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April 4th, 2004, 02:30 PM #1
Brief History: I hired a girl in another state 1.5 years ago to help out with my website. She did a fantastic job. In Nov. 2003, things got a little freaky when this person (who I thought was 20, but now turned out to be 18), handed all work over to her 53 yr. old mother, without my consent. Mother started demanding mucho $$$$ even after I paid her daughter an additional 2 weeks vacation, 1 week sick time, and bought them a new computer. On top of the fact I was giving them 40% commissions as it were. Religious references were being brought up at an alarming rate, things were getting weird fast, so...
On 2/26 I said "enough" and had to let go of both.
I thought the annoyances would soon be over, but my nightmare had just begun.
4 hours after giving the nicest let-go letter anyone's ever seen, I go to take over my domain's email addresses which I'd provided to them, so I could let clients know of their departure, etc...
This is where the two became disgruntled. They couldn't believe I'd taken back my email accounts.
Next day - 18 yr old goes into my forums and deletes over 50% of the content, of which I'd paid her for. I bring up the copyright/legal issues as well as the fact I'm not letting her keep
the computer should this continue to happen. She emails me back a death threat.
Next day - Another threatening email is delivered to me by 18 yr. old. demanding money (never mind the fact they were compensated in full before being let go). This came a mere hour after I'd verified with Constant Contact that she'd broken in and deleted all of my newsletter subscribers.
NOTE: Constant Contact has the best Customer Service in the world and remedied the situation quickly.
I then call my lawyer. Lawyer Fedexes a Cease & Decist. 18 yr. old refuses it. 53 year old mother phones my 74 year old retired father - really freaky phone call about how she's a "strong believer in God and I'm going to get mine." We're scratching our heads wondering how the ?? she even knew who my Dad was, where he lived, etc...
Lawyer tries to send another C&D letter, to no avail. I should make note that since the email I sent about the forum rip-off's, I refuse to make any further contact with these people.
3 Days later: An email account from my domain is hacked into (via Web-based email). One or both of them sends a NASTY email to several of my independent advertising clients from my email address. One of the clients forwarded it to us. We end up losing a client as a result.
*** PASSWORDS for everything, as you can imagine - right down to my phone line have been changed three times already at this point.
Right after the hacked-into email was sent out, I also tried to delete my IM account. No can do. Uninstalled software. Downloaded latest version of software. Registered new screen name. Old one now also shows up.
4 Days Later: I come home at 6:30 pm barraged with IM's and phone calls. I'd told all my IM people that I'd tried to delete old account, and if anything should come thru to them under that name, to ignore it for reasons they understood. Well on this evening, the IM account was hacked into. And everyone was being IM'd from it - by the 18 yr. old (assuming my identity). They changed my icon into a skull with bones stuck thru it (used to be a Hello Kitty), and ended up IM'ing my disabled sister in CT and my 9 year old son at his computer in playroom. On top of other
friends, etc... I was flippin' out!
I go into IM account only after finding out they'd changed the password, without my knowledge at all. Have no idea how that happened. New IM software lets you type anyone's email address in there and scan/receive/view that POP account's email. Thus how they probably got: My Dad's info,
my client's email addys (which they had no prior knowledge of), knew my lawyer's name, and God only knows what else. These people had been watching 100's of daily emails on this account all thru said IM software. Worse part is, if you sign up "any email account" to scan the email of thru this new version - the confirmation goes to the new email account, not the old one. (DOH!).
I spent the next day (my birthday no less) down at the Police station. Who were gracious enough to contact their local sheriff. Needless to say there a ton of violations here, and I didn't just get one death threat - I ended up getting 5. I was even sent a lovely threat on my birthday by the 53 year old threatening my 2 young children.
This has been nothing short of a nightmare. I spent 4-6 hours each day during March putting out some kind of fire. Things didn't start settling down til this past Monday.
The reason I'm posting this is because I think we can all learn some valuable lessons from this. 1) Don't ever hire anyone you've never met. They may seem totally perfect - but they can get really weird - really fast. You never know who or what you're dealing with online. 2) Don't ever
give any passwords to anyone. Once they have one (and that's all these people intially started with), even when you try and change it later - all it takes is some program that tens of millions of people have and voila - they can do some pretty nasty things. 3) Don't assume that
"that program 10's of millions" have is safe - it's anything but - and you're completely out of luck when it comes to help with it. I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about at this point, but I won't publicly state any names.
When I called said software company (which police recommended that I do and that this co. would take such stuff very seriously) - I was treated as rudely as one could be. I spoke with the company's General Counsel office, Fraud office, Security Dept. for said software, and their basic C.S. line. They REFUSED to help me because it's "free software." Even after I told them this was now a police matter. Well, one well-known other Internet company had no problem shutting down 8 "Free email accounts" which these people sent me a week's worth of 100 spams daily from and the threat about my children. I believe that's why most smart companies online have an abuse@ email address And this software in question does as well -
but they ignored that too.
I'm hoping that the dust has settled and I'll actually be able to work this month All appropriate safeguards to ensure my family's safety are in place. And I hope this post has helped awaken your Internet security senses -- I know living thru it has most certainly heightened my own.
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April 4th, 2004, 02:47 PM #2
Now is the time for some good spell work! And, I wouldn't hesitate for even one minute if I were you. You need all the help you can get! Find your local witch, preferably one who follows the Reed. She/He should be able to help.
You need protection spells, bubble spells and binding spells. Get help. If you don't know how to contact reliable witches in your area, I have some ideas that might get you started.
