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I stared in the eyes of Beauty, and she was...
Everything I thought she would be
But when I saw her I was speechless
She noticed me I noticed her
Her fragrance was beautiful
She smelled like frankincense & myrrh
We made eye contact she gave me a lil smile
And kept walking
Then and there I knew I had to have this woman
I wanted to smell her beauty
I had to feel her touch I want to
Fall in love wit her not lust
I want her to fall asleep in my arms
Not just have sex & bust a nut
I want her to be my everything
I want her to take refuge in me
I wanna hear her say that she misses me
When I'm with her I wanna feel like I'm free
So I call out to her and I say...
I been looking for you
She says I been waiting on you
We converse in a conversation
And all the anticipation is thrown out the door
You see this woman just makes my heart soar
And her personality just makes me crave for
Her love even more
We exchange numbers and we go our separate ways
I know she's different from every woman I met
Because I ain't thinking bout gettin laid
And all I keep thinking bout is will we last
Or just be another fling
But a couple minutes later my cell phone rings... it's her
Copyright © Corey Ross | Year Posted 2007
The writer I am in my dreams
is more sophisticated than I am
and sees the world as an untold story
I mainly see the footsteps behind me
Where I stepped softly so as not to call attention to myself
this writer conjures volumes about the man on the bus
who has a scar on his face five inches long
she elaborates on his life with gifted prose
he is a pilot shot down in Vietnam
guerillas gave him a scar and set him free
he used to be a lion tamer
that one is self-explanatory
I simply cannot stop staring at his scar and wonder
does it bother him to have such a mark?
The writer I am in my dreams
has perfect time management
goes to work, attends class
has a beau
moves from day to day
finds time for friends and play
hobbies and exercise
dance class and likewise
the writer I am in my dreams
her words are clear and precise
they don't feel like empty thoughts on a page
they don't sound immature
her words and statements work
they don't get in her way and make her mind spin
and conjure up thoughts of self-worth
they whirl around the room and
whisper about the unimagined
they dialogue with rhyme and wit
and they always converse graciously
the writer I am in my dreams
I wake up and pray to be
and sometimes my prayers are answered
Copyright © Elizabeth Udeschini | Year Posted 2009
Globally, miners jubilantly jump for joy
Smiles on the faces of every girl and boy
The grins of a newly opened Xmas toy
Thatcher's dead.
Trade unionists bounce along the street
Music blaring and the tapping of feet
From nurses to Bobbies still on the beat
Thatcher's dead.
Street parties announced in the nation
Satan who brought economic inflation
Is deceased, now's the time for elation
Thatcher's dead.
Its times like this I'm sad I'm an atheist
And can only shout and wave my fist
And then go to the pub and get pissed
Thatcher's dead.
Copyright © Dan Keir | Year Posted 2013
Sometimes my poetry is just a case of words,
and not necessarily my reality;
and that's what is so beautiful about writing
You can be who you want to be on any level
and tell secrets about fantasies that may never be;
or take trips to other dimensions on mental journeys, or places that some don't even think exist
They mimic thoughts that manifest themselves as poetry
and rest on pages patiently waiting to adhere
My words are a reflection of my heart
and they reveal the truth behind my mask of fear
they deliver reality doses whether they are just cases,
or me in the absolute right here
My words exude positive intentions;
my imperfections apparent but I accepted rejections
and reversed dejection
and decided to bare all my fantasies, my flaws my very soul
and temptations
Uncertain how voiced verses appeal to outside sources but internally they set me free
They provide a medium of light and creativity
A chance to apply knowledge and a time for reflecting on and making changes in my frequency
My words are attached to my soul and its overwhelming ability to just be
They reflect what I was before
the choices I've made and the reasons that this life is perfect
according to divine order
They represent the voices of my ancestors from the beginning of time
because up until now,
the ending wasn't within reach so I make sure that I
carefully choose the format and the right place and time
to deliver the message that may be blatant or hidden inside –
of the abstract placements of verbs
giving praise to the source of power that calmly submits to the voice
connected to my words
I am the originator of my own words
I hope that you are inspired, or simply entertained
by the process by which I've placed my words
Copyright © humble b | Year Posted 2012
It's no secret behind it
my feelings for you I mean
and God couldn't have sent
a more perfect woman for me I swear
and love was in the air
before I ever noticed it
before I ever noticed you
as far as love with another woman,
I didn't know what I was gonna do
but now... it's so crucial, so neutral
I found a woman so emotional,
so sensual and... That's Why I Love You.
I felt is so deep in my soul
this is the type of love
I just gotta keep on hold
I'm feeling like a concrete rose
that withered away with the
changing of the seasons
because now I realize why I went
threw what so much with other females
there's no more temptation
because you are the reason.
Three years of waiting,
my angel has finally come to pass
I love you, I want you, I need you
yea I see you, I close my eyes and
your smile is all I vision
me and you together for eternity
Lord Willing, you inspire me to never
stop writing what I've already written.
You're honest, respectful, affectionate,
Godly, virtuous, dedicated, and I love
how your so impatient when it comes to me
I thank God that he sent you to me
and at my darkest moment four days
before the new year he blessed me
with your presence, and I don't care
about where we are, as long as we're
together we can make the setting
and true people may wonder
how could we love each other
and just met, but honestly they
really don't have a clue.
You're my everything
and baby "That's Why I Love You"
Copyright © Corey Ross | Year Posted 2008
For nine months
With love and pain
With joy and suffering
In her womb she carried me
A mother she is
And a woman of virtue.
When there was no one, she was the only one
Even left alone, she never leaves me alone
Indeed, she's a mother
And a woman of virtue.
When toddling, she cared
And still directs when I could run
She is a mother of the child and the adult
In her thoughts are all, even the descendants to come
Many names will I call her; "A mother of all"
And a Woman of Virtue.
Copyright © Francis Twumasi | Year Posted 2012
There's no fury like the wrath of a woman scorn. Every woman will have known that they
will have been lied to, cheated on, and deceived by their husbands/boyfriends and will
have driven them over the edge. It seems that these men (the boyfriends/husbands) have
been taking these women (the girlfriends/wives) and what they've done for them for granted
and it's not right. It also seems that these women are not good for the guys and the women
are angry about it. Some of the guys (the husbands/boyfriends) think that other women are
way more intelligent and way more attractive than their current wives/girlfriends,
especially when these men are having multiple affairs behind the backs of their women. A
woman's scorn means that all of the ladies have had enough of being lied to, cheated on,
and being belittled by a bunch of womanizing jerks, that includes the loser boyfriends.
And for a bunch of women scorned by infidelities and lies, there's such thing as bad
karma. What these bad guys did to their women will happen to them in the near future, and
when they pass on, these womanizing fiends will meet their judgment day and God will
punish them for all of the misdeeds they've done. The men may lie to their women and they
may lie to their family members, that will have included their parents, but they can't lie
to Him. He sees everything that's going on, and the men (husbands/boyfriends) are going to
pay for what they did to their women (wives/girlfriends). And like the saying goes:
"there's no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned." These men better be really careful
around these women because if they take them for granted, there's going to be heck to pay.
Copyright © Brashard Bursey | Year Posted 2011
My constant mirror from heaven,
On earth and in the sea,
Only you can be;
But can you see yourself in my poetry?
