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Your Handy Schedule Of Guests For "The Nerdist"
By Perry Michael Simon on April 7, 2013
Hey, you wanna know who's gonna be on The Nerdist, Saturday nights at 10/9c on BBC America (and Sundays 7/6c/4p on Space in Canada) this season? You've already seen the first episode with Dominic Monaghan, Tatiana Maslany, and via special semi-robotic technology, Matt Smith, and the second with Robert Kirkman, Michael Rooker, Kyle Kinane, and a zombified Karen Gillan. But the rest of the season is packed with even more great guests.
Take a look:
Date | Guests | Comic |
April 13 | Jon Hamm, Betsy Brandt, Arthur Darvill | Rory Scovel |
April 20 | Elijah Wood, Ben Schwartz, Kumail Nanjiani | Katie Crown |
April 27 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gillian Jacobs | Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel |
May 4 | Jack McBrayer, Eliza Dushku | Joe Keckler |
May 11 | Buzz Aldrin, Bobak Ferdowsi | Maria Bamford |
May 18 | Joe Manganiello, Morena Baccarin | Paul F. Tompkins |
May 25 | Guillermo del Toro, Katee Sackhoff | Ron Funches |
June 1 | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis | Natasha Leggero |
Pretty excellent. Plus, you'll see all sorts of hilarious segments with even more celebrities, but you'll just have to watch and see who pops up. We're sneaky that way. Anyway, you know where to find The Nerdist, and you can probably recite this by heart now: Saturday nights at 10/9c on BBC America, right after new episodes of Doctor Who and Orphan Black as part of Supernatural Saturdays. And in Canada on Space, Sundays at 7/6c/4p. There you go.
Any chance of seeing this outside of america?
That's a very impressive line-up good sir! I don't receive BBC America so i can't watch live, but i've purchased every episode (from last season) and the first episode those season on iTunes! Keep it up guys.
(Only gripe: I miss Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues)
When are you going to put your bud from aots Kevin perera ,you guys were hilarious !!!!!
Being one of the few Nerdist fans who doesn't care for Dr. Who, I was kind of disappointed with the first episode. But last night's episode was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to pretty much all of these guests. These guests look great!
June 1st is gonna be epic
I remember my first HTML table…
Holy buckets the guest list is great but that list of Comedians is bonkers and Kyle Kinane last night, come on. You guys put on a show that is fun to watch Thank you
Can't wait to see the interaction between Buzz Aldrin and Matt. I'm sure they've got a fun activity set up for those two.
Yeah, getting to see this stuff outside of America would be awesome (wicked cool even)
What is going on herrrrre? O_o
Good for you Chris. I'm gonna watch it errrrr week yo. -
How can we watch this in the UK? We miss out on a lot of Nerdist stuff around here, don't we Tony?
(moving finger to speak like Tony) That's right, Danny.
Actually my name's Corran.
(as Tony) No it's not, Danny.
Uh, yeah I'm pretty sure it…
(as Tony) We'll see about that, Danny. We'll see about that.
personally looking forward to May 18th. Joe Manganiello & Morena Baccarin together on screen? Might have to start shipping that coupling, they would make some fine babies.
Elijah Wood should also be good.
How could you not have Kumail Nanjiani on the same day that you have Eliza Dushku? Either Emily got to you guys or you have no heart.
I believe your link to buy tickets to the show for 19, April is bad
WOW!!! The quality (and quantity) of guests lined up made the happy section in my head spike. Thank goodness I took my seizure meds, so no blank stare at the computer this time.
Ummm, seems to be a disproportionate amount of female guests than the many male. Many of whom you've had on The Talking Dead, which is fantastic, but can I look forward to more females(my gender) or is this going to be a true Nerd Show as portrayed in The Big Bang Theory where guys hang with guys cause they're awkward with gals? On that show it's hilarious. Course I don't include you Chris in that category… you're a cutie-patootie & funny to boot! Looking forward to catching The Nerdist every Sunday on "Space" til The Walking Dead returns for it's 4th season, & TTD right afterwards.
The comic for Arthur Darville's episode is named "Rory"? Nice.
Eek. Paul Scheer. Not sure why, but I can't stand that dude. Of course, for Joseph Gordon-Levitt (talk about Hit Record!) and Gillian Jacobs I could put up with Emo.
Watched the first episode, and while I loved the content, I had to stop watching because of that HORRIBLE laugh track. Chris, if you're reading this, will every episode this season have the same laugh track? What made you guys go with it instead of just going with the audience laugh?
The wife and I just watched the first episode. We liked it, but my wife was super-annoyed by the laugh track. Once she pointed it out, I had to agree.
Does anyone know who the comedian from April 6th was?


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(Home teams in capital letters) FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete: BOSTON LOBSTERS def. Philadelphia Freedoms 21-13 Men's Singles – Luka Gregorc (Freedoms) def. John Isner (Lobsters) 5-4 Mixed Doubles – Carly Gullickson-Eagle\John Isner (Lobsters) def. Karolina Pliskova\Jordan Kerr (Freedoms) 5-1 Men's Doubles – Eric Butorac\John Isner (Lobsters) def. Luka Gregorc\Jordan Kerr (Freedoms) 5-2 Women's […]
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AMD offers $999 promotional price on its Radeon R9 295X2 dual-GPU card
AMD has just announced that it is dropping the price of its Radeon R9 295X2 GPU to just $999, down $500 from its original price of $1499, through a series of retailer-specific promotions.
Normally these kinds of deals are for distrbutors and OEMs, where the price savings aren't as big for consumers - well, not this time. The $999 deal on the Radeon R9 295X2 is open to all, but just limited to specific retailers. The Radeon Rewards package is still included, so the $999 price still includes over a dozen free games.
