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The World of Entertainment
The beginnings of popular entertainment go back to primitive societies, when dance and music, magic, and storytelling were created to celebrate the societies' rituals and gods. At first, men tried to gain control of their world through the magic of imitation. They believed that if they could create the sound of rain falling, real rain would fall. This belief in the magic of imitation graudally led to the arts of acting, theater, and popular entertainment.
The traditions of Western entertainment began in Greece over 2500 years ago wtih the development of Greek drama. Festivals were held to worship Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of wine and new life, with song and dance. By the seventh century B.C., poets began to write stories for a large group of performers, known as a chorus, and a lead actor to recite. By 500 B.C., Aeschylus added a second actor, making possible dialogue between characters. Within 50 years yet another character was added.
Even now, the plays that were written for ancient Greek theater are among the most powerful known. There were two main forms of classical Greek drama-tragedy and comedy. Tragedy tells the story of a great man who by the end of the story is detroyed by flaw in his own character. Comedies made fun of the shortcomings of individuals and society.
There were other kinds of entertainment too. "Mimus" presented scenes from common life using stock comic characters who would act out familiar situations by improvising. The humor was often rough and crude. This form of popular entertainment appears again and again throughtout history.
The Romans continued the traditions of Greece and developed other forms of entertainment as well. The beginnings of the circus appeared when conquering generals brought to Rome rare animals and strangely dressed captives from the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire. Chariot races were held and gladiators fought to the death in public arenas.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, entertainment and drama was considered pagan and sinful by the Christian church. For hundreds of years, there is little evidence of public entertainment of any kind, but by the 1200's drama reappeared. On special occasions the church added dialogues to its service. Gradually these dialogues became more complex and theatrical. They became so popular that they began to interrupt the rest of the service, so these performances were moved out onto the steps of the church.
Trade unions or guilds took on the responsibility of producing these dramas. The themes were always religious. The stories based on the life of Christ were known as mysteries. Miracle plays told of the lives of saints. Morality plays emphasized the error of wicked ways and the triumph of virtue.
In theater, the Renaissance began in the 1500's. The theater became less religious. Interest in long lost comedies and tragedies of classical Greek and Roman theater were rediscovered and the nobles used them as models for courtly entertainments. But for popular entertainment, nothing could equal the comedia dell'arte, a refinement of the early Greek Mimus. The commedia dell'arte was performed by a traveling group of actors, each of whom played the same standard character throughout his career. The costume of each character was traditional so that the audiences could easily pick out the familiar types. There were about twelve stock characters in all, including a clown, a beggar, a vain young man, a merchant deceived by his wife, and one cruel and mean-spirited. There were no script for the actors, only a rough outline of what was to happen-and how the story was to end. The dialogue was made up as the actors performed, filling the story with traditional jokes, speeches, and stories. As long as each actor stayed within the limits of his character, anything was allowed. The commedia was improvished, fast-paced, and unpredictable. The actors usually performed from wooden platforms raised above the street for the general public, but the nobility also built special theaters for private performances.
Before the late 1500's in England, there were small bands of actors who traveled from town to town performing in the courtyards of inns and taverns. These actors offered entertainments, which included plays, songs, and dances, that became so popular that by the 1580's, special theaters resembling inn courtyards were built in London. The building of these theaters were the beginning of the golden age of Elizabethan theater. Among the writers for this theater was William Shakespeare, probably the greatest dramatist in any language. His plays were written for the general public, most of whom were neither cultivated nor learned but wildly enthusiastic nevertheless. Shakespeare created a great dramatic literature, but at the same time he provided his audience with popular entertainment of wide and lasting appeal.
In Spain and France, the 1600's also became a golden age of theater. Thousands of plays were written and performed for both the nobility and the general public. There were fewer tragedies and more comedies, satires, melodramas, and farces. Theater became a main source of diversion for the middle class and a truly popular entertainment while at the same time entering the great tradition of Western literature.
Theater and entertainment were not well regarded in the early years of colonial America. Professional actors were looked upon with suspicion and mistrust and play acting was considered immoral. In New England theater was banned, bu the Southern colonies were more tolerant. By 1716 the first theater in America was built in Williamsburg, Virginia. There are few records of theatrical productions before the Revolutionary War. What theater there was, was dominated by English producers and actors. At the outbreak of the war, Congress ordered that the theaters be closed because they were controlled by the English. Some states kept these anti-theatrical laws for many years after the war was over.
During the 1800's, new forms of popular entertainment grew rapidly. Every decade, thousands of immigrants arrived from different countries, each bringing his own ideas about entertainment. Scenes from Shakespearean plays were popular as well as melodramas and sentimental plays such as Uncle Tom's Cabin. Plays about firemen and Indians were in vogue during the 1840's and 1850's. Operas were brought from Italy and circuses began to tour from town to town. Variety shows featured comedy skits, singing, and dancing. Stars brought from Europe were in great demand. They included actors and actresses, opera singers, and variety performers.
The advent of railroads allowed troupes of actors and muscicians to easily travel from place to place, bringing entertainment to more and more people. Productions became larger and more elaborate. At the same time, many prosperous towns built theaters where these entertainments could be performed. In towns that were too small to build a theater, the entertainers would set up a tent outside of town. The traveling entertainers offered music, skits, and comedy routines and often full plays. In the middle of the performance or at the end, a "doctor" or an "Indian" would come on stage and sell patent medicine that was promised to cure almost anything. The shows that came to be called medicine shows were a major source of entertainment in small-town America.
The circus also started to move across the country by train. There were lion tamers and elephants, high-wire artists and clowns, acrobats and magicians, music, parades, cotton candy, and sideshows. By the end of the 1800's the circus had become big business and a circus train often had 20 cars or more. The Wild West Show was an American variation of the circus, it featured trick riding, shooting exhibitions, and Indians. The most famous of these shows was the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Shows. Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull often traveled with the show.
The minstrel show was a new kind of variety show that made use of music and dance that had been brought to America by black slaves. The performers were all white at first, and much of the humor was at the expense of blacks. The singers and dancers appeared on stage in black-face, dressed in tuxedos and top hats. The central character and comic was called "Mr. Interlocutor." On either sde of the stage were the "endmen," who were given standard names like Mr. Bones or Sambo. The comedy routines centered on the dialogue among these three characters. behind them was the chorus. Minstrel shows reached their height of popularity in the 1880's, when some of the larger shows employed over 100 performers to tap dance and sing, joke, and fiddle. Some late minstrel shows were made up of all-black performers.
Before the Civil War, a new kind of variety show was developed for all-male audiences. After 1865, these shows opened their doors to women and children and began to emphasize wholesome family entertainment. Dishes and sewing patterns were offered as door prizes to encourage ladies to attend. This new form came to be known as vaudeville. It consisted of many short acts introduced by a master of ceremonies, and usually included comedy skits, dancing bears, acrobats, black-face entertainers, and music. Almost anything that would keep the audience's attention was allowed on stage, no matter how silly.
Burlesque developed in the late 1860's, when vaudeville became family entertainment. Many familiar forms of American performance prospered in vaudeville, including tap dancing, the soft shoe, and the two-man comedy team. Vaudeville disappeared in the 1930's owing to the popularity of motion pictures. But some great vaudeville performers are still remembered for their later performances in radio, television, or the movies. They include George Burns and Gracie Allen, W.C.Fields, Mae West, and Jack Benny.
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Mum's Chinese Pork Chops
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These are my mum's famous Chinese-style pork chops which is loved by my family. This recipe was passed down by my late grandmother (paternal side), which my mum made for more than 2 decades. For such good tasting food, the recipe is really simple. The pork chops tasted great on its own, even when cold. For leftovers, my mum will make an amazing hot and sweet tomato sauce to go with the cut slices.
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I can't decide if I liked to eat it plain more, or with the sauce, so we usually have it both ways. This recipe was entirely cooked by my mum – I was merely documenting the recipe and taking photos. I asked my mum if she mind sharing our family "secret" recipe with others, and she said no problem, as good food is meant to be shared.
