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Terrorism is defined as the " Use of Violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes" I certainly do not have to tell anyone that the attacks on 9/11 basically were the Triple Crown of a global terrorist attack. Number one and most importantly the murder of 3000 innocent people, two ,the fact the attack took place on american soil , and three,..the symbolism involved in not only attacking the symbolic heart of our capitalist spirit but the actually ever-lasting images of the collapse of the Towers. Real life images are powerful things, the images of the Twin Towers falling will be haunting forever. Being a New Yorker, I saw them fall with my very own eyes.
I would like to think that post 9/11, the American efforts to prevent another attack on American soil have been nothing short of perfect.
But then of course we HAVE to be perfect don't we, anything less than complete perfection is complete failure and the loss of further American lives. When it comes to fighting terror, the odds are on the sides of the terrorists , in that they can afford to not hit their target, and they might very well live to fight another day or certainly some fundamentalist with their own gripes about the world will be there to take their place.
For the moment though I would like to think, that we are winning the WAR on Terror as they call it, and by applying pressure to terrorist forces on their soil (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan) Fighting the fight in their backyard simply put, keeps America safer. The downside to this philosophy is that unless there are sweeping changes amongst those factions that hate our way of life, preach that hatred to the younger generations and are willing to sacrifice their own lives to "KILL THE INFIDELS"…then Unfortunately this might be a war that never ends. Because it can't!
There is something that's clear though as indicated by recent events, The Terrorists (Domestic or International) are still out there and still trying to take innocent American lives, only problem for them is , We got the real heavy hitters pinned down , hiding in caves, dodging Special Forces units all the while trying to play defense and organize their offense.
And clearly right now the Junior Varsity squad is playing ball for the Terrorists. In December the attempted christmas bombing of Flight 253 from the Netherlands to Michigan was perpetrated by a Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab , Nigerian national that might have trained in Yemen but clearly to did not pass the bomb denotation courses offered by Al Quada, being that Mr. Mutallab could not even detonate his device, but in a sweet twist of irony did manage to burn himself in the "CROTCHAL REGION" ….word to Anchorman.
Then we have the events of this past saturday night, a car bomb, loaded with enough explosive devices to put a nice crater in the middle of Times Square, considered by some to be the literal center of the world. The potential carnage would have this nation shook. Thankfully this wanna be terrorist also never got his IED degree , and the ever vigilante New York Street Vendor saved the day.
Now the obvious and most troubling question is how did these JV Terrorists get so close to making the pros and accomplishing their mission. The truth is we live in the most free and open society in the world and you can't police it ,The freedoms we have in our society define what is to be American. And whether the terrorists are able to succeed one day in the future and all the odds point in that eventuality, I don't believe America or Americans will change. I mean I went to Times Square yesterday to hit up CHAMPS and by some Air Jordans…Americans dont cave.
But I guess what gives me a slight glimmer of hope is that the few potential attacks that were , (well we can't say they were foiled, The idiots just could not get the job done) that have been made public, were perpetrated by the D-League players and perhaps we actually do have the Osama Bin Ladens of the world so holed up that to even consider a plan as complex and as ruthless as 9/11 is just not in the cards right now. The Terrorist varsity team is benched and the hopefully we can handle the JV players. … But then again..any asshole can blow themselves up….right?
I consider myself a pretty superstitious person, but that applies more to like always sitting in the exact same seat at Yankee Stadium and stepping onto the plane with my right foot, so I pray that by writing this I am not jinxing anything. Our country has gotten lucky twice recently and for that I am grateful.
But if you can put a positive spin on the two recent attempted terrorist attacks, it's that we are currently dealing (Thankfully) with the equivalent of the Bad News Bears of terrorists, The Nigerian genius tries to blow an airliner out of the sky and instead he burns his hanes boxer briefs……what?
Lets pray that if they continue to send over terrorists or even grow them right here on our soil that they are of the JUNIOR VARSITY Variety!!


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And rape, such as this: http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/rape_what_to_do.html
as well as slavery, such as this: https://www.freetheslaves.net/SSLPage.aspx?pid=301
ARE POWER CRIMES!!!!! They must be abolished for us to call ourselves civilized!
In doing a Google search for "power crimes", I find little or no discourse to make my point. So I am going to try to wing it, and hope that I make sense. All of these crimes fall under one umbrella, the term "power crimes", and are all equally heinous. Whether you are raping a woman, harming a child with sexual assault or enslaving another human for your own pleasure, you are committing crimes that have long been ignored, or shifted to back burners, or even minimized by the verbal badinage that is used by politicians. As an example: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-reimer-women-voters-20121107,0,3771323.column
I am aware that rape and child molestation are much more in the frame of public awareness than is slavery, but slavery still exists, and until we ad
dress the horror of all of these crimes, studying them to find the ultimate cause, and find a way to eliminate these crimes from our society, we are not even remotely civilized. Most of the time I think of these crimes as proof of testosterone poisoning in our society, but as we change and women become more involved in the workaday world, we see more women committing these crimes. This may be an indicator of the level of insensitivity that one must reach in order to succeed in the working world. How sad a society
we must be if this is true.
However, as we find ways to insulate people from the horrors of slavery, we may find ways to insulate our children and women from sexual assault, merely by empowering them. If you read the comments about the 12 year old that was sexually abused by two of her male teachers, you will be aware that the child is being blamed for the abuse. The Old Testament shows a marked lack of compassion toward women in the case of rape, apparently Moses felt women were to blame for being attractive to possible rapists. GAH! And how does society blame slaves for their enslavement? By looking the other way. By acting as though slavery were a personal problem rather than a societal problem. GADS!
Perhaps the solution, then, is to teach all those who are potential victims the art of self defense. This would be most easily accomplished by beginning to teach children and women to do meditative Tai Chi. That seems too easy, but if you are aware of the martial arts, then you must know that the power of Tai Chi is in the ability it gives its practitioners to concentrate, and the wise and certain control of their bodies in crisis. A child who knows Tai Chi would be one a potential rapist would not wisely approach. A woman who practices Tai Chi would be one who would be deadly to an aggressor. Yet, Tai Chi is not for combat, it is for self control. It is for meditation. Yes, I begin to think that I would like to see Tai Chi taught in public schools here in the States. It might civilize us.