If you were waiting on a single card to drive your high-res monitors, or 4K display, the $999 price on the Radeon R9 295X2 shouldn't last too long.
NVIDIA rumored to skip the GeForce 800 series, with GTX 980 coming
It looks like NVIDIA is preparing the GeForce GTX 900 series, with the company to reportedly skip the 800 series, according to VideoCards.com. The site is reporting that NVIDIA will launch the new second-generation Maxwell-based GPUs on September 9-10 at a press event, with the NDA lifting on the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 on September 19.
There's not much known on the new GeForce GTX 980 (if that's what it arrives as) other than the fact that it should arrive with a 256-bit memory bus, and 4GB of RAM by default - up from the 3GB on the current GTX 780. With AMD only just announcing its Radeon R9 285 and R9 285X last week, the new GTX 970 could fight it in the mid-range, or NVIDIA could drop the price of its current GTX 770 and GTX 760 to better fight Red Team off.
Then we have the fact of AMD sitting on the unannounced Radeon R9 295X, something that the company should announce or unveil as soon as NVIDIA is done pulling the curtain off of its new Maxwell-based video cards.
Sapphire unveils three new Radeon R9 285 GPUs, one super small model
AMD announced the new Tonga-based Radeon R9 285 last week, but now AIB partners are showing off their new Radeon R9 285-based GPUs, with Sapphire unveiling not one, but three new models based on the new GPU.
The three new models include the R9 285 ITX Compact OC edition, made specifically for small form factor PCs, as it sports a much shorter PCB that measures just 171mm long. It has a single fan, which should keep the noise levels down, and its core clock of 928MHz and memory clock of 1375MHz should pack quite the performance punch in its small footprint.
Sapphire's R9 285 Dual-X features two aerofoil fans, and a "set of graduated sizes of heat pipes". We have 2GB of GDDR5 RAM clocked at 1375MHz, 1792 Stream processors all clocked at 918MHz. The R9 285 OC model cranks things up slightly, with an increase of clock speed to 965MHz, and a slight increase of the RAM to 1400MHz. All three models support AMD's Eyefinity multi-monitor technology, and AMD's Crossfire multi-GPU technology.
Rumor: AMD's Radeon R9 490X teased, next-gen 'Faraway Islands' in 2015
We're starting to hear more information on AMD's upcoming next-gen GPU architecture, code named "Faraway Islands". AMD's next-gen architecture is shaping up quite nicely, but this is all just a rumor right now. CHW.com seemed to have gotten the information from SemiAccurate, but right now this is in heavy rumor territory.
While we've heard rumors of NVIDIA skipping the 20nm process and shifting right onto the 16nm process, AMD looks to be baking its Faraway Islands-based GPUs onto the 20nm process, something it'll reportedly do over at TSMC and GlobalFoundaries. This will allow AMD to be first to the market with a new GPU based on a new process node, pushing NVIDIA to the side for a few months enjoying the slew of salivating-at-the-mouths consumers who want a new GPU desperately.
AMD's new Faraway Islands GPU architecture will be baked into all of AMD's future GPUs and APU products, so we should expect some low-power ARM-based SoCs and some decently powerful APUs from this new architecture. When to expect it though? 2015. Pirate Islands is still to come, also based on the 20nm process, but AMD could skip that all together and push right on over to Faraway Islands, either way, new GPUs are on their way!
AMD announces the Tonga-based Radeon R9 285 GPU for $249
AMD has announced its latest GPU during its 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming Innovation event, the Tonga PRO-based Radeon R9 285. AMD's new Radeon R9 285 GPU features 1792 Stream Processors, either 2GB or 4GB of VRAM set at 5.5GHz, a Core Clock of 918MHz and a 256-bit memory interface.
The new Radeon R9 285 requires two 6-pin PCIe connectors, has 176GB/sec of memory bandwidth, a 190W TDP, and will be available on September 2 starting at around $249. The new Radeon R9 285 will be joined by another GPU in a few weeks time, the Tonga XT-based Radeon R9 285X. This new GPU will have more Stream Processors, kicking up the numbers from 1792 to 2048, increasing the TMU count from 112 on the R9 285 to 128 on the R9 285X.
AMD's latest GPU is positioned between the Radeon R9 270/270X and the R9 280X, and will compete against NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 760. In AMD's testing on Battlefield 4 at 2560x1440, the Red Team reports that the new R9 285 is "up to 15% faster" than the GTX 760. At $249, is the new AMD Radeon R9 285 something that will have you upgrading your PC?
GIGABYTE confirms NVIDIA will release the GeForce GTX 880 next month
An executive with GIGABYTE has confirmed during the ChinaJoy Game Developers Conference that NVIDIA will launch its next-gen GeForce GTX 880 GPU sometime next month.
The executive teased that the company is working on its own custom-designed card based on the GTX 880 GPU, named the GTX 880 G1.Gamer. This new card will feature a huge new cooler that will handle thermal loads of up to 650W, something we spotted at Computex in June. Better yet, is when the GTX 880 G1.Gamer is sitting idle, the cooler will passively cool the GTX 880 GPU without the fans spinning. These fans will only kick up when the GPU hits a certain temperature.
NVIDIA to launch its GeForce GTX 880 next month, at under $500
It looks like NVIDIA will unveil its GeForce GTX 880 sometime next month at a press event, but what to expect from NVIDIA for its next-gen GPU? We shouldn't expect too much in the performance department, but a decent price is something we can smile about.
VideoCardz.com is reporting that the GeForce GTX 880 will be announced mid next month, with retail availability of the GPU starting in late September. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of the GeForce GTX 880, we should expect NVIDIA to offer up 4GB and 8GB GDDR5 versions, both on a 256-bit bus. The best part about the GTX 880 will be its price, which is expected to fall somewhere around $400-$500 price range.
