life.
Score based on the CEF
At the end of the course, your team of trainers assesses your skills based on the CEF. This is the European norm for assessing skill levels in foreign languages. You receive a score for each specific applicable skill, such as speaking and writing.
An unforgettable experience
A course at Regina Coeli is an experience that stays with you long after you walk out our doors. You have the luxury of withdrawing from the commotion of everyday life and fully concentrating on learning a language. You are completely cared for while your team of trainers give you their time and undivided attention. Besides improving your self-confidence in a foreign language, your network grows when you get to talking to all the other people on their courses here.
Language Institute Regina Coeli is renowned for its intensive individual language courses—the 'week with the Nuns', but did you know that so much more is possible? Below you can learn more about our most popular types of courses.
Blended learning
Online training course at temporarily reduced rates
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Intensive individual courses
Your skills improve by leaps and bounds in a five-day course because you can fully concentrate on learning the language. You can take this training form from Monday through Friday, or spread it out over multiple weeks. You can also add a day or take a shorter course. Read more...
Refresher day
A refresher day is a good way to brush up on your skills. You get to refresh your knowledge, have someone point out the mistakes that have gradually crept (back) into your language and have the chance to ask questions about things you have encountered since your course. Read more...
Language weekend
Take a weekend-long, tailor-made intensive individual language course, complete with an active social programme. Read more...
In-company training
Together with you, we put together an effective training based on the shared and individual learning goals of the team members. Read more...
Team training
You can book team training at Regina Coeli for as few as two people. Your employees will take lessons together at our institute, following their tailor-made programme. Read more...
Online language training
Every language course at Regina Coeli can be complemented with online language training. Read more...
Every language course at Regina Coeli is tailor-made for you. Following your personal intake interview, you will receive a detailed, non-binding proposal for the most effective language programme for you.
You can of course consult the list with our fees.
A student about her Portuguese course
'We've been spending time talking about the country and the economy, which helps me feel well-prepared for my work in Brazil. In addition, all the students here get on so well. Everyone is in the same boat and that makes it so easy to talk to one another.'
Martine Sikkema
Manager, International Desk Brazil at Rabobank
The Regina Coeli Method
The secret to the effectiveness of our courses lies in our time-tested method. The core of the method is a personal programme which involves and inspires you. Moreover, you are coached by native speakers and stay in surroundings which allow you to get centred and completely focus on learning a language.Read more about the method
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The Portuguese language courses are given by a team of language trainers from Portugal and Brazil. One of them is Anna Paola Costa Giuberti. She studied geography and then taught the subject in Brazil. textMore Portuguese language trainers


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She's been for her second visit to the dentist this month which she behaved like a star at. The dentist said her teeth looked perfect and very clean. I was shocked by the last bit as she hates us brushing them haha. She's been teething pretty much all month with her 4 canines coming through - the two bottom ones have broken through giving her a total of 14 teeth!
New words this month include: mine, balloon, ball, apple, please, bowl, doggy, quack quack, bath, more, kiss, nose, dirty, tower and probably lots more! She's saying sentences such as 'ta daddy' and 'no mummy, mine!' and is getting very clever at using the right words in context. She's starting to count too (although obviously not in the right order haha, she's mastered two and three though).
She's such a little character now and is definitely the queen of this house! The tantrums are unbelievable but the way she demands a kiss (which she has learnt to give closed mouthed with the actual kissing sound haha), and gives you her cheeky smile makes it all worth it!


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Irrespective of how laborious you attempt, cooking certain meals will at all times be a messy job, splashing and splattering your stovetop and counters and leaving you with a mess to scrub up afterwards. Chat bots might still be in their infancy, however Amazon is busy blazing a path for helpful-robots-you-speak-to with the Echo, Tap, and Dot Right now you possibly can chat to these gadgets to get a pizza delivered , order you a cab , or simply ask in regards to the climate, however Amazon is continuous to add functionality.
As soon as you discover these products or gadgets that give you the results you want and incorporate them into your each day routine, you should have saved yourself time, minimized frustration, given your self a gift of calm, a bit of energy and extra management of your daily routine.
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People have been using essential oils to increase sensuality and libido for thousands of years. The idea of using certain essential oils for sensuality and an increased interest and enjoyment of sex is not a new concept.
