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My great blogging friend Vinnie (go check out his site if you haven't already) has nominated me for another award, this time the 'Versatile Blogger' award. These awards remind me how I have constantly been meeting people who also love to write about film, and whatever else, since I started this blog. Of all those folk, Vinnie is probably the dude who I have had the most correspondence with. At least in comments sections! I just get a sense that, if this guy were to come to Adelaide for some strange reason, I'd have him staying at my house to show him round. Such is the great community within the 'blogosphere', almost every person you meet is nice, complimenting, honest and best of all, often not too dissimilar from myself. Having always felt like a weirdo and not having many friends at all in real life, meeting and chatting to peeps like this online is great for things like my self-esteem as I meet more and more really cool people, some located down under themselves!
As Eric correctly alluded to himself in this post over at IPC, these awards seem to run around in circles within the blogosphere, and while I love the intention behind them, I'm gonna change it up a bit and take the 'award' that he created and will nominate a few blogs that can choose to participate if they wish. Much like this award, it will involve answering a few questions, but they will be from my twisted mind. Muahaha!
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank anyone who has ever read one of my posts or commented on this site. I hope you find my ramblings somewhat interesting, and I appreciate each and every comment. I honestly thought no one would ever read my bullcrap when I first created this. I look at the date and its a few months from my first year anniversary for this site, and I was never expecting people to actually read my stuff. And comment kindly on them! Its kinda cheesy but its an awesome feeling, even if only one or two people read a post and leave a comment, I love reading and responding to each and every one.
Okay, enough of the blabbering….
Before I get to the blogs and questions, this is my list of ten facts about myself. First, a picture to accompany fact #1.
- I have a five year-old American Pitbull named Brutus. He is like a son. As you can see above, he is teh awesome
- I drink way too much bourbon when I write. That or cigarettes. Or energy drinks.
- I have only left my home state of South Australia four times, and have never travelled abroad. I plan to rectify this as soon as I can afford it!
- I play drums in an aspiring old school hardcore punk/death metal band. We are currently preparing to record our debut EP in my 'jam room'/recording studio that is a normal room covered in carpet
- I support the Chicago Bulls religiously, to the point of swearing at the screen in frustration
- There are more movie posters in my house than I can count
- I have watched 2001: A Space Odyssey at least 50 times, if not a hundred times
- The first film that ever made me laugh was BASEketball. I was 12 when I first saw it and I almost died from laughter
- I am nearly four years sober from a 7-plus year addiction to painkillers. Check out 'The Archway Chronicles' to read my insane experience in rehab, it was quite the ride!
- I have recently completed a Youth Work diploma and will soon be doing work placement at some sort of youth centre. I can't wait to help young folk who are struggling like I was many years ago
Last time I did this I totally forgot to list other blogs, but not this time. In no particular order, the ten recipients of the Award of Awesomeness:
- Syncopated Eyeball (now how awesome a name is that for a website, eh?)
- MovieManJackson
- EmmaK
- Dell tha Funky Movie Dude
- Pauly
- Cindy
- The Telltale Mind
- Jay @ Assholes Watching Movies
- Thy Critic Man
- Tom @ DigitalShortbread
- Ruth @ flixchatter
- Natalie @ WriterLovesMovies
- Mel @ TheCreativeFoxDen
And now the questions!
1 – Was is the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to you?
2 – What is the one movie you would take with you to a desert island? Not necessarily your favourite movie, one that you can watch an infinite amount of times
3 – Do you or have you ever played a sport?
4 – What is your favourite genre of music?
5 – What was the most irritating cinema experience you can remember?
6 – What movie really gets to you whenever you watch it?
7 – What is your dream job?
8 – What is the first funny scene from a movie that comes into your mind as you read this right now?
9 – List a memory that makes you chuckle just thinking about it
10 – What is your dream movie? Pick a director (and writer if you want) and starring actors, and write a blurb for the movie you would make if you could!
… And I can't think of any more. But congratulations to those listed, and if you feel like it, nominate a few blogs yourself and answer my questions! If you do though, you need to think of at least five questions yourself. Ah haaa, yes, that is how this shall work. Feel free to not take part if you can't be bothered 🙂
Everyone have a nice day!! You all rule!


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PARADISE — A 23-year-old Paradise man was arrested late Tuesday afternoon on allegations he was trading marijuana in exchange for sexual favors with a juvenile girl.
Paradise police say that on Feb. 12 they were told Adam William Muellers was reportedly trading marijuana for sex. Police launched a six-week investigation into the allegations.
On Tuesday, police agencies searched Muellers" residence. Police said they discovered 62 marijuana plants in an outdoor storage shed and 12 in an outdoor grow. Computers, cellphones and tablets were also seized.
Police say Muellers was using text messaging and social media to communicate with the juvenile victim. Police allege the communications were used to establish time and place where sexual favors were exchanged for marijuana.
He was arrested on felony charges of contacting a minor to commit a sex act, felony oral copulation of a person under 18, furnishing a minor with marijuana, cultivation of marijuana and marijuana possession for sale.
Muellers was booked into the Butte County Jail and held in lieu of $195,000 bail.
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I'm sure you are now all aware of how good Jedi Outcast is, so I won't go into too much detail about that. What I will do is take you through some of my favorite portions of the game. And there's plenty to see:
1) The Story
You'll start the game 9 years after the events of Jedi Knight. Kyle Katarn has retired his lightsaber and force powers and turned to mercenary work. A call from Mon Mothma to investigate a strange distress call on the planet Kejim sees Kyle and his pilot, Jan Ors, thrown into a battle on the planet which has been overrun by Stormtroopers. From here you'll get caught up in a series of battles and bad guys and eventually Kyle takes out the lightsaber again for deadly battles against a group of strange Sith lords.
Along the way you'll meet up with familiar faces of the New Republic, including Luke Skywalker. It all combines to develop a story that carries on the tradition of the original Star Wars trilogy to great effect.
2) The Lightsaber
If there's one thing that makes this game a masterpiece, it's the lightsaber. Raven have complied a simple yet challenging control system which is far more interactive then what was originally conceived in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Basically we have a combination of the Episode I style jumps, rolls and sidesteps along with the usual lightsaber combat every Star Wars fan dreams of. Chopping down troopers, deflecting enemy fire and blocking oncoming Sith attacks won't take too long to get the hang of at all.
But what I love most about this version of the lightsaber above all others are the little things. Waving your saber around creates a blurring visual effect, much like the movie scenes. Touching walls and doors with your saber leaves burn marks (although I'm yet to try the Qui-Gon door opening move yet). And then you have the shadow effect, in which the saber casts a shadow onto the floors and doors, just to prove that it really is a beam of light (a deadly one at that). All these little touches makes lightsaber combat all that more fun to watch as well as play.
3) Weapons structure
The lightsaber isn't the only weapon in the game. There are a great range of weapons to choose from. You start the game with the trusty Bryar pistol and almost instantly pick up the Stormtrooper rifle (joy!), but there's no doubt that the most fun will be had with the Bowcaster, the trusty weapon of the Wookiees. For Jedi Outcast, Raven have added a sniper scope to the Bowcaster, meaning plenty of head kills for poor little troopers! And since many of you should be Counter-Strike players, this should be something of a bonus for multiplayer gaming (but I'll tell you about that later).
Although more emphasis has been placed on lightsaber combat, there will be many situations where you need a little more help. For instance, you may run into a room filled with enemies. Yes, you could run around and chop them into bits, but it's difficult to block all of the incoming blaster fire. On these sorts of occasions you can pull out a blaster and go "Quake" like, shooting everything in sight, or use a thermal detonator. Throw one of them into the room and you'll clean it out in no time at all.
In truth, all of the weapons are unique and you will always need them for certain situations. Each has a strength and a weakness (for example, the Bryar pistol is more accurate but weak while a stormtrooper rifle is less accurate but more powerful) yet they all have an importance for being part of the arsenal.
4) Level Structure
One of the best parts of Jedi Knight was the level structure. Some levels were amazingly huge, and took forever to get through, thanks to the inclusion of puzzles and plenty of enemies to get through. Thankfully that same style of level structure has been included by Raven, and at times are astonishing to look at.
You'll find your way through the likes of the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, Cloud City and its now famous freezing chamber, and plenty of Imperial bases across different planets. Each level contains objectives of varying style (destroy this, find that, etc.) with a mixture of puzzles to complete to continue forward. The puzzles themselves are at times difficult, while sometimes being the obvious, but in all they are a wider range then what was designed in Jedi Knight.
