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Undergraduate Research Symposium
10th Annual Mississippi College - Tougaloo College Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Academic Research Committee (ARC) at Mississippi College (MC) and the Tougaloo Council of Undergraduate Research (TCUR) invite undergraduate students from all colleges and universities across the state involved in any type of research in any academic discipline to join us for the Tenth Annual Mississippi College – Tougaloo College Undergraduate Research Symposium.
This year the Symposium will begin on the afternoon of April 4th at 4:00 PM on the campus of Tougaloo College. The symposium will begin with the poster session and a reception.
The symposium will conclude on April 5th with oral presentations at MC beginning in the morning and continuing into the afternoon.
At 11:00 AM on the 5th, there will be a luncheon in Anderson Hall at MC with keynote speaker, Dr. Anne Boettcher, the University Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of South Alabama and a Professor in the Biology Department. Her research interests are in ecological physiology, chemical ecology, and larval ecology. Dr. Boettcher's talk for the luncheon will be "Undergraduate Research: Opening Doors and Windows.
Anyone wishing to attend the luncheon must RSVP by March 22nd by sending an e-mail with "RSVP 10th MC-TC URS luncheon" in the subject line to Dr. David Magers (email@example.com). The cost to attend the luncheon is $10 per person.
The deadline for submitting an abstract or an extended abstract is Thursday, March 7, 2013.
This year awards will be given for both poster and oral presentations in each of the following four categories: Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities and Education. To be eligible for an award, researchers should submit a three-page summary (extended abstract) of their research to email@example.com in Word, WordPerfect, or PDF format in addition to the regular abstract by March 7th.
Please help support undergraduate research at your institution by encouraging students to participate in this symposium. Any questions should be directed to Dr. Magers.
David H. Magers, Ph.D.
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I'm trying to remember all the bs I said to him. He probably thought I was nuts cuz he kept laughing. I told him that he & Christoph waltz are my fave actors & he was like 'oh sorry It would probably be more exciting to meet Christoph'
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Rob and the baby! OMFRP!!! My ovaries went poof. The kid prolly thought he saw Santa. lol. Strawberry ice cream and cigs work for me real fine!
Our boy is subconsciously begging for a baby. I swear.
I'm glad the boys are really enjoying their road trip. Regular admission to the Museum is $3 but during the festival its free. The boys must really be enjoying seeing the city's sights and sounds hobo-style. lol Maybe payback for the expense earlier (or later) for closing the bar?- cannot confirm which came first. But the actual date for the Buddy Holly Festival is September 7th.
Cutest Rob Fan Encounter in Lubbock.
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The real cost of the Libor Scandal
What Barclays and other banks did will hurt every saver and homeowner, says Alex Andreou.
By Alex Andreou Published 02 July 2012 17:14I stood outside the Shard yesterday and looked up. A giant phallic structure, gleaming with rain, as if still wet with spittle from The City's latest skyward act of financial masturbation. It struck me that this was an apt visual metaphor of the public trying to understand the Libor Scandal – intimidated by its size and the mysteries of its structural complexities; feeling unable to criticise what they do not fully comprehend.
But, at its simplest level, the Shard is just a building. It has foundations like any other structure; it is made of the same materials; it obeys the same laws of physics.
I spent many years at the Office of Fair Trading, investigating cases of collusion and anti-competitive conduct not dissimilar to the Libor case. In my experience, whenever a party sat across a negotiating table and responded to an allegation with "the matter is very complicated", it usually meant one thing. That the matter was very simple and the conduct utterly indefensible.
And it occurs to me that in an attempt to analyse the Libor Scandal we have become lost in its dark complex corridors and have failed to identify its biggest and most basic impact.
Libor (and its counterpart Euribor) are the starting points for setting the interest rate for, well, pretty much everything. To give you an idea of the size of the possible distortion, the FSA notes that the notional amount of financial instruments, derivatives and contracts which depend on Libor "in the first half of 2011 has been estimated at 554 trillion US dollars". The World's GDP for the same period was roughly 35 trillion US dollars. The manipulation of this interest rate by a tiny one-tenth of a percent can result in a distortion the size of the entire Eurozone rescue fund.
Here is a fallacy which has emerged over the last few days: there were winners and there were losers. When the rate was manipulated up borrowers lost out, but savers gained. When the rate was manipulated down, the converse happened. This is a perfect example of the simplistic masquerading as complex. It ignores the biggest and most dangerous impact.
Interest rates are all about the assessment of risk. The discovery that the basic Libor rate on which most such assessments are based was arrived at by collusion and was essentially fictional makes it unreliable. This creates extra risk. No prizes for guessing who will absorb this extra risk. Next time any lender sets its variable mortgage rate, they will be adding a little bit of fat, in case the Libor rate has been massaged down. Next time the decision is made on what interest to award to a pension fund, it will be made a little meaner, in case the Libor rate has been artificially boosted.
That is the real cost of the Libor Scandal. Rendering the Libor rate unreliable, is like removing the bottom block from an enormous financial Jenga tower. It is causing the entire construct to teeter and become more unstable at every level. Importantly, it makes it more susceptible to the next crisis. It may steady itself or it may collapse.
