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About me
My name is Matt Hames, and I'm a Digital Strategist.
I talk to people about how to use web 2.0 tools like blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other community sites. I teach brands how marketing fits into digital marketing.
I started in social media because there was a demand for content, and I was a copywriter.
So I like to write short sentences. And I like creating content. If web 2.0 is about anything, it's about creating content. But it's not about creating content for the sake of it. Not everyone can create content, and not all things should be started. without a detailed content plan (a content calendar), the the social media revolution is frustrating. According to B2B Magazine, the biggest hurdle for people in social media is resources. Who will add content?
Start with a content plan. What are you going to say? Who are you going to say it to? Have a plan. Execute. Then measure.
I've created social media campaigns (and content plans) for clients in both B2B and B2C using some of these tools:
- Blogger
- WordPress
- TypePad
- Six Apart
- Live Writer
- FeedBlitz
- Looxii
- Google Analytics
- Picasa
- MySpace
- Flickr
- Ning
- Google Earth
- HTML / HTML editors
- YouTube
- Digg
- delicious
- StumbleUpon
- Fark
- Technorati
- Google tools
- Facebook insights
My feeling is that brands that can help people share will be the brands that succeed. That's why this blog is called People Like To Share. Agree? Disagree? Contact. Or get me at Twitter.
Enough about me. What about you?
(Let's connect on LinkedIn. Just click friend and use mattrhames at yahoo dot com)
Photo credit to my lovely wife, Rhona.
Jerry Anderson permalinkMay 3, 2009 9:34 am
If you want to add Facebook or email sharing buttons to your blog posts, there's a plugin that does it for you: http://www.picturesurf.org/share-buttons
Hope you find it helpful!
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May 11, 2009 10:51 pm
Hi, Matt I'm starting with my seach engine marketing campaign using social media, and I think its one of the best way to get one way traffic coming to my site.
Mark Steinback permalinkApril 30, 2010 6:05 pm
I'm in Doug Bean's Marketing class at UB, and heard you discuss Web 2.0 today. Your presentation was the most fascinating discussion we've had all year (don't tell Doug yet, I haven't got my grade, ha!). I'm a neophyte most of these new venues, but this Brave New World is quite compelling.
Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and pulling the curtain aside a bit.
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If you're preparing a hot brewage such as tea or coffee, today we have a gadget that might make the preparation of these beverages a bit simpler.
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iCelsius Pro: iOS accessory that turns your iOS device into thermometar
On February 29, 2012,
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by Mike Jefferson
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Posted on 01/02/2002 7:00:39 AM PST by Pokey78
In 1960 only sixteen million Americans did not trace their ancestors to Europe. Today, the number is *eighty million*. No nation has ever undergone so rapid and radical a transformation. At Portland State in 1998, Mr. Clinton rhapsodized to a cheering student audience about a day when Americans of European descent will be a minority
Clinton: "Today, largely because of immigration, there is no majority race in Hawaii or Houston or New York City. Within five years there will be no majority race in our largest state, California. In a little more than fifty years there will be no majority race in the United States. No other nation in history has gone through demographic change of this magnitude in so short a time."
Buchanan continues. Correction: no nation in history has gone through a demographic change of thsi magnitude in so short a time, and remained the same nation. Mr. Clinton assured us that it will be a better America when we are all minorities and realize true diversity.
This is such a great book. And I would suggest everyone get a copy.
Is it racist to express sadness at the extinction of European heritage and populations? in 1900 Europeans made up nearly one third of the world population, now we're nearly down to 10%? That's a genocide of proportions the world has rarely seen, and those who express concern are just called names.
I predict this comment won't be deleted. However if such a negative comment had been made about Mexico or Africa, it would have been deleted instantly. It's sad to see that anti-European racism has come home to roost even on Free Republic.
Seriously, this always bothered me too. It's obvious that pollution is caused by overpopulation, not by technology. If everyone kept warm in winter from coal fires, the cities would be far more polluted than they are now. It seems unbelievable that the same people who are clamoring to reduce pollution are also demanding that we import millions and millions of new people each year. Its also interesting that the people complaining about the wage gap are clamoring to import millions and millions of people with no assets, no skills, and no income.
Conservatives who favor unrestricted open borders in the current historical and political context are either mentally deluded/insane or suicidal.
I agree with Godel. I wonder why this racist comment was left to stand and not deleted instantly as others were.
This is without a doubt, far worse that anything Mr.Buchanan ever said or for that matter, anyone on this thread..Interesting.
He's finished! Caput! This is his Last Whine.
Some folks discover their best use in life ( finding how they best serve their fellow man & all that ), some do not. Surely that task is what life should be about. Those who fear data, facts & bad logic, should read it & refute it with better data & logic-not engage in an attempt at slander or ad hominem argument.
I shall soon have the book, & I'll be sure to look out for THIS: RACISM & ZENOPHOBIA, THE ULTIMATE EVIL. It is worse than all others & anyone we even suspected of it should be silenced!
Ahhhh - the "D" word again. Thanks for the ping. I guess I will have to buy the book.
I read the book while I was in Europe. It is unbelievable how the West is dying as it is at this moment. I was in Madrid, and it's just incredible that the birthrate is only 0.99 children per women there. In all of Spain, it is slightly higher at 1.07.
Things may look bad, but we must not give up, and the culture must change and with the end of socialism, perhaps the West could be saved.
Hmm it's 4 years now.
Thats a short time when your dying a slow death.
The west is dying. We are being taken over by a foreign nation, and our elected officials are doing nothing about it. It is the fault of Republicans and Democrats alike...
Demographics will doom the West.
What's sad is that we will not even notice it.
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Mandriva vs PCLinuxOS
This past weekend I decided to download Mandriva One KDE (Mandriva Spring 2007 for cheapskates like me) and PCLinuxOS 2007. Both come as Live CDs, so that booting them up and kicking the digital tires a bit is not a problem.
Mandriva One
I tried to boot Mandriva One on europa and ran into the same boot problem the beta had. It hung with a black screen when attempting to start the graphical user interface. I attribute the GUI problems to the fact that europa has an ATI 9700 Pro and Mandriva comes with a poor ATI driver. I know from personal experience how problematic ATI display hardware can be for Linux distributions, but I haven't seen this kind of problem for a few years now. Mandriva One's problem is a serious regression.
PCLinuxOS 2007
I looked at PCLinuxOS because of the hype surrounding it, the fact it's KDE based, and because it's a fork of Mandrake 9.2. It has certainly evolved over time, and it's look is certainly distinctive and professional, but I still had the feeling it was tracking (and using) Mandriva as a starting point of every release.
