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9:45am PT by Hilary Lewis
'Will & Grace' Stars Reveal Why They Returned for Two-Season Revival
For as many beloved shows that have been revived in recent years (Full House, Gilmore Girls, The X-Files), there are just as many stars of hit series who have said they're not interested in a revival — perhaps most famously, members of the cast of Friends.
But for fans of NBC's Will & Grace, the show they loved for eight seasons that has been off the air for 11 years is about to make its triumphant return, launching what is essentially the show's ninth season on Thursday. In addition to forthcoming 16-episode season, the series has already been renewed for another 13-episode season.
So why did stars Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally commit so strongly to returning to their beloved characters and series?
"It's a great show. It's a great piece of our history. We're very proud of it," McCormack told The Hollywood Reporter about why he decided to reprise his role of Will Truman.
Added Hayes, who plays Jack McFarland, "And we had more to say."
"And we had full confidence in [co-creators] Max [Mutchnick] and David [Kohan]," McCormack, who chatted with THR alongside Hayes, continued. "When they asked, my first and only question was, 'Do you have the stories to tell?' They said, 'Absolutely.' We said, 'Then let's go.' We have full trust in them that they have a plan."
Messing concurred that the stories and chance to say something made returning seem like a winning prospect, and the enthusiasm for the revival among the stars and NBC executives led to more episodes.
"Originally we only committed to 10, and then we got the first episode and we did a table read of it and it was electric and the laughter was deafening and the president of the network was there and that night he asked for more and for next year as well," the actress, who plays Grace Adler, explained to THR ahead of a panel and screening of the first episode of the revival at the inaugural Tribeca TV Festival in New York. "I think once we sat down and read the words together and realized that the most fundamental thing that allowed us to do what we did back then is still there and alive, we were like, 'OK, let's do this. We have something to say. We have an opportunity to do something that's never been done before. We get to explore characters 11 years later. We love each other and we love working together.' Win, win, win all around."
For Mullally, she was ready to keep playing the character of Karen Walker 11 years ago.
"I would still be doing it from 2006. It was a no-brainer. Everything made me want to come back," she said.
And as much as the stars, Kohan and Mutchnick have said the experience of working on the show is the same as it was 11 years ago, the world has changed significantly since then. Beyond the current political landscape that the revival will explore, the new episodes find Will, Grace, Jack and Karen in a world in which technology has changed and smartphones are far more ubiquitous than they were then.
"It's something that's just in everybody's hands at all times, so it will be in the characters' hands because that's how they communicate. So it's no different than it is in the real world," Kohan said.
Added Mutchnick, "It's a part of your world, it's part of our world, so it'll be a part of their world."
McCormack pointed out that Will's answering machine is gone and that whenever Jack burst through the door he wanted Will to say, "Why doesn't he just text me?"
"But there'd be no sitcom if we just texted each other all day," McCormack said.
Nonetheless, in his comments to THR and on the panel later, the actor revealed that the show would address the characters' age and what it's like to be both dealing with technology and dating.
"I'm old. My character's old. We have to address what technology has done for people in middle age and how we use it and don't know how to use it," he told THR.
Later on during the panel, addressing how both Will and Grace are once again single after their marriages have ended, McCormack said, "It allows dating. He's comfortable with himself as an older gay man. Perhaps more comfortable than Jack is, which is the fun of that episode. And the guys that we're going to bring in — we're all going to get to date cool guest stars."
Perhaps most significantly for the show, the way people watch TV has changed since 2006, but the people behind the NBC series are still hoping people tune in on Thursdays at 9 p.m.
"We're asking America to do something that they only really do for game shows and reality shows — we're asking them to show up, like actually show up at 9 p.m. on a Thursday, because it's fun, it's really fun to sit down with the family and laugh together and talk about it at work tomorrow," McCormack said. "That's what we used to do before everything was DVR'ed. I have hope that will happen."
Those who do tune in will see tributes to the actors who played Grace's mom and Will's dad, Debbie Reynolds and Sydney Pollack, both of whom have died since the show went off the air.
Karen will also bond with a young inner city girl and get a visit from her frenemy Beverley Leslie (Leslie Jordan), with Mullally quipping, "I've got him right here in my pocket." Kohan also joked of the actor's resemblance to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that he'd be back, "once he quits running the Department of Justice."
And Jack has trademarked a new performance style called, "Jackting," with some of his techniques set to be shared in an online video series that will supplement the show called "Just the Tips," Hayes said. Karen will also provide court-ordered life lessons, which Mutchnick teased are "DUI meets DIY."
"Don't drink and drive and get caught," Mullally added. "That's the tag."
And by the end of the season, Mutchnick teased a "big change" in the "complexion" of the show, with Will and Grace working together.
"They're both doing very well. Grace Adler Designs has become quite a thing, and Will's job as a lawyer — he's doing as well as he can possibly do and he wakes up one day and says he can't spent his life around lawyers and clients and 'I want to do something that I love with someone that I love,' so Will and Grace go into business together," McCormack explained. "I'm not cutting cloth or anything. I'm still a lawyer, but I'm Grace's lawyer, and I think that's going to create a lot of hilarity."
And since the reality that the revival's precursor, a 2016 election video, tried to prevent has come to pass in Donald Trump becoming president, what if Karen's friend "Donnie" fires off a tweet about the show, perhaps calling someone a "son of a bitch," as he famously referred to protesting NFL players on Friday night?
"I'd rather be a son of a bitch than the son of someone who was arrested at a KKK rally," Kohan said.
After the screening and panel, the cast and co-creators of Will & Grace celebrated the new season with a party at the Lower East Side venue Mr. Purple at the Hotel Indigo LES.
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I've received some useful comments about my post on the dumbing down of the SAT. A long-time college professor suggests that the changes will have very little impact. Scores will rise, so colleges will adjust their evaluations accordingly. He adds, however, that the changes will make it harder to identify the truly exceptional, which will impact the top schools. And, of course, making the test easier will help mask the decline in the pre-college education Americans receive.
Clark Griffith offered his take on the changes to the SAT here. I was pleased that we see the matter similarly.
I'd like to add one more thought on the subject. These days, the main criticism of the SAT goes something like this:
The test was originally designed to address the fact that socioeconomic status played much too significant a role in admission to elite schools. With the help of a test that measured aptitude, outstanding students from non-wealthy families who didn't attend prep schools in the East and whose parents, grandparents, and uncles hadn't attended top colleges would have a fair chance to compete.
But, the critique continues, decades later we find that SAT results mirror socioeconomic status to a very significant degree. Thus, the test does not serve its original purpose and should be modified or discontinued.
There's another way of looking at it, though. Maybe America has become more of a meritocracy all around since the SAT was instituted. That is, maybe high socio-economic status is now more closely tied than before to intellectual aptitude, good habits, and individual drive, as opposed to advantages that are external to the individual, such as inherited wealth. And maybe intellectual aptitude, good habits, and the drive to succeed are passed down from parents to their children.
Note that the first "maybe" (which I think probably reflects reality) would represent an American success story, or at least would once have been regarded as such. The American Dream didn't always consist simply of having lots of "stuff," including free stuff. Once, the American Dream was to rise as far as one's abilities and hard work would take one.
The fact (if it is a fact) that the SAT demonstrates an American success story doesn't mean that the test should be preserved in its current form. If socio-economic status were a perfect predictor of college success, no one would need the SAT. But it isn't, so a place remains for the SAT, and no good argument that I can see exists for dumbing it down. How much weight the SAT should receive from admissions officers is another matter.
Finally, there is an important objection to my claim that the SAT demonstrates American success. It may be that SAT scores reflect socio-economic status not because parents are passing along to their children intellectual aptitude, good habits, and the drive to succeed, but instead because they are able to send their children to better schools and provide them with good SAT prep courses.
In this scenario, "external advantages" are still driving college admissions, just as they did when the SAT was instituted, and the "American success story" must be heavily footnoted.
Given the large amount of resources poured into the public schools attended by children of relatively low socio-economic status, there's probably a relationship between students' personal habits/individual drive and what transpires in these schools. But this doesn't eliminate the unfairness to particular students of being trapped — thanks in no small part to teachers unions and liberal politicians — in failing schools.