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Superman's ubiquity has also helped inspire a number of other stories in all sorts of mediums, which I feel help paint a far more interesting portrait of the character. For example, I have heard people claim that The Iron Giant is one of the best Superman stories ever written, and I'm certainly inclined to agree. The Giant's arrival on Earth isn't dissimilar to Superman, and the character is often invoked by Hogarth as the sort of moral pillar which everyone should aspire to be. The moment when (SPOILER ALERT) the giant chooses to sacrifice himself at the end of the film reflects back perfectly on the sort of character who Superman is, a fact which is explicitly noted within the film itself when the Giant thinks of the words Hogarth said to him: "You are who you choose to be," to which he simply says "Superman".
Superman has also inspired a number of songs, whether they are actually about his character ("Superman" by Five For Fighting), or whether they're invoking him as a symbol ("Kryptonite", 3 Doors Down). I quite like Five For Fighting's musical take on the character, which suggests that having all the power in the world doesn't make life any easier - in fact, it just saddles with you with even more responsibility. Lately, I have been listening to The Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin and one of the definite highlights on that album is "Waitin' for Superman", which uses the character as a symbol for the burdens of life and how we don't have a Superman here to help shoulder all our troubles. However, as sorrowful as it may be, it is also quietly optimistic, insisting that we be strong and all try to hold on as long as we can. The song was written about Wayne Coyne's own struggles in life at the time when his father was dying of cancer. He felt like the burdens of life were heavy, but realized that they would get even worse when his father succumbed and wished that there was someone there would could carry these emotions.
I found a couple quotes about the song which I feel help to illustrate the power that Superman has, and how his absence is felt in our own lives. Killian Good says that "the song's central symbol is the absence of a real world Superman there to shoulder the burdens of daily life and right wrongs beyond human control. The piece is all at once sorrowful and optimistic. On one hand, the narrator admits there is no visible safety net to guard against man's fall, yet suggests simultaneously that we all, those waiting for Superman, might find strength and resilience in one another's arms, that salvation may live in love and understanding."
Meanwhile, Michael Goldberg at MTV wrote that "when I listen to 'Waiting for a Superman,' two stories unfold. The first is about love. And about two people struggling to understand each other and come together and hang together through the good times and the bad times. The second is about death. About being there for a father or mother as life ebbs away."
Of course, no discussion of Superman and music is complete without mentioning John Williams' theme song from the 1978 Superman: The Movie. I will occasionally throw this song on just to motivate myself. It's the perfect musical distillation of who Superman is - it's powerful, elating and makes you feel like you can do absolutely anything. There's a reason that this track has become so iconic, to the point where it is still being used in Superman media today. Personally, I feel like the 1978 film is the closest a live-action film has gotten to capturing that perfect essence of what makes Superman such a powerful character, with much of that praise going to Christopher Reeve of course. I enjoy Superman II quite a bit, but it isn't really on the same level in that regard. However, no other Superman film has really captured that spirit. Superman Returns tried to ape the tone of the classics, but it wasn't well-received for it. Worse, I feel like the DCEU incarnation of Superman has just gone in the wrong direction entirely. Man of Steel was criminally boring and wasted the strong potential it had to create a different, interesting and more grounded sort of Superman. It pays lip service to establishing Superman's moral compass, but the films haven't done much with the character to make us care about him. Hell, making his first antagonist Zod was even worse because then off the bat we're getting another story about someone just as strong as him and watching them punch each other. This is a trap that poor Superman adaptations always fall into.
So what would I do if I was going to write my own Superman story? First of all, I'd look to perhaps the most famous page in any Superman comic, this sequence from All-Star Superman (click image to enlarge):
I feel like these 5 panels are a perfect expression of where the true power of Superman lies. Saving a life, even by just being there and knowing our hurts, that's the sort of thing that no other superhero can do. That is the power of Superman as a character. That is what good writing achieves for this character. Like, seriously, reading this page makes me tear up every time. David Fairbanks compares that to what a pulpier take on the character would have attempted: "Superman didn't catch Regan's body as it plummeted toward the ground; Regan was saved by Superman simply standing there on the ledge. [...] A stranger who cares. It's that kind of outreach that can be vital to saving lives. And you don't need to be a superhero to do it, either." We never get to see this kind of Superman in film - instead, he's either catching them as they fall or punching someone just as strong as him. This may be exciting, but it's easy and hardly inspiring.
In my opinion, Superman works best when he isn't being treated like "just another superhero". For any other superhero, it's perfectly fine and reasonable to have the hero using their powers to face off against an equally-powered supervillain. However, because Superman is supposed to be the pinnacle of good, a hero with no limitations, attempting to treat him in the same manner is ineffective at best. Superman II is a fun beat-'em-up, but it's only as good as it is because of the personal crises that Superman goes through, wishing that he was human. Superman III and IV are awful simply because they revolve around plots to kill Superman which are obviously not going to be able to kill Superman.
The current crop of DCEU Superman films have had much more fundamental issues at their core. Much has been written about how Zack Snyder's Superman seems to have been coloured by a Randian worldview, altering the character's moral compass and innate goodness in a negative manner. While I don't feel like this was necessarily an intentional decision by Snyder to turn Superman into a more selfish character, I do feel like his own personal feelings ended up affecting how this "more mature", "more grounded" version of the character ended up being portrayed. Snyder and Warner Bros. tried to ape the success of The Dark Knight and force Superman into the same box as more traditional superheroes, and the results were lackluster. And it's really too bad, I mean just look at the original teaser trailer for Man of Steel:
This was the Superman film I was originally sold on. There's no sign of a villain, but that teaser is so compelling. That is the kind of Superman film I wanted, one which establishes Superman's moral compass, his grounded upbringing, his worth to the rest of humanity. Instead, Man of Steel paid lip service to this before jumping into "empty-headed, violent spectacle for teenagers who think that darkness in a superhero story is evidence of serious artistic merit" within 30 minutes of its runtime. Had it stuck with the initial impression left by this teaser, perhaps we would finally have the Superman film to rival the 1978 original (or, hell, even Superman II).
It's also worth noting how Clark Kent is treated throughout the DCEU films... or, should I say, effectively cast aside. Clark Kent is officially dead as of Batman vs Superman (aka, the 2nd film in this franchise), but he was never really all that important throughout this incarnation of the character anyway. Superman himself gets all the focus and Clark is very much sidelined. Hell, all the characters important to Clark know his true identity anyway, so he's not even important within the stories that these films are trying to tell - really, it's no wonder he was jettisoned this way. But losing Clark also loses out on some of the heart which a Superman story can tell and, in my opinion, potentially weakens the character's depth.
