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I am constantly intrigued by a weirdness in churches. Many people I have met are quick to tell me about the importance of discipleship. Pastors say it. Leaders trumpet it. Church members mention it from time to time. Unfortunately, more often than not, we are tempted to see discipleship as something that means more for OTHER people. We make ourselves an exception. Instead of offering up ourselves, we are happy to agree with one another that the 'Church ought to do it.' Some say that LEADERS ought to be doing it. Still some other people claim that because they are not trained to do discipleship, maybe some other organizations that specialize in discipleship can perhaps do it. The fact is this: We may talk a lot about discipleship. The sad thing is that many of us are without a clue of what discipleship is all about. In this reflection, I will identify three erroneous paradigms that do not reflect what true discipleship is about, followed by a suggestion for a HOO-paradigm with regards to discipleship. Discipleship begins not with others but ourselves.
A) Production Line Follow-Up Paradigm
Maybe discipleship is about follow-up after initial conversion. After an evangelistic outreach, discipleship can sometimes be seen as the second stage of Christian living. Some organizations behave like a production line. First, the outreach group shares the gospel. When there is a confession of faith, the new convert is then sent to the next group: Discipleship group. In this group, there will be articles, materials, and all kinds of Bible programs to help the newbie sink in roots to the faith. Once the course is completed, the convert is certified: "Discipled." The third stage is usually serving in some capacity in church. The fourth stage is serving in some kind of a leadership role, and so on. This follow-up paradigm is strong in the beginning, but fizzles out toward the end. This way of doing discipleship treats new converts like a raw ingredient, and the rest of us like machines cutting and sizing the dough up. This method is impersonal and turns people into projects.
This is definitely not the way to do discipleship. It can be a spark in the short-term, but the fire needs to come from the Holy Spirit and willing hearts.
B) As-Needed Paradigm
A busy society breeds busy people with busy lifestyles. Everything seems to be dictated by the clock. Whether it is the alarm clock to wake us up in the morning, or the beeping of our digital calendars to remind us of our next appointment, or the email sounds coming from our computers, we react on a need-to-know basis. Time is far too precious to linger in activities that do not fit into our busy schedules. One of the biggest alarm clocks for churches is a slowing growth rate. When members start to get bored, or contemplating going to other churches, leaders become anxious. Some fit in more programs to make the church 'relevant' for these restless individuals. The need has arrived, so the church throws in a few programs to tantalize and perhaps persuade the flagging congregation to stay. Give the church another chance.
Such a 'as-needed' paradigm is basically crisis-driven. You mean, when there is no crisis, we do not do discipleship? This model must be rejected too.
C) Just a Program
The third erroneous paradigms of discipleship in the church is to turn discipleship into a program. Just like a popular TV program that comes on during prime time, 'discipleship-programming' turns discipleship into a time slot in which 'real' discipleship is said to take place. It can be an hour of teaching before the church service. It can be a seminar in which a top-notch speaker or teacher from some famous organization gets invited into the church to transfer his discipleship knowledge to ravenous church members. Such transference of knowledge is expected to make disciples of all church members.
This way of discipling has its merits, for it provides the Church with some basic understanding of the elements of discipleship. It gives knowledge necessary for some affirmative action. It is good to have zeal but zeal without knowledge is not good. Unfortunately, if we treat discipleship just as a program, we will have unwittingly reduced the personal responsibility of discipleship into an impersonal measly program.
Clue: If you find that you are not being discipled enough simply because there are no programs in Church about discipleship, you've probably bought into this erroneous paradigm, that discipleship is just a program.
D) 'HOO' me? Yes You!
One of the most influential figures in discipleship is Johann Heinrich Arnold (1913-1982) who lives through the horror years of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is said to be one blessed with the privilege of being surrounded by disciples of Christ. In other words, his discipling process is not a program, a phased approach, or a crisis method. His discipleship happens in a very personal manner. It is in a community living of people dedicated to follow Jesus. He becomes a member of the community by basically living with them, emulating them, and to be changed by one another. According to Arnold, there are three elements of discipleship making. Firstly, one needs to live humbly like Christ. Secondly, one needs to be in a consistent stance of obedience, like Christ. Thirdly, one needs to be open to the Holy Spirit, like Christ.
I call it the HOO-paradigm.
Instead of a Christian calling himself a disciple only on Sundays, HOO basically opens up the timeline to ALL seven days of the week. One can live humbly, obediently, and with open hearts at all times. There is no need for programs, for crises, or for production lines to do just that.
HUMILITY: In humility, Arnold says that:
"Discipleship demands that we drop everything, including everything we count as positive in ourselves." (Johann Heinrich Arnold, Disciple, Rifton, NY: Plough Publishing House, 2011, 19)
Indeed, when we are humble, we acknowledge that we by ourselves can do nothing. This reminds us about Jesus's teaching to abide in Him.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)
We cannot be humble by ourselves. We need to constantly practice humility through interactions with God in prayer, and through patience and understanding in speaking the truth in love with one another. In humility, we personalize God through us.
OBEDIENCE: A disciple will also learn to obey God according to the Scriptures. Any program if organized by the church needs to be grounded in the Bible teachings. Obedience can only come about when we know 'what' to obey. Without an adequate grasp of the Word of God, how then can disciples obey? Psalms 119
"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. " (Ps 119:9-11)
Obviously, how can one keep one's way pure when one does not know the Word? How can anyone obey without knowing what to obey? In obedience, we reach forward toward God with purpose.
OPENNESS: In order to live for God, Arnold recommends a regular Bible reading of at least 2-3 chapters per day. He says:
"The main thing for you should be to recognize the greatness of God and to live for him. Try to read the Bible –at least two or three chapters every day. This will open your eyes to the greatness of Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts. Then you will see how very small the search for personal happiness is." (7)
He adds that if we are open to God's work and shut our own self-will down, we will be ready to receive God's faith and love. In other words, openness to God needs to come with a willingness to deny ourselves. Jesus reminds us:
"Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23)
Discipleship is not a production line that hems people into spiritual products. It is a lifestyle of humility that frees people to live in Christ and in love. Discipleship is not a crisis-driven word that rescues people when the church or community is shrinking. It is a lifestyle of obedience to God, guided by the Word, to be sure and steadfast to the truth in love. Discipleship is also not a program to fit into people's busy schedule in life. Instead, it is an attitude of openness that fits our schedules into God's time table.
Remember. When you see the word discipleship, instead of saying, "Who? Me?" say HOO-Yes-Me. Practice humility in God. Practice obedience to the Word. Practice openness to the Spirit.
Let me close with one metaphor. Discipleship in a sense is like an archer, a bow and an arrow. God is the Archer. The Church is the bow. We are the arrows.
