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I'm a novelist that's written a few screenplays. Some of my friends think my scripts are too dense with words and that I should break up my passages with "white space." That kind of criticism feels superficial and useless to me. Is this just Hollywood afraid of having to read and what's all this "white space" business anyway?
Screenwriters can be over-zealous in their writing style, going overboard in descriptions and using verbose passages that result in hindering a read rather than helping it. Conversely, some writers can utilize a sparse style that leaves the script without any texture or soul. A screenwriter wants to find the middle ground.
Overall, I think word economy and "white space" are tools of the screenwriting craft.
Writing a script is different than writing a novel, which is why many novelists fail in making the switch.
In Samuel Marx's book, "A Gaudy Spree," he talks about his experiences of running the MGM Story Department in its heyday and how novelists (like Fitzgerald) came out to Hollywood to write screenplays but struggled with the inappropriate set of tools they had brought along - and then withered under the collborative system. (The book tells the story of Faulkner's attempts to write a wrestling script for Wallace Beery, a tale which was later reinvented for the Coen Brothers' movie BARTON FINK.)
If you're writing a spec script, keep in mind you're writing it for a reader (that's anyone who reads the script). And you want the "read" to be as friendly as possible. Long, flowery sentences rivaling Faulker are not the tools of a screenwriter.
More than likely, they won't be read. After about ten pages, the reader gets a sense of the writer's style and knows if he uses too many superfluous words and sentences.
I've noticed that the important part of the paragraph is usually in the first and last sentence. So, I'll skip over the creamy center to simply get to the gist of the matter - if a writer is too verbose. (When I have forty other scripts to read over the weekend, I simply don't have time for an indulgent, masturbatory writing style in a script that most likely won't be that good anyway.)
Any writer can describe a sunset in a hundred words. As a screenwriter, the talent is to describe the same sunset and communicate the same vision and mood in only five words.
Here is an example from Scott Silver's PLAYBOY, which I think is descriptive to a fault.
STILL VIDEO. Saturated color, smooth moves. Summer, 1968. An angelic 18-year-old girl-next-door, BARBARA KLEIN, long dark hair, bangs, big bright eyes, button nose, white macro-mini, swaying her head, hips to the song, lyrics, "IF IT'S PEACE YOU FIND IN DYIN'/AND IF DYIN' TIME IS NEAR/BUNDLE UP MY COFFIN/'CAUSE IT'S COLD WAY DOWN THERE/I HEAR THAT IT'S COLD WAY DOWN THERE/YEAH COLD WAY DOWN THERE"
…Barbara turns and dances face-to-face with two other pretty girls, a skinny black hippie joins in…Party in a crowded smoke-filled bachelor's apartment, beautiful people, long hair, hot pants, minishirts, go-go boots, turtlenecks, Nehru jackets, modern furniture, burnt-orange carpet, electronic entertainment wall, leather couches. Follow the four of them lauging & moving with choreographed joy to the music…"AND WHEN I DIE/WHEN I'M GONE/THERE'LL BE ONE MORE CHILD BORN/IN THE WORLD TO CARRY ON/TO CARRY ON/HELP ME NOW"… A couple dances in front of Barbara Klein, blocking the view…
He's 42, shorter hair, velour shirt, black mohair slacks, smoking a pipe. She's 28, his secretary, Jewish, slightly overweight, large expressive eyes, dark circles, cigarette, Levis, halter-top. Both watching Barbara Klein. Hef smiles wistfully, leans in & whispers in Bobbie's ear…"GIVE ME MY FREEDOM FOR AS LONG AS I BE/ALL I ASK OF LIVIN' IS TO HAVE NO CHAINS ON ME/ALL I ASK OF LIVIN' IS TO HAVE NO CHAINS ON ME" … Bobbie looks into Hef's eyes, returns his smile…
…Bobbie turns to the guy next to her, DAVID SONTAG, 30's, white turtleneck, pulls him aside…Hef keeps watching Barbara Klein, still dancing in the background… "AND ALL I ASK OF DYIN' IS TO GO NATURALLY/ONLY WANT TO GO NATURALLY/WELL, HERE I GO!" … Trumpet, sax, drums, keyboards, guitar, bass, jamming…Everybody moving as one, faster, harder, sexier…
Suddenly a man wearing a head-set – the FLOOR DIRECTOR – steps in front of the dancers.
This, in my opinion, is an example of an indulgent writing style. The scribe floods his description with too many details (mostly reserved for the art director and costumer).
This may seem innocuous - but when every page is filled with this sort of writing – it eventually becomes disorienting. Hard to track. Hard to comprehend. The story line becomes a blur – getting lost between the drama and the description.
You never want your story to do battle with your writing style. They must work together.
PLAYBOY is an example where they do not work hand in hand.
Here, each page takes 10 minutes to read, because one cannot cut through the superfluous details to get the gist of the characters and narrative; it forces one to re-read and re-read, disrupting the flow and enjoyment of the experience. In the end, it's hard to say what the script is even about. The story is the most important thing, but if you cannot communicate that story – you've failed. Ironically, all this descriptive writing in the screenplay does not enable the reader to see the movie.
Producers and agents are looking for a MOVIE, not a literary experience.
Screenwriters are craftsmen first - writers second. Those who understand this truism are more likely to succeed in this business.
Knowing how to write descriptively for a screenplay is part of the learning curve.
A script must NOT read like a novel.
The reading experience of a screenplay should feel like the MOVIE you're hoping to create.
Movies MOVE. And so should your script. Your job as a screenwriter is not to find poetry to describe your scenes – but find the most efficient words and sentences imaginable to create the imagery without eating up your pages.
An antithetical example to PLAYBOY might be the use of "vertical writing" (as it has come to be known).
VERTICAL WRITING is most appropriate for action screenplays. It may be less appropriate for something like ORDINARY PEOPLE - though a writer can use it wherever he chooses.
Vertical writing can create a certain sort of movement and flow that's just right for action sequences. Vertical writing can allow one to read the sequence – exactly the way he would see it on the screen – almost in real time. There's nothing new about it nor is it a fad. Only the term itself may be new. Walter Hill has been writing "vertically" since the 70s.
Here is an example from his screenplay THE WARRIORS:
Huge, warehouse-sized …
One hundred Riffs in attendance.
Dirge-like rock number coming through the stereo speakers.
Suddenly, the main door is thrown open.
All eyes are on the three Riffs who enter.
A small youth walking slightly before the others.
He is … The New Cyrus.
Music stopping with a thunk.
Long silence.
Here, Hill paints it on the page the way he wants us to see it on the screen. He avoids flowery details – and simply provides us with the cold, hard facts.
Obviously, this allows one's eyes to move down the page – which is how the term "vertical" was coined.
Silver and Hill are on separate ends of the spectrum.
Here is an example from Thompson & Camp's STEINBECK'S POINT OF VIEW, which falls somewhere in the middle.
These writers have sold several seven-figure specs (including this).
In this scene, cancer-patient TOM smokes a joint.
Decided, he rips open the pack --immediately met with a ghastly aroma. Tears free a bud, grinds it in his fingers. Lays the herb inside rolling paper.
The joint of all joints. Tom lights her up. Self-conscious, acutely aware of the absurdity. But what the hell, takes a deep drag.
Hacks like a kid's first Marlboro.
...Tom's boom box. CD spins, speakers fill with Bob Marley's "Jamming"...