I like to think of Bill's monologue about Superman in Kill Bill Vol. 2 to get a fascinating glimpse of how Clark can be interpreted. It's not exactly a definitive, or necessarily even "correct" take on Clark Kent, but it certainly makes you re-evaluate the character in an interesting manner. Bill reiterates the idea I've been emphasizing here that Superman is a special kind of superhero who shouldn't be treated the same way as a more traditional one, such as Spider-Man or Batman:
"Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red 'S', that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears – the glasses, the business suit – that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, he's unsure of himself, he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race."Neglecting the Clark Kent side of Superman is like ignoring his human side entirely. Clark helps keep Superman morally-grounded, but also provides him with a sort of mental escape from the life he leads. Superman II in particular succeeds as far as it does because it puts so much emphasis on Clark Kent - Superman often wishes that he could have a normal life, that he could just be Clark Kent. He loves Lois Lane and wants to be able to be with her, to act on his desires. Beyond that, the responsibilities of the world are just too much to bear at times, but he's the only one who can carry that weight, so he will do what is right to make that burden easier for others.
And that's exactly the sort of core I'd work with if I was tasked to write a Superman story.
There are a few directions you could go with a different and interesting Superman story. If you want an origin, maybe go with what Man of Steel's marketing suggested and make it about establishing his ironclad moral compass. However, I'm less interested in seeing Superman facing off against a supervillain than I am considering the idea of him grappling with the responsibility of being Superman.
Many Superman films pay lip service to the character being a Christ-metaphor, but this should be leaned into more explicitly in my opinion. Superman can be Jesus without having to die for us - just look at that All-Star Superman panel earlier. Superman saves Regan by loving her and being there for her when she needed someone, much like the role Jesus plays in many peoples' lives. Superman doesn't have to be constantly swooping in and dazzling people with his displays of power, although when he does this should be inspiring people to be better. Superman should grapple with his inability to be there to save everyone. If he's out as Clark Kent and people are hurting somewhere in the meantime, he should feel the pressure from this. When should Superman intervene? Does Superman ever need a break? What sort of mental toll will that take on him? We need to see why he needs Clark Kent, why this human fantasy of his keeps him grounded, and actually make us feel like there's something between he and Lois Lane.
That's before we even get into big-picture moral issues. I mean, forget about dramatic trifles such as whether to kill an alien supervillain - what about the implications of Superman interfering with world politics and inequality? Just look at what intervention in Iraq did, disrupting the existing power structures created ISIS (to put it simply). Would Superman force the world to be better? Would he just stand by and let people be downtrodden? Or would he pick people up one at a time? How would world governments respond to him? This sort of thing is totally glossed over in all Superman films so far, but it should be addressed, even if we just have Jor-El teaching Superman that direct intervention only causes more issues and that people will only respond if they're guided indirectly so that they accept positive change naturally. Regardless, the temptation to act is going to weigh on him.
Basically, if we have another take on Superman, I hope they don't treat him like any other superhero, running around and punching bad guys. He has way more potential to stand out, because when he's treated the same, he just seems like a bland Mary Sue. Superman has his limitations, even without resorting to an artificial weakness or by powering up his problems. There are problems that even Superman cannot deal with, but he will try to face them regardless, because he is the only one who can try to bear that weight.
He hasn't dropped them, forgot them, or anything, it's just too heavy for Superman to lift.
(Post-script: My friend Matt wrote a response to this post, check it out!)


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So how did Jonah respond to God request to preach repentance to this evil people?
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Yesterday, I went to go see the movie Annie with my family. I have to say I was worried that it was going to be awful, but I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed the movie. It's definitely a must see.
My favorite song in the movie was "Opportunity" by Quvenzhane Wallis.
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Knitwear is getting radical: once the realm of proper twin sets and chunky cable knits, Russian born, New York based Ev Bessar is using organic cotton and wool to knit, crochet and felt sweaters, dresses and menswear that wouldn't look out of place on the set of Mad Max.
Adding to the allure of her brand, Bessar uses leather, in its most eco-friendly form: "The leather I buy and use comes from a store that selects animals who have died of natural death and weren't killed intentionally for fashion purposes," she states. Surely not an easy store to find, but one that appeals to Bessar's big heart.
And speaking of hearts, the designer tirelessly fundraises to help children with congenital heart disease. It's a cause that became dear to her after her older brother died because there wasn't enough research done on the problem, or equipment in the hospital to save him. She also contributes to the Save A Child's Heart charity.
Fashion and fundraising are far from the path the designer originally thought she would take. Born and raised in Russia, Bessar studied linguistics and finance. Always willing to donate time to children's causes, it was when she planned to open a theatre for orphans, helping them to gain an art education and learn self-expression, that she began to explore the world of costumery.
"I studied at Parsons and started designing back in my home country while I was working at the school theatre and finally I decided to pursue a fashion career in New York, although my background was in finance and linguistics," she explained.
She seemed to have a talent for theatrical design–her work is dramatic, raw and savage, featuring punkishly deconstructed knits for men and women.
Today, she shows her work at New York Fashion Week, and has been featured in various top fashion publications. But the success of her fashion work has only fuelled her charity work even further: she is now working on building her own Art program for children. "The project started with artist Guo Jian, who has been exiled from China for his participation in 1989 at the Tiananmen Square protest…his work with the kids has been fantastic," she says with a smile.
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Pershing's 80 year history and financial stability as a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, provides Summit with the comfort, assurance and strength in being affiliated with one of the leading financial institutions in the world.
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You want your business to achieve its maximum potential. That is why Summit looked to a partner who can deliver maximum support—a partner like Pershing, committed to helping you grow your business without limits.
Pershing is the industry's largest global business solutions provider, with more customers who clear with Pershing than with any other clearing firm. Pershing offers unequaled experience built over seven decades of serving financial organizations of every size and business model.
You can gain confidence from Pershing's financial position. Pershing has over $1.8 trillion in global client assets* held in custody, and their parent company, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, has $34.5 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration.
Pershing's market leadership enables them to make an exceptional investment in our advisors success. Pershing offers state-of-the-art technology, a highly reliable and scalable infrastructure, and a host of innovative products and services.