Copyright © Ovidiu Bocsa | Year Posted 2012
It's a hard pill to swallow knowing that something
you worked and fought so hard for is just a lost cause
and you can't put life on pause, all you can do is wonder
and think what a fool you are
now there's a handful of people who think they can change
who their significant other is or who they used to be
love is blind and when you in love and want someone so bad
it's kind hard to see the light and everybody goes threw the b.s
but you try your best to make things right and you began to wonder
he or she isn't even trying despite the fact how far y'all came
they say their completely honest with but deep down you know their lying
and when you make time for them and they don't make time for you
tell me what do you do, what do you do when you think
every time you try to reach out to your mate the devils laughing in your face
and you finally realize all the time you spent trying to be the best man
she was never trying to be the best woman
you see you were looking for love but only found heartache in your left bosom
she was looking for a sex partner and thats whats real, but
behind this reflection in the mirror now after adding your relationship
up from it's ups and downs it get to be and seem so much clearer
she could never be the woman who you see yourself marrying
fact of the matter is she's just the woman with your child she's carrying
and the signs were there in the beginning that she was swimming in lust
and ashes to ashes dust to dust thats what the end of this relationship
was made up of, a relationship that never should have started
and now all you're left with is a broken heart thats dearly departed
and a mind thats critically injured and all you can say is, its my fault
sometimes we have faith in something thats nothing
something thats not there, one living in despair and another
just too in love to admit that despite of what her lifestyle has
always been like he's always forgive and forget, but in the end
it was his heart that was gonna be a homicidal casualty, but
thats just life I suppose and I'm just facing reality
Saat lahir ditimang ibunya
Saat kecil wanita digendong ayahnya
Beranjak remaja wanita dipeluk kekasihnya
Kala dewasa wanita diikat getir hidupnya
Setelah menikah wanita diperlakukan istimewa,
Disiksa prianya
For after born cradled by mom
As a little girl crying in daddy's arm
Stepping teenage life hugged by love charm
Leapt into adult life, tied by sour-life's clamp
Filling marriage's diary with story of champ,
As the first place in beaten and cramped
Copyright © Dinda Minardi | Year Posted 2011
I know not her name,
But I can trace her by scent,
She has driven me into a smell-at-them game,
And am attracted to her a hundred percent,
Stronger than my very own Chase,
But am unable to keep the pace,
The scent, be it expensive, I'll buy on higher purchase,
I just want a glimpse of her face,
Is she a material girl in a material world?
Who taught her to smell so sweet?
Whatever the case I'll buy her the world,
And place it beneath her feet,
I spoke with the wind to reverse her scent,
And I followed it to a mansion so beautiful,
It is here that I'll pitch my tent,
Till I see this angel that converted me to a beauty fool,
Alas! A master piece,
If she isn't a runaway angel from heaven,
Then God must have really been at peace,
And created her in days more that seven,
Introduce myself I shall,
Even if its only for a while,
Am Leonardo da vinci, please Monalisa smile,
But she disappears behind that great wall,
Copyright © Billy Simani | Year Posted 2013
The story of a Muse
A beautiful woman that loved him,
she listened to him, in awe of his genius,
she inspired him, encouraged him,
to do his best work, she validated for him,
that his thoughts and ideas were otherworldly,
She knew his mind and heart must be heard,
His art could change the world,
and took on the job of pulling this gift out of him,
she lassoed the tornado that was his soul,
and directed it, into the brush or pen,
A symbiotic relationship, of male and female,
at their best, a guided purpose.
It seems as if she always left him in the end,
A mystical woman with more artists to inspire,
left him crying and wounded,
to do his crazy works after his genius expired,
no direction, haphazard, psychotic, suicidal
used up, emotions undirected, lost, death.
but a life of value, influential, inspirational, an immortal,
I do not know where i got this impression,
this story of the muse.
Its not fair,
all my muse's,
dont care about my work,
they only care about how i can help them,
They listen long enough to find what i am looking for,
Put on the mask, the liar face, manipulative,
just long enough to get what they want,
or realize that i wont give it to them.
Try to buy my soul with their sex or money.
My naivety, my love, my hope, my trust,
used against me, for their selfish motives.
Purity pretended, love mimicked, smile a lie.
Is the muse a lie, is this why the artists go crazy?
Is the suffering evoked by an evil women inspirational?
I have seen men like me, with experiences like me.
Too wounded to love, to trust, to try again.
Settle for a weak woman, one that wont hurt them.
Men, i have always considered cowards
They cant look me in the eyes.
As i am beat down by love, i see their temptation.
Chasing the muse, waiting for her, mistaken mimics,
Dont tell me the muse doesnt exist...........
Copyright © Michael Harman | Year Posted 2010
thanks for the tea, heres something about me
nothing beats poetry, sitting underneath a tree
thankin' my family for a strong identity
people watching cause its free, beauty in the scene
has me staring with a cheese, a smile at what i see
possibly a dream, caught up mentally
imagining a few things, with this human being
who has the sweetest energy, soulfood like collard greens
all fools falling means I'm really dumber than I seem
being intelligent isn't just from memory
its handling impermanence light and sensibly
and lady I'm feeling your sultry melodies
we'd be crowded if its three, sit and be my company
must be a chemistry major cause the reactions meant to be
the love we can achieve, is safe from any thieves
hold em from my queen, hearts tucked into my sleeve
Copyright © Davin Payne | Year Posted 2012
The essence of a true Empress unveil
The words that cometh out her mouth
Words of wisdom's sacred grail
Words that free the struggle
Breaking mental chains
Flows through her veins
Her words are so powerful
It encamp or rather en-gulf
Our burning desire
For knowledge and spiritual fire
Her mind is her womb
Nurturing, stimulating strumming her tune
People be-mooned
Stand up and listen
Feed from her spoon
Depth and mindless shallow
The power of her message speedily follow
The peaceful revolution stand
That which is of a poetic woman
©Copyright January 22, 2012 by Brian Pierre-Alexander
© All Rights Reserved
Copyright © Brian Pierre-Alexander | Year Posted 2012
I hate Harriet Oleson because she was a bitch.
Somebody should've had that awful woman lynched.
She makes me so mad that the veins in my forehead start to throb.
That woman was greedy, mean and she was the world's biggest snob.
She had a spoiled brat for a daughter who was named Nellie.
But when Laura Ingalls threw hay on her, she became smelly.
If I had been MR. Oleson, I would've gotten a divorce.
His wife was so ugly, she had the face of a horse.
If I could've gotten my hands on MRS. Oleson, I would've gave her a good shake.
Every time she looked in mirrors, they were bound to break.
The Ingalls were very good people and they were also very nice.
But I wish MRS. Oleson would've had to shave her head because of lice.
Copyright © randy johnson | Year Posted 2011
A woman with a vision is hard to deceive.
A woman with a goal is hard to distract.
A woman with a dream is hard to please.
Copyright © Grace Valentine | Year Posted 2005
Sometimes when words escape
They leak back into the echosphere
Like a lost soul with a task unfinished.
Their absence haunts us, those words we thought
And let slip through our fingers before articulation.
They want to be spoken: need to be spoken into existence,
But never were given the chance to mature
Beyond the simple state of being an idea.
When they eventually return from their metaphysical journeys
It'll be too late to make a difference or prove their point.
The timing will be wrong, the context unnatural.
It makes me wonder if the world might have been better off
If those pesky words would have stayed lost,
And not come back to remind me
That it's rude to stand with one's jaw dropped
When a beautiful women is speaking to you.
Copyright © Andrew Repenning | Year Posted 2013
The woman of the web weaved words
Captivating of the heart and mind,
Ensnaring every atom of the senses,
Trapping sparks of love of humankind.
And gladly gilds a graciousness of glass
A mental mirror mindful of reflection,
Upon her sensual strands beloved stays,
A soul she mesmerised with sheer affection.