In any event, the "failing schools" argument doesn't militate in favor of eliminating or changing the SAT. To the extent that the deck is still stacked against certain kinds of students — as it was when the SAT was instituted — then a challenging standardized exam can still serve the original purpose of helping to identify "diamonds in the rough."
Assuming that colleges still are interested in finding them, and not just in filling quotas.


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We talk about fashion. Clothes we love, designers that intrigue us. Items we must have. But sometimes we come across an article of clothing that becomes more. It becomes a memory.
A moment in time.
A laugh. A smile. A secret shared with your daughter.
It becomes a keeper of time.
This dress is a hand me down from Jessica's aunt. Years ago memories were created when this little dress was worn. I'm sure it made its way through Ohio. It certainly saw the Maine coast. And it probably was worn a few times in the restaurant my husbands owns.
The other day my Jessica wore this same exact dress, a linen summer halter. Simple and classy. She wore it while we enjoyed the summer sun. She danced and pranced over the green grass singing as loud as she could to the swallows circling above our heads. I held back in the distance and snapped a photo or two and then joined in on the dancing. There is something about twirling under a summer sky. Something carefree and reminiscent of youth.
When I look at this little dress I see summer.
A mother and daughter dancing with the wind.
Smiles across their faces.
I see myself. I see my Jessica. And I see happiness.
As Jess outgrows her cloths, as I slowly pack away the treasures from each season, I take a moment to absorb the memories. And sometimes, they just happen to make their way to the "keep forever" box.
Do you have any treasured items? Clothing, books or toys that you just can't seem to part with? Any special pieces that tell a story or hold memories in time? I would love to hear your stories!
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A literature review is the description of the work that has been published on a given research topic. A literature review mainly focuses on the scholarly articles and books. A literature review can have some essential chapter of thesis or dissertation. The literature review does not present new primary scholarship. The following are the contents of a literature review.
Find Models
The writer should look in other literature reviews in his area of study so as to get information or the idea which he can use during the research period or the method he can use in the organization of his final literature review. The writer can use the word literature review along side with his topic in the search of similar articles in the electronic database.
Narrow the Topic
In the area of study, the writer can come along many articles and books hence unable to write a good literature review. He should narrow down the topic so as to make it easier for him to get the required sources of getting the information. This will enable him to construct a good literature review.
Source of Information
Most of research work requires that the researcher to use the most current source of information. The writer should try to read on the most current literature reviews so as to get the recent information which will help him to come up with a good literature review of his work.
Problem Formulation
The writer should base his literature review on a certain problem. The problem formulation should not be based on the position or an opinion but should rather be focused on a certain material fact.
Literature Search
The search will help the writer to identify his scope and key issues to be included in the literature review. A good search will help the writer to know the authors who are specialism and those who are generalist's in his work. It also helps him to know the authors who he will consider in his literature review so as not to contradict his ideas. The literature review should be organized in simple format. The thesis statement of the literature review found should be used argue for a particular perspective on the material.
Evaluation of Findings
For one to come up with a good literature review, it's not an easy task. The writer needs to go through the research as many times as possible so as to understand well. It's advisable for the reader to read the easier articles first so as to be familiar with the area of his study. Put down the key points that you think they will, be of help in the contraction of you literature review.
Analysis of the Literature Review
After getting the main ideas in each article read, the writer should identify the methods used to come up with the literature review. Compare the different work made by other authors so as to have a good understanding. Allow enough time of making your research before building on the literature review.
One can use different approaches in organizing his literature review.
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Singapore Dragon Boat Association (SDBA) has a fleet of twelve 12-crew Dragon Boats and twelve 22-crew Dragon Boats for rental at its operation centre located at Kallang Water Sports Centre (KWSC) @ No. 10 Stadium Lane, Kallang, Singapore 397774.
Our exact location: http://sdba.org.sg/contact/
Rental Rates
The hiring of dragon boat will be on a 2-hour per session basis and the time slots are as follows:
- 8 am to 10 am (note d)
- 10 am to 12 pm
- 12 pm to 2 pm
- 2 pm to 4 pm
- 4 pm to 6 pm
The 2-hour session includes the time taken for drawing out of equipment, inspection, launching and returning of the dragon boat and all accessories issued. It also includes a 20-minute safety briefing.
a. Inclusive of a rudder, 10 paddles, 10 buoyancy-vests and 2 bailers
b. Inclusive of a rudder, 20 paddles, 20 buoyancy-vests and 2 bailers
c. Please produce certificates of trainer and steersperson during booking
d. There will be a surcharge of $10.70 (inclusive of GST) per boat per session for 8 am to 10 am session
Optional Add-Ins
Hiring of Power Boat safety escort comes with 1 power boat licensed MPA driver and fuel
- $642.00 (inclusive of GST) for full day
- $481.50 (inclusive of GST) for half day
- Lifeguard at $128.40 (inclusive of GST) per 2 hr session (from 1 Dec 2019 onwards)
So you want to do dragon boating, here is what you should do:
- Form a crew (see table for number of paddlers per boat) or identify number of pax to participate)
- Identify a date
- Identify a time slot
- Identify trainer & steersperson (only for hiring of boat only)
- Read the Terms and Conditions for the rental of dragon boats, and Ready to book!
For booking, please email below information to firstname.lastname@example.com at least 2 weeks (*) before your intended session:
- Company/organisation/individual's name
- Date and time of your session
- Total number of participants
- Number of boats (12 or 22-crew)
- Certificates of trainer & steersperson (if you are renting boat only)
- Contact person's name and mobile number
* 2-week lead time is required for SDBA to source for trainer and steersperson, however if you are renting boats only, a shorter lead time is possible but subject to boat availability
Booking Process
- Payment must be made before dragon boat session.
- SDBA will issue receipt upon payment.
- We are closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
- No Walk-Ins, all bookings must be via Emails.
- No Refund due to Inclement Weather.
On Day of Dragon Boating
1 KWSC is a 10 minutes' walk from Stadium MRT Station (please check with Station Control Office for direction if unsure).
2 Chartered bus can drop off/pick up from Kallang Wave Mall Taxi Stand. http://www.sportshub.com.sg/Directions/Documents/TrafficeBrochure_FA3flip%20copy.pd KWSC is a 5 minutes' walk from this drop off point.
3 Participants are advised to arrive 15 minutes early to change up.
4 Shower cubicles (no heater) are available at KWSC.
5 Avoid wearing ring as it may make contact with the paddle and cause hurt to your finger or damage to the paddle.
6 Avoid bringing valuables (such as laptop) to KWSC.
6 Sandals are the most comfortable footwear as your feet will get wet.
7 A dry set of clothing to change after paddling is recommended.
8 Bring along sunscreen, cap, long sleeved shirt and sunglasses to protect against the sun rays. It is impossible to retrieve the sunglasses that dropped into the water. Secure your belongings with you.
9 Do bring along a small bottle of drinking water into the dragon boat to prevent dehydration.
Have FUN :-)
Click here to view the Terms and Conditions for the rental of dragon boats.
12-crew 'small' training dragon boat
22-crew 'standard' training dragon boat
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Size comparison between 12-crew and 22-crew training dragon boats"
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The short version – Brandy is back!
The longer version. Brandy has been gone 25 days (yes, I've been counting). Yesterday, I took a day off from searching, and felt guilty about it. But I had to – emotionally I've had so many highs and lows.
This morning, as I was making coffee, there was a pounding at my door – and I really did think that it might be news of Brandy. Trish, my upstairs neighbor was coming back from taking her girls to school, and she spied Brandy hanging out on the stairs leading to her apartment. So, she quickly got me, and there she was – way thinner, but ok.
I called to her, and she came down, but tried to go around me, and I nabbed her hindparts and didn't let her go, getting a hiss (but no claws) for my trouble. Once she was in my arms, she was totally calm. After a couple of hurrays! with Trish, I got her back into the apartment.
She's checking everything out, and eating up a storm – fortunately she's pacing herself in that department. I think she lost a couple of pounds on this adventure, and her fur is pretty matted, but I'm not finding an obvious injuries at the moment. She's taken a nap on my lap, and now is on the eco-wool afghan (my cats do know the good stuff).
