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Guess Who Has A Destiny's Child Biopic In The Works
The highly publicized Sony email leak has finally revealed something useful other than corporate racism and greed. Apparently there is a Destiny's Child biopic in the works and you'll never guess who's behind it.
OK, well maybe you'll guess whose idea it was in the first place. According to The Daily Beast:
An email dated December 4, 2013, from Screen Gems honcho Clint Culpepper to Pascal and a team of Sony execs discusses how Beyoncé's father, Matthew Knowles, went to him to try and set up a Destiny's Child biopic.
"Matthew Knowles, Beyonce's Father wants to make the film of Destiny's Child and came to me first," wrote Culpepper. "He's going to Universal next. Do we think it would be a successful film? They're on Sony label. I'm just not sure that it's not too soon."
While a Destiny's Child biopic sounds great — although we're giving Matthew the sideye because he knows he's not in the inner circle anymore — we have to agree with Culpepper that it's a bit too soon. Michelle, Kelly, and Beyonce still have much to accomplish and DC only split within the last 10 years. Unfortunately, Lifetime doesn't share that same opinion because The Daily Beast also revealed the network that brought us the Aaliyah story and soon "Whitney," already has a Destiny's Child biopic slated for February 2015! Yes, in just two months. Perhaps the network is taking a cue from the Aaliyah biopic and opting not to announce casting choices — or any other early details about the flick — for fear of an unprecedented amount of Twitter shade before the debut. Or else, they've just pushed the date back and we'll all be in for a potentially unpleasant surprise next year. We shall see.
Beyoncé's Publicist Spills The Tea On Destiny's Child's Early Days & Columbia Records' Low Expectations Of Them
Before Destiny's Child became the mega group we know them as today, they were simply a teen girl group that record executives didn't expect much from, so says their then-publicist Yvette Noel-Schure. Yvette, who still handles publicity for Beyoncé under her own PR firm Schure Media Group, revealed in an interview with The Jake Sasseville Show that during her stint of employment with Columbia Records, her boss pretty much wanted her to babysit the foursome until they either transferred to another label or went back home to Texas.
"I remember sitting at Columbia Records and Larry Jenkins, who I will praise to the day I die for giving me that opportunity, he said 'We just signed a girl group from Houston, you just came from Black Beat, you can get along with these teenagers, dah. You should take them, dah.' '" Yvette recalled.
She went on to note that at the time, due to the success of girl groups such as TLC and En Vogue, label execs simply expected the group being signed to Columbia to be nothing more than a learning experience for the teens.
"I knew in that moment that he did not know what the capacity for success would be for this girl group. TLC was so big, En Vogue a little older and killing it vocally and I don't know if the plan was to set in place. I believe in that moment, Larry said, 'If nothing comes of this, Yvette can teach them a few things and I don't know that he expected me to be a great publicist to this great group. I think he thought 'For as long as we have them on the label, Yvette can be a mother figure …"
Although Yvette says that while there wasn't a whole lot that she was able to teach the girls, she was able to mold them into the poised public figures we know them as today.
"I sat down with them [Destiny's Child] and did makeup lessons but they were pretty advanced in terms of beauty because Ms. Tina Knowles was such a central figure in the lives of the girls of Destiny's Child. Not just Beyoncé, but Kelly who was raised in her house, LaTavia and LeToya, the original two members, their friendship blossomed in that house. They understood about hair and how they wanted to look, it was the most incredible thing. But I knew in that moment that if Columbia Records trusted me with these young women, and if Tina Knowles and Matthew Knowles trusted me to leave a room and leave me with these young women and knew that if they walked out of a room, I wasn't going to be shooting up a needle or smoking a blunt or cursing. These were young girls. I knew the responsibility of that moment and I knew being a publicist was not what I needed to do. I needed to be a teacher, a guide and a mentor."
She continues:
"There wasn't a lot I could teach those girls, they could sing the 'ABC's' and make me look like … but it was about 'Here's how I live my life,' 'Here's how I come to work and I work really, really hard.' I can not teach you how to sing but I will tell you that when you enter the room, your interview has begun. Everything is on the record, what you say, what you did, if you were slumping in your chair — so don't slump in your chair because that's going to be part of the description in the interview."