"Happy are they who know that discipleship springs from grace, and that grace simply means discipleship." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, New York, NY: Touchstone Press, 1995, 56)
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Flash in the Pan
As a result, the victory of Mr. Barack Obama in the American presidential election could not but bring mortification to MM Lee. That President Obama was subsequently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize within a year of taking office added to MM Lee's consternation. This was not the first time he opened his big mouth which brought embarrassment to the point of disaster. But all is not lost because MM Lee has a thick-skinned quality and can change like a chameleon. He calculated that he had to come to terms with the untenable problem sooner or later. The opportunity presented itself when he went to America to receive an award presented by the US-Asean Business Council end of October. He managed to wrangle a meeting with President Barack Obama the day after the award dinner.
That President Obama was magnanimous enough to condescend to see MM Lee warts and all could not have escaped his narrow outlook of black people. He was naturally astounded and overwhelmed when President Obama described him as "one of the legendary figures of Asia". President Obama was very liberal with his accolade to people who had been disparaging in their behaviour towards him. And MM Lee may be forgiven if he had been mesmerised by the thought that President Obama had been incredibly forgiving. This must have been so exhilarating to him that he forgot himself and made his gaffe by calling on President Obama to engage in Asia in order to counter-balance the emerging economic and military might of China. This immediately evoked a colossal uproar from the Chinese people, especially their netizens, which looked like it was going to be prolonged. But Chinese leaders very judiciously mitigated the situation, not necessarily out of any consideration for MM Lee but more likely for the overall political interests.
Can the leopard change its spots? Can MM Lee be counted on to curb his tendency of making political gaffes in future? We may see a subsidence of indiscretions on his part for a time but there is no guarantee that there will not be a recrudescence of his gaffes. This is a problem which deserves a final solution by the PAP leadership. After all, he is drawing a whopping salary for doing a nominal job.
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- Unknown said...
"After all, he is drawing a whopping salary for doing a nominal job."
That is an understatement! Actually, he is drawing a self-justified colossal salary plus GDP-percentage-linked annual bonuses (only for ministers, not civil servants) plus pensions, plus Chairmanship and Consultant remunerations, on top of whatever the Lee & Lee firm dished out to him, for not only doing nothing except going on tours to collect awards, medals, praises and making damaging speeches causing embarrassments to his own son and to Singapore.
It is quite obvious that he has overstayed his usefulness to Singapore.
It is high time, the PAP Central Executive Inner Circle decides to put a stop to it.
- November 16, 2009 at 2:30 AM
- Unknown said...
This morning I was advised to visit the following website before it disappears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqhr4wxUFws.
So now I know of yet another distinguished expectant of an apology which may (can?) never come. Ah well! Hope springs eternal!
- November 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM

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As you might remember, I've been working on renovating my front room office for like, a year. To be fair, I was pregnant for most of last year so that's my excuse for it not being done. But another reason is because I keep changing my mind all the time about what I want! It's so helpful to be able to see what it looks like and I actually did a mockup for it here. But I wasn't in love with this mockup, so I decided to try doing an interior design consult with Modsy.
Modsy is an online interior design service that has you take a quiz to determine your style, then you send in photos and dimensions of the space you want designed, then they create a mockup for you to look at with all the furniture and decor sources. It's very similar to what I used to do with e-designs. So here's a little Modsy review for you!
I chose the office option since that's mostly what it will be, although I need to have my piano in there as well. It's kind of a multi-purpose front room. And my room is completely bare but you can tell them how much you need designed.
Here are all the photos I sent in…you can see a little behind the scenes of my Christmas decorating haha! What's so great about Modsy is that they don't care how messy your room is, just send in at least eight photos.
So I just shot photos of each wall with my phone and then sent them in. They also like to have all the measurements and even a floorplan. This was easy for me since we built this house and our floorplan is still available online. I just took a screenshot of the actual room.
Then I took a style quiz and determined my style was refined rustic, which I actually kind of agree with. My style is pretty fluid so it's hard to nail it down with just a couple words.
I also wrote in a couple of specific requests I had, things I was interested in seeing. I really am planning on doing built-ins on the wall but they said they don't have the ability to do that so they just subbed in some shelving and a desk.
Here are the different designs they sent me!
Design 1
I definitely liked some elements of this. That piano is a lot nicer than mine, haha! However I was more drawn to Design 2…
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I love the shelves and stuff from Design 1 but preferred the other items from Design 2. And since I'm doing built-ins anyway, I chose Design 2.
Then I submitted a Redesign request: "I like this design (the one with the blue couch) but I'd like to see a mockup with a white washed brick wall behind the piano. Also I'd love to see the french doors painted black instead of gray. And could you do a round rug? I'm curious to know what that would look like. Thanks!"
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I love the black doors, so I think I'm going to do that. I also love the Olive tree, the small metal coffee table and the round rug. But I'm still super undecided about the brick wall! What do you think…should I do it or not? What elements of these designs do you prefer?
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I would love to know what you think of my finished designs! I need some input on my choices and decisions because I'm struggling with indecisiveness. It's SO nice to see it and has definitely helped me decide what I would prefer for certain items and styles. Mainly it's the brick wall…I just don't know!
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baby stuff, cloth diapers, dirty hippie, Oregon, panic, pelvic bones, pelvic pain, postaweek, postaweek2012, pregnancy, pregnancy insomnia
I am 32 weeks pregnant. Do you know what this means? I am due in 8 weeks. Eight weeks people! E I G HT!!! That's 2 months. Holy shit. When I found out I was pregnant I was about 5 weeks along and had 35 to go, which sounded like forever. I mean, that was way back before Christmas. And now here I am, right on the verge of delivery. It's scary and wonderful at the same time. I'm so excited to see my little L and try to figure out who she looks like and who she acts like (and also to not be pregnant anymore), but sometimes at night I have those little niggling doubts about my ability to be a mother. What if I can't breastfeed properly? What if my baby cries all of the time and hates me? What if my diaper changing abilites are subpar? And why do these panic fests always happen at night while my husband is slumbering peacefully so I'm just lying there by myself NOT SLEEPING AT ALL? Oh well. Everything always looks brighter in the morning.
So this week my pelvis has started to ache. It hurts to sit, and unfortunately I'm scrambling to get done with my school before the baby gets here, so I'm sitting on my pelvis for roughly 6 hours a day. And then when I stand up it hurts. And when I wake up in the morning it hurts. And when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom it hurts. Achy pelvis, my least favorite pregnancy symptom. Well, maybe the barfing was worse, but it's a hard choice. I've done all the googling etc. and apparently this is normal. My pubic symphysis is starting to loosen up (because of everybody's favorite hormone, relaxin) so the ischia are all loosey goosey. This is a good thing, because in 2 months (ohmygod) a big ol' baby head has to push through there. But for right now, the big ol' baby head is sitting on the loosey goosey bones and making everything hurt. In case you were curious, and have never seen one before, here's a helpful diagram of the pelvis:
Anyway, I guess I should consider myself lucky because so far I don't have any of the other usual 3rd trimester complaints like horrible heartburn and/or reflux, Braxton Hicks contractions, leaky boobs etc. So there, I've stopped complaining.
