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Cutting Room Floor
Enemy Ace
King Tut
Black Canary vs. Catwoman
Riddler stories
The Jokester and Crime Syndicate
Morpheus and Death from Neil Gaiman's Sandman
"The Count and The Countess"
Trap at Stonegate idea
Man-Bat idea
Scarface's Racehorse scheme idea
Killer Christmas toys
Killer Croc origin story
Catwoman becomes the hunted idea
Riddler takes over a skyscraper idea
The Architect idea
Mad Hatter and Wonderland Gang idea
Two-Face's Triptych scheme idea
Bruce Thwarts Clayface idea
Blackbeard idea
Mr. Freeze's Arctic smuggling idea
Mad Maestro idea
Robin races to cure Batman idea
Early P.O.V. idea
Batman Hysteria idea
Zatanna idea
"The Midnight Hour"
"Mind Games"
"The Darkest Knight"
Hugo Strange Pitch
Gangster Kid Pitch
"What is Reality?" Sequel Idea
Poison Ivy enslaving Swamp Thing
The One and Only Gun Story
Lo, The Creeper!
The Golem
Razing Hellbane
Mama Didn't Raise No Dummies
Never Say Uncle
Masks (later known as Mask of the Phantasm)
"Lost" radio play pilot cira 1942
Catwoman Spinoff Series
Robin Spinoff Series
Catwoman-Batman Turning Point Story
Captain Marvel
Fish Story
Justice League (Lightray, Supergirl, Black Lightning, The Question, Nightshade, Vixen, Dr. Fate, Mr. Miracle)
Jor-El Voice Chip in Clark's sportscar
Superman Revenge Squad
Legacy was originally a course correction for the series
Superman and Lashina's son
Lobo Spinoff Series
Nocturna (2nd attempt)
Ra's al Ghul and Poison Ivy team-up
Teen Titans Spinoff Series
Catwoman and Nightwing Spinoff Series
Birds of Prey Spinoff Series
Pitches that Preceded Batman Beyond
Naming Terry
Alpha Red
Dana dumps Terry
AI Version of Joker
Curare was a Love Interest
Cut Ace in the Hole Scene
Superman Beyond Ideas then The Call
Early Melanie Walker concept art
Early Dee Dee concept art
Batman Beyond sequel series on Mars
Batman Anime
Justice League Kids
Captain Marvel in Hereafter
Poison Ivy
Kurt Busiek
Swamp Thing, Tefe, Animal Man, Black Lightning, Phantom Stranger, Spectre, Blue Beetle
Justice Society of America
Killer Frost
Black Lightning
Milestone Heroes
Teen Titans crossover
Gear spin off series pitch
New Static Shock series Pitch
Adventures-style Comic Book pitch
Scrapped Joker Cameo in "This Little Piggy"
Spectre and Phantom Stranger
"Misfortune Cookies"
I say "could have been" because, after I fleshed out Stan and Dwayne's tale and wrote a detailed outline (trying to do justice to the brilliant absurdity of their idea), the Powers That Be gave "Misfortune Cookies" a very enthusiastic thumbs-down and the story was consigned to limbo-and that's where it's been for the past decade.
Hal Jordan in Alternate Universe Story
Green Lantern Hirunan
"The Balance"
Birds of Prey
The Outsiders
Teen Titans
Clark reveals his secret in Divided We Fall
Aquaman in Another Shore
Journey through Time
James Tucker's Idea
All Villains Direct to Video Movie
Two-Face Direct to Video Movie
No S:TAS DTV Movies
Batman vs. Bane Direct to Video Movie
Sub-Zero recasting of Batgirl
Sub-Zero's Original Ending
Batman: Arkham Direct to Video Movie
Catwoman Beyond Direct to Video Movie
"[In the Batman Beyond DTV], instead of Waller, Selina Kyle herself was going to be the one who cloned Batman. Staying much closer to the 'Boys from Brazil' set-up, Selina hedged her bets and created lots of Bruce Wayne clones, and systematically murdered their parents when they reached the proper age. Most of them didn't become manic-depressive crime-fighters, only Terry and one other-a young boy she adopted and raised as her own son. There was going to be a creepy 'Manchurian Candidate' aspect to their relationship, with the aging (but still disturbingly kinda sexy) Selina coaxing the kid into becoming an uber-messed-up avenger of evil.
"Selina's 'son' was going to be the main bad guy 'muscle' of the story-a twisted version of Terry / Bruce, with his own 'dark superhero' outfit and everything. The plan was for him to be bumping off criminals from the Batman Beyond Rogues Gallery, and possibly even an old-timer like Edward Nygma, thus setting the plot in motion (this part was always a bit too 'Phantasm' for me, but I did like the 'Manchurian Candidate'-ness of him).
"This version of Selina had, at some point in the past, 'seen the light,' after years of Batman nagging her to use her talents to help people instead of just helping herself. She eventually realized he was right, but with 'born again' zeal, decided Batman himself didn't go far enough in punishing criminals; she needed a Batman who would help her eliminate criminals (i.e. kill them dead) and set about creating one. These were going to be 'true' Bruce Wayne clones, not nano-engineered 'sons'; in fact, that had a whole lot of problems built into it, which we would have had to figure out if we'd ever gotten a greenlight:
If Terry were an exact clone of Bruce, why didn't Bruce recognize him immediately when he showed up fighting Jokerz outside his gate?
Since Lil' Matt is patently identical to Terry, how could he also be a clone? Wouldn't make sense for Selina to have artificially inseminated Mary McGinnis twice, five or so years apart.
How did Terry's parents escape being murdered when Terry was eight years old?
"Dwayne's 'nano-engineered sperm' idea neatly solved all these problems. [In addition], there were other aspects of the story that would've needed some massaging; for instance, Selina never seemed particularly tech-savvy, so the bonkers clone plot seemed like a bit of a stretch for her (but perfect for Mrs. Waller and her Frankenstein leanings). [Also], Bruce was going to discover the truth about 'dark avenger guy' being a clone of himself, put two and two together, and realize [that] Terry was also a Bruce clone and try to shut Terry out of the case, but that bit was way too similar to what we'd just done in Return of the Joker.
Terry thinking he was 'cursed by Batman,' blaming Bruce for ruining his life, even suspecting that Bruce deliberately set the whole thing up, breaking up with Dana... all these bits originated in that impromptu brainstorming session with me and Glen Murakami. The Terry / Dana breakup bit was kinda cool: Terry and Dana go to the wedding of one of her cousins, and you know how people get at weddings; Dana starts hinting that they should think about getting hitched (after they graduate, of course!) and, surprisingly, Terry's not completely adverse to the idea: part of him would actually like to settle down with this girl he obviously adores and live something of a normal life, but then he finds out he's Bruce's clone, thinks he's cursed, doesn't want Dana to have anything to do with him, [etc.]. Terry deciding to change the Batman paradigm by actually marrying her at story's end was something we added when writing 'Epilogue.' I honestly don't know how we would have resolved the Dana / Terry thing if we'd made the Batman Beyond version. Anyhow, that's it in a nutshell
Worlds Collide Direct to Video Movie
The storyline didn't change very much. The characters changed a bit. Some of the motivations changed. Mostly what I did was cut out stuff that was intended to set up the mysterious new "Justice League Unlimited" show, which later enjoyed 39 episodes, but at the time we started, we were leading into [JLU], so there was a lot of stuff that was supposed to erase questions. I took that out, but I'd say 90 to 95 percent of it is the same story.
We actually made up a fake president, who we thought was going to be president in "Justice League Unlimited," just because we knew we were going to do some political stuff
Right around the same time that we were developing "Justice League Unlimited," we came up with this story, which at the time was called, "Worlds Collide," which explained how the two series connected and what happened in between, and we used the Crime Syndicate from the comics, who are a group of supervillains, who are kind of like the evil alter egos of our guys and the main antagonists of that story. [When] we wrote the script, the idea was that we were going to do both the movie and "Justice League Unlimited," simultaneously. We knew we had a longer lead time on the movie, so we knew it was going to come out on home video some time after "Justice League Unlimited" premiered, but that was OK. But ultimately, for one reason or another, just as were getting ready to get a green light on "Worlds Collide" - we actually already had the cast in place - we were getting ready to pull the trigger on it and the plug got pulled. They said, for whatever reason, "We don't think we should go ahead with this."