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|Tenderise each pork chop slice by pounding with the flat blade of the knife/chopper in a criss-cross pattern on both sides, until the pork chop is significantly thin. According to my mum, this is the most important step of the recipe.
|Marinade the pork chops in soy sauce and oyster sauce. Just before frying, coat the pork chops evenly in two egg whites.
|Coat each pork chop in a plate of bread crumbs.
|Heat a small amount of oil in a wok. Shallow fry pork chops, in batches, until golden on both sides, adding more oil to the pan whenever needed.
|Serve pork chops uncut, sliced and/or with Chinese tomato (sweet and sour) sauce.
Since my brother moved out recently, I have started going home for dinner a few times a week to keep my mum company. It was also the first time in many years which she resumed regular, everyday cooking, and she is feeling enthusiastic about it. If you follow my updates on instagram and twitter, you can see my occasional postings on my mum's cooking. For the past few years, I have been relying on verbal instructions from my mum on how to recreate her recipes, but from now on I get to learn my family favourite recipes from the chef herself and periodically share them on the site.
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Passed on family recipes are the best! This looks so good and it's nice what your mum said, "Good food is meant to be shared." :) Thank you both for sharing with us!
Homely and delicious, the sauce is great too!
Lovely! It looks simple and delicious, just the way I like it.
Looks delicious…I like the idea of using oyster sauce to marinate the pork loin.
Thanks for this simple recipe.
Happy New Year and have a lovely week ahead :D
They must be so tender and moist!
You are lucky to enjoy your Mom's food and to learn from her :)
wiffy I must thank you for this wonderful recipe. I tried it last week for the first time and it turned out to be so delicious! my picky eater child loved it!
p/s: I used biscuit crumbs and it worked fine. ;)
thanks for your feedback. my mum will be pleased! a couple friends from instagram used biscuit crumbs too with good results :)


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Americans catching the U.S. election coverage on BBC/World on Wednesday night found a typical dose of leftish European bias. While Katty Kay reported the Republicans were dismayed by a supposed teenage "dating game" of disappointment with candidates like Romney and Huckabee, Matt Frei had a warmer take on Hillary Clinton: "Her stump speech sounds as soothing as a bedtime story and her big selling point, experience." Hillary even claimed a role in the Irish peace process during Bill's presidency.
MRC's Michelle Humphrey found and transcribed these snippets of Brit bias:
MATT FREI, BBC: Hillary Clinton's people chose a Methodist church in Indianola for one of her last campaign events here. At this late, desperate stage in the Iowa campaign, every bit helps including a sprinkling of Hollywood star dust, hence the appearance on stage of actress Mary Steenburgen and her husband Ted Danson. Then its time for the real star. Daughter and mother in tow. Is Chelsea learning the family business, one wonders?
HILLARY CLINTON: Long before I was ever followed around by all these cameras.
FREI: Hillary is trying so hard to not sound shrill that her voice as been toned down to a virtual whisper. Her stump speech sounds as soothing as a bed-time story and her big selling point, experience.
CLINTON: I was very involved in the Northern Ireland peace process. I actually went to Northern Ireland more times than my husband because I saw it part of my responsibility to bring people together who could support what was happening among the leaders of the various factions.
FREI: For the last Iowa caucuses the turnout was less than ten percent. So Hillary, like all the other candidates, needs to plead for turnout.
CLINTON: So please, put on your coats, warm up the car, call your friends, pick up a buddy, come out to caucus tomorrow night and together we will make history. Thank you all so much and God bless you.
FREI: At her headquarters in Des Moines the ground war is cranking up for the grand finish. Volunteers are ringing phones off the hooks, surrogates are pumping out the media message and the campaign is laying on free mass babysitting for voters who otherwise couldn't spend the two hours needed to attend the caucus at 7:00 P.M. But some minds will not be easily so mobilized. Roger Keuhl is a veteran Democrat that remains unconvinced by Hillary.
KEUHL: I don't think Hillary is the person to bring the country together and she doesn't have the foreign relations experience I'm looking for. That's a, that's a very big thing. If she's elected I fear she'll be polarizing with the Republicans.
FREI: She'll divide the country.
KEUHL: Divide it and we'll be in gridlock longer. We've been in gridlock too long.
FREI: Back in Indianola, the candidate is preparing to leave. Mother Hillary with thermos in hand in an attempt, it turns out, to sweeten the mood of the traveling press marooned on the bus.
FREI [to Hillary]: Are you confident about tomorrow?
CLINTON: I feel really good. You know, we have a lot of work to do between now and then.
FREI: Indeed there is. Hilary has so much security she's already almost as well protected as the president. For the next few days and weeks will decide whether she'll continue to need all this attention.
From there, then it's Katty Kay's gloomy report on the GOP:
KATTY KAY, BBC: Peggy Herman has been a Republican activist for 20 years. With so little time left she studies maps and works the phones. Isn't she just a little disappointed with this election's field?
HERMAN: Well there are a few of us that are really excited and the ones that have met Mike Huckabee we feel like we have our candidate. So I think you know, as these primaries go on we'll see him coming up in the polls more and more a then you'll see across the nation people going for him. That's where I believe the excitement will come.
KAY: So here we are at the start of 2008. And this feels increasingly like the Democrats' moment. The arrival of the New Year hasn't brought any new excitement for the Republican field. Is Mitt Romney really electable? Is Mike Huckabee really electable? As Iowa's Republicans prepare to caucus, those are the daunting questions hanging over their choices. You know, it's a little like a teen-aged dating game. Republicans were really never happy with Mitt Romney so they flirted with Mike Huckabee and now they're back taking another look at the suitor they were never really attracted to in the first place. Matt, you know what, this is not a very happy party.


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$68 sticks and more at the Free People Spirituality Shop
I have always said that Free People reminds me of a '90s era hippie shop of the sort that sold a lot of broomstick skirts, incense and tarot cards– except, you know, 10 times more expensive. Now, it seems, they're really leaning into that with the concept of an online "Spirituality Shop." Which may not be new, I don't know, it's not like I'm keeping tabs on the Free People website or anything. But it sells a lot of crystals and dreamcatchers and tarot cards and pretty much all the sticks you can handle.
But yeah. It is a "Spirituality Shop." From Free People. Let that roll around in your mind for a minute before we start in on this vision quest.
Cosmic Stick, $68
This is a stick, you guys. It's a stick. With ribbons. And a rock tied to it. Which I guess makes it "cosmic?" I don't know. All I can tell you is that it is a stick, and it costs $68–and there are probably human beings out there who have purchased it. Like, someone thought, "I need to have that stick! $68? What a bargain! It's perfect for all my spiritual needs!"
Abalone Shell and Sage Gift Bundle, $28
Sure! $28 doesn't seem like a lot, except when you realize that like, you can buy a bundle of sage for about three bucks and an abalone shell for about six, if it's real fancy. The best part of this, however, is the description:
"Burning white sage is said to cleanse your environment of negativity, and bring balance, calm, and peace. You can use sage to cleanse your crystals, your home, car, or work, or yourself. Abalone shells can be used in your sacred ceremony or on your altar, as a dish to extinguish your smudging herbs or wood, or to keep gemstones or sacred objects together, also great for home decorating."
YES. This shell, which you are purchasing from Free People for way the hell too much money, can be used in your "sacred ceremony or on your altar." Now, I am not a religious or spiritual person, but I would love to know exactly what kind of person performs sacred ceremonies with shit they have bought from Free People.
Potion for Love, $28
Use this American made potion as part of your personal ritual in wishing for romance in relations and successful partnerships. Just a few drops should do the trick. Use alone or with a partner.
OH GOOD. It's made in America. It's not one of those sweatshop love potions we hear so much about.
Sun Sticks, $28
I guess these are your bargain sticks. They're not quite as cosmic because they don't have rocks strapped to them, but I imagine they will probably do the exact same thing that other stick does. Both these sticks and the other sticks are made by a mysterious lady known only as "Catherine," whom I have decided is a goddamned genius. Yeah, the rest of us are slaving away at our jobs, working 9-5, and Catherine is tying some ribbons around sticks and calling it a day.
Glass Glitter, $18
Now, crushed glass glitter will normally only run you about six bucks at the craft store, but since this is obviously "spiritual" glass glitter, it costs $18. I would, however, be very cautious about using it for your scrapbooking purposes, because I'm not sure you want your scrapbook to be imbued with such magical powers. Because it could be evil, and then like, instead of coming to life and murdering you it just rearranges your past and then here in the future your life turns out really bad and then you have to track the scrapbook down and burn it on your sacred altar with your abalone shell and magic ribbon covered sticks in order to get your life back.
