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...full site and all what left is to make automatic SMS sending with customer details to the owner phone number, after that the site have to be published with domain "[login to view URL]". 1. In the 2th attached file you can see 3 inputs, first input contain full name of the customer, second input is the email and the third input contain phone number, All
Need a developer to create one simple web page to accomplish to specific tasks: 1. User will search their business and application will populate with the corresponding Google My Business review link for a specific business. 2. User will then enter a mobile phone number and custom message. 3. User selects "Send". Message sends to corresponding phone number with custom message along with...
I will require a software to send and receive sms sms messages through sip protocol or sip simple. It will feature loading of contacts via CSV file, inbound csv report file exportation, outbound CSV report file exportation, capability to receive sms and sender sms messages, contact management, ability to send to 100 contacts at the same time or more
I would like to develop an AR photo booth using DSLR camera with social media and sms features check out this ref video [login to view URL]
We are looking for a team who can handle our SMS marketing for our newly launched price comparison portal.
I want a server for online shopping, controlled by sms
...The app checks every X seconds a webservice Y. The webservice is not the scope of this project. The webservice gives the app the sms-text to send. The app sends the sms and post back on webservice the unique id of the SMS The apps reads incomming messages (normal messages and delivery reports)) and send the delivery reports to a second webservice.
Looking for SMS marketing team who can promote our price comparison portal through SMS. The team should have a database of at least 30000 valid phone numbers and should be an expert in SMS marketing Campaign.
I need a Mobile app for my Bulk SMS website and I want to transfer my web host
I need my website re-configured.I already have a design, I just need you to build a website for my small business.
I am l...am looking for a freelancer able to integrate a new payment gateway named : Mobilpay, for SMS and Credit Card, on [login to view URL] My software is [login to view URL] and it already includes other gateways who can serve as model for this new integration. Models of sms and card integration (PHP) are also available and offered for free by [login to view URL]
I want a 2 way messaging system that doesn't require api but can send message directly to phone numbers Target system [login to view URL]
Looking for someone to create a sms sender based on a emulator application
I need to send BULK SMS to Sweden urgently. If you can do it please bid now
I need an SMS platform that works on its own without any api installation. that can send message directly to phone target system [login to view URL]
The instruction for this project is attached.
I need you to develop some software for me. I would like this software to be developed for Linux using Java.
Caut un programator cu experienta, pentru implementare sistemului de plata Netopia - Mobilpay, sms si card. Limbajul site-ului meu - PHP. Integrari de plata, deja existente pe site (stripe, paypal), pot servi ca model. Multumesc.
There are four pages which needs to be deisgned Admin for email SMS (Over the Phase 1 already built) Admin for Portfolio in PDF Front end page of PDF Front end Page of Email SMS (Over the Phase 1 already built) If you read the word file in project details of SMS for Phase 1 and mount the below attached PHP files, you will be able to understand it
If you are a new freelancer do not apply. I need a person familiar with using Twilio for MMS and SMS marketing. I am doing a lot of mobile phone text marketing.
i need to build an SMS bulk server to send huge number of messages to a list from xls or txt file
This is for enhancements to marketing and application development project. using python.
SMS and MMS application with lead generation features
Read carefully, we need to integrate the SMS API in our sms script platform to send and receive sms. We will provide the information of which SMS gateway we need to set via inbox PM and more information if you need it. ***NO SURPRISING FEES WILL BE ACCEPTED*** ***We need a Clean Job, a Professional Grade Job PLEASE !! ***We need the entire job done
...project that i am doing for years and i need to increase volume. I need an expert in bulk SMS sending to manage my marketing campaigns. I need someone that is expert in bulk sms in usa. If you have experience in collecting data would also be great. Please don`t contact me with offers that are not related such as SEO or any other methods. I am not interested
Hello, i need a phone number extractor for a specific website and a sms sender.
I am looking to create a SMS Gateway service that utilizes either PBX, SMPP, or VoIP - the platform must be able to run stand-alone meaning it can not use any 3rd party services such as a 3rd party sip provider, a 3rd party SMS service such as Twilio or Plivo. It must not need SIM Cards or modems. It must be able to create VoIP numbers (on it's own)
je cherche a envoyer des message text avec api si c'est possible sms
I need you to develop some software for me. I would like this software to be developed using PHP.
I need you to develop some software for me. I would like this software to be developed using PHP.
we need big data of sorted mobile number in Qatar to be used for sms business marketing sorted by age, national , work. thanks
We have (ShortCode) from a telecommunications company We want to build api to give it to this company The api work is as follows: - When the customer sends an e...for not sending it to another customer later. - Possibility of having a feature to allow an increase in the number of codes sent from 1 to 2 or 3 depending on our current marketing campaign.
...want to send SMS. These Goip devices are manufactured by the company DBLtek ([login to view URL]) These devices have a web application with several webservices. One of them is [login to view URL] that allows sending SMS through the GoIP device indicating: User Password Provider Destination phone Message text Sim number of the GoIP where the SMS has to go.
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We want to integrate Plivo into our Student Management System (PHP) to make/receive phone calls and send/receive SMS. There will be Call/SMS button on each phone number on student's profile without showing full phone number. There will be a phone Dialer to enter phone number to make phone calls. Plivo API documentation : [login to view URL]
We want to integrate Plivo into our Student Management System (PHP) to make/receive phone calls and send/receive SMS. There will be Call/SMS button on each phone number on student's profile without showing full phone number. There will be a phone Dialer to enter phone number to make phone calls calls. Plivo API documentation : [login to view URL]
looking for someone who has 5k sms leads. i need them instantly so please dont message unless u already have them
we wish to see if someone can come up with a better logo for a sms dating site. The site will connect people and let them meet on 1to1 sms chat. the name of the site is "finn1date" - it means "find a date" in our language. We want the logo to as good as possible illustrate the sms date concept. the site is currently beeing designed and the design
I have an addon my Modules Garden for WHMCS which intergrates Nexmo and WHMCS. Can anyone program Nexmo and test the module?
it can be in asp.net or php karnnel any application will work, Should contain all admin features and multiple smpp can be integrated
...homework before apply, I will not share you any document for this. I will just show you websites that are working currently ( its not mine but reference website ). I need Bulk SMS Portal 1. Admin Portal 2. Reseller Portal 3. User Portal I have multiple API, I will assign API to each users which api will be used by which user I will use discount API means
...set 70 characters to 1 SMS and if user enters more than 70 characters it must start reading as 56 characters per SMS 10. Manage Routes - Ability to add Multiple Coverage [login to view URL] Assignment & Settings-- Delete option has some bug which is needed to be solved [login to view URL] Accounts- Option to send notification via Email & SMS (By default it is...