Copyright © Tony Bush | Year Posted 2006
Who shall I be today
For I can be anybody I can
I have the freedom reign to roam
Am I a woman or a man
I operate under you noses
Leaving clues to who I am
Maybe it's in my character
Am I a woman or a man
Light or berry be I
Maybe sad because I need to be scanned
To many I am under your skin
Am I a woman or a man
So many of me are around
In deranged open game plan
But will you ever realise
Am I a woman or a man
Copyright © James Fraser | Year Posted 2011
What's my type? Now there's a good question that
I'm sure a lot of women wanna know so, let's
get right into it. I'm a man of God seeking
companionship so, I like to take it slow. ya know
everyone has there story to tell and mines...
no need to go into details but when you
get something or someone for wholesale
don't sell it retail....If you're a woman that's
as hard as nails please pass me by...I'm
old school as far as love so I'm highly attracted
to feminine women who dress nice classy
attire, passionate, sensual, good communication
and someone who hates liars. A woman who's
virtuous in God's eyes on fire for him that woman
who's sanctified because she loves righteousness
and hates sin this woman has to be mindful that
it's best to wait to we're married because we
know it hurts God when we fornicate unto him
what's my type?
The "wifey type" to me is some relationship title for worldly
people but me...I see beyond that peep hole
I'm a king so in the kingdom that I stand for
I desire my mesmerizing queen
I'm in need of a woman who loves to kiss
not pressed over me but is in need of what I
have to offer like her this love I got is her next fix
I'm a fan of women that know how to dress
a woman who looks at me
with such promise because all her life I've
been exactly what she's been wanting to feel
and that's real, and If you're one
who don't know the difference between black people...
black males in particular and niggas....pass me by I'm not
your type of guy, but the question remains
what's my type?
My type isn't physical features but If you have to change
your lifestyle for me get away from me yeah I beseech ya
I'm on fire for God naw better yet I'm full blown ether
and If you're this woman "spiritually" we might not
be right for a relationship but hey you're a friend
of God so yeah I wanna met ya. I need a woman
who loves to express herself down to earth
honesty & trust is the key and I'm the door If you're...
seeking knowledge wisdom & understanding I might
be what you're looking for, I'm a gentlemen in
every sense of the word whether you hate it or love it
I don't really call this "my type" of woman
because she's mine I'm hers she has a place for
me right in her left bosom so....forget my type
because that is her whom which I was promised
so let it come to pass....what's in the dark always come to light
Copyright © Corey Ross | Year Posted 2009
All I need is eternal peace to make it from these dangerous streets
a woman who I can trust cause wit relationships I fell in love way too deep
I put that woman before God and now I'm paying the price
but really I ain't trippin because I'm allowed a chance to make things right
question? if life was a dice game could I have the right to complain
roll double 6's on ya come out game over nothin has changed
what am I gettin at? being in prison should be a wake up call
cause I refuse to be locked down again behind them walls
I'm sanctified with a gift I didn't even want but look how it changed me
I love it I can't even stunt
All I needed was one reason to trust and follow the living word
God's amazing grace has more soaring higher than the birds
the desires of my heart is to hear his voice
with every soul that comes to Jesus
I hear the angels in Heaven rejoice
I'm persuaded now than ever to follow my heavenly father
even if I'm persecuted for the gospel
and things get harder & harder
...so to the red rose grows the passion in the Enchanted Gate and Garden there
Whenever you call me friend and I believe I've come to understand that I'm the
Kind of woman with for whom you don't blame for having a Wild heart but you
know that you can always Talk to me you can set your secrets free you have given
me your Leather and you have taken from me my Lace I am stronger than you
know it all comes down to you lighting strikes maybe once maybe twice and you
see your Gyspy but you have to Stop draggin' my heart around because baby you
could never look me in the eye and say you didn't love me you buckled with the
weight of the words and looking at Rhiannon who is like a cat in the dark and
then she is the darkness and knowing that even in Dreams when the rain
washes you clean Sometimes it's a witch and no matter what they say Love's a
hard game to play you may need to Stand back in the middle of my room my
Bella Donna riding high a top her pony cause not everyone has Crystal visions
nor will everyone with their capes pulled around them tight cry for the Nightbird
some will see their refection in the snow covered hills until the Landslide brings
them down and even the Gold dust woman with her heartless challenge will pick
her path and for her we pray although on the Edge of seventeen things may Rock
a little and sadly enough Some will become strangers you will always have My
heart I never again want to Fall from grace even if time cast a spell on you never
will you forget me and in years past I tried to love you before but you would not let
me I am ready now to be your Silver spring blue green colors flashing and yes
I'm Strong enough remember I'm your Beauty and you are my Beast poet priest of
nothing Has anyone ever written anything for you in all your darkest hours did you
ever hear me sing listen to me now I sing for the things money can't buy me and
long After the glitter fades I will still be here you said If anyone falls in love it will
be done to us most of all I have to know when I can see you again because I
can't wait yes I know you though we've been out of touch...
...this is a collaboration of written words inspired by
Stevie Nicks...
Copyright © sandy schermerhorn | Year Posted 2008
I think we should ask the Soup people about this convention-where to have- how
much each would need to contribute. This could be a big promotional coup for
the Soup people-even if they charge us , say $20 per head to attend- and more
for site...etc...And perhaps I can get my old band together for entertainment- I'd
even do some of my stand-up comedy...band and comedy gratis. and maybe
vote for a couple of categories of poetry- romantic, humourous-sad-life-loss-
and "Grand Master Poet" Please advise me of your thoughts! Thank you, and
God bless you all!! tom bell
Copyright © tom bell | Year Posted 2008
Ever since my 1st love
I had nothing but females waste my time
and all I kept finding
was unhappily married women
who I was wishing that could've been mine
but its like I'm running outta time or running outta patience
or maybe I need to slow down
wit love because I swear I been chasing it.
Patience is a virtue. Love is like
a unfaithful woman she's bound to hurt you
question is what do you do to find the right woman?
you couldn't to stay so true to you
do I castr my net on the other side of the lake
or do I chill for a minute
put it in cruise control and hit the freeway.
Maybe I need a woman who's been threw something
because it seems like I was
fallin in love all for nothing
I can fall in & outta love wit a girl at any given moment
but since I'm a grown man
I accept it any mistakes I make
like a man should
but if I could take all this back God knows I would
(This is a fictional poem)
Every woman changes after we go on a date.
They become lesbians when they were previously straight.
I'm not popular with women because good looks is what I lack.
I'm getting tired of looking at mirrors because they always crack.
One woman screamed and lost bladder control when I kissed her.
Maybe the reason why I'm so ugly is because my parents are brother and sister.
I only go on blind dates and women never like what they see.
They find it more appealing to date each other than to date me.
Copyright © randy johnson | Year Posted 2007
I guess to me vol. 1 just wasn't enough
so I guess it's time I refill this lyrical cup
the difference is I gotta explain how different I really am
the depths of a real nigga has just began
concerning this world I guess it don't amaze me
how men & women use each other is far from crazy
but maybe I just reached my spiritual peak
like I told yall love is what I continue to seek
most men can't seem to look a woman
expect by the way her body looks
I guess the difference is I'm on a different page
matter fact a whole nother book
difference is I'm talking to women to see where there heart is
I could careless how many baby fathers you got & how many kids
I'm on a mission just to talk to women because I respect their convo
it sometimes amazes me how a man could make a woman feel so low
but thats the world its lost and don't wanna be found
so if anyone hears God's voice they recognize this heavenly sound
difference is I'm on a love search yeah It might hurt
but one thing I realized is you gotta put God 1st
difference is I'd take a woman with a good heart gladly
for the simple fact I know with this woman
I'd be eternally happy


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MP, NL players receive all-district softball honors
One Mt. Pleasant softball player and three from New London have received all-district honors from the Iowa Girls' Coaches Association.