...His eyes but red slits, his head a ten thousand pound bowling ball on his shoulders...
...Rolls another doobie, air drumming to the steel drum beat...
...On the roof with Flash Gordon, tokin' to the moonlight, ear to ear grin...
...Loads another old pro...
...Munchies -- bags of Doritos and Hostess treats ravaged before him...
...Onward and upward to a water bong....
This may indulge also, but the writers aren't beating us over the head with too many words and images. It's much easier to digest.
Note the use of "white space" here.
White space can help to break up action.
Make action seem less cluttered and confusing to the reader.
It can break up beats within sequences.
White space can help to organize and choreograph the sequence, and orient the reader.
White space creates a topography to the page lay-out that can make it easier to navigate.
It's an important writing tool. Do not discount the lay-out of a screenplay. There are psychologists who devote their careers to the way presentation affects people. Advertising and periodicals run their empires by it. Using white space enables a writer to communicate his story more effectively to the reader.
No one is suggesting NOT to write visually. However, the use of "white space" helps one to avoid verbosity, compelling the scribe to tell his story in the most concise and effective way.
Here is an example from Frank Darabont's FAHRENHEIT 451:
She turns, facing them. A long look passes between them as her thumbnail tightens on the match head…
…and her thumbnail scrapes the sulfur tip, FLARING it to life. Montag's eyes widen in horror –
and the match flare leaps into the air, a heartbeat of white-hot ignition, the air rippling as it catches fire. For a moment the old woman is surrounded by an aura of flame swirling about her, lifting her hair and catching it afire, making her eyes glow like coals –
--and BOOOOM! The entryway EXPLODES, shattering window, a HUGE FIST OF FLAME punching through the front door and blowing Beatty and Montag right off their feet, hurling them over the railings and onto the lawn in a storm of debris. Some other firemen are caught on the run, also blown off their feet….
This is very effective. Darabont describes in greater detail than Hill or Thompson & Camp – but still only tells us what we need to know in order to understand the scene.
His word choice is thorough and exact. Note his use of white space to help organize the action. Darabont actually interrupts sentences with white space.
Here is an example from Tarantino's FROM DUSK TILL DAWN - which illustrates a fairly common style:
If the Titty Twister looked like the asshole of the world from the outside, in the immortal words of Al Jolson, "You ain't seen nothin' yet." This is the kind of place where they sweep up the teeth and hose down the cum, the blood and the beer at closing.
In the back, TOPLESS DANCERS do lap dances with the customers, while a SLEAZY SEXY STRIPPER STRIPS to RAUNCHY MUSIC, played at eardrum-bursting level. TWO MEN are in a savage BARE KNUCKLE FIGHT, surrounded by screaming customers of bikers and truckers.
One of the dancers is a man with a saddle on his back, his name is DANNY THE WONDER PONY. The woman on his back, in the saddle, feet in the stirrups, hands on the reins, is ATHENA, his rider. They dance around to the cheers of the crowd.
Bikers and truckers play pool in the back. Fights break out here about every ten minutes. The customers may start 'em, but the bouncer, BIG EMILIO, ends 'em.
Seth, Richard, Jacob, Scott and Kate walk through the door. They each individually take in the sights and the smells. Seth is the first to say something.
You'll note that none of the paragraphs go beyond a few lines before breaking off and creating a new paragraph – leaving "white space" on the page. (The format of this blog makes the paragraphs appear thicker than they do in the actual screenplay.)
Here's an example that goes AGAINST the grain of "white space:" Shane Black's introduction of MARTIN RIGGS in LETHAL WEAPON.
Morning is not a good time for Inspector Martin Riggs. We are in the bathroom, and it is a pit. Dark. Depressing. Newspapers. Crushed cigarettes. Whiskey bottles. Dust. Riggs is asleep in the bathtub. Cigarette butts float in the water. He looks dead. Your basic burnout. The CLOCK RADIO suddenly BLARES to life: "Silver Belllls… It's Christmas-tiiiime in the city…" Riggs snaps awake instantly. Alert. Tense. Face bathed in sweat. Sits up, sloshing water. Rubs his eyes. Stands, kicking aside a bottle of whiskey. Leans over the toilet – And beings to vomit his guts out. The Christmas MUSIC PLAYS ON.
Although this is a block of text, you'll note the writer's use of incomplete sentences and single words to paint a reader-friendly picture without getting overly complicated. This is anything but novelistic and reads almost as easily as the example from THE WARRIORS.
Perhaps Shane Black chose to use only one block of text in order to focus the reader on Riggs – this is Riggs' claustrophobic world, and Black paints that picture with both the words and sentence structure and the topography - the actual way he lays it out on the page.
Knowing when to use white space and not to use it helps to guide the reader, manipulate the reader and even set a mood for the reader.
And concise word choice matters too. Black could have used a whole sentence to describe the "whiskey bottles" but he opts out. Why bother? This isn't about the whiskey bottles – it's about Riggs. He doesn't even tell us the brand of whiskey. (This draft of LETHAL WEAPON weighs in at 106 pages. If Black had used more white space, it would have come in around 120.)
The problem is that verbosity (the density you refer to you in your question) serves no purpose. It doesn't enhance the drama of your story – and could very well hinder it by cluttering the script and creating a confusing read. And "white space" can help you create a friendlier, more organized reading experience. It may seem like Hollywood nit-picking or counterproductive to your goal as a writer, but it's not the white devil; it's just a tool. Anyway, as a screenwriter, your primary tool (as odd or maddening as this may sound) shouldn't be words.
Your primary tool as a dramatist is conflict.
Lots of writers dive into "Final Draft" knowing how to write beautiful prose, but they lack an understanding of the tools needed (and how to use them) to write a screenplay that connects with and moves the reader.
This partially explains why most scripts don't sell and most screenwriters aren't earning a living.
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Happy Summer! I haven't posted in awhile which is unfortunate, but this is what we've been up to; Summer Camps, Summer Vacations, Garage Sales and Upcycling random items into cool home decor. We troll garage sales looking for items we can use for our next craft faire. We're alwyas interested in rusty metal or metal we can rust. We have found that using vinegar and salt can speed up the process. The best finds are already rusted.
Don took a children's small sand bucket and repurposed it into a lamp with a vintage lightbulb. He then painted it with chalkboard paint. He added a red cord which adds to the pop of red on the handle. It's a cool conversation piece.
Hope your summer is going well.

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Two very different food items to update on. We had a bbq at Peter's house on Saturday night. It was the usual tri-tip, spicy sausage, guacamole, and salad affair. I did catch a couple photos of Peter grilling. It is interesting to watch him cook since he's color blind and can't always tell how rare the meat is. It always comes out delicious though. And Gabby makes the best guacamole.
The other item is some orange butter I made. I diced the rind of two oranges and mixed it in with a stick and a half of butter, added some orange juice, and then some maple syrup. It came out okay.


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Via Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,
Tomorrow the Wizard turns 620. I was out with him last night in a little pre-birthday celebration and I asked him how it felt to have that many years under his belt. He laughed and replied that being a Wizard had it occurred to me that he might not have started at one? No, I admit, I had not thought of that, which opened up a realm of possibilities that the old codger could actually be far older or far younger than was generally presumed. I then asked him if he planned to be around for his 630th birthday day and he replied that the odds were good. He said he had done a whole statistical model and that very few people died between 620 and 630 and so he was likely to make it to the next milestone. At the end of the evening, with a twinkle in his eye, he informed me that he would not be here on Saturday in any event. He said that he had learned something from the Europeans and that he was going to follow their lead. He informed me that he was going to get on his broomstick, fly across the international dateline and so never have an actual birthday. Then he will return to America and claim that the damn thing never happened. I guess he is still learning a thing or two!