Ancient Egyptian writers and artists often created sensual images by referring to scents and fragrances in the context of sexual relationships. And the Song of Songs in the Bible refers to scents, perfumes and anointing oils as part of its sensual imagery.
Loss of libido can have many causes. Sometimes it could be physical such as thyroid issues or medications and other times, it can be mental or emotional. Stress often being the greatest contributor, issues within relationships, fatigue, depression and the list goes on.
But there's no need to hide under the covers with your grandma socks on. Here's where essential oils enter.
As human beings, we're strongly impacted by fragrance and aroma. Our limbic system is located at the back of our brain and it's associated with memory, emotion, and learning. Thus, it's easy to understand how smelling essential oils can have a powerful impact on us physically and emotionally. Aroma has proven to arouse the senses, create a more pleasant environment, and increase desire.
We're not just biochemically linked to feel aroused through our senses. Essential Oils reduce stress and elevate mood. This in itself can promote increased feelings of sensuality and energy. Think about it, the more relaxed you are the easier it is to get in the "mood", right? So, Essential Oils really have two roles in increasing libido.
Essential Oils with Aphrodisiac Properties:
*Always remember to dilute when using topically, otherwise you may experience an ouchie in an important area.
1. Black Pepper
This is a warming, spicy oil that strengthens circulation. It can stimulate the appetite, literally and sexually.
2. Cinnamon
This is another warming oil, the scent is sweet and spicy. It improves circulation and blood flow.
3. Sandalwood
This essential oil promotes emotional openness. It's an exotic scent – who doesn't love the sound of that 😉
4. Ylang Ylang
Ylang Ylang is a floral scent, it increases sexual desire, encourages attraction and supports the circulatory system. This is one of the most powerful essential oil aphrodisiacs.
5. Rose
This essential oil is good for the heart, emotionally and physically. It improves and supports the circulatory system.
6. Jasmine
Jasmine enhances mood and energy. This essential oil is particularly good for women.
7. Patchouli
One of my personal favs, this essential oil has a musky, woodsy smell. It improves the spirits and balances the libido.
8. Ginger
Ginger is a sweet, warm oil that supports the circulatory system. It increases openness in both men and women.
Whilst these are top aphrodisiac oils, it's worth keeping in mind that different oils will appeal to different women.
Some will love floral scents, such Ylang Ylang, Jasmine or Rose.
Whilst some will feel energised by spicy scents, like Cinnamon, or energising scents, like Lemon or Orange.
More masculine essential oils (these are for the men!) are Sandalwood, Patchouli and Vetiver.
5 Ways You Can Use These Essential Oils For Romance
1. Aromatically, using a diffuser
2. Topically, as a therapeutic massage. Remember dilute the essential oils with a carrier oil such as sweet almond or coconut oil
3. On your sheets, adding only a few drops
4. In the bath, adding only a few drops to help create a relaxed and romantic atmosphere. Don't use Black Pepper, Cinnamon or Ginger as they're warming oils. Instead, choose Rose, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Lavender or Wild Orange
5. Blended with a carrier oil like jojoba or apricot kernel oil and made into a delicious massage oil. Perfect for first course.
So tonight, get your oils out, put some croony tunes on, and create an intimate, sensual experience with your essential oils.


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This interview with Don Knauss, chief executive of the Clorox Company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
Q. Were you in leadership roles when you were younger?
A. I learned a lot of leadership lessons playing football and baseball in high school. But I started to think a lot more in college about what I was going to do. I was working on my master's in history when I decided to join the Marine Corps. There was a service mentality in our family. My dad was Army Air Corps. My brother was Air Force. I was going to be a Marine. That changed everything.
What did you learn in the Marines about leadership?
I'll tell you a story. I was stationed on Oahu. The first day I was actually in a line unit — after 15 months of school and training — was on Hawaii, the Big Island. There's a big Army base there where artillery units train and shoot live rounds. They helicoptered me over and I took a jeep to join 120 Marines in this artillery battery. They'd been out in the field for several weeks, and the commanding officer had ordered hot food from the base camp because they'd been eating C rations [canned food] for several days.
I had been up since 5 in the morning, and I was pretty hungry. I started walking over to get in front of the line, and this gunnery sergeant grabbed my shoulder and turned me around. He said: "Lieutenant, in the field the men always eat first. You can have some if there's any left." I said, "O.K., I get it."
