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Classic red is a striking and strong colour that is well suited to the simple and structured designs of the collection. Red is a gorgeous colour- the colour of love. When wearing red, we love to keep the accessories simple and minimal. Try adding nude or champagne gold for an elegant finish.
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This kind of drama — the "leaking" of furtive texts, the kneejerk outrage — is part of the routine of climate negotiations.
This post originally appeared on POLITICO.
"Climate summit in disarray" screamed one headline yesterday. On the news that the Danish government, which chairs the Copenhagen climate conference, had developed a proposed compromise climate agreement, many governments, NGOs and media outlets reacted with outrage. The chair of a negotiation had had the temerity to think about what the outcome of the negotiation might look like. And then write it down - on actual, old-fashioned paper. See how exciting our lives are?
So what does this all mean? Behind the raw passions that only a sketchy leaked document can unleash, what impact does this have on the negotiations, and the prospects for a deal?
The chair of a conference is supposed to help countries explore areas of compromise. To help them strike a deal. Indications are that the Danish government has taken several shots at this—that the leaked document is not the Danish proposal but a Danish proposal, albeit from the Prime Minister's office.
That said some aspects of the situation are certainly novel. The President of the COP is actually the outgoing Danish Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard, not the PM's office. Given the round-the-clock globe-trotting diplomacy that Hedegaard has pursued all year, the fact that texts are emerging from other parts of the host country government has raised eyebrows. Second, the chairs of the various UN negotiating groups now worry about being rendered irrelevant. Third, developing countries are understandably anxious when they see a text so in tune with U.S. demands.
But it is important to remember that this kind of drama—the "leaking" of furtive texts, the kneejerk outrage—is part of the routine of climate negotiations.
Yesterday will not derail the high level talks in which so many countries have invested so much. It was not a day of selling out, although, with plenty of satisfied smirks at the Danish PM's travails, it certainly provided 24 hours of schadenfreude.

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This month is like exhibit A for Hollywood's propensity to churn out sequels that nobody asked for. You've got Journey 2, opening today. And then next week, there's Ghost Rider 2, in which Nic Cage tries to "improve" upon the first flaming-skull motorcycle movie.
But it gets worse. There are plenty of sequels in the pipeline that would probably make Journey 2 and Ghost Rider 2 look like Henry IV Part 2. Here's our list of what's coming, and why it makes us want to stab ourselves in the faces.
Update: It's been pointed out that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is not technically a sequel to Ghost Rider, despite both of them starring Nic Cage. Rather, this is a reimagining of the character, similar to the relationship between The Hulk and The Incredible Hulk.
Disclaimer: Of course, not all of these will get made. They're just in the pipeline, which could mean almost anything. We attempt to untangle the rumors and reports below.
Ghostbusters III
Current status: It's like a ghost stalemate. Basically, everybody who made the first two films wants to reunite except for Bill Murray, who has been very vocal about saying the script for the third movie is garbage. And by all accounts, Murray has veto power. Dan Aykroyd keeps insisting the sequel really will happen soon, though.
Stab stab ow: Well, Ghostbusters 2 was kind of a bummer already. And see the part where we explain that Murray has said this new sequel has a script so horrible, he had to put it in his shredder.
Jumper 2
Current status: Doubtful. Back in 2008, director Doug Liman kept saying that he saw the Jumper films as a trilogy, and he wanted to make a second one focusing on time jumps as well as space jumps. As recently as 2010, Hayden Christensen said he was "in talks" for the sequel, which would be "darker." But since then, Liman has signed on to a number of other projects, including All You Need is Kill.
Stab stab ow: We just weren't that jazzed about the first Jumper — especially given Christensen's charisma-free performance. A "darker" sequel reminds us too much of Anakin.
Wanted 2
Current status: It was talked about a lot after the first Wanted did so well — including the possibility of somehow resurrecting Angelina Jolie. We interviewed Timur Bekmambetov and he seemed jazzed about it. But more recently, they've hinted the sequel might not have Angelina. In September, Universal re-hired the original film's writers to script the sequel.
Stab stab ow: We mostly thought Wanted rocked, apart from the undertones of misogny and the silly loom of fate. But it worked as a nice, self-contained origin story for James McAvoy's sociopath character — and it seems highly unlikely that a second film would be nearly as fun. Do you want to watch James McAvoy being an asswipe for two hours?
Almost Every Will Smith Movie
Current status: We're just going to wrap these together, for convenience. A Men in Black sequel is coming this summer, and it's widely reported to be a trainwreck in which they vaguely had a script, sort of. Meanwhile, even though Smith once swore he wasn't making any more sequels after Bad Boys II, he's rumored to be making sequels to all his old films. Hancock 2 is actively being talked about. Independence Day 2 was recently said to be in the works. For a while, they were seriously talking about an I Am Legend prequel/sequel. There's even talk about I, Robot 2. We probably missed a few here.
Stab stab ow: Well, there are ample reports that Men in Black III is a spaceship wreck. Considering that the final reel of Hancock was the worst part, a sequel doesn't sound too promising. Neither I, Robot nor I Am Legend really left us wanting more. Of all these, the only one we'd at least be curious to see would be Independence Day 2, just to see what "Welcome to Earf" moment they'd cook up this time. But still — if there's one thing we admire about Will Smith, it's that he keeps moving forward. Mostly. He's one of the few Hollywood stars who can still get a project made just by putting his name on it, and he uses that power to make new movies happen, like the upcoming After Earth. Independence Day 2 poster by Adam Munn-Rivard.
Green Lantern 2
Current status: As recently as January 15, Time Magazine was reporting this sequel had been greenlit, with the original movie's writers on board. There's been a lot of talk about it, although not much concrete action thus far.
Stab stab ow: The post-credits scene in the first movie sort of killed our interest in a second, since it apparently showed Sinestro putting on the yellow ring for no particular reason — and burned off the most interesting moment that a second film would have had to offer. A sequel would have to be much better than the first movie, AND it would have to pretend that post-credits scene didn't happen.