But we had the script lying around that we really, really liked that Dwayne [McDuffie] had written, and it kept coming up in conversations. It was like, "It's a shame that this script exists and we can't do it. What should we do with it?" Should we put on one of the other DVDs as a pdf file, just so people could read it? Or should we turn it into a comic book?
DC was all excited about doing it as comic book miniseries for a while there, but ultimately all of that stuff fell through and, years and years later, we were working on these DCU movies, the DTVs, and we had a couple of scripts that were in development that weren't quite gelling. We had a slot open - we really needed a movie for the first quarter of '10 - and we have to get something in the works. All along, I'd been going, "We've got 'Worlds Collide.' It's still sitting there." And they said, "Yeah, but it's too close to the TV continuity. Yadda, yadda, yadda," and then I happened to be reading one of the current "Justice League of America" comics that was coming out at the time and, weirdly enough, Dwayne was writing the comic at the time. I was flipping through it and I was like, "Wait a minute. A lot of the people, who are in the Justice League, at the moment, in the comic were a lot of the characters that we played up a lot on the series, like Black Canary and Vixen. And I happened to notice the design of the Watchtower that they were using was our Watchtower from the animated series. It was almost like the two continuities had kind of weirdly merged. So I got the idea that, without a whole lot of trouble now, we could actually retro-fit "Worlds Collide" into a DCU movie with minor alterations - the biggest, of course, being swapping out John Stewart for Hal Jordan, and obviously, we'd have to go in and redesign the characters because we didn't want it to be exactly the same style than the TV series. But ultimately, Dwayne's original script was about 95 percent intact and everybody signed off on it and away we went.
Curiously enough, James Woods was the one person that actually ended up playing the same part that he would have played if we had gone ahead with "Worlds Collide" all those years ago. Back in the day, he was our choice for Owlman. Unfortunately, he and Andrea Romano, and I think even Dwayne, they might be misremembering it, because I'm pretty sure we had cast him as Owlman. They're saying he was originally cast as Lex Luthor in the earlier version, but I'm pretty sure he was Owlman. Everybody else, we had a completely different cast in mind. We, frankly, thought he was a longshot. He's a big name actor and he's really, really good and too expensive. But at the time, he signed on for it, and years later, I was like, "Well, he was our original choice for Owlman. Let's see if he would still be interested." And he still was, and there we were
And actually, at the time, when it was still "Worlds Collide," we had gotten pretty far down the line in terms of developing the character designs for the Crime Syndicate and some of the other characters, and I didn't want to have to just start completely from scratch again. It's basically just the ending from the original movie that literally leads into "Justice League Unlimited."
Elongated Man, Greem Arrow, and Zatanna
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five
Wonder Woman and the Star Riders
In 1992, for reasons I can't guess, Mattel decided they wanted to do a line of toys based around Wonder Woman -- but not based on her actual history or character! -- accompanied (of course) by a cartoon and other tie-ins. Their original idea seems to have been a resuscitation of the She-Ra concept, with a little Captain Planet-style environmentalism added, and Wonder Woman shoved in for name recognition. (I also wouldn't be surprised to find out there was a little Sailor Moon influence at work as well -- while that's pure speculation on my part, Sailor Moon was already a huge success in Japan at the time, and Mattel worked closely with Bandai and had to have been aware of how well the franchise was doing.)
So, they went to DC and WB Animation to develop the show that would be a vehicle for the toy line. In late 92, the concept went through several revisions as WB tried to pull together a pilot, DC worked on the promotional comics (which were to be inserted into Barbie boxes, as well as who knows where else) and Mattel worked on their toy designs. Long-time DC comic and licensing artist Jose Garcia-Lopez (see his Superpowers work at the Superpowers archives) was even tapped to do the character designs. Finally, enough was settled for Mattel to put together a presentation for the Feb 93 Toy Fair. The line was supposed to launch in September of that year, accompanied by a half-hour animated special, which would then be put out on video, and tie-in comic series and other merchandise. Unfortunately, the whole thing collapsed not long afterwards -- I can't trace the actual fatal blow, but my guess would be that they couldn't find any takers for their proposed cartoon (animated shows geared towards girls are virtually unsellable -- even today I know of cartoons being shopped around that no-one will produce because "conventional wisdom" dictates that shows geared towards girls will fail). But as the pilot was never even made (supposedly it got as far as storyboards and some test animation, although I'm not sure if that's true), it's also possible that orders were so low on the toy line Mattel decided to pull the plug -- it had been about five years since the last girl's action line left the shelves, so retailers might have been hesitant about trying the line out. It's also possible that the concept was so weird -- marketing-driven without much thought to logic, a mish-mash of other shows and toy lines, an almost unrecognizable Wonder Woman -- that cooler heads prevailed and put the concept out of its misery.
With so many strikes against it, I'm amazed that anyone attempted to market this concept in the first place, and (I think) it's completely bizarre that toys were actually shown and promoted before the property they were based on had even materialized. In fact, a Feb 93 article in the Wall Street Journal calls the line "an unusual venture" because of Mattel's attempt to do a female action line, which at that point hadn't been seen for several years. To help clarify things for those who might have been made nervous (and to think Xena would appear just a few years later!), a spokeswoman for Mattel stressed that the line would be nonviolent and that Wonder Woman would have "lots of hair to comb."
But lots of hair couldn't save this Wonder Woman. And so this ill-fated chapter in the history of female action figures drew to a close (as Wonder Woman fans around the globe breathed a sigh of relief!)
Star Lily of the Star RidersThe Star Rider concept went through a lot of incarnations in its brief existence, and the final storyline doesn't really have a good explanation for the term, "Star Riders". As things stood when the line ended, you have your choice of two universes for Wonder Woman and the Riders -- in the version which would have been seen in the cartoon (and presumably followed on the published comics and toy info) the "Riders" are a group of four teenage girls from around the globe who were all born with nature-controlling superpowers, who suddenly are called to "fulfill their destiny" as Star Riders along with Wonder Woman (who is apparently also one of the chosen ones -- she's a very young Wonder Woman, with none to little of her normal DC background). They're taken to the mysterious Starlight Castle in the sky by winged horses and given costumes, new names, new hair colors and some nice accessories by a disembodied voice, Starlight (all of this directly from the She-Ra mythos, by the way). Wonder Woman doesn't get a new name, but she does get a new costume along with her new friends, and as a natural-born leader takes charge. They're informed that a great evil has attacked the Earth, in the form of their soon-to-be arch-nemesis Purrsia (who is far more Catra than Cheetah), accompanied by her evil kitty pal Panthera, and they must stop her and protect the world. As it turns out, there's these magical Star Jewels protecting the earth, which Starlight created eons ago. And Purrsia is trying to steal them all to impress her boss, the evil and mysterious Darkness (think Queen Metallia crossed with Satan). Starlight has now activated the Star Riders to save the jewels and protect Nature from evil (it's hard to tell if their existence was somehow engineered by Starlight or if they are simply the best candidates for the jobs). They now must learn to use their powers, cope with their new duties, learn to get along, fit in with other teenagers in their regular lives, and of course constantly fight Purrsia and save the Star Jewels from her. You can pretty much figure out what would have happened for the rest of the series from there.