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Reflection: Lesson Planning Brainstorming Ideas And Graphic Organizer For Argument Writing - Section 3: Graphic Organizer Modeling And Work
Brainstorming Ideas And Graphic Organizer For Argument Writing
Lesson 6 of 7
Objective: SWBAT brainstorm topics for creating an argument piece.
Reading Time
Each day, I begin my ELA class with Reading Time. This is a time for students to access a range of texts. I use this time to conference with students, collect data on class patterns and trends with independent reading and to provide individualized support.
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Students are going to begin drafting their argument pieces. I am huge into giving students choice. I think it's so important to do this as much as possible. When a teacher assigns a topic, engagement is down and when engagement is down, students will not grow as writers. By allowing them to choice their topic, they will be willing to write. For this writing piece, students will be allowed to choose the topic they would like to write about to create an argument piece.
I start the lesson by explaining to students that we will spend two days of classes drafting argument pieces. The goal is to have a draft of a few different topics. We can then work together to figure out which topic we can eventually take through the entire process. I think it's important to try drafting a few different pieces based on a few different topics. This can really help the students to see what will work best for them as it is not always their first one.
I pass out a copy of the Claim Graphic Organizer and explain it to them. (This graphic organizer I modeled off of Penny Kittle's in her book Write Beside Them). I show what each step of the graphic organizer and discuss how to fill it out. We review what an argument is so students have an understanding of what they will need to think about as they fill it out. This video explains the different components of the graphic organizer: Argument Graphic Organizer Video Explanation
The next step is to fill out the graphic organizer. I scaffold for different students by offering different resources in the next section of the lesson to help them.
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Students will be spend the rest of class time filling out the graphic organizer, with teacher assistance as needed. By this time in the year, I hope that students are able to work through their thinking independently. We have worked on various writing projects so I hope they can do this work on their own.
I tell students to spend the rest of the class to fill out the graphic organizer. They can use this time to think through their ideas with the hopes of having the graphic organizer filled out as much as possible. While working on a graphic organizer in class may seem to some like a waste of time, I do this because it's really beneficial for the students. It helps them to really structure their thinking and their ideas, which will help with their organization as they draft. Many students struggle with organizing their thinking and when I can devote class time to do this, students will be able to overcome that obstacle.
During this time, I offer assistance to various students based on need. Some students need help thinking of ideas so I refer them back to the chart I keep in front of the class: Argument Ideas List. Other students need help to see how to fill the chart out. For this I show them an example of an argument I will be working on: Claim Graphic Organizer Model.
Here are two examples of students work with this graphic organizer:
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- UNIT 3: Independent Reading
- UNIT 4: Document Based Questions Essay
- UNIT 5: Research Paper: Influential Lives Part I
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- LESSON 1: Preassessment On Argument Writing
- LESSON 2: Workshop Time For Argument Preassessment
- LESSON 3: Introduction To Argument
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- LESSON 5: Using Current Events For Argument Writing
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I loved your pictures of the wedding! It is so interesting seeing how different celebrations can be in another culture. They all look so proud! Interesting to see the sign about the dog meat, when I was in China they didn't tell you if you were eating it. At one point we had soup with what I thought was beef and beautiful veggies but it turned out to be dog! Sad thing was it tasted good, but when I found out couldn't finish my soup. It is just like in India, they wouldn't think of eating beef, but it is normal for us westerners. That is what makes this world so amazing, our differences!
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We did get some close-ups of the early stages of a local wedding as well as a Muslim music festival with various competing school groups (the most entertaining part of this was watching the vans pulling into the parking area with kids pouring out of the vehicle in much the same manner as the endless line of Keystone Kops did in their heyday). How many kids can you get in one van- it was like guessing how many jellybeans are in the jar. The wedding was just a chance encounter- we were wandering by and after some tentative first steps, the whole family welcomed us in and we were encouraged to take as many photo's as we wanted. The bride, groom, family, and guests were all in traditional Karo Batak wedding costumes and embraced us with a warmth that made our short stay a bit of a wow highlight.
The lowlight of our stay in Berastiga had to be the one night in a hotel that had the gall to promote itself as one of the best options in North Sumatra. After months of uneventful hotel stays, we seem to be on a streak of bad experiences- after the Penang noise and smoke nightmare that I wrote about, we had a room in Medan that was directly under the flightpath into the airport, surrounded by 5 mosques with full-volume calls to prayer at 5:00am, with an open-air bar down the street that had some sort of pounding drum thing going on until 3 in the morning. But in Berastiga, we may have hit rock bottom- as with many hotels in Asia, there seems to be a lot of effort put into the lobby area and the grounds but the rooms seem to be left to age in a less than graceful manner. Mould on the ceiling, roaches in the bathroom, smoke odors, stained sheets- no big deal, we've seen worse. What we hadn't experienced was a hotel that promoted a late night, window-rattling karaoke event in the pool area directly below the rooms. And if that didn't ensure sleep deprivation, there was a hotel sanctioned speaker-enhanced aerobics event in the lobby area that started at 5 in the morning (just after the calls to prayer finished) with an instructor that was armed with a megaphone. Perhaps the most stunning thing about this was that none of the hotel staff saw the flaw in mixing a hotel with ear-shattering noise??


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My husband has family in Germany and he always tells me about his Uncle,who owned a supermarket, and he had a massive domed glass display with thousands of different smurfs in it!
Some of the older ones a really quite valuable now as they're collectors items. We have a couple, hoping they come into their own in time to put our girl through university, LOL!
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
The season premiere of "Modern Family" was off a little bit from last year, but it was still far and away the top-rated show on TV Wednesday night and scored the best adults 18-49 rating of any premiere so far this season.
"Modern Family" also gave a pretty good platform for the premiere of "The Neighbors," which fell a good amount from its lead-in, but was comparable to other shows that followed "Family" last season.
The same could not be said for NBC's comedies "Animal Practice" and "Guys With Kids," both of which had weak starts — particularly in the 18-49 demographic — in their regular time periods. "Survivor: Philippines" and "The X Factor" were both off a bit from their numbers last week.
CBS led the night in viewers, averaging 10.8 million along with a 6.7 rating/11 share in households. FOX (9.45 million, 5.7/9) came in second overall, topping ABC's 8.7 million viewers and 5.4/9. NBC (6.4 million, 4.3/7) finished fourth. The CW, still in summer mode, drew 825,000 viewers and a 0.5/1.
FOX led the 18-49 demo in primetime with a 3.3 rating. ABC finished second with a 2.9, edging CBS' 2.8. NBC posted a 1.9 to take fourth, while The CW came in at 0.3.