Pershing exclusively serves financial organizations, money managers, and registered investment advisors, and registered representatives with no retail lines of business to distract them, and no proprietary trading for their own book of business.
Pershing's story begins and ends with people. Pershing invests in a high-touch, dedicated service model, and takes a consultative approach to helping Summit succeed. Pershing's long associate tenures lets them build lasting relationships with experienced professionals who know the business.
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Pershing LLC (Pershing), a BNY Mellon company, has been a leading global provider of financial business solutions for almost 80 years and serves many of the world's most respected financial organizations, remaining committed to the safekeeping, servicing, segregation and reporting of assets held in custody.
Financial Strength—September 30, 2018
Pershing's core financial strength provides the first measure of protection for our global client assets. Our parent company, BNY Mellon, is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. While financial strength does not protect against loss due to market fluctuation, our internal controls, and regulatory oversight help provide stability and focus.
• Over $1.8 trillion in global client assets*
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Clients' fully paid-for assets are segregated from our own, with quarterly vault inspections conducted. We maintain enough liquid assets, net of any liabilities, to protect clients' fully paid-for assets in the unlikely event of Pershing's failure and liquidation.
Pershing is a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and certain foreign jurisdictions. Pershing is also a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, every major United States securities exchange and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
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In addition to SIPC protection, Pershing provides coverage in excess of SIPC limits from certain underwriters in Lloyd's insurance market and other commercial insurers. The excess of SIPC coverage is valid through February 10, 2018 for Pershing LLC accounts. It provides the following protection for Pershing LLC's global client assets:
• An aggregate loss limit of $1 billion for eligible securities-over all client accounts
• A per-client loss limit of $1.9 million for cash awaiting reinvestment-within the aggregate loss limit of $1 billion
SIPC and the excess of SIPC coverage do not protect against loss due to market fluctuation.
An excess of SIPC claim would only arise if Pershing failed financially and client assets for covered accounts-as defined by SIPC-cannot be located due to theft, misplacement, destruction, burglary, robbery, embezzlement, abstraction, failure to obtain or maintain possession or control of client securities, or to maintain the special reserve bank account required by applicable rules.
Lloyd's currently holds an A+ rating from Standard & Poor's® (S&P®), an A rating from A.M. Best and an AA rating from Fitch. These ratings are based on the financial strength of the company and are subject to change by the rating agencies at any time.** For more information about Lloyd's, please see lloyds.com.
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Until now, it amazes me how few people one can actually talk to, how few people in this world will actually sit down and sincerely listen to the burdens, real or imaginary, that people burden their daily lives with: the little failures, the strained relationships, the general stress of living a life that is nothing if not filled with these little annoyances which pile up, one moment after the other, until somebody snaps in his or her own way.
Blame it on ego, the desire of people to wave their hands and do somersaults in order to get the spotlight shine on them, and hold on to it for as long as they possibly can. Blame it on self-preservation, that natural impulse of people to try to get the world to revolve around them whenever they feel something significant has happened to them. Blame it on all the little dramas that are essential to society and the volume of people that comprise it, yet simultaneously make it a living hell for those who cannot bear the irony of wanting to have their voices heard, but fearing to have their stories birthed into the world only to be drowned under other people's inflated tales of social adventure.
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From creator/showrunner Robert C. Cooper of Stargate, Dirk Gently, and backyard woodfire pizza fame!
This has been a passion project of his for quite some time and it's nice to see him finally get that green light. Congrats, my friend!
Speaking of green lights…still waiting for word on that fourth season renewal for Dark Matter. I expect word sometime between this week…and the end of September. So let's finish strong and help swing the tide. Watch, tweet, tell your friends! Dark Matter returns this Friday (9/8C on SYFY and Space Channel) with our feeliest episode yet!
At the end of the day, this article is what it's all about – or, at the very least, what I wanted the show to be all about from its early beginnings:
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Symantec Build-A-Bike ® team building event in Las Vegas, NV brings energy and fun to annual corporate retreat
As part of it's annual conference in Las Vegas, Symantec included a Build-A-Bike team building event to add energy and fun with a philanthropic component. Symantec has been helping consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world for more than 25 years. With more than 18,500 employees in over 50 countries around the world, they have become one of the largest software companies out there. This annual conference in Las Vegas was for 200 software engineers from around the globe.
Build-A-Bike is a fast-paced, high-energy workshop gives participants the opportunity to interact, compete and ultimately work together to solve a series of challenges. Due to our competitive human nature, there is typically some skepticism at the notion that the teams need to collaborate to solve the challenges more efficiently. But this group was accustomed to working together across lines, and they rose to the challenge!
By the end of the event, they had built 30 bikes! Local kids from the Boys and Girls Club of greater Las Vegas came at the end of the event to receive the bikes. There was not a dry eye to be found! In the midst of all of the opulence and extravagence of Las Vegas, Symantec helped children who don't have their own bikes to have hope.
"This was an amazing event! Ellen and her team pulled everything together flawlessly. And the children coming in at the end – well, I could barely see through my tears! We'll definitely do this again!" — Ariana Glinski, Symantec
Everyone likes to give back to the community, especially to kids in need. Including Build-A-Bike in your next conference gives your employees the opportunity to do just that while adding energy, enthusiasm and fun!


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Former Will & Grace star Debra Messing, 38, was spotted taking a walk with her family in L.A. Debra and husband Daniel Zelman, 39, have son Roman, who turned two in April. Teddy and Moo's has more photos of the very cute family.
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Claims based on politics, untested evidence and an undisclosed source for a drug in short supply will be debated as Arizona officials wrangle with lawyers for a death row inmate scheduled to be put to death in the state's first execution since 2007.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments on two defense requests to block Jeffrey Landrigan's scheduled Oct. 26 execution by lethal injection at a state prison in Florence.
One stay motion contends Landrigan couldn't get a fair shake from Gov. Jan Brewer because she's running in the Nov. 2 election and wouldn't want to appear to be soft on crime in the wake of three other offenders' escapes from a privately operated state prison near Kingman. Another cites a defense expert's inadvertent failure to conduct some evidence for DNA.
A third pending defense motion, one that carries threads into other states, asks the court to order Arizona authorities to disclose their source of sodium thiopental, a sedative used to knock out inmates before injecting them with two other drugs to cause death.
