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WOWY. Also known as With Or Without You. It's not just a U2 love song, in fact it's a pretty useful tool for looking at how players perform with certain teammates, what players are driving their lines, which ones are dragging their lines down, and which combinations seem to work at bringing the best out of each other. The basic data came from Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com, and boy do they have a lot of data. Within those pages you can find WOWY details for pretty much every player over the last few seasons, combined seasons, when the score is close, and much more. For this post, I used 5v5 data from the 2013-14 season only (to keep the sample size as large as possible). So I took all that information, and made a nice big fancy chart. It shows the Corsi percentage that each player is better (or worse) with each player. So the corresponding space in the chart of Johansen With (along the top of the chart) and Foligno (on the left side of the chart) shows the difference between Ryan Johansen's Corsi For % with Nick Foligno, and Johansen's Corsi For % away from Foligno. Got it? Good. Let's take a look at the chart, then go over a few things that need to be considered. After that is the good stuff: the players who come out best (and worst) in this analysis, the best combinations of players, and various ideal/terrible/etc. lineups.
Ryan Murray
Jack Johnson. James Wisniewski. Two divisive players playing the same position. A quick Google search will bring up loads of examples of people saying how bad Jack Johnson is. A quick search of Twitter post-playoff elimination would have found numerous examples of people saying how bad James Wisniewski is. What all that super analysis tends to forget is the role of a defenseman. Which isn't always easy to judge. It's much easier to watch a forward play, look at his stats, and decide with reasonable accuracy how good (or bad) he is. For defensemen, it is MUCH more difficult. That stats aren't quite as telling. Some of the most important aspects of playing defense have no stats, are barely perceptible to most viewers, and are significantly influenced by the role the defenseman plays on his team. Put a guy in his own end, against the best players, and make him the primary puckhandler on his pairing, and you'll see a lot of goals against, a lot of turnovers, and not a lot of points. Put a guy in the offensive zone, against lesser competition, playing with scorers, and make him one of the focal points of the offense, and you'll see less turnovers, lots of points and goals, and less goals against. Switch up either of those roles on the fly, and you're likely to see the results switch up. There are only six defensemen on a team, so unless they are just rolled over willy nilly, you can't compare teammates (well unless they are partners). You need to look at how those defensemen compare to other defensemen playing similar roles. So that's what I did for Johnson and Wisniewski to try and find out if they are good, average, terrible, or deserving of buyouts.
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Unlike last year, we had a consensus winner for the Masterton this time around. A reminder (as this one may be a bit more obscure), the Masterton goes out to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. Last year the award was taken home by Vinny Prospal, so we'll obviously have a new player take home this hardware. The champion is something of a no brainer, but the tUB team was all over the map in the second and third place votes. Continue on to find out the winner…. Continue reading…
I figured the James Norris Memorial Trophy, given to the best defenseman, would be an interesting vote. Considering that the bloom is off the rose for both Jack Johnson and James Wisniewski; reigning winner 2013 tUB Norris winner Fedor Tyutin had a slightly down year; and the emergence of youngster Ryan Murray, this vote could have gone any number of ways. Instead, we had a runaway winner, with unanimous across the board first place votes. That was surprising enough in itself, but then we also had a dead even tie for the runner up spot. Without further ado, the winner of the Norris is…..
The Lady Byng. Every player's least favorite award. The official description reads as such: "Outstanding sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." In general, this award tends to go to the good player with the least number of penalty minutes. Or, as many think of it, the good player who is also the biggest pansy. I object to that description, as there are a number of Jacket players who fit the bill this year, while also playing very hard shift in, and shift out, taking abuse, going to the corners, and playing a tough game in general. However, what sets those players apart from the Dubinsky's is their ability to do so without putting the Jackets shorthanded very often, constantly being good sports, and playing like gentlemen. We actually had a tie this year, with most first place votes used to break it. Last year's winner was Cam Atkinson. Can he repeat? Let's find out… Continue reading…
When Aaron Portzline tweeted where the Jackets would pick in the first round of the NHL draft he thought it would bum out CBJ fans because it made them face the reality that it's now officially the off-season. To me it said "well better get to work prospect boy". As I said in my state of the prospect pool post, my knowledge is limited right now (the troubles of following a play-off team) but that's nothing a few hours with my hockeyprospect.com blackbook can't fix. The Jackets will pick 16th in the NHL Draft which ties their lowest original pick. (The team was supposed to pick 16th in 2009 but traded down twice to eventually pick John Moore at 21.)
To recap the picks currently available to the Jackets:
1st Round 16th
2nd Round 47th
Could Get Toronto's 2nd Round Pick (Anaheim's Choice) 14 or 15
3rd Round 77th
3rd Round Edmonton Pick From LA(Scrivens trade)
4th Round 107th
5th lost in Schultz Trade
6th lost in Gaborik NYR deal – pick later traded to Minnesota
7th Round 197th
2015(<-I gotta be me ;) )
2nd Toronto's from LA if not used in 14
3rd(PHI-Mason Deal)
At the conclusion of the 2013 Columbus Blue Jackets season, the Union Blue team handed out awards to Blue Jackets players mirroring the actual NHL awards. Considering this was unarguably the best season in CBJ history, we had to follow it up with the second annual edition. So, over the next few weeks we will be slowly unveiling our rankings for every single award given out by the NHL, minus raw total awards as they are already determined (the Art Ross for most points (Ryan Johansen), Rocket Richard for most goals (Ryan Johansen), and William Jennings for goals against by team with goalies needing 25gp to be included (Sergei Bobrovsky & Curtis McElhinney)). The tUB team (AlisonL, Canadan, CBJProspects, DerDrache, Coach, Brett, and GregIn120), will rank three players per award (with one obvious exception), and provide an explanation for each of our rankings. These ranks will then be combined to determine who the tUB team feels deserves each award. Up first, we have the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top rookie performer.
Last year's winner: Dalton Prout
Calder nominees: Boone Jenner, Cody Goloubef, Michael Chaput, Ryan Murray, and Sean Collins.
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The Blue Jackets season ended Monday night in front of a packed house of appreciative fans. We here at tUB wanted to take a few days to reflect on the season as a whole and now we come together to share our thoughts on what was, perhaps, the greatest season in Blue Jacket history. Here's what our team had to say…
I was out of the country for a bit there, lacking internet and good watching locations (although a packed bar all rooting against the Penguins was a great place to watch game four), so I missed a few games for the goal breakdowns. So here is a supercut from the last three outings. Not every goal is covered, but a couple from each game that stood out for one reason or another.
Game Three: Boone Jenner from Jack Skille and Ryan Johansen, 1-0 Jackets
A few things on this goal. First, holy hell, that is a pass by Ryan Murray. You can't even see if it is tape-to-tape, but it sure looks that way by the time the camera catches up to Ryan Johansen. The pass creates a nice little insta-rush, but it really shouldn't have come to anything. The movement by Johansen, Skille, and Jenner is what makes this dangerous. I like the creativity by the Johan here. He has to slow up to get help, which usually means getting the blueline, stopping hard, letting the defense sink back, the following forwards crash in, and the puck carrier walks into space. But Pens defender Olli Maata expects this and steps up on Johansen, so Joey cuts right into the heart of the defense, which pulls everyone in. From there, Skille and Jenner do a good job of spacing themselves out and forcing a decision by Maata. The rookie has Johansen, passes him off, and then has to decide between Jenner and Skille. Skille takes a shot and goes wide, stops Maata cold, and Jenner has all day to bury the rebound. Any time you can force players to change coverage and make decisions, you are going good work. Continue reading…
Quite a series we have on our hands here. Another hard fought, close game, where a team comes back from two goals down (twice this time) to eventually win the game. If the first game showed the Jackets can hang with the Penguins in a series, this game showed they could pull off the upset. The Jackets now have home ice advantage, Bobrovsky hasn't stolen a game yet, and Fleury hasn't choked away a game yet. If anything, the goaltending battle has been in Pittsburgh's favor so far. A stinker from Fleury and Bob stealing a victory would theoretically give the Jackets a dynamite chance at three wins this series (should they not happen in the same game). Couple that with a home win or two, and you have the recipe for an upset. A long way to go to get that far, but it continues tonight at Nationwide Arena. Let's all get amped up for tonight with a look back at all the goals in the Jackets first ever playoff victory. Continue reading…


text: Use this set to determine the specific gravity of a material by graphical methods. • The set consists of four (4) samples of each of eight different materials, arranged in a binary weighting sequence, with each weight double its predecessor (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1" long). This means that 15 individual determinations of specific gravity can be made. These results are plotted on a graph, the slope of which is the specific gravity of the material. • Includes: Eight (8) different materials in sets of four (4) masses; sturdy weight hanger that can be used for all samples; instructions with worksheets by Dr. A.Z.M. Ismail, PhD. Materials include aluminum, copper, delrin (black), bronze, brass, Fluoropolymer (PTFE)(white), PVC (grey) and stainless steel.