Promo ComicHowever, the early promotional materials (WB/Mattel's presentation folder and the actually-released mini-comic) give us a universe quite different, one based on an earlier version of the storyline, in which the Star Riders don't have human secret identities, but are a sort of secret guardian system for the planet, known only to the Queen of the Amazons, who's sent her daughter to join and lead them. Instead of being humans who become superheroines, they're more like heroines who adopt secret identities to live among humans -- Princess Diana is a doctor; Solara (actually a sun goddess of the aztecs or something like that) is a photographer; Ice (a princess of the quasi-norse-legend Ice Folk) is a part-time writer and illustrator who holds down a day job in an ice-cream parlor; Dolphin (princess of an aquatic race) works at "Ocean World"; and Star Lily (the last survivor of a secret paradise-like land) works as a florist. Their powers are pretty similar as Star Riders, although in this incarnation poor Star Lily can only make people fall asleep! In this version, Purrsia is simply a greedy evil sorceress from another dimension who wants all jewels. It's suggested that she could have been a heroine of her world but didn't live up to the task -- and that she may be redeemable. She seems to be more or less a rogue Star Rider who wants to lead the group and may be redeemable. (Although it's hard to tell -- in the promo comic there's a big lapse in logic -- Purrsia tells Panthera, who's a bumbling cat instead of an assistant here, that she wants to be a Star Rider, and in Wonder Woman's lasso she says she want to join their sisterhood and renounce evil. Now I've never heard of a version of the magic lasso where you could actually lie when wrapped up in it -- but apparently Purrsia's figured out how, 'cause as soon as she gets into the castle she cuts the power and makes off with a Star Jewel. Oh well, I guess she's just really evil!) You can see the entire comic for yourself at Themyscira, along with the character descriptions given in the presentation booklet. Personally, I prefer the later "official" version, and the following character descriptions are based on that:
(going clockwise from) Wonder Woman: a young, relatively-new-to-man's-world WW gets a new costume when she becomes one of the Star Riders, and gets the Wonder Wand, which gives her some supernatural powers including flight and the ability to "bring out people's innate goodness" (ahem, couldn't be from Sailor Moon, could it?). She also gets the coolest horse, Nightshine, who's a winged unicorn, rather than the "plain" winged horse everyone else gets. (Again, shades of She-Ra!) She wears bustier, boots and tiara in the classic WW style, with tights, tutu, and cape added.
Solara: even more predictable than Ice's "cold" nature is Solara's fiery temperament, and believe it or not, she's a hot-blooded Latina teenager (from Mexico, to be specific). No stereotypes there, folks. She has the powers of the Sun, including a serious sunblast she can do from her chest, and she can control temperature. A warm pink and orange color scheme (including dark pink hair) mystifyingly works for her.
Star Lily: the protector of nature is also the token non-white character -- an African princess who says things like "hey, girlfriend". She controls nature with very Poison Ivy-like powers, making things grow out of seemingly nowhere. She has a big floral-design thing on her back. At odds with her close bond to organic things, she seems to be the one most interested in the Starlight Castle's technology.
Dolphin: a perky, cute American high school girl who has absolutely nothing to do with the DC character. She's the "ocean" character, who can make bubbles. Strong bubbles. And big ones too. If she does anything else, I haven't seen it evidenced in the final material -- but early concepts include a "sonic scream". Pale blue hair, a fan-tail skirt and a Mera-like tiara complete her particular ensemble.
Purrsia: the evil nemesis of the Star Riders -- she lives in a dark castle in another dimension, able to move back and forth with the aid of Panthera (she can't do it on her own). She's an evil sorceress type, who like all cartoon villains is rather ineffectual. She has a fur trimmed skirt and cape, and a magic mask which allows her to see things that are invisible to the naked eye-- a sort of x-ray vision, if you will.
Ice: another American high-schooler who is predictably emotionally detached -- she is the, uh, "ice" character (and again has nothing to do with the DC character she's named for). She can create ice blasts, freeze things, make things out of ice -- she's probably the most powerful of the four younger girls -- but she's the one who gets a power wand to increase and focus her abilities. For some reason, she's pink and white -- not colors I think of as "ice-like"...but I suppose they didn't want to repeat Dolphin's color scheme. Ice wand and cape accessorise her Frosta-like outfit.
It was reported at the time that Supergirl was later going to be added to the line, but after reviewing the line's history, I doubt that was ever actually planned, especially as the development never got as far as planning a series. Room was left for additional riders, but more likely they would have been created by Mattel. The Toys
The figures are as closely descended from the She-Ra line as the actual characters themselves, using similar accessories, powers and deco. But they're based on a much more doll-like figure than the She-Ra line was -- I'm not sure what these 6" molds were originally created for, but this is their first appearance. They have since been used by Mattel in the Disney Princess line, the "Four Corners" doll family line, and in the girl's adventure line "Tenko and the Guardians of the Gemstones" (which is possibly the closest thing to the Star Riders we'll ever see -- incorporating the powerful magic gemstones concept and the magnetic jewel feature planned for the Star Riders). But unlike these later cloth-dressed dolls, the Star Riders were designed like the She-Ra line, with painted-on basic costumes accessorised with add-on skirts, wands and headdresses (as well as above-mentioned magnetic jewel accessory).
As far as "action features" go, Dolphin apparently had a "bubble power", which looks as though it works by pumping bubble solution through her midsection (the 3rd She-Ra had a bubble power action, but it was based on a gun -- Dolphin's action reminds me of Mermista's water spraying feature instead); Ice has an ice wand and "ice" sound effects; Solara's chest lights up with her solar blast; and Star Lily has the spinning attachment that formerly belonged to Castaspella (from She-Ra).
Starlight CastleIn the playmate/pet department, Mattel also showed Wonder Woman's steed, Nightshine, and one of the basic winged horses, Cloudancer; as well as Purrsia's companion/assistant Panthera. You can see from the photo of Nightshine that the horses are definitely made from the basic horse mold used in the She-Ra line. (And I assume that Purrsia's cat would have been cast from the Clawdeen mold as well.) However, the Starlight Palace, while obviously based in concept on the She-Ra line's Crystal Castle is all-new. I'm not sure why -- the castle is described as in the clouds and otherwise sounds like the Crystal Castle. But the Starlight Palace is smaller and cheap looking. I can only guess that either Mattel didn't want to be so obvious by re-using the Crystal Castle mold -- who knows how many people still had one in their homes and wouldn't appreciate seeing it re-used, or the Crystal Castle was simply too elaborate and expensive to be feasible in 1993 (especially as part of an unproven line.
The toys also reverted back to the original designs for the characters -- for some reason, in the promotional materials, big logos based on the character's initials have been imposed onto the designs. But the toys are back to basics:
Young Aquaman
Legion of Superheroes
Legion of Superheroes
Justice League
Doom Patrol
Angel and The Ape
Gotham High
The Story Synopsis: We all go through incredible changes as teenagers: growth spurts, bad skin, a sudden insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents... Well, that is if you're Bruce Wayne. As if being a freshman at Gotham High wasn't tough enough, Bruce's insomnia and technological fascinations are taking their toll. Instead of spending his time studying, he has begun to obsess over an emerging personality trait: Batman. But under the watchful eye of his guardian and steward, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce is forced to put his intelligence to good use: graduating high school. But given his classmates, can Bruce survive Gotham High?
Summary: pitched this very different take on the Batman mythos to Warner Bros. Animation in the early 2000s. Based on an old sketch by Thomas, Gotham High recast the usual heroes and foes found in Batman's world as high school students. The show would look at Wayne's insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents ... while dealing with typical issues that come with being a student. Under the watchful eye of his guardian Alfred Pennyworth, Wayne is forced to focus on graduating high school before he can take to the night skies ... that is, if he can survive the experience. Thomas said the unique idea sadly got lost in the multitude of Batman pitches Warner Bros. Animation executives hear every year.