Against this urgent background, I watched our Prime Minister in the House of Commons this afternoon making party political capital by asking the Opposition to apologise for failing to regulate the Banks. It is worth reminding ourselves what the Conservative Party was advocating in 2007 – at the height of the Libor collusion:
"[Labour] claims that this regulation is all necessary. They seem to believe that without it banks could steal our money… This shows ignorance of how a competitive market works. Our aim is to liberate the economy from the burden of unnecessary regulations."
It is also important to note what words of wisdom the IMF had to offer at the same time:
"The financial sector is strong and well supervised with a principle-based approach. The fiscal framework is good, and the mission focused on how to build fiscal cushions needed to respond to adverse shocks."
It is vital to take this opportunity and change the culture in the finance sector at a fundamental level. It is a well established legal principle that there are two types of sanctions which have the capacity genuinely to change the behaviours of corporations. The first is a fine of a size which makes the infringement unprofitable. The second is legal action which pierces the corporate veil and apportions individual criminal responsibility.
We are doing neither. The FSA have fined Barclays the risible sum of £60m. George Osborne is saying that he does not think there are appropriate criminal charges to be brought, ignoring increasingly loud calls pointing to the general provisions of the Fraud Act 2006 and the insider dealing section of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
So, what are the Government doing? They are engaging in what threatens to overtake afternoon tea or queuing as the most British of pastimes: Launching An Inquiry.
We continue to sail next to this out-of-control Leviathan, threatening to capsize the entire country, and hope to control it by jabbing it with a fork. And we continue to feed it money - whether through the 2008 bailouts, or Quantitative Easing, or IMF contributions, or the latest initiative of providing finance at record-low rates underwritten by the taxpayer in the hope that Banks will lend it on. Our response to the Financial Sector failing, because of its own arrogance, stupidity and recklessness, is to reward it with more of the drug it craves.
We continue to be more preoccupied with apportioning blame and navel-gazing, instead of looking for real solutions. Because finding real solutions, you understand, would be very uncomfortable and politically perilous. It may involve looking at the culture of bonuses on the trading floor, designed as they are to reward short term risk with no repercussions if things go wrong. It may involve having an adult conversation about nationalising RBS. Looking at how political parties are funded and the subjugation of our democracy to the square mile. Examining the nature of greed and what real wealth creation is. Investigating the lack of ethos of The City, the drug culture within, its sexism, its elitism, its rottenness, its sociopathic behaviour. And, most sacrosanct of all, it may involve the questioning of neo-liberal principles.
Capitalism is a primarily male construct and so, perhaps unsurprisingly, it is preoccupied with size. Mergers and acquisitions are deployed to make what's already huge, even bigger. A significant and growing school of political and economic science has been arguing that size presents opportunities for efficiencies and economies of scale and scope, up to a point. Beyond that point it produces oil cartels which price-fix; corporations that hoard food securities to the detriment of the starving; telecom giants who refuse to pay tax; media conglomerates which openly state that they control the outcome of elections; banks that are too big to fail; aggressive, giant shards of cold hard glass, jutting out from our financial districts, trying to shred the sky to pieces and sell it on the stock-market.
In short, entities so large as to believe they can operate outside ordinary ethical and legal constraints. Isn't it time to say "enough"?
An enterprising blogger has called for parties to return all donations from Financial Institutions found to have infringed FSA rules. I urge you to support this initiative and sign the petition. It is, after all, dirty money.
Alex Andreou has a background in law and economics. You can find him on twitter @sturdyalex
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Going forward how much will it cost the bank who will be chosen to lead the bank.
In the aftermath of the Barclays Bank Libor scandal (financial Hiroshima) and their greed and subsequent cover up tactics, we studied the future impact on the bank and its franchise in the next 6-8 months using the Monte Carlo method and the capital asset pricing model. This has been developed using variable analysis on a common measure of the volatility of its ongoing business, i.e. its beta--which is determined using linear regression. These have been applied to the latest audited Barclays Bank balance sheet, their Libor rate rigging scenario and inferences drawn with 95% accuracy. The result highlights the following 5 points:
1. In the next 12 months, as its market standing and franchise has suffered, the Barclays Bank group will have to make a loan loss provision of USD 5.75 billion.
2. Their combined exposure (including paper transactions) is USD 1.35 trillion which they need to unwind at the earliest and reconcile their financials/book of accounts within 24 months. Overall loan losses to be written off could be around USD 3.5 billion and thus their paid up capital will be affected.
3. Their International trade, LC and LC confirmation business, correspondent banking business will reduce by about 40 % in the next 12 months as their price/rate quotation/covenants/IM will be seen with suspect.
4. As a result of (3) above, their overseas operations will reduce (some businesses will have to close down) by at least 30 % globally. This will open up a new avenue wherein, in the next 24 months, their overseas business will very likely be acquired by 2 Chinese and 1 Australian banking consortium.
5. The above points indicate that they will definitely need UK Government bailout well within a year. The UK government is already planning to nationalize the bank and make it a pure local British Bank going forward with an Australian as its head.
Sadly the real cost may turnout to be the Bank of England wanted all this (Libor Fixing) and ultimately they are responsible for this scandal. If evidence proves this to be the case the Bank of England will lose a lot of credibility and Sadly the finger of blame could also point to the Labour Party.
Again it looks like the Bankers and Elitist have screwed us yet again even though the evidence as come a bit late in the day. I suppose better than never.
Where there is money there is corruption, always as been and always will be.
Are you seriously suggesting that a nefarious conversation referring to unidentified officials which took place in 2008 is responsible for the behaviour in which Barclays engaged on several occasions between 2005 and 2009?