Reading Between the Lines
One of the great faults with paying attention to Europe is to take what they tell you as factual. The media trumpets what they are given by the various sources of information in Europe but a quite skeptical eye is what is needed. They claim that they do not have the "Final Troika Report" on Greece because they have not stamped it "Final" yet and so they blame their indecision on the magic trick that they are performing. Everyone on the Continent has the report but since they can agree on almost nothing they have blamed the lack of the rubber stamp as the culprit. They should just come out and say that, "It is the rubber stamp's fault" and be done with it.
Red Lines
Every easy trick has now been exhausted when it comes to Greece. You may feel worn out and tired by the length of time this process has taken but that is a remarkably short-sighted viewpoint. You should be happy that you have had the time to carefully consider and plan for what is about to take place because ugly is about to get uglier and you will see retching in the streets; not just in Athens but in Berlin and Madrid. I would say that the odds are about 60/40 that what is happening is that the European Union is trying to force Greece out of the EU by having Greece refuse any more of the austerity measures and not get funded. It is a "Game of Houses" because Germany does not want to take the blame and they want Greece to throw up their hands and leave so Berlin can say, "What can we do?" To actually force Greece out would be a violation of principles that Germany cannot politically afford and so a quite complicated ruse is underway. The severity of the situation is indicated now by the Red Lines that have been drawn by all of the major constituencies so that there is no compromise to be found. As I have stated before we are at the Crossroads, at Breakpoint, because every proposal is met with a hard line drawn in concrete by someone in some corner of the deliberations.
The IMF will not provide any more funds without a 120% debt to GDP ratio by 2020 they claim but what this really means, and what they have come closer to saying recently, is that they will not dish out any more money unless they feel that they will get paid back (Red Line). The IMF has suggested that perhaps the ECB could take the loss and Mr. Draghi has said while they might forego the profits on their Greek Bonds, estimated at about $16 billion, that they will not take a loss as it would violate their charter of not financing individual nations (Red Line). The IMF has suggested that the Stabilization Funds could take a hit which Germany and several other countries have said is impossible because it would probably cause several governments to fall in Europe (Red Line). The Greeks have asked for a two year extension in payments which would require another $40 billion to be handed to Greece as Austria, the Netherlands and Finland have all publically stated "No more money for Greece" and another wall (Red Line). The markets all think that it is just another moment to muddle through but I am telling you, having examined the evidence and considered all of the possibilities, that this is not the case and that my conclusion will very soon prove to be correct. The length of time this process has taken may have numbed some people's sensitivity to the danger but with $1.5 trillion in total debts that could go into default; the danger is quite real and the shock will be systemic. The ticking time bomb has been loaded and it is about to explode whether you realize it or not.
It is going to be either "debt forgiveness" or "more money" or "brute force" and there are quite serious consequences for many nations and many governments whichever path is chosen. "Debt forgiveness" is a sacred promise broken and "more money" is politically impossible in some countries at this point. Europe may have concluded that it is far better to force Greece out by continual demands and ever increasing austerity measures and that the losses from a Greek Exit, which would be borne by all, are a better alternative to the other two roads as the Germans and others could blame the Greeks and not take the responsibility. Three roads, all ugly, which is why the length of the delay and the hesitation to engage. Any of these three paths will lead to extensive pain and a lot of contagion and so I conclude that the Greeks will get forced out by increasing European demands as that is the least politically damaging alternative for many of the nations in Europe. "Blame it on the Greeks" will be the secret password while the Greeks will call Berlin every name in the book.
"The summer day is closed - the sun is set:
Well they have done their office, those bright hours,
The latest of whose train goes softly out
In the red west. The green blade of the ground
Has risen, and herds have cropped it; the young twig
Has spread its plaited tissues to the sun;
Flowers of the garden and the waste have blown
And withered; seeds have fallen upon the soil,
From bursting cells, and in their graves await
Their resurrection. Insects from the pools
Have filled the air awhile with humming wings,
That now are still forever; painted moths
Have wandered the blue sky, and died again"
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• Government has missed 'a golden opportunity to bring empty properties back into use'
The Government is pursuing a deeply-flawed policy on empty rates relief and has missed a golden opportunity to bring vacant properties back into use, according to business rates expert Jerry Schurder of property consultancy Gerald Eve.
It has been announced that the Government will not offer business rates relief on empty properties being refurbished or regenerated, despite overwhelming consultation responses that such a move would stimulate development and help bring vacant buildings back into use. Instead, the Government is to press ahead next month with proposals to offer a business rates grace period for newly-completed commercial properties, a policy previously described by Jerry Schurder as 'a waste of time that will achieve next to nothing'.
Jerry Schurder, head of rating at Gerald Eve, said: "This blinkered approach to empty rates, ignoring the evidence and pursuing a policy that will make no material difference to the commercial property market, represents a missed opportunity that will do little more than give the illusion of a Government doing something to support the sector.
"Rather than listen to the respondents to the consultation, who were almost universally critical of the proposals and instead backed rates relief on buildings being refurbished, the Government has ridden roughshod over the opinions of those genuinely in the know and instead opted for a policy that will do next to nothing to stimulate development.
"The scheme will be complex, exercised at the discretion of local authorities and subject to European state aid rules, and as such is unlikely to achieve its stated ambition of kick-starting speculative development. Whereas well-targeted rates relief could help bring vacant properties back into use, unviable or borderline schemes costing millions are not suddenly going to be given the go-ahead because of a reduction in the empty rates risk by £55,000 per year for up to three years.
"It is yet another example of deeply-flawed Government policy towards business rates that is seemingly designed to give the impression of providing assistance rather than providing any material benefit."


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This is a native Ruby Generic Reactor with no dependencies.
This reactor can be used to:
- Write a server - i.e. the GRHttp HTTP and WebSocket Server uses GReactor;
- Write an event driven client; or
- Add asnychronous event functionality to your existing application...
The documentation on rubydoc.info has more information about the GReactor's easy API.
GReactor vs. EventMachine?
Let's face it, EventMachine has it's issues... some of them are quite bad others only affect specific featuers such an SSL... I'm not the first to notice the issue nor the first to offer an alternative.
GReactor is a multi-threaded (and optionally multi-processed as well) EventMachine alternative (although you can also run GReactor as a single-threaded, single process reactor).
Having a native Ruby reactor has a number of advantages and a number of disadvantages over the non-native EventMachine alternative. Also, the GReactor's API is designed to make your life as a programmer easier as well as provide you with all the options you might need.
For most applications, performance is not the main issue to consider when choosig a reactor. Generally speaking, unless your app is limited to 'Hello World', the performance is controlled by your app's code rather the speed with which IO events are fired (i.e. protocol parsing is much more expensive than the reactor).
Be that as it may, GReactor's performance might surprise you :-)
GReactor based projects
If you use GReactor, please let me know.
The GReactor is used by the GRHttp HTTP and WebSocket Server.
