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All the media attention surrounding the controversial new MTV drama Skins didn't convert into ratings, as the racy freshman drama was down sharply in its second airing last night. The series, which lost a number of advertisers since its premiere, drew 1.6 million viewers, less than half of the 3.3 million who tuned in for the debut last week when it had an original Jersey Shore as a lead-in. In the key 18-34 and 12-34 demographics, the show did a 1 rating vs. 2.7 last week and 1.4 vs 2.9 last week, respectively. Because of the show's huge lead-in last week provided by a ratings record-breaking episode of phenomenon Jersey Shore, Skins was facing tough Week 2-to-Week 1 ratings comparisons. Indeed, sources said Episode 2 slightly exceeded internal ratings projections at the network. Still, given the big controversy surrounding the show, numbers could've held up better.
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In this case it appears that moral and artistic bankruptcy will coincide with low ratings. If only this happened more often.
No "insiders" were seriously looking for the show to match its premiere ratings.
But something along the lines of 2.2-2.8 was the hope.
This show is done.
When a show loses more than 50% of the premier ratings, the only way the ratings are going to do is down. The high cost of the show (at least compared to RJ Berger) and exodus of advertisers is also going to count against it.
So much for all the self-proclaimed geniuses thinking the "advertisers pulling out" publicity would give it Jersey Shore ratings. There's a difference between a show that's fun stupidity offending special interest groups, and a show that's portraying all young teens as whoring druggies and using 14 year old actors to do it. Apples and oranges people. Plus, the show just plain sucks from what I've seen of critics' reviews. Time to pull the plug MTV!
Here's a thought. Maybe it's just not any good.
That's a really far-fetched thought.
It also has the potential to undermine 95 % of all products Hollywood is currently churning out.
A Liz Gatley and Tony Disanto parting gift to the network.
hey parents out there guess what your 15 year old kids have sex yes they do and they have smoked some weed too
reality hurts i know which is why you dont want to see this show showing the harsh reality
this is not the olden days when you get married then lose your virginity
you forget what century your in?
Not all young teens have sex and smoke pot nelson. And shows like this and people like you make people think they do, so those who don't (and there's actually a lot, you'd be surprised) then feel pressured to do it so they're not in the slim majority. "Everybody does it!" is a statement that makes those who don't feel like outsiders, and thus do it anyway when perhaps they would have waiting to have sex a little longer, or never smoked pot at all.
Whether or not SOME real-life teens engage in these activities is not the issue. The issue is that we have laws in this country preventing underage actors from being filmed engaging in certain behavior and certain states of partial undress. THAT is the reason the sponsors are pullingn out. Yes, even in Obamaland, we remain a nation of laws, thank goodness.
Man, I was right there with you until you had to go there with the "Obamaland" bullshit. The president doesn't have anything to do with it, despite the rightwing's insistence that he is responsible for every awful thing that has and ever will happen.
That's sooo not true. I don't think he's responsible for every societal ill. For example, I'm pretty sure he had nothing to do with the bubonic plague, but other than that, yeah, he's pretty much evil personified. LOL!
hey nelson, no shit, but just because teens are already doing it doesn't mean we need to glamorize using teenage actors no less.
You know, nelson, most teenagers are just leading a normal, boring life. Sure, there are always a few cool kids who have sex or smoke weed with 13 or 14, but they're certainly not in the majority.
And the characters in this show just don't feel real to me. They have absolutely no depth, they are just behaving in a rude and immoral manner all the time. There is no scene in this show where you might think that these characters are actual human beings.
My criticism doesn't have anything to do with the ridiculously prude youth pornography laws in the US that obviously can't differentiate between a drama series about teenage life and softcore pornography.
have to agree here. the show has no heart at all. and yes, i know that kids are doing things like smoking weed and having sex…but it isn't handled in a real way at all. the one ep i saw featured some half dressed, hungover group of kids crash someone's car into a reservoir and then law hysterically when they all barely get killed escaping from the sinking car. it wasn't like the scene where joel's dad's porsche rolls into the lake in risky business, or when cameron's dad's car flew through the window in ferris bueller. movies like that knew how to tackle real angst with humor and heart. i grew up on john hughes and he did an incomparable job of channeling real teenage experience and feelings into film. this show proclaims that it is "what kids today are really about." so all kids are druggie, alocoholic, sluts nowadays? tsk tsk, MTV. i love Jersey Shore but Skins and Teen Mom do nothing more than subtly glamorize destructive behavior. you owe more to today's youth than this. PS. WTF happened to showing music videos?
While I wasn't born yesterday, it wasn't that long ago that I was in this age range. Maybe it's different in LA, but the kids who acted like the ones in the American version of Skins were collectively viewed as losers, druggies, or sluts. According to my 16 year old nephew, who happens to be a hockey player and very much not a social outcast, this is still very much the case. Yeah, there are kids that do act like this, but they are far from the majority, and they are very much shunned by said majority. If anything, it's harder to behave like this because even the most rare and out of character slip up can easily wind up plastered all over Twitter and Facebook, complete with pics and video documenting it. It was hard enough being a teen a few years ago when rumors were the worst thing we had to worry about. Now, if kids act up or do something stupid in public, it winds up on Youtube remixed with an Eminem song.
Social pressure in the digital age is keeping teens honest and out of trouble in ways I don't think anyone expected five years ago. That kids are portrayed the way they are in Skins shows just how out of touch and behind the times the writers really are, which is a huge problem for a show that sells itself as so cutting edge and topical.
If your nephew is a stud like you claim him to be, then he is getting drunk, high and laid on the weekends. He just doesn't tell you about it. Either that, or he is one of those types who carries his bible everywhere. Kids are doing crazy shit, they just don't always put their business out on the street.
What planet are you on punk?
Not every teen is hormone driven.
Don't get it still?
Think working on good relationships with their family.
Think serving their community.
Think helping out with younger siblings.
Hanging out with older siblings.
Choosing friends who share their values.
Think that there really are teens who have core values.
Think pal, outside of the box, the box that has you hemmed in.
The BBC America which they copied is not a bad show.This isn't a family show. I don't understand what all the complaining is about
Agree completely. It's a solid show taking some chances that could grow into something great, after it finds its unique US voice and not just recycling the UK plots.
It's a bad show. I watched the first British episode and then re-watched the American episode (or should I say Canadian episode since most of the actors were Canucks) and the changes might have seemed slight they were game changers – the show is just not the same quality and the kids come off as unrealistic creeps instead of the complex portrayals in the Brit series – because they took out the nuance – typical MTV –
@Nelson. I'm going to take a wild guess that you don't have teenage kids. I do. Growing up in Manhattan attending a very expensive private school and it's nothing like that at all. What parents object to is how these shows make this outlandish behavior look normative when it's not. And let's be honest. MTV knows this is shit, but sees money in selling gratuitous sex and drugs.