Landrigan's lawyers suggest that using sodium thiopental that has expired or was obtained from an unreliable source may not work correctly, potentially subjecting Landrigan to cruel and unusual punishment through death by suffocation.
Their most recent filing includes a copy of an Oct. 6 court filing in which California prosecutors said the California Department of Corrections on Sept. 30 obtained sodium thiopental that expires in 2014.
It also cited statements by the drug's U.S. manufacturer, Lake Forest, Ill.,-based Hospira Inc., that its last production lots for the drug had 2011 expiration dates. Given that, company spokesman Dan Rosenberg said in an e-mail Monday, any sodium thiopental with an expiration date of 2014 "cannot be Hospira product."
Arizona prosecutors say they can't identify the source of the drug because state law requires confidentiality for those involved with executions.
"And these are public officials who are answerable to the public and have no reason to engage in any wrongdoing," Kent Cattani, the state's top death penalty lawyer, said in an interview.
Oklahoma corrections officials obtained sodium thiopental from Arkansas for use in the execution Thursday of Donald Ray Wackerly. Arkansas had some to spare because it didn't anticipate conducting an execution before the supply's 2011 expiration date, Deputy Director Wendy Kelley said.
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Landrigan was convicted of murdering Chester Dyer at Dyer's Phoenix home in 1989 shortly after Landrigan escaped from an Oklahoma prison. And Landrigan's attorneys said his status as an one-time escapee could prompt an election-minded governor to give him a cold shoulder if the Board of Executive Clemency recommends commutation of Landrigan's death sentence to life in prison.
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The main application area of Surfix's nanocoatings are micro- and nanodevices used in the life sciences, so the systems to be studied and parameters to be measured are mostly biological. On the other hand, the devices that are being used for measuring these parameters are based on physical principles, and their manufacture is based on physical and chemical processes. Therefore, a gap often exists between the physical world of manufacturers of devices and components, and the biological world of system integrators and end users. The chemical surface modification provided by Surfix's nanocoating bridges this gap.
Quite literally, our nanocoatings span a bridge between the physical device material and the biological sample environment. But more importantly, they provide specific physical, chemical or biological properties to the material. Whether your device requires (local) control of wettability, anti-biofouling or specific biorecognition, Surfix's nanocoatings enable your device to interact with the biological environment in the right way.
Surfix's customer base includes companies developing and producing (physical) components and devices, but also companies focusing on specific (biological) applications. Therefore, we speak both languages and are familiar with the requirements and challenges of both worlds. This experience has taught us to approach the problem from both angles. Thus, also in a figurative sense, Surfix is able to bridge the gap.
We support our customers by closely collaborating with them to identify opportunities to improve the performance of their devices. These are further elaborated and implemented in co-development projects, resulting in cost-effective and manufacturable surface modification solutions. A typical project includes one or more of the following activities and outcomes:
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Computer safety for kids was not an issue when I was growing up. Remember back when we were kids? You were lucky if there was just one computer in the classroom to use, let alone a computer at home. Now, it seems there is a computer for everyone everywhere we look. Over 75% of homes now have computers and are wired to the Internet with many of these at high speeds. Shipments of personal computers in 1971, totaled about only 48,000, as compared to 1 billion in June of 2008.
With the surge of surfing the net and personal computers at home, safety for children online has become a must. Although, we would like to think that everyone is publishing safe and useful content for kids, this is not always the case. So in addition to locking the doors to keep your children safe, now you need to put up defenses when it comes to computer safety for kids. Here are some guidelines to help you and your children stay safe while online.
Computer Safety for Kids Tip #1 - Communication
Now more than ever computer usage is an important topic for parents to have with their children. Just like teaching them safety tips about talking to strangers, smoking and other things that we all discuss, talking about computer safety at an early age can keep them safer. Communicating with your child about online predators is your first line of defense. Sit down with them and explain how important it is to only communicate online with people they know and trust. Tell them to never give out personal information like phone numbers, address and even their name. Explain that while the Internet is very useful for homework assistance, keeping up with what their friends are doing and for finding fun activities, it is also a dangerous place when you don't know what to watch for.
Computer Safety for Kids Tip #2 - Keep it in Plain Sight
Keep computers in open areas, where you can see when and how your child is using the computer. Place the computer in a den or family room with the monitor clearly visible. If there is a computer in your child's room, make it a rule that the door must be left open when they are searching the web. This may seem like an invasion of privacy to your kids (especially teenagers) but they will be less likely to search and find inappropriate websites, if there is a risk that mom or dad may walk by and see what they are searching. So keep the shared computers in plain sight and the bedroom doors open for their own personal computer use.
Computer Safety for Kids Tip #3 - Set the Rules
Computers now come equipped with parental control capabilities. Take advantage of this technology and set the rules on the computer. Unlike children who sometimes ignore the rules or try to get around them, when you configure the rules directly on the computer, the computer sticks to the rules. Parental controls stop them from accessing pages that have potential adult content on them or could be potentially harmful to your child or computer. In addition to the standard parental controls that may come with your computer, you can also install additional software like McGruff Safeguard, ContentBarrier X4, and KaZipster. These software packages can monitor their time online and prevent them from receiving explicit materials and also prevent them from sending any personal information.
Computer Safety for Kids Tip #3 - Keep it Personal
Personal information should be just that - personal. There are many websites that ask kids to enter personal information, to sign up for contests or to join in order to use parts of the website. However, this personal information should be kept a secret. Your child should not provide any information such as street address, phone number or even last name without checking with you first.
Forms that ask this much information should only be completed by an adult and only after the adult has looked over the site and deemed it safe. When kids give out any information about themselves, it can lead a predator to their front door. Have kids ask a parent or adult before filling out any questionnaires or forms online that require such information. Set up a common email address to use for completing these forms that you have access to. This should be the only email address they use, when completing these forms. Use filters on these email accounts, so as not to receive unwanted spam such as pornographic emails. Only an adult should have the capability of adding to the address book and unblocking/blocking email addresses.
Remember, computer safety for kids begins at home and requires you as the adult to get involved. So talk to your kids, watch what they are surfing, set up controls and keep your child's personal information "offline" for your child's internet safety.
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The Serious Eats community shares their sweet recipes.
Happy birthday to us! You shared 17 gorgeous cakes worthy of any celebration. We especially loved the creativity (fish cakes, ombre color palettes) you took to party-pleasing flavors. Click through the slideshow to see every festive cake.