I am interested to buy a program or something to send 100.000 campaign sms! Thanks
playsms installed installed smstools3 not configuration on server 1 x server is ubuntu 16.04 6 x usb stick huawei 3g prepaid sim installed i need smstools3 to be configure usbtty0 usbtty1 usbtty2 etc and work thru playsms gateway
I am looking for someone with Twillio experience to build a simple two way SMS communication proof of concept via twillio. 1. User A should get a text to confirm availability 2. If user A confirms availability, user B should be able to leave enter their phone number and a short message on a web form. If user A did not confirm availability, nothing
I need a web based sms gateway, and provide source code that allow further api integration looking forward
Hi I want to be able to send an sms text message to customers on the same thread to previous messages .. UK customers only
My website has an existing registration for users, I want to add a SMS verification to the existing system. You will need to add the phone number field and the SMS Gateway using raw code which does not use 3rd party applications. *THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT Please send me your questions and suggestions best wishes
I need a desktop software developed that can handle a SMS Portal's API to bulk send messages to different numbers. I must be able to import a list of numbers and unique messages to the software and the software must execute the API and return the result back as what the SMS portal server's reply code.
This is a simple Webhook we need created so that when an SMS text is sent to a number within out Telnyx list of numbers we are able to see the contents of the text. We would prefer that the text is forwarded to one central number, but we just want to be able to see the contents of the text at the least. Please submit your offers and what your experience


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For-profit universities are currently under government scrutiny for alleged unethical recruiting practices. In a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education (August 2, 2010), one former recruiter from a for-profit university commented to the U.S. Department of Education that, "We are forced to do anything necessary to get people to fill out an application. There are good people out there right now who are in debt because I put them in school and they didn't belong there."
This type of recruiting practice common among some of the for-profit colleges and universities presents us with a question of morality and values. Colleges and universities that are more concerned about collecting tuition than they are about the success and welfare of students teach us an extreme lesson about the level of immorality that can be exhibited by an institution. It demonstrates that the once forbidden topic of teaching values in a public institution goes beyond speech and discussions in the classroom. The truth is that morality and values have been, and still are, intertwined in public educational institutions in every policy and practice associated with the institution. Our educational institutions teach values and morality by example.
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Imagine paying off five credit cards and instead of finding relief, you are haunted by those same accounts wrongly recorded as uncollectible on your credit report. Welcome to Beverly Ortiz's life.
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In 2009, Ortiz of Fort Myers, Fla., used a $9,700 consolidation loan on her car to pay off her credit cards. But the payoffs were never counted by her lenders, and the accounts appeared as charge-offs on her credit reports. Debt collectors hounded Ortiz. She couldn't qualify for a home remodeling loan, and potential employers asked about her debts. They never hired her.
For six months, Ortiz sent and re-sent letters with copies of the consolidation loan and payoff notice to the card issuers, debt collectors and the credit reporting bureaus, but to no avail. She eventually gave up.
"You get frustrated," Ortiz, 47, says. "I didn't have the money to fight this situation by hiring an attorney."
Ortiz's credit situation is not unique. Millions of credit reports contain mistakes, some more costly than others. One in 20 consumers has an error so bad on one of his or her reports from the three major credit bureaus that it could result in higher interest rates on loans, according to a recent study on credit report accuracy from the Federal Trade Commission.
"These errors can cost a consumer thousands of dollars over a year or two in higher interest charges and higher cost for insurance," says Bill Bartmann, co-founder of debt collection company CFS 2. "No matter how innocent the error is, it has a direct and negative impact on the consumer."
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Consumers have the right under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to dispute an item in their credit reports with the credit reporting bureau. The act stipulates that the bureau must respond within 30 business days to the dispute. Extra time is given if the consumer doesn't send in all the documentation at the time the dispute is filed.
During that time, the bureau is supposed to conduct an investigation into your dispute. But the term "investigation" is loosely defined. The credit reporting agencies simply go back to the creditor that furnished the information to verify it.
"Usually, they are going to do what the furnisher says. Their position is that the furnisher is in the best position to know," says Keith Keogh, a consumer protection attorney at Keogh Law in Chicago. "It's not the credit bureau's position to determine who is right or wrong."
Best Practices to resolve disputes
To improve your chances of quick success, start before you even need your credit report, not after you apply for a mortgage or another loan and are under pressure, says Rod Griffin, director of public education at Experian. Get your credit report from each bureau at least three months before applying for credit. Consumers are entitled to a free report from each agency once every 12 months.
A recent report from a credit bureau is important for two reasons. First, you want to look at current information. A credit report that's six months old could have been updated with the correct information, Griffin says. Second, a personal report is easier to read and understand than one a lender receives. Some consumers may get a copy of their report from a lender and base their dispute off that.
"A lender's report is coded for a computer to read," Griffin says. "It may be merged with other information or with other reports, and that can lead to confusion. People may think something is there that isn't."
A consumer should also send in copies of all the documentation pertaining to the disputed item to the credit reporting agencies and the original creditor. That could mean any correspondence (emails, letters or faxes) with the creditor, canceled checks -- copied front and back -- and billing statements.
Keogh suggests sending this information to the creditor a week before filing your dispute with the credit bureau. That way, when the credit bureau contacts the creditor, the creditor will have all the relevant documentation in hand.
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Even the best practices may not be enough to get your report changed. Fortunately, there are a few recourses still available. A consumer can add a statement of dispute to his credit file explaining why he disagrees with the item, says Griffin. Future lenders may take that into account when looking at your application for credit.
Consumers also can get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau involved. The federal consumer watchdog accepts complaints online about credit report disputes, but only after the consumer has filed a dispute with the bureau first. The agency will send your complaint again to the credit bureaus for another investigation.
Another alternative is enlisting help from a consumer advocate or attorney. The credit counseling firms that are part of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling can help and guide consumers in filing a dispute, says Gail Cunningham, the foundation's spokeswoman.
Keogh says that many attorneys who deal with credit report disputes work on contingency, so you don't pay them unless you receive damages from a lawsuit or settlement. Many attorneys also offer free consultations and can help consumers put together their disputes, including drafting the dispute letter, Keogh says.
Ortiz's credit report debacle remained unresolved until Bartmann's company stepped in. His company originally tried to collect the debts, but Ortiz again disputed the claims. Bartmann's company then tracked down the consolidation loan company that had cut the payoff checks on Ortiz's behalf.
"We know who to ask and what to ask, unlike the average consumer, which gives us a leg up," says Bartmann. "Consumer advocates get more attention."
Within a few days, copies of Ortiz's deposited payoff checks surfaced and were sent to her creditors to resolve the claims. Three years after paying off her credit cards, Ortiz finally got the credit she deserved.
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Age: 40 Hometown: I was born on a Marine base, but I always say my roots are in the East.
Education: Bachelor's degree in environmental science from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Brewmaster diploma from VLB-Berlin, Germany.
Family: Wife of 18 years, Elizabeth; children, Gwyn, 13, Henry, 9, and Jack, 5.
How long have you worked for Sierra Nevada?
Twelve years.
How did your path lead you to a career in the brewing industry?
At a certain point in my life I realized — one of those "bolt of lightning" moments — that I really wanted to do something for a living that I am passionate about. I mean, that's an idyllic goal, right? I had worked a lot of jobs that gave me no fulfillment at all, and I didn't want to go through life having never earnestly and honestly tried to follow my passion. I just knew I'd regret it if I didn't really try.
So my wife and I (and our newborn) sold our house in Salt Lake and moved to Germany to go to school. We had barely enough money to pay tuition, and borrowed money to pay rent. We realized that it was a huge risk and that there was a significant probability that it may not work out, but we thought that even so it would be a great experience living in a foreign country, and we had to give it a try.