Later today we head to the vet to have her checked out. Whew! The stories Brandy has in her that I'll never know…


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Spoiler Alert!
In this blog, you can find the answers to question 4 of the SAP HANA Academy XS Exam Quiz.
If you want to try and test your XS knowledge and know-how first, see
Migrating to the cloud
Answer 1
Correct. You got that right? Awesome.
To migrate XS classic to XS advanced applications, check the SAP HANA XS Advanced Migration Guide to properly prepare artifacts and source system for migration and then run the XS Advanced Migration Assistant to convert your XS classic application to XS advanced.
Points: 5
SAP HANA XS Advanced Migration Guide
Answer 2
Not correct.
You can try but probably not the best use of your time.
Allthough the name sounds very similar, XS classic and XS advanced model, the architecture is entirely different.
A better use of your time is to review
- Introduction to Application Development and Deployment (XS Advanced Model) – SAP HANA Developer Guide
Points: 0 (unless you succeed, of course)
SAP HANA Studio, Development Perspective: Export Package…
SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA: Import > From File System
Answer 3
Not correct. There is no online assistant available.
You can run the SAP HANA XS Advanced Migration Assistant on a WIndows (or Linux) clients or directly on the SAP HANA server but you need to download the component XSAC Migration from the Software Download Center at https://support.sap.com/swdc first.
Points: 0
XSAC Migration component on Software Download Center
Answer 4
Not correct.
You can certainly add EGit to Eclipse (and probably also to SAP HANA studio – I have not tried it) but this will not perform an automagic upgrade from XS classic to advanced model.
You can also integrate the SAP IDE for SAP HANA with GitHub and pull requests, but, again, this will not perform an automagic upgrade from XS classic to advanced model.
The architecture of XS classic model and advanced model is quite different. Although the name might suggest it, XS advanced model is certainly not a superset of the classic model.
Points: 0
EGit on Eclipse Marketplace
Git Integration with the SAP IDE for SAP HANA – Pull request
SAP HANA Academy Github Repositories
For more information, see:
Blogs, Tutorials, Wikis, FAQ
- Migrating the SHINE Purchase Order Worklist Application from SAP HANA XS Classic to SAP HANA XS Advanced
SAP Help Portal
- SAP HANA XS Advanced Migration Guide
- Introduction to Application Development and Deployment (XS Advanced Model) – SAP HANA Developer Guide
SAP Notes
- 2465027 – Deprecation of SAP HANA extended application services, classic model and SAP HANA Repository
- 2396214 – Transition to SAP HANA Extended Services Advanced and SAP HANA Cockpit
- 2493252 – SAP HANA XS Advanced Migration Assistant 1
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How my country annoyed me today
Some words before I actually get to the point of the post: some rules may be bad and useless and without any base on facts, but they're still laws and some of them carry punishments – so we're pretty much forced to respect them despite how bad some of them may be. It would be nice if the state would respect them as well.
First order of business – CCR (The Constitutional Court of Romania) and piracy.
Some time ago, when I was trying to decide on a PHP framework to learn I was looking for different books and anything related to CodeIgniter and Laravel (the latter won in my book) and at one point I stumbled upon the link presented in the image below. I obviously took a screenshot and continued my search, forgetting about the incident for some time. Two years later I found the screenshot and curiosity lead me to try accessing it again, and guess what? It's still there. Still infringing copyright law and the literal first page of the actual pdf file.
Now, I've attached all the screenshots necessary, but I really want to know some things like: did the person who put the pdf file there actually needed it to build the website for such a high placed justice institution?
Oh look, someone on StackOverflow was handed a link towards ccr.ro for the sole purpose of illegally downloading a book in PDF form. As you can see I'm very succinct, but the images do speak for themselves.
I became annoyed and then tried to find something else that's not in order with the website, and lo and behold: they do not have the cookie notice (required by .ro and .eu law) and they store a cookie with some data. This might seem something very small, but companies can end up being fined and paying something like 5% of their annual turnover because of the lack of the cookie notice banner, terms & conditions or privacy policy.
cisession=a:5:{s:10:"session_id";s:32:"73647f48e53114e4b3b26c7974cdf108″;s:10:"ip_address";s:10:"my.ip.was.here.but.i'm.paranoid";s:10:"user_agent";s:115:"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3112.113 Safari/537.36″;s:13:"last_activity";i:1506250955;s:9:"user_data";s:0:"";}5ab7dd3ed57bfa528ffd4e00bd4e241b
Oh, yeah, they don't have a Privacy Policy or Terms&Conditions either, attached the pictures just in case they'll appear overnight.
There's one more website that's on my nerves that was made with public money as well, Romania.travel, which is supposed to be a travel portal for Romania, and it's honestly not that bad.
It's still missing the cookie notice, privacy policy and terms&conditions, but it looks decent at least. What's the problem? Well, the feedback form isn't working, but it was never really meant to work. There's no listener to the button because there's no id to the button, there are no other scripts there, and the button is outside the form tags, form tags that have no action set, no method or anything else set.
PSA The video has some ambient music from YouTube because I was listening to a podcast while recording and bla bla DMCA bla bla.


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PRC Call for Entires - Deadline
- All Day
- on Monday, December 3, 2012
- http://www.bu.edu/prc/exhibit/exhibit2013_endicott.htm
Unconventional Inventions Innovative, unusual, and alternative approaches to photography A PRC satellite exhibition at Endicott College The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University (PRC) is partnering with Endicott College School of Visual and Performing Arts in this exciting call for entries and exhibition. We seek submissions from photographers and other artists who are working in or with photography while also expanding upon the expressive abilities of the medium. Entry fee: $25.00 for PRC Members If you are not currently a PRC member, you may join the PRC while paying the entry fee online. Jurors: Francine Weiss, PRC Curator & Loupe Editor Howard Yezerski, Director, Howard Yezerski Gallery Christopher James, Director of MFA Program in Photography and Photography Department Chair at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University


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Welcome to my Website... My name is Lisa Chambers McCall, I live in Sunny Wilmington, NC. I enjoy my home, grilling & chilling with family and friends. I also travel to the Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexico.
We also enjoyed living in Abu Dhabi & Dubai where my husband Ken & I had an apartment for over 2 1/2 years.
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Once again it all comes down to Kubrick. Termitic film nerds could chow down for years on the wood chips in Room 237, subtitled: "Being an inquiry into The Shining in nine parts." The things you and I admired in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film are as children's playthings compared to what the subjects of Rodney Ascher's geek-o-rama documentary essay obsess about. Influential? You don't know the half of it.
ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore can't get over that can of Calumet baking powder in the hotel pantry. To him it recalls the genocide against Native Americans and how the past impinges on the present in awful ways. Playwright Juli Kearns loves the Overlook Hotel's office window ("a character in itself; there's something wrong with it"). She diagrammed a floor plan of the entire hotel.
For Geoffrey Cocks, a college professor of history, The Shining possesses "a deeply laid subtext that takes on the Holocaust," from Jack Torrance's German typewriter and the symbolic number 42 to the film's Freudianism, with references to Holocaust studies. Evidently, "Kubrick found the Holocaust of such terrible magnitude that he just couldn't treat it directly." Therefore, these laborious metaphors.
Doc director Ascher's team of Shining enthusiasts are not at all afraid to treat the film's tiniest, most obscure visual and thematic references directly: the patterns on the hotel carpeting; advertising images from posters on the wall; nutty numerology on T-shirts; Kubrick's face airbrushed into clouds; the cover of Playgirl magazine; the psychological meaning of Danny's Big Wheel. The old "Indian burial ground" routine resurfaces, likewise the discussion of Kubrick's alleged role in faking the Apollo moon footage for NASA.
It's fun for awhile to listen to the theories. The Kubrick version of The Shining brilliantly improves on Stephen King's novel (for instance, there's no maze in the novel, it's all Kubrick's), but is the movie really a movie about "how not to be a victim of the past" or just a damned good scare? Compared to the hellfires in Jack Nicholson's eyes and the ghastly apparitions in the corridors, the novel's animated topiaries seem fairly silly. So does the advice of one theorist, the MSTRMND, to watch the film both forward and backward. Sometimes a movie is just a movie, and Room 237 enjoys taking the roundabout route to that conclusion. "The mega-brain for the planet," as one admirer refers to Kubrick, would surely appreciate that point of view.


