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Deloitte Services LP includes internal support areas such as Marketing and Communications, Human Resources/Talent, Information Technology, Facilities Management, and Financial Support Services.
Title: Lead Video Conference Streaming Specialist
Hiring Location: Hermitage, TN. preferred but open to other cities
Department: Live Streaming Team
Under the direction of the Senior Technical Producer the successful candidate would be responsible for the on-site delivery of the technical and segment components of a live streaming event. Responsibilities would include but not limited to the following:
- Operation of multiple camera configurations and shot selection within a live streaming environment
- Set up of stage lighting with advanced understanding of production lighting techniques
- Coordinating any third party technical resources required for an event
- Liaise on behalf of the customer third party producers and studio resources
- Site/studio surveys, assessing the type and scale of production gear required for a specific event, assisting the technical producer on all aspects in the creation and execution of a live streaming event.
- Plans and performs video post-production tasks which includes reviewing footage, making editorial decisions, video transcoding, rough cuts, audio adjustment, color correction.
- Final editing using Final Cut Pro software; utilizes computer graphics and special effects for video post-production in accordance with the overall production concepts.
- Compresses video projects for output; captures recorded video using software and encode media as appropriate
- Provides video products in a variety of formats; publishes, organizes, and optimizes media.
- Conduct Pre-event documented technical check downs
- Follow encoding setup configuration guides and validate transmission requirements
- Configure, save and recall production video switcher settings
- Document and report live studio integration discrepancies from the field
- Create and follow transmission schedules
- Accurately identify any and all issues during an event and escalate in a timely manner to the Technical producer. accordingly
- Creation of graphical elements for event segmentation.
- On site primary resource for establishing camera placement, color, audio balancing and stage production management
- Creation of technical show flows for each event
- Must be prepared to travel on a regular basis
- Develop internal staff documents for event support, troubleshooting support, processes and procedures.
- 4+ years' experience in a live broadcasting environment
- 4+ years' experience and demonstrable knowledge of industry standard mixing boards, cameras and lighting techniques
- 4 + years of project management methodologies
- 4+ years of advanced competency in Non-linear editor, including Final Cut Pro, Avid, and Adobe Premiere.
- Evidence of interaction and consultative experience in dealing with C suite executives.
- Ability to routinely carry 30lbs and be prepared on a regular basis to manually set up and tear down studio and production sets.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent educational or professional experience and/or qualifications.
- The ability to deliver exceptional customer service and identify the appropriate solutions, and meeting/exceeding service expectations
- Identify, analyze, and drive problems to resolution, handling complex issues simultaneously while effectively communicating across teams
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What's with all the "Select Committees" all of a sudden?
Isn't that what Courts are for?
The opening day of a judicial inquiry into phone hacking and other privacy-invading skullduggery by the British media was briefly interrupted on Monday - by a suspected Trojan horse infection. David Sherborne, a QC representing phone hacking victims during the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, was called back to his …
What's with all the "Select Committees" all of a sudden?
Isn't that what Courts are for?
If you're handling a large volume of electronic materials and evidence supplied by people who have been infected by, or attempted to install malware... I guess you risk infecting your own computers too.
It does illustrate the issues caused by this type of crime, and highlights the routine failure of corrupt & incompetent policemen, CPS prosecutors, and the judiary to act.

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Happy Mother's Day To All Moms!! [VIDEO]
Though most of you will agree it is not a one day thing.
It all began in 1908 with a woman named Anna Jarvis when she held a memorial for her mother. She then organized a campaign to make it an actual recognized holiday and in 1914, it did! It is celebrated the second Sunday in May. (If you're Mexican like myself, we have some lucky Moms because we celebrate it May 10th as well).
So today is the day when we show our Moms how much we love them and appreciate everything they do for us.
My brothers and I are super lucky to have the mother that we have. I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for her (I mean, I drove her car to work). She's done so much for us and no matter what dumb stuff we do … and trust me we do a lot … she is always there.
She's shown us respect, love, happiness and even mechanics. Just one day a year isn't enough for us to show her (as many of you as well) how much we enjoy her company and appreciate and love her.
So remember, its not about gifts or things, its about spending time with her and enjoying family time. With that being said, Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mothers out there. (Love you Mami!!)
Here's a great idea to try from Stewie!
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I shared some photos of my Mom … so feel free to share your photos with your Mom here and/or at the KLAQ Facebook.


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Shanaz Tejani-Butt's research interests include the neurobiological mechanisms associated with the regulation of biogenic amines in an animal model of depressive behavior and implications of these biogenic amines in modulating a stress response, reward, and addictive behaviors as well as in the therapeutic action of drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders. Tejani-Butt's research projects employ an animal model to study the link among stress, depressive behaviors, and diminished brain supplies of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. In addition, her lab has been investigating the effects of stress and alcohol consumption on behavioral and central parameters to determine the mechanism by which depressive behavior modulates alcohol dependency. More recently, Tejani-Butt has been studying the role of stress in posttraumatic stress disorder and examining sleep disturbances and neural mechanisms that may be implicated in this disorder. Her lectureship series have coincided with her research interests in central nervous system physiology and pharmacology, endocrine physiology and pharmacology, and drug-receptor interactions. Tejani-Butt has been a recipient of numerous grants, and her research is presently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Tejani-Butt is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Neuroscience. She serves as a Grant Reviewer of the National Institute of Health Experts Grant Study Section and Board of Advisors of several boards. She received her Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical chemistry from the Medical College of Virginia and her M.S. degree in organic chemistry and her B.S. degree in chemistry and microbiology from the University of Bombay.
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Is your body too acid?
You're probably are aware that the body only functions well in a very narrow
range of body temperature.
A body temperature of 98.6 degrees is normal. If it goes lower, you don't feel so
good, if it goes even a couple of tenths of a degree higher, you don't feel well. Three or four degrees higher might bring about convulsions and death.
Well, the body also has another small range in which it can operate and
that is its pH. The optimum pH for the body fluids is 7.0.
