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There are far too many buddy cop movies to begin naming here. Just peruse this page to pick out your top ten list. My favorite part of this page is the one sentence breakdown of the relationship between the two buddies. For instance, Bad Boys is described as Playboy teamed with family man and 48 Hrs. is Sloppy cop with slick maverick. For shits and giggles, here are four more descriptions. See if you can guess the movies. Ill post them at the after my recap of last week.
- Small time crook paired with gay detective
- Two intelligent detectives, one sensible, one slightly eccentric, teamed up
- An unorthodox, street-smart cop teams with by-the-book cops
- Fictional cop paired with real world boy
Good luck. Man I had fun reading that list. Whats surprisingly missing on that page, though, is any female presence. Whether its because they dont make good movie buddies, arent typically cops or some combination of the two, the ladies rarely show up as the leads in the buddy cop genre. In fact, on that list there are more instances of men going undercover as women than actual women as police officers. The Heat is one of only two flicks in the genre that mentions women at all. So who better to break down the buddy cop walls than Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy?
This movie reunites director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids-90%), Unaccompanied Minors-31%) with McCarthy and the breakdown could read "underappreciated, by-the-books female FBI agent teams with rough maverick local cop." Guess who plays who. It's nice to get the ladies in on the buddy action, but, honestly, this flick doesnt look particularly funny. Save a few moments from McCarthy, who has shown a habit of scene-stealing, I think the movie will fall flat. Buddy cop movies are rarely critical darlings, and even with the gender shakeup I dont think this movie will do much to reverse the trend. The Rotten Watch for The Heat is
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Teleoanticipation: The new way to run intervals
Every seasoned runner knows the benefits of intervals - increased V02 max, higher calorie burn, and one of the most efficient ways to improve speed. Interval workouts are often the staple of training plans from milers to marathoners, but how do you know if your workout is well, working for you? Different coaches recommend different interval lengths, paces, and recovery times. However, a new approach based on self-perception has recently been heralded as the most effective.
Andrew Edwards, a former track star and exercise physiologist, recently published a paper in the Journal of Pyschophysiology entitled "Self-pacing in interval training: A teleoanticpatory approach". Edwards' study divided track runners into three groups – Group A completed 5 x 1000m @ 90% effort and then recovered until there heart rate returned to 13- bpm. Group B completed the workout and then recovered for the same amount of time as it took to run the 1,000m (~3:18) and Group C ran the workout and then rested until they felt recovered enough to run at 90% effort. The results showed that Group A had not recovered enough and subsequently slowed on the later intervals. Groups B and C were both able to finish the workout at expected times, however the runners that recovered "by feel" (Group C) actually took less recovery time, thus completing a more efficient workout.
The take-away from this study? Adjusting your workout to how you feel can help you to become a better, more attuned runner. Depending on the weather, the amount of sleep you've been getting, and your training schedule you may need more or less recovery during your workouts.
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The following tables are taken from Richard Saller's book Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family; a full explanation as to how the tables were constructed is given in that book (1994:9-70). For our purposes, these life tables provide a guide to the nature of the kinship universe across the life cycle at Rome. The figures to one or two decimal points suggest to the demographically unitiated a high level of accuracy, but it needs to be remembered that the figures are an average figure of all variations across society. Hence, where a reader may think of an example from the ancient world quite different to the average given, there will be another example at the opposite extreme of that experience that would cause the figure given as the average to represent those extremes.
Two tables are given as 'level 3' and 'level 6' for the senatorial elite, as discussed in the book. The reason two different sets of data are presented is that our estimates of the average life expectancy at birth vary from twenty-five years to thirty-three years. Again we stress here, in response to a general misunderstanding by classicists of average life expectancy, that these averages include those who did not survive the first years of life and those who lived into their eighties and beyond. These figures do not mean that everyone was dead by twenty-five or thirty-three! The tables represent the demographic possibility of a sustainable population into which are placed the paramaeters of the age of marriage, the frequency of remarriage, our understanding of Roman fertility patterns etc. It is a procedure utilised by historical demographers for other periodisations and has been seen as a means to estimate or model: the nature and number of living kin at a specified age; the proportion of people at a specifie age who would have at least one kin relative in each category; and finally the average age of those living kin. In effect, these three tables give us a view into the changing familial structures of the life course.
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At this juncture I would like to say a few words about MOOCs. First, let's level set: MOOC is an acronym for Massive Open Online Classroom. While distance education is as old at least as correspondence courses, MOOCs are distinguishable as using Internet technologies to bring free education to students globally. The erstwhile Stanford professor – erstwhile because his "experiment" created such an uproar and opportunity that he has since left Stanford to found his own MOOC company, Udacity, -- who spearheaded this term set off a tipping point for a generation of efforts in what is otherwise known as "distance" or "distributed" education.
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Reviewing the spectrum of challenges leads us to think about pedagogy itself. Rote test questions and answers increasingly are not how students learn, if they were ever useful for anything more than a benchmark of basic facts.
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In the United States, college or university is a privilege. It is not a right, it most certainly is not a legal requirement. With their admission, students are invited to join a unique community of scholars and scholarship. Academic integrity is the core component of the expectations we set for students.