Terminator 5
Current status: Supposedly still in the works, even though it was delayed due to Arnold Schwarzenegger's scandals and stuff. Megan Ellison, who's mostly banked cool indie movies, is producing it, and she seems pretty determined to make a couple new films happen before the rights revert to James Cameron. Everybody's waiting for Fast and Furious director Justin Lin to have time to do it.
Stab stab ow: Well... Megan Ellison's involvement does make us cautiously more optimistic. But we still doubt there's an interesting way to continue the series — and given how much talk there was in Terminator 3 about Arnie being an obsolete model, how are they going to explain his much greater decrepitude now?
The Human Centipede III: Final Sequence
Current status: We don't know much. It's listed on IMDB as forthcoming, but that means very little. Everybody expects director Tom Six to complete the trilogy. And apparently the DVD extras on Human Centipede 2 include Six talking about what to expect from Human Centipede 3.
Stab stab ow: Seriously? For the tiny number of you who need this explained... let's see. The original Human Centipede was actually sort of a bracingly weird film, thanks to Dieter Laser's insane performance as a mad scientist who wants to sew people together. But the second movie was a way-too-meta disaster, in which a fan of the first movie attempts to recreate it, while masturbating with sandpaper and stuff. We really don't think anybody who saw the second film will be willing to see even a few minutes of the third.
Austin Powers 4
Current status: Reportedly, Mike Myers has signed up to make a fourth Austin movie... because you all didn't appreciate The Love Guru enough.
Stab stab ow: This "cryogenically frozen spy" franchise was already pretty much run into the ground after the second movie. Everything that was fresh and original about the first movie has become a cliche at this point, and watching Myers try to do Austin Powers and Dr. Evil 15 years after he first played them would just be sad.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
Current status: Apparently it's actually happening. Gina Carano has a small role, on the heels of her starring role in Haywire. It could be hitting theaters in 2013.
Stab stab ow: The first Percy Jackson movie was good forgettable camp... it had Uma Thurman as a medusa and Pierce Brosnan as a centaur, plus Greek gods played by Kevin McKidd and Steve Coogan. But when you came right down to it, it was still a totally silly, kinda dull Harry Potter ripoff that apparently didn't make fans of the books terribly happy. And given how much it underperformed, you have to assume a sequel would have a lower budget and less awesome supporting actors. So yeah... not dying to see more of Percy.
The Last Exorcism 2
Current status: In production. It was just announced that Ed Glass-Donnelly is directing the sequel, and Ashley Bell will be back as the apparently possessed girl Nell. We could be seeing this film as soon as late 2012.
Stab stab ow: We really loved The Last Exorcism — but a lot of what was great about it was its newness and its ambiguity, and the central character of the exorcist who's now determined to prove that it's all fakery. A sequel, especially done in the found footage style, threatens to cheapen the original. Just like Paranormal Activity 2 did, although PA3 redeemed the series somewhat. Let Last Exorcism stand on its own as a great self-contained movie. Please.
Skyline 2
Current status: We haven't heard much about the possible sequel in ages — so maybe it's dead after all. The ending of this film obviously sets up a sequel, though, and when we interviewed the Brothers Strause, they seemed gung-ho to make one. And this universally reviled film did make money.
Stab stab ow: Maybe a sequel would pick up the weird twist ending from the first movie and take it in an interesting direction. But... probably not. Instead, it would probably be more of the same.
Indiana Jones 5
Current status: When he's not rebuffing grumpy Star Wars fans, George Lucas is promising that this film is coming soon. He said in a few interviews that he's looking for the "McGuffin" for this outing, and apparently Spielberg and Harrison Ford are both interested. And of course, Shia LaBoeuf will probably be back, too.
Stab stab ow: Given how much everybody hated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the abject horror that accompanies the prospect of yet another Indy is pretty much self-explanatory. No? Among other things, you have to assume a sequel would develop LaBoeuf's character of Mutt a lot further, and probably set up Mutt more obviously as the new hero of the Indy series. Which sounds... guh. But also, you can just tell that everybody's run out of enthusiasm for these films. Except maybe Lucas.


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The last time (that I can remember) we saw Anne Hathaway in pink, you were all hating on her for nipple darts and heavy breathing at the Oscars. But what a comeback at the MET Gala, non? Where Annie is concerned, yes, of course, always, there's always a little Try. Anne said her inspiration for the night was Debbie Harry. But the blonde really was a wonderful surprise. And she wore the sh-t out of that vintage Valentino. Another advantage of that Valentino was its length. So that we could barely see her shoes. Because, you know, while that whole vegan thing is admirable, it doesn't always allow for a good shoe situation.
This is what happened last night. Anne, still blonde, wore pink Givenchy at the Tates America Foundation Artists Dinner in New York. It was a good look...until you get to her feet. Whatever those are, they're heinous.
As for how long she's keeping the hair -- apparently her next project is Christopher Nolan's Interstellar which is due in theatres November 2014. No one knows for sure because Nolan might be the only person better at keeping secrets than JJ Abrams but it's supposed to involve time travel and black holes or something. Obviously not a period piece. So... maybe the blonde can stay?


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The Grand Prix is just one of the annual highlights that make Melbourne Australasia's greatest sporting destination.
Aussie Rules
Not understanding the sprawling, madcap game that dominates and defines Victorian sporting parlance is no impediment to enjoying a match. In fact, it probably helps.
This is fast entertainment and, with booming punts the order of the day, play moves from one side of a massive field to the other in the time it takes you to reach for your pie.
Every sports fan - regardless of your code - should check out a game of AFL when in Melbourne. Victorians are unabashed about the brilliance of their footy code; when explaining the game to a newbie, they sound like expectant zealots - they're dead certain that we'll all be converted into avid followers if we just sit down and watch a couple of games. Humour them; it's fun.
The Melbourne Cup
Now we definitely understand this. In fact, New Zealand has a pretty good record of producing winning horses for "the race that stops a nation" (pictured above). The big event - which takes place on the first Tuesday of November - is the centrepiece of a week-long spring racing carnival featuring fashion, parties and a lot of racing. Like the Grand Prix, it's the buzz around the sporting event that elevate the show.