When it comes to performance, we should expect it to obviously beat the GK104-based GTX 780, and hopefully beat the GTX 780 Ti. By how much, we don't know. I think we can expect it to fall 10% either side of the GTX 780 Ti, and at $400-$450, this is going to push the prices of the GTX 780, and GTX 780 Ti down, too.
YouTuber takes to Kickstarter to raise funds for a GeForce GTX 780 Ti
What better way to fund your PC upgrades than hitting Kickstarter, eh? Alex Schank is a YouTube video creator who has content on channels such as AStereotypicalGamer or BasementPresentation, but his video card just died and he has "no where else to turn".
Schank's NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 died recently, and he wants to raise $350 to buy himself a new GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Right now Schank has received absolutely no money toward his goal, with 14 days left to raise $350. He has promised that if he receives the $350, he will "be making regular videos again and streaming on Twitch.tv once more".
NVIDIA rumored to launch GeForce GTX 800 series before Christmas
According to the latest rumors, NVIDIA could unveil its next-gen GeForce GTX 800 series sometime in the next couple of months. SweClockers is the site behind the tease, stating that NVIDIA will unveil its new GTX 870 and GTX 880 GPUs in October or November.
We already know that the upcoming GTX 800 series will be a powerhouse series of video cards, with the two GPUs being positioned for the high-end market. The GTX 870 and GTX 880 will replace the current GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti video cards, with the new GM204-based hardware. The last time we heard about the GTX 880, we heard that it sported 8GB of RAM and a 375W TDP.
The GeForce GTX 800 series should arrive on the 28nm process, and not the 20nm process like some thought it would. The biggest tease is that NVIDIA is rumored to launch its GeForce GTX 990 early next year, something that would truly break some speed records as it will be based on the 16nm process, skipping the 20nm process entirely.
AMD rumored to have 1GHz core clock on the next-gen Radeon R9 390X
We know it's coming, but we don't know what exactly to expect. AMD is preparing its mammoth new GPU, which will be a huge 500sq.mm+ GPU, something that will arrive into our hands as the Radeon R9 390X.
AMD's new Radeon R9 390X is being designed by Synapse Design, a company that recently announced new GPU tapeouts - including two 28HPM silicons. The first is the massive 500sq.mm+, which will be as powerful as 20nm SoC technology, which should end up being the new R9 390X. The R9 390X should have a core clock of over 1GHz, but will unfortunately not feature High Bandwidth Memory, or HBM.
We should begin to hear more on the new GPUs as time goes by - but if these rumors are correct, the Radeon R9 390X is shaping up to be a beast.


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"Broadway and Beyond" theater camp participants at the Averitt Center for the Arts prepare for the end of their sessions with rehearsals for the performance of their production.
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Thursday July 31, 2008
A woman convicted of stealing more than $1 million from Merrill Lynch and clients of the company received a sentence of five years in prison. The former stock broker, Doria Sabia-Florence, worked in the Statesboro Merrill Lynch office as well as in Boca Raton, Fla.
A 19-year-old Statesboro man faces murder charges stemming from the Sunday morning shooting of a Sylvania man at a local motel.
Bulloch County Sheriff's deputies, assisting the Georgia Insurance Commissioner's office, arrested a Statesboro man Wednesday morning on charges of insurance fraud.
Hair tousled and apparently not long from being awakened, a man who works as an insurance agent in Metter appeared surprised early Wednesday when a Bulloch County Sheriff's deputy knocked on his door.
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Wednesday July 30, 2008
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Tuesday July 29, 2008
Two men stopped Monday afternoon for a traffic offense fled Georgia State Patrol troopers, abandoned their vehicle and ran for miles before being apprehended by the Bulloch County Sheriff's Department.
While East Georgia Regional Medical Center, formerly known as Bulloch Memorial Hospital, celebrates it's 100th anniversary, Chief Executive Officer Bob Bigley is looking ahead to the future.
Over 100 participated in the 2014 Zombie Run 5K and Fun Run on Saturday, October 25 to help raise funds for local health organizations, including the Bulloch Partnership for Health, the Georgia Southern University Rural Health Research Institute, the Mercer University Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities, and the Georgia Southern University Wellness Program.
The Georgia Southern football team took the practice fields at Beautiful Eagle Creek Thursday to kick off their first fall camp after officially joining the Sun Belt Conference.
Under the direction of Statesboro Youth Ballet director Jurijs Safonovs, dance students completed two weeks of rigorous study at the Averitt Center for the Arts Summer Ballet Intensive Friday.
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The SwanHe lied to both of them and said that everything was fine.She took shards of glass from the broken mirror and smiled that she had seven years of bad luck. Maybe she would believe such superstitions in a different time and place. Blood trickled down from her hand and into the drain. Swirling, angry red curls always shifting. Vanishing like her breath once it left her lungs. All was silent in the bathroom.If she was already dying, then one little cut wouldn't hurt.Once many years ago she had seen a swan drifting atop the surface of the pond. No birds had ever come to that pond in late fall, and only mallards in the summer. They would always wail and fill the air with the fluttering sound of feathers. She looked out at the pond that night and saw the bird in the moonlight. Its feathers were the color of that orb in the sky, graceful neck circling a mystery. The water was still and white flakes floated down. She had never seen a swan and doubted she'd see another.She remembered the bir
runningfirst he comes in and mommy looks really scared like something bad's going to happenand then he slams the door and starts shouting at her and all she does is sighand i try to hide but there's nowhere to hide so i look downand then mommy starts yelling too and then she's crying and he throws a glass across the roomand he's saying something about someone i don't know, and mommy's saying that she's sorrybut he doesn't want to listen to herand then i start crying too and i run awayrunning running runningbut i can't get away before i hear him say that he never wants to see her againand i can't remember what that word meansthat word that starts with a D and he cries it out and it makes mommy quietand i can't pretend that i didn't hear him slam the door againand i can't remember how long i've been here while mommy criesand i know that i couldn't have done anything.mommy, please don't cry. please.