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Takeaway foods can be packed with salt, but you'd never know, as nutritional information or ingredients don't need to be disclosed. A 2009 survey by the Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH) of major fast food chains KFC, Hungry Jack's, Oporto, Red Rooster, Subway and McDonald's, showed 75% of burger and sandwich-style products provided more than 50% of an adult's recommended daily sodium limit. FSANZ has found foods that contain the highest levels of sodium per 100g are sauces, spreads and condiments, potato crisps, processed meat and meat products, including sausages, meat pies, sausage rolls and chicken nuggets, cheese and pizza. CHOICE's own review of almost 300 pizzas showed 30% are "high salt"; some blow your daily limit with just a couple of slices.
Recent surveys – including one by the Australian food regulator FSANZ – show that processed foods contributing most to our salt intake are those we consider "healthy". Our bread and cereal articles certainly confirm this.
Earlier this year, manufacturers George Weston Foods, Goodman Fielder Baking, Allied Mills and Cripps Nubake, and retailers Woolworths, Coles and ALDI agreed to reduce sodium across bread products to 400mg/100g by the end of 2013. CHOICE's recent review of multigrain breads found just 25% of multigrain breads are currently below this target. Add a spread such as Vegemite to your bread your sodium intake jumps; a simple Vegemite sandwich can supply 50% of a small child's daily limit.The voluntary target, established by the government's Food and Health Dialogue, is the same sodium limit as the Heart Foundation's tick criteria for breads. The foundation cites feedback from industry, current technology and consumer acceptance as the reasons a lower target is not feasible. In Finland –a leader in salt reduction - the 'Heart Symbol' is only given to breads with 280mg/100g of sodium or less.
CHOICE is calling for consumer education, clear food labelling and a traffic light labelling system that helps consumers make healthier food choices.
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Apache Web Server Share Falls Below 50 Percent For First Time Since 2009
Citation needed - When/why did GoDaddy switch? (303 comments)
I'm curious to find out why GoDaddy switched from Apache to IIS?
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
Citation needed - When/why did GoDaddy switch? (303 comments)
I'm curious to find out why GoDaddy switched from Apache to IIS?
Re:Why does linux get this? (240 comments)
Did you even look at the page? There is a 64bit version for Windows!
Re:Excel Charts (187 comments)
I've also found this annoying when reading papers. Perhaps I just spend too much time learning how to use gnuplot so that my graphs look nice.
Re:Google maps once told me to cross a bridge that (699 comments)
hehe if only.
Google maps once told me to cross a bridge that di (699 comments)
Visiting Ghent (in Belgium) one time, Google maps told me to cross a bridge that didn't exist to get from the train station to my hotel. I did consider swimming, but instead spent 30minutes walk along the river to the next bridge.
Re:Missing option (Yeah, I know) (648 comments)
surely 200C/375F/Gas 5 for 2 hours will solve that problem?
It should be released and under a free licence! (505 comments)
I've always been a big fan of releasing my academic work under a BSD licence. My work is funded by the taxpayers, so I think the taxpayers should be able to do what they like with my software. So I fully agree that all software should be released. It is not always enough to just publish a paper, but you should release your code so others can fully review the accuracy of your work.
Re:fully working Stargate! (131 comments)
surely you need two fully working Stargates? One is kind of pointless.
Code what you know best (310 comments)
You should code whatever you need. If you code something others need, you will either do it wrong, or get bored. Do what you know best.
Re:My own more detailed analysis (275 comments)
This is the second time. On the first Google DNS article, and now here. I'm just trying to drive traffic to my blog. Don't worry, this time it seems to have worked so I'll stop my shameless advertising
My own more detailed analysis (275 comments)
I ran my own set of experiments benchmarking both Google DNS and OpenDNS as well as two UK ISPs. I showed more detailed results, and infer some information about how these systems are run. http://bramp.net/blog/google-dns-benchmarked
Re:That was pretty fast... (129 comments)
If you offered them $40,000 I bet they could.
Re:Google DNS Benchmarks (213 comments)
wow, Where are you? and how many hops (with traceroute) are you away from each server?
Google DNS Benchmarks (213 comments)
I ran some tests against Google DNS and some other DNS providers to measure if Google DNS was actually faster than say OpenDNS, or my local ISP. The results showed OpenDNS completely outperformed Google, but Google did do better than two local ISPs. Read my blog entry about this.
How much do slashdot readers earn? (118 comments)
I'd be curious to see a poll of how much slashdot readers earn. Then we'll know how many people actually find this new article interesting/useful.
Re:Is it still Windows only? (179 comments)
Nope, works great on any OS/browser with Flash
I reported this on slashdot months ago (438 comments)
I reported this to Google back in March, and then again in April. Neither times did I get a reply, so I tried posting it to bugtrap, that got no reply, so I posted it on my blog and on Slashdot. My comment on slashdot was voted down out of existence.... now the news is on the front page of Slashdot... grrr!


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Menzies Public Talk Series |
Start Date |
21st Nov 2012 5:30pm |
End Date |
21st Nov 2012 6:30pm |
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Lecture Theatre, Medical Science 1, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart (Enter building on corner of Liverpool and Campbell Streets) |
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Menzies Research Institute Tasmania is pleased to present the next talk in its free public lecture series, on multiple sclerosis (MS) research. All are invited to attend this public event.
Chaired by Professor Bruce Taylor, the talk will highlight the important MS research currently being undertaken right here in Tasmania.
MS is a chronic degenerative and unpredictable condition that randomly attacks the brain and spinal cord. The symptoms of MS vary greatly from person to person. This is what makes it such a devastating disease.
The talk will include two presentations by highly regarded researchers, Dr Ingrid van der Mei and Dr Steve Simpson, Jr. on the topic Lifestyle and genetic predictors of MS risk and clinical course - using observational data to predict MS onset and worsening of the disease.
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Workplace violence may take many forms and may include use of deadly weapons. Advance warning of the violence is highly unlikely. Contact the UNH Police Department at 911 in the event of any incident of workplace violence.
Shooting Protocol
1. If you witness any armed individual on campus at any time, immediately contact UNH Police at 911.
2. If the shooter is outside the building:
• Turn off all the lights and close and lock all windows and doors.
• Close all window blinds and curtains.
• If you can do so safely, get all individuals on the floor and out of the line of fire.
• Move to a core area of the building if safe to do so and remain thereuntil an "all clear" instruction is given by an authorized known voice.
3. If the shooter is inside the building:
• If it is possible to flee the area safely and avoid danger, do so.
• Contact 911 with your location if possible.
• If flight is impossible, lock all doors and secure yourself in your space.
• Close all window blinds and curtains.
• Get down on the floor or under a desk and remain silent.
• Get individuals on the floor and out of the line of fire.
• Wait for the "all clear" instruction.
4. If the shooter comes into your class or office:
• Stay calm.