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Monolith man posted a topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setupsGreetings, I've been involved in amateur astronomy for many years, and recently had the opportunity to purchase this starfinder scope from a gentleman who purchased it New in 1997. The scope has been unused for a ling time and was showing signs of neglect. He lost interest and just wanted to get rid of this and a meade 10" scope.so I picked them up for a pretty reasonable deal. The scope also came with the Meade magellan ll system, which had never been installed. One of the encoder gears had been broken. I have since installed the system, cleaned up the mirrors, repainted the tube inside and out, beefed up the mirror mount, and the spider and replaced the bolt that holds the secondary with a larger one, and put larger secondary adjustment screws. I also added a cooling fan to the mirror mount. The mount is solid on this beast, and has no problem carrying the weight of the optical tube. This was about the first part of july. Since then ive not been able to take it out for a try due to the monsoons here in Az. Its rained nearly every day, so needless to say i really cant wait to see what this scope can do. I named it the Monolith. I believe the name fits. Any of you buffs out there have one of these scopes? If so I'd like to hear from you.


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Moonshot Interviews Michael Kimball on BIG RAY, His Writing Method, and More
Moonshot's Joshua Boardman interviewed Michael Kimball on his new novel, BIG RAY, his writing method, and talked past works as well as works yet to come.
MS: Although all your works feel so personal that I'm shocked when a character name is dropped which isn't "Michael Kimball," BIG RAY seems to be even closer to autobiographical account. You call the book "memoir as fiction"; explain this coinage a little more.
MK: When I started writing BIG RAY, it was going to be a memoir. I wrote everything exactly as I remembered it and I wrote everything as true as I could. But I eventually made BIG RAY a novel—in part because it seemed too messy as a memoir and also because I wanted more control over how it was told, a fiction writer's prerogative. So this novel is a retelling of my life (and my father's life) as a way to reclaim a part of my life. The character Big Ray is still mostly my father and the narrator is mostly me and my father did most of the things described in the book, but that character is a composite now. That is, most of the novel is still based on real events, in particular the father's abuse and his obesity, as well as the all the events surrounding his death. Also, I decided to keep many of the devices of the memoir, so the novel still reads like nonfiction. I like the tension that creates.
MS: I understand the process by which you wrote this book is drastically different than anything you've written before. What was this process, and how do you think it affected the end product?
MK: I've never written a book in under three years before, but BIG RAY was written in an intense rush, three months start to finish. I was emotionally exhausted by the end of it, but also changed. I was a different person—lighter, happier, released. I found a way to reconcile the love and the hate I had for my father and that gave me myself back.
MS: You're developing something of a reputation for writing "slim novels," as the reviews always are sure to point out. What compels you to pursue this length of work?
MK: I could write longer novels. BIG RAY could have been over 300 pages, but I decided to cut out lots of unnecessary material and description—all that set up and explanation. I wanted the book to move faster than other books. I didn't want any of the filler that I read in so many other books. I like the tension that kind of tight narrative creates.
MS: The piece published in the "Correspondences" issue of Moonshot, "I Am a Providence," seems like a departure from the rest of your work. When did you start working in a purely linguistic experimental vein, both professionally and on your own?
MK: If you consider THE WAY THE FAMILY GOT AWAY and WORDS by Andy Devine (my conceptual pseudonym), "I Am a Providence" isn't so much of a departure. For years, I've been trying to find different ways to tell stories and write novels, whether it's using a new language for children or alphabetizing stories or writing a novel that reads like a memoir.
MS: Is there any non-literature-based media that inspires your work?
MK: Oh, man, so much—it feels like everything I like inspires and influences me: counting cards in blackjack, playing pool with Adam Robinson, going to museums, all kinds of conceptual art, large installations, random number tables, psychological research on emotion, the DSM, learning anything new, etc.
MS: Walk us through how a day of writing might go for you.
MK: It depends on so many things, but when things are going well, which they aren't right now, I get up and write in bed, longhand on a legal pad. Then I get up and type all of that into a Word document, making changes and additions and deletions, etc. That's the first few hours of my writing day, but that hasn't happened in a while.
MS: What are you reading now?
MK: I've been through so much life trauma lately that I've found it difficult to read. I haven't been able to focus in that way for months.
MS: DEAR EVERYBODY is another experimental work, though in a different form—nearly multimedia, a sort of epistolary collage. You've also branched into postcards as a medium for storytelling. How did these two projects arise, and how do they inform one another?
MK: DEAR EVERYBODY published not too long after the postcard life story project started, but I don't know that they informed one another so much. DEAR EVERYBODY was long finished by the time I started the postcards. I do think both of those projects (and US) informed BIG RAY. I feel as if I took the emotional sentences from those middle sections of US, some of the form from DEAR EVERYBODY, and the condensed ways of telling lots of story from the postcard life story project. BIG RAY feels like an aesthetic and an emotional culmination of sorts. So I'm still trying to figure out what comes next.
Michael Kimball is the author of four novels, including Dear Everybody (which The Believer calls "a curatorial masterpiece") and Us (which was named to Oprah's Reading List). His newest novel, Big Ray, was published September 18, 2012 (Bloomsbury). His work has been on NPR's All Things Considered and in Vice, as well as The Guardian, Bomb, and New York Tyrant, and has been translated into a dozen languages. He is also responsible for Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard). Visit him at michael-kimball.com.


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We're heading back to the Legion to hear the full album performed live! Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners new release, "That's All There Is ( And There Ain't No More)" makes it's debut here in East Nashville at the American Legion Post 82. That's Saturday April 7th, 2018. A big THANK YOU goes out to our pal Brendan Malone for hosting the big bash.
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CDs are in stock now. We'll be receiving a shipment of vinyl records just 1 week after the big party. That is a bargain unit of a 12" record w/ a CD and download card inside for just $25. Record shop distribution is available through URP (US) and Clearspot (NL) in April.
Pat is making a big splash with this record. Here is what folks are saying about it.
"Pat Reedy, a Blue Collar Honky Tonk Hero" – Wide Open Country
"Drawling, a little rough around the edges, and delivered with a booming baritone that could be heard over a bulldozer, Reedy's tunes are simple and sincere throwbacks to the straight-talking country of the 1970s and before." -Rolling Stone Country
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This workshop provides insights into the symptoms and possible causes of field performance issues in LTE radio networks using UE logs. RF measurements related to coverage and interference are discussed to analyze coverage holes and overlapping regions. Students analyze LTE signaling messages through UE logs and map them to success and failure events. Students perform root cause analysis and gain an in-depth understanding of these signaling events to network performance. LTE RF optimization areas such as Intra-LTE and IRAT handover operation. This knowledge transfer is obtained through hands-on experience using UE based diagnostic tools and scanner tools.
Required Equipment: PC laptop
Special Note: This is an advanced level course. Please DO NOT register for this course if you are not very familiar with LTE RAN Signaling.
This workshop is primarily intended for RF and systems performance engineers involved in LTE design, performance, and optimization.
After completing this workshop, the student will be able to:
• Define the LTE RF KPIs and map them to RAN counters
• Identify various LTE signaling events that map to success and failure operational counters
• Analyze UE logs for root cause analysis of successful and failure events and map these events to operational counters and corresponding KPIs
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1. Workshop Overview
2. Intra-LTE Handover Analysis
2.1. Intra and Inter-frequency handover events and trigger parameters
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2.3. Handover execution: success and failure scenario
2.4. Summary
2.5. Review exercises
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3.3. Inter-RAT handover message flow and related KPIs/generic counters
3.4. Handover execution: success and failure scenario
3.5. Summary
3.6. Review exercises
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• Exploring LTE (series of self-paced eLearning from Award Solutions)
• LTE RF Optimization: Part 1 – Coverage and Accessibility
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The following blog details my experience as a first year student at Western CUNA Management School.