What is pH? It's a rating system.
pH is an
acronym for "potential of hydrogen" is a value that indicates
the acidity or alkalinity of a liquid. The measurement of the hydrogen ion
concentrate in a liquid determines the pH value. Every liquid has a
pH value which falls on a scale between 0 and 14, with 7 being
neutral. A pH value less than 7 is acidic; values greater than 7
indicate alkalinity. Examples: Battery acid and vinegar
- two very acidic liquids - have pH values on the lower end of the scale,
while baking soda and ammonia, both of which are very alkaline, are on the
higher end of the pH scale. Pure water, meanwhile, has a pH value of
7 - neither acidic or alkaline.
Keeping your Body's pH in Balance
Your body also
has a pH value. In fact, all your body fluids each have a pH value. The adult body is about 60% fluids. This fluid fills every cell, the spaces between cells,
and so forth. This fluid can be neutral, acidic or basic. As far as can be determined the body functions best when these fluids are neutral which is to say
neither acidic nor basic. (7.0)
The blood that is a small proportion of the total body fluid is an exception being
significantly more basic (7.3t-7.45 pH),
Don't get confused by stomach acidity or colon acidity as this is a totally different system then the internal system of the
body. They should be acid.
Setting aside the blood and the digestive system, the internal fluids of the body (60% of the total body weight) should be neutral. When these fluids are acidic, they are irritants. If 60% of the body is irritating the other 40% there is a chronic non-optimum situation.
How does the body get acid?
The body has natural mechanisms to eliminate acids. It can handle
the natural acids created by the body which are created in energy
production and the process of rebuilding cells. However, the
extra acidity created by a poor diet has the body systems overwhelmed with
a backlog of acids. It can also be created by too many toxins. This pH (acidity/alkaline) is important to the health of living organisms.
What are the results of too much acidity?
The Japanese feel that the degenerative diseases as osteoporosis, cancers, arthritis, etc. are primarily due to
acidosis (the system being too acid).
Based on testimonials, conditions, ranging from dandruff and fungus under the toe to diabetes and cancer have lessened or in some cases gone into full remission simply by achieving a proper acid/base balance.
Symptoms of too much acid:
Here is a list of symptoms that can
be caused by too much acidity.
When a body is acidic, it creates a welcoming environment for viruses and bacteria to come in and begin to flourish. As viruses and bacteria continue to flourish inside our body, we experience lack of energy, frequent illness and pains. If a person doesn't do anything about changing the acidic state of the body, the situation can get worse. Virus or bacteria can mutate into a serious illness.
Conversely, bacteria and viruses perish in alkaline environment, because a pH balanced, or alkaline body doesn't create the environment for viruses and bacteria to thrive and flourish. Thus, no bacteria or virus will enter an alkaline body, grow and mutate into serious illness or disease.
The bottom line
is that we need to handle the reasons the body becomes acidic and there
are some things that can be done. It's not only the poor nutrition but the constant bombardment of the
body by pollutants and poisons, chemicals that we either ingest, breathe or
put into our body daily.
Daily poisons that bring about acidity
According to Ann Wigmore, founder of the renowned Hippocrates Health
Institute The food you eat can either
be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or
the slowest form of poison.
Have you looked at the chemicals that you put in your body? Read
the labels on the processed foods we eat - aspartame,
phosphorus (as in soda),
(binds up calcium so it can't be used in the body). They and others
create an acidic state in body.
We are daily bombarding the body with poisons.
Clothing, towels and bedding washed with this chemical
retain it in the
fabric. Our bodies are wrapped in underwear and clothes impregnated
with chemicals. When we take a bath and have open pores we dry
ourselves with towels laden with chemicals. We wash dishes
with these chemicals. Carpets are cleaned with chemicals,
glass windows and doors, floors that baby's crawl on.
Many people exercise, follow a good diet, take nutritional supplements,
control stress and do detoxification regimes, but they don't look at the
chemicals that they're exposed to or using such as household cleaners,
personal hygiene products, at home and in the work place.
Look at what your using and see how many products contain any of these
chemicals (there are more but below are the most prevalent)):
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate - known to be carcinogenic - found in toothpaste,
shampoo... etc. etc.
Cocaminde DEA - known to be carcinogenic to animals - found in even the
"natural" soap powders because it's made from coconuts??
Propylene Glycol - this is in antifreeze - implicated with contact
dermatitis, etc.
Phenol - coal tar causes nausea, convulsions, coma, etc.
Iodopropynl Butyl Carbamate - adversely affects liver, etc.
Organophosphate is an insecticide actually used to kill spider mites
from agricultural fields. Farmers, their families and pets are
warned to stay out of a sprayed field for a minimum of forty-eight
hours. So why is this vigorous insecticide in our laundry powder?
Blue #1, Yellow #5, and Red #40 - all coal tar derivatives.
How do we get these chemicals into our system - we brush our
teeth with them, wash our face with them, they are found in our
deodorants They are found in hairspray, perfumes, makeup and
cleansers, moisturizers, etc. etc. We dry clean our clothes in
Even common soap is made from cattle and pigs (animal fats). The
antibiotics, hormones etc. that are in the animal systems are then
transferred into your body system. In addition, your
skin also can get plugged up using these animal fats and cannot get rid of
wastes through this system of detoxification - the skin.
The products with chemicals in them are very easily assimilated into
the person using them. Deodorant's chemicals are very easily to
absorb into the lymphatic passages and to your body's systems.
Aluminum can get into the brain since it can pass the blood brain barrier
- and aluminum products researchers say may cause
Alzheimer's. The more "natural" deodorants
have propylene glycol in them and that is a petroleum product found in
many products including makeup.
Products to use:
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What does the body need to balance its pH?
The acids build up in your system thus causing your body's pH to be out
of balance. When this occurs, your body will restore its optimal pH
by depleting certain minerals, such as potassium, calcium and magnesium,
from organs and bones. You can help your body neutralize acids in
the blood and maintain a balanced pH by taking some simple steps liking
eating the right foods, exercising and lessening the amount of chemicals
you put in your body.
Calcium. One of the diseases believed to be created by too
acid a system is osteoporosis. Why? Calcium is needed by the
body to balance out the acid and bring about a neutral pH. Where can the body get calcium? Well it takes the calcium from
the bones and creates the condition of
osteoporosis. The condition can be counteracted by
taking calcium.And that should definitely be taken as a supplement
that can be absorbed. There is a Whole Food supplementthat has you
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We also live in a polluted environment. (See
article Pollution)
Are these poisons responsible for so many diseases? It
does make the body more acid. What do you think?
