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MTV turns 30 Monday. But perhaps the more significant milestone comes three days later, with the start of Season 4 of "Jersey Shore."
There probably are plenty of viewers in the younger of end of MTV's target 12 to 34 audience who don't know the "M" stands for "Music." It might as well stand for "Morphing."
The one-time hub for all things music video has changed greatly over the years – and not always for the better. MTV has grown older, but it hasn't grown up.
There's danger that those of us ancient enough to remember the excitement of MTV's debut in 1981 as a 24/7 stage not only for the then-exploding music video form, but as a platform for youth culture, might come across as cranky, rigid nostalgists.
Change can be good. But MTV has transformed from an entertaining display of the power and promise of youth to, at its worst, an absurd theater of cynicism and exploitation.
The symbol of the network has gone from the man on the moon, an image that spoke to exploring new frontiers, to Snooki on the shore, which speaks to an air-headed slog through a dead-end life.
Some of this began a little over a decade into MTV's reign with the 1992 debut of "The Real World," an initially fascinating, voyeuristic look at diverse personalities thrown together into a home. But the message it sent to some is that instant celebrity can be attained through acting outrageously – an ethos that's propelled the worst of the Reality TV phenomenon.
Perhaps the most disturbing element of "Jersey Shore" is that the show, unlike the mixed collection of characters we find on "The Real World" and other reality programs, is based on a shared insularity. Which seems the opposite of MTV's original mission.
There's no doubt that MTV's changing direction is lucrative: the network earlier this year logged its best ratings since 2006, a climb that shows no sign of abating.
Still, there's apparently a big demand for new music videos, as evidenced by the hundreds of millions of hits for Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and others on YouTube. There's a fresh DIY spirit online that allows for the emergence of new talent – even if we get the occasional Rebecca Black.
That sense of youthful possibility is largely MIA on MTV, which has lost much of its balance. On the good side, "Skins" is gone, and we still have the "Video Music Awards" and the online-friendly "Rock the Vote" movement. The network, for better or worse, remains an influential U.S. export. But the youth-driven, social media-fueled pushes for political change we've seen abroad in recent months may be less inspired by MTV than by images and information delivered through YouTube and Facebook.
MTV's latest international foray comes Thursday when Snooki and the gang bring their sorry stereotype act to Italy. Their visit, much like MTV's 30-year journey, promises to be a strange trip. The "Jersey" crew will eventually fade away, hopefully not too long into the start of MTV's fourth decade. But only time will tell where the network heads in the years to come – and whether we'll still want our MTV.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992.


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Green Automation: Thomson-RCA energy monitoring cuts energy costs
Assigning accurate costs to compressed air, chill water, and steam generation allowed more efficient use of resources at a Thomson RCA plant and annual savings of $35,000 for compressed air alone. Electrical demand, power, pressure, and flow are among measured variables.
Accurate knowledge of the cost of energy production allows for more efficient use of resources for compressed air, chill water, and produce steam in a multi-building Thomson-RCA facility in Indianapolis, IN.
The energy management and information system, connected with automation hardware and software, uses analog and digital connections to field equipment to track power, equipment, and systems, for more accurate and efficient cost allocation across multiple plants and customers. More effective asset utilization, just for one compressed air unit, will save $35,000 a year. Additional savings are expected.
When French communications, media, and entertainment giant Thomson SA purchased RCA from American conglomerate General Electric, Thomson remained headquartered in Europe but operations continued at several RCA offices, including those in Indianapolis. Later, when these offices moved to a new facility north of the city, plans were made to rent the vacated space.
The old location, spread over more than 80 acres, has a central boiler plant providing chilled water, compressed air, heat, and domestic hot water to several buildings. Energy costs across multiple systems needed to be measured, optimized, and accurately allocated to various stakeholders on campus.
To get this data, Thomson-RCA implemented an AutoPilot Energy Information System designed by Holmes Energy, with Opto 22 hardware and software. Using analog and digital interfaces that connected Opto 22 I/O processors to field equipment via multiple I/O modules, the Autopilot system was able to monitor 108 I/O points. The monitored machinery and equipment included gas and electric meters, as well as chillers, cooling towers, boilers, and water heating equipment. The AutoPilot system also monitored the facility's compressed air system—electrical demand and power consumption of two 500-hp Centac compressors and one 350-hp Worthington compressor, along with system pressure and airflow.
Data gathering
The system was initially intended to monitor only energy use and offer real-time screens detailing the status of each monitored point, individually and as a part of a group. But the system also provided human-machine interface (HMI) screens that offered data archiving and historical reports, as well as charts and graphs showing consumption and power demand in 15-minute intervals, along with monthly and annual totals.
As Thomson underwent internal restructuring, the company increased emphasis on utility cost reduction. Reports generated drew attention towards excessive energy use by the compressed air system and showed significant variation in efficiencies based on air demand and compressor. The most obvious differences seemed to occur when the Worthington (the smallest compressor) operated and during times of low demand.
Another somewhat startling discovery was the observation of a 30% variation in compressed air system efficiencies, from a low of 148 cubic feet per kilowatt to a high of 191 cf/kW.
Measure, analyze
To better determine differences among the three compressors, identify how many kilowatts each was consuming, explain variances in efficiency, and find optimum operating parameters for each under different conditions required, experimenting with different compressor combinations and loads.
In one such experiment, the first Centac compressor required 380 kW, the second Centac slightly under 350 kW, and the Worthington less than 250 kW. Based largely on this data (aggregated by the AutoPilot system), it became clear that running the Worthington alone on weekends offered the largest savings opportunity. In addition, Centac 2, thought to be identical to Centac 1, was more efficient under all conditions.
"Discoveries such as this—ones that offer tremendous revenue saving opportunities—are only made possible through the close examination that real-time monitoring provides," says Bill Holmes, designer and integrator of the AutoPilot system. "But before one can even begin to consider how to cut costs, before any control can or should be exercised, and even before energy usage behavior can change, one needs to first closely observe and accurately measure."
Demand cut, costs saved
Using the data gathered from the system, boiler plant personnel began changing the operating sequence for the three compressors to maintain the highest system efficiency under all operating conditions. Controls were modified to allow the Worthington to run as the primary unit with the Centacs serving as automatic backups. Data (and some quick math) showed that with good compressor management, a demand reduction of approximately 175 kW could be achieved and the facility's compressed air requirements could still be satisfied.
Implementation resulted in nearly 64,000 kWh savings per month. Air compressor electrical costs were reduced by 20%, leading to an annual cost savings in excess of $35,000.
"In addition to tracking the power used in the buildings, we also began monitoring all of the individual equipment in the powerhouse and other facility systems," says Thomson's manager of maintenance, John Munchel. "With that information we were able to assign accurate dollar figures on what it cost to generate compressed air, chill water, and produce steam, and then accurately allocate costs between any departments or companies we would lease to."