I also attended a private prep school in Manhattan (Trinity to be exact), and I gotta admit, life was a bit like how they portray it on Skins. I drank, did drugs, hooked up, as did the majority of my classmates. And the story was pretty much the same for most of my friends in other preps across the city. Some kids hid it better than others, but it was still being done. I'm not the biggest fan of this show, but I do hope it succeeds simply becuase I don't believe the PTC should win this battle. It could set a bad precedent in the future where when perhaps a great show comes along that is a also racy and gritty, the PTC will kick up a fuss and advertisers will go running with their tails between their legs. I don't like the idea of the PTC dictating what content I can and cannot watch on my television. Just a thought…
Regarding Bryan Elsley's poor response to media criticism posted on Deadline earlier:
I do grow weary of the seemingly endless well of British arrogance. While traveling Europe, it always struck me as strange that their culture seems to encourage a thin veneer of knowledge on a wide range of subjects, as opposed to greater understanding of a smaller set. It seems to be better to know "just enough" to get by in a social scenario, rather than have deep understanding of fewer areas, and be able to ask real questions or admit a lack of knowledge on a subject. I've always appreciated the humble nature of the Socratic method. I also appreciate people who aren't so all-consumed by their social grooming. Some of the smartest people I've ever known can hardly keep a conversation going at a cocktail party, but have changed aspects of our world much more than a great anecdote in some parlor room.
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Awesome! It's always great news when shows that do nothing but make the viewer more stupid bomb. Now only if the same thing would happen to Jersey Whores. Ahhh!! To think I remember when MTV actually showed music and not just scripted reality garbage.
"Ahhh!! To think I remember when MTV actually showed music and not just scripted reality garbage."
Yup. Those were the good old days, I guess. :(
The drop in ratings has nothing to do with the so-called controversy and everything to do with the fact that it's a poor imitation of the original and should have never been adapted in the first place. I won't be sad when it goes off the air, though it'll just be viewed as a win for the PTC and yet another example of how puritanical our society is.
Fantastic news. The co-creator Bryan just learned you can't piss on America and tell them it's raining. Should have cleaned house with your US writers and found some common ground with your audience. Instead you unleashed an arrogant statement which only served to illustrate what an egotistical dolt you are. Take your arse and crap show back across the pond.
Skins is an Emperor with no clothes, with no clothes on. American teens caught the whiff of Skins' reheated O.C. plots as easily as a Laguna High girl can spot fake Fendi. US Skins is a remake of UK Skins which is a remake of The O.C.; time to toss out the used coffee grounds and come up with a fresh plot.
"…with no clothes on…"
As opposed to… what?
I am just guessing here, but maybe Happy was making a distinction between being nude and owning no clothes. That is the only logic I can glean from the sentence.
Having been a huge fan of the UK version I was extremely disappointed by the pilot episode. I gave it another chance last night as was pleasantly surprised. Vast improvement. Instead of forcing these characters to play the UK roles (usually with the exact same dialog and a sense that even the actors knew they weren't living up to the original)the writers allowed them to develop into unique and interesting characters in their own right. I wish people would give a show a chance to fix its early missteps before writing it off completely.
And no I do not think the controversy affected it. If people continue to tune in to a show where the the cast continues to flash their "kookas" about, I doubt that a little teenage sex and booze would scandalize them.
I'm right there with you. I thought the second episode was a lot better than the first. As a fan of the original, I was livid when I discovered they were replacing Maxxie with a lesbian character (no offense to all the lesbians out there). But I have to admit that I have been pleasantly suprised by the Tea character. She was great in the second episode, it didn't feel forced at all. I just hope that we'll get to see how the entire season arc plays out, and MTV doesn't make a snap judgement and pull it.
I enjoy watching this program after I've had my afternoon boner pill. Is really an excellent program. Tune in and see for yourself.
Your post highlights the problem.
You need medication to enjoy the show. Not good.
Your comment would be really funny except that Sumner Redstone can't type!
Your comment would be really funny except that Sumner Redstone can't type.
Faux controversy can't save shit shows.
Doesn't matter how offensive you try to be, if there is no quality there, people will stop caring.
Unless of course, we're talking about Criminal Minds, which I am convinced has an exclusive contract with the AARP
Skins ain't da family show (yes). But Emtv is da Family Network! Teen Mom, Teen Mom 2. Who needs Roundabouts on American Roads? Or Skins n' da USA? This is da United States, NOT Europe!
We do things different! Look at the Hero "Roman Palanski" in France!… He gets treated like a KING! Look at Michael Jackson getting the same good treatement in Europe…
We don't need Skins in the USA! We may luv DA BeaTles, but alot of stuff from over da pond sucks! GO BACK HOMES SKINS! U SUCKS! Take Ur stupid Dr. Hu, and that James Blunt FREAK back 2 Anglands…
Then… send Poo Hewson aka Guano of the band P2, back 2 Eirenlands! Smelly pouge! Eew! I hate P2!
The "What planet are you on? comments were intended for the kid Nelson.
this show makes me horny
Now if teenagers will realize that all of MTV is utter crap. Oh there is nothing wrong with the occasional reality show and/or guilty pleasure. But MTV is nothing about music and wall to wall sewage.
This is MTV's fault. Their audience is used to watching shows where the characters drink, screw in public and threaten violence constantly. The kiddos aren't going to wait while actors talk about stuff. So, anybody who is upset about Skins should have been equally upset about Jersey Shore, The Real World and The Hills.
well i think their all crap. so there you go.
this is such a joke. you guys think the world will end if this show doesnt survive.
hey everyone wanted a "shock"….well i guess the shock is for those who wanted this show on the air.
hell all of you folks who supported it said the "scandal" would be "good for the ratings."
….and now its proven to be a PR fiasco.
yet you all blame those who took the bait. heck its the show's producers and the baiters fault. they should have packaged a better show & not tried to shock people into watching it.
currently it will lose MTV $2M per episode. some "success." it shows that todays kids are not as dumb as people think they are. they will not be taking in by JUST T&A or weed. the older generation is weak compared to the younger generation.
…and the younger generation cant be boxed into a corner of "pre-conceptions" about them either.
better "luck" next time.
OK you people make me sick.Its sad that the PTC and parents dont face the facts that many teens do drugs,drink and of course have sex.SKINS is very compeling the first episode I mostly enjoyed the partying but late in the first show I was very intrested and excited to see episode 2″TEA".The second episode really drew me it was truely emotional,compelling,real life teen problems.Thats what they are geting to in SKINS.Thats said SKINS in my opinon is the BEST BY FAR TEEN SHOW ON TV,suppassing ABC Family's Secret Life of an American Teenager.People truely shouldnt basely their opinons on the first episode as the second episode was VERY VERY IN DEPTH EMOTIONAL LOOK INTO THE SERIES OVERALL. SO PLEASE PEOPLE WATCH MONDAYS EPISODE TO IT ENTIRERTY! THANK YOU
I AM a teenager 17 to be exact. And although this show may be a little outlandish, and SOME actors/actresses may be a little exaggerated, this IS real life.
