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A fan shares a story and photos involving his encounter with Kim Kardashian and Miles Austin, during Cowboys training camp, just before their breakup. Has Kardashian joined Jessica Simpson as a possible contributor to the Cowboys' ills?
How ignorant is SI.com's FF update writer? I give you Exhibit A: Tony Romo : Big Game in Winning Effort Romo had a big day Sunday (in part thanks to Miles Austin having his way with the Kansas City secondary) completing 20-of-34 passes for 351 yards and two TDs, with no INTs. Austin was on the other end of 250 of those yards and both scores, and it seems as though Romo and the Cowboys might have stumbled upon the home run threat at wide receiver they've been lacking. Dallas is on their bye next week, so it will be interesting to see in Week 7 and beyond whether their game plan calls for more Austin and less Roy Williams once Williams is healthy. Romo and our Cowboys didn't "stumble upon" the home run threat known as Austin. Us knowledgeable Cowboys fans -- thanks in large part to Grizz, Raf, and da BTB posse -- have been telling us about the potential of #19. And we've seen glimpses over the past two seasons. Sounds as though that SI writer may have just "stumbled upon" his limited knowledge.
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Islamabad is beautiful. It is a region-wide symbol of progress, innovation and architectural marvel.
Settlement in Islamabad, the new capital after Karachi, began in the 1960s.
As the city was newly founded, the growth of the population was slow. Being the
seat of the Government of Pakistan, initially government servants and employees
of the federal administration settled here. Since then, there has been a steady
growth in the population of the city, which has swelled to somewhere in excess
of a million inhabitants. The reason: at the moment, the capital city is the
fastest growing urban settlement in the country. There is an increased interest
in the city from The President and The Prime Minister, as well as a renewed drive from foreign investors to invest in the city. This has caused a growth in the economy, produced employment at all levels and ensured development. Owing to all these factors, Islamabad is now becoming a lively and bustling metropolis, full of vibrancy.| Read more
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Islamabad: August 20, 2014 On the directions of Chairman CDA, Maroof Afzal, CDA's Sanitation Directorate, Directorate of Health Services and Environment Wing carried out a joint operation at Kashmir Highway, Aabpara Chowk and adjoining areas and completed sanitation, cleanliness and other work there.
During this operation CDA collected thirty (30) tones of garbage from Kashmir Highway, Aabpara Chowk, Aabpara Market, Khyabaan-e-Soharwardi, Municipal Road and other adjoining areas. This operation was participated by 200 sanitary workers of CDA and heavy machinery including tractor trollies and skip lifters were also used to collect and dispose off garbage from the said areas. Special teams constituted by Health Services Directorate carried out fogging and spray according to hygienic health standards.
Morover, sanitation staff has been deputed at the Constitution Avenue to ensure daily collection of garbage from the avenue. Moreover, CDA Cares 1122 ambulances and staff of Emergency and Disaster Management have also been deputed on the Constitution Avenue to tackle any untoward incident.


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A Holmes county woman is recovering after being dragged alongside a vehicle then run over Friday.
The man wanted for the crime is still on the loose after a police chase.
Alonzo Lewis with the Tchula Police Department said 24-year-old Katie Martin of Belzoni suffered severe injuries to her feet, legs and arms.
It happened just before 1 p.m. on Martin Luther King Drive.
Martin told investigators that she and John Caesar, the father of her three children, began arguing in Greenwood, and she wanted to leave him.
Martin said Caesar went to a Tchula store then grabbed her arm as she reached inside the vehicle to get her purse.
She said the 42-years-old pulled off and dragged her 20 to 30 feet.
Martin then fell when he let her arm go and a back wheel ran over her left leg.
Hours later Caesar, who is also from Belzoni, was being chased by police when he abandoned the vehicle in a bean field in Marcella in Holmes County and fled.
Martin was transported to Holmes County hospital.
Caesar is wanted for aggravated domestic violence.
If you know where John Caesar is call the Tchula Police Department at 662-235-4910.
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Well, three of the best weeks in sports are about to get underway, and I have to stop for just a minute and recognize how vastly improved we are this year under Coach Groce, and thank him for not leaving me a nervous wreck for my flight today; just to know that we're into the tournament, regardless of seed, is a somewhat comforting thought.
Take a look at just the cold, hard statistics from last year to this season:
Not to mention the not-so-nervous-paced Selection Sunday. Whether you'd like to admit it or not, even looking at the simplest of stats shows you that John Groce has the players bought into his system, and it's working. Sure, last year was one of Bruce Weber's worst in Champaign, but it's nice to see such dramatic increases after only one season of Groce. Can't wait to see where we're going to be seeded, it'll be a fun tournament to be sure!


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Army is discontinuing ROTC programs at three Tennessee universities.
The Tennessean reports the officer-training programs at Tennessee Tech University, East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee Martin are among 13 programs in the nation that the U.S. Department of Defense is closing.
Nationwide, more than 1,300 universities train about 33,000 ROTC cadets.
The Army recently announced the closures as part of a broader push to update the ROTC training program and diversify recruiting.
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A trial over a controversial Alabama abortion law is set in federal court next month.
A new court filing shows Federal Judge Myron Thompson ordered a non-jury trial over Alabama's Women's Health and Safety Act to be held May 19 in Montgomery.
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A similar law in Texas has already been upheld by both a federal judge and a federal appeals court.
A temporary restraining order that put the law on hold is April 2 at 5 p.m.
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Don't be scared, homie.
Embattled British brawler Paul Daley is out of the upcoming Bellator show after getting tangled up in a web of visa issues; however, he's not going to sit on the sidelines and miss the opportunity to hurt someone.
"Semtex" is already in line to compete at Cage Contender 16 on Feb. 23, 2013 at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. Unfortunately, it won't be against his first choice, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Marcus Davis.
Daley explains via his official Facebook page:
"Since Marcus Davis has declined to fight me, Who would you guys like to see me fight? The promoters are securing an opponent...but as a lot of people seem scared to fight me, its always good to have some back up ideas."
The former UFC and Strikeforce welterweight was last seen beating the brakes off Rudy Bears at the Bellator 72 show in Tampa last July. At 30-12, the 29-year-old striker has 21 wins by way of knockout/technical knockout and has competed in mixed martial arts (MMA) for nearly 10 years.
Whether or not we eventually get to see him ply his trade on Spike TV, remains to be seen.


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Like several followers on this site, I really enjoyed MaconDawg's post about the biggest recruiting surprises that we've seen during Head Coach Mark Richt's tenure. I liked it so much that I felt compelled to reply with my own thoughts on the subject, agreeing with him and many others that Thomas Davis and Tim Jennings took the prize as most surprising recruits. However, while pondering the subject, I also thought about another former Dawg who was not the most sought after high school prospect, but in my eyes, always was a damn good Dawg. The following is an excerpt from my reply:
"Here's a name I hope some people remember too: Jarvis Jackson! I can't think of a more under-appreciated Dawg in my lifetime. This kid was a 2-Star according to some scouting sources, and a 3-Star on others out of high school, but man was he fun to watch. Remember back between 2003 and 2005 when we had a different linebacker suspended or hurt every other week? Jackson was THAT GUY who filled in at any LB spot, and did 10 times better than the regular starter (particularly in '04 when Odell Thurman was suspended to open the season and our backers were shuffling around). I kept hearing Munson call his name on every tackle, and after the game he would always end up among the stat leaders. He never became a full time starter until his senior year in '06, and I don't understand why! I mean Brandon Miller, Arnold Harrison, and Danny Verdun Wheeler were great guys and hard workers, but none of them had the tenacity and consistency of little #45. Jackson just had a nose for the ball, and he always arrived with a good pop. There are so many games that I look back at and remember how lost some of the guys who were starting looked (i.e. Miller against West Virginia), and I was just yelling, "Why the hell is he on the field and not Jarvis!" That was also the season (2005) when Tony Taylor started in the middle, and I remember the following spring the coaches announced what a mistake that was. Not that Taylor played dreadfully, but he was just more natural on the outside, and proved more effective there in '06. That's when they decided to finally let Jackson start in the middle. People often forget that in that miserable season, our defense was actually very good (except against Tennessee), but our offense couldn't put up points. They kept the D on the field most of the time so that by the end of the games, they were exhausted. The defense only surrendered about 16 points a game, 90 yards passing, and 90 rushing. Those stats are normally enough to win you ball games, and the Jackson-Taylor swap was a huge reason why. The offense was just so God awful."