In other exciting news, I placed my first order for cloth diapers! I'm so excited about them. And sure, you're probably thinking: A. Who the hell gets excited about diapers and B. What kind of dirty hippie uses CLOTH EFFING DIAPERS? I mean, they have disposable ones now. Well, in answer to your questions, have you seen cloth diapers lately? They're all fancy and new fangled and super cute, who wouldn't get excited? As for the dirty hippie thing, I did live in Oregon for 10 years so… but honestly, I'm doing it for the cost savings. Do you know how expensive diapers are? Shoot. You can do all kinds of searches for cost comparisons and find different numbers, but when I was looking into it I discovered that to disposie diaper a kid for 1 year it'll cost between 800 and 1000 dollars, depending upon which kind of diaper you use and where you live etc. etc. Most kids don't potty train until what, nearly 3? That's almost 3,000 bucks! And, what if you have more than 1 kid (which we're already considering)? With cloth diapers you have the choice of going cheap, or going expensive, but either way you're still probably going to save money. I'm going with a mix of cheapo and expensive, because I want to try some different things to see what I like, but I still figure I'm going to end up spending around 600 bucks. Yes, total. And that'll diaper my kid from start to finish. And most diapers are hardy enough that you can use them on more than 1 kid. That's thousands of dollars saved! Thousands of dollars can be used for down payments on houses, or kids' college funds, or vacations to TAHITI. I'm just sayin'. Yes, I forgot that you have to add in the cost of laundering the diapers, but really, you're still saving tons of money. And that's not even considering the health and environmental advantages to cloth diapering. But I'll stop boring you. For now. I can't promise that I won't wax poetic over diapers again in the future, because I probably will. Especially when they arrive and I get to compare the different types that I'm getting. And after I start using them and figure out which ones I like and hate. So, yeah. Prepare yourself for more diatribes on cloth diapers. Probably with pictures! And links to my favorite ones! Lucky y'all!


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For no other reason than I like this picture. Dave Chappelle on a day when we were shooting green screen. Good times.... Good Times....
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
My Old Boss
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I quit Facebook yesterday. I came home from work and deleted my account. Someone posted something stupid and it made me mad. It made me mad all day. It made me mad all day until I realized I had a choice. I'd let someone who I hardly know infuriate me. I gave someone who isn't a part of my life, power in my life. No more. I've been threatening to do it for a while now, but I just couldn't commit. I had justification – My blog is connected to Facebook. Being a writer was a great excuse for "needing" a Facebook account. It is easy, free and convenient. But that is just an excuse. This blog has a few hundred followers outside of Facebook. If someone misses me, they know where to find me.
My FB lifestyle was not jiving with my personal beliefs, and who I am in "real life". I am tired of holding my tongue and I am tired of getting upset. I shouldn't have to delete "friends" because they use sexist language, are idiots, or I haven't seen/spoken to them in years. What a pain in the ass. I realized that it is far easier to just remove myself from the equation all together. I am tired of being attached to Facebook and I am tired of looking at pictures of your dog, your kids, your lunch and your neighbors pet chicken. I don't care what you are listening to. I have no need or desire to play Farmville with you, nor do I give any shits at all about where you have checked in. Your score on Bedazzled doesn't interest anyone and thank you so much for posting the score of Jimmy's soccer game. I was totally losing sleep over it.
Two days in and I must say, I feel lighter. I have so many better things to do with my time. I thought I would feel uneasy or nervous, but I don't. I feel relief. And I don't suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) so I should be alright. FOMO is the #1 reason people keep their FB accounts while posting about how much they hate Facebook. How often do you check your FB? I bet it is at least in the double digits. Every single glance at all the badass things your friends (and enemies, let's be honest) are doing just fuels the fire. You start wondering why you aren't doing badass stuff like climbing mountains, getting married, or getting wasted with a group of Russian tourists.
Start playing the comparison game and you'll lose every time. That's how the game works. It starts innocently enough… maybe just a little filter on that picture of your hamburger to make it look brighter. Then, maybe a second filter to show each and every seed on the bun. By the time you are finished, your photo looks nothing like that thing you ate which gave you indigestion. The only way to win is not to play at all. It's a losing game. Everybody will always be thinner than you on Facebook. They will be smarter than you. Their Angry Bird score will be better than yours. Their friends will always be hipper than your friends. Their Instagram account will have cooler shots than yours. They will get married before you. Their kids will have cooler names than yours. Their dog will be cuter than your dog. Their cat will be more popular on Youtube than your cat.
You will always lose at Facebook.
But it doesn't matter because it's all a lie. All of it. Take my profile for example. Just recently I posted this picture. Looks incredible, right? Well, here is what I didn't tell you. That picture was taken at the world's most boring party. The food you see was not seasoned – at all – until it was thrown in the bowl. Then about six different people took turns salting it. The conversation was about as exciting as the food. The highlight of the party seemed to be when the host dared a guest to let a crawdad latch onto his nipple… for $5. I kid you not. But, I knew that I could take a very cool picture of the food and nobody needed to know the rest. Facebook is a facilitator of lies.
Everyday we are presented with an endless montage of small excitements disguised as every day activities. We judge ourselves against the carefully cultivated and created profiles that people present as truth. That is absurd behavior. Facebook is the ghost in the machine. It works on your behalf when you are not there. It actively distorts us to our friends, and worse yet to users whom we have never met. Facebook is exploitive and unnecessary. It makes us yearn for approval in the form of "likes", the more the better. As a writer I began to see my worth in the amount of likes or views a piece got. How backwards is that?
So, I guess I quit in pursuit of happiness. Facebook was affecting my moods and my life so I am taking a sabbatical. How can I attempt to live a minimalist life with the clutter of Facebook in my… face? It might be a week, it might be a month, it might be longer. I don't know. All I know is that when and if I decide to go back, it will be with a new outlook on the tool. And it is a tool. Just more for the folks at Facebook than for you. I'm not here preaching for you to quit social media sites. Do what you will. I'm here saying take a look at what you post, how often, and how often you are posting. Be aware and maybe take a day off and see how you feel. I feel like I just sprouted wings.


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National Truck League Alters Name
LONDON, Ont. –National Truck League has rebranded itself to better reflect the scope of its service offerings. The company will now be known as National Truck League Insurance Solutions, the company has announced.
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Wins by swimmers Mariah Patrick, Sara Karst and Cassie Hacker and a diving sweep weren't enough for the Huntington North High School girls varsity swim team as it lost to host South Adams, 105-78 on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Patrick won the 50-yard freestyle, in :27.53, and Karst took the 100-yard freestyle, in :59.97. Hacker took home honors in the 100-yard breaststroke, in 1:14.99.