Here is a multi-process and multi-threaded example (run in
require 'grhttp'
GRHttp.start do
GRHttp.listen {|request, response| 'Hello World!' }
GR::Settings.set_forking 4 # optional GReactor forking
# # Benchmark using apache:
# ab -n 10000 -c 200 -k http://127.0.0.1:3000/
# # Benchmark using wrk:
# $ wrk -c400 -d10 -t12 http://localhost:3000/
The GReactor is also used by the Plezi HTTP and Websocket WebApp Framework, which runs its services using the GRHttp server, all in pure Ruby code.
Here is a single-process and multi-threaded example for the framework's Hello World and websocket echo server (run in
require 'plezi'
## no forking
# GR::Settings.set_forking = false
class Ctrl
def index
"Hello World"
def data
# connect with a websocket client,
# such as www.websocket.org/echo.html
response << "Plezi Echo...\n>>> #{data}"
listen port: 3000
route '*', Ctrl # catch all
# # Benchmark using apache:
# $ ab -n 10000 -c 200 -k http://127.0.0.1:3000/
# # Benchmark using wrk:
# $ wrk -c400 -d10 -t12 http://localhost:3000/
Want to handle thousand of concurrent connections?
Evey process has it's limits. Depending on your OS, each process has an "open-file" limit (on my computer it's quite small, 256 open files), which also limits socket and other IO connections (they are considered as open-files).
So, is our reactor doomed to be limited?
No! - Enter GReactor's forking settings.
If you keep your code scalable across processes (for example, if it could work on a number of Heroku's dynos concurrently), you can ask GReactor to fork itself and work using a pool of processes - if set, forking will automaticaly happen once you call
Simply set:
number_of_processes = 8
GR::Settings.set_forking number_of_processes
Next time you call
GReactor.join - Boom: multi-threaded process forking will provide you with instant expansion of both concurrency (forking allows you to use multi cores on multi-cored CPUs) and open-file limits (on my machine, I just went from 256 to 2,048 possible 'open files'... but on many machines you are now eligable to much more).
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'greactor'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install greactor
Server Usage
I'm lazy to write now, so let's let some code do the talking.
Here is a very simple echo server, running only one thread over the default port (3000):
# Because the `GReactor.start` method recieves a block,
# it will hang after the block is executed.
# The main thread will wait for a signal to stop the reactor (i.e. ctrl+C).
require 'greactor'
GR.start(1) do
# The block given to the `listen` method acts as a callback.
# The callback will recieve a comfortable IO wrapper.
GR.listen do |io|
data = io.read
io.write ">>> Echoing: #{data}"
if data.match /^(quit|exit|bye)[\r\n]+/i
io.write ">>> Goodbye.\r\n"
Test with:
$ telnet localhost 3000
Here is a better example, that showcases some features such as timed and async events as well as the way an actual server might use a Protocol class to handle the connections... again, the famous echo, this time over the default number of worker threads (8 threads):
require 'greactor'
# Create an Echo Protocol for our server.
# We will use the quick start template provided by the GReactor
class EchoProtocol < GR::Protocol
def on_connect
GR.info "Someone connetced to the echo server."
def data
send ">>> Echoing: #{data}"
if data.match /^(quit|exit|bye)/i
send ">>> Goodbye.\r\n"
def on_disconnect
# just for fun, we can log asynchronously.
GR.run_async { GR.info "Someone left the echo server." }
# we can also delay an asynchronous task.
GR.run_after(5) { GR.warn "It's been five seconds since they left and I miss them..."}
GR.listen timeout: 5, handler: EchoProtocol, port: 3000
GR.listen timeout: 5, handler: EchoProtocol, port: 3030, ssl: true
GR.on_shutdown { GR.info "This is called when the shutdown process ends." }
GR.on_shutdown { puts "We're done." }
#let's auto-shutdown the server after a minute or so, shall we?
GR.run_after(60) {Process.kill "TERM" , 0}
# the next line will cause the the main thread to hang as it waits to join the GReactor's threads.
GR.join {puts "\nThis is called when the shutdown process starts..."}
Client Usage
It's also possible to use GReactor to augment an existing server (Rails/Sinatra/Rack app) by using it as an Asynchronouse task manager or an event-based IO manager (such as for WebSockets).
Managing Events and Timers
The following script demonstrates the GReactor's ability to act as an Asynchronouse task manager:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding: UTF-8
require 'greactor'
# Start the reactor (at the moment, the reactor doesn't autostart).
# Use `on_shutdown` to create a task to be executed before the application exits.
GR.on_shutdown { puts "This will automatically be called before the app exits." }
# Use `run_after` to create delayed tasks.
GR.run_after(10) { puts "This might be missed, it isn't yet scheduled for execution
and the application will probably exit before the 10 seconds are up." }
# Use `run_async` and `callback` to set a few tasks.
GR.run_async { sleep 3; puts "This was a blocking task." }
GR.run_async { puts "This will run in the next execution cycle." }
GR.callback GR, :info, "Log this asynchronously."
GR.callback(GR, :logger) {|logger| "this block recived the GReactor.logger's returned value: #{logger}"}
# As you can see, the thread continues while the tasks run in the background.
puts "The thread continues... Did it out-raced the task cycle?"
Although IO objects are optional, please be aware that timers will not persist beyond the processes life (just like EventMachine timers). Timed event are only scheduled for execution once their time has come, and this is why they might be missed if the process exists before they are scheduled to execute. If this is an issue, you will need to use a persistant database to store and collect these tasks.
Websockets and other IO clients
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/boazsegev/reactor.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.


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Also termed as simply flax oil or linseed oil, flax seed oil is amber colored oil extracted from linseed, the dried ripe seeds of the flax plant (linum usitatissimum, linaceae). It is obtained by the process of hydraulic pressing, followed by an optional stage of solvent extraction. Cold-pressed oil obtained without solvent extraction is marketed as flax seed oil. Being an excellent source of protein, potassium, and beta-carotene, this nutty flavor and delicate oil has been widely used in various forms since innumerable.
Linseed Oil V/s Flax Seed Oil
There is a difference between linseed oil and flax seed oil. Although both oils come from the same seed, they are treated differently. Flax seed oil is raw, cold-pressed linseed oil, and it is often sold as a dietary supplement. Linseed oil is heated and subjected to chemical treatment, and it is not safe to consume.
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Lasting Powers of Attorney ("LPAs")
What is an LPA?
A document that allows you to appoint someone to look after your affairs if you reach a point in the future when you can no longer make decisions on your own behalf.
Who can make an LPA?
Anyone who is over the age of 18 and has mental capacity.
What decisions does an LPA cover?
There are 2 types of LPA:
a) Property and Financial Affairs LPA – covers decisions about:
- Buying and selling your property
- Running your bank accounts
- Claiming, receiving and using your benefits, pensions and allowances
b) Health & Welfare LPA – covers decisions about:
- Staying in your own home
- Moving into residential housing and choosing the most suitable care home for you
- Giving or refusing consent to particular types of health care including medical treatment decisions
What are the benefits of an LPA?
- You can choose the persons (Attorneys) you wish to make decisions for you.
- You can place restrictions on what your attorneys can and cannot do and give them guidance on making decisions on your behalf.
- If you have not made an LPA and you lose mental capacity (perhaps through dementia, a stroke or mental health problems), somebody would have to apply to the Court of Protection to be appointed to manage your affairs and the applicant might not be the person you would choose to manage your affairs.