• Attempt to get the word out to other individuals if possible. Call 911 if possible.
• Maintain eye contact.
• Stall for time.
• Attempt to talk with the individual. If you know the individual, use their first name.
• Put distance between yourself and the offender.
• If possible, keep an escape route behind you.
• Never try to grab the weapon.
Suspicious Individuals Protocol
1. Report a suspicious looking individual or activity to UNH Police at 911. Give your location, name and reason for calling. Be ready to supply a physical description of the individual: age, weight, hair color and length, clothing, facial hair and any other distinguishing features. If the individual is in a vehicle, attempt to get the vehicle make, model and color as well as the license plate number, if possible
2. If you suspect the person is armed or see a weapon, call 911 immediately and report the situation.
3. Do not approach a suspect individual yourself. Contact UNH Police as quickly as possible while monitoring the location of the person if feasible.
Campus Resources:
University Police offer excellent programs in campus safety strategies. Call Deputy Police Chief Paul Dean at 862-1427 if your hall or department is interested.
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Intel's X48 chipset has officially impressed us here at TweakTown as being the chipset of choice for the ultimate gaming system. While Intel has been putting out technology left, right and centre, they have been behind the 8 ball when it comes to introducing technologies that the market has clearly said they wanted. First off, it took Intel up to the 975X chipset to implement a setup that runs any sort of dual graphics option, and even then its limits of twin x8 slots were behind the twin x16 slots NVIDIA had already put out. It has since taken even more hassle to get Intel into producing a twin x16 setup; the X38 and X48 are the first to even consider this.
Until the X38/X48 chipset hit the market, Intel was still pushing the 975X chipset as its enthusiast level chipset, even though it lacked support for DDR2-800 memory and had no DDR3 support which the mainstream P35 brought to the table. 975X was the only chipset to support a true split PCI Express graphics system, even though it was only two PCI Express x8 slots. It managed to keep the performance in Crossfire mode above that of the P965 and P35 with their 16/4 split option. To be honest, even though Intel wanted to keep the X38/X48 as the top dog, having a 8/8 config on the P35 chipset would have made it an even bigger hit than what it already is.
X38/X48 chipsets are the first chipsets to come out with true split PCI Express architecture. This time they are both running a 16/16 configuration. Added to this is the fact they are running PCI-E 2.0 specs as well as being XMP memory module ready; we now have a good overall platform. X48 adds to the already impressive array of features the X38 has along with much better overclocking support and official support for the 1600MHz FSB.
Today we have GIGABYTE's new X48 based board with DDR3 memory support. Following the naming lines, anything with DDR3 support gets a "T" added to the name, so today we have the GIGABYTE X48T-DQ6. This is GIGABYTE's top of the range high performance board. How will it stack up against our already tested MSI X48 Platinum and ASUS' P5E3 Premium WiFi? - Let's get down to it and find out!


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Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens
Publisher: Home School Legal Defense Association Author: Michael P. Farris, Esq. Review last updated: 2009 |
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Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens
Serious students at the junior and senior levels of high school will develop a much better understanding of the present state of Constitutional law from reading this book and/or going through the course on CD-ROM.
The book contains actual text of Supreme Court decisions that have helped to shape law into its present form, along with the original texts of the foundational documents of our government. Commentary by Mr. Farris prior to each document guides students in their reading to key points in each decision. Study questions that can be used either for written work or discussion help to enlarge understanding.
The first unit discusses the "Historical Background of the Constitution." Farris uses an interesting analogy, comparing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to a present-day corporation's articles of incorporation and by-laws respectively. Other related documents such as The Articles of Confederation and The Bill of Rights are included in the discussion.
Unit II addresses "The Constitution as Higher Law," covering the roles of state and federal constitutions and the establishment of the principle of judicial review. Unit III deals with executive and legislative branches and limits to their constitutional authority. Unit IV tackles the thorny problem of the judicial branch acting as lawmaker, and also the proper limitations on the scope of judicial activity. Unit V covers religion-related constitutional issues, which should be of special interest to Christian students. Unit VI addresses some of the most recent decisions regarding property rights, unionism, and government rights.
While the commentary is very readable, some of the justices' writing takes perseverance to unravel, so make sure your teen is able to work at this level. This book is also great for adults interested in such issues. The accompanying, inexpensive teacher's handbook contains answers to study questions; I would recommend purchasing it.
This book was originally published as Constitutional Law for Christian Students, and my review thus far is based upon that earlier version. A new, greatly expanded edition with the new name, Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens, replaces the orginal book, but I have not yet reviewed it. The HSLDA website describes it: "In this beautiful new edition of Constitutional Law, Michael Farris has completely revised and expanded his textbook from 282 to 592 pages. In his clear, conversational style, he takes readers from the Constitutional Convention and the meaning of original intent to an in-depth analysis of pivotal Supreme Court decisions—and explains how judicial tyranny is eroding our liberties."
Michael Farris has presented this course on-line. Check with HSLDA to find out at what site it is being offered. A CD-ROM featuring the course presentations is also available. It has 40class sessions, each one 15 to 30 minutes in length, so there is a great deal of content on the CD. The CD is supposed to correspond very closedly with the book, so you could either use it as a reinforcement alongside the book or on its own for a less challenging class. Presentations on the CD should be very helpful for understanding the concepts and court cases presented, so I highly recommend it. (CD available only through HSLDA.)
Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens
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Audience: grade 11 and up
Need for parent/teacher instruction: high if not using CD-ROM, otherwise low
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Teacher's manual: useful
Religious perspective: Christian
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If you are looking for a pair of shoes with lines that are very pure, clean, and unique in style, then you should check out Esska. Esska's originality stems from the fact that Souraya Karami, the brand's founder and designer from London, originally trained and worked as an architect before deciding that her future lay in shoes. Souraya decided to use her architectural skills to make shoes that are feminine, comfortable, and not over designed which translates into clean lines, dominant shapes, organic silhouettes and bold colors.
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The Beauty of Found Films
After reading a bunch of articles about 'forgotten films,' I finally got a chance of my own. After buying a new analog toy I discovered a used film inside. I decided to get it developed and I got to tell you, I'm really pleased with the results I got from the lab. -
How to Prevent Camera Neglect
To all avid lomographers - how many of you have a collection of cameras in your possession? And how many of you still have film inside a camera but cannot remember when and where was the last time you took that camera out? Keep reading for my tip on how to avoid camera neglect and prevent sending your film to the land of forgotten film! -
Forgotten Places - Asylum Superintendent's House
A trip the abandoned superintendent's house of the London asylum system located near the West Park Mental Asylum in Epsom, Surrey. -
Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the dedication of this 'modern' science facility that has already been closed for more than two decades..but the quaint building in its forgotten state intrigues me. -
Forgotten Film
I forgot about two rolls of film in my jacket. A year later I found them!


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'Community' Sidesteps Darkest Timeline (For Now)
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on February 8, 2013 | Be the First To CommentCan sitcoms have moxie? If they can, then Community, which is always teetering on the edge of cancelation, definitely has it. On the road to its fourth season premiere, everyone involved with the show has been forced to deal with a maelstrom of crap: low viewer turn outs; a public spat between creator Dan Harmon and sexagenarian prat-faller Chevy Chase; the subsequent ousting of Harmon by NBC; and the delay of this season's debut, which demonstrated NBC's general ambivalence about the show's future. Other sitcoms have been squashed by a lot less but Community is "the little cult hit that could." The majority of the cast, crew, and fans soldier on and will continue to do so for at least a little while longer. As the fourth season begins, the show's irreverent, self-referential humor appears unaltered by all of the behind-the-scenes upheaval. Yeah, that's right, Harmon's NBC sanctioned replacements, David Guarascio and Moses Port, didn't Britta the premiere. In this impressive first episode, which is hopefully a sign of what's to come and not some bait-and-switch anomaly, the gang return to Greendale after summer break and prepare for their senior year. Jeff (Joel McHale) informs the study group that he took online classes behind their backs (he's still fighting the love he has for his wacky crew). As it turns out, Jeff is only one history credit away from graduation, news that amplifies Abed's (Danny Pudi) anxieties about everyone eventually splitting up.
