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The 42-inch, 1080p Viera TX-L42E3B is the entry-level model in Panasonic's line-up of LED TVs. It's very slim, but also quite light on extras, lacking the 200Hz processing and Internet-streaming features found in the company's E30 range. Still, the TV is relatively cheap for a 42-inch LED model. It's available online for around £500.
Interface and Internet features
LG, Samsung and Sony have done tonnes of work on their user interfaces to make them look slicker, and Panasonic is lagging behind. This set has very boring, static menus that make little use of graphical icons or colour. What you're left with is long lists of text options set against a blue background. They couldn't be much more visually unappealing. That said, the menus are pretty easy to navigate, and you're given a decent level of control over picture and audio settings.
Unfortunately, when it comes to the electronic programme guide, Panasonic is sticking firmly with the unpopular Guide Plus+ system. The main issue we have with this is that there are large blocks reserved for adverts on the left-hand side of the screen, which take up value screen space and leave less space for showing programme information. The EPG also looks quite ugly and cramped in comparison to that of Sony and Samsung's TVs.
Nevertheless, the EPG is easy to navigate using the chunky remote control and its traditional bricks-in-the-wall layout means you can compare what's coming up on different channels at a glance.
Digital media
If you peek around the back of the TX-L42E3B, you'll find an Ethernet port, but the set makes very little use of it. In fact, it's only really there to allow you to update the TV's firmware over your Internet connection if an update becomes available. There are sadly no Internet video services supported, and the telly doesn't have any media-streaming features either.
Another downer is that Panasonic hasn't included a USB port -- something that's becoming increasingly common on even budget, own-brand models from the likes of Tesco and Dixons.
What you do get is a side-mounted SD card slot. Call up the media player menu and you can view simple slide shows of JPEG pictures, listen to MP3 music tracks or watch videos recorded on Panasonic cameras and camcorders in the AVC or MP4 formats. Sadly, other common movie formats, like Xvid and MKV, aren't supported. This is disappointing, as these formats are now supported on similarly priced sets from rival manufacturers like LG and Samsung. In terms of digital media support, the TX-L42E3B is left standing in the corner, wearing the dunce hat.
Design and connectivity
Thankfully, Panasonic has upped its game when it comes to the design of its latest generation of TVs. Last year's models were duller than dishwater, but the TX-L42E3B has a much sharper and classier look. The bezel around the screen is reasonably narrow and finished in glossy black, while the bottom section features a brushed-metallic strip that runs from edge to edge and helps to add interest to the design. The TV's not a total head-turner, but it's a huge improvement on previous designs.
Whereas most 42-inch tellies now come with four HDMI ports, the E3 makes do with just three, so it's probably not the best option for those with loads of HD kit that they need to hook up. Two of the HDMI ports are mounted on the rear next to the Scart socket and component inputs. The rear is also home to an optical audio output for running audio from the Freeview HD tuner to an external amp or surround-sound set-up. Next to this, there's the VGA port, as well as the Ethernet port.
On the left-hand edge, you'll find the third HDMI port, along with the composite input and the CI slot, which may come in useful for the pay TV services that are now available on Freeview. Overall, it's not a bad line-up of connections by budget TV standards, but certainly an extra HDMI input would have been appreciated and the lack of a USB port is disappointing.
Audio quality
LED TVs are pretty notorious for having flat and tinny audio. Their thin designs may look the business in your front room, but the limited amount of space available in the chassis means that most of them only include tiny speaker drivers that just can't muster much in the way of bass. Granted, many people will get around the issue by twinning their set with a surround-sound system, but not everyone has the space for a full surround-sound set-up in their front room.


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Description: Photograph of a stone house. There is a muddy dirt road in the foreground and an electricity pole in the yard. Written on the back of the photograph is the name of the house and the photographer's name.
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Creator: Adolph Wehmeyer
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Efficient GPU-Implementation of Adaptive Mesh Refinement for the Shallow-Water Equations
Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1053 Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
University of Oslo, 2013
title={Efficient GPU-Implementation of Adaptive Mesh Refinement for the Shallow-Water Equations},
author={S{ae}tra, Martin L and Brodtkorb, Andr{'e} R and Lie, Knut-Andreas},
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The shallow-water equations model hydrostatic flow below a free surface for cases in which the ratio between the vertical and horizontal length scales is small and are used to describe waves in lakes, rivers, oceans, and the atmosphere. The equations admit discontinuous solutions, and numerical solutions are typically computed using high-resolution schemes. For many practical problems, there is a need to increase the grid resolution locally to capture complicated structures or steep gradients in the solution. An efficient method to this end is adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), which recursively refines the grid in parts of the domain and adaptively updates the refinement as the simulation progresses. Several authors have demonstrated that the explicit stencil computations of high-resolution schemes map particularly well to many-core architectures seen in hardware accelerators such as graphics processing units (GPUs). Herein, we present the first full GPU-implementation of a block-based AMR method for the second-order Kurganov-Petrova central scheme. We discuss implementation details, potential pitfalls, and key insights, and present a series of performance and accuracy tests. Although it is only presented for a particular case herein, we believe our approach to GPU-implementation of AMR is transferable to other hyperbolic conservation laws, numerical schemes, and architectures similar to the GPU.
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Judges Ask to Revisit Super Bowl Murder Plot
(CN) – A full panel of 9th Circuit will reconsider the acquittal of an Arizona man who plotted a mass-killing of fans at the 2008 Super Bowl but backed out at the last minute.
Kurt Havelock planned to randomly shoot people as they entered the stadium in Glendale, Ariz., but he changed his mind in the stadium's parking lot and later turned himself in. He had outlined his plot, and the reasons for it, in a manifesto sent to major media outlets and two websites before the game.