About the companies
Opto 22 develops and manufactures hardware and software for applications involving industrial automation and control, remote monitoring, and data acquisition.
Holmes Energy is lead by Bill Holmes, PE, mechanical systems designer, and former professor of thermodynamics, power systems, and energy conservation at Purdue University. Clients include General Electric, DuPont, Honda, and GenCorp.

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I've been a picture taking fool lately.
Clouds at sunset……
The girls playing Follow The Leader:
Samantha keeping watch over her territory:
Kishka enjoying a nap:
Kishka watching me take pictures:
A license plate I saw today has me wondering….
Rush the band? Rush the nearby town? Rush the hypocritical bigot? Or is this person just in a hurry?
And finally, knitting!
Another FO:
Warm The World Hat #2
What: Warm The World Hat #2
Yarn: Unknown from Warm The World stash
Needles: size 8 dpn's
Pattern: Seamans' Cap, kind of*
Date started: 7/29/07
Date finished: 7/30/07
Dimensions: 9″ diameter and 7″ high
Lesson Learned: None
Destination: Warm The World
* I used this pattern as a guide and used the following modifications:
- Used size 8 dpn's
- Did not change needle size after the ribbing
- Worked from the top down and cast on 6 stitches
- Used K2P2 ribbing
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We have definitely decided to do the orchestra session at Abbey Road studios! To us, it's something quite special – we've worked in pretty much every big studio in London (Townhouse, Olympic, Sphere, Air, Rak, Metropolis, The Barge, Konk) apart from Abbey Road! So it's a big deal for us. I'm sure I don't have to tell you how iconic the studio is….
Now we're going to hire Abbey Road for the whole day – the The Chamber Orchestra of London recording the Frontier Elite 2 main and second themes will take about 3 hours, and then we'll be there the rest of the day also to record all the drums we need on the album and also any other bits of live music that we can't physically fit into the Uncle Art studio.
We've had a lot of really great musicians and producers want to be involved in this project, and we're very happy to have them help out. As much as we can cover a lot of the instruments ourselves, there's nothing like collaborating with other people to really come up with the freshest ideas and make you look and hear things a different way. Here's some of the people involved so far:
* Dave Bascombe: Producer / Mix Producer – Tears For Fears, Goldfrapp, Peter Gabriel, Placebo, Suede, Depeche Mode
– Dave came onboard as the producer on the album I made for Mercury Records – I was signed there as a singer songwriter when I was 17 and my dad and Dave co-produced the album with me on Pete Townsend's Barge studio in Twickenham on the river. It was an amazing experience and Dave's a proper dude – in fact he's a bit like 'The Dude' in the Big Lebowski! He's ace and we're really excited to have him on board with this project also.
*Ben Darlow – Engineer / Mix Producer – Mike Oldfield, Randy Crawford, Erasure,
– Ben also was the engineer on my Mercury album and we like him so much we make him work with us loads! He's mixed another album of mine and because he's so good at recording drums we get him to engineer every drum session we do!
*Bob Scott – Drummer
– Bob is the MAN and could be working with the top players in the world full time, but instead he likes to run a florist shop in Darlington! Everybody we have worked with who then engineers / produces / witnesses Bob on a session / gig is blown away! To see Bob play – and we've seen him do 22 songs in one day in one take each straight off – it's just something you can't describe in words! It gives you pure joy to see such a master at work – I don't rave about musicians like this lightly. Bob is the man
And then on top of these people who will be at Abbey Road working that day we do the session, we're hoping to have the following people involved and come along too:
*Jeff Lowe – 'Uncle Jeff' – Dave Lowe's brother, tremendously talented songwriter, guitarist, singer & producer FUNKY AND INTRICATE AS HELL!!! – Check out Jeff's albums of his own stuff that we all feature on too – https://www.jefflowemusic.com/
*Nick Paige – Such a SICK pianist he had to unlearn everything he'd learnt in order to find the real groove! – Stevie Wonder,
*Gav Slater – Helping me bring down the average age a bit! One of my gen awesome guitarist just finished up touring Wolf Gang – main support on Coldplay US tour and then headline world tour. Excellent afro!
*Dave Greaves – Super cool straight from the 60s guitarist, specialist in wacky tunings, country, slide & blues guitar. Toured with John Martin for years in the 'good old days' genuine grumpy old man / out-of-place hippy!
And then of course also in the Abbey Road session will be
*Lucy Lowe – sister and daughter, actress and voice actor turning to the other side of the lens to shoot the 'making of' documentary!
*Jez San – Of Starglider, Amiga, Atari, Nintendo fame will be coming down to the session and signing a bunch of the original gaming music bonus CDs!
Plus THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF LONDON!
Maybe it will look a bit more like this:
So come and join us! Check the Kickstarter for the rewards and find the Abbey Road reward – you can even bring a plus one!!
But only if you're willing to recreate this too:
But in order to make this happen – we still need backers! Lots of backers! We're into the last week! Don't delay – we need your support! Believe in something great!! Believe in music. Believe in live musicians. Believe in Uncle Art!
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Very informative, thanks Tyll.
I took the liberty and posted a link to this article over here (http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/493214/hifiman-he-6-planar-magnetic-...). Hope you don't mind.
Many will be aware of Magnepan and their speakers, for which they've coined and registered the name "Magneplanar" referring to their planar magnetic operating principle. Most won't know, however, that Yamaha similarly branded their planar magnetic headphones as "Orthodynamic" headphones, with a U.S. introduction in 1976. Just like with planar magnetic speakers, Yamaha's Orthodynamic headphones (and those by Fostex, MB Quart, and others) have never gathered a wide following. On the other hand both planar magnetic speakers and headphones have gathered cults of rabid fans … with good reason, as it turns out.
The correct term to refer to this type of headphone is planar magnetic. Unfortunately, all of Headphonedom calls them Orthodynamic, a Yamaha marketing term. Well, I call a facial tissue a Kleenex, so no big deal I suppose, but it's not technically correct. Likewise Magneplanar (not often used) is a registered mark of Magnepan.
The other less used common term is Isodynamic, which means, "having equal force," and refers to the zones of evenly distributed magnetic force in the driver within which the electrical conductors are immersed. Isodynamic magnetic systems exist in numerous types of devices. For example, isodynamic separators can sort streams of powders of mixed materials having differing magnetic permeability.
So, in the world of headphones, Orthodynamic, isodynamic, and planar magnetic all mean the same thing. I'll probably use them somewhat interchangeably here to be sure people Googling for the terms will find the info … but planar magnetic is the correct term.
The Planar Magnetic Operating Principle
You can think of planar magnetic drivers as a sort of crossbreed between dynamic and electrostatic drivers. Like a standard dynamic headphone, planar magnetic headphones use the magnetic field around a conductor that has electrical current flowing through it to drive the diaphragm. Like an electrostatic driver, the diaphragm of a planar magnetic speaker is a thin sheet of flexible transparent film, but unlike an electrostat, the film has very thin, flat electrical conductors (wires ... but very flat ones) in it.