What can you do to help
your body's pH:
We need to use soaps and ingredients that are not full of poisons and is a powerful combination of natural
ingredients that neutralize and remove toxins from the human body.
The only deodorant we've found without these poisons
is the "mineral stones" that can be found in the health food
stores - they last a long long time as well.
A poor diet creates a fertile
breeding ground for various forms of chronic illness
that are now experienced by more than half the
If you often feel tired,
it's a safe bet that you are overly acidic. The
simple fact is most people are. You need to counter
acidity with alkaline foods as soon as possible.
Eating the proper foods and
getting the best nutrients in balance will help you
avoid all that – along with the misery and poor
quality of life that so often precede death, sometimes
by decades.
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text: These hilarious outtakes from a commercial shoot for Dysart's Restaurant in Bangor, Maine, catch this funny elderly couple having trouble with their lines. Well, one line in particular. Actually, one word in particular. The poor guy just can't remember to say "flaky." Over and over and over again. The longer it goes on, the more irritable his wife gets before she finally gets the chance to say the line. Things don't go much better with her. Either way, I definitely want a chicken pot pie right now – especially one with a buttery, flaky crust.


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Here are some dividend-paying stalwarts -- all three of which are components of the Dow -- trading close to bargain pricing. They are "brands" that are well known, enduring and trusted for innovation and production. If you believe the stock market is going higher and that a "rising tide lifts all boats," then Microsoft, Intel and IBM pay you to ride them to higher tides.
Having mentioned in a recent article that I anticipate both Microsoft and another popular stock, Apple (AAPL), will correct a bit before continuing their ascent higher, I'm also wondering if two of the "dogs of the Dow," IBM and Intel, will do the same. In spite of all the street talk that IBM is losing business to "the cloud" and Intel's race to catch up with the demands of the mobile device manufacturers, both companies many ways to make money and have recurring streams of operating cash flow.
As for Amazon, perhaps the sky's the limit. On 60 Minutes Sunday night, CEO Jeff Bezos demonstrated that the company is "testing drones" for same-day package delivery. Sunday delivery for "prime" customers using the U.S. Postal Service wasn't impressive enough? Now I have visions of ordering a product at Amazon.com and within hours a drone missile flies down my chimney and delivers its payload to our shock and awe.
What will they think of next?
At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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Austria's varied cuisine still shows vestiges of the former monarchy. Vienna was the prime culinary melting pot with its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic population of Hungarians, Bohemians, Slovaks, Poles, Croatians, immigrants from Triest, Dalmatia, Subcarpathia, Bukovina and Carniola, or simply newcomers from Austria's modern day provinces. All of them came to Vienna, their tried and approved recipes in tow. The best went on to become fully integrated into Austrian cooking.
No matter whether it was food scarcity that led to the invention of "Serviettenknödel" - bread dumpling mass wrapped in a large cotton napkin then boiled and cut into slices for serving - today they are as popular as their sweet Bohemian counterparts, the "Germknödel" - yeast dumplings. This dessert, often served as a main course, is usually filled with "Powidl" - thickened plum jam and served dusted with poppy seeds, melted butter and sugar. The only difference today between the Czech yeast dumpling and the Austrian is that the latter is larger.
While some of the dishes - perhaps due to their straightforward and simple preparation - have changed very little, others have undergone significant transformations. Take gulash (sometimes still spelled gulyas), for instance: The original "gulyas" was a Hungarian stew with beef, which has nothing in common with what is internationally known as "gulash." That world-renowned dish is known to the Hungarians as pörkölt. What caused the linguistic mismatch is a mystery. All we know is that Viennese Gulasch, as we know it today, did not develop until the early 19th century as brought in by the 39th Hungarian Infantry regiment stationed in Vienna.
The journey of the Austrian version of the Crêpe - the Palatschinken, which is somewhat thicker than its well-known French counterpart and usually served filled with jam or quark - was far longer. From France, the birthplace of the Crêpe, it was brought to Romania where it was called "placinta," and from there on to Hungary under the new name of "palacsinta" finally landing in Austrian kitchens as Palatschinken.
Further influences on Austrian cuisine and other Austrian cultural aspects came from Judaism. East Galicians brought "gefilte Fish," a forerunner to the "gesulzter Karpfen" - jellied carp popular in Austrian gourmet establishments. People who know both dishes will easily recognize the transformation the original dish has undergone, though the principle of preparation and main ingredient have remained the same. "Beuschel" - the lung and upper intestines of the calf - is most likely also of Jewish origin, as according to Austria's three-toque gourmet chef Ewald Plachutta and gourmet columnist Christoph Wagner, who have both long studied Austria's culinary history.
Even Vienna's staple dessert, the Apfelstrudel, is an imported dish. It came to Vienna from Turkey by way of Hungary. Other Turkish imports include coffee, the "Kipferl" - a crescent-shaped pastry made from sweet dough - and countless spices. Corn, the South American staple was known as "Türkenweizen" - "Turkish wheat" - well into the 19th century and was made into "Türkensterz" - also called polenta in modern-day Austria. Ewald Plachutta would tell you that the right to the origin for polenta is unfairly attributed to the Italians, since it was being prepared in Styria at the same time.
The Italians did, however, inspire Viennese Tafelspitz with their stewed meat, whereas Serbia brought "Reisfleisch" - a risotto on a beef basis - and many grilled specialties. The true origin of the Wiener Schnitzel is yet unknown. A plausible explanation is that it derived from the Viennese "Backhendl" - deep fried chicken breaded with flour, egg and bread crumbs which has been prepared in this manner since the 16th century.
Who would deny that snails are a French delicacy? Well, guess again. In the 18th century snails were almost an Austrian staple. They were made into snail dumplings, pâtés, salads, omelets and sausage and deep fried. FeeIing a little queezy? Then remember that there is a Styrian saying that promises higher male potency to men who take on the challenge of eating snails.