- The application to the Court of Protection is both costly and time consuming. There will also be ongoing annual costs to pay as well.
- Even if you have not lost mental capacity but are finding it difficult to deal with your financial affairs through physical incapacity, your attorneys under your Property and Financial Affairs LPA will still be able to assist you e.g. writing cheques, going to the bank for you.
What information do you require for the LPA?
- You will need to consider who you want your attorneys to be. You can appoint up to 4 attorneys. They can be appointed a) Jointly – all must sign every document b) Jointly and Separately – one attorney can sign without the others or c) Jointly for some matters and Jointly and Separately for other matters.
- You can appoint a replacement attorney to act if one of your attorneys dies or becomes permanently incapable of acting.
- Your attorneys can only use your LPA when it has been registered by the Office of the Public Guardian. For your protection, you can choose up to 5 people to be told when your LPA is being registered. This is intended to prevent fraud by ensuring that other people are aware that the attorney is in the process of registering the LPA.
- When you sign your LPA, someone must confirm that you understand the document and that there is no fraud or undue pressure being used to get you to sign the LPA. They can be a friend if they have known you for 2 years or a professional such as a solicitor/doctor provided they have the relevant skills. They will be called a "Certificate Provider."
How long will it take?
Once the LPA is sent off to the Office of the Public Guardian, it usually takes around 8 – 10 weeks before the LPA is returned having been registered.
You might find this leaflet on lasting power of attorney, useful:


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|Life Groups
LEADERS—Tom and Sandy Tanny For more information call: 951-927-6868
For more details and directions to off campus life groups call the church office. If you are interested in hosting or facilitating a group contact Tom or Sandy Tanny at 951.315-5797.
"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. " Acts 2:42
Seven Reasons to Join a Life Group
1) Go deeper in your faith and the Word of God. 2) Connect with others. 3) Encourage others and bear one another's burdens. 4) Personalize the Christian faith. 5) Provide a great opportunity to invite new people to your group and church. 6) Jesus had a small group. 7) Many different stages of life, times of the week, locations, and study options.
Sunday 3:00 – 5:00 PM (Weekly)
Weekly Bible Study
Open to residents of the San Jacinto Manor Apartments. Come join us as we get to know one another. We will be sharing and discussing topics that will encourage us to live each day with Jesus. Call for details: 951-663-2027.
Facilitated by Ruben and Virginia Ramirez & Hosted by San Jacinto Manor
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Sunday 5:00 – 6:30 PM (Monthly-1st Sunday)
Tried & True
This home fellowship group is designed for married couples who are committed to a lifetime of love and marriage, as we mature together. Our marriages are TRIED many times, many ways, BUT our desire is to stay TRUE to the Lord and our spouse! We support each other in prayer and fellowship. We meet on the 1st Sunday of each month. Call or text for location: 951-741-6868
Facilitated & Hosted by Pastor's Randy & Nancy Jones
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Monday 6:00-7:30 PM (Monthly-1st Monday)
Family Strong Life Group
Welcome to our "Family Strong Life Group" – where family is strong and life is worth living. We'll exchange ideas and search the scriptures for answers. A blueprint for living! Call for location: 951-927-6868.
Facilitated & Hosted by Pastor Jo-Ann Thompson
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Monday 6:30-8:00 PM (Every Other Week)
What on earth am I here for?"
The Purpose Driven Life. Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. It's no accident that you are reading this here and now! God longs for you to discover the life he created you to live – here on earth, and forever in eternity. We will cover six lessons over 12 weeks. Call for details: 951-927-6868
Facilitated & Hosted by Nancy Jones
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Monday 7:00-8:00 PM (Weekly)
Think About That
This group is for those seeking a more in-depth Bible study, and wanting to strengthen their relationship with God. We will study the book of Romans, the Gospels, Old Testament Prophets as well as church history.
Facilitated by Aaron & Tiffany Hale & Hosted by Jeremiah & Kimberly Hale
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Tuesday 6:30-8:00PM (Every Other Week)
What on earth am I here for?"
The Purpose Driven Life. Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. It's no accident that you are reading this here and now! God longs for you to discover the life he created you to live – here on earth, and forever in eternity. We will cover six lessons over 12 weeks. Call for details: 951-927-6868
Facilitated by Erica Schenk & Hosted by Kimmy Hales
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Tuesday 6:30-8:30PM (1st & 3rd Week)
Young Adults Bible Study & Fellowship
This is a time of deep Bible study/discuss-ion, prayer, and fellowship pertinent to the lives of young adults. We are currently in the book of Genesis. We also have various outreaches/hiking and other fun activities throughout the year. This is an encouraging environment to meet with others in your age group, finding out who God has called you to be. For details call: 951-654-7621
Facilitated & Hosted by Steve & Jan Reichardt
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Thursday 6:30 (Weekly)
Remedy Youth Discipleship — Training tomorrow's leaders.
This group is for Middle school– High school students and leaders that participate in Friday night youth who wish to go deeper into the world and in missions. The group will focus on discipleship in the form of fellowship for the purpose of passing to the next generation the practical Biblical knowledge and skills needed to walk out a successful Christian life and the skills to teach others to do the same. There will be homework, shenanigans, and relationships all centered on glorifying God. Call for details: 951-927-6868
Facilitated by Aaron Hale & Hosted by Derick Schultz
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Friday 7:00PM (Weekly)
Developing a Christian World View –
As we look around we see a crooked & perverse nation, with voices telling us how we should live. God would have us live as His light in this world. Francis Schaeffer asked the question from Ezekiel 33:10 "How should we live then?" By developing a Christian world view we can live our lives pleasing unto the Lord. Call for details: 951-322-7153
Facilitated & Hosted by Dennis Rasmussen
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Friday 7:00PM (1st & 3rd Week)
Firm Foundation
This Bible Study group will be starting with the basic principles and teachings in Genesis, the creation, the God Heads; Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. With Jesus being the chief corner stone we will be laying a firm foundation. Call for details: 951-599-4491
Facilitated & Hosted by Adolph & Gwen La Coste
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Saturday (Every Other Week-Times Vary)
Chat-n-Chew is designed for Adult Women. Join us for some fellowship, fun, and food. We meet at different homes and restaurants.
Call for times & locations: 951-492-8385.
Facilitated by Pastor Jo-Ann Thompson
Location: OFF-CAMPUS


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Driven by an intense Olympics spirit, we headed north last weekend for some skiing on the final days of school vacation. For my seven year-old, it was his fifth outing – all with me, all in the last 12 months – and, although I was initially cool to the realization, there was no more denying that the child had now become father to the man. I could no longer keep up with him and worse, I had to rely on others further down the slope to look out for his welfare until I got down. Gotta let him fly and take comfort in gold medalists Sean White and Maine's own Seth Wescott, who thanked their familes for their success. As Snow Zone observes, nothing is better than having them say, "Thanks, Dad, for teaching me how to ski!"
More from the slopes, where Bode Miller says the energy he felt on a crazy Sunday are what the Olympics are all about, as he hammered the downhill and absolutely charged it in the slaloms en route to a cool gold in the men's super-combined. In the women's giant slaloms, Fourth Place Medal has Lindsey Vonn's wipeout ruining things . . . for Julia Mancuso and the two skiers' already frosty relationship. Jessica Isner has Vonn acknowledging she probably peed off Mancuso.