"One of the things I know that Beyoncé probably appreciates about me, especially now that she has created her own family… is that I always said to the girls, at the end of everything, 'I'm going home to my babies.' It got to the point where the girls of Destiny's Child used to mouth it to me after the interviews or a press day and I would say 'I'm going to meet my babies' and they'd mouth 'She's going to meet her babies.'
I was making it very clear that the work is over now for me."
Listen to Yvette's full interview on the next page.
Tags:beyonce, destiny's child, Yvette Noel-Schure
Why Can't Girl Groups Keep It Together Anymore?
Destiny's Child.
En Vogue.
The '90s girl groups we all loved at one time have seemingly all disappeared. That era was overrun with women doing their thing, dominating the radio with break-up playlists, love making tunes and pre-game records. You can't talk about '90s R&B without giving a nod and some love to the ladies and gents who banded together to provide perfect harmonies for our ears to bump to.
In this new age where technology dominates and artists become stars courtesy of Vine, Instagram and YouTube, it's hard to miss that there are no reigning girl groups around. The industry has become saturated with solo artists all producing the same sound and looking the exact same, and the industry is also littered with failed reunion attempt after failed reunion attempt from folks who still can't seem to get along. What's changed?
In this new scope of music, it seems like the outlook is pretty grim. Can there be another TLC? Can there be another girl group with an impact thanks to songs that detail a little bit of everything, including the struggle of battling depression, calls for unity and even safe sex? With plenty of social injustices in the world, there is certainly a void for women to fill.
How about the records that made you feel s*xy and empowered at the same time? Xscape's "Tonight" vocalized women's desires without being crass, and the group maintained a sense of elegance – baggy clothing and all.
Even with Diddy's Making The Band, a group of talented young women who managed to top the charts couldn't foster a lucrative career as one unit. Danity Kane's early success appeared promising with their self-titled album, knocking pop veteran Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics album out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. But after touring and starring on a reality show, they couldn't get it and keep it together. Everyone wanted to do something different and animosity between members was crazy. Breaking up. Making Up. And now Danity Kane have broken up for good after a physical scuffle between Aubrey O'Day and Dawn Richard. At this point, their track record is almost synonymous to Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran's relationship–just unstable.
There is unfortunately no rule book or recipe to concoct the new millennium guide to success, but there is a market being ignored due to the lack of staying power from girl groups. The inability for women to remain and dominate as a band begs the question of whether or not the power in numbers has dissipated? Judging by Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle – all of whom have gone on and led prosperous lives post Destiny's Child – it appears the proof is in the pudding.
I miss having a group like 702 or En Vogue dazzle audiences with their powerful range and dance moves, and I hope that the historic revolving door in music allows for girl groups to shine and reign atop the charts once again. At this very moment, however, I'll continue to play oldies but goodies and live out the music I miss with the help of YouTube.
Tags:destiny's child, girl groups, TLC
Friends Believe Farrah Franklin Was Using Drugs On Night Of Arrest
Yesterday, we told you that former Destiny's Child singer, Farrah Franklin, was arrested this past weekend for disorderly conduct. Besides sources claiming that alcohol definitely played a role in the arrest, not many details were released regarding the incident. However, more recent reports are suggesting that things got pretty crazy the night she was locked up.
For one, TMZ is reporting that police officers discovered Franklin laying down on a lawn that did not belong to her, which is when she allegedly told officers that she was planning to "sleep in the woods" because she had nowhere to go.
The way the story is being told, Franklin was flown out to Myrtle Beach by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Da'Quan Bowers. The pair reportedly spent a night out on the town with Houston Texans player Ricky Sapp and the alcohol was flowing pretty freely. The trio then went back to Sapp's place and Farrah's highly-inebriated condition became apparent to everyone.
Things got so out of hand that Sapp and Bowers reportedly decided to call the police, which is when Franklin reportedly fled the scene. The pro athletes told officers that they believed the singer had been doing drugs that night, as she ventured into the bathroom for extended periods of time throughout the evening. After searching the neighborhood, officers found her sprawled out on a neighbor's lawn. Officer's described the singer as "highly intoxicated" and "unstable on her feet." She reportedly denied using drugs when officers asked.