To all you parents who dont think your kids do this they most likely do. Not every single day, but they do. Theyre just really good at hiding it.
Raves are becoming more prevalent these days i only know a few kids who havent gone to one.. now once again, most dont go everyy singllee weekenndd.. but they go. And they do drugs there and hookup with everyone, and dress extremely slutty.
I like skins although i cant connect to everything that happens. I can connect to way they deal with their life situations, such as the eating disorders, you dont know how many teen girls actually do have eating disorders.
all TV shows are always exaggerated, doesnt mean theres no truth.
This stuff DOES happen, maybe not as much as the show implies, but it happens pretty regularly, depending on the person of course.
Basically this is it, plain and simple. This is real life, and to be frank it's actually a pretty good show. The first episode was a little bit crass, but episode 2 was where it really got to the meat of the issue. Richards comment above Rach really does it justice, it was a truly emotional episode. Please stop bashing it because it tells the truth, this show has been on for 5 years in the UK and has received barely any controversy, why must everything be put under a microscope in America? Just appreciate it for what it is, don't bash it because you hate the truth.
This is why you need to stop taking shows from other countries and Americanizing them into the shit that this is. LEAVE IT THE FUCK ALONE!
kay I'm a teenager and there is sex drugs and all the stuff on that show but that doest mean everone does that for example I am still a virgin and I do drink but have never taken drugs I see the show as being stupid and making kids feel like that's what they should be doing when its not


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Psychiatry Newsletter - Embraceable Roux
Hopkins BrainWise Spring 2011
Embraceable Roux
Date: March 30, 2011
A common surgery could clarify eating disorders while it mends obesity
With specific brain areas so difficult to target, neuroscientist Megan Dailey is investigating an intestinal route for eating-based problems.
The "Roux-en-Y" gastric bypass, the most common surgery for severely overweight adults, is a dramatic procedure—it disconnects a third of the digestive tract. But it's also highly effective. Patients can shed roughly half of their life-threatening poundage. Type II diabetes can fade away.
Now the operation has been embraced by Hopkins researchers as a tool to clarify how the body regulates eating, says Megan Dailey with Psychiatry's behavioral neuroscience lab. By adding to what's already known of hunger and satiety, she explains, studies that mimic the gastric bypass might one day let surgeons retire it for something far simpler.
More than that, benefits could extend to psychiatry, says Dailey, a neuroscientist: "What we learn will go to increase understanding of eating disorders," she says. There's a possibility of new classes of more finely targeted drugs to help counteract anorexia's or bulimia's physical effects.
But what about "the Roux" makes it a tool? "It's that the operation sheds light on a hard-wired satiety mechanism in the small intestine," Dailey explains.
"Nobody has known exactly why the surgery causes weight loss," she says. The fact that most of the stomach is stapled off would seem to be a reason. Patients literally can't eat much. But the main effects—and what intrigues Dailey—likely stem from the additional "removal" of the upper small intestine. In bypassing the duodenum, where proteins, fats and sugars are broken down, the food that enters the lower gut (the jejunum) is now less well-digested. There aren't so many amino acids, for example, as longer protein fragments. Also, more nutrients hit the jejunum than before the surgery.
What all that does, she's found, is trigger the release of appetite-influencing hormones.
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But Dailey believes the surgical effects are broader: Research suggests long-term changes occur in intestinal cells, ones that could prolong the more healthful eating habits. "Could you get an obese person's intestine to behave like a lean person's simply by altering what it's exposed to?" she wonders. Her work to explore a long-term Roux-like infusion of nutrients is under way.
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According to TVLine's Megan Masters, Dylan McDermott will be returning for season 2 of American Horror Story. For anyone who hasn't already heard about who will be joining the cast for American Horror Story: Asylum, here's an excerpt from article, which gives some details on the other cast members
Details surrounding McDermott's role are being kept under wraps, but he joins an ever-expanding roster of talent that includes his original Horror Story cohorts Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe.
Brand-new to AHS this go-round are Oscar nominee James Cromwell, Big Love's Chloe Sevigny, FlashForward's Joseph Fiennes, Maroon 5 frontman/Voice judge Adam Levine and French actress Lizzie Brocheré. Britne Oldford, Clea Duvall, Jenna Dewan, Franka Potente, Mark Consuelos, Mark Margolis, Ian McShane and Eric Stonestreet, meanwhile, are also set to recur/guest star.
American Horror Story Asylum returns with episode 2×02 'Tricks and Treats' on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 10pm on FX.
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A Sewickley Township employee who has been off work for six months is accused of threatening to kill a township supervisor if an employment hearing "did not go his way," authorities said.
Barry J. Byzon, 60, was charged on Thursday with terroristic threats for allegedly threatening to shoot Wanda Layman, who serves as the township's office manager, according to a criminal complaint filed by Westmoreland County detectives.
"We've been living in fear. I'm concerned about the safety of all the (township) employees," Layman said.
Byzon was arraigned before West Newton District Judge Charles Christner and released on $25,000 unsecured bond.
Christner ordered Byzon not to have any contact with Layman, the other two supervisors or any township employee. Byzon was ordered to turn over any weapons he might own to county detectives.
Byzon, a township employee for 14 years, could not be reached for comment. Detective Thomas Horan, who filed the charges against Byzon, could not be reached for comment.
Byzon had been on medical leave since April, a criminal complaint said. Layman declined to comment about why he was on leave.
Byzon allegedly threatened to kill Layman on Tuesday morning during a confrontation with township workers who were preparing to pave Middlemiss Road. He told them if the hearing did not go his way, "Wanda was going to be in the cemetery, and he was going to jail," according to the affidavit.
Layman declined to comment on Byzon's employment status. His employment hearing at the township, which had been scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed.
As a result of the threat, the township hired private security for the municipal building and canceled the supervisors' meeting, which was scheduled for Oct. 17.
"We're trying to secure the township (property) to make it safe," Layman said.
Byzon is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Oct. 28 before Christner.
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When we study history, a lot of time we get caught up in the dates and events that happened and pay too little attention to the STORY of what happened. Who were the people involved? What did they say to each other? How did people make decisions? Franklin and Winston is a book that tells the story of a very important meeting between the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, in 1941.
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Humster3D is a design studio that has created more than 2290 3D models for you to use and populate your scenes and animations. Humster3D has also reconstructed the last car that JFK rode in and some other famous historic vehicles in the form of detailed 3D models. As the authors say, they have been driven by a desire to preserve the history and to give people a chance to see these wonderful cars not only in the museums.