After Seven Seasons, '30 Rock' Ends With a Perfect Last Lunch
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on February 1, 2013 | Comments (1)(Finale spoilers ahead…) What a touching final season 30 Rock had. Geeky, unlucky in love, "night cheese" adoring Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) married Criss Chros (James Marsden), then adopted two children; Kenneth (Jack McBrayer), the effervescent TV obsessed NBC page turned janitor, became president of the network; and finally, the flighty crew of ne'er-do-wells that Liz has been trying to rein in for the past seven years (Tracy, Jenna, Frank, and the rest) turned the tables on their boss and selflessly helped her out for once. Season seven was sentimental but it also managed to stay true to form, remaining weird and surreal right up until the last, perfectly odd seconds of its finale. But I'm getting ahead of myself. When the series finale — a two-parter — begins, Liz is looking far more domestic and calm than we've ever seen her. Production on her show, TGS, has been shut down, she's a stay-at-home mom now, and she doesn't know what to do with herself — she doesn't have to deal with any more nonsense, she doesn't have any more fires to put out.
5 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'Workaholics'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on January 25, 2013 | Comments (7)Comedy Central's unabashedly lowbrow sitcom Workaholics recently began airing the second half of its third season, which on its own would be reason enough to celebrate but the network has also ordered two more seasons of the series. If that news isn't Tight Butthole then I don't know what is. The show is a raunchy, wildly absurd Office Space for the 21st century about three happily directionless man-children, Adam (Adam DeVine), Blake (Blake Anderson), and Anders (Anders Holm). The guys are roomies, they work for a telemarketing company, and they're pathologically incapable of doing the right thing–in two and a half seasons they've tried to barter for clean urine with a playground kid, wrecked a garage door with a soap-box-derby car, and schemed their way into getting a handicapped parking pass. Workaholics is sophomoric in the best possible way and if you have yet to sample what these lovable slackers are serving up, here are a couple of reasons why you should give this show a try.
Who Will Be TV's Next Lucille Ball or Andy Griffith?
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on January 18, 2013 | Comments (2)During a conversation about television icons, a buddy of mine said that Matthew Perry is on track to achieve legendary status (and she wasn't talking about his legendary knack for starring on shows that get canceled). Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, Carol Burnett, Matthew Perry–one of these things is not like the others. What this friend of mine failed to understand is that there is a difference between an icon and someone who is simply a prolific and perhaps beloved television actor, a difference that may be harder to identify when it comes to this medium than it is with film. Perry certainly possess many of the qualities that go in to making an icon–he's charismatic, his particular set of comedic gifts are perfectly suited for the sitcom format, he's been on TV for as long as I can remember. But he (on his own and not as a member of the Friends cast) hasn't had the same kind of impact on the medium or the culture that someone like Jerry Seinfeld has–Seinfeld's influence is still felt today in shows like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and he is so cherished by the public that we don't hold The Marriage Ref against him. So, if not Perry, who is poised to join the pantheon of TV gods?
'Ben and Kate' Has Charm But Lacks Focus
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on January 4, 2013 | Comments (4)Fox may have put too much stock in the appeal of awkward quirk when the network added The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate to a Tuesday night line-up that revolves around Zooey Deschanel's perky comedic stylings on New Girl. At the moment, both of these cute new sitcoms have uncertain futures. The more troubled of the pair is Ben and Kate–the comedy's middling ratings are understandable but unfortunate because it has so much potential and could benefit from a second season. The show finds Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson playing adult siblings living under the same roof. Ben (Faxon) is the irresponsible, goofball older brother while Kate (Johnson) is the mature one — she's a single mother and has a steady but unfulfilling job as a bar manager. Predictably, Ben encourages Kate to loosen up and Kate encourages Ben to grow up. It's the standard, sort of clichéd odd couple set up but is often very funny. There's more here than the cliché, but it's also missing a key ingredient.
The Eleventh Doctor's New Companion Creates a Ton of Mysteries in 'The Snowmen'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on December 28, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWill anyone ever be able to match the pluck, the humor, the passion, or the sheer adorableness of the Ponds? How do we go on without Amy and Rory? These are the questions looming over this year's Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Snowmen," questions that are, of course, at play for fans of the three-way best friendship initiated two years ago during the fifth series but even more so for the Doctor himself. (Spoilers ahead…)
Josh Gad Carries NBC's '1600 Penn'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on December 21, 2012 | Be the First To CommentOn NBC's 1600 Penn, Josh Gad plays sweet doofus Skip Gilchrist. Skip has been dawdling in college for seven years and is forced to move back home after a frat prank goes horribly wrong. The incident becomes national news because, for Skip, home is the White House and his father Dale, played by Bill Pullman, is the President of the United States (yes, Pullman is to the presidency, what Morgan Freeman is to God). Skip is oafish but he's also hopelessly optimistic. "Nothing fazes you," says Skip's stepmother Emily (Jenna Elfman), "not even the stuff that should." If this premise sounds familiar to you that's because it's basically Tommy Boy set against a farcical political backdrop. Or now that I think about it, 1600 Penn is probably closer to Black Sheep because that movie was also basically Tommy Boy but set against a farcical political backdrop. Chris Farley movies aside, 1600 Penn is energetic and worth a look-see if only for Gad.
ABC's 'The Neighbors' Is No '3rd Rock From the Sun'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on December 14, 2012 | Comments (2)This year, no new sitcom was met with as much disdain as ABC's The Neighbors. The half-hour comedy is about a New Jersey family that moves into a gated community entirely populated by aliens. The premise, though definitely weird, isn't problematic. How could it be when sitcoms like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie are beloved and, more recently, we've seen just how funny a modern, high concept sitcom can be with FX's dark, surreal comedy Wilfred? No, the real problem with The Neighbors is that it is all premise and never says anything important or even remotely compelling about real life, which all of the best fantasy and sci-fi shows do. To me, 3rd Rock from the Sun is the gold standard when it comes to alien sitcoms. Sure, My Favorite Martian, Mork & Mindy, and ALF are all treasures and important parts of the proud alien sitcom tradition but 3rd Rock was able to take its implausible concept—four aliens visiting Earth to study the planet's customs while trying to blend in with the human population—and present a meaningful and timeless mediation on the human experience. What's more, this was achieved through broad humor (there was so much screaming on that show), which is pretty amazing.
The Defiant Sentimentality of 'Parenthood'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on December 7, 2012 | Comments (4)NBC's Parenthood is a drama deserving of the kind of veneration normally reserved for Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and other cable TV darlings. Based very loosely on the 1989 Ron Howard-directed comedy of the same name and developed by Friday Night Lights writer Jason Katims, the series is a deft mix of humor and gut-wrenching poignancy that can, rather amazingly, turn its audience into bunch of sobbing fools without having to resort to emotional manipulation. Parenthood revolves around the Bravermans: Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) and Camille (Bonnie Bedelia); their four adult children, Adam (Peter Krause), Sarah (Lauren Graham), Julia (Erika Christensen), and Crosby (Dax Shepard); and the significant others and kids of the four siblings. They're a family so close-knit and mutually supportive that they'd seemingly rather die than not do everything together—they attend little league games and school plays as a 16-member unit. They are the kind of "fight hard but love harder" crew that should be nauseating to watch. Yet, these characters are written and portrayed with so much honesty and as a result Parenthood is never repellently schmaltzy.