Harley & Ivy
Justice League International
Green Lantern
CG Batman pitch
Batman No Man's Land pitch
Superman/Batman pitch
Knightfall pitch
Nightwing pitch
Wonder Twins
Unknown Pitch for Timm series
Superman Family
New Trinity Traveling the Multiverse
House of Batman
Wonder Twins
Red X
Titans Tower
Bruce Wayne
Separated Man
Honey Bun
The Ant
The Scorcher
Omega Men
Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone
Season 1 "Divide and Conquer"
Season 1 "Sum of His Parts"
Season 1 "Switched"
Season 2 "Winner Take All"
Season 2 "Fractured"
Season 3 "Deception"
Season 3 "Betrothed"
Season 3 "Titans East, Part 1"
The Lost Episode
Season Five
Season 5 "Homecoming, Part 1"
Season 5 "Go"
Season 5 Finale
Season 5 "Titans Together"
Season Six
Green Lantern: The Animated Series Video Game
New Gods
The Catwoman
The Batman: Hush
Teen Titans: Judas Contract
Aquaman: Hero of Atlantis
Green Arrow
Batgirl: Year One
Green Lantern: First Flight Sequel
Wonder Woman sequel
The Long Halloween
Vampire Batman
R-Rated Vertigo movies
Untitled Green Lantern
Untitled Superman
Untitled Justice League Project
Untitled Justice League Project
Plastic Man
Static Shock
Dr. Fate
Starro the Conqueror
Funky Flashman
Big Barda
Thunder and Lightning
Super Best Friends Forever
Doom Patrol
New Teen Titans
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Holy break up Batman! Two breakups in one morning, just before I have to get the girl to school and myself off to a coffee morning, so here we go...
AND because one break-up wasn't enough...
The awesome Jennifer Jason Leigh (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) has filed for divorce from her director/writer husband Norm (also a Jew) Baumbach (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou). She'll be a single white female again-- just thought I'd state the obvious because no other gossip column's gonna use that one I bet, you heard that one here first people. However, I really thought those kids were gonna make it!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Kate's Heart Will Go On...
Kate Winslet has reportedly split from her hubba hubba model boyfriend of just four months, Louis Dowler. Apparently she had enough of this hottie and wants to concentrate on her kids and her career. A friend reported that although they had a good time, it just wasn't working out for her and she needed space. (This after the split of her and Sam Medes in March. Girl's been busy!) However, I thought those kids were gonna make it.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
He's Not Her Sk8ter Boi Anymore...
Pop-star Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley, leader of rock band Sum 41, have finalized their divorce. MmmmKay? They each get to keep the rights to their song catalogues, awards and guitars. Isn't that civil of them? I really thought those kids were gonna make it.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Desperate Housewife Hits Desperate Times...or not?
Two basketball players in the same week move to Splitsville, what is the world coming to?
Tony Parker filed for divorce from Eva Longoria after three long years of marrital bliss. I REALLY THOUGHT these kids were gonna make it! (But secretly I've been waiting for the day I'd be posting this blog entry.)
UPDATE: Apparently this is only a rumour. We at ITTKWGMI do not like to report untruths but when the rumour mills start spinning sometimes we act a little too fast! So we'll just keep our ears peeled for any more details but consider this story a rumour! Phew, maybe they will make it!
UPDATED UPDATE NOV17: Well, if US Weekly AND USA Today report it, it HAS to be true. Eva Longoria is heartbroken after finding texts between Tony and a friend. They are reportedly splits.
Thanks to my Senior D4 Recurrent Burglary Victim Correspondent for the tip!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Slam Divorce....
Friday, November 12, 2010
2 Pop Groups, 1 Break Up...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
He's Not Her Constant Gardener Anymore....
After nine years together, actress Rachel Weisz (The Lovely Bones) and director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) have decided to call it quits. They've got a four-year-old son, Henry, (but were never married.) Damn, I thought these crazy kids were gonna make it.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Second Cyrus Split, Say That 5 Times Fast....
On again-off again Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, are reportedly off again. OK? Two Cyrus splits in the same month! Keeping us very busy over here in the ITTKIWGMI Wicklow head office. We really knew these kids weren't gonna make it. But news is news, and we must inform you.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Strike Out for A-Rod and Cameron Diaz...
Thanks for the tip from my Senior Athletes-Who-Date-Actresses Correspondent in Philadelphia. Couldn't do this without ya!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Vampire Changes Postal Code...
After about two years of together, 'Twilight' oily beau hunk, Kellan Lutz (is he even a Vampire in the saga? I've never seen any of it) and AnnaLynne McCord of the new 90210 have split. According to the gossip-o-sphere they were quite on-again-off-again. I really thought those kids were gonna make it.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Post Halloween Break-Up Creepyness....
You may remember him as Eddie Munster, child-star all growns up, Butch Patrick, has split from his girlfriend and former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader Donna Mc Call. I thought those kids were gonna make it, really.
Sorry Charlie....
Like we all didn't see this one coming? Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have filed for divorce. Charlie filed, citing irreconcilable differences and he wants joint custody of the twins, and by twins I mean their 1 year old sons Bob and Max. I really thought those kids were gonna make it.
In other news, earlier this year we reported that Slash and his wife Perla Ferrar were splitting. But like the nice Jewish boy that he is, he is choosing to work it out and cancel the petition for separation! You go Slash. Mazel.
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David Bowie's new single: 'Where Are We Now?' - Video
The one and only David Bowie emerged from the mists on his 66th birthday with the release of 'Where are we now?' - his first single in a decade - and the announcement of an album to follow. Enjoy the video!


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Delicate gold plated 18k gold plated or 925 sterling silver Hoop Earrings! Attached with CZ disc charm. Pretty to wear them everyday and in your special occasions.
Product materials
- 18kt yellow gold vermeil or sterling silver (925)
- Cubic zirconia
Product measurements
- Earring Length: 30.9mm
- Disk Size: 9mm


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The Samsung Galaxy Alpha, or the Galaxy S5 Prime, is due out very soon. If you're considering a Galaxy S5 now, it may be worth waiting for the Prime depending on your needs. Typically, Prime devices are slightly boosted in terms of specs in the same body as the original version - in this case the Galaxy S5 - but with one major difference: LTE A.
When holding such a remarkable mobile on hand, I bet its surprising entertaining feature will grab your most attention. No mater playing games, watching videos or reading books on Galaxy S5, you will embrace the best experience. However, not all the video formats can be supported by Galaxy S5. If you come across some videos that fail to play on it, the only solution is convert these files to Samsung Galaxy S5 supported formats. And you can quickly and easily finish this job as long as you have an excellent Samsung Galaxy S5 Video Converter. Here Any Video Converter Freeware will be your best choice.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 can be defined by one word: evolution.
The camera has evolved to give clearer, faster snaps. The fitness-tracking abilities of the S5 are enhanced over the Galaxy S4 by packing in a more powerful S Health app and a dedicated heart rate monitor on the rear. A fingerprint scanner adds to the most secure Galaxy phone ever made.
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Click "Add or Drag File(s)" Button or "Add Video(s) +" Button to add video.
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How to use data analysis for machine learning, part 2
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In part 1, we went over how to use data visualization and data analysis prior to machine learning. For example, we discussed how to visualize the data to identify potential issues in the dataset, examine the variable distributions, etc.
In this blog post, we'll continue by building a very simple model and using data visualization to examine that model.
Just a quick reminder: as I noted in part 1, we're working with a very simple model. This is deliberately a "toy" model, which allows us to focus on the visualization/analysis aspect of the task without the added level of complexity that we'd inject by using a more advanced machine learning algorithm.
Having said that, let's dive in.
Build a simple linear regression model
Having explored our data in part 1, let's continue our work by building a basic linear regression model.
We'll build a simple linear regression model by regressing
Let's create the linear regression model using the
#----------- # GET DATA #----------- data(Boston, package = "MASS") head(Boston) #------------------------ # BUILD MODEL USING lm() #------------------------ lm.boston_simple <- lm(medv ~ rm ,data = Boston )
Plot the model
Now that we've built the model, let's quickly plot it.
To do this, we're going to:
1. Extract the coefficients from our model object using the
2. Plot the data and model using ggplot
Here, we'll just plot the data points using
Keep in mind that in this case, we can plot the model because we have only two variables (one predictor and one target). That is, because we only have two variables to visualize, we can visualize it with a scatterplot. However, in many cases, you'll build models with many predictors and there won't be a way to directly visualize the model in many dimensions.