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- Procam International
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- Sunil MittalCEO
Airtel Delhi half Marathon: Treat Physically challenged participants equally
Procam International and Airtel are organising a Delhi half marathon 2012 which will be held on 30 Sept at New Delhi.
It seems like they are discriminating against physically challeneged marathon participants at their events by not providing even basic support and facilities, as they are doing with other participants. To Wheelchair Event participants and their attendants they are only providing participation certificates whereas everyone else gets a chance to get rewards and other benefits.
I am a paraathlete and have won a national award in power lifting from the Govt. of India. I have participated in their past Event and faced the problems. They don't facilitate physically challenegd athletes and they don't encourage/motivate them with any escort assistance, and they don't related accessories i.e. event kit, certificate etc.The escorts are getting no encourgement from the marathon team, even though they play an important role in such events.
I have registered for the event:
My participation details are below. ·
Race Category:
Wheelchair Event ·
Running Number: 24009 ·
Application Id : 19394 ·
Gender: F
They do not have any defined norms and rules for race under Wheelchair category, as per Govt. norms people with disabilities need to be treated equally.
The Delhi Half Marathon, over the years has had sporting luminaries like Daley Thompson, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Sir Richard Hadlee, Alan Border and Cathy Freeman promote the event as its ambassadors, while its status of the world's richest and most prestigious half marathon has always attracted the world's best long distance athletes, who have returned super fast timings. The men's winner at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2008, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia clocked 59.15 seconds, his timing equalling the world's fastest time for the year, sharing the honour with countryman Haile Gebrselassie. Merga went on to defend his title in 2009, again going under the hour mark, clocking 59.54 seconds.
You can check the awards given in all categories at the event feel free to check th details here:
Join me in telling Procam Interational and Airtl to treat physically challenged people equal, the event is on 30th Setember an we need to ensure that they change their rules and rewards for the physically challenged.
Tell Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to do the following:
1) Provide Tshirts for each and every wheelchair marathon participant
2) Announce rewards for participants of the wheelchair event
3) Make sure that the escorts are given benefits as they play an important role in the participants race.
4) Better facilitation of the event
It's surprising to see Airtel sponsor such an event, which doesn't take care of physically challenged people in india.
- Bharti Airtel
- Procam International
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Sunil Mittal
I've just signed the following petition addressed to: airtel.
Equal treatment for people with disabilities at the Airtel Delhi half Marathon '12
Sir/ Maam,
As you know that the most awaited marathon in Delhi the Airtel Delhi half marathon 2012 is being held on 30 Sep. ' 2012.
I am ashamed to inform you that the even is discriminating against participants with disabilities at the event, by not providing even basic supports and facilities.
Such as,
-- Lack of facilities for physically challenged participants at the wheelchair event
-- The organisers don't encourage or motivate the people escorting the participants they aren't provided accessories such as event kit, certificate etc.
-- They do not have any defined norms and rules for race under the wheelchair category.
-- Even the rewards announced in the wheelchair category are just participation certificates.
It's all mentioned here http://www.procamrunning.in/adhm/content.php?code=AWARDS_ACCOLADES#MyAnchor
As a citizen of this country, I request you to treat the wheelchair event participants equally and make proper arrangements for their participation in the event.
Hence I request you to do the following:
1) Provide Tshirts for each and every wheelchair marathon participant
2) Announce rewards for participants of the wheelchair event
3) Make sure that the escorts are given benefits as they play an important role in the participants race.
4) Better facilitation of the event
It's surprising to see Airtel sponsor such an event, which doesn't take care of physically challenged people in india.
Looking forward to your early action,
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Queen's University hosts many international conferences and the Eventus team are on hand to advise delegates of local hotels, bed & breakfast and budget accommodation to suit all delegate needs.
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Queen's University Belfast Student Accommodation, The Elms Village, is situated in a leafy residential area. This modern, village-style residence is located 800 metres from the University campus and a 15 minute walk from Belfast city centre. The Elms Village facilities include a restaurant with a bar, launderette, shop and ATM cash machine.
The en suite rooms are in low-rise blocks of 3 floors including a common room with kitchen and television available on each floor. Guests can enjoy discounted use of the nearby Queen's Physical Education Centre (PEC) and complimentary onsite parking.
Queen's University Belfast's 1,126 guestrooms feature simple, modern decor; all include Internet connections, desks, and private bathrooms with showers.
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The title says it all, really.
In the modern fairy tale realm of Four Weddings And A Funeral the charming prince is an archetypal English, upper middle-class twitterer who struggles with himself to overcome his fears of intimacy and commitment and babbles his now classic, stammering declaration of love:
"Um, look. Sorry, sorry.... I, I just wondered... I really feel... in short, to recap in a slightly clearer version, uh, in the words of David Cassidy, in fact, um, while he was still with The Partridge Family, uh, 'I Think I Love You', and uh, I, I just wondered whether by any chance you wouldn't like to... uh... uh... um. No, no, no. Of course not. I'm an idiot. He's not. Excellent, excellent, fantastic, uh, I was going to say lovely to see you. Sorry to disturb. Better get on. Fuck!"
At a time when British films with a hope of succeeding internationally were almost exclusively handsome period pieces, along came writer Richard Curtis' abundantly entertaining and engaging contemporary romantic comedy. Director Mike Newell's films had met with mixed fortunes, although his 1992 period romance Enchanted April, made for TV, had tickled U.S. critics and become a surprise arthouse hit in America. TV comedy veteran (Blackadder) Curtis had already made a pleasing transition into feature film with the quirky The Tall Guy (1989). Still, Four Weddings was a production of modest ambition and expectations, with the cast accordingly contracted at humble British scale (about £65,000 in Hugh Grant's case).
But standing out in a good ensemble turned out to be a career rocket launcher for Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas (Fiona) and John Hannah (as Matthew, with his show-stopping turn at the funeral reciting W.H. Auden's Funeral Blues: "stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone..."). Four Weddings And A Funeral became the then top-grossing British film of all time, and the one a subsequent wave of British comedies aspired to equal. It also set forth the winning formula for Curtis' line of romcom: a sophisticated but boyish, bemused, self-mocking Grant, an American leading lady for the market place, a group of vulnerable, endearing chums who are witty, weird and/or wacky, and a romance fraught with mistiming and misunderstanding.
Wedding Number One, Angus and Laura's in Somerset, is introductory. Charles is late and has forgotten the rings but gives a great Best Man speech and is struck by the thunderbolt they call love when he sees Carrie, who engineers their one-nighter despite his diffidence.