An array of magnets is placed in front of and behind the diaphragm such that the conductors are immersed in a very even field of magnetic flux (isodynamic magnetic field). When current is passed through the conductors, the magnetic field created by the current flow interacts with the isodynamic field created by permanent magnets, causing the conductors, and therefore the diaphragm, to move. The importance of the isodynamic field is to ensure that the relationship of current flow to force exerted on the diaphragm is constant regardless of the position of the conductor in its excursions through the field. The quality of the isodynamic field partly determines the linearity, and therefore contributes to the harmonic distortion content of the reproduced sound.
Very informative, thanks Tyll.
I took the liberty and posted a link to this article over here (http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/493214/hifiman-he-6-planar-magnetic-...). Hope you don't mind.
Very informative and loved how you broke them down in the video. Pun intended. Thanks!
Good show Gov!
so um, he-500 = 1/2 a sandwich = still ortho?
"My guess is that the high-end planar magnetic headphone makers (Audez'e and HiFiMAN) need to move the drivers a little forward and angle them back towards the ear to make improvements here."
It saddens me a little bit that so few headphone manufacturers understand that. It's something that a number of Sony's headphones have been doing for a long time now (I enjoy this chaotic writeup by the inimitable Leonard Lombardo: http://www.sonicstudios.com/mdr-f1.htm ), and obviously the Senn HD800 and AKG K1000 benefit greatly from the angling.
If by any chance at all some folks from Audez'e and/or HiFiMAN are reading: Please do your best to implement this! You guys are AWESOME for reviving planar magnetics while all of the old dog companies rested on their laurels, but you can still bring 'em closer to the promised land.
Now if my 11th grade education is correct, the conductive trace would be attracted to the top field and repelled by the bottom field unless the motor principle I learned was wrong.
Was at a hifi-store listening to the LCD 2's while I was reading this informative article. Thank you for taking the time to write it!
This article mentions the high end of HiFiMAN's product line. What about the HE-400? It is lower on their product line. I was wondering what you think about it, if you have heard it before. Would you say it would fit the general description of the higher end models, just a little less so? I am looking to buy these as an upgrade from my old ATH-M50.
Then, wasn't there other fragile parts until you disassemble the hifiman? Because, I have a he400i and, you know, It has silvery plastic cover which looks cheap.
Air must be 'moved' before sound radiated out of driver? You mean 'removed'?
I'm not good at English so can anyone explain me?


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Brandon Triche had 20 points and James Southerland scored 12 of his 17 in the second half Sunday to help No. 7 Syracuse overcome a slow start and win its Big East road opener 55-44 over South Florida.
C.J. Fair had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Orange (14-1, 2-0), who won for the fourth straight time following a four-point loss to Temple.
South Florida (9-4, 0-1) trimmed what had been an 11-point deficit to 47-42 with six minutes remaining, however the Bulls were held to one basket the rest of the way.
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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is not the sort of politician who likes to bite his tongue. But that's just what he found himself doing in the eight months following his surprising and colorful presidential campaign. (See pictures of Huckabee's campaign here.)
What did he think was wrong with the Republican Party? What did he think of his former primary rivals? What was the best direction for the conservative movement? To each question, he would answer only in broad strokes, refusing to get too specific or pointed. He was writing a book, he would say. It would come out after the election. He would "name names." Just wait and see.
On Tuesday, that book will arrive on store shelves, and in terms of payback, it will not disappoint. At once a memoir of his campaign, a treatise on the ills of the Republican Party and a blueprint for his own political future, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America is filled with sharp words for his fellow Republicans who frustrated his bid for the party's nomination.
Mitt Romney, Huckabee's principal rival in Iowa, receives the roughest treatment. Huckabee writes that the former Massachusetts governor's record was "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president." He notes that Romney declined to make a congratulatory phone call after Huckabee beat the odds to win the Iowa caucuses, "which we took as a sign of total disrespect." He mocks Romney for suggesting, during one debate, more investment in high-yield stocks as a solution to economic woes. "Let them eat stocks!" Huckabee jokes.
His treatment of former candidate Fred Thompson, a rival who helped sink Huckabee's upstart ambitions in South Carolina, is somewhat more favorable, if only because it is less personal. Huckabee maintains that Thompson's biggest mistake was strategic: he didn't understand the need to expand the Republican Party beyond its base. "Fred Thompson never did grasp the dynamics of the race or the country, and his amazingly lackluster campaign reflected just how disconnected he was with the people, despite the anticipation and expectation that greeted his candidacy," Huckabee writes.
Many conservative Christian leaders who never backed Huckabee, despite their holding similar stances on social issues are spared neither the rod nor the lash. Huckabee writes of Gary Bauer, the conservative Christian leader and former presidential candidate, as having an "ever-changing reason to deny me his support." Of one private meeting with Bauer, Huckabee says, "It was like playing Whac-a-Mole at the arcade whatever issue I addressed, another one surfaced as a 'problem' that made my candidacy unacceptable." He also accuses Bauer of putting national security before bedrock social issues like the sanctity of life and traditional marriage.
Huckabee describes other elders of the social-conservative movement, many of whom meet in private as part of an organization called the Arlington Group, as "more enamored with the process, the political strategies, and the party hierarchy than with the simple principles that had originally motivated the Founders." Later, Huckabee writes, "I lamented that so many people of faith had moved from being prophetic voices like Naaman, confronting King David in his sin and saying, 'Thou art the man!' to being voices of patronage, and saying to those in power, 'You da' man!' "
He calls out Pat Robertson, the Virginia-based televangelist, and Dr. Bob Jones III, chancellor of Bob Jones University in South Carolina, for endorsing Rudy Giuliani and Romney, respectively. He also has words for the Texas-based Rev. John Hagee, who endorsed the more moderate John McCain in the primaries, as someone who was drawn to the eventual Republican nominee because of the lure of power. Huckabee says he spoke to Hagee by phone before the McCain endorsement while preparing for a spot on Saturday Night Live. "I asked if he had prayed about this and believed this was what the Lord wanted him to do," Huckabee writes of the conversation. "I didn't get a straight answer." Months later, McCain rejected Hagee's endorsement because of controversial remarks the pastor had made about biblical interpretations.
In a chapter titled "Faux-Cons: Worse than Liberalism," Huckabee identifies what he calls the "real threat" to the Republican Party: "libertarianism masked as conservatism." He is not so much concerned with the libertarian candidate Ron Paul's Republican supporters as he is with a strain of mainstream fiscal-conservative thought that demands ideological purity, seeing any tax increase as apostasy and leaving little room for government-driven solutions to people's problems. "I don't take issue with what they believe, but the smugness with which they believe it," writes Huckabee, who raised some taxes as governor and cut deals with his state's Democratic legislature. "Faux-Cons aren't interested in spirited or thoughtful debate, because such an endeavor requires accountability for the logical conclusion of their argument." Among his targets is the Club for Growth, a group that tarred Huckabee as insufficiently conservative in the primaries and ran television ads with funding from one of Huckabee's longtime Arkansas political foes, Jackson T. Stephens Jr.