#------------------------------- # PLOT LINEAR MODEL ON SCATTER #------------------------------- # EXTRACT MODEL COEFFICIENTS coef.lm_icept <- coef(lm.boston_simple)[1] coef.lm_slope <- coef(lm.boston_simple)[2] # PLOT MODEL AND POINTS require(ggplot2) ggplot() + geom_point(data = Boston, aes(x = rm, y = medv)) + geom_abline(intercept = coef.lm_icept, slope = coef.lm_slope, color = "red")
Visually, this model looks like an OK fit. We can see that the regression line cuts through the bulk of the points, but there are several points that are far away from the regression line. That is, there are quite a few large residuals.
Residual plots and diagnostics
Now that we've looked at a plot of the model against the data, let's use some additional visualization techniques to evaluate the model. To do this, we'll use residual plots.
Residual plots can be very useful for evaluating how well the model fits the data, as noted by Kuhn and Johnson in their excellent book, Applied Predictive Modeling:
Visualizations of the model fit, particularly residual plots, are critical to understanding whether the model is fit for purpose."
One thing that we can evaluate with residual plots is whether or not there is a linear relationship between the predictor(s) and the response. For linear regression, we're making a strong assumption about the relationship between the target and the predictors. We're assuming that there's a linear relationship. In the case of simple linear regression, we're assuming a relationship of the form (although in the case of multiple regression, we assume a hyperplane instead of a line).
This is a strong assumption that doesn't always hold.
How do we know? How do we verify that the relationship is linear?
Plot: fitted values vs. residuals
Residual plots are an excellent diagnostic tool for validating this assumption. A plot of the predicted value vs the residual can help us identify a possible non-linear relationship. If we find a non-linear relationship, this is an indication that the linear model is not a good fit.
#------------------------------ # SCATTERPLOT: Fitted vs Resid #------------------------------ df.lm.boston_simple <- fortify(lm.boston_simple) head(df.lm.boston_simple) # WITH LOESS SMOOTHE ggplot(data = df.lm.boston_simple, aes(x = .fitted, y = .resid)) + geom_point() + stat_smooth(se = FALSE) + labs(x = "fitted", y = "residual")
If the relationship between the predictor and the response is actually linear, then the plot of fitted values vs residuals should look random, without any detectable pattern.
The data in this chart do not look random. There's a noticeable, non-linear pattern in the plot. This is a bit of a cause for concern and an indication that we may want to modify our model with additional predictors, transformations of our predictors, etc.
Plot: histogram of the residuals
We can also look at the histogram of the residuals. When we use a linear regression model, we want the residuals to be normally distributed, so we can visually inspect the histogram to visually identify normality or non-normality.
#----------------------------- # DIAGNOSTIC PLOT: # Histogram of the Residuals #----------------------------- ggplot(data = df.lm.boston_simple, aes(x = .resid)) + geom_histogram()
In this plot, we can see more clearly that the residuals are not normally distributed. Again, this is an indication that the model is not a great fit, and we may want to make some modifications.
Other uses for visualization in machine learning
As I mentioned in the beginning of the post, this is really a very simple example. Not only is simple linear regression perhaps the simplest example of machine learning, but in the interest of brevity, I've left out some other parts of the workflow where you might need visualization.
Having said that, I'll give you a quick list of some additional ways that you might need visualization and analysis in ML, either for linear regression, or for more advanced techniques:
1. Model tuning
For some model types other than linear regression, you need to "tune" your model by selecting the best values for model parameters. When you perform model tuning, there are several visualization techniques that can be helpful for selecting the ideal parameters. Heat maps can be particularly useful for this purpose.
2. Learning curves
To diagnose potential problems in your model and optimize its performance, you can plot learning curves.
3. Presenting your results to business partners and management
Even after you build your final model, if you're in industry, you'll have to communicate your results.
In many cases, your audience may have limited mathematical sophistication. Because of this, data visualization is frequently the best way to communicate the results of your model and explain how it works to your business patterns and management.
This is often overlooked in textbooks and tutorials, but in industry and business, it's a huge part of your job.
If you want to learn machine learning, learn data analysis first
Between this post and the last blog post, you should have a basic idea of how you'll use data visualization and analysis in the machine learning workflow.
As I've emphasized several times, data analysis and data visualization form the foundation of more advanced data science topics. If you want to learn applied machine learning, you need to have a strong foundation in analysis and visualization.
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November 9, 2019
- WIND ENSEMBLE "CD Release Celebration" CONCERT - Dr. Mike Fansler
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Location: COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: WIU Wind Ensemble
"Celebrations!" - Announcing the release of the WIU Wind Ensemble's recording "The River of Time" on Navona Records.
This performance is free and open to the public, and will be live-streamed on the School of Musics YouTube channel and Facebook Live.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.
Celebrations - John Zdechlik
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor - Bach/Moehlmann
Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
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Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven/trans. Joseph Kreines/ Ed. Kaleb Rhea
2. Marcia Funebre
Yiddish Dances - Adam Gorb
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Intimacy: Life on board is a creative blend of captivating excursions and chill-out time offering the chance to meet shipmates, a friendly mix of Americans, Australians, and Europeans.
Creature Comforts: While all of the ships are decadent, Orcaella and Road to Mandalay are especially luxurious. On these ships, which sail in Myanmar, public rooms and private accommodation revel in their colonial Burmese theme while the endearing crew is adept in the art of hospitality.
Superb Food: Gala night menus can feature foie gras; Mediterranean sea-bass; Wagyu Beef; and French cheeses. On other nights the chefs display their mastery of regional dishes which are nothing short of a triumph. Breakfast and lunches are served buffet-style in the restaurant and on deck respectively. The sailings in France are especially wine-focused.
Experiential Travelers: This venerable company has always fascinated travelers, especially those with travel "bucket lists" they are looking to complete.
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I resisted Pinterest for as long as I could. At some point, one simply has to put the social networking down and back slowly away from the computer. But then I had an actual use for it, and that's when I folded.
I'm creating a new garden (more about that in a minute) and I actually needed (well. Needed in the way one needs anything related to a garden) a place to store ideas and plans. Pinterest was, of course, the exact right place to do that.
I'd been a Pinterest spectator for a while, but it wasn't until I joined that I really started noticing what all our friends are doing there.
Like Debra Lee Baldwin's gorgeous board of decorative glass.
And Dee Nash's collection of espalier ideas.
And Rebecca Sweet's vertical gardens.
And Willi Galloway's chickens.
And Genevieve Schmidt's goth garden.
And Jayme Jenkin's garden cocktails.
And Susan Morrison's lawn-free gardens.
And–well, I could go on. Good stuff, that's what I'm saying.
What sent me off the deep end on Pinterest was this: I was choosing colors for a cocktail-themed garden I'm building, and as I was choosing paint colors for the fence, I realized that a lot of paint colors are named after iconic cocktails and their ingredients. You can get a paint color called Whiskey Sour, Negroni, Gimlet, Bloody Mary, or Cosmopolitan. If you want to mix your own, there are paint colors called Grenadine, Orange Bitters, Rye, Dark Rum, and Lemon Zest.
So I lost an entire evening to the create of a Pinterest board of paint colors with cocktail names. The combination you see here is Margarita: Tequila Lime, Orange Liqueur, and Crushed Ice.
And here's an Old-Fashioned: Bourbon, Orange Bitters, Maraschino Cherry, Sugar Cube:
and this is a Mojito: Rum, Lime Juice, Spearmint, Sugar Cube, Soda Water, Crushed Ice:
Okay, I'll stop now. You see what Pinterest does to people?
I'll keep you updated on the cocktail garden as it progresses. Oh, and myperfectcolor.com is the brilliant, Pinterest-friendly site where I found all these paint colors, btw.


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How to Write Good Instagram Bios to Make an Impression in 2020
Writing good Instagram bios might seem straightforward, but it actually requires a lot of thought!
According to researchers, it takes less than two-tenths of a second for an online visitor to form an impression of your account.
And if you're using Instagram for business, it's REALLY important for that first impression to be a good one!
In the following guide, we'll walk you through how to write good Instagram bios that makes a great first impression, explain what your business does, and convince new visitors to click the "follow" button!