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April 4th, 2004, 03:29 PM #3
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1) Don't ever hire anyone you've never met. They may seem totally perfect - but they can get really weird - really fast. You never know who or what you're dealing with online.
That is not true - Safeguards you could have taken:
Request a resume with full references. (Heck! that one alone would have told you what to expect!)
Maintain your own admin settings while giving them certain access to work within boundaries.
Change your password at least once a month, it's always better to have a password morph, but not many people know how to use them.
I am really sorry to hear this terrible story, hopefully people will learn from it!
April 4th, 2004, 03:50 PM #4
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 Change your password at least once a month, it's always better to have a password morph, but not many people know how to use them.

What is a password morph??
April 4th, 2004, 03:56 PM #5
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Wow that sucks. But that really is the reason, for as rude as it seems. Lock someone out first, then send the letter firing them. I don't care how nice the letter, lock them out first.
April 4th, 2004, 05:53 PM #6
Great advice SandraR - and you're absolutely right, I should've requested a resume first.
Me been kicking myself in the head over a lot of mistakes - and that's a biggie.
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April 4th, 2004, 05:54 PM #7
Another excellent point Chet. Did I learn the hard way! Next time I'm grabbing all the biz email before I send the letterLiz Welsh Tompkins
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April 4th, 2004, 07:39 PM #8
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Yikes! That sounds awful! I hope you are getting the computer back. They don't deserve to keep it. What a pair of nuts.
April 4th, 2004, 07:49 PM #9
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"Deserve to keep it??" These people deserve a couple of years in prison for death threats.
April 4th, 2004, 10:03 PM #10
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Password morph:
A program that randomly selects and changes all your passwords... very complicated at first... Once you get it its your best friend!
April 5th, 2004, 12:17 AM #11
That's the next step if anything else happens (a couple years in jail). When I asked for the computer back - I was prompted with another threat.
I should say Internet law on stuff like this is really, really hazy. FBI usually deals with this type of thing, but unless it's something on a grand scale, they don't really care. My local police were out of this world and didn't have to do a thing -- but they did. I did learn that most states have a "Tech Crime" division in their State's Attorney General office, so that's my next step if need be, but quite frankly, I'm pretty wasted from all of this and it's a lot more work to go trying to nail people doing this type of thing cross state lines. We need some Internet cops and badly -- I'm sure we can all think of a few parasites they could go after tooLiz Welsh Tompkins
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April 5th, 2004, 01:14 AM #12
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Keep us abreast fo your legal battle, your wins or losses could be our future!
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All the best.
Note to self : Do not hire anyone.
April 5th, 2004, 06:38 AM #14
Just be aware this happens in the real world too. A friend of mine went thru the same thing with his next door neighbor. There are truely evil people out there.
File a report with your local police department first. Let them call and coordinate their police. Document everything on paper. I wish you the best of luck.Luke
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April 5th, 2004, 06:59 AM #15
Reading this, I'm glad I did what Chet said, when a guy I hired to do data migration ended up getting things screwed up! Especially since I kept my wallet shut!

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 Request a resume with full references. (Heck! that one alone would have told you what to expect!)

Anyone who has done a lot of job-switching (for whatever reason) and has any brains, knows how to invent a resume--and make the references check out.
Heck, those 2 coo-coos even have a scam where the kid (who'll just "forget" ever meeting Liz and present a perfectly clean resume if someone asks) gets the j*b and then passes it over to the mother!There is no knowledge that is not power. ~Hemingway
April 5th, 2004, 07:25 AM #16
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I really think you have an obligation to protect others from this happening in the future. What they did is criminal and should be followed up with the full extent of the law.
April 5th, 2004, 09:02 AM #17
While I personally would like to know who these people are, Liz you need to be carefull revealing names. They could hit you up for slander if they find this post. Be it true or not.
Just something to think about.
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April 5th, 2004, 10:12 PM #18
((Liz)) how awfull!! Sending out good thoughts your way for this to end soon!!Ebudae
May 24th, 2004, 09:09 PM #19
Yep computers and Internet have made letting people go / sacking them a risky business in itself.
We've not let anyone got for a while, but usually they'll find out about it when then come in the next day and find their PC has been removed, not even risking that they can get into it and that all their email accounts have had access changed.
Not at all fun Liz, the Interenet can make life way more complicated than we'd like at times!
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May 24th, 2004, 09:49 PM #20
Since Chris bumped the thread, I might as well ask how this is going for you?
I know what it is like when someone does something like that to you. That feeling of helplessness - all you want is for it to stop.
Best of luck...
May 24th, 2004, 11:28 PM #21
I've already fired 3 people so far this month (in order to cut costs, in process of hiring less experienced, cheaper people) - it's really much easier when you run things in-house than outsourcing it, hire your employees only after you have taken proper interviews, checked their resumes and checked out with the references.Gift Shopping Zone Affiliate Program on SAS - 10% per sale with unlimited cookie duration, over 10,000 products.
May 25th, 2004, 02:13 AM #22
I didn't read this thread when it was first posted, but I'm darned suspcious that the teenage hacker.. sorry +33N@g3 hax0r.. might have planted spyware on Liz's PC.
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May 25th, 2004, 05:32 AM #23
What a nighmare!
We have some "good ole boys" here in Oklahoma that could take care of your problem for you in no time!
Somehow I missed all of this when it was originally posted. How about a follow up, Liz? Have things settled down for you now?