Long story short, I went from Berlin to London after graduation, where I worked as an intern for a short time at Young's brewery, and from there I came back to the U.S. and started interviewing for a job. To get a job at Sierra Nevada was really the dream, and I went directly to Chico (Calif.) to interview, my first stop. I met Steve Dresler, the head brewer, he introduced me to Ken Grossman, they interviewed me (I was so nervous!), then I left to head to another brewery to interview.
Halfway to my next stop, Steve called me and offered me the job, which I accepted immediately, so I turned around right there and then and counted my blessings. From that day to this I've been grateful to be a part of Sierra Nevada, and can't imagine doing anything else.
Briefly describe your role and responsibilities in Chico before getting the Mills River job.
I was hired as a shift brewer, spent four years doing that, then I had the opportunity to move to head brewer of research and development when that facility was built in 2005. We call it the pilot brewery; it is a stand-alone, 10-barrel brewery at the Chico site. I worked there for the last eight years.
There I was a part of "nuts and bolts" R&D along with a great group of people, which is to say a huge assortment of projects focused on quality: raw materials, processes and the always overlying goal of beer-quality improvements. This was the focus for the first few years — it's what the pilot plant was built for — and then we started brewing a handful of production beers for either our own tap room or for limited distribution (specialty beers).
We then started to a lot of new product development, which became a focus for the last few years, and our Beer Camp program, which is also conducted in the pilot brewery. Interspersed in all of this we still found time to do quality-based R&D work. Needless to say, it was very busy times.
How many people applied for the Mills River head brewer job, and what was the allure for you, personally, to apply, with the prospect of moving all the way across the country?
I jumped at the chance to apply. I was so excited to hear about it. I wanted to help out with the project in any way that I could, and I felt that I would make a good head brewer. That's pretty much it. I've always just wanted to do whatever I can to support this company. That might sound like lip service, but honestly, if Ken (Grossman) had decided he would rather keep me in Chico, I'd have been fine with that, too.
My wife and kids were 100 percent on board, and I also desired to move east, and with that I did not hesitate to take the job. The big side benefit is it brings me a lot closer to my extended family in Tennessee (I have not lived there since I was a kid) and South Carolina, so we can see them more frequently and my kids get a chance to really get to know them. To me that is a really big deal.
The downside is it takes us farther away from my parents, sister and grandma who live in Utah, and my wife's family in Montana. I'm hoping we get a lot of visitors and also have the ability to go see them. However, all said and done, we absolutely love this area and are very excited and happy to be here.
What will be your major role in Mills River, and how many people will report to you?
I am responsible for brewing, cellaring and filtration operations. We generally refer to this as just "production," and we'll start with seven people on that team, including myself. We will add to staff as we grow.
There will be about 90 people working at the brewery in total to start (this is an estimate; we will start in "phases," so the numbers will start low as we are just beginning testing, and grow from there). I expect this number will keep increasing as we get into 2014 and beyond.
What personal challenge or specific aspect of this new position are you most excited about?
I'm really looking forward to seeing this brewery get up and running; it's absolutely amazing to see how the site has progressed since last May.
Every day, it is a different place than the previous day. I guess at this point, that's what I'm focused on. My hat's off to all the folks working to make this a reality — what an incredible project.
There are a lot of really skilled people working very hard out here, most of them being local/regional contractors and subcontractors and their crews in addition to Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. folks. Longer term, I am happy that this job allows me to continue to grow in my career. This is a huge challenge for me, but it is very satisfying to continuously learn and grow and be able to apply that and share the knowledge.
What are some of your initial impressions of Western North Carolina? What aspects of this area fit in with your lifestyle, hobbies and interests?
Well, I love the mountains; I am a definitely a mountains guy. I love to mountain bike, and I have been racing cyclocross since I was in college. I'm really looking forward to getting to know the trails and race series here. My son, Henry, races, too, so that's super fun to do together. I love to explore with the family … canoe, hike, camp and fish. And of course I love craft beer and hanging out with other brewers and beer fans. This area has it all in spades — I'm super excited about that.
Describe the type of place and experience people can expect when the Mills River facility is complete.
The brewery is being designed with visitor experience in mind, so it will be amazing to visit. We will have brewery tours as well as a restaurant and taproom. We're also exploring walking trails in the woods and hills here, and river access so folks can land and enjoy the brewery. Wow, a lot to do, see, experience, eat and drink — it will be incredible. We have a very forward-thinking quality and sustainability philosophy that Ken Grossman has promoted and operated by since the beginning in 1980, and we love to show people how and why we do what we do. It will be a little while before we are ready for visitors, so stay tuned.
What is your favorite go-to Sierra Nevada beer to drink after a long day at work?
Pale Ale, the permanent classic, perfection in a bottle, in my humble opinion. I also drink quite a bit of Torpedo IPA — super yummy. I buy a big variety of beers from all over the place, always seeking out and trying new things … but I always keep these two stocked at home.
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Age: 40 Hometown: I was born on a Marine base, but I always say my roots are in the East.


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In the end "umineko is the story of a single girl who arrived at that point because of the love and madness in herself".
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|2012-08-15, 17:02
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... and call me biased but I've hard time thinking Eva really wanted to murder everyone.
- When Virginia said so was she talking of PieceBeato or MetaBeato? Because MetaBeato was likely merely writing a story about a murder hoping Battler would enjoy it so yes 'she didn't kill the pieces for revenge'. PieceBeato, or better PieceYasu howeverisn't writing a story. To her the murders are real. Are we sure the red referred to her as well?
-I still have the same problem if she's killing people to send them to the golden land. She's killing because she's insane or retarded. In short the motive is nothing a normal person would share.
Basically, after ranting so much about the motive, the motive Battler was supposed to guess wasn't the one of the 'culprit' but the one of the 'writer'.
It becomes a terribly contorted thing, a riddle in a riddle. it might have her reason to be, as it becomes clear that MetaBeato cares little for the Pieces and would probably want Battler to focus on her, but since Battler for quite a while can't differentiate between himself and his Piece form, nor between Beato and her Piece form and readers were more into the PieceMystery and into the Prime Mystery than in the psychological motivation that pushed a metaBeato who might exist only in Battler's fantasy to ask him to solve some mysteries, it becomes a riddle that we weren't really trying to solve.
|2012-08-15, 17:19
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Just a random post, wondering how most people think of Yasu.
I'm sure there are more way people represent it... but I've seen it in all different ways.
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I like the second one the most, I feel it fits best with the love duel. The third and fourth makes some reds hard (but if they're lies anyway...), but the third one makes the "one personality for every cousin" more eloquent.
I'd say most people would go for the first or second one, but the first one makes me feel like it doesn't make sense for Shannon to win the love duel. Then again, Beatrice lost because of Battler's leaving, not her own lack of resolve.
What are your opinions? What would you say the general consensus is?
|2012-08-15, 17:51
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|2012-08-15, 18:19
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|2012-08-15, 19:42
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Instead... well, the whole Umineko starts looking like the story of a girl who wanted to catch the attention of a boy so she made up a story about some people they both know who are REALLY in a dangerous situation and asked him to think up a way to help them, then she complains if he doesn't pay her any attention.
Battler really believed that solving the game boards would really help his family while the readers were lead to believe solving the gameboards would lead us to some sort of logic solution or clues to solve Prime.