That was the whole Marine Corps approach — it's all about your people; it's not about you. And if you're going to lead these people, you'd better demonstrate that you care more about them than you care about yourself. I've never forgotten that, and that shaped my whole approach to leadership from then on.
When you got out of the Marines, did you know what you wanted to do?
I learned in the Marine Corps that I really liked strategy. Every operation in the military is based on a five-paragraph order, and the acronym is Smeac — situation, mission, execution, administration and communication. It's a very logical flow.
I decided to get into brand management, and Procter & Gamble was a great training ground, and they hired a lot of junior military officers. Procter was more of a written than verbal culture, and business initiatives were structured through short memos. It was almost an exact parallel of the five-paragraph order. I said, "I could fit into that culture."
What were some other leadership lessons?
One thing I learned very quickly was that there's a head part and a heart part. The head part was, how are you going to focus the organization? And it had better be simple, and it probably should not be more than three things. You've got to communicate it about 100 times and align your incentive structure to it. It's about distilling the complex to the simple, and I've seen leaders fail because they do the reverse, by trying to make things into some intellectual exercise. Whatever business you're in, there are fundamentals, just like blocking and tackling in football. It always comes back to the fundamentals. You cannot let yourself get bored with the fundamentals.
On the heart side, the lesson is that it's all about your people. If you're going to engage the best and the brightest and retain them, they'd better think that you care more about them than you care about yourself. They're not about making you look good. You're about making them successful. If you really believe that and act on that, it gains you credibility and trust. You can run an organization based on fear for a short time. But trust is a much more powerful, long-term and sustainable way to drive an organization.
The other thing I've learned is that you've got to assume the best intent of people, and that they're really trying to do a good job. I've seen organizations that are based more on fear than trust because senior management really thinks people are trying to get one over on them, that they're just punching a clock. People really are trying to do a good job, and they want to be proud of where they work. Understanding that helped make me a bit more patient.
How do you hire?
First and foremost, I'm looking for fire in the belly. I'm looking for passion. I'm looking for energy. Is the person going to take a leading role and have an impact on the business? I will take passion over pedigree any day of the week. Second, are they smart? Can they think analytically, creatively and strategically? If you don't have the intellectual horsepower, it's going to be hard for people to follow you.
Third, is there any pattern in the person's career that shows they can develop people? Did people move up through an organization because they were mentored by this person? A fourth thing is, can they communicate? Can you imagine this person on a stage, inspiring a large group? Do they have an easy, informal manner? Or are they too formal, too focused on hierarchy? That doesn't work. Formality slows things down in companies. Informality speeds things up. It is much more powerful to use authority than power.
One of the things I've learned is that as you move up in an organization, you're given more power. The less you use the power you've been given, the more authority people give you, because they think: "You know what? This guy's O.K." Persuading people to do things — come along with me because we're going in the right direction — is much more powerful over time.
The last thing I look for is the values of the person. Do they tell the truth, but do they also stand up for what they think is right in the company? It starts with integrity, which is really the grease of commerce. You get things done much more quickly when people trust you.


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Specificity of home environment . Quite a few things are coming into my mind when thinking about the specific of working at home. Working at home involves being mixed with ones home life, does not provide an option of being excluded like in case of being at work somewhere else, as such it would be good to have the space dedicated for work out of the rest of the home, room, flat. It gives one a possibility of escape from work when at home. Some of people do not have this comfort of having separate workshop, office, private room no matter how we name it. The possibility of successful concentration in the place when other people are leading their normal life is decreased in this case. It is possible, and people do it often when working, to put earphones or noise protectors on to be isolated from external noise. For some of those though it is not a problem when the level of the noise or its character allow to get used to it.
Business Visits. Before people started to travel to work they of course did their job nearby the place they lived, in surrounding buildings, or in special rooms, or chambers how they used to call it. They were dealing in their business spaces, stores, warehouses, offices located in their homes or by it side. Characteristic feature o nearly every profession is the fact of having business visitors. Not every place is suitable to undertake a guest ad even less is suitable to any kind of cooperation with this kind of guest. In most cases it a lo of visitors must deal with keeping their laptops n their knees, low coffee tables, squeeze in by the side of a host co-operator and lurking over the shoulder standing trying to see what the other one is trying to demonstrate. None of workstations I have seen is sitable to a kind of work involving both the host and customer in he way being convincing for both of them, equaly comfortable and giving the feel of being proessionally hosted.
