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Jul 8, 2013 |
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Apparently the economy in California is doing well. My personal economic indicator revolves around how hard it is to buy ordinary goods and services. At the moment it is very hard.
For starters, the lines everywhere are longer, and the traffic is notably worse than a few years ago. If you can get to a physical store, they don't have your size in stock, or the popular model is already sold out. At best, the salesperson might try to order your item from another store if you can wait a week. With the exception of grocery stores and pharmacies, physical stores are empty shells waiting for the Internet to deliver a head shot.
Apple stores are exceptions. They generally seem to have every model in stock and the staff is excellent. But I won't buy anything at an Apple store this summer because I'm quite certain they have new and better stuff coming soon. Apple trained me not to buy their products today if they might come out with something better soon, and they are always coming out with something better soon. I've been staring at my old and defective iPad for six months wishing there was something I could do about it.
Online shopping isn't much better. Let's say I realize I need to replace some sort of broken item in my house, which is a process that happens a lot. So I go to a web page that carries that product and use the contact link to find the email address for the company. I type out a simple question about the product and wait for a response.
And it never comes.
What kind of company doesn't bother answering a customer who already has his credit card in his hand? Answer: One that has too much business already.
Buying clothes online works unless you want a size that fits. Those sizes are generally not available, even online, which I find puzzling. And if heather grey and navy blue aren't your colors, you're usually out of luck.
And what's up with taking two weeks to deliver an item you purchased online? Which part of the supply chain is doing so well they can't keep up with the business?
I hired a locksmith recently to fix a broken bathroom door locking mechanism. He worked on it over the course of three separate days, including trips back to headquarters to get parts. When he was done, he proudly showed his work. The door handles were back on the door and functioning! The only problem was that the door would never again lock, because he didn't have the right parts for that. He's a locksmith who doesn't think the "locking" part of a bathroom door is terribly important. Apparently his boss was having a hard time hiring qualified employees. That was a bad situation for me, but a good sign for the economy.
I realize this is all anecdotal, but how hard are you finding it to buy normal goods and services compared to a year or two ago?
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Snowden Dilemma
Jul 3, 2013 |
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Suppose the government of the United States gets its hands on Edward Snowden and brings him to trial. Have you wondered what happens then?
I've predicted that no jury of Snowden's peers will convict him, regardless of how clear it is that he broke laws. I would be highly disappointed in my fellow citizens if they sided with the perpetrator (the government) over the victims (themselves) and decided to screw the whistleblower (Snowden) who is on their side. But let's consider the alternative.
If Snowden gets convicted, many of the citizens of the United States will go all Egyptian and take to the streets. It was bad enough that the government was collecting all of our private communications. But convicting the guy who blew the whistle? That's throwing a match on the gasoline. So I believe the government doesn't want to see him convicted, or at least the top people don't. It's too risky to the system.
On the other hand, the government has an absolute legal obligation to pursue criminal charges against Snowden. Society doesn't work if people think they can break laws whenever they have good reasons.
We also know there is big money involved in domestic surveillance. And while I'm late to the party on this, all evidence suggests that the government is controlled by corporate interests. So one presumes the government needs to punish the whistleblower to satisfy its corporate overlords and to keep the domestic surveillance cash cow mooing.
This puts the government in the awkward position of trying to avoid some sort of accidental competence that ends up convicting a martyr and sparking a popular uprising. They need to put Snowden on trial to satisfy their corporate sponsors. But they need to fail in getting a conviction to satisfy the public.
I think there is a 100% chance that some dark department of the government, along with its foreign proxies, is planning an "accident" for Snowden before he reaches the United States. Putin would probably do it in return for secret concessions. He might need some of his own spies freed, for example. In the end, I don't think the U.S. government will authorize a hit on Snowden because it would be too obvious. But you know they discussed it. That much seems certain.
If I were President Obama, I would start seeding the media with the idea of a trial and conviction followed by a presidential pardon. You'd want to float that idea and see what the public thought of it. A conviction and a pardon are as close as you can get to a "tie" in this situation, and that would be the best case scenario for the public. We want to know that lawbreakers are dealt with, but we also appreciate justice.
If Snowden gets a lot of attention during a trial, and somehow gains his freedom at the end, I wouldn't be surprised to see him run for President in a few years. This is the sort of situation that gives a person instant legitimacy. If Snowden ran on a platform of exposing corporate control over the government and preserving individual privacy he'd be a credible player on day one.
Things will get interesting when Snowden reaches our shores, and I'm fairly sure that will happen.
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Slippery Slope to Freedom
Jul 1, 2013 |
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Some politician - and it doesn't matter which one - recently said that allowing gays to marry is a slippery slope to the day when assholes like him no longer have the power to tell you how to live your personal life. At least that's how I heard it.
Actually, I think he said something about gay marriage leading to *GASP* polygamy. And so I asked myself what's wrong with polygamy, assuming there aren't any child brides and cult overtones? I couldn't come up with an argument against keeping polygamy illegal. I'm not sure I've ever heard one.
Polygamy always gets conflated in the media with some sort of child-endangering, brainwashing, cultish pit of evil. But what if polygamy is just, for example, two dudes and one woman who work well as a trio? How does that hurt anyone?