While I admit that it was a much longer and in-depth reply than I had originally set out to type, I stand by my defense of Jarvis, and would gladly argue against anyone who differed. But while I was typing the reply, I began to realize that my emotions had been thoroughly unraveled in my rant, and that I was not as concerned with a surprise recruit as I was a player who had not gotten his deserved praise. Jackson was, in my eyes, an unsung hero in a time where many of the best players the program has ever seen have come and gone.
The idea really stuck with me, and really took me back to the bare principle for which I love the sport of football so much: that anybody on that field can make a difference in any given moment, even if it is not always visible. Not every fan sees the great pancake block an offensive lineman makes, or the three blocks that the nose tackle takes on so the linebacker can make a tackle for loss. Fans might follow the heralded safety racking up interceptions and pass break ups, but do they cheer for that one pass rusher who's always in the quarterback's face forcing him to make poor throws? Everybody celebrates the quarterback when he breaks school records and lights up the stat book, but do they notice the receiver who has had to adjust and practice tirelessly to make those passes look great and catches easy? Or perhaps there's a fluke scenario, where the star receiver or running back is hurt. A scrub/backup is suddenly thrown into the mix, and he's expected to make a play. He comes through in brilliant fashion as he leads the team in receiving or rushing yards in his only start. He powers them to the win, then resumes his place on the bench.
Maybe his play merits more playing time or accolades. Then again, maybe it doesn't. He might not have his name called as often, but he's the one who's also never in trouble, never being publicly criticized by the coaches, and never being cursed by the fans. He just makes the play he's supposed to, then goes back to the huddle and prepares to do it again. It's not because he knows he will find eternal glory in the headlines and pictures, but because it's an honor for him every time he puts on the Red and Black. He's a football player who just wants to play.
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Newtown Schools Super says her community does want armed police visible in schools at least temporarily—
Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) January 16, 2013
Newtown Superintendent Robinson: "My people" feel need to see armed police in their schools right now. Trained police.—
Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) January 16, 2013
The idea is gaining traction in Washington DC as well:
Pres Obama will also propose federal funds for schools to provide armed police security.—
Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 16, 2013
So now liberals think it's OK to put armed police in schools?
It seems like the ACLU didn't get the memo:
ACLU blasts proposals to 'militarize' schools with armed police guards | The Raw Story rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/14/… #Newtown—
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text: The Finnish delight in doom metal, Amorphis, has made one of the best cd's in the pre-apocalyptic year of '99. After the magnificant "Tales from the thousand "lakes" and "Elegy" they now offer us 'Tuonela": simply a new dimension into their already astonishing music. Of course they have followed their way which they began to walk on with "Elegy". The death grunts are almost gone and the music maybe isn't as doomy as on "The tales…". But that's only after two or three listenings. When you really start to get into thsi music, you can hear that the music hasn't been so melancholy and deep ever in their career.They have written some of their best songs of their lifes, and they have put in some new ingredients which make the songs only better. After "Elegy" they began to experiment with psychedelical- and '70's-influences. These influences are now put into their music in a very subtile way, just as the eternal Finnish folk-influences, which are again present. All these influences you can hear only after at least three listenings, so you should really try to listen to this music very good. What more can I say now? Maybe that it just isn't true that (what probably many so-called fans and music-journalists say) Amorphis is now definitively not a metal band any more. Indead, it's just what the title of this cd tells us (Tuonela is an (old)-Finnish word which means "underworld"): they have never been so deep into the underworld as ever! This was all i could say about this magnificent piec of work. I only want to say now: everyone who loves doom- or gothicmetal should listen to IN THE WOODS, a superb band who is so experimental and weird that nowbody knows them and that you even can't buy their super-cd's "Omnio" and "Strange in stereo" at Amazon (shame on you, Amazon! ). And furthermore everyone who likes Amorphis should try the newest of Tiamat and My Dying Bride!


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2014: Movies of Interest
In what loook to be an ongoing annual feature here, I thought I'd look ahead at movies coming out in 2014 – especially of the SF&F variety – that have caught my interest… and, in a few cases, which I think I'll actually see in theaters.
- The Hobbit: There And Back Again Because duh! Huge epic fantasy fan, here. Not going to miss this one. If I see only one movie released in 2014 in theaters, this will likely be it. (Even if, as with The Desolation of Smaug, I don't actually get to see it in the year it is released…) Releases December 17, 2014
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 I liked the Hunger Games movie and, if anything, Catching Fire was even better, IMO. So I'm looking forward to the next installment in the film series, and I expect there's a strong likelihood I'll catch it in Theaters as well. But I can't let this go without mentioning how sad I was to hear about the untimely passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Releases November 21, 2014
- The Lego Movie I am an unrepentant geek. I had reservations about this movie when I first saw the original trailer, but let's be honest: this was never not going to win me over. I mean, it has Batman! (And not Ben Affleck as Batman!) And also Star Wars! I expect it to be a glorious medley and hash of everything I love about Legos, and to not make one whit of sense, and still to be oh-so-much fun. Plus, the reviews of this one are actually pretty fantastic. Something tells me B.T. would get pretty excited about this movie, too, if he knew about it. Already Released
- Robocop I loved the original (probably much more violent than I really needed at that age) Robocop as a kid. So I was naturally curious about this. On the general topic of reboots and remakes, I sit on the fence: some are good, and some are bad. And, you know what? I've been really impressed by the trailers for this particular remake. Plus, it looks like some actual thought went into how the themes of the original Robocop are, in some interesting ways, more relevant today than ever, and it looks like this movie is going to explore the implications of those themes in the post Predator-drone world. I was this close to catching a pre-release screening of this one (courtesy of some opportunities made available through my day job), but the various "winter storms" that have spread across the land like a shadow from Mordor had other plans. Releases February 12, 2014
- The Wind Rises Mainly because, as I've stated before, I adore the work of Hayao Miyazaki. This one seems to be grounded in actual history and reality, rather than the typical SF&Fnal themes Miyazaki often explores, but what the heck. One of these days, I'll get myself all caught up on Miyazaki. Releases February 21, 2014
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier I still haven't gotten caught up with The Avengers and it's several tentacle-like offshoot movies, so it's unlikely I'll see the newest Captain America in Theaters. But would you look at that: this movie's got flying aircraft carriers. How very deiselpunk. Anyway, I enjoyed the first Captain America, so this'll go on my DVD-for-sure list. Releases April 4, 2014
- Godzilla Like Robocop above, this is a remake of a movie I loved as a kid. Given how iconic Godzilla is, you probably did, too. And, just like Robocop above, this is one where the trailer made me go "Wow, that looks really, really cool". The same caveats about remakes apply, of course. But… well… this looks really cool. Releases May 16, 2014
- X-Men: Days of Future Past I loved the first two X-Men movies back in 2000 and 2003. I felt like they were great adaptations of the X-Men material, and they really helped to usher in the modern era of superhero flicks. But the third X-Men movie was kind of a disaster – a mostly incoherent mishmash of plots, any one of which likely would've made a fantastic movie by itself but together felt disjointed. I haven't seen an X-Men movie since. (Okay, let's be honest: that's not for lack of interest; X-Men: The Last Stand wasn't so bad that it soured me on X-Men movies. Rather, between that and the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine I'd gotten married and started grad school and my go-and-see-a-movie-because-I-want-to-on-a-whim free time began evaporating into the black hole of adult responsibility. Hey, it happens.) Since then, though, I've really liked the look of what I've seen on trailers for First Class and The Wolverine. And Days of Future Past looks like it does a good job of picking up from there, based on some pretty impressive trailers. But I haven't yet seen First Class or Wolverine (see aforementioned comment on free time versus black hole of adult responsibility). So I won't be seeing this in theaters. But I do want to see it – right after I finish up catching the other X-Men movies I've missed on DVD… Releases May 23, 2014