Update: You can now schedule Instagram posts directly to Instagram with our new Auto Publish feature — no push notifications required! Learn all about it below!
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- Optimize the Name in Your Instagram Bio for Search Queries
- Add Your Skills to Your Instagram Bio
- Include Relevant Keywords in Your Instagram Bio
- Optimize Your Website Link
- Share Your Email in Your Instagram Bio
- How to Get Creative With Your Instagram Bio
- Use Emojis to Space Out Your Text
- Include Your Branded Hashtag in Your Instagram Bio
- Change the Font in Your Instagram Bio
- Add Line Breaks to Your Instagram Bio
- Include a Call-to-Action in Your Instagram Bio
- Include Your Physical Location and Hours
- Instagram Bio Checklist
Good Instagram Bios Tip #1: Your Name
The first step to creating good Instagram bios is making sure that your name is, in fact, your name! (By this, we mean the "name" field in your profile, not your Instagram username).
People searching for you on Instagram will likely use your name or your company's name, and consistency lets people know that the Instagram profile they're viewing actually belongs to you and not an impostor.
This might seem pretty obvious, but there's actually a bigger reason for it: your name and username are the only fields that Instagram considers in search queries.
So it's really important to make sure that the name you use in your Instagram bio is the one your followers and customers are searching for!
But that doesn't mean you can't spruce things up a bit! Do you have a specialty or industry niche? Do you offer a specific service? Are you known for something in particular? You can include those details in your name as well!
Check out how @twist_of_lemons incorporates a bit of humor into her Instagram bio name. Not only can adding something extra to your name help you stand out from the crowd, but it can help users search for you by your profession or passion.
Good Instagram Bios Tip #2: Your Skills
A good Instagram bio accurately explains what your business is and what you do. So if you want to stand out for a particular skill, profession, hobby, or interest, you should include these details in your Instagram bio as well!
Think about what sets you apart from your competitors. Do you have a unique set of skills or experiences that might be of interest to your followers?
Not only will including these in your Instagram bio serve as an introduction to new viewers, but it can also determine whether they'll follow.
Social media influencer and food and wellness blogger @alison__wu is a great example of someone who includes her interests and hobbies in her bio to show off her personal side as well as her professional side.
Good Instagram Bios Tip #3: Keywords
Using keywords won't improve your searchability on Instagram (except, as we mentioned above, your "name" in your Instagram bio) but it will give your account more focus and help you connect with followers who want to engage with your content!
When deciding what keywords to include in your Instagram bio, try to think about both your own core values and the core values of your target audience.
If you use Instagram for business, spend some time creating a "profile" of your ideal follower. What are their pain points or interests? And what keywords will help you resonate with them most?
Using keywords that target your audience and niche will help users better understand who you are, what you have to offer, and whether or not your account is relevant to them!
Check out luxury nail wraps and nail polish company @shopncla uses tailored keywords in their Instagram bio to personify their brand and connect with followers.
Good Instagram Bios Tip #4: Website Link
Unlike other social networks, Instagram is strict on where clickable links can be placed. Currently, Instagram only gives users one clickable link on their profile, and it's the link in your bio.
A lot of businesses use the link to send followers to their homepage or blog, which is great!
But for ecommerce businesses that want to send followers to specific product pages, campaigns, or webinars, the lack of hot links is a huge challenge.
To get around this restriction, some businesses will frequently update their website link to send followers to their latest products or promotions — and then refer to that link in their Instagram captions. The problem is that Instagram's photo feed is no longer chronological, so when a business' post says "link in bio," that link might not correspond to the actual link in their bio.
Since Instagram only gives you one clickable URL, Later created a shoppable Instagram feed called Linkin.bio that makes it easy to drive targeted traffic to your online store.
With Linkin.bio, you can now add links to any of the Instagram posts you've published through Later, which helps direct your Instagram audience to the right content or products on your site. You can also link to multiple websites and pages, all without changing the link in your bio.
When one of your followers clicks on the link in your bio, they'll be taken to a web and mobile-optimized landing page that resembles your Instagram feed and displays your Instagram posts as clickable images!
Good Instagram Bios Tip #5: Your Email
While adding a link to your website in your Instagram bio is ALWAYS a good idea, it's also becoming more common for users to share their email in their Instagram bio.
The benefit to adding your email is that it makes it really simple for your followers to contact you. Plus, depending on how much engagement you get on your account, it can sometimes be easy to miss a DM or comment!
Good Instagram Bios Tip #6: How to Get Creative With Your Instagram Bio
While it's very important to convey who you are and what you do in your Instagram bio, you should also think of it as a space for you to show off your fun side. At the end of the day, Instagram is a fairly lighthearted medium, so try not to get too stuck on drafting a formal biography!
Here are some great ways to insert creativity into your Instagram bio:
Use Emojis to Space Out Your Text
One of the best ways to space out the text in your Instagram bio is by incorporating emojis! You can use them to break up any text-heavy sections in your bio, like they do at @tartecosmetics.
Or you can use emojis to highlight different features of your business… or even just to show off your personality!
Include Your Branded Hashtag
Whether you're promote an Instagram contest or UGC campaign, including your branded hashtag in your Instagram bio is a fantastic way to drive engagement on your posts!
Including your branded hashtag in your bio is also a great way to get your followers in the habit of posting with it.
Just keep in mind that the hashtags in your Instagram bio are clickable on the web, but not on the mobile app!
Change the Font in Your Instagram Bio
While not as popular as it was a few years ago, changing the font in your Instagram bio is a great way to stand out from the crowd. Check out how @wonderforest does this in her Instagram bio name.
If you're looking to do this in your own Instagram bio, check out Textizer. It's a font app that lets you access a ton of different fonts for Instagram and other apps!
Add Line Breaks to Your Instagram Bio
Adding line breaks to your Instagram bio is a great way to make the information in your Instagram bio more bite-sized and consumable!
To add line breaks to your Instagram bio, simply type "Return" in your bio on the web version of Instagram!
Just keep in mind that line breaks only appear on the mobile version of Instagram, so you won't be able to see them on your desktop!
Include a Call-to-Action in Your Instagram Bio
The simple act of including a call-to-action in your Instagram bio and inviting your audience to comment or engage can go a very long way it when it comes to driving more engagement on your posts. Check out how @cherrybombemag includes a CTA to drive event signups for their cookbook tour!
Include Your Physical Location and Hours
If you run a bricks and mortar store or you have a pop up event coming up, it makes a lot of sense to share those details in your Instagram bio.
You can also include your hours of operation like @morphebrushes!
Instagram Bio Checklist
A good Instagram bio is one that creates a great first impression and convinces users to click the "follow" button on your account! Here's a recap of what we covered:
- Explain who you are and what you do
- Target your niche audience with specific keywords
- Link to your website or blog, or use Linkin.bio to send followers to your shoppable Instagram feed
- Share your personality
- Provide a way for your followers to get in touch
These are just a few creative examples of how brands are using good Instagram bios to drive engagement and sales. Whether you decide to follow one of the styles above or do something completely different, just remember to keep the tips mentioned above in mind during the creation process!
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Creator :Steve Franks
Psych is one of those shows I am madly in love with. From its witty humour to the almost unparalleled no. of quotable lines, Psych is class and comedy mixed together, and then served with pineapple shavings!
Having seen the finale of the seventh season, which is also the penultimate season, I have decided to review each season one by one. This will contain the gist of the season, important moments of the season and the best episodes of the season.
Henry Spencer(Corbin Bernsen) is a cop in Santa Barbara police Department. He has had a divorce, and has a son Shawn(James Roday). He wants Shawn to carry the Spencer family torch and become a cop in the future. He makes him recall things which normal people can easily overlook. This kind of training makes Shawn extremely observant to even minute details.
Shawn uses this ability to tip the police off about any case he hears about in the news. When these tips become too common an occurrence, the police begins to suspect that Shawn himself is somehow connected.
In search of an out, Shawn tells a lie : He tells the police that he is a psychic and because of these supernatural powers, he is able to tip the police off each time. He is able to convince many people in the station, except Detective Lassiter(Timothy Omundson) who still has his doubts.