Employee benefits, such as healthcare, would need to be adjusted in a polygamous world. You can't have one worker automatically qualifying for employee-paid healthcare for seven spouses. But that sort of thing is easy to tidy-up with legislation.
If anyone knows of an argument against polygamy, based on science as opposed to holy books, please let me know in the comments. And remember that polygamy can include one woman with multiple husbands. And just to keep things clean, assume the polygamous arrangement is based on practicality and not a religious belief.
This line of thinking made me wonder how one might organize society if there were no laws, customs and culture already in place. In other words, if no one had ever heard of traditional marriage with two people at the head of a nuclear family, what would be the most natural way to organize society? Are traditional marriage and polygamy even in the top five options?
I remember reading that people in arranged marriages were just as happy as those who married for love. That says a lot. And so I wonder: If you looked at every human society, past and present, and studied their marriage and social organization, would you find one model that just sticks out as working best? And what would it be?
Who knows the answer to that?
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Jun 28, 2013 |
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The Edward Snowden case has been fascinating from the start. It has spy stuff, a man on the run, embarrassing government secrets, international gamesmanship, a model girlfriend, legal maneuvering. Wow.
But you haven't seen anything yet. Snowden isn't running and he isn't hiding; he's waiting. And he's reportedly
the terms of his return through his dad. When he's ready, and it's safe, he'll come after the U.S. government in a public trial. He's the real deal. And he's on your side, even if it doesn't feel that way.
Is he a traitor? Yes, absolutely. But so were Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Franklin, and Jefferson, to name a few. If you think being a traitor is always bad, no matter the circumstances or motives, you're officially too dumb to vote.
I'm wondering how you find a jury that would convict Snowden. On the first day of the trial his lawyer will explain to all twelve jurors how the government spied on them personally. Every potential juror is also a victim. Good luck getting the victims to side with the perpetrator, which in this case is the government.
I think there's some sort of law that says I can't make a public statement in favor of jury nullification. Jury nullification is when jurors agree that the accused broke the law, but they feel the law itself is wrong, or that a conviction would be overkill, so they find the accused innocent. I predict that will happen. I don't recommend jury nullification because I'm not sure I have freedom of speech in this regard. I simply predict that nullification will happen.
My personal view is that if the government had asked citizens for permission to collect all communications in the country, or had stated its intentions without asking for permission, I'd be okay with it. It seems like a great tool for combatting domestic terrorism, and I don't think the government cares about my browser history.
But the government didn't ask my opinion before it collected my personal communications data. I can't give a free pass for that. And I am available for jury duty.
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The Paula Deen Context
Jun 26, 2013 |
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This blog is written for a rational audience that likes to have fun wrestling with unique or controversial points of view. It is written in a style that can easily be confused as advocacy for one sort of unpleasantness or another. It is not intended to change anyone's beliefs or actions. If you quote from this post or link to it, which you are welcome to do, please take responsibility for whatever happens if you mismatch the audience and the content.
I hadn't heard of Paula Deen, the so-called Southern cooking star, until her recent string of "controversies." Now I'm all in. This is one of the most interesting stories in a long time, from a psychology point of view.
I was casually following the headlines last year when it came out that Deen was promoting less-than-healthy food while she developed Type 2 diabetes, presumably from eating similar crap, while secretly negotiating a promotional deal with Novartis to pimp their diabetes drug. None of that sounds good.
The diabetes issue got her on the front page. But the recent "racism" controversy has pretty much ended her career, I would expect. That stain doesn't go away.
So I thought I would wade in and offer some context because I haven't gotten myself in enough trouble lately. My personal view of Deen, based on incomplete knowledge, is that she was a product of her environment, just like the rest of us. She did things she rightfully regrets, was honest about it and took responsibility, learned from her experiences, apologized in ways that looked sincere to me, and evolved. Hollywood makes movies about that sort of thing: Flawed person learns lessons the hard way. So now that Deen and her critics are on the same side, in terms of both healthy eating and race, that's the end of the story, right?
Not in this world. And that's the part that fascinates me.
I was watching some low-budget entertainment show the other night on which so-called "media personality" Keli Goff was ripping Deen apart while grinning in a most disturbing way. Goff, if you don't already know, is your signal that something is wrong with the context of a story. She's associated with the bottom-feeding media that includes The Huffington Post and the like. Those outlets don't just report the news; they create it by leaving out context. So, when I saw Goff, I got interested. And I wasn't disappointed.
The show I watched went like this. The host played a clip of Deen issuing an emotional, raw, awkward apology that literally included begging for forgiveness. The host and the pundits talked about Deen's apology at length. Five minutes later, on the same show, with the same pundits, the conversation turned to Deen's lack of an apology, as if they had not just watched and discussed that very thing.
Let me repeat that. They played a tape of Deen's apology, discussed the apology then complained that there had been no apology. I watched carefully to see if they meant the apology was lacking a necessary element, but that didn't seem to be the case. The apology looked sincere and heartfelt to me, albeit awkward. The problem, said the pundits, was that the very thing they just watched and discussed didn't actually happen. You rarely see confirmation bias play out that vividly. Once it had been decided that Deen was a monster, it couldn't also be true that she issued a sincere apology even if you just finished watching it. The whole thing was fascinating.
