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Posted in NaBloPoMo 2011 — November on 11/02/2011 08:32 pm by MargaretNovember 2, 2011
As usual at the start of a blogfest such as NaBloPoMo or Holidailies, this blog has seen a spike in visitors. But they're not all coming from NaBlo's randomizer or my notification efforts. Many are coming from a mention my Margaret of Cortona piece, written by Marsha Tole, a columnist who writes about weight loss from Albuquerque. She called the piece, which I wrote in 2006 in the earliest incarnation of this effort, "interesting" and "entertaining." (Ms. Tole's own work is interesting and entertaining as well. You should check it out. She uses the same strategy I do to get rid of leftover Halloween candy.)
I mentioned Margaret of Cortona briefly today at Markings, my other blog. That piece was mostly about my visit to a local church to view the relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. I've always been drawn to mentions of my name. There were two other Margarets in my grade school class, but the only famous Margaret I knew was Margaret Hamilton, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West. In eighth grade I learned about Margaret Mitchell, who wrote a thick novel because she was confined to her house while a broken leg healed. ("In a weak moment, I have written a book," she said in 1935.) That was the year I read that book. The next year, ninth grade, I came under the influence of Sr. Margaret Loretta, my English teacher for half the year, and then my math teacher, and I began to like my name a little more.
In 1968 I became a devotee of Richard Brautigan, carrying around volumes of his work as if they were sacred texts. My favorite piece, from In Watermelon Sugar, is "My Name," which ends with the haunting line, "And I wish Margaret would leave me alone."
As I mentioned in the Markings post, I am not named for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, nor for St. Margaret of Cortona, but for my maternal grandmother. She was 69 years old when I was born. Here you see her on my parents' wedding day. She's the one on the right, and she is 68 years old there. My paternal grandmother, younger by 15 years, stands with her. To me, they look alike, as if they are the same age, and that age is old. I am today barely three years younger than my grandmother Margaret. At right you see a full body shot of what I look like today. It makes me wince, and I post it with some trepidation, since I don't think I look like that. Evidently, though, I do look my grandmother's age, only dumpier.
So, back to work on that weight loss stuff. See you tomorrow.

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quote From Dan Harmon ("The Sarah Silverman Program") and Emmy Award-winning directors Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development") comes "Community," a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, "The Soup"), a fast-talkin' lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.Also among the series stars who comprise the group are comedy legend Chevy Chase ("Chuck") as Pierce, a man whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Gillian Jacobs ("The Book of Daniel") as Britta, the 28-year old drop out with something to prove; Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement") as Shirley, a sassy middle-aged divorcée; Danny Pudi ("Greek") as Abed, a pop culture junkie; Alison Brie ("Mad Men") as Annie, a high-strung perfectionist; Donald Glover ("30 Rock") as Troy, a former high school football star trying to find his way and Ken Jeong ("The Hangover") as Spanish professor, Señor Chang.
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In keeping with the film's aura of all-too-gritty authenticity, Leo Fitzpatrick had no professional acting experience when he was cast as one of the leads in Larry Clark's controversial first feature Kids (1995). One of the New York teens who hung out in the same downtown "skater" milieu as Kids screenwriter Harmony Korine, Fitzpatrick was recruited to play Telly, the self-professed "Virgin Surgeon" and unknowing AIDS carrier. With his callow looks, foul mouth, and hardened self-confidence, Fitzpatrick's Telly was the ultimate adolescent nightmare; or, in Clark and Korine's view, simply a sign of the 1990s times. Critics split over whether the unrated Kids was a fiction-verité classic or vile exploitation, but all agreed that the untrained Fitzpatrick had created a memorable brute. Fitzpatrick disappeared from the acting radar until he played a bit part in Clark's next feature Another Day in Paradise (1998); he subsequently guest starred on The Practice in 2000.
By 2001, Fitzpatrick landed roles in more mainstream films as well as art house fare. While he played supporting roles in Rebecca Miller's Sundance Film Festival prizewinner Personal Velocity (2001) and Clark's second troubled teen story Bully (2001), Fitzpatrick also appeared in the short-lived summer comedy Bubble Boy (2001) and the fluffy John Cusack-Kate Beckinsale romance Serendipity (2001). Unlike several other cast members, Fitzpatrick's role survived the editing process for Solondz's Storytelling (2002), which made the festival rounds in 2001 before its early 2002 release. Appearing in the caustic "Fiction" portion, Fitzpatrick made the most of his screen time as a cerebral palsy-afflicted college student whose girlfriend discovers the depths of their writing professor's sadism. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Human disconnect, frailty, and redemption serve as the predominant themes in director Erik Weigel's drama about a man who learns that his childhood friend is dying, and sets out for Washington, D.C. on a mission to record the man's final farewells. The last time that Elliot (Leo Fitzpatrick) saw Matthew they were foster kids living in the nation's capitol. Now Elliot has received word that Matthew is dying, so he hits the road with his trusty video camera in hand, determined to capture his long-lost friend's last words for posterity. Later, at Matthew's funeral, Elliot meets Matthew's former girlfriend Lily (Elizabeth Moss), and his cynical, self-absorbed pal Gray (Christopher Denham). Impulsively stealing Matthew's ashes, Gray and Lily decide to make their way south of the border with Elliot in tow, and scatter the remains of their old friend in the Pacific Ocean. But upon hitting the open road, all three quickly realize that this is no ordinary mission, and that they will all be forced to contend with some weighty questions about life before accomplishing their ultimate goal. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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When an elaborate bank robbery goes horribly awry and hostage negotiations hit a hitch, two men on opposite sides of the law become locked in a violent collision course in this eight-episode Spike TV series. Created by The Negotiator co-scripter James DeMonaco, The Kill Point opens as the disgruntled Gulf War veteran-turned-bank robber Mr. Wolf (John Leguizamo) attempts to take control of a situation that's fast unraveling. As bullets begin to fly and the robbers retreat deeper into the bank, wealthy Lawrence Beck (Tobin Bell) makes it clear that he's willing to pay a tidy sum to ensure the release of his frightened daughter (Christina Evangelista). Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Police Department Hostage Negotiator Horst Cali (Donnie Wahlberg) attempts to negotiate with the increasingly volatile Mr. Wolf. With each passing minute, it seems as if the stress of dealing with both the police and his own men is fast taking its toll on Mr. Wolf's damaged psyche. Now, as the FBI arrives determined to bring this bitter stand off to an end, steely-cop Cali will find his negotiating skills put to the ultimate test. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, and Gavin Rossdale star in a high-stakes caper film in which the only thing for certain is that nothing is as it seems. Fed up with the manner in which super-sized corporations continually stack the deck against the common man, Jason "Jinx" Taylor (Stahl) reaches his wit's end after attempting to withdraw his last 20 dollars from the bank and getting refused due to the fact that the transaction fee will overdraw him. Locked in a tightly sealed bank vault with pretty Jessica (Christensen), Jinx struggles to find a way out as armed robber Simon (Rossdale) and his men search for a means of getting in. As Officer De Gespe (Terry Crews) and his men surround the bank, it begins to appear that the situation is slightly more complicated than the cops anticipated. When Simon fails to intimidate Jinx into opening the vault, loyalties are tested and the situation quickly turns volatile. Soon it's revealed that the true mastermind of the operation is a man whom no one had expected, and that in order to collect the funds that have been skimmed from bank fees over the course of many years, he will have to convince Jinx and Jessica to issue a secret PIN number. Now, in order to escape with both the cash and their lives, Jinx will have to convince cops and robbers alike that he and Jessica are merely hostages who need to be released before things get truly out of hand. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Writer/director JJ Lask adapted his darkly comic satire On the Road With Judas from his best-selling 2002 novel of the same name. Set in the early 1990s, the story follows a seemingly conservative New York businessman (Napoleon Dynamite's Aaron Ruell) who moonlights as a cutthroat computer thief. Lask employs an eclectic combination of formal elements in his creation of the film, including fictional narrative, pseudo-documentary, and several additional storytelling modes. Leo Fitzpatrick, Kevin Corrigan and Eddie Kaye Thomas co-star. P.S. 260, the production shingle founded by Lask, oversaw production of the project. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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A single mother from Queens becomes unwittingly embroiled in international espionage in director Hal Hartley's sequel to the critically acclaimed Henry Fool. Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is determined to raise her 14-year-old son, Ned (Liam Aiken), so he won't be like his father, Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan), who disappeared seven years ago after accidentally murdering a vicious neighbor. As Fay's brother, Simon (James Urbaniak), serves time in a prison cell for aiding Henry in his daring escape, he gradually begins to suspect that the man who inspired him to take up writing in the first place is not the louse he appeared to be, but instead the keeper of some potentially explosive government secrets that, if made public, could prove quite dangerous. As Simon begins to explore the possibility that Henry's autobiography, "Confessions," contains coded references to a wide variety of international atrocities committed by governments around the world, the CIA contacts Fay to inform her that her husband was killed in a hotel fire in Sweden shortly after fleeing America, and that the French government is currently in possession of two notebooks containing drafts of "Confessions." Convinced that the notebooks contain information that could endanger the security of the United States, CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) convinces Fay to travel to Paris and retrieve Henry's property before the information falls into the wrong hands. Now trapped in the middle of a cross-continental con and thrust deep into the world of international espionage, Fay is about to find out that her ex-husband is not only still alive, but in more trouble than he could ever imagine. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Independent auteur Hal Hartley wrote and directed this satirical exercise in what he calls "fake science fiction." In the near future, following a violent overthrow of the American government, the United States has come under the rule of the MMM, a Multi-Media Monopoly which runs the country as a business. Every citizen now has a personal bar code, which is used to monitor his or her consumption of practically everything, including sex, now that aphrodisiacs have become the nation's biggest consumer product. Jack (Bill Sage) and Cecile (Sabrina Lloyd) are two MMM executives who are vying for the same level of advancement within the organization, while William (Leo Fitzpatrick) is a member of the Partisans, a cadre of anti-MMM activists who are attempting to bring down the corporation's rule, though they are regarded as both dangerous and powerless by MMM's leaders. In the midst of this situation comes a beautiful woman from the planet Monday (Tatiana Abracos), who knows about Jack's little secret -- he's a fellow alien hiding out on Earth. The woman has come to Earth to bring Jack back to planet Monday, but given the currently miserable state of Jack's life, he's more interested in having a relationship with her than heading back home. The Girl From Monday has its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Daniels (Lance Reddick) gives the unit their new targets, Stringer (Idris Elba) and Marlo (Jamie Hector). He's furious when McNulty (Dominic West) confirms that he went to Colvin (Robert Wisdom). "When the cuffs go on Stringer," Daniels tells McNulty, "you need to find a new home." Because crime is going down everywhere in his district except near the designated drug zones, Colvin is able to redeploy his forces to focus on the high crime areas. In "Hamsterdam," Carver (Seth Gilliam) realizes that since the dealers no longer need lookouts or runners, the little kids that worked for them have been cut loose. He institutes a "tax" on the dealers to take care of them. Cutty (Chad L. Coleman) is back to doing yard work, and seeks further help in dealing with his new life. Omar (Michael K. Williams), genuinely dismayed by his talk with Bunk (Wendell Pierce), decides to do the cop a huge favor. Kima's (Sonja Sohn) late night drinking and carousing cause further deterioration in her relationship with Cheryl (Melanie Nicholls-King). Marlo waits for Avon's (Wood Harris) crew to retake the abandoned corners before his own crew retaliates. Bernard (Melvin Jackson, Jr.), who goes to Virginia to buy burners for Avon's crew, is pressured by his impatient girlfriend, Squeak (Mia Arnice Chambers), to be a lot less careful in his work. The wiretap unit begins to figure out how the dealers' cell network works, but Lester (Clarke Peters) points out that by the time they could get a wiretap up, the phones would be discarded. In an effort to obtain an active burner, the wiretap unit busts Bodie (J.D. Williams) and his crew with a G-pack on their way to Hamsterdam, causing an awkward situation for Colvin. Herc (Dominick Lombardozzi) also gives the wiretap unit some dismaying news. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Omar (Michael K. Williams) hits another Barksdale stash house, but this time, they're better prepared for him, and in the ensuing gun battle, a member of each crew is killed. Bunk (Wendell Pierce) catches the double homicide, and quickly realizes that Omar was involved, but he's also under tremendous pressure to complete an impossible task. For PR purposes, he's been instructed to recover Officer Dozerman's gun, which was stolen after Dozerman was shot. Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) continues to put pressure on the mayor, going to the press with the news that the next police academy class has been postponed for budgetary reasons. An irate Royce (Glynn Turman) orders Burrell (Frankie Faison) to take responsibility for the postponement, angering the commissioner. Prop Joe (Robert F. Chew) warns Stringer (Idris Elba) that the police are listening to their phone conversations. He also tells Stringer "what kills more police than bullets and liquor." It's boredom. "Keep it boring, String," he advises. With the wire dead, Daniels (Lance Reddick) assigns his team a new target in East Baltimore. McNulty (Dominic West) is still obsessed with Stringer, however, and continues to investigate D'Angelo's death. Bodie's (J.D. Williams) crew continues to encroach on one of Marlo's (Jamie Hector) corners, leading to violence. Cutty (Chad L. Coleman) visits an ex-girlfriend who tries to hook him up with a job opportunity. Bunny Colvin (Robert Wisdom), under increasing pressure to reduce felonies in his district, devises a radical plan to make some abandoned blocks in the neighborhood an enforcement-free zone, and coerce the dealers to move there. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Season Three of The Wire opens with the demolition of Baltimore's notorious Franklin Terrace towers, the home base of Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) crew, currently under the supervision of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). Rather than worry about expanding his control, through violence and intimidation, of the corners of West Baltimore, Stringer explains to his lieutenants that he plans to make money by offering the other gangs in on their New York drug supply, and sharing the corners with them. Lieutenant Daniels (Lance Reddick) and his unit are doing surveillance on Cheese (Method Man), one of Proposition Joe's dealers, and begin to realize that the phones that the street dealers use never reach the higher-ups in the organization. They have a wire up on one talkative dealer, who happens to be Prop Joe's nephew, and they decide to bust someone higher on the food chain in hopes that Prop Joe will promote the talker. "What makes you think they'll promote the wrong man?" asks Commissioner Burrell (Frankie Faison), to which Daniels responds, "We do it all the time." Daniels also finds out that Mayor Royce (Glynn Turman) is holding up his promotion because his wife, Marla (Maria Broom) is planning to run for the city council against one of the mayor's cronies. An ambitious councilman, Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) notices an uptick in violent crimes in the city, and decides to go after the mayor, inviting the media to watch him criticize Burrell at a hearing. This leads Burrell and Rawls to pressure their majors, including Bunny Colvin (Robert Wisdom) who is approaching his thirty year pension, to bring the murder rate down. Cutty (Chad L. Coleman), a former drug soldier, gets out of prison after fourteen years, and gets a handout from Avon, who plans to get out soon himself. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Leading man Matt Dillon makes his directorial debut with the crime thriller City of Ghosts. Jimmy (Dillon) is a New York con man fleeing the U.S. for Bangkok in order to avoid an insurance scam investigation. He goes to Cambodia to meet up with his former business partner, Marvin (James Caan), to collect his half of the money. Along the way, he makes friends with local man, Sok (Sereyvuth Kem), and romances Sophie (Natascha McElhone). Also starring Gérard Depardieu and Stellan Skarsgård. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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From the controversial director of Happiness comes another dark look at New Jersey, this time broken into two separate stories. The first is a 26-minute segment entitled "Fiction," which highlights the life of Marcus (Leo Fitzpatrick), an aspiring writer who was born with deformities due to cerebral palsy. He unsuccessfully tries to read a new short story to his girlfriend Vi (Selma Blair), and leaves her after the story is similarly dismissed by his fellow students and teacher, Mr. Scott (Robert Wisdom), a black Pulitzer Prize winner. Vi approaches Mr. Scott in a bar one night and agrees to go home with him, recalling a "fictional" account of their experience in the next class. The second segment, titled "Nonfiction," follows Toby Oxman (Paul Giamatti), a thirtysomething sad sack who gets the idea to make a documentary of contemporary suburban teenage life. Looking for subjects, he runs into Scooby (Mark Webber), a disaffected, dim young man who dreams of being a TV star. Scooby's home life is highly dysfunctional, with a strict father (John Goodman), a prim and proper mother (Julie Hagerty), a football player brother (Noah Fleiss), and a younger brother Mikey (Jonathan Osser), who continually chats up the family's put-upon maid Consuelo (Lupe Ontiveros). Consuelo is soon banished from the household due to her involvement with Mikey, becoming an outcast just like Scooby. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi
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Three women whose lives have followed very different paths ponder their pasts and their futures in this omnibus film from second-time director Rebecca Miller, adapted from her acclaimed short story collection of the same name. Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) grew up in a fractured household; her mother abandoned the family when Delia was a child, and her father (Brian Tarantina) was a drug-addled loser who could barely be prodded off the couch. When she entered adolescence, Delia realized that she could use her body to get men to do as she pleased. While this gained her a feeling of power and self-sufficiency, it also earned her a reputation as the "class slut," and the end product was her marriage to Kurt (David Warshofsky). Greta (Parker Posey) is the daughter of a successful lawyer (Ron Leibman) who left her mother when she was young and offered Greta criticism rather than affection. Plagued with self-doubt, Greta is squandering her literary talents editing cookbooks and is married to Lee (Tim Guinee. When Thavi (Joel de la Fuente), a respected and successful young novelist, asks Greta to edit his next novel, it forces her to reassess herself on a number of levels. Finally, Paula (Fairuza Balk), yet another product of a fractured family, ran away from her mother and was homeless until she met Vincent (Seth Gilliam), who took her in and became her boyfriend. A year later, Paula is uncertain in her feelings about Vincent, unsettled to learn that she's pregnant, and startled after witnessing a murder while out clubbing with a friend; she hits the road again, and soon picks up a fellow alienated teen, Kevin (Lou Taylor Pucci), who bears the scars of a recent -- and very brutal -- beating. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits was honored with the Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Part of the dense CKY (Camp Kill Yourself) video series from 411, CKY2K is another entry in the round of extreme sports-inspired stunt shows. Skateboarding star Bam Margera is on full display along with pal Brandon DiCamillo. There is much destruction and cursing done in the name of comedy. They also perform some skateboarding tricks and travel to Iceland. Includes lots of music by Camp Kill Yourself (the band) and a few thrash metal music videos. Also starring Ryan Dunn, Jess Margera, and Leo Fitzpatrick. This video is followed by CKY3, CKY4, and of course, MTV's Jackass. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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Photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark, who made a controversial feature debut with the disturbing drama Kids, returns with another disquieting look at amoral and sexually precocious youth. Bobby (Nick Stahl) is a high school student growing up in southern Florida in the early '90s. Bobby is also a borderline psychotic; he frequently lashes out with brutal violence against those around him and especially enjoys humiliating his best friend Marty (Brad Renfro). While Bobby professes to hate and fear homosexuals, he goads Marty into performing phone sex with men, makes Marty and his friends watch hardcore gay porn films with him, and may have sexually abused Marty. But Marty is hardly the only victim of Bobby's abuse; Bobby has sexually assaulted Marty's girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) and more than once has barged in on the couple while they were making love. Lisa's best friend Ali (Bijou Phillips) has also been raped by Bobby, and he has mistreated nearly everyone in their circle of friends. One night, Marty, Lisa, Ali, and several others decide Bobby's cycle of abuse must stop. But their solution is as ugly as the problem -- the teens stab Bobby, slit his throat, crush his head with a baseball bat, and throw his body into the bay, where the remains will be eaten by alligators. Bully is based on a book by journalist Jim Schutze, which recounted the facts of the 1993 murder of Bobby Kent, who after years of abusing his friends and classmates, was killed by seven of his acquaintances in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. As with Kids, Larry Clark's startlingly graphic depiction of sex, violence, and drug use among teenagers crossed the boundaries of what the MPAA could permit in an R-rated film, and the picture's distributors chose to release the film without a rating. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In this drama, a young man lacks the wherewithal to move on with his life after a failed relationship leaves him shattered. Jim (Charlie Hofheimer) grew up in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, a community on the decline in New York State. After graduating from high school, while most of his friends have gone on to college or moved away, Jim has stayed put, taking a low-paying job with the local cab company and obsessing over his brief affair with Cathy (Laurel Holloman), a neighborhood woman who is married and the mother of a young child. As Jim deals with his ambitious father (James Rebhorn) who is pressuring him to go to school, a roommate (Avery Glymph) whose first priority is his studies, and a close friend, Scooter (Leo Fitzpatrick), whose life is stuck even farther in neutral than his own, Jim finds himself falling into yet another self-destructive relationship, with Irma (Karen Shallo), a brassy but aging barmaid who is well aware that life has passed her by. Last Ball is the first feature film from writer and director Peter Callahan. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Kids offers a bleak, unblinking view of a group of vacuous, thoughtless New York City teens in their ceaseless quest for sex, drugs, and trouble. The film primarily follows Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), who, having just realized the conquest of his latest virgin, brags that by day's end he will claim one more. While he and his friends brag to each other about their sexual exploits, Jenny (Chloë Sevigny) describes her own less-than-romantic encounter with Telly. Soon after the conversation, she learns that Telly, the only boy with whom she has slept, has infected her with the AIDS virus. Devastated, she sets out to find him and share the news. Meanwhile, Telly has set his sights on Darcy (Yakira Peguero), a lovely young girl whom he invites for a skinny dip at the local pool. Together with his friends, Telly drags Darcy along, and the entire crew jump the fence after hours. There he presents his now-familiar spiel which Darcy naïvely accepts, and the scene is set for disaster as the group heads back to a vacant apartment for an evening of sex, booze, drugs, and debauchery. Jenny finally locates Telly at the impromptu party and rushes to confront him, although she may be too late to save the next virgin in line from sharing her fate. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
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Nonprofit Federation and MobileCause Launch Mobile Marketing Pilot Program
March 31, 2008 The Nonprofit Federation of the Direct Marketing Association, in partnership with MobileCause, today announced that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Food for the Hungry, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City will be the participants in the first phase of a pilot program that is aimed at helping Nonprofit Federation members increase opportunities to raise funds through mobile marketing.
We are always looking to educate our members on the latest fundraising techniques, and although text messaging is not a new technology, the idea of utilizing it to communicate quickly with potential donors is only just now emerging, said Senny Boone, executive director of the Nonprofit Federation. Through our work with MobileCause on this pilot, the Nonprofit Federation hopes both to connect with a new generation of donors and to illustrate the power of text messaging in reaching donors quickly and effectively.
We have an unprecedented opportunity to connect with not only a new generation of donors, but existing constituents in a new way, said Hendre Coetzee, CEO of Mobile Cause. Working with the Nonprofit Federation of the DMA allows so many organizations to have access to this new methodology of donor development and acquisition.
Phase one of the program will enable the three pilot participants to communicate with donors who have agreed to receive text messages via cell phones or PDA devices. On April 23 at 1 p.m. (EDT), the Nonprofit Federation will hold a teleconference with its members to discuss the initial results. To register for the teleconference, visit www.nonprofitfederation.org. In November, the Federation will release a full case study.
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And not just dead, but walking dead. He is a zombie at the Haunted Hayloft near Rockwood. A grave is dug in the woods and Chyle gets in it. As the hay wagons come by, the part-time zombie jumps out.
"It's fun," he said. "People scream."
Haunted houses aren't the only ones using the flesh-eating walking dead to catch people's attention.
Last month the Department of Homeland Security urged people to prepare for an end-of-the-world zombie apocalypse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a zombie-awareness campaign last year. No, the government officials' brains haven't been eaten by zombies.