- Maleficent I'm a sucker for Disney movies. I never quite grew out of them, and I've no shame in that (why should someone have to grow out of it, anyway). As mentioned here several times, in general I have mild reservations about remakes – but ultimately I reserve my judgment based on the final product itself. And so far, this one is looking like a very interesting retelling of the classic Disney version of Sleeping Beauty. And, wow, does Angelina Jolie really embody Maleficent so well. Maleficent really is, after all, probably the best animated Disney Villain. My biggest hope for this movie is that, before the end, she turns into a dragon. There aren't enough dragons in movies, and the dragon from the original Sleeping Beauty was probably one of the top 5 or 6 movie dragons ever. Releases May 30, 2014
- Edge of Tomorrow So… it's Groundhog's Day but with an alien invasion and powered armor suits? Color me… intrigued at the very least. I know there weren't a lot of positive reviews for Cruise's most recent science-fictional outing, but I'm still interested enough to be watching this one very closely. I mean, what's not to love about the formulation above? Releases June 6, 2014
- How To Train Your Dragon 2 Remember when I said there weren't enough dragons in movies? I stand by that, but this movie helps to close the gap. I pretty much loved the first How To Train Your Dragon, and this looks like it's going to take the world that was explored in that movie and really push its boundaries. I'd be delighted to return to that world, and to experience more dragony goodness. In all honesty, I expect this to be a fantastic movie. Releases June 14, 2014
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes I haven't seen Rise of the Planet of the Apes yet, though it's on my to-rent-on-DVD-when-I-have-time-to-watch-movies list. I don't expect that time to magically materialize between now and when this movie comes out, so I don't expect to see this in theaters. But there were a lot of good reviews for Rise, and Dawn looks to be just as good. It looks like this new Planet of the Apes series is taking the basic premise of the original and really finding some interesting and compelling new stories to tell based on that premise. Releases July 11, 2014
- Into the Woods I know nothing about this except that it is, I believe, an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. In which case, I've got to put this on my list. I've long wanted to see the Broadway show. Releases December 25, 2014
Honorable Mentions
There are a few movies that have landed on my radar that I'm currently on-the-fence about. I've just no way of knowing how I'll feel about these, yet, and for most of them I expect I'll be plenty happy waiting for the reviews to come in before I decide if I want to see these at some point…
Noah This looks potentially epic. Hey, it's about the end of the world… albeit one that occurred a long time ago. (It's alright. The world got better…) And of course, there's the little fact that this is based on one of the primary mythic narratives of several of the world's major religions. All that said, I would not shun an opportunity to see this, were it to arise. Releases March 28, 2014
Transendence A movie about the Singularity, and of course this being Hollywood the Singularity is a bad thing. But it's also got Johnny Depp not being a quirky pirate, or a quirky vampire, or a quirky denizen of nonsense-land, or a quirky Native American sidekick, or a quirky anything really. Actually… it looks like he's basically the bad guy and it looks like he plays it pretty straight. That alone might be worth seeing. Releases April 18, 2014
Interstellar What is this about? The trailer says I'm a deep movie about pushing human frontiers, and also I'm emotionally complex, or something, but damned if I have a plot. IMBD says it's about "explorers" using a "newly discovered wormhole" to make an "interstellar voyage". To where? And why? So far mum's the word. It's directed by Christopher Nolan. That's good. It stars Matthew McConaughy. Yawn. It's an original story, not a remake, adaptation, or sequel. That's interesting. So this is on the radar, but right now I know too little about it to judge how high my interest will be. Releases November 7, 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 I'm still not ready for the too-soon Spider-Man reboot. Give it a couple years, and I'm sure Tobey Maguire's turn as the web-slinger will be enough of a memory that I'll be able to enjoy these movies. Releases May 2, 2014
Jupiter Ascending In theory this is all a super-cool Epic Fantasy Space Opera whiz-bang bonanza. It's from the Wachowski Siblings, who previously brought us The Matrix (Yay!) and also Speed Racer (Boo!) and also Cloud Atlas (Bwuh?). This could go any way. My personal bet, though: this is going to be 2014's box office boondoggle. So far there just doesn't sound like there's anything truly original in this story – it's all generic "poor or orphaned young person is secretly destined to destroy the evil tyrannical dictator". You know, like orphans do. I enjoy that basic storyline as much as the next Epic Fantasy fan, but I like to have something truly new added to that mix. And making the poor young destiny-laden hero a girl doesn't exactly count as new. (It's not a bad idea that the Chosen One is a she – that's certainly a welcome addition to the oeuvre of the trope – but gender-swapping tropes is nothing particularly new.) Releases July 18, 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Do we need a remake of the Turtles? Yeah, as a kid I thought they were awesome. I'm sure today's kids will also think they're awesome. I'll just have to wait-and-see, I guess, how I'll actually feel about this once I catch a couple trailers and maybe see some buzz and/or reviews… Releases August 8, 2014
The Maze Runner In an ideal world, I'd want to read the book, first. I've heard it's actually a pretty good book. The basic plot outline certainly leaves me intrigued: a kid with amnesia finds himself awaking in the middle of a maze with no explanation, and must become part of a community of kids who have likewise been deposited in this maze. And, you know, maybe solve the maze and figure out what's going on here? At least, I'd guess that's where the story wants to go. (Like I said, I haven't read this yet, and while it's on my reading list, it was pretty far down on the list behind lots of other stuff I also want to read.) Releases September 19, 2014
The Boxtrolls The teasers I've seen for this make it look positively charming, and I love the stop-motion aesthetic. But this doesn't have the look of "must-see on the big screen". Still, I imagine it will be a wonderfully entertaining movie. Releases September 26, 2014
Movies from 2013
2013's movie outings went pretty much as expected.
I saw 4 movies that were released in 2013, the first of which was Man of Steel. This was also my biggest disappointment of the year. I'd give the movie somewhere between a B+ and an A-. But it could have been, should have been, an A+. The pieces were almost all there – IMHO, a solid script and excellent casting and acting capability – but I think the directing by Zack Snyder left… something to be desired. It was frenetic and action-oriented and left too-little time for character building and spent way, way, way too much time on stuff blowing up. How his continued helmsmanship of the DC-Universe movies figures into things does not fill me with hope for the future of my two favorite superheroes. (I'm still unreservedly against Bat-fleck, and despite my love of this material, I'm convinced that Man of Steel II will be a disastrous box office bomb. When it happens… nobody can say WB wasn't warned.)
The next three movies I saw from 2013 I didn't actually see until this year, and include one surprise visit from last year's Honorable Mention list. Of course, my other two top 2013 movies are on this list – Catching Fire and The Desolation of Smaug – both great and entertaining movies that, if anything topped the first of their respective series. And then there was Frozen. When I wrote up my movies list for 2013 I didn't know much about Frozen. Turns out it was a great Disney movie in the classical Disney style. It was also B.T's first bonafide going-to-the-movies experience. (His favorite part, he says, was when the princess turned to ice. Also the reindeer. And the snowman.)
I still want desperately to see Pacific Rim, which I heard described as either "the most awesome dumb movie, or the dumbest awesome movie" ever. Some inner-child in me fills with squee at the very thought of such a delightful concept. Other than that, though, 2013 went as well as can be expected in terms of movie watching for a family man with a newborn infant in the house.
Links to Chew On: Can You Hack It?