I don't know what is in Deen's soul, and I certainly don't know all the facts behind the allegations, so I neither support nor defend her. But I'd like to add some context because the bottom-feeding media is doing the opposite.
1. Every alleged example of Deen's racism involves either a good friend of hers who is African-American, an African-American chef or general manager that she or her brother hired for their restaurants, and in one case a preference for hiring African-American servers for a particular event. (More on that later.) That's a strange pattern for a racist.
2. I owned two restaurants. Restaurants are unusually fertile breeding grounds for bogus lawsuits and employment claims. You can't compare restaurants to other businesses in that way. You should assume 90% of employee discrimination claims in the restaurant industry are complete bullshit even if the stats are opposite in the standard corporate world. That's the context in which you should view the employee claims against Deen. Remember, she's an easy target, and any lawyer would know she has deep pockets and a need to settle quickly. I don't know the facts in her case, nor do you. I'm just giving context.
3. Deen claims her use of the N-word was in the context of jokes long ago and not representative of her current thinking. I don't know where her critics grew up, but during my youth in upstate New York it seemed as if all jokes were at the expense of one ethnic group or another, blonde women, farmer's daughters, lepers, dead babies, and folks with disabilities. The wrongness of the so-called humor was the whole point. That was the style of the day, as despicable as it seems by today's standards. When Deen admits to being part of that culture, and evolving out of it, that sounds more like naïve honesty than racism. If you didn't live through that era, you are missing some important context.
4. One of the most damning allegations is that Deen once suggested a slave-themed event that would feature only professional servers who were African-American. To me that sounds laughably implausible. It's the sort of thing one could only believe if you already bought into the idea that Deen is a racist, diabetes-promoting monster. It reminds me of the recent Internet hoax showing a photo of Heineken banners over a dog fight. A lot of folks on the Internet believed Heineken was advertising at a dog fight, as if that was even slightly plausible. (The Heineken signs were left over from some earlier event at the same location.)
I'll reiterate that I don't support Deen, or condone anything that she did, allegedly or otherwise. It's not my job to judge anyone. I'm just adding context.
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Fascinating Skunk Fight
Jun 17, 2013 |
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Over at The
Bearded Taint's blog
, the citizens have lit torches, grabbed pitchforks and come after me (again). I don't think I have seen more concentrated hate in one place. It's actually quite fascinating from a mental health perspective.
I left my own comments on the Bearded Taint's blog if you want to follow along.
The interesting thing is that I'm reasonably sure my haters and I have exactly the same opinions on the topics they are getting worked up about. But once the Internet decides you are a holocaust-denying, creationist, science-hating, sexist, sock puppet, all evidence seems to support that view. And in this case, these science-loving folks are basing their views on rumors, stuff taken out of context, misinterpretations, faulty memory of stuff they once read but don't fully remember, and that sort of thing.
I'll say it again because it is so interesting: The people who are hating me because of my opinions have exactly the same opinions. They just don't realize it because of the fog of confirmation bias.
I'm totally guilty of blogging in a way that was guaranteed to get this sort of reaction. I'll own that. I think there is an audience for people who are willing to play with ideas and not take any of it too seriously. The problem is that I become a target for advocates who need well-known enemies, manufactured or real. But I do understand that is part of my chosen profession. It's more fascinating than annoying. I love watching normally rational people get spun out of their minds by The Bearded Taint and his type.
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The Internet Fingerprint
Jun 10, 2013 |
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My hypothesis is that science will someday be able to identify sociopaths and terrorists by their patterns of Facebook and Internet use. I'll bet normal people interact with Facebook in ways that sociopaths and terrorists couldn't duplicate.
Anyone can post fake photos and acquire lots of friends who are actually acquaintances. But I'll bet there are so many patterns and tendencies of "normal" use on Facebook that a terrorist wouldn't be able to successfully fake it.
The main reason you can't fake Facebook use patterns is that you can't control how others respond to you. Good friends respond entirely differently than acquaintances, both in quantity and content. I think that sort of difference would show up.
Years ago, during my banking career, a coworker developed a program that looked through bank records for patterns suggesting possible fraud. It worked well enough that he formed his own company, sold the program to banks, and became a wealthy man. The key to the program's success is that crooks don't know there is a normal pattern and so they don't know when they violate it. I think the same would be true for Facebook. There must be dozens of normal Facebook patterns that sociopaths and terrorists wouldn't know about, and therefore couldn't fake.
I imagine that Internet usage patterns could tell experts as much about your brain as an MRI. To put it in simpler terms, if you tell me which web pages you browsed this week, I can come up with a good estimate of your odds of being a terrorist.
Do you think the government is already monitoring your Internet use pattern, if not the specific pages? If not, they will.
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Blurb Your Way to Fame
Jun 5, 2013 |
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Before you take on any challenge - whether you are planning a trip to someplace exotic, or contemplating a career change, or whatever - there is always a step you will do first if it is available to you: You'll ask other people how they did it. You probably won't follow the same playbook as those who went before, but knowing how others approached the same challenge, and how it turned out, will narrow your choices. And that can help a lot.
After Dilbert became a big deal, people started asking how I was able to beat such long odds. Was it simply a case of hard work plus extraordinary luck, or did I have some sort of secret method?