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Beloved Berlin Wall
Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of chivalry and the two fall in love. But soon the Stasi believes they are witnessing the start of a revolt. This is the time of mass protests and East Germans taking refuge in the West German embassy in Prague after all. Franzi and Sascha have to find their ways to stand up for their love and strive for the impossible; to bring down the wall.
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Can Snowboard Video Game (w/ Interactive Snowboard) Help Practice?
I took one day-long snowboard lesson last year (fell a lot and realize I need more practice) and cannot wait to hit the slopes this year. Someone had posted a question about snowboard video games (hand-held) helping her learn snowboarding, but I was wondering... What about video games with interactive snowboards (for example, Amazon.com: snowboard video game: Kitchen & Dining... decided to look into this when I saw Tony Hawk's Ride advertised)? So, has anyone experienced an interactive snowboarding video game that seems realistic and would help improve form, learning curve, etc.? I would rather fall on my ass a bunch of times on the slopes rather than mess up the little form I have playing a video game, but would love the experience and practice snowboarding if there is something out there that accurately represents the experience. Thanks! Jeff |
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No more than playing Guitar Hero will make you a better guitarist, or CoD will improve your marksmanship. The controllers simulate the movements, but in a way that doesn't translate back to the real thing. For one very important thing, the controller isn't moving downhill. I'm not sure if it would mess up your form, but it certainly wouldn't help.
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As much as I love snowboarding games I agree with this as well. NO game can make you better at it, The only thing I can say you might compare the difficulty of both, which both take PRACTICE to learn over time, and that's where it ends. Gaming with a controller and using your head is definitely not the same as being strapped to board and using your body. IF and I do say IF, there is ever holographic games in the future or VR simulators it could get close, but no boarding sport for a game (skate,surf and snowboard) can help you do it better. ONLY experience and practice are the foundation to them all Last edited by Rebel4Liberty; 11-19-2009 at 12:11 AM. |
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nah, that won't help you... i mean as wolf said at least it's a balance board, but i used to have one that i used with my tony hawk games, it's a total piece of junk, i think i used it like twice.
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ECON 2510 Practice for Exam 3 with Elaine Peterson
Use separate sheets of paper as needed to answer. Please be sure to put your name on your answer sheets and the part of the exam you are answering and the number of the question you are answering.
Part I (30 points): Please explain the following briefly:
1. What determines the demand for a resource?
2. What law governs the collective bargaining process and what are some of its provisions?
3. a) If you borrow $20,000 and are charged $2,000 in interest to be paid at the end of the year when you will also repay the $20,000 what's the effective interest rate?
b) If you borrow $20,000 and are charged $2,000 in interest to be paid at the end of the year, but you have to pay the $20,000 back in 12 equal installments over the course of the year, what's the effective interest rate?
4. What are the major principles to consider when designing a tax system?
5. What's the difference between a horizontal merger and a vertical merger?
6. What is an externality?
Part II (10 points):
Based on the following three individual demand schedules for a
particular good, and assuming these three people are the only ones in the
society, determine:
market demand schedule on the assumption that the good is a private good (fill
in the table),
collective demand schedule on the assumption that the good is a public good
(fill in the table).
what is the difference between a private good and a public good?
Part III (30 points) : Choose the best answer.
1. All of the following were basically pro-union except the:
A) Taft-Hartley Act B) Wagner Act C) Norris-La Guardia Act
D) National Labor Relations Board E) Samuel Gompers
2. U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the net inflow of legal immigrants is now about:
A) 755,000 annually. B) 100,000 annually. C) 350,000 annually.
D) 925,000 annually. E) 2 million annually.
3. A scarce resource which is in fixed supply earns payments which economists call:
A) Supranormal profits B) Profit C) Interest
D) Depreciation E) Rent
4. In the absence of clearly defined property rights or liability rules:
A) Public goods would not exist.
B) Environmental problems will be less severe.
C) The Coase Theorem would assist in solving the externality problem.
D) Public bodies of water and air would bear the brunt of environmental pollution.
E) Private lawsuits would be used to discourage pollution
5. An inefficient "no" vote in public choice theory means:
A) The costs of elections exceed the benefits to be derived
B) That a majority of voters could vote no even when the total benefits exceed the total costs
C) That less than a majority of total voters turn out for the election
D) That voters have made a mistake
E) That a majority of voters could vote no even when the total costs exceed the total benefits
6. The -?- Act prohibits firms from acquiring the stock of another firm when such acquisition tends to lessen competition, while the -?- Act prohibits firms from acquiring assets if the effect of such acquisition tends to lessen competition.
A) Sherman, Celler-Kefauver B) Sherman, Clayton C) Clayton, Celler-Kefauver D) Clayton, Wheeler-Lea E) Wagner, Taft-Hartley
Part IV (30 points) : Choose 2 of the following 4 questions and explain fully, feel free to use examples & graphs.
1. A) What is a monopsony?
B) Draw the graphical model for a monopsony.
C) What are some ways to reduce the inefficiency (DWL) associated with a monopsony?
2. What are the major potential reasons for government intervention in a market economy?
3. A) Describe
unionism's greatest periods of growth in the
B) Why might workers want a union?
C) Why might workers not want a union?
4. A) Use a diagram and clearly label the axes and curves to depict the deadweight loss to society from production which causes pollution.
B) Explain a policy which could reduce the pollution.


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A mild hit when it was released last year, there's been some chatter every once in a while about a sequel to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, yet nothing concrete – until today. The L.A. Times is reporting that the film's director Christopher Columbus (Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone) will be the sequel's producer, as Fox has hired Diary of a Wimpy Kid's director, Thor Freudenthal.