Next week, we want to have some fun with boozy desserts. Do you make a liquor soaked tiramisu or slip some aperitifs into your ice cream? Tell us why adults will love your dessert, shoot us a photo (along with a link to the recipe!) and we'll include it in the next roundup.
Be sure to send it in no later than the morning of Tuesday, July 3rd to account for the July 4th holiday, and we'll include it in the Share Your Sweets on July 5th.
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Lili Cerise
Lili Cerise is a French boutique known for its exquisite fashion Handbags. Pin up girls and retro lovers all discover their clothing, accessories and handbags to be essentials to their wardrobe, incorporating the pieces into a wide variety of styles.
There are eight different lines of items in the Lili Cerise shop, each one named after an iconic pin up doll. For example, the "Betty" line incorporates eye-catching colors such as red, black, bright yellow and hot pink. Cat-eyed styles, anchors and sails, and swallow symbols are all used on some of these styles.
There are all sorts of chic everyday shoulder bags available at Lili Cerise, the Clotilde model being one of the most popular and coveted. The secure closures and color varieties create a sturdy hold for all of your most precious items, with plenty of room for everything from cameras to diapers to shoes to wallets. The color availability ranges from light green to flashy pink to dark or light blue hues, so whether you bring it into the office or use it for a nice night out, there are shades available that can perfectly accentuate your look.
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Solid colored bags aren't the only selection at the Lili Cerise shop. If you're into bold prints, this is your place. Gun styles, Swiss crosses, anchors, four leaf clovers, and butterflies are just some of the styles you can find here. There are even wallet selections available, so if you're looking for a money and card holder that perfectly matches your sassy pin up and retro style purse, you can find it here as well!
The prices range from anywhere between UK 90 and 160, so while many people may have a hard time committing to a steep price for a bag, every customer is satisfied because they receive a high quality handmade piece with uncompromised attention to detail and original style that is the perfect accent to their wardrobe.
While the website is done completely in French, it is incredibly user friendly and even if you don't speak the language, it is simple navigation and you will be able to find precisely what you are looking for. The detailed photos and attention to detail simply speak for themselves.


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FX is adding a new drama series to its roster from Homeland producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff. The network announced today (via THR) that it has ordered Tyrant to series, scheduling it for a summer 2014 debut. The story revolves around an American family that is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation, and producers aimed high when crafting the pilot. Ang Lee was initially signed on to direct the first episode, but he subsequently backed out citing exhaustion over the very long post-production and awards campaign process on Life of Pi. In his stead, producers nabbed Harry Potter director David Yates to helm the pilot.
Production on Tyrant will begin in earnest this coming March in Tel Aviv and the show will debut next summer alongside Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. The cast for Tyrant includes Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom, and Justin Kirk.


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Once there was a little girl whose name is Cinderella…
Millions of pretty girls all over the world have ever read passionately this fairy tale and must have dreamed of having a fortune as that poor girl had in the story. The pursuit of happiness is quite a righteous aspiration of any person, male or female. But on what criteria should happiness be defined and how can one gain a really happy life? That's the question! Is vanity a true value of life for which we may have to pay a high cost? It's the main idea that Guy de Maupassant wanted to address in this short story, "The Necklace."
It's also the dominant element on which the author created the main character, the conflict and other relevant elements.
Mathilde Loisel is a beautiful woman who had "no mean of getting known, understood and loved. She let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education." She perceived her beauty as well as her poverty. After a ball, she lost the necklace borrowed from a wealthy friend. The poor couple, ignoring that the ornament is only a counterfeit one, had to loan money to buy a duplicated expensive one to return to their friend. In the ten following years, they had to suffer an extremely poverty and hard work to pay off the debt. Through the omniscient point of view, Guy de Maupassant presented directly a dynamic character and revealed in full details the characteristics of a pretty young lady who was always obsessed with the vanity cause. Not only Mathilde Loisel but also almost every pretty woman has the same meditation, as they perceive their conditions. It's so common and natural that women are likely to dream of a happy marriage and a luxury life as men dream of pretty women and power.
Cinderella dropped a shoe on her way hurrying home, and then her dream came true. Poor Mathilde dropped her necklace then she faced a ghastly life of abject poverty. From then on, she changed, both physically and spiritually. "Her hair was badly done, her skirts were awry, her hands were red. She spoke in a shrill voice." She looked much older and of course less beautiful since she became like other women of poor households. Thanked to her courage and virtue, she suffered the harsh time with dignity. From the very first, she played her part heroically. She no longer dreamed of anything else but work. "But sometime, she sat down by the window and though of that evening long ago, of the ball at which she had been so beautiful and so much admired." That is the time she understood that the true value of life was not based on vanity but on the proper attitude toward the limited conditions one had to live in. Happiness turns out to be the satisfaction with whatever we gain by our efforts and ability. The price she had to pay for her dream was rather high, but we know that many women in real world have to pay much higher. They may only find misfortune for the rest of their lives. The contradiction of poverty and richness created the main conflict within Mathilde's psychology. In the beginning of the story, "she suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from poverty of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs and ugly curtain." She was consistently tormented and insulted by material needs. With this wrong way of thinking, she would have never felt happy even if she got the things she wanted. Mathilde is only a pitiful woman who let herself be excessively haunted by the vanity cause. "She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And there were the only things she loved, she felt that she was made for them." Ah! Here we find her weak point to criticize. She didn't discern the difference between the need for material things and the real value of life. Ornaments can only make a woman more attractive, but her beauty and dignity themselves give her true value. Although the conflict is also a significant element of the story, it doesn't come to a climax but is gradually resolved. At the end of the story, she "smiled in proud and innocent happiness." Now she was proud of her true value, which she realized during a long time dealing with misfortune. She finally overcame all difficulties and became more virtuous. She finally won over her illusion of vanity. Now she was more content with her condition than ever before. The temptation of material things and the desire to vanity are not rare in quotidian life. Therefore, the setting is not necessary to contribute a specific meaning of the story. To Mathilde or to Mary, to Jane, or else women, to a black or white, the story would be the same no matter when or where it may happen. Only the resolutions vary in different ways depending on the circumstances and the moral consciousness of the characters.