May 25th, 2004, 05:47 AM #24
Let's just say, as per an update, I'll take those good ol' boys from Oklahoma still AndyLiz Welsh Tompkins
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May 25th, 2004, 08:39 AM #25
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As my previous post was a little insensitive, I hope things get better in this situation.
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Johnson County 69.62%
State of Iowa 72.77%
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Republicans 70.08%
Democrats 73.49%
No Party's 63.71%
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Story -6,251
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Jefferson -1,378
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Muscatine -1,166
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RUSTON — E.D. White Catholic excelled at getting the clutch hits all season long, but in its Class 3A semifinal game against Brusly, that clutch hit never came.
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Thiel pitched three innings, giving up three hits and striking out one batter.
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RUSTON — E.D. White Catholic excelled at getting the clutch hits all season long, but in its Class 3A semifinal game against Brusly, that clutch hit never came.


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This is Dai Kornberg as Oliver Hardy and Bob Druwing as Stan Laurel in 2007 on Hollywood Blvd. They are available for films, TV and personal appearances and can be contacted via Bob's profile page. Most recently, they...
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Bob Druwing as Jimmy Reese
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Jesse Colin Young
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Brad Jacques - Filmmaker
Brad Jacques is a film director, film editor and actor. Born July 11, 1969, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, he now makes his home in Los Angeles, California. I've had the honor to appear in seven of his films, beginning...
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FLICK LIVES! was founded by Steve Marchand, John DeSisto, Joe Griffith, Mike Canty and Bob Druwing in late 1969. Drummer Canty was soon replaced by Billy Quirk (pictured here kneeling in the black T-shirt and pants). ...
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He Could Have Done Anything Pt. 2
Part 2 of Bob Druwing's first novel.
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Bob Druwing Song Lyrics
The lyrics to just some of the songs Bob Druwing has written.
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He Could Have Done Anything - Pt. 3
Please read parts 1 and 2 of this novel about serial killers and those who hunt them at the lens links below. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Part 2: In figuring out...
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Hummingbirds On The Yellowhead Highway
The motto of Framingham State College is "Live To The Truth". I was a freshman English major there in 1971 and I thought it was as meaningless a suggestion as I had ever encountered. I had graduated from a Jesuit high...
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He Could Have Done Anything
Bob Druwing's First novel!
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Nessebar (also transcribed as Nesebar or Nesebur; ancient name: Menebria and Mesembria) is an ancient town and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Located in Burgas Province, it is the...
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Bob Druwing's lensography
I hope you enjoy the lenses on my two novels (one completed, one in progress), He Could Have Done Anything and Hummingbirds On The Yellowhead Highway, lenses pertaining to my acting career (characters I've portrayed,...
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Buy A House In Southern Maine
While interest rates are lower than they've been in decades and prices are WAY down, you should take advantage of the opportunity to buy this great four bedroom split entry home on 2.4 acres of lawn and wooded land in...
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Archduke Ferdinand
Today we'd call it a "tipping point". Amid an enormous arms build-up across Europe, the June 28, 1914 assassination in Sarajevo of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife was all it took to prompt nations poised to do...
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Julieta Venegas
Julietta Venegas, the princess of Tijuana, has won a Grammy award and five Latin Grammys. She plays guitar and keyboards, writes very entertaining songs inspired by her life and has a winning personality. You've got...
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Leon Trotsky
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E. Howard Hunt
Just as most competent researchers of President John F. Kennedy's assassination had long suspected, because there has been ample evidence of it for quite a long time now (see Mark Lane's 1991 book Plausible Denial, for...
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
"Tim and Eric auditioned me after I told them I could sing Stardust like Nat King Cole. The next thing I knew the third segment of the audition, where they had me singing one of their tunes like the worst of American...
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Writer and TV game show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen was the only journalist granted an interview with Oswald murderer Jack Ruby in his Dallas jail cell. Subsequently, she publicly stated that she intended to publish...
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John Wilkes Booth
Perhaps no other assassin has had more awareness of placing himself in the history books than John Wilkes Booth
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George Joannides
George Joannides was instrumental in concealing the CIA's connection to Lee Harvey Oswald
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Guy Banister
Rabid anti-communist and former head of the Chicago FBI office, Guy Banister was a key figure in the "sheep-dipping" of Lee Harvey Oswald that made it easy for The Warren Commission to present Oswald as a communist nut,...
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Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat was the third president of Egypt. He served for eleven years before his October 6, 1981 assassination. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat and Menachem Begin in...
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Abraham Bolden
The first African American Secret Service agent to see presidential protection duty was framed and imprisoned because he knew too much about protocol violations by JFK's team in Dallas and a previous threat against JFK...
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Richard Helms
This Director Of The Central Intelligence Agency Lied To Congress
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Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles had career Army and Air Force officer L. Fletcher Prouty create a network of subordinate focal point offices in the armed services, then throughout the entire U.S. government, whose members would act...
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William King Harvey
As the CIA's Berlin station chief, he successfully built the tunnel to the Soviet sector to spy on their communications, but he's better known for arranging Operation Mongoose, the CIA's enlistment of the Mafia in its...
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Johnny Roselli
Like Jack Ruby, Roselli came up through the Capone gang in Chicago; but Johnny started out with the Winter Hill mob in Somerville, Massachusetts as Filippo Sacco. He went on the lam to Chicago and changed his name after...
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Dr. Sidney Gottlieb
Dr. Sidney Gottlieb ran the CIA mind control program, MKULTRA and their technical services division
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Robert Maheu
Robert Maheu, who is perhaps best known as the right hand man to Howard Hughes, was the go-between for the CIA in arranging its use of La Cosa Nostra in its plans to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro, under the...