It turns out that solving the gameboard wasn't the real point as the culprit's motive isn't the one we should figure out, nor Prime matters as there are too few hints to really solve it.
What we were supposed to figure out is that Beato, who can be very well a fragment of Battler's imagination, was trying to catch Battler's attention presenting him an apparent way to save his family that actually is just a fantasy and won't help them at all, in which she's starring as a Mary Sue killer.
Okay, so this is a brutal summary and, if done differently it wouldn't have been so bad as a plot but, presented as it is, it sort of make me feel as if most of Umineko's plot wasn't really necessary.
It's too... rondabout, for a lack of better term.
It's fine in a mystery to trick the reader into thinking that someone is innocent but when you trick the reader into what he has to solve... well, it's not so fun. At least for me.
And it's a pity because Umineko has a lot of good points... but the ones that are bad are also pretty big.
|2012-08-16, 00:24
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The second thing, of course, is that just because the author acknowledges something, doesn't excuse it. After all, there are pages (and pages, and pages...) of text talking about the relationship between the author and reader, and how admittedly roundabout and silly Beato's troll-logic was, and that the cornerstone of the solution is really really questionable ... and also how we decide whether something is even worth reading or not ...
I'unno, it sort of feels like "Hey I baked this cake for you. Well, it's kinda mushy and gross towards the middle, but I made it because I love you so much and I hope you like it."
"Well that's great and I'll certainly accept it ... but you don't really expect me to eat all the way into the middle part ... right?"
|2012-08-16, 07:05
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You're an insensitive bastard Kealym, you should do like the usual main character of anime do and eat it all even if it will give you stomach cramps later.
|2012-08-16, 08:55
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Also Ryukishi said that in George's case it was love suicide. I seriously doubt the same can be applied to Gohda.
And Yasu had a motive to kill Natsuhi, which was that Natushi tried to kill her first.... which Gohda didn't.
Kumasawa (Genji and Najo) can claim they've saved Yasu but actually they also covered up for Natushi and condemned Yasu to be a servant for the person who tried to murder her when she actually could have been the heir to the house.
And again, Gohda never did anything as such.
Eva is also still alive and has just killed Battler. Either she did it because she wanted to murder everyone, so why should she spare Jessica and Nanjo (she's not aware he's already dead) or because she believed him to be the mastermind.
In that case she wouldn't think to abandon Jessica and Nanjo but to save them. However once she goes back and find Nanjo dead she can only assume Jessica killed him as everyone else is dead and Battler never had the time to murder Nanjo as he was with her. Ergo Jessica is the mastermind, she would think she was mistaken into thinking it was Battler and Jessica would end up meeting the same fate as Battler.
And why can't be different? After all Krauss too was declared missing in Ep 5 but then it turned out he'd been killed during it.
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|2012-08-16, 09:04
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If you can make the moral argument in red about the characters then essentially you could argue something stupid like it isn't in Jessica's character to commit murder and just expect that to stand up as truth. Maybe it could be used as gold truth, but not red truth. Besides, doesn't the Game Master have the right to alter parameters? What if I declare, as Game Master, that the characters have completely different personalities this time and will conform to those personalities rather than the "expected" ones? What if I decide that telling Rosa a preprogrammed code phrase sends her into a homicidal rage? If I can elevate these things to the status of red truth, I'm now getting into territory where I'm not just defining facts of the puzzle, but reasoning. It's fine to have rules that guide reasoning, but they should be based in fact circumstances and decipherable (such as the purple text in ep8). Saying Kyrie wouldn't do something for one particular reason is meaningless if she could have done it for any reason... and she could have, otherwise a witch essentially really was controlling her behavior (and/or she was behaving with mindless arbitrariness).
|2012-08-16, 10:32
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She wasn't old enough to remember what happened, that's for sure. It's extremely unlikely that Genji, Kumasawa or Nanjo told her so, even if they thought it, they wouldn't tell, what good would that bring? And in the first place what proof do they have that Natsuhi actually pushed the maid? They weren't there when it happened, for all they know it might be entirely possible that it was actually an accident like Natsuhi claimed however unlikely it is.
Yasu could have been told that Natsuhi didn't accept her and then reasoned that Natsuhi might have pushed the maid down the cliff. But that would be nothing more than a mere conjecture and to stretch that into a reason to kill is paranoia, in other words: madness.
The bottom line is I think you and Renall are trying too much to find individual reasons for Yasu to kill people when it is evident that it's Battler's return that caused her to get to that decision. In other words she would have done the same with any people that happened to be on that island simply because they were there. I think that whenever it was said that the victims were chosen by fate it was actually true. She didn't care who, she just needed people to die to create her mystery. Her motive has absolutely nothing to do with anything she might have against those who happened to be her victims.
Killing them is a mean to an end, not her purpose.
And yes, that means she's a sociopath, but I can't really see how you can dodge that.
|2012-08-16, 10:38
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I'm not saying that might not be true, I'm just saying it's thematically inconsistent if we're supposed to feel sorry for somebody who places no value in any existence but her own and is willing to kill whoever happens to be around to satisfy her own desires.
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We're supposed to be understanding of a man who raped her own daughter and to remember him as a good and loving grandpa. That's how it rolls with Ryuukishi, remember: good friends will help you carrying and hiding corpses that you might have left around!
Again in meakashi's commentary he directly asked the readers if they think they can understand and forgive the "culprit" in spite of everything that she did, and this is before you learn that there was a "purupikopyo" that caused her to become insane.
If there is a common them in Higurashi, Umineko and Ookamikakushi is that Ryuukishi wants us to be understanding of people that for some reasons ended up becoming mass murderers. With Umineko he just pushed it further.
Even if you think madness itself cannot be understood, and it's not entirely true, what you are supposed to understand is the love that caused that madness.
Now I don't think that Ryuukishi really achieved his purpose this time, and it's clear from his interview that there are a lot of people that didn't buy all that and that he is aware of it.
The way he tried to explain that is borderline stupid and offensive in my opinion. Like saying that girls are more likely to understand it, implying that females are more likely to understand why would someone kill for love, except it's almost always men that kill for "love" reasons.
And again the implication that those who cannot understand that have probably never experienced love. That's like bullshit man... but whatever, no point in beating a dead horse. My point here is to analyze and understand the story, and to do that I need to understand the author, however wacky his mind his.
|2012-08-16, 11:18
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And after all they must have given her some explanations on how they knew she was Kinzo's daughter (or son) but they never returned her to him. It's either telling her: we were afraid your dad would rape you or the wife of your stepbrother might have attempted to kill you once.
Sure, there's no proof Natsuhi really attempted to kill her (unless actually when Genji arrived the maid was still alive and said 'the mistress pushed me' before dying) but since they tried to keep Yasu's presence hidden from Natsuhi as well they likely didn't trust her much.
In other mysteries I'm perfectly fine with people killing for money, revenge, sociopathy, whatever.
Umineko however ranted so much about the heart that either there's one or I'm going to be disappointed. I'm supposed to feel sympathy for Yasu, to 'understand her'. If she's just a sociopath I don't think I can.
I'm searching for Yasu a motive that's more than that, that's more than 'she couldn't deal with the fact that her childhood crush had some serious family issues and therefore didn't come back to see if she wanted him to pick her up, never mention he would have been 13 only'.