While she did not specifically address reports that she was using drugs, Franklin did have this to say to Instagram followers about her mugshot and allegations about her behavior:
"That part! I'm good just hate the dumb media sometimes, but hey this is the job I signed up for. So I respect it #TurnDownForWhat #TeamFARRAH #GodsChild #Instagram"
So far, Franklin's reps have not returned our calls for a request to comment.
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However, I'm a little shy to dance on a stage… in front of a crowd… with eyes watching me. So, I dance in private, while practicing these popular music videos with amazing choreography. And if I was a betting person, I would bet you have too (or at least marveled at them). Which videos you ask?
'R&B Divas' Fans Believe LaTavia Roberson Is Insecure And Afraid To Blow
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Reality TV fans sometimes choose if they want a particular reality star to come back. And LaTavia Roberson wasn't a fan favorite on "R&B Divas: Atlanta" for her lack of fierceness and insecurities with singing.
Singing is a major part of the "R&B Divas" series and sometimes the divas faced insecurities with getting back out there and performing. But in most cases, these women overcame their fears.
Roberson struggled throughout the season to ever sing for real. And when she did VERY rarely sing — she did like a note or two. Also, she didn't sound up to par with her cast mates.
The only diva to be on her side with her reluctance to sing was Meelah Williams – who like Roberson was in a 90s girl group. Unlike Roberson, Williams isn't afraid to blow!
But the other divas asked and sometimes pushed Roberson to sing, which hardly ever worked — only causing friction between them and Roberson .
But leave it to KeKe Wyatt to call out some nonsense, and that's exactly what she did with Roberson — asking her, "Are you a diva or not?"
It was the question on many fans' minds about Roberson and her insecurities as a singer.
But Da Brat – during one of the season three's episodes — said it best. She can't be considered a diva if she doesn't sing!
And the fans took to Twitter to share how much they agree with the criticism.
"Latavia needs to get over it [go] get therapy #RBDivasATL not being in Destiny's Child DESTROYED her MIND," wrote one Twitter critic.
"The only way y'all goin hear LaTavia sing is if y'all pull out them old DC albums and listen to the background vocals cuz ch…" another critic tweeted.
Another fan of the show said, "still can't believe LaTavia storyline was all about her not wanting to sing smh. What a waste of tv time."
But some critics questioned her ability to sing altogether. Maybe she doesn't sing because she knows she doesn't sound too well.
Read more about "R&B Divas" at EurWeb.com
Tags:destiny's child, latavia roberson
'It's Going On MY Album:' Michelle Williams Makes It Clear That 'Say Yes' Isn't A Destiny's Child Song
Destiny's Child fans were ecstatic to learn that the trio would be somewhat reuniting for Michelle Williams' new single "Say Yes." And somehow, in all of the excitement, some people interpreted the track as a sign that a new Destiny's Child album is in the works. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. But we're content for now seeing the ladies coming together to promote one another's solo careers.
"There was an interview we did some years ago saying that we would participate, in whatever capacity, on each other's solo projects," Michelle explained to MTV News. "Whether that is appearing with Beyoncé from time to time on her tours, or on shows, or Kelly's album, so this was my turn now to have them on an original song on my album."
Michelle adds that it was awesome being able to reunite with her former group members.
"Filming the video for 'Say Yes' was fun. It was amazing. It was incredible."
Not to be confused, though, Michelle made it clear that "Say Yes" is her project and simply features her DC-3 sisters.
"It feels wonderful [to work with them], and no matter how much we try to say it's not a Destiny's Child song because it's not going on a Destiny's Child album. It's going on MY album featuring Beyoncé and Kelly. It's the same way Kelly featured us on her album. But no matter how much we try to separate ourselves when we're together, it is what it is. This is the group!'" she said laughing.
While we would loveeeeee another Destiny's Child album, we'll take what we can get for now
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Watch: Michelle Williams' "Say Yes" Video Featuring Destiny's Child
A few days ago, we let you know that there would be a video for Michelle Williams' new gospel song "Say Yes" and today on "Good Morning America," Williams released it. Just as the song calls for, the video is colorful and vibrant, Michelle is doing a little bop and two step while people dance and sing along with the ladies of Destiny's Child. I was really on the fence about this song when I first heard it, but the more I listen, the more I dig it. And the video just makes it all that much better.