In the rink, Blog Of Ice says even the empty-net goal sealing Team USA's 5-3 win over Canada on Sunday was great. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman didn't seem to enjoy things, but don't buy his Debbie Downer act as Joe Haggerty theorizes he's positioning future Olympics participation as a League concession in the next CBA. The win, of course, was inspired by Josh Sacco's Herb Brooks speech, but Bingo Bar Blog suspects the five year-old may be half of a father-son ventriloquist act. Postcards From Vancouver has a raucous Canadian crowd extracting revenge against the U.S. in curling.
In the men's medal round, both Teams USA and Canada drew a step closer to a gold showdown yesterday. Olympic Hockey Blog has Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller complicating the task for Team USA, while Out Of Bounds has the Swiss getting even in a cheese fondue pong match. Puck Daddy calls out our beloved Mike Milbury as an American Don Cherry after he Eurotrashes Team Russia in the wake of their 7-3 drubbing by Canada, who will now take Zdeno Chara & Co. Rink Rap has the beat-up B's defenseman turning the corner after Slovakia's win over Sweden last night. BlogsNH disses the Canadian propensity for falling all over themselves, but will still be very disappointed if Team Canada does not take hockey gold. If they don't, they could always mint themselves a platinum, as The Dish Rag has Evgeni Plushenko doing after losing to Evan Lysacek in men's figre skating. And it was another New Englander medaling yeasterday, as Olympics Blog has Connecticut's Erin Pak getting bronze in women's bobsled.
Are you a Peacock Puppet? You may be, suggests The Sporting Blog, as NBC has been using us like lab rats to help generate evening viewership.
Make it four wins in five post All-Star games for the C's. Celtics Stuff Live sees the remaining games as a fork in the road, and they've extensively analyzed the harder path.
It was Defenseless in Denver on Sunday, as Celtics Central observes that top teams feel confident in beating Boston even when the C's play well over stretches. ESPN Boston Celtics Blog has the D finally showing up late in Tuesday night's Knicks game. Celtic Dynasty doesn't care about the defensive no-show on Tuesday, because a win is a win.
CelticsBlog found it bittersweet watching new Knick Bill Walker skying for his first dunk against the C's. Tuesday's game was also the Big Three's first at TD Garden since the trade deadline, and Green Street has Ray Allen taking the court as nonchalantly as he left it before the deadline. North Station Sports did not expect the Big Three to return intact after their last performance at TD before the All-Star break. Evans Clinchy has Allen taking his game to another level since the deadline passed.
And ProBasketballTalk has Brian Scalabrine paying up after losing his bet with 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich.
ESPN Boston Red Sox Blog has less practical joking and more hands-on for John Lackey this spring.
One If By Land laments Boof Bonser's plight in a bullpen where long relievers are persona non grata. Clearing The Bases braced for an onslaught after suggesting Clay Buchholz would be bullpen-bound, but it never came. Fenway Nation calls Daisuke Matsuzaka the linchpin to Theo's pitching-and-defense mantra.
Utility Lou has Victor Martinez seeing himself first and foremost as a catcher, which makes his free agency value considerably higher than his runners-caught-stealing percentages. The good news is that, as long as Victor is in Boston, he won't have to worry about the base-stealing of Jacoby Ellsbury, whom Nuggetpalooza cites as the second-biggest kleptomaniac in the AL last year. Boston Dirt Dogs has David Ortiz in search of some protection. Hang in there Papi, because HardballTalk has Adrian Gonzalez not about to give the Padres any hometown discounts. In the meantime, Michael Hurley has Dustin Pedroia willing to pitch in.
Boston Sports Then & Now looks back on baseball's last triple crown season.
. . . an unstructured wandering through the Boston sports world.
Hey, they're held for hockey, rowing, and even cycling, so Thoughts From Press Row asks, why not a Beanpot for men's basketball?
Wth six straight starts before the Olympic break, ESPN Boston Bruins Blog says Tuukka Rask's time is at hand.
Given the damage that a hockey rink has caused to re-sodding efforts, CSNNE's Boston Red Sox says the jury is still out on the future of pucks at Fenway Park.
In the aftermath of the infamous Tiger Woods presser, Jerry Thornton tells baseball to move over because public apologies are the new National Pastime. Not even MMA is immune to the fad, as old friend Josh Nason from the now defunct Small White Ball brings us Frank Mir's sincerest act on MMA Madness.
Masshole Sports finds it mind-blowing that #21 is officially being unofficially retired on Yawkey Way, while Blaug offers the Kraft family 30 reasons why Mosi Tatupu's #30 should be retired. Rest in peace, Mosi.
In another public apology, we took a week off from B's blogs as – well, they're not playing and there's not much on the trade front. The action should pick up again next week, which is when we'll next talk. In the meantime, I'm available on Twitter and on Facebook.


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Embedded Software: Disruptions Ahead
08/05/2013 in Embedded | Tags: embedded, Java, Java Embedded, Java ME Embedded, Java SE Embedded | 13 comments
There is an interesting discussion happening on the LinkedIn "Internet of Things" group right now, in response to the InfoWorld article a few days ago titled "Oracle hitches Java to 'Internet of things'".
The discussion touches on some interesting details on why Java may or may not be a good choice for embedded. Besides the fact that Java is already proven to be one of the most widely deployed embedded technologies ("10 billion and Counting …") I think the discussion misses a key point: The coming disruptive shift in the embedded industry.
Change Driven by Smart Devices
The embedded industry as a whole, and the embedded software industry in particular, are on the cusp of a disruptive shift in the way products and services are built and delivered, and how they interact with the rest of the world. This is driven by the explosion of smart, connected devices and the resulting need for security, interoperability, scalability, and faster time-to-market – requirements that are core to the value of the Internet of Things (IoT) space.
To understand why Java is a key technology for the embedded space, it is instructive to look at the mobile phone industry of about 10 years ago. The mobile industry was defined mostly by proprietary technologies, specialized hard- and software, lack of interoperability, and any number of other complexities. Bringing products and services to market in this fragmented environment was costly, time consuming, and didn't scale – stifling the entire ecosystem and limiting participation to a few companies with deep enough pockets to take the risk.
Embedded Devices == Smart Phones?
Enter the first smart phones. These phones were much more than just devices. They provided a (relatively) open software platform with a consistent set of functionality across a range of devices, simple development, deployment, and monetization models, and ready-made integration with back-end services.
With this new model, the ecosystem equation changed completely. Now, instead of wasting time reinventing the wheel to enter a particular technology island, companies and developers were free to innovate on top of these platforms with a low barrier of entry but large scale opportunities. Almost immediately, we saw an explosion of new and innovative features, software, services, and even entirely new business models, benefiting an entire new ecosystem of those willing to make the shift.
Embedded Needs a New Software Paradigm
The similarities to todays embedded ecosystem are striking. Of course, the embedded markets are more varied and specialized in their needs compared to mobile. But fundamentally, the embedded industry has many of the same problems the mobile industry had 10 years ago. Embedded must move beyond the current fragmented and complex approach of building basic product functionality and towards a platform model that enables a shift upstack, to increase value in application software, business logic, services, and data. This is a key prerequisite to scale up and deliver new products and services for smart, connected devices.