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Canisius College in Buffalo, New York invited me to speak on the subject of academic integrity last Friday. Below is my speech in blog-length installments. It is not the first time I have written about academic integrity -- hence the "redux," -- but it is a topic that current developments, MOOCs not least, and upon which the future of higher education rests. I hope these thoughts contribute to a conversation that puts the dynamics of academic integrity front and center of our collective efforts going forward.
February 26, 2013 - 9:53am
I predict that this entry will generate more comments than most. I propose that we watch France closely on its plan to tax the Internet, because the United States might want to follow suit. On first reflex I could not imagine a stand more likely to unite cross sections of the political spectrum from libertarians to liberals than this one. In all my days of work in IT I have never met a single person who did anything but reject any policy except the most hands-off ones regarding data networking. Why should we change gears now?
February 19, 2013 - 7:39am
Scanning the headlines today, I came across this article about Oxford University turning off Google Docs. Having made a friend at Oxford of a colleague in IT there, Tony Brett, I looked at my watch, recognized that it was noon for him, emailed him the link with a subject line: Tell Me More! To which Tony immediately replied with this more extended discussion of the technical security rational for the administrative decision.
February 14, 2013 - 8:59pm
That is the name of the White House's press release about an executive order that President Obama signed yesterday.
February 7, 2013 - 9:06pm
Did anyone outside of New York City happen to catch this story about Baruch College? In the scope of international Internet policy it is a proverbial drop in the bucket. But for higher education information technology policy it is an important story. And a good step that administrators there made in how they handled a challenge that in the past has stymied administrators and angered students.
January 28, 2013 - 9:37pm
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While playing the new Take On Hinds expansion I noticed that in Expert mode, there is no visual indication of the currently selected weapon. To get this you have to turn on the full HUD in the game options which also displays all the dials - which I didn't really want.
This small addon displays the currently selected weapon and remaining ammo in the top right of the screen while in a vehicle. Although I made it with the Hinds expansion in mind, it will work in standard ToH and should work for any vehicle, not just helicopters.
I made this for those that like to play in Expert mode, but would still like to know which piece of very expensive ordanance they are about to waste!
There was a serious flaw in my previous versions which mean that the weapons indicator did not display after an in-game revert. I have completely re-written the addon now to cater for this problem and it should now work as expected.
Also - I have removed the original addon that used the BIS hint system and now just link to the version that uses the user interface instead.
You can download the addon from my server using the following link;
Removed mirror link for now until I have informed modsaholic...
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Download both addons, extract the archive and place both @jed_weapCheckAlt and @CBA_TOH into your Take on Helicopters root folder.
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3. Use your favourite launcher in the normal way. I use Six Updater - it is very good!
The weapon indicator will initialise automatically, you don't need to do anything to turn it on in game.
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I find them a relevant part of the story and character development, but also a realistic portrayal of a virile young man's mental process. Dismissing Dulli's words because you find them dick-ish or sexist just seems disingenuous. Men are assholes sometimes. And they can realize that in themselves. And women can be assholes, too.
When I met my current longtime partner, she was as obsessed with Liz Phair's music as I was The Afghan Whigs', which made me draw some parallels between the two. She loved Liz Phair for the same reason I loved the Whigs — their music spoke directly to us and was dazzling in its self-awareness and rare candor.
It should be noted that I really love Liz Phair's first album (the main one she built her legend upon, Exile in Guyville), but my girlfriend merely seems to tolerate my affinity for the Whigs. Still, The Afghan Whigs have tons of female fans, some who just love the sound of the band, some who appreciate the quality writing and musicianship, some who find Dulli's honesty sexy and some who find the man himself a hunk among hunks. There are usually an equal amount of male and females in an Afghan Whigs audience.
Dulli's lyrics have a personal, intimate style, like something being revealed to you in a whisper or drunken yowl in the backroom of a speakeasy, which might be why most of his critics fail to consider the possibility of a non-autobiographical "narrator."
What Dulli's lyrics offered to me was something I hadn't heard before, and it all goes back to that brutal honesty. He was presenting a more complete and complex picture of love, one that admitted mistakes, wielded vitriol like a sword, cranked up the self-deprecation, wallowed in sex, drugs and misery and held on to the hope and promise that love first presents. The Whigs' connections to classic Soul music isn't just in the sound or beats; that lyrical description could also be about Marvin Gaye or any number of great vintage Blues and Soul artists.
Dulli sings about the emotional ups and downs a man in, out or around love feels. And his honesty made a lot of uptight people (and men trying to seem "femi-sensitive") uncomfortable. It's sort of like a non-ridiculous version of Howard Stern's "He says the things we all think and feel but can't say ourselves!" Like Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller, Dulli never ran his insight through a PC filter — he just ran it out, filter-less.
I can be masochistic in my listening habits, cuing up songs that are painful in their reminders of darker times or clinging to them during fresh, new depressing moments. But I've also listened to the Whigs while elated and ready to celebrate. Though I don't have the same visceral response to the Whigs' more upbeat "party" anthems (particularly on the band's swan song, 1965), I've grown to love them almost as much.