The plot thickens at Wedding Number Two, Bernard and Lydia's in London. Charles is late but is outdone in the gaffe department by Rowan Atkinson's vicar, whose dismal recital of the vows ("...to be my awful wedded wife") injects a spot of Beanishness, and in the Best Man stakes by the excruciating effort of James Fleet's Tom ("I congratulated him because all his other girlfriends had been such complete dogs, although may I say how delighted we are to see so many of them here this evening!"). Charles is busy being harassed by more than half of the women he's slept with, discovering his dream girl has become engaged, and getting trapped in the bedroom where the newlyweds are going at it.
One month later Charles runs into Carrie for the film's sole non-ceremonial social encounter, long enough to gasp out the justly famous David Cassidy citing highlight. Another month on Charles obviously is late for Carrie's rites, but not for those attending Gareth's demise, an occasion devised to provide a pause from hilarity for reflection and wit gathering. A leap of ten months takes us to what really comprises a set of three and a half weddings and a funeral; the reason for making a feature of Charles's brother David (David Bower) being deaf emerging in the outstanding jest of the, "speak now or forever hold your peace" sequence conducted in sign language.
Four Weddings is comedy that knits together superior sitcom sketches. So blithely is it unencumbered by backstory or reason it doesn't bear reality checks even on first viewing but still draws you in. How did this cross-generational set, from the soignee, acerbic Fiona to Simon Callow's flamboyant, professorial Gareth and Charlotte Coleman's younger, overstated kook Scarlett, become inseparable? How can an old buddy not know that Tom's manor is the size of Blenheim Palace? Does anybody have a job? Does nobody have parents? Why would Carrie marry the pompous politician Hamish (Corin Redgrave) at all, and why invite all these people she scarcely knows to her wedding? Who can make sense of the last conversation in the rain? And on repeated viewing we're not at all sure we wouldn't have been happier if it had been the long-suffering Fiona to land Charlie, after all. (But then we couldn't have the huge laugh at Fifi's fate in the end credits wedding pictures.) It is a tribute to Newell's crisp direction and the cast's delightful performances that this good-natured jape transcends its blatant contrivance to cajole and continually amuse.
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Today's guest post is courtesy of Liv Gaunt. Liv has been exploring the world independently since she was 17. She became a diving instructor whilst still a teenager. Liv has lived and worked on islands, yachts and mountains, in villages and cities and worked her way around the world, earning her living mostly as a diving instructor and shark photographer. She is always busy exploring and trying to understand new places and nicknamed 'Sharkgirl'. Liv documents her travel experiences and many misadventures on her website: The World is Waiting.
How did you get into shark photography? Did the photography come first or the sharks?
Taking photos has been something I have enjoyed since I was given my first point and shoot throw away camera as a child, which I mainly used to stalk family pets.
When I discovered scuba diving at 16 I took my photography underwater.
I have always loved being by, on, in and under the sea, and capturing all the wonderful underwater creatures on camera became an obsession.
By the age of 18 I was a scuba diving instructor living in Turkey and teaching underwater photography courses, amongst others.
I came to shark photography simply, when I responded to a job listing looking for an underwater photographer and videographer in the Bahamas.
Interestingly the job description made no mention of sharks, but, since underwater critters are one of my favourite things about the ocean, showing them off through photography sounded like a great job opportunity. Besides, who doesn't like the sound of living in the Bahamas?
What's the standard 'day in the life' of a shark photographer?
Often photography work is freelance so there will be a lot of variety depending on where you are working and which sharks you expect to see. In the Bahamas I worked in a photolab that was part of a large diving centre. For the first time in my diving career I was employed simply to take photos and video, and not to teach divers (other than underwater photography and videography courses). We were a small team of four and covered shark-feeding dive trips and private shark-feeds, as well as the various other dive trips offered at the centre. We would prepare cameras and our dive gear ahead of the day's diving and head to the boats. The boats were usually staffed with a boat captain, dive leader and photographer and / or videographer. Pointing cameras in the sharks' faces made us vulnerable to the occasional mis-aimed chomp so we wore chainmail gloves to protect our hands and arms. We would do two dives in the morning and download our photos, show them to the divers and sell them over lunchtime, before heading out for another two dives in the afternoon and doing it all again.
What were the shark-feeding dives like?
Every shark feed was different. The sharks we dived with were wild sharks in the ocean. Diving so frequently, we recognised individuals but we never had any control of them or even whether or not they turned up. We gave very thorough dive briefings ahead of the feed to ensure divers understood the most appropriate ways to behave near the sharks as they came very close and often brushed past divers during the feed. The photographer entered the water first and when the divers came arranged them on their knees in a semi circle on the ocean floor, at a depth of around 12-16 metres. The sharks cruised around eyeing us carefully. It was immediately apparent when the feeder entered the water with a baitbox as all the sharks would instantly head to the boat. The feeder stood in the middle of the circle, and with a long spear would offer the sharks a piece of fish. As photographer it was my job to get great photos of the sharks feeding and the divers with sharks around them, but I was also the safety diver in case anyone needed help as the feeder, with normally in excess of 30 sharks all keen on a nibble, understandably had his hands full. When the feeder returned to the boat I would encourage the divers to look for shark teeth on the ocean floor, as the sharks often lose teeth whilst eating.
What was it like the first time you dived with so many sharks?
I had dived in Barbados, Egypt and Kenya before arriving in the Bahamas so I was familiar with the excitement of meeting a shark whilst diving, but when I went on the shark feed dive for the first time, the proximity to the sharks and the number of them blew me away. I quickly grew used to them and relished the first minute or two of each feeding-dive when I was alone in the water with them. During my descent they would swim up to me as I made my way to the bottom. Glances to either side met with their inquisitive looks and they often swam directly over me and beneath me. It was a bit like having a set of shark bodyguards!
Do you think shark feeding has an impact on shark behaviour?
There are many operators around the world offering shark-feeding experiences and I cannot say generally that it does or does not impact upon the behaviour of all sharks. I do believe that when conducted in a responsible manner shark-feeding does little to increase the incidence of random shark encounters. On the feeds we operated the sharks would share about 8 pieces of fish (and by share I mean first come-first served, they don't have the best table manners). Since there were usually more than 30 sharks, most of them missed out. This meant that the sharks could not rely on us as a free feed. They still had to find food in order to survive. The sites at which we fed the sharks were also at least 10 minutes by boat from the shore, with the most popular site being 16 kilometres offshore, so the feeds are unlikely to have attracted the sharks towards shore.
It's obviously pretty well known that sharks can kill humans and so they have a pretty bad reputation. Is that fair? Should we be trying to do more to save sharks?