Crystal Dreamcatcher, $78
Holy shit, there are a lot of dreamcatchers on this site, because there is nothing so spiritual as cultural appropriation. This one is my favorite, specifically because it's so expensive, and because one of the reviews earnestly warns that it is for decorative purposes only, and will not help with one's night terrors.
I don't know. I am kind of in the camp of "If you must be a white person buying a dreamcatcher, could you at least like, buy it from an actual Native American craftsperson and not Free People" on this one. I feel pretty gross about the idea of a corporation profiting off of making their own version of an indigenous craft, particularly one with a "spiritual" significance.
Palo Santo Sticks, $24
MORE STICKS. This is truly a stick aficionado's dream store. Now, Palo Santo wood actually has some purpose besides being cosmic, because you can make tea with it or burn it like incense or something, but also you can buy it for like $10 pretty much anywhere else on the internet. This description though.
Palo Santo Sticks have been used by shaman and medicine men and women for years in sacred ceremonies. Most commonly, they are used for smudging, cleansing, purifying, healing, and as incense and tea. Palo Santo Sticks are famous for clearing any negative energy or spirits, and bringing luck and positive energy.
Dark Mystical Box, $75
That's it. Catherine is my goddamned idol. This is like, a crystal and some sage and lavender, in a box. And it's mystical. Which is probably why it costs seventy-five American dollars. Probably you can cast some serious spells with this shit. There is also a "Bright Mystical Box" which comes with these things, plus a coin.
Smelling Salts, $22
Very useful if you are a Victorian Era woman with delicate sensibilities and a tight corset. Or if you have just spent an entire paycheck on sticks from Free People.
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LOL at the hidden text in the box. Who puttat there? Splaraka?Witt, of UNion Entertain me* 05:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Why remove the poler bears?
I live in Stockholm, Sweden, and I see polar bears on the streets everyday. In fact 80% of all people in Sweden are polar bears, yet this is not mentioned in the article!
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"33th of February" of course it should be 33rd! First is 1st, second is 2nd, third is 3rd, fourth is 4th and so on. 22.214.171.124 03:24, December 15, 2010 (UTC)
- And, of course, there are only 32 days in February as well. Shocking, I call it. --UU - natter 09:52, Dec 15
edit Good times
This reminds me of how I still haven't finished working on UnNews:Massacre at Brookfield Zoo. On another note, this article is good, I'm tempted to nominate it at a random given time. My only critique is that the "In Conclusion" section seems to contain more white space than it needs. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 12:38, 30 January 2011
- Aw, thanks Sock. It's not quite finished yet - including the conclusion. I'll give it the final sand and polish once I get back from mourning my father-in-law. --UU - natter 10:11, Jan 31
- My condolences, UU. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 11:09, 1 February 2011
since we have new intel on the feeding habits of polar bears, I think that now it should be noted that the preferred food of polar bears is "British tourist".


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Tragedy struck us through our worldwide connections and in our own
personal, creative bones. We felt the shattering pain and anguish.
Many areas of the world are in our thoughts and prayers.
Especially France.
Please allow me to cheer you up with some 'pieces' of France being
shown on display here for all of us to view. . .
Go Henri Matisse:
Be Inspired!
This may not be appropriate but there is beauty to celebrate still.
The Museum of Modern Art has a fantastic collection of Henri
Matisse's last pieces of artwork. The curator of MOMA gave us
a glimpse of the fine examples of his cutting with scissors and
designs. These were made at the end of his 84 years in life, when
he had become nearly an invalid, not venturing out very often
into the world. The curator told CBS Sunday Morning reporter,
Matisse continued sharing and
expressing himself through:
"Reducing colors to the essentials."
Later, the curator who is giving a tour of the new exhibit of
Henri Matisse, lets us know where she stands about those who
may be stuck inside,
"An artist should never be a prisoner . . . or set away from the
outside life."
Do you remember making mosaics out of cut paper? Do you
also remember how much fun it was to fold a paper in half
and produce a heart or a pumpkin?
I remember how wonderful it was to make little cuts into the
heart and make it become quite detailed and adding scrolls
and curlicues. Try this with red or pink paper, making the
same kind of cuts you made while creating snowflakes.
One of the major cut paper works Matisse made was of a
great big mural of swimmers, some were diving, others
intertwined and still others, heading off into the pool of
water, solitary gymnasts.
Henri Matisse grew up bin the textile district of France.
Some of his cuttings became ones out of thin, sheer fabrics.
He hired assistants to pin the cut paper or fabric pieces up on plain
sheets of paper, giving directions to how they should be arranged.
There are black and white photographs capturing the over seventy-
year old man starting and planning this new way of expressing
himself, having put down the paintbrushes by this time.
Henri Matisse's paper designs were incorporated into a lovely book
called, "Jazz" which if full of jazz musicians and musical notes. He
was commissioned to produce images that the onlooker becomes
absorbed into, viewing players and instruments of the musical
scene. You can almost hear the jazz notes and rhythms through
the flow of the brightly colored impressionistic designs. They are
modern and yet, so timeless found in the 1947 book. In the 1985
and 2003 editions, with fewer artistic representations, are ones
which were introduced by famous people. The circus and theater
were also influential in his imaginative portrayals of musicians.
Go Golden Globes:
Be Entertained!
I won't tell you who will look the most beautiful nor will I
concentrate on the two amusing and beautiful hostesses for
this grand affair. I will tell you my personal favorite movies
and the song I will hope to hear winning Best Song. I will
choose the best actor and actress in both the dramatic film
arena and the always odd combination of comedic/musical
Best Actor in a Dramatic Film Role~
**I would hope that Eddie Redmayne would win this Best Actor
Golden Globe award.
"Theory of Everything" has the fine skill of transforming Eddie
Redmayne into a very debilitated Stephen Hawking. It is a very
upbeat and triumphant movie and Eddie's ability to make you
believe he is actually suffering from ALS is incredible.
Although there are many worthy actors for this category, I felt
portraying Stephen Hawking in a believable manner was the
most challenging character role to fulfill.
If I were to choose others, "Selma" leading actor David Oyelowo,
Benedict Cumberbash would also get 'nods' from me.
Best Actress in a Dramatic Film Role~
Many would say Rosamund Pike is the one who really created
an eerie rendition of the main character in, "Gone Girl." I would
agree she really portrayed this despicable character well.
I would also like to say if Amy Adams had not just won last year's
award, (she was nominated for two movies last year) for "American
Hustle," she may deserve this honor for the movie, "Big Eyes."
I have not seen Julianne's double movie roles in "Still Alice" and
"Maps to the Stars" but just watched her in the 2013 movie, "What
Maisie Knew," which was a four star movie role. She played an out
of control musician from a rock band, who loves her daughter,
Maisie. The character is not able to grasp what is needed to carry
out her role as a mother. It was a very good and interesting role
for Julianne. I will try to see the more recent two movies that were
nominated for her performances.
**Overall, in my own experience, I would choose from my 'gut'
reaction and hope that Reese Witherspoon wins for her role in
the movie, "Wild."
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Film:
Emily Blunt in "Into the Woods" is my favorite in this category.
(I wish James Corden could win, but this may not be his year.)
Helen Mirren is loved by actors, critics and audiences, so she
may win the Golden Globe in this category for her wonderful
character shown in "The 100 Foot Journey."
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film:
I would say that Michael Keaton will win, he is the "favorite,"
for his role in (what I consider a dramatic/fantasy role) in the
movie, "Birdman."
I think that Ralph Fiennes did a great job in the Budapest Hotel
movie and that Bill Murray showed humor and depth in his role
in "St. Vincent."
2015 Prediction:
The song I liked the best was from the recent 2015 movie, "Unbroken,"
while the credits are rolling. The song and dramatic musical score
are haunting and beautiful. This movie is outstanding, telling the
true story of Louis Zamperini. It is very emotional and worthy of
winning Best Picture of the Year in 2016. Bill and I saw this two
days ago and found it to be a powerful story of the triumph of the
human spirit. It will probably win for Best Director, Angelie Jolie,
Best Movie, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Best Film of 2014:
"Boyhood," took 12 years to make. It filled two entire pages in the
"Cleveland Plain Dealer" about the way Richard Linklater directed
this movie, choosing to follow a boy for twelve years starting when
he was little. It will win due to its being a 'First of its Kind." I have
myself on a 'wait list' at the library for this one. I want to watch it
at home, stop it, pause it, rewind it, since I will enjoy the story of
this boy's life unfolding.