The national media gets no pardon either. "Reporters facilitate the greedy and grubby process whereby too many elections go to the highest bidder and his sharpie hirelings," he writes. He remains sore about the degree to which a candidate's credibility is judged by his or her bank account and notes that during the debates, he was often asked about religion while the other candidates dealt with questions of government policy. Why, he asks, was a "floating cross" in the window of one of his ads such a media controversy when reporters gave a pass to a Barack Obama direct-mail piece that obviously photographed the Democrat before a large Christian cross?
But for all the sharp words Huckabee has for his fellow Republicans, score-settling is not the major thrust of the book, Huckabee's sixth. Rather, Huckabee, who now hosts a weekend show on Fox News, spends most of the pages celebrating the grass-roots success of his surprisingly successful campaign and laying out, again, his vision for the future of the Republican Party, which includes instituting a national sales tax to replace the income tax and renewed focus on health-care prevention and education. He mentions McCain only in passing, and with praise, calling him a "true statesman and a man of honor."
Huckabee also has some fun along the way. We learn that the actor Chuck Norris, a prominent Huckabee supporter, actually does use the Total Gym at home. (Norris hawks the Total Gym in a well-known late-night infomerical.) In the middle of a disquisition on libertarianism, Huckabee pauses to praise the musician Cher for tours that are "an amazing blend of rock concert, circus and fashion show."
He also returns again and again to stories of his supporters, like the woman who gave him her wedding ring on a rope line in Michigan because she could not afford to make a contribution to his campaign and the truck driver who appeared on his behalf at public rallies. "I was only carrying mail to the mailboxes," he writes. "It was the salt-of-the-earth types like my unknown angel in Michigan who actually wrote the letters."
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You have a wonderful mom. What's she like?
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If you could send a message back to a planet called Earth, say about 2013 or so, what would you tell them about your time?
I liked how the racial conflicts propelled much of the plot in this story, driving home a message that's relevant to our own world and giving the book an interesting texture.
At the center of the family theme, is the coming together of father and son. Byron learns of his son's isolation as a mixed race child and Bassan learns of his father's love and belief in him. READ MORE
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from Keith Mathison Sep 08, 2010 Category: Book ReviewsOne of the first Reformed authors I ever read was Sinclair Ferguson. I was a dispensationalist in transition at the time, and I ran across a little book titled The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction by Dr. Ferguson. I started reading it in the bookstore, and I finished it in my apartment the same evening. This wonderful little book was instrumental in my transition from dispensationalism to the Reformed tradition. Keep Reading
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Svenskt Tenn's classic cushions are loved all over the world; from Stockholm to New York and Shanghai.
Estrid Ericson got ideas and inspiration for her interiors from literary environments. The phrase "The World Is a Book and he who stays at home read only one page" originates most likely from St. Augustine. This was one of Estrid Ericson's favorite quotes, since travels became one of her main source of inspiration.


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I find it interesting to see how, when discussing social media with others, the almost immediate desire is to use Facebook or Bebo or other Social Networking sites (SNS) to do youth work (or at least support their work). When you look at this in more detail it is mainly because this is a forum that colleagues have heard and know a bit about. Digging even deeper many colleagues aren't necesarily too sure what they will do with it and how this might expand their youth work. Mike Amos Simpson picked this up when feeding back about the UKYouthOnline Unconference and made some interesting comments here about youth workers obsession with SNS and limiting ourselves by just focusing on these aspects and not thinking widely enough about how we might maximise the potential of the web and technology. It's also picked up on the comments section of his post here.
Whilst I'm interested in how we might use SNS in youth work I think you will probably have picked up that I am more excited by how we might use social media in it's wholeness to support, develop and create the ways in which we work with young people. Mike's idea of Digital Youth Work is an example of that.
I guess this is why I started out in blogging and then used my understanding of the possibilities with this to encourage some colleagues to try it and look at how they can incorporate blogging as a tool to support various areas of youth work (including recorded and accredited outcomes!). Through my journeys around the blogosphere and the internet in general I come across many examples of how over in the formal education sector so many of our colleagues are / have already been exploring this area. I have been following the Education and Curriculum Masters course for teachers run by Dr. Alec Couros, a professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina . This course encourages teachers to explore and blog about what they are learning with regards to digital media and how it can support teaching in the classroom. I would love to see something like this for youth workers in training (or perhaps there already is and I just don't know it!).
A few of the other education blogs concerning new technology and its application that I follow are:-
Mr Mayo who is middle school Language Arts teacher in Maryland
Vicki Davis who has been involved in the flatclassroom project and digiteen
Perhaps if we set up some sort of project to work on online, or share info we could do some more discussion / learning online. Again, in the education sector there are various online forums where educators get together to talk about a subject at a given time and date. Maybe if there is enough interest this is something we could try. (I'd have to get up to speed with Skype and Twitter I feel but I'd give it a go if it meant we moved the 'community' forward.) What do you think?


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An insane amount of images from the upcoming adaptation of Cloud Atlas has been released. The film comes from writers/directors Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix trilogy) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), and early word has been enormously positive. Our own Matt Goldberg considers it one of the best films of the year and notes that it's "an important film in terms of how it breaks the boundaries of cinema and challenges the audience to cast aside preconceived notions of how genres and narratives have to work." You can read his full review right here while you patiently await the impeding release date. Here's hoping audiences spark to what sounds like a very special piece of filmmaking.
Hit the jump to check out over 80 images. The film stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant. Cloud Atlas opens October 26th.
Here's the synopsis for Cloud Atlas:
"Cloud Atlas" explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future.


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Joey Jihad Gets At Murda Mook: "I Beat Mook In 2004" Clowns On WSOHH "Philly Is Making Noise. Ya Can't Hold It Down In N.Y. Yall On WorlStar With Ya Small T.V's" Oschino Says "Its Not A Such Thing As State Property. Till I Get A Check. Beanie Sige
Batcave Radio reports "Oschino .."State property no such thing" ... Joey Jihad addresses his conflict in battling and where his head is at with Murda Mook running his mouth on the web ...He talks on how he baked him back in '04 ...clowns on Mook..."Nas says hip hop is dead... because yall cant hold it down for New York" ...Tells Mook to battle his youngin Quilly Millz.and talks about other topics..Oschino comes through and talks about the state of the game, how Joey Jihad is the most hated on rapper in PA"
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Stamford, Connecticut (PRWEB) January 21, 2014
Skystream Markets Inc., a provider of institutional transaction platforms for the renewable energy and environmental markets, today announced a $4 million Series A investment.