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ANZ Bank CEO Shayne Elliott eyes bigger domestic share
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has set his sights on earning a higher share of the bank's profits from domestic consumer and business banking, after putting his stamp on the lender by restructuring several key divisions.
After announcing an overhaul of ANZ's wealth business that will see wealth boss Joyce Phillips leave the bank, Mr Elliott told Fairfax Media he now had the management team in place to drive an expansion in domestic retail banking, while lifting returns in institutional lending.
Over the longer term, he said he would look to allocate more of ANZ's capital towards domestic retail and commercial banking, where he believes there is a strong growth opportunity.
Mr Elliott, who began as CEO in January, on Wednesday announced changes that will slice up ANZ's wealth arm, with much of the business being folded into retail banking.
Earlier this week, Mr Elliott also elevated the role of technology by poaching Google's Australian boss Maile Carnegie to fill the newly created position of group executive for digital banking.
In January he had appointed Mark Whelan to lead the challenged institutional banking division, and elevated Fred Ohlsson to oversee retail and commercial banking in Australia.
"This is the go-to-market team that I want and there's not going to be any other changes any time soon," Mr Elliott said, noting he is still in the hunt for a chief financial officer.
While he denied the wealth changes signalled ANZ was walking away from wealth, he said his fundamental mission was to make ANZ Australia's "best bank" in retail and commercial banking, and a world leader in institutional banking in the Asia-Pacific region.
Focus on retail and commercial banking
ANZ currently has about 40 per cent of its capital allocated towards retail and commercial banking. Mr Elliott said he wanted to increase this amount, while allocating less capital towards institutional banking.
"If I'm sitting here in five or six years, I would rather the retail and commercial businesses had a greater proportion of our capital allocated to them. And the institutional business less," Mr Elliott said.
ANZ's market share in domestic banking is about 15 per cent – significantly smaller than the market leaders in consumer banking, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank.
Mr Elliott argued ANZ could boost its share, and digital boss Ms Carnegie would play a key role in this expansion, though he did not nominate a market share target.
"I think that the retail and commercial businesses have a lot of growth opportunity because we are still a fundamentally small bank here at home," he said. "We can grow in almost any environment, and we can grow prudently, responsibly in any environment because we're small."
Mr Elliott said ANZ's institutional business – which has led the bank's push into Asia – faced a more challenging outlook and was likely to become smaller over time.
"There are some return challenges there," he said. "We need to probably get it more fit for purpose. It needs to be leaner, smaller, and more agile in order to be better, and that's what we are going to do."
Well received by investors
The shift towards domestic retail and commercial banking is likely to be well received by investors, who have punished ANZ's share price in part because of concerns over its institutional division and exposure to slowing Asian economies.
ANZ's shares have fallen 35 per cent from last year's peak of more than $37, though on Wednesday they jumped 4.5 per cent to $24.10.
Bell Potter analyst TS Lim said targeting retail and commercial banking made sense because these customers tended to be "stickier" than institutional clients, and earnings were more predictable.
Institutional profits, on the other hand, tend to jump around in response to financial market volatility.
"Retail banks tend to have a better return on equity, institutional is more volatile," Mr Lim said.
The restructure announced on Wednesday will mean key parts of wealth, including financial planning and private banking, become part of ANZ's retail banking division.
Mr Elliott said the changes were not intended to pave the way for a sale of its wealth assets.
Instead, he argued the restructure would improve the bank's ability to sell products such as life insurance, superannuation or financial advice.
"This is absolutely not a retreat away; it's just a next step in the evolution. We want to be more aligned at the front; we want our go-to-market position to be better, and that's what it's about," he said.
"I don't see a future for ANZ that doesn't include us providing those services to customers."
Nonetheless, he also said the bank was looking at ways to improve returns from insurance, superannuation and investment products, which have been weighed down by tougher capital requirements.
Clancy Yeates writes on business specialising in financial services. Clancy is based in our Sydney newsroom.
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- Publisher: 2K Games
- Release Date: Jul 2, 2014
- Also On: PlayStation Vita
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Jul 11, 2014Is a new 3D coat of paint worth spending $14.99? In this case, probably not...
Jul 7, 2014Solid new entry for iOS devices of one of the most popular strategy franchises out there.
Jul 18, 2014I am certainly not disillusioned by the fact that I only get a Civ light on the tablet. But rather by the little progress the game has made in five years and the price politics: You'll get the in most aspects better predecessor for free. And while you're at it, you might want to check out Desert Fox, Eclipse or Ravenmark.
Jul 8, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 just doesn't live up to the price tag for fans of the series as it doesn't add much at all. It's also not that appealing for newcomers as it falls off the tight rope of in depth strategy, and accessibility making it one to skip.
Jul 4, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 is a wonderful interpretation of the turn-based strategy genre for mobile, offering consumable two hour blasts of its world domination gameplay.
Jul 9, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 is a solid and entertaining strategic experience that's worth the download if you're in a strategic state of mind. I've had a few failed moments as a ruler, but I'm not exactly disappointed.
Jul 8, 2014As a tidy-looking package, Civilization Revolution 2 ups the ante in almost every way. It's bold and colourful, and looks fantastic on iPad's gorgeous Retina display. If you're a veteran fan of the series like me, then this mobile sequel might put you off at first. It feels constricted to the mobile world, without the sense of epic scale you get zooming out on your huge empires in the PC games.
Jul 11, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 does some things well and others poorly. Its relative simplicity within the series will deter many Civilization fans, but this same distillation will make it more palatable to players who want a quicker and pacier game.
Jul 9, 2014Civilization Revolution 2's flaws don't detract from its addictive nature.
Jul 10, 2014In the end there's no denying that there's fun to be had in Civilization Revolution 2. If you've played the original, you can safely avoid this one.
Games Master UKAug 24, 2014No multiplayer is a blow, but this off-shoot's return is otherwise compelling. [Oct 2014, p.67]
Jul 9, 2014If, like the developers seem to have done, you ignore the more complex facets of the game, there's still a lot of Civilization-like fun to have. It's just a lesser experience than even the first Revolution was.
Jul 10, 2014And here we come to the main problem of Civilization Revolution 2: it's a sequel. If the original didn't exist, then I'd be praising Rev 2 for bringing the Civilization series to mobile. Instead, this is a game that doesn't need to exist.