The most impressive features is the amount of interactivity in each level. Most glass items are breakable, and you'll find yourself throwing troopers through windows many a time. Computer screens can be broken from blaster fire, and as previously mentioned, your lightsaber leaves burn marks on walls, floors, etc.
One area that interested me the most was in the first level. Put simply, your team mate (Jan Ors) helps out against the many Stormtroopers in your path. More like a co-op mode, the very high AI for the computer controlled Jan helps out in a great way, actually distracting the enemy so you can pick off the troopers when their gaze is away from you, while giving cover fire for you as well. It's something of a surprise, and a valuable addition. I just wish there was an actual co-op mode included.
5) Force Powers
Raven has included the same Force Powers as before, with a few inclusions, but it's the way of which these Force Powers come to be that's most important. Kyle hasn't used his force powers for some time, so at the beginning of the game you won't have any to use. As you go along, just as before, you'll learn powers that come in very handy in combat and also in getting around levels (force jump, for example). However, there aren't any Dark Side/Light Side problems to come across here, since Kyle has already chosen which path to take. On another note, each Force power will come in handy as soon as you receive them (unlike Jedi knight, in which the powers were not in any particular order, and may not be of any use until later on in the game). It's definitely a better design, since you can use the powers almost straight away, and they are great to watch in action, that's for sure.
Of most importance to you in terms of combat are Force Push, Force Lightning and Force Throw. Push allows you to push away enemies, and can come in handy if you run out of ammo during a heavy fire fight. Force throw has been seen before in Jedi Knight, but it's a very deadly move where you throw your lightsaber out into the crowd, slicing anything in its path. And most powerful of all is lightning, sending a bolt of lightning from your finger tips (similar to the Emperor in Return of the Jedi). I suggest you hone your skills with these, since many fights with the Sith in the game will require much skill.
6) Presentation
During the early days of Jedi Outcast, many of you were disappointed with the loss of live action cut scenes. Here they have been replaced by full motion animation and in-game cut scenes, and I must admit I prefer it this way. I'm not saying I wasn't fond of the live FMV, but there is so much more that can be created through animation than any other medium, and this proves it.
Anyway, other then the animation, Jedi Outcast is a wonder to behold. Each level, character and background is highly detailed with, as long as you have a decent computer to play it on, very smooth frame rates. That combined with some nice voice overs (including Billy Dee Williams as Lando) and the ever present John Williams score creates an overall wonderful package that all Star Wars fans will get a kick out of.
So there you have it, Jedi Outcast. We've waited a long time for the series to return, but I'm sure you all agree with me when I say it was very much worth the wait. Raven has combined all of the elements that made Jedi Knight such a wonderful success, while giving a much needed spit and polish in the effects section and adding plenty of new features.
Congratulations to LucasArts and Raven for a job well done. Everything fits together nicely for an amazing experience. And I haven't even mentioned multiplayer yet!
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The 7th annual Red Rock Film Festival is a gathering for cinematic art in Zion Canyon of Southern Utah, USA. It is retreat for independent premieres, films, and panels that both enlighten the senses and empower the mind. All genres are considered with a sense of well-being.
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One Goal was published in November 2012 by Burn Magazine. Its 71 stunning black-and-white photos look into the locker room, the offices, and the arenas where the team's mission and accomplishments unfolded.
In her first book, One Goal, award-winning photojournalist Allison Davis O'Keefe chronicles the final season in which the University of North Dakota hockey team competed under their moniker of the "Fighting Sioux."
The hardcover book of 71 black and white images, published by Burn Magazine and printed in Italy, presents a fascinating look on the ice and behind the scenes of the team's steadfast march to what they hoped would be a national championship.
Along the way, O'Keefe, through her lens, paints a vivid picture of what a hockey team can mean to a college, a town, players, and fans.
A Class of 2000 graduate of CMC as well as the International Center of Photography, O'Keefe spent nine years working for CBS News covering the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (for which she shared an Emmy Award), the presidential campaigns of 2004 and 2008, and the U.S. Congress.
O'Keefe will visit the Athenaeum on Thursday, March 28, as a guest of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies. (Read more about O'Keefe and other Gould guests visiting this spring.)
CMC: What attracted you to the idea of doing a photo-essay book about a North Dakota hockey team engaged in their final season as the "Fighting Sioux"?
Allison: I wanted to follow a sports team behind the scenes, and all-access. I didn't specifically desire to delve into the controversy. Coach Dave Hakstol allowed me to follow the team during 2010-2011 because it was to be the last season as the "Fighting Sioux." While that transition is the backdrop, my book is about the team, the town, and the sport itself.
CMC: The controversy was about the nickname?
Allison: In 2005, the NCAA issued a list of 18 colleges and universities with "hostile and abusive" Native American nicknames, included among them the Florida Seminoles, Illinois Fighting Illini and the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Some of those institutions–– such as Florida––were able to come to agreement with their local tribes, which enabled them to continue to use the nickname. Others, such as UND, were not, for a myriad of reasons. The fan base of this team is deeply passionate about the nickname, so it was a tough transition and became a hotly contested political issue within the community.
To many people, they will always be the "Fighting Sioux." And that passion will continue through the high level of play, the devoted fan base, and history of the program.
CMC: Why did you choose to take black and white pictures as opposed to color?
Allison: I shot the project in color. It was a postproduction editorial decision to then develop the digital images in black and white. The team color is green and I felt that the green would take over the image. When removed, the emotion of the moment emerged in a more profound way, and I found the pictures to be timeless. For me, this book and project is about the emotions driving 'sport'–– the passion of fans, the devastation of loss, escalation of joy, and the quietness of a player when he finds himself alone before a big event.
CMC: What did you learn along the way about a team so singularly focused on one goal–– winning it all at the end of the season?
Allison: From Coach Hakstol I learned the importance of recognizing your accomplishments along the way. More than a year after this season, Hakstol told me he wished that the guys knew how proud he was of all that they had accomplished (winning the Broadmore Trophy, McNaughton Cup) despite the ultimate loss, and that there is a way to look toward the final prize while still appreciating the wins along the way. The larger lessons of sports are what I find so valuable to all of us.
CMC: What does the title of your book––One Goal––mean, exactly?
Allison: It has many layers of meaning. It takes only one goal to win or lose a hockey game. But this team especially had just ONE goal in mind during the season, and that was to win a national championship. They did not achieve that goal. But, sometimes in losing, there are just as many important lessons about life.
CMC: What were you looking to achieve from a purely artistic sense with your photographs in the book?
Allison: I was always looking at details, sometimes odd details. I focused on things like ice sharpening equipment, skates, sticks lined up, and found some of my favorite images are the ones of the players alone. One of my favorite photographs is of Derek Forbort laying on the couch in the lobby of the hotel in Mankato, Minnesota. There was a classic Midwestern snowstorm that roared into town that weekend, and the game was postponed from Saturday night until Sunday afternoon because it was too dangerous for people to travel to the game. I find the solitude interesting.
CMC: What was the most challenging shot?
Allison: The most challenging moment was in the locker room after they had lost their final game. It was such a devastating loss for these young men, and for the coaches who invested so much into that season. I needed to be there, but it was extremely difficult.
CMC: Who wrote the text in the book?
Allison: Matt Greene, who is a Stanley Cup-winning assistant captain for the Los Angeles Kings, wrote the forward. He played for the University of North Dakota. His words truly capture the passion and devotion that those who play for UND feel about the community and the experience. But I think his sentiment goes well beyond the sport. In the forward, he writes that before taking the ice with his team, instead of feeling pressure, he felt gratitude. I believe there is a lesson for all of us in that sentiment. I wrote an afterward about the experience, and, throughout the book, there are a few quotations from my interviews with Coach Dave Hakstol and Chay Gennoway, the captain that season. I interviewed a number of players and Hakstol during the season but much of that has yet to be published.


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His injuries came from a past now dim,
But still the scars are seen,
He gave for a cause,
an idea that to many was unseen,
But now for me it is clear.
I didnt know him then,
When he went across the sea to fight
where many would not go,
But I see those days there in his eyes.
Can his wounds be healed? What pain is still there?
No, his scars will remain,
But can fade with time.
It hurts me, but not like him,
The torturous memries he holds.