Hell, Rosa was dumped after being made pregnant and being asked to pay for a lot of money and through she's not managing well she's still not going on a murdering rampage.
Kyrie lost the man she loved/obsessed over and the child she was about to have from him was a stillborn (or so she thought) and likely she might have ruined her reputation among her family who wasn't exactly nice. Plus it's probable for a while Rudolf also tried to cut relations and even though Kyrie thought about killing, her target was only Asumu.
Yasu let her drama grow out of proportions and her solution won't bring any gain for her (if Kyrie kills asumu and doesn't get caught she might get Rudolf... if Yasu kills everyone, herslef and Battler included she gets nothing).
After being told I've have to understand Yasu's heart, if PieceYasu's heart is this one (and Will talked with PieceYasu), well, it really wasn't worth the effort.
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|2012-08-16, 12:53
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There's plenty of characters (the Innominato of the Betrothed) and real people that made something wrong and then redeemed themselves. Understanding Kinzo isn't excusing him for what he did but understanding the whole of him.
In short, Kinzo wasn't a complete monster though surely he did some things that are hard to forgive.
Forgivance however is up to Yasu and Ange as they were also at the receiving ends of his attempt to make up.
When they're done well you might feel sympathy for the character as yet, he's seeing the world in an insane way but since you got to see the why he's seeing it as such, you can 'excuse' him.
In Meakashi-hen Shion, had 3 of her nails ripped while her head was covered so that she wouldn't see and she was struggling. The first actually she ripped herself because otherwise she believed 3 people could end up being killed. By her family. note that nail ripping is so painful that in the past was used as a form of torture.
It's a highly traumatic situation that is expected to cause a trauma in a normal person which can (or can not) develop into paranoia and insanity.
One doesn't forgive her for what she will do afterward but it doesn't come as a surprise that her mind is screwed up even when one doesn't know of the Hinamizawa syndrome.
In Umineko there's not the presence of a clear highly traumatic situation at which normal people might react with madness and that we could guess beforehand using Ep 1-4. If we use Ep 5-8 we can make speculations but again Umineko is so pretty vague that it's hard to pin the trauma and follow how it developed into 'let's kill everyone'.
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I've added two new links on the side. The first is Brad Goodchild, who I had the pleasure of working with at Nelvana years ago. Recent posts of his include work by Disney designers Albert Hurter and Ferdinand Horvath.
The other link is Kevin Koch, who I've never had the pleasure of meeting. His recent posts have included some James Baxter quicktimes from Sinbad as well as some very interesting discussions about spacing (that's the distance between drawings or frames for those who don't know).
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Sinbad's a typo.
- February 25, 2008 12:57 AM
- Kevin said...
Thanks for the linkage, Mark. Next time you're in LA look me up, I'll buy you a drink!
- February 25, 2008 5:50 PM
- Mark Mayerson said...
I've corrected the spelling of Sinbad. The DreamWorks version definitely omits the 'd' though other versions, like Popeye, include it.
- February 25, 2008 5:55 PM
Hey Mark
Thanks for the link and post.I will be putting up more on Horvath and Hurter, the racial stuff won't fly anymore...the Horvath stuff in the catalogue is quite good and a lot of people don't know him as well as Hurter. Hope all is well, I love reading your blog, also been in touch with Sito down here in LA, my short is moving slowly at Disney.
- February 26, 2008 1:52 AM
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UM and Denard on the front of SI College Football page.
Check it, both UM and MSU mentioned.
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Caption: After a breakout sophomore campaign, Denard Robinson may get bogged down learning a new pro-style offense.
Links to Mandel's piece entitled "Ten things we learned this spring", including msu and nd mentions. Here's the Michigan bit. First time I've ever seen D-Rob referred to as "lanky." I don't think that word means what you think it means, Stewie...
2. Denard Robinson is starting over Michigan fans concerned that new coach Brady Hoke's preferred pro-style offense may not be the best fit for their beloved Big Ten player of the year saw nothing in Michigan's spring game to alleviate their fears. Shoelace broke off one of his trademark 55-yard runs the first play of the game but struggled through the air, finishing 5-of-14 for 70 yards. Hoke and offensive coordinator Al Borges have made it clear they'd prefer the lanky QB to run less often, which should help Robinson's durability. But after progressing so dramatically in Rich Rodriguez's spread offense from his freshman to sophomore years, Robinson may get bogged down at times as a junior while learning a much more nuanced passing game. The silver lining for Michigan followers is that their beleaguered defense looks improved -- not that it could have gotten worse. New coordinator Greg Mattison unleashed a more aggressive unit this spring, an approach that included experimenting with star tackle Mike Martin rushing off the edge.
That's one word I've never heard Denard referred to as, "lanky". Ironic considering most scouts always criticize his height at QB.
Edit: beaten to the punch again...
Not to mention Denard is also jacked up. He's not exactly a skinny guy, which I thought was the other half of lanky.
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one SWEET logo on that football !!! Gotta get me one of those for the tailgating passing warmups !!! Please anyone ... where can we get one of those footballs ???
Go Blue !
After reading the whole article, I realized that the photo of Denard (and his sexy arms) was the only good part of the link. I learned that we need to expect less of Denard and also that Sparty is going to be good.
He talks about how good MSU's offense is going to be, but aren't they replacing a lot of their O-Line?
I'm not sure a reshirt freshman WR/DB and getting a suspended TE back makes up for an untested front.
No matter how crappy a day is, a Denard smile can make you excited for the coming fall!
Did they really call Denard "lanky"? I'm going to discount everything I just read.
There are plenty of words that can be used to describe Denard. Lanky is not one of them.
"Lanky" comes in at number two on the inapplicable list.
(1) Slow
(2) Lanky
(3) Pregnant
(4) Cantankerous
(5) Deceased
I had high hopes for the article and came away feeling more pessimistic about the season than before. In fact, the only good part of the entire link was the photo of Denard and his sexy arms. The rest of it can go straight to hell for all I care! F- you SI!
While I'm yelling, why the F- do all of my comments appear hidden in the thread??????? WTF??????? I hate this new format!!!!
If you were at the Spring Game, you may remember that it was windier than all get out that day. 20 mph winds that were gusting to 40. NO quarterback looked good because the ball kept lofting on them. I'm not saying that on a clear day, Denard can throw forever, I'm saying that while he may struggle, it's not as dire as it seems, at least I hope.
everyone because he is an extraordinary talent in every way. He has learned some of what he needs to learn in Spring practice and will practice his ass off this summer along with his roommate Devin. His leadership by inspiration and doing will bring everyone else up towards (but obviously not quite at) his level. How he progressed last summer is an indication of how he will progress this summer. I am not worried. I am fucking done worrying. Let our opponents start to worry.
Each time I see a photo of Hoke, I realize that he looks like a much, much more intelligent Mike Golic.
What Mandel forgets is how much progress Denard made his Sophomore year. He began as an adequate starter and ended up Big Ten POY.
Asuming this demonstrates Denard's tremendous ability to grow and develop, then in 2011 he will start as barely the pro-set starter and end the season @#$%^&*() whoa.a.a.a.a.a.a. turning out the lights on some really good teams. Do not think Denard will be in the Fall where he is now in the Spring. He will develop handsomely and be great. That's my belief.