Disney Announces 'Girl Meets World,' World Approves
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on November 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe most important TV news of the week was, perhaps, overshadowed by Two and a Half Men's titular half man Angus T. Jones and his sudden, spiritually motivated disavowal of the series that he's starred in for ten years. So what could possibly be more significant than an actor calling his own show "filth"? New information about the Disney Channel's Boy Meets World sequel, of course! Girl Meets World—a follow-up to the '90s ABC sitcom about adolescent (and later, young adult), PG-13 level tribulations that featured life lessons delivered by a wise, omnipresent neighbor/teacher/senior citizen BFF—is still in the early stages of development and will reportedly focus on the tween daughter of Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, the original series' main lovebirds. (Yup, that's right, it looks like we finally have proof that Cory + Topanga = 4 Eva!) While the sequel news broke earlier in November, this week it was announced that Boy Meets World actors Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel will be reprising their roles for the pilot. After the announcement was made, everyone across this great land started passionately high-fiving each other (figuratively but probably also literally).
Boardwalk Empire's Third Season Misfire
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on November 16, 2012 | Comments (9)This season, the most consistently compelling part of HBO's Boardwalk Empire has been its opening title sequence. (Impossibly cool Steve Buscemi smoking a cigarette on the beach as the clouds morph above him, empty bottles of booze float onto the shore, and Brian Jonestown Massacre's "Straight Up and Down" plays over the scene—it's gorgeous.) Humdrum episode after humdrum episode, I'm left asking, "Why am I still watching this show? What kind of unholy power does it have over me?" Boardwalk Empire has never moved at a terribly fast pace. It's about 1920s bootlegging and all of the politicking and scheming that comes with that, which gives most of the scenes between Atlantic City top dog Nucky Thompson (Buscemi) and his co-conspirators an expository quality—the show revolves around characters brokering shady deals or, as is the case with the current third season, discussing the Volstead Act ad nauseam. But there are also unexpected deaths, unlikely dalliances, and, of course, there's delightful gangster drama. These flashier story elements in combination with the fact that patience is usually rewarded (sometimes with a character being scalped, other times, simply, with smart writing) make the slow pacing bearable. But we're now nine episodes into the third season and Michael Shannon's Nelson Van Alden—one of the most complex, tortured, and surprising characters on the show—is hardly ever present and any time some glimmer of excitement pops up, it's quickly stomped out.
Bringing Sherlock Holmes into the 21st Century
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on November 9, 2012 | Comments (3)On CBS' Elementary, Johnny Lee Miller plays a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. The English actor's interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth is hyperkinetic. Holmes is indelicate. He jitters. When observing some liar or crime scene, he's prone to biting his bottom lip—presumably, an outward manifestation of all of those synapses firing off in his big ol' genius brain. Although none of these character quirks are particularly unexpected or novel they work. Miller is mesmerizing. His performance is the one thing that distinguishes this new series from other crime dramas. But shouldn't the show's connection to Conan Doyle's stories be what sets it apart? This updated Holmes lives in Manhattan. His female Dr. Watson, Joan (Lucy Liu), isn't a flatmate but a sober companion—like the Holmes of Conan Doyle's stories, he struggles with drug addiction. He's recently left rehab, living in an apartment owned by a father whom he resents, and consults for the NYPD. Holmes also seems to be fond of wearing clothes that are too small for him (but he looks very cute in his child-sized sweaters, so it's hard to find fault in that). For CBS, bringing the character into the modern age, in part, means making him less refined. He isn't a gentleman detective; he's a scruffy, eccentric hipster detective.
The Brief Wondrous Life of 'Pushing Daisies'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on November 2, 2012 | Comments (1)If Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daisies were one of the March sisters from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, it would be Beth: the show was too good and gentle for this world, so it had to die a tragic, scarlet fever related death—or more precisely, it had to be unceremoniously canceled after its second season in 2009. Admirers of the ill-fated series about a pie-maker with the power to bring dead things back to life by touching them were, it seemed, being given another opportunity to have a visually stunning, linguistically nimble, Pushing Daisies-esque experience when NBC announced that Fuller would be developing a reboot of The Munsters. Did we really need this reboot? Probably not. But Fuller has a way with high-concept fantasy and with him at the helm, it actually sounded like a good idea.
'American Horror Story: Asylum' Delivers Real Terror While '666 Park Avenue' Flounders
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on October 26, 2012 | Comments (1)From True Blood's vampire-werewolf-fairy love triangles to The Walking Dead's post-apocalyptic zombie assaults, right now, horror TV is diverse and it's flourishing. But are any of the shows that filter their soap opera or action-adventure narratives through the horror lens genuinely scary? Two series, FX's American Horror Story: Asylum and ABC's 666 Park Avenue, premiered this fall with the express purpose of creeping the hell out of us every week. While both go about telling their chilling tales in ways that aren't exactly groundbreaking, AHS: Asylum rises above most of its clichés—something that is primarily achieved through its relentless pacing and brutal imagery—where 666 Park Avenue is mired in flickering lights and seemingly portentous revelations. AHS: Asylum is the second installment in what creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck are calling an anthology series. In terms of plot, then, it has nothing to do with the first season, which starred Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, and Taissa Farmiga as a family living in the world's most terrifying house. But fans of the first season needn't worry because, when it comes to tone, the new story is just as unsettling and eerie and full of kink as its predecessor.
The Offbeat Charm of 'Bob's Burgers' is an Antidote to 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons'
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on October 19, 2012 | Comments (9)Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard and his crew have come up with—hands down—the most captivatingly strange sitcom on network TV. Now in its third season and having recently been picked up for a fourth, the Emmy-nominated animated series is the gem of Fox's Sunday night cartoon block. What's more, its continued existence may be a sign that the network has finally turned a corner when it comes to canceling shows with cult followings. Bob's Burgers revolves around the Belchers—swarthy Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), his supportive wife Linda (John Roberts), and their three equally but distinctly quirky children, Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise (Kristen Schaal). They own a burger joint that does okay business (and have an apartment above the restaurant, making them one of the few TV families with an economically realistic living situation). While there are some basic similarities between Bob's Burgers and the rest of the Animation Domination shows (they're all cheeky or irreverent and primarily about eccentric nuclear families), the tone and style here are almost jarring next to the raucous abrasiveness of the Seth MacFarlane toons and the silly wit of The Simpsons.
'Arrow' Is on Target to Be The CW's Next Great Superhero Show
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on October 12, 2012 | Comments (3)There's a promotional poster for Arrow, The CW's new sleek and broody reimagining of DC's Green Arrow comic, that looks a lot like the one for the first season of Smallville. Naturally, emblazoned across both posters, there are dramatic, single-word show titles that allude to a superhero universe. More importantly (and more prominently), though, both feature a lone, shirtless, young man with chiseled, next-level ab muscles—something that is clearly supposed to hint at the pathos underpinning these shows. Dubious (aka brilliant) marketing strategies aside, Arrow is a lucidly composed action-adventure series that, in its premiere, never comes off cheesy despite the fact that it's ostensibly about a guy who skulks around a dark city with a bow and arrow—which, somehow seems stranger than wearing a bat costume. If its first episode and promotional poster are any indication, the show has the potential to be as big of a success for the increasingly teen soap opera driven CW as ten-season wonder Smallville.
It's Back to Basics for 'Dexter' in Its Seventh Season
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on October 5, 2012 | Comments (1)(Reader beware: There are spoilers in this article.) When we last left Dexter, the titular serial killer/blood spatter analyst/hoarder of olive green, long sleeve henleys had just offed Travis Marshall (Colin Hanks)— another in the show's seemingly endless line of Miami based sociopaths—as his police lieutenant kid sister Debra looked on. It was a shocking moment, it was a game changing moment, it was a moment that was so satisfyingly big and sensational that it compensated for an uneven season. (In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the general shoddiness of the earlier episodes was purposeful and meant to misdirect viewers and lower expectations for the crazy conclusion.) This new season picks up mere seconds after last year's finale with a rattled Deb struggling to process what she's just witnessed and quick-thinking Dexter—who's standing beside a body swaddled in plastic wrap—Jedi mind tricking his sister into believing that he just "snapped." From here, the season seven opener moves swiftly and assuredly as Deb agonizes over her decision to help Dexter cover up the murder and a new threat—a Russian crime syndicate—is thrown into the mix. The episode is packed with the sort of tense, unnerving scenes that made the Showtime series a hit and proves that any reports of Dexter jumping the shark were premature.