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Merry Christmas and happy Boxing Day
Hey guys, sounds like you are both are having a wonderful time. Learning about other people, places, cultures and lifestyles - in fact, learning just how lucky you are. Thankyou so much for the photos and info of your travel so far. It was nice to wish you a Merry Christmas over the phone yesterday, whilst at Di's. Keep enjoying and keep safe. xxJen and Bob.
Asia Lite.
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We arrived at Nick & Josh's and settled in straight away. Singapore is alright, pretty boring though. Not a lot to do here unless you like going to the Zoo, playing computer games all day or shopping at the big brand stores (our budget only allows for two of the above) - even their dollar is worth more than ours!
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The only thing I actually liked about KL was a t-shirt we saw in one of the shops, it had the slogan 'I know how to made her love me!' written on the front. Had me in stitches, you've gotta love their use of manglish.
Exit KL, enter Penang.
Thankfully we did the dash over to Penang (a little Island off of KL) where the beer was colder, the streets far more relaxed and the people easy going. I liked this place a lot, it had a certain vibe about it. We stayed in a shitty little hostel called the Malibu Cafe. Damned if I know how these places get away with sounding so good online, then when you actually get there they turn out to be prison cells. After sterilising the room and exterminating the spiders and roaches, we stepped out for a look around...by traditional scooter of course. We hired a little Honda for a day to roll around the Island on. The blood ran from our faces pretty quickly when we found ourselves on a scrapheap freeway with no rules, this was the first time we were scared for our lives, it was chaos at its best; what was supposed to be a three lane road turned out to be a thousand vehicles all playing theatre sports! We survived, just.
Exit Penang, enter Sumatra.
We flew over to Medan, the capital, and Jeez was that place a shithole. Quite dangerous too. We didn't feel very safe there but we managed to find a little hostel room with fewer cockroaches than we expected and a toilet that looked like a prop from a Tarantino film. I think we were actually staying in a brothel. Medan was only a quick stop-over so we could catch what's called a 'chicken bus' to a little village called Bukit Lawang. This was a 4hr bus ride to cover no more than 80kms! Yep, no word of a lie, that's how bumpy the roads were. Thank Christ neither of us had unstable bowels at the time otherwise it would've looked like a murder scene.
Bukit Lawang was an incredible place, if you do one thing before you die, you've got to do BL. We had an awesome time, life changing in fact. The people were terrific and would do anything to keep a smile on your face despite losing half their village to a flood in 2003.
The cost of living was also very cheap. We paid about 60,000 Rupiah for one night in a cool little bungalow, came in at about $8.50, so it suited us very well.
On the bus ride to the village we met a dude called Amal, he turned out to be a jungle trek guide and happened to work for the guest house where we booked our stay - sheer coincidence or was this chance meeting carefully planned? He convinced us to take a two day trek into the jungle which cost us about $110 each and it turned out to be worth every cent. We joined the trek with a couple from Germany and Holland, great people. Actually, the bird from Germany was a copywriter with McCann Erickson in Frankfurt, small world huh? Once in the jungle, after 6 hours of hiking and getting chased by orangutans we set up camp and stayed the night in the thick of it, exposed to the hardest rain we've seen in ages and jungle noises that go bump in the night including Sumatran tigers! (didn't see any of them though) When pitch black kicked in, we gathered inside a little makeshift bamboo tent and the local guides proceeded to entertain us with card tricks, marijuana and tasty chicken curry. Surreal Sumatra.
Exit Bukit Lawang, enter Singapore.
We dashed back to Singapore to do Christmas lunch at the famous Raffles Hotel. It was nice grub in a class setting, it wasn't really in our budget, but hey it's Christmas!
We leave to go to Thailand on the 29/12 and I'm sure it'll be 'Asia mid-strength', as from then on in we will know no one and no doubt be on high alert.
We'll keep you posted once we have some stories to tell.
'til then, adios people.
Ryan & Bek
Thanks Guys, sounds like you had a great day, have a great new years eve and don't get too drunk! Will keep you all posted on future blogs
Hope you enjoyed the ruffles @ Raffles!
I managed to manipulate my way thru Travelpod to follow your star and record these comments - quite proud of myself! 'Sounds though the Raffles experience was a good one for you both. It's kind of nice to spend Christmas with some friends when you are way from your family.
Di was quite chuffed when I handed her the phone on Xmas Day and you were on the end of it! She didn't expect it and got a big kick out of it. So now you're off to Thailand and 'Parko' country. His place is on the beach in a place called Waheen(?)
If you need further details let me know. I know he will be up there sometime in January.
Stay loose, enjoy the country and look after each other. GMCG


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I turned off my auto brightness and set my brightness to low. I immediately noticed that whenever I press the lock/unlock button from the sleep state, the wallpaper screen for an instant shows the background behind it. Not a big deal but still annoying. Also sometimes the alarm symbol shows up in the wrong place but corrects itself quickly.
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I am the queen of all demons. I am the kind of monster children are scared of. I'm the thing humans fear.
"Your majesty, it's time to get up." A soft voice whispered next to my ear. My eyes flitter open as I start to come to conscious. I turn my head towards the direction of the voice. Like always, it was my personal butler, Joshua waking me up in the morning. My long black draped over my pillow and sheets like a blanket of fog. I've heard fog is like snow, but I've honestly never seen it before. It never snows here.
I stifled a yawn as I sat up and stretched. Joshua simply walked out the door to go to the dining room while I got dressed. I have to admit, being a queen is boring at times. I have to sit around in a poofy dress all day on my throne while soldiers update me on the rebellions. My family has always had the throne, so of course I was next in line. The rebellions started when I was only about 12. My mother and father did their best to stop them, but died trying. With their deaths brought a few years of peace- I took the throne when I was 15, and have been in power ever since. There are always rumors and reports of small rebellions across the demon world, but they are usually put out quickly by forces or are proven to just be stories. But it's our job to check out each and every case. We can't let there be another rebellion like last time.