Amanda Kaiser scored 111 points to lead the sweep in diving. Rosemary Kaiser placed second and Taylor Meharg took third.
Patrick, Karst and Hacker also swam legs on two winning relay teams. The trio teamed with Kaitlyn Batt for wins in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yerd freestyle relay.
Other top finishes for HNHS came from Batt, third in the 200-yeard freestyle and third in the 100-yard butterfly; Karst, second in the 200-yard individual medley; and Patrick, second in the 100-yard backstroke.
The girls will swim at Marion on Tuesday, Jan. 27.


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f) The screening copies - once the selected films have been announced - must be sent by May 3, 2015 for foreign authors, and by May 10, 2015 for residents in Italy.
g) The preview copies on DVD of all the submitted short films will not be returned for any reason, and will be kept in the archive of the SICILIA QUEER filmfest which will make them available for consultation exclusively for study, research and cataloguing purposes. The archive will be available under request to anybody for a free consultation exclusively in the festival offices.
b) The festival will screen exclusively: 35mm with optic sound, for film; Betacam SP and Digital Beta (PAL), ONLINE SCREENER, QT.mov files, blu-ray or DVD, for video. Films shot in 16mm will be screened in Betacam SP (PAL) only. Any other format must be agreed with the Festival.
c) All films in foreign language, if not provided with Italian subtitles, will be screened in their original version with Italian electronic subtitles provided by the Festival. The Direction of SICILIA QUEER filmfest will be in charge of the publication of a general catalogue of the selected films and a screening schedule.
b) The shipping expenses of the preview copies (DVDs sent for pre-selection) are entirely at the applicant's expense. The preview DVDs of not selected films will not be returned.
c) The shipping expenses of the screening copies of the selected films are partly at the applicant's expense (sending) and partly at the Festival's expense (return).
d) All selected films will be insured against any damages with an "all risks" insurance policy (including loss and theft of copy), stipulated by SICILIA QUEER filmfest throughout the period in which the copies are at the Festival's disposal. Screening prints/tapes must be sent - via express courier or quick mail – to the following address:
SICILIA QUEER filmfest c/o Cowork Re Federico
e) Unless otherwise agreed, the screening copies of the selected films coming from non-European Union countries must be sent via express courier . For Customs purposes, participants are requested to write on the outside of the package: "No commercial value, for cultural purposes and exhibition only". The Festival will not accept shippings of films burdened by customs fees at the Festivals' expense.
f) Filmmakers, producers and distributors of the films awarded in the SICILIA QUEER filmfest international short films competition engage themselves to show the logo of the Festival and to mention the award received in the opening credits of the awarded film, as well as in any promotional material and official web sites.
g) Filmmakers and/or producers are responsible for the content of their works and by applying to SICILIA QUEER Filmfest they automatically acknowledge that they have fulfilled any obligations towards third parties, including royalties and copyright.
h) The selected films, whose availability has already been confirmed by their rights holders, cannot be later withdrawn from the Festival for any reason. Should the filmmaker or the producers decide to withdraw a selected film already included in the Festival's schedule, they will be required to pay the sum of € 1,000.00 (one thousand euros) as compensation for damages.
i) The application to SICILIA QUEER Filmfest implies the unconditional acceptance of every part of the present regulations.
j) The Direction of SICILIA QUEER Filmfest can take any decision on issues which are not listed above. In case of any controversy, the place of jurisdiction is the Court of Palermo. Please note that, in any case of dispute, only the Italian version of these Regulations is legally valid.
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A weekly round-up curated by Women's Center staff member, Michael Jalloh Jamboria
In the spirit of my friend, who gave us the glorious name 'Slaying on the Weekly', every week I will be bringing you some interesting, funny or thought-provoking content from the internet! Be sure to join us next week for more and continue to slay!
Things you should know:
As President Obama welcomes the President- elect, many are reminding others that he is #notourpresident. As we try to understand what this means for our communities and loved ones, be sure to watch Hillary Clinton's concession speech. It's disheartening yet inspirational and a call to action as we move forward as a nation.
Article of the Week:
Jess Myers, the director of the Women's Center, wanted to share one of the articles of the week. Here's Why We Grieve Today. Please remember that it's perfectly acceptable to grieve. It's ok to be sad, cry or scream. Your emotions are valid and if you need a place to process them, the Women's Center will be here for you.
I'd also like to share Finish your Ugly-Crying, Here's What Comes Next. The author shares things we can all do to support the "mental health and safety of your friends".
UMBC Happenings:
There is great activism and craftivism in the works. Artist collectives and protests are happening all throughout Baltimore and other major cities. Get involved, reach out to the Women's Center to share your needs and concerns. We want to be here with you as you grieve, heal and rebel.
Song of the Week:
I've been listening to really great music recently, and I want to share that with all of you! This week's song is Keep Your Head Up by Tupac.
I love you, I see your pain. We're here for you. Until next week!


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Organisations across Europe believe that using an Agile methodology for software development can vastly improve the customer experience, while using DevOps can boost revenue from new sources.
A new report commissioned by software company CA said that 67 percent of UK organisations using an Agile methodology saw an improvement in customer experience, while firms using DevOps practices report a 38 percent increase in business growth from new revenue sources.
Other highlights include a 42 percent increase in employee productivity using Agile, while DevOps yields even better results with a 51 percent increase.
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I love this dress, but unfortunately I picked up a size too big so it's too loose fitting. I love the bright pink colour, which I never usually wear, and it's got a sweet floral pattern. It's a smock style dress so it is nice and loose, but still too big for me. Hopefully I will find it again in my size, it was only £8!
More of their much loved £1 panties, they're my absolute favourite undies! Although their sizing is so weird.. sometimes I get 10-12 and they're fine, sometimes 14-16 is okay, or sometimes 14-16 is tiny?! So odd, but they have tonnes of patterns and I like to collect them all.
I also couldn't resist this sweet floral cotton bra set, which was only £4.
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At the BCSF we are constantly fighting to keep our areas open. This fight is done mostly by volunteers and one paid staff who wears many other hats within the organization. The reason why we can only afford one person...people do not support their local club and therefore the BCSF. We have no voice when it comes to land closures because only 14% of snowmobilers in BC join a club. The rest either buy a day pass or believe it is their right to ride for free on crown land. Here is a little graphic on where that attitude has got us to today. We have gone from 15% protected land in 1993 to 45% in 2013. That has tripled in 20 years. What do you think it will look like in another 20? Where do you think you are going to ride?
Please join a BC snowmobile club this season and add your voice to the fight! If we double our membership we can double our voice. If every snowmobiler bought a membership the fight would be easy!