During dysfunctional moments in love affairs, with my issues with drugs and alcohol, Gentlemen's "Fountain and Fairfax" — with its lines like "Let me drink, let me tie off/I'm really slobbering now" — stung. But it was a good sting, like a shot of whiskey. Songs like these, the ones that echoed my weird, nihilistic feelings of "fuck it all," helped me realize I wasn't totally insane. Or at least I wasn't the only one who was trying to understand and deal with this insanity.
Black Love closer "Faded" has been an anthem for many breakups, the Purple Rain-sway giving me the same kind of chills Wendy and Lisa get in the Prince movie when he plays the title track for the first time. And whenever my longtime battle with depression has led me to suicidal thoughts in my life, "Crime Scene (Part One)," the numb, opening salvo on the Whigs noir, emotionally wrenching masterpiece Black Love, starts running through my brain: "Tonight, tonight I say goodbye/To everyone who loves me/Stick it to my enemies, tonight/Then I disappear."
More than once, it's brought me to tears and squashed all suicidal thoughts — thinking of saying goodbye to everyone who loves you is sometimes all it takes.
As I eventually got my shit together, getting off the hard drugs and managing my alcohol intake, another Whigs' song would haunt me, but this time in a purely reassuring way. I've used a "program" called Rational Recovery to help stay off of drugs and alcohol, and the essence of the system is mental cognizance — being able to recognize when your mind and body are trying to get you to drink or do drugs. You turn this "feeling" into a physical thing and name it. I suppose it could be named anything, but I've gone with "The Beast," per the suggestion of the Rational Recovery book.
It sounds silly, but merely saying in my head, "That's The Beast," has worked wonders for me staying sober. I eventually started to cling to a line from The Afghan Whigs' single "Debonair" from Gentlemen: "Once again the monster speaks/Reveals his face and searches for release." It so perfectly matches my "sobriety mantra" and mental ritual, I've considered having it tattooed on my arm.
To this day, when I've been in a relationship in turmoil or crumbling apart, I still think to myself, "My life is becoming an Afghan Whigs song again." And I know there will be some pain and probably a few bad decisions involved, but it's at least going to be an interesting ride. The one that never ends. ©
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It is not easy being a mere mortal pitted against a population of spectacular CG-enhanced and motion-capture simians. But Jason Clarke does our species proud as Malcolm, the human emissary who seeks a peaceful co-existence with the genetically evolved beasts who now have the upper paw in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." The Australian actor, whose waterboarding skills as a CIA interrogator in 2012's "Zero Dark Thirty" left quite a disturbing impression, shows an altruistic side without getting all sappy. Or snappish, as was the case with Charlton Heston's shout-prone astronaut in the 1968's "Planet of the Apes."
While Andy Serkis is getting the lion's share of praise for his motion capture performance as Caesar, Clarke scored some upbeat notices too. "A former architect whose heroics ring true, with overtones of strength and kindness that reminded me of Paul Newman," writes "Wall Street Journal's" Joe Morgenstern. And "The Altantic's" Christopher Orr declares Clarke to be "a better actor than he is a movie star."
Movie stardom might be inevitable now that he is part of a burgeoning "Apes" franchise whose first sequel managed to collect an estimated $73 million – about 33% more than 2011 predecessor "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" – and claim the spot atop the weekend's box office chart.
Signature line: "When you lie to me, I hurt you" – Clarke as Dan, the CIA torture expert who is unflinching on the job yet is near tears when an Army base's monkeys are euthanized in "Zero Dark Thirty."
Career peaks: At 44, the son of a sheep shearer in rural Winton in Queensland, Australia, is far from an overnight sensation. Clarke has been working since 1995, appearing in numerous Down Under TV series. He struggled from job to job and was ready to quit when he was recruited to play a cop in countryman Phillip Noyce's well-received 2002 drama "Rabbit-Proof Fence."
Inspired by Noyce's success in Hollywood ("Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger"), Clarke landed major roles on a pair of American crime dramas, Showtime's "Brotherhood" in 2006 and Fox's "The Chicago Code" in 2011 with Jennifer Beals. He also made the leap to movies in between, with supporting parts in 2009's "Public Enemies" and 2010's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps."
Clarke then did a trio of movies that just happened to also feature actress Jessica Chastain: As part of ensemble cast of stalled-on-arrival "Texas Killing Fields" (2011), as member of a family of moonshiners in John Hillcoat's ultra-violent "Lawless" (2012) and as Chastain's mentor in "Zero Dark Thirty." He appeared in two high-profile mainstream releases in 2013: "The Great Gatsby" as the cuckolded mechanic George Wilson and "White House Down" as a terrorist.
Biggest assets: It's not just his furry co-stars and reviewers of the Homo sapiens persuasion who have taken a shine to Clarke. This strapping 6-foot-plus actor with the unruly curls, piercing blue eyes and aquiline nose has also caught the eye of female moviegoers. He is a part of a fresh breed of Aussie leading men, including Joel Edgerton, Sam Worthington and the Hemsworth brothers, who share a knack for easily meshing machismo with vulnerability.