There are over 400 species of sharks and only a handful of them have been involved in incidents that have been fatal to humans, so no I don't think sharks deserve their reputation as fearsome killers. Sharks can kill humans but they do not seek to. In fact, most are fussier eaters than you may imagine. Occasionally as a joke someone would slip a dead rat into the baitbox in the Bahamas and the shark that got the rat would spit it out. Without hands to enable them to investigate things in the way we do sharks bump and bite things to determine what they are. Mistaken identity is often a contributing factor in shark attacks too. From beneath, surfers resemble prey such as seals and murky water also limits visibility. Sharks get scared too. In the Bahamas we could tell if the sharks had encountered fishermen since we last met as they were occasionally visibly spooked and would not come as close to us.
To put their reputation in perspective around 17 shark attacks prove fatal each year around the world. Dog attacks result in around 37 fatalities in the US alone each year and road accidents cause over a million deaths worldwide each year. Mosquitos are largely regarded as a nuisance rather than killers, yet they are responsible for the deaths of more than two million people each year. I do not deny that being bitten by a shark is frightening, but so is being bitten by a dog, or anything for that matter. The terrible reputation of sharks is largely a result of the Jaws movies and media hype.
We should certainly do more to protect sharks. Half of all shark species are considered endangered. Bearing in mind that sharks are at the top of the oceanic food chain, this has serious implications for other underwater wildlife and ultimately our planet.
Where did you have your favourite shark diving experience?
I have seen Great Whites, Hammerheads, Caribbean Reef, Whitetip Reef, Blacktip Reef, Nurse, Wobbegongs, Angel sharks and Whale sharks in the wild. The speed and power of Great Whites up close was impressive. I dived with them off Gaansbai in South Africa. I enjoyed the ambush tactics of Angel Sharks in Egypt and marvelled at hammerheads. Feeding sharks in the Bahamas was exciting. I think my favourite shark encounter of all was happening across whale sharks off Kenya. They really are gentle giants and are such beautiful creatures. I have since swum with them on Ningaloo Reef, Australia too, but they are known to gather there. In Kenya we felt really lucky to have encountered them.
What advice would you give someone wanting to work as a shark photographer?
To do this work you need to be extremely comfortable underwater and around sharks. With your hands full of camera equipment and strobes, you don't have the ability to be constantly adjusting your gear. Being able to effectively manipulate your position around a subject underwater can be as simple as taking a deep breath or sculling backwards a few inches with your fins, but perfecting precision movement underwater comes with experience and advanced diving skills. Having a sound understanding of sharks will help in your interaction with them and obviously knowing your way around your camera is important. I would strongly advise getting qualified as a scuba diving instructor. This is useful in order to arrange work permits and makes you more useful to employers too.


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|Dec. 4, 2016 1:50 PM PT2:50 PM MT3:50 PM CT4:50 PM ET21:50 GMT5:50 AM 北京时间2:50 PM MST4:50 PM EST3:50 PM CT1:50 UAE (+1)16:50 ETNaN:� - Andre Roberts had four receptions for 35 yards Sunday in the Detroit Lions' 28-13 win over the New Orleans Saints.
|June 13, 2016 1:08 PM PT2:08 PM MT3:08 PM CT4:08 PM ET20:08 GMT4:08 AM 北京时间1:08 PM MST3:08 PM EST3:08 PM CT0:08 UAE (+1)16:08 ET19:08 - The Lions and Roberts agreed to a one-year contract Monday.
Analysis: Roberts had a breakout season with the Cardinals in 2012 with 64 receptions for 759 yards and signed with the Redskins in 2014. He caught just 11 passes with Washington last season before being released May 17.
|May 17, 2016 7:05 AM PT8:05 AM MT9:05 AM CT10:05 AM ET14:05 GMT10:05 PM 北京时间7:05 AM MST9:05 AM EST9:05 AM CT18:05 UAE10:05 ET13:05 - The Redskins have released Roberts, saving approximately $4 million in cap space for next season.
Analysis: Washington signed Roberts to a four-year, $16 million contract in March 2014, but he started just four games and recorded 47 catches for 588 yards and two touchdowns over two seasons. He became further expendable with Washington's selection of TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson in the first round of last month's draft.


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The Packers beat the Chiefs by the final of 24-3 in the 2012 preseason finale. We break down the film as Green Bay begins making roster cuts Friday.
The Green Bay Packers fourth preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs Thursday still has meaning for the team's 53-man roster.
The Packers beat the Bengals, 27-13, in the somewhat important third preseason game Thursday night. Here's the film breakdown after multiple...
Brian Carriveau joins Bart Winkler of K107 FM in Fond du Lac to take a look back at Thursday's Packers victory over the Bengals.
The Packers' average yards per pass this preseason has been atrocious. How bad is it? Blaine Gabbert bad.
Cheesehead TV's Brian Carriveau joins K107 FM in Fond du Lac to preview Thursday's Packers-Bengals game.
The Packers travel to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals in the important third game of the preseason schedule. We give you five things to...
Cheesehead TV's own Jayme Joers joins Railbird Central to give the lowdown on Cincinnati's best hotspots, restaurants, bars and where to tailgate.
Quarterback Graham Harrell may not get a long look Thursday night against the Bengals, but the snaps he does get will be very important for the...
The Packers dropped their second straight preseason game Thursday night. Zach breaks down the film of several of the key players from the loss.
All the news, notes and other relevant info Packers fans need for tonight's preseason match-up with the Cleveland Browns
The Green Bay Packers host the Cleveland Browns Thursday from Lambeau Field. Zach lists five things you could watch during the Packers' second...
Brian Carriveau joins WBIZ in Eau Claire to analyze the Packers' preseason opener against the Chargers.
Railbird Central takes a look back at Thursday's Packers' preseason loss to the Chargers in the preseason opener.
Cheesehead TV's Zach Kruse answered questions about James Starks, the Packers offensive line, Graham Harrell and the tough start to the preseason...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from the Packers' loss to the San Diego Chargers
The Packers opened their 2012 preseason schedule with a 21-13 loss to the Chargers in San Diego. We give five quick hit observations.
One underrated thing to look for in each phase of the game as the Packers prepare to take on the Chargers in Thursday's preseason opener.
Brian Carriveau joins K107 in the Fox Valley to preview Thursday's Packers-Chargers preseason opener.
Charles Woodson made the trip to San Diego, but it's questionable whether he'll play on Thursday evening. That and more in today's Daily Links.
All the news, notes and other relevant info Packers fans need for tonight's preseason match-up with the San Diego Chargers
Former Packers assistant coach Jon Gruden will join Mike Tirico to call the football game.
The Packers begin their 2012 preseason Thursday in San Diego. Here are five things to watch in Green Bay's opener against the Chargers.
Packers president Mark Murphy supported the elimination of two preseason football games in remarks made on Tuesday. Here's how to replace them.
The Packers beat the Colts in a heart-stopper (okay, it's preseason: a heart-pauser) 24-21 in an August classic with a rally that shed all remnants...
Our weekly "chips" designations are handed out following the Packers' 27-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns in the 2011 preseason opener.