I felt this way about both the two other serious movies I saw since
2015 started. They came out late in 2014. "Theory of Everything"
shows motivation and strength of character. The reality of ALS,
after Stephen Hawking was told he would only live two years after
this disease started racking havoc on his body, then living past 72
years and hopefully going strong. An amazing and powerful story.
"The Imagination Game" shows Alan Turing overcoming prejudice,
obstacles and using his genius mind to 'fight' the Germans. This film
proved science and knowledge can be fascinating subjects for a movie.
Best Songs from 2014 Movies:
I cannot choose, I love both of these singers and songs.
Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye singing, "Mercy Is" from the movie,
John Legend and Common singing, "Glory" from the movie,
In the Category of Animated Films, I would choose "Big Hero 6"
since my grandsons learned about compassion from this film. It
was a fun children's animated movie where the idea of creative
thought is also presented.
For artistry and creativity, (yet not so entertaining for children),
I would recommend "The Book of Life." This colorful and very
intriguing film had scary designs that resembled voodoo images,
but would be great for older children. This could inspire art projects,
too. The others in this category were all entertaining including "The
Lego Movie."
Go Buckeyes:
Get Motivated!
Ohio State University is playing the championship game on
Monday night, so this may be the last of my posting. I will
head home after work, take a nap and hope we win over the
Oregon Ducks in the College Championships!


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struct ao2_container *c = ... // our container struct ao2_iterator i; void *o; i = ao2_iterator_init(c, flags); while ((o = ao2_iterator_next(&i))) { ... do something on o ... ao2_ref(o, -1); } ao2_iterator_destroy(&i);
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Miley Cyrus & Her Brother Do Lunch (PHOTOS)
Miley Cyrus knows how to treat her family right! The "Can't Be Tamed" songbird was spotted taking her little brother, Braison Cyrus to lunch in Studio City, CA.
Miley showed off her long legs with black knee socks and itty-bitty black shorts. Miley is back home after filming LOL in Paris.
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Try reading a book while doing a crossword puzzle; that's the intellectual environment of the Internet.
Nicholas Carr, first raised warning flags about the effect of the Internet on our thought processes with an article for The Atlantic in July 2008. His main concern in Is Google making us stupid? was the effect relying on the web as his main source of information had on his concentration. Calling upon studies by recognized authorities on the science of the brain he noted:
The Internet promises to have particularly far-reaching effects on cognition…The Internet, an immeasurably powerful computing system, is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It's becoming our map and our clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV.
When the Net absorbs a medium, that medium is recreated in the Net's image. It injects the medium's content with hyperlinks, blinking ads, and other digital gewgaws, and it surrounds the content with the content of other media it has absorbed. A new e-mail message, for instance, may announce its arrival as we're glancing over the latest headlines at a newspaper's site. The result is to scatter our attention and diffuse our concentration.
Carr is not suggesting we ditch the Internet but rather that recognize its advantages and disadvantages. He admits that the seduction of technology is hard to resist but still needs to be understood for what it is.
The Huffington Post, likewise calls for an awareness of the pluses and minuses of excessive reliance on the Internet. Since I am personally well aware of MRIs, the image of these two brains is quite revealing.
The conclusion of this study is that there can indeed be some immensely beneficial effects of digital learning. However, one should remember that over-dependence on one nutritious thing to the exclusion other aspects of a balanced diet can cause serious health problems.
Most important to recognize is this — every major leap in technology ultimately changes the way people process information and make decisions.
It is easy to perceive innovations like Facebook, Google, and the myriad of information portals available on the web as proof of the imminent demise of civilization. The truth, however, is that every leap in communication over the last 3000 years has been met with both enthusiasm and distrust.
- Plato and the Written Word: In The Republic, Plato has Socrates declaring that poetry has no place in the perfect state. In that era, oral tradition was the accepted method of transmitting information while poetic epics like The Iliad were new comers. Poetry was the Google Docs of Plato's generation and he was a champion of it. His argument for written transmission of ideas was that it encouraged the orderly and logical diffusion of knowledge.
- Grammar and the Gutenberg Press: Before the introduction of printing in the late 15th century, there was no system of punctuation and more often than not was simply non –existent. Chaucer, for example, included almost no punctuation in his manuscripts. The new fangled printing press was often railed against much like some people today warn how Amazon and eBooks are ruining our minds.
The Real Danger
It isn't new technologies that are the problem but rather our failure to recognize how they can affect how we think, or in some cases don't think. I am not advocating people give up the Internet. That's should be obvious since you wouldn't be reading this without it. But – we do need to become masters of whatever tool of information we have at hand. I love movies and some TV shows but 24 consecutive hours of Hell's Kitchen, Jersey Shore or even Masterpiece Theater is bound to rewire one's brain on some primal level.


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Eager students get to tiptoe through Tanzania
by Dennis Dalman – email@example.com
When the children visited Africa, they snapped like crocodiles, they grunted like gorillas and then they tiptoed through Tanzania.
The "Africa" the children experienced came in the form of a giant map of that continent, which filled the entire floor of the Pine Meadow Elementary School Media Center. The huge plastic map, 25 feet by 35 feet, is a learning device provided by the National Geographic Society. Thanks to Sartell resident and St. Cloud State University Social Studies Methods Professor Kyle Ward, the map was enjoyed by students during its recent two-day visit to Sartell Middle School and PME. Ward's daughter, Annika, is a first-grader at PME in Peggy Fogarty's class. That class of 21 students took their African safari on the afternoon of Jan. 29.
Ward conducted the learning session with help from two of his college students who plan to become social-studies teachers – Shane Broerman of Sauk Centre and Bill McDonald of St. Michael.
First, the students sat at the edge of the map and answered questions posed by Ward – questions about directions, border lines, lakes, rivers, mountains, jungles, savannah grasslands and deserts – all notable features of the African landscape. A few minutes later, the eager students in their stockinged feet swarmed onto the map, sprawling and squirming from country to country. Then they played a version of "Simon Says." Ward and his assistants asked the teams to find areas on the map and then act out some aspect of that area.
"I want you to find Gabon and then make the sounds of its lowland gorillas."
"Go to Lake Victoria and yawn like the hippos."
"Find a country that starts with the letter 'N.' There are three of them."
"Swim in the Nile River and snap like a crocodile."
"Now I'd like you to tiptoe through Tanzania."
It didn't take the alert, observant students long at all to do their assigned tasks.
They also learned some fun facts from Ward. The country of Sudan is so large 11 states the size of Minnesota would fit within its borders. The entire United States would fit nicely into the area of the Sahara Desert in North Africa.
There are seven vast maps available from the National Geographic Society, each of a different continent. Next year, Ward hopes to bring the huge map of Europe to Sartell schools.
Dennis Dalman
Dalman was born and raised in South St. Cloud, graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School, then graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in English (emphasis on American and British literature) and mass communications (emphasis on print journalism). He studied in London, England for a year (1980-81) where he concentrated on British literature, political science, the history of Great Britain and wrote a book-length study of the British writer V.S. Naipaul. Dalman has been a reporter and weekly columnist for more than 30 years and worked for 16 of those years for the Alexandria Echo Press.
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Beijing, Jan 8 (IANS) Six Chinese officials have been suspended from their posts after a fire in an unlicensed orphanage killed six children in Henan province, authorities said Tuesday.
A 20-year-old man also died in the fire at the orphanage last week, the China Daily reported.
The Lankao county government suspended chief civil affairs official Yang Peimin and five others pending further investigation, officials said.
The orphanage was owned by a resident, Yuan Lihai. All the deceased were orphans or abandoned children. They were left unattended when the fire broke out, as the owner was taking a few older children to school.