Sammi Goble of Mt. Pleasant was named to the Class 4A all-Southeast District team, while Morgan Christner, Emily Parks and Caitlin Chiri received the honor in Class 1A.
Goble, a senior, was a five-time letterwinner for Mt. Pleasant. She led the Panthers with a .403 batting average and .597 slugging percentage. She was second in on-base percentage at .432.
The Mt. Pleasant shortstop had a team-high 11 doubles on the season and smashed six triples, and she will continue her softball career at Quincy University next season.
Christner, Parks and Chiri each played a big role in getting the Tigers not only to the state tournament this season, but to the state championship game.
Christner went 31-9 on the mound for the team this season, striking out 379 batters, the second-highest total in the state. She had an ERA of just 1.34 in just over 250 innings pitched.
She was also a big asset at the plate, leading the team with 21 doubles on the year and a slugging percentage of .614. She and Parks each knocked in 41 runs. The pair also led the Tigers with the fewest strikeouts of any player in the regular lineup — each went down on strikes just nine times this season.
Parks also had a team-high batting average of .447 and stole 30 bases — more than any other Tiger.
Finally, Chiri was New London's lone senior this season; she hit .310 and was second on the team with 11 doubles. She had a team-high seven sacrifices. The second baseman also scored 30 runs and knocked in 24. She will continue her athletic career with the University of Dubuque volleyball team this fall.

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Brian McKnight will probably never live down the musical buffoonery that is "If You're Ready To Learn" (aka "Let me show you how your p***y works") but at least one person thought it was worth sampling.
Noreaga dropped his own version of McKnight's attempt at adult content. On the bright side, releasing the record opened the R&B crooner to a whole new audience: adult video stars. He's been invited to perform his explicit sex song at the Adult Videos industry's coveted AVN Awards.
Somehow this whole thing doesn't seem as bad coming from N.O.R.E., and if nothing else, it's pure comedy.
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Rumor: 2012 MacBook Pro to sport Retina display?
DigiTimes, an ever present spinner of the rumor mill has yet another one for us. (Pinch of salt at the ready, for appropriate seasoning.) The tech publication allegedly has sources in the supply chain who speak of an ultra-high resolution display for the next batch of MacBook Pros. The displays will apparently have a resolution of 2880×1800 setting it some way ahead of any of its PC-making competitors.
The worrying thing for me about this rumor is that it may not be in the best interests of the consumer. Watching 1080p video content on an 1800p display would be like watching standard definition TV shows on a HD TV. It looks worse, not better. The extra lines/pixels show up all the flaws of the lower end image quality. It's the reason I still haven't upgraded my TV set to HD, knowing that I need to spend at least £1000 on a decent set, as well as upgrading all my other equipment. I'm better off sticking with my CRT until it dies (it's a great quality hand-me-down LOEWE).
What do you think? I have the 21.5″ iMac with 1920×1080 display. To me, the resolution is perfect at arms-length view. Wasting processor and battery power on a 13″, 15″ or 17″ screen doesn't seem worth it for me, when the current displays are adequate. If anything, Apple should focus on improving the contrast ratio, not resolution. It's proven that the bigger the difference between white and black, the sharper the image looks. And that's without adding any pixels.
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When the Maple Leafs acquired James van Riemsdyk last June, the conventional thinking was that the big winger would play with Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul.
In a round-about, sort-of way, that looks like it will happen on Tuesday night in Buffalo.
Not with Lupul, mind you, as the winger is nursing a fractured forearm and won't be in the lineup any time soon.
But van Riemsdyk could help light the goal-scoring fuse under Kessel, who has yet to hit paydirt through the Leafs' first five games of the abbreviated 2012-13 regular season.
With Lupul out of the picture for the time being and Clarke MacArthur dealing with the pain, swelling and infection worries that come with losing a fingernail, van Riemsdyk practised with Kessel and centre Tyler Bozak on Monday in preparation for Ryan Miller and the rest of the Sabres.
"Offensive players like to play with offensive players who have the same mind-set," Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "(Van Riemsdyk) just has to make a complement to the group.
"He has a specific skill-set that matches him up with our offensive players, and through injuries to Lupul and MacArthur, we are forced to make changes in that grouping.
"Like to see him go out and make a few big body checks and be on the puck more than he has been in the last couple of games. That's for the whole team (to do)."
It's imperative the Leafs pick it up a notch against Miller. He has made a career out of stoning the Leafs, most recently last Monday at the Air Canada Centre, when he made 34 saves in a 2-1 Sabres victory.
Beating the Sabres, of course, would erase the feelings of frustration that come with blowing a two-goal lead in the each of the past two games, both resulting in losses.
"He can't get to see every puck," Carlyle said of Miller. "We had (35) shots on him last time and he saw (34) of them. That is traffic, drive the middle lane, those dirty-area goals and get pucks directed to the net. Everybody is doing the same thing when you watch the highlights and the goals that are being scored. That's what the mandate is in the NHL. Drive the middle lane, throw the puck to the net, to the goalies' feet, and have people go in there."
Kessel, who did not speak to reporters on Monday, has been doing that, but has nothing to show for it. He has 24 shots on goal, the most in the NHL so far without actually putting a puck behind a goaltender.
"For a goal-scorer like him, once you get that first one off your back, the net seems like it's a soccer net," van Riemsdyk said. "Once he gets one, look out."
Any advice for his new linemate?
"In those kind of slumps you want to shoot the puck as much as you can, and that is what he has been trying to do," van Riemsdyk said. "You can't get too crazy over such a small sample size especially when it has been a while since we have all played our last game.
"He has had a lot of shots on net and he has to continue to do that."
With van Riemsdyk taking the spot of MacArthur — who had replaced Lupul — on the top line, Jay McClement skated on the left side with Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin. David Steckel was in McClement's spot between Mike Brown and Colton Orr, while the third line of Nazem Kadri between Leo Komarov and Matt Frattin was intact.
Van Riemsdyk, who has three goals in five games, would play with a couple of peewee players if it meant the Leafs started putting some wins together. Following a couple of bitter losses, getting up off the mat was all that mattered to the New Jersey native.
"I'm not really going to worry about lines and all that, top line, fourth line, or whatever," van Riemsdyk said. "I am just going to go out and play. We have a lot of talent in this locker room and we have to have a good response here. It will tell a lot about the character in our room. It's going to be a big game for us."


text: Ok so I was cleaning out the boat today and found two parts in the bottom of the bilge. I have no clue what they go for. The first is a bronze nut that is a 9/16. The second is a clip of some sort. Below is a photo of both of them. Any help would be great. I cannot find what they came off of and I have searched the boat up and down.


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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
Marc Schober is the editor of Farmland Forecast an educational blog devoted to investments in agriculture and farmland.
Rain continued to delay farmers planting corn and soybeans throughout June, but hard work and long hours have lead to crop progress almost entirely catching up to historical averages. As of June 20th, 97% of the U.S. corn crop had emerged while the 5-year historical average is 99%. 92% of the U.S. soybean crop had emerged by June 27th; on par with the historical average.
The big news of the months was the highly anticipated Planted Acreage Report from the USDA on June 30th, and to analysts' surprise, increased corn planted acres to 92.3 million in 2011. Corn prices were limit down as the increased acreage will produce an estimated 273 million bushels at the current USDA yield estimate. The USDA also reported quarterly stocks of corn increased due to decreased feed and residual demand.