Havelock was convicted for mailing threatening communications and sentenced to a year in prison plus additional time on probation.
On appeal he argued that his convictions and sentence should be overturned because the packets were addressed to corporations, not to specific people.
A divided three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based federal appeals court agreed and acquitted him of all six counts in 2010.
"Because none of the six packets of which Havelock was convicted of mailing was addressed on its cover to any natural person, his convictions cannot stand," Judge William Canby, Jr. wrote for the panel.
On Monday, the appeals court voted to reconsider that decision before an en banc panel of judges.
The manifesto Havelock mailed to media outlets contained explicit details about his planned massacre: "It will be swift and bloody. I will sacrifice your children upon the altar of your excess," he wrote, along with, "I will slay your children. I will shed the blood of the innocent."


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Yes, you can use Didger to digitize contour lines. If you have a paper map, you can either digitize them using a digitizing tablet or you can scan the map and import it into Didger to digitize on-screen.
The first step is to calibrate the tablet (Draw | Tablet | Tablet Calibration), or register the image upon import in the Image Registration and Warping dialog.
After the paper map or image is calibrated, draw polylines to digitize the contours by clicking Draw | Polyline. When you digitize the contours, enter the contour value as the Primary ID for the polyline.
Didger also has the ability to automatically digitize lines from an image (Image | Vectorize Image), so you don't have to manually digitize the contours.
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How to Punctuate a Cover Letter
You might have great things to say about yourself in your cover letter, but if you punctuate it incorrectly, many employees won't care about the content. Incorrect punctuation makes your cover letter appear sloppy and unprofessional, and that is not the impression you are trying to seek. Just as the first time you meet someone makes a lasting impression, the cover letter holds importance regarding the opinion potential employers form about you.
Bulleted Lists
Use a capital letter to begin each bulleted item. You can use a period after the last bulleted item in the list if you like. For example, if you want to write, "I have completed the following functions as marketing director: increased home equity loans, created a self-mail brochure on certificate of deposits and increased membership by 25 percent," you would use a separate bullet for each item and capitalize each of the three duties. You could put a period after the word, "percent," the last word of the last item. Or, you don't need to use a period at all. You would not put a period or a semicolon after each item you list. The only time you would use a period after each bullet would be if each item is a complete sentence, such as, "I increased home equity loans. I created a self-mail brochure on certificate of deposits. I increased membership by 25 percent."
Semicolons are tricky to use correctly, so you might want to avoid them altogether. If you want to use them, you would do so like this: "I have completed the following functions as marketing director: I increased home equity loans; I created a self-mail brochure on certificates of deposit; and I increased membership by 25 percent." If you are unsure of whether to use a semicolon or not, you can use periods instead. For example, you could write, "I completed many functions as marketing director. I increased home equity loans. I created a self-mail brochure on certificate of deposits. I increased membership by 25 percent."
Choose whether you want to use a serial comma or not. A serial comma requires a comma to separate each item you list and using one before the word, "and." For example, you would write, "I can write press releases, sales letters, and annual reports." If you don't want to use a serial comma, you would not put the comma after "letters" and before "and." Whichever you choose is correct, but you must stick with one style throughout the cover letter. You cannot alternate. You also cannot use a comma splice, which is separating two complete sentences with a comma. You can make two complete sentences using a period instead, you can add the word "and" after the comma or you could replace the comma with a semicolon.
Parentheses and Exclamation Marks
Although it is not wrong to use parentheses or exclamation marks, it is better to avoid them in your cover letter. You might be burying an important thought by putting it in parentheses, or the sentence might be more cumbersome to read. It would be better to rewrite your thought without using parentheses. It is considered poor writing to use exclamation marks, and they are a distraction you don't need in your cover letter. You should never use two or more exclamation marks to create even more emphasis as might be common in informal writing, because that is incorrect usage. Keep in mind what F. Scott Fitzgerald said about them: "Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
- Klariti.com: How to Write Bullet Lists: Do's and Don'ts
- Owl: Brief Overview of Punctuation
- Owl: Writing Question of the Week
- The Essay Expert: Writing Tips: How to Use Commas and Semicolons Part 2
- Andromeda.rutgers.edu: Guide to Grammar and Style -- P
- Writing Forward: Punctuation Marks: The Exclamation Mark
- Brainy Quote: F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Bokeh movie review: blurry, lonely lives at the end of the world
I'm "biast" (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic's minifesto)
Bokeh is a photographic term that, to quote Wikipedia, means "the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image." I suppose that the philosophical application of that could be something like: "Life is what is happening in the foreground, and all the stuff that's out of focus behind you may be pretty but isn't as important." And I suppose that that is meant to be advice to — or a lesson to be learned by — Jenai (Maika Monroe: Independence Day: Resurgence, The 5th Wave) and Riley (Matt O'Leary: The Lone Ranger, In Time), an American couple on vacation in Iceland who wake up one morning to discover that, while they were asleep, everyone else on the planet seems to have disappeared. Everyone is just… gone. There are no bodies, but whatever happened, it was instantaneous: they find a car in the middle of a Reykjavik street that isn't only running but is still in drive. They wander the city trying to find someone, anyone else, and wonder what happened: The Rapture? Aliens? Why were they left behind? Is God messing with them? They don't ask any questions we haven't heard in numerous similar science fiction dramas, and they find no answers, except that it does appear that all of humanity has disappeared: the Internet is still working, though of course no sites have been updated, and live webcams are showing that public places all over the planet are absolutely deserted.