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CBS: "Survivor: Philippines" (10.2 million viewers, 6.3/10 households)
ABC: "The Middle" season premiere (9 million, 5.4/9)
FOX: "The X Factor" (8.8 million, 5.3/9)
NBC: "Animal Practice" (5.2 million, 3.4/6)/"Guys With Kids" (4.8 million, 3.1/5)
The CW: "Oh Sit" (929,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "The X Factor" (3.1)
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ABC: "Modern Family" season premiere (14.2 million, 8.6/13)/"The Neighbors" series premiere (9.3 million, 5.7/9)
CBS: "Criminal Minds" season premiere (11.6 million, 7.3/11)
FOX: "The X Factor" (10.1 million, 6.0/9)
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" season premiere (6.5 million, 4.4/7)
The CW: "Supernatural" rerun (721,000, 0.4/1)
18-49 leader: "Modern Family" (5.5)
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CBS: "CSI" season premiere (10.7 million, 6.7/11)
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" season premiere (7.7 million, 5.3/9)
ABC: "Revenge: The First Chapter" (5.4 million, 3.7/6)
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I have been in several organizations in my working career. Functionally, I've spent some early years in R&D, then later in manufacturing. Though I did not stay long as a technical editor(for an electronics publication) after I left manufacturing, I begin to think sometimes that the editing stint was what brought me to the "matrix" organization. I started to be exposed directly to the many industries and the relevant networks, and this somewhat triggered my interest in the world wide web of information gathering and analysis. Sometime later, when I joined a company whose main thrust is commercialization of technologies, I understood deeper into the world of project management. You may not know it, but project management is actually what organizations are all about. Do not undermine the job of a secretary. A secretary is also a project manager with a different set of resource, goal, metric and execution.
Holistically, the organization is one whole big portfolio, consisting of programs and which in turns splits into many projects. Almost all organizations start with an ideation (vision, mission) that links to culture/structure; goals/metrics; and strategies. Strategies, utlimately, have to be executed (no use talking about strategies, you have to act on it!) and implemented at portfolio-, program- and project- level. Is this not what organizations are about ? Perhaps, one of the main reasons why the organization (I last worked for) failed to retain its staff is due to poor organization, I deduced. We were doing projects constantly, but project management was never well-defined in our working context, and everyone seems to be still in their basic functional division, doing what each of us is best at. I seriously believe that the culture and structure factors have been underestimated. It IS critical. It relates to ideation, goals/metrics and strategy. Take it out.. everything simply collaspe.
I am quite certain big and successful organizations/corporations, have anthropologists or ethnographers planted somewhere...either in human resources, or project teams. Because the world is flat, and it's all about people, people and people. Can anyone tell me if any big organization/ corporation in Singapore has employed an anthropologist or ethnographer ? I think major corporations in the US do. esp. if it intends to go global.
My moving across different industries and organizations sure helps me relate better stories.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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When potential kicks in, rather than $$$
Everyone (at least in the semiconductor field) knows this is already a done deal. Still, the In-Stat piece on "The High-Tech Deal of the Year: AMD Acquires ATI" sets me thinking deep. This is a case that might not make immediate sense in the financial books of the "buyer" (AMD, this case) since it carries a huge financial risk with the use of US$1.7b in cash and US$2.5b in debt. AMD has justified this cost by indicating that ATI will continue to improve AMD's competitiveness that every 1% of market share will result in US$300m in additional revenue. But this is no where near-term. AMD sure haaaaaates Intel more than Intel haaaaaates AMD. AMD is betting on ATI product portfolios and market presence, esp. in mobile PCs, core-logic chipsets, cellular, (Nintendo and Microsoft) game consoles and digital TVs, to fight its rival, Intel.
Sure, the supply chain that used to revolve around Intel and ATI is now broken. Wonder if Nvidia is really celebrating for the anticipated support by Intel in the market place? How is Intel going to fight back with its platform strategy ? A "disrupted" supply-chain as such, might also cause a backlash to foundries concerned. Before the acquisition, TSMC is the chipset foundry for ATI (ATI is one of TSMC's largest customers). Now, there might be a possibility that ATI chipsets be manufactured in an older AMD fab lines or through AMD's partnership with Chartered Semiconductor. So, this acquisition might even put a big smile on Chartered Semiconductor.
This is exciting. Let's wait and keep this in mind when we see the financials of affected companies/foundries in a few years time (I would say 2 years to evaluate the complete picture again).
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So, what is it we have here? Why, it's a lovely Vectrex auction by a seller who is willing to ship worldwide. How very lovely; how very odd. What's more, this amazing and utterly unique vector-based console comes complete with two of its analog controllers and 8 lovely games (besides the built-in Minestorm), among which you'll be happy to discover Pole Position, Berzerk and Rip Off.
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TWO controllers! Controllers are rarer than the consoles these days.
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Live Chat - June 12, 2000
Moderator Hello everybody! Rutger just entered the room! Welcome Rutger!
Rutger Welcome***Welcome***Sit down/Take it easy/Sorry we can't have everybody. If a question has been answered before, I'll refer to the other chats. OK! Have fun! No nosepicking. Go ahead. Shoot some!
Question Is there a fav book you'd like to translate to film?
Rutger Yeah, it's a real thinker, that question. One that comes to my mind is the "Letters to Theo". I had wished so hard. Even worked on a script, but the director turned out to be much more insane than Vincent. Bummer.
Question How is the filming going?
Rutger The filming is done and was one of the best experiences I've had. It was so organic, relaxed, exciting. We'll start editing in a couple of days. We think it will be a gentle bullet. We'll see.
Question What are the key things that excite you about directing?
Rutger If I say the wingspan I hope that makes sense.
Question Have you seen "Sixth Sense"? If yes, did you like it?
Rutger I think I saw it but I felt there was some sense missing. Not to take pleasure away from anyone. A lot of things I do don't make sense either.
Question Rutger, do you have more films in the pipeline to direct?
Rutger To direct, there are some stories which I feel close to, some I optioned for that purpose.
Question At what point in your life have you written most of your poetry? Is there a theme and what language do you use?
Rutger Most poetry comes&goes. The fact that I write less is more about the lack of time as it is about a mindset.
Question How/where did you find the poem "Look God"?
Rutger The poem "Look God" was passed on to me by someone from the Dutch Embassy in Boston and I was asked to read it at a cemetery where they had a service.
Question Did a strong joy ever make you cry?
Rutger I don't remember crying for joy.
Question What was the last cd/record that you bought?