I wish new life for this wounded warrior, my knight,
For deserving he surely is,
Can I help give that to him,
the peace that should be his,
For he trod many steps I will never know,
With this tribute I will begin.
Now let him hear me say thank you for what he gave.
I notice, I appreciate it, and I love him for it.
For standing against the reproach, the easy way,
For always being faithful even when it made no sense.
May God reward him for it.
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How to "Copy as Unicode" from a Notebook?
How can I copy Greek text from notebooks as proper Unicode that can be pasted into other applications? If I type some Greek text into a notebook, and then try to paste it elsewhere, it ends up as a set of character names in Mathematica's notation. The screenshot below illustrated the problem.
It doesn't really matter if the Greek text is typed elsewhere, then pasted into Mathematica, or if it's typed directly into Mathematica: when copying from Mathematica, Greek letters are converted into character names.
If you don't have a Greek keyboard layout installed, this can be useful for testing.
Use case: analysing Greek text and copying results from a notebook.


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DETROIT -- Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy returned to the starting lineup on Saturday after dealing with lower back spasms and taking Friday off.
"I think it was a smart move, considering the conditions and everything yesterday and what I was feeling the days before," said Hardy, who played through the spasms on Wednesday and Thursday.
Hardy missed two games last year with the issue and said it was much worse the other times he's had spasms than the most recent flare-up.
"Before that, it [hasn't been since] 2009 in Milwaukee that I had them," Hardy said. "It's been a while, so I feel like I've done a pretty good job of doing my low-back exercises. It could have turned into a two-week thing and so it probably was the smart thing to do, take yesterday off."
Hardy went 2-for-3 with a walk in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Tigers and made a run-saving play in the third.


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Truly official now, John Hopkins has signed-on with the Crescent Suzuki British Superbike team for the 2011 season. Hopper's first duty on the BSB team will be to test at the upcoming sessions at the Spanish tracks of Cartagena and Guadix. Crescent Suzuki also says that Hopkins will ride as a wildcard entry at the World Superbike round at Donington Park in March, which precedes the season BSB opener at Brands Hatch in April.
"I am really looking forward to BSB and working with Crescent again, it will obviously be a different crew but I know they are a great group of guys and that will be a good foundation to start the season. It is going to be a huge challenge for me, I know there are new tracks to learn, but I am not too concerned," said Hopkins


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NSFW The Duke is back with a fresh PR stunt, this time an online game which features guns, targets and lots of Bulgarian airbags.
The game - aptly titled Duke Nudem - pits a user against one of four models in a shooting gallery, firing different weapons in a variety of modes. The luscious ladies encourage you to shoot your load by stripping if you score higher than them. There's no need to splash out... the game is free.
There is a "SFW" version too, but don't expect me to tell you how that one goes - there's no time to try them both. It was very hard and I was pushed to get a grip on it - the game that is.
While clips of the girls baring all take a while to load, it's certainly worth the wait. Let us know which one you think is the hottest. I've got dibs on number four, "Rifle Rosie". Took ages to unlock her, though.
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Moderator: Cartographers
nicarus wrote:you could change the cars to subways that interconnected, that would break up the problem with deadlocks. the territories could be named after the rail maps, usa, africa, europe, austrailia.
generalhead wrote:A] Do you see the potential for deadlocks because this is a circular attacking board.
B] Is it possible that once the hotel is held you can attack any spot on the board.
C] What happens if you are in the development box and you colored set is broken, do those troops revert to neutral or does it stall until you can gain the colored set back?
sempaispellcheck wrote:If you could find some way to add the house/hotel idea to all that Gilligan had going on in his map, that might be cool.
ManBungalow wrote:sempaispellcheck wrote:If you could find some way to add the house/hotel idea to all that Gilligan had going on in his map, that might be cool.
I've checked back on Gilligan's map thread and there doesn't seem to be a house/hotel idea?
As far as gameplay, koontz sounds overly negative. If his concerns are legitimate there has to be a way to fix them.
It would be a shame to miss out on creating this due to copyright issues.
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One gold, three bronze for Team USA sprinters
LONDON – It was an electric evening in London as the eyes of the world turned toward the Olympic Stadium for some of the most anticipated events of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. U.S. athletes competed in seven track and field medal events tonight, after a strong showing in the qualifying rounds, and brought home four medals including gold and bronze medals in the men's T52 100m.
"I am so excited," said Raymond Martin, who prevailed in a men's T52 100m field that included two American teammates. "The 100 is not my best, to be golden is unbelievable."
Martin crossed the line in 17.02 to win Team USA's first track and field gold of the Games. Competing in his fourth Games, Paul Nitz captured the bronze medal in a time of 17.99. Josh Roberts finished sixth in 18.86.
A trio of Americans, Jim Bob Bizzell, Blake Leeper and Jerome Singleton, were all smiles headed into the men's T44 200m final as flash bulbs popped around the sold out stadium of more than 80,000 spectators. At the exciting finish, Leeper desperately dove across the line. Then he anxiously awaited the official results, which put him third.
The fought race was won by Brazil's Oliveira Alan Fonteles Cardoso in 21.45 with South Africa's Oscar Pistorius finishing with a silver medal. Pistorius, who became the first amputee to run at the Olympic Games earlier this summer, ran a 21.52. With a time of 22.46, Leeper opened his first ever Games with a bronze.
"To have missed a medal in one of my favorite events, I would have been crushed," said Leeper. "I would do anything for it, I dove and it stung a little bit but it was worth it, I got it."
Singleton finished fifth crossing the line in 23.58 while Bizzell finished eighth in 28.19.
"I want to use tonight to build for the 100," said Singleton "Watch for me then."
The men's T44 100m, the most highly anticipated race of the Games, is Sept. 6.
April Holmes, the reigning world and Paralympic record holder in the women's T44 100m final, was the final Team USA athlete competing on Day 4. The race was capped with another diving finish for the Americans as Holmes captured third crossing the line in a season's best time of 13.33.
"I am just so proud to be on this team," she said. "It was hard to make this U.S. team and to make it, to get to come here and put USA across my chest and win a bronze is truly special."
Jeff Skiba was first up for Team USA on Sunday, competing in the men's F44 javelin final. Skiba's 49.09 finished him in eighth place .
In the men's T53 400m final, Joshua George finished fifth in a time of 51.14. As a veteran of the Games, George knows how to take this evening and build on it.
"It's my first event on the track," he said. "I learned from Beijing that you can come back and finish really strong."
George has a busy Games ahead competing in the 200m, 800m, 1500m, marathon and the men's 4x400m relay.
Markeith Price ran a personal best to qualify for his first Paralympic final in the men's T13 400m. Price finished ninth tonight with a time of 51.98 and after the race simply said "I love the Paralympic Games. It shows everyone that thinks they can't, they definitely can."
In the Women's T53 100m final, Jessica Galli and Anjali Forber-Pratt crossed the line fourth and sixth respectively at 17.42 and 17.67. After the race, Forber-Pratt commented on her approach to London.
"For me, I think having a positive outlook is who I am but it also comes with the territory of being a Paralympian," she said. "As a veteran on the team it's important for me to be a leader that's part of what wearing USA means."
The action continues Monday at Olympic stadium for Team USA.


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Sakthi sought to become a full-service provider that could offer products and value added services to help its customers succeed. To achieve this goal, it recognized that it would need to rapidly increase its sales force productivity in its current market segments while seeking profitable new product and market segments.
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Analyzing customer data to identify and profile profitable customer segments and detailing customer requirements. Developing a strategy to help enhance sales productivity in these segments and training the front-line sales force to identify and engage with them through the use of practical job aids.
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Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich
The fact that I was watching a new Toy Story movie took a little while to sink in. It's been 11 years since Toy Story 2, which is a huge interim for any film series, but one that seems even huger to me since I was only nine years old when the second movie came out. For people of my age, these characters are nothing short of iconic. After all this time, I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn't be experiencing further adventures with Woody, Buzz, and the gang. Yet there I was at the local multiplex, surrounded by a bunch of little kids who weren't even alive when I saw the first two.


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Dreamland with Whitley Strieber — Prophecies of Pope Francis and the Last Pope
Continuous feed for a week begins 10 am Pacific 15 March 2013
Whitley and I taped this interview the day after Pope Francis has chosen. In the first free interview open to the general public we warm up to the subject of the new pope, and what many of you are dying to find out from me are the prophetic connections he has to the prophecies of St. Malachy as being the final pope. He has significant connection not only to Malachy's predictions but also to Nostradamus who may have lightly veiled his name when naming him. Check out how you can stream the interview, here.