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Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba's leadership would last only ten weeks, before he was deposed and murdered at the hands of the Belgian government, because of his intention to align his uranium rich nation with The Soviet Union. The CIA has...
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Salvador Allende
The legally elected president of Chile was the victim of a CIA engineered coup that resulted in his death in September of 1973. David Atlee Phillips of the CIA managed the propaganda leading up to the coup. He would...
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James Jesus Angleton
He personified counterintelligence in America, however it's arguable that he did as much harm as good. Among his closest friends was Brithish MI spy Kim Philby, who turned out to be a working for the Soviet Union and...
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David Sanchez Morales
During a drinking session, not long before his death, David Sanchez Morales bragged to his friend Ruben "Rocky" Carbajal about taking care of the Kennedy brothers. It has been theorized that he was the co-ordinator of...
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Schrodinger's Cat
Is the cat dead or alive? Well, according to Schrodinger, quantum theory says: until you open the box,...it's both! Confused yet? It gets worse. Because opening the box alters the conditions, it can't be said that the...
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Tal Wilkenfeld - bass player extraordinaire!
Tal Wilkenfeld knows exactly who she is; if you like music, so should you
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Delilah Rene
Delilah calls herself "the queen of sappy love songs"
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Occam's Razor
All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best one. The principle of Occam's Razor can be stated in many ways, but the above is how one most often encounters it being expressed. Lisa Simpson put it...
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Apocalypse Now
Coppola released Apocalypse Now Redux in 2001, restoring an additional 49 minutes of footage that he reluctantly cut from the original. It's a bigger movie, but not necessarily a better one, because the original is a...
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Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove is a magnificent dark comedy with a fabulous cast giving top flight performances including three seperate major roles played by the great Peter Sellers. The film mirrors Fail Safe in...
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Jeremiah Johnson (the film)
"Jeremiah Johnson made his way into the mountains "Bettin' on forgettin' all the troubles that he knew...." Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson is an allegory of the story of life. It was beautifully shot, has a great...
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Chris Smither
Chris Smither is the real deal
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Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. Hoagy is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul".
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Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe is one of the most lovely and talented actresses of our time.
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Chinatown (the film)
Roman Polanski's Chinatown is a perfect movie!
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Kary Mullis - Maverick Genius
Nobel laureate Kary Mullis is a renegade who is not easily dismissed
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The Assassination Group Headquarters
The Assassination Group is a group dedicated to lenses on political assassinations, related people and topics. There are basically two versions of history. The one most people are familiar with is taught in the schools...
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Karla Bonoff
Born on December 27, 1951, Karla Bonoff is a singer-songwriter from California, who has performed as a solo artist, as a back-up vocalist and as a member of the group Bryndle. Her songs have been covered by such top...
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Gene Pitney
"How can we keep love alive "How can anything survive "When these little minds tear you in two? "What a town without a pity can do"
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The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
"Immature love says, 'I love you because I need you'; mature love says, 'I need you because I love you'." -------------------------------Erich Fromm in "The Art of Loving" Fromm was associated with what became known...
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Picture This by Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller's Picture This is the most important novel of our time
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General Smedley Butler
Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler warned us about the "military industrial complex" decades before President Eisenhower did. What he said is at least as relevant today as it was then. The most highly...
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Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan wlll make you think about things in ways you never would have otherwise . He'll make you feel in ways you may have been afraid to feel on your own. He'll make you laugh out loud at the insanity we...
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Marty Balin
If only you believed in miracles, you dreamed some day you might sing half as well as the founder of Jefferson Airplane Marty Balin. He and Grace Slick were the band's lead vocalists. Immortalized in the movie "Gimme...
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You'll love Pucca! I do! I once met a female superhero, who introduced me to Pucca and my life was immediately changed. I have been repeatedly enriched by Pucca's unbending intent and her shining power of example. ...
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Who Is Thane Eugene Cesar?
Thane Eugene Cesar is the guy the mainstream media has told you about, in connection with an audio recording of RFK's shooting that has been the focus of recent legal and media attention, but for some reason, the...
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Who was Lisa Howard?
Years ago I became curious about why there was so little written about Lisa Howard and she became a particular point of focus for me. Call it intuition. She was an actress who scored the first major interview with...
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Brad Anderson
I first met Brad Anderson in the Spring of 1990, at an audition for his "A Short Film About Bowling", held at the Boston Film and Video Foundation. He'd set it up in the form of a table reading and I was reading the...
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Rudy Van Gelder
The jazz world wouldn't be the same without Rudy Van Gelder
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Johnny Mathis
What a voice! If you don't come away from listening to Johnny Mathis feeling positive, there's gotta be something seriously wrong with you! So, if that's the case, seek help! Then get some Johnny Mathis playing and...
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Kurt Wenner
Kurt Wenner is a master at chalk art and street painting. His depth perception is amazing and, let's face it, you have to visualize it before you can execute it. He's known for producing stunning original works of art...
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Bob Enik - Guitarist
Between Jeff Beck and Cliff Gallup, Between Clapton and Zappa...that's where I'd have to begin to place the jaw dropping guitar licks of Boston area native, Bob Enik. Have you ever witnessed a fine car racing toward a...
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Mose Allison
There is really no one else quite like Mose Allison and this is the case whether you are speaking of him as a singer, a pianist or as a songwriter. Always good for a laugh and a lesson, Mose Allison has given us lyrics...