Some fans are concerned the Packers may not be living up to the expectation of defending their title already. McCarthy has the right idea, and we...
Taking a look at one storyline to watch from a Packers perspective this evening in each phase of the game.
The Packers head to Cleveland to play their first preseason game in a lockout-shortened training camp. Here's what C.D. Angeli will be looking at...
Brian talks with Bart Winkler of K107.1 FM in Fond du Lac to preview the Packers' preseason opener on Saturday against the Cleveland Browns.


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Mobile deathmatch: RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 vs. Apple iPhone 4
The new BlackBerry doesn't try to be an iPhone, but does work better with touch
By contrast, the iPhone makes text selection and copying easy. Tap and hold to move the text cursor anywhere: fields, Web pages, messages, you name it. You even get a zoom view of the text that you can scroll through, so you never lose track of where your cursor is. To select text, tap it; selection bars appear, which you drag for your selection. Tap elsewhere in the text, and Copy and Paste buttons appear automatically. It's that easy.
The winner: The iPhone 4, by a mile. You can really see Apple's attention to usability when you try out another manufacturer's device. Several poor design choices in the BlackBerry Torch UI make it harder to use than is necessary, and limitations such as in text selection further constrain the device.
Deathmatch: Security and management
The BlackBerry is well-known, and deservedly so, for its enterprise-level security and client management capabilities, but the iPhone 4's iOS 4 covers much of what most businesses need in these areas. It has remote wipe, certificate-based authentication, and an assortment of password controls (such as requiring a strong password or disabling access after so many failed attempts to log in) that are manageable through Microsoft Exchange and, soon, through iOS 4-enabled management tools from companies such as Good Technology and MobileIron. Unfortunately, these tools aren't yet shipping, so it's impossible to see how well they perform in practice. Apple has its own utility to deploy these security profiles, but it doesn't scale well beyond a few dozen users, so large businesses will want to look at the mobile management tools as they become available.
iOS 4 also supports several types of VPNs, provides SSL message encryption, and has on-device encryption for data such as email and notes.
The BlackBerry provides all of these capabilities -- with more levels of control and higher levels of encryption -- through its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which works with Exchange, Notes, and GroupWise. The iOS 4 tools are aimed primarily at Exchange environments, given that IBM manages Notes on the iPhone through a separate app and Novell has yet to support the iPhone or other modern mobile devices in its GroupWise server.
Both iOS 4 and BlackBerry OS 6 can track information and apps based on how they were provisioned; thus, corporate assets can be managed separately from personal assets. You need an iOS 4 management app to take advantage of this on an iPhone, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.02 to take advantage of it on the BlackBerry Torch. The iOS 4 management tools have yet to ship, so we could not test them; BES 5.02 just shipped and we have not yet had a chance to review it.
The winner: The BlackBerry Torch, thanks to its very high levels of security. But most businesses don't need that level of protection and will find the iPhone's security capabilities to be sufficient.
Deathmatch: The device
The BlackBerry Torch's large screen -- as wide but not as tall as the iPhone's -- is a good size, one that makes Web browsing and usage of visual apps such as games plausible. Unfortunately, the screen's touch accuracy is not as good as the iPhone's, resulting in more mistaps. The iPhone 4's retinal display is unmatched in its visual richness and quality; the Torch's display is perfectly acceptable. (For more on the iPhone 4 hardware, check out my colleague Paul Venezia's first-look review and "10 days with an iPhone 4" report.)
The Torch's physical keyboard will appeal to traditional BlackBerry users, and it's easily accessed when desired. When pressed, the buttons respond with sufficient feedback, both on the keyboard and on the device's menu buttons, and the sensorpad is an effective trackball without risk of collecting grime. The iPhone 4 has no physical keyboard, which for some is a deal-breaker. The keyboard's inclusion does make the Torch heavier (5.6 ounces versus 4.8 ounces) and thicker (0.57 inches versus 0.37 inches) than the iPhone 4, but it's not out of scale for its class.
As phones, the BlackBerry and iPhone 4 are comparable, though the iPhone 4's now-infamous antenna issues may give you pause, as may the tendency of the iPhone to drop calls (only some of which can be blamed on AT&T's poor network). Conversely, the BlackBerry Torch's data networking, both Wi-Fi and 3G, is slower than the iPhone 4's -- often frustratingly so. If you use a smartphone predominantly as a data device, the BlackBerry is not the best choice.


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A person in K1 status can only adjust based on marriage to the US citizen petitioner, not another marriage
Sometimes a k1 fiancé visa marriage like any other marriage does not always go as plan despite even the best intention. Sometimes there is a breakdown in the marriage, a k1 visa divorce and the foreign national has questions for an immigration lawyer about his/her eligibility for adjustment of status and a green card.
A k1 visa holder can only adjust status on the basis of a marriage to the US citizen petitioner within 90 days of admission to the United States. The Immigration and Marriage Fraud Amendment of 1986, explicitly prohibits a person in K1 status from adjusting on the basis of marriage to someone else.
What the K1 must show if there is a divorce
If the marriage occurred within 90 days, a person in K1 status (and her dependent children admitted in K2 status) can still adjust status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to permanent residence even if the marriage ends in divorce. Matter of Alfred Sesay, 25 I&N Dec. 431 (BIA 2011) & Matter of Le, 25 I&N Dec. 541 (BIA 2011).
The applicant must prove that
- the marriage occurred within 90 days of admission and that
- The marriage was in good faith when it occurred (affidavits of family and friends, joint assets etc.).
Because adjustment of status is an extraordinary relief, it is granted or denied based upon the equities and adverse factors present in each person's case. Furthermore the relationship in a K1 visa case is subject to more scrutiny than for marriage immigration cases. Factors surrounding the divorce such as the length of the marriage, conduct after the marriage, whether the couple lived together, the reason for the divorce and a failure to support minor children may be considered in determining whether the marriage was in good faith. But if the marriage is real at the start, it is valid for adjustment of status.
A person in K1 status adjusts status to that of lawful permanent resident on the basis of the earlier approved I-129F petition. The divorce does not revoke this type of petition and the K1 is eligible for adjustment upon admission but conditioned on the marriage to the US citizen. The person on K1 status must still not be otherwise inadmissible. The affidavit of support requirement is met by an approved I-134.
Removing conditions on Permanent Residence
If the K1 was granted adjustment of status based upon a marriage to a US citizen that is less two years old when the adjustment is decided, the person will be granted conditional permanent resident status. If the K1 is no longer married, he or she does not have to wait until within 90 days of the second anniversary of the grant of conditional permanent residence to apply to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage; he or she can do so any time after the divorce, i.e. he or she can apply early. He or she must however request a termination of marriage waiver of the joint filing and interview requirement remove conditions on permanent residence based on marriage.