Focusing on work depends on the distracting factors and their intensity. Some people find themselves distracted by the fact that someone is passing in their view range, some are not even distracted by the smell of food prepared by someone else. Some people are closing eyes to concentrate and some shorten their sight focus automatically to not to see sharply when thinking. Most of the people focus their attention when looking at the candle flame – it is very relaxing. Very focus-friendly I find layers putting themselves on, that the one sticks out behind the previous one symmetrically from both sides, like the curtains and layers of decorations in the theatre.
It draws us into the space visually and, in my opinion, is better to wok with than flat solid wall in front of the desk.
Other focusing techniques is having an opening in a solid surface one can observe what is behind and focus sight on the one far object. The other technique useful in front of the wall is having a mirror placed in a way that one can observe what is behind to allow having a far focus when working in front of the computer.
Quiet distractions. Other elements like fast moving objects and fast music, speeds one up when working and regular rhythm allows to work more rhythmically and smoothly over certain tasks.
If something is running to fast – an action plan, people sending next tasks shortly after the other or if we are somehow forced to glance at the running stopwatch in our sight range – we are becoming heavily stressed. We are very receptive creatures.
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Oh hey, this is my old portfolio. I used to write about video games, but now I work for video game publisher tinyBuild. You can find out about that here. Below is what I used to do.
Hello! My name's Mike Rose, and I'm currently UK editor at Gamasutra. I also write for Kotaku and IndieGames.com, and I've previously held positions at Pocket Gamer and Gamezebo.
Where can you find my writing?
You can find my latest Gamasutra work here, and my Kotaku stuff here. For my prior shenanigans, you can find my Pocket Gamer work here, and my Gamezebo stuff here. If you want some of my favourite Gamasutra writing, here's a selection of recent ones that spring to mind:
Chasing the Whale: Examining the ethics of free-to-play games
Video games and gun violence: A year after Sandy Hook
Lords of War: The gunrunners of Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Dwarf Fortress in 2013
Ridiculous Fishing: The Game that Nearly Ended Vlambeer
Who's buying all these niche simulation games, anyway? We found out
Using SimCity to diagnose my home town's traffic problem
How Octodad turned a group of strangers into best friends
Supercell's Secret Sauce
In 2014, I ran a series of articles looking into the video game YouTuber scene, and the nature of relationships between YouTubers and developers. Notably, I was one of the first video game writers to do so — high-profile articles in the series include:
Is YouTube killing the traditional games press?
Pay for Play: The ethics of paying for YouTuber coverage
Are developers actually paying for YouTuber and press coverage?
How to get your game covered by YouTubers
I also occasionally freelance for other outlets. For example, here's a CS:GO review at CVG, and here's "Sim Paulo" over at Foreign Policy. I've covered numerous hardware launches, including the PS Move, Kinect, the Nintendo 3DS, the PS Vita, and the Wii U. My LinkedIn profile showcases all my work, and features recommendations from people I have worked with in the past. I've also written for various print, including Game Developer Magazine, What Mobile, the Guinness Book of World Records and my own book, 250 Indie Games You Must Play.
If you'd like to commission me to write anything for you, contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Quotes and awards
I've been quoted, cited and sourced in numerous places, including the likes of:
The BBC
Yahoo Finance
The Atlantic Wire
RockPaperShotgun (numerous times)
We Ask Indies
I was one of MCV's 30 Under 30 in 2011, and I received three nominations for the Games Journalism Prize 2013.
Talks and judging
I've been known to give the odd talk or two, including:
Getting Your Independent Game Noticed in 2013
Games Don't Sell Themselves: How to Get the Press and Players Talking About Your Game
Indies' Got PR Talent
Vienna Games Marketing Workshop
It's Time For an Indie Uprising in Lithuania (with follow-up interview)
Not to mention I've been a judge on numerous panels and competitions, including the Independent Games Festival, the Gamescom Awards, ModDB's Game of the Year awards, the Game Developers Choice Awards, the Meffys, and more.
Here's a more visual idea of who I've written for – because everybody loves pretty pictures, right?
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Best logo design of the week is a weekly roundup with the most interesting logos I stumble upon during my everyday browsing. This week's selection contains logos designed by Julius Seniunas, Ivaylo Nedkov, Adam King, Bill Kenney, and Stelian Vasile.
Viva logo designed by Julius Seniunas.