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Growing up as the oldest of four, Karen Eschebach knew that if she wanted to keep something out of the hands of her younger siblings, everything had to have its place. She had a box for her Barbies and another box for Barbie's clothes and a labeler -- which she used to put her name on every book she owned. "In a house growing up with three younger siblings," Karen laughed, "that labeler was my way of saying 'This is mine.'" Little did anyone know that Karen's early lessons in keeping things contained would turn into a multi-million dollar business -- least of all, Karen. To her, it was just a way of being. So much so, that when she became a mother herself, she began a Clutter Cutters Club for other moms in her Grosse Pointe, Michigan neighborhood. "We'd get together once a month," Karen explained, "and I'd help them all with ideas on how to organize their pantries and linen closets. I'd give them an assignment and the next month, they'd come back with before and after pictures. Sometimes we'd even go to someone's home and organize a closet, so everyone would learn from the process." It wasn't long before people started asking for more personal attention and Karen found herself with a small business as a professional organizer. After a corporate career in data processing, where she designed systems to keep information in place, she thought she'd found the perfect way to organize her life as a wife and mother with her desire to work. Just a few miles away, Karen's friend Jennifer Weaver was trying to figure out how to achieve that same balance. With three kids, there weren't a lot of extra hours in the day, so Jennifer decided to spend a few evenings a week as a direct sales consultant for The Pampered Chef -- selling cooking utensils at parties that women in the neighborhood would have in their homes. And it was at one of those parties, which Karen happened to attend, that the two women's little side businesses began to merge into one very big idea. "That's when it occurred to me," Karen recalled, "that I'd never seen anyone sell the organizing products I was recommending to my clients, at a home party." "It was a light bulb moment," Jennifer said with a smile. "I couldn't believe that someone else hadn't thought of it." But before they even got started, the two women hit a speed bump that almost kept them from getting their idea off the ground. Karen and a third partner went to a trade conference to learn more about direct selling, where they found themselves surrounded by people telling stories of the millions of dollars they invested to get their businesses off the ground. The third partner decided it was more than she wanted to take on and Karen came home disheartened, unsure that she'd be able to bring her vision to life. "But I thought let's go for it," Jennifer said. "We don't need a million dollars. Pampered Chef began in someone's basement, why can't we? We just had to start out slow. We only bought what we could afford, which meant we began with less than 20 organizing products and bought the absolute minimum. I remember finding something we loved and thinking, 'Oh my God, we have to buy a dozen?!'" "And we began by selling at vendor fairs and at schools and churches to get the word out," Karen added. "We could buy a table for $40 or $200, depending on the size of the event, but we'd be there with people selling things like Tupperware and Cutco. We just didn't look quite as professional. All our signs were homemade." They also didn't have the same quantities of merchandise on hand, but what they did have was Jennifer's truck -- which during their second show, she kept driving home, to load up more boxes. "Every time I walked back into the house," Jennifer recalled, "my husband would ask 'What did you forget now? And I said 'No, they're buying stuff. I need more!' We sold everything we had that weekend." That weekend alone, the women sold more than $2,000 worth of merchandise -- products that help busy homemakers organize their homes, their cars and even their purses. And the partners decided it was time to test their party concept. But before they'd even figured out how to accept credit cards, they got a call that would spread the word about their fledgling business much faster than they ever expected. A local reporter wanted to tell their story. "Suddenly we were getting calls from women that didn't even live in the Detroit area," Karen said. "Many of them had moved to other cities, but still read their hometown paper, and they wanted to know not just how they could buy our organizing products, but how they could sell them." Before they knew it, and long before they had an organized system in place, the partners had a small team of consultants around the country selling Clever Container products at home parties. "We were still working from my basement," Jennifer laughed, "only now we were using the entire basement. We even took over my children's play area. There were days we received so many packages we couldn't get out my front door. "But we were building this business within the limits of our credit cards. The recession was starting and we couldn't get more credit, so when we hit the $9000 mark, we'd have to stop buying product until some money came in. We didn't want to get in over our heads." Yet still, word continued to spread, and when a national morning show gave a 15 second nod to this brand new direct sales company, there was no looking back. The company quickly grew to include more than 100 consultants, and the women were spending more and more time packing boxes in Jennifer's basement. So much time that while her daughter was in school, Karen would have to run home to let the dog out for five minutes. During on one of those quick doggy runs she ran into a man who had just pulled up in front of her house and stepped out of a chauffeur-driven, black sedan. "It wasn't Ed McMahon," Karen said with a twinkle in her eye, "but it might as well have been! At the time, my home was listed as the company address and this man got out of the car and said he was sent by these two guys in Chicago, who were interested in talking with us. There I was, all sweaty, dressed in shorts and a tank top and he wanted to talk business." The man turned out to be a representative for two angel investors, who'd been keeping a close eye on the growing business. Unbeknownst to Karen and Jennifer, one of the men's daughters had inquired about becoming a consultant -- buying a sample kit, so her father could get a closer look. The two investors even threw a Clever Container party, to see exactly how it all worked. And now they wanted the two women to fly to Chicago and meet with them. "Karen called and asked if I was sitting down," Jennifer said. "I'd run out to the grocery store, so she told me to pull over my cart. We weren't sure if they wanted to invest in us or buy us out, we just knew this was something big." And big it was. Five years from the time the women ordered their first products, they were being offered $250,000 to expand their business, as well as warehouse space and a team to fulfill their orders. "The day that freight truck showed up at my door," Jennifer remembered, "and moved all that merchandise out of my basement was one happy day! That winter we re-did the basement and created a really cool hangout for our kids. We gave them back their play area, plus some, and they deserved it." Today, the two very organized women have a team of 800 consultants who sell more than 1,500 products a week. This year, Clever Container is projecting $2 million in sales and they're spending more and more time creating their own brand of organizing products. "The best piece of advice we can give to anyone who has an idea they believe in," Jennifer said, "is not to stop at the first stumbling block. Where there's a will, there's a way." "And when opportunity knocks," Karen laughed, "open the door –- even if you're dressed in shorts and a tank top."
The Clever Container Co. aims to simplify lives Data processor leaves corporations to perfect home organizing system.
Karen Dybis / Special to the Detroit News
Karen Eschebech, sells her organizing product to friends and clients during an at home sales party in Grosse Pointe Park.
Walk into Karen Eschebach's home, and you'll notice there is a place for everything, and everything is in its place.