The Boxing Day test
For cricket tragics, a trip to the MCG is a must and the Boxing Day Test is the biggest show hosted on the hallowed turf. Feats of cricketing derring-do achieved in this cavernous chamber are imbued with extra significance.
The Australian Open
The closest tennis Open to New Zealand is also the first of the year. Players and fans approach it fresh and fired-up. The tennis precinct has had a refit. As it's late summer, the Melbourne weather is at its balmy best - but pack some sunscreen.
The Melbourne Storm
The standout team of the NRL in recent years were busted for a salary-cap rort and - with the accountants cutting out the big pay cheques - they're still brilliant. Best of all: the Warriors beat them a lot, making this a happy town to visit for Kiwi league fans.
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Fox has released two versions of the trailer for its upcoming gritty serial killer series The Following — one for all audiences and a spookier new trailer that's rated "Intense" and comes with a "viewer discretion is advised" disclaimer.
The Following stars Kevin Bacon as a former FBI agent who's tracking an escaped serial killer (James Purefoy) and a number of his followers who are committing copycat crimes.
Watch the terrifying clip at The Following's official site, or check out the slightly-less suspenseful "all audience" version below:
The Following premieres Jan. 21 at 9/8c on Fox.


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When it comes to advertising, what's being said can be a bit less important than how it's said. In no case is this truer than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television and other video mediums.
Typography can do everything from adding meaning to drawing attention, and using it right can mean the difference between mediocrity and stardom in the world of advertising. In this post, we take a look at some of the most striking examples of typography in print ads from around the world.
You might also like to take a look at our collections of Powerful Public Awareness Print Ads, Controversial Playstation Advertising, Inspiring Sony Ads or Creative Lego Ads.
WMF Knives: Apple
Flashy special effects are great attention grabbers. We can say this creatively designed print ad makes great use of that fact. The use of typography is truly innovative.
Aasra Suicide Prevention Helpline: Depression
You'll notice the clever use of visual pun, this is an ideal way for a print ad to say everything in just one image.
Webber Wentzel Attorneys: Boxer
From small text to large and bold text, you cab see with this ad how important typography can be.
Nike Italy
Creative and unique implementation of different font styles and color combinations make this ad extremely exciting and memorable.
GreenMovie Sound Dept.: Watch the sound, 2
Here, you notice loads of typography used for emphasis. Demonstrating that no matter what type of print ad you need to create, you should consider typography an indispensable element of the ad rather than merely text.
McDonald's McFlurry: Mona
Mix your own McFlurry – Choose between Cornetto, Daim, Kit Kat, Smarties, Caramel, Strawberry and Chocolate Sauce. McDonald's – I'm lovin' it.
Ben & Jerry's: Giraffe
Choosing a suitable typeface for a project is critical, as is considering the message you would like to communicate, the "consumer" we want to reach and the tone we want to impress.
US Preventive Medicine / The Prevention Plan: Scorpion
We see perhaps an overuse of text in this ad. Different variation of size, style and of course color create distinction where the typography could have been a bit unexciting and monotonous.
PS2: Girlfriend, 2
Second version of PS2's girlfriend ad, where we see again an overuse of text saved by variation in size, style and color to create the distinction.
Chevrolet Summer
Simple and intuitive use of the print ad medium where you can see different color contrast that does a good job of grabbing attention and making this ad stick out.
Chupa Chups: Lollypops, 3
This creative ad asserts that it's impossible to get it out of your mouth. This is a cool idea with a beautiful execution!
Pivot Boutique: Karma
The weirdness of this ad makes it memorable. After all, making a lasting impression is what every ad strives for.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: England
With the number of ads that have already been made, originality is hard to come by. This print ad successfully conveys its originality and novelty though.
Inlingua – Business English
This is an original print campaign where you can see the designers use of balanced typography to create an illusion.
MTV: Happy End
In print ads, a striking image is great at catching viewers' eyes. However, since it's an ad it demands that all compulsory text be crammed into the composition, as well.
Amnesty International: Ted Bundy
Another innovative use of the typography based print ad that stands out mainly because of its extreme creativity.
Brighton Language School: Espanol
Different kinds of ads call for different amounts of text. It's somewhat surprising to see how versatile minimal text patterns can be. It's just the thing you need to get people's attention right away.
Another great example of minimal print ads that say a lot. The use of typography in this ad is truly commendable.
Smarties Campaign
Using the perfect typography in a web design or print ad may seem very easy to learn at a glance, but actually mastering it takes a lot of practice. It's worth it though, because it can be the thing that really makes or breaks a design.
Orange: SMS
This creative print ad clearly states that text messaging while driving will prevent you see what you actually need to see. It's dangerous, and this ad communicates that perfectly.
Volkswagen Polo: Percent
Here, we see how text elements can be creatively placed to convey a totally different message. Quite impressive and visually alluring.
Voyages-Sncf.com: Other time
The Visual of this print ad is exceptionally good. However the subliminal message is most likely saying that this voyage is dreadfully risky and chances are that someone can understand it the other way around.
Amnesty International: Leg
This print advertisement with its brilliant use of typography clearly shows what happens when you lose something, and the things that you can no longer do are clear.
Mountain Dew
Typography plays a big role in this concept. It really grabs the attention and makes people want to read.
Complot Creativity School – Typography Course: H
Again we see a huge use of typography from tagline to small text to bold fonts. This clearly demonstrates how important typography is.
United Nations Population Fund: Population day
This brilliant concept has been designed for United Nations Population Fund to create awareness of the overly populated world.
Hahn Nitzsche Recording Studios: Kaffee
This ad is a bit difficult to read and comprehend as it's quite messy. It's an outstanding design though that makes people want to work to read it.
Sober typography and fonts for conveying a serious message along with humorous fonts for something more amusing. Combining the right typography with nice elements, colors and shapes will get you some great results.
Hahn Nitzsche Recording Studios: Jeans
Same approach has been taken in this ad as that of the previous one. Messy but excellent design.