When I was 15 years old a movie called New Jersey Drive came to the theaters by my house. You have probably never heard of this movie but everyone at school was talking about. Of course since everyone at school was talking about it I had to see it. So me and a couple of friends went to the theater and tried to buy tickets. I say tried because the movie was rated R and we were not 17. Needless to say our attempt was quickly shut down. We were not willing to give up though. So we did what so many kids, perhaps even you, had done before us…we bought tickets to a PG movie. Did we have any attention of seeing this move? Of course not, but it was our ticket into the theater. As we walked along the concourse we quickly made a right instead of the left like the usher had instructed us. We were in…or so we thought. Apparently we weren't the only kids with such a brilliant idea. The theater had an usher at the door checking tickets and we were forced to go see the PG movie. However I now wanted to see this movie more then ever.
Well I later saw the movie and you know what, I didn't like it. It wasn't because it was a bad movie, actually it was somewhat entertaining. The thing is I had built up the expectation to such a high level that it was destined to disappoint. Maybe you have had this experience. Someone hyped up a movie, song, event, or play so much that anything less then this glorified image that you have created is a let down. I know throughout the course of my life this scenario has occurred quite often.
Fast forwarded to 2003. My boss, Tina Hall, had just returned from her first year at something called Western CUNA Management School and she was excited. I was able to see first hand how vaulable the school and the projects she had to complete were.
Before I continue I think I should explain what Western CUNA Management School is. The school consists of students representing credit unions from the thirteen Western States. It is a three year program where students spend two weeks at Pomona college in California during July (when it is hot!). Over these two weeks students attend classes on various subjects ranging from economics to business law. All the classes are related to how individuals can contribute directly to the growth of their credit union and the credit union movement. Between the first and second year students are required to complete a project where they analysis the different aspect of their credit union. Between the second and third year students complete a project in which you are asked to make strategic suggestions on what your credit union should do in the future. This is just a very basic description and I will elaborate more later, for now lets get back to the story.
Anyway after listening and observing Tina I started to become interested in attending this school. You see I realized that she wasn't excited about what she was learning, she was passionate about it. And passion has a powerful effect on those around it…
Check back at a later date to continue to read about my experiences as a first year student at Western CUNA Management School.
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Justin started his long career at Verity as a summer intern. After leaving to pursue a degree in human resource management at Western Washington University, he returned to what he describes as "one of the strongest environments I have seen in terms of focus on their employees." During his time here, Verity has been recognized with multiple awards ranging from employee development initiatives to overall work environment. Justin holds an MBA from Seattle University along with being an honors graduate from Western CUNA Management School and a certified Credit Union Development Educator.


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Asiaphos- Up 10% and close to our target during intraday high
Asiaphos, which we shared on the blog just yesterday, had more than a 10% run up today during its intraday high of 0.118 which was very close to our target of 0.120. We hope some profits were booked , it had a wide swing through the day closing at 0.103 which was slightly below yesterday close of 0.104, before Asiaphos asked for a trading halt.
Some News were released just this evening , more can be read here. The News does not seems that good so let us see how it trades on Monday where the trading halt will be lifted in the morning.
Remember we did say that trading such penny stock will be very volatile , hence ensure proper stop loss and appropriate position sizing is VERY Important for risk management.
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As for its chart , if it breaks below the 0.105 resistance level now turned support level , the stock may fall back to the next support level of 0.095 follow by 0.086 and 0.079 as the next 2 possible support levels.


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Reflections - Panel Discussion
Dr. Martin Thrupp, Dr. Cathy Wylie, and Dr. John O'Neill reflect on the presentations, summarising the connections, possibilities, and potential pitfalls in making the curricula living documents.
Thrupp is Head of Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Waikato. His research interests are in education policy with a particular focus on the importance of school contexts.
Wylie is a Chief Researcher at NZCER. She is well-known for her research on policy and its impacts for school leadership, teaching, and learning, and the longitudinal study Competent Learners.
O'Neill is Head of the Institute of Education, Massey University. His professorial Chair is in Teacher Education.
This talk was a part of Taking the Lead - Celebrating the Curricula in Wellington on 9, March, 2018
As you watch the presentations, think about these questions:
- How do we get this right for our children?
- How will we enable all children to be 'confident, connected, actively involved' lifelong learners?
- How will we uphold the values and principles of a world leading curriculum, in the best interests of our children and our society?
- How will this start, from today?
You can also download these questions as a discussion sheet to use as a group. (Word doc, 0.15MB)
Martin Thrupp
I've been trying to see some connections, possibilities, potential dangers and also the silences I suppose, which I think are so important. What are we not looking at, what could trip us up as we go forward? To me the last government undermined public education, in many cases chipping away by neglect, in some cases dismantling by design. And now we have this window in which to rebuild. It won't be a thirty year window unfortunately and we need to go strongly in this first term of this government.
I think educators around the world will be watching and hoping and praying that we get it right because here we have the chance to show how a neo-liberal project can be pulled back in education and there's not that many examples of that around the world. So I think we've had a world class instance of testing policy, I think people in this room and other teachers and educators around the country should be very proud of that and now we need a world class response in terms of what follows next.
I think we need to pay attention to history and to context. The strengths of the approaches that we've heard today of what was there before the National Standards, and also their vulnerabilities. For example being able to articulate the coherence of the assessment systems that were in place, the formative assessment systems. And also the history of National Standards and what was wrong with them and what we can learn from that. So let's keep the focus on progress, which is popular with this government or as Perry Rush would say: with the shift, alongside a background awareness I would say, of achievement levels as well. And let's try to avoid making assessment too burdensome so that teachers can teach as well as assess.
I'm looking for a framework that allows for all the complexity that we've heard about today, but doesn't try to be too clever. Doesn't tie teachers up in knots, not too many acronyms, not too much technical language, concepts that will become understandings rather than just buzzwords. And I think, a framework that people can enter at different levels of understanding as they come through teacher education and become more experienced teachers, and as they grow. Grow through professional culture, professional development, grow through an understanding of their local context. The framework being simple but allowing for the contexts and understandings within it that reflect the New Zealand curricula.
You could think about it like the generic teaching standards and the advantages of those over highly specified ones. Something that respects the autonomy of teachers and has an awareness of particular children and contexts. And trusts the intent of the vast majority of teachers to do a good job using a strong professional culture to call out any colleagues who are letting the profession down.
So some of the themes that – I thought there were quite a few common themes that came through – and I just wanted to comment on one or two.
Jan, you know the teacher making the difference, and I really liked that powerful example you gave us. Yes, but I also don't want it to become a way of scapegoating teachers for the impact of poverty and wider social ills as has happened under previous governments of both stripes actually. Let's make sure that we avoid those politics of blame going forward. And it's very hopeful I think with the Prime Minister taking up responsibility for child poverty.
Mere, for me what came through in your talk especially was the value of cultural relationships and genuinely responsive pedagogy and ako and whanaungatanga and whānautanga and just the rich metaphors that come with whakatauki. And that also came through in O'Sonia's talk as well.
We heard from Bronwyn about the costs of social grouping. We heard from Helen about a compelling case I think for the extension of Te Whāriki into the Junior School.
From Rachel about busting some myths for us about online learning and raising the potential of digital technology.
And from Rose I think the possibility of not such an instrumental approach to the curriculum. The way that key competencies can support the wider curriculum and are weaved in.
From Jodie and Bobbie, a strength-based, culturally sustaining approach and the importance for allowing for teachers to grow.
From Perry of course, the local context of if it doesn't work at the centre, we do it anyway, and student-centred assessment and that focus on shift.
And from Lester, I was really struck actually from your talk Lester, the collapse of the networks supporting the curriculum. And it seems to me that that's one really important ingredient to put in place if we're going to go back to celebrating our curriculum and being very proud of it. Nationally and internationally.
Cheers thank you.
Cathy Wylie
Kia ora tātou.
I've had a really rich, full day and what it's brought home to me is that this New Zealand Curriculum, we've got to make it live. I think that was very powerfully brought home by you, Lester by saying that this document is not just to be celebrated and just, oh, we've got this wonderful document, therefore we're all wonderful and what we do in schools is wonderful, because no, it actually requires a lot of work and thinking.