The embedded software running on these devices will become much more challenging: It needs to be more flexible, robust, and secure than in the past while meeting ever tighter budget and time-to-market constraints. Successfully implementing such software requires the industry to embrace modern software paradigms, including productive, robust, and standardized programming languages, APIs, and tools, cross-platform execution environments, security design, high levels of pre-tested integration, software reuse and scalability, standards compliance, interoperability, and out-of-the-box integration with back-end services.
What about other languages and systems beyond C/C++, like Wiring, Lua, or JavaScript, or particular protocols like MQTT? There are certainly a number of technologies available in the embedded space that may have benefits for a particular problem domain. But they tend to provide isolated improvements to a small, specific part of the problem while leaving other critical aspects unaddressed. This highlights the issue the embedded industry is facing: Despite incremental progress, the embedded software model is a hodgepodge of disparate technologies that does not scale to meet the coming needs.
Top Technical Reasons for Java in Embedded
By design, Java already meets many of the above requirements. Over the years Java technology has been continuously optimized for embedded, and is being used across industries from smart cards, to industrial control units, robotics, eHealth devices, smart meters, consumer electronics, gateways, networking equipment, imaging systems, and much more.
Why you should consider Java for embedded solutions:
- Addresses key challenges of traditional embedded development by decoupling software logic from underlying platform (board/device, chipset, peripherals, OS, native code, libraries)
- Virtual Machine concept enables feature-rich, scalable, and robust cross-platform/multi-architecture application platform and promotes software reuse
- Simple and productive software development and deployment model (language, APIs, tools, reuse) reduces cost and time-to-market
- Single end-to-end development paradigm from client devices to back-end systems (where Java already is the de-facto standard)
- Enables flexibility and product extensibility through software services and in-field software delivery, updates, and management
- Highly-functional, deployment-ready runtimes reduce integration, testing, and support costs of final solution
- Open, standards-based technology, interoperable with many industry standards
- Enables leveraging large Java ecosystem of expertise, innovations, products, tools, code, and partners
An example of a successful embedded Java product is Oracle Java ME Embedded, which provides an optimized, robust, and complete Java runtime for resource-constrained devices as small as 130 KB RAM and 350 KB ROM/Flash – and which has already been adopted by the four top chipset and wireless module manufacturers.
In the End, The Value is in the Data
Increasingly, a successful embedded solution doesn't end with the device. The real value of embedded is in the data, and more importantly, in the business information that can be extracted from that data. A client software platform is only as good as the integration into the enterprise it enables. That is why Oracle is not only driving Java Embedded software into devices, but also puts strategic focus on the Oracle Internet of Things Platform in order to enable customers and partners to build enterprise-class end-to-end solutions that deliver business value for IoT deployments.
For more information on why you should consider Java in embedded, please see the webinars, white papers, research reports, and more available throughout my blog.
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Warrant out for supervisor of Klein-area nurse arrested for injecting fillers without a license
Patients go to to Savvy Chic Medspa to look better, but the recent arrest of a nurse might make the clinic look less than its best.
Michelle Bogle, 43, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 8, and charged with practicing medicine without a license, which is a third degree offense.
Savvy Chic Medspa's supervising medical director, Paula Springer-Bryant, has been also been charged and a warrant for her arrest was issued on Tuesday, Nov. 13, for the unlawful practice of medicine, according to HPD spokesperson Kefe Smith.
"She was the supervising doctor. ...She was supposed to supervise (Bogle)," Smith said.
Smith said it does not appear that Springer-Bryant has been arrested yet, as of around 11 a.m. Thursday.
According to court documents, an undercover officer with the Houston Police Department arrived at the clinic to obtain a consultation with a medical doctor and Bogle.
After a video consultation, Bogle then gave the officer a filler treatment recommendations such as Botox and signed her name as a "practitioner" on record.
GRAPHIC PHOTOS WARNING: Man details close call with flesh-eating bacteria
Bogle, who is also the owner of the spa, was not a licensed physician, licensed physician's assistant or advanced practice registered nurse and therefore "not authorized to diagnosis or recommend treatment of nonsurgical medical cosmetic procedures such as Juvederm injections," according to court documents.
David Breston, Bogle's attorney, said Bogle should not have been charged.
"She complied with the statute that governs the cosmetic procedure she provides," Breston said. "We believe we have a good chance of winning. We think that the police made a mistake."
Breston referred to the Texas Medical Board rule 193.17 regarding "Nonsurgical Medical Cosmetic Procedures." He said the statute allows for such procedures to be delegated by the physician and he believes that the police are misinterpreting the statute.
"This is a really long and convoluted statute, but she followed all the protocols that are set up in it," Breston said.
The Texas Administrative Code states physicians or midlevel practitioners must be trained in nonsurgical procedures, including injectable fillers.
The Texas Board of Nursing has Bogle listed as a licensed vocational nurse.
The board defines licensed vocational nursing as a "directed scope of practice and requires appropriate supervision of a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, physician, dentist, or podiatrist."
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Over two dozen arrested on felony DWI charges
According to county records, Bogle met her $2,500 bail and is expected to be back in court in January.


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The role of Garden centre Development Officer was initially developed in Victoria as part of HRDC Project NY98001. This current project grew from the work done by the Industry Development Officer – Retail, as the position was then described. It has both witnessed and prompted great change in garden centre retailing in this state. It has also served as a model for the replication of the role of GCDO in all other states of the Commonwealth. In many respects the project has filled a void in industry development that has that had existed since the inception of commercial ornamental horticulture in this country. The provision of assistance to retail garden centres in respect to training, support and Technology Transfer has been viewed as addressing a number of long-standing deficiencies within the industry.


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On Season 2 of the Starz original series Boss, Tip "T.I." Harris plays Trey Rogers, a former gangbanger with designs on a career in City Hall. He is the cousin that Darius (Rotimi) turns to when struggling with his love for Emma (Hannah Ware), Mayor Tom Kane's (Kelsey Grammer) daughter, and he is the conduit between a local Alderman and the gang that is powerful enough to function as a grassroots organization in the projects.
During this recent exclusive interview with Collider, rapper T.I. talked about the opportunity to be a part of this acclaimed show, how his character will fit into the story, being able to understand who Trey Rogers is, working with Rotimi who also aspires to get into music, what it was like to do a scene with Kelsey Grammer, and how different acting has been from what he expected. He also talked about working in TV versus film, breaking the stereotypes of his rapper persona, having just done his first comedy (Identity Thief with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman), becoming an entrepreneur, and his eighth album, Trouble Man, which he hopes to release by the end of the year. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Collider: How did you come to be a part of this show? Did they pursue you to do it, or were you looking to do more acting?
TIP "T.I." HARRIS: I wouldn't say that they pursued me. The opportunity was introduced to me by my manager. He let me know that there may be a role available, or becoming available, that I may or may not be considered for. When he said that, I was like, "Yeah, right." I watched the first season because I was familiar with Kelsey [Grammer]. When I heard Kelsey Grammer and this type of character, I was interested. I'm working with Kelsey Grammer on this show where he plays a demented mayor of Chicago. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed when I saw the show, so when they made mention of it, I shrugged at it, but then they asked me to sit with the writers and producers. About a week later, they were serious about offering me the opportunity.
Did they ask you for any input into the character, or was it already developed?
HARRIS: On set, I may say that certain dialogue would be different to maintain a level of authenticity for that lifestyle. But, not during the writing process.
Since you're new to the show, what can you say about your character and how he fits into the story?