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Voicing deep concern over the rise in the incidents of 'killing and rape', BNP on Sunday said the country is now passing through an 'awful and dangerous' situation.
Speaking at a press conference at BNP's central office in the capital's Nayapaltan area, party senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also criticised Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud for what he said giving 'false' statement involving BNP with a patrol bomb-like object found at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University (BSMMU)."People at home and abroad know Bangladesh is now going through a dark phase of democracy where fair election and freedom of expression have got disappeared. The country is now seeing widespread incidents of killing, rape and extrajudicial killing," he said.
Referring to media reports, the BNP leader said 41 children were raped in the first eight days of May while five people are being subjected to extrajudicial killing every day on average.
He alleged that though the growing incidents of killing and rape created an outcry on the social media, the government is hardly bothered about it. "Rather, the ruling party offenders are getting spared. The country is now passing through a dangerous and dreadful situation."
Rizvi said though no one can enter the BSMMU's administrative building without the government's permission, the Information Minister is finding out BNP's link with the recovery of the petrol bomb-like object from there. "Awami League leaders are very experts in hiding their plot resorting to blatant lies."
According to media reports, a petrol bomb-like object was found in front of the registrar's room at BSMMU administrative building on Thursday. Khaleda Zia has been receiving treatment at BSMMU's Cabin Block since April 1 last.
Talking to reporters at his Chattogram residence on Saturday, the information minister said it should be investigate whether BNP has any connection with bomb like object found at the BSMMU since the party activists are very familiar with patrol bomb.In a counter attack, Rizvi said it is Awami League which has introduced the petrol bomb culture in the country. "The Information Minister's comment over the issue is regrettable. His remarks have only exposed the government's conspiracy against Khaleda Zia."


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It's hard to imagine this time of year without thinking of Wholesome Organic Candy Canes. These sweet treats add a festive touch to any celebration. Plus, candy canes are so versatile! They can be added to just about anything, reminding us that there's no wrong way to enjoy them this December.
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For the first time in about five years, UVA Today is getting not only a facelift, but a whole new look. It's bolder and brighter, with more readable text and better displays of photos, graphics and videos. It's also more flexible, which means more news, delivered faster.
Faculty and staff now have a dedicated homepage, Working@UVA, where you'll find faculty and staff announcements, accolades, events and more. There's also Groundswire, a one-stop source for keeping up on news from elsewhere around the University.
The new website has been rebuilt from the ground (or Grounds) up, with an entirely new content management system developed using Drupal, so you'll see many changes. It's a work in progress, though, so we hope you'll let us know what you think. Send a note to Marian Anderfuren, director of media relations, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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County Council Staff Recommends Against Full Pay Increases Scheduled for School Staff
Analysts say school system should channel more funds to reducing class sizes and solving achievement gap
Montgomery County Council
A County Council staff report recommends against funding full salary increases for teachers and school staff set to go into effect in September and next March, saying the council should push the school system to instead spend some of the money on reducing class sizes and solving the achievement gap.
Citing inflation numbers that remain low and the fact that Social Security beneficiaries won't see a cost of living increase this year, the report also recommends against second-step increases already negotiated for county government employees and a decrease in the cost-of-living increase negotiated for county firefighters.
"The Council's top priority is classroom initiatives that reduce class size and target the achievement gap," read the report, which was prepared for a Thursday morning joint budget hearing before the council's Government Operations and Education committees. "Channeling funds to these initiatives within the amount appropriated by the Council will require a reduction in proposed FY17 employee pay adjustments."
Two years ago, the county's Board of Education entered into the three-year agreement that calls for the 2 percent general wage increases in September with the three unions that represent more than 22,000 county school teachers, support staff, principals and administrators. The agreement also calls for a step increase in September that averages about 3 percent and another step increase next March averaging another 3 percent for some school system employees.
According to Stephen Farber, the council administrator who helped prepare the report, the county would have a nine-day period to renegotiate its agreements with county employee unions if council members support the recommendations at Thursday's committee hearing and Tuesday's full council session.
The Board of Education has authority over the school system's contract agreements with teacher and staff unions. It would be up to the board to determine how to allocate the amount of funding approved by the council.
The council is set to approve the budget May 26 for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
The recommendations come as council members consider County Executive Ike Leggett's recommendation for a 6.4 percent property tax increase to fund a proposed $5.27 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts in July.
Because the proposed increase would put the property tax rate above the county's charter limit, it would likely require unanimous approval from the nine-member council. That has prompted a deep examination of the employee salaries and benefits included the budget.
A 6 percent increase in funding for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that's $89.3 million more than the minimum spending required by state law was one of the driving factors behind Leggett's property tax increase recommendation. MCPS funding would make up $2.45 billion of the county's budget under Leggett's proposal.
The council staff report points to the significant continued costs of salaries and benefits for county government employees, school system employees and employees of other county-funded agencies.
Salary and benefit costs for active and retired county government employees account for 80 percent of the $4.62 billion tax-supported portion of Leggett's recommended budget. Salary and benefit costs for active and retired school system employees account for 90 percent of recommended school system funding, according to the report.
While saying MCPS employees have received similar pay increases as county government employees over the last six fiscal years, the report says "benefits for MCPS employees are especially attractive," pointing to lower health care premium payments.
Leggett negotiated a 1 percent general wage increase for next fiscal year for most of the county's more than 9,000 employees, a group that doesn't include MCPS employees. The county employees would also get a step increase of 3.5 percent and there would be a second 3.5 percent increase for employees who had step increases postponed during the Great Recession-fueled economic downturn.
The county firefighters union negotiated a 2 percent general wage increase that the report recommends cutting to 1 percent.
The report says the general wage increases would cost the county $5.7 million for county employees, $31.5 million for MCPS employees, $4.2 million for Montgomery College employees and $1 million for Park and Planning employees—a total of about $42.5 million in additional costs for general wage increases.
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With the recent news that East Coast railway services have been re-nationalised, there has also been a resurgence of interest in the nationalisation of the entire rail network. With the Labour Party pledging that they'll re-nationalise the railways if they're voted into power, and 70% of UK citizens saying that they support re-nationalisation, Sue Ball at Verisona Law examines the potential impact of re-nationalisation on jobs.
Nationalisation as a last resort
In the past, nationalisation has often been used as a weapon of last resort. Faced by the prospect of a business or industry being forced to close due to unprofitability or other market forces, governments have often stepped in to prevent large scale jobs losses. For instance, in 2013, the Scottish government nationalised Prestwick Airport in an attempt to safeguard jobs.
In this context, nationalisation has a strong, but localised, effect on jobs and employment. However, in order that jobs continue to be protected, nationalisation does need to result in a reversal of fortunes for the business in question. In the modern economic climate, no government is likely to protect a weak business indefinitely, particularly if it fails to demonstrate improved financial performance.