And I remember back to our NZCER national surveys between 2007 and 2010, when people were working on the draft national curriculum, how we noticed real shifts in the teacher professional practice and leadership. And it was just such a sense that what people had talked about for so long was actually taking place and thinking about what was a local curriculum? What was learning all about? How do we notice? A very strong theme for me of today has been about noticing. It's been about respect, ako. It's been about treating others as you'd like to be treated and when I think about the hard work ahead for this year particularly, because we've got this window of opportunity and we have to take it, and that means people are going to have to work together across their diverse contexts and the diverse knowledge that they're bringing to lay some foundations for what we hope will be a thirty years path that no politician will want to divert from.
And that's what we have to do. Is how do we make this attractive enough and understandable by parents about what it is that's going on. Wean them away from measurement, wean them away, get them to understand - which I think they do – that they kids aren't uniform and that it's not about seeing where they are at this particular standard or this little box. But it's actually taking that freedom ourselves and working together to talk about that, that holistic picture, which is what parents want. How do all these different bits tie together?
So Rose talked about rich learning tasks and they were also mentioned I think in some of the other presentations, if we don't bring things together, and I think to do that we can't all be reinventing the wheel at every school. Tomorrow's schools has played a lot on we're all unique, don't tell us what to do. That's where it can go wrong. It can say you might know something but actually we know everything at our own school best. We all learn from each other. We've all got to be scaffolding off each other and working together within schools and across schools and within our different expertise. Because if it's still a competitive thing or a defensive thing where you think: oh I won't tell people what we're doing here… or the mistrust that's grown up between schools and the government agencies as well as between each other, then we're not going to make any progress and the New Zealand curriculum will just be a paper document.
Lester has pointed out the substantial work that is going to be needed to think about progress and achievement and he is quite right to say that this is years long work, that it should not be rushed. We need this year to be laying down some foundations about how to go about that work but not try and rush it, though you might have teachers saying: what are we going to do? And I heard last week that about half our teachers know nothing but National Standards. So we are going to have to think. School Leaders, we are going to have to think what support we provide around that so that we give people the understanding that National Standards is not the only measure we have or the only framework we have for rich learning, good learning, holistic learning. And to remember that the New Zealand Curriculum had something, it had an element which was briefly touched on which is, teaching as inquiry, and we've heard about noticing, we've heard about what is the evidence around this? We've heard about bringing students into the learning picture, we've got parents and whānau into the learning picture, so everybody's working on it together, and it's not just the teacher as bandmaster in the room. And I think that's where the real growth is going to come. That's the real challenge.
So I'm excited about… I'm very glad that we've got the opportunity to try and bring our understanding that's grown through tears as well as through people trying out different things over the last ten, twenty, thirty years to really realise what it means to have a school-based curriculum. What it really means to have students as agents in their own learning and to work with parents and whānau. Also to work more constructively with the government agencies and to rework them, and I do thank Lester profoundly for reminding us what was lost was Tomorrow's Schools with the loss of the curriculum networks and that sort of spiders web that we had. That's the kind of thing we need to be recreating and making sure that we've got there. It's not about everybody operating separately in their silos, but it's actually about how do we share and create the knowledge that we need to energise the teaching and learning in this country.
So this is going to be a very exciting year as we start on the laying the grounds for the thirty years and it's one where we're going to have to all work very hard and be open and share with each other and push each other's horizons and assumptions about things and not try and rush in with replacements. You know, there's no replacing National Standards. That framework is gone. They do not need replacing, if they do, we're lost.
So think. Now it's ok teaching as inquiry and how do we not try to reinvent the wheel and every classroom, every school, every locality, how we actually pick up the best of what's already around, to make sure that we share it and that we keep building on it and have the structures that will enable us to do that. The structures and the relationships. End clip
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Kia ora Tātou.
Recently I've taken to apologising for being a man. It's not a David Cunliffe thing it's just that these days I'm on so many panels as a Pākehā male and in the winter of my paid career the future is not about me, it's not about people like me, if we look at our demographic imperatives it's about a bi-cultural and a multi-cultural community. I'm entitled to participate in those conversations but people like me shouldn't be leading them.
There was a lot said today about – in many different ways – about the rights of children, the centrality of children - putting children at the centre of what we do. Lester captured it particularly well but so did other speakers. I think the fact that we have somebody like Andrew Becroft in the position that he's in now, means that we have allies in and across the public sector. For all his trials and tribulations I think Peter Hughes has the potential to be a good State Services Commissioner and bring public servants back to the role that they ought to have which is to question and challenge ideological assumptions that have no basis in evidence.
So this cuts very much to the heart of what Helen was talking about when she was saying: Curriculum cannot do it on its own. Teachers have a role to play, whānau have a role to play, students themselves have a major role to play in determining the direction and the content of their own learning and so on and so forth.
So I think all of those things are important but fundamental to me is Te Ao Māori. The work of Mere, Bobbie and Jodie, Sonia and her colleagues in the Marautanga Māori space, I find just so exciting and full of potential and so unsettling. When you have to willingly engage with concepts that are not of your world but open up so many more possibilities about the richness of learning and the richness of relationships, it just kneecaps neo-liberalism straight away.
When you compare – for all their good intentions – the things that have come out of the Ministry and the Education Review Office over the last nine years, which haven't questioned anything about the underlying assumptions about teaching and learning, and then you look at the stuff that comes out of communities and elders, out of iwi in their strategic education plans and you look at the aspirations for children. I think all of that provides a really useful touchstone for everybody in this room.
The partnerships that we need to develop are with the people and the communities of the future. The language that we need to use is language that puts children at the centre and is based fundamentally in our traditions from the past, and the present that will take us into the future.
For me that's a really wonderful learning journey and a very unsettling one but I know that we all have guides there. NZEI has a Māori caucus, it has processes for making sure that matters Māori are brought to the centre of the agenda. And I think everything I've heard today reinforces the absolute fundamental importance of developing a language going forward.
As Helen and others have pointed out, we already have the building blocks in place, the work has already been done, it's just been discarded, or distorted or hidden or the url's been deactivated or whatever, but the work has been done.
And the last thing I want to say is that the other message I took from today is that there are so many willing partners in these conversations that it shouldn't be a hard job to take students, whānau and communities with us provided we're prepared to make all of these things concrete, tangible and visible rather than, as we academics and professionals sometimes too often do, leave them in the abstract as words not meaningful practices.
So for me, I echo the comments, this has been a fabulous hui, a real wānanga for me, I've learnt so much, I'm sure everybody else has and it's a great start to what may not be thirty years but hopefully will at least be twelve years of a progressive left government.
Kia ora tātou.
More from this series
How do we take the opportunity to uphold the values and principles of our world-leading curricula, in the best interests of our children and our society? Curricula experts share their expertise in working with all the New Zealand curricula in Taking the Lead - Celebrating our Curricula.


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There's something really lovely, artistic, and sexy about this "Peace, Love, and Batman" tattoo photo piece from photographer Liz C.
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But something about the buttocks symbolizing "love" makes me think of prison movies.
By the way, is there a… classier term for "tramp stamp"? I couldn't think of another way to describe that Batman tattoo without dragging this entire post into the gutter.
And there's no room left in the gutter since my mind took the place over.
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Are you being promised very high, even daily returns? Are you being asked to recruit other investors in exchange for commissions, bonuses or better returns? Does the proposed investment seem rather complex?
It could be an attempt at a pyramid investment scam. This practice is illegal, and you could lose everything.
What are pyramid investment sales?
Pyramid investment sales promoters promise fast and attractive returns if you invest, and more if you recruit other investors. They don't usually ask you to sell goods or services, although they could say, for example, that the investments are going into precious metals.
You pay $20, $50, $100 or even $10,000 to enrol or acquire "coupons," "packs," or other packages to be part of the system. "Packs" and "coupons" may be time-sensitive, or expire when you achieve a return of 150%, which is impossible.
Promoters encourage you to sponsor other investors, who become your "sponsees," "affiliates," "recruits," etc. According to the promoters, by recruiting others, you earn money more quickly through higher returns, bonuses, commissions and so forth. Promoters promise that you will gain even more if your "recruits" in turn find other investors. They often use the terms "multi-level," "forced matrix," or "binary system."