So… I'm going to try to make this a regular feature – regular here meaning "happening on a consistent basis" as opposed to the very irregular thing they've been in the past. I'm thinking, the last day of the first month of each quarter (thus, January 31st, and subsequently March 31st, June 30th, etc.).
And so without further ado, here are some tasty links to chew on:
- Author Jason Sanford has some wise and reasonable words to share with you about all the "rules" of writing: don't let them turn you into a hack! Now, I'm no pro (as yet and, who knows, possibly ever) but I get this feeling I've expressed similar sentiments before. Good to know I'm in good company when it comes to thinking that way.
- Who would win in a fight between Zombies and Mother Nature? BoingBoing says Mother Nature. Her secret weapons include vultures, the California Condor, flies and their maggoty offspring, bacteria, molds, and fungi.
- Musician David Lowery says "Silicon Valley Must Be Stopped, or Creativity Will Be Destroyed" in an interview that mainly seems to be a response to the GoldieBlox/Beastie Boys controversy. What he means is that tech start-ups that intend to make money off of the work of artists and creatives without first obtaining permission from those creatives for the use of the the things those creatives created need to be reigned in, and copyright law needs to be followed. And, while this is undoubtedly true, it makes for a rather less-sensationalist headline. And, frankly, in this particular instance, at least, it's difficult for me to feel a lot of sympathy for the Beastie Boys – this may not be, as the article says, a "David and Goliath" story in terms of who's got the money, but it's certainly a "Daisy and Goliath" story in terms of the broader cultural headwinds. Still, it's an interesting read – and while I might personally fall slightly on GoldieBlox's side in this round (for one thing, I'm actually inclined to like GoldieBlox's version of the song in question), I can definitely appreciate how this can be abused.
- So, more and more teenagers are getting published, both through traditional means and through new digital self-publishing means. This is a thing. Oh, what I wouldn't have given, at the age of something-less-than-twenty, to have had a book published. And oh how glad I am, at the age of something-more-than-thirty, that what I wrote back then wasn't published. I'll stand by the Scalzi quote in that article: "The bad news [for teenage writers]: Right now your writing sucks." Mine did. (I'd say it sucks arguably a lot less now.)
- Chuck Wendig talks about the Digital Book World survey of self-publishers, traditionally-published authors, and hybrid-authors, and about digital author-publisher Hugh Howey's response to that survey (along with a link to a rundown of this discussion by Porter Anderson). Later, Chuck discusses the latest big news-splash author turning down a major traditional deal (i.e. romance author Brenna Aubrey) and gives his take on it. The summary version: There's different things going on in the different worlds of digital self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and they have different risks and different rewards, and authors should take into account a lot more than just the money side of the equation into their decision-making matrix. That's more-or-less how I roll on this ongoing digital evolution discussion. So Wendig gets my vote for "guy (i.e. person) who actually thinks before blathering on the internet about digital self-publishing".
- The Smithsonian talks about a new study published in PLOS ONE that demonstrates a strong statistical correlation between the language and tone of a book and the economic conditions that preceded it. Or, in other words, books published after hard economic times with high unemployment tend to be darker and more negative. I wonder what this suggests about the book(s) I will someday write…?
- So Daddy Blogs are a thing that exists. I did not know this before. (I have a wife, so of course I knew that Mommy Blogs were a thing). And here's a daddy who's kicking butt and taking names – especially when it comes to diaper-changing stations in public Men's restrooms. As a dad, this is something that I've been aware of as being a problem already, but since reading this post I've started noticing a little more often whether a men's restroom has a changing station or not. Suffice to say, of course, that as a devoted and loving father, I'm on-board with this campaign. So far, most places I've been out to have had changing stations in the men's rooms. Next thing I'd like to add to this list, as a father of a semi-independent pre-schooler: retractable step stools for at least one of the sinks (in both men's and women's rooms). Try holding a baby, the baby's diaper bag, and then trying to lift a 3-4 year old up so he can reach the faucet to wash his hands! It's cumbersome to say the least… I've seen these places so I know it's a thing that can be done, but I see them far-too rarely, and often not at places where I think they'd make the most sense (like places specifically catering to the toddler or younger crowd).
2014: Goals, Plans, Dreams
On one hand, I'm not sure there's much purpose, at this point, in setting "goals" for the year. I frankly have no idea what to expect in terms of time, sleeping of the baby, and energy levels in the year to come. How can I set goals if I don't even know what I'm going to have to work with? However, I think there's value in looking forward to the year and trying to assess what can be accomplished and what I want to accomplish. So I'm going to follow the model I've set for myself the past couple years and look at my year ahead, and how that fits into my longer-term goals and dreams. The one caveat: this year, I'm going to focus here primarily on the first half of the year, after which time passes I'll assess where I am again and plan going forward from there.
Thinking About Long-term Goals
My thinking about my long-term goals hasn't changed much over the past year. Here's what I had to say about my long-term goals last year:
I haven't made much of a secret about it my long-term goals and dreams… it's implicit in my blog's tagline: "A Day in the Life of an Aspiring Fantasy Author". By "aspiring fantasy author" I mean not that I aspire to write… but that I aspire for my writing to be published. …Now we live in a day and age when the definition of the word "published" is in flux.
On my blog I've been critical, and thought critically about, both the new Digital Self-publishing paradigm and the old traditional publishing model. I've pointed out some of the systemic problems with each, and how those problems negatively impact authors. So, for me, it seems I could go either way. There are strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with either road.
But when I say my long-term goal is to be a published author, I'm really talking about traditional publishing.
I then went on to dig into some of the "whys" behind my preference for "traditional" publishing to "digital self-publishing", but I won't rehash those here. The reasons remain, largely, the same, though perhaps the size of my dreams has moderated somewhat in the year past. (I'm basically in my mid-thirties, now. Older and wiser. Getting "rich" off of writing no longer seems even remotely achievable, even as a stretch-dream.) But the overarching long-term goal I stated before, and the reasons for pursuing it that I give, remain the guiding star by which I'm plotting my medium-term journeys.
2014 Goals
In the last two years, I've given my goals as it relates across 4 categories: how much I plan to read during the year, how frequently I intend to write, completion of manuscripts and submission of manuscripts. This year I'd like to add some new categories, while I'll be dialing back somewhat on several of the prior four.
1) Read at least 400,000 words worth of fiction in the first half of 2014: In 2013, I was able to put over a million words worth of fiction reading under my belt. I'd like to think I could do that again. But I'm not quite ready to publicly lay down a goal that ambitious for this year, and given the total state of flux that V.R. has left our life in, I can't even say whether it's realistic or feasible to do it again. Instead, I'll focus on the first half of the year. I want to try to do at least 400,000 words of fiction by July 1st, 2014. Depending on how I do on that goal, I'll adjust my 2014 expectations accordingly at that time.
2) Find a consistent writing schedule that I can realistically achieve, and then maintain it: In the past two years I've set ambitious goals for myself in terms of the frequency of my writing – at least, they were ambitious to me. In both years I failed utterly to achieve those goals. Right now, I simply don't have a clear idea of whether or not I even can keep a consistent writing schedule. So my goal for the first half of 2014 is to try and find one. This is at least partially contingent on V.R. finding his own consistent sleeping schedule. While 2013 was marked by a complete lack of consistency on his part with regard to sleep, 2014 is so far shaping up to look like it might be different. I'm not sure what happened on January 1st, but things have been normalizing quite a bit since then in V.R.'s sleep department, though we're by no means out of the woods.
If I can make it to the mid-year point on this goal successfully, then I'll be in a better position to gauge how much writing I can achieve, and how frequently I can write in the second half of the year. If not, it'll be a continued search for a predictable and consistent schedule.