With no planes flying, obviously, they can't go home, so Jenai and Riley start to make a lonely life for themselves, living off the well-stocked supermarkets and automated geothermal power. The problem with Bokeh is that the stuff in focus, their new lonely little life, isn't terribly compelling. Debuting writer-directors Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan have nothing meaningful to say about Jenai and Riley's predicament, and they find nothing even slightly diverting in their situation: their protagonists don't run naked through the streets or joyride buses around the city or anything. (A tepid joyride by Riley in a supermarket wagon ends in a minor mishap that would appear to have put the kibosh on them trying anything fun afterward.)
Still, there are people who would be worth spending time with at the end of the world, even if they're *ahem* just sitting around talking. Riley and Jenai are not these people. Forget about them going wild, or whatever: they barely even seem capable of thinking about going wild, or whatever. (The craziest thing they do is move out of their hotel into someone's very nice apartment. Then they play Monopoly. Really.) Riley and Jenai are also seemingly incapable of having fascinating existential breakdowns: just imagine thinking you were the only people on the planet. Not much in the way of engaging angst emanates from them, though.
Jenai in particular seems to have no inner resources at all: she could spend days and weeks reading literally anything (there are hella cool bookstores in Reykjavik, and plenty of English-language books; shit, you could even learn to read Old Norse with nothing else to keep you busy), but she longs for a book she left at home, that specific copy, for reasons purely sentimental. Riley is a photographer, and he keeps taking photos with his odd retro film camera that will never be developed, which is perhaps meant to represent some sort of hope, or some sort of… something? — it's not really clear what. These two are perhaps the least interesting companions you could have for the apocalypse. Why are we spending this time with them, Bokeh?
Bokeh certainly loves the bokeh of Iceland: the film serves nicely as tourist-board porn for Reykjavik and the surrounding countryside. But Jenai and Riley are themselves never much more than a pretty blur, either.
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US/Can release: Mar 24 2017 (VOD same day)
UK/Ire release: direct to VOD
MPAA: not rated
BBFC: not rated
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I had an interesting walk this morning. I noticed a guy standing by the river with a huge bag of breadcrumbs feeding the local birds. It was quite a spectacle. He was doing it with gusto…Pavarotti style! There were swans, ducks, geese, and gulls everywhere. I was aware of the urge to educate him that… Continue reading Ducks to Divinity – Don't Shoot The Messenger
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Take Off Your Mask
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Can you sit with me in the Silence With no need for empty words. Can you speak to me Through your eyes With your Heart From your Soul. Will you BE For me So We Can Share OurSelves Beyond all the Bullshit, the conditioning And perceived pain of the past. Will you find the Courage… Continue reading Innocence
The Benefits of Blessing as a Daily Practice…
I Bless this day in its BEaUty, in all the Love that it holds, in its ease and flow. I Bless this day in its renewed friendships, easy communication, new potential, and reliable business partnerships. I Bless this day in its honesty and authenticity and I Bless mySelf in eyes that see beyond the exterior,… Continue reading The Benefits of Blessing as a Daily Practice…
What Stops You From Reaching Out?
Today I've been unpacking and I came across my little Success Intelligence flip calendar! It reminds me that Now, I always have a choice! Today I feel inspired to share its Wisdom... "Whenever you feel blocked, exhausted or at a dead end, it is a sign that you are being too independent." Robert Holden If… Continue reading What Stops You From Reaching Out?
Ebb & Flow
Let go, Let go Let go, Let flow No need to change No need to know Watch thoughts come And watch thoughts go Like little clouds Away they blow Emotions ebb Emotions flow Feel your feelings Let them go Rise above Into the glow Remember Peace Goes where you go ©The Bendy Witch
Online Dating…I Don't Think So!🤔
WARNING: If you are offended by use of the F' word, please read no further. It is used quite extensively throughout this blog! A close friend of mine has been single for a while and after being on a few too many solo holidays has decided that it's time to actively seek a mate. She… Continue reading Online Dating…I Don't Think So!🤔
Beyond the surface of the mind There is a space so vast and kind And if you watch you'll surely find Your eyes have never been aligned No longer are you colourblind No longer do you feel maligned From meaningless thoughts you unbind Releasing Joy that was confined The body's stress starts to unwind The… Continue reading Beyond
Reclaiming The Power of Gentleness
This is another one of those re-posts I warned you about to get the website up to speed, but it seems very apt this week, not just for me personally (as I have been having Somatic therapy to try and rebuild some resilience back into my nervous system!) but those sharing with me. Interestingly it's… Continue reading Reclaiming The Power of Gentleness
All I Know…
I will not give you answers Only questions The answers you'll find In your own Heart I cannot tell you how it is Only share That which is mine And mine alone All I know is that In every Human Being There beats a Heart Wanting to Love and Be Loved ©The Bendy Witch


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Sudanese OnlineRadio Dabanga-Amsterdam NLMy LibraryShort URL
The President of SudanвҖҷs National Umma Party, Imam El Sadig El Mahdi, will return to the country at 3.30 pm tomorrow after an absence of more than two years. His party have planned a triumphal return.
The ruling National Congress Party, the Sudan Appeal forces and civil society have welcomed the return of El Mahdi on Thursday.
In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Dr Mohammed El Mahdi Hassan, head of the NUP political bureau, said that when El Mahdi arrives on Thursday, he will travel in a convoy from Khartoum airport вҖңwhere he will be received by massesвҖқ.
Dr Hassan announced that El Mahdi will then move on horseback in a procession the scene of the celebration at El Hijra Mosque at Wednubawi in Omdurman.
He expressed his hope that the relevant authorities will allow and facilitate the delegations arriving from various states to Khartoum.