Take a look at the visuals in the fun video below and tell us what you think.
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The single is featured on Michelle's upcoming album, Journey to Freedom due out on September 9.
Up next for Michelle is working as a mentor on the new new Oxygen show "Fix My Choir." along with gospel great Shirley Caesar and Mary Mary.
You can also watch the Behind the Scenes video of the shoot below.
First Look! Destiny's Child Reunites For "Say Yes" Video
Last week, we told you about the new Michelle Williams single "Say Yes" featuring her former bandmates Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland. Naturally, anytime there's even a thought about the three of them reuniting, folks get excited.
And so it's really not surprising that news of the video shoot leaked as well and fans swarmed the location. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Michelle Williams explained how it all went down.
"We heard all this commotion going on while we were filming, We filmed at somebody's house and they probably got excited and called their cousins and friends and, next thing you know, the whole town was on one street. … I woke up to the news of the song being leaked and I just hate when that happens because it was an unmastered version. At the same time, I was overwhelmed by the support. I know things happen for a reason. I don't want anyone to think I'm pissed. I'm not."
As we mentioned before, the song "Say Yes" is an ode to the Nigerian song more than a hundred years old. Harmony Samuels, who's worked with the likes of Jennifer Hudson, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande and Maroon 5 and is also Nigerian says, "I don't think anyone knows who wrote it or who started singing that chorus. When the song leaked last week, so many people from Africa and Nigeria were trying to let me know where it came from."
Michelle also told THR how the girls got involved with the track.
"They received an advance copy of the album and called saying, 'We love 'When Jesus Says Yes'… there has to be a Destiny's Child mix of the song,'" Williams recalls. "Kelly did it and Beyonce got right in the studio and did her part. I kept it a secret because I didn't want anyone to know until it was time."
And naturally, they had an amazing time filming with one another.
"It was so much fun," says Williams. "It was like we were little kids again. I have their back and they have mine. They have showed themselves to be loyal to me time after time. They have proven they are my sisters time and time again."
"Say Yes" is the first single from Williams' fourth album Journey To Freedom, which is set to come out sometime in September. Williams says the single is "an urban inspiration record so sonically it's very urban with pop infusion in there. I made sure that every genre of music I have ever done is represented on there."
Michelle says that she's hoping this studio effort will appeal to some of the fans who stopped following her career once she decided to pursue gospel music.
"Destiny's Child had millions of fans but the second I did 'gospel' they were like, 'We love you but I don't know…' My message is that I'm here to inspire and to encourage and give hope. Whatever you want to do, you can do. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but I've been there. I have been down in a dark place and I want to tell people my story of how I got to that dark place and how I'm free from it now."
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The year was 1995 and Bigge Smalls was the king of New York rap. The year before he released his debut single Juicy and then followed that up with the platinum-selling album, Ready To Die. When he descended onto the Summer Jam stage in '95 as the headliner, the crowd went wild. Dressed like a dapper don in a three-piece suit, Big had the crowd on its feet for his entire set. That would be the first and last time the Brooklyn rapper would perform for the radio station's mega concert. He was shot and killed nearly two years later.


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|Mon, 08-13-2012 - 9:47pm
I'm new to an affair and new to the board. I'm glad I have found this forum...I've been searching for weeks for a community like this to vent and learn. I've been lurking for days and soaking up a lot of experiences that both relate to mine and in some ways don't. I amthe other woman. Different than most here I am single and he is married. I'm in my 40s and he is in his 50s.
From what I am reading its not much different than most affairs. We met at work about 7 months ago. The flirting and tension mounted...we became fast friends...working about 3 or 4 hours a day together. Finally the physical started about 3 months ago. Now I am confused.
He says he loves me. I believe him but I don't think his intentions are leaving his wife...but after 3 months who would? His kids are grown (from his first marriage) so staying for the kids is not an issue. Are there other reasons a married person would not leave an unsatisfying relationship rather than because of the kids?