Mitchell Eye Centre: Trash
With such a creative use of typography, you can land within people's interest and concentration.
Appy Fizz, Grappo Fizz: True Love
So, would you also like to answer this question? For Appy Fizz lovers, their true love is Appy Fizz.
Hyundai – Designed for Humans
This innovative ad clearly states that the Hyundai is designed by keeping human needs in mind.
Australia Post: Hug
In this post, we see innovative typography with the help of well selected text to create the illusion of a hug.
Harley Davidson Nightster: Horsemen
Innovative and unique typography can be viewed here. The whole impression has been created without any aid of the visual element.
Discovery Channel – Life
Here the Discovery Channel has designed a print ad to portray what they broadcast. The word "Life" has been made prominent in the whole ad.
Everlast: Persevere
This is quite interesting and a visually alluring print ad that displays a bold use of typography. Overall, a very good design with an intelligent use of typography.
Amazon: Rock
Originality is great; though it is not perhaps the most important point. Whereas these are a variation on a theme, they have good execution and make the point that if you want it you can get it at Amazon. Only takes a second to get it.
Panasonic DVD Theater: Boom
With this ad, the message of Panasonic is crystal clear. With a Panasonic DVD theater, the sound of movies has never been so sophisticated.
Brighton Language School: Deutsch
Slightly ambiguous font is used in this ad. It's a good example of fine-looking illustration. Nice, simple ads that get across the message.
You Don't Have To Stay Inside The Lines
Another brilliant use of typography. You can see in this ad elements that motivate you and bring out all the best in you.
Pak-n-stor: Bedrooms
They say 'We deliver. You pack. We store." The service and intent are clear.
Volkswagen Touareg: Sharks
Bold, significant and totally focused print ad that understands its consumers' psychology.
Volkswagen Touareg: Vultures
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Canton College Foundation Establishes Scholarship for HospitalTuesday, February 12th, 2013
In response to the Canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation's "Constructing Healthier Communities" campaign, the Canton College Foundation has established a $25,000 scholarship fund to assist graduate nurses employed at the Hospital. The fund will provide scholarships for the next five years, to Hospital employees who already have their two-year RN degree, and are pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
"We have many excellent nurses on staff who are graduates of SUNY Canton's RN program," noted Hospital President and CEO David B. Acker. "As the nursing profession has advanced, new standards of care require advanced training. SUNY Canton's online graduate nursing program is a perfect fit for our staff, enabling them to pursue their degree while working."
The first two scholarship recipients are Tammy Sykes, Nurse Manager in the Hospital's Emergency Department; and TerriAnn Crump, nurse in inpatient Chemical Dependency Rehab. Both nurses received their RN training at SUNY Canton.
With the Canton College Foundation's commitment, gifts, grants and pledges to the Hospital Foundation's "Constructing Healthier Communities" campaign have topped $3 million. "We are gratified that we found such meaningful way to be a part of the Hospital's campaign," noted SUNY Canton Vice President for Advancement David Gerlach. "This is just one more example of how our two institutions can partner creatively."
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Google introduced Chrome for Android with Android 4.1 and the Nexus 7. With the launch of the Nexus 4 and Android 4.2, the company ditched the stock AOSP browser for Chrome. While Chrome for Android is feature-filled, it has some major performance issues even on devices with a dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM.
Google aims to bring Chrome for Android on level with its desktop counterpart in terms of security and performance. Keeping this in mind, the company has released a beta version of Chrome for Android in the Play Store. Like the beta channel for the desktop version of Chrome, the beta version of Chrome for Android will provide users with some new experimental features, under-the-hood changes, bug-fixes and much more.
The official blog post from Google states that the beta version of Chrome for Android should already feature at least 25-30% improvement in Octane benchmarks on average. Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 users who have already tried the beta version of the browser have also reported an improvement in the performance of the app.
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Ketchum Named 2012 Agency of the Year
07 Dec, 2012, 11:25 GMT
LONDON, December 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Agency and Its Clients Win Three European Excellence Awards
Leading global communications consultancy Ketchum was honored as Agency of the Year at last night's European Excellence Awards ceremony held in London. This award caps a banner year of industry recognition for Ketchum, including PR Agency of the Year and Large Consultancy of the Year at the North American PRWeek and PRmoment inaugural Golden Hedgehog Awards, respectively. In October, the company received an International Consultancy of the Year "highly commended" designation at the PRWeek Awards in the U.K., after having won the top award the previous year.
"In the last 18 months, we have made great strides to live up to the title of the best international consultancy by serving as key business partners for our clients and continuing to deliver strategic counsel, creative ideas and measurable results," said David Gallagher, Ketchum senior partner and CEO, Europe. "Being honored as agency of the year by several respected industry bodies is a reflection of this commitment, and we are grateful to be recognized as an industry leader by this distinguished panel of our peers."
In addition to winning the Agency of the Year award, Ketchum and its client, FedEx, won two European Excellence Awards in the following categories:
"FedEx Delivers Panda-monium Across the Globe"
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"FedEx Delivers Panda-monium Across the Globe"
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About the European Excellence Awards
The European Excellence Awards are created to honour the most outstanding achievements of communications professionals in their field. The awards also provide an excellent networking forum for all attendees and take a comprehensive look at communications achievements across Europe. This year's awards ceremony was held Dec. 6, 2012 at the Roundhouse in London.
About Ketchum
Ketchum is a leading global communications firm with operations in more than 70 countries across six continents. Named 2012 PR Agency of the Year (PRWeek) and the winner of an unprecedented three consecutive PRWeek Campaign of the Year Awards, Ketchum partners with clients to deliver strategic programming, game-changing creative and measurable results that build brands and reputations. For more information on Ketchum, a part of Diversified Agency Services, a division of Omnicom Group Inc., visit http://www.ketchum.com.
About Diversified Agency Services
Diversified Agency Services (DAS), a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) (http://www.omnicomgroup.com), manages Omnicom's holdings in a variety of marketing communications disciplines. DAS includes over 200 companies, which operate through a combination of networks and regional organizations, serving international and local clients through more than 700 offices in 71 countries.