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For The Week Of October 25-31, 2010
Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
Be careful of bullies now. For now stick to your guns on what you need to do for you and forget others. This is your time to make choices and go through your mental baggage before picking up anyone else's — because that is exactly what another is asking.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Let loose your flirty side and take that leap of faith by approaching that certain someone who you never in your wildest dreams thought you could hook, because this week your game will be on and it's best aimed towards someone who strays from your norm. While it may or may not be true love forever, the short-term outcome will give you something to smile about.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
You can't always be in control. Besides it being tiring, when it comes to relationships, if you take this clenched fist approach, how will you ever know what your other half's potential is? Sure, you might be saving time, but it shows you don't have much faith. So, as hard it as may be, this week, slide into that passenger seat and enjoy the view. Chances are you'll love it.
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
You want what you want, when you want it and how you want it. Anyone who might get in your way will suffer a horrific demise, because there is no stopping you from getting what you want now and if anything does, then woe is them. This is your time to claim all that you dream of and dream as large as you want, no matter what!
Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
Hearing "I told you so" is the most grating of all phrases to you, so brace yourself as this week something you regret could come back to haunt you. However, what can you do now? Take time to reflect, but take even more time to sort out a new game plan. Nothing now is permanent and if you work fast, it'll make this phase pass even faster.
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
There will be an odd, but tasty, connection you can make through someone you know that will land you an opportunity that will have you feeling your game once again. Just don't be shy about being around vague acquaintances or new faces, as this week's plan of action will likely unfold in a weird way before you see how it'll all make sense.
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Admit falling in love on the installment plan blows. So, before you hook yet another with lots of potential but not much to show for it, change your trajectory fast! This is your time to stand up taller and realize you're not a girl who can be bought on a layaway plan. Yes, baby, it's C.O.D. now or nothing at all!
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
Who cares if all your latest conquest has to offer is a pretty face. As it stands, you are not after true love at this very moment and the less you take seriously, the better off you will be. This is your time to realize your power as independently as possible. If this means taking up a few strays to have some fun, whatever. It's all in the name of fun, so live it up!
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Wait to tell the world anything exciting that is brewing with you and your honey. This is your time to just savor the news together in private, as once the cat comes out of the bag, more chaos than you can imagine will ensue and may kill the current buzz you have going on. Yes, one day it will be time to share, but that day is not included in this week.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
Just when you and your boo were in sync, in comes a major influx of turmoil to shake up your happy little love nest. Seems all of a sudden power struggles will strike and passive-aggressive behaviors will take front and center. While it'll aggravate, realize this is a small price to pay for some super hot sex, because when all has settled, that's what you'll remember from it anyway.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
No matter what you've done in the past, it is never too late to make up if you can stand by your word here on out. Everyone is entitled to have made mistakes, but living in the shame of it and taking no actions for it won't be doing you any favors. If you can trust what you believe in, go for it and make it happen, as it seriously is now or never.
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
You love a little tension when it comes to love, as in being with someone feisty is the kind of fun that makes you curious in all sorts of places. Though, as this week progresses and has you thinking you know all, prepare yourself for a bit of fire to heat you up in all the right spots. Just don't jump to conclusions. Big surprises will arrive in unassuming packages.


text: Eric Staib is currently an Executive Director within Quality Assurance, at PRA Health Sciences. He has 18 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in various GXP areas including direct experience in quality systems development and management, QC microbiology, quality engineering, information technology, and laboratory operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison University in Biology, a Master of Science degree from Temple University in Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, a graduate certificate from Lehigh University in Project Management, and a MBA from Drexel University in Pharmaceutical Management. Eric is also Chair of the GAMP Americas Steering Committee, and Co-chairs a R&D and Clinical Systems Special Interest Group (SIG).


text: A New Vienna farm family has been honored with a special award. The Brian and Eileen Hoefler family recently received the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. The Midwest Dairy Association nominated the Hoeflers for the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor award, which recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in doing things right – including caring for the environment and their livestock, as well as being good neighbors. The Hoeflers have a dairy operation as well as a small feedlot where they feed out their steer calves. In addition to the dairy, they also raise corn and alfalfa in Dubuque County. Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently presented the Hoeflers with the award in front of more than 150 family members, friends and neighbors. The award, which is sponsored by the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers, is presented nine times annually to an Iowa farm family who raises livestock. If you'd like to nominate a deserving livestock farmer or farm family, contact Brian Waddingham at 515-225-5531. (Photo courtesy of Brian Waddingham)


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2011 China Experience: A Teacher's Perspective
This post is part of a series of guest blog entries written by teachers who received the NEA Foundation's Awards for Teaching Excellence and participated in the China Experience. In this entry, Maryann Woods-Murphy, a high school Spanish teacher from Allendale, NJ, discusses the value of the EF professional development tour in China.
By, Maryann Woods-Murphy, Allendale, NJ
China has swept me off my feet.
Seven days ago, my plane was taking off at Newark airport in New Jersey, direction Beijing. For two weeks prior I had been learning to speak Chinese by practicing my numbers on the car ride to and from work. The number three is "sun" and you kind of have to sing it. I had studied some history, art and culture in our online class. I was as ready as you could ever be – or so I thought.
The plane touched down in Beijing and the group from our flight gathered with Simon and Alex, our guide and tour director. I looked at the ATE teachers and could see that our faces were expectant and open as we checked out our fellow travelers and the majestic modern airport.
I ran over to what I thought was an ATM and found out that it was a drinking water dispenser! When I finally found the ATM, I saw the screen filled with Chinese characters and a few key English words. I realized that I had indeed left New Jersey! Thankfully, I got my Yuan! Success! A small child with close-cropped hair, peeking out from behind his mother's skirt, peered up at me. What did I look like to him?
The next morning, we loaded on the bus to visit a vocational school. Freed of our bags and with a good night's rest behind us, the energy in the air was palpable. We were going to meet Chinese teachers and students! We pulled up to the school and students were waiting to greet us. Each pair of American teachers was assigned a student guide. Ours was Jared.
We found out that Jared was studying to be a hotel manager and he was proud to show us his English text. Photographs had little bubbles with useful English expressions.
"What is your name?""How do you do?""How old are you?"
But now, Jared was facing real, native speakers right in front of him. He blushed and stumbled over his words and looked around for a dictionary or a friend for a lifeline.
"It's ok," we consoled him, "talk to us."
Sara, my partner teacher from the Department of Education school system, and I looked at Jared with encouraging faces. He told us about his school, his family and his dreams for the future.
The English teacher looked tense as she got up and prompted students to share with the teachers. A couple stood up, a little confused about what she was asking them to do, frozen and tongue tied. Things got better, though, when a group of students got up and sang us a song in Chinese as we looked on adoringly. Were we really here, in China, listening to these children sing to us?
We wanted to give something back to them, so we got up and sang "America the Beautiful." The music teachers among the group said that our "gift" needed practice. "Really?" I thought, it sounded great to me.
In the days that followed, we experienced more of China. A Buddhist temple where followers burned incense and cupped their hands around the fumes to make sure it got right up to heaven. A park with retirees dancing, playing a game that looked like giant checkers and a musician playing a curved wind instrument. All over, we were followed by vendors, who offered us fans, silk and fresh-water pearls.
Some of us learned to make deals and none of us were ever sure what the "real" price might be. It didn't matter - we were making contact and speaking with people and touching their products and lives.
On day four, we flew to Shanghai, a city I knew nothing about. As we drove through the streets, I saw the sky filled with skyscrapers that had sleek modern lines or organic motifs, like an opening flower or swirl of water. At night, the buildings reinvented themselves with lights. Some dripped and moved, and others outlined the edges to create a seemingly planned urban composition that awed us in a way that none of us expected.
Still, we hadn't seen the best of it. This morning, we visited the West Shanghai Experimental School, where we were greeted by cheerful students in uniform. Zhang Zi Qi was my sophomore guide. She touched my arm as we spoke while she led me through the modern complex.
We saw a room where language students role-play authentic contexts for language instruction. There was a teachers' study room with professional development texts on the shelf. We saw a counselor's room with a sand table and a series of dolls so students can share their stories and heal.
Zhang Zi Qi asked what the most remarkable thing is about our education in the U.S.A. I told her that in the U.S.A., we teach all students for a minimum of 16 years and that we try to adapt our instruction to all different kinds of abilities. I also said that we are well known for our creativity and ability to connect students with each other.
That seemed to satisfy her. Next, Zhang Zi Qi told me that she was the youngest daughter in her big family and that everyone loved her so much. I pulled out my cell phone and shared photos of my home, the Christmas holidays and my children and granddaughter.