In mid-June, the U.S. Senate passed a bill by commanding margin to remove the 45 cent ethanol tax credit. The 45 cent tax credit is set to expire on December 31, 2011 and it is unlikely that the current bill will pass into law before the set expiration. An immediate cut to the tax credit would certainly help corn balance sheets, but the cut cannot completely ease the pressure of potential yield loss and a delayed 2011 corn harvest due to the difficult planting season.
Analysts would like to see attention turned to the expansion of the newly approved E15 gasoline, rather than continuing the blender tax credit. Tax credits to help build gas station infrastructure to handle E15 gasoline would likely replace any lost gap in corn demand from the 45 cent tax credit cut as higher amounts of ethanol would be required to blend into the E15 gasoline.
Grain Prices
Corn prices decreased by 18.8% this month and closed at $6.29 per bushel during another volatile month of trading. July corn increased as much as 4.8% in early June due to a bullish WASDE Report, but favorable weather and an extremely bearish USDA Planted Acreage Report at the end of the month drove prices lower. Corn crop conditions are rated 68% Good/Excellent as of June 27th, slightly below last year's rating of 73%
Soybean prices decreased by 5.4% in June to $13.06 per bushel due to favorable planting and growing conditions throughout the month. The strength of the U.S. Dollar and growing debt concerns in Greece have put downward pressure on soybean prices. The planted area of the 2011 U.S. soybean crop is the smallest since 2008, according to the USDA, which may give support to weakening prices.
Wheat prices decreased this month to $5.84 per bushel, a 33.9% decrease due to the continued bearish price outlook since Russia announced its lifting of its export ban back in May. Favorable weather conditions in the U.S. have lead analysts to almost entirely write off the crop condition concerns of earlier in the year. The progress of the U.S. winter wheat harvest is also ahead of historical pace thus weakening prices.
The USDA updated the U.S. and World balance sheet estimates for major agricultural commodities in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report mid-month. WASDE reports in the summer are a barometer of overall world demand, forecasted production, and inventory adjustments. In June, U.S. ending stocks for 2011/12 were revised lower for corn and wheat, but increased for soybeans.
Bullish news for the U.S. corn continues midway through 2011, as the 2011/12 U.S. projection for corn production and ending stocks were decreased by 305 and 205 million bushels to 13,200 and 695 million bushels respectively due to a decrease in estimated planted area which now includes the flooded acres of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Current USDA projections rank this corn crop as the largest corn crop in U.S. history, but ending stocks are the lowest since 1995. The USDA maintained its forecast for corn yields and beginning stocks, at 158.7 bushels per acre and 730 million bushels respectively.
We will look forward to the July WASDE Report which should make an adjustment for the recently increased planted acres which will likely drive production and ending stocks higher.
Planted Acreage Report
A bearish surprise for the grain markets on June 30th, as estimated acreage for planted corn and quarterly stocks for soybeans were significantly higher than consensus expectations in the USDA Planted Acreage Report. Analysts expected planted corn acreage to decrease, but instead increased along with quarterly soybean stocks.
The USDA raised estimated planted corn acres to 92.3 million, up from their March estimate of 92.2 million acres. This also represents a 5% increase in planted acres compared to 2010 and highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944, behind only the 93.5 million acres planted in 2007.
The USDA released its estimate of quarterly corn stocks of 3.67 billion bushels, significantly below 2010 estimates of 4.3 billion bushels. However, usage of 2.85 billion bushels for the three-months ending, May 31, 2011, was significantly lower than the 3.38 billion bushels consumed over the same period in 2010.
Farmland prices remain above growth neutral for the 17th straight month according to the Creighton University Rural Main Street Index, but the farmland index continued to decline to 62.0 from May's 75.0. Bankers are concerned that a large drop in commodity prices could have a negative effect on farmland values and one-third of respondents noted that outsiders were the primary buyers for farmland.
Bankers also expressed concern regarding the impact of the Missouri River flooding on the economy. Larry Winum, president of Glenwood State Bank, noted, "The current and potential flooding problems will certainly have an adverse economic impact on sectors of agriculture, business, and on our communities along the Missouri River. A sad situation for a lot of people."
Farmland values have been continuing to rise throughout this "offseason" of buying due to the ongoing support of high grain prices. If the December 2011 corn can remain above $6.00, farmers will be confident for 2012 and continue to reinvest in farmland. We have observed impressively high cash rent offers across the Midwest within the last few weeks proving that farmer demand to add property to their operation is as strong as ever.
We still are bullish on farmland values throughout 2011 due to the constraints on the U.S. corn crop and global demand. Perfect weather conditions would yield 158.7 bushels per acre, but any unexpected weather patterns could change the yield outlook significantly over the next 12 weeks.
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I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the Book of Mormon, on page 54, it says on the left side of the page in verse 6, "There shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord." I want as many Mexicans in this country as possible, and then I want to tell them about Joseph Smith and get them baptized and enjoy the blessings of the temple. Come on down. You are welcome by me.
Love My Brown Brothers
Gracias for your welcoming heart, even if your ulterior motive is stealing Mexicans away from the Virgin of Guadalupe for a religion in which Jell-O is the only allowable narcotic. While we're talking about Moroni worshippers, can you do me a favor and ask Mitt Romney why he's such an ingrate toward Mexicans? After all, Romney would've probably been some Jack Mormon jerk-off if it weren't for porous fronteras and living in violation of a country's laws. His great-grandfather Miles Park Romney fled los Estados Unidos for Mexico during the 1880s to escape American authorities and continue his polygamous ways, while Mitt's papi George was born in Chihuahua and, therefore, more Mexican that your typical Chicano Studies major. Not only that, but Pancho Villa's troops were kind enough to not massacre Mormon colonies during the Mexican Revolution, thus allowing the infant George and his family to return home and ensure Mitt's brilliantined hair would grace America. One final point, Brown Brothers: por favor tell Mitt and all other Mexican-hating LDSers that the Book of Mormon requires amnesty for illegals. The above quote you cited came from the Second Book of Nephi and is a wonderful passage, but what about the one before it? 2 Nephi 1:5 tells the Saints that Lehi prophesied about America, "Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord." Hear that, Mitt? Let my gente go — into the United States with free healthcare, por supuesto.
How can a white guy learn how to type in Spanish? Not learn the language — how do you make the keyboard type Spanish characters?
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Mormons and Mexicans
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It depends on what operating system you use and what you're trying to type. To make an acute accent appear on a Macintosh, hold down the Option key, hit the E key, release Option, then type the vowel you want accented. Spanish's other diacritics get registered roughly the same way. An umlaut appears by pressing Option, hitting the U key, releasing Option and hitting U again; do the same if you want a tilde, but substitute the N key for U. For upside-down exclamation points, hold down Option and hit the 1 key. ¡Voilá! An upside-down question mark is a bit trickier. Hold down Option plus Shift, then punch the question-mark key, ¿comprende?
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Microsoft Word is somewhat trickier. Upside-down exclamation points and question marks require you push Control plus Alt plus Shift, then type whatever you want flipped around. Acute accents pop up after you hold down Control, then hit the apostrophe key; release and type in your vowel. A tilde: Control+Shift+squiggly mark, release, the letter N. Both Macs and Microsoft require you hold the Shift key after executing the above instructions if you want a diacritic to top a capital letter. And remember, people: no grave accents in Spanish, or tildes on letters other than n. That's the domain of the mongrel tongue known as Portuguese.


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Kendall and Kim Kardashian stood out from the crowd at the Vogue Fashion Foundation Gala.