Rutger Bobby McFerrin/Mozart.
Question I know you don't like Guinness - what is your favourite tripple?
Rutger Malts
Question Rutger, which movie did you enjoy making the most?
Rutger About 30% of the ones I did. SSScccuuuzzeeee me but this question just can't be answered honestly&adequately in a short time. You'll find some more info in the other chats. OK.
Question Which is the hugest fear you ever felt?
Rutger I was shooting a film called "Call of the Wild" and I had to fall in a river. With proper care and a wetsuit I didn't see big problems. During the day, the river had grown bigger and stronger. Lots of white water. I jumped in as we rehearsed and was swept away so fast nobody could grab me fast enough. I went over the edge and was hanging on a security rope with my face in the middle of white water falling. I thought I would drown. I fought like a weasel. Very scary that.
Question Where in England is your favourite place to visit?
Rutger Does Scotland count still or is that a different country now?
Question Who's the monster of Loch Ness, who lives incognito?
Rutger Loch Ness was my wild guess. I could see its face but it had a mighty long tail. Just like the paintings.
Question Do you still own a horse, what breed and what is its name?
Rutger I had a Frisian that was given me by a Frisian breeder who lived outside L.A. He gave it to me after "Ladyhawke" and I flew it back to its last home&owner, it spent a year there and then I got it closer to the house I still own there but I hardly saw the horse because of the work I do, so I ended up selling him. This trip I'll say "Hi".
Question Do you ever indulge in marijuana?
Rutger I've been afraid of its splendor and I'm very spicy without it so I never really got the hang of it but I know it does good things for a lot of people.
Question What do you consider to be the worst movie you were in?
Rutger "The Prince of the Desert" was pretty rough. A couple of German movies in the beginning. Just to name some.
Question Is it very tiring to direct and star in a movie at the same time? And which is the hardest thing of all?
Rutger I've been acting for some time. It's not that difficult. It's a gift and I've some practice. Directing is not about me or my talent. It's pretty much about everybody else and a bit of leadership. It's a very different profession and a different language.
Question I'd like to know something about your method of work. How do you prepare characters and what do you do on set?
Rutger The "homework" varies for each film but it is all done away from the set. It's gathering possibilities. On the set I figure out fast what will work within its limits. OK. Action.
Question Do you ever like to draw or paint? Are you good at it?
Rutger Words. Words. Words. I can't paint nor draw.
Question What you think about all the other Internet sites about you.
Rutger I haven't been there much. Got lost or sidetracked surfing.
Question Are you restless?
Rutger My energy is hard to put to bed unless I smell a good pillow.
Question What is it like to be you?
Rutger It's not as bad as you might think. How about yourself? Geez, do you know the answer.
Question You mentioned surfing the net. What sort of sites do you enjoy visiting?
Rutger This was one of my first attempts surfing. I haven't found a niche or cave and it'll probably take some time. I admit that I went to the America's Cup because it was going on at that time. That's where I went for quite some time.
Question How do you hope people will remember you?
Rutger Briefly.
Question What do you wish you could do better?
Rutger Make a better salad. Do better things. Believe in a better god, a better car, a better Internet connection. Be better sounds like butter to me&Greek all the same. Now is better than ever and it keeps going&going&going!!!
Question Is there anything about this site you don't like, or would you like to change?
Rutger The site pleases me. It feels like popping popcorn. We're experimenting with what will move 3D and it's a constant source of change and developments.
Question I heard Erik Lieshout is a documentary director. Is it different to work with such a person rather than with a long film director?
Rutger In my (little) book there are good and bad people, filmmakers, drivers, rockbands, icecreamparlors. In the end everybody that I work with is different from anyone I worked with before. There is no need to compare or categorize. No hard feelings either.
Question Do you like to teach acting to young people? If yes, why?
Rutger Teaching feels like a somewhat more refined skill. It's definitely complex to pass something on. Very fulfilling and very direct. I like teaching but prefer to teach people who are slightly connaisseurs already.
Question If you could play any historical figure, who would it be?
Rutger One of the Karamazov Brothers or Kafka's brother. Or Camus. I don't know if they had one. I don't know the answer.
Question Hi Rutger! This is Judi from Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Have you read any of my postings? I was wondering if you've ever been to Puerto Vallarta seeing as "Blind Side", in part, was filmed there?
Rutger Yes,so far I'm pretty up to par with reading the entries in the guestbook. - We shot in your town for two days during "BLIND SIDE".
Question While preparing for "Inside the Third Reich" did you have a chance to meet Albert Speer before he died?
Rutger I'm pretty sure he died right after I signed my contract. So,not much choice. I studied his book,of course. And even then, he lied, of course.
Question There are many fan sites on the web that are labors of love. What do you think about these sites?
Rutger Don't know. Haven't seen them yet.
Question What are the things that excite you most in life?
Rutger Most, biggest, best, funniest, sweetest, hardest, greatest, quietest, nicest, prettiest, sexiest, I'm sorry. These are the words that kill all detail. I fail to respond.
Question Read any good screenplays recently?
Rutger Yeah.
Question Wingspan - have you ever been soaring?
Rutger A long time ago I did a bit of parachuting and sky-diving. A bit of shitting in my pants. Now I soar on a mental wind.
Question How did you get along with Michelle Pfeiffer when you did Ladyhawke?
Rutger Got along well. By day. By night. But mostly sweet but briefly. Get up at 5.30 am. You know. All that. Hardly ever what you or anyone else may imagine.
Question Do you ever get depressed?
Rutger Not long enough to enjoy it.
Question What type of art do you like?
Rutger DADA
Question If you could have been born in a different era, when would you have chosen?
Rutger That once upon a time where the clock&the dollar had even less meaning.
Question Did you ever go through a real bad depression?
Rutger UHUH.
Question What kind of things piss you off?
Rutger Injustice. Animals&children. Especially. In pain that is.
Question Have you ever tried windsurfing?
Rutger Long enough to love it.
Question What do you consider your greatest role?
Rutger It's closer than you think.
Question Will you ever be in Boston?
Rutger Fat chance. Slim too.
Question Is there anything you want to ask us?
Rutger Could we burst into song. 1.2.3.
Question What's Malts?
Rutger Malts are grown in smelly old barrels and in the end most malts will be lowered in fartsy old men. It's the purest whisky on the face of this globe. I was taught to appreciate its bite while touring Scotland on the motorcycle. (twice) Smelly and drunks too sometimes. But what culture?
Question Are any others in your family, apart from your parents, into acting or associated work?
Rutger My sisters and further relatives have buried themselves somewhere along this craft. It seems to be hard to avoid.