The interesting answer is that my career unfolded according to a written strategy that I created after I graduated from college. I still have it. And on top of the strategy I have several systems designed to make it easier for luck to find me.
Last year I realized that my personal story has just the right amount of twists and setbacks to make good reading. So I turned it into a book that will come out in October on the topic of success. The title is
How to Fail Almost Every Time and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.
It's a non-Dilbert book that includes humor in some chapters, but it's mostly a very different approach to the topic of success. I wouldn't expect anyone to follow my systems and get the same results, but I think it is helpful to know which methods other people have tried and how it turned out for them.
Anyway, my publisher asked me about getting blurbs for the back cover. In publishing lingo, a blurb is a recommendation or positive review of the book that appears on the back cover, as in "A fantastic read. I couldn't put it down. - Joe Blow."
My problem with collecting blurbs in the usual way is that it feels like assigning homework to strangers. A typical blurb process might involve picking some famous authors in the success field and asking my publisher to ask their publishers to ask the famous authors to 1) Read my book, and 2) Write glowing reviews. The whole process feels wrong.
This is where you come in.
My publisher has agreed to print blurbs from you, my blog readers, knowing that none of you have read the actual book. What's in it for you is that you might see your name on the back cover of the book.
The trick is to write your review in a way that addresses my general writing/thinking qualities as seen on this blog. You won't be reviewing the book so much as reviewing me as a writer. Keep your reviews to a few sentences at most, and don't be so overboard that it looks disingenuous. The trick is to say something positive that isn't over the top. And don't pretend you actually read the book.
I'll select several winners from what I see in the comments and stick them on the book.
Who's in?
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Open Source Architecture
Jun 3, 2013 |
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Thanks to reader JP for this link about a plan for
open-source home architecture.
If the plan works, someday a consumer will be able to download buildable home construction plans and order custom-cut materials to make home-building a breeze, and much cheaper. The biggest obstacle will be the complexity of local building standards. But I can imagine local governments embracing the system if it allows them to input their unique building requirements into it as a filter. It might be a big money-saver for the town because every proposed building plan that comes through the system will already meet codes.
The thing that is missing from the downloadable architecture system, as far as I know, is the design element. I don't want to build a house that is nothing but a bunch of boring rectangles arranged over a foundation. I want a house that is designed with function in mind first. And for that I'd like to see some sort of "best design" subsection for the downloadable home plans.
I often think about how hard it was to design our current kitchen layout. Kitchens are a challenge because ideally you want everything to be next to everything else, which is physically impossible. Our biggest error was putting the flatware drawer in a place that guaranteed someone would always be standing in front of it when someone else needed a fork. It seems like a small thing, but design is about getting all of the small stuff right. I'd love to upload the design of our kitchen, after moving that one drawer, and see how it stacks up to other kitchen designs.
Current home design is all about appearance over function because consumers buy homes that look great while having a hard time imagining all the little functional flaws such as a lack of storage space, how sound travels, and that sort of thing. The big homebuilders and architects design for the camera, not for the consumer. When homes are designed to meet the best standards of function as voted by actual homeowners, the value of the typical home will skyrocket at the same time the cost of construction drops.
I predict that in twenty years nearly every house that exists today will be seen as a "tear down" because new construction will be cheap and new home designs will be extraordinary.
Imagine picking your house design over the Internet with the intention of doing much of the work yourself, perhaps with your own crew of helpers. You pick the design, pick the start date, and click BUY. From that point on, the system starts delivering materials according to a fixed schedule that the buyer can modify on the fly. You show up at the construction site in the morning and several Google self-driving delivery trucks are already waiting. Your construction-bot unloads the trucks and stages the building material where you want it.
You walk up to the pile of materials and use your smartphone to read the bar code and call up detailed step-by-step directions for what you need to do. You'll have exactly the tools you need because the system warned you a week ahead to be ready for this phase. If you don't own a nail gun, for example, that is added to your delivery at the same time as the materials.
I can also imagine that in this world of pre-cut materials we would see more of a snap-together building system that is easy for non-handy people to manage.
There is an enormous home construction/retrofit phase ahead of us, perhaps ten years out.
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Virtual People
May 30, 2013 |
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Let's say in ten years you have digital glasses such as Google's Glass. Now let's say the glasses are Internet connected at high speed and have access to facial recognition software. And let's say the glasses allow you to replace whatever is in your field of vision with a computer generated image.
See where I'm going with this?
The implication of this technology is that you could make love to your spouse while wearing the glasses and replacing his/her face with the face of a preferred lover in real time. And I don't know if you can buy stock in blow-up sex doll companies but this would be a good time to get in on the ground floor. The manufacturer simply needs to color the dolls blue so the glasses can digitally create whoever you would like it to be.
Or the glasses could digitally airbrush real people who are standing in front of you. Perhaps software could add a tan or even subtract a few pounds. I would imagine software could find the midpoint of a human and digitally distort the stomach area to make the person's proportions just right.
I can imagine an old-folks care facility in which everyone wears blue clothing and digital glasses that make the residents look like their 20-year old selves. You'd be surrounded by old people but it would look like spring break.