About Omnicom Group Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc. (http://www.omnicomgroup.com) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.
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.hack//INFECTION Part 1 is the rather strange name of the first in a four-part RPG series that offers an innovative twist: it simulates a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) without the need to actually go online. What's more, the game is actually one component of a multimedia tale that also takes in a 26-part TV series, an original video animation series that runs concurrent to each instalment of the game, and even a comic book series.
The .hack story begins with the 26 episode TV series .hack//SIGN, which introduces the .hack universe prior to the events in INFECTION and leads up directly to the beginning of the game. The year is 2007. A network game called 'The World' has taken the gaming community by storm thanks to its limitless possibilities, but in actuality the game is being used to feed a new, highly advanced form of AI with information.
INFECTION centres on teenagers Kite and Orca, two players of The World who discover that there's much more to its virtual universe than meets the eye when they're completely absorbed into it and attacked by a monster. As a result, Orca falls into a coma in the real world and it's up to Kite to investigate The World and find a way to revive his friend.
As Kite, you'll fight through numerous contaminated levels of cyberspace, unlocking codes that'll grant you access to new environments and embarking on a multitude of quests. Each part of the game also comes bundled with a bonus DVD featuring episodes from .hack//LIMINALITY, an animated series that shows the events that occur in the real world as Kite embarks on his honourable online quest.
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MSPP #68: Scout Law According To Great Leadersstevejb68 on June 4, 2009 in Leadership, podcast, Scout Law
I am veering away from the usual song or skit video found on the Melrose Scouting Productions Podcast to bring you something created by Eagle Scout Doug Gray. A couple years ago Doug's father, Fred, asked me for some assistance in finding some Scouting videos that his council could not find for him. Fred recently wrote me to share a few videos created by his son. Here is a portion of that email:
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Curved Clear CZ Attachment from QualiTi Body Jewellery. Featuring One 4mm, One 3mm and One 2mm Clear Cubic Zircon. These Clusters are ideal for any ear piercing. They come in two variants, to compliment which ear you choose to use it in.
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text: While today's unemployment number came at a low 9.4%, well below expectations, the one and only reason for this is that the labor force in America has plunged to a fresh 25 year low. Assuming a reversion to the mean in the long-term average participation rate back to 66%, means that the civilian labor force, which in December came at 153,690, a drop of 260,000 from November, is in reality 157.6 million, a delta of 3.91 million currently unaccounted for. Maybe someone can ask Bernanke during his imminent presentation before Congress what happened to the unemployed population, which would have been 18.4 million if this labor force delta was incorporated, resulting in an unemployment rate of 11.7%.


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Olive Tree Ministries presents Christo-Fascist Flakes… a taste of imperialism in every bite. Each box presents interesting facts…. with "fact bites and flake-questions" posted on the back of each box;
1) How can a world filled with secular humanists, atheists, and just plain God-haters be pondering the end of the world?
2) Are We on a Slippery Slope to Fascism? (just keep imbibing Jan's articles…and you'll know)
3) We single out Democrats and their evil schemes because Republicans are naturalized Christians.
4) Hitler took control of the airwaves. Obama is Hitler.
5) Criticism of America and Israel is anti-American and anti-Christian.
6) Attacks on conservative radio talk show hosts is an attack on Christianity.
7) Conservative = Christianity.
8) War is good. Peace is bad. Anti-war Christians are Marxists.
We encourage our readers to imbibe Christo-Fascism ideologies, and Fascism Flakes before Christians get all communistic and love their enemies, and share all that they have in common.
Collect all three poseable Jan Markell Action Figures with the purchase of each box of edifying Fascist Flakes.
Finally, remember these precious words from the Gospels "But I tell you….treat your enemies with contempt. If someone strikes you, hit them again and again until they bless America. Resist those who are not fascists and strike down anti-imperialists. Resist those who ask ….especially the poor"
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Welcome! MOOCs are a new educational learning paradigm. Explore how to use MOOCs effectively and keep up with the latest MOOC news here!
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EU and US to hold summit on "Bretton Woods II" as Morgan's Mack calls for new global body
Steve Watson
October 16, 2008
Calls for a new financial world order have increased with EU leaders poised to meet US officials this weekend to demand a "Bretton Woods II" reform of global institutions.
EU leaders have agreed to back British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call to use the financial crisis as an opportunity to swiftly overhaul and radically enhance the regulatory power of global institutions.
The Prime Minister wants dozens of world leaders to meet for a major one-off summit where they would rewrite the rules of international finance encompassing "very large and very radical changes".
The original Bretton Woods agreement in 1944, spurred by the depression of the 1930s and the second world war, created the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and laid down common standards for markets around the world. Now with the current financial crisis EU leaders see another opportunity to enhance global regulations on sovereign economies.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, backed Brown's call, saying it was time to "rethink the world's financial system and prevent any repetition" of the current crisis.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy made his own call for a "new Bretton Woods" earlier this month, arguing that the time has come to replace the "Anglo-Saxon" model of "unrestrained markets".
Officials in Brussels indicated last night that a "Bretton Woods II" summit could take place in New York as early as next month, reports the Financial Times.
In addition, Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack has also called for a new global body to oversee the financial crisis, warning that it is like nothing he's ever seen before.
The calls echo those of elite figures such as CFR member Jeffrey Garten and Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who have both recently called for a "new global monetary authority", a de-facto global financial dictatorship, operating across borders and forcing nations and corporations to register and adhere to strict monitoring and regulations.
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You know how, in movies, teenagers talk to their parents in coded, slang-filled, rapid-fire ways, all while looking furtively around and asking to borrow the car? That is how it feels to watch Style.com's CandyCast. The Conde Nast-backed fashion and style site has animated its own executive fashion director, Candy Pratts Price — or, at least, her arms and face — in an attempt to, well, we don't know what. What we do know is that Candy — or, at the very least, her cartoon alter-ego — is crazy like a fox (kind of like this ridiculous handbag!), as evidenced by the 3+ minutes we spent watching her on the site today.