Maupassant in this story offered a humanitarian and moralistic resolution in order to protect and glorify the woman's dignity. Most of Maupassant's short stories were written in a simple and concise style. To describe Mathilde's characteristics, he was likely to use a frequent reference to her feelings. "She suffered… she suffered… she imagined… she imagined… she imagined… she loved… she loved… she felt…. She had longed. She would weep whole days with grief, regret, despair, and misery." The counterfeit necklace is considered a symbol of a false value that may seriously influence any people. It also symbolizes the nature of the protagonist. That he reversed the last sentences to reveal the false value of the necklace created a specific tone: "It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!" This is truly an unexpected revelation to both the Loisels and the readers; through which we feel sorry for Mathilde and also learn a valuable lesson about life and illusion.


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Battembang hadn't been on our radar until pretty much the day before we went there. It's kind of on the way to Phnom Penh and having heard a few good things about it, we decided to tear ourselves away from Caryl and Paul's place in Siem Reap and head towards Battembang via a very beautiful 3ish hour bus ride.
When our bus pulled into what felt like a totally deserted bus stand, we were quite shocked by the amount of hustling from the rickshaw drivers who were waiting to take visitors to their hotels. Keen drivers were literally climbing onto the bus to try to get a customer. It wasn't aggressive, but it was uncomfortable and overwhelming. Arriving outside of peak season meant that our custom was desperately needed by the drivers. So competitive were the drivers that they were actually offering free rides into town (we did of course pay our guy anyway). All of the hotels in Battembang are pretty much the same and are in the same sort of area, so no point wasting time making much of a decision about it. Incidentally we stayed at Royal Hotel and it was perfectly fine. Nothing spesh. We took up the offer of a lift from a man called Phi Lay who, on the way to our hotel, wowed us with his impressive guestbook which was full of heartfelt messages and recommendations from travellers from all over the world. He explained to us that he had lived through the brutality of the Khmer Rouge and would be able to give us an honest and firsthand account of the region's dark history. He seemed like a kind and gentle guy so we agreed to spend the next day with him.
Sure enough, the next morning Phi Lay was waiting for us outside our hotel at 9am on the dot, eager to take us out and show us his home town.
Our first stop was the main food market. Unfortunately this was absolutely full of very unpleasant sights of dead, half dead and fully living creatures. We saw everything from sacks full of dead bats to live ducks being trodden on by busy shoppers. Dead snakes lay slopped in baskets next to what we were told was a skinned baby tiger.
While not wishing to offend any locals for whom this kind of thing was totally normal, I kept my head down and tried to breathe in as little as possible. Not long into the walk of death, we told Phi Lay that we didn't eat meat. He said neither did he really and proceeded to give us the much shorter version of the tour.
The next stop of our trip was to the world (?) famous bamboo train. If nothing else, this experience was unique. The bamboo train or "nori", as it is locally known, was created as a solution to the lack of available transport for lugging goods around back in the 1980s. It gave the local people who were struggling to rebuild their lives after the rule of Khmer Rouge, a means of transporting produce, products and people at a low cost.
Each nori is made up of a big wooden frame with wooden slats running across it, made from bamboo. This sits on a set of wheels which, by the power of a gasoline engine can cruise along the rail track at a whopping 10 or so miles an hour.
As we bounded through the countryside along the single track, we noticed another train ahead, coming towards us. Hilariously, when we came head to head, we were told to jump off so our driver could disassemble our train to allow the other to pass! Once they were out of sight, he then reassembled the nori and we set off again. This happened a number of times. Sometimes we let other people pass, sometimes they let us pass.
We eventually made it to the other side, doing our best to avoid the swarms of flies that were smacking into our eyes and mouths…
…and were greeted by several sellers desperate to make a sale. After being harassed by one family, we took refuge at the stall of a quiet lady who gave us snacks and sold us drinks, before heading back the way we came.
While scouring google to get the correct spelling of our next destination, I was surprised to discover that it isn't a particularly popular place to visit and is in fact one of the lesser known sites, albeit a fascinating one. Wat Samrong Knong, which is just outside of the city, is home to a genocide memorial stupa, known as the Well of Shadows. It was at this site that the Khmer Rouge murdered 10,000 innocent people as part of their sick regime.
Around the bottom of the stupa, the horrendous acts are depicted in beautiful yet truly harrowing bas-relief. The engravings are accompanied by detailed explanations in English of what exactly the victims endured here.
Phi Lay also shared his own personal experiences of his forced labour during Polpot's rule. Urban residents, including Phi Lay and his family were driven out of their home towns and forced to live and work in the fields under extremely harsh conditions. He shared stories of being worked almost to death, while friends and family both died and disappeared around him. He also spoke of only being allowed a spoonful of soup each day and having to eat leeches to avoid starvation while being forced to work for 12 hours a day, doing exhausting manual labour in the blistering heat. He told us of a time when he became very sick for several weeks. For many people who showed signs of weakness out on the field, their fate was certain death. Not of course before they had been forced to dig their own graves. By some miracle, Phy Lai was spared. This link provides a concise and heartbreaking insight into just how awful the conditions were in the working camps.We observed the hundreds of skulls and bones of the regime's victims that can be seen through the glass of the stupa and wondered how on earth we had gone through our whole lives without really knowing anything about what happened in Cambodia only 40 or so years ago. Any Cambodians over the age of 40 would have lived through the regime and suddenly we began to look at those around us with different eyes, as we imagined the weight of the sorrow that so many of them must have been carrying. We also felt overwhelmed by the strength of the Cambodian people who over only a few decades had manage to rebuild their lives and their country.Our next visit was to Phnom Sampeou, which is about 7 miles southwest of Battembang. Phnom Sampeou is a big mountain with a beautiful temple at the top and stunning views of the surrounding countryside. On the way we stopped off to get some fresh spring rolls and learned how rice paper is made, as well as stopping in on a family who were making dried banana.