Naiive. Whilst I have little sympathy for greedy, overpaid & arrogant bankers - they get what has long been coming to them - it seems quite likely, and even normal, that senior national politicians would instruct them to manipulate rates for the national good.
After all, Barclay's seem to have fixed the rates in order to save Barclays and in order to save us all billions bailing them out. In both cases it worked. Who lost out? Some twits with too much money in the Arab world. Well, tough! Welcome to the long-established world of gambling.
Did Barclays lie about Libor. Probably. Were they pushed into it for their own benefit? Quite possibly. Does that make them bad men? Probably not; just desperate men. More a felony than a crime ihmo.
Desperate men steal bread to feed their children.
You need to come visit the real world one day, because over here fraud is still a crime.
"We continue to be more preoccupied with apportioning blame and navel-gazing, instead of looking for real solutions. "
I smiled a bleak smile when reading this sentence, given that it came three-quarters of the way through this blame-laden piece. I say this because it is well-reported that all banks more or less had to make up the LIBOR rate in 2008-09 because there was little or no interbank lending.
An informed piece would have highlighted the structural issues with the creation of LIBOR that allowed for under-regulated bankers to take advantage. An uninformed piece, like the one above bangs the drum for moral satisfaction while doing little to further the readers' understanding.
Dash darn it! With banking deparadoes high-tailing it for the hills with a government posse( not a lynch-mob - Georgie O is concerned about the rule of law, not the law of the frontier, financial regs etc ) hot on their heels, many gods and demi-gods of the Financial Universe are now in the firing line. Will Bobbby make it over the border? An' the varmint's ridin' in Injun country. Will he hold on to his scalp? High Noon, baby. Will those hired gun slingers Georgie O and Dave 'Two-Gun" Cameron step up to the bar. Do they still work for the Bar-B( as in banking )?
Gosh, darn it - remember Stagecoach with a young Big John. Wasn't there a dastardly pompous banker among the passengers?
Now Gabby Hayes always thought they were some hombres who needed hanging - real bad - but in this case he may be right. "Hang 'em high!" Yep, the Shard will make a perfect gallows. The carcasses of these masters of the universe will be seen from a long ways off. 'A warnin', stranger!'
Of course there's always a comedy character in these heah horse opries. Yep, Boris in a frock-coat. And ridin' a Bar Barclays bi-cycle. Heck, this is too much.
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Great article.
I just want to bring back public executions, does that feel right for this kind of thing?
Hmmmm, I wonder .....
On the whole a decent article slightly let down by the metaphoric nonesence at the end.
They're not there simply to help the bankers shaft us, no. They're there to help the insurance companies shaft us too.
Let's be having you! Surely all MPs sitting on the Treasury Select Committee will have to disclose whether there is any possible conflict of interest. past, present or future, which will affect their judgement in this matter.
Now that Steve Hilton, Cameron's muscle, has departed for the USA , Chairman Andrew Tyrie can relax and stop looking over his shoulder.
Whilst this appears to be a macho-man committee what with Teresa and 'Jesse' pulling their weight any excessive testosterone should be diluted.
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Fantastic analysis of corporate greed. Wasn't it Margaret Thatcher who hailed the trendsetting Yuppies with their thicker and thicker Filofaxes? Thought so. Look where we have ended up. Time for some prosecutions me thinks.
I'd just find the modern equivalent of Monty Python's "Dinsdale Brothers". They could then be employed to visit each errant banker in turn, grab him by his goolies and explain the realities of not only the current situation, but life in general for the majority of the population.
That should elicit a more reasonable attitude
Andrew Tyrie has been appointed by David Cameron to Chair his inquiry into the banking sector, in 2000 Mr Tyrie was worried about a leviathan that might destroy the banking sector in Britain, that leviathan was over-regulation by the soon-to-be-formed FSA. http://www.andrewtyrie.com/upload/Leviathan%20at%20large.pdf
"ignoring increasingly loud calls pointing to the general provisions of the Fraud Act 2006 and the insider dealing section of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000"
Not to mention the "duties of directors" section of the Companies Act 2006. Seriously, we absolutely need prosecutions here at the highest level. Otherwise, none of us can have any confidence that the government are not there simply to help the bankers shaft the rest of us.
agreed. good article too.
actually not totally agreed. the responsible need to go to jail, not to make us feel better, but because it is theft, unjust enrichment, fraud, insider dealing, call it what you will but it's stealing on a very large scale and stealing is against the law. and if you break the law you go to jail. hopefully a proper one not some jeffrey archer stunt, a proper jail with many people in it who you stole from. actions have consequences, and must have for us all.


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I just changed my main grip to the Ken Climo Grip, It work perfect for drives but i just don't feel comfortable throwing the KC grip with mids and I can't get enough power from a fan grip. I don't want to go back to my old 3 finger relax grip just for mid shot. Do you guys have any good "secret" grips you can show me or should I just suck it up and use the KC or Fan?
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Turbo version would be awesomeIn case you hadnt noticed, we love the Panda 100HP. Its the most accomplished and exciting small car weve driven in ages, encapsulating everything evo stands for in one extremely capable package. It is of course possible to buy a host of iconic used cars for £10K, as well be discovering over the page, but none can boast group 5 insurance, three years warranty and minimal running costs, and I doubt many will be much more fun to drive. Theres no doubt in our minds, Fiat has a new hero on its hands.