It takes me awhile to get ready for the day, even though it'll be another melancholy day as usual. After I get on my dress I have to put on my makeup and fix my hair. My dress is red, black, and purple with a diamond pattern on it. I always wear black lipstick and mascara. Last, of course, is my tiara.
The tiara has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. My own mother wore it while she was still alive. Those were definitely more peaceful times in the kingdom… Having such a young ruler isn't the ideal situation for a country that has come out of civil war. I was only 14 when they died, but I remember it well.
As usual, I was sitting alone in my room. I had all the toys in the world to play with, but no one to play them with. In those days, Joshua was my personal butler like today, though he was only 18 at the time, my parents trusted him with my life. It was just past lunch, almost 1, when he came barging into my room in a panic.
"Princess, we must leave now!" he stammered with heavy breathing like he'd been running. Joshua ran over and grabbed my arm and coat. "Wha-what's wrong?" I asked as he dragged me out of the room. "No time to explain- we must leave now," he said. As we passed a window in the hall, I could just make out fires across the city. Even though it was just pass 12, the sky was a dark maroon color and the smoke seemed to billow up and add a murky gray to it. The embers of the fires on the buildings seemed to light up the town, though. I could see tiny black dots scrambling around, trying to find cover.
I knew this path. I'd been on it several times before, on practice drills when I wasn't being home schooled. This was the way to the safe room.
The safe room was rarely used, as it was only used in emergencies. It was where the family and select indentured servants met incase of an attack or fire. As of right now, I couldn't tell which one it was. Even though it was rarely used, that mean didn't mean it wasn't well stocked. It held enough food in there for five hungry people for two years. And incase of the chance of a fire and we would have to leave the castle, the safe room had a secret passageway to the back of the castle (one of the only places you can go to the human world to) that only a handful of people knew about.
We passed by the dining room, down a flight of stairs, through the ballroom, into another hall, and finally arrived to a small closet in the back corner of the basement. He had my black coat over my head as to shroud me while his other his hand on my back to guide me. The room was pitch-black, and once we got into the cramped room he closed the door behind us, which didn't make it any better. He lit a candle from a lantern beside him, which illuminated the dank space around us to reveal we were the only ones here.
I looked up at him with a worried look on my face. "Joshua, where are my parents and the others?" He turned his back to me, locked the door, and grabbed a sword on a table beside him before he looks at me. His face was dark as he got on one knee to talk to me like he always did. It was annoying how he was only four years older than me and more than a foot taller. He sat the lantern down beside us on the gravel floor and put his free hand on my head.
"Celeste… there won't be anyone else joining us down here." He waited a bit to let it sink in. "Because they already left, right? Mother and father?" I said. I knew what he was trying to tell me, but my brain refused to accept it. "Earlier this morning, there were reports of arsonists breaking into the castle. Even though they were caught, it was revealed around lunchtime they had accomplices inside. Moat of the guards were either injured or killed. The Queen and King… didn't make it."
The tears came to my face before my mind had time to process it. I could faintly hear shouting and screaming from outside. They sounded like they were getting closer. Joshua held me closer to him with his left hand and gripped the sword tighter with his right.
I couldn't remember how long we had stayed in there, but I know it was at least a couple of hours. I mostly stayed in the corner with my head tucked in between my legs and chest and cried while Joshua watched to see if there was anyone else out there. Finally, a soldier coming to see if any of the royal family was still alive found us. When we left the safe room, I could see that the castle was in shambles. The banners and tapestry that had once hung on the walls were now rugs for the overturned vases and pictures, and those still hanging on to their holders were torn in shreds. Columns and pillars that once helped hold up the castle were now little more than rubble. I could see small embers in the corners of the rubble that soldiers were still trying to put out. Joshua held my hand as we walked through the castle. Out steps echoed through the once regal halls with the sounds of broken glass crunching under out feet. We came to a stop when the guards in front of us came to a halt. As a single unit, they all bowed down in front of us.
"Why are they bowing?" I asked him, looking up. "They're bowing at their Queen." He answered. I started to realize what he meant. My parents were gone, and I was the next in line.
I stared at the tiara, just standing there remembering all the bad memories it held. I adjusted the crown on my head and walked out of my room.
The castle had been renovated several times since then. The initial repairs took almost a year to complete, but they finally restored the castle to its final glory. As I look out the window, I see the usual things- vendors at the marketplace, mothers walking with their children, soldiers helping an elderly person cross the street. Peaceful things.
The aroma of food fills the empty hallways, so I hurry on to the dining room. The meals are one of the best parts of my day, right next to sleeping. This morning the chef had prepared French toast, my favorite. Joshua is standing to the side of the dining room as I am eating. A guard whispers something quickly into his ear and scurries off. He quietly walks over to me to inform me on what he said.
"There's a council meeting today," he whispered to me. "When?" I asked, putting down my knife and fork. "Right now- they're in the throne room waiting on you." I choked on my French toast. I scraped down my meal and rose to leave. We left the dining room and started to walk across the castle to the throne room.
As we walked down the halls, things seemed different… It seemed like there were less people outside as there had been before, like the lights were dimmer than usual, like there weren't as many guards as there should be. Things just seemed off. When we were getting closer to the throne room, I could just make out muffled sounds coming from the room- muffled screaming.
Joshua, who was walking in front of me, grabbed his sword. The door was slightly ajar, so he pushed it open with relative ease. That's when things took a turn for the worse.
A shady figure that was lightning fast emerged from the doorway. The next thing I noticed was something metallic peek out of the darkness and then I saw the scythe plunge into Joshua.