But Clarke, a whiz at American accents, is still in the process of being discovered by the general public. And he likes it that way: "You need mystery. You actually do," he told a 2012 Cannes interviewer. "There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something."
Awards attention: He deserved a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for "Zero Dark Thirty." But given the job opportunities he has attracted, Clarke's day will come soon enough.
Biggest misfire: "Texas Killing Fields," directed by Michael Mann's daughter, Ami, after Danny Boyle dropped out. Despite a strong cast that also included Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Chloe Grace Moretz, the reality-based crime drama grossed a little over $45,000 on a handful of screens.
Biggest problem: Clarke intentionally maintains a low profile in his private life, especially with the press -- the better to be believable in a variety of parts and not be typecast. Many moviegoers probably don't even realize he isn't American. As "Apes" director Matt Reeves told The Sydney Morning Herald, "I've been following Jason's career for a long time and he's just a brilliant character actor who disappears into his roles, and that's what we always wanted for this film. He's someone who always brings an emotional reality to the role and he won't be unknown much longer, trust me."
Gossip fodder: Though amiable in interviews, Clarke is social media's worst nightmare. He has managed to keep his personal life to himself. He won't say much about his marital status or about his partner, who could be named Cecile and might be either French or half-Italian. While promoting "Lawless" at Cannes in 2012, Clarke did confirm to GQ that he has a French girlfriend.
Career advice: Finding fame at a mature age has its benefits. Clarke prefers to let his work speak for itself, and his choices say volumes about his talent and taste. He learned his craft at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and has paid his dues on the small screen. And he is duly grateful for his opportunities so far: "I've had amazing experiences with directors who believed in me. First Phil and then Michael Mann, who went to bat for me as an unknown and insisted to the studio he had to cast me in 'Public Enemies,' and then Kathryn Bigelow, who did the same with 'Zero Dark Thirty.'"
Now Clarke just needs to continue to show us what else he's got – but without any of those computerized apes upstaging him.
What's next: Get used to it, because Clarke's face will soon be everywhere. Expected this year: Sundance drama "The Better Angels," as Abraham Lincoln's father, Terrence Malik's long-awaited improvised drama "Knight of Cups" with Natalie Portman and Christian Bale, and the crime drama "Child 44," about a series of child murders in Stalin-era Russia. Then matters truly get serious in 2015, with Clarke tackles the iconic role of John Conner opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in action epic "Terminator: Genesis." After that, he co-stars with Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin in "Everest," the true story of a doomed expedition up the tallest mountain in the world.


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Josh LeRoy was the speaker for spiritual emphasis services at Southern Wesleyan University Sept. 11-13.
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Update on El Durazno GroupDomitila is 39 years old. She lives in a common-law relationship with her husband who works in the field. She has 1 older daughter who is already working.
She has her garden with blackberries and avocados. She is asking for a loan to buy compost and water for her plants.
She began her business 7 years ago. Her siblings told her to plant blackberry and avocado plants because their community gives them the fruit and also teaches them to plant and care for them.
Her business is important because is gives her income to eat and to buy other things for the house. She feels proud of having her own plants to care for, that lack nothing. Her business is popular because of the flavor of the fruit. She is planning to expand her business, planting more plants to have more fruit.
She is excited with the loan that is is going to receive. She is going to use it for compost in order to produce lots of fruit. Her dreams and hopes are to continue to progress with her business and her blackberry garden and to have good health to continue working.
The members of the group want to tell Kiva and Fundación Realidad, "thank you very much for the loans, thanks to you we can get ahead in our business and family."
Note: The lady standing behind the woman in the white shawl is not a group member, but wanted her picture taken.
*La señora de pie que está atras de la señora del rebozo blanco no pertenece al grupo, pero de igual manera quería tomarse una fotografía**
Previous Loan DetailsThis supportive group called El Durazno is made up of Libia, who is going to use her loan to buy walnuts; Florinda, Araceli and Rosa, who will buy wool yarn to make shawls, overcoats, bags and scarves; Domitila, who will buy fertilizer and manure for her avocados, limes, squash and raspberries; a... More from El Durazno Group's previous loan »
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Concurrent and Successive Loans
Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
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- Pre-Disbursed:
- Nov 28, 2011
- Listed
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- Currency Exchange Loss:
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Oluwatobi Group
Djoba Zinhoué is 33 years old and married to a man named Nicaise. The couple has three children, all in school and all their dependents. Djoba Zinhoué has never attended school.
Djoba Zinhoué lives with her husband and children and takes care of the various household expenses with her husband. In order to provide for herself and her family, she has been selling plates and, to a lesser extent, snacks, for almost eight years. She stocks up at a market in Benin and sells door-to-door.
This fourth loan will help Djoba Zinhoué and the other members of the OLUWATOBI group to boost their level of activity, increase their customer base and their income. The three loans previously granted to them have been well repaid.
Additional Information
About AlidéAlidé is a Beninese NGO that works to reduce poverty by offering sustainable access to productive loans like this one in addition to savings, training sessions, and social work to low-income families.