That's because the former personal organizer has a knack for finding everyday items a home. Her next project is helping others do the same. Last year, Eschebach founded The Clever Container Co. — a direct sales and party planning company that demonstrates and sells products that help organize a person's home and simplify their lives.
Where she came from: Eschebach went from Redford High School to Oakland Community College, where she received an associate's degree. She went back to school at Central Michigan University to get a bachelor's degree in applied science.
From there, Eschebach enjoyed a relatively long career, spending 12 years at EDS and five more at Ford Motor Co. in data processing.
What changed: As the old saying goes, having a baby changes everything. Eschebach and her husband welcomed a baby girl into their family in August 2000. In an effort to spend more time with her daughter, Eschebach tried a number of hats — an eBay consignment business, working as a personal organizer — but nothing seemed to stick.
Moment of truth: Eschebach had a brainstorm while attending a Pampered Chef direct-sales party in July 2006.
"I realized there was nothing out there like this for organizing. So I decided to do it," she said.
She researched the subject with vigor, filling a spiral notebook with ideas. She dragged her laptop computer along on a family vacation and devoured books about cosmetics guru Mary Kay Ash and Pampered Chef founder, Doris Christopher. She also hired a Grosse Pointe Park firm, Frontier 3 Advertising, to help her create a brand for her new company, including a logo, motto and packaging.
The result was The Clever Container Co., and its motto of "It's not just the product. It's the process."
Stumbling blocks: One challenge was the realization that she may not have the resources to make The Clever Container Co. a reality. Her doubts arose after attending the Washington, D.C. meeting of the Direct Selling Association and comparing herself to most of the successful entrepreneurs there.
"I didn't have millions of dollars. I didn't have a warehouse. I didn't have a full, glossy catalog," Eschebach said. Another obstacle came when Eschebach's friend and original business partner decided the timing just wasn't right for her. Eschebach accepted her decision with regret and eventually approached another woman, friend and fellow Grosse Pointe-area, stay-at-home mom, Jennifer Weaver. A new partnership was born.
"I couldn't do it alone," Eschebach said. "It's always great to have another person evaluate things. Plus, we're using her basement as our world headquarters."
Words of wisdom: Eschebach believes the key to success for The Clever Container Co. is discovering unique products and creating one-of-a-kind organizing tools. She and Weaver have put their own money into the business, a definite sacrifice. They feel the investment will pay off in the end, and it keeps them focused on the process at every stage. This March, Eschebach and Weaver will attend the International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago, where 37 percent of the products are related to organization. That is just one more sign to Eschebach that she is headed in the right direction.
Karen Dybis is a Metro Detroit freelance writer
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I have a confession to make: I have a very hard time focusing on things in general. You may have noticed this, as it's been several months since my last blog post. (Case in point: After writing the previous sentence, I left this post to go check a minor point in my server's configuration, looked at three config files, then did a Google search on how to modify them. While my results loaded, I returned to this post.)
I've found some help for this problem, and I want to share it with you. It came in the form of a book, simply titled "focus." The subtitle is: "A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction." Poignant? Yes.
I found the book from the great blog Lifehacker, which I then stopped reading on the advice of the book. Irony abounds.
Anyway, the book is free. Sort of. It's free for the free version (which is a .PDF-contained eBook), which you can download here: FREE GREAT BOOK HERE NOW SUPERLATIVE EXCLAMATION! I have to confess, I read the free version first. But it was so good that I actually went back and purchased the paid version of the book (which is also a .PDF-contained eBook) for 35 bucks. The free version was worth way more than 35 bucks to me, which means that the full version is worth potentially more still. Either way you choose to go, it's a heckuva deal for the quality of the material.
Though the writing is intentionally clean and easy to read, this is not a book that you want to rush through. I have tried to read it as part of a morningly working focus ritual. Here's how it works for me: I sit down at my desk, close all other programs, close the door and issue a stern warning to any who might be tempted to break my concentration, and breathe deeply a few times while I mindfully start reading. At this point, I've gotten a lot of value out of the exercise before I even start reading the book! When I read, I never read more than one chapter at a time. I'm not really meditating, just reading mindfully, learning to focus and only do one thing.
This is one of several aids to productivity that have influenced my thinking about work in the past few years. The other is the Getting Things Done methodology, pioneered and preached by David Allen. Getting Things Done, or GTD in the parlance of us devotees, deserves its own blog post. It probably deserves several, but I'll leave that for another day. Suffice it to say that this book, Focus, is influenced by and compatible with GTD.
So how has it gone for me? Really well so far. I wouldn't be writing about it otherwise. (I never would have gotten around to it.) I've read the entire free version of the book once, and I'm now re-reading the full version of the book. I don't end up reading it every working morning, but I find that when I do invest a few minutes in the morning to focus, my entire day is VASTLY more productive. As a matter of fact, if I've done any work for/with you in the past six months, you probably owe my participation partly to this book.
The format of Focus is very helpful, as well. It's not framed as a large, thought-provoking explanation of anything. It doesn't carry that kind of authoritative weight. Instead, it's a bunch of bite-sized chunks of useful tips and helpful practices. There are sections with tips for parents, employees, managers, etc. Most of the time, I've been able to read a chapter and walk away with a very small change to my day. There's been at least one occasion where I stopped reading mid-chapter, closed the book, and went on to implement something from that day's chapter right away.
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UK unemployment rate prompts rate rise talk
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Britain's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest rate in about four years, official figures showed Wednesday, in a development that's reinforced expectations that the Bank of England will start raising interest rates sooner than previously thought.
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A Bavarian town council has voted unanimously to strip Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship bestowed 80-years ago, after an outcry prompted by their decision last week not to adopt a resolution denouncing the 1933 decision.
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Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money.
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The Swiss government said Wednesday it has decided to keep 760 million Swiss francs ($858 million) in Egyptian and Tunisian assets frozen for three more years.
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Istanbul police leading a major corruption and bribery investigation targeting allies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have seized shoe boxes stashed with money totaling some $4.5 million in the home of the chief executive of a state-owned bank, a Turkish news agency reported Wednesday.