"Big family," she said, "lots of children!"
I thought about the one child policy and how life must be with so many parents and so few children. Sounds like in Zhang Zi Qi's case, it means that she gets a lot of attention.
I walked around the school, learning from the school's teacher leader about how the Chinese are seeking to reinvent and reform education by teaching the whole child, reducing the level of the content that students have been responsible for and by increasing creativity and student engagement.
Zhang Zi Qi shadowed me as I walked and talked. When it was time to leave, she planted a giant kiss on my cheek and threw her arms around me. I hugged back, really tight.
When I left Newark airport, I didn't expect to fall in love with this country, these people, this culture. I grew up at a time when China seemed a distant, frightening and confusing country. I knew nothing significant about it, other than the information gleaned from chapters in books or news reports. I didn't realize that the people here were so warm, hopeful and excited about building a new tomorrow.
After this trip, I feel that the romance that began in Beijing on day one will never end. I will forever see the Chinese as partners in learning, and I look forward to learning from this ancient and modern culture. I hope that I, too, will have the chance to share the unique way that American teachers adapt learning to the learner.
I don't know how or when this will continue to happen, but I am transformed and energized by this experience in a way that I never would have been had I not been given this gift. China is now a part of my life and I will never be the same again.
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The Commissioners of the Delaware Family Court hear and determine a multitude of cases each year. For litigants seeking to have a Commissioner's decision reviewed by a Family Court Judge, Delaware law provides that a party may file this internal appeal "within 30 days from the date of [the] Commissioner's order." See 10 Del. C. § 915(d)(1) and Family Court Rule of Civil Procedure 53.1. This appeal period is very important since failure to timely file may result in the dismissal of the appeal.
In order to comply with the thirty day time period, however, a party must understand when it begins. Is it the date the order is issued by the Commissioner? Is it the date the parties receive the order or the date the order is docketed by the Court? The recent Family Court decision in the case of S.E.V. v. S.D.V., 2013 WL 1749525 (Del. Fam. Ct. Mar. 28, 2013), holds that the 30 day period begins to run on the date the Commissioner's Order is docketed.
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text: The theme with K1 children of Orchids The International School – Sarjapur, a top ranked International School near the HSR Layout, was on the topic 'Fruits & Vegetables'. As a culmination to this theme, the school organized 'Market Day' in the school on 22nd February 2016. Teachers planned a local market day for children to give them an opportunity to experience the feel of a traditional market (sabzi mandi). Few children were assigned the roles of vendors and buyers. The event helped to recapitulate the theme of 'Fruits & Vegetables' and children enjoyed enacting various roles. Children also had a fun time exploring Math concepts such as weighing, exchanging money, units of measurement etc.


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A RYEDALE benefit cheat has been ordered to pay £106,000 after being jailed for an eight-year fraud.
Sarah Elizabeth Dean was given a one-year prison sentence last April after she falsely claimed £44,698 in housing and council tax benefit despite owning two houses in York.
The 49-year-old, of Barton-le-Willows, was brought back to court this week to face confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act following an investigation by Ryedale District Council and investigators Veritau, described as a "landmark case" for the authority.
Dean rented out both the houses she owned over the eight years she was pocketing benefits she was not entitled to. She did not declare she owned them, nor the income she received from them nor the building society account through which the money was paid. She admitted eight charges when she was sentenced last year.
The confiscation hearing at York Crown Court saw her being ordered to pay £39,102.52 in compensation and a further £55,307, which was deemed to be the amount she received in rent by letting out the homes while claiming benefits. She must also pay full legal costs totalling £11,720.
Angela Jones, the council's business support manager, said: "I am delighted with this result, as this was a very serious case of fraud against the council.
"The council has again shown it will not tolerate fraud against it and will take the appropriate legal action against the people who commit it, which this time included the proceeds of crime."
A Veritau spokesman said: "We are pleased the severity of this crime has been recognised not just in the sentence handed down to the defendant, but also with the awards made in court.
"Funds lost to the public purse have been successfully recovered and this sends a clear message that crime does not pay."


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Bhubaneswar, March 10: The civic body today received complaints in its first common grievance redressal meeting.
While lack of civic amenities, such as roads, drainage and streetlights, dominated the session that lasted for more than three hours, lack of co-ordination between the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) in developing the facilities also cropped up for discussion time and again.
Earlier, both the BMC and the BDA used to hold separate grievance redress meetings on Mondays. But from now, it will continue at the BMC conference hall every Monday from 11am till the last person is heard.
After assuming charge last month, BMC municipal commissioner Krishan Kumar, who is also the vice-chairman of the BDA, asked his teams to have a single grievance hearing forum to have better co-ordination and prevent overlapping of works. While the BDA develops large projects, residential colonies and urban infrastructure, the BMCs forte is developing connecting roads, drains and ensuring sanitation.
Srikant Acharya and Bipracharan Chhotray, both senior citizens from Laxmisagar and Nayapalli (IRC Village) respectively, lodged their complaints on lack of maintenance of the nearby streetlights.
I have lodged a complaint about six months ago regarding poor maintenance of the streetlights. I even met the person concerned at the corporation, but nothing has happened as yet, said Acharya.
Sudhanshu Sekhar Mishra of Kharakhia Baidyanath Lane at Old Town sought action by the enforcement officials of the BMC to free encroachment from nearby roads, while retired scientist R.S. Rohella of the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, alleged that a road in Sampur was under encroachment.
BMC additional commissioner Krushna Prasad Pati and BDA secretary Srikant Kabi led their respective teams at the grievance redress session as the municipal commissioner was preoccupied with a meeting concerning the coming general elections.
We have placed the grievances in three categories urgent, important and others. While the urgent ones have to be solved within three days, important ones are to be solved by 10 days and others will be solved within mutually agreed upon dates as discussed in the common forum of the BMC and the BDA, said Pati.
BDA secretary Kabi said: The new initiative will definitely help in solving peoples problems faster and we will send joint teams for inspection wherever necessary.
Officials of all the wings of both the BMC and the BDA attended the session. In future, officials of the Public Health Engineering Organisation will also attend the grievance redress meetings as water supply will emerge as a major issue in the coming summer months.
BMC deputy secretary Subhransu Mishra is the nodal officer to co-ordinate the redress system.


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Treyarch Promises Improvements In Black Ops 2 In Both Single and Multiplayer
It's not an abnormality that many people are skeptical about Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, expecting it to be a reiteration of the many previous Call of Duty games.
Treyarch's been eager to defend itself on this topic, as in an interview with PSM, head Mark Lamia stated the game will offer more choices in singleplayer campaign than ever before in any of the previous Call of Duty games.
He also stated that the multiplayer will come with a much improved match making system.
"On the multiplayer front, I think one of the things we're paying attention to is that there's a lot of very experienced COD multiplayer gamers who are very good at Prestige-ing,"
"They want to play and compete with people, and to find and play with their friends more easily. We're listening to that. We also hear from people who aren't as adept or as skilled in multiplayer that they'd like to be able to compete or have a way to play where it's maybe not as difficult to compete at times—so if they have a chance to build up their skill sets then they'll compete—so we're actually working to satisfy a broader range of both."
He also stated one or two things about the campaign's storyline and it's villain, how he's going to be 'three-dimensional' rather than the previously observed 'two-dimensional' villains, and that he'll have much more screen time.
That's all cool Mark, but a new villain, some improvements to multiplayer and a setup in the future aren't enough to eliminate the skeptic's view of things. Of course, being optimistic isn't a bad thing, but being a realist is better.
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Dennis Rodman has written a children's book.
Yes, that Dennis Rodman. The worm. The one that won three championships with the Chicago Bulls (two with the Detroit Pistons), occasionally cross dressed, dated Carmen Electra and Madonna, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Rodman was one of the NBA's most colorful players and probably isn't the first person that comes to mind when you think about children's books. After all, his previous literary efforts have been dedicated to his personal experiences with sex and drugs.
But that doesn't mean that Rodman shouldn't be considered a role model. Or at the very least, a good children's author.
His latest book, Dennis the Wild Bull, encourages kids to be comfortable in their own skin.