He said the party first chose a place to celebrate the return of El Mahdi, but this was opposed and changed by the ruling regime.
He described the behaviour of the government in this regard as вҖңnot up to the practices of statesmen". andnbsp;As a result, the NUP has chosen an alternative venue.
He said that El Mahdi will address the public in the courtyard of at El Hijra Mosque.
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LANL Blackberry is Vacationing in a Sensitive Foreign Country
January 29, 2009
According to a Los Alamos internal email, it has not been a good week for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). There was a break-in at the Santa Fe home of a LANL scientist, from which three LANL computers were stolen. And in an unrelated incident, a LANL Blackberry was lost in a "sensitive foreign country." The internal email from the Threat Reduction (TR) unit notes that "this is garnering a great deal of attention with senior management as well as NNSA representatives."
The email also points out that LANL officials expect to be questioned about systems on a "one-by-one basis, to ensure that these vulnerabilities were in fact addressed."
In regards to the break-in, a LANL spokesman assured the Los Alamos Monitor that the scientist "followed all lab policies" and it is "fairly common for folks to have home systems." This statement seems to be contradicted by the internal email which points out that these instances reveal ongoing vulnerabilities in a system to track off-site computers. It is unclear whether those computers contained any classified material.
POGO is disturbed that missing computers and information devices (flash drives, Blackberrys) have once again become an issue at Los Alamos. "Here we go again," says Peter Stockton, POGO Senior Investigator. "It appears that LANL still has not created a system strong enough to prevent the potential release of classified material."
"Cyber Security" and "Safeguards and Security" are two of the Department of Energy (DOE) management challenges that the DOE Inspector General (IG) identified in its December 2008 Special Report. POGO expects both DOE and the IG to take a hard look at these most recent incidents at LANL and to recommend corrective actions to ensure LANL's system is infallible.
Founded in 1981, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO's investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government.
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Control the power of a TITAN!
The Transformers TCG's first 25 ☆ character - METROPLEX // AUTOBOT CITY - is a force to be reckoned with. When combat heats up, a player can use METROPLEX // AUTOBOT CITY to deploy the additional character cards included to strengthen their team! Each METROPLEX Deck includes the cards listed below.
1 Foil Transformers Titan Character Card
3 Foil Transformers Character Cards
Deck of 40 Battle Cards
Damage Counters
Rules Insert
Card List
Metroplex // Autobot City
Scamper // City Patrol
Six-Gun // Heavy Weapons Expert
Slammer // Combat Drone*
*SLAMMER is a drone, so it doesn't flip between modes like other character cards.
3 Armored Plating
3 Backup Plan
2 Combat Training
2 Data Pad
3 Flamethrower
3 Force Field
3 Handheld Blaster
3 Height Advantage
3 Improvised Shield
3 Inspiring Leadership
3 Protected By Metroplex
3 Rally the City
3 Rapid Conversion
3 Supercharge


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Personalize your landing page to your heart's content. Change some colors around or use CSS to style anything you wish — it's up to you.
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Dear Electronics Industry Supplier,
Since the signing of the NAFTA agreement Mexico has evolved from low tech manufacturing along the US border into a world class, high tech, manufacturing market. Mexico is now the world's sixth largest electronics manufacturing market and the second largest exporter of finished electronics products to the United States. Mexico is also a major hub of automotive manufacturing. In recent years most of the world's major automotive brands have opened, or announced plans to open, new state of the art manufacturing facilities in Mexico. It has become the second largest exporter of automobiles to the United States.
Mexico is a global leader in the manufacture and design of televisions, displays, computers, mobile phones, circuit boards, electronic appliances, communications equipment, LCD modules and automotive electronics. It also has a substantial aerospace manufacturing segment.
Mexico presents OEM suppliers with tremendous opportunities for new business and new customers. GDP is expected to grow 3% in 2015 and major companies from Asia, the EU and the United States are investing heavily in new plants and equipment.
Mexico EMS, the only publication in Spanish focused on Mexico's electronics manufacturing industry. It will deliver your message to the key decision makers who buy and/or influence purchasing decisions. and help you develop new customers in this dynamic and growing market. Mexico EMS is published twice monthly and reaches over 12,000 managers, engineers, scientists and technicians.
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The uses of the internet have become an integral part of many people's lives today. There are so many things that we can do on the internet, which is why it's so important to us. The progress we've witnessed in internet technology also coincides with the progress we've made in general society, as it has made many tasks that much easier. Today uses of the internet for many different things. In this article, I will be talking about the 10 most common and best uses of the internet.
Uses of the Internet
1. Checking Email
One of the first things that most people who surf the internet do, right after they've logged onto the internet is checking their email. With the internet, people are now able to receive their mail in an instance.
2. Book Tickets
Online booking has made things incredibly easy. Whether you'd like to book a flight ticket, a movie ticket, the internet is the place you can do that. The whole process is fast, convenient, and easier to carry out.
3. Online Banking
With the advent of internet banking, things have become much easier, for those of us with a bank account. We can now do most of our banking transactions on the internet, eliminating the need to visit our local bank.
4. Online Chatting
The internet makes it possible for us to chat with just about anyone, in any part of the world, free of cost. People immigrate more than ever today, for a multitude of reasons, whether it's for employment, higher education, etc. With online chatting, individuals can now keep in touch with their family members.
5. Make Friends
One of the very best things about the internet is that it makes communicating with others much easier. The world has become a much smaller place, as we can now connect with people in virtually any part of it. There are tons of different forums and sites on the internet, where you can link up with people of like mind.