An investor group led by Connecticut Innovations, and joined by Advantage Capital Connecticut, the Clean Energy Venture Group and LaunchCapital, provided the financing. The funds will be used to continue to develop and grow Skystream Markets' core technology assets, including RECstream, a leading technology-driven transaction platform for renewable energy certificates (RECs), for trading desks across North America.
Based in Stamford, Conn., Skystream Markets gives institutional renewable energy producers and traders the highest-quality access to REC pricing and liquidity through its electronic transaction platforms. In addition, Skystream Markets has an active brokerage desk and capital introduction business that transacts across a number of environmental markets.
"Skystream Markets has been a great addition to Connecticut's information technology community and has helped strengthen Stamford's role as a hub for the financial services industry," said Claire Leonardi, chief executive officer of Connecticut Innovations. "The company's technology services are a catalyst for the growth of renewable energy in New England."
In conjunction with the financing, Skystream Markets announced that Daniel Rappaport has joined its board of directors. Rappaport served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) from 1993 through 2001. He served as a NYMEX board member from May 2006 through August 2008, during the time of its $12 billion initial public offering and eventual acquisition by the CME Group. Rappaport also served as an independent director on the board of GreenX, an environmental commodities exchange, and was chairman of the Regulatory Oversight Committee. "I am honored to join the Skystream Markets board and work with this exceptional team," Rappaport said. "Skystream Markets is a leader and an innovator in the environmental markets. I look forward to sharing my experiences and contributing to the future direction and growth of this business."
Skystream Markets was founded in 2009 to serve as a neutral intermediary in the environmental markets and does not take principal risk. The company is focused on improving trading protocols and promoting market transparency and cost efficiency. The management team has deep expertise and a successful track record in building trading infrastructure in new markets that require service improvements to the entire trade cycle.
"We're excited about our progress in building accurate, executable price information," said Skystream Markets co-founder Naeem Hukkawala. "This financing enables us to continue to develop market mechanisms that create liquidity for environmental commodities."
"With almost 80 counterparties signed up to use our platform, the team has achieved a lot during the past year, creating a go-to service for traders in the environmental markets," said Skystream Markets co-founder Kapil Mohindra. "This investment validates the value of our strategic approach and gives us the capital we need to scale rapidly among renewable energy producers and traders across North America."
Skystream Markets serves the largest environmental markets trading desks at utilities, energy producers, and market makers. The company delivers informed and customized market access by offering a combination of brokerage, data, research and technology. Skystream Markets has 17 employees across its Stamford, Conn., and New York City offices. The team has wide ranging experience across the capital markets including credit, energy, equity, commodities, and foreign exchange. Please visit http://www.skystreammarkets.com for more information on the company's history, products and services.
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Skystream Markets has operated institutional transaction platforms for the renewable energy and other environmental markets since 2009. Specifically, Skystream Markets focuses on the mandatory Renewable Energy Certificate ("REC") markets in the United States. The trading system is a pure-agency model that seeks to add value through technology at each stage of the trade cycle. Working directly with power producers and major trading counterparties, the company has built specific market mechanisms that are lacking in both the primary and secondary markets. The customer base is a combination of industrial and financial participants. Skystream Markets also provides project finance advisory and market research services.


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There have been a lot of rumors surrounding the sadly inevitable Die Hard 5 over the past few years, from Bruce Willis claiming it would be a worldwide undershirt adventure to talk that it might inexplicably be called Die Hard 24/7. The most recent bit of news to sneak out of the endless Die Hard 5 rumor treadmill was that the new film would weirdly be directed by award-winning commercial helmer Noam Murro of Smart People fame. Franchise fans struggled to imagine what an indie quirk comedy version of Die Hard could possibly be, with guns removed in favor of manic-depressive deadpan comedy. Fortunately we won't have to worry about that any longer as today it's been reported that Murro has left the project. However, Willis and the studio are still determined to milk a little more cast out of the Die Hard brand name and plan to search for a new director for the latest franchise entry that will apparently send John McClane to Russia (we're as confused as you are by that one). Hit the jump for more info on the endlessly delayed five-quel.
According to Twitch Film, Murro has departed Die Hard 5, which is probably a good thing seeing as how little he's made before suggests an interest in throwback high-octane action. Murro has moved on to an equally baffling project and plans to direct the 300 sequel 300: Battle Of Artemisia instead (I guess he's decided to specialize in unnecessary sequels). It hasn't yet been revealed who will replace Murro in the director's chair; however, there's no way the project will completely disappear. There are simply too many dollar signs involved even after the disappointing, but successful Live Free Or Die Hard. The current rumor is that Max Payne director John Moore will step in, which suggests the film will promise the same level of mediocrity as the last chapter in the franchise.
What the movie will be about is anyone's guess, with endless rumors and speculation popping up over the four years since the last outing. Current speculation is that the next film will mostly be spent in Russia with John McClane and his son getting into trouble with the locals. It's a believable premise, but not a very promising one. Using Russia as a villain could either be an amusing throwback to Regan-era action flicks or a lazy sign of desperation, and pairing Bruce Willis up with a young actor didn't work with Justin Long last time, so I find it hard to believe they'll come up with the perfect young partner here (though Ashton Kutcher would at least be an amusingly terrible choice).
The simple truth is that we don't really need another Die Hard movie. The original films are R-rated action classics from another era and if Live Free Or Die Hard proved anything it's that the studios just don't know how to make those kinds of movies anymore (Bruce wasn't even allowed to say Yippie-Ki-Yay motherfucker for christsakes). But, sadly that movie made enough money to make a fifth Die Hard movie sound potentially profitable and all of the Cop Outs in the world won't convince those money-hungry execs otherwise. All we can hope is that Die Hard 5 will be as painless as possible, or ideally it'll languish in development hell for too long and never get made. Fingers crossed John McLane fans, fingers crossed.


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April 8 is opening day at TopGolf in Spring. It's the second Houston location for the company that was launched in England in the late 1990s and imported to the United States in 2005.
The new 65,000 square foot entertainment complex features 102 bays on three floors. The bays accommodate 10 guests (six players and another four spectators).
TopGolf's seven games are point-scoring affairs. The "course" looks like a typical driving range (albeit a short one at 240 yards) that's dotted with large round targets reminiscent of dart boards.
The targets have multiple sensors. When the microchipped golf balls – top-of-the-line Calaways made specifically for TopGolf – enter a target, the sensors recognize individual balls. A monitor in the bay displays where the ball lands and the points the shot earns.
Bays are rented by the hour. Cost is $20 per hour 9 a.m.-noon; $40 an hour noon-close.
TopGolf also boasts pool tables, multiple bars, a roof-top terrace and a scratch kitchen. The menu includes Buffalo Chicken Spring Rolls, Pickled Fried Chicken, flatbreads and a Thanksgiving Burger (with bacon-wrapped sage, cranberry stuffing, pear relish and brussels sprouts slaw).