The Top 5 'X-Files' Episodes Penned by 'Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on September 28, 2012 | Comments (6)Breaking Bad, which recently finished the first half of its final season, is the perfect combo plate of highly nuanced, captivating performances and stunning writing. It's also as addictive as the stuff that it's protagonist/antagonist Walter White cooks up (I imagine). But before creator Vince Gilligan was plotting Walter's moral decline, he was cranking up the sexual tension between FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as a writer on The X-Files. Breaking Bad, The X-Files—on the surface they couldn't be more different but they're bound by Gilligan's inventive approach to storytelling and talent for injecting humor (that always feels totally organic) into otherwise dramatic narratives. Gilligan started writing for The X-Files in season two and the episodes that he penned during his tenure were some of the show's sharpest and most satisfying. These are five of his best, which you might consider re-watching if the wait until next summer's Breaking Bad conclusion proves too difficult to bear.
NBC's 'Revolution' Doesn't Live Up to the Hype
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on September 21, 2012 | Comments (11)The dialogue in NBC's less than revolutionary new adventure series Revolution is filled with pointless obfuscations. "It's all going to turn off," warns Ben Matheson (Tim Guinee), a frazzled family man who knows…something. "It's going to turn off and it will never, ever turn back on." Technology is the "it" being discussed in this vague statement that simultaneously establishes the show's gratuitously theatrical tone and sets up the central conflict—lights, computers, cars, planes, iPhones (!), and all of the other essential, electronic thingamajigs that we take for granted, abruptly, stop functioning. The premise is provocative enough (albeit in an ordinary "What If?" game sort of way) but Revolution's series opener is tepid—made up of recycled bits and pieces from other overblown post-apocalyptic dramas—and, at times, unintentionally hilarious. Created by Supernatural's Eric Kripke, Revolution is supposed to be this year's epic—the event show that sucks everyone in with its mythology and intrigue. Post-Lost, we've been given at least one of these Abrams-esque dramas every season. Sometimes, like this one, J.J. Abrams is actually involved with the production (Abrams and Jon Favreau are executive producing), which only fuels the hype. Revolution has all of the standard features of this class of show—the large ensemble, the misdirection, the sci-fi. The most lamentable flaw, then, is that it never rises above its role as the requisite Abrams show.
'The Big Bang Theory' Demystified
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on September 7, 2012 | Comments (9)The one criticism of CBS' high-rated, geek comedy The Big Bang Theory uttered most often is a pithy "I don't get why it's popular"—a very simple declaration of how baffling it is that a lot of people, maybe even loved ones or friends whose opinions are usually valued, actually want to use up precious minutes of their day watching a by-the-book sitcom with a distracting laugh track and an over-the-top lead character who has a grating personality disorder. Naturally, there's a Family Guy quip that speaks to the WTF of it all: "I keep not laughing at The Big Bang Theory and I figure, it's gotta be the television." To clear up the confusion that those who "don't get it" might have, you're right, there isn't anything revolutionary about the series—this isn't an Arrested Development, a Girls, or a Curb Your Enthusiasm—so anyone expecting to be immediately bowled over by the writing will likely end up disappointed but, what it lacks in edginess and subtlety, it makes up for in charm. In fact, in recent years the show has primarily been charm-driven (as opposed to being comedy-driven), which—now that I think about it—may be a little bit revolutionary. Co-created by Two and a Half Men's Chuck Lorre, Big Bang is built around the insular friendship of four socially inept scientists. The degree and style of that ineptitude is sharply differentiated, varying in a typical quirky, sitcom-y fashion: Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) is the libidinous one who still lives at home with […]
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I am anxious to add to my collection of passifloras and really want to try growing them from seed. I can send cuttings of P. betolli, P. citrina, P. quasar, P. edulis, and P. caeurula. I would also be very happy to swap my cuttings for some different ones. Paul |
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Paul, Soon I will be cutting back on mine, I have a red but was unnamed when I got it and it did not bloom this year So I am unsure of it. I have a P. incense that I will be cutting back soon as well. PLMK. Susan |
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I would love to get a few cuttings of your, P. betolli, P. citrina, P. quasar P. edulis I can do cuttings of, |
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Associate Dean (Research Training), Faculty of Arts
Director: Language and Society Centre
Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Language and Culture (John Benjamins Publishing)
Editor (With Professor Ning Yu): Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts (John Benjamins Publishing)
President: Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)
Professor Farzad Sharifian is a linguist with a multidisciplinary background in cognitive science, anthropology and education. He has made significant contributions to the development of Cultural Linguistics as an interdisciplinary area of research. He has received multiple awards for his research, teaching, and postgraduate supervision, including the Edith Cowan University's Research Medal and the Award for Excellence in Early Career Research of the Year, Faculty of Arts, Monash University (2008). He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Australian Research Council at the University of Western Australia before joining Monash University in 2005. He has widely published in many international journals and edited books.
Recent Awards and Honours
2013 President Elect, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)
2013 Supervisor of the Year (Dean's Award for Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision), Faculty of Arts, Monash University.
2012 Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
2013-2015 Board of Directors, International Association for World Englishes (IAWE)
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- Professor Farzad Sharifian, Director of the University's Language and Society Centre, has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von ... Read more
- Monash University's English as an International Language program examines how English has changed according to the cultures in the countries in which it is used. Read ... Read more
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Goodbye (Bé omid é didar)
In his latest film, celebrated Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof creates a dramatic and tense tale set in Tehran, where a young woman is desperately attempting to acquire a visa to leave the country. The beautifully shot film uses the confinement of space to cinematically express claustrophobia; its precise framing catches every subtle expression on the face of the astonishing Leyla Zareh, who plays disbarred human rights lawyer Noora. With her husband exiled to the desert for his political journalism, Noora's personal isolation and desperation reach unbearable heights when she must make a difficult decision regarding her pregnancy as part of a complex scheme to leave the country.2011. Iran. 104 min.
Writer/Producer/Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Executive Producers: Rozita Hendijanian, Dariuosh Ebadi
Director of Photography: Arastoo Givi
Editor: Mohammadreza Muini
Cast: Leyla Zareh, Hassan Pourshirazi, Behname Tashakor, Sima Tirandaz, Fershteh Saderorafai, Roya Teymorian, Shahab Hoseini


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Is Facebook Destroying Your Credit?
There is an up-and-coming trend of social media as part of the credit screening process.
Here is what WTOP.com has to say about the up-and-coming trend of using social media as part of the credit screening process:
Creditors are checking out what you post to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. They're checking out who your friends are and who the people are in your networks.
The presumption is that if your friends are responsible credit cardholders and pay their bills on time, you could be a good credit customer, according to CreditCards.com.
San Francisco-based company Rapleaf monitors what people tweet or post on Facebook and compiles what it calls social graphs of your likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses.
You can see that what you post on social media is being used for marketing purposes, as well as -- possibly -- for lenders to figure out whether you are likely to be a responsible borrower. In an increasingly public world, what you post has a way of coming back to you. And with lenders becoming savvy with social media, it's possible that they find that Tweet about your spending binge last weekend, or see that your Facebook friends have been missing their payments. All that could reflect on you and result in a rejected loan application.
Check your privacy settings.
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Have you made any friends here on the Daily Paul?
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 08:39I consider all of us here friends. But have you made any real friends? I mean, someone that you've emailed with outside the DP? Or beyond that, spoken with on the telephone, or skyped with? Or even beyond that, met up with in the physical world?
I have often wondered about that. The DP is its own online ecosystem, but I wonder how far that ecosystem extends into the physical world?