Clothing fashion might stop being a thing in the real world because it is easier to change your outfit digitally. You simply transmit your wardrobe code to the observer and that person sees a CGI image of your clothing choice instead of the blue jump suit you are actually wearing. You could have dozens of virtual wardrobe changes in a day. Or you could appear with tattoos and a tongue ring to your young friends while appearing professionally dressed to business associates and family, all at the same time.
In the future, a television set might be nothing but a blue rectangle on a wall that has a bar code. Your glasses read the bar code and start transmitting images to you while keeping the images framed as if in the virtual TV on the wall. That way you can look around and not have your entire field of vision blocked by the TV image.
One of the worries about Google's Glass product is that people will hate talking in person to someone who is wearing them. But that is only a problem if one of you has the product and the other doesn't. In other words, 50% penetration of this product will be a nightmare whereas 100% penetration is fun for all.
Therefore, I predict that Google and other big tech companies will give away digital glasses for free someday, so they can skip the 50% nightmare penetration level and go straight to 100%, or near it, where they need to be. The business model will involve selling subscription connections to the Internet and having access to all of the apps and services. And I assume there will be an advertising model. In any case, I would expect digital glasses to go from a novelty item for geeks to a nearly 100% adoption rate within five years of the technology reaching some minimum level of functionality. And that will happen because the glasses will be free.
I would imagine that even people with no money could use digital glasses in WiFi hot spots and still have access to the most basic functions without a subscription. So money won't be much of an obstacle.
By the way, I realized yesterday that my generation is the last of the pure humans. Most people my age were raised with no personal technology. Someday historians will mark the smartphone era as the beginning of the Cyborg Age. From this day on, most kids in developed countries will be part human and part machine. As technology improves, we will keep adding it to our bodies.
And if that isn't scary enough, check out the folks trying to
design new life forms
at the DNA level.
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The country singer said Wednesday that she will begin a two-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2013 Matthew S. Rotundo of Omaha, a winner in the 2009 Writers of the Future Contest and published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 25, has taken another step in his career as a professional writer. After seeing his winning story, 'Gone Black' published in the annual anthology-and so beating out several thousand other contestants- Rotundo is now finding that editors and publishers have become interested in what he is writing. (more...)
Chicago Solo Theatre to Present 185 BUDDHAS WALK INTO A BAR at Studio-Be, 11/6
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2013 Chicago Solo Theatre brings two award winning Chicago based solo performers together for a night of top notch performance at Studio-Be, Chicago's best BYOB theatre venue. (more...)
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by BWW News Desk - Oct 8, 2013 Whidbey Island Center for the Arts opens the 2013-14 Theatre Series with a ghostly comedy, Blithe Spirit, on Friday, October 11. Written by Noel Coward and directed by Phil Jordan, the production will run through October 26-just in time to get in the Halloween "spirit!" (more...)
Shirazeh Houshiary Opening Reception Set for Lehmann Maupin Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Oct 30, 2013 Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Shirazeh Houshiary on view at 201 Chrystie Street from 30 October 28 December 2013. (more...)
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by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2013 Live Innovations is an outsourced sales and marketing company located in Central London. The firm have seen the demand for their services grow rapidly throughout 2013 suggesting many businesses are seeing the benefits outsourcing can offer. (more...)
Thomas Ward's INTERNATIONAL FALLS Set for February 2014 Run at The Tank
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2013 Thomas Ward, who was hailed by THE NEW YORK TIMES for his performance in Craig Wright's The Unseen Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, returns to New York City, this time as playwright. His dark comedy, INTERNATIONAL FALLS, marks Greyman Theatre Company's inaugural New York City production beginning in February 2014 at midtown's The Tank. (more...)
WTF Challenges Spiritual and Physical Preconceptions of Faith
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2013 The acronym 'WTF' on the title, for a split second, makes the reader assume it to be the slang that is used most often, but then the full form 'WTF When There's Faith' eases off the mind and changes the perspective. Similarly, with this book, author Malik Samnani will challenge stereotypical thinking of both the individual and society, and open up a window of new interpretations when it comes to matters both temporal and spiritual. (more...)
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by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2013 Nike Air Max has always been about visibility - introducing bold colors to running footwear and making The Unseen, seen with the debut of visible air in 1987. Twenty-three years later the desire to be seen has amplified and has inspired a new Air Max Glow Collection. (more...)
Sierra Rep to Present HARVEY, 10/25-11/24
by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2013 The Dowd family has a problem. Beloved brother, Elwood, has taken up with an unsettling best friend - Harvey, a giant, invisible rabbit whom he escorts around town and kindly introduces to everyone he meets. Elwood has always been a bit eccentric, but what is a respectable sister expected to bear - especially when she's trying to find a husband for her daughter? (more...)
Victory Gardens Presents The Co-world Premiere Of APPROPRIATE By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Directed By Gary Griffin
by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2013 Victory Gardens Theater kicks off its 2013-14 season with the Co-World Premiere of Appropriateby Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Gary Griffin. Appropriate is presented in association with Actors Theatre of Louisville and was developed, in part, by IGNITION 2012. Appropriate runs November 8-December 8, with the press performance on November 15, 2013, at Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue. (more...)