Question Why did you choose not to have any more children?
Rutger It's a sad story but none of your bizz.
Question Do you ever regret this decision?
Question Have you ever read any Tolkien?
Rutger Uhmm. Yes.
Question Rutger, have you ever been to midwest?
Rutger YES MA'AM.
Question What award would you like to receive?
Rutger I'll take it. Have preference where audience decides more.
Question Were you a hyper-active child?
Rutger You don't have to tell me. I know that.
Question Are you a hyper-active adult?
Rutger It depends. What was the first question again?
Question I really enjoy the humour that shows up in your movies. What makes you laugh out loud?
Rutger This may sound strange. When I think it's funny.
Question What was your favorite toy as a child?
Rutger Poor family. Very few toys. Feel sorry. 1.2.3.
Question Did you have any pets as a child?
Rutger NO MA'AM.
Question Did you enjoy the poem I sent you a couple of days ago?
Rutger I enjoy those flighty attempts but have no idea what you are talking about.
Question Scotland's beautiful so it counts. Which area of Scotland do you like?
Rutger Oddly. I like the East Coast more. The moors. The border.
Question Who are your favourite comedians?
Rutger Woody, Whoopi, Billy, Bram Vermeulen. There are more. Three minutes for the last round.
Question Do you like Monty Python humour?
Rutger A Fish Called Wanda&all other fish.
Question Do you have a favourite item of clothing and what is it?
Rutger Sorry, no favorites. Lots of love to you all. Thank you for coming by. I do appreciate it. It helps me. Big fanz in the room today. I recognize some names. Bye!
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The need for a mass public transit system in Austin has brought about a surprising proposal: gondolas. Frog Design came up with the idea as it is affordable, dodging much of the cost of buying land or laying tracks for a light rail, as well as offering a fantastic view for riders and alleviates pedestrians slowing traffic in busy zones to create a win-win for motorists and pedestrians alike.
There is always that moment, midtraffic jam, when your eyes dart around in search of an escape route and land, longingly, on the sky. Urban air travel may sound like a utopian fantasy (and skywalker everyones favorite whining Jedi), but Frog Designs mass-transit proposal for Austin makes airborne gondolas look like the most obvious and economical solution weve never thought of. Conceived as an enclosed ski lift large enough for bikes, the Wire, as its known, would create shortcuts for pedestrians and cyclists by floating them above motorists.
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Climber #1
Geneviève Bujold in Coma (1978).
I filed this under Walks for want of a better category.
(Also see Ladder Ladies.)
Jazz For Thursday Solitaire
Okay, here's what you do. You Windows users press Play on one of these tunes, open Spider Solitaire, and play a two- or four-suit game to the jazz. When you've run out of jazz, just start over again. When you win a game, start another. You Macintosh users, click Play and do whatever quiet thing it is that you do to waste time. Enjoy!
Moonlight in Vermont - Gerry Mulligan
You Go to My Head - Art Pepper Quartet
Autumn Leaves - Chet Baker and Paul Desmond
Blue in Green - Miles Davis
Friday's Compare & Contrast Homework
So, anyway, yesterday I had some time, and I watched two movies from two separate eras: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). What a difference 29 years can make. Both movies start in Texas. Both are about a guy, a gal, and some guns. Bonnie and Clyde doesn't have any vampires, but it has cooler cars. From Dusk Till Dawn doesn't have the Great Depression as a backdrop, but it has good looking dancers. The earlier film seems to have a sexual subtext and a downbeat ending. The later film seems to have sort of a religious subtext and an upbeat ending. Go figure. (It's always best to keep these Compare and Contrast homework assignments brief and to-the-point, dontcha think?)
(The person who drew a rear sight onto this gun's
muzzle had no idea what he was doing.)
Beckett's Billie Whitelaw
Billie Whitelaw was the muse of Irish playwright
and Theatre of the Absurd dude Samuel Beckett.
(From 1960's Mania AKA The Flesh and The Fiends posters.)
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"Hamas — which received missiles from Iran that reached Israel's northern
cities — broke with the Iranian axis last winter, openly backing the
rebellion against the Syrian president". Take this sentence which expresses a view that I read daily in the Western press. I say: find me one statement or interview by any Hamas leader--minor or major--in which he (I can't say she because they keep women hidden in the movement, just like Hizbullah) "openly backed the rebellion against Bashshar Al-Asad". One statement. You won't find any, why? Because there are none. No Hamas leader ever openly backed the rebellion against Bashshar. Hamas has been very cautious and very cunning and hedging its bets. It has not taken an open stance. None whatsover. The one detailed statement on Syria by Mish`al since the rebellion began contained praise for the Syrian regime.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in De Witt with free breakfast and fitness center
Situated in De Witt, this hotel is 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from West Brook Disc Golf Course and 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Springbrook Country Club. Walnut Grove Pioneer Village and Glynns Creek Golf Course are also within 12 mi (20 km).
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A fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center are available at this hotel. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room and RV/bus/truck parking.
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All 40 rooms offer free WiFi, TVs with cable channels, and free local calls.
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High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measure 624 square feet (58 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and RV/bus/truck parking. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Even though it is new, here is a list of 88 papers on the subject that should highlight that while we don't know all about it yet, we are making very serious strides. Compiled from here.