In the second interview for subscribers entitled "Pope Francis and the stars", we open the Vatican vaults, as it were and examine the dark secrets and conspiracies this new pope will soon face. I highly recommend you listen to part two of this interview by becoming a subscriber to Whitley Strieber's Unknowncountry. Here's how you can become a subscriber.
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory — Who will be the next and perhaps the Last Pope
Show airs Monday, 18 February 2012, 11 pm (Pacific) – 2 am
Join George Noory and me for a three-hour exploration of Catholic prophecies about the next pope possibly becoming the last pope. Read more about it, here.
Dreamland with Whitley Strieber — Prophecies of the Last Pope
Continuous feed for a week begins 10 am Pacific 15 February 2013
Whitley and I taped this interview two days after Pope Benedict XVI cited health and age as cause for his resignation. Abdications on account of age are extremely rare as most popes believe they are ordained by God to leave the throne of St. Peter feet first. There is much more going on than mere age. A number of scandals have come home to roost so pervasively that this pope has been pressured to resign. And it was forseen by the greatest of Catholic seers, Medieval Saint Malachy. The next pope will be the last in his list before the Catholic version of the Apocalypse, which describes a crisis of faith of the highest authorities of the Roman Catholic Church. Check out how you can get this free feed and also how you can subscribe to receive part two of our interview, here.
I highly recommend you listen to part two of this interview by becoming a subscriber to Whitley Strieber's Unknowncountry. Here's more information about the second interview.
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory — Who will be the next and perhaps the Last Pope
Show airs Monday, 18 February 2012, 11 pm (Pacific) – 2 am
Join George Noory and me for a three-hour exploration of Catholic prophecies about the next pope possibly becoming the last pope. Read more about it, here.
Dreamland with Whitley Strieber
(Continuous free feed for a week begins Friday, 24 November through 1 December 2012)
Under the shadow of war in Gaza, Whitley Strieber and I taped a powerful interview about Nostradamus' very clear and dated predictions about a future war between America, Israel against Iran. We also looked at clear predictions about Barack Obama being Nostradamus' foreseen "Black King". A rare configuration of planets shortly after his inauguration as President in 2009 indicate that if there is a slim chance of a negotiated peace forestalling 20 years of war plans to take down the Iranian regime it is Obama's destiny to prevent what could be the greatest Middle Eastern war of them all. This war, if it happens will affect every one of you. That is why it is most important that you anticipate and help forestall this oncoming war by listening into our show (click on Dreamland) and also, reading the subject of that show, my new eBook, Nostradamus: The war with Iran.
Hogue on the new "I PROPHESY" Series
Monday – Friday, Nov. 19 – 23 & 26 – 30 | 11 and 11:30pm ET/8 & 8:30pm PT
This is a new Canadian series in which I will frequently appear, most likely talking about seers, such as Nostradamus, The Hopi, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Edgar Cayce, St. Malachy and his papal prophecies, etc. Read the full details and schedules by clicking on Prophesy.
Monday – Friday – Nov. 19 – 23 | 11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT
Countdown to Apocalypse (History 2) — Hopi Blue Star
30 November 2012
The Hopi people have warned us that the world is headed for extinction. Based in the Arizona Desert, the Native American tribe of the Hopi has been prophesying about the fate of society for centuries. They have accurately predicted the coming of the settlers to their land, the birth of telecommunication, and the worldwide spread of the internet. The Hopi believe that our actions have caused the earth to become out of balance which will lead to a cataclysmic great purification of the planet that few will survive. To herald these end times, the Hopi believe that a blue star will arise in the heavens, followed by a great shaking of the earth. These prophecies have been passed down from generation to generation and warn of massive earthquakes, tsunamis and super-volcanos that threaten the lives of millions. The Foster family of Illinois is prepping in their own way to be ready for the end.
HOGUE SIGHTING POTENTIAL: I filmed a lot of stuff on the Hopi. Could be in this one too.
Conscious Life Expo
October 5-7 2012
I am giving a workshop at the Conscious Life Expo at Noon until 1:30 Pacific Time, Saturday, 6 October 2012. For more information, Click on Workshop.
Later that evening, you can have dinner with me by attending Coast to Coast AM Host George Noory's special banquet where you can hob nob with me and other CLE guests. The banquet comes out steaming at 6 to 9 pm. For more information about how you can attend, click on Banquet.
On Sunday, I will be appearing in the Special Event, George Noory's panel on Prophecy, Sunday 7 October, from Noon to 2 pm. Click on Prophecy Panel.
MIND PLAGUE and its antedote. For more details, see other 2012 related events foreseen, read the following: Predictions for 2012.
THE NOSTRADAMUS EFFECT: 2012 Extinction
HISTORY INTERNATIONAL, Tuesday 24 July 2012
(2 pm – 3 pm) Pacific Daylight Time
A rare cameo where I am not censored for explaining my sympathetic skeptical inquiry into Mayan 2012 prophecy. For more information, check out my new book currently in production for release in September 2012: click on 2012.
Saturday, 11 August 2012
(3 – 5pm ) Pacific Daylight Time
Futurologist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is profiled as this "next" Nostradamus using mathematics to predict the future, but he has quite large shoes to fill, those of the subjective prophet Nostradamus. De Mesquita can look into the future 18 months. Nostradamus peers thousands of years into the future. This though is perhaps the best documentary I've appeared on in the last several years.
Saturday, 11 August 2012
(5 – 7pm ) Pacific Daylight Time
A beautifully produced look at the 2012 prophecies and Nostradamus' connection. However, because I had nothing positive to say about a Nostradamus connection to 2012, you'll see me mostly talking about Nostradamus' prophecies in an indirect way, and the production try to salvage this general rehash of the documentary "The Lost Book of Nostradamus". I will soon be publishing my "Last Word" on this controversy and setting the record straight on Nostradamus' connection to the Maya prophecy that has been completely overlooked by the Mayan Book Business and its many 2012er authors. Click on Nostradamus 2012.
RECENT New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
Paranormal Podcast with Jim Harold
(Posted for downloading on Monday 04 June 2012)
Join me and Jim Harold as we cover a number of topics about human destiny in the second half of 2012. We taped this show last Wednesday.
We talked about Iran, politics, the coming weather and other floods and upheavals set for the latter days of 2012 starting in June. Check out what we will be talking about because I already wrote and documented it in the e-book
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
(Thursday, 03 May 2012, 10 pm hour )Pacific)
Early in the opening hour, George Noory would like me to comment on a recent poll published that sees 10 percent of the US population believing the end of the world will happen on 21 December 2012, the purported end of the Mayan Calendar 5,000-year era. For more details about the astrology for that day, plus other 2012 related events foreseen, read the following: Predictions for 2012.
One Radio Network w/Patrick Timpone
(5 January 2012 – 10-11 am (Central Time)
We do our traditional "radical" New Year's look at 2012 and the future .
New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
The Kevin Smith Show
(25 January 2012 – 7-9 pm (Pacific Time)
Kevin asked me on to set things straight about the Mayan Calendar and Mayan prophecies which have been undergoing an extreme Hollywood makeover in the last several years. It's time to drop the pink attire and the the toy Chiuaua with the purse and see this era ending date of 21 December 2012 in its naked truth. Kevin will be broadcasting a free video of our show, live. On the time of the show on 24 January at 7 pm Pacific Time, go to Kevin Smith's home page. Click on the "Free to Watch" link, and you can watch our show free. (There will be no starlets or Chiuauas, just the naked truth about 2012 doomsday predictions.)
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
(Monday, 23 January 2012, 11 pm to 2 am Pacific)
Join us for a three-hour marathon of prophecies for 2012 based on my e-book Predictions for 2012.
One Radio Network w/Patrick Timpone
(5 January 2012 – 10-11 am (Central Time)
We do our traditional "radical" New Year's look at 2012 and the future .
HISTORY INTERNATIONAL CHANNEL, Wednesday 02 May 2011
(3 pm? ) Pacific Time
Futurologist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is profiled as this "next" Nostradamus using mathematics to predict the future, but he has quite large shoes to fill, those of the subjective prophet Nostradamus. De Mesquita can look into the future 18 months. Nostradamus peers thousands of years into the future. This though is perhaps the best documentary I've appeared on in the last several years.