The pair both wore army green Balmain pieces for the occasion.
Kendall wore a crocodile green structured mini dress with Roman style pleats. The 18-year-old reality star has cemented her status as a runway model after landing major couture shows such as Chanel.
Kim chose a black and white see-through top, with a statement green belt and leopard print skirt.
Kris, Kendall and Kim all posted the images of the fashionable pair on Instagram.
They were joined by catwalk models and Balmain's Head Designer Olivier Rousteing.


text: Just joined, I live in Montana and spend the majority of my free time hunting and fishing. My smoker is a Treager. I have been making my own bacon, whole belly, for the last year but have been making sticks, jerky, brats, ribs, brisket, whole hog, for several years. I'm always looking for new recipes/ideas and or suggestions on how to improve existing recipes.


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'Goldfish' handpainted tumbler
Beloved in Chinese culture, goldfish are believed to invite wealth, prosperity, and harmony into your life. They are also a symbol of strength. A pair of fish represent happiness in marriage.
This collection of bathroom accessories includes: choice of two different soap dishes and soap dispenser.
H: 12 cm x Diameter (top): 8.5 cm
Material: Ceramic
Colour: White with orange and black
Care instructions:
Rinse with water
Do not use in microwave or dishwasher


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I was at a Chinese restaurant today and they had a really good porridge. I wonder how they made it since it tasted different than Vietnamese porridge. Is there a secret ingredient that I don't know about or the way they cook it different than ours? Anyone knows?
Notes: For Vietnamese porridge, all we do is cook the rice with a lot of water. That's all.


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VERMILION — An incident in which a spider monkey bit the thumb of a curious stranger last week and was euthanized just after midnight Saturday because of the bite has gained international attention.
"The entire primate community is enraged," Dr. Deborah Misotti said. Misotti is director of the Talkin' Monkey Project, a primate sanctuary in Florida. She said she has spent the weekend talking to other primate- and primate-sanctuary owners across the world about the case of the euthanized monkey.
The attention was sparked by the incident Tuesday in which Jacob Ruehlman, 20, of Vermilion, brought his pet spider monkey Brodi along with him to Pat O'Brien Chevrolet, 4545 Liberty Ave., Vermilion.
An employee at the dealership attempted to pet Brodi through a window of the car and was bitten on the thumb by the monkey, according to a police report. The bite drew blood, and the employee drove himself to the hospital.
Ruehlman told police Brodi had received rabies vaccinations in Missouri a year earlier, which was later verified by police. Police indicated the monkey needed to be quarantined for three days.
However, the Erie County Department of Health and the Ohio Department of Agriculture decided to euthanize Brodi in order to check for rabies, according to Erie County Health Commissioner Peter Schade.
On Friday night, representatives from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and officers from the Union County Sheriff's Office picked up the spider monkey in Marysville, where he was being quarantined at the home of a friend of Ruehlman's. They brought the monkey back to Erie County, where he was euthanized just after midnight.
Tests done Saturday showed that Brodi did not have rabies, according to Schade.
The decision to euthanize the monkey sparked outrage in the primate-owner community, which spans the globe, according to Misotti.
Misotti said she spent much of Friday and Saturday discussing the issue with members of the community from Peru, Guatamala, India and Germany, to name a few.
One of the women she's discussed the issue with is humanitarian and primate-advocate Noga Shanee, who lives and works in Peru.
"She couldn't even respond," Misotti said of the moment she told Shanee that Brodi had been euthanized.
Misotti said she plans to bring up the incident for discussion at a primate owner and advocate meeting in April.
For now, many members of the primate-support community are still in shock, believing that the Erie County Health Department could have taken other actions to deal with the situation.
"There was absolutely no reason for them to kill this monkey," said Kari Bagnall, director of Jungle Friends, another primate sanctuary in Florida.
North Carolina Zoo veterinarian Ryan DeVoe doesn't agree. DeVoe said that because researchers have not extensively tested rabies vaccines on monkeys, they are unable to tell if a rabies vaccine will be completely effective on a non-human primate. So far, the only way to test if a monkey that is infected with the disease is through a post-mortem analysis of its brain tissue, he said.
"A risk does exist, and there's no way to negate that risk, short of to euthanize the animal," he said.
Misotti and other members of the primate-support community expressed regret that the monkey was brought into a situation in which an incident of biting could result.
According to police, Ruehlman does not have a permit to possess an exotic animal. Ruehlman has said he was in the process of obtaining the permit and pursuing co-ownership of the monkey with a woman in Marysville, but exactly who has ownership of the monkey is unclear.
Ruehlman was arrested in September in Lee County, Fla., in connection with the theft of two gibbons. Those charges are still pending.
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text: Hello Noisebridge, I'm starting a feminist bookclub for men, on the second Wednesday of the month, starting in January. We'll meet at 7pm and plan to monopolise the Noisebridge library for an hour. Feel free to RSVP off-list, but you don't have to. Our first book will be *Feminism is for Everybody* by bell hooks, which one can learn about on [Amazon][1], [Goodreads][2] or [Google Books][3]. It's available in paperback from your favorite book store, or from many SFPL branches. Some folks may be wondering why there's any need for a feminist book club, much less one for men. Has a woman ever told you that something you said or did isn't okay, but then not spent an hour of her time teaching you why? Here's an opportunity to understand and learn one way to be a better person, in a safe environment where you're free to be wrong the first two times. Why have a feminist bookclub *for men*? Women shouldn't have to spend all their time teaching men about feminism, or how not to be jerks. There's plenty to read on this topic, and men should be responsible for teaching themselves. Women are of course welcome, but shouldn't feel obliged to come: there are lots of more interesting things to do than teach men how to be decent human beings. See you in January -Tom -- P.S: Yep, there totally is an event wiki page at <https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Feminist_Book_Club_for_Men> [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Feminism-Is-Everybody-Passionate-Politics/dp/0896086283 [2]: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168484.Feminism_is_for_Everybody [3]: http://books.google.com/books/about/Feminism_is_for_Everybody.html?id=0au7QbAJH0gC


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History Commencement 2012: Rob Thomas explains the 'Significance of Failure'
Thu, June 21, 2012
Rob Thomas. Photo credit: Emily Kinsolving Photography.
On May 18, the Department of History recognized the graduating class of 2012 at Bass Concert Hall.
Mr. Rob Thomas, renowned screenwriter, television producer and author gave the Commencement address. Thomas grew up in Texas and graduated from UT with a major in history in 1987. After graduation, he taught high school journalism in Austin and advised UT students with the student magazine Utmost.
While in Austin, he played in three bands in pursuit of his first dream to be a rock star. After he began writing fiction, he was "discovered" and asked to join the writing staff for Dawson's Creek. Mr. Thomas is best known for producing two popular and acclaimed television series, Veronica Mars and Party Down. He has also written for 90210, Cupid, and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.
His movie credits include Drive Me Crazy and Fortune Cookie. He has written four novels and one short story collection. The American Library Association selected two of his novels as Best Book for Young Adults: Rats Saw God (1996) and Doing Time: Notes From the Undergrad (1998).
Thomas' keynote on the importance of "embracing failure" was, paradoxically, uplifting, entertaining, and inspiring.
Printed below is a transcript of the speech in its entirety, as penned by Mr. Thomas:
"A couple of weeks ago, the history department people sent me an email letting me know that the graduation theme was "Unlimited Possibilities."
It's a shame this news didn't arrive sooner as I'd already set off in a slightly less-upbeat direction. My working title was "Embracing Failure."