To qualify for a termination of marriage waiver, the conditional resident must prove that
- he or she entered into the marriage "in good faith,"
- the marriage was legally terminated, and
- The conditional resident was "not at fault" in failing to meet the joint-petition requirement.
A K1 (and those admitted on K2) should seek the counsel of an immigration attorney before filling for adjustment of status after the end or breakdown of the marriage that is the basis of K1 status (or K2 status).
A K1 visa holder who got married to a US citizen within 90 days and who is concerned about their status should first realize that there are provisions in the law by which he or she can still adjust status. But he or she should consult an immigration attorney as soon as possible. Sharing your day-to-day experiences with family and trusted friends may also be helpful when you need witnesses to prove that even though the marriage ended it was real.
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Ian Cunliffe
Ian Cunliffe is a popular illustrator who has provided artwork for well known children's books, including Jeremy Strong's 'A Very Fishy Battle' (Nominated on Richard & Judy Children's Books Special) and 'The Bun Gun' (Televised on CBeebies's Jackanory Junior). He has also produced illustrations to accompany 12 stories by Sarah, Duchess of York and recently illustrated a range of wooden toys for Hamley's own brand.
The son of a craftsman bookbinder, Ian spent his childhood drawing on the endless supply of paper that came his way (when he wasn't climbing trees).
On his way to becoming an illustrator, Ian ventured off to do special effects at Shepperton Studios where he was part of the team that created Robert De Niro's prosthetics for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; then to Penguin Books for five years as a designer/illustrator.
Today, Ian works from home where he watches green parakeets fly past his studio window... and that's before his imagination kicks in!


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FURSTRE.AM is a live video-streaming site created by Jacktail in August, 2013.
- August - Jacktail created the site at the end of August for himself and his friends who did not like other streaming services that were available.[clarify] Within a week, the site had ten streamers on it and was running off an old VPS using Adobe's Flash Media Server.
- September - The site started getting many users, so Jacktail worked on a simple new interface using his basic knowledge of PHP and MySQL. He implemented basic security on streams and added stream page title, user icon, and stream description to the stream pages, as well as a list of all the streamers (at this point over thirty) and sorted by who was live.
- October- Dreae joined the development of the site and created FURSTRE.AM v1. It had user membership, automated stream setup, stream directory, user customisable stream pages, upload option for background and icon art, and a better user interface.
- Between October and December the site grew to over 150 live streaming users and had thousands of users access the site each week. The old server was replaced with a cheap Linux VPS that had a burst-able 1gbps connection.
- December - With the growth of the site, Dreae started work on a new version of the site. This version would improve the UI, adding a menu to the left side of the site, allowing users to easily get to different parts of the site and their settings when logged in.
- This update would also incorporate a new server side hosting and streaming using Nginx. These improvements made the site a lot faster and had more capabilities for future improvements for high usage streamers.
- January - The new version of the site was released with the new features plus a lot more that were added throughout the month. The site also hosted the second Uncle Kage WineStream after the use of LiveStream for his show back in December was troubled[clarify] due to LiveStream's free user limitations, and users having a hard time viewing.
- This brought many users to the site and the cheap VPS server started to struggle with the load. Thankfully, many users donated to the site during Uncle Kage's stream, raising money so that FURSTRE.AM could upgrade to a new dedicated 1gbps server.
- February - This month saw the new server being deployed and a big increase of the site's performance. Users were no longer suffering random disconnections. The site was now gaining many users and had over 700 registered.
- There was also an update to the chat site. This was a move away from IRC to a custom-built chat feature created by Dreae.
- June - At the end of June, an update was made to the chat used on the site. It featured an updated UI, user icons, and was positioned on the right, giving it full height rather than being in the menu on the left where space was cramped.
- Many users[who?] on the site did not like the change and took to the forum and their art profiles to complain.[citation needed] Some did not like the change of the interface, others did not like that it was moved to the other side.[citation needed]
- It also created problems for people on smaller monitors, such as laptops, as the chat and menu overlapped the video. Through the weekend and the start of July, changes were made to fix most of the problems and also introduce three modes for the chat, so users could customise the way it interfaced with them.[clarify]
- July - At the start of the month, changes from the chat upgrades were still being done. Stream pages were updated to resize the video depending on how big the browser window was, and the left-side menu was made to be thin on stream pages.
- January - A Patreon was setup to help fund the site running costs. Users were able to help the project reach certain milestones to help improve the service. Most noticeably allowing the site to upgrade to a much better server as well as better server side software to help power the media streaming side of the site.
- March - The site reached 10,000 registered users as well as the most concurrent amount of streamers at one time of 40.
- July - A new developer stepped forward to help develop V3 of the site. This was to be a complete rewrite to allow adding new feature much faster such as group streaming, event pages and subscriptions.
Content and services[edit]
The site features user accounts, automatic setup of streams, customisable stream and profile pages, chat, stream directory and a forum. As of July, 2014, the site is still being developed with more features added all the time.
FURSTRE.AM has many developers supporting it, and includes contributions made by non-staff members.[clarify] Its API makes it easy for developers to integrate parts of the site into their own, such as stream notifications to followers.
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External links[edit]
- FURSTRE.AM official webpage
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Blog Pagerank
My Blog Pagerank was updated a few days ago. I am glad to say that it improved a little bit. It is a sign that my blog's internet presence increased in significance, as more websites and blogs have linked to my blog posts.
After 4 months of blogging, my blog pagerank for the home page increased from zero to 1, while some of the individual posts have blog pagerank improved from zero to 2 or 3. Though most of the posts still have zero or unranked status.
1 - Start Blogging
1 - Philippine Tide Forecast February 2009
1 - How Much for a Gym Membership?
1 - FM Stations in Metro Manila
1 - Listen to RJ 100 from the Web
1 - Board Exam Review Center
2 - Coldplay Albums
2 - Eraserheads Live! The Final Set
2 - Samantha Traffic Report
2 - The Boys of Magic 89.9
3 - Mp3 Players Shuffle
3 - Kanye West New Song
3 - Smart Lipo
3 - Eraserheads Final Set Concert Review
3 - Philippine Tide Forecast March 2009
3 - Somebody Hates Facebook - Yikes!
3 - The Michael Jackson Auction - Part 3
3 - Push-up Variation Videos
I am taking this blog pagerank indicator with a grain of salt. I think there is no direct correlation between blog pagerank and blog success. A high blog pagerank does not guarantee the blog is gonna make it big. I have seen successful blogs with zero blog pagerank.


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This semicircular, laceweight shawl is modern and exuberant with panels of diagonal lace and a generous ruffle with a picot edging.
The lace patterns are simple and the garter stitch sections knit up quickly, making for a surprisingly fast knit for the size of the shawl.
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