THE NOSTRADAMUS EFFECT: Son of Nostradamus
HISTORY CHANNEL, Saturday 21 April 2011
(4 pm – 5 pm) Pacific Time
This episode was inspired by my sympathetic skeptical inquiry into who wrote the so-called Lost Book of Nostradamus. It wasn't Nostradamus. It could have been his son. Watch the show and find out.
New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
The Jeff Rense Program
(Friday the 13th (January 2012), 8:30-10 pm Pacific)
It's our New Years show with a new e-book out. See what we'll be talking about for 90 minutes: Predictions for 2012.
HISTORY CHANNEL, Saturday 10 September 2011
(12 pm – 2 pm) Pacific Time
Futurologist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is profiled as this "next" Nostradamus using mathematics to predict the future, but he has quite large shoes to fill, those of the subjective prophet Nostradamus. De Mesquita can look into the future 18 months. Nostradamus peers thousands of years into the future. This though is perhaps the best documentary I've appeared on in the last several years..
Dreamland with Whitley Strieber
(Continuous free feed for a week begins Friday, 19 August 2011)
Whitley Strieber and I taped two shows last week assessing my January Predictions for 2011. Then we move forward with predictions for the second half of the year
We taped a second interview for Dreamland subscribers. We delve deep into the astrology aspects as they influence world politics and history for the coming six months. Then, there is an additional surprise segment on Comet Elenin and its potential ability to influence natural and political disasters on Earth this September and November. This interview is for Dreamland subscribers only. But it is well worth subscribing for a month to listen to it for the low price of $3.95. Subscribe Here.
PLANET GREEN CHANNEL, Sunday 04 September 2011
(12 pm – 2 pm) Pacific Time
I appear extensively in this Discovery Channel rerun. It is one of the best documentaries of the last decade, though, as is Discovery Channel's bias, they do tend to be one-sided skeptical in the second hour at times, getting away with saying things that I could have easily challenged, but was not given chance to challenge. One of these days, I hope to convince Discovery to give the sympathetic skeptics like myself the chance to retort sloppy and lazy skeptical inquiry.
History Channel, Saturday 27 February 2011
(3 pm and 5 pm)
This is a beautifully produced if somewhat content flawed two-hour study on the Mayan Calendar and how it relates, if at all, to the prophecies of Nostradamus and other prophetic traditions. Although they cut my skeptical take on the Lost Book of Nostradamus alluding to the Mayan Calendar purportedly ending in 2012, it is well worth watching for all the things they "did" allow me to say in the final cut, because they are far more immediate and significant to your near future.
New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
COAST TO COAST AM with George Noory — Archived on 4 May
–Listen to archived show by clicking on this Coast to Coast link.
The Coast webmaster will refresh their homepage shortly, so if you don't see me posted there, not to worry. I'm definitely on Wednesday night for two hours. THEME: Nostradamus' Mabus, Third Antichrist prophecies and how they related to the death of Usama Bin Laden. See Mabus and also: Predictions for 2011.
The Knight Zone w/Colin Knight (8 pm Pacific-2/24/11)
Tons of things to talk about: Gaddafi, Libyan civil war, regional Arab revolutions, the oncoming Day of Rage demonstrations this Friday in Palestinian lands. There's the weather, and food crop failures setting up the world for a food crisis. There's the coming riot inside the US Capitol, what I call "Wattsington DC" and many more predictions Colin and I will share with you about this unique year of turmoil: Predictions for 2011.
DREAMLAND Two interviews on 2011 and prophecy w/Whitley Strieber
(Friday, 4 February 2011, Continuous free feed for the next seven days )
Whitley Strieber and I taped a show on 3 February that I think is one of the finest we've done. The subject was: Predictions for 2011.
This interview is available free for a week (up to 2/4-2/11) by going to this link: Dreamland.
We taped a second interview about prophetic divination and the mysteries of time and thought travel. It was a radical leap from my usual topics. This interview is for Dreamland subscribers only. But it is well worth subscribing for a month to listen to it for the low price of $3.95. Subscribe Here.
COAST TO COAST AM W/George Noory
(1/13/11–11 pm to 2 am Pacific)
The number 13 has always been my lucky number! Join us for a three hour interview were we will discuss in detail predictions for the coming year — a year that will define a decade. Read more about what we'll discuss here: Predictions for 2011.
Jeremiah Greer Live
(02 January, 7-8 pm Pacific)
When Jeremiah and I get together we are most politically and spiritually incorrect. Prepare to enjoy a radical take on : Predictions for 2011.
The Jeff Rense Program
(29 December-8-10 pm Pacific)
It's our new years show with a new e-book out. See what we'll be talking about for two hours: Predictions for 2011.
One Radio Network w/Patrick Timpone
(31 December-9 am Central Time)
We do our traditional "radical" New Year'slook at religion and the future .
Dreamland w/Whitley Strieber
(25 December-continuous feed)
I will be on Whitely Strieber's special Christmas program giving some early hints of what I'll be forecasting for my new eBook Predictions for 2011. If you aren't already on my free news bulletin list you can join here and be the first to know when the book will be posted at Hogueprophecy.com.
The Knight Zone
(19 November: 11-12 Midnight, Eastern Time)
We'll be talking about the midterm elections and the next 2 years of congressional politics plus some early hints of what I'll be forecasting for my new eBook Predictions for 2011. If you aren't already on my free news bulletin list you can join here and be the first to know when the book will be posted at Hogueprophecy.com.
One Radio Network w/Patrick Timpone
(9/22/10: 9-11 am (Central "Texas Hill Country" Time)
I did a two hour interview with Patrick Timpone. I talked about a whole number of subjects not usually heard on these shows, including the coming mid-term election and political evolution for the next 1,000 years, as well as my spiritual background. Click here to hear the show Wednesday morning or download the feed in the coming weeks. See the Schedule.
New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
On the Razor's Edge with William Henry
Starting on Bastille Day (14 July) in continuous feed is is my interview with William Henry on Whitley Strieber's UnknownCountry.com's special Revelations podcast. William and I discusses the unique and powerful astrological alignments that are appearing right now, and I explain how they relate to the upheavals that are taking place all over the world at the present time. Take one last look at what we know before we pass into the unknown. Also we discuss Nostradamus' Bible of magical practices used to foretell the future.
The John Hogue Shaman Drums Podcast is Online
Go to this link to check it out: Shaman Drums.
Hogue on COAST TO COAST AM
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
(if you missed it, you can download the audio stream any time you like, click on: Coast to Coast AM).
George Noory and me spent three hours going over prophecies of astrologers, Nostradamus and myself in Predictions for 2010 in an attempt to anticipate a summer of upheaval, natural disasters leading to an autumn of economic crisis. I believe it will be one of the most important shows I've done for Coast to Coast since I first appeared with Art Bell in November 1994. We are going to have a preliminary taste this summer of the kind of cosmic forces that will define the coming decade of the 2010s. When faced with the coming Uranian storm of history, it would be good to share with you ways to cope, ways to turn it into a decade of transformation. I hope to do that on the show. Also, George and I talked about 2012 sharing my unique take on prophecy's biggest fore-fad. We also looked at the significance of Ray Mabus, the new Obama Administration's "Gulf Czar" summoned to clean up the mess down there. Is he Nostradamus' third antichrist, code named "Mabus?"
Dreamland with Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber taped a powerful show on 28 May. It is now online for a month of free audio streaming starting since 17 June (see Dreamland). Whitley will "put hogue's feet to the fire" on this show. We examine at the half way point what predictions for 2010 have come true and which have not. You can put my feet to the fire yourself by reading the eBook (see Predictions for 2010).
New Radio and Blog Talk radio appearances:
I'll be doing a two hour show with Kevin Smith, Monday, 19 April, 7-9 pm pacific. Check out how you can listen to it HERE. The 19th will be the five-year anniversary of Cardinal Ratzinger becoming Pope Benedict XVI. Kevin and I will talk about the future of the Vatican and this pope. He is next to last in the prophecy of Irish medieval St. Malachy. After him comes the final pope before the apocalypse. Read more about it here: Last Pope. Our main topic will be the continued acceleration of climate and natural disasters (see Predictions for 2010) as well as separating the truth from hooplah about the Mayan prophecies for 2012. It should be a really great show and it will be heard across 143 countries around the world!