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I am a systems architect by profession, and I have decided to give my entrepreneurial aspirations a try. I will be going to expos and meet ups and networking with people over the next few months. I'm seeking suggestions on what my business card should say since I have not really started a company yet.
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Looking for the ultimate performance Porsche? You're likely to run into some divergent opinions on exactly which model that is. Most would agree that it lies in the 911 range, not the Cayenne sport-utility or Panamera sedan, but the iconic sportscar has more varieties than the Bugatti Veyron has special editions. Some would point to the latest all-wheel-drive 911 Turbo, others would go with the similarly turbocharged but rear-drive GT2, while others still prefer the basic purity of the naturally-aspirated GT3. But now Porsche has taken the wraps off the most hardcore, bare-bones version: the GT3 RS.
To unburden the newly revised 450-horsepower 3.8-liter Flat-Six engine, Porsche has taken out as much weight as it can, right down to the titanium exhaust system and lightweight lithium-ion battery. The German automaker has also fitted a revised PASM active suspension system and even variable engine mountings to make the 911 GT3 RS the most direct driving machine in its range, and given it the look-at-me graphics to let everyone know what it is. It'll set you back $132,800 after its official debut next month at the Frankfurt auto show.


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Carrara & Matta celebrates 70 years:
Limited edition chair, not just a toilet seat!
"Starting from the concept so dear to the Dadaists, with this chair's project I approach the ready-made. The reusing of an item created for a purpose and thought to give form and function to another. The challenge was inspired by the movie "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" by Buñuel".
~ Carlo Tinti
Miranda, designed by Carlo Tinti, is the symbolic chair made for the 70th Anniversary of Carrara & Matta, to be celebrated during the next CERSAIE in Bologna. Much more than a seat, Miranda is a concept that is the result of provocation, inspiration and technological research.
The project, born by the eclectic creativity of the designer Carlo Tinti, is inspired by the Dadaist lesson that decontextualises everyday objects and carries them in a different dimension, where there are different meanings, connotations and interpretations.
Just as Duchamp's Fountain, Miranda plays with the viewer, playing multi-meaning, born in a dimension where dreams and reality interweave in an indissoluble mélange. The precious message is instantly perceived: to sit down on this chair means becoming a guest of artistic creation.
And here, in line with the life philosophy of the designer "seriously fun, fun work," a toilet seat forgets its original function and becomes real furniture.
Miranda strikes with its clear and original appearance. To be consistent with its uniqueness, Carrara & Matta chose Firenze 2.1, the high end toilet seat that fits the majority of standard pans. It is characterized by soft and elegant lines, but it is also strong and resistant because it is made entirely of Durolux®, high quality thermoset material.
The light and essential shape, the perfect synthesis of design and technological research, which has always been distinguished the Firenze line, becomes now a real furnishing accessory. That's how Miranda comes to life: it is not only a toilet seat but also a real chair!
The use of ready-made combines itself with visionary surrealism: the name Miranda results from the imaginary republic quoted in the movie - one of the most famous signed by Luis Buñuel - where one diplomat, one of the main characters, is proud to represent it as an elitarian place. The chair, in keeping with the elitarian theme: is produced in limited edition of 100 pieces.
In addition the etymology of the name is from the Latin verb "mirari", which means admire, look with wonder, to emphasize the wonder and surprise that this chair raises at first look.
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Morley's devotion to RIT spans four decades
Trustee chairman emeritus known for leadership and work ethic
Nov. 1, 2009
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E-mails sent by Mike Morley at 6 a.m. always gave former RIT President Albert Simone an indication of how loyal Morley '69 (business administration) was to his alma mater.
"I had a habit of sending a lot of correspondence to the board of trustees, and Mike would always respond first and the most often," says the retired Simone. "He'd read everything that would come through and you would see his e-mails coming back early in the morning from his Kodak office. RIT is always uppermost in Mike's heart and mind."
Morley, who has led the RIT Board of Trustees as chair since 2005, is handing over the gavel to Donald Boyce '67 (business administration). Morley's relationship with RIT began when he earned his business degree while working full time at Eastman Kodak Co. and raising a family.
"Many of his accomplishments were done the hard way—going to night school, working his way up at Kodak," says Simone.
Under Morley's tenure as board chair, RIT accomplished the following:
- The successful conclusion of a $309 million fund-raising campaign for RIT in 2006
- The development and implementation of a strategic plan, a roadmap for RIT through the year 2015
- A trustees meeting in California with visits to corporate leaders at 22 companies
- The establishment of Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival
- The addition of several new doctoral programs: sustainablity, astrophysical sciences and technology, color science and computing and information sciences
- The opening of RIT Dubai in 2008
- The dedication of several new buildings: Center for Student Innovation, College of Applied Science and Technology, Center for Bioscience Education and Technology, and the IT Collaboratory research facility
But perhaps Morley's biggest accomplishment was finding a new president—Bill Destler —to replace Simone, who served RIT for 15 years.
"Mike was full of great ideas on how to proceed, and he had a special understanding of the importance of involving the entire RIT community in the process, thus assuring that the process was open and transparent," says Boyce, who led the presidential search committee. "He was an exceptionally strong ally as we worked together with others on the committee to find, recruit, interview and select the best possible candidates for the job of RIT president. When Mike speaks, people listen, and with good reason."