"Look at the fabulous 20s!" Candy demanded straight off. "When Kate wore that very 20s coral gown, you knew you wanted to wear the 20s." She went on. "When you hear black and white, you know exactly what that means! A fantastic new fiber!" There was more. "Little dresses! Collect them! They'll be essential!" A quick pause. "Finally, the things I love!" A slide-show sped by: A big but short coat, the something something halter dress, blah blah blah, Vera's layering, something about Ralph's cap sleeve, a girl like Gisele, something about marble stairs (?!?!), Andy Warhol, pearls, catalogs that say "important jewels," Damien Hirst's diamond skull. At the end, Candy's animated eyebrows bounced strangely and a commercial for Guess? flashed before us. We were left feeling puzzled and exhausted. But then she was back! Arms crossed, waiting! And as we moved the mouse, Candy's eyes followed the cursor. We felt...insane. Or at the very least, in urgent need of a drink. Ugh. Is this why they say Candy's dandy but liquor is quicker?
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We continue to explore the great treasures which are hidden away in the 33 volume collection of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill. The key to unlocking this treasure is of course our powerful search engine. Here is an example of what one can find. In 1866 Mill gave a speech in the House of Commons denouncing the English mode of governing Ireland. The occasion was a bill granting the Chief Governor of Ireland the power to suspend habeus corpus, that is "to Apprehend and Detain … Such Persons as He or They Shall Suspect of Conspiring against Her Majesty's Person and Government.":
The occasion was one for deep grief, not for irritation. He agreed with the honourable Member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright) that this Bill was a cause for shame and humiliation to this country. We were present at the collapsing of a great delusion. England had for a considerable number of years been flattering itself that the Irish people had come to their senses; that they were now sensible that they had got Catholic Emancipation and the Incumbered Estates Bill, which were the only things they could possibly want; and had become aware that a nation could not have anything to complain of when it was under such beneficent rulers as us, who, if we do but little for them, would so gladly do much if we only knew how… But we had fallen into the mistake of thinking that good intentions were enough… He hardly knew to what to compare the position of England towards Ireland, but some illustration of his meaning might be drawn from the practice of flogging. Flogging in some few cases was probably a necessary abomination, because there were some men and boys whom long persistence in evil had so brutalized and perverted that no other punishment had any chance of doing them good. But when any man in authority– whether he was the captain of a ship or the commander of a regiment, or the master of a school, needed the instrument of flogging to maintain his authority–that man deserved flogging as much as any of those who were flogged by his orders.
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Mid-February 2006 was the official launch of the University of Toronto Press edition of the works of J.S. Mill which went live to the public on the OLL website. This is significant for a number of reasons:
Mill stood up in Parliament in February 1866 to denounce the right given to the Chief Governor of Ireland to suspend habeas corpus and to order floggings of the unruly Irish. One might recall Thomas Hodgskin's outrage at the use of flogging in the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars which led to his own disciplining and the long intellectual journey he began towards laissez-faire individualism. Mill came to the interesting conclusion that people in positions of authority who resorted to flogging needed to be flogged themselves.


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One of the good and bad things about being a product wholesaler is that you get to meet a lot of different financial advisors. Some become friends. Some you wouldn't trust with a $2,000 IRA contribution. It takes all kinds.
As a former wholesaler, one statement I can remember hearing over and over again from advisors went something like, "I'm a great salesman. If you put a potential client in front of me, I know I can sell them!" When you read between the lines of this statement it says, "Why can't I get prospects to meet with me?"
Those of you that are successful advisors know that, as in any sales position, the hardest part of the job is not selling a client … it's getting them. No matter how gifted you are with your "features to benefits" talk, if you can't get backsides in the seat, you're toast.
So, if being a good salesman isn't the most important part of being a successful advisor, what is? I would submit to you, it's being a good marketer. Being able to get your message out to the masses, in a compelling enough way that they want to put their backside in your seat. That is the key.
Last month I wrote about how advisors should beware the Apple App Store. That eventually, someone will write a Mac app that will make advisors obsolete. No sooner had the ink dried on that article, than I met a neighbor who had actually made several Mac apps. When I told him about my prophetic article about ominous apps, he said, "Let me show you what I'm working on."
His company was working on a subscription website for investors. For a mere $297 a month, subscribers can watch how a particular portfolio is invested for a particular strategy. The subscribers also learn how they can mimic these positions in their own portfolios. They're not asking them to write a check (other than the subscription). They're not asking them to execute anything. They're selling information and a story. What the client does with his or her nest egg is irrelevant. (Blasphemy, I know.)
When I scoffed that I didn't know how many people would want something like that he said, "I only need a thousand." He made it sound like getting 1,000 customers would be like picking up a gallon of milk. He went on to explain that through various ways, he can build a list of hundreds of thousands of investors' email addresses and then systematically start his email marketing campaign to these lucky people.
While he was chatting away, I was busy trying to do math in my head. "If this guy gets 1,000 people to buy into this…." Before my headache blossomed into an aneurysm, my iPhone calculator saved the day. If 1,000 people bought the program, my neighbor's company (him and another guy) would bring in over $3,500,000. That's not gross, that's net. After you factor in the broker-dealer cut, the ticket charges and all the confirm fees … it's still $3,500,000!
Will my neighbor succeed? Could 1,000 investment consumers be cyber-sold on this? At first I thought no way, but then I thought about all the other things advisors have sold to clients … VAs with 8% commission, private placements and the $25 statement-mailing fee. Yes, I think maybe there are 1,000 more out there.
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Last month I shared the vintage Red Lattice quilt from my husband's aunt's home in Maine. Today I'll share the two other antique quilts she let me photograph. I love the simplicity of this red and white quilt. It's probably early 20th Century. I think this was made by my husband's great-grandmother.
Here is a close-up of the quilting. Part of the quilt is quilted with this circle/orange peel pattern (which I LOVE) and part is quilted with a simple straight-line, cross hatch pattern. Makes me wonder if there were multiple quilters and why the two drastically different patterns. To be honest, I didn't even notice it until writing this post. Funny.