I considered changing direction, but then opted to stick with my edgier, less-commercial version. This goes a long way in explaining why I've never had a hit TV show. I'm not a sell-out.
A big part of the reason "embracing failure" appeals to me is that I'm something of an expert in the field. Most television writers are.
They say that the best hitters in major league baseball — the all stars, the hall of famers — still fail seventy percent of the time they come to the plate. Television writers can only dream of batting .300.
Here are the odds we face every time we have an idea for a new TV series...
Your typical broadcast network will hear 500 verbal pitches on any given year. Out of those 500 pitches, they'll order around 70 pilot scripts -- maybe 45 dramas and 30 comedies. Out of those 75 scripts, the network will usually shoot 7 or 8 drama pilots and 4 or 5 comedy pilots.
If your project survives this far, you can't help yourself: you start believing you'll be on the fall schedule, but this optimism just makes what happens next that much more soul-crushing.
Before a network orders any pilot to series, they scrounge up 50 people they find wandering the back alleys of Burbank to come and serve as a test audience for your lovingly crafted pilot. These derelicts are generally out of work writers and actors who are absolutely positive they would make a much better pilot than you.
Each audience member is given a box with a dial on it and is instructed to dial up if he is enjoying the show. Dial down if he's not enjoying the show.
Despite the instructions, people invariably dial up when it's a happy scene and dial down when it's a sad scene. The network's solution in the aftermath? Cut the scenes in the show where the audience dialed down.
I'm certain that if they'd had such sophisticated audience testing 75 years ago, Bambi's mom would've survived the picture.
You want to scream, "don't you get it, the pain is what makes the pleasure possible!"
Which, coincidentally, is sort of the theme of my speech today.
A footnote: test audience members also dial up when there's a dog on screen. You will find a lot of dogs in my pilots.
I've never experienced failure so potently bottled and distributed as in a network pilot testing session. You're standing behind two-way glass watching these people judge your work, your baby. You're surrounded by network executives. Above you, on a television monitor, is a graph, and it's showing a composite of all the dials in the room, and there's a moment when the line starts a steady descent downward as people turn against your show.
All these thoughts race through you're head. Maybe they were right. Maybe my characters should've been more aspirational. Maybe less-talented but prettier actors would've been a safer bet. Maybe the ending was a little ambiguous. People don't want bitter-sweet. They want sweet-sweet.
You feel your show dying... Your dream dying... It happens in slow motion. It happens with an audience. It's a particularly excruciating sort of pain.
For those keeping score, I've had seven pilots die in this manner. As I've said, I know a lot about failure.
But some times you do survive this gauntlet. Of the 12 or so pilots a network makes in any given year, they might order three new dramas to series and a couple new comedies. The network heard 500 pitches. They're putting 5 new shows on the air. I was a history major -- my math skills are limited -- but I believe that's a 1 percent success rate.
Those are daunting numbers, but the attrition doesn't stop there. Usually only one or two of those shows will be around for a second season.
But the ultimate prize? The brass ring that every TV writer and every network executive is looking for? Syndication! And the windfall that comes with it. A show that lasts a hundred episodes. Most networks would consider it a good year if they launch one show a season that makes it into that rarified air.
I've had five television series make it on the schedule. Two died in their first season. PARTY DOWN was cancelled after season 2. VERONICA MARS lasted 3 seasons.
I also wrote the pilot to 90210 which was just picked up for a fifth season. Funny story about that, though. 90210 was picked up the same season as one of my other projects. I could only stay on one of the shows. I made a fateful decision to stick with my other show, my passion project. 90210 was, after all, a remake, something I wrote for the cash. I might have even considered it slumming.
The show I stayed on? It was cancelled it after six episodes. 90210, on the other hand, will hit the magic syndication number this year. My stupid, naive, artistic integrity cost me millions of dollars.
I guess what I'm saying to you, graduates, is whatever you do -- don't follow your passion.
No. I'm kidding. But for best results, follow your passion either before you have a family or after you've banked some cash. I have a reputation for producing shows that cult audiences and television critics enjoy. I would chuck all of that for one middle-brow hit show that would pay for my kids' college education.
When I was a young and single staff writer at DAWSON'S CREEK our offices were right next to Vin DeBona Productions, the company that has cranked out 22 seasons of AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. The writers used to play this parlor game. Ask each other and ourselves -- if you could reap all the enormous financial rewards of that particular slice of pop culture, but that would be your entire legacy — you would always be known as the football in the groin guy — would you do it?
The bright-eyed single writers on staff were horrified by the idea. The veteran writers, those with families, had to think longer and harder about that Faustian bargain.
What I'm trying to say here is NOW IS THE TIME. Embrace failure today. It's tougher to do later.
In failure's defense, it is, by its nature, an act of discovery. I believe it was in the 2008 film KUNG FU PANDA that Master Shifu tells Po, "Each failure is another stepping stone on the pathway of success."
No. That's a lie. I just made that up. But Master Shifu, had he said it, would've been right.
By way of a rambling example -- I transferred to UT mid-way through my junior year of college. I transferred for a very specific reason, a reason why many a lad has made his way to Austin. I wanted to be a rock star.
My rock star back up plan was to be a journalist. I pursued a history degree because professional journalists were advising us at the time to write for our college publications, but to broaden our horizons by majoring in something else besides (or in addition to) journalism. I knew I wanted to write, and the best of my history professors were fantastic story-tellers. I'm probably one of the few history majors who treated his tine in the program as though it were an extensive course in non-fiction.
Let me take the drama out of my rock star saga right now. There is a rock star named Rob Thomas. I'm not him.
I ended up devoting nine years of my life to a failing pursuit. There was a major obstacle on the path to rock stardom that it took me a long time to face up to: I had no talent.
But like I said, failure is an act of discovery. I discovered I have no ear for music. I just liked it a lot, which, it turned out, counted for little.
Not all of my discoveries were depressing. In those nine years in a band, I realized that I would never be satisfied as a journalist. Journalism was about other people. I was an artist now which is code for wanting it to be about me. I came up with a new plan.
I was a fan of movies. I was a fan of TV. I knew the alphabet... All the requirements one needed for film school.
It would be so nice if I could tell you that, I learned my trade in graduate school and transitioned seamlessly into show business. Not exactly. NYU rejected me. USC. AFI. And, yes, Texas, my alma mater, my safety school -- they rejected me, too.
But as I believe I've pointed out, "every failure is just a stepping stone on the pathway to success." Trademark.
Some good came of the application process. The NYU film school application required me to write a short story about one of several specific emotional arenas. I chose "jealousy," but only because "schadenfreude" wasn't on the list. The film school application was another epic fail -- even though that descriptor had yet to be coined. The short story, however, was really my first stab at fiction, and I liked it.
By this point, I had a real job. A day job. But I made a deal with myself. I would get up every morning before work and write one page of fiction. I finished my first novel a year later. It was my NYU short story about jealousy expanded to novel length.
After nearly a decade of beating my head against the wall playing in a band, things started happening for me very quickly. I got an agent. Simon & Schuster bought my novel, RATS SAW GOD.
Then I got a call from the president of CBS television who had read RATS SAW GOD. He told me he'd passed it along to the producers of a new show called DAWSON'S CREEK, and he asked me to develop a show for television. In the span of a year I went from writing young adult novels here in Austin — trying desperately not to sink further into credit card debt — to having my own show on ABC.
It was thrilling. Fifteen episodes later it was cancelled, and it was back to the drawing board.
Everyone is ready to embrace success. That's easy. Embracing failure is a trickier proposition, but it's one I highly recommend.
You know who fails a lot? Ambitious people... Dreamers...