M Heating logo designed by Ivaylo Nedkov.
Help Coffee logo designed by Adam King.
O24U logo designed by Bill Kenney.
Gift List logo designed by Stelian Vasile.
If you known of a logo that should be featured in our best logo design of the week series, then by all means, send us a link and we'll consider including it in a future post. Also, if you haven't yet, subscribe to our blog to keep updated with this weekly series and a lot more about logo design.


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First up is Man of Steel.
Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film featuring the DC Comics character Superman. It is a British-American venture produced by Legendary Pictures, DC Entertainment, Syncopy Inc., and Cruel and Unusual Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).
The film is directed by Zack Snyder, written by David S. Goyer, and stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, and Russell Crowe. Man of Steel is a reboot of the Superman film series that retells the character's origin story. In the film, Clark Kent learns that he is a superpowered alien from the planet Krypton and assumes the role of mankind's protector as Superman, but finds himself having to prevent General Zod from destroying humanity
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Over the past four days I've been to two different circus schools, one circus training space, and seen three different circus shows in two different cities. It's been a busy few days.
Over the past year my cousin, Stephen, has been attending Circomedia in Bristol. Circomedia is the second biggest circus school in the UK after Circus Space. (Interestingly, Bim Mason, who founded the school, describes it as a Physical Theatre school that teaches circus rather than a Circus School. No one else I know describes it that way. We all think of it as a Circus School.)
The two show's I've seen were Circomedia's end of year show, Touch & Go, by their first year students on the Foundation Degree, and Circus Space's end of year ensemble show by their second year students. The two shows couldn't have been more different, although I didn't enjoy either of them particularly. Don't get me wrong, each show had some great moments, and each show had some great skill, I just didn't really like the shows overall.
On Thursday, Circomedia's show, staged at the Bristol Old Vic, was mostly solo acts or duets, some distracted by a cast of performers surrounding them. The trouble was that there are around 25 students in the year, some performing in more than one act, leading to a show that was far too long – nearly three hours including an interval!
With one or two exceptions, the students' skills were not of a high standard. Feet were lazy and unpointed or sickled, legs were bent, timing was out, double lunges were necessary, comedy wasn't funny, dancing was scrappy, and more than a few drops were made. It strikes me as odd that after one year, with the school focusing on physical theatre rather than circus skills and technique, Circomedia would stage such a lengthy 'solo' show rather than an shorter, tighter ensemble.
It seemed to me that the best performances were either physical-theatre-based (Dare Devilina and many of the links) or were done by students who had come to the school with a high skill level to begin with (such as the jugglers and beat boxers – both highlights of the show for me) or were the performances that kept things 'nice and neat' such as the doubles trapeze.
The next day, Steve took me on a tour of Circomedia's two sites, the school and the training space, and then also the Invisible Circus, an amazing venue based in an old fire station. That evening I returned to the Invisible Circus for 'The Last Resort' which was great fun. The event was part party, part event and part cabaret show and was in stark contrast to the previous night's student show. It was a slickly produced affair with some sharp acts (including some Circomedia graduates) and a big dose of fun. I'd strongly recommend their next event, The Swing Thing, which will combine classic circus with lindy hop and swing dance.
Then last night came the Circus Space second year ensemble show, 'I came to live out loud'. The show was short, tight, and had some nice skills (I enjoyed the Chinese Pole the most) but lacked something. Maybe it's just that I don't really care about any of the student shows apart from their solo acts in their third year, maybe it's that I don't really get to know any of the students and have no personal connection to them. But I don't think so. I think it was really lacking in it's direction. The comedy wasn't funny, the drama undramatic, and the romance flat. I was left bereft of any personal connection to any of the characters. And even though it was far better (and shorter) than the Circomedia show, I just wanted it to be over.
It's hard for me to articulate how I feel about it. I haven't seen any of the second year Circus Space student shows in a few years so, with the exception of the Touch & Go, I don't have anything recent to compare it to, and I feel it unfair to compare a first year Circomedia show (where their focus is on physical theatre) with a second year Circus Space show (where the students' focus is on skills).
What I do know is that with 40 – 50 students at Circus Space and Circomedia every year, and with the growing number of circus schools, circus clubs, circus workshops, circus shows, circus seasons, circus classes and circus courses, things can only get better.
Adam tweets as CircusBoy1 on twitter here.