Check out these fabulous fabrics. Lots of madder-red hues in there. I wonder how much the colors have changed since the quilt was assembled? Because of the log cabin pattern and the fabric colors, my guess is that this quilt was made between 1870-1890. (I'm not ready to start as a judge on Antiques Roadshow – nowhere near a professional – but this site helped solidify my guess.)
I would be interested to know the history of this one. It came through the family, but they were unsure of the details. Another reminder to label your quilts. (Note to self: would you just start labeling your quilts!) It was fabulous to see this beauty for myself. I had no idea of its existence so it was very fun to see and admire it up close. I love old quilts. They're one of my favorite kinds of quilts.


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Living off the land in Okinawa
One of the arguments in favor of keeping U.S. military bases on Okinawa is that many Okinawans make a living from the bases. If they were gone, these people would lose income. Among this group are people who own the land where some of the bases are located. The Japanese government pays rent to these people, who number about 3,000.
According to an article in the Asahi Shimbun, the total amount of money paid to these "landlords" in 2008 was ¥6.5 billion. That's about 8 percent of all the rent paid to all 34,000 landlords on Okinawa. To put this in perspective, the American military controls about 20 percent of Okinawa's land area (though it only occupies 11 percent), and rent on property accounts for 2 percent of Okinawa's prefectural production (tourism accounts for about 10 percent). Moreover, only 8 percent of the landlords who get money from the bases receive more than ¥5 million a year. More than half the landlords receive less than a million yen, which means most landlords don't make a living from the bases.
The upshot is that the U.S. military controls land that might be more economically viable if the residents of Okinawa controlled it. It's very difficult to develop Okinawa for industry and commercial purposes, which is what many candidates for office in Okinawa want to do, because the position and size of the U.S.-controlled land make it impossible to build continuous transportation networks. Okinawa is the only Japanese prefecture with no rail service. Of course, Okinawa's agricultural sector was greatly diminished by the U.S. military, which confiscated any land it wanted in 1945 (while detaining its owners indefinitely in camps) and then continued appropriating property as it pleased right up until 1972 when the island reverted to Japanese control. Compare this to the U.S. bases on Honshu. Ninety percent of that land was confiscated from the Japanese military during the American occupation. Sixty percent of the land used by U.S. bases on Okinawa is either private property or owned by local municipalities.
But that doesn't mean there wouldn't be enormous financial problems if the U.S. military left. It would require a lot of time and money to redevelop the land so that it could be used effectively for agriculture or industry, which means the Japanese government would probably have to pay for it because the island itself is so poor. It would be more than what they pay now to host the bases. So that's another reason why the government isn't so anxious to see the Americans leave.
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Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström have moved onto their next venture: a music streaming service. Their new service aims to differentiate itself from the crowd by combining the appeal of other traditional Internet services with the ability to stream your own music to your mobile devices—sort of. Rdio (apparently a combination of "radio" and "audio" to create "r-dee-o") has not yet opened to the public, but has begun testing with an invitation-only group of testers.
Rdio will have two tiers of service—neither of which will be free—that will target both the Web-only and Web-plus-mobile crowd. For $9.99, users will be able to stream music over the Web to their computers and mobile devices (the team has already developed applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry, with an Android version in the works); for $4.99, users can stick to just the Web.
Rdio has struck a deal with the Big Four music labels (EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner Music) as well as a collection of independent labels and aggregators in order to offer a plethora of music to stream. In addition, users can use a tool to scan their local music libraries in iTunes or Windows Media Player and then replicate the playlists on Rdio so that they are essentially streaming their own music collection to wherever they are.
It's not exactly the same as, say, the old version of Lala (where you could upload your own music to stream elsewhere), but it tries to offer the same appeal by recreating what you already have based on the licenses available on the site. The obvious downside is that Rdio may not have the rights to stream certain songs or bands that you have stored locally, meaning that your Rdio-replicated playlists may be a bit more mainstream than your actual music tastes. We'll have to see how diverse the selection actually is once the service launches.
Finally, no new service on the Internet would be complete without a social aspect, and Rdio delivers on this as well. Users will be able to follow their friends' accounts to see what they're listening to and share their own playlists. And it should be noted that Rdio won't always require an Internet connection to listen to music—according to the announcement, users will be able to sync an unspecified amount of music to their mobile devices for offline access.
With so many other on-demand music services out there, Rdio may struggle to gain users. However, its feature set does go beyond what some other services offer—I would welcome an attempt to recreate my local playlists in the cloud—so there's definitely potential there.


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MULTIPLE NOMINATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN KOREAN AND ITS SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION BY ADULT ENGLISH SPEAKERS by Yongjoon Cho A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Yongjoon Cho
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The Golem is a foe that will flummox spellcasters who rely heavily on the BURNDAYRAZ glyph due to its high magic resistance. Glyphs that target monsters, such as WEYTWUT and APHEELSIK also have a high chance of failure. However, the Golem is otherwise a mediocre foe and can be easily defeated by physical means.
The PISORF glyph completely ignores magic resistance, and will allow spellcaster-type characters to easily defeat them (provided there's a wall to crush them against). Any glyphs that help the player instead of hurting the monster will also be unaffected by this magic resistance. This means that a character that has any other means of boosting his combat performance other than fireballs should have little trouble with golems.
The Golem boss, the Iron Man, has a whopping 75% magic resistance, but otherwise pertains all the same weaknesses as a regular Golem and is one of the easiest bosses to dispatch with swift and efficient melee attacks.


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Zachary Adams (b. 1987) creates handwritten love letters to real and imagined people, scrawling them across a wash of color, often with geometric shapes. Adams' conjures romance through phrasing ranging from the poetic - "Your eyes shine like the moon" - to the practical, almost mundane - "We could shop for food and cook pasta." In 2011 and 2012, Adams creates a series of love letters on brown paper bags, giving the letters a more intimate yet fleeting quality.
Adams joined the Creativity Explored studio in 2010, and his work has been exhibited internationally (See below).