I'm not ready to give up yet but I find the relationship becoming unsatifying...no weekends etc.
i broke up with him 2x already and find myself at square one. I know he doesn't want to hurt me and would respect my decision to end it (i think). Its hard because we work together..NC is not a possibility and I so want him!
What reasons would he stay in the marriage if not for kids? Wht should I reaonably expect after 2 months?
What should I expect?
|Mon, 08-13-2012 - 10:28pm
Hi! I'm glad you posted. Yes, there are reasons why some men stay in their unhappy Ms even after the kids have gone. There was a poster on here...gabby I think? Anyone remember her whole username? But she was with a MM who had grown kids and he was in an unsatisfying M, but he never wanted to make the move to get out of his M. He promised to marry gabby, and he led her on for a long time. He gave her a ring and everything. Eventually his wife actually divorced him and he STILL refused to leave his R with her behind! He continued to pursue his W and spend time trying to win her back while he was still telling gabby he wanted to be with her. I'm not saying your AP is misleading you like that, but it just shows how some people will stay for reasons the average outsider can never understand. But here are some of the main reasons I have seen listed here on MAS why married AP (especially a MM) might not leave a subpar R:
1) It is comfortable. Men especially seem to value this. Knowing what the schedule is, the traditions, what to expect---it seems like many men put a high value on this.
2) The risk factor---staying with his current W is a "known evil." He understands what to expect from her, and while it might not make him happy, he is probably used to it to some degree. But if chooses to go through the very disruptive process of a D to be with you, he is facing the unknown. It might be bliss, or it might be more of the same thing he has now in ten years. It might be worse. I have noticed that women seem more willing to take that risk, but men seem much more cautious about it.
3) His ego and the way others perceive him-- I have heard some of our guys on here talk about how part of their self worth in our culture is linked to how well they provide for their families. Even if the kids are gone, he vowed to take care of his W and be her partner. Abandoning that responsibility weighs heavily on a lot of men, even when having sex with another woman doesn't seem to bother them so much. So even if he loves you, his primary obligation is to her, and if he drops that obligation, he is going to lose face with family, friends, and people in his community to some degree.
4) The technical difficulties of ending a M-- It can be really complicated for a lot of people to get a D. The financial part alone is enough to scare many people away from a D, especially if the A isn't really harmful, but just unsatisfying. Then when you think of splitting up the holidays with the grown kids, finding a new place to live, deciding who gets which of the friends...it's a very tiring process. If he is in his 50s, he may not think all that disruption is worth the effort. The average life expectancy of an American male is 75, so if he is mid 50s, he knows he statistically has about another 20 years of life to live, and most people do not imagine that the last 10 or so years are driven by much passion, I think. I can see how a 30 year old might be more willing to make that jump when it is a change that will affect over half his life, but even I at age 36 have seen how my desire for comfort grows stronger every year. I can see how a man in his 50s would decide it might be too late to rock the boat when so many habits have already been so deeply engrained.
Ultimately, it comes down to the strength of his feelings. My XAP once told me that he loved me, but NOT ENOUGH---not enough to break up the world he had created for himself. Is it a perfect world? Not at all, but it must have some strong sort of appeal if he wanted to stay, especially when he had other options offered to him.
I think where you are at in the A now is very, very typical. After the thrilling rush of the first 3 months begins to simmer down a bit, usually the man starts to come out of the fog first, and often it does lead to a big jolt for the other AP. As you said, when the AP cuts back contact, it hurts and you want things to be the way it was before. I would say your experience is exactly normal, and nearly textbook. Not that it helps, eh?
|Tue, 08-14-2012 - 12:11am
85% will not leave their M. The reasons you have been given are accurate. Many women know that the M is not going to meet all their needs too. Think of an affair as sex and conversation:nothing else.
Let's face the fact that a person's beliefs have an powerful hold on that person.
|Tue, 08-14-2012 - 9:33am
Male here. I won't leave for a couple of the reasons that you mentioned above. Yes comfort and routine definitely have their place. Yes there are definitely some technical difficulties ending a marriage. Money, kids, extended family, etc.. That being said, if the marriage did come to an end, I would definitely pursue my affair partner. I would not go back to my W because obviously I wasn't totally happy there, so why go back? I guess I can understand that some people stay in unhappy relationships because they've become familiar and comfortable. I mean look at abusive relationships - whether it's mental or physical abuse - it's not healthy, but it becomes so familiar and comfortable that people stay. I guess I'm smarter than that and if I have an out, aka divorce, then I'm out of there.
|Tue, 08-14-2012 - 11:59am
He can love you, and at the same time love his W, just in different ways. The sex in the marriage is almost gone, and here you are, new and young.. he doesn't need to compliment you much any more.. what else a man would want?