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Though its title calls to mind the cyber-glamour of Humans or the Black Mirror episode 'San Junipero', virtual reality in KISS ME FIRST is a distraction from seventeen-year-old Leila's (Tallulah Haddon) bleak reality- her terminally ill mother having recently died.
Initially Azara looks like any other virtual reality game but when Leila stumbles into a secret corner of the game, she finds a group of misfits who would rather talk than fight.
If that already felt like an unwelcome jolt from reality, Tess (Simona Brown), the player behind one of the misfit avatars turns up in her real world and persuades Leila to join her and her fellow misfits, all of which have secrets and troubles in the real world.
So far it's incredibly downbeat, though it does feel like it captures the realities of gaming and virtual reality more accurately. Rather than focusing on elaborate technological utopias, the focus is on why people are drawn to gaming.
Haddon makes Leila's introversion enigmatic, although the shadowy secrets Tess alludes to seems like it will be predictable when finally revealed. Brown is intriguing, bringing Tess out of her shell, though as with all the characters, her motivation may be ambiguous.
The mid-credit sequence promises more action in later episodes, which might lighten the bleakness, but this is a brave commentary on the effects of virtual reality on society as they are now, not in a thankfully distant future.
- Aired on Channel 4, April 2 2018 at 22:00.


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Cheetos' New Sweetos Are Covered in Cinnamon Sugar
Chester Cheetah is about to meet his more saccharine cousin (Chester Sweetah?), because Cheetos are going to be available in a brand-new sweet variety called -- what else? -- "Sweetos." The cinnamon sugar-dusted snacks will be available starting in late February, and won't come in the traditional Cheetos shape, but rather will resemble Easter eggs, owing to the fact that they're a limited-time offer ending in mid-spring. Essentially, they're small, bagged churros.
This is the first time Cheetos have been available in a non-savory flavor. And hopefully it's not the last.
Adam Lapetina is a Food/Drink staff writer for Thrillist, and looks forward to a lot of cinnamon sugar residue. Read his musings at @adamlapetina.


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I'm sure you've seen the epic lines at Comic Con for the CGC booth and thought "I wonder what all the hullaballoo is about." No? Just me? Well CGC has become more popular in the last few years with an explosion in the comic book exposure from Hollywood's expansion into this formally, hardcore geek ruled world. CGC is like the fine art dealers business of the nerd world; the stock market of comic books.
Since CGC is on the rise, we here at Midtown Comics have compiled a list of frequent asked questions for the new collectors looking to expand their collection into something that can be sold for profit later, or preserved to create your own comic museum.


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Thursday, January 16, 2020 AT 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 7:00 pm on Thursday, repeating until Thursday, April 30, 2020
7pm Prayer Shawls @ PC
Groups of seasoned and novice knitters or folks who crochet gather to create shawls in the Community Room. It is a spiritual and tangible way to wrap prayers of healing or celebration into each stitch as the shawl is created. The group prays for the Lord's presence as they enjoy each other's company while knitting or crocheting. The completed shawls are blessed and given to those who are in need of healing in body, mind, or spirit, that they might be embraced by the shawl, cradled in hope, graced with peace, and wrapped in love.


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Advanced topics in electromagnetic compatibility
Lecturer(s) :Rachidi-Haeri Farhad
FrequencyEvery 2 years
RemarqueNext time: Spring 2020
SummaryAfter a series of common introductory topics covering an introduction to electromagnetic compatibility, modeling techniques and selected chapters from EMC, each student will study a specific topic, which will be presented and discussed.
Common introductory topics:
- Introduction to EMC and modeling techniques
- Representation of EMI signals
Other topics to be selected (non-exhaustive list):
- Printed circuit board design
- High frequency electromagnetic field coupling to transmission lines
- Grounding techniques
- Shielding
- Modeling of a lightning discharge
- Biological effects of electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetic Compatibility.
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Recommended courses
Electromagnetism, Circuit Theory.
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Oral presentation.
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Advanced topics in electromagnetic compatibility
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I've no idea why Williams & Humbert decided to put a specific year stamp on this Amontillado. I thought that age statements on sherry were restricted to the VOS and VORS classifications. The youth and freshness of the wine seems to undermine whatever qualitative determination the statement has, so I can only assume it's a marketing decision. I don't think it's a good one, either. Sherry drinkers know the solera system and its age-defiance. Slapping a year on it - one I assume is either the mean or minimum age of the wines within the solera - doesn't do anyone trying to wrap their head around sherry any favours. Especially, in this case, as the wine is fairly atypical for an Amontillado.