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The fact that a certain person writes at a distance from contemporary literature and increases this distance through solitude... is already a reason for not knowing how to begin to do him justice. Where does he belong, what does he want, where are his points of reference (to what end?), in which conversation, hence in which non-conversation, does this monologue of his participate, what does he have to say and to whom? [Translated by Flowerville]Yes, I thought, what makes Bernhard uniquely disturbing appears to have something to do with his personal reticence, a silence reminiscent of the terrible solitude out of which his characters begin to speak and yet which seems to have been Bernhard's only way of speaking, a kind of self-stifling game, or something to do with how his work emphasises the solitude necessary to all writing, its remove from Sunday Supplement profiles, bookshop signings and prize ceremonies (hence their spectacular proliferation) and why it is best to go, like Bernhard, in the opposite direction, even if that means reinforcing exceptional solitude.
|The Notting Hill Editions' edition
After reading Bernhard, one is left with the impossibility of doing justice to the silence behind the game. Clearly this is due to the moderating activity of the critical act and its tendency to orchestrate traditions rather than self-blinding before singularities, but this is also present in the malady of existence, as brought forth by Thomas Bernhard so clearly in his narratives. So, yes, My Prizes is a minor work, a collection dredged from the publisher's bottom drawer and dilute compared to the novels, and, yes, while the anecdotes expose the grotesque vanity and philistine violence of municipal art culture so brilliantly that it is probably enough only to celebrate the comedy, the anger and the excess of My Prizes, none of this would express anything new or worth saying. Every week someone announces to a startled world how funny and dark Bernhard is or how unfunny and dark Bernhard is, and everything they say is true or not true and not worth saying again
|The Alfred A. Knopf edition
But what might be worth saying again is the significance of the recurring ambiguity of the reckless acts in Bernhard's fiction, something repeated throughout My Prizes. In the first essay he needs a suit for a ceremony and at very short notice chooses one from the rack of a posh menswear store. After the event he decides it's too small, takes it back to demand a replacement, which, to his surprise, he receives. For the next prize he decides the money should go towards buying a house, so an estate agent lines up twelve farmhouses in upper Austria for a full day's viewing. The first is mouse-infested, has damp-rotted floors and is much too big, but, before he's seen the second let alone the twelfth, he decides to buy it there and then. Days follow in which he frets over the decision: the prize money will pay only an installment – so where will he find the money to pay the remainder let alone refurbish the building? We don't find out but we know from elsewhere the farmhouse became his country retreat for the rest of his life. Later, another prize pays for "storm windows".
Another prize prompts him to buy a car despite having never driven one. In a showroom he sees a Triumph Herald and once again buys it on the spot, demanding the example on show to drive away immediately. He drives to Croatia where he and his "aunt" had rented a villa. In his room he writes the terrifying novella Amras, sends it to his publisher and, to clear his head, goes for a drive along the coast and promptly has a life-threatening accident. Back in Vienna, he hires the best and most expensive solicitor to deal with the case and frets about the extravagance given the regular ill-fortune of cross-border justice. But once again things work out and he gets more money in compensation than he had ever hoped for.
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These are just a few examples of reckless behaviour from the nine essays but, as I said, they appear throughout his work. I've mentioned before the famous bike ride in Gathering Evidence and the abrupt changes in habit that recur in various novels, such as the beginning of Gehen, translated as Walking, apparently his breakthrough work stylistically. Except in My Prizes he doesn't talk about his work! The car and the crash are discussed in detail but Amras itself, this extraordinary work whose 50th anniversary it is this year, is mentioned only in passing and almost dismissively as "romantic, something born of a young man who'd been reading Novalis for months".
The most notable example of behavioral change comes at the beginning of the valedictory novel Extinction, with perhaps the greatest opening sentence in modern literature.
On the twenty-ninth, having returned from Wolfsegg, I met my pupil Gambetti on the Pincio to discuss arrangements for the lessons he was to receive in May, writes Franz-Josef Murau, and impressed once again by his high intelligence, I was so refreshed and exhilarated, so glad to be living in Rome and not in Austria, that instead of walking home along the Via Condotti, as I usually do, I crossed the Flaminia and the Piazza del Popolo and walked the whole length of the Corso before returning to my apartment in the Piazza Minerva, where at about two o'clock I received the telegram informing me that my parents and my brother, Johannes, had died. Parents and Johannes killed in accident. Caecilia, Amalia, it read.The implicit connection of the change in Franz-Josef's routine to the change in his fortune comes from the excess of detail within the proliferating clauses and the desolate two-sentence telegram that follows immediately. But how can they be connected? The connection is both obvious and absurd. However, rather than seek cause and effect, we need only see this perplexity as the birth of the narratives we are reading and the voices of individuals rising from the predicament of "exigency, necessity, inexorability", as Bachmann describes it.
[Translated by David McLintock]
This is the key to Bernhard's radicalism and why he is more than a scourge of bourgeois pretensions, or whatever else the critics say, and why it's impossible to pin him down. His prose soars, exploding like fireworks illuminating the landscape for a moment before plummeting to earth in darkness. If he knew where he belonged, what he wanted, what he had to say and to what end, in what conversation or non-conversation he might participate, his work would be very different; das gewöhnliche Zeug, to borrow Kafka's uncle's phrase: the usual stuff.
In 1970 – during the Mexico World Cup in fact – Bernhard starred in Drei Tage, a filmed monologue (a translation of which you can read here) in which he suggests why his style of writing does not escape what is written about:
The thing I find most terrifying is writing prose…it's pretty much the most difficult thing for me…And the moment I realized this and became conscious of it, I swore to myself that from then on I would do nothing but write prose. Of course I could have done something completely different. I have studied many other disciplines, but none of them are terrifying.


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Does anyone have a good layout for using trello in Web Project / Design management?
I've got a team spread over the world and would like to switch from Basecamp (I think) to something like Trello (easier, cheaper, obviously).
Watching the video gave me some ideas, but I'm still scratching my head about the best way to begin. In order for my team to embrace this, it'll have to be almost perfect from the beginning, so I don't want to mess up :)