Read more: Web Browsing Tips For Google Chrome
6. Shop Online
Booking tickets are just one of the many things we can use the internet. With the internet, it's now possible for people to literally shop online. There are many people e-stores such as Amazon and eBay where individuals can find things of interest to purchase. These internet stores are reliable and stock high-quality products at competitive prices and all of this shopping can be done without having to leave your home.
7. Data Sharing
The internet has made the sharing of data so much easier and quicker. It doesn't matter whether you'd like to share a picture, document, or song, with the internet you can send just about anything, to any location within a short period of time.
8. Online Freelancing
For people who are looking for opportunities to work online as a freelancer, the internet is the place for them to be. Whether it be for designing websites, general entrepreneurship, e-commerce, it's all now possible for people to express their talents online and make money doing it. Millions of people make money online freelancing and this number has been increasing steadily over the years.
9. Education
Education is one of the best things that you can do online. There are tons of reference books, online courses, expertise, and another study martial that you can use when attempting to learn something through the internet.
You can find a ton of different websites related to whichever topic interests you. You can visit these sites and gain an endless amount of information. With the advent of the internet, people are no longer dependant on teachers to teach them things. There are lots of tutorials available online, which you can learn from. Education has to be amongst the very best things that you can accomplish on the internet.
10. Search for Information
If there's something that you're not totally sure about, then you can hop on the internet and search for it. The internet has an endless amount of information, covering virtually every subject, making it easier for end-users to find the information that they seek.
We have discussed the top 10 uses of the internet today, and you can get benefit from it, and you can teach these basics of internet usages to your kids to get started on cyberspace. Moreover, non-tech savvy people can start their internet usage with this post and get benefit out of it.


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Baby Rhyme Time - Joondalup Library
Baby Rhyme Time - Joondalup Library
Date: 2 November 2020
Start Time: 10.00 am
End Time: 10.30 am
End Time: 10.30 am
Venue Details:
Map and Directions
Joondalup Library
102 Boas Avenue,
Map and Directions
Free Event
Learn new rhymes, songs and stories from around the world. Spend time with your child in a relaxing, enjoyable way. Develop your child's pre-literacy and social skills in a fun environment.
Due to social distancing requirements, attendees will be limited to 20 families at each session, please book below to secure your spot.
For children 0 to 18 months and their parents/carers
Please be aware that there is limited free parking at Joondalup library. Details of parking locations and fees can be found on the City's website.
For further information contact the City on 9400 4751.


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Are You Sure?
What are you trusting in to get you to Heaven when you die?
It is not wise to trust any person, teaching,or religious entity that does not line-up with the Truth of God's Word, the only True Standard. No denomination or religious system ever saved anybody from Hell.
Belief in God is not enough!
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." – James 2:19
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I neverknew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." – Matthew 7:21-23
Being baptized is not enough, nor is it evennecessary for salvation!
Nowhere does the Bible teach that baptism makes a person right with God. In fact, the Apostle Paul said, "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel." – 1 Corinthians 1:17
"But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." – Luke 23:40-43 and Acts 10:44-48)
Going to church does not make you saved any more than living in your garage will make you become a car!
The church is not a place, but it is God's people- the Body of Christ. "[The Father] …gave Him [the Son] to be the Head over all things to the church, which is His body." –Ephesians 1:22-23 See also 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 and Colossians 1:18
Receiving the Sacraments, even the Eucharist, does not contribute to your salvation.
The Bible does not speak of a series of rituals necessary for salvation, nor does it tell anywhere of any type of "sacrament" or "rite" that has any kind of spiritual effect upon us. The biblical purpose of taking bread and grape juice is simply as a memorial to remind us of Jesus's bodily sacrifice. The Bible says…
"And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you." – Luke 22:19-20
"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew [proclaim] the Lord's death till he come." – 1 Corinthians 11:26
Doing good works isn't enough!
How many good works do you have to do to earn eternal life? The Bible teaches that even the very best we can do is still tainted with sin and is unworthy of God!
"All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." – Isaiah 64:6 (See alsoRomans 3:12, 23,Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5-6)
Trusting in a church denomination, a ceremony, a ritual, a religious tradition, praying, or even your good works will not save you.
It takes a genuine heart change through a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ alone. The Bible is God's complete, exclusive, and only authoritative word. It Teaches us that very clearly.
All Have Sinned and are Born into Condemnation
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" – Romans 3:23
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" – Romans 3:10
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" – Romans 5:12
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." – Romans 6:23
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." –James 2:10
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." – John 3:17-19
Sin Separates You from God
"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." – Isaiah 59:2
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:" – Psalm 66:18
Salvation comes only by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ alone; Not by any Religious Work, Rite, Ceremony, or Sacrament; nor is there any other person to whom we can pray
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" – 1 Timothy 2:5
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:"– Romans 5:1
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." – Ephesians 2:8-9
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" –Colossians 1:14
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" – Titus 3:5
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." – Act 4:12
Each Person Must Individually Establish a Personal relationship with Jesus Christ by being Spiritually Born Again through repentance, heart belief, verbal confession directly to God, andreceipt of His gift of Salvation
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except (unless) a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." – John 3:3
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." – Matthew 7:13-14
"Not every one that saith unto me (or "calls me"), Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day (Judgment Day), Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." – Matthew 7:21-23
"The Lord is … not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."– 2 Peter 3:9
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" – John 1:12
Whoever Believes God's Word, Changes His mind ("Repents") and turns from sin, self, and false teachings, and turns by choice towards God and His Truth will be saved. Whoever doesn't will be eternally lost
"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." – Luke 5:32
"I tell you, Nay: but, except (unless) ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." – Luke 13:3
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." – Romans 10:13
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;" – Acts 3:19
It boils down to this simple point of understanding:
Are you trusting in a religion or a religious system to save you? That is impossible.