There is a case here like yours, which has been dragging for 5 years now. Why he doesn't leave W (although I'm pretty sure she knows about the A)? Apparently because he doesn't want her to have that "that fine piece of property"!
don't blame yourself for squashing the romance, it's not your fault! Get yourself out unless you think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread and is "out of your league".
|Tue, 08-14-2012 - 1:37pm
My friend (divorced) started having an affiar w/ a MM in 2003--which I remember because it was right before my wedding. they had been friends for quite a while--both families were friends. At first she thought he was waiting until the youngest child went to college, then that time came & went. He never actually said he would leave his DW--he just said how unhappy he was. Money was never an issue. he's a very well off orthopedic surgeon so he could afford to give his DW the house and pay alimony & have a lot of money left over--his parents are very well off. Now since my friend even knows the DW, she knows for a fact that they have a terrible marriage, has seen them arguing together, etc.--so staying w/ the DW really makes no logical sense. They didn't have one of those affairs that was seeing each other every week it was more an occasional thing. Now it has not only faded out but she says he is now acting cold to her which doesn't make sense since they were friends before they started the affair. so you just never know why someone won't leave the marriage--her guess is that the Dw is mentally ill & he is afraid she'll kill herself if he left & the kids would blame him. Seems as good an explanation as any because he's definitely unhappy.


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anyone brewed this one and can you tell me if i should reach the advertised 1.007-1.009 FG easily if i followed the recipe verbatim ?
it was only in the primary 7 days, but is still in the secondary....and i still get an occasional bubble.
What's the current gravity reading?
What's the temperature of your beer?
Did you test the gravity before you racked to the secondary?
Generally, a secondary is there to help clear up the beer, not to finalize fermentation. Bubbling can come from temperature swings, CO2 out-gassing, or fermentation. Do some reading & searching here before you end up with 5 other people telling you that an airlock is not a fermentation guage.
I've done the XX.... I liked it. I had no problems other than the hops supplied with the kit seemed quite old & off-color. I was lucky I had some other fresh hops. I think that was my last Brewer's Best kit.
ok, well, i wasnt going to take a FG reading because it was still bubbling. i will pull a sample ASAP ! yes the OG was 1.004ish (i am still new to taking readings). temp is 68 degrees.
no i did not test the gravity at secondary racking....the bubbles has died off considerably....my mistake.


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contradictorySaltos de línea: contra|dict|ory
Pronunciación: /kɒntrəˈdɪkt(ə)ri /
Definición de contradictory en inglés:
1Mutually opposed or inconsistent: the two studies came to contradictory conclusions
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- As a skilled political counsellor More had to display his rhetorical skills in justifying often mutually incompatible or contradictory statements and beliefs in the service of the state.
- These studies lead to different, and often contradictory, conclusions.
- Secular culture so often teaches us that religion and science are mutually exclusive, even contradictory, forces.
opposed, in opposition, opposite, antithetical, contrary, contrasting, conflicting, at variance, at odds, opposing, clashing, divergent, discrepant, different;
inconsistent, incompatible, irreconcilable, incongruous;
rare oppugnant, repugnant
1.1Containing elements which are inconsistent: politically he exhibited contradictory behaviour
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- This contradictory behaviour is due to its own economic myths.
- According to John Stirton, research into the influence of polls on electoral behaviour is contradictory.
- It would be undesirable if the general law and regulatory law - which in some respects is more lenient - demanded contradictory behaviour of the one bank.
1.2 Logic (Of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true. Compare with contrary.
Example sentences
- For any pair of contradictory premises, one must be true and the other false.
- Propositions are contradictory when the truth of one implies the falsity of the other, and conversely.