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Dannie Richmond - Drummer
Dannie Richmond! One of the world's greatest drummers!
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If you are going to be in Mexico City, you absolutely MUST schedule a day to go to Teotihuacan! It is not to be missed and you certainly won't regret the time and effort it takes to see it. Take a tour bus from your...
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Fender Stratacoustic Guitars
Fender has redesigned and upgraded the Stratacoustic and Telecoustic acoustic/electric models! The $200 model seen here with fiberglass back and sides is still being produced with the Squier label. The newer deLuxe...
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Fender Telecoustic Guitars
This is the Telecoustic in candy apple red. It also comes stock in sunburst. For an inexpensive acoustic/electric, you really can't do better. It has a genuine maple Telly bolt-on neck with a 21-fret rosewood fretboard,...
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Billy Higgins - Drummer
Billy Higgins was one of the greatest jazz drummers!
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel was one of the greatest guitarists the jazz world has ever known
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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
add → photo text Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was like a showcase and a school for some of the biggest names in jazz
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Leo Kottke
When you first listen to Leo Kottke, it's hard to believe you're hearing only one man playing one guitar. You'd swear you have to be hearing AT LEAST two! The first time I heard him, I didn't realize I was listening...
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HEMI Engines
We can thank Walter P. Chrysler for the introduction of the HEMI to the automotive market. The first ones were 331 cubic inches in displacement, similar to what is pictured here. If you've never driven a vehicle with...
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Bob Druwing
Bob Druwing is a member of The Screen Actors Guild and The American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, who makes his home in Van Nuys, California. A lifelong actor, he is also a singer/songwriter, guitar...
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Cartoons By Bob Druwing
My father taught me how to draw when I was five, while I lay in a hospital bed recovering from a concussion suffered in a fall from a yard swing. Naturally, he taught me simple cartoon animals first and, of course,...
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Too Wise
Too Wise is an original design by Bob Druwing, which was first crafted in pen and ink on paper with a sculpture in mind. Other than the picture seen here, it existed briefly in mural form on a wall in the forth floor...
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Bob Druwing as Drunk Soldier in Soulkeeper
This is Bob Druwing as a drunk Confederate battle re-enactment soldier at The Gettysburg Civil War Museum in the film Soulkeeper. This was Bob's first film role in Hollywood, though he came to town with a 9 1/2 year...
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Bob Druwing as John Deerhunter
Actor Bob Druwing as his character John Deerhunter in a photo by Hollywood Walk Of Fame photographer Bob Freeman.
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Bob Druwing's Latest Headshots
Actor Bob Druwing's latest headshots are here! He recently signed with Central Artists Agency in Burbank, California. Laura Walsh is his new theatrical agent and Jean-Marc Carre is his new commercial agent. They...
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Bob Druwing as Dominic Romano
This photo is of actor Bob Druwing at age 43, having undergone weeks of training with free weights, tanning and getting a tight black perm, in order to portray Dominic Romano at age 28 (and 63) in the ill fated film...
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Bob Druwing from Carnivale
This is a picture of me, Bob Druwing, on a break, but in character, during the shooting of the second season of the HBO Television show CARNIVALE. I made two appearances during the first season of the show, but during...
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Camovan - The Woods Winnebago
This 1984 Winnebago LeSharo was my "art project" in the Summer of 2006. It no longer runs, but is still perfect for a camp house on the hill overlooking the trout stream that is the southwest border of my land in Maine....
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The Great Lee Morgan
Born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Lee Morgan was arguably the greatest trumpet player ever recorded.
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Stephane Grappelli
Stephane Grappelli was the father of the jazz violin
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Buntline is Bob Druwing's cowboy character, who has shown up for most of the westerns Bob has worked in and is generally altered little by the productions' wardrobe departments. Everyone seems to like the hat, which he...
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Jeff Beck
Of course it's a matter of taste and opinion, but every great guitarist respects Jeff Beck.


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Minster FM News
York School Raises Cash for Charity
8:33am 14th May 2013
The Mount School has raised over £2700 for charity at their Family Day. The amount includes £1820 raised by the School's upper Sixth Form in their Auction of Promises.
Deputy Principal Victoria Sherwood said "Supporting charitable causes is a vital part of School life at The Mount. This figure represents huge efforts from our students, their families and our staff. It is this proactive spirit of 'giving back' that makes girls from The Mount so very unique. Special mention must go to Deputy Head Girl Tori Ellis for her hard work in bringing together everyone's efforts to make the Auction of Promises such a success."
Tori Ellis, who goes to the school, said "It's amazing how generous and supportive everyone has been. It just makes all the hard work worthwhile."
The school says the money will go into their Charity fund, and at the end of the year will be divided between the Schools' three charities: the Okoraseona Kindergarten in Namibia, Cancer Research UK and Barnardo's.
The Family Afternoon, which also featured craft stalls and activities, was rounded off with the School's annual Summer Concert, which featured a choral rendition of songs from Les Miserables, and 'Last Night of the Proms' classics, Rule Britannia (lead by Principal Julie Lodrick), Jerusalem and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March.
Last year The Mount and The Mount Junior School raised over £5000 for charity.


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Doubling today's EB-5 dip, Rep. Paula Hawks steps forward with more clarity on the EB-5 visa investment program than any of our incumbents. Unlike her fussy opponent, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House calls for the end of America's green-card sale:
We only know of one reform that will work. Let the program expire September 30th so we stop wasting taxpayer money on its administration and on lawsuits over the fraudulent activity connected to this program. A program that sells American citizenship to the highest bidder and that has drug South Dakota's good reputation through the mud should not be allowed to continue, period [Rep. Paula Hawks, press release, 2016.08.02].