Unless that's the point; to show that your average Amontillado is actually much older than you might think, and that at only 12 years, it's just barely in its post-Fino state. But that's not explained anywhere - you just get told it's 12 without any context.
Maybe I just don't get it. Maybe I'm over-thinking the labelling. I don't usually care about labels, unless they're awful. In any case, this banter is distracting from what is, actually, an incredibly tasty sherry. Maybe they should have called it that.
Very pale. A light, golden brass, looks perhaps a little low on the filtered side of things.
Brine, salted nuts and chestnut mushrooms on the nose. Lively and fresh.
I said on Twitter that this was far more Fino-like than Amontillado-y. The front of the palate is lemon rind riding chalk dust, with a fresh saltiness. It's a bracing start that doesn't pick up that expected nuttiness until midway through, and even then, the zing and citrus pervade throughout. Blind, I might have guessed a Pasada. I wonder if the flor maybe wasn't quite dead yet? Regardless, this is a truly fantastic sherry. Ignore the label, as it claims to be medium dry. Nonsense. Bone dry, and brilliantly so.
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Two more books, as now that the term is over I can get back to serious reading.
The first is Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward.
- The novel features interlocking narrative voices that for some reason didn't get annoying or pretentious, sort of surprisingly.
- The narratives were of a doctor who returns to her hometown and takes up her Uncle's work as a prison doctor working with Death Row inmates, a woman whose husband was killed by one of the women, and the least heinous of the four killers on Death Row.
- Only Celia, the wife, gets a first-person narrative.
- The doctor is in some ways the least believable, mostly for her world weariness.
- Karen, the murderer, is the one I rooted for.
- This novel made me cry for some reason, which only proves that I am getting increasingly sappy in my old age.
The second is a piece of autobiographical fiction called Long Ago in France, by MFK Fisher. It was recommended to me by Shannon Minnich-Young, who as always was absolutely right.
- Chronologically this one is published in 1991, shortly before her death. It chronicles her three years in Dijon, France, between the wars.
- Her prose is remarkable, as Shannon warned me. At times I wasn't sure how to react – I knew that this woman had written an immensely useful book that was published during WWII (How to Cook a Wolf), one that spoke directly to wartime shortages and how to stretch budgets and still fix balanced, delicious meals. And yet Long Ago in France barely mentions either war. I'll speak more about that in the follow-up section.
- Her descriptions constantly threw me for loops, especially when she describes the folks she and Al stayed with or became friends with. She's, umm, unstinting in her condemnation, and that bothered me at bits. Again, I'll speak more about this in the follow-up section.
- Her descriptions of food and how it is procured, prepared, and enjoyed were as rich as Burgundian food itself.
Connections, and why I read
At first glance, these novels have little in common. Fisher's descriptions are full of life, full of detail, unsparing in both praise and judgment, towards the people in her life and herself, and focused on nuance and subtlety. Ward's much kinder in her prose, towards her characters, towards Texas and NYC, towards the actions that the characters take, and even towards her readers (spoiler alert!). She's also a minimalist, for the most part (although as I recall the barbecue in Rick Underwood's back yard I wonder about that).
And yet they seem to fit, and I'm struggling to see why.
- Perhaps one connection lies in the range of characters. I'm guessing because they're Americans the Fishers seem much more comfortable with a range of folks, and they don't seem all that concerned with class standing (and, after all, this is France from 1929-1931). Ward's novel runs a range as well, with Nate's parents representing American upper crust.
- Perhaps another connection lies in the openness of the content, especially sexual content. I understand that she's writing much later than the actual chronology of the events in the narrative, but she pretty clearly talks about subjects that feel a bit risque even now. Of course, I'm a prude.
- Maybe, just maybe, the connection comes from the care that both writers seem to take in what I think of as the making-sure-to-get-it-right category. In particular, Ward's scenes in Death Row seem absolutely spot-on, while Fisher takes an inordinate amount of time and care to make sure that she does not romanticize any part of her Dijon experience (including her marriage).