Jul 10, 2014As a Civilization fan with thousands of hours played in the series, it's difficult for me to get into the simplified design of Civilization Revolution 2. That doesn't make it a bad game – it offers good controls and variety in leaders, maps, and scenarios, and can easily keep the momentum going for several hours of grand strategy.
LEVEL (Czech Republic)Aug 25, 2014A solid mobile game, a shoddy Civ game. It gets boring after a measly two hours session, which is a subpar effort for this type of game. [Issue#244]
Jul 9, 2014Civilization on a smartphone (or tablet) is still an enticing prospect but this so-called sequel shows very little improvement over the original and is now missing a major play mode.
Jul 9, 2014An over-simplified equivalent of the console Civilization game that doesn't even beat its predecessor.
Jul 3, 2014It's hard to recommend Civilization Revolution 2 to those who already played the original. But if this is your first dose of Civ, you're in for a treat.
Jul 9, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 isn't a terrible game by any stretch, but I've a feeling it will be long forgotten within minutes of sinking my teeth into a full-featured Civilization game set in space.
Jul 7, 2014It's still a very fun game and one of the more accessible games in the 4X genre, and I'll never get tired of pretending everyone is their respective character from Clone High, but I can't confidently recommend this game to anyone who already has the first game, unless those graphics really mean a lot to you.
Jul 15, 2014It's tough to recommend Civilization: Revolution 2 in its current state. It makes few meaningful improvements to the original game, and in some ways its even takes a step back. Depending on your taste for 2D art, I would actually recommend the original Civilization: Revolution over this version. This sequel that feels like a missed opportunity to improve on a good idea.
Jul 9, 2014It feels like an adaptation of the original game, but it is still a solid, fun and engaging experience.
Jul 3, 2014Civilization Revolution 2 brings with it a visual overhaul, new leaders and some new units, but ultimately, it's largely the same game that suffers with the same issues of older Civ games.
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Jul 8, 2014This is an absolute joke... An iOS port from the 7th generation of consoles that took four years to make... It plays exactly like the firstThis is an absolute joke... An iOS port from the 7th generation of consoles that took four years to make... It plays exactly like the first Civilization Revolution. No improvements, no bug fixes, the computer players still cheat half the time... Wow.… Full Review »
Jul 8, 2014So they wanted to grab another amount of cash from iOS users and came with a great idea - why not take a 6 years old console game, and justSo they wanted to grab another amount of cash from iOS users and came with a great idea - why not take a 6 years old console game, and just port it to iOS devices? excellent idea!
Its the save game as CIV revolution 1 but with console graphics. Costs 15$… Full Review »
Jul 14, 2014Horribly disappointing cash grab, not worth a single euro. If you are a Civ fan like me that owns all the games and you bought this game onHorribly disappointing cash grab, not worth a single euro. If you are a Civ fan like me that owns all the games and you bought this game on good faith of the Sid Meier name then you will be gutted too to find out that 2K could release such a product. I am very weary now of Beyond Earth and will definately wait for a sale on that since apparently the Sid Meier name doesn't mean much anymore.… Full Review »


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With the end of another financial year automobile companies like Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Honda Cars India Ltd., Hyundai Motor India Ltd., and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. released their sales figures for FY '16. Hyundai recorded an overall growth of 15%, while Honda, Mahindra and Maruti recorded a growth of 2%, 6% and 11% respectively.
While other manufacturers have grown substantially Hyundai has recorded its highest ever market share by holding 17% of the total. It achieved its highest-ever financial Year domestic sales of 484,324 units compared to 420,668 units in 2014-15 registering a growth of 15.1%. For the month of March 2016, Hyundai registered domestic sales of 41,201 units and exports of 10,251 units with cumulative sales of 51,452 units. In comparison with February 2016 sales when Hyundai sold 40716 units, the March figure stands at 41201 with a growth of 1%.
The sales figures for the month of March were also released and it proves to be another purple patch for the auto sector in 2016. When compared to the domestic sales figures for February 2016, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Honda Cars India Ltd., Hyundai Motor India Ltd., Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Tata Motors all showed growth in the month of March. While comparisons for the same period last year revealed that Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Hyundai Motor India Ltd. and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. recorded growth in sales figures by 19%, 4% and 15% respectively while domestic sales for Honda Cars India Ltd. and Tata Motors dropped by 23% and 1% respectively.
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LONDON (ICIS)--EU benzene imports were up 27% during the first six months of this year compared to the same period of 2012, according to Eurostat data.
From January to June, the EU imported 358,914 tonnes of benzene, up from 282,949 tonnes in the first half of 2012.
This year has seen global pricing volatility on benzene push and pull material between the three key global regions, amid unplanned production outages, vulnerable demand patterns and an uncertain macroeconomic environment.
Europe has been the highest valued region for benzene globally since April, as opposed to 2012 when the US market was the key price driver, with prices reaching record highs three times in the year and breaking the $5.00/gal mark on spot pricing.
As a result, first half 2013 exports out of the EU remained fairly balanced in comparison, up from 114,861 tonnes to 126,390 tonnes, an 11% increase from the same period last year. The monthly shift in volumes has, however, been erratic, a reflection of the global price volatility for much of the year so far.
Exports from the EU saw a sharp year on year drop in June, with firm bullish European spot numbers keeping the arbitrage window closed, as well as for the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, when they were down by 50%.
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If the Cavs really have a chance to land Stoudemire or Iguodala for Z and Hickson then they'd be nuts to consider giving up Hickson for Murphy. When I see Hickson play I see an athletic prospect. He may never reach the level of Iguodala and I can't ever see him becoming the player Stoudemire is. If the Suns trade Stoudemire in this fashion I think that would exceed the lopsided trade of Gasol to the Lakers. I doubt if either trade goes down but one of them does we might want to rethink the value of an expiring contract. Asking for Hickson in the Murphy trade is too much to ask for.
"As the Feb. 18 trade deadline approaches, the Cavaliers and 76ers have been most frequently mentioned as suitors for Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire.
A deal with Cleveland would provide the Suns with a significant amount of salary cap and luxury tax relief. A package centered around young forward J.J. Hickson and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who received most of his salary up front this season, could get Phoenix out of luxury tax territory.