Plan for destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has finalized its plan for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of weapons and precursor chemicals, with the most toxic material to be destroyed at sea aboard a U.S. ship. But factors beyond the Nobel Peace Prize-winning watchdog's control could lead to delays.
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- rapid (or fast) deep breathing
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- pregnancy
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Hyperventilation is a condition in which you suddenly start to breathe very quickly. Healthy breathing occurs with a healthy balance between breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. While hyperventilating, you upset this balance by exhaling more than you inhale. This causes a rapid reduction in carbon dioxide in the body.
Low carbon dioxide levels eventually lead to narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. This reduction in blood supply to the brain leads to symptoms like lightheadedness and tingling in the fingers. Severe hyperventilation can lead to loss of consciousness.
For some people, hyperventilation is rare, and only occurs as an occasional, panicked response to fear, stress, or a phobia. For others, this condition occurs regularly as a typical response to emotional states, such as depression, anxiety, or anger. When hyperventilation is a frequent occurrence, this is known as hyperventilation syndrome.
Hyperventilation is also known as:
Common Causes of Hyperventilation
There are many factors that can lead to hyperventilation. Most commonly, this condition results from anxiety, panic, nervousness, or stress. It often takes the form of a panic attack.
Other causes include:
When to Seek Treatment for Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation can be a serious issue. You should seek treatment for hyperventilation when the following symptoms occur:
Treating Hyperventilation
In acute cases of hyperventilation, it is important to try to stay calm. Having someone with you to coach you through the episode may be helpful. The goal of treatment during an episode is to increase carbon dioxide levels in your body and work to slow your breathing rate.
To help treat acute hyperventilation, you can:
Alternative nostril breathing involves covering your mouth and alternating breathing through each nostril. For instance, with mouth covered, close the right nostril and breathe in through the left. Then alternate by closing the left nostril and breathing in through the right. Repeat this pattern until breathing has returned to normal.
If you have hyperventilation syndrome, you will want to figure out what is causing it. If you suffer from anxiety or stress, you may want to see a psychologist to help you understand and treat your condition. Learning stress reduction and breathing techniques will help to control your condition.
Acupuncture may also be an effective treatment for hyperventilation syndrome (Gibson, et al., 2007). Acupuncture is an alternative treatment based on ancient Chinese medicine. It involves placing thin needles into various areas of the body to promote healing. The needles may improve blood circulation due to their ability to stimulate the nerves, muscles, and body tissues (Mayo).
Preventing Hyperventilation
To prevent hyperventilation, it is helpful to learn breathing and relaxation techniques, such as:
Exercising regularly (walking, running, bicycling, etc.) can also help to prevent hyperventilation.


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Wherever I Am, I'm There | Favourite SciFi Moments Sky One, the British satellite TV station, have been advertising a show they have lined up called 'Favourite SciFi Moments' (I've been unable to find out any more info than that, even when it is scheduled.) I thought it could be a good thread idea though. In the advert someone suggests the end of the original 'Planet of the Apes' film. I agree that that is a good one, but surely there is something better than that... So, what is yours...? |
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| In fairness the end of most Sci/fi films is my favourite part, if only from the relief But I would admit a certain fondness for the ending of The Day the World Split in Two, where the Earth gains a new moon. Or The Day the Earth Caught Fire where the world waits in breathless suspense to see if it will die after all. |
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Wherever I Am, I'm There | I expected more replies to this, I've been thinking myself and have come up with a few 'Star Trek' ones don't come at the end of a film. What about 'The Voyage Home'? -- Scotty talking to the computer Mouse, or Spock giving the Punk on the bus the nerve pinch -- What about the Vulcan ship landing in 'First Contact'? What about the alien bursting out of John Hurt's chest in 'Alien'? Or the mashed potato mountain in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. I'm still thinking on 'Star Wars' and 'The Matrix'... It doesn't have to be a film either -- a TV series, a book too! |
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| One of my fav moments is when Neo stops the bullets in the Matrix...when luke loses the hand in ESB is classic, the alien through the ches bit.... can't really think of one though. |
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Wherever I Am, I'm There | The programme was shown on TV tonight. This is what their 'panel of experts' decided was the Top Ten: 10/ Star Wars – "Luke, I am your father!" 9/ Blake's 7 – Final episode massacre. 8/ The Matrix – Bullet Time sequence. 7/ Quatermass and the Pit – Breaking into the alien pod. 6/ Planet of the Apes – Statue of Liberty scene. 5/ Doctor Who – Dalek Invasion of Earth. 4/ Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Aliens make contact. 3/ Thunderbirds – Opening titles sequence. 2/ Alien – Chest bursting scene. 1/ 2001: A Space Odyssey – Hal goes mad. From that I would hazard a guess that their 'panel of experts' consisted mainly of 40 to 60 year old British people. It had some good clips from TV and film, and interesting interviews, but I would dispute the list myself. edit: this programme is actually a series -- next week it's 'Top Ten Scifi Aliens'. I'll start a new thread... 2nd edit: I've found a Sky One website: http://www.skyone.co.uk/top10scifi_site/ This is there full list of 30 moments from which the top ten was chosen: Aliens first land (Mars Attacks!) Aliens make contact (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) Bike Chase (E.T.) Blowing up the Whitehouse (Independence Day) Bullet-time fight sequence (The Matrix) Chest bursting scene (Alien) Creation of False Maria (Metropolis) Daleks invade London (Doctor Who) Dave travels through the Monolith (2001: A Space Odyssey) Doc Brown connects the cables on the tower (Back to the Future) Final episode massacre (Blake's 7) First regeneration (Doctor Who) HAL goes mad (2001: A Space Odyssey ) "I am your father, Luke" (Empire Strikes Back) Lister's shrinking Boxer Shorts (Red Dwarf ) Man without a face (Sapphire and Steel) Matrix is explained (The Matrix ) Number Six removes Number One's mask (The Prisoner) Opening credits (The Tomorrow People) Opening sequence (Star Wars) Countdown opening sequence (Thunderbirds) Opening shot of the City (Blade Runner) Picard becomes Locutus of Borg (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) Robin Maxwell gives birth to an alien (V) Sam Lowrey escapes the torture chamber (Brazil) Statue of Liberty scene (Planet of the Apes) The two newspaper headline scenarios (The Day the Earth Caught Fire) Underground scene (Quatermass and the Pit) Winston Smith and the rats (1984) I would rate some of those much higher. |