If you haven't made any real friends here, you should try it. You can contact other members by clicking on their username, and hitting the "contact" tab (if they have it activated) and sending them a note.
Curious to hear your experiences, if you would like to share.
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No DP friends here! :)
To be honest, the only person I would probably trust to meet would be you Michael, lol.
So if you are ever in central Switzerland let me know and I will be happy to meet you personally.
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It is weird at first
Trusting people on here. It takes time, getting to know someone over email. But people's character really shines through the words.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, though! I've been to Switzerland once. Nice place. I'll let you know the next time I'm passing through, lol (probably not any time soon, though).
Let me know if you're going to be in Boston in the next 3 months or so. After that, I'm not sure where I'll be.
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It does take time.
"But people's character really shines through the words."
I have a writing deficiency. I strive to improve, but have accepted that it is not my calling. I prefer/enjoy face to face, a firm handshake [soft for girls] and eyes are easily read :-)
"What if the American people learn the truth" - Ron Paul
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No, Proud American, don't
No, Proud American, don't give a soft handshake to a woman! Whenever a man gives me one of those gentle handshakes, I think "what a wuss."
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<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
That is sooo true.
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I warn you both..
I give a *very* firm handshake. Careful what you wish for, lol ;-)
What happened to guys being guys and girls being [tongue hanging out] girls? Is this part of the UN agenda?!
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tongue hanging out?
Whatever kind of handshake, real is where it's at (that would exclude the UN Agenda).
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Real as it gets.
Joan is very cool, but I'm man enough to say that when a girl makes my tongue hang out.. whoa!!
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It wasn't about Joan
It was about answering your question about men and women.. androgeny.
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I know.
But I only answer questions that pertain to me. Unless it has nothing to do with me.
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me me me me me
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It was easier to make friends when you had the "contact" option on our accounts, and maybe you still have that on the Pro statis, which I declined (because I have watched DP change many times over the years and I like to see who is advertizing, and I'm not so literate on the computer). To me, this is a family, a tribe whose members come, bloom (wake up to Ron Paul's message of Liberty, restoring the republic) we educate each other, support and vent on each other, respect and tolerate, appreciate and search to downvote ;))
I have made many connections over two Ron Paul presidential campaigns. The first I refused to join the GOP, and that made one group of friends, and I got flack from the ones who joined the GOP, and the last one, I joined the GOP, so it reversed, except I still have friends from DP who are not GOP and live around the world and one day, I hope to meet them soon.
I would love to have an event.. like to me, this is a perfect time to begin planning a for a "P.Au.L. fest", or a Liberty Tour. Leave Ron Paul, Rand Paul, all politicians out of it, have speaches about Liberty issues from an educational perspective, not a political one, so you can go into the not politicaly correct areas, of conspiracy (ufo's, 911, any and all fringe ideas) have vending .. invite authors, but limit speaches to not be political (let the people fill that vacuum, because they will). You know plenty of bands.. get some corporate back up for a tech support and have wireless communications, excite young moviemakers into having an event to film. Try to keep admission affordable (one way to do this is to have a free area that has vending, it could include the child care and games area.. this actually enables more people to come so it's a consideration for families that can't afford evryone, or kids that want to be kids even though they are among adults..
Well.. anyways. Yes, I have made friends, some who I have met, and some who I have not, some are aquaintences, and some I have never met and LOVE them very very very very much. I would like to meet more friends from DP.. let's tour!
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Good idea.
I've been toying with the idea of an annual event once we get the farm set up to feed people and have a camping area.
We were talking to a guy a couple weeks ago who just put in an campground, and the septic only cost him an extra $1500. We want to be able to house interns, so we are probably going to go for it, but it may take a few years.
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Granger - you can still contact others
Click on their username, and there should be a contact tab.
People can turn it off, however, if they don't want to be contacted. I'm one of the people who have turned it off, as I got overwhelmed with a lot of spammy type requests.
But I can see yours is on. Try some other people. Click on their user name, and the contact tab is way over at the end, on the right.
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I will click on other's links and see for myself.
If I may, just want to tell you THANK YOU for giving me the DP tribe, where I have made friends (even have three chickens named for DPers) and let me tell you, they do not agree with me 100%, some agree with me, maybe 50%. My friends on DP are not afraid to tell me they don't agree and why. They are also very supportive when they do agree, and step up to be counted, sometimes on DP, which is always a nice surprize and unexpected, and greatly appreciated.
We respect each other as individuals.. ((((MN))) the people from DP that went through Katrina and Sandy Hook, the long weeks of power outages, and situations people came into and brought here, shared, the DP tribe on the level where posters become more than "troll", or virtual enity, but a real human with conditions and experiences we learn from each other, because we are open to loving each other, enrichening the Liberty experience.
THANK YOU for that gift in my lifetime (((((((((((((MN))))))))))))).
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I have!
Recently moved to a new state and met a few fellow DP's at a local restaurant. Hope to get together with them again soon!
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You blew us off the last time! Keep in touch Seth, we enjoy your company :-)
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My sincere apologies!
I think I was busy moving into my new location (still in the area) that week and then I got sick immediately after since I spent all day moving our stuff in the rain.
Very sorry about that. I didn't mean to blow anybody off. =(
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must have been the wings
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it was eggs, iirc, lol.
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On the Job Last Year I Saw an RP Bumper Sticker...
Walking up the driveway I met a delegate for Dr. Ron Paul, at an RP Rally met another delegate for the good Doc. One is also a regular Daily Pauler, the other visits the site.
It is a small world, and one commented there are many of us (Liberty Folks) around, he was supporting RP since the Libertarian Presidential run.
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Hooked me up with some awesome tunes. Love Craig Chaquico !!
"Its easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
Mark Twain
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U Betcha!
Early Craig Chaquico on double neck guitar for Celeste.
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If this had been any other type of site than a political one
promoting the much hated Liberty ideas by "our government" then yes, there are a few that I would have probably met.
It is what it is and I want to stay out of Gitmo for as long as possible. :)
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As long as possible, lol
If/when I/we turn up missing the others will know the deal :-)
You'd be fun to hang with, rp.
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Yeah I say some funny stuff sometimes without meaning too.. What I MEANT was, I didn't want to come off as "I'll never get caught" doing anything "wrong" by their standards. :)
Yeah, you too.. I had you, jrd, emalvini and a few others in mind.. Who knows.. Maybe when Liberty has made it past the point of "no return", we can all have a BBQ, a few beers/smoke (whatever the individual prefers) and laugh about all of this. :)
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"and laugh about all of this"
Well that sounds like a great plan. Maybe you will even listen to me incoherently ramble about aliens for a little bit. No worries you don't have to pretend it makes sense, you just have to pretend you're listening :)
Either way, it's nice to see I made the list.
Now, in regards to another thread. Can you maybe stop sending people to Alaska. I have been saving for land for a long time and I am not quite there yet I need about 2 more years, however, at the rate you're promoting Alaska by the time I get there all the land will be gone.
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but I almost met Jefferson at the SRLC last year.
I know alot of us are anti-Facebook but I always wondered why we did not try to network in the real world more.
Anyone willing/wanting to be my friend on FB, private message me! As long as you check out that you are not a troll, I would love to have you as my friend on FB!
Seems we have a disconnect on the local level.. imagine being able to hit up just 3/4 friends on FB to protest or show support for a candidate in the early stages of a primary. Any one of us that has gone to GOP meetings or worked in any campaign understands how few people it takes to change the system.
Just my .02c :)
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I think
I still have your number in my phone. I remember thinking you were some hot girl from your profile pic. I'll never forget the disappointment when I heard a dude on the other end getting a tattoo, just before coming down. Just kidding man. I was looking forward to meeting you anyway.....;)
It's too bad we couldn't hook up. We had a good time at the brewery there. It was fun to hang with "Kat" as well, even though she and I never stayed in touch afterwards.