Since his arrival in 2007, Destler has relied on Morley as a mentor and strong supporter in his first two years as president.
"Mike is a natural leader because he listens so well and because he makes decisions based on what is best for the organization he is leading, whether the decision is in his own personal interests or not," says Destler. "He is also a very hard worker who leads by example and who can be very tenacious when pursuing a worthy goal. Under his leadership, RIT has expanded its national and global reach and has moved toward greater emphasis on benchmarking and metric-driven goals in its operations."
Mike and his wife, Jean, have been married more than 45 years and have three grown children and three grandchildren. He credits RIT with providing him "the skills and confidence that have been so important to my success." Morley adds: "My time with RIT has been an exciting adventure. RIT continues to grow in size and scope. It is amazing to see how far the university has come in such a short period."
The new board chair knows he has a tough act to follow.
"RIT has built a strong foundation and has experienced an impressive upward trajectory," says Boyce. "But if it follows the strategic plan that was developed under Mike's leadership, RIT will not only continue to provide an excellent education for students, but it will also rise even further in stature. We need to recognize the great strides that have been made while Mike was board chair, but he would be disappointed if we rested on our laurels."


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Dreaming about relationships: What do you want this area of your life to look like? What would your relationships be if they were just the way you wanted them to be? Write down your thoughts and create some action items that match to fulfilling those goals. Potentially your action items could be: a monthly date night with your husband, a monthly girls' night, a monthly one-on-one time with your kiddos, etc.
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If you were to dream in this area of your life, what would it look like? Think about the body and health of your dreams. Write down what it looks like. Think of goals that match to your dreams. Potential action items could be: heart smart healthy eating, begin exercising four times a month for three months in a row, sign up for a yoga class, go to the batting cages, etc.
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We often leave this behind, but it is a vital area of our life. What does your spiritual life and mental well being look like in your dreams? Think about the goals that match to that. Write down action items that match to your dreams. Potential action items could be: Attending a church service regularly, daily devotional, mission trip, etc.
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Here's how movies get made sometimes: Actor Daniel Craig was at a party in New York City. He had knocked back a few drinks and was feeling a bit buzzed when he spotted his friend and fellow Brit Sam Mendes, who had directed him in 2002's Road to Perdition.
"Sam had just gotten there and was completely sober, and I wasn't," Craig recalls. "We got to talking about movies, and he told me how much he had enjoyed Casino Royale. And suddenly I found myself telling him how great he would be if we made another one, and would he want to direct it? I went above and beyond my job as an actor, but the offer just came out anyway."
Mendes, Oscar-winning director of American Beauty and Revolutionary Road, indulged his tipsy friend. "I said 'Of course!' in a kind of jovial, sure-thing-buddy! kind of way. To be honest, I had never thought about the Bond series seriously before. But then I went home and started thinking about it. I had been wanting to go back to England and make an English film and work with Judi Dench again. I had been wanting to shock myself out of the things I had gotten used to doing and try my hand at action. If I hadn't gone to that party, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation. But suddenly it seemed like a great idea."
The only catch? Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the keepers of the 007 screen rights, were the only ones with the authority to hire a director.
"Daniel called me a day later a bit shame-faced," Mendes says. "He said 'You remember what I said to you the other night? I'm not sure I'm entitled to offer you that job. But would you like to meet Barbara and Michael?' "
The deal moved quickly. Broccoli and Wilson brought their usual squad of stunt men and action choreographers and assistant cameramen. Mendes handpicked cinematographer Roger Deakins ( No Country For Old Men), composer Thomas Newman and production designer Dennis Gassner. Everyone collaborated on the casting of new characters, which included Ben Whishaw ( Cloud Atlas) as a younger incarnation of the gadget-guru Q, Ralph Fiennes as a not-entirely-trustworthy British government honcho and Javier Bardem as the bleached-blond, ambisexual Silva — a villain who, unlike most other Bond bad guys, has more personal motives than taking over the world.
Mendes is the primary reason why Skyfall (which also features Albert Finney in a small but critical role) has the starriest of any Bond cast to date.
"I called Ralph to talk about being in a Bond movie, but he didn't sound that excited," Mendes says. "When we had lunch, he told me he assumed I wanted him to play the villain, and he had just spent a decade playing Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies. But once I told him who I had him in mind for, he was thrilled.
"Javier was a little trickier. He said 'I love the idea, I love the cast and I love your work. But I'm not sure about the role yet. Can we talk?' A lot of what you see of Silva onscreen came from rehearsals and screen tests. Javier is such a remarkably playful actor. He loves to experiment with the way he looks and moves and talks. He doesn't take any detail for granted. This is the first movie I've made in my career where all my first choices said yes. I wanted to have a true high-level ensemble, unlike any you've seen in a Bond movie."


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Chad Brownlee on Boys of Fall Tour with Dalla Smith, Commodore Ballroom, Nov. 29.
THE decision to walk away from pro hockey wasn't an easy one, but for former NHL draft pick and country musician Chad Brownlee it was the right one.
"The NHL was first and foremost on my mind like a lot of Canadian hockey players growing up," he says.
After only a few years in the music industry, the Kelowna B.C., native is on the path to becoming a Canadian country music star.
On Nov. 29, Brownlee will be performing in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver as part of his Boys of Fall Tour with Dallas Smith.
"I am extremely excited. It's going to be a hometown show for Dallas and I; being that we are both from B.C.," Brownlee says.