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Recent chatter says the Cavs stay pat at the deadline unless something blows them away... do they need to make that move to take the 'ship?
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I don't believe it. I think that's classic posturing at the deadline. Washington and Indiana are asking for A LOT for Jamison and Troy Murphy. I think this is Cleveland's way of saying "If you keep asking for so much, we may not do anything." Problem is, no one believes it. Danny Ferry has been pretty aggressive the past few weeks. They really want to add a stretch four. I think the Cavs will cave and do something. Given Washington's reluctance to trade Jamison, I think Troy Murphy is the most likely candidate.
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It depends on who is in the driver's seat. The best deal at the last minute might win... but if you're not offering the best deal to begin with then you're not going to win by waiting it out.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
However in the sense of "seems like it would have happened already", I do kind of agree there.
But let's all recall the "never gonna happen" Harrington deal. The Pacers now are the Hawks then. The Hawks waited and waited and in the end they got plenty, even though Indy was the only team that could make that situation work.
Will, I don't think anyone said ONLY Z. I think what was said was a pick in addition at least. I really think people are reading too much into the Powe or Hickson impact. Not that they can't play, but them not being a Pacer has minimal long term big winning impact. As we know all too well, it's not that tough finding bench role player types.
Maybe one of them is later used to spice up another trade perhaps, but much more than that? Seems unlikely.
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I'm still hopeful. The Cavs have to finalize in their minds that Jamison is out before they can get serious about Murph.
And, hopefully, the Jamison thing is fading fast.
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Peter J. Shedd will serve as the director of the full-time master of business administration program at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. He took over the position June 1 and succeeds Melvin R. Crask. Crask is serving as the college's associate dean for academic programs on an interim basis.
A professor of legal studies, Shedd has been on the Terry College faculty for 28 years and has served in several administrative roles on campus, including associate dean in the business school (1985-86), executive assistant to the president (1986-88) and associate vice president for instruction (1999-2003). Currently, he also is the faculty director of the Executive Leadership Program within the State of Georgia Leadership Institute.
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On 19 May, the sixth annual ECMI Minority Roundtable was held on the topic: "The power of numbers?"
Featuring a presentation by Adrian Schaefer-Rolffs, M.A. and doctoral candidate (University of Hamburg), and Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schnapp (University of Hamburg) the event addressed the latest findings on the higher-than-estimated number of minorities in the border region, and the questions that have arisen about both minority politics and policy in Germany and Denmark:
- Do the higher numbers of minorities in the border region require a redefinition of strategies for participation and cultural rights?
- Do more members mean more political influence?
- Does the broader geographical spread of minority families mean extended support for minority schools and organizations?
- Do more speakers of a minority language mean greater accommodation of that language in the public space?
- Should research cover other minorities in the border region?
The ECMI organizes a yearly Minority Roundtable with the four national minorities in the region. The purpose of the Roundtable is to discuss specific topics that have held salient positions in the life of the minorities during the past year. The Roundtable is thus a forum for exchange of knowledge and views about topical issues that concern the minorities and which have importance for the Centre's research and future projects. Each year a specific topic is announced before the event, and a pamphlet is usually prepared afterwards to collect the ideas and thoughts that have been discussed.
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Clown Tattoo Designs could be observed as a form of mockery. These comedian heroes with their make-up and buffoonery can signify an individual who mocks a way too serious globe he/she lives in.
Like Joker (played perfectly by the Late Heath Ledger) would sarcastically say "Why so serious?", a clown on a similar tattoo would also make a assertion to all his audiences.
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Both pleased times and unhappy times have built up our personality and made us who we're. Clown Tattoo Designs shouldn't be checked out as just funny or scary pictures. On the opposite, they ought to be perceived as deeper and hidden individual feelings.
Right here are some of the Clown Tattoo Designs which are generally utilized: Wicked, Frightening, Crazy, Pleased encounter, Crazy, Joker, Cranium, Killer, Gangster, Flame hair, Unhappy clowns with tear/s, Mask, Mad, Wicked, Psycho, Jester, Grim reaper, Baby, Cash, and so on.
When it involves the historical past, we are able to discover clowns in many historic people and societies. His function was to bring the laughter to the court and entertain. A clown have also been a trickster, an illusionist, one that had the capability to change his encounter and performance at his desire. With so much of background, it is no wonder that the numerous Clown Tattoo Designs grew to become so well-liked. Tattooing as being a form of art, has no limits and is just as creative as any other kind of art. The distinction between a tattoo and, for example, painting on canvas, is that a tattoo stays with you always and that it turns into a part of your physique and thoughts. There are many repeatable tattoo patterns and design themes we could see on several people. Tribal styles, animals, religious motifs, eastern along with other symbols, flowers, stars, flames, and so on.
Clown tattoos are also very common designs inside the tattoo artwork. Clowns are portrayed as pleased or humorous and they're also portrayed as wicked, unhappy, frightening or insane. In the tattoo art we will largely notice that clowns are evil and scary that is in total contrast to the friendly and happy archetype of a clown we are utilized to.
With the recognition from the DC comics' "Batman" and its movie serials, Joker as being a negative character gained a great deal of recognition as nicely and these days we are able to discover more and more people having a "Joker" tattoo. Joker is portrayed as an evil and crazy clown, a gangster along with a killer. Clown tattoos comparable to Joker have much to reveal with regards to an individual with such a tattoo.
The primary symbolism of "evil" clowns is really a hidden encounter of anger and discomfort, duality, a man that tends to hide his accurate feelings although in the contrary a constructive clown will signify frivolity and joy. The frivolity has usually been the true language of one's spirit and it is mentioned that laughter and happiness can heal anything.


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The students at Head Start in Lincolnton ushered in spring with a fashion show at the James W. Warren Citizens Center Thursday.
"She liked pink, and I like pink, and pink is a spring color, so we decided to go with pink,†said Michelle Pulley of her 3-year-old daughter's outfit.
All 112 students at Head Start dressed to the nines and participated in the performance.