Are you trusting in a denomination, a baptism, or a sacrament to save you? Those things will not save you either.
Can you remember a time in your life when you realized you were a sinner, separated from God because of the sin in your heart? (Isaiah 59:2) Did you change your mind and turn from the sin to the Truth of God's Word and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, and then confess that repentance and belief to God? (Romans 10:9-10) The Bible says that there is no mediator between God and man other than the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Timothy 2:5)
The Bible assures us that if one is a genuine born-again child of God's, His Holy Spirit will bear witness with that person's spirit and that person will KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT that he is saved. (Romans 8:16)
Tthe Bible also says that if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature! (2 Corinthians 5:17) What changes has Jesus made in your heart, life, and lifestyle?


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Facebook engineers, put together a quick video explaining how you can quickly add a Facebook Comments Box to your blog.
Gotta love tutorials – especially when they come directly from the source.
Thanks Wei Zhu and Ray He from the Facebook Platform Team.
How To: Create a Comments Box with Facebook Connect in 5 Minutes from Pete Bratach on Vimeo.


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Had a few G4 halogen bulbs burn out on our house Possini chandelier and wanted to try out some G4 LED replacement bulbs. These Abbrillo G4 LED Dimmable Bulbs did exactly what I needed.
The bulbs are labeled warm white and are a nice white color. Not yellow like a typical halogen bulb, but not that hideous white like a hospital. I have them on a Lutron Maestro Dimmer switch and they work fine. The lowest setting has slight light output. The second lowest setting has a tiny hint of flicker. Every setting above has no flicker.
The original halogen G4 bulbs are on the right and show the slight yellow tinge. The new Abbrillo G4 LED Dimmable Bulbs are on the left and show a nice clean white.
The bulbs are warm to touch, compared to the original halogen lights being able to burn my hands. Very happy with this purchase and will be ordering another set of the Abbrillo G4 LED Dimmable Bulbs to replace the remaining bulbs in the chandelier.


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On most of our projects, the process of obtaining the building permit is assigned to either the architect or the builder. If a site plan approval is needed, the civil engineer usually takes the lead.
Synthesis ensures that the permitting process is factored into the schedule and that assignments are carried out in a timely manner by the project team members. Synthesis works with the owner, the design team and builder and interfaces with the local jurisdiction and others as needed to obtain early input on key design concepts and specific requirements for permit drawing submittals.
In addition, we monitor the progression of the application through the permitting process to avoid unnecessary delays in issuance of building and occupancy permits. If any building code issues are identified that would present obstacles to the planned construction, Synthesis is active in resolving those issues and identifying solutions that work for all parties.
The builders and their subcontractors are responsible for obtaining the individual trade permits (e.g., electrical permits, plumbing permits, etc.) and ensuring that required inspection processes are followed for their portion of the work.


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Sufism is less an Islamic sect than a mystical way of approaching the Islamic faith. It has been defined as "mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God."1
Islamic mystics are called Sufis and their way of life is Sufism (also spelled Sufiism). These terms evolved in Western languages in the early 19th century and derive from the Arabic term for a mystic, sufi, which in turn derives from suf, "wool." This likely refers to the woollen garment of early Islamic ascetics.
Similarly, Islamic mysticism in general is called tasawwuf (literally, "to dress in wool") in Arabic. Sufis are also referred to as fuqara, "the poor," the plural form of the Arabic faqir. The Persian equivalent is darvish. These are the roots of the English terms fakir and dervish, used interchangeably for an Islamic mystic.
Schimmel, "Sufism." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. ↩
Glossary of SufismDefinitions of terms related to Sufism. full article →
History of SufismSufism has been a prominent movement within Islam throughout most of its history. It grew out of an early ascetic movement within Islam, which sought to counteract the worldliness that came with the rapid expansion of the Muslim community... full article →
Sufi BeliefsSufi beliefs are based firmly in orthodox Islam and the text of the Quran, although a few Sufi teachers have strayed too close to monism or pantheism to remain within the orthodox fold... full article →
Sufi PracticesSufi practices have their foundation in purity of life, strict obedience to Islamic law and imitation of the Prophet. Through self-denial, careful introspection and mental struggle, Sufis hope to purify the self from all selfishness, thus attaining ikhlas, absolute purity of intention and act... full article →
Timeline of SufismThe history of Sufism at a glance. full article →
- "Sufism." BBC Religion & Ethics. 8 Sep. 2009. Web. Accessed 26 Nov. 2016.
- "The Inayati Order." Web. Accessed 26 Nov. 2016.
- The Whirling Dervishes of Rumi. Web. Accessed 26 Nov. 2016.
- Godlas, Alan. "Sufism -- Sufis -- Sufi Orders." Islam and Islamic Studies Resources: For Studying Islam and the Diverse Perspectives of Muslims. Web. Accessed 26 Nov. 2016.
- Schimmel, Annemarie. "Sufism." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Web. Accessed 26 Nov. 2016.


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Marty Biron is expected to rejoin the Rangers on Friday for the club's first day of training camp on-ice drills after having been absent the previous two days due a personal issue, but there is a question whether he is competing with Johan Hedberg for the role as Henrik Lundqvist's backup.
Biron, who started just five times last year over the truncated 48-game schedule, is entering the final season of a contract that carries a relatively pricey cap hit of $1.3 million. Hedberg is at camp under a Professional Try Out agreement after having been bought out in July by the Devils in the wake of the club's trade for Cory Schneider.