This is kinda off topic but pretty interesting to me none the less.
It was an article that I read about after reading this threads on sports illi... Its about the possibility of going to a playoff format from DOJ probe. I would have made a thread but as you can see I don't have enough points.. Thoughts?
I am 100% ready for some growing pains, offensively...BUT, with that said, I'm also pretty confident that they'll figure it out. Denard is the man. While he doesn't have ideal height or make all the throws, he will work as hard as he possibly can this summer to get it right. That's a good feeling to have as a fan...whereas other fanbases (e.g., South Carolina), have to worry about their guys acting like complete idiots, we all know that Denard is working hard in preparation for 9/3/11 and the rest of the upcoming season. Spread or pro-style, Denard can play.
Well we can all hope that the offseason workouts will take a couple of inches off his 5'11" frame. Maybe by Sept. he will be a stocky 5'9".


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About 1.4 billion people in the world live on $1.25 a day or less. The majority of poor people worldwide are women. Their opportunities for education are fewer and their earnings still lag far behind those of their male counterparts. Care of home and children go uncompensated. Violence at the hands of their intimate partner costs women in the United States approximately eight million days of work each year, and domestic violence keeps women teetering on the brink of homelessness. How can it be that Jesus would pronounce blessed those who struggle against such poverty?
Biblical scholars point out that the Greek word makarios, like the Hebrew ashre, meaning "blessed," does not confer blessing, but recognizes an existing state of happiness. This happiness is something inherent in God, and when humans experience blessedness it flows from relationship with God. In biblical tradition, poverty is never an indicator of blessedness; it is always regarded as evil. What can Jesus mean by stating the opposite?
In the Gospel of Luke, references to the poor are very frequent. Scholars estimate that 25 percent of people in Roman Palestine were desperately poor. Two concrete individual characters put faces on this mass of struggling humanity: the ulcer-ridden beggar, Lazarus, lying at the rich man's gate (16:19-31); and the widow who put "her whole life," two small coins, into the temple treasury (21:1-4).
Whenever Jesus speaks about such people, however, he addresses his words to disciples who are not among the most destitute. They are the ones who have the means to be agents of divine blessing to those who are needy. His invitation to disciples is to embrace some form of being poor, but not destitution, as an essential aspect of their commitment to Jesus. Luke shows many options for how to respond to this call to embrace poverty. Some of the fishermen and a tax collector leave behind everything to follow Jesus (5:11, 28). Others, like Zacchaeus, give half their possessions to the poor (19:8). Many of the women put their monetary resources at the service of Jesus' mission (8:1-3). Some, like Mary, the mother of John Mark, open their homes for the gatherings of the community (Acts 12:12). There was also the practice of pooling everyone's resources and then each taking according to their need (Acts 2:44; 4:32). The only thing that was not an option was to hoard for oneself, like the rich ruler (Lk 18:18-30), or to lie to the community about one's possessions, as the tragic story of Ananias and Sapphira shows (Acts 5:1-11).
The blessedness that Jesus holds up is the happiness of those who are being liberated from their desperate poverty already in the here and now, a foretaste of the final elimination of all want in the fullness of the reign of God. It is not a wish for future reward for an abstract, unknown group of "the poor" who suffer in the present, but a concrete possibility when the needs of real people are known and the resources are shared in community. Remarkably, the word poor does not occur in the Acts of the Apostles, where the inequities are being dissolved in the community of believers.
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Europe's tough fertility treatment rules have been getting a lot of buzz lately. In the U.S., it's pretty easy for couples and single women to get IVF or artificial insemination. But according to CBS News, lesbian couples and single women aren't allowed to get IVF in France and Italy. Austria and Italy ban sperm and egg donations, and Germany and Norway ban donating eggs only. Couples in Sweden have to prove that they've been in a stable relationship for about a year in order to get fertility treatments and in almost every country in Europe, couples can't hire a surrogate.
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"Do you have dreidels?" I asked the cashier of my local candy shop as I handed her gelt to ring up.
"Not yet," she responded. We were already four days into Hanukkah.
"Uh-oh. You're gonna miss it," I said.
"No, we won't. We'll have dreidels in time for Christmas."
It was a forehead slap moment. Instead, I thanked her and left with my chocolate coins covered in golden foil. It wasn't the cashier's fault that she didn't know the dreidel is traditionally a Jewish toy. It was the fault of the entire universe conspiring against me to cause the great Hanukkah Fail of 2013.
I grew up celebrating both Christian and Jewish holidays. Since having my son, it has been my intention to raise him the same way. So far, not so good.
This year, for the first time since Jewish dinosaurs roamed the earth, Hanukkah began the day before Thanksgiving. Determined to unleash my inner Sharon Homemaker, I brought out the Hanukkah potholders and dusted off the menorah, placing in two candles.
Once the matzo ball soup was boiling, I left to set the table. That was the beginning of the end.
I placed the menorah on top of the pink and purple pastel table covering. Now all I needed was a light.
If I were living a movie, this would have been the moment the thunder crashed.
I trashed my kitchen, emptying out every drawer and cabinet, looking for a pack of matches. A lighter. A blowtorch. Flame batons. A fire-breathing dragon! Anything!
I gave up; I broke the bottoms off the candles and stuck them back in the menorah. There! Now it looks like the candles burned down. Huzzah. At least the house smelled like Hanukkah.
My revelation quickly turned to terror. I'd spent so much time looking for tablecloths and matches, I'd forgotten about dinner on the stove. I ran to the pot of matzo ball soup, which could no longer really be referred to as balls.
My baby liked it. But what does he know? "Meat sticks" are one of his favorite foods. What type of meat? It doesn't say. It's disgusting what he finds edible.
The second day of Hanukkah was dedicated to Thanksgiving. It wasn't until Black Friday that I could attempt to rectify my Hanukkah hack job. My baby and I ran through pouring rain to a local convenience store.
"Do you have any lighters?" I asked the cashier.
"Marijuana or Ecstasy?" the cashier answered.
"Excuse me?"
"Marijuana," the cashier repeated as he pointed to a lighter with a marijuana leaf on it, "or Ecstasy?" He then pointed to a glow-in-the-dark lighter.
"I'll take the glow one," I said, handing over $2.
"It ain't got lighter fluid."
"Can I buy the lighter fluid here?" I asked.
"Nope. You shoulda bought the marijuana one."
"Fine. I'll take that, too."
"OK," he said, ringing me up. "But it ain't got lighter fluid, either."
Universal conspiracy.
The next day, I stopped by the candy shop on my way to Hanukkah dinner at the apartment of friends of ours. I had promised to bring the gelt and dreidels.
I showed up with gelt only. Luckily, our friends had dreidels. Unluckily, their 3-year-old took me for all the chocolate I brought.
My son had no interest in the dinner latkes, but I did catch him eating a handful of gelt. Golden foil and all.
I guess it's nice I could impart some of my culture unto him and his digestive tract.
It wasn't until the last day of Hanukkah that I remembered something important: I have a gas stove. I could have lit my candles the whole time. It was another forehead slap moment. This one was earned by me.
My son in my arms, I lit menorah. And then I took pictures; at least in the photo albums, history can be rewritten.