Supporters of this loan should be aware that there is some risk of being repaid late. Because the Beninois Ministry of Finance has imposed restrictions on the amount of money Alidé can send to Kiva, the organization can only send monthly repayments in installments smaller than $13,000. This means that some Kiva lenders may receive their repayments late. However, Alidé remains a healthy institution in good standing with its creditors, and Kiva would like to continue working to support its clients. For more information, please refer to Alidé's partner profile page.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 10 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Mar 20, 2012
- Listed
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- Currency Exchange Loss:
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I Just Can't Get Enough
Jac's roundup of pop culture news and Internet findings
Throughout history, people have often said they can remember many details about where they were when they heard monumental news: the moon landing or JFK's assassination, for example. So it is likely we'll recount to our children and grandchildren what we were doing when we learned of the most recent Great American Tragedy: The Solange-Beyoncé-Jay Z Feud of 2014. Just weeks ago, sisters Beyoncé and Solange Knowles were playfully performing onstage together at Coachella. Now, Solange has all but erased her sibling from her life (well, from her Instagram, at least). The fallout comes after the release of an elevator surveillance video from the Met Gala after-party in which (supposedly) Solange Knowles (apparently) attacked (a man who might be) Jay-Z as Beyoncé (reportedly) stood by. Check out the video here. This shit is a goldmine for gossip rags every media entity, so rumors, anonymous reports and vague speculations are coming out of the woodwork regarding all three recording artists. Some say Solange was just being a drunk mess and flipped when Jay told her to chill out; others report Solange has concerns about Jay's fidelity and Beyoncé has become his robot bride; it's also being speculated that the stunt is just a piece of performance art arranged by James Franco. At the end of the day, we can all hope the trio will work things out, because they are a fambily. And speaking of, shout out to my friend Miranda who brought it to my attention that the sisters sang the theme song for the early-2000s Disney animated series, Proud Family. Never forget. Now, cue the "Drunk in an Elevator" spoofs. Usually when your grandma discovers social media, it can be an embarrassing disaster. Not if your grandma is a badass bitch, though. Enter Baddie Winkle. With a Twitter and Instagram tagline that reads, "stealing your man since 1928," Baddie lives up to her name by posting pictures of her babely outfits, words of wisdom and videos of her twerk game. BuzzFeed calls her "the most hardcore grandma on the Internet." And she's a local! Baddie hails from Williamstown, Ky., just a few miles south of Cincinnati on I-75. Represent, Baddie! Macaulay Culkin was trending this week when his pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band, Pizza Underground (yes, yes, a million times yes) tweeted an epic photo of Culkin. Kevin McAllister himself is seen wearing a T-shirt with a photo Ryan Gosling…wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Macaulay. Meta, for sure, but not to be missed in the photo is the awesome Pizza Underground coffee mug. I'll take one of each, please. BREAKING: Add another layer to this meta-ception. (Totally 'shopped, but I don't care) Like it or not, Ben Affleck is the new Bruce Wayne in the upcoming (and still untitled) Batman vs. Superman movie. Check out the first look at the actor in character with the new and improved bat suit and Batmobile here. Plenty of great authors have odd writing process quirks, and A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin discussed one of his writing secrets on Conan this week. When asked if he was ever worried about a computer crash or virus deleting any of his lengthy works-in-progress, the writer revealed he uses WordStar 4.0 on a DOS — essentially a dinosaur of a word processor on an ancient computer not connected to the Internet. Because when you're writing fantasy work about the Middle Ages, you get into character as much as possible. Game of Thrones is in the final four episodes of the season, but we're in for a bevy of new and returning shows this summer. Check out this week's TV column for a summer show preview. We're really looking forward to HBO's The Leftovers and Cinemax's The Knick, to name a few.
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I Just Can't Get Enough...Golden Globes
Jac's roundup of pop culture news and Internet findings
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday, making the three-hour event pretty much bearable! Some awards were pretty predictable (Les Mis) while others were surprising (Girls) but T&A — I'm coining their celebrity couple name — kept the show fun by teasing Hollywood greats and each other. The first awards of the night went to Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Drama for Django Unchained; Maggie Smith, Best Supporting Actress – TV for Downton Abbey; and Julianne Moore, Best Actress – Miniseries/TV Movie for Game Change, which also was awarded Best Miniseries/TV Movie. Now, I think we can all lay to rest the Sarah Palin impersonation. May we never seek its comedic relief again. Keeping everyone on their toes, T&A randomly planted themselves, in disguises, in the audience as the camera panned to nominees: Next up, Homeland started to sweep the evening, nabbing Best TV Series – Drama, Best Actor (Damian Lewis) and Best Actress (Claire Danes) in the category. Danes thanked her recently born son, with whom she was pregnant while filming some of this season's craziest scenes. Cute, but she really should have named that kid Saul, right? As Michael Bloomberg said, white people love them some Homeland. Mychael Danna was awarded with Best Original Score for Life of Pi and Adele, finally out of maternal hiding, won a much-deserved Globe for Best Original Score for the eponymous hit from Skyfall. Taylor Swift was not impressed. JLo showed up looking like a slutty Queen Frostine in a what appeared to be a body paint ensemble to award Best Actor – Miniseries/TV Movie (Hatfields & McCoys) to a very boring Kevin Costner. So what do you do when half the crowd is drunk and the show starts getting boring? Bring out Bill Clinton! Willie bit his lip, thumbs upped a few times and introduced Lincoln (once everyone stopped throwing their