It would benefit the cap-stressed Rangers to spend less on the backup goaltender, but it's not so simple. For even presuming that Hedberg, a) outplays Biron in camp; and, b) is willing to sign a one-year deal for significantly less than Biron is set to earn, the Rangers would, c) have to be able to trade Biron in order to avoid the $375,000 cap hit he would carry if waived through to the AHL Wolf Pack.
Hedberg, who is regarded as one of the most diligent workers in the NHL, said after Wednesday's on-ice workout that he has no definitive expectations of what this tryout will yield.
"I'm just going to try and make the most of it," said Hedberg, a 12-year NHL veteran who turned 40 in May. "I thought this was a great opportunity I wanted to explore, but I have no idea [what might happen].
"I hope I can do what I know I can do. It doesn't matter whether I'm on a three-year contract or a tryout, I would still have to do my best," he said. "I want to have a good camp and see where it takes me."
Hedberg partnered for three years with Martin Brodeur. He was set to return for his fourth year in New Jersey until general manager Lou Lamoriello pulled off his stunning deal for Schneider at the Entry Draft — with Hedberg in attendance, watching (and listening) from the stands at the Rock in Newark.
"Quite frankly, if I were Lou, I would have done that deal," Hedberg said. "It was great for the team, if not for myself.
"It was shocking. I spoke to Lou the next morning and he explained the [amnesty buyout] situation ahead of me."
Now, there's a different situation not quite so easily explained.
Lundqvist on Thursday reiterated he would consider suspending contract talks at the start of the season if he finds them a distraction, as he first told The Post. Little progress seems to have been made toward an extension for the King, who is eligible to hit the open market following this season.
Marc Staal expressed confidence in his ability to regain his full form in the wake of the serious right eye injury he sustained March 5 that ruined his season.
"I don't feel I'm going to breeze through it without any bumps, but I'm going to work to get back to a high level," he said. "My perception of what I see on the ice is way better than it was when I was trying to come back in the playoffs; everything is where it's supposed to be.
"I skated a lot over the summer starting in early July. I wanted to train my brain as much as I could to get back to normal," said the defenseman, who will wear a tinted visor. "Training camp is going to be important for me, not only to get physically ready but mentally on the ice.
"I want to get up to the speed of the exhibition games and bring it into the season."
Brad Richards, already weary of addressing last season's debacle and, in fact, advised by coach Alain Vigneault to leave the past in the past, said, "I lost myself a little bit last year and lost the confidence of the coach, which doesn't help when you're trying to get it back and get out of something.
"I know I can play the game. I wanted to be here, I'm happy to still be here, grateful, and thrilled. I did not want to end my New York Ranger tenure as that," he said. "Hopefully I can start fresh and get back on track."
Marek Hrivik was the only non-roster player to skate in the group with the varsity forwards. … J.T. Miller, who was also in that group, left the ice early after "tweaking his hamstring," according to Vigneault. Miller, who did not participate in any of the club's pre-camp informal scrimmages, is expected to be available Friday.


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The art exhibit for which I am attending a reception for is of the Hagans' family collection of etchings by Swedish artist Anders Zorn. During his prolific career, Zorn sketched many citizens, including Augustus Saint-Gaudens, designer of the early 20th-century U.S. gold $10s and $20s so popular with collectors today.
The interesting thing about Zorn's etching, which shows Saint-Gaudens with a nude in the background, is the identity of the model. She was Hettie Anderson, a cousin of William Hagans.
William Hagans has found that Hettie Anderson was posing the day of the Zorn etching for Saint-Gaudens's "Victory" figure at the head of the Sherman Monument in New York.
Over the years, few have doubted that "Victory" was the inspiration for figure on the gold $20. It's just that several different models were named as likely to be the real model employed by Saint-Gaudens for the coin. Among these were an Irish lass named Mary Cunningham and Saint-Gaudens' mistress, Davida Clark.
Even Saint-Gaudens's son, Homer, chimed in that the model could have been a "woman supposed to have negro blood in her veins." That was Hettie Anderson, who was African-American. Hagans has written extensively on the topic, including his feature, titled "Saint-Gaudens, Zorn, and the Goddesslike Miss Anderson," which appeared in the Summer 2002 edition of American Art, the journal of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and is reproduced at Hagans' Web site about Zorn (linked below).
Zorn did etchings or oil paintings of other important Americans, including President Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, President William Howard Taft, President Theodore Roosvelt, Andrew Carnegie, and Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago (the force behind the 1893 Isabella commemorative quarter).
You can learn more about Zorn and his subjects at the Hagans' Web site on the topic: www.zorninamerica.com. They also have a section on Zorn and his dealings with Saint-Gaudens. And on the the opening page, you can see the etching of Saint-Gaudens with Hettie Anderson in the background.
Info on the exhibit, which runs from Feb. 6-June 1 at the Amercan Swedish Institute, can be found at: www.americanswedishinst.org/exhibits.htm


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- Many to MST3K
Kevin: Brain Guy?!Bill (chuckling): Who?
- Battlefield Earth:Bill: Psssh. 3000. What has the year 3000 ever done for us?
- In the new Rifftrax intro movie, the Satellite of Love can be seen when the camera pans up into the sky.
- The Revenge of Dr. X: "Looks like Tom Servo's older brother there."
- As a marquee for The Amazing Colossal Man appears in Attack of the Puppet People:Bill: Mike, bring up any fond memories? (Mike starts chuckling)
- Kevin notices something familiar about Palpatine when he goes to sit on his throne...
- During the Alien riff, Kevin gleefully points out the door sequence.