Nationalisation as a response to unemployment
Historically, nationalisation has also been used as a means of combatting high unemployment rates. During the post-war reconstruction period, the Labour Government pursued a policy of 'full employment' and attempted to achieve this by nationalising a number of key industries.
Though the policy successfully lowered the high unemployment rate at the time, detractors would argue that many of the nationalised industries were poorly run, contributed to the UK's economic stagnation in the 1970s, and eventually had to be privatised in the 1980s. Though debate still rages over the wider economic impact of nationalisation in this period – as well as the extent to which it affected employment levels in the long term – there can be no doubt that it successfully tackled the high unemployment rates of the time.
Nationalisation in the current context
The difficulty with predicting how nationalisation will affect jobs in the current context, is that nationalisation is not being considered for either of the two reasons mentioned above. Instead, nationalisation is a response to poor performance by private companies, and the public's perception of private rail companies as milking the system for profit while delivering sub-standard services.
In the modern economy, predicting how nationalisation will affect job numbers is particularly challenging. To a large extent, it depends on how successful the nationalisation is, and how the government conceives of its implementation. It is true that nationalisation will affect employment in those services that private companies are likely to terminate due to unprofitability. For instance, a nationalised railway service is more likely to staff quiet, rural services and stations, whereas private owners have more of an impetus to cut jobs in these areas.
Finally, it's worth noting that long-term nationalisation is currently only being pursued by those parties in opposition, most notably Labour. While nationalisation has occurred under Conservative governments, it has nearly always been a temporary arrangement.
Labour and the unions
If Labour were to re-nationalise the industries mentioned in their most recent manifesto, they would be doing so with the support of most of the country's unions. However, the way they nationalise these industries would also require the backing of relevant unions. Consequently, any re-nationalisation process would need to avoid job losses.
However, this doesn't necessarily mean that new jobs would be created either. The most likely outcome is that employment opportunities in nationalised industries would remain stable, while working conditions and rights improve, and unions in those areas where private owners are trying to axe jobs (such as the Southern Rail franchise) would be supported by the government.
The effect of re-nationalisation on a business or industry is completely contextual. While some outcomes are more likely than other, the impact nationalisation has will vary from industry to industry, and business to business.
Sue Ball is Head of Employment Law at Verisona. If you would like further information please contact Sue on 023 9231 2053 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Here are the types of cases we handle:
- Contracts of Employment
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- Redundancy Process
- Breach of Contract
- Breach of Restrictive Covenants
- Tribunal Claims
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- Consultancy Agreements
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"Over the years, I have developed a great trust in my working relationship with Mike Dyer, Head of Commercial Law at Verisona. One of the things I value most is that he is always at the end of a phone. On the rare occasions he is unavailable, his secretary is always well informed and very helpful. Through Mike, I have met many other members of Verisona and, just like in the recruitment industry, they understand the importance of being treated like an individual. They make me feel valued and important to both them and their business. At Verisona, you always deal with real people who you know and are in a position to help. Most importantly, Verisona delivers. We recently had an urgent situation regarding the restrictive covenants of new members of staff. Employment specialist Susan Ball came in on a day off to listen to us, dissect and analyse the situation, and translate what we wanted to achieve into the best possible legal language and solution. This is just one example of the calm, efficient professionalism I have come to value from Verisona over the years. Verisona has a refreshing approach to the law. They are there when we need them, always easy to talk to, go out of their way to make sure that we understand what they are doing for us and why, and always get the best results".
Stuart Cox
Legally enforcing the tribunal award
To enforce the Tribunal award we applied to the Defendant's local County Court for it to be registered and for permission to enforce the award.
The Court granted the application and on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines. As a result the Tribunal award would appear as a County Court Judgment which would likely affect the Defendant's credit rating.
Time limits for enforcing Tribunal awards
It is worth noting that there is no time restriction for registering or enforcing a Tribunal award. You can enforce one even if it is several years old. In addition, it is usually possible to claim interest on the amount until you receive payment.
A commercial business
"Thanks for all your help on this - you've been so helpful to me in guiding and explaining everything, so just to say thank you for obviously helping represent my case but also allowing me to understand the process and giving me greater awareness of what I need to be mindful of when signing future contracts".
Former employee of professional football club
Sue was easy to deal with and offered all options available. Jane was in contact beforehand to tell me what information was needed and Sue was prepared for our meeting. I cannot praise Sue and Jane enough and would have absolutely no hesitation in reommending Sue and her team.
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Events for September 5: Mark Your Calendars!
Fall Career and Internship Fair (All majors welcomed)
Tuesday, September 19
4-8pm, Kohl Center
Visit our new website: www.careerfair.wisc.edu
Over 300 employers!
Co-sponsors: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Letters & Science, Wisconsin School of Business, School of Education, School of Human Ecology
NEW! Download The FAIRS App: go.wisc.edu/7992j2 or search The Fairs App from your app store. Researching for the career fair has never been easier!
CALS Career Café – Walk-in Resume Reviews
Tuesday, September 12
1-3pm Microbial Sciences Building – near the Microcosm Café
Drop in for coffee and have your resume critiqued by staff and professionals to prepare for the Fall Career and Internship Fair. All career related questions are welcome! Guest reviewers from Kerry Group, Peace Corps, UW International Internships Program.
Questions: firstname.lastname@example.com
Career Fair Prep Night
Monday, September 18
6-7:30 pm, Pyle Center, 1st Floor Alumni Lounge
Drop-in format for students to come anytime during the event to visit several student-lead stations to polish their skills for the career fair. Outside of the stations the main feature will be our resume review/elevator pitch area where students can meet 1:1 with an employer.
Co-Sponsored by the College of Letters & Science Career Services, Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB), and CALS Career Services Questions: Nate Doolin, College of Letters & Science Career Services, email@example.com
EXCLUSIVE CALS STUDENT EVENT – Building Connections: Employer / Student Networking Lunch
Wednesday, September 20
12-1pm, Lake Mendota Room, Dejope Hall (Lunch provided)
Looking to connect with more employers after the career fair? Look no further than attending our new EXCLUSIVE employer / CALS student networking lunch on Wednesday, September 20.
Co-Sponsored by: CALS Career Services, Renk Agribusiness Institute, and Food Science Club
ALL CALS students are welcome! CALS Student Registration


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Creating and tracking links in your emails is easy!
Just Remember: Hatchbuck tracks links for you automatically, but you MUST hyperlink your text in order for us to do so.
Once link tracking begins, you will want to see if and where people are clicking. Here's how to view link clicks:
1. Dashboard
- In the Activity Feed of your Dashboard you can view Link Clicks by Time Period and Sales Representative
2. Contact List View
4. Email Template
Select the Filter button
Go to Link Activity
Add the link URL you are interested in viewing and select the filter parameters. When these are selected, click ADD.
APPLY the filter!