3) Contingent on the success of Goal #2, focus on completing a final draft of one short story: This goal is entirely contingent. If I can succeed in finding some sort of consistent writing schedule in 2014, then my first effort will be to complete a final draft of a short story, namely the same short I'd been working on previously (i.e. Story of V). Since last I put words down on Story of V, the world of that story has blossomed in my head, and it now constitutes an out-of-chronological-order "chapter" in a longer epic fantasy series of short stories. In my head, these stories are each independent stories with their own characters (with a few recurring characters) and their own beginnings, middles, and ends. But a thread runs through them that ties them together into a larger, hopefully coherent narrative. That's the idea, anyway. But first… if I can, I want to finish this story.
4) Contingent on the success of Goal #3, submit completed story to a professional market or content: More contingency goals. If I can find time to write, and if I can thereafter finish a draft of this story, then and only then will I have something to submit. Basically: I'll cross this bridge when and if I come to it.
5) Develop a plan to revitalize the blog: The first of my new goal categories concerns this very blog. Simply put, the site is dated and clunky. For a long time I've been wanting to update the blog to make it better and cleaner and update the visual appeal. The blog also lagged a lot in 2013 for posts and content. A lot of this was due to lack of time for blogging, this is largely true. But some of it was for lack of something to blog about. I believe that I need to take a broader view on what sorts of things are of value to discuss on this blog, and what I want to talk about.
This goal isn't to complete the revitalization. It's to set up a plan to do so. That plan will need to balance competing desires for maximum blog-beautifulosity and interestingification with minimum time input.
6) Find a consistent blogging schedule that I can realistically achieve, and then maintain it: Similar to Goal #2 in almost all respects except instead of relating to fiction, it relates to blogging. I've long wanted a consistent posting schedule; maybe in 2014 I can figure out what a realistic schedule might be.
7) Personal Life Renewal: You know something else that dropped off a lot in 2013? My personal life. As in the whole Husband and Father thing. I was so overtaken by being father I had to be (for little V.R.'s sake) that I hadn't taken time to focus on being the father I want to be (for both V.R. and B.T.) Not to mention, you know, romancing Dear Wife. Of this I'll say no more, except that I want to be very clear that these three people are my highest priority, and I want to acknowledge that here in my blog.
There. That should be enough to keep me very busy for the next six months. How do you plan to spend all that time?
2013 In Review: Blogging
As promised, I thought it would be fun to post up a review of my blogging for the year. Most of this is covered in WordPress's automatically-generated annual Stats Report, which you can see below.
Here's an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Click here to see the complete report.
No surprises here, but 2013 continued the annual trend of declining page views here, from a high of around 16,000 in 2011 down to 14,000 in 2012 and 10,000 in 2013. There seems to be a strong correlation with the number of posts I've written – from 189 in 2011 to 122 in 2012 and down to only 30 in 2013.
Yeah… 30 posts. That's all I managed to find time for in 2013. That's rather less than once-a-week. This goes back to the theme that prevailed in the rest of my writing throughout this year that I discussed in my last post. The realities of Fatherhood 2.0 (which is clearly still in beta) leave me without sufficient time to adequately maintain this blog.
It logically follows, then, that my most popular posts on this blog in 2013 were all written in prior years – mostly 2011 and 2012. Basically, I wrote nothing of any consequence or depth in 2013.
Incidentally… does anyone out there run a WordPress.com blog but use some other mechanism to track their blog stats? There's nothing wrong that I could definitively see in WordPress's stats, but I don't have any way of accessing and performing my own data manipulations to get at anything that interests me in particular… I'd love to be able to do that. Also, after a certain amount of time, old data becomes inaccessible to me. If there's some other way to look at the data and/or to store that information long-term, I'd love to take it for a whirl. Sound off in comments if you've got a way of working around WordPress.com's stats limitations.
When time allows… I'll start looking at my prognosis for 2014 in my next annual Goals, Plans, and Dreams post…
2013 In Review: Goals, Books, and Writing
The fact that I didn't find the time to post my goals for 2013 until February should have been a clue, early in the year, that this was not a promising year for achieving such goals.
Those goals, in brief, numbered 4: first, read at least 750,000 words of fiction, second, write at least 1,750 words of fiction per week (with a few caveats), third, complete the first drafts for at least two short stories and, third, to submit one completed draft in to a publishing market.
Perhaps one out of four ain't bad, considering the year it's been at the Casa Chez Watkins. The short rundown of whether I met my goals: Yes, No, No, and No.
Yes, I read over 750,000 words of fiction. In fact, I read over one million words this year. The things I have read in 2013: A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, The Hundred Thousdand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, and most of the first four books of the "Fablehaven" series by Brandon Mull, those being Fablehaven, Rise of the Evening Star, Grip of the Shadow Plague, and about 70% of Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. Every book I've touched in 2013 has been a pleasure to read, and each enjoys my hearty recommendation. Plus, I joined Goodreads in 2013 (feel free to friend me) in spite of my reservations on their being purchased by Amazon.
No, I did not write 1,750 words per week in 2013. Not even close. In truth, out of 52 weeks in the year, I actually wrote more than 0 words of fiction in only 5 of them. Of those five weeks, only one week came even close to my stated goal. Four of those five writing days occurred in the first quarter of the year. This will prove to be a relevant detail. My total wordcount for the year: roughly in the neighborhood of 4,600 words total.
Consequent to the last, no, I did not complete any short stories and no I submitted nothing to any publishing markets for consideration.
So what did I do in 2013 besides read and nothing? Allow me to reflect on the themes that the year presented to me.
Yes it really is that simple. No I don't mean "Virtual Reality". I mean my second little tyke.
Fatherhood, of course, was it's own challenging transition. When I first started this blog lo these many 4 years ago, I already knew that Fatherhood was an imminent facet of my future. The blog was, at the time, an outlet for the internal pressures inside me striving to find release in the medium of creative writing at a time when life was already fairly busy.
I had thought, when we began to prepare for our second child, that being the father of two wouldn't be substantially more demanding of me than being a father of one. More demanding, yes, but not lots more.
I was… mistaken.
Since the advent of our second precious little one early in 2013, I can now count on one hand, to some approximation, the number of nights in which I have had a full night of uninterrupted sleep. (Remember how I said that the fact that most of the writing I'd done this year was in the first quarter was a relevant detail? This is how it is relevant.) I find myself chronically sleep-deprived and both emotionally and intellectually drained. What wherewithal I have has been devoted to trying to be a good husband and parent and to doing my best to have an outstanding year in my dayjob. Being mostly – but not always entirely – successful in these endeavors has come at the cost of virtually no writing progress whatsoever in any of the several writing projects I am theoretically juggling. ("Theoretically" because in practical reality those balls have been lying gathering dust this year, and hardly a one has been picked up or dusted off this year.)
So why, in all this, was I able to do so well in reading? Two reasons, I think: first, while reading is an intellectually engaging activity, it is markedly less cognitively demanding than writing and composition. Second, relating to my writing head-space and proclivities and how that contrasts with reading: I can read in very short bursts (though I prefer not to be forced into shorter bursts) of as little as a page or two or a few minutes at a time. Any progress made during that time is still progress toward any quantifiable reading goal. For writing, it's not so simple for me. You'll find lots of advice out there suggesting that one should make use of every available free minute to write, be they five minutes here or ten there. Except I can't actually do that, or at least I've not yet found it in myself to do so. I need enough free time and space, chunked together, to allow me to get into the story I'm producing, to delve into the characters and to feel the beats and rhythms of the plot. If I have only five minutes in which to do this, any words I write, however few in number they may be, are more likely than not going to need to be deleted later, in which case the writing becomes a game of one step forward and at least as many steps back. Not a terribly successful formula for progress. All this while simultaneously draining still more from my already meager and dwindling cognitive reserves. (A sad milestone for me this year: I believe 2013 is perhaps the first year I know of in which I felt stupider at the end than I did going in.)