"There you two are! We had hoped to find you at the council meeting, but I guess we'll just have to kill you here instead… Reina, I found them!" A voice said from behind the door that was holding the scythe. She was wearing a purple dress with gold sequins and dark purple hair held up in buns that seemed to illuminate her golden eyes. I was too shocked to do anything that I almost didn't react when I heard the sound of footsteps behind me. I reluctantly turned around; sure it was this "Reina" person.
The woman behind me was obviously a few years older than the purple girl, and seemed to be her polar opposite. Reina had long pink hair that turned into a medium purple in the back with light purple eyes. Unlike the other girl whose outfit was dressy and didn't seem very practical to fight in, this girl had armor all of her with pink clothes under it and a warrior's sword. I decided to grab my own scythe. "It's about time you stopped playing around, Livana," the girl in front of me said. "I sent you out to find the princess, not torture the council members," she continued. "Oh well, I found them anyway, no help to you. Trianna said we couldn't leave anyone alive," the purple girl whose name was apparently Livana countered. "And besides, Trianna said she wanted the princess captured so she could deal with her herself." I didn't like the sound of that. Nor did I like the sound of her scythe coming out of his skin and blood dripping onto the floor and his coughing. He'd be all right, I hoped.
"Why don't we get started, shall we?" Livana inquired. The two girls reared back and striked at the same time.
There's one thing you need to understand about the demon world- it can be a dangerous place. Most demons, like Joshua, and myself can summon a preferred weapon out of thin air. I learned that at an early age. When I was 10 and Joshua was still training to become my butler, I would watch him practice sword fighting and would practice the same motions in my room until he found out. At first he was frustrated, but thought it was cute when I told him I didn't want anyone to have to protect me. "Maybe when you're older, I can give you proper training," he told me and patted my head.
My scythe clashed against Reina's blade as she swung her sword. On both sides it was sword vs. scythe. I didn't have any time to look back, but I could tell Joshua was doing a pretty good job of defending against Livana, even though I didn't see how. His chest was cut wide open and his sword was badly outmatched- he had a simple sleek, black sword while she had a huge scythe that had 4 ovals on the edges that would be perfect for disarming an opponent or cutting off their head.
A few soldiers that were still alive came rushing up behind Reina to join the fight. Reina briefly lost her concentration on me and focused it on them, giving me a chance to take a few steps back. "Celeste! You must leave now!" Joshua yelled at me. "No way in hell am I leaving you here to be killed! This isn't happening again!" I told him. "If you don't leave now, it will happen again," he reminded me. Even though I was about 20 yards away from him, I could tell he was still breathing hard. He was still bleeding badly from earlier. I knew I couldn't argue with him much longer. A few tears left my eyes as I fled in the other direction.
I knew already what was happening. I'd had a small fear about it when we were walking down the hall. This was a rebellion, which meant there was only one place in the castle that was relatively safe. I merely hoped I could make it their.
Memories of from when I was little started flooding into my mind. A coat over my head. Ducking and running to avoid being seen. Him being by my side. None of that seemed to help me now. The throne room was nearby the safe room, so I didn't have far to run. I breathed a sigh of relief as I saw the doorframe in the distance. Once I got in I closed the door behind me but didn't lock it. I was still holding on to the fleeting hope that he would soon join me.
Staying in the castle wasn't an option, so I knew there was only one other choice- escape to the human world. I couldn't run exceedingly far in a dress and high heels, so I grabbed some spare clothes and boot I'd had put in here and changed. In no time I was ready to leave my home. O wouldn't last long by myself in the human world, but I had heard of special academies across the human world that trained kids with special powers and taught them about the 2 worlds. I'm awfully sure they'd be more than generous enough to put up a certain demon princess for a while. The only thing I worried was if I would ever be able to return to the demon world.
With that happy note in my head, I climbed out of the escape tunnel to the back of the castle as I headed towards the other world.
The human world was nothing like I had ever seen before. I think this is what humans call "summer"- everything was green and the sky was a pale blue with no clouds in it, but it was extremely hot, almost like at home. A couple of birds flew over my head chirping. I began to realize I was in a forest.
I took a few steps forward, the leaves and twigs crunching under my boots. Every way looks the same. It was impossible to tell which way I was supposed to go. But, I knew I had no time to lose. Reina or somebody else employed by this "Trianna" person was definitely not far behind. I decided to go in the direction the birds had gone.
After a few more seconds of walking, I started to run. I had no clue where the hell I was going or where the "special academies" were, but I knew if I could just make a little headway if I escaped from the forest. I had heard of some of the guards on temporary reassignment at a close-by academy- maybe Rosemarie Academy was the name? Perhaps if I found a town I could ask around…
The forest was so dense; it was difficult to tell where I was going. I ran frantically, pushing spare limbs and branches out of my face. My breathing was strained, and I started feeling lightheaded. I must had been running for at least 10 minutes, or at least that's what it felt like.
Ahead of me lay a large, blue pond. I immediately collapsed in front of it and splashed the cool water on my face. However, I only had a minute of pleasure before I was rudely reminded of my situation. From across the pond I could hear the snapping of branches and several footsteps. I immediately ducked behind a bush over towards my right.
A young woman, who I assume is a succubus based on her wings and tail, peered out from behind the trees and walked over towards the pong and bent down. "Great, you dumbasses lost her."
The half-a-dozen men behind her froze up with terror in their eyes. "We were sure she went this way!" One stammered.
Without even looking back, the woman gave her orders. "Go back to the castle. I'll search for the other girls on my own; hopefully I can accomplish something that you guys screwed up." She then glared back at them over her shoulder. "Just because I'm doing this solo doesn't mean I'll be taking the blame for losing the princess."
The men grudgingly retreated the way they came, leaving her behind by the waters edge.