panties onstage at him). Not missing a beat, Poehler came out, awestruck, and proclaimed, "That was Hillary Clinton's husband!" Sa-woon. Then out come Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig (looking foine as ever), giggling like a couple stoned teenagers, pretending to not have seen a single film in their category (Best Actress – Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical). JLaw got the prize for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, wearing what may become a major spring 2013 fashion trend: boob origami. Lawrence seems like a real human, and funny to boot. She'll be hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. Ed Harris won Best Support Actor – TV for his role as John McCain in Game Change. Anne Hathaway dreamed a dream about winning Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture…and it came true (Sorry, that was pretty bad). Though I did not care for her 1994 mother of the bride look. Best Screenplay went to Quentin "Don't ask me about violence" Tarantino for Django Unchained. In a pretty surprising turn, Don Cheadle, who is awesome, won Best Actor – TV, Comedy/Musical for House of Lies, which is really not that awesome. Louie C.K. was robbed. Everyone took a little nap as Best Foreign Language Film was announced (Amour) because ENGLISH. And Brave won Best Animated Feature Film (Side note: Go watch that shit with your mom and be prepared for sobbing and family bonding). The Best Actress – TV, Comedy/Musical category was full of badass ladies, including the two hosts. Tina awaited the results with new BFF Jennifer Lopez While Amy cozied up with her new beau. Eat it, Will Arnett! But — Surprise! — it was Lena Dunham who napped the award for her role in Girls. T&A promptly poked fun at Dunham's speech, gave a losers toast, and called out a very drunk Glenn Close. Then, things turn a turn for the…weird. Jodie Foster was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, presented by Robert Downey, Jr. In her speech (the one that they actually could have cut off but didn't), Foster hopped back and forth between trying to make jokes and some genuine, serious points, making the whole thing a little hard to follow. On one hand, I can understand why some people are confused as to why, if she was going to address her personal life anyway, she wouldn't just come out with a declarative statement about being gay. It's important for people to see strong, positive public figures who happen to be homosexual, especially children who feel different, ostracized or unloved because of who they are. I get that. But Miss Jodie had some points in that cloudy ramble of a speech. As a celebrity who works hard to keep her life off-screen private, why should she be pressed to make some kind of grand statement, especially since she has already come out to those who know her personally? "Coming outs" can certainly be positive these days, but they're also an invitation for attention and publicity, which she personally does not want. In her own words "I am not Honey Boo Boo Child." For the final awards of the night, Ben Affleck won Best Director for Argo; Girls won Best TV Series – Comedy/Musical; Hugh Jackman nabbed Best Actor for Les Miserables, the same film awarded for Best Comedy/Musical; Jessica Chastain, who's appeared in 10 films since 2011, won Best Actress for Zero Dark Thirty; Daniel "Human Chameleon" Day-Lewis shocked no one when he won Best Actor for Lincoln; and Best Film in the Drama category went to Argo. Whew. That was a lot to take in, wasn't it, Mel?
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Boston native Ben Affleck takes us into the city's capital of sorts for criminal activity, Charlestown, where a life of crime is a vocation. Co-writing, acting, directing ... there's not a job in 'The Town' that he can't do and do well. And there's not a weak performance in the entire cast, which isn't exactly surprising considering the collection of talent. Grade: A-.
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Mike Judge's big-screen return yields mixed results
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0 Comments · Friday, September 4, 2009
As prolific as writer/director Mike Judge has been throughout a stellar career that includes such television staples as 'Beavis and Butt-Head' and 'King of the Hill' and cult films as 'Office Space' and 'Idiocracy,' it's to his detriment (and ours) that he hasn't done more feature films. The tone of 'Extract' is spot-on, but unfortunately Judge never manages to bring the humor to a boil. Grade: B-.
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Pedantic thriller is caught in its own obvious clockwork
Cole Smithey
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Based on a politically charged BBC miniseries, 'State of Play' moves the action from the House of Parliament to Washington, D.C., where the suspicious death of a congressman's co-worker mistress underlines the desperate state of newspaper journalism in America. Russell Crowe, looking considerably older these days, plays Cal McAffrey, a veteran Washington Post-styled reporter with close ties to the congressman. Grade: C.
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Research Article
Synthesis of rosin-based flexible anhydride-type curing agents and properties of the cured epoxy
Version of Record online: 2 SEP 2009
DOI: 10.1002/pi.2680
Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry
Polymer International
Volume 58, Issue 12, pages 1435–1441, December 2009
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How to Cite
Wang, H., Liu, X., Liu, B., Zhang, J. and Xian, M. (2009), Synthesis of rosin-based flexible anhydride-type curing agents and properties of the cured epoxy. Polym. Int., 58: 1435–1441. doi: 10.1002/pi.2680
Publication History
- Issue online: 9 NOV 2009
- Version of Record online: 2 SEP 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 28 MAY 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 12 MAY 2009
- Manuscript Received: 1 APR 2009
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- bio-based;
- rosin acid;
- curing agent;
- epoxy;
- polyester anhydride
BACKGROUND: Although rosin acid derivatives have received attention in polymer synthesis in recent years, to the best of our knowledge, they have rarely been employed as epoxy curing agents. The objective of the study reported here was to synthesize rosin-based flexible anhydride-type curing agents and demonstrate that the flexibility of a cured epoxy resin can be manipulated by selection of rosin-based anhydride-type curing agents with appropriate molecular rigidity/flexibility.