Writing didn't happen. Reading did happen. And something else happened in 2013. I did lots of fathery-type stuff. For all that my mental resources felt drained, I still have a lovely and happy family, and I'm reasonable certain that all the members of that family – both little boys as well as wife and, yes, probably even the dog – are happy to have me as part of their lives. Little V.R. may not sleep with anything remotely resembling consistency at night, but when he's awake at the same time as the sun is up, he's a genuinely joyful and adventuresome soul with a keen passion for the zest in life. And let's not forget B.T., who continues to grow and develop in delightful ways, proving at every turn that he's gifted with a bright and inquisitive mind, a sensitive and loving heart, and a strong desire to make sense of the world around him. Between the two, my own heart is so full of proud daddy emotions that the organ has undoubtedly had to increase in size somewhat dramatically in order to encompass it all.
I'm sad that I've had a poor year with respect to my writing – I'd be lying if I said otherwise. But I think it is equally true that the joy B.T. and V.R. have brought me in return this year has been fairly just compensation of another kind.
I'll update with a review of my year in blogging at a later date, but here's a sneak preview: The life-altering consequences of adding a second child to our home was felt not only in the realm of fiction writing.
So that's the year looking back, for me. How was your 2013?
A Ten-Month-Old's Letter To Santa
V.R. falls pretty close to this category of infanthood… and hey, the things this other baby wants are pretty much mostly exactly the same things V.R. wants… Thanks to the Ugly Volvo for posting this…
Originally posted on The Ugly Volvo:
Dear Santa,
I am a ten-month-old baby and I write because my mother has been sending out my "Christmas List" to people, and her list does not in any way represent the things I really want. I could give two s#*ts about receiving stacking cups.
And I know you're ready to make the joke about ten month-old babies and how all we want is the wrapping paper and the boxes. Touché, Santa. Touché. We do, of course, want those things. But I have a number of additional things I want very badly.
My list is enclosed below. Have a lovely holiday.
-Ten Month-Old Baby
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A Comprehensive List of The Things I Want For Christmas:
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1.) This Laptop Cord
I want this laptop cord more than I have ever wanted…
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It's that time of year again. We're 12 days into the month of November, and authors and would-be writers all around the world are cracking their knuckles and flexing their story-muscles.
So far, I'm on track this year for a perfect NoNoWriMo. That's right: I've written 0 words of fiction so far this month, and if I keep up this pace of 0 words a day, I'll be able to crack that 0 word total by the end of the month.
I'm being facetious, of course. Can you tell? In reality, if you were taking part in NaNoWriMo, you should find yourself somewhere around the 20,000 wordcount mark today.
Hey, I'll level with you: if I had the opportunity to participate in NaNo, I would. Heck, if I could find the time to put down five thousand words, much less fifty thousand, I'd take it. I don't really take pride in the fact that I'm not doing NaNo and that I'm not writing. I take no pleasure in the fact that it has been 3 months since I've written a word of fiction (compounded with another 5 months of no writing before that solitary instance of activity).
But a blog where I complain about how little I'm writing is no fun to write, and an absolute killjoy to read. So I make light, when I can. Just one of the ways I put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward without losing hope that, yes, one day I will be a writer. I don't even mean necessarily a published professional writer, though I hope one day to be that too, but a writer as in someone who writes. Right now? I can't really claim even that designation.
But you know what designation I can claim? A dad. And not a half-bad one at that. Not always a good one, sure, but more good than bad. And I'm a husband. Maybe a middling one, but at least I make the effort. And I'm a an employee. I like to think I'm an asset to my company and that I bring a lot to the table. Right now, this trifecta takes the overwhelming majority of my time. Most of the remainder (not counting sleep, of course) goes to a fourth thing which I am: a responsible homeowner. The long-running projects Dear Wife and I have been engaged in are currently languishing for lack of energy to complete them, but I'm well on my way down another, more time-sensitive home owner's project that's eating a lot of time: reclaiming my yard from the unruly wild. (Okay, so, currently the moles are sort of winning. But new grass is one its way, and I'm still looking for new options on how to deal with the subterranean varmints.)
That's the forecast for November 2013. But tell me, how's your month going?


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|Giving Thanks Ahead of Thanksgiving
|Written by Alex Garcia
|Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:35
Dozens of people gave thanks Monday, Nov. 19, as they received turkeys and all the trimmings for a typical Thanksgiving dinner that otherwise would have been out of reach for them.
"This is a blessing," said Yolanda Pacheco, 62, as she waited to receive the food at Lutheran Social Services of Southern California (LSSC) in Van Nuys. The food bank was able to give close to 200 turkeys to families.
"This is very good for us seniors who are going through a crisis," added Pacheco.
Until about two years ago, Pacheco was a chef at a hotel in Colorado and things were going well for her, she said.
"I came to California to make a better living, but I haven't been able to get a job," Pacheco said.
She currently visits the food bank once a month.
"This helps. It doesn't solve everything, but it does help," she said.
Maria Ceja was also thankful. She has cancer, and takes care of a couple of grandkids and her own son.
"This is only for a day and maybe for leftovers the next," Ceja said. "It's not much, but at least we have for Thanksgiving."
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, a 10- serving Thanksgiving meal costs about $49.48 this year, up about 28 cents from last year.
Much of that goes to pay for the bird, about $22.23 for a 16- pound turkey. Add bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, cranberries and pumpkin pie, and the bill goes up.
That may not be a lot for family where two people are working, but it is more difficult when one is on a fixed income, or no income at all.
"I'm incapacitated and this is a big help," said Miguel Santillan who, along with wife Elba also received a turkey. "We thank the organizations who help because we do need it."
Jan Maseda, head of LSSC in Van Nuys, said they were able to get the turkeys thanks to donations from Boy and Girl Scouts units, local churches and other private organizations. "We pre-qualified everybody in August (for the turkeys)," Maseda said. "We wish we could give more, but we simply can't."
Maseda said as the U.S. economic crisis has deepened in recent years, so have the lines of people looking for help.
"Right now we've had a lot of generous people donate to us. They did food drives for us, but come January, we'll be pretty empty again."
She noted, however, that donations have increased about 20 percent this year compared to last—a sign of an economic recovery—but still many people are still looking for help.
The office of Los Angeles City councilmember Tony Cardenas distributed holiday meal baskets to about 950 families.
Cardenas partnered with parent center coordinators at different schools throughout his district, which nominated needy families.
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Theophilus London kicked off his North America tour Wednesday night. Just so happen the very first show was in my hometown! Sooooo, I traveled back home to Cleveland Heights with two of my friends to see the awesome Theophilus London live in concert for the very first time! Music? DOPE! Energy? GREAT! It's really too bad his show isn't stopping here in Columbus, but I say catch it as close as you can because Theo did an awesome, awesome, awesome job.
Theophilus dropped his new single, "Last Night" (LVRS ANTHEM) to celebrate the opening of his tour, and it happens to be a favorite of mine already. If you've never heard of Theophilus?!....Shame on you! But now you get to experience some great stuff....
(To Listen/Download "Last Night (LVRS ANTHEM) click here, and watch the video clip I shot of the of him performing "Last Night (LVRS ANTHEM) below!
(I took the photos durring the show, and after on my iPod :D. Check out his next tour dates as well! - Click the expand button the photos will appear larger.)


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Techniques to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind For Success
If you are seeking the benefits of more success, health, and happiness in your life, look no further than your own subconscious mind. Your subconscious holds the keys to both success and failure, and can be one of the most powerful influences on human experience. Your subconscious mind can keep you in misery or lead you to joy.
Your mind, and how you use it, can be the single characteristic that can propels you not only to the top of your profession but to the most satisfying of personal relationships as well. There are many methods of subconscious mind programming; we will examine just a few.
Click Here For The Ultimate Subconscious Mind Programming Techniques
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, also known as NLP, is a breakthrough system of behavioral change that was discovered back in the 1970s by a student and a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is a method of challenging a person's way of looking at the world to find better answers to life's problems. It is also a way of programming a person's perception to better reflect his or her true feelings about events, and arrive at a more productive use of thought power.