Promoters often approach investors on social media. They make every effort to convince you their system is legitimate. They do not refer to "pyramid sales," but use terms like MLM or multi-level marketing. Their websites are often appealing and feature videos explaining the system, testimonials from "investors" who've become rich, etc. The jargon used can be technical and it is sometimes hard to understand what your money will be invested in. In addition to returns on your investment, you could be promised luxury cars, beachfront properties or use of a private jet.
Pyramid investment sale promoters could approach you on social media, or through relatives and friends who don't know they're participating in fraud.End of the warning
In reality, it's just hot air. Your money does not get invested. It is used to pay other investors and mainly to line the pockets of the promoters. The pyramid will collapse as soon as recruitment dries up or if many investors insist on getting their money back. Promoters will try to spin out the scheme by convincing you to reinvest your so-called returns, or giving you all kinds of reasons to prevent you from taking your profits out. Unfortunately, there's a good chance you'll never get the promised earnings, or see your initial investment again. The people you recruited will also lose their money, and could hold you accountable. It is illegal to promote or participate in such a system.
You cannot sell investments or recruit investors unless you are registered as an investment dealer's representative with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).End of the warning
Remember that pyramid investment sales are illegal.
How do you protect yourself from pyramid investment sales?
Don't believe ads that tout sure-fire get-rich-quick schemes.
Be especially prudent if you are being guaranteed high returns with no risk. There's no such thing.
Make sure you fully understand the features and risks of the investments being proposed.
Always check whether the person or firm that wants you to invest is registered with the AMF for the purpose of selling investments. To be sure, consult the AMF register on its website.
If you receive this type of offer, or are approached by a firm that isn't registered with the AMF, please report this to us by filling out the complaint or allegation reporting form.


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Welcome to my blog!
A little neglected at times but this is the first port of call when something leaks from my brain.
So put on the kettle and get comfy.
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Are there injections that could end my pregnancy?
The only injection that can successfully end a pregnancy is methotrexate. This medicine is not available in many countries where there is limited access to abortion.
In some countries, especially in Latin America, pharmacists may offer women injections of hormones, oxytocin, or quinine to end a pregnancy. These injections will NOT cause an abortion, and may be harmful to women. *
In some countries, especially Brazil and elsewhere in South America, websites offer injections of "RU 486" or "mifepristone". These injections are fake. Mifepristone/RU 486 is not available in injection form for humans. Beware of these sites – they are a fraud, could harm your health, and will not end your pregnancy.
- Pharmacy provision of medical abortifacients in a Latin American city
Diana Lara, Katrina Abuabar, Daniel Grossman, Claudia Dı´az-Olavarrieta,
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Posts Tagged 'change'
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Jesse Jackson
June 16, 2016
[PODCAST] The Fastest Way to Greatness
April 23, 2016
Here we cover a quick hack to ratchet up your biz IQ & success rate. Goodwill Hunting
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Removing Weakness: Benefits of Business Surgery
March 19, 2016
Nearly every day we are reminded that we need to work on and improve our weaknesses. Whether it's a spouse, friend, family member, customers, clients or the latest self-help guru, we are constantly bombarded by messages telling us we need to be better. But what if you didn't have to be better? What if you could just cover over a weakness in such a way that you didn't HAVE to do the work to change it? What if you could even turn your weakness into a strength or competitive advantage? Well, if that sounds good to you, you'll want to listen to our latest podcast: http://bizdevshots.com/podcast-business-surgery-removing-weakness-to-save-your-strengths/ You can also listen to it on iTunes here! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/biz-dev-shots.com-podcast/id1077134936
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Opening the Floodgates
March 10, 2016
The USA and Canada have shared a border for years. And travel between both countries has been relatively painless. But now they are working on making it even easier to cross the border. In fact, Justin Trudeau intends to endorse a pre-clearance experiment that would allow people to clear customs at train stations, bus stations and off highways the same way they already can at several Canadian airports. Sounds good to me. Who really wants to wait in line? Nobody likes waiting. Not for borders. Not for lineups. Not for anything. No need to wait for biz growth with these solutions: Here's to opening the floodgates of new customers, Matt Hardy BizDevShots Podcast BossInternetMarketing.com
There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business. Oscar De La Hoya
February 27, 2016
I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations. Ralph Nader
February 23, 2016
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Rich Dad Advice: Lacking Specifics But Not In Trouble
February 23, 2016
Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad books were at one time some of the most purchased books on personal finance. And over the past few years, he's been in and out of court getting sued for how he's run his company. He championed ideas about buying real estate with little to no money down, giving you the idea that you could just sit back and let the cash flow in. And while some of his ideas can get you thinking creatively about real estate, the majority of them lack any sort of actual tactics. Most often in biz and life, there is a big difference in time, energy and investment spent before you'll ever see a positive return. It's one thing to claim that you can buy homes with no money down, stuff a renter in them and then retire as checks arrive like clockwork. Once you go to put it into action, you realize there are a lot of missing details that make the difference between making and losing money. Don't fall for general pie-in-the-sky m...
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WARNING: Don't Go Broke with a Bad-Mortgage Style Ad Buy
February 8, 2016
We've all heard "horror stories" about bad mortgages. Countless articles have been written and movies made about the whole sub-prime mortgage meltdown. There's nothing quite as bad as owing more than your supposed "asset" is worth. Or just losing money in general. This sort of thing can have you go broke in no time flat. I read this a few minutes ago: "Quicken Loans ad claims that it can arrange a mortgage loan in just eight minutes. Which is only three minutes faster than it will take to process the eventual foreclosure." I find it funny.... but in a sad kind of way. That said - it can be the same if you get into buying traffic. Ya, you can get it setup in a few minutes, but you can go broke doing it. Get started fast WITHOUT losing your shirt: http://bizdevshots.com/solution/ Here's to getting buying customers without the expensive learning curve, Matt Hardy BizDevShots Podcast BossInternetM...
[PODCAST] When Firing Your Customers Turns Profitable
January 27, 2016
Firing customers can be one of the quickest tricks to increase profit and reducing stress-load by about 80 percent. This podcast was made for people who want their business to work for them - not the other way around.
Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. An Wang
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Davis Reading Programme for Young Learners
The Davis Reading Programme for Young Learners is designed for "at risk" children ages 5-7 years old. This parent-coached programme prepares children with the essential tools to learn how to focus and create solid foundations for learning language. One of the main benefits of having parent involvement (parents must be present with the child for at least 50% of the programme or more) is that the parent is equipped for the future. The parent will be equipped with the tools necessary to assist their child with fundamentals of reading, writing, and spelling in the future. Provided on a modified schedule (typically 9 am - 12 pm) over a two-week period, you and your child will be guided through using clay and the Davis Symbol Mastery techniques to:
- Master upper- and lower-case alphabet letters
- Techniques to catch and resolve confusions with letters caused by shape (i.e. b, d, p, q), sounds, or letter formation
- Gain awareness and understanding of basic punctuation marks
- Learn fun and engaging ways to master those pesky "sight words"
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Editor: I read with interest your article concerning the board approving a rezoning request that will allow the construction of a new apartment complex off of Hickory Tree Road near the N.C. Highway 150 intersection behind the Sheetz and McDonald's, which I was not aware of until I read that article.
I then spent some time yesterday afternoon having a few messaging moments with one of our Davidson County commissioners letting him how much I appreciate their approving this and the tremendous concern for the welfare they have for the residents of that area.
I then proceeded to ask him how many commissioners approved this and he said all of them.
I pushed the envelope a little further and asked him how many county commissioners and county zoning and planning committee members lived on Hickory Tree Road. I never did receive a reply back for that question.
This is nothing more than the country trying to make a dollar off of other people's misery. The traffic on Hickory Tree Road right now is completely impossible at best. I can only imagine what it will become after this, no matter how wide the road will be widened according to future plans. I also anticipate a rapid increase in home invasion and robbery.
It is amazing how easy it is to approve something that doesn't affect you personally.