When I told my friends that I had agreed to give a commencement speech and that I was starting to sweat what I was going to say, they seemingly all thought it wise to send me the YouTube link of Steve Jobs giving his seminal Stanford Commencement address. As if that would ease my nerves.
It's like saying, "Oh, you're nervous about painting. Take a look at this Rembrandt. That should help you out."
But I've read the Steve Jobs biography, and there's a litany of failure in there. The Newton. The Lisa. The Cube. The Apple TV. Jobs even managed to get himself fired from his own company.
But as we know, he got Apple back. Turned it into the most successful company in the world.
Failure makes you tough. And there's no better motivator than failure.
You're heading out into the real world. You're going to get knocked down. Embrace it. Learn from it. Get angry. Get back up and dictate the terms of your own future.
Hook 'em."
Rob Thomas' official site, Slaverats.com.
Rob Thomas on IMDB.


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Ok I have had it with cutting out ribs, bulkheads, and the other assorted balsa building requirements. Having viewed the Foamie forum bash and looking at the planes ,I must become a foamie nut.
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The biggest advantage of foam is in the new generation of ARFs. Simple inexpensive designs can now be made with all shapes and sizes...but....to do these designs from scratch is no advantage over making them in balsa. Both techniques require skill, planning, and plenty of patience.
If you are an impatient or unsatisfied modeler then maybe you need to purchase a few of these ARF designs and improve your flying skills first. I have become an excellent flyer using ARFs and now spend more time modeling because I now have the confidence to build, test, and fly scratch built designs without seeing them "re-kitted" after the maiden voyage.
Corroplast is corragated plastic. It looks like shipping box material but is made from plastic instead of cardboard.
Depron is often used as a food container like a BK Whooper box or when you take home food from a resturant.
If you crash often...do yourself a favor and buy a Zagi and a Tipsy. The Zagi pretty much laughs at most crashes and a Tipsy is virtually impossible to stall.
I hear ya'. Balsa can be frustrating, especially after a crash! Doesn't hold up very well, does it?
Depron is extremely thin, light weight foam. Folks generally heat it slightly with a heat gun (or blow dryer), then "mold" or bend a leading edge into it. You end up with an undercambered airfoil like the GWS planes.
Actual Depron is tough to come by in the states but...
Try these sites: http://airdyn.com/zepron.htm
Don't have a source for Coroplast. Sorry.
Glues. Most of the "odorless" CA's are foam friendly, but I generally use epoxy, or a white glue like "Weldbond" or "Probond".
Foamcutters. Yikes! Where to start? Your best bet is a search through other threads, but....
You'll need an adjustable power supply capable of about 15 volts. (Old "Lionel" train transformers have been used. )
I believe a good standard power supply can also be used, and linked with a household type "dimmer switch" for adjustment.
Then you'll need to find some "ni-chrome" (sp?) wire. No source for this either. You make a "bow" out of a non-conductive material; then stretch the wire between (like a bow and arrow set-up.)
The power supply is connected to the ends of the bow wire. The current heats the nichrome wire, which melts it's way through the foam. You regulate the current to control the speed of the melt (cut).
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1Prepare. Invite friends or even family around beforehand, and plan where the chocolate night will take place in the house. Its probably best to take place somewhere where there will be a TV - or at least comfy chairs and lots of atmosphere!
2Purchase all the items required. Buy sweet, sugary snacks for everyone to enjoy. This includes:
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4Wait for all guests to arrive before digging in. Eat a few popcorn or something while you wait, though.
5Get comfy! There is no point in getting all this ready if you are going to be uncomfortable!
6Watch a film or some TV. Perhaps your favourite soap to keep your minds occupied? Watching a soap will enable you to discuss what you think will happen next afterwards, too. Watching a film or another programme can be just as excited, too.
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I just re-tubed my Fisher 800C and would like to adjust it to optimum. I noticed two adjustment lugs on the top for "phase inverter adjusment", pardon my ignorance but what do these adjustments do and can I do the adjusments by ear?..can I harm anything if I turn them? also any other suggestions for getting this receiver tuned up would be greatly appreciated.
Fisher recievers can be very touchy. I would check and try to find someone who knows how to service Fisher and take the thing in for a complete calibration since you retubed it. Changing the tubes in the tuner section usually throws it off, and you won't have to do it again unless you retube it. If it sounds good to you as is don't touch anything unless you can mark it to get it back to exactly where it was incase it doesn't work out.
Hi Albert,
When you rolled the tubes, you probably threw it all out of adjustment. I know I did the same thing in my 800B last week, trying some JJ's.
David is right about the RF section. LEAVE IT ALONE. Sorry to shout, but it'll save you a lot of grief and money. The audio sections of Fisher receivers are pretty standard design for the era.
You asked about the phase inverter. I've included a snip from my 800B schematic, which is more or less identical to yours. Signal path is from left to right. The first tube section, is the gain for the power amp. The second is the phase inverter, and the two next to the transformer are the output tubes. On the diagram are some voltages. On the phase inverter are two voltages, one at the plate (top 288V) and the other on the cathode (lower 139.5V). Above the plate is the variable resistor (R111 25k) that you see on the chassis of the receiver. Adjusting it whilst measuring with a multimeter until you get as close as possible to the two voltages listed will bring it as close to alignment as possible with simple test gear. This assumes that the B+ is at the correct voltage. Do this for both channels, with the volume control at minimum.
The phase inverter needs to be set right or else you'll get a lot of distortion. It can't be done properly by ear.
Unless you are familiar with high voltage electronics and electrical safety, don't go playing inside the chassis of any amp, especially a tube one. There are LETHAL voltages inside.
Take it to someone who knows what they're doing if you don't.
The full 800B schematics can be found at http://www.one-electron.com/FC_Consumer.html, and full service manuals can be obtained from the Fisher Doctor www.fisherdoctor.com . You don't need a service manual for the audio stages.
If you don't mind me asking, why did you re-tube? Were they bad, or did you just want to try a different flavour?
Hi Brett,
I replaced the OT's because they were a total mishmash of everything and none of them very good. I figured a matched quad of new EH's for 65 bucks wasn't much of a gamble. I noticed a marked increase in (good tight) bass since changing the OT's but I still have a volume discrepancy between the two channels which I had hoped would go away with the new OT's. I have not changed any of the other tubes besides the outputs; do you think by changing any of the other tubes I could fix the volume issue? By volume I mean amplitude but also it seems like the lower amplitude channel is also lacking presence even when I adjust the amplitude to the same on both channels. The low channel however still sounds better than any of my SS gear!
If you are having a volume control problem that you can fix by adjusting the balance that would have me looking 1st to the driver tubes. I have never owned an 800 but it is basically a 500 with AM tossed in. The 2 12AX7s in the front close to the trio on the little plate that is your multiplexer could be the problem if it is tube related. I think there is another farther off to the right but not sure and if so exactly what it does. Do not even pull the 12AX7s from the multiplex unless you mark them to go back in the same sockets. It should be OK to replace the 2 driver tubes and be sure and get a matched pair. Cheap ones like Sovtec are fine to see if this fixes your problem. Buy better ones later and keep the Sovtecs as backups. Even with closely matched tubes it will not be perfectly balanced. There is always some difference in tubes. You have a very nice reciever and if Fisher hadn't made as many pieces of HiFi as they did they would cost a lot more because the quality is high. I would suggest that as a start you get a overhaul kit from Al the Fisher Doc. He sells a packet of the most likely parts that would need to be replaced with instructions, a schematic and a copy of the manual for around $70 (a couple of years ago) depending on model. He has knob end pieces too.
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