The police meanwhile are currently involved in a high-profile kidnapping case, and they could use some help. The Chief of Police Karen Vick(Kristin Nelson) makes a deal with Shawn. He could either help the police solve the case using his supposed psychic skills, or go to jail for lying to the police.
Shawn sees this as an income opportunity and involves his friend Gus in this. Gus(Dule Hill) is a pharmaceutical salesman working at Central Coast Pharmaceuticals. Knowing Shawn's habit of taking up odd jobs and leaving them abruptly, he declines at first but then reluctantly agrees.
They solve the first case, which gives birth to Psych detective agency. Shawn is the type of person who does things before thinking, so Gus complements him well as he remains the voice of sanity.
The season one starts slow after a very interesting pilot episode.One should note that Psych was the show slated to replace Monk when it ended, another very famous USA network show. So Psych had very big shoes to fill.
Psych also replaced Detective Lassiter's girlfriend(also his partner), one of the supposedly major characters in the 3rd episode with detective Juliette O Hara(Maggie Lawson). This change was for the better though, with Maggie Lawson completely making the role of the detective her own.
The Psych duo gradually become a major part of the crime solving team of Santa Barbara, which further angers Carlton Lassiter.
The cases vary from a little different from the norm to ridiculous. As the season progresses, Gus warms up to the idea of working for Psych along with his job at Central Coast. His medical expertise comes in handy when there is poisoning involved. Gus is great with safes as well, thanks to his safe cracker magazine subscription. Gus also loves to call himself the "supersniffer" because of his great smell detection skills.
Shawn constantly hits on the dashing O Hara, who firmly believes in Shawn's psychic powers. Another important aspect of the show is Shawn's relationship with his dad. He asks for his advice whenever he gets stuck on a case.
Overall this show is more comedy than mystery, and viewers should remember this. The acting by both James Roday and Dule Hill is excellent, with Roday's comedic timing and Hill's facial expressions the things to watch. They are ably supported by the rest of the cast as well. This show also has some great guest stars!
Watch out for numerous pop culture references!
My Top 3 picks for the season are :
3)From the Earth to the Starbucks(Episode 10)
When Lassiter begins to doubt his own ability as a detective, Shawn decides to work the case to prove that Lassiter was right in the first place. In the end, when Shawn finally cracks open the case, he lets Lassiter realise the truth himself. A great moment in the show!
2)Cloudy....with a chance of murder(Episode 12)
Shawn stumbles upon a case in the court in which he gets a feeling that the defendant didn't commit the crime. The duo horn their way into the case as murder consultants, and have to motivate the attorney who is low on confidence.
1)Nine Lives(Episode 5)
The funniest episode of the season, this episode had everything Psych is known for. When the police labels a mysterious death as suicide, Shawn thinks it is a murder, and he pretends to form a psychic connection with the cat of the deceased.


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by JR Woodward
The Early Church didn't have what we have today. They didn't have much money; they didn't have church buildings, seminaries, the things we think are necessities. They didn't even have a completed New Testament, as it was in the process of canonization during this time.
How was it that the Church flourished even in the midst of discrimination and persecution? And why are less and less people in North America self-identifying as Christians?
While there are a number of important elements to consider, what becomes clear as one reads through the Book of Acts and Early Church literature is that our Triune God is building the Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail.
We don't need to try and find the formula for 'success'; if we did, we would have to include persecution and discrimination, because that was one of the key elements at work in the Early Church that most formulas for "movement" don't include today.
While there are things we need to recover that we have forgotten, if we want to see movemental church planting (3-4 generations deep) in the West, perhaps the biggest changes we need to make involve our posture in the world. Living in the land of luxury, we have made church planting too complex, too programmatic, too complicated.
What we need in this time of liminality is to change our posture. If we want to be movemental leaders planting churches to the third and fourth generation, here are some postures that will help us.
Formulas to Faith
First, we need to move from seeking formulas to living by faith. While we are looking for the latest formula for success, the Early Church was just seeking to be faithful. One of the common themes we see in the Early Church is that they lived by faith. As they moved into uncharted territory, they learned that they could trust God to build His Church. They went about the work of making disciples, of being witnesses of living on mission. Even when they lost all their possessions, were thrown in jail, or were crucified as martyrs, they continued to trust God.
They had to trust God because as the message was going out to the Gentiles, God was upending key leaders like Peter. If we look at the conversion of Cornelius, what we see is a dual conversion, of both Cornelius and Peter. Peter was hesitant to share the good news with Cornelius because he was an "unclean Gentile." It took three visions of God reminding Peter that not only did Jesus make all foods clean, but that the good news was for both the Jews and the world.
Peter attempted to justify his actions of not going to Cornelius from the text (which clearly told him not to eat certain foods), because they were unclean. But in this time of liminality, God was flipping their current understanding.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "You have heard it was said, I say to you". He was flipping the current understanding leading them into uncharted territory. Maybe Peter started to recall how Jesus not only ministered in Jewish territory, but also Gentile territory. Peter had to learn to leave the old world behind and adapt to the new world. This required faith. He trusted the voice of God and the early church affirmed this at their first council in Acts 15.
We too are now in uncharted territory. We are no longer ministering to people who haven't heard of Jesus, we are ministering to people who no longer like people who call themselves Christians. We live among a people who no longer like the church. We need to have a posture of faith, trusting God to lead us, instead of seeking to take charge. God has to undo us before he can rebuild us.
Hype to Hope
Many church planters today raise a lot of money as they seek to launch an impressive church service. Some even give away iPads to get people to come to a service. We have celebrity pastors, big screens, and stages that rival Las Vegas. This is all foreign to the New Testament. They weren't into hype; they were into living by hope.
And they embodied hope. As they looked to God's future, they sought to live in the present in light of God's future. They knew it was all about Jesus. They had a stubborn hope that because of the life, death, and resurrection, the new creation had arrived; therefore, they were willing to give away their stuff to those who were just trying to survive. They embodied the hope that what Jesus started, He would finish. They had confidence that God would make all things new. This is what drew people to them.
Luxury to Love
Finally, we need to move from a posture of luxury to love. We think we need impressive buildings, elaborate programs, and a lot of money to plant churches today. We don't. We need to learn how to love better.
We need to re-learn what it means to live as an interdependent community of faith.
We live in a land where independence is a higher value than interdependence and we no longer experientially know what it means to live as a community. Technology has created a generation that has learned to be 'alone together.' But they haven't learned what it means to be an incarnate community—a flesh and blood community. Yet is it is something for which they long.
The world looks at people who call themselves Christians who are promoting war to protect their lives of luxury. But the Early Church understood that Caesar made peace by war that conquers enemies of the empire, while Christ makes peace by love that dies for the enemies of God. Average Christians were willing to die as martyrs in the Early Church. They understood that love of enemies was not an option, but was evidence of faith in the resurrection.
Too often, we plant churches because of some minor difference of doctrine or because we just don't get along with others. What message does this send to those who don't know Christ? Until we learn to love and build communities of love, we don't have any good news to offer the world. Until we learn to live in unity, as the new humanity, we have no hope to offer others.
We don't need more formulas for success or hype, and we don't need a lot of possessions to accomplish the mission God has entrusted to us. We need to develop communities of faith with a stubborn hope that knows how to love one another. As N.T. Wright has said, "Faith, hope and love are the signs that we are already living in New Creation."[1]
[1] N.T. Wright, Paul for Tomorrows World, Lecture, Event from St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, California, February 28, 2009.
JR Woodward (@Dreamawakener) is a church planter, activist, missiologist, and author of Creating a Missional Culture and co-author of The Church as Movement. He co-founded Kairos Los Angeles, the Ecclesia Network, and Missio Alliance. He currently serves as national director for the V3 Church Planting Movement. He serves locally at the District Church in Washington DC and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Manchester (U.K.)