Rep. Hawks uses her EB-5 attack to amplify the critique she's leveled on Rep. Noem for abdicating her House Ag seat in favor of a purportedly better seat on House Ways and Means:
It's interesting to hear Kristi Noem flex about her power on the Ways and Means Committee, but then consistently watch her fail South Dakota over and over again on issues like EB-5 reform. Her words don't match her actions when it comes to reducing government waste and increasing oversight [Hawks, 2016.08.02].
This is why Kristi Noem is avoiding joint appearances with Paula Hawks: Hawks knows exactly how to explain that Noem's words make no sense.


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Wide receiver Rashad Hawk had been going over and over it in his mind for a long time. The talented Copperas Cove, Texas pass-catcher picked up a Texas Tech offer and ever since then, had considered making an early commitment, but wanted to weigh out all of his options.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder apparently didn't want to stretch things out much longer. Rumors began coming out about Hawk this past week and about a possible commitment coming down the pipe very soon. Apparently, the wait is over.
"Yeah, I did commit to Texas Tech," Hawk said. "I was going to tell everyone, but my dad and I just wanted to wait until it was official. I hadn't really committed officially, but it was a couple days ago that I was talking about it. We finally got a hold of coach Brian Mitchell and he asked if I was giving the commitment officially and said he'd take it."
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Hawk said last week that more schools like Kansas, Oklahoma State, and others were getting close to possibly offering. However, he didn't want to wait much longer with the opportunity at Texas Tech.
"My dad liked the school and so did I," Hawk said. "I just figured there is no better place to be than Tech if you're a wide receiver. I talked to my coach, and he didn't tell me what to do, but he was supportive about my decision and said to do what I wanted to do."
As for him being a solid commitment, Hawk broke it down in an interesting way.
"Well, it's like if you have a girlfriend that you give a promise too and taking visits is like going and dating some others," Hawk said about taking trips away from Tech. "I don't want to have a back up plan and break my promise. I'm solid to them right now."
Hawk says that his trip to Texas Tech was going to be on June 24 of this month, but with 7-on-7 tournaments, it will probably be in July instead.


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Disclaimer: None of this writing is intended to be a judgment toward you or any of my readers… especially you extreme lovers of Facebook. 🙂 These are merely thoughts and self-reflections I've had that I've decided to share openly. If they get you thinking and reflecting as well, even better. This writing came, not out of a need to explain myself, but merely out of a desire to express myself. Feel free to come along for the ride.
What would you do without your Facebook account for one day (assuming you currently have one)?
What would you do without your Facebook account for one week?
For a month? A year?
Okay, now I'm just being dramatic. But what are the feelings you just had in your gut just thinking about life without access to Facebook?
Ten months ago to the day, I deactivated my Facebook account and deleted the app off my iPhone. Yes, "deactivating" is technically still having an account, but the point is I stopped using it cold turkey.
As one might expect from someone who liked the occasional Facebook hit each day, there were a few days of withdrawal – not as bad as I had expected, but I did have a continued inclination to search my Web browser bar for the bookmark and a disappointed thumb looking for the now-deleted app from my iPhone.
"Michael, why in the world would you do such an act of anti-social behavior? What about all those people you abandoned who must have thought it was them who pushed you over the edge? What's the matter? Did you stop LIKEing them? And the memes! For the love of all things holy, think of all the MEMEs you didn't see!"
I decided I wanted some of my time back.
Well, I didn't get time "back," but it afforded me extra time in the future.
Thunk a Thought #1: I Learned About the Value of Time
Call it getting older. Call it reading "Getting Things Done" too many times. Or call it saving a TON of time not perusing Facebook each day. The value of time has become a greater reality to me. But let me say right away that I am far from being an expert with having a perfect time balance. It's definitely an area in which I seek to continually grow. So don't misread any of this as me proclaiming I've "figured it out" because I haven't.
I truly believe that time is one of the greatest, most valuable assets we have a human beings and it's also one of the most valuable treasures we have to give others. I want to use it wisely. And while the term "wisely" will be interpreted differently for each person – what's a wise use of time for me may be a waste to you – the truth always remains that we each have 24 hours each day to do with it as we see fit… no more and no less.
I believe that where we find ourselves at a loss is often less about what we do with our time, and more about not being active stewards of our time. If I'm going to choose to play a video game instead of learning a valuable new skill, I want to at least be making a conscious decision to do so. If I'm going to waste time, I'd at least prefer it to be done consciously. In other words, I want to be actively managing my time.
Among the litany of options that "must", "ought to", or "could" be done, I want to be an active participant in what I ultimately choose to do. The ability to make this conscious decision is complicated with all the shiny time sucks that are encountered on the internet, or on TV or mobile devices, etc. Trust me when I say I absolutely LOVE technology and media… it's my livelihood. But it takes consistent effort to balance necessary mini mind breaks with truly productive tasks. And, no, compulsively checking your email (even if it's for your job) is not always a productive use of your time.
I think one of the most difficult places to be in terms of time management is "floating." Moving from one shiny object to the next or being lured around from one person to the next with no real direction or purpose. And, boy, it's easy with a solid internet connection. Facebook was just one of those shiny objects causing me to float a bit. I decided to disconnect for a while to get my bearings, and focus more on other things.