- In each case, the judge must decide which of the possibly contradictory principles is the most important.
sustantivo (plural contradictories)Logic Volver al principio
A contradictory proposition.
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- He entitles this kind of opposition dialectical, and that of contradictories analytical.
- Self and not-self, subject and object, are not contradictories, but dialectical polarities.
- God can make either of them true, but he can't make both of them true, since they are contradictories.
late Middle English (as a term in logic): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- 'spoken against', from the verb contradicere (see contradict).
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contradictorily adverbio
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- 'They are and they aren't,' he says, contradictorily.
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- Expertise is needed, yet there is, contradictorily, a straightforwardness to the task of travelling at speed.
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contradictoriness sustantivo
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- We can get at some of this contradictoriness through one of his many remarks on sexual attraction.
- In this article, the author seeks to refute this principle and show its inherent contradictoriness.
- One aim is to introduce students to genuine historical complexity and the contradictoriness of the woman writer's position then and now.
Words that rhyme with contradictorybenedictory, maledictory, valedictory, victory
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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Artificial lights do worse than just ruin the view
U of M student honoured for defending the darkness
Dark Sky Defender could be the title of the next summer superhero blockbuster.
It would sure look nifty on a resumé.
And it's especially impressive, though no less mysterious, when you're talking about Jennifer West, a University of Manitoba student who is this year's top student-category Dark Sky Defender on the planet.
This is serious stuff, said West, a PhD student in astrophysics and a sessional lecturer at the University of Manitoba.
West received her award in New York City recently from the International Dark Sky Association, a worldwide group of academics in fields as diverse as the environment, education, biology, medicine and astrophysics.
Humans are threatening to cover the entire globe with artificial light, West explained in her office next door to the U of M's planetarium, and we're only now beginning to understand the costs.
It's not just being unable to see the stars from a backyard in Winnipeg, said West, though that's part of it.
Birds stop migrating and start crashing into buildings when buildings are flooded by artificial light. Sea turtles don't reach spawning grounds when they're overwhelmed by unnatural light. Frogs need darkness to sound their mating calls.
And there's research, said West, showing the effects on people of sleeping in light-filled environments, including emerging evidence of higher rates of cancer.
"Excessive lighting obviously interferes," said West, a graduate of the former Silver Heights Collegiate. "If we can't see the stars, birds can't see them to migrate."
West's award came about because of two videos, one called Our Vanishing Night, a series of beautiful and startling images in which West asks: "What happens when all the dark places are gone?"
West shot many of the images in the Whiteshell, where she leads an annual week-long astronomy expedition by canoe later this month into the heart of the Mantario Trail, far from artificial light.
Her second video examined lighting on the U of M campus -- bright, constant and most of it directed at the sky.
Many street lights light up the sky, she said: "There's better lighting solutions than the ones currently used."
Her video shows Bison Drive brightly lit on a winter's eve, the sky blotted out by artificial light. Pan to the adjacent SmartPark, where lights using far less energy direct their light entirely down to where people walk and drive, and above is a star-filled sky.
"It's quite a dramatic difference," said West.
Some of Canada's national parks are establishing dark-sky areas and releasing wildlife that needs dark nights to thrive, she said.
West is enthusiastic about outreach work, and expects some form of teaching is in her future.
Her PhD thesis will be on computer models of supernova remnants, but her ongoing passion is convincing the rest of us not to be afraid of the dark -- indeed, to embrace it and look up, look way up.
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MissileGUI 0.1
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Before you can control the missile launcher, you must use the file selector at the top of the window to browse to the "ctlmissile" executable that you compiled from the USB Launcher backend (see that project's README for instructions on how to compile it). Once that's selected, you can click on any of the buttons to move the laucher or fire missiles.
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SmartDraw: Pursuing the cloud's silver lining
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We decided only about a year ago to include an iOS app. SmartShare works great on an iPhone. But that's not an ideal platform to show graphic material. The iPad, however, is a whole different matter. It's much more convenient.
And if you have an Android device, you can just use the Google Chrome Web browser and do the same thing.