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This 7 Powerful Crop To Overcome Cough is probably not a disease but a symptom of the emergence of a disease. Coughing is the body's defense mechanism to clear the airways.
Cough medicines commonly used are those containing antitussives, decongestants, expectorants, or a combination. As for the treatment other than conventional medicine can also be a Natural or herbal medicine.
Here are some herbs that can be used to cure or treat a cough:
1. Ginger rhizome (Rhizoma Zingebris)
Cough medicines commonly used are those containing antitussives, decongestants, expectorants, or a combination. As for the treatment other than conventional medicine can also be a Natural or herbal medicine.
Here are some herbs that can be used to cure or treat a cough:
1. Ginger rhizome (Rhizoma Zingebris)
Ginger and preparations have long been used for treatment of flu symptoms. The effects associated with the immunomodulatory activity. In addition, some compounds contained in ginger may be useful in increasing body temperature. Clinical trials Ginger is used more as an anti-nausea and vomiting.
2. Mint Leaves (Folia Menthae)
Anti-cough effect: As an expectorant. Essential oils stimulate the respiratory mucosa; enhance or dilute the mucus secretion; provide a sense of cool; and lowers the surface tension of the lung, thus improving the flow of incoming air. Another effect of Mint Leaf: As anti-microbial.
3. Rhizome Powder (Kaemferaie Rhizoma)
A key benefit is overcome respiratory disorders. Effectiveness data for respiratory disorders are generally still in experimental animals. The use of the aromatherapy: for relaxation, carminative and sedative. Another use: Cosmetic skin. Activity: Ethyl cinnamic, asorelaksasi.
4. Fruit Lime (Citrus Aurantii Fructus)
Lime for use of the cough is mostly done empirically. Benefits of Essential oil content: As the aroma therapy of the respiratory tract. Benefits of Vitamin C content: Can be connected with aktivitasi munomodulator. Current clinical studies for standardized extract (Sineprin) is more widely used for weight control.
5. Timi herb (Thymi Herb)
Thymi is one plant that has long been used as antibatuk. The main effect as an expectorant and Antis pasmodik. This activity allegedly related to the content of Essential Oils (thymol and karvakrol), and flavonoids. Thimi lubrication intra muscular and oral administration in experimental animals, showed stimulation of the respiratory tract. In a double blind randomized clinical trial in 60 patients with complaints of productive cough. Use of syrup Thimi (3x10mL/hari) for 5 days, proved to give effect to the bromheksin not significantly different.
6. Nutmeg (Myristicae Cement)
Nutmeg is the main content of essential oils. Use of Nutmeg which has supported scientific studies is as a sedative and carminative agent. Animal studies prove the Nutmeg can increase the duration of sleep.
7. Glycyrrhizae Radix
Sweet is the root of the main raw material for OBH (Black Cough). The development of the Black Cough is now combined with conventional medicine. The main content is Glisirisin Sweet Root.


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Wherever you are in the world, we're all Irish on St. Patrick's Day, and the mid-March holiday is more than an excuse to pub crawl. This is especially true in NYC, where it's a chance to participate in a tradition as old as the US itself. This year marks the 258th anniversary of the New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade. The first was 1762, 14 years before the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
After more than two and a half centuries, organizers have this operation down to a science. And beyond the green theme and good cheer revelers have come to expect, there is one little novelty in 2019: the parade is on March 16th. It's typically held on St. Patrick's Day's actual date (March 17th), except when it falls on a Sunday and gets moved to Saturday, like this year. Here's everything you need to know to find the luck of the Irish.
When and where
NYC's 2019 St Patrick's Day Parade is on Saturday, March 16. The parade will kick off at 11am at 44th Street and 5th Ave, continuing nearly two miles north all the way up to 79th Street, ending around 5pm.
Along the route, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will preside the mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral and then come out on the steps of the church to greet spectators.
How to get there
Hop on the subway to swerve the inevitable traffic caused by the parade and road closures. Take the D or F trains to 42nd Street Bryant Park, the 4, 6, or 7 to Grand Central, the E to Lexington Avenue/53rd Street, or the N to 5th Avenue and 59th Street.
What to wear and how to prepare
The forecast for Saturday is partly sunny with a high of 51 and a low of 34 degrees. It sounds pleasant enough, but you should probably wear a little more than your sparkly shamrock antenna and sexy leprechaun costume. Visibility is good along the entire route, but the starting point draws large crowds compared to further up Fifth Avenue, so wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to hike a few blocks north if needed. You should always go before you go, but there are public bathrooms at Bryant Park near the start of the route.
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WTF! How much is too much?
We've all seen the pictures...some guy with a scooter or small bike in a third world country carrying the entire family of 6 or his whole store. How do they do it and keep it secure? We complain about not having enough room in sidebags and a top case! Maybe a lesson here in weight distribution. But, kids, don't try this at home!


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Play Space Award
New in 2019, this award recognises the outdoor playground environment and spaces in nurseries/primary schools where innovative equipment creates opportunities for learning.
2019 Winner
Putney High School, London
Pupils at Putney shared ideas on how to design an environmentally-friendly, 'natural' space where they could take risks and challenge themselves. The space features trapeze handles, acrobatic bars, scramble beams, clamber nets, a raised tree-house den and tipi platform for creative role play. The Science Garden provides a natural environment for socialising, reflection and relaxation and supports a commitment to outdoor learning and protecting the environment.
Allerton C of E Primary School, Leeds
Youngsters at Allerton CofE Primary School will be able to enjoy outdoor play and learning in all weathers thanks to a £110,000 new purpose built play area. The new construction features conventional playground equipment, a vegetable plot, an environmentally approved tree planting project, a giant sand pit complete with pulleys and measures, a sensory water feature, a messy kitchen, bespoke accommodation for chickens and rabbits, and a grass three piece suite.
Myland Primary School, Essex
The PTA at Myland Community Primary helped the school raise almost £16,000 towards a new play area with various events including school discos and a Smarties challenge where children were asked to earn 20 pence peices to fill Smarties tubes with. The new KS1 area provides a bright, colourful space and a more challenging area for the children. Unveiled by Colchester's High Steward, Sir Bob Russell, Myland is now looking to raise money for the KS2 playground.
Dell Primary School, Lowestoft
Pupils at Dell Primary School in Lowestoft were amazed when two dinosaurs, Squirt and Bubbles arrived to celebrate the completion of their new Early Years play area. The outdoor learning area has raised beds to grow vegetables, a climbing frame and a road for larger imaginative play. With an all-weather sand house and a solar powered water feature, each class has a guinea pig to care for and they can also collect eggs from the rescue chickens that live in the play area.
Marjory Kinnon School, Middlesex
Marjory Kinnon School's Eco Garden gives pupils an opportunity to learn about horticulture and the cultivation of plants for cooking. It has a dedicated community allotment space for use for outdoor learning by the children during the school day but also for use by the families of pupils. This includes a greenhouse and a poly-tunnel for year-round growing, as well as easily accessible raised beds and a potting area for pupils.


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The Supro Black Magick Head packs all the award-winning tone and circuitry of the Black Magick combo into a compact all-tube head format. This 25W, high-gain blues machine pairs perfectly with the Supro Black Magick 1x12, 1x15, Statesman 2x12 extension cabinets or your favourite vintage 4x12 cab.
With more gain on tap than any other Supro reissue, Black Magick absolutely rips for heavy blues and classic rock guitar styles. This amp's traditional, cathode-biased "Class-A" power section uses 6973 tubes to achieve the instantly recognizable midrange grind and phenomenal touch dynamics that define the Supro sound. A complete range of tones from warm cleans to heavy distortion can be accessed by simply adjusting the volume knob on your instrument. The signature Supro power tube tremolo adds footswitchable depth and dimension to this historic Rock and Roll machine.
The preamp found in the Black Magick features two channels wired in parallel, with independent volume controls and a single, shared tone control. The vintage-correct front-end topology of the original 1959 Supro combos has been streamlined in the Black Magick, with automatic linking of channels 1&2 when using only the first input jack. This flexible arrangement provides double the gain when used with one instrument and allows for two instruments to share the same Black Magick or for the use of an A/B/Y box to achieve channel-switching on the fly.
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