So how do you keep from just floating and start swimming? That is, how do you make conscious use of your time? For me, it's asking myself, "What do I really want? Am I truly doing what is important to me right now?" Or "What is needed in this situation?" And then I make a decision.
Thunk a Thought #2: I Learned About the Value of Close Friends
If you're a friend of mine on Facebook, I will say I've missed you. I've missed seeing your latest meal, seeing your baby pictures, and laughing at your videos. At the end of the day, what's special to my family and friends is special to me too.
Now that that is out of the way, I'll ask you this question: "If you closed your Facebook account, how many of your "friends" would still remember your birthday? How many of your friends would still share things with you via email, a letter, a phone call, or a visit to your home? Likewise, with how many of those friends would YOU still be in contact?
In one instance over the past 10 months, I had written an email to a friend of mine wishing them a happy birthday. The response I got back was this: "I'm impressed you remembered my birthday, being that I am no longer on Facebook." Their statement really hit me
I'm sure most people on Facebook have experienced the typhoon of good cheer on their birthdays or other holidays. I do appreciate the calendar system in Facebook. What became even more revealing to me about Facebook, is whom you still hear from in the absence of Facebook. Again, this is not a judgment – we can't be in constant contact with everyone we've ever met… and that's okay. But it is a subtle reminder of how important it is to have people who are truly close to you that you can trust and confide in and who will use any form necessary to stay in contact with you… Facebook, Twitter, email, phone call, home visit or whatever it takes. 🙂
Thunk a Thought #3: I Learned About the Value of Being in the Moment
"Check out this mole I just found on my leg!"
"I just had a successful bowel movement!"
"Have you heard what __insert latest celeb gossip here__ just did?"
These are just a few shared Facebook posts that would have been best left UN-posted.
I believe it is best sometimes to just enjoy a moment without the need to broadcast that moment.
I've learned that there is something virtuous about "special" things that happen to a person remaining unspoken to the Facebook masses. Even though my examples were a little over the top, this could apply to just regular, everyday things as well. In my opinion, there's something to be said about enjoying a thing without the need to show everyone else the thing.
In some ways, I equate this to going to a fireworks show and seeing everyone recording it with their mobile phones. (If you've done this, you know who you are. It's okay, I've done it too.) Sometimes I want to say, "PUT THAT DOWN AND JUST ENJOY THE FIREWORKS!"
Sometimes, the more we try to capture the moment, the less we are physically, cognitively, emotionally, and/or spiritually IN the moment. And, much of the time, just being in the moment is exponentially better than trying to enjoy its shadow (picture, video, etc.) later.
Thunk a Thought #4: I Learned the Value of Not Always Needing Approval From others.
There's being in the moment without sharing it. There's sharing a moment (or thing) to enjoy it with others. And there's also sharing a moment (or a thing) because I desire the praise, admiration, and approval that comes from others.
There's certainly nothing inherently wrong with enjoying genuine positive feedback from others – I love it too. And there's nothing wrong with the satisfaction that comes from making people laugh, smile or be moved or inspired by something you share… I get it.
Where it becomes a problem, I've found, is when getting that attention or getting that "Like" becomes a driving motivation. When sharing on Facebook becomes showing off on Facebook, it can become counterproductive. And since I don't care to get into a discussion about how to differentiate "sharing" and "showing off," I will say this: I believe it comes down to a person's intentions and motivations. Basically, I'll seek to keep myself in check and you seek to keep yourself in check. And if we ever start feeling like we're getting carried away, we can always revert to Thought #3 and just be in the moment (not posting anything at all).
Thunk a Thought #5: I Discovered a Self-Inflicted Sense of Ostracism
When seemingly everyone else in using Facebook and you are not, it can make a guy (or girl) feel a bit ostracized. But in the case of leaving Facebook, I suppose it was self-inflicted ostracism (if ever there could be such a thing). It was fine, really. If you ever decide to take a break, know that you're not really losing your friends and family. 🙂 You just may feel like you're on a cyber-social deserted island…
Anecdotally, here's a quick list of other things I learned from 10 months without Facebook on a more functional level:
- Many websites and blogs only give you the option to post a comment using Facebook. In short, if you want to leave a comment, you need an active Facebook account.
- Many online courses and interest groups have decided to use Facebook groups for discussion forums exclusively. In short, if you want to chat with the group, you need an active Facebook account.
- At the risk of sounding obvious, I'll still say this: If you want to use Facebook for your own business, you pretty much need to have a personal account active to run it (though you don't need to be socially active on your personal account, of course…). Last I checked, Facebook still likes to have a person tied to a business profile. That was not a surprise to me, but just something to keep in mind.
- You can't officially "Like" anything ever again (without Facebook) on websites, blogs, etc. But who says you can't "like" things the old-fashioned way, right? (The way that doesn't require pushing a button)
- If you want to see pictures of your family and friends ever again, you'll probably need an active Facebook account since most people don't snail mail photos anymore. Yes, you may see the occasional emailed photo, but that's still not too common. And while many of the other social media companies offer photo sharing, Facebook still seems to be the place where even great-grandma posts pictures.
All That Being Said… I'm Back
I am now back on Facebook… personally and professionally. I look forward to reconnecting and starting new connections on Facebook in the future. And I do hope to see it in a new light considering the thoughts I mentioned above. And knowing that my world, indeed, did not collapse without something like Facebook at my side, I can't help but wonder what else we all can live without that seems so important or so essential to us…
What would YOU do or how do you think you would feel with a few days, a few weeks, or a few months without Facebook? Or, if you love one of the other social media more, how would you feel without one of those instead? Share YOUR thoughts in the comments below.