I sat there, shaking in the foliage. The woman was in no rush to move away, and only stared at her reflection while dipping her hand in the water. I knew if I attempted to flee she would see me immediately. What could I do…? And who were the other girls she was talking about? I was too scared to move, so I just stayed crouched under the leaved trying to process all of what had happened.
I had been staring outside the leaves at the woman for several minutes when a sound over towards my right, almost behind me, broke the silence. I glanced over and could faintly hear a couple of girls coming closer. I held my breath. Were these the girls the woman had been talking about?
I knew I had to act fast- as soon as the girls walked out of the clearing, I stumbled out of my hiding spot.


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PUBLISHED: 24 Nov 2012 00:33:08 | UPDATED: 24 Nov 2012 00:33:08PUBLISHED: 24 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 24 Nov 2012Emma-Kate Symons
Really, Philip Roth, how could you?
Going and quitting like that, telling us you're "not Frank Sinatra", and taking early retirement from the land of living literary legends before you've even become an octogenarian. As if you were any old jobbing artist or crusty bloke tired of doing the same work year in, year out.
Come on; you're only 79! The Greatest Breathing American Writer, the one who outlasted Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer and John Updike.
You were scribbling away masterpieces when our parents weren't even legal, creating international cultural sensations with libidinous works such as Portnoy's Complaint, which everyone wanted to ban. How could we forget the shock and pleasure of reading Sabbath's Theater, American Pastoral, The Human Stain, or The Plot Against America?
You can't recite Kaddish to yourself, killing you off before time. It's just not kosher. Anyway, that would be giving in too much to all your feminist critics.
So you claim you have put down pen and paper (or your lectern, where you tapped out your novels standing up, to avoid back pain), and stuck a Post-it note on your computer that says "The struggle with writing is over".
Post-it notes are a bad idea; didn't your agent ever tell you that?
LOL! (as that eight-year old daughter of an ex-girlfriend you're collaborating with on a novella – should we be worried? – might say).
Surely you're just going through a phase? Can't you speak to your shrink?
You owe it to us, your dear readers, to keep on keeping on. Retirement is for mugs, for we mere mortals – doctors and nurses, bankers, teachers, engineers, telcoms specialists, chief executives, computer programmers, train drivers and builders – not for the keepers of the keys of the contemporary Western literary canon.
Look at Tom Wolfe, no longer radical chic but still churning out fiction at 81. Then again, maybe he should give up his day job – Bonfire of the Vanities was the high point. Or Toni Morrison – she's the same age, and probably will never again write anything as good as Beloved.
Yet, as the Associated Press reminded us, what about Herman Wouk? He's going great guns in his 90s.
Don't forget Hungarian Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz, 83, but denying rumours that he too is dropping out. P. D. James could probably call it a day – talk about overkill – but she will be pumping out page-turners till her last breath.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who published his last book in 2004, has an excuse for retreating from literary life: he has dementia. But you are in good health, we all know that.
Don't talk to us about E. M. Forster, who chucked a hissy fit at 45 and refused to write another fictional word. That was another era when writers lived fast and died young.
You're no Ernest Hemingway, dead at 61, or Kingsley Amis (the drink got to him in the end but he did write arguably his best novel, The Old Devils, when he was in his 60s, even nabbing the Booker).
You were positively monastic in your habits, forsaking women (eventually), marriage (after the disaster with British actress Claire Bloom), children, hardly drinking, rarely socialising. Writing was an "eight hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year" habit.
Even for an American, that's not many holidays.
Those pesky Nobel Prize people haven't got around to giving you the gong you deserve.
It's positively fainéant to stop now. That's French for lazy – as you would know, Professor of Desire, after you fessed up to having already secretly retired back in 2010, in an interview with Gallic culture bible Les Inrocks.
You've clearly had a brain snap as a result of too much pressure. Can't you try massage or yoga?
You're married to us, Philip, your dear readers, remember? Or would you prefer if we call you by the name of your alter egos: David Kepesh, Nathan Zuckerman et al?
We know it's frustrating and humiliating, being a writer. "My autobiography would consist almost entirely of chapters about me sitting alone in a room looking at a typewriter," you opined this week.
How could we have missed that you told an aspiring young New York novelist serving you your bagel recently, "I would quit while you're ahead. Really, it's an awful field."
But there's worse.
You've given up reading (except for two hours at night, of serious works) and taken up with your first iPhone.
"Because I'm free. Every morning I study a chapter in iPhone for Dummies, and now I'm proficient," you blabbed to TheNew York Times. "I haven't read a word for two months. I pull this thing out and play with it."
Instead of prostrating yourself before the altar of fine fiction, you're mastering the functionalities of this inane device? This is the end of Western civilisation as we know it.
Next you'll discover Twitter and start sparring with octogenarian non-retiree Rupert Murdoch in 140-character grabs.
If you really have no fresh ideas and think your best work is behind you – what a perfectionist! - maybe we could countenance the idea that there will never be another Roth novel.
But can you write non-fiction at least? A few choice essays in The New Yorker?
Perhaps you will be an inspiration to lesser artists in other fields, such as Woody Allen, who might consider that their best work is behind them and maybe they should have retired ages ago.
At least now you might find time to look after your neighbour's pet. We were amazed to read that friendly feline-minding really ate way too much into your writerly obsessions.
"For a day or two, I played with the cat but, in the end, it demanded too much attention," you told The New Yorker's David Remnick. "It consumed me, you see. So I had to ask my friend to take it back."
Don't worry Philip; if you change your mind – a la Sinatra – we'll take you back.
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I am a collector of hummingbirds and purchased this stain glass panel to hide a basement window in my laundry room. The colors are not true to the online image: the light whitish background is a tone of gold and many of the other pieces are darker than the sample. Also there are no cabochons. I am keeping the panel since it is being hung in an area where the colors are not too important and repackaging and mailing would be a nuisance.