17th September 2004, 11:11 AM | #6 (permalink) |
Wherever I Am, I'm There | There are also many more I would add that they missed: *First scene in Star Wars (A New Hope) -- when Leia's ship passes followed by the huge Imperial Battle Cruiser that takes up the whole cinema screen and the sound makes the walls of the cinema rattle. (Not the same on a TV) *The 'Burley Brawl' scene (The Matrix Reloaded) *The final scene (Vanilla Sky) but when I started this thread I thought people would add scenes from Buffy, X-Files... |
17th September 2004, 12:53 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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| There are 2 Buffy moments that I would have in my top ten - when Buffy kills Angel at the end of "Becoming ptII", and when Buffy sacrifices herself to save Dawn at the end of "The Gift". |
10th January 2005, 12:43 AM | #8 (permalink) | |
Wherever I Am, I'm There | SFX magazine has printed a similar poll, and one that I think I agree with more; the 'Star Wars' scene I like came first. Quote:
Does no-one have any more favourites of their own? | |
11th January 2005, 04:10 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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| Close Encounters of the Third Kind When the mother ship appears from behind the devil mountain and when it talks to the computer with music......GOOD STUFF Stargate the movie When the wormhole opens for the first time 2010 When Jupiter becomes a new sun Best of Both Worlds Blood runs cold when Cpt. Picard becomes Locutus of Borg |
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| Here are some of mine, in no particular order: 1) Rick Deckard's spinner flying toward the pyramid headquarters of the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner 2) The final scene of Gattaca 3) Yoda lifting Luke's X-Wing out of the Dagobah swamp in The Empire Strikes Back 4) Smith's death in The Matrix 5) "Get away from her, you *****!" in Aliens 6) The final scene in Star Wars 7) The final shot of the original Planet of the Apes 8) The first revelation of the "psychic energy monster" in Forbidden Planet |
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| Almsot any part of E.T.... E.T. & Eliot taking off and flying around on his bike is one of my favs or Eliot figuring out that E.T. wants to phone home. I guess i'm just a sucker for that movie. or Jurassic Park...when Dr. Grant sees the dinosaurs for the first time. |
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| First post for a while 1 Opening scene in Blade Runner 2 Roy's speech towards the end of Blade Runner 3 The first time you ever see the dead pilot in Alien 4 The hologram memory room scene in 2001 ASO 5 The premise behind Robert Reed's fantastic novel "Marrow" |
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| Currently I am quite into Red Dwarf. I am especially fond of the part where they show Red Dwarf in the beginning of each eps of early series. It starts with a person in a space suit painting the hull and the camera moves back and further back to see how HUUUUUUUUGE the ship is! |
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REJUVENATED Jacob Butterfield is gearing up for a return to his first club Barnsley this weekend and feels like his deadline day move to Middlesbrough has edged him back to his best.
IMPROVEMENT: Boro midfielder Jacon Butterfield, in action at QPR
During five years with the Tykes he became one of the hottest prospects in the Championship, earning England Under-21s recognition and the attention from a host of Premier League clubs including Newcastle United.
But before he was expected to make a move to the top-flight in January 2012, he ruptured his anterior cruciate knee ligament in a New Year's Eve fixture with Leeds United and was ruled out for the rest of the campaign.
Later that year Norwich City did hand him a four-year deal at the end of his Oakwell contract, but he never made a league appearance for the Canaries before his £500,000 move to Middlesbrough just over a year later.
While he had loan stints at Bolton and Crystal Palace last season, it is only now Butterfield feels like he is starting to recapture the sort of form which made him such a success story at Barnsley after making six appearances in a row for Middlesbrough.
"I'm starting to feel more confident again," said Butterfield. "When I moved to Norwich, they promised me the world and didn't give me anything. At Palace and Bolton both the managers really liked me, but I never really had the run of games I would have liked until I came here. That might be because of injury.
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"When I went to Norwich I had not played for a long time, I didn't really know what to expect from myself. It left me in a confused state really because at Norwich I wasn't really given a chance.
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Tonight in downtown Toronto inside the Corus Entertainment building, Samsung Electronics Canada fittingly rolled out the company's branded blue carpet where celebrities, media and retailers like Future Shop were invited to celebrate the arrival of OLED.
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Companies providing data center services have been working overtime to prepare their customers for the short-term and long-term impacts of Superstorm Sandy, which has caused widespread flooding and power outages on the northeastern U.S. seaboard since Monday.
Massive flooding and transportation interruptions has made it difficult for data center service providers to access their facilities, causing them and customers to put into action disaster recovery plans.
NaviSite, an Andover, Mass.-based provider of hosted cloud and application services, has its primary data center in Andover, over 30 miles from the ocean, but had emergency procedures in place in preparation for Sandy, said Michael Poole, senior vice president of service delivery for the company.
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"Only our critical infrastructure personnel are going in to the data center," Poole said. "As long as the cell towers stay up, our other people can work out of home."
Preparations at NaviSite for Superstorm Sandy, which late Monday evening was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, began the weekend before the storm hit thanks to a lot of activity from customers who had not planned in advance for the need to shut down multiple offices, Poole said.
"One customer with offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., the four major cities hit by Sandy, worried it might not have enough capacity to run its Citrix remote desktop infrastructure," he said. "This storm is unprecedented. So we added additional capacity on Saturday."
The company has also opened a storm bridge on a 24x7 basis to handle customer issues during the emergency, Poole said. For now, the storm bridge will send messages to customers on a daily basis updating them of the situation. But should the Andover data center lose power, company execs will help man the storm bridge phones to help customers, and hourly updates will be sent, he said.
One problem for data center providers facing potential disasters the magnitude of Superstorm Sandy is just how much additional capacity is needed on a temporary vs. a permanent basis, Poole said.
"We might do a lot of work to add capacity to take care of a problem, but then the customer might say, 'OK, the storm's done, we don't need it anymore,'" he said.
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