One of the processes of NLP involves reframing an unpleasant event, actually visualizing it in detail and seeing it as if it was a movie, from a distance, running the film front to back, back to front, and in triple speed. This has the effect of lessening the emotional charge that the event had for you when it happened, therefore lessening its effect on you going forward.
Another NLP process, 'anchoring,' calls for visualizing a pleasant experience and using it as a mental anchor when facing an unpleasant experience. You can also use NLP to determine if the person you are talking to is telling the truth, by learning the meaning of the movements a person's eyes make when they communicate. You can use the same method to persuade others that you can be trusted.
The master of self-help, Earl Nightingale, says it simply: "You become what you think about." Writers and teachers like Shakti Gawain have capitalized on the idea that your thoughts create reality. The idea of using affirmations, or positive statements intended to influence one's life, has taken off since Emil Coué's often parodied statement, "Every day in every way I am getting better and better." Today, affirmations are liberally used either in forms given us by our teachers, or written by an individual to specifically create the conditions she desires in life.
Treasure Maps
Other techniques include treasure maps or vision boards, where an individual creatively expresses the object of desire in pictures (perhaps cut from a magazine), artwork, or poetic descriptions. The point of such an exercise is to give the seeker a focal point to meditate on or to flash the energy of the desire into the present moment whenever they look at it. The treasure map or vision board serves as a reminder for their affirmations and helps to clarify exactly what they want.
Visualization works for many people. It's a great way to program your mind. Simply get into a relaxed, meditative state and visualize a future event you feel some trepidation about. See yourself succeeding and exceeding your expectations in the event, everyone congratulating you and appreciating your efforts. When the actual event comes around, your performance will be top rate!
You might choose something like the Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT. The basic premise uses a system of tapping on different parts of the body to dissipate any negative emotion that is holding you back. Using techniques similar to NLP, EFT also seeks to reframe reprogram negative emotions or memories embedded in the subconscious mind.
The Power of Feeling
Emotional investment is a very important part of changing your brain to change your experience. It has frequently been shown that a powerful emotion behind a desire leads more often to its fulfillment than an I-don't-care attitude. Whatever you choose to create in your life, add the all-important component of feeling; it will astound you what your powerful desire will create.


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MPs: Ministers too slow on flood defence measures
MPs have criticised the Government at being too slow in bringing in measures that will protect homes and businesses from the impact of flooding.
The Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee said the draft Water Bill would help increase competition in the provision of water supplies for customers.
But ministers are not showing enough urgency in implementing measures that will improve the country's resilience to flooding and drought, the MPs said.
A report from the committee criticised the failure to create sustainable drainage systems to prevent flooding from surface water, through measures such as stopping people laying impermeable surfaces in back gardens and businesses.
And ministers are taking too long over moves to improve the safety of reservoirs at risk of flooding, the report on the draft Water Bill said.


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Today, T-Mobile announced U.S. availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone, Research In Motion's thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry to date. Weighing in at only 3.8 ounces, the 8900 packs quite a punch.
With quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support, this advanced BlackBerry can travel with users around the world with nearly global connectivity. When out on the town, the built-in GPS supports location-based services and turn-by-turn directions. Comfortably at home, onboard WiFi connectivity provides high-speed data support.
The smartphone comes equipped with RIM's new, graphically enhanced BlackBerry OS, which should look sharp on the 8900's vivid 2.44-inch, 65k color display. The display pushes pixels at 480 x 360 resolution, the highest available on a candybar shaped, QWERTY-equipped BlackBerry. Those hi-res graphics should also load in a flash thanks to the 8900's 512MHz processor.
Photographers will appreciate the Curve 8900's 3.2 megapixel camera that features autofocus, flash, and video recording capability. Multimedia fanatics will dig the phone's 3.5mm stereo headphone support, microSD slot, and included 256MB memory card. Frugal customers won't have to worry knowing that the 8900 supports T-Mobile's popular
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available in T-Mobile retail stores, select retailers, and on the company's website starting on February 11 for $199.99 with a two year contract and data plan.
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Five childhood friends (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman) reunite 20 years after an epic pub crawl when one of them decides it's time they tried to repeat the feat. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries as they become the only hope for survival.
In the same week that Sylvester Stallone bludgeons cinema goers with his sledgehammer homage to 1980's American action, The Expendables, Danish filmmaker Tomas Villum Jensen and local arthouse distributor Filmways sneak their dippy, delightfully-retro adventure film At World's End into a handful of inner-city cinemas.
Jensen and his scriptwriter Anders Thomas Jensen (no relation) reunite with Nikolaj Lie Kaas, the leading man from their 2006 festival fave, Clash of Egos, to tell the story of office-bound police psychologist Adrian Gabrielsen, a man for whom life's great thrill is sneaking a smoke while he drives to work. His feisty blonde secretary, Beate (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen), has a secret passion for her boss, despite her subtle advances being largely ignored and she is thrilled to be included in a business trip to Jakarta that Adrian has been ordered to undertake.
There they will interview Severin Geertsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a Danish national in custody for the murder of a BBC documentary crew. Geersten is making wildly imaginative claims, most significantly that he is 129 years old and remains young-looking and fit from ingesting the petals of a mystical jungle flower that he has named 'Hedvig', and that he protects with a homicidal fervour.
Adrian soon finds himself on the wrong side of the local cops (a running gag involving a hotel maid, an unflushed toilet and the misconception that Adrian has an excrement fetish highlights the film's blackly hilarious tone) and, when the opportunity arises, he, Geertsen and Beate break from custody and head to the rainforest to find the strange plant. Of course, others are interested in such a miraculous discovery, most worryingly the evil Jack Pudovski (acclaimed actor Steven Berkoff, himself an '80s action icon thanks to his role as Victor Maitland in Martin Brest's Beverly Hills Cop, 1984).
Though Jensen's film embraces the finer, funnier aspects of the Hollywood adventure flick, it is not bound by them. The film utilises some very unpleasant violence to convince audiences of the peril our heroes face; scenes including the murder of the film crew, gunshots to the heads of unfortunate Indonesian soldiers and the legless fate of one character as he dangles from a helicopter would not make it past LA focus groups, but give At World's End a welcome edginess. One downside that an American production would have rightly excised is some inappropriate racially-tinged humour – jokes about the Asian local's bad teeth and the occasional use of terms like 'little yellow man" have no place anywhere, especially in a film like this.
Other plusses include a nicely-woven subplot involving Adrian's sick mother, which provides added impetus to the group's search for the life-giving plant; some charmingly retro special effects work; and Jan Richter-Friis' stunning widescreen photography of the Queensland tropics, where the jungle exteriors were shot in late 2008 with the assistance of Screen Queensland (formerly The Pacific Film and Television Commission, as it appears in the opening credits).
It's a terrible shame that the marketing might behind Sly's misfire hasn't been afforded Jensen's terrifically entertaining update of such screwball 1980s thrill rides as David Hemmings' Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981), Robert Zemeckis' Romancing the Stone (1984) and Lewis Teague's Jewel of the Nile (1985). At World's End is not the sort of crowd-pleaser one usually finds in the upmarket venues, so we can only hope discerning crowds buoyed by the spirited romp will word-of-mouth the film to some degree of mainstream exposure.


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Today, gratitude for those who have served our county could be felt all across Minot, including Roosevelt Park.
This afternoon, the official flag raising and relighting of the North Dakota Medal of Honor took place at Roosevelt Park to acknowledge veterans.
Local Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romoshay was present at the ceremony.
The ceremony also drew state leaders or their representatives to the podium to offer some words in honor of those who have and still do serve our nation.
The Medal of Honor Memorial recognizes veterans that have received the highest level of honor in the military; however, today's ceremony was dedicated to veterans all across the state.
(Ron Merritt, Minot Park District Executive Director)"It's nice that we have the state memorial right here in Minot, North Dakota, so it's kind of a special day to honor the veterans that are named on this memorial and to thank them for their service and wish them well."