RESULTS: Maleopimarate-terminated low molecular weight polycaprolactones (PCLs) were synthesized and studied as anhydride-type curing agents for epoxy curing. The chemical structures of the products were confirmed using 1H NMR spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Mechanical and thermal properties of the cured epoxy resins were studied. The results indicate that both the epoxy/anhydride equivalent ratio and the molecular weight of PCL diol play important roles in the properties of cured resins.
CONCLUSION: Rosin-based anhydride-terminated polyesters could be used as bio-based epoxy curing agents. A broad spectrum of mechanical and thermal properties of the cured epoxy resins can be obtained by varying the molecular length of the polyester segment and the epoxy/curing agent ratio. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry


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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about why millennials are one of your best audiences. Today we are digging a little deeper into some of the great research from The Millennial Impact Project about how to better connect with millennials.
The Millennial Impact Project released their Top 100 data points based on 6 years of millennial cause and workplace engagement research. This data will help your nonprofit better involve the next generation in your fundraising campaigns, volunteer projects, cause initiatives, and programming. Here's a highlight of the top findings:


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Chilean wine: Top 5
The earthquake that struck Chile late last month took a toll on the country's wine industry, with more than 12 percent of its "cellared wine" lost according to the Washington Post. "About 70 percent of Chilean production takes place in areas badly affected by the quake, including the Maule, Colchagua and Cachapoal valleys, all key areas for Chilean wine production," the paper reports. In response to the devastation, which included the tragic loss of hundreds of lives, funds have been established to donate to those who have suffered losses related to the quake. Some are recommending consumers simply buy more Chilean wine. Here are five local wine shops' top Chilean wine recommendations:
1. Andy Hall, wine manager at Surdyk's, recommends a few of Cono Sur's "bicycle series" wines, particularly the carménère (a red, "kind of becoming" Chile's signature grape), pinot noir, and the viognier (a "relatively full-bodied white") varietals. Hall describes them as "everyday, affordable wines." Each runs $10.99 a bottle but can frequently be had for just $7 or $8, he says.
2. Haskell's in St. Paul's top-selling Chilean wine is from the Andean Ridge label. "It's probably our hottest brand, and it's reasonably priced," says store manager Brent Gregoire. While the label offers several kinds of wine, including chardonnay, malbec, and a cabernet, it is its carménère that Gregoire says he particularly enjoys. "It's something out of the ordinary," he says. And the taste? "[B]ig and rich and heavy but with a soft edge to it." Bottles of Andean Ridge run $9.99 a bottle at Haskell's.
3. For something a little more special, First Grand Ave. Liquor Store manager Nick Nadeau recommends Montes Alpha's syrah. "It's a real inky, full-bodied style of syrah," he says. "It's pretty fruit-driven, almost jammy ... It comes from hillsides and stresses the vine a little more so you get a really intense style of syrah ... It's nice also that it's smooth. It doesn't have any rough edges." The wine, which costs $23.99, hails from the Apalta Valley of Chile.
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5. You've probably had or at least heard of Concha y Toro wine, but the label is well known far beyond its 1.5-liter bottles. A great example is the 2007 Marques de Casa Concha cabernet sauvignon says France 44 Vice President David Anderson. "It's a very rich, full-bodied cabernet with a good balance of fruit and tannins," he says. "It has some wonderful blackberry kind of flavors, which you look for often in cabernet ... It's smooth and has a long finish." Lending the wine, which runs $21.99 at France 44, some additional credibility is its 90-point Wine Spectator rating.
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On the front page Judith! So happy for you, so deserving:-) xx
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Unsusual to see a man in your art :) It really feels to be taken into dream sequences, wonderfully done, Judith!!
Ha-ha, Iris! So true about male characters in my art (maybe I need to explore the deeper reasons for that ;-) Thanks for stopping by and the lovely comment!
This is wonderful Judith!!!
Your responses to comments always warmly acknowledge the visitor while you cleverly sidestep any deeper revelations. I like how you let the work speak for itself.
lovely, really appreciate your wonderful work xo
Great to see you again, Marine, and thanks so much to you and Suzanne for your kind words!
Good Sunday morning (early, early morning where you are ;-) Geoffrey! Yes, I do think it's important to let the work speak for itself. I love it when people tell what THEY see and discover in my pictures. Makes me happy when my images make people spin their own stories. Have a great Sunday!
Well said, Judith. Enjoy your Sunday, too!
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If you want to go out and dance, but can't decide between a large club or a smaller lounge: this is the place to go. Designed to remind club-goers of the golden age of underground dance, Soundcheck has been outfitted with LED walls, lights and lasers that rival Echostage, and the classic, necessary disco balls.