3. Contact Record
You can view an individual contact's link clicks within the Activity Feed tab
4. Email Template
- Go to Tools > Email Templates
- Click on the Name of the template you would like to view
- You can view the basic stats in the right column
5. Reports
Go to Reports > Emails to view:
- Email Activity by Day Summary
- Email Activity by Date Sent
- Email by Template
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Taiwanese are proud of their food. Though I love the dining options we've got here, there comes a point when you get sick of hearing "you have to try this intestine", or "this pig blood and these chicken testes are delicious!" I've even caught myself, recently, dreaming of a nice niçoise salad or peanut butter that separates. As for service, I know it's à la mode these days to eat like the locals, but you might not find it comfortable to eat à la highway on a metal stool with mopeds splashing rainwater onto your feet. There's a lot more in Taipei than what you see on the street, so don't worry if that's not what you're into. There's definitely something in Taiwan's capital for you.
Breakfast briefs: In the mornings, a popular Taiwanese breakfast is fried bread sticks, wrapped in bread. If you don't want to overload on carbs, or if you're craving scrambled eggs without oysters, try Wendel's German Bakery & Bistro. Wendel's offers a good Western-style sit-down breakfast, and unlike most other "Western restaurants" (and even many hotels), it opens by 8:00AM. Wendel's offers baguettes that aren't milky and spongy like most bakeries in Taipei, a simple continental breakfast for NTD$190, and a "Heidi Klumm Breakfast" of eggwhites, fruit, with a bread basket for NTD$260. The Da An branch is near the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial MRT train station, with two other shops in Tienmu and Neihu.
Lunch munchies: If you're not in the mood for dumplings or noodles for lunch, many stands on the street sell sandwiches for about NTD$50. These sandwiches aren't like the ham and cheese sandwiches your mom packed in your lunchbox for school. Think of kung pow chicken with lettuce and mayonnaise on spongy white bread. Some people like it. Some people don't. For a truly western tradition, try Smith & Hsu. A complete English afternoon tea set for 2-4 people comes to NTD$1280, with scones, Devonshire clotted cream, English farm jam, tea jelly, cakes, cookies, small sandwiches, and 2 pots of tea. When you first come in, they bring out a selection of over a hundred artisan teas for you to smell before you order at any of their 6 branches throughout the city.
Delectable dinners: Anyone and everyone you meet up with in Taipei will try to take you to the night markets. Around 5pm in the afternoon, certain streets all over the city start to get closed off. By 8pm, it's hard to imagine what these streets might have looked like during the day without the rows of food carts and throngs of people milling about. Though night markets offer some exotic and finger-licking flavors – including fried stinky tofu, snake blood shots, and sweet shaved ice with red beans – you could shoot the Taiwanese sequel of "Supersize Me" if you ate at the night markets every night. I recommend you try the Ningxia Night Market near the Zhongshan MRT station because it's less touristy than the Shilin Night Market, and also because it seems to be where all of my local gay friends are going these days. For a nice sit-down dinner that won't give you a heart attack, try Kao-Chi, Kiki, and Din Tai Fung.
Though these three are all chains, they're not like your (below) average Olive Garden. According to a Taiwanese friend, opening multiple restaurant branches in Taipei is a sign of quality, not of mass production, or mass appeal. Din Tai Fung has received international acclaim (including a Michelin star) with its famous soup dumplings. Locals are willing to brave notoriously long lines for a sip. That said, there are plenty of family restaurants worth trying as well. One of my new favorites is called "My 灶" – which translates simply to my kitchen. The owner is a friendly chubby chef eager to show off his homemade sauces. He not only makes some of the best self-proclaimed Taiwanese dishes (as opposed to "Chinese"– don't get him started on the politics) in the city, but his English is good enough to explain to you what's what. Or, if you don't want to ask about the secret ingredients, I recommend Mi Cocina, a new American restaurant near the Taipower Building MRT Station. Chef Lisa Nolasco adds her Brooklyn flavor and sass to her dishes, which include zucchini lasagna (NTD$280) and pan-roasted chicken breast (NTD$350).
If You Go:
- Wendel's German Bakery & Bistro, Address: No. 28, Ln. 260, Gwang fu S. Rd., Daan Dist., Taipei City 10694 Tel: (02) 2711-8919
- Smith & Hsu, Address: No.33, Section 5, Zhong Xiao East Road, Taipei Tel: (02) 2747-4857
- Kao-Chi, Address: No. 150號, Section 1, Fùxīng South Rd, Daan District Taipei, (02) 2751-9393
- Kiki, Address: No. 47號, Lane 280, Guāngfù South Rd, Daan District Taipei, (2) 2781 4250
- Din Tai Fung, Address: B2F., No.300, Zhongxiao E. Rd,Sec. 3, Daan District, Taipei, (02)8772-0528
- Mi Cocina Address: 1F, 9, Xinhai Rd Sec 1, Taipei City Tel: (02) 2368-0889
- My 灶 No. 9, Lane 100, Sōngjiāng Rd, Zhongshan District Tel: (02) 2522-2697


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So yesterday Gadhafi's forces fired a scud missile that missed its likely target, the city of Brega, by about 50 miles. How'd this happen? Not the miss, the Soviet-designed Scud's have been around since the 50s and aren't exactly prescision-guided weapons. No, how does Gadhafi still have stockpiles of them? I know they're mounted on mobile launchers and that we had a hell of a time finding Saddam Hussein's real ones during the '91 Gulf War (he used dummy missiles to confuse coalition pilots and targeteers) but still, NATO has owned the skies over Libya for months now. We've got drones and a bunch of other recce aircraft scouring the nation for targets. A Scud and it's launcher are pretty big objects and you'd think we'd have the intel on were they were marshalled and the locations of their possible dispersal and launch sites. This could have simply been one of a few missiles that has miraculously survived NATO's air campaign (the alliance specifically targeted Gadhafi's Scud storage facilities early in the campaign in an attempt to neutralize them as a threat). If this is just the first of many launches it could show just how tough it is to wipe out a military that has become smart in the art of dispersing its heavy weapons. My guess is that it was just a last ditch effort to lash out at the rebels and that we won't see many more launches like this.
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Must. Resist. Snark.
Must. Resist. Snark.
But when writing about Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation, one's inner voice develops the tone of Nelson from The Simpsons.
This is a book claiming that abusive snideness has caused everything from the demise of journalism to Al Gore's failed 2000 election -- snideness such as Maureen Dowd calling Hillary Clinton a "hellish housewife" in her New York Times column or the takedown of Ashley Tisdale by gossip maven Perez Hilton.
The urge is to snark the book because the alternative brings risks. Praising the book could mean coming across as too earnest (Perez Hilton is a meanie). Or naive (golly, anonymous people online say nasty things).