Lehmann Maupin to Present New Shirazeh Houshiary Solo Exhibit, 30 Oct - 28 Dec
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2013 Lehmann Maupin has announced an exhibition of new work by Shirazeh Houshiary on view at 201 Chrystie Street from 30 October 28 December 2013. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Sierra Rep's HARVEY
by BWW News Desk - Nov 6, 2013 The Dowd family has a problem. Beloved brother, Elwood, has taken up with an unsettling best friend - Harvey, a giant, invisible rabbit whom he escorts around town and kindly introduces to everyone he meets. Elwood has always been a bit eccentric, but what is a respectable sister expected to bear - especially when she's trying to find a husband for her daughter? That's the dilemma in Harvey, one of American theater's most funny and charming comedies, coming to the Fallon House stage through November 24, directed by Dennis Jones. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)
BWW Reviews: BLACK CAT LOST at Theater Ninjas
by Roy Berko - Nov 4, 2013 Theater Ninja is a nomadic theatre company which has no permanent home and appears in store fronts, art spaces, and churches. It was founded in 2006 with the goal of developing innovative, nontraditional theatrical experiences. As founder Jeremy Paul explains, 'We are a risk-taking company.' (more...)
American Vision Releases John G. Crawford's 'Baptism is Not Enough'
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2013 American Vision is pleased to announce the release of author John G. Crawford's compelling new book and companion film, 'Baptism is Not Enough: How Understanding God's Covenant Explains Everything' - this paperback book and companion film are now available for a limited time exclusively at AmericanVision.org and CovenantalDivide.com. Both items will be in stores nationwide on January 1st, with distribution by Elevate Entertainment. (more...)
Daniel Hubbard to Make Directorial Debut with Thomas Ward's New Comedy INTERNATIONAL FALLS, 2/27-3/9
by BWW News Desk - Nov 19, 2013 Actor Daniel Hubbard is set to make his directorial debut with the New York premiere of INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Thomas Ward's new dark comedy about a stand-up comedian and a hotel desk clerk. Greyman Theatre Company's inaugural New York production begins performances Feb. 27 at The Tank and continues its limited run through March 9. (more...)
Second Thought Theatre to Host Free Public Reading of BOOTH, 12/9
by BWW News Desk - Nov 16, 2013 Second Thought Theatre Co-Artistic Director Steven Walters announced today the first public reading of BOOTH, the brand new play by Walters with story and research assistance from Erik Archilla about the man behind one of the most tragic assassinations in American history. The reading will take place on Monday, December 9 at 7:30pm in Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys Campus. Immediately following the reading, KERA's Jerome Weeks will lead a conversation with Walters, Archilla and members of the cast and audience about the play. (more...)
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by Jeff Davis - May 26, 2013 In complete darkness, the Godlike voice of a judge echoes. To The Unseen jury, the voice states, "Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts One man is dead. Another man's life is at stake In the event that you find the accused 'Guilty,' the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. The death sentence is mandatory in this case. You're faced with a grave responsibility." Moments later, twelve men file into the jury room. As they immediately discuss everything from the weather to an upcoming ball game to their desire to "get it over with," it becomes clear that all of them failed to grasp the importance of the judge's stern and eloquent instructions. All, that is, except for the solitary juror who detaches from the group and stares pensively out the window. So begins 12 Angry Men, Reginald Rose's gritty and brutally honest examination of our judicial system, now playing in a stark and powerful new production at Austin's City Theatre. (more...)
Fountain Gallery Presents [Un]Seen, 5/23 - 7/10
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013 Fountain Gallery, representing artists with mental illness, today announced the upcoming opening of [Un]Seen, a group exhibition of works by Fountain Gallery artists and Visiting artists selected by guest curator Elyse Goldberg. [Un]Seen will open with a Reception on May 23, 2013, 6-8 pm and continue through July 10. Fountain Gallery is located at 702 Ninth Avenue at 48th Street. Gallery Hours: Tuesday Saturday, 11am-7pm; Sunday, 1pm-5pm. (more...)
Tim Federle, Seth Rudetsky and More to Appear at Books of Wonder's FROM PAGE TO STAGE, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2013 Children's book authors with roots in the Broadway community take center stage this Sunday, May 19, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Books Of Wonder, the legendary Manhattan book store. (more...)
SORDID LIVES to Open 3/22 at convergence-continuum
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2013 convergence-continuum opens its 2013 Season with the Cleveland premiere of Sordid Lives a comedy by Del Shores. (more...)
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Announces A NEW DOCUMENTARY Exhibition in Arles; Entry Deadline Extended thru 4/30
by BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2013 Following the launch of a new grant in documentary film, The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film announced today their first photography exhibition to take place during the world's biggest festival Les Rencontres d'Arles at Galerie Huit in Arles, France, and later in the year at Ikono gallery in Brussels, Belgium. With these new opportunities, the foundation has extended the 2013 call for documentary photography entries deadline through April 30 and has named a world renowned jury for selection of this year's grant recipient. (more...)
185 BUDDHAS WALK INTO A BAR Comes to Studio Be, Beg. 2/7
by BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2013 185 Buddhas Walk into a Bar is set for Studio Be, 3110 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Ill. todays in February and March at 8:00pm (February 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 14, 21, 28) (more...)
BWW Reviews: New 'MASTER HAROLD' Production at the Fugard Packs an Emotional Punch
by David Fick - Mar 26, 2013 This new production of 'MASTER HAROLD'... AND THE BOYS, directed by Kim Kerfoot, illuminates the material well, not only in its relevance to South Africa's past, but also in its significance to the country's current situation. (more...)