The complex is open 9 a.m.-midnight Sunday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
TopGolf North Houston: 560 Spring Park Center Blvd. in Spring, 832-200-0106


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Badgers and Michigan Tech tie again
Wisconsin had been leading 3-1 in second period
MADISON, Wis. — Blake Hietala's goal early in the third period brought Michigan Tech from two goals back to tie Wisconsin 3-3 Saturday.
It was the second straight tie between the Western Collegiate Hockey Association foes.
On Friday, Wisconsin scored with 3:11 left to earn a 1-1 tie.
Trailing 3-1 in the second period, the Huskies (4-7-2, 3-6-3) got within one on Steven Seigo's goal at 8:39. Hietala tied it at 3:06 of the third period and the goalies took over from there.
MTU's Kevin Genoe made 34 saves, including five in overtime. Wisconsin's Joel Rumpel made two of his 22 saves in overtime.


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hey julian can you add me to the private forums for op-for on the iceback site my user name is eagle_eye
Myself and 2 others my son (SuB Z3rO) and his friend (Stateside) want to come to the game in golden. call you or Ivan monday with more info.
Hey It shamus, my buddy andrew with the shingles tried to get a hold of u.
He would like to drop them off, if u can have the person with a key to gate to ambush
give him a call.
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hey julian my name is cody, i came into airsoft gear on thurs. and bought some gear from you. just askin about tomorrows expo. do noobs get to play? also. any way would it be possible for someone to bring a speed loader for me? i will pay for it at the field? thanks
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Last night's debate did not offer up any major gaffes by either of the candidates. Barack Obama had clearly learned his lines very well, while John McCain gave his usual solid debating performance. Unlike Obama, McCain's answers were natural and authentic as he drew upon his years of experience in the fields of foreign policy and protecting the American taxpayer. It was pleasing to see Obama have the decency to actually admit on numerous occasions that McCain was right about a variety of issues.
McCain seemed to be the overall winner by virtue of his attacking style in the debate, as compared to Obama's rather defensive answers. Obama was on the back foot for much of the foreign policy part of the night owing to his lack of experience.
After this first debate, it seems unlikely either candidate will make a disastrous mistake in the debates to come, although Obama will have to be careful that his smug smirks and guffaws when McCain is speaking are not repeated.
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By Alexandra Deutsch, Chief Curator
| Age Progression Image by Mike Streed
In 1858, when Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was seventy-three years old, she lamented "My Beauty is departed," a sentiment she had uttered for decades. Her beauty had been celebrated throughout her life. In her youth, she was thought the most beautiful woman in America. Her appearance was the thing of legends and, in 1803, drew Jérôme Bonaparte to Baltimore to meet the "exquisite creature" described to him.
For a woman whose beauty was central to her identity, aging must have been difficult. Rather than embracing the changes time wrought, Elizabeth defied them. Her account books documents a recipe for hair dye, as well as various compounds to create creams and possibly cosmetics. If she must age, she was going to do it as gracefully as possible.
As early as 1815 when Elizabeth was 30, a letter from her friend Elizabeth Godefroy suggests that Elizabeth saw her looks declining. Godefroy assures her, "I do not believe you about your looks." Perhaps she attributed her visible aging to the strain and stress of Napoléon's annulment, her return to her father's unwelcoming home in Baltimore and her (successful) suit for divorce from Jérôme. Life had been, as Elizabeth once said, "a mean and grinding martyrdom." Such emotional misery is not easy on the looks.
Despite her perception of her appearance, Elizabeth's beauty is documented in several surviving portraits. In 1838 when Elizabeth was 53, she had her silhouette cut in Rockaway Beach, New York. The solid black image depicts her in profile with a softening jawline and an appropriately middle-aged appearance. The silhouette is the last known image of her that survives. To date, no photographs of her are known. Instead, Elizabeth commissioned copies of her portraits to give as gifts. How did this woman look at 40, 60, 90?
| Age Progression by Mike Streed
To answer this question, we turned to internationally-known forensic artist, Michael W. Streed, the owner of SketchCop Solutions. Using existing images of Elizabeth, Streed age-progressed her, a delicate trick of artistry and intuition that produced fascinating results. The images Streed created are now on view in "Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and Her Quest for an Imperial Legacy."
I asked Streed a few questions about the process of "aging Elizabeth" and the challenges it presented. These were his responses to my questions.
How did you approach the project?
I read about Miss Bonaparte and her privileged, yet tragic life. I tried to imagine what it was like to carry her burden throughout the years. This led me to depict her as a proud, yet determined woman. An elegant woman not jaded, nor affected by environmental elements throughout her many travels overseas.
What was the greatest challenge?
My greatest challenge was accurately capturing Elizabeth Bonaparte's photographic likeness from a painting. Miss Bonaparte had a unique facial structure that was difficult to duplicate. I believe in the end I was successful capturing her facial nuances. It took hours of reading and research to find the correct fashions and hairstyles for the various time periods throughout her life. Equally challenging was finding the right combination of photos to maintain the integrity of her identity as she gracefully and elegantly aged.
Did the results surprise you?
The results always surprise me during historical projects, mainly because the subjects themselves are so fascinating. Each of them has a look that makes them unique. A person's face says much about their personality. Capturing it and maintaining it through a period of many years is the key to success.
Is there anything else you want me to add about the project?
Working on historical figures is always a pleasing distraction from my daily work depicting criminals. Although I have a passion for helping crime victims, I equally enjoy working with those tasked with preserving the rich history here in Baltimore. The opportunity to partner with highly intelligent, passionate and curious people enriches my life and makes me excited for what each new day might bring.


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Thanks!PorkChop wrote:From wiki all I got was this:kirtu wrote:We can approach the sutras in different ways. I tend to like to begin with what looks like an approach from literature and gets dates, origins, etc. on the texts as a start. I haven't done this previously with Pure Land sutras. Does anyone have a putative chronology of the sutras?
I think the Pratyutpanna is the first reference to Amitabha, it was translated into Chinese between 178 and 189 CE.
Were they all translated from Sanskrit or possibly other languages as well? Do exemplars from these languages still exist?


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Early detection key to maintaining healthy vision
March 11, 2008
Early detection is critical to maintain healthy vision. With almost two-thirds of adult Americans who do not wear corrective lenses not receiving regular comprehensive eye exams, millions of people are putting their vision and their quality of life at risk, according to the American Optometric Association.
Glaucoma – often called 'the sneak thief of sight' because it can strike without symptoms – is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. According to the National Eye Institute, more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, but only half of them know it. Glaucoma most often occurs in people over age 40. People who are very nearsighted, diabetic or who have a family history of glaucoma are also at high risk for the disease.