The month-long tour includes stops in Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Grand Prairie, Alta., Tweed, Ont., Portage La Prairie, Man., and Kamloops, B.C.
"It's all been really positive," he says. "I am fortunate to be doing what I am doing right now, to be playing my music in front of lots of people."
Brownlee was recently nominated for five BCCMA's including male vocalist of the year, entertainer of the year, and fan's choice. His latest album, Love Me or Leave Me, was nominated for best album at the BCCMA's. He was also nominated for a CCMA, Male Artist of the Year earlier this year.
Brownlee says there were plenty of things that inspired him to create Love Me or Leave Me.
"In one song I wrote about my grandfather who passed away," he says. "That's a song that's held really close to my heart. I really like to put my personal side into it because I think that's when people can really relate to it."
Brownlee played two seasons of Junior A hockey with the Vernon Vipers in the BCHL and in 2003 he was drafted in the sixth round by his favourite team, the Vancouver Canucks.
He then continued his playing career at Minnesota State University, Mankato and during the 2006-2007 season he was named team captain. Brownlee also received the Don Brose Leadership Award that same season.
It was during his time as a freshman at MSU that Brownlee began songwriting.
"I would sit in my dorm room and I decided to give writing a shot," he says. "It was more of a musical journal. I would write songs about past or present girlfriends, or my parents or my sister. It was just songs for other people and I wasn't thinking about pursuing it."
Brownlee received the NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award after writing a song titled "The Hero I See," in honour of a local boy named Anthony Ford who lost his battle with leukemia.
"He was kind of like a little brother and very inspirational within the community," Brownlee says. "When he passed away it was a pretty big hit. So I decided to write a song about him and carry on his legacy."
Proceeds from the song raised thousands of dollars for the Anthony Ford Foundation.
However, it was during his playing days with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL that Brownlee really began to lose interest in hockey.
"It wasn't until after the Canucks camp and I was playing in a year in the ECHL is when I decided that I wanted a music career," he says. "It really did change. For me it's all about the time you spend every day and if you don't enjoy that then you're wasting your time."
"I enjoyed the game of hockey for 99 per cent of my career but it wasn't until the last little bit that I completely lost the love and something else was growing very quickly. I just took the reckless decision to change paths," he adds.
Brownlee hasn't looked back since his decision to leave hockey. In 2010 the Kelowna native released his first album titled Chad Brownlee. That same year he was also nominated for the CCMA Rising Star Award and was the winner of the Canadian Country Music Conference Best New Artist Showcase Award.
The former Vernon Viper has spent plenty of his life sitting on buses, and says the hours that he spent travelling as a hockey player have prepared him for the life of a travelling musician.
"The tour buses are a little bit nicer," Brownlee explains, "We have bunks to sleep on because we spend so much time on it. But there are so many similarities as well. Your band is your team and you look out for each other."
According to Brownlee the biggest challenge for him has been navigating his way through the music industry.
"There isn't one tunnel or portal that everybody takes to find what they call success. It's finding out what you are doing it for. At the beginning I said I am doing it for the music and the impact it has on people," he says.
"Sometimes it's not an easy road and it can be very difficult, especially during the writing process."
"The only person that really determines what success you have in the end is yourself," he adds.
For more information on Chad Brownlee visit chadbrownlee.com or follow him on Twitter: @ChadBrownLee.
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Occasional problems on this vehicle are failures of the Engine, Mass Air Flow (MAF) Sensor and the Air Fuel Ratio Sensors (vehicles with California Emissions only). Problems with the Engine are caused when the engine oil gels. Engine oil gelling can also cause excessive engine oil usage. When proper maintenance schedules for oil changes are followed, oil gelling should not occur. Toyota has issued an 8 year unlimited mileage goodwill repair for this condition. Problems with the MAF Sensor and Air Fuel Ratio Sensors can cause a drivability problem, and can cause the Check Engine Light to illuminate. On some vehicles the MAF Sensor can be cleaned, and will not need replacement.
The cost to repair the Engine is estimated at $4,500 for parts and $1,384 for labor. The cost to replace the MAF Sensor is estimated at $198.46 for parts and $58.50 for labor. The cost to replace the Air Fuel Ratio Sensor is estimated at $310.67 each for parts and $78 for labor. All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax. |
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"Podur's book explains how a country that is nominally democratic suffers under the yoke of a 'New Dictatorship' in which international actors and their Haitian elite partners leave the majority of Haitians with little effective influence over their own economic and political affairs." Brian Concannon
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For a taste of South America, try some chimichurri sauce over sauteed pork.
For a taste of South America, try some chimichurri sauce over sauteed pork.
Chimichurri Pork Chops
3 large garlic cloves, peeled
¾ cup fresh flat parsley leaves
Pinch red pepper flakes
1½-tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
¼ cup water
¾ pound boneless pork chops
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
With food processor running, drop garlic down feeding tube. Add parsley and pulse. Add pepper flakes, olive oil, vinegar and water. Process to form thick sauce; (if making by hand, chop parsley and garlic together and mix in remaining ingredients.) Heat nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chops and brown 2 minutes on each side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat to medium, cover with lid and cook 5 minutes. Meat thermometer should read 160 degrees. Remove from heat. Spoon sauce over pork. Serve.
Yield: Serves 2.