SORDID LIVES Opens Tonight at convergence-continuum
by BWW News Desk - Mar 22, 2013 convergence-continuum opens its 2013 Season with the Cleveland premiere of Sordid Lives a comedy by Del Shores. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Every Little Step of Marc Robin's New A CHORUS LINE is a Sensation At the Fulton
by Marakay Rogers - Mar 15, 2013 Marc Robin's re-choreographed and re-imagined A Chorus Line is Michael Bennett for a new age, and theatrical dance fans will not feel 'Nothing' when they watch it. (more...)
Steppenwolf Will Premiere Tarell Alvin McCraney's HEAD OF PASSES in April
by BWW News Desk - Mar 15, 2013 Performances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's highly anticipated world-premiere production of Head of Passes by ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney begin April 4. Inspired by the Biblical Book of Job, ensemble member Tina Landau directs following her acclaimed collaboration with McCraney for the The Brother/Sister Plays (2010), with a cast featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, Jon Michael Hill (May 21 - June 9) and Tim Hopper with James T. Alfred, Kyle Beltran (April 4 - May 19), Chris Boykin, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Glenn Davis, Ron Cephas Jones and Jacqueline Williams. Head of Passes begins previews April 4, 2013 (Opening Night is April 14, 2013; Press Performances are April 13 at 3pm and April 16 at 7:30pm) and runs through June 9, 2013 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St). Tickets ($20 - $78) are on sale now. (more...)
New Playwrights Collective The Welders Set to Produce 5 New Plays in 3 Years
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by BWW News Desk - Jun 20, 2013 The Restoration Ministry of Jamaica, Inc. (RMOJ) was founded by Delrose Treasure as a church-based organization to help uplift the community by overcoming barriers, to turn individuals into more productive members of society while simultaneously bringing them closer to God. I am the Way, Walk in Me chronicles what it took to create the RMOJ, and the author's life experiences that brought about its inception. (more...)
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Zaid Díaz Gandía Releases 'Why? The Single Photon Theory'
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2013 For author Zaid Díaz Gandía, the mounting suffering of a blighted civilization has finally become unbearable. The anguish of a society lost in the delirious twists and turns of a febrile world has prompted him to publish his interpretation of reality's nature. Why? The Single Photon Theory is an existential interpellation stemming from six decades of unpublished research that ushers forth a new paradigm that can restore sanity to human endeavor and empower people to master their destinies once and for all. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill Enters Realm Of Farce With EXIT THE BODY
by Marakay Rogers - Jul 22, 2013 The classic farce/mystery of a mystery writer's mixed-up vacation is on stage now at Oyster Mill (more...)
Author Rev. Kemi Nahal Announces the Release of WHISPER OF THE FLAME
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2013 In her new book "Whisper of the Flame: An Inner Journey into Your Sacred Flame Within" (published by Balboa Press), author, healer and singer-songwriter Rev. Kemi Nahal brings to her fans and to readers everywhere a rousing collection of poetry and angelic messages. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Indianapolis - Week of 2/17/2013
by BWW - Feb 17, 2013 Upcoming Shows - Week of 2/17/2013 for Indianapolis (more...)
Douglas Morrisson Theatre to Present Craig Wright's GRACE, 1/7
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2013 The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) has announced the fifth production in the 2013-2014 'Bare Bones' staged reading series: "GRACE" by Craig Wright, a darkly comic play exploring the changing nature of faith, time and space. (more...)
NCPA Announces September 2013 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Aug 30, 2013 National Center Performing Arts in Mumbai has announced its upcoming September 2013 events. Details below! (more...)
Style Network Reveals STYLED TO ROCK Contestants
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BWW Reviews: Saved by the Bell - ALL IN THE TIMING
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My only complaint about this quiz is that there isn't one like it, but about Puggles. Puggles are awesome. I want one so bad.
This quiz is bogus and obviously not written by a Shiba expert. The ONLY acceptable coat color in the list is the black & tan. Solid colors are never "acceptable" on a Shiba because they don't show urajiro.
Also, they're double-coated and NOT waterproof. The guard hairs are course, but the undercoat is incredibly soft, giving them a soft texture to the touch.
I found some of the questions here to be unspecific. For instance, some kennel clubs, including the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs discriminate against cream Shibas - "Serious fault--Cream, white pinto, or any other color or marking not specified is a very serious fault and must be penalized."
Another issue is that, yes, in the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs, the Shiba is a non-sporting breed. However, in the United Kennel Club, it is listed in the Northern Breed group and in the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, it is a member of Group 5 Spitz and primitive type.
All in all, this quiz was enjoyable, but I think that it presents a regrettable American bias, as well as some shaky breed knowledge.
Love Shiba Inus, and was so happy when the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam was up and running. I swear work productivity was at a standstill!
Shiba Inus & Akitas are beautiful & look very similar to Siberian huskies, Alaskan malamutes & Samoyed dogs! Even though researchers say that ALL domesticated dogs are descended from wolves, only certain ones still have "wolf-like" features.
My friend has a Shiba Inu and she's so fun but she will attack strange dogs in an instant!