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A Combined Experimental And Theoretical Study On The Formation Of The Amino Acid Glycine And Its Isomer In Extraterrestrial Ices by Philip D. Holtom, Chris J. Bennett, Yoshihiro Osamura, Nigel J Mason and Ralf. I Kaiser, The Astrophysical Journal, 626: 940-952 (20th June 2005)
A Production Of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions by Stanley L. Miller, Science, 117: 528-529 (15th May 1953)
A Rigorous Attempt To Verify Interstellar Glycine by I. E. Snyder, F. J. Lovas, J. M. Hollis, D. N. Friedel, P. R. Jewell, A. Remijan, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev and S. F. Dyubko, The Astrophysical Journal, 619(2): 914-930 (1st February 2005) {Also available at arXiv.org>
A Self-Replicating Ligase Ribozyme by Natasha Paul & Gerald F. Joyce, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 99(20): 12733-12740 (1st October 2002)
A Self-Replicating System by T. Tjivuka, P. Ballester and J. Rebek Jr, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 112: 1249-1250 (1990)
Activated Acetic Acid By Carbon Fixation On (Fe,Ni)S Under Primordial Conditions by Claudia Huber and G�nter W�chetersh�user, Science, 276: 245-247 (11th April 1997)
An Asymmetric Underlying Rule In The Assignment Of Codons: Possible Clue To A Quick Early Evolution Of The Genetic Code Via Successive Binary Choices by Marc Delarue, The RNA Journal, 13(2): 161-169 (12th December 2006)
Attempted Prebiotic Synthesis Of Pseudouridine by Jason P. Dworkin, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27: 345-355 (1997)
Carbonyl Sulphide-Mediated Prebiotic Formation Of Peptides by Luke Leman, Leslie Orgel and M. Reza Ghadiri, Science, 306: 283-286 (8th October 2004)
Catalysis In Prebiotic Chemistry: Application To The Synthesis Of RNA Oligomers by James P. Ferris, Prakash C. Joshi, K-J Wang, S. Miyakawa and W. Huang, Advances in Space Research, 33: 100-105 (2004)
Cations As Mediators Of The Adsorption Of Nucleic Acids On Clay Surfaces In Prebiotic Environments by Marco Franchi, James P. Ferris and Enzo Gallori, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 33: 1-16 (2003)
Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nucleobase-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid by R. H. E. Hudson, R. D. Viirre, Y. H. Liu, F. Wojciechowski and A. K. Dambenieks, Pure Appl. Chem., 76(7-8) 1591-1598, 2004
Coevolution Of Compositional Protocells And Their Environment by Barak Shenhav, Aia Oz and Doron Lancet, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 362: 1813-1819 (9th May 2007)
Computational Models For The Formation Of Protocell Structures by Linglan Edwards, Yun Peng and James A. Reggia, Artificial Life, 4(1): 61-77 (1998)
Conditions For The Emergence Of Life On The Early Earth: Summary And Reflections by Joshua Jortner, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1877-1891 (11th September 2006)
Coupled Growth And Division Of Model Protocell Membranes by Ting F. Zhu and Jack W. Szostak, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131: 5705-5713 (2009)
Darwinian Evolution On A Chip by Brian M. Paegel and Gerald F. Joyce, Public Library of Science Biology, 6(4): e85 (April 2008)
Early Anaerobic Metabolisms by Don E Canfield, Minik T Rosing and Christian Bjerrum, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1819-1836 (11th September 2006)
Emergence Of A Replicating Species From An In Vitro RNA Evolution Reaction by Ronald R. Breaker and Gerald F. Joyce, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 91: 6093-6097 (June 1994)
Evolution And Self-Assembly Of Protocells by Ricard V. Sol�, The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 41: 274-284 (2009)
Evolution Of Amino Acid Frequencies In Proteins Over Deep Time: Inferred Order Of Introduction Of Amino Acids Into The Genetic Code by Dawn J. Brooks, Jacques R. Fresco, Arthur M. Lesk and Mona Singh, Molecular and Biological Evolution, 19(10): 1645-1655 (2002)
Formation Of Bimolecular Membranes From Lipid Monolayers And A Study Of Their Electrical Properties by M. Montal and P. Mueller, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 69(12): 3561-3566 (December 1972)
Formation Of Protocell-Like Structures From Glycine And Formaldehyde In A Modified Sea Medium by Hiroshi Yanagawa and Fujio Egami, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 53: 42-45 (12th January 1977)
Formation Of Protocell-Like Vesicles In A Thermal Diffusion Column by Itay Budin, Raphael J. Bruckner and Jack W. Szostak, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131: 9628-9629 (2009)
Generic Darwinian Selection In Catalytic Protocell Assemblies by Andreea Munteanu, Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini, Steen Rasmussen, Hans Ziock and Ricard V. Sol�, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 362: 1847-1855 (2007)
Homochiral Selection In The Montmorillonite-Catalysed And Uncatalysed Prebiotic Synthesis Of RNA by Prakash C. Joshi, Stefan Pitsch and James P. Ferris, Chemical Communications (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2497-2498 (2000)
Hyperthermophiles In The History Of Life by Karl O. Stetter, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1837-1843 (11th September 2006)
Implications Of A 3.472-3.333?GYr-Old Subaerial Microbal Mat From The Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, For The UV Environmental Conditions Of The Early Earth by Frances Westall, Cornel E.J de Ronde, Gordon Southam, Nathalie Grassineau, Maggy Colas, Charles Cockell and Helmut Lammer, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1857-1876 (11th September 2006)
Information Transfer From Peptide Nucleic Acids To RNA By Template-Directed Syntheses by J�rgen G. Schmidt, Peter E. Nielsen and Leslie E. Orgel, Nucleic Acids Research, 25(23): 4794-4802 (1997)
Interstellar Glycine by Yi-Jehng Kuan, Steven B. Charnley, Hui-Chun Huang, Wei-Ling Tseng, and Zbigniew Kisiel, The Astrophysical Journal, 593: 848-867 (20th August 2003)
Kin Selection And Virulence In The Evolution Of Protocells And Parasites by Steven A. Frank, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Part B, 258: 153-161 (1994)
Ligation Of The Hairpin Ribozyme In cis Induced By Freezing And Dehydration by Sergei A. Kazakov, Svetlana V. Balatskaya and Brian H. Johnston, The RNA Journal, 12: 446-456 (2006)
Lipid Bilayer Fibres From Diastereomeric And Enantiomeric N-Octylaldonamides by J�rgen-Hinrich Fuhrhop, Peter Schneider, Egbert Boekema and Wolfgang Helfrich, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 110: 2861-2867 (1988)
"Living" Under The Challenge Of Information Decay: The Stochastic Corrector Model Versus Hypercycles by Elias Zintzaras, Mauro Santos and E�rs Szathm�ry, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 217: 167-181 (2002)
Mineral Catalysis And Prebiotic Synthesis: Montmorillonite-Catalysed Formation Of RNA by James P. Ferris, Elements, 1: 145-149 (June 2005)
Molecular Asymmetry In Extraterrestrial Chemistry: Insights From A Pristine Meteorite by Sandra Pizzarello, Yongsong Huang and Marcelo R. Alexandre, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 105(10): 3700-3704 (11th March 2008)
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of The Formation, Structure, And Dynamics Of Small Phospholipid Vesicles by Siewert J. Marrink and Alan E. Mark, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125: 15233-15242 (2003)
Montmorillonite Catalysis Of 30-50 Mer Oligonucleotides: Laboratory Demonstration Of Potential Steps In The Origin Of The RNA World by James P. Ferris, Origins of Life and Evolution of the biosphere, 32: 311-332 (2002)