As well as being home to beautiful temples, statues and 360 degree views, Phnom Sampeou is also home to the Khmer Rouge killing caves. It was here that victims of the regime were horrifically bludgeoned to death before being thrown into a hole and into a huge cave. Bodies in one cave and clothes in another. Absolutely horrific.To get up the mountain, we hopped on the back of a motorbike and held on for dear life. Our driver first dropped us off at the temple. There were monkeys everywhere.To get to the caves, we followed the path past an unusual and haunting display of sculptures which depicted bloody scenes of people being murdered and tortured.The inside of the killing cave has now been turned into a beautiful memorial with a huge gold reclining Buddha. There's also a shrine as well as a glass case containing bones and skulls of those killed there. As many Cambodians believe joy to be the only antidote to sorrow, Cambodian tourists can often be found singing and taking pictures. From the caves we followed another path which led us to a set of beautiful Buddhist statues looking out across the countryside.We were then taken by bike up to the very top of the mountain where we looked around some more gorgeous temples and admired the peaceful view of the setting sun. There was no time to hang around once the sun had begun to disappear as we had a date with some bats. Every night at the same time, millions and millions of bats can been seen emerging from a cave at the bottom of the mountain. We made our way down and waited with a beer for the bat show to commence. Sure enough a couple of bats emerged. Then a couple more and then like some kind of magic, a never-ending trail of them stretched across the sky. For about 20 minutes a continuous stream of bats all headed out for their nightly adventure. It was breathtakingly beautiful.
Our day out with Phi Lay had been wonderful, informative and moving. We did however have a real desire to get under the skin of Battembang and to visit some of the lesser known places where there were no tourists. Places where we could observe real life without intruding. We asked Phi Lay whether he could take us around for another day, showing us these kinds of things and he was more than happy to.
We ate lots of delicious food in Battembang and although we weren't spoilt for choice, there were more than enough yummy options at Jaan Bai and Monorom Garden (second and third pics below). Our absolute favourite though, was Ambrosia cafe (first pic below).
Our first stop the next day was a clay oven factory. We were able to see all the different stages involved in making the clay ovens that are used in most Cambodian kitchens. It was so interesting but shocking to see how hard people were working for such a minimal amount of money. The lady in the picture below gets paid a few pence for every one of these oven parts that she makes.
Our next stop was an absolute delight. A family run brick factory where we were able to see the inner workings of the place as well as making some super sweet new friends. Unusually, our next stop was a plastic recycling centre. Not like the recycling centres we have at home, but a place where plastic gets recycled nonetheless.Although it may sound like a slightly boring place to visit, this was one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking places we saw that day. A sea of plastic bottles surrounded women who had the unthinkably repetitive jobs of peeling off their labels, taking off the lids and crushing them before throwing them into large sacks.
Seeing some of the country's poorest people who were totally dependent on the waste plastic that we try so hard not to create kind of messed with our heads. Chickens dogs and babies wandered through the sea of waste and in and out of their tiny ramshackle huts. In most cases we were welcomed with warm and loving smiles. There was however one kid who had apparently never seen a foreigner before. When she spotted Tom it scared the life out of her. Our final stop for the day was to a small village on the river. Phi Lay had visited many times before and suggested we stop off and buy sweets for the kids as they were very poor and he knew they'd be chuffed. We'd been torn about buying gifts for underprivileged kids in the past, for fear of undermining their parents, but Phi Lay assured us that everyone would be happy so we bought some hideously fluorescent orange candies and headed over. The kids did indeed greet us with bundles of joy and laughter and even when all the sweeties were gone, our new little buddies were eager to play and hang out.
Adorably, before we left, Phi Lay treated the kids to a ride in his rickshaw which was met with pure glee. The sound of laughter from the kids is one we'll never forget.


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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
at Tarahumara
Back in the Pool
Jordi Casamajo
Thursday, September 27, 2012
State Flags, My top 3
My kid and friends go to Homecoming
homecoming2012 from Solpin Films on Vimeo.My kid, in blue, getting ready for the Homecoming dance. Blue Dress by Noelle and flowers by cousin Julia and quick and dirt video by me and my boy.It was a good time, it felt like the whole neighborhood was there to send them off.
Our House
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Seasons Change
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Casey Neistat's Studio
This video about Casey's iPhone dock is a great chance for CN fans to have a look at his studio. Have I mentioned that Casey is my favorite filmmaker right now?
Facebook Profile Pictures
Monday, September 24, 2012
Holga photo
Art Therapy: Alusa / Fidalis Art Project
Alusa / Fidalis Art Project Session #2 from Solpin Films on Vimeo.
Alusa / Fidalis Art Project Session #3 from Solpin Films on Vimeo.I need to re-visit this project. Paul is still recovering from his stroke, Fidalis is still doing amazing artwork but they have not done art together for a while. Paul is now doing art and taking art classes with my sister, his Mother in-law.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
wind in my hair
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sailboat Race Jordanelle
Friday, September 21, 2012
Superb Fairy Wren
Nigel Sylvester- Fuel TV Stuff
Encounter (Fuel TV BMX promo feat. Nigel Sylvester) from Solpin Films on Vimeo.
Traffic Jam (Fuel TV spot Feat. Nigel Sylvester and NYC) from Solpin Films on Vimeo.
Nigel Sylvester's Firsthand on Fuel TV (clip) from Solpin Films on Vimeo.Here are a few projects I did with the awesome New York City bike rider Nigel Sylvester. Nigel is true pro and living the dream. He rides for Nike, Gatorade and a bunch of other companies. I met Nigel in New York City years ago and I was drawn back to him a few more times. I have not done any BMX filming in about a year but did spend over a decade documenting their stories and bike riding, there were good times doing this work. Have a Good Weekend
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Annoying Quotes
Monika Melnychuk
Monika Melnychuk is her name.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
My YouTube Channel "The Talking Fly"
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sønderby Havn, Denmark
Goodbye Summer
Friday, September 14, 2012
Art that makes you Smile
21 Balançoires (21 Swings) from Daily Tous Les Jours on Vimeo.Ran into this today. I love art like this. Have a good weekend.
David Silberberg and The Selby
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Prince Purple Rain Pillow
Joey Lynch.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Maurice- photo contest PLEASE VOTE
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
a page form my Sketchbook
Casey Neistat's Soda Video
Enjoy the video here. If you can't tell, I am one of Casey's biggest fans. (photo: stolen from his FB page)
Monday, September 10, 2012
A Good Weekend
Park City Sailing Association.
Friday, September 07, 2012
Meet the Superhumans
Meet the Superhumans from STITCH on Vimeo.I saw this AD a hundred time when I was in the UK. It is brilliant and powerful, and a great use of a "Public Enemy" song. The games wrap up this Sunday and it is a crying shame that USA TV has not backed their athletes the way UK have. Channel 4 in the UK was broadcasting the Paralympics all day for the entire games, the US will broadcast about 5 hours for the whole games. Here is a great article about the US's coverage of the games.
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