Rodman told the Associated Press:
"More than anything, I just want little kids today just to understand, ain't no matter what you do in life, be different, rich or poor man, guess what, it's OK to be who you are pretty much and you'll be accepted."
The book tells the story of Dennis, the wild bull, who gets taken away from his family and thrown into a rodeo with a bunch of other bulls. Dennis, who has nose rings and wild hair, doesn't look like any of the other bulls. Still, this new group learns to accept Dennis for who he is.
Rodman said:
"Once I got to know the other bulls, I liked them. I enjoyed their company and stuff like that, and they accepted me for who I am no matter how I look."
What do you think of Dennis Rodman's children's book? You can by Dennis The Wild Bull on the Hall of Famer's website.


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Table of Contents
- You will earn money because you can
- What you will learn in this post?
- Now your turn
So you are getting more and more visitors at your blog. That's great!
But why you are so sad?
You should be happy on huge number of visitors.
Oh I see.
There is no change in your blog earnings despite of constant rise in traffic.
You try to sell affiliate products but fail to sell in huge number.
You also display your own products for sale at the sidebar of your blog. Your visitors click on them but stop at the place where they are asked to pay online to get their copy.
You are also surprised to see despite one thousand daily visitors at your blog you earn a few bucks from Google Adsense. You already have optimized your each Google ad after a lot of experimentation but you could not have made huge money from it.
You are damned upset.
You are shy to share your failure to your fellow bloggers.
You avoid telling them how much money you are exactly earning with your blog.
You change the topic when someone asks about your blog earning. You sometime tell them wrong income figure or just say it varies from month to month.
Some of you might say oh I don't mean to earn money with my blog. Or some other may say I am already earning huge money with my day job and do blogging just to have fun.
But your heart bleeds. Your biggest worry is why you are not making money with your blog.
You will earn money because you can
If you are from any of the above types don't worry today you will get the solution of your problem if you read this post till the end.
Even if you are earning decent amount of money with your blog that post do have lot of value for you. After reading this post your rate of missing the target will be at lowest minimum. You will convert your each visitor to make easy money with your blog. I bet you will learn to do this if you read this post till the end.
In an extreme case if you have just started your blog or you have a few daily visitors even then this post is for you. You will earn big money with a few visitors at your blog if you follow these tips consistently.
After reading this post you will earn more money. If you are earning in hundreds, it will be in thousands very soon. If your income is in thousands, congrats you are about to earn hundreds of thousand if you fully read this post.
If you are earning nothing, even then you are so lucky. After reading this post you will fully know how to get your first $100 from this month.
So don't go away and read it to the end. Ok if you don't have time right now to read this post of more than 3,000 words, bookmark it and read it in your free time.
DISCLAIMER: I am not going to sell any product in this post. So don't worry I am insisting to read this post till the end just to benefit you. I want you to get full benefit of this post. That is why I am almost begging you to read this post completely if you really want to earn more money with your blog.
What you will learn in this post?
In this post I will tell you all about your blog audience. Just recall the scene in front of a shop. What type of people stand in front of it? Are they all doctors? Are they all housewives or any other group? Not at all. They are different types of customers. That is why shopkeeper deals with them differently.
But what many bloggers do. They deal with all their readers in same tone. They just write contents, reply their comments, interact with them at social media and try to sell their products.
Bloggers give to all of them a big pat, appreciate their comments, and admire their views in a way if they all have same mindset.
This is wrong.
First you need to categorize your blog visitors. They are quite different because their purpose of visiting your blog is quite different.
So try to understand what type of blog visitors you get daily. Maybe not all these types of visitors come to your blog but they are in total. Just read the purpose of their visits and learn how to convert them as your loyal customers, subscribers, follower and ultimately as your customers.
They are the most valuable type of visitors at your blog. They are typically organic in nature, I mean genuine visitors who come to your blog with a purpose. Their main purpose is to get their required information from their blog.
They put their required term or phrase in Google search and find your blog somewhere at top position. They click on it and arrive at your blog.
How to influence them?
They arrive to get info. So the blog post which they have clicked at Google search page must be full of most essential information. No history, no theory, no devilish details. Just the most relevant and most important info should be part of your post where they have arrived. This is the best way to influence them.
Also font size of your blog text, formatting and images should be so broad and pleasant. They should not feel any mental suffocation after coming to their clicked blog post.
How to convert them?
First you need to hold them at the post they arrived. This you can do by providing them value in your post. After that you should:
- Guide them to some more informative posts related to the post where they have arrived
- Ask them to submit their email and get more posts of similar type directly into their inbox
- Ask them to like or follow your social media page and get more posts at their timeline.
Remember; never make jump to convert them. Don't sell to them directly. Bring them to your final goal step by step.
Now the big question. How do you know how many of them are info seekers from your total blog visitors? Don't worry. You have to do nothing separately. Just do this for all but keep them in mind while writing your post and placing conversion plugins at your blog.
They are also organic in nature and come to your blog through search engines. But their motive is not to get info. They just want to learn something. It may be blogging, search engine optimization or any other thing depending upon niche of your blog.
How to influence them?
Make your contents easy to understand. Your posts should be simple and free from bombastic wordings or examples. Keep in view of lowest level of learner to make your contents comprehensible for all.
How to convert them?
So just create attraction in your posts to hold them more at your blog. They arrive at your blog to learn something. So educate them but equally tell them how important are the things which they are learning. Ignite their desire of learning while educating them. They will stick to the subject which they want to learn. They will become your regular subscribers and ultimately will buy digital learning products on your recommendation. But first you have to give basic learning material of higher value to make them your follower. Then you can easily convert them as your customers.
They don't want repetition. They are in search of value. They always believe in get more, do more, learn more and earn more. That is why they just explore value. So they search extensively. Here you need to give them value. For this you need to put some valuable info in your blog which you get from offline world. It should be related to your niche but should not be easily available on internet. This will be quite new information.
How to influence them?
If you really want to give anything of big value in your blog post do announce it at the beginning of your post. In this way they will stay at your post and will go to its end.
How to convert them?
Soon after or before giving anything of big value like "Three 100% confirmed ways to earn money online" request them to submit their email and get it directly into the inbox. Your blog post should not be a complete manual. It is wise to give something at your blog post, send anything more to their inbox, and keep something else for your next post and get a promise of comeback from them.
They are your competitors. They are not your enemy. In business animosity is a crime. So just keep in view of them while writing a blog post. Never declare your future plan nor any hint of them. Also don't explain what is your strategy. Just focus at your main visitors as noted above and give maximum value to them.
How to influence them?
Try to be unforgettable for your competitors. Grace should dominate your whole blog. No stuffing of ads, no several requests to subscribe. You should do everything for conversion gracefully. Clearly tell them you are not in blogging for a while. You have long-term goals and you will stay here. So your every blogging act should display your long-term vision.
How to convert them?
If they become your blog subscribers they will not hit it. If they see grace at your blog they will be happy to follow you and to be like you. Always remember new entrant in a market does not grab someone else share. He creates his own niche market in the industry. So never think your competitor will hit down your blog. You will be going your own way and he will find his own course of action to move ahead.
They are mostly struggling bloggers and SEO consultants of business blogs. They just cast a cursory look at your blog post and give comment to get a back link if you offer a do-follow link. If you don't then they try to create their voice in their comments to attract your blog visitors to their blogs.
In any of the case you need not worry. Your readers visit their blogs after visiting yours and will not quit visiting yours if you really provide value to them. In online world everyone tries to get as much value as possible. So forget about diversion, if you provide value no one can divert your traffic. So always worry about giving value to your customer.
How to influence them?
Install a very interactive commenting plugin to attract more and more of this type of visitors. If your blog has huge number of comments it will show the power of readers' engagement of that post.
How to convert them?
Obviously a highly interactive commenting plugin is best to convert them. Once they drop their comments at your blog post, follow them to their inbox by sending reply directly there. They will remember your blog and come back to become your loyal visitors. After that it ups to you what value you provide to them to make them your subscribers and then customers.
They are in initial phase of blogging and just want to expand their networking. Same type of treatment you can offer to them as I advised you to deal with back link hunters. They just want to be in your circle and make you in their circle. Ultimately they want you reshare their blog posts and they will share your blog posts. There is no wrong in doing this. It's a part of social media strategy of many bloggers.