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Now you can save Skylands using the elite Legendary Skylanders characters - only at Toys R Us!For centuries, Skylanders have competed in gladiator-style events inside epic arenas of sport, where only the greatest of combatants become immortalized as magical, golden statues that stand watch as guardians. These are the Legendary Skylanders. Whenever the world is in peril, special Portal Masters can bring these statues to life and summon the Legendary Skylanders to defend Skylands against any evil that threatens it.Skylanders Spyro's Adventure bring the Skylanders to life!Frozen in our world. Alive in Theirs. For generations, the Skylanders have used their magical powers and weapons to protect Skylands. But now, an evil tyrant has frozen them and banished them to Earth. Only you can put them on the Portal of Power and bring them to life to save Skylands forever.
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This is such an awesome toy. Basically, I would recommend Skylanders to anybody! All the figures are so cool and you just have to collect them all. And now that the sequel is ...Read complete review
This is such an awesome toy. Basically, I would recommend Skylanders to anybody! All the figures are so cool and you just have to collect them all. And now that the sequel is being released I want all the Skylanders even more!!! I can't wait. This toy is so cool, it's much powerful than the original!
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I was very dissapoionted to receive my order and the package was open. I called customer service and they did send me a new one out free of charge. When I received the new item it was open also. This was a gift for a 4 year old so I was very upset to receive two opened items.
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This character works great with Skylanders Giants on the Wii. He is powerful for a little guy and really has some cool features. My only disappointment is with the quality of the character's visual appearance, both on and off screen. He seems to be quite a bit smaller on the Giants version, since this is a Spyro's Adventure model. Also, the details on the actual figurine are slightly distorted, compared to the quality of the Giants characters.
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The circle with the word "SOUL" in it depicts one Monad from one of the Soul Groups containing 144,000 Monads. Each of these Monads in the "Soul Group" contains a total of 144 individuals. Each Monad divided into 12 branches which are called "Oversoul Souls". Then each "Oversoul Soul" broke down into 6 sets of twin souls or flames. Upon the final descent into matter, each of the six sets made the final and very painful separation into male and female twin souls or flames. You and your twin soul or twin flame together are one of these pairs of 6 in your primary soulmate group. The other 5 sets of twins in your primary soulmate group are known as your "near twins". Since each Monad, as depicted above, contains 144 individuals in total, the other 132 outside of your primary soulmate group in your Monad are known as your secondary soulmates.
Sometimes when one meets a "near twin" in life, they can easily mistake them for the one and only true twin soul or twin flame. However, if the one and only true twin soul or flame steps into the picture eventually, the confusion is readily cleared up because there is no mistaking the true twin flame. Your intuition will let you know in no uncertain terms. There is a feeling of spiritual love and awareness unmatched by any other love you may have felt in the past.
Upon ascension, we again begin to reunite with our brothers and sisters. According to Kushi, "upon becoming human, we then start to return to Infinity, through an outward-moving spiral of decomposition and spiritualization, melting personal and individual entities and once again achieving union with the Eternal One or Source". We become one with our Source or God again and from what I understand there is not greater joy for us to experience. We as humans cannot even begin to comprehend this level of joy!
St. Germain explains ascension as a process of moving further up back through the hierarchies and dimensions until we eventually reach the source again. The first step is to realign with our twin souls, then the individuals in our primary soulmate grou p a.k.a. "near twins" and the remaining 11 secondary soulmate groups in our Monads, etc. In a channeled message through Paul Yandeau entitled "St. Germain on Himself, Soul Groups, etc.", from Spiritual Endeavors.org, St. Germain states that "as members of a Monad take on greater Light in their mastery of remembrance, they contribute to the Soul Group's greater Light in its mastery of remembrance, and as the Soul Group evolves in taking on greater Light, it too, takes on greater amounts of Light to evolve in its mastery of remembrance".
As more and more soulmate constellations begin to reunite, through the process of spiritualization, we will continue to ascend back up through the hierarchies and dimensions until we all reach the source again, the highest dimension of all and the state of perfection. St. Germain als o tells us that if all of the universal truths and knowledge were made known to our finite human minds at one time rather than gradually, "our finite human minds would blow a fuse". Therefore, spirit gives us the pieces of truths that we can handle and once we integrate these into our consciousnesses, further truths are revealed to us. This is a never ending process until we once again reach the state of perfection. Our planet will be experiencing a huge evolutionary leap in consciousness in this New Age. Our planet as a whole will be ascending from 3rd dimension to 5th dimension. The Mayans predicted this end of the old reality as we know it to commence on December 21, 2012. Their calendar ends on that date.
Edgar Cayce has prophesied that by the end of this New Age of Aquarius, we will be a completely telepathic civilization. This is a 5th dimensional state of being. Many light workers are currently in the process of ascending and they in turn will help others to ascend. As we enter this new Age of Aquarius, also known as the "enlightened era", these ancient truths will be coming back into the light and out of the darkness. Many twin souls are beginning to align with their counterparts as well as their higher selves. This process is currently underway. however, it is just in the beginning stages. We will be returning to our pre-fall state when we were one with our spiritual twins and our higher selves and had full consciousness and awareness of our spiritual identities.