Here's a quick video "Nui" did of our trip. 20+ hours in the car and 3 days condensed into 1 minute 23 seconds.
Good times.
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Thats so funny..
After watching the video, I remember scribbling out every other name on the ballot and circling the doc's name about ten times.. then drawing a bunch of arrows pointing to his name!
The year before I missed my flight. I called one of our group leaders and when they said he lost by a single vote I nearly broke my phone.
I dunno if you are supporting Rand but I hope he gets the same amount of energy from us.
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We're nearly ready to start our build, we're having a log house built near Romney, WV. The pole for our temporary electric service was placed last week, this will kick off the process for the power company to start extending the power line about 3600 feet to our build site. We're hoping to break ground in a week or two- building permits are under review. I've started a blog to follow the construction but will try to post here as well- this site has an amazing amount of information and is a great place to get ideas. The link to our blog is below.
Here's a picture of the power pole, lol. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Romney WV Log House Build Blog
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by cakelady541 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 18, 10 at 10:45
That's exciting that you are almost ready to start your build. I checked out your blog, it looks like it will be a beautiful home! Now I want a house in the woods! |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 19, 10 at 7:31
Thanks for the kind words- we're really looking forward to the woods and the views ourselves. We spent yesterday looking at appliances and lighting, way early in the process but wanted to get a head start and it's still fun right now. Once the decision time is here and we have to make one, it might be less fun. I've been doing some research in the appliance forum on this site too, a lot of good information but also a lot to sort through. Thanks again. |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 29, 10 at 8:09
Here is the floor plan for the log house we're building. Comments are welcome. There will be an unfinished walk out basement as well. |
- Posted by western_pa_luann (My Page) on Fri, Jan 29, 10 at 8:13
Where will coats go? |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 29, 10 at 9:05
Hooks on the wall by the stairs for our grab coats and for guests, the rest will be in the mudroom. |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 15, 10 at 8:55
Not a lot of progress because of the snow, over 30" in the last two weeks or so. Clearing started for the house and garage and we were able to get two days in before the snow started. Here's a picture so far. Here's a view from yesterday after the snows. Roads aren't plowed to the top of the mountain so we hiked about 40 minutes to get there- used my tractor to break a better path back down. Hope to be making progress soon. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Log House Build Blog
Lovely lot. Should see lots of critters :-) Did I miss the w/d? imo, never too early to look at ANYTHING. The kind of lights you want might determine how the electrical needs to go - for example some of my sconces were funky sizes or needed to go certain places, also if you have ceiling fans with lights you might want a switch for fan and light, (we have remotes too but I am sure we will lose them) our exhaust fans for the bathrooms have a fan/light/nightlight so each funtcion has a switch, added things like spotlights from the ceiling for fireplace and certain walls. The kind of sinks and faucets and tubs might have an effect on the plumbing. For example some of ours were wall mount sinks so we beefed up the framing where it needed to mount. The wooden tub with a supply columm is done differently than the steam shower. The extra gadgets and appliances might have a bearring on the size of your service or breaker box. Even things like furniture placement has an effect on special outlets or special things like satellite box or Cat 5, even though for the most part we are wireless we also wanted some hardwire. I won't go on, but I discovered that the more stuff I had picked out, the better. Seems to take alot of vision early on. It all seemed to be relative to something - either to framing, or electric, or plumbing or something. Someone was always asking me a question about something that was two steps ahead of where we were but needed to be taken into consideration ahead of time. Anyways, have FUN! |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 15, 10 at 12:52
Critters we have- it's 43 acres and plenty of deer, turkey, and the odd bear or two we're told although we haven't seen the bears. The deer there are a lot more skittish that where we are in northern Va, they run when they hear you. Here, they just stop and watch you as you go by. Washer/Dryer will be in the basement. What we're calling an office on the main floor will be pre wired and plumbed for a washer dryer should we decide to move the office downstairs. We've had the w/d on all floors as we've moved around and think we liked the basement best- wife is a quilter and she'll have a craft area down there and likes to keep tab on the laundry while working. I'm more of a throw it in and forget kind of person. As for electric, we spent a lot of time on setting up outlets, overhead lights and fans so think we have the locations lined up, now we're in to trying to decide what fans, pendants, etc. for each room. The decision we're wrestling with right now is for the kitchen cabinets/countertops. We know what layout of cabinets we want but keep going back and forth between a painted/glazed finish or a natural wood (hickory). We like the wood and it's actually less expensive than the painted as well but given it's a log house with hardwood floors, maybe time to get away from wood grain. We also have the drawings with a small, one man custom shop whose work we've seen and really liked but guessing the pricing will keep us from going that route but you don't know until you get a price. Thanks for looking. |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 25, 10 at 8:29
Tree clearing was completed and excavation started. This shot shows the build site with the excavation for the garage to the left and the road base that has been put in going around the garage and then swings back to the main driveway. The house excavation will be beyond the road near where the backhoe is parked. It was a beautiful sunny day at the site- still about 10 or more inches of snow on the ground but finally melting. More pictures are in the blog as well but starting to see some serious movement now. Hope is to have the excavations and foundations completed over the next 2-3 weeks. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Log House Build Blog
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 2, 10 at 7:31
Excavations are completed and footings are being poured for the garage and house, hoping for the walls for the garage to be completed this week and the house next week. There are some new photos at the link below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Log House Build Blog
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 31, 10 at 18:57
Progress really picking up on our log house build in West Virginia. Picture below shows one of the support poles for the window wall of the house going up. This picture shows the front of the house, you can see the wall starting to take place. Window and door frames are in place. The link below is to a blog we started to track the progress of the house. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Log House Build
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 21, 10 at 11:59
House is starting to take shape. Roof beams and rafters were put in place yesterday. Here's a picture when they were done. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin WV Build
Beautiful!! Love to see the progress and that "hint" of spring with the trees budding out!! Yea!!! |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Sat, May 1, 10 at 7:21
First layer of the roof is completed. Picture below shows the roof before a layer of material was put on to make it waterproof. This layer is made of 2x6 tongue and groove white pine and is what we'll see on the inside of the house. There will be rigid foam, wood sheeting and shingles going on top. The 2x6's on the right hand side extending over the edge of the roof haven't been cut to fit in the first picture. This is the view from the inside, note the beams have one coat of stain, this was done before they were set in place. The view is looking up towards the loft from the Great Room. There will be a bedroom and bath against the far wall but the loft will be just about 20' long and extends over the kitchen. Last picture shows a close up of the material being used for the first layer. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Log House Blog
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Fri, May 28, 10 at 15:43
A lot of progress has been made on the house we're building in WV, here's a picture of the house as the shed roof on the back is being completed. This covers two porches and a portion of the kitchen. A lot more pictures and descriptions can be found on the blog we're trying to keep updated on the build. Just wanted to share progress, another month almost gone! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Romnye West Virginia Log House Build
Oh gosh, how did I miss your posts over the last month or so?! Very very nice. I know you must be so excited :-) Can't wait to see more :-) |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 24, 10 at 7:38
We received the final occupancy permits on our log house and have started slowly moving in- won't be in full time until next summer but we're really happy how it turned out. Here are some pictures of the outside, we have plenty of projects to keep us busy but did get our fencing in place as well. The link below is to a blog I kept about the build as we progressed. Now that we're done, we're happy to say there were no major issues with our builder or the log kit they supplied as well. Thanks for looking and I'm happy to try and answer questions related to this log house build as well. |
Here is a link that might be useful: WV Log House Build Blog
Gorgeous! Congrats, and it looks beautiful! I didn't get why you aren't moving in until next year, but it's great that you got your certificate of occupancy in good time. Can't wait to see interior pix. |
- Posted by davemartin88 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 25, 10 at 6:50
Will use the house on weekends and holidays no. My wife retires next year so we can sell our current place and move to WV full time! It's only 2 hours away so an easy trip. Thanks for the kind words, will try to put up a couple of interior shots later. |
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