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Advantages of Accessing Your Bill Online - In addition to the convenience of paying your bill electronically, you may view account information, such as your billing history, payment history, and usage history online. Managing your account online also allows you to view your daily usage. Having access to monitor your daily usage will give you more ability to control your costs.
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Coalition LIVE! Episode #2 Founders Part 2
October 10th, 2018 · 1 hr 25 mins
About this Episode
Hello friends! I'm proud to be able to share with you the second episode of the live show I hosted a last week! Welcome back to my other project: COALITION LIVE!
"We're doing it again Coalitionerds. After years of making you wait for it and months of making you wait for it again, the Coalition Theater is about to get uncomfortably close to your ear drums with the brand new Coalition LIVE! Podcast hosted by Jonathan Mostowy and Matthew Forehand! Don't miss this live recording featuring some of the theater's own chatting about Hard hitting subjects such as how they take their coffee, what their zodiac sign is, or maybe even dramatic romance stories from days long past.
Tonight's episode of Coalition LIVE! guest stars Matt Newman, Kiersten Hoffman, Adam Stackhouse, Kathryn Michael, and Zane Adickes."
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Azarga Uranium Listed on OTCQBAugust 22, 2018 5:03 pm
AZARGA URANIUM CORP. (TSX:AZZ, OTCQB: AZZUF, FRA: P8AA) ("Azarga Uranium" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its common shares will commence trading at the open on 23 August 2018 on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States under the trading symbol "AZZUF" in addition to its primary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange under its existing trading symbol AZZ.
"Trading on the OTCQB Venture Market is an important component of our investor relations strategy to increase Azarga Uranium's profile and exposure to a broader audience, including the United States investment community", said Blake Steele, CEO of Azarga Uranium.
The OTCQB Venture Market is for entrepreneurial and development stage United States and international companies. To be eligible, companies must be current in their financial reporting, pass a minimum bid price test and undergo an annual company verification and management certification process. The OTCQB Venture Market quality standards provide a strong baseline of transparency, as well as the technology and regulation to improve the information and trading experience for investors.
In addition, the Company's common shares are eligible for delivery and depository services of the Depository Trust Company (the "DTC") to facilitate electronic settlement of transfers of its common shares in the United States. Securities that are eligible to be electronically cleared and settled through the DTC are considered "DTC eligible". This electronic method of clearing securities speeds up the receipt of stock and cash, and therefore accelerates the settlement process for investors and greatly reduces transactional costs for participating stock brokerages.
Investors can find real-time quotes and market information for the Company at www.otcmarkets.com symbol AZZUF and https://web.tmxmoney.com symbol AZZ.
About Azarga Uranium Corp.
Azarga Uranium is an integrated uranium exploration and development company that controls ten uranium projects and prospects in the United States of America ("USA") (South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado) and the Kyrgyz Republic, with a primary focus of developing in-situ recovery uranium projects in the USA. The Dewey Burdock in-situ recovery uranium project in South Dakota (the "Dewey Burdock Project"), which is the Company's initial development priority, has received its Nuclear Regulatory Commission License and draft Class III and Class V Underground Injection Control ("UIC") permits from the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the Company is in the process of completing other major regulatory permit approvals necessary for the construction of the Dewey Burdock Project, including the final Class III and Class V UIC permits from the EPA.
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Wis. Gov. to Seek Caps on Vouchers, Charters in Proposed Budget
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers—one of several governors to come into office this year calling for a pause to school choice expansion—is taking a step toward fulfilling that promise.
Wisconsin is home to the nation's first, modern-day voucher program, which was created almost three decades ago by a Democratic lawmaker from Milwaukee.
Evers, a Democrat, now aims to cap voucher use statewide and freeze new charter school openings in his two-year budget proposal, according to the Associated Press.
He also wants to do away with a program where consistently failing schools in Milwaukee can be converted into charters.
Although school vouchers have generally been less popular with Democratic lawmakers, charter schools have for a long time enjoyed much more bipartisan support—until recently.
Democratic opposition to charter schools has gained momentum since President Donald Trump appointed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a long-time donor to both the Republican Party and to school choice initiatives.
That opposition continued through the 2018 midterm elections. Teachers' unions in particular sought to capitalize on DeVos' unpopularity among Democrats by aggressively tying charter schools and their supporters to the secretary and to an agenda of a corporate takeover of public education.
Evers, a former teacher and state education chief, ousted incumbent Republican and school choice supporter Scott Walker. Newly-elected Democratic governors from California, to Illinois, to New Mexico have called for temporary moratoriums on charter schools.
Evers has more plans for vouchers, too, including additional regulation and transparency.
His budget, which will be released Thursday, will call for teachers in private schools that receive voucher money to have the same licensing as public school teachers. Evers will also propose a plan to include information on property tax bills that detail how much of residents' tax dollars are going toward school vouchers.
Evers' plans will meet stiff opposition in the legislature, which is still controlled by Republicans.
Related stories:
- With a Schools Superintendent Running the State, What Lies Ahead for Wisconsin?
- Is 'Voucher' a Bad Word? What the Public Thinks About School Choice
- Q&A With Howard Fuller on the 'Mother of School Choice,' Annette Polly Williams
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Biomass Boilers
The Cottonhillock Biomass Scheme is the Estate's most exciting and extensive biomass project to date. It has been incorporated into theCottonhillock housing development on the southern outskirts of Methlick. Hot water and heating for the 22 affordable homes that make up part of the site will be provided by a brand new woodchip boiler via a district heating main. The aim is for the same unit to service the local primary school next door to the development, providing its facilities with a sustainable and low-cost source of renewable energy. The Scheme aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (it is estimated that it will save 90 tonnes of CO2 savings per year), improve energy supply security and promote the adoption of similiar initiatives in future residential and commercial developments in the region.
Broag Remeha biomass boilers have also been installed at the renovated properties of Raxton Farm, Little Methlick Farmhouse and the Old Laundry. These boilers are fuelled by a mixture of wood chip and wood pellets. Through achieving efficiency levels in excess of 90% throughout their operating range, they enable the properties to generate cheap and carbon neutral energy for their heating and hot water.
Across these sites, optimum efficiency is ensured through complete fuel combustion, which itself is guaranteed by sensors regulating the air supply and exhaust gas into and out of the furnace. The fuel stores are replenished and maintained by Estate staff using wood chip produced from timber harvested from Estate woodland. By providing wood for chipping the Estate is also improving forest management by upgrading the quality and value of harvested timber, future productivity and asset value, not to mention biodiversity.


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Yeah, "Hips Don't Lie," but we prefer the words of the Mighty Mos: "Ass so fat that you can see it from the front." Combine the Colombian's swivel with her sizzle and...damn.
DECADE ACHIEVEMENT: After people wrote her off as nothing more than a provocative booty shaker, she went ahead and recorded one of the biggest pop singles of the 21st century. Take that, take that.
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Day 38 of Flowering, Week 12 from seed.
The plants are consuming double the water (about 1 gallon to 1.5 gallons a day), as when under the Pro-Grow LEDs. Nutrient up take has also increased, though not anywhere in proportion to the water uptake.
For now I just try and read the plants, as an assisting monitor to common sense and good plant care. Not too concerned with nitrogen deficiency signs, but the symptoms of a lack of enough phosphorus, I have begun to address carefully, as it is so easy to over do the phosphorus.


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My art works in this Gallery are inspired by my observations of people in the streets of Jerusalem at Purim, the joyous holiday which celebrates the salvation of the Jews from the wicked Haman, through the leadership of Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai.
When I made Aliyah and lived in Nachlaot, I sketched Breslover Chasidim playing music and dancing in the street, people in costumes, carrying/giving Purim baskets and gifts, giving charity to the poor, eating/carrying hamentaschen cookies ('Haman's ears'), and much more.
After moving from Jerusalem to Beer Sheva/Beer Sheba, I wanted to incorporate motifs from my new environment, and painted 'Purim in the Negev'. Purim occurs in the spring month of Adar, when the anemones are in bloom in the Negev desert. The desert hills in this painting are covered with these beautiful flowers, which you can see in close up at the front of my painting.