They want everything for free. Don't worry they are not potential customers. But you can convince them to go for premium products if they really want to become valuable online. So keep mentioning the importance of priced products in your contents to convince them come out from the trap of freebies.
How to influence them?
If you have anything to offer free display it prominently. The word FREE in your display should be the most prominent word to stay them at your blog?
How to convert them?
You can convert them quite easily. Just put a free version of your premium product and then invite them to buy your premium product. This is the easiest way to convert freebie lovers.
They just roam here and there to copy the ideas for their online projects. You need to take care of them like I advise you to do for your competitors.
How to influence them?
Your layout and design should speak of your professionalism. It does not give an impression as if you are a naïve. That is why it is wise to get your blog developed by a professional if you are a serious blogger. Looking at seriousness of your blog they won't think to steal anything from it because they do know you being professional blogger equally know how to hit back the copycats as per internet laws.
How to convert them?
They will be influenced by your professionalism and your strength to do serious blogging. Eventually they will visit your blog regular to be updated on valuable information you provide to your blog visitors. Once they become your loyal visitors it ups to your marketing skills how you convert them as your customers.
They just visit your blog to see where you are weak or not doing well. Then they offer you their services to make your blog perfect.
How to influence them?
Your blog should give an impression you are not weak in everything. You know very well a few blogging chores and quite well a few others.
How to convert them?
If they offer you any services to improve your blog you can avail it by offering your expertise in exchange. In this way you need not to spend money and will improve your blog without any expenses.
They are usually online advertising agencies. They visit your blog to see who else has given you ad and do you deserve an ad.
How to influence them?
If you have ads of other companies it's fine. It will show you value. If you don't have, so never put fake ads because they do know which ads are genuine or which are just for display.
How to convert them?
Your "Advertise" page is the most effective tool to convert them. Give all impressive information about your blog including its daily visitors, its PR, DA and which industry leaders said what about it.
After that put your ad rates but never mention anywhere you can come down if someone insists. Nor show rates as rigid. Just mention the rates and show flexibility if someone directly contacts you.
They just want to check quality of your contents and may be middlemen of various business blogs for providing blogging services to them. They may hire you if your blog is much impressive and really delivering value.
How to influence them?
So easy to influence them. Every corner of your blog should be a symbol of quality.
How to convert them?
Your "Hire Me" page is the most effective tool to convert them. Just narrate your skills and where you have already provided your services. Do mention the links of your articles published at top blogs.
If list is lengthy then mention the name of a few top blogs where your several post are published. They will be impressed by your services done so far and may hire you for their clients blogs.
After stiff competition in blogosphere there are many would-be bloggers. They have bought domain, hosting, template and have built their blog with a landing page displaying email subscription offer. They just visit maximum blogs to show their presence by commenting and reading more and more contents to learn more and become very effective bloggers.
How to convert them?
If they are from same niche you need to guide them with your tutorials and help them learn from them. You can invite them for email subscription to get each tutorial directly into their inbox.
They simply keep roaming online and arrive at any post which they think can give you benefit. So your each post should be for all and should not be limited to a very narrow group of your target audience. Yes once you raise your voice then you can narrow your market by observing the level of response coming from which side.
How to influence them?
Make your blog design, contents and layout very interesting to make them take interest in your blog.
How to convert them?
Freebies, giveaways and easy competition are the best attractions to make them regularly visitor your blog and then become your customers.
Their sole purpose is to hit your blog. Get access to your control panel. Need not to worry about them. Just install an excellent security plugin at your blog and stay safe from their digital mischief.
How to influence them?
They don't visit your blog. Mostly they try to break the password of your control panel. If you have installed the plugin to limit log-in attempts they can't try more than specified limits.
How to convert them?
On failure of their last attempt show a very friendly message with a link to your blog to bring them to your most popular posts.
So these are the 14 types of blog visitor who you convert as your regular visitors, subscribers and then customers. You must try to convert as much your blog readers as possible by following step by step strategy to finally make them your customers.
Now your turn
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NSW Labor is claiming its emphatic victory in a byelection in the southern Sydney seat of Miranda reflects voter disenchantment with cuts to government, train and hospital services.
Opposition Leader
"This seat has been taken for granted by the O'Farrell government. It's had service cuts, whether it's train services, whether it's cuts to hospitals, whether it's cuts to TAFE or fire station closures," Mr Robertson said on Sunday.
"This electorate is, like so many across NSW, now starting to see the impact of cuts the O'Farrell government is implementing and that's why we saw the result," he said.
Mr Collier was running against six candidates including Liberal
Transport Minister
On Saturday night Mr O'Farrell said the backlash was against an MP quitting and causing people to return to the polls, not against his government.
On Sunday he continued to suggest the loss was a reflection of the anger locals felt for Graham Annesley for walking away mid-term.
"I certainly wouldn't have encouraged Graham to run for Parliament if I thought that halfway through the term he was going to walk away," Mr O'Farrell said.
There have been reports property developers with Liberal Party connections have been shown special treatment by Sutherland Council and its Mayor
The 48,625 enrolled voters in Miranda were angry Mr Annesley quit halfway through his first term.
The former member's profile also helped him regain his seat, he added.
"[The loss] was a combination of factors," Mr Thomas said. "There was that anger and disappointment at Graham Annesley's resignation and there was also concern about allegations against the local Liberal council."
Mr Collier, who held the seat from 1999 to 2011, has previously said Mr Annesley's resignation showed the O'Farrell government had taken the seat for granted.
Mr Annesley had urged voters not to turn on his party's candidate.
Despite losing Miranda, the government still holds a comfortable majority with 69 of the 93 seats in the lower house. Labor now has 21 seats, with two independents and a Greens MP on the crossbenches.
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Belize Petroleum Industry
Petroleum exploration in Belize began in the 1930's. Oil exploration licenses were granted to the large oil companies such as Shell, Esso, Texaco, Gulf Oil, Anschutz and Chevron as well as smaller companies such as Occidental Petroleum and Phillips Petroleum and small independent oil companies to explore for petroleum in both the onshore and offshore areas of Belize. Many two dimensional seismic surveys were conducted most of which were done in the offshore waters of Belize and thousands of line kilometers of seismic data were acquired. Up to 2000, a total of 50 exploration wells were drilled, 34 onshore and 16 offshore. The first exploration well that was drilled in Belize was the Yalbac #1 well located in the Yalbac Hills in the Cayo District which was drilled by Gulf Oil in 1956. No commercial discovery was made in any of these wells. They were all dry and some had minor oil shows. The Eagle #1 well drilled in 1984 in Belmopan came closest which recovered approximately 3 barrels of light crude oil when it was production tested, but did not prove commercial. The last well drilled during this exploration period was the Gladden #1 well drilled by the Dover Consortium in 1997 in the Glovers Reef area.
Discovery and Production
In 2000 an oil seep was discovered at 130 feet in a water well drilled at Calla Creek in the Cayo District. This sparked new interest in Belize and this resulted in the granting of an exploration license to Belize Natural Energy Ltd. (BNE) which made the first commercial discovery of petroleum in July 2005 in Spanish Lookout in the Mike Usher #1 well. The oil discovered in Spanish Lookout is a light crude oil with an API gravity of 40°. This discovery was developed by BNE into the Spanish Lookout Oilfield which is currently producing an average of 1,300 barrels of oil per day. BNE later made another commercial discovery in October 2008 in the Never Delay area in the Never Delay #1 well. This crude oil is also similar in density to the Spanish Lookout crude oil. This discovery was also developed by BNE into the Never Delay Oilfield and is currently under evaluation for further development. The Spanish Lookout and Never Delay crude oils are trucked from the oilfields to BNE's export facility in Big Creek and shipped and sold to the US Gulf Coast. BNE is the only producer of crude oil in Belize.
Current Exploration
There are currently 6 companies which hold exploration licenses in Belize and are carrying out seismic surveys and drilling exploration wells in the continuous search for commercial petroleum. The Belize Petroleum Contracts Map shows these companies and their license areas.
The petroleum industry in Belize is governed by the Petroleum Act and Regulations and the terms and conditions of the licenses. The Geology and Petroleum Department administrates the petroleum industry and supervises and monitors all exploration and production operations. Other Government agencies which regulate the petroleum industry are the Income Tax Department and the Department of the Environment.