According to the American Optometric Association's 2007 American Eye-Q survey, 67 percent of Americans believe that glaucoma is preventable. In reality, the disease cannot be prevented, although it is treatable if caught in the early stages. The annual American Eye-Q survey identifies attitudes and behaviors of Americans regarding eye care and related issues.
"Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the internal pressure in your eyes increases enough to damage nerve fibers in your optic nerve and cause vision loss," said Dr. Tanya Carter, AOA's Glaucoma Eye Care Expert and State University of New York College of Optometry professor. "The most common type of glaucoma develops gradually and painlessly, without symptoms. A rarer type occurs rapidly, and its symptoms may include blurred vision, loss of side vision, seeing colored rings around lights, and pain or redness in the eyes."
Since vision lost to glaucoma cannot be restored, regular comprehensive eye examinations are important for people at risk. A comprehensive optometric examination includes a tonometry test to measure pressure in the eyes; an examination of the inside of the eyes and optic nerves; and a visual field test to check for changes in central and side vision.
Treatment for glaucoma includes prescription eye drops and medicines to lower pressure in the eyes. In some cases, laser treatment or surgery may be effective in reducing pressure.
"Glaucoma cannot be prevented, but if diagnosed and treated early, it can be controlled to prevent or slow continued vision loss," said Dr. Carter. "Losing your sight can be devastating, so there is no substitute for doing all you can to maintain your eye health through regular exams."
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Fearless Friday, Painting Pumpkins and a Giveaway!
After recently being disappointed by the too small pumpkin plates I ordered from Pottery Barn, I found these dinner plates from Pier 1
They are a generous size, perfect for dining or using as a platters…and guess what, they are melamine, perfect for the beach house!
And just like the PB plates, they inspired a lot of pumpkin painting
Before I painted a table runner
I wanted to do a few practice projects
I painted some glasses
Did some watercolor sketches
Clockwise from top right:
Quick strokes with a round #4 brush, laying out the shapes and composition, gradually adding more color layers, then stems, deepening the shadows and finally adding leaves and vines
After loosening up with watercolor, I did a quick sketch with acrylic on paper
I also painted the back side of these old orange pillows to get the feel of painting on fabric
You can use regular acrylic or craft paint if you mix it with textile medium
And then I was ready to paint this runner
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You can see another Pumpkin Painting tutorial here
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Comments62 Responses to "Fearless Friday, Painting Pumpkins and a Giveaway!"
I love and collect pumpkins, my house tends to follow the fall colors and my nickname as a child was "punkin".
Jemma, what a great look! I love how the plates inspired you – the runner, the glasses, the pillows all look really terrific! I have purchased several pumpkins already (real, mostly for outdoor decor) to add to my and faux (plush, for inside), and am starting to get my fall on! Thanks for the opportunity on the runner. Whoever wins it will be a lucky one.
Wow, your pumpkins painting is beautiful Jeanna. Great plates from Pier 1 and yes so perfect for the beach life. I love your pillows, the pop of orange in the chairs is divine. Gorgeous table settings and runner. I am making a vignette for the kitchen, a pumpkin patch with my velvet pumpkins. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Everything is beautiful, so festive. You have a great talent and you do a great job in creating pretty but useful decor. The runner is such a fun piece to use in so many places in the home. It looks great on your patio table – very inviting with your table arrangements.
I enjoy seeing all of your creations even the "Roll Tide" – being from Louisiana (LSU). LOL
Hello Jenna,
You are such a talented artist and I love your gorgeous painted glasses, and pillows. I love those watercolor sketches too. Thanks for all of this inspirations with pumpkins. The pumpkin runner you painted is so beautiful too!! 🙂
I love to decorate my mantel with my crocheted pumpkins I made a few years ago!
Thanks for the chance to win your lovely giveaway.
Julie xo
OO-la-la, Jenna, I LOVE that table runner!! I'm not very artistic so I could never replicate pumpkins (or anything else, for that matter) on material, although you make it look so easy. I can't imagine what I would be able to come up with! However, I always look forward to getting into my fall decor box and finding a faux pumpkin that I've had for YEARS: it has a carved smiling face, and a small bulb in it so it lights up. It becomes the main event for my Halloween vignette I set up in my bay window and I love its soft light at night, both in the living room and the view from the window outside my house. Happy Decorating! Rosie @ The Magic Hutch
This entire setting is just beautiful. The view, well, that makes things gorgeous alone, but the runner, dishes, and glasses (Oh, those glasses!) are just fabulous. Wonderful job here, Jenna. I could spend hours on your site.
Love this pumpkin season and it's time to make pumpkin bread we call it harvest loaf and it had chocochips and nuts so yummy!
Well, first I love the fall season. I like to cook with pumpkin and I have a recipe for a pumpkin bisque , that is soo good. The tiny pumpkins are good to place down the center of the dining room table in a fall tablescape. I wish I could paint like you.
I preserve my pumpkins by spraying them with clear varnish by Rustoleum which makes them so pretty. After fall is over I spray paint them red, green or gold and use them for Christmas. So pretty! The pumpkin runner is beautiful. Hope I am the winner
Mary Lou House
You have created a darling pumpkin table runner. It would look great in my breakfast nook! 😊 🎃
You are so talented, and your creativity is so inspiring. The main thing I like to do with pumpkin is to eat it: breads, pies, soups, even as a savory side dish. My mother used to cut it in cubes and sauté it with bacon. Not very slenderizing, but quite tasty!
Debbie, I love the table runner. I like to clean out a pumpkin and use it as a floral arrangement in a table centerpiece. Hope I win and wish I was half as talented as you are. I'm orange with envy.
Jenna, first I love the Pier 1 plates…the cute pillows, and of.course, the runner! I haven't seen any pumpkins hit the stores. It was 97 yesterday…is autumn really coming? Happy weekend!!
Beautiful runner. I just love fall
Your runner is to die for, but I am smitten with your water color sketches, too! I always wished I could paint. My artistic abilities were limited to my 1st grade classroom where my firsties thought I was "such a good artist"! Ha-Ha.
I always want to put an arrangements of pumpkins by my front door and also coming in my breeze way. I love the look of white pumpkins.
You are very talented. Love the table runner and glasses!!
This year painted fence slats gray and painted a white pumpkin on it. Decided to do some for friends as well. Love your painted pillows, etc. mine should look so good. Cherry G.
I use lots and lots of pumpkins in my fall décor. On the table, fireplace – mantle and hearth, entertainment center, outside. I don't think there is any other item that says "fall" more.
This lover of all things pumpkin is easing into fall by decorating an autumn themed tree. I purchased some velvet pumpkin picks and added them to the tree along with some battery operated LED lights that are shaped like leaves. It's simple but it works. My hoard of faux pumpkins will be coming down soon from the attic and the moment I spot some real ones for sale you can bet I will buy a few. Love all your pumpkins and how you have decorated with them.