Snark -- the vitriolic practice, not the book -- doesn't engage issues so much as it extinguishes discussion.
"It's bulimic in that it doesn't digest," Snark author David Denby says. "It just coughs it back up."
Denby, a film critic for The New Yorker, sees the Internet-enhanced snark of the masses as an affront to the future of media and civilized conversation. Bloggers snark because they don't do hard reporting. Reporters snark to keep up with bloggers. Soon every smile looks like a sneer.
Snark, a 128-page essay that jumps from Lewis Carroll to Tom Cruise to Roman poet Juvenal, traces the spotty origin of the word, the elements of its usage, and also harangues some of its worst online and televised practitioners.
It verbalizes essentially everything you are thinking when you find yourself watching TMZ TV. Denby is tapping into something -- and some of his points are praiseworthy:
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campus.com (which shut down recently) was probably inspired by the devil.
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� Some people made veiled sexist or racist remarks about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during the 2008 primaries. Those people were bad.
The trouble with today's snarkers, Denby writes, is that they "don't have a coherent view of life."
"They don't stand for anything, push for anything; they're mere opportunists without dedication, and they don't win any victories."
Joining Denby would be so much easier if he employed a little more coherence, or at least a standard means of judging who the haters are.
He cites the rules of snark, only to rebut them or finagle exceptions.
Dowd is labeled a harbinger of snark for labeling Al Gore "so feminized and diversified and ecologically correct, he's practically lactating." But Keith Olbermann is cool when he describes Karl Rove as having "a head like a lump of unbaked bread dough."
How can Dowd be snarky but not Olbermann? How can Sarah Palin be snarky but not Sarah Silverman?
Wait, John McCain is snarky, but Jon Stewart isn't? Denby's rationale -- that Olbermann presents "astoundingly syntactical" arguments, that Silverman is just satirical, that Stewart is doing his civic duty -- seems arbitrary.
Some might argue that Ann Coulter defends civic virtues, but Denby calls her a "gangling gurgling reactionary buffoon."
Surely he realizes how snarky he sounds.� (Simon & Schuster, 144 pages, $15.95) by David Denby


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An afro requires very curly hair. For many people of African descent, an afro is the way the hair grows naturally. Anyone of any ethnic background is capable of growing an afro if they have very curly hair.
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A Jewish-American youth sports a Jewfro at his high school.
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Posted: Jan 27, 2018
The West Valley men's basketball team got back on track after Wednesday's catastrophe at Cabrillo with a 68-63 win at crosstown rival De Anza Friday night. Delvon Nisby canned 11 second-half points to help the Vikings (12-11, 3-4 Coast) overcome a 38-32 halftime deficit. Nisby finished with 18 points, while Devante Johnson had 16, Cristian Mejia 14 and Trevor Funk 12. Julian Jones had a team-high 18 for the Dons (8-14, 2-5). West Valley finishes their four-game road trip Wednesday (1/31) at Gavilan (19-2, 5-1). Tipoff is 5pm.


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PewterReport.com began a new offseason feature recently, giving readers an opportunity to get their questions answered by the PR staff. Today, Mark Cook answers five questions taken from Twitter submissions using the hashtag #PRMailbag. Each week one of the questions used will earn the person who asked it a PewterReport.com T-shirt.
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@CR7Razizle @PewterReport will the Bucs go after Travis Benjamin? He would help 2 key areas: speed at WR and fix return game? #PRMailbag
Answer: I would hope the Bucs would at least take a look and see if he fits into their plans. I mentioned him in my free agency preview on Saturday, and agree with you, he would fill two areas of concern, speed and the kick return game. However, there will be several teams who will also be interested including his own, the Browns, who are expected to take a quarterback, and would love to provide their new rookie with a polished receiver to throw to. But as far as the Bucs go, this could be Vincent Jackson's last season in Tampa Bay and bringing in Benjamin this season, means there would be one less thing to worry about next year, while also giving quarterback Jameis Winston another weapon.
Question 2.
@tincup05 #PRMailbag…Why do you think the Bucs have not met Doug's contract demand? Do you feel he will get more at FA?
Answer: Honestly, and this is just speculation on my part, but I am guessing Martin and his agent came in with a crazy high number to start with and the Bucs countered super low. They may have gotten a little closer together, but are still far enough apart that Martin's camp wants to see what else is out there, while the Bucs are rolling the dice that the market for Martin isn't nearly as high as some may think. The problem is, it is a gamble, as it will only take one team to throw crazy money at the former Boise State star, and now the Bucs are using their No. 9 pick on Ezekiel Elliott, or negotiating a deal for Lamar Miller that would be the same money they might have signed Martin for a month ago.
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@bucngatorbolt @PewterReport With the release of Carter, where do see us going to fill our new need of LB? FA? Draft? #PRMailbag
Answer: The answer probably is both. Once you get past Kwon Alexander and Lavonte David, the next biggest name you have are Jeremiah George and Josh Keyes. While both could turn into great players one day, I don't know that Jason Licht or Mike Smith go to bed each night feeling great about the linebacking corps. But looking across the free agent market, there aren't a ton of stellar names out there. This is where the front office will earn their money, and that is identifying a player that is most likely a backup for another team, but a player that could step in here in Tampa Bay and be the strong side backer or at least provide some depth if George ends up taking over for Lansanah. And of course ideally, going out and drafting another Alexander. but that is much easier said than done. Finding a fourth round steal like the Bucs did last season with the former LSU product, isn't an every year occurrence.
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@Foodman69 #PRMailbag Do you think Texans or Rams will offer Bucs 2nd round pick for Mike Glennon if they don't sign QB during free agency?
Answer: While impossible to say with certainty, I don't see either team doing that. Although I am not saying they shouldn't. When doing the free agency preview for offense on Saturday, I was once again blown away by the lack of talent on the free agent market at that position. Which really is why the Bucs haven't already traded Glennon. It is tough enough to find a starting quarterback in the NFL, and if you are fortunate to have a starter and a quality backup, you don't throw them away for nothing. But if a team offered up a second round pick, the Bucs would have to think long and hard about it. There is a starting cornerback, defensive end of linebacker possibly if you are smart with the pick you would get for Glennon.
Answer: Great question and one impossible for me to say with just one answer because there are several I would love to see the Bucs take a hard look at. I think Reggie Nelson, although getting up their in years, would be a great addition to this defense, and we know defensive coordinator Mike Smith is a big fan of the former Gators standout. I also happen to like Mario Williams and Charles Johnson. Again, both of them are older players and you have to wonder how many years they have left, but both would be upgrades in my opinion to this defense. The Bucs have interest in Johnson, but not really any in Williams however. So those are my top three, although there are more I would definitely take a good look at if I am Jason Licht. Eric Weddle, Sean Smith, Tahir Whitehead, Tashaun Gipson all would look good in pewter and red next fall.
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