Montmorillonite Catalysis Of RNA Oligomer Formation In Aqueous Solution: A Model For The Prebiotic Formation Of RNA by James P. Ferris and G�zen Ertem, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 115: 12270-12275 (1993)
Nucelotide Synthetase Ribozymes May Have Emerged First In The RNA World by Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang and Jiming Hu, The RNA Journal, 13: 2012-2019, 18th September 2007
Nutrient Uptake By Protocells: A Liposome Model System by Pierre-Alain Monnard and David W. Deamer, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 31: 147-155 (2001)
Organic Compounds In Carbonaceous Meteorites by Mark A. Sephton, Natural Products Reports (Royal Society of Chemistry), 19: 292-311 (2002)
Peptide Nucleic Acids Rather Than RNA May Have Been The First Genetic Molecule by Kevin E. Nelson, Matthew Levy and Stanley L. Miller, Proc. Natl, Acad. Sci. USA., 97(8): 3868-3871, 11th April 2000
Peptides By Activation Of Amino Acids With CO On (Ni,Fe)S Surfaces: Implications For The Origin Of Life by Claudia Huber and G�nter W�chtersh�user, Science, 281: 670-672 (31st July 1998)
Phenotypic Diversity And Chaos In A Minimal Cell Model by Andreea Munteanu and Ricard V. Sol�, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 240: 434-442 (2006)
Prebiotic Amino Acids As Asymmetric Catalysts by Sandra Pizzarello and Arthur L. Weber, Science, 303: 1151 (20 February 2004)
Prebiotic Chemistry And The Origin Of The RNA World by Leslie E. Orgel, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 39: 99-123 (2004)
Prebiotic Materials From On And Off The Early Earth by Max Bernstein, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1689-1702 (11th September 2006)
Prebiotic Synthesis On Minerals: Bridging The Prebiotic And RNA Worlds by James P. Ferris, Biological Bulletin, 196: 311-314 (June 1999)
Racemic Amino Acids From The Ultraviolet Photolysis Of Interstellar Ice Analogues by Max P. Bernstein, Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford, George W. Copoper and Louis J. Allamandola, Nature, 416: 401-403
Replicating Vesicles As Models Of Primitive Cell Growth And Division by Martin M. Hanczyc and Jack W. Szostak, Current Opinion In Chemical Biology, 8: 660-664 (22nd October 2004)
Ribozymes: Building The RNA World by Gerald F. Joyce, Current Biology, 6(8): 965-967, 1996
RNA Catalysis In Model Protocell Vesicles by Irene A Chen, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani and Jack W Szostak, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127: 13213-13219 (2005)
RNA-Catalysed Nucleotide Synthesis by Peter J. Unrau and David P. Bartel, Nature, 395: 260-263 (17th September 1998)
RNA-Catalyzed RNA Polymerization: Accurate and General RNA-Templated Primer Extension by Wendy K. Johnston, Peter J. Unrau, Michael S. Lawrence, Margaret E. Glasner and David P. Bartel, Science, 292: 1319-1325, 18th May 2001
RNA-Directed Amino Acid Homochirality by J. Martyn Bailey, FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology), 12: 503-507 (1998)
RNA Evolution And The Origin Of Life by Gerald F. Joyce, Nature, 338: 217-224 (16th March 1989)
Self Replicating Systems by Volker Patzke and G�nter von Kiedrowski, ARKIVOC 5: 293-310, 2007
Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Molecules Synthesis In Simulated Interstellar/Precometary Ices by Jason P. Dworkin, David W. Deamer, Scott A. Sandford and Louis J. Allamandola, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 98(3): 815-819 (30th January 2001)
Self-Assembly Of Surfactant-Like Peptides With Variable Glycine Tails To Form Nanotubes And Nanovesicles by Steve Santoso, Wonmuk Hwang, Hyman Hartman and Shuguang Zhang, Nano Letters, 2(7): 687-691 (2002)
Self-Assembly Processes In The Prebiotic Environment by David Deamer, Sara Singaram, Sudha Rajamani, Vladimir Kompanichenko and Stephen Guggenheim, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1689-1702 (11th September 2006)
Self-Organising Biochemical Cycles by Leslie E. Orgel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 97(23): 12503-12507 (7th November 2000)
Self-Sustained Replication Of An RNA Enzyme by Tracey A. Lincoln and Gerald F. Joyce, ScienceExpress, DOI: 10.1126/science.1167856 (8th January 2009)
Sequence- And Regio-Selectivity In The Montmorillonite-Catalysed Synthesis Of RNA by G�zen Ertem and James P. Ferris, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 30: 411-422 (2000)
Simulation Of The Spontaneous Aggregation Of Phospholipids Into Bilayers by Siewert J. Marrink, Eric Lindahl, Olle Edholm and Alan E. Mark, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123: 8638-8639 (2001)
Synchronisation Phenomena In Internal Reaction Models Of Protocells by Roberto Serra, Timoteo Carletti, Alessandro Filisetti and Irene Poli, Artificial life, 13: 123-128 (2007)
Synchronisation Phenomena In Protocell Models by Alessandro Filisetti, Roberto Serra, Timoteo Carletti, Irene Poli and Marco Villani, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 3(1-2): 325-342 (2008)
Synthesis Of 35-40 Mers Of RNA Oligomers From Unblocked Monomers. A Simple Approach To The RNA World by Wenhua Huang and James P. Ferris, Chemical Communications of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1458-1459 (2003)
Synthesis Of Long Prebiotic Oligomers On Mineral Surfaces by James P. Ferris, Aubrey R. Hill Jr, Rihe Liu and Leslie E. Orgel, Nature, 381: 59-61 (2nd May 1996)
Synthesising Life by Jack W. Szostak, David P. Bartel and P. Luigi Luisi, Nature, 409: 387-390 (18th January 2001)
Synthetic Protocell Biology: From Reproduction To Computation by Ricard V. Sol�, Andreea Munteanu, Carlos Rodriguez-Caso and Javier Macia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 362: 1727-1739 (October 2007)
Template-Directed Synthesis Of A Genetic Polymer In A Model Protocell by Sheref S. Mansy, Jason P. Schrum, Mathangi Krisnamurthy, Sylvia Tob�, Douglas A. Treco and Jack W. Szostak, Nature, 454: 122-125 (4th June 2008)
The Antiquity Of RNA-Based Evolution by Gerald F. Joyce, Nature, 418: 214-221, 11th July 2002
The Case For An Ancestral Genetic System Involving Simple Analogues Of The Nucleotides by Gerald F. Joyce, Alan W. Schwartz, Stanley L. Miller and Leslie E. Orgel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 84: 4398-4402 (July 1987)
The Descent of Polymerisation by Matthew Levy and Andrew D. Ellington, Nature Structural Biology, 8(7): 580-582, July 2001
The Emergence Of Competition Between Model Protocells by Irene A Chen, Richard W. Roberts and Jack W. Szostak, Science, 305:1474-1476 (3rd September 2004)
The Generality Of DNA-Templated Synthesis As A Basis For Evolving Non-Natural Small Molecules by Zev J. Gartner and David R. Liu, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123: 6961-6963 (2001)
The Lifetimes Of Nitriles (CN) And Acids (COOH) During Ultraviolet Photolysis And Their Survival In Space by Max P. Bernstein, Samantha F. M. Ashbourne, Scott A. Sandford and Louis J. Allamandola, The Astrophysical Journal, 601: 3650270 (20th January 2004)
The Lipid World by Daniel Segr�, Dafna Ben-Eli, David W. Deamer and Doron Lancet, Origins of Life And Evolution of the Biosphere, 31: 119-145, 2001
The Miller Volcanic Spark Discharge Experiment by Adam P. Johnson, H. James Cleaves., Jason D. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Antonio Lazcano and Jeffrey L. Bada, Science, 322: 404 (17th October 2008)
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- PianoGirl09 on June 7, 2009 at 6:09 AM said...