You gave me a little confiidence to try painting pumpkins, you make it look so easy. Love your blog!
I'm going pretty classic and making Jack-O-Lanterns with the kids. I also love to get baby pumpkins to use on my mantle decor.
You seriously should have a store front with all these beautiful pieces!
Pumpkins are a favorite decorating medium around here! I use them both inside and out fake and real. Your runner and glasses are adorable. Great inspiration!
Love you artistic runner. The pumpkins are darling. One cannot have enough pumpkins. Pumpkin for decor, craft projects and of course cooking. Love it all.
Thank you Jenna for sharing at DI&DI. Enjoy the upcoming weekend.
I love that painted runner. I love decorating with pumpkins and I'm going to paints some things this year. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Some confusing things about scripts:
A Channel 4 half-hour is twenty four minutes.
An american half-hour is twenty one minutes.
A BBC hour is fifty seven minutes, apart from things that are aimed at Americans, which are fifty minutes, and probably include eight minutes of jettisonable material. Or in the case of Torchwood/Robin Hood/any non-Moffat episodes of Who, forty nine minutes of jettisonable material OOH GET ME.
Bearing in mind a Green Wing hour was anywhere between fifty minutes, and one hour and ten minutes (depending on how much stuttering Mark Heap felt like doing that day), all this stuff has come as a bit of a shock.
Using standard script layout, it's supposed to work out at roughly one page = one minute.
The first draft of my hour long BBC Drama was sixty pages long. It was too short.
My script for Channel 4's comedy lab was twenty four pages long. It is also too short, although this is because I finally caved and took out the guns. I now have a separate very short but really quite exciting film about guns but nothing else left over, which is BRILLIANT frankly, I'd watch it.
There is no known way of writing down that 'ooooooooh' noise that people make, when they are mocking you and holding an imaginary handbag*. The only way to write this is to write: "Character X makes that 'ooooooooooh' noise that is impossible to write down and holds up an imaginary handbag", which doesn't look very professional.
Still, it pads out the page a bit.
* m'colleague Richard informs me in the comments below that there is, and it's written 'ooooOOOOooo'. If it were not for the blog I would never have known this. Hurrah for the blog. And for Richard, obv'sly.
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Long have I marvelled at the phenomenon of TV time. If you read up on Einstein's theory of relativity but every time it says "velocity" you substitute the phrase "people shouting about coffee and carpets and mobile phones", that's pretty much it.
Did you know that a West Wing hour is usually 43-45 minutes, a Buffy hour is usually 41 minutes and a Sex and the City hour is around 36 minutes? It's all to do with how much advertising they can sell.
Watch stuff on DVD, I reckon. You'll have more life left over for the important stuff.
- 1:35 pm
- Lucy Diamond said...
[Holds up imaginary handbag. Rolls eyes. Purses lips.]
Like it, centurion.
- 1:52 pm
I think technically it's "oooOOOoo."
- 2:06 pm
- James Henry said...
There you go, the voice of experience (of writing scripts, not going "oooOOOoo". Cheers Richard.
- 2:22 pm
- Dan said...
We need to introduce the term "handbagging" into common usage, then you won't face that particular problem in future ;-)
- 2:35 pm
But "handbagging" just sounds like a euphemism. I don't even want to think what for.
- 4:26 pm
You just made Pepsi come out my nose. Twice. You'd think I'd have learnt the first time, really.
- 5:31 pm
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Lucy said...
"You just made Pepsi come out my nose. Twice. You'd think I'd have learnt the first time, really."
Have you actually been drinking any, or are you some kind of miraculous nasal pop dispenser?
- 5:50 pm
- James Henry said...
- 5:56 pm
- patroclus said...
>>nasal pop dispenser<<
Like Gordon Gano out of the Violent Femmes.
- 6:08 pm
- Spinsterella said...
Oh dear - I like the violent femmes - I shouldn't laugh. God, I'm not a very good Serious Indie Kid, am I?
Anyhow, um, oh yeah, howsabout:
"handbag 'ooh'"
- 7:07 pm
- Billy said...
My friend introduced me to the Violent Femmes. Before I'd listened to the tape, I thought they were a shouty all-girl band, like Bikini Kill or something. How wrong I was.
(I do like them though)
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- Annie said...
Billy, I thought the same thing about Violent Femmes, which is why I bought the tape. I was expecting L7.
James, you're blonk of the week.
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- James Henry said...
Hurrah, even though that's not quite as sexy as might appear at first glance.
I am greatly honoured however, many thanks.
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ILLUSIONS SHATTERED. I thought you were a nerdy type, with glasses and big teeth. It will never be the same ...
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- Dan said...
I'd just like to go on record and say "handbagging" is NOT a term that was hidden somewhere in my subconscious!
- 11:41 am
- Valerie Polichar said...
Hell, I love the early femmes but that was 20 years ago wasn't it?
Note that an American SEASON has 238,934 of those 42-minute episodes, while a British SEASON has 2. Or something like that. So in the long run, you have to write more for the American show. But it has to be crappier; it's in the contract.
- 5:40 pm
"Have you actually been drinking any, or are you some kind of miraculous nasal pop dispenser?"
Well I have to admit I was quite surprised. I was drinking ribena at the time.
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Beginning during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, the U.S. Army had been continually constructing, expanding and modernizing harbor defenses surrounding the Golden Gate and intended to keep an enemy from capturing the port with its strategic military and industrial sites. In the early years, French and British fleets were most feared by American planners, and large masonry forts armed with scores of smoothbore cannon were constructed at Fort Point in the Presidio of San Francisco and on Alcatraz Island in the middle of the bay. During the Civil War and the years immediately following, additional masonry and earthwork fortifications were constructed along both shores of the Golden Gate straits. Well-preserved examples of these semipermanent fortifications can still be seen at Battery East in the Presidio and at Battery Cavallo at Fort Baker.
As Europe headed deeper towards war in the 1930s, isolationist America reluctantly began to upgrade its coastal fortifications once again. In San Francisco, this program lead to the construction of two batteries mounting the largest guns then in American arsenals: 16-inch caliber rifled guns mounted on high elevation carriages, capable of firing 2,100-pound projectiles nearly 26 miles. To protect the weapons against the growing threat of aerial bombardment, each battery of two guns was constructed as a subterranean fortification with the guns aiming out from the sides of heavily camouflaged, manmade hills. Up to 20 feet of overhead concrete and earth cover provided protection for the guns themselves along with a labyrinth of connecting corridors, ammunition magazines, power plants, crew spaces, and assorted storage rooms. To protect the new batteries, antiaircraft guns were concentarted nearby to ward off attacking enemy aircraft.
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Ron Howard Film director has sold his property that spans the border from New York to Greenwich, Connecticut for $27.5 million.
The listing, by Tamar Lurie of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Lyn Stevens of Sotheby's International Realty, called the house a lakefront county estate.
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