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Mission Viejo, Calif. - Cypress College (5-7) lost to host Saddleback 72-59 in consolationa game of the Bill Brummel Tournament held at Saddleback College on Friday.
After trailing big heading into halftime, Cypress outscored the Gauchos in the second half behind a strong effort by sophomore point guard Andre Winn who finished with team-highs in points (21), rebounds (6) and steals (4). Julius Von Hanzlik added 18 points and Jacob Nungary chipped in seven points in the loss.
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One problem with this being a year with very few major releases is that I can't just coast along by writing my thoughts on whatever's coming out, throw in a witty title and call it good. On the other hand, it does allow more opportunities to crank out broader opinion pieces. So on that note, let's talk about sidequests.
Sidequests are, as the name implies, content that is tangential to the main story in whatever game you're playing. You don't have to complete them and for the most part, it won't affect your ending if you blow them off and plow through the main game. But they're a pretty good way to get some extra character development, powerful equipment or just getting some achievement/trophy to pop.
It also should go without saying that certain genres are going to lend themselves much more to sidequests than others. It's a lot easier to work in this sort of content in, say, "Zelda," than "Gran Turismo." In addition, sidequests come in all shapes and sizes. So for simplicity's sake, we'll go through some major types with a few case studies based on what items the quests yield.
The super item
Example: Chocobo breeding in "Final Fantasy VII"
The best way to illustrate the Chocobo breeding sidequest/minigame is through an anecdote. When I was a junior in undergrad, my roommates and I got on a real "Final Fantasy" kick, which resulted in our playing "Final Fantasy" IV through IX in about a three-month span. During the "Final Fantasy VII" part of the run, we got involved in breeding Chocobos. Now, here's how Chocobo breeding is supposed to work. Two yellow Chocobos make a green or blue Chocobo and you have to breed a Green and Blue to make a Red. Red makes Black. And Black makes the ultimate Chocobo: the Gold one.
For some reason, the game glitched out and wouldn't give us the correct combination of Green/Blue. So the solution devised by my roommate Andrew, who now teaches math at Cornell, so you know this idea is legit, was to dim the lights and put on "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers. Needless to say, this didn't work, but it didn't stop us from trying for about two hours. And why would we go to these lengths to breed birds (and race them)? Because if you got a Gold Chocobo, you could get to an otherwise inaccessible cave that contains the game-breaking Knights of the Round summon.
For all the hours you're going to put into getting that stupid Gold Chocobo, the reward of Knights of the Round is completely worth it because it's gratifying to absolutely annihilate your foes. But it also illustrates a problem with a lot of the super-powerful item sidequests. Never mind that it makes no sense that the single most powerful item in the world is obtained by racing birds, but in many cases, they take so long to complete that you didn't really save any time by getting the item. But hey, you got that sword that has a hilt that looks like a sunflower, right? Good enough.
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Example: The "Persona" S-links
I actually touched on this a couple months ago when I wrote about MAH GIRL Rise. Now, the "Persona" S-links do more than just character development because they power up your personas and in Rise's case, pretty much turn her into a goddess in battle. But the big reward is finding out more about the characters and it's a pretty ingenious way to do so. Having a character go all exposition fairy with their backstory during the main plot can get super-awkward, so this is a great avenue to find out more. While "Persona" is the example that comes to mind most readily, other series, like everything Bioware has done since "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic," do this as well. You may not get better in battle, but you'll gain a new appreciation for the game's world and its inhabitants this way.
Examples: The bonus dungeon or optional superboss. Pick a game. It doesn't matter.
Yeah, pride is a pretty powerful force in games. Many gamers, when presented with an otherwise insurmountable challenge, will try to conquer it. That's the rationale behind these sidequests, which include 100-floor endurance test dungeons, optional bosses who are just chilling in a cave somewhere, or coliseum fights against guest star characters from other entries in the series. These quests yield token rewards, like PSN trophies or a star next to your save file, but gist is the same. Your reward is proving that you did it. These fights require strategy or skill that goes beyond normal bounds. If you want to say you mastered a game, you better be ready to take on challenges like these. And you better have your victory pose ready, because you'll have earned it.
Sidequests can range from amazing experiences that suck you in even further (Anju and Kafei in "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask") to absolute chores that make you want to throw your controller (dodging 200 consecutive lightning bolts in FFX). But they're all there to remind you that there's more than rushing through a game. You might get something cool, like a new favorite character or some nerd cred. And if you don't want to, well, that's fine too. But don't come complaining to me when you didn't race enough birds.
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"Fast and furious, fingers flying with a fiery panache, Söndörgő are one of the most exciting bands in Europe. With their signature instrument, the tambura, the band brilliantly combines respect for tradition with a desire to innovate and a fizzing virtuosity."
Söndörgő is one of the most active and interesting world music groups in Hungary. They play a style of music that is hugely attractive, but little known and quite different to the traditional, fiddle-led hungarian repertoire. Their aim is to foster and preserve Southern Slavic traditions of the Serbs and Croats as found in various settlements in Hungary. Most of these communities are situated along the Danube, but quite isolated from each other.
In contrast to most groups playing Balkan music, Söndörgő isn't playing brass band music, it is a tamburitza band. The tambura is a small and agile plucked instrument similar to the mandolin which is occasionally supplemented by wind instruments and accordion. Söndörgő's traditional repertoire is made up of material gathered by Béla Bartók and Tihamér Vujicsics as well as learned from old masters of the tradition.