uhmm...hi can I ask you how did you put the pdf file in your profile pls comment me back because I'm a new blogger....
take care always - Aik on June 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM said...
You mean the Korean music sheets on the sidebar?
That's from my Skydrive account. First, upload your file. Second, click 'embed' and then the link will come out by itself. Third, copy (Ctrl+c) and paste (Ctrl+v) wherever you want.
Hope these'll help! =)
Aik. - regrettingregory on June 15, 2009 at 1:39 AM said...
a million thanks for the music sheets.. i hope there's more bof sheets in the future!!
thanks... hihi - Cheng Ning on June 26, 2009 at 5:05 AM said...
Hellos, do you have the brass instrument Boys Over Flowers OST music scores? mail me @ email@example.com . Thanks :D
- Aik on June 27, 2009 at 12:50 AM said...
Hi Cheng Ning,
I only have scores for piano. Do you want it? - ismA on January 22, 2010 at 9:07 PM said...
CAN I HAVE SOME OF YOUR PIANO SCORE...???PLEASE - esstelle on February 6, 2010 at 6:16 PM said...
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- esstelle on February 6, 2010 at 6:17 PM said...
Do you know of any site that sells the sheet music for BOF OST Lee Sang Gon - Nunmuri Nanda (Tears are Falling)?
If you have it I'd really appreciate it too.
Thanks! - vocabularyhelp on September 7, 2010 at 12:32 AM said...
Hi and thx 4 putting up these stuff for us but I was wondering if u could put up the piano sheet music 4 Love U also for Boys Before Flowers by Howl? If not, pls tell me where I can find the piano sheet music for free. Thx!
- Jing Ying on September 29, 2010 at 12:47 AM said...
OMG!!! Thank u soo much!!!
- Aik on October 16, 2010 at 1:22 AM said...
Thanks for your comments! :)
@esstelle & vocabularyhelp: Sorry, I don't have it. But I'll link it here if I get it someday.
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"Chris: This is wonderful! You guys are great. Many thanks to Jack and to you for all the effort and for your brilliant strategizing that really worked quite well. I'm so pleased that I had the good fortune to work with you all.
I will wait to hear from you on what the next steps are. Once the dust settles on this, I would like to discuss with you and Jack the modalities for keeping this attorney-client relationship as an ongoing one, as the company looks forward towards its next (quite promising) attempt at being a successful service provider to the education space.
In the meantime, thanks for a job well done."
Adeboyejo Oni, Owen Software Development Ltd.
"Thanks, Jack,
Those are all comforting items, but most comforting of all to me is your personal involvement representing me in this mess.
The financial stakes are obviously quite large.......and I've made no errors or omissions here, and was not negligent in any way.
I'm really counting on your uniquely special skills and talents in representing me, once this case works its way into the legal system"
Joe Guentert, Power Distribution Systems
"For the five long years of litigation against a large public company, this team professionally represented me and my private company to an exceptionally successful result including through all stages of proceedings including affirmance of the judgment by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This was an extremely long, arduous case and I was impressed with the preparation, competency, and legal expertise exhibited by the firm. If the need arises in the future, I would not hesitate to have this team represent me again. They were simply terrific."
James Schoenduve, Founder & CEO, Schoenduve Corporation (http://www.schoenduve.com/)
"I have used many lawyers and many law firms including large, medium and small law firms, but of all of these the team has consistently provided me and my companies with the most timely, responsive and professional legal services including in complex computer software related litigation and complicated transactions."
Shawn McLaren, Serial Entrepreneur and Member of the Band of Angels
"Your firm approaches protecting intellectual property with a keen sense of strategy. Their strategic insights can help your company if its intellectual property is at stake in a lawsuit."
Ching-Fa Hwang, Executive Chairman, Symphoniq Corporation
"When computer software is the key issue in a case, you want attorneys that understand the technology to represent your company. The firm's domain knowledge and technical expertise are exemplary."
Danny Tran and Layne Hoo, Co-Founders, Variphy, Inc.
"I have known Jack Russo for over 20 years and have used the firm as ATP's intellectual property protection, licensing and litigation firm for at least that long; they have provided ATP with exceptional services for all of ATP's patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property needs."
Caroline Daniels, Founder and CEO of ATP, Inc. (www.atp.com)
"Growing early start-up software companies is a hectic and fast-paced business. As CEO, it's imperative that we work with the best legal firm to protect and increase the value of our greatest assets, IP and employees. The firm provides us with the deepest legal experience in the areas of trademark, IP and employment law. I rely on the firm to provide us sound legal and business advice so that we can focus on making our start-up profitable."
John Ferraro, CEO, InMage Systems
"We have relied on the firm for our complex contract negotiations over the past several years. Their ability to come up to speed quickly on complex technical matters coupled with their business knowledge has been invaluable."
John Rochfort, President, CyberTec International, Inc.
"In an increasingly 'flat' world, it's critical that attorneys work efficiently. I've been very pleased with the firm's efficiency and quick turnaround time on critical matters."
Trevor Mudge, Bredt Family Professor of Engineering, Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan


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White Sierra Insulated Snowsport Pant
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CLOSEOUTS . From the slopes to the sled hill, White Sierra's snowsport pants are just what you need for protection during all of your wintertime fun. Available Colors: BLACK, DARK TAUPE, CAVIAR, TITANIUM. Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL.
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White Sierra Insulated Snowsport Pant
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