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'This is just the start for us': District 3 vow to start gigging and writing their album after being voted off X Factor
When many acts are voted off a reality show, there's a fear that they may fade out of the limelight but not District 3.
The boyband, who made a shock exit from X Factor on Sunday night, have promised to make the most of their experience on the ITV1 show and certainly seem positive about their future.
Speaking to Lorraine Kelly on Monday morning, Greg West said: 'We've had the most amazing time and we've made some great friends. It's just the start for us.'
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Not going anywhere: District 3 vow to start writing their album and gig some more following their exit from the X Factor on Sunday night
When Lorraine stated that it had been a great platform for the band to get themselves know, Greg went on to say: 'Yeah of course, we couldn't have asked for anything better. It's allowed us to create an amazing fan base.
'Now we just need to get back on the writing the album and doing lots of gigs.'
Dan Ferrari-Lane also said it would be good for the guys to 'catch up on some sleep' after living in a bubble for the last few months.
Just the beginning: (L-R) Greg West, Dan Ferrari-Lane and Micky Parsons said the reality show was a great platform for them to establish a fan base
The boyband added that they will definitely go along to the remaining live shows if they get the opportunity, and will be voting for the rest of the contestants.
The threesome, also squashed rumours of a rivalry with Union J - who they faced in the sing off on Sunday night's show.
When asked if they will now be supporting the remaining band in the competition, Greg answered: 'Yes definitely, without a doubt. We get on with the guys so well and yes there was that whole thing of splitting the public vote because we've got a very similar target audience, but now that we're out of the competition we can move on with our own things, and best of luck to them.'
No hard feelings: District 3 faced Union J in Sunday night's sing off but claimed that there is no rivalry between the two of them
The singers also gave their verdict on Christopher Maloney, describing him as a 'lovely' person.
'He has got some stick,' Greg said. 'But he goes out there every Saturday night and does his thing so good luck to the guy.'
District 3 did the rounds on morning television and later spent time chatting with This Morning's Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
Repeating what they'd said on Lorraine's sofa, Micky Parsons told the presenters: 'We're really looking forward to what the future holds.'
Their time to shine: The boyband did several interviews on Monday and were joined by Caroline Flack on This Morning
It was also another excuse for the guys to be reunited with Xtra Factor host, Caroline Flack, who joined them on the sofa wearing a short black dress.
The 33-year-old not only blushed about James Arthur's supposed crush on her, but also revealed that she doesn't think Ella Henderson and Union J's George Shelley are romantically involved.
'There seems to be photographers following them around in the dark looking for any movement that could be considered a relationship,' Caroline said. 'I personally don't think that they're in a relationship... she tells me their not in a relationship, I just think they are really close friends.'
Happy to be here: District 3 tweeted that it was 'a pleasure' to see the Xtra Factor host again
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I am trying to insert selections from a second data source into an Autocomplete dropdown. Both 1st and 2d source fetches are via ajax. I crafted and hard coded a JSON array that works to insert 2d source data into Autocomplete's dropdown. It passes the jsonLint test. The format is the following:
[{"label":"New York, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States","value":"Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States"},
{"label":"New York, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States","value":"Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States", }]
I'm having major trouble creating code to put variable data into that type and format. The database currently contains JSON strings. I use PHP's json_encode() to create the data object passed to the browser. The database entries could be changed, but they now look like:
"label":"New York, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States","value":"Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States"
It seems that 1. the JSON strings don't get changed to objects, and 2. some extraneous, unknown characters get inserted somehow. However, I'm a novice, especially with functions and objects. Here is the jQuery/Javascript, plus some comments about the state of the data at various points.
var boroughData = function() {
//normal stuff like url:, dataType:, etc. It works.
success: function (data){
boroughData = $.map( data, function (item){
//data is JSON, but info inside extra " ", like Object { boroughString=""label":"Dallas, Cockre..., Texas, United States""}
// # response like [{"boroughString":"\"label\":\"Dallas, Cockrell Hill, Dallas County, Texas, United States\", . . ."}]
return item.boroughString;//returns JSON strings, not objects, in an array
alert(jQuery.isArray(boroughData) + "|bD1"); //true
console.log(boroughData); //array containing JSON strings in red
} //closes success: for boroughData
}); //closes ajax for boroughData
}(); //closes boroughData and (); executes it
alert(jQuery.isArray(boroughData) + "|bD2"); //false
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alert(JSON.parse(boroughData) + "|bD4");//SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON data
Note that the isArray test at bD1 is true and the isArray test at bD2 is false, and the only thing that happens between them is closing off the function and the ajax. Also note the comment line with the hash # mark that documents the seemingly extra " " marks.
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Members of a parliamentary panel today slammed the Enforcement Directorate for its "slow pace" of investigation into the 2G scam and sought more details on the money trail it was probing.
Top ED officials, along with Finance Secretary R S Gujral, today appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam to brief about the progress made in the case.
Several members criticised the agency for the "slow pace" of investigation and sought more details on the money trail it was investigating in India and abroad, sources said.
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No. 3 Crete Monee at T.F. South to wait a day
Referees watch the skies for lightning as the Crete-Monee/T.F. South game was delayed by a storm. The game was postponed until 7 p.m. today.
August 30, 2013 7:41 pm • John J. Watkins, The Times
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