"Every year, we have a parent-teacher event, and this year we decided to have a fashion show,†said Bernetta Ingram, a teacher assistant at the school. "This way all the parents get to know everybody.â€
The mood backstage before the show was "chaotic,†but all the 3- to 5-year-olds looked adorable. Patent leather shoes, Easter hats, ties and vests were all in abundance.
"All the kids are so beautiful,†Ingram said. "I'm just overjoyed.â€
The show opened up with students singing the ABCs and numbers in Spanish. Following their shaking and air-guitar strumming, parents and their children walked the "runway.â€
"I was nervous,†said Sharon Rinck after taking her turn on the stage.
How did her 4-year-old daughter Victoria feel?
"Pretty,†she said.
Fathers, mothers and grandmothers all walked the stage with the students while an appreciative audience clapped.
"He's excited because he gets to do it with his daddy,†said Elizabeth Wail of her son.
Like the children, many of the guardians wore their best – including three-piece suits. Some children twirled and curtsied on stage. Others nervously eyed the crowd.
Organizers deemed the event a success.
"This is our first year, and hopefully this is something we can do year after year,†said Candy Walker, bus driver and substitute teacher for Head Start.
The goal of the event wasn't just to show off polka-dot dresses. It was a chance for parents to spend time with teachers, other parents and their children.
"I love it,†said Mandy Thornburg, mother of 5-year-old Brooke, of the school. "They work with the parents to accomplish their learning.â€
Catherine Maynor, who has two children in the school, echoed that sentiment.
"It helps them learn a lot better before regular school, and the teachers are real good teachers,†she said.
Sometimes the learning goes a little too far, however.
"She's speaking English and Spanish. It was difficult for her, but now she's speaking too much English,†joked Daniela Moron, mother of 4-year-old Katalina.
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Employment and unemployment duration in less developed regions
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the distribution of labor market experience among the unemployed in a less developed area in Greece (the north-western region of Epirus), where unemployment has severe detrimental repercussions on the local workforce. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses a dataset, obtained through purpose built questionnaires used to assist the local authority in carrying out a regional, pilot, active labor market policy project financed by the European Commission and the Greek Government. Findings - An ordinary least square regression was applied correcting for incidental truncation, in order to show that the duration of the prior unemployment spell negatively affects the duration of the current employment spell and vice versa, which highlights the phenomenon of an "unemployment trap". Furthermore, those personal and socioeconomic characteristics which are responsible for causing jobless individuals to be "trapped" in the unemployment state are identified. Workers aged above 45, women, employees in sales and other service occupations, face significantly shorter complete spells of employment, along with longer duration of unemployment, hence suffering from self-reinforcing unemployment. Originality/value - The results show that a "scarring effect" appears to be in operation, as the duration of prior unemployment spell has deleterious effects on the duration of the subsequent employment and vice versa. This evidence provides additional insights for policymakers, who design measures for individuals vulnerable to unemployment in the less developed regions of the European Union.
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Tuesday that the April 2013 fire and fertilizer fueled explosion at West Fertilizers was preventable and highlights the shortcomings of existing governmental regulations over chemical hazards.
In a release of its preliminary findings, the CSB said, after spending a year reviewing the deadly accident, that it is the agency's view that the fire and explosion at the fertilizer distribution facility was a result of West Fertilizer not taking the necessary steps to avoid the incident and from the inability of federal, state and local regulatory agencies to identify and correct the potential hazards.
The massive blast killed 15, injured approximately 200 and caused over $100m in damages when ammonium nitrate (AN) stored at the facility caught fire and erupted. It destroyed 150 buildings and 77 homes as well as severely damaging three schools in the small farming community in central Texas.
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating serious chemical accidents. The board does not issue citations or fines but does make safety recommendations to plants, industry organisations, labour groups and regulatory agencies.
"The CSB found at all levels of government a failure to adopt codes to keep populated areas away from hazardous facilities, not just in West, Texas. We found 1,351 facilities across the country that store ammonium nitrate. Farm communities are just starting to collect data on how close homes or schools are to AN storage, but there can be little doubt that West is not alone and that other communities should act to determine what hazards might exist in proximity," said Johnnie Banks, CSB supervisory investigator.
The CSB investigation found that at the state level, Texas has no fire code and it determined that lessons learned during emergency responses to AN incidents have not been effectively disseminated to firefighters and emergency responders in other communities where the fertilizer product is stored and utilised. In addition the CSB has concluded that the West volunteer firefighters were not aware of the explosion hazard at West Fertilizer and were caught in harm's way when the blast occurred.
The agency noted in its investigation that while US standards for AN have remained static for decades, other countries have more rigorous standards covering both storage and siting of nearby buildings.
At the county level in Texas, the McLennan County's local emergency planning committee did not have an emergency response plan for West Fertilizer as it might have done under the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. The CSB said this shows that community was not fully aware of the potential hazard at the facility.
CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso did commended the action by The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) in establishing an auditing and outreach programme for fertilizer retailers called ResponsibleAg, and for disseminating with the Agricultural Retailers Association a document called "Safety and Security Guidelines for the Storage and Transportation of Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate at Fertilizer Retail Facilities".
The CSB did not reveal when it expects to finalise its investigation but will be holding a public meeting in West, Texas, to present the preliminary results and respond to any inquiries from the community. Separate investigations by the Texas State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are still pending.


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Safe Communities Take Teamwork
January 30, 2012
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Fair Oaks Police District – A 92-year-old woman was watching television in her living room of her Greenbriar area home, around noon, not long ago when an unfamiliar man appeared. She called to him and he abruptly fled.
A few days earlier, a 74-year-old woman in a nearby neighborhood arrived home around 5 p.m. to find her back door ajar and items from several rooms in the home disturbed, amiss and missing. Several pieces of missing jewelry were of sentimental value so the victim distributed flyers around the neighborhood in an effort to track down a suspect.
With investigative leads, detectives were able to link the cases. Along with helpful neighborhood tips, efforts from officers from the Fair Oaks Bike Team, and the dynamic sensory performance of K-9 Bloodhound team Shnoz and handler, Officer Pete Masood, suspects were subsequently developed and two people were arrested on January 23. Michael Harkins, 19, 12729 Marboro Lane was charged with two counts of burglary and one count of grand larceny. A 17-year-old juvenile was also charged with the same offenses. The investigation continues.