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Ford stock has surged more than 50% over the past year, but its sales recovery isn't yet firing on all cylinders. Still, the stock is just getting warmed up. Barron's Jack Hough joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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... Ford's stock has surged more than fifteen percent over the past year ... but its sales recovery isn't firing on all cylinders still ... jackup thinks the stock is just getting warmed up and he joins us now to talk about ... so what is the bull case for Ford ... while Ford has a well-known ... recovery going on in the US is to make about a half billion dollars pretax profits in North America this year ... that's the highest in a decade however ... is to lose two billion dollars in your ... I you know and investors were with a stock up this far them in the forties peaking again but I think just the opposite is true I think some of its earnings power is being masked right now ... by this the ... lack of a turnaround yet in Europe ... forcing some good signs there in an April Europe report its first increase in ... Anoro sells about eighteen months ... not every market there is growing that you know France's all down Italy's sold out ... but Germany is the biggest market backroom nicely ... Spain is up big in the UK is innocuous ... Ford's been spending a lot to to close down some some plans reduced cost funds and pensions over their ... nostril is attracting firms' profits weighing down your prayed now but that's paid off in the future I think you could see a stabilization European sales ... you could see the removal of some of those charges it's been taking ... any this year earnings given about dollar forty this year is a Street consensus you can see those rise well over two dollars a share over the next two years so it's unsafe for specific story they wear as Ford has these advantages when it was the something where the whole auto industry's couldn't benefit ... from a recovery in your general it's really yes to both for has been gaining market share rate now at its investing's new models they've of Poplar of what we call it Micra minivan a very small minivan with good gas mileage in Europe ... ALM so you know in in the U S sales were up ... eighteen percent this leads us to students gaining share here ... all the U S car makers have been gaining share recently vs overseas rivals but ... knowing in Europe ... warning for is making these investments and didn't want to waste you can take a big one-time accounting charges in gyms can use that model ... oriented as an ongoing charge which reduces your earnings and four has been doing that ... it's a pressing earnings right now but as those charges one down your Tennessee more earnings power going forward ... I will be here to see rare for a recovery in Europe later you've seen in the U S ... but all you need is a stabilization there ... the removal of the losses in Europe that have been obscuring some of the earnings power from the US ... you can see earnings moves well higher ... Ford also doubled its dividend payment and Jamie work the statement didn't and still looks low relative to earnings you can smack stemming from Eureka to two point seven percent year to grow quickly ... it what can investors look at ... up from four to see whether night her thesis is playing out regarding your urine while sales in Europe are the big key right now ... the US is Ari humming along nicely what you need is enough for you better get a two billion dollar loss this year one analyst thinks that that's can fall by more than half next year ... eventually over the next few years wind outward half for him nope no losses in Europe ... you have more earnings power over all but I keep an eye on industrywide sales trends and you're ... good to now thanks for joining us thank you ... to read more from


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Oprah's visit to India has created quiet a stir with everybody wanting to meet her, and why not? She is, after all, the most powerful woman in America. What's commendable about her is that she was not born this way; but worked her way up the ladder, and the success and fame she has got is very well deserved. She is a true 'rock star'. She was poor and she had no parents to pamper her and take care of her (she was born to two teenagers who ended their relationship once she was born). She however had one quality – she learned to read before the age of three. That was the only possession she had and she used it to develop herself and her career. She was a great student and was able to impress everybody with her knowledge (because she read more than others). Today, any book that Oprah picks up is guaranteed to become an international best-seller. A strong will and a steely determination are what made her a success.
Another child born to unwed parents not just rocked his career but also the world. Steve Jobs had the passion to follow his dreams and face all the ups and downs in his career without ever giving up. He was the biggest 'rock star' of business.
The 'V' sign made using the index finger and the middle finger used to be considered a rude English hand sign in the Middle Ages. The French would cut off the middle and index fingers of any English bowman so that they could never shoot again. The English would taunt the French by raising their fingers to say, "I can still shoot you…" However, this 'V' sign changed its complete meaning when Winston Churchill raised his fingers to depict 'victory'. He was the man who was the 'rock star' of World War II, for he never gave up and told his people to do the same. He prepared the nation for battle with the Nazi army and after five years of fighting and a near defeat, victory was finally theirs. It was this attitude that brought them success and 'victory'. He was one of the finest leaders of Britain and his leadership capabilities were best displayed during the Second World War. Consider the fact that this was the same boy who stuttered as a child, did poorly in school and was rejected by both Oxford and Cambridge. Churchill never gave up till he succeeded.
He also did not do well in school, so he decided to grow Christmas trees and raise budgerigars. Both his projects failed. However, by the age of 16, he was able to publish a magazine and start a small mail-order business. Today his group 'Virgin' is a conglomerate of 200 companies present in 30 countries. Not just this world, Richard Branson soon plans to expand his business beyond the planet. He plans to take ordinary people into space on Virgin Galactic. The man thinks, looks and works like a rock star.
He grew up in an orphanage as his widowed mother could not support him. He worked in a factory that made moulds for auto parts and frames of eyeglasses. At 23, he opened his own eyeglass frame shop and today, his company 'Luxottica' is the world's largest maker of eyeglasses, glares, et al. Today, Leonardo Del Vecchio is valued at $10 billion!
It's been noted that two-thirds of the world's billionaires made their fortunes by starting from zero. It was not inheritance but persistence that made them succeed.
Easier said than done, but this is the true spirit of a 'rock star'. They never give up, they never say die.
Just a mention of his name brings a smile to anyone's face; yet this man lived a childhood that gave him very few reasons to smile. Jim Carrey, the rock star comedian of Hollywood, had to work long hours while still in school. He and his family used to live in a camper van. But Jim knew that he had the ability to make people laugh. He decided to pursue his passion and at 16; he dropped out of school and moved to LA. It was a big risk, but he knew that he had something different to offer. Most importantly, he knew that this was what he wanted to do most; so he put everything at stake to follow his dream. If you are focused, you are bound to succeed. He landed himself in a part in a sitcom called 'The Duck Factory' and soon, his career was rocking!
As Steve Jobs had once said, "Life is too short. Don't live with the result of other peoples thinking."
She was divorced & had a small child to take care of; yet she decided to follow her heart and do what she knew she was best at – that was to write. So she did not pick up a regular job and instead wrote a book based on an idea that came to her on a train ride. Her book summary was rejected by many publishing houses till one liked it. J. K. Rowling took a huge gamble, for it is very difficult to be noticed in the publishing world; but she believed in herself. Today, she is the first author to become a billionaire and her book sales rocked the publishing world and set new benchmarks.
The one business Lakshmi Niwas Mittal understood best was his family business of steel-making. So he ventured out to do what he knew he was best at and did not hesitate to buy a run-down plant in Indonesia and start Mittal Steel. Today, ArcelorMittal is the largest steel company in the world!
He always had a knack for business. As a young boy, he found an easy way to make money. He would buy matches, fish, pens, Christmas decorations, et al in bulk and sell them for a profit to his neighbors. He knew he was best at business; so when he got good grades in school, he asked his father for a loan and started his mail-order business. He knew the importance of keeping prices low if one wanted to make it big. This business acumen has made IKEA the biggest furniture company in the world today and its founder Ingvar Kampard is one of the world's richest.