The struggle continues…


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Are You Pan Enough a handsome red bay gelding, and son of Artsplace, came first to us in 2004. Are You Pan Enough was king of the half-mile track. He won nearly fifty races in his career, missing the mark by two at forty-eight wins. Dave called Are You Pan Enough "one awesome little guy." His dam was Camterri, daughter of Cam Fella.
Where Pan the handsome, rich-red bay was smart, with an athletic superiority and an air of entitlement, Shorty Bones was a dark bay, easygoing prankster of a horse. Any horseman coming through the barn would have noticed Shorty second. He came to us as a five-year-old. The horse was a descendant of the pacing machine Cam Fella through his sire, Cams Card Shark. Shorty Bones had the biggest heart of any horse and answered the bell for every single race. In 2006, Shorty Bones marked the one-hundredth win in the Phil Coleman Stable. The gelding won 50 percent of his starts for Dave and Phil. With his will to win at all costs, Shorty raced on the circuit for five years, his final two years with Dave as owner.
In 2014, Are You Pan Enough and Shorty Bones returned to Hillsborough Stables after some years in Sarnia. The geldings now share a paddock where they keep a close eye on the comings and goings at the farm.


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Left to right: Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III, Social Action Commission Chair, Mrs. Jacquelyn DuPont-Walker, Director, Social Action Commission and Mrs. Ora L. Easley, International Administrator, The Clergy Family Information Center.
The Clergy Family Information Center is an international email notification ministry, its MISSION, an online conduit of Sharing, Compassion and Caring. The ministry is a component of the Commission On Social Action of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III, Commission Chair, Mrs. Jacquelyn DuPont Walker, Director, Consultant and Mrs. Ora L. Easley is the International Administrator of The Clergy Family Information Center. The ministry post email notifications to members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church from Episcopal Districts 1-20. The ministry is a seven-day a week and holidays endeavor reaching across continents and oceans.
The Primary Function of the Ministry is to inform e-mail recipients of deaths occurring within the families of God's called servants, from our church leadership of bishops, general officers, connectional officers, judicial council, presiding elders, pastors, ministerial staff and their families, to the families of AME Church endorsed military personnel, denominational office staff, and the presidents and deans of AME Church seminaries, universities and colleges.
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CONGRATULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS: Congratulatory announcements are posted on Friday, that we might share the "Joyful Moments", the "Good News" of clergy family graduations-baccalaureate and above; academic achievements-high school and above; the birth of PK's, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of ministers; birthday celebrations, 75 years and above; weddings of ministers, PK's, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of ministers; wedding anniversaries-25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th, 65th and above, and noteworthy achievements; providing opportunity for commendations, congratulations and well wishes to be extended to the clergy families who are praising God for the Joy of significant milestones reached in their lives.
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This week we had to examine the important topic of social media policy. The activity was informative, instructional and, in my case I hope, beneficial to our school. Our school does not currently have a policy and so what I have written will become the starting point for an actual policy. We have a new Director of E-Learning in the school and he was enthusiastic that the document that I created could be the starting point for a school document. In that respect, I have stuck to a format which will be easy to modify, edit and change – and which also fits with current school policy structures.
I really wanted to finish it and use some kind of graphic program to make a cool looking poster, image. No reason, just my desire to create things which appeal to students. However, that would have been wasted time because the document will need to undergo a lot of changes. So I stuck to Google docs this time. When it is finished, I will ask if I can make it look appealing. This is important stuff and so I want all stakeholders to look at it and think, 'yup, I'm gonna read that.'
I can't say that creating the actual document was a lot of fun. Not because it was difficult or overwhelming – I have written numerous school policies over the last 16 years. . . but because I didn't like doing it on my own. I feel that the initial creation of a policy is always better or stronger if it is done with others. You come to the table prepared and work collaboratively to shape the document. It is more difficult if the document you share for feedback is largely the work of one person. If I was to change anything about this assignment, I would have enjoyed doing it with perhaps one other person. Using social media to connect and share would have been a nice touch. That said, these feelings are totally personal to me and my style of learning and working.
I have created a pretty simple document because it will need to grow and change. I have phrased headings under positive, 'Be' statements to give some structure. There is a lot still to add, I am aware of that. However, I know that what I have started will hopefully grow into a strong, dynamic, school policy and ethos which will help to guide all members of our community in their online interactions and use of social media.
As always, comments are very much appreciated.
The link below is set to only be available to Bronco-mail users so as to maintain confidentiality and privacy until the policy is made public.