On offering SmartDraw as a subscription, software as a service (SAAS) basis:
I think that is where we're going, but it's interesting. If we went to SAAS model right way, we would have a lot of customers uncomfortable with it, and we would hurt ourselves. We do have some annual licenses now that are subscription, and some of our largest customers like that model. My experience is other customers are less comfortable. But over time, people will get much more comfortable with it.
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What cutting red tape looks like
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It's not like he didn't tell us this was coming.
When Sam Katz ran for mayor in 2004, he promised many things. Chief among them was a pledge to cut red tape at city hall for developers and entrepreneurs. "As a business owner who attempted to get a permit to build a small little ballpark, I have a fair amount of experience with the frustration, the hurdles you have to go over and the hoops you have to go through," Katz told a mayoral forum.
It was hard, way back then, to envision exactly what city hall would look like once it was liberated from all the needless red tape strangling the city's developers. This week, however, we finally got to see in graphic fashion more or less what Katz had in mind.
Consultants Ernst & Young delivered a long-awaited audit into city contracts awarded to Shindico Realty to design and build four fire-paramedic stations. It found city policies and business practices breached. The audit found corners were cut, questions were not asked, and council was deliberately and entirely left out of the process.
The debacle described by the auditor is, in all ways, the manifestation of Katz's war on red tape. This is a creation of a government that puts more emphasis on greasing wheels than due diligence. Where "getting it done" is more important than "doing it right."
This debacle proves one inescapable reality about efforts to cut red tape: Although it is often sold to voters as something that levels the playing field and makes government fairer for everyone, it really only benefits a select few. And so it was in this case.
The only true beneficiary in this instance of the red-tape-cutting was Shindico Realty, which got all the work designing and building the four fire-paramedic stations and even intends to sell the city some of the land to be used.
Consider how many hurdles and hoops were cut to benefit Shindico.
The original $15-million contract was split into four smaller chunks, largely to avoid the need for council approval. Then, those contracts were awarded to Shindico on a "non-competitive" basis. In other words, without a bidding process.
The high priests of streamlined bureaucracy could defend these as simple errors of expediency, especially since eliminating all those hoops and hurdles is theoretically supposed to save taxpayers money. In reality, this streamlined effort resulted in a $3.3-million cost overrun.
Despite his long, obvious connections to Shindico, Katz took no responsibility for this mess. In a news conference following the release of the audit report, the mayor said he was shocked, disappointed and resolved to make sure these "mistakes" never happen again. But at no time did he admit he knew what was going on. Nor would he speak ill of Shindico or former chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl.
The E&Y report clearly identified Sheegl, a longtime friend of both Katz and Shindico's Sandy and Robert Shindleman, as the driving force behind the ethically challenged deal. Despite Sheegl's earlier claim he only followed the fire-paramedic station replacement program from "50,000 feet."
The audit showed he was deeply involved in negotiations with Shindico, and directing the actions of former WFPS chief Reid Douglas, who had been given responsibility for managing the construction of the new stations.
It was more than a little ironic that Sheegl, who likely did more than anyone else to bring Katz's war on red tape to fruition, was in the end a beneficiary of streamlined bureaucratic process.
Sheegl, who was given a chance to review the audit report and respond prior to it being given to councillors on Monday, resigned suddenly last week. It is clear now that was done to avoid having to face any public grilling for his role in the fire-paramedic station debacle. In an unusual move, Sheegl was allowed to leave without any notice. Even more unusual was the fact executive policy committee met the same day his resignation was tendered to consider and approve a severance package reportedly worth more than $240,000.
It is impossible Sheegl did not have a requirement in his contract to give notice of an intention to leave. Someone decided to waive that requirement, and to hastily convene a meeting of EPC to approve his severance.
In his last moments at city hall, Sheegl truly showed Winnipeggers what bureaucratic efficiency really means.
Government bureaucracy can be frustrating, even counterproductive. However, there are many more instances where bureaucratic checks and balances are a reasonable expression of due diligence, and not a dirty, pointless trick played on entrepreneurs.
Katz will continue to run from this mess, expertly wielding plausible deniability to deflect allegations he knew, or should have known, about the ethical disaster his good friend Sheegl was authoring. In the end, Katz did promise to get rid of red tape at city hall. Most of us perceived that to be a promise. We've just found out it was more of a warning.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 22, 2013 A4
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