Catch tomorrow's April Fool's show on Patrick Timpone Show: on (ONE RADIO NETWORK) Patrick and I talked at length about Catholic prophecy, the origin of the organized Christian religion and its many conspiracies to change the message and turn Yeshua into a religous-politically expedient myth called "Jesus Christ." If you missed the fireworks at this heretic roast, you can download a pod cast of the show from Patrick at any time. Read more about my take on Catholic prophecy and scandal, see Pope Benedict XVI.
El Efecto Nostradamus
(A&E Ole Networks-History Channel)
Hola! Mexican and Latin American History Channel fans. Broadcast of new episode and reruns of this series in Spanish continues every week over the next several months. Check your times in your locales. I believe this weekend will show Episodio 11: "La Profecía Perdida de Fátima" across S. America and Mexico. I'm not in it but this is one of my favorite episodes in the series.
(bajar el cursor para una sinopsis en español)
SINOPSIS — EL EFECTO NOSTRADAMUS en español
Episodio 01: "El Armagedón de Da Vinci" (24 de enero)
¿Fue Leonardo Da Vinci, uno de los grandes filósofos de la historia, artista y técnico, un profeta? Las claves ocultas en las pinturas del maestro sugieren que tenía visiones de los desastres ecológicos que asolan la Tierra
Episodio 02: ."¿El Tercer Anticristo?" (31 de enero)
El profeta más aclamado de la historia, Michel de Nostredame, vio la llegada de tres anticristos que se azotarían a la humanidad. Los dos primeros parecen haber sido de Napoleón y Hitler. Si es que existe, ¿Quién es el tercer Anticristo? (I aparecen en este.)
Episodio 03: "¡Extinción 2012!"
El Calendario Maya tiene una fecha de vencimiento: el 21 de diciembre de 2012. ¿Es cuando los Mayas creían que el mundo se enfrentaría a su catastrófico fin? ¿Es una simple coincidencia el que otras culturas también señalen esta fecha como el comienzo del fin? (I aparecen en este.)
Episodio 04: "Hijo de Nostradamus"
¿Era el hijo mayor de Nostradamus también un profeta? El "libro perdido" con inquietantes predicciones que alguna vez se creyó era la creación de Nostradamus, quizás es la obra de César Nostradamus. (I aparecen en este.)
Episodio 05: "El Juramento de Sangre de Hitler"
¿Fue Adolfo Hitler, el loco más famoso de la historia, también un profeta? ¿Qué papel juega su interés por lo sobrenatural en su intento de construir una raza aria? (I aparecen en este.)
Episodio 06: "El Código del Apocalipsis"
Sir Isaac Newton, uno de los mayores genios científicos de la historia, fue también un hombre obsesionado con los secretos de la alquimia y las profecías bíblicas. Fue él quien calculó el año 2060 como los últimos días de Tierra.
Episodio 07: "El Ejército de Satanás"
Después del nacimiento de Cristo, el Apóstol Juan recibió una visión de la guerra final de Satanás en contra de Dios. Lo que preocupa a muchos expertos hoy en día es que varios acontecimientos claves que preceden a esta guerra apocalíptica ya se han hecho realidad.
Episodio 08: "Los Secretos de El Séptimo Sello"
El Libro de las Revelaciones describe un final violento para la humanidad – un período de siete años de muerte y destrucción sin precedentes. ¿Cuándo podría ocurrir este Apocalipsis? ¿Y quiénes podrán sobrevivir a la ira de Dios?
Episodio 09: "Jeroglíficos del Juicio Final"
Una nueva mirada sobre el diseño de las Grandes Pirámides de Egipto, revela en la arquitectura impactantes profecías que auguran un final violento del mundo. ¿Creían los egipcios en que un cometa impactaría la Tierra en el 2012?
Episodio 10: "El Rapto y la Tribulación"
Muchos creyentes afirman que todos los eventos que anuncian el rapto y la tribulación ya han ocurrido. ¿Cómo es posible? ¿Podría esto significar que el rapto y la tribulación están casi sobre nosotros? Si es así, estamos ahora en el umbral de un Apocalipsis?
Episodio 11: "La Profecía Perdida de Fátima"
En 1917, tres niños pastores de un pequeño pueblo de Portugal informaron que habían sido visitados por la Virgen María. ¿Fue el mensaje divino que recibieron los jóvenes pastores una advertencia sobre una aniquilación nuclear?
Episodio 12: "Plan de Batalla Armagedón "
En 1947, unos pergaminos antiguos fueron descubiertos en las cuevas del desierto cerca del Mar Muerto. En uno de los textos, ahora llamado "Rollo de la Guerra", se expone con un escalofriante detalle una futura guerra apocalíptica que pondrá fin al mundo.
Dreamland with Whitley Strieber
01/30/10–Month long feed starting 11 am -Pacific Standard Time
Theme: Predictions for 2010 and the coming decade
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
Theme: Predictions for 2010
It happened on 01/27/10. ABC's Nightline was in the studio with George listening in to our talk. There will be a special report in the coming weeks. Check Coast for an overview and download of the show if you missed it HERE.
(ll times are Pacific Standard):
Download the pod cast of my first predictions interview of the New Year here on the Patrick Timpone Show: on (ONE RADIO NETWORK)
The Knight Zone with Colin Knight: 7-8 pm
Night Fright, with Brent Holland: 7-8:30 pm
The Buzz w/Spooky Scotty and Zita: 6:30-7:30 pm
The Rense Program w/Jeff Rense: 7-8 pm
On Whitley Strieber's DREAMLAND (for Subscribers)
For Whitley's subscribers, Geoff Stray and Dreamland's resident prophet John Hogue discuss the relationship between Nostradamus' prophecies and 2012 predictions. Enjoy this rare discussion between two experts, and listen as they question each other, and in the process uncover some new ideas that neither of them have ever understood before!
Online (since 02 September 2009) Coast to Coast AM, with George Noory. I know, it is still way out there in the future but I want to give you all advanced warning because when George and me talk it is always an interesting show. I'll be live online for three hours with George starting at 11 pm Pacific. Mark it in your cell phone, tweet it to you flock, bold face type the time and date on your facebook. We'll be talking about the final months of 2009, which I expect will be the most dramatic of all.
I highly recommend you check out my 20 September interview with Shirley MacClaine at her web site HERE.
Online (since 25 July 2009)—Dreamland
John Hogue
(Updated 25 October 2009)
Dreamland w/Whitley Strieber
(25 December)
I will be on Whitely Strieber's special Christmas program giving some early hints of what I'll be forecasting for my new eBook Predictions for 2011. If you aren't already on my free news bulletin list you can join here and be the first to know when the book will be posted at Hogueprophecy.com.


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I'm a forum troll.....Squival wrote:Telaer wrote:Forum troll
thats a good point, the forum troll is so true
Walkin wrote:sry for this: keydar
"slice peel" just perfect when someone smartasses about crafting....
Pelki wrote:hard to say that, though, since Keydar is (I assume atleast) the one that brings everyone, including Miji, to life for us by designing the plot for the strips. Then again, it could be a group-effort. Idk.
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Learning in 59
Our mission at CCSD59 is to prepare students to be successful for life. To do that, we believe that providing a well-rounded, relevant, and world-class education is our number one priority. Our teachers have created an environment where students can explore personal interests and passions while taking ownership in their learning. We are proud of what our staff and students accomplish in our classrooms every day.
Over the course of 2018 (and beyond), CCSD59 will be sharing more about what it looks like to be a student in CCSD59 and how learning happens in our classrooms.
Today, we invite you to watch our kickoff video, Learning in CCSD59. In this video, you'll learn how preparing students to be successful for life requires a curriculum that combines foundational skills with broader learning skills to provide students with the ability to learn at any time in any context in order to be afforded every opportunity for success.
Interested in learning more?
- Curriculum and Instruction What does our curriculum and instruction look like? Gain a deeper understanding of what happens within the walls of our classrooms.
- Portrait of a Student These students are the future. Who are they? Each of the nearly 7,000 students in our district is important to us, and we are committed to providing learning opportunities that put every student on a path to success.
- Modern Learning With the affordances of our modern world, learning experiences are adapting to utilize all available tools and resources to amplify student learning success.


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Brett Favre pushed all the distractions aside, added to his lengthy list of career milestones and got the Minnesota Vikings back in the game.
The record-breaking quarterback just couldn't pull off another classic comeback.
Favre had an interception returned 26 yards for a touchdown by Dwight Lowery with 1:30 left, and the New York Jets overcame a milestone night by their former quarterback for a 29-20 victory on a rain-soaked Monday night.