HARRIS: His attitude and his ability and willingness to do whatever it takes is perfect. He fits right in. He comes from a different world, but the world he comes from is a world that is very useful to the people in politics. His neighborhood is the focal point of this season's elections, and he recognizes that. He recognizes that his influence in this community could be used to carve himself out a position in a better world and create a better stage for himself. So, he takes advantage of that opportunity.
Is it important for you to be able to identify with a character like Trey Rogers?
HARRIS: Well, it's important to understand what the writer intents to convey. Whether I identify with it or agree with it, is completely irrelevant, as long as I understand it. If I understand it, then I can convey it myself.
Was there a key to understanding this guy, for you?
HARRIS: Yeah. He's ambitious. He's conquered this world and it's not enough for him anymore, so now he has to use it to get somewhere else. That's pretty much it.
What's it like to play out the relationship between Trey and his cousin, Darius (Rotimi)?
HARRIS: Well, I created a backstory in my head. In my own mind, I said that Trey was the cousin that no one wanted Darius to hang around. Everyone considered Trey to be bad news. Everyone wanted Darius to stay away from him, and Darius listened. So, now that Trey is in a better and more prestigious position and Darius feels that he needs his help, and Darius is the one who's being drug through the mud, Trey is basking in that glory. That's just my own mental conception.
How has it been to work with Rotimi? Even though you are the new guy on set, are you also somewhat of a mentor to him?
HARRIS: Rotimi is an outstanding guy. He's just an all-around great person. He has ambitions of entering into the music area. He's very, very, very talented. He's a singer, writer and so on, and he's very good at it. I just speak to him on how he can best apply his talents to execute what he would like to execute, in the future. I guess, in that groove, we have a very natural relationship.
Do you have scenes with Kelsey Grammer this season?
HARRIS: Yeah, I have one.
What was it like to work so closely with him? Does that make you want to rise to the occasion?
HARRIS: Sure, it does. You most definitely have to rise to the occasion, but you also have to remember to do what you do. You can't get caught trying to do what they do. As long as you focus on your strengths and remain natural, then you come off natural.
How has acting been easier than you expected, and how has it been more challenging?
HARRIS: I won't say that it's been easier than I expected. I will say that the challenges that have come my way, I have accepted, and I feel that I have answered them appropriately. I've also been blessed with certain opportunities that I couldn't have imagined, any other way. I couldn't have painted this picture more perfectly, in some ways. Who would have thought that, for my first series, I'd be with Kelsey Grammer on a Golden Globe award-winning show, and by my second movie, I'd be working with Ridley Scott and Denzel Washington (on American Gangster). So, I'm just enjoying it and looking forward to the next opportunity, and hoping that the ride continues to go as magnificently as it has, so far.
Do you enjoy the opportunity to develop a character over a longer period of time on a TV show, instead of just telling a finite story in a film?
HARRIS: Everything in life has pros and cons. I do appreciate a series versus a movie. If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else. So, there are peaks and valleys, pros and cons.
Obviously, people know your persona as a rapper, but does that factor into the type of acting roles that you choose?
HARRIS: No, it doesn't. I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself. I look forward to playing a lawyer and a policeman, and doing a romance and doing more comedy. I did my first comedy this summer, with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, called Identity Thief. I had a blast! I look forward to doing that again. I don't think there's anything that I would shy away from, that interests me. If I shied away from it, it's because I wasn't interested. But, if it interests me, I'm gonna do it.
Did comedy come easily for you? Did you have fun doing comedy?
HARRIS: Sure, I did. I'm not as serious of a person as people make me out to be. Due to that persona you spoke of, most people would think that I would be less successful in comedy, but I can crack a joke as well as anyone else. I think, in comedy, timing is everything. You and I could tell the same joke, but if one of our timing is off, it won't be as funny. You've gotta know when to deliver your punch-lines.
Have you always thought about the bigger picture, when it comes to your career, or was there a moment along the way when you realized that you could branch out and do other stuff?
HARRIS: That's a good question. I always knew that there were huge opportunities for me, and that I had a lot of potential to do a lot of different things, but I also knew it was about my execution and my application of skills. So, I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.
Does it feel like, in order to stay relevant now, you have to be an entrepreneur and not just an artist?
HARRIS: Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman. If you don't sell yourself, nobody else is gonna have a better time with it than you. You've gotta get up for it, every day. No matter what it is you're trying to do, you've gotta get up for it and sell yourself, every day. When you do it right, then you find yourself in a better position than others.
What's going on with your music right now? Are you always working on it?
HARRIS: Yeah, I'm working on it right now. I'm finishing up an album that's called Trouble Man, and I hope to have it out by the end of the year.
Does the music come easier for you, the longer you do it, or is it always a challenge?
HARRIS: It's more challenging to me now. Eight albums in, it becomes a thing where you've already set expectations for yourself. Certain levels of success are not accepted from you, more so than they would be from a new guy. You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.
With all the stuff that you've been through, do those experiences lead you to re-evaluate yourself, and does it make you better and stronger?
HARRIS: Sure, absolutely! Of course! You can't go through the kinds of things I've gone through, as much as I have, without re-evaluating yourself and making adjustments. And you can't endure these horrendous circumstances without developing a certain level of strength and wisdom. With that, you have life experience, and life experience makes the best music. That's the thing that nobody else out there can offer. Nobody else out there can offer my life. I have a life that is fit for movies, music, and so forth. Nobody else can give that.
Is it important to you to give back to your community and to young people, so that they see that people can go through those things and come out on the positive side of it?
HARRIS: Absolutely! That's a huge part of it.
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Report NEP-SOC-2010-06-11This is the archive for NEP-SOC, a report on new working papers in the area of Social Norms & Social Capital. Fabio Sabatini issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Stephen B. DeLoach & Thomas Tiemann, 2010. "Not driving alone: Commuting in the Twenty-first century," Working Papers 2010-01, Elon University, Department of Economics.
- Yazhen Gong, 2010. "Social Connections, Networks, and Social Capital Erosion: Evidence from Surveys and Field Experiments," EEPSEA Research Report rr2010043, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), revised Apr 2010.
- Lea Cassar & Bruno S. Frey, 2010. "Should I stay or should I go? An institutional approach to brain drain," IEW - Working Papers 489, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
- A. Willem & -, 2010. "Trust in whole networks in the public and nonprofit sector: The impact of public sector characteristics?," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 10/649, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
- Landau, Loren B., 2010. "Passage, Profit, Protection and the Challenge of Participation," WIDER Working Paper Series 049, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Item repec:hal:journl:hal-00488404_v1 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Coleman, Stephen, 2010. "The spatial diffusion of social conformity: the case of voting participation," MPRA Paper 23057, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Alpízar, Francisco & Martinsson, Peter, 2010. "Don't Tell Me What to Do, Tell Me Who to Follow! - Field Experiment Evidence on Voluntary Donations," Working Papers in Economics 452, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
- Roman M. Sheremeta & Jingjing Zhang, 2009. "Multi-Level Trust Game with "Insider" Communication," Working Papers 09-08, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
- J. Vandenbossche & T. Demuynck & -, 2010. "Network formation with heterogeneous agents and absolute friction," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 10/642, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
- Sam Allgood & William Bosshardt & Wilbert Van der Klaauw & Michael Watts, 2010. "Is economics coursework, or majoring in economics, associated with different civic behaviors?," Staff Reports 450, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.


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