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US DVD: 21 Mar 2006
I can't say that the cute-as-a-button charms of young Sally Field managed to hook me for more than this single introductory episode of Gidget (which is still more than the charms of old Sally Field have managed to do), so I'm not about to fight that theme song guy for the right to make Gidget my valentine just yet (note: 'that theme song guy' turns out to be veteran performer Johnny Tillotson). Presumably initial audiences felt the same way, with the show only lasting for a single season, which is a little surprising given how frequent a cultural reference young Gidge continues to be.
Nevertheless, series opener 'Dear Diary—et al.' managed to serve up a surprising combination of dreamy boys, Daddy-targeted tantrums, secret diary readings, and dramatic complements to Lacanian psychoanalytic theory. Well, OK, it was only the Lacanian psychoanalytic theory bit that was surprising.
Young Gidget, developing a crush on a boy who can surely only be described as totally dreamy, starts to write about him in her diary, elaborating somewhat until their casual pubescent meeting starts to get a little, uh, steamy. Well, sort of.
Gidget's penning the usual dopey teenage romance, which gets a little more serious, until ... well, she hits a point where she knows something is supposed to happen, clearly something pretty gosh-dern important, but she isn't quite sure exactly what that's supposed to be. 'Goose-pimples all over'? No. 'Fainted dead away'? Nah. But suddenly inspiration strikes, and the imagined encounter reaches its climax as Gidge and her surfer lad ... 'sink into nothingness'.
Well, I never! A completely unethical diary reading by Gidget's sister later, and the family's in a bit of turmoil about Gidget having, y'know, done it.
All this melodrama about 'sinking into nothingness', including what seems to be some authentically portrayed and not entirely unreasonable concern from Daddy Gidget (Professor Russ Lawrence, played by Don Porter), might seem to be at first glance just another of those euphemism-based recurring jokes, where characters keep referring to some ridiculous term to avoid mentioning some supposedly edgy topic. That Everybody Loves Raymond episode ('Good Girls', 9 March 1998) comes to mind, where 'being a good girl' was used to discuss whether or not women had pre-marital sex (something that really gives the episode a creepy puritanical undertone, being simultaneously evasive and obsessive about its sexual topic, not to mention about 40 years out of date).
What makes 'Dear Diary—et al.' a little more interesting is the simple but worthwhile insight that Gidget's use of 'sinking into nothingness' isn't really a euphemism at all. Rather than standing in for some specific sexual element, it doesn't really mean anything. Gidget certainly doesn't know what it's supposed to mean—she simply reached a point in the narrative where something was supposed to happen.
A superficial reading might suggest that this simply reveals Gidget's underlying innocence, which is true enough. But, taking this idea a little further, it complements nicely the Lacanian idea that the human psyche revolves around the pursuit of climactic moments that, when reached, have no actual value in themselves: they only exist as moments of anticipation, not obtainable or specific content.
In other words, it's more about the 'spot' in the story—that point Gidget reaches where something's supposed to happen—than what actually goes into it. We construct narrative trajectories for ourselves, but their motivating goals and climaxes are fundamentally arbitrary, intangible and evasive. In actuality, we pursue the meaningless phrase which promises some kind of climactic completeness (i.e., 'sank into nothingness') and are only fooling ourselves when we try to assign some specific value to it (in this instance, sex).
We 'fill in' a pre-existing climactic gap, rather than actually discovering that climax in any actual event or act. (This, Slavoj Zizek suggests, is why watching porn can be so depressing: the usual cultural 'gap' of sexual depiction, around which so many of our cultural narratives revolve, is completely filled-in and, laid bare before us, is immediately robbed of its allure.)
That completely unethical diary reading by Gidget's sister ...
As a result, Gidget is actually more correct than her father (who specifically sees 'sex' in the empty phrase) by recognizing that the climactic moment of her narrative doesn't mean anything specific at all—it just fills in an unavoidable gap. Phew. To borrow a phrase from Zizek, who knew that Gidget had read Lacan?
On a more grounded level, film buffs might recall the scene in Casablanca where Humphrey Bogart (Rick) and Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa) totally-maybe-possibly do it, daddy-o; first year film students will probably have run into Richard Maltby's description of it in Hollywood Cinema:
As they kiss, the image dissolves to a shot of the airport tower, and then back to the apartment, with Rick standing looking out the window ... The audience must guess the length of the ellipsis, and what, if anything, happened in it ... Is the tower a phallic symbol, is that a post-coital cigarette Bogart is smoking? Or has Rick's decision ... established his commitment to marital fidelity? The movie provides equally persuasive evidence for either interpretation… (Richard Maltby, Hollywood Cinema Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, 2nd edition, pp. 479-480)
Maltby's reading suggests a careful structural evasiveness on Hollywood's part, allowing audiences to project a variety of contradictory readings on the scene (just as Gidget and her family do with her meaningless phrase). Zizek's reading of the same scene, however, suggests a fundamental need for that 'blank spot' in the human psyche: a spot that exists to be filled in with desires and anticipated climaxes (sex, or whatever) that will never, in fact, meet the ultimate implied promise.
Both, of course, share the same property—they revolve around the same 'empty' core. The airport tower is just a picture of an airport tower, the phrase 'sank into nothingness' is just a silly piece of teenage purple prose. It's the 'empty' core that paradoxically provokes the most 'meaning'.
(Actually, 'sank into nothingness' seems to channel the real trajectory of the Freudian Death Drive quite nicely: not physical death, but the absolute reduction of the human will and consciousness to 'nothingness'. But let's not try to make Gidget an icon in the canon of philosophical personal dissolution—not right now, anyway.)
Of course, for those who fear overanalysis and sneaky academic revisionism, I should point out that it's somewhat less than likely that Gidget was intended to promote discussion of abstract theoretical concepts. But, if nothing else, this first episode is a handy complement to discussing the Lacanian idea of an evasive void central to the psyche, or the audience projection inherent in that scene from Casablanca.
And since insight comes primarily from taking your topic seriously, no matter how small it might seem, and 'Dear Diary—at al.' seems to have done just that, I suppose I should at least give another episode of Gidget a go.
Of course, if it doesn't open up discussion of Heidegger's Being and Time
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