"I thought we were going to win this football game," Favre said.
Now, the 41-year-old is left wondering if an even bigger punishment is in store from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
He finished 14 for 34 for 264 yards for the Vikings (1-3) hours after he reportedly apologized to teammates for the distraction caused by an NFL investigation into allegations that he sent racy messages and lewd photos to a Jets game hostess in 2008.
"I said what I had to say," Favre said, refusing to answer questions about the situation. "I'm disappointed we lost this football game."
Neither coach Brad Childress nor Favre would discuss what the quarterback said to his teammates in that meeting.
"That's between me and my teammates," Favre said.
Brushing off those issues, he became the first NFL player to throw 500 touchdown passes and eclipse 70,000 career passing yards. But two early fumbles — he passed Warren Moon for the most in league history — helped put the Vikings in a 12-0 hole.
"I don't think anyone wanted to win this game more than him," wide receiver Percy Harvin said. "He was well prepared, so I don't think any of that outside stuff had anything to do with how he played."
Nick Folk kicked five field goals for the Jets (4-1), two after fumbles by Favre.
"That's a heck of a win," New York coach Rex Ryan said.
Favre, who played for the Jets during the 2008 season and was greeted with hugs by New York general manager Mike Tannenbaum after the game, threw three touchdowns, including two to Harvin. The second — an 11-yard pass — brought the Vikings within two points with 3:09 left in the game.
"We were brilliant in the first half and we knew you have to play four quarters," Ryan said. "This guy is as good as it gets."
The Vikings had the ball with 1:43 remaining and poised for a winning drive — until Favre's last big mistake sent Minnesota to its seventh consecutive loss to New York.
"I think everyone who watches us play sees flashes of a team that can be 3-1, 4-0," Favre said. "Not that we're not capable. We're very capable."
Favre also played through some mild tendinitis in his throwing elbow, clutching his arm at times.
"This is probably the worst it's felt in four games," he said. "I missed some throws the last drive I think I make in my sleep."
The game marked the Vikings debut for Randy Moss, who finished with four catches for 81 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown late in the third quarter.
With the Jets leading 12-0 and the Vikings facing third-and-17 from the Jets 37, Favre reared back and lofted the ball perfectly into Moss' hands in the back right corner of the end zone with 2:10 left in the quarter. Favre zipped down the field and jumped into Moss' arms in the end zone to celebrate.
"When I threw that touchdown to Randy Moss, I had been thinking about that for eight to 10 years," Favre said.
Moss, acquired from New England last Wednesday, was defended mostly by Antonio Cromartie despite the return of Darrelle Revis from a strained left hamstring.
"I'm definitely happy to be back home," said Moss, who spent his first seven seasons with Minnesota. "I thank the people for the phone calls, the letters and everything for me coming back home, but I don't think that it means anything when you lose."
Less than 5 minutes after connecting with Moss, Favre hit Harvin for a 34-yard touchdown that made it 15-13. But Favre's tying 2-point conversion try was intercepted by Cromartie in the end zone.
Shonn Greene's 23-yard touchdown run with 4:30 left in the game gave the Jets a 22-13 lead that appeared to seal the victory, but Favre still had plenty of time.
"We just hung in there to the end," Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said. "I don't think we win this game last year."
New York's offense struggled for the first time since Week 1, failing to get much going — other than field goals — until late. Sanchez was 21 of 44 for 191 yards, and still hasn't thrown an interception this season, although he came close a few times.
Santonio Holmes played his first game with the Jets after being suspended the first four for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He finished with three catches for 41 yards.
LaDainian Tomlinson had another solid game for the Jets with 94 yards rushing on 20 carries.
"We did surrender some points and there were some things we could've done better," Lowery said. "But, when it comes down to it, we just have to make a play."
Favre hits milestones but loses game
Brett Favre pushed all the distractions aside, added to his lengthy list of career milestones and got the Minnesota Vikings back in the game.


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In musical theater, nothing says the '80s more than "Cats."
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical defined Broadway in the 1980s. It opened in New York in October 1982 and ran for 7,485 performances, becoming the longest-running show on Broadway. (It has since been surpassed by "The Phantom of the Opera" – another Lloyd Webber production.)
While the artistic legacy of the show is open to debate, there is little question of the cultural significance of "Cats."
It was the first branded spectacle musical. The massive billboards that heralded the show – two eyes looking out across the city – were recognized around the world. Its biggest song, "Memory," became an instant standard.
Without "Cats," there would be no "Les Miserables," no "Phantom," no "Wicked" and no "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
"It was an 'experience' musical," said Brad Kenney, executive artist director at Ogunquit Playhouse. "All the shows that have come since that are full of special effects and spectacle owe it all to 'Cats.' "
The success of "Cats" went beyond the theater world, however. It inspired New York to reinvent Times Square as a safe and tourist-friendly destination. By the time the play closed in September 2000, the once seedy area had become a 24/7 pedestrian mall safe for schoolkids from Maine to Maui.
"This was the show that everybody had to see," said Brian Allen, artistic director of Good Theater in Portland. "It changed the whole way Broadway was done. Before 'Cats,' if you had a successful show, you put it on the road. This was the show that tourists had to see, and they came from all over the world to see it."
The musical is based on T.S. Eliot's whimsical collection of poems, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." Lloyd Webber remembered reading the book as a child, and decided to set the poems to music. The only exception to that was "Memory," whose lyrics were written by Trevor Nunn.
Among the interesting things about the show was the lack of a script. The show had no plot. It featured a mostly anonymous cast of actors dressed in spectacular cat costumes and makeup.
The set, designed by John Napier, was an oversized junkyard. The show was full of dance and an astonishing variety of musical styles.
But no story. Eliot's estate allowed the poems to be set to music, but did not allow a script to be written.
So actors took on the persona of cats. They pranced, danced and sang while crawling around the stage. The show asked the audience to go places it had never gone before, said Curt Dale Clark, consulting artistic director at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.
"It is the most unique musical that exists," he said. "There is no other that asks you to go places that 'Cats' does, where cats become believable as humans in cat costumes. As an audience member, you just allow that to happen."
Before "Cats" opened, Broadway was waning, said Kenney. The old-style story shows that defined Broadway in the 1950s and '60s were passe, and Broadway was losing its cultural status. "Cats" restored it, while raising the standards of what a big show was all about.
"It was a new benchmark in worldwide musical theater," Kenney said. "It set the new standard for big Broadway shows."
That "Cats" remains popular today is almost as phenomenal as its initial success, Clark said. It's still a near-guaranteed sell-out anytime it's produced.
"In theater, when you produce shows, people put them in categories. There are A-list shows, B-list shows and C-list shows. 'Cats' is an A-list show, and always has been," he said. "The fact that it remains to this day an almost-guaranteed sell-out is mind-boggling to me."
Clark has acted in "Cats" twice. It was an incredibly hard show to do because of its physical demands.
"I could eat anything I wanted all day every day and then have another helping, and it didn't affect me at all," he said. "People call it the 'Cats' diet. You can eat whatever you want."
All of which raises the question: Is it a good show?
It was certainly good for Broadway, and it employed a lot of people for a long time, Allen said. He loved it when he saw it in 1982 in New York.
"I had fun. It was a great night," he said. "It's just an entertainment that focuses on music and dance."
Clark loves what it has become, though he might not have felt that way back in the day.
"If someone had come to me in the late '70s and said, 'I've got this idea: I'm going to turn these poems into songs and we're going to have everybody dress as cats and there's no story to go along with it' You would have gotten laughed out of the room. There is no way I would have invested in such a dumb idea.
"And I would have been wrong."
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Guatemalan immigration officials are reporting that McAfee, who is a prime suspect in Belize for the murder of his neighbor Gregory Faull, is getting deported. Stay tuned here and also John McAfee's blog about John McAfee for more of the weird news that you are probably getting tired of at this point. Details are still developing, and we'll update when we have more information. [@Mpoppel]


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On Our Radar: Voice-Over Actors Out of Work?