This is the first time the ceremony has taken place at the Medal of Honor Memorial since the 2011 flood.


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28 October 2011 at 6:17pm
Sorry for posting this, but google searching didn't yield much information...
I'm trying to set up an automated mailing system which grabs all the emails from Members associated with an Event (using UncleCheese's Event Calendar), and sends them a notification about the event one day before the event is due to occur.
I'm thinking I can do this:
- Set up a Mail_Controller.php file in SS with a function to grab all events within one day forward of the current DateTime, get all emails from the members on that event, send out mass mail to those emails.
- Use a cron job to call that function from that file every day at, for example, 1200 hours.
Would it be possible to do this, and, if so, what would be the best way of doing it? I'm new to Silverstripe and cron, so I'm quite clueless.
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Hi jon,
You might want to look into https://github.com/ajshort/silverstripe-eventmanagement
Once this (and the about 4.34 billion related modules) are installed you'll find one that deals with email notifications to attendees a specfied period before hand. In addition there is tons of cool stuff in there.
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I am! Is anyone else going to be there? I wouldn't be against meeting up at Kieran's or 508 or something beforehand for a few minutes. Last year TimAllen, Dogpile, and I met at Kieran's and it was enjoyable, if brief. This time I'll be the bearded guy in the black Pek shirt who's laughing too loudly.
What will I be laughing about? The possibility of Pek tearing out Andrew Bynum's spine and using it as a jumprope, maybe. Or it could be the thought of Kobe running into a Pek screen and exploding. I'm not picky.
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MADISON- Donna Mae Dennis passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov 4, 2013, at the age of 61.
A private family service will be held at a later date. She was born in Madison, WI, the daughter of Earl and Blanche (Peterson) Dennis. She graduated from Middleton high school. In her career she worked in data entry. The best popcorn maker, her sisters benefited greatly by Donna's foundation of having someone to come home to. Donna found great pleasure in puzzles, card playing, and Bingo.
Donna is survived by her mother Blanche Dennis (Madison), one brother James Dennis (Beaufort, SC), five sisters, Sylvia and Rita Dennis (Madison), Diane (Joe) Wolf (Sauk City), Marci Hafemeister (Manitowoc) and Gena (Dave) Long (DeForest), and her nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father Earl Dennis, one sister Juanita Droster, and a brother in law Rob Hafemeister.
The family would like to express appreciation for the care she received over the years with Cornerstone CSP, Badger Prairie and American Way, and most recently the compassionate care at Agrace Hospice. She will be greatly missed.
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THE second grade battle between Gladstone and Orange City hangs in the balance after Saturday's first day of play.
Gladstone worked its way to 201 and then had City at 3-81 at the end of the day's play.
The Gladstone top order started well with openers Duncan Young (52) and Ben McAlpine (38) setting things up, before Ray Milner (49) carried on with the job.
A late collapse meant Gladstone was all out for 201 as Dave Boundy (4-44), Ryan Sinclair (3-25) and Mark Toynton (2-36) took multiple wickets.
Orange City didn't have the ideal start losing opening Andrew McIntyre (1) to be 1-7.
Boundy (60 not out) kept the score ticking over and will resume batting this Saturday with Andrew Rutledge (4no), with the side at 3-81.
McAlpine already has 2-24 from his seven overs.
Cavaliers scored a strong 83-run first innings win over Waratahs in their third grade clash.
Cavs posted 207 from their 40 overs before removing Waratahs for just 124.
CYMS scored a four-wicket win over City Warriors.
Warriors were out for 132 with Jason Corby's 52 the best.
Michael Brindle took 4-35 for CYMS and Tom Satterthwaite claimed 3-7.
In response, CYMS reached 135 with four wickets in hand. Satterthwaite (42) and Michael Hannelly (35) were the best.
Darcy O'Shea had the best figures for Warriors with 3-15 from his eight overs.
In the other third grade match, Centrals accounted for Wanderers by 39 runs.
Centrals batted first and were all out for 145 before they removed Wanderers for 106.
There were some hard-fought games in Centenary Cup action on Saturday.
CYMS scored a 36-run win over Kinross Young Guns.
CYMS batted first and were all out for 160 and then removed Kinross for 124 in the 27th over.
Orange City scored a tight win over Kinross thirds in their clash.
Kinross made 7-193 with Cameron Robinson (54) leading the way.
Things were tight in the chase for City but they reached 8-194 in the 34th over.
A half-century from Tom Belmonte helped CYMS to a first innings win over Waratah.
Waratahs made 6-117 in 36 overs with Angus Howarth working his way to 60.
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Police do not know how teacher fell to his death
Austrian Police say Jonathan Taylor the Nottingham IT teacher who died after falling on a skiing trip was the last person in a group of his colleagues making their way back but for some "unknown reason" fell.
The 44-year-old went down a steep slope and then fell 13ft off of a high stone wall onto the road below.
Police say the fall left the teacher with "serious head injuries". Emergency services attempted to resuscitate Mr Taylor but he died at the scene.
The Chair of Governors at Christ The King Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic school in Nottingham, David Wilson, said:
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Old Dominion University Gallery opens "Joint Master of Fine Arts Program Exhibition" with a reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20.
The reception and exhibition, which continues through March 11, are free and open to the public.
The exhibition features work from students currently enrolled in the Joint Graduate Program in Visual Studies at Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University. Included are works by Sandra Barrett, Elizabeth Carbocci, Lauriana Acrhibold Cohen, Erin Cross, Christy Frederick, Mark Guilbault, Ralph Irby, Diana Nicholson, Particia Sterritt and John Runner.
The program traditionally has encouraged students to transcend media-specific boundaries. Barrett, for example, uses mixed media transfer to explore the possibility of isolation within a crowd. Also using mixed media, Carbocci's installations explore how patterns and spatial organizations interact, while Frederick's fabric pieces penetrate into Western dictates of feminine beauty and Runner employs crutches and hypodermic syringes to evoke images of weaponry.
Irby's figurative charcoal drawings depict ideas in social realism, while Sterritt uses charcoal over black-and-white photographs to explore the application of cultural belief systems to the natural world. Cohen's weaving reinterprets indigenous Panamanian techniques and dress. Cross will exhibit a series of woodblock
prints, Guilbault presents a large-scale steel sculpture and Nicholson will also present current work.
For more information about the Visual Studies program, visit http://www.odu.edu/al/art/vistudies.html.
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*Earlier today I've replaced this listing with replacement http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/eve... as that details
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*Currently a guestimate. Will set once I found out, as when domain comes online http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/eve... . Meanwhile you can RSVP YES & get notified.
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How do I register? Is the RSVP enough?
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What is the cost?
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http://SoCalCodeCamp.com is offline as domain has expired.
*Discovered this yesterday, never seen this before, not sure the cause.
*At 12:33am, I emailed the organizer Woody id MJHI1B, who emailed back "Not a problem I will have this resolved later today..."
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In one of its annual features, the Flathead Valley beat out hundreds of other cities as one of the best places to retire in "Where to Retire" magazine.
Eight places were named, including Sandpoint, Idaho and Eugene, Oregon.
What really sets the Valley apart is the tax climate for retirees, according to the magazine's editor, Annette Fuller.
People living on a fixed income are able to take advantage of great exemptions in the state income tax.
Fuller points out it's also helpful to retirees that Montana has no state sales tax.
"Plenty love the winter sports and just simply could not live without some snow. For those, we are really happy to choose Flathead Valley," explained Fuller.
Fuller also said that in the upcoming May-June issue of "Where to Retire," there's going to be a full profile of Missoula.
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Meyer, who was appointed to the office in October 2002 after the death of Prosecutor John Buchanan, has been elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
He filed his candidacy with the Indiana Secretary of State on Jan. 9.
"I believe I have a lot more to offer the people of Boone County," Meyer said in a press release. "I have several public safety projects in the works and on my list of things to do that I still want to accomplish for this community."
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