Think deep and find out what it is you can be the best at in the whole world, and then devote all your energies to that; without bothering about initial failures, without bothering about other's opinions. Stay focused and success is bound to happen. All stars will tell you this.
"I was worth over $1000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn't that important because I never did it for the money." These were the words of Steve Jobs, who showed the world how to live life on your own terms. His stepfather chased him out of his house when he was a child. He became a salesman but lost his job and his wife left him. He had only one mission, and that was to be able to keep his son happy. He slept in the subway station bathrooms, but he did all that he could to keep his son happy. A job in Bear Stearns, days and nights of hard work and things finally did change for Chris Gardner, when he finally could manage to open his own brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co. His story became the theme for the Will Smith starrer movie "In Pursuit of Happyness". Life is actually not very different from the movie title. Pursue happiness and not money, and it (money) will eventually come to you on its own.
Traditionally, rock stars were defined as people who were part of a rock band. But today, rock stars have come to be known as people who don't follow rules. They are not happy being good, but go out of their way to be extraordinarily good. There is something totally unique about them. Today, in business, those are the 'miracle workers' who are called rock stars. Some call them 'rock stars' because they are the best of the best and super experts in their field. For some, 'rock stars' are 'brands' of success. They are larger than life. For still others, they are those who believed in themselves and went ahead and did exactly what they believed in.
Whatever your definition of a rock star, remember that anyone can become one, and in whichever field he chooses. If you have the faith, if you believe in yourself and if you are ready to put everything at stake to achieve your goal; then you too could be a rock star!


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Artist tobyMac is worried that his music has a stigma it doesn't deserve.
"The Christian label should be just music," he says. "The label itself causes the genre to fall on deaf ears, but it's really there to open people's minds."
The popular Christian rapper, tobyMac (real name Toby McKeehan) and a slew of other Christian musicians and groups will perform Nov. 21 at the Independence Events Center.
"Music began for me at a Police concert in Washington, D.C.," Mac told The Examiner in a recent phone call. "It goes beyond the surface, and enters your heart and soul."
After that night, Mac immediately began composing songs and later joined various bands during his college years. He said music allowed him to express the hardships and struggles he endured throughout his life.
"(Music) is really the outpouring of your life," he said. "It's a universal language and brings people together."
In the 1990s, Mac was part of the rap-rock band "dc Talk" that reached the MTV air waves. As for the latest transition from a rock-oriented sound to more rap form, Mac says it wasn't a conscious decision.
"I love all genres," he said. "It really depends on the songs themselves. If a certain song calls for a different style of vocals, I'll rap when I rap and rock when I rock."
He had no idea he would become one of the most popular Christian acts today or even a Christian artist for that matter.
"I didn't know the Christian genre existed," he said of his beginning years as a musician.
Mac said his faith has complemented his passion for music and those two elements fused to make him what he is today.
"(The Christian genre) offers a deeper side of real life experiences," he said. "From a Christian perspective, the genre is music about the heart. My faith affected things that I personally experienced and eventually music itself.
"Making fans turn to God is something beyond my control," he added. "It's a personal thing, and hopefully my music encourages and challenges people; causes them to think."
Tickets are available in person at the ticket office or at Ticketmaster.com for his "Hits Deep Tour" at the Events Center.
"Hopefully it hits you in a deep way," he said.
The tour will feature six other Christian acts in genres ranging from pop to electronica.
"We took a page from the old Motown Review package concerts from the '60s where several performers and groups would play three or four of their hits with a supporting band that plays throughout the show," tobyMac said.
Some of the other artists performing with him include Grammy-nominated Jamie Grace, "American Idol" Season 5 finalist Mandisa and Brandon Heath, whose recent album debuted No. 1 on the Billboard Christian chart.
"We invited the artists that would feel to be the best touring with, and it's an honor to have them onboard," tobyMac. "These are some of my friends."


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Posted: Mon May 15, 2000 1:56 pm
Post subject: Just wondering something...
sound rude, but you've gotta admit, it's true!
I was wondering if Mark is actually going to sing in 'Metal God', because if you've ever seen 'Boogie Nights' or 'Renaissance Man' you'll know that he's erm, not the best singer in the world (major understatement)
Has he been taking singing lessons or is he going to mime to someone else's voice?
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Since Mark himself has publicly (on Letterman, among other shows) admitted that he cannot carry a tune in a bucket, (which is why he was rapping, not singing!), I've also wondered how they are going to pull this off. Not to offend anyone, but the metal music I have heard has a lot a screaming in it, so maybe they figure it won't matter anyway... Or maybe he will be lip-syncing, like Ellie suggested.
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I'm new to this message board so please bare with me...
I was at the taping of Metal God on Saturday night and saw Mark perform (feet away I might add) and it seems to me he's really singing. If so, he's pretty good! Those singing lessons must be paying off.
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2000 9:54 pm
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Oh good, if he can learn to sing - maybe there's hope for me yet! My own 2 yr old asks me to stop singing, "Not sing at me mumma, peez!" I am terrible! Of course, he can afford the lessons, though & I can't.
You know, Annie, I think you have a good point. Heavy metal is designed to be loud, so the volume could have been a good plan B just in case the lessons didn't work.
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Thanks for the info., Kate2, and welcome to the board! Wow, will wonders never cease!
Makes me wonder if Mark had taken lessons 10 years ago, if he could have been with the New Kids after all, and made the big bucks sooner. The quirks of fate are funny...
Even though I'm not a real metal head, I'm so curious to hear his music now! I hope they can release the soundtrack before the end of the year.
It's still hard for me to believe this film is a comedy! (I recently read this in a review.) That was the last thing I expected.
Everytime I watch Friends now, I keep trying to picture Jennifer A. with Mark. I'm still having a problem with that, but I'll find out the real deal in a few months. She's good comedy, and I think Mark has a flair for it (from watching "The Big Hit"), so this should be VERY interesting!
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Howdy all, I'm the New York Times reporter who wrote the story that spawned this movie. I was on the set a couple of times earlier in the spring, but couldn't be there for the BIG SHOW a week ago. I'd love to get impressions of what it was like from those who attended. Any funny incidents? crazy characters? etc?
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I know someone who says she is an extra in the movie. I hope you don't mind, but I sent her your e-mail. I figured she might be willing to tell you some stories. I guess if she wants to share, she will contact you.
I was surprised to find out the film was a comedy. I never would have put that together with heavy metal bands, but OK. I mean, the old animated film "Heavy Metal" was humorous in places, so I guess anything is possible. We hear Mark has been taking singing lessons. I cannot wait to hear this!
Anyway, it wounds like an interesting film, and I am so curious to see it...whenever!
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I was at the Metal Gods taping and sorry to tell you, but Mark definitely was not singing live. When he would talk, he'd switch the mike on and then when it was time to perform, he'd switch it back off again. The whole thing was fun though! All the bands rocked!
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Oh, that's okay. I say anybody who can even fake it good in front of a gzillion people deserves a pat on the back!! I think lip-syncing must be more nerve-wracking than actual singing!! Anyway, whatever makes it work! GO MARK GO!!
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the point is, he was having fun with what he was doing...and maybe he will be singing for real the next time the script calls for it if he's taking lessons.
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