Politicians and their aides aren't the only ones whose job security was a concern on election night. According to this WSJ story, voice-over actors who narrate the barrage of political ads throughout campaign season are also looking for new work. —Melissa Korn
Thinking about a resume tune-up? U.S. News & World Report lists six things that raise alarms when employers look at your work history. —Nikki Waller
A few partners at Goldman Sachs made out handsomely this year, even if the bank itself wasn't so fortunate. The Wall Street Journal reports that more than 30 top execs recently cashed in decade-old stock options for a combined $21.8M. —Melissa Korn
Does technology make managers who are control freaks even more controlling? Obsessives even more compulsive? Harvard Business Review looks at differences in "technological temperament": why some managers use technology to monitor the employees' every move, while others use it to mentor and foster staff independence. — Allison Lichter
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Heart BottleBy Susan Cobb
Designer Tip: The spirals of memory thread help make this bottle fun! I wrapped the ends of the memory thread around a small paint brush handle to create the spirals. This time I use the alcohol inks and blending solution to create a wash of yellow green, green, and blue green colors over the bottle.
Triangle BottleBy Susan Cobb
Designer Tip: I used a piece of applicator felt to apply wild plum and stream alcohol inks full strength to this triangle bottle for beautifully bright color. It's easy to add the Dazzles, and they don't disturb the dried alcohol ink if you need to reposition them. If you want to remove the ink and begin again, simply wipe off the bottle with a little blending solution on a paper towel.


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Technology from space exploration is being applied to help emergency responders determine more quickly if there may be disaster survivors in need of urgent rescue from collapsed buildings.
Detecting a survivor trapped beneath tons of rubble may be a only a heartbeat away with the portable microwave radar device dubbed "FINDER" – Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response.
FINDER is designed to detect the tiny body surface motion caused by an individual's breathing and beating heart, said Jim Lux, task manager for FINDER at La Canada Flintridge's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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In developing FINDER, JPL worked with the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Demand for the new technology arose from the experience of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Teams – including one based in Los Angeles County – responding to major earthquake disasters such as occurred in 2010 in Haiti, where victims were trapped in multiple building collapses.
Teams attempting to locate trapped victims have long made use of the sensitive smell of trained canines, and existing technology such as ground-penetrating radar. But using those methods to canvas a collapse zone can take considerable time and effort, and precious time may be lost working areas where it is learned only after the search that there were no survivors to be saved.
The envisioned role of FINDER is to enable a USAR team to quickly determine areas of the disaster on which to prioritize searches.
"The technology has the potential to quickly identify the presence of living victims, allowing rescuers to more precisely deploy their limited resources," said John Price, program manager for the First Responders Group in Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.
Lux recalled the collapse of the Northridge Meadows apartment building during the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
"With something like this, you quickly look and see if anyone's there, or did they all get out," Lux said.
FINDER has been undergoing testing at Homeland Security's Task Force One Training Facility in Lorton, Virginia. It has been able to locate individuals secreted behind as much as 30 feet of steel and concrete rubble, said Lux, who returned to JPL from Virginia after a media demonstration there Wednesday.
In recent months, FINDER has also been tested in the rubble field at the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Del Valle Regional Training Center in Castaic, where Task Force Two trains.
"I was impressed," Capt. Mitch Diehl said, recalling there were only a few software glitches.
Aware that FINDER relies on detecting small motions of the body surface, Diehl said he tried to fool the detector by remaining as still as he could. But with his heart still beating, FINDER found him.
In its current design, FINDER is not intended to pinpoint the actual location of a detected survivor, only to signal where there is one within its field of detection.
Locating the survivor will still rely on trained USAR personnel using other tools.
Unlike ground-penetrating radar, FINDER does not generate images of what lies otherwise hidden within rubble piles. Nor does it attempt to detect human sounds, the basis for the Delsar LifeDetector, another technology used by USAR teams.
FINDER, instead, relies on remote sensing radar technology developed to determine the precise location of spacecraft on NASA missions.
"The problem of looking for tiny, tiny motions from a heartbeat is similar to finding changes in the motion of a space probe," said Lux, who has worked on sensing technology for NASA interplanetary missions.
FINDER scans a field of approximately 160 degrees and as far out, in open field, as 100 feet.
Engineering FINDER not to alert on bystanders and even the rescuers has proven to be one of the tougher technological challenges, according to Lux.
The FINDER prototype occupies a luggage case with wheels, and fits into an airliner's overhead luggage bin – useful when Lux is taking FINDER back to Virginia for another round of testing.
He envisions the production model can be made much smaller, and thanks to recent developments that have brought down the expense of wireless technology, the cost can be kept to $10,000 – a fraction of what it would have cost just a few years ago, Lux said.
Federal Emergency Management is hopeful production models of FINDER will be ready for field deployment by local USAR teams as soon as spring 2014.


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A weapons scanner was a scanning device attached to a door or any specific section of a passageway. It could be used as a way to ensure that dangerous objects are not taken past a certain point. They were specifically seen to be used on Cardassian military installations, such as the space station Terok Nor.
In 2346, while still under Cardassian control, Terok Nor was equipped with many of these devices in areas where VIPs needed extra protection from possible hostile actions. (DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")
In 2369, Miles O'Brien used the weapons scanner on one of the docking ports as a way of disabling one of the Hunters that had boarded Deep Space 9. The device was shown to be extremely effective at blocking passage through the port while any type of powered weapon was being worn, and the power setting could be ramped up to a point where the discharge from the device could knock a person unconscious. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
The weapon detectors were security sensors built into the airlocks on station Deep Space 9, capable of detecting military technology carried by persons boarding the station from docked starships.
The station's first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant, a member of the Tosk species, was alarmed when a phaser being worn by Chief Miles O'Brien activated the weapon detectors in one of the airlocks in 2369. O'Brien later rigged the weapon detectors to stun a Hunter who was pursuing the Tosk. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
Later the same year Neela, a Bajoran member of the station's engineering crew, disabled the weapon detectors so that she could take a phaser onto the promenade and stage a failed attempt to assassinate Vedek Bareil Antos. (DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets")
The Bajoran officer who tried to assassinate Commander Benjamin Sisko in 2369 told him about his report of the weapons scanner shortly before he tried to use his assassination device. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae")


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Hi guys,
I was playing around with the proxy tomalex0 put together (http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...eProxy-for-ST2) and started to make a number of changes that I think others may find useful.
A massive amount of credit goes to Thomas for starting off the proxy and I release this sneak preview version, based on his code, with his permission. This code is currently still in development, but I've got to a point now where I'm using it in development of an app and only modify the proxy as and when I see the need to, so it will not be complete for a while - hence the release now. It is fully functional, just needs cleaning up and a couple of optimisations.
Note this is a true SQLite proxy, not a WebSQL proxy. This will be persistant across iOS5.1 hybrid app loads if you use the sqlite plugin for PhoneGap.
Here is a list of how it differs from the original proxy:
- cooperates with Ext.Loader
- exists cleanly outside of the ST src directory
- operations not marked completed and successful/error until the db transaction has completed, so you can listen to the operation and act on its completion knowing that the db transaction has finished
- some queries are grouped into a single transaction to massively increase db performance, as opposed to one transaction per single query.
- more closely mimics ST2's webstorage proxy. By this I mean that for the most part, this proxy is considered "local", not "client" or "server"-side (with one notable exception which I'll expand upon shortly). You can bring up any of the ST2 demos that use localstorage, change the proxy to sqlitestorage (and specify a table name as in the included sqlitedemo app) and the app will work the same. So you could use it in conjunction with, say, server side data which you sync to the app and save locally so the app can be used offline.
- remote filtering and sorting is supported on the proxy. This is where the word "remote" in facts means "the sqllite database". So adding filters and sorts will modify the query that the proxy uses against the sqlite db; very useful if you're handling large datasets. Make sure to add a page size to the store.
- uses sqlite's "hidden" __ROWID__ to handle the IDs of each record. You just need to add an integer field called "id" to each model.
- supports fields where persist is set to false in the config - won't save these to the database.
- I removed Tom's debugging console logs
- Supports array and object types on models - I've found this amazingly useful. The proxy just encodes the fields to JSON same as localstorage and saves them in a text row.
Sorry for no readme in the repo, all the info you need should be in this post. I've included a quick demo app.
Note that if you edit the fields in your models, you will need to manually remove the table from the sqlite db before you restart the app (use webkit's developer kit: resources -> databases -> click on db name, type "DROP TABLE tbl_name").
Obviously a good target from here is to get the proxy working with associations, which it currently doesn't. So steer clear! But then, neither does localstorage in ST2 so I'd like so see Sencha's implementation of that before I mimic it for this proxy.
Here's the link to the code again:
Known issues:
- no store/record association is saved