The new space (formerly Lotus) is also, more notably, designed to imitate a recording studio. It has "state-of-the-art d&b audiotechnik Y-series speakers, installed by the same team behind Echostage's sound system, and [has a] system of honeycombed acoustic panels on the walls and ceiling, and the reinforced cork floor" (Washington Post). So don't be fooled as you first walk through the ground-level entrance to head downstairs, because you won't hear the enormous party raging downstairs. And we mean enormous: they've already got the likes of Pete Tong, the Stafford Brothers, and Audien on their list of upcoming DJs.
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Yes! The one and only Ruby Rose, who gained fame recently by appearing in the Netflix hit Orange is the New Black, is coming to Echostage on Friday September 4th for a full live DJ set with Michael Woods!
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Friday 10/31: Nightmare on F Street – Ultrabar
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If an EDM fanatic, the genres and culture surrounding dance music are currently literally included in every aspect of our lives. From the mall, to the gym, even the muzak in the elevator as we're headed into the office in the morning could feature tunes by Krewella, Zedd, Avicii and more. If you're like me, there are people in your life who are either curious or dismissive of EDM related venues in DC until they inevitably find a song that gets them interested in learning and/or hearing more. Thankfully, if in the DC Metropolitan area at the moment, there a diversity of nightspots that – given the characteristics of the person who's interested – will entertain them and possibly win them over as new fans of electronic dance music and electronic dance music culture. From U Street to Northeast, Downtown and more, there's certainly something for everyone.
Person #1
Your boss is in her early 40s and awkwardly stops by your cubicle every time she sees you silently raging to that Dada Life mix. As well, she always brings up raving in high school while listening to Depeche Mode, and she name drops "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy as the song that set off her college parties. Currently, she doesn't listen to much on the radio, but she definitely scores tickets for Moby whenever he's in town.
The best DC nightlife spot for Person #1 – Send your boss down to U Street Music Hall's bass heavy black box venue. Though she definitely has seen her fair share of bright lights and glowsticks, she's going to want to take some time before jumping into the deep end of the EDM pool. Nights when electronica-era acts like techno king Plastikman play, it's typically a reminder of everything old with a teaspoon of new material. Or, have her check out local DJ/producer and club owner Will Eastman's Bliss parties. Known for less raging and more vibing, it may become her favorite monthly DC night on the town.
Person #2
So, there's this woman you see in Zumba class when you walk by that giant glass window that is on the way to the men's locker room. She never misses a step, looks like she doesn't mind getting sweaty, and guess what, you have her phone number and you are supposed to be going out on Thursday night. Is there a club in town that can satisfy her funky, percussive dance needs? Of course there is!
The best DC nightlife spot for Person #2 – Tropicalia's name matches the vibe of what happens so often in the club. On the corner of 14th and U and built beneath Lost Society and Subway, for what Tropicalia lacks in being particularly eye-catching, it more than compensates for in the heavy Afro-Latino funk vibes of the DJs regularly spinning at the club. Definitely check the calendar for local DJs Mista Selecta and Mane Squeeze keep things drum-heavy and diverse.
Person #3
So, your college roommate is moving into town. He was always a bit off the beaten path, and may enjoy science and a night with Dr. Who on Netflix after a day of working as a web coding specialist over pulse pounding electro rhythms. However, you two haven't seen each other in five years, and he wants to have "a different night on the town." It just so happens that the DC area has one of America's best nightclub experiences for the "non-EDM person."
The best DC nightlife spot for Person #3 – Echostage. Between a mammoth LED wall, enormous ground-level dance floor, second-level VIP seating, and a system that is calibrated well enough to allow for music to be loud and not quite grating against the senses. A sensory overload in the best way possible, Echostage is probably an experience in the Nation's Capital that a non-EDM aficionado would be willing to have over and over again.
Person #4 (and 5)
Your best friend's mom and dad are in town and they're certainly known for being the "adventurous" sort. Though appearing very straight laced on the surface, the mother sky-dives, paints and has traveled the world, while the father knows five languages, brews his own beer and does Crossfit. While at dinner, with you and your friend, they want to "let their hair down" and "dance." Where to take them?
The best DC nightlife spot for Person #4 (and 5) – To give those crazy lovebirds the night they likely want to have, check out Eighteenth Street Lounge. Eclectic, yet fun, the main room and outdoor patio specialize in all manner of house and disco. For parents looking to bump a bit while dancing cheek to cheek, or maybe feeling something a bit more adventurous, yet house-driven with DC-area legend Sam "The Man" Burns in the back room.
Person #6
The guy who sits next to you on your uptown to downtown Metrobus ride every morning listens to 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar while he sees that your iPOD is filled with Kaskade and Dillon Francis. His girlfriend digs "your music" though, and he needs somewhere to take her where he can hear a bit of things they both like.
The best DC nightlife spot for Person #6 – Tell your Metrobus buddy that the best bang for his bucks can be found at Ultrabar. Five levels of different types of partying absolutely ensures that from A$AP Rocky to Steve Angello, they're going to hear a solid mix of everything they both require to have a quality night on the town.Tweet


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