This is the plan that the higher forces have for our planet in this new age. We will be entering a "New Reality". But this will not happen overnight. This is a process and not an actual event. It is gradual but inevitable. It is important to point out that it may not be the plan for you to realign with your twin soul in this particular lifetime. This is determined by divine timing and the plan for your individual twin set. Your twin may not even be incarnated on the earth plane at this point in linear time. Or your twin may be a child or even a baby somewhere on the earth plane. Your twin could even already be in the ascended state in a higher dimension, waiting for you to join them. There are no cut and dry situations when it comes to twin souls. However, any spiritual work to align with their higher selves that e ither twin does will naturally "elevate" the other and this will help to expedite their eventual reunion. Rest assured that you will be reunited with your twin in divine timing. Twin souls are eternally connected to one another by a silvery/blue cord which can NEVER be severed. We are also connected to our higher selves by a similar silver cord which is attached to our crown chakra.
There is another reason that Twin souls are coming together at this particular point in our earth's evolution. According to Dr. Maurie Pressman and Patricia Joudry in their groundbreaking book, "Twin Souls, Finding Your True Spiritual Partner", "it is believed by many that humanity is on the brink of a quantum leap in consciousness. Enlightened people are preparing themselves for this in their own ways, realizing it is time for us to awaken to our origins and our potential and take responsibility for ourselves and for the earth. We believe that twin souls have a special contribution to make; their coming together in numbers at this time has a reason at both the individual and planetary level. When twin souls join, they generate a vortex of energy that may be seen as a light in the darkness of society's unconsciousness.
In completing each other, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts: the two create three, and the third is a very potent force, a force of light and love at an extremely pure level. This kind of energy, which partakes of the energy of both twins, is different from that of individuals or even groups of people working together. It is the special offering that the twins have to give to each other and expend in service to humanity. The image we see is tha t of a dark auditorium lit by an increasing number of individual flames. Each flame represents the conscious and harmonious relationship between twin souls. Eventually, as the twins multiply, there will be so many flames, so much light, and so much energy of that particular sort on the planet that this will act as a catalyst and help to bring about the expected breakthrough of consciousness".
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The next few weeks should really be fantastic. My sister arrives in Melbourne this Friday. She will be here for about 9 days. Half will be spent here in Melbourne, the other half in Sydney. I can't wait to see my sissy-bear!
She leaves on the 20th, and on the 22nd I have tickets to see Against Me! That shall add to the fabulousness of January.
Then…and then! Evan arrives. I think he is trying to surprise me, so I do not know the exact date. "Somewhere in the middle of February" is all I know.
Things are looking up.
I am still only working once a week assisting in a salon. Who knew it would be so difficult to get a job as a barista? A little over a week ago I had two VERY promising trials at a cafe. I was supposed to sit down with the woman who would train me at the end of my shift to discuss my schedule and other paperwork. She then got a call and needed to go help out at another location. Said she would call me at the end of the day. When I had heard nothing by the next day, I called her. She answered, "sorry mate, I know I was supposed to call you yesterday! I actually just got off of a plane, can I call you in about an hour?" That never happened, either. And then the holidays happened in Australia.
They really take their free time here seriously. Which I think is absolutely fantastic. Exactly how I think the whole world should work. You put in your 8 hours, then you have your damn free time. You get your damn vacation time.
But holy shit. I could use a job. I am holding on to the hope that, although the cafe was open for the second half of this week, since nobody had seen my would-be barista trainer since before the holidays, she is still…on holiday. Tomorrow is Monday. Fingers crossed that I will get an affirmative phone call. If not, back to the drawing board.
Again, I could easily get a salon job. But I came here to learn something new. Maybe I have learned something new – what it's like to be turned down from a job. Not to boast here or anything, but this truly is a new experience for me. I have never been turned down from a job before. Ever. This is a bit frustrating (…a BIG bit frustrating…) and a bit humbling, I suppose.
Anyway, the new housing situation is still going well. The landlords are great. We hang out just enough and I have just enough alone time. Balanced.
Other new things I have done/seen/learned:
-Beers on the beach
-I have learned that you can order different types of fish from a fish and chips shop
-Because of above, I have ordered, eaten and learned what the most common type of fish in "fish 'n' chips" in Australia is: "flake" aka "gummy shark"…I have eaten shark.
-Apparently, there is no law against females bathing topless in Victoria. I will be getting rid of these tan lines, thank you.
-I have never in my life taken a cold shower. I do not like being cold. However, the other day it was 104F and I sure as shit took a cold ass shower.
-Made one of the ice creams from my previous post – the avocado coconut lime raw ice cream. It tasted like lime. Just lime. So, I added agave, vanilla and a pinch of salt. Still not my favorite, but much better. (Speaking of raw food, this raw pot luck must happen.)
-Sometimes, things just don't go as planned. Try as you might to steer the universe in the direction you want it to go, sometimes it is YOU who has to change direction. And you've just got to give in and open up. I used to watch a certainly unhealthy amount of the Travel Channel. Mostly just Samantha Brown and Anthony Bourdain. Once, Samantha Brown said something along the lines of, "You've always got to have a plan B and C. Because sometimes plan A goes wrong. And then sometimes plans B and C go wrong and you've got to be okay with going along with plans D, E and/or F." Well, I thought that I would immediately have a job in a cafe. 2 and a half months later, no dice. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?! Something. Nothing, maybe. But, nothing has gone as planned and I've got to be okay with that and keep on truckin'.
I'm sure that I have had other thoughts over the past few days. If I keep typing, this will turn into an even more jumbled, messy brain dump. So, here, I will bid you adieu. With a few views from my window.


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