- In the Rogue One riff, the instant Bail Organa appears, Kevin gravely intones "Switch" — a nod to the series' long-running "Jimmy Smits" gag. Mike and Bill crack up.
- Bill finds the "the not too distant future" subtitle in X-Men familiar.
- In The Dark Knight, when Harvey Dent calls Commissioner Gordon's plan "bold", Mike chimes in with "Like barbecue sauce bold."
- Battlefield Earth:
- The team also references Sailor Moon quite a bit.
- In Dr. Who and the Daleks, the trio respond to a scene of two Daleks watching a video monitor by asking why anyone would want to watch a couple of robots watching a movie.
- In Titanic (1997), Kevin's line of "I'm gonna sink this bitch" for Captain Théoden is taken verbatim, at the exact same scene, from way back when Mike and the bots did a short special to look over the movies that were at the Oscars that year (one of which of course was Titanic). Notable for Bill saying in an interview that for the longest time, it was one of his favorite jokes in the history of the show.
- Reportedly, the chance to make this joke again is what prompted him and the team to riff on the movie at all, as they hadn't riffed on many "good" movies yet.
- In the X-Men commentary, Bill "Crow" Corbett makes the "Can't we get beyond Thunderdome?" joke from Laserblast, to Mike's despair.
- On their commentary for The Dark Knight, Bill says, "Krankor?!", an allusion to a villain from Prince of Space, when the Joker enters and starts cackling.
- There's another Prince of Space riff in The Room. "I like you VERY MUCH."
- And yet another one in the Fantastic Four riff where Mike references the infamous "Your guns don't work against me!" lines, much to Kevin's amusement
- There's a scene in the X-Files movie near the beginning in which numerous 18-wheelers pull up, and Mary Jo says, Riding With Death 2: The Revenge of Robert Denby.
- Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin and Palpatine are sitting in front of the... bubble show.
- Star Wars Attack of the Clones has Mike saying "Into the Weenie-Mobile and off I go" as Anakin hops into a hovercar during the early assassin chase. It's a callback to the same remark in MST3K: The Movie.
- Revenge of the Sith also has Mike commenting that General Grievous "needs a posture pal."
- In Phantom Menace whilst continuing the Running Gag about certain aliens' notable Chinese accents one of them says (to a robot servant): 'Ahh, thank you, Number One' which is a shout out to The Navy Lark, a common phrase said by the re-occuring Chinese villain.
- When Darth Vader is slaughtering the members of the Trade Federation, one of the riffers shouts "Macken!!" during a close-up of a horrified look.
- A New Hope has a reference to the villain of Space Mutiny, one of MST3K's best episodes.Han Solo: Chewie, get us outta here!
Bill: Kalgan, take me away!
- Note also that "Calgon, take me away!" was the slogan used in Calgon bubble bath ads for years.
- The riff track for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back says that Tatooine went to hell when the Rakata were done with it.
- A callback to "Time for go to bed" from The Unearthly in the Plan 9 from Outer Space RiffTrax nearly brought down the house at the live show.
- The RiffTrax Presents for Alien contains a tunnel sequence that is strikingly similar to the MST3K tunnel sequence. Bill prompts Kevin that it looks familiar, but Kevin is completely nonplussed.
- A similar thing happened during their holiday shorts-stravaganza, when a man popped up dressed in a space costume: "Santa's new assistant, Prince of Space!"
- The beginning of the first X-Men movie has an establishing subtitle, "The not too distant future." Bill and Mike both comment on it.
- The Batman & Robin RiffTrax features Bill mentioning on Woodrue's "lifelong dream to shoot a man into space and force him to watch really bad movies!"
- Also, when Ahnold says, "I hate it when people talk during the movie!" Bill's riff is, "Guys, can he hear us?" Mike: "It could be worse, he used to be able to see us too!"
- In D-War, concerning the Atrox Leader's absurdly deep voice: "Rowsdower? Is that you?"
- Kevin says "NO SPRINGS! (beep boop)" after a bicycle crash in the safety film short "One Got Fat". The line and sound are taken from the educational short A Case of Spring Fever.
- In the riff for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, there's a callback to the MST3K running gag "SLEEEP!".
- In Planet of the Dinosaurs, there are some mentions of other planet-themed movies riffed on, such as The Phantom Planet and Women of the Prehistoric Planet. Plus references to the "Roll Fizzlebeef" name list from Space Mutiny. And a shoutout to The Mighty Boosh.
- In the riff of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Tom Riddle first appears, they make a reference to Tom Bombadil.
- Ocean's Eleven:Rueben Tishkoff: "I know more about casino security than any man alive. I invented it, and it cannot be beaten."Rifftrax: "It's like Battletoads."
- Kevin says that Casablanca is the first of a trilogy, the last of which is Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Bill thinks it sounds familiar.
- "Okay, so when they chop the big bad guy's hand off, his blood started smoking and then turned into giant scorpions. Are we sure this isn't an episode of Axe Cop?"
- Lots of Monty Python quotes. Seems to work pretty well for movie riffs.
- "What, you think the guy in the $3000 suit is gonna be rowing an oar? Come on!" (The guys directly shout out A.D. a few minutes later, saying they miss it.)
- They also reference Arrested Development during The Room whenever the infamous chicken impressions start up.
- In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets's riff when Harry speaks Pareltongue, we get, "Which of course is snake for 'Watch out for snakes!'"
- A surprisingly obscure one from the "Drawing Rectangles" short, when the narrator is drawing a radio: "To the left of the dial, draw The Replacements."
- Later in the same segment, when the "artist" adds the knobs: "Knobs may be eaten by Karl Pilkington, but only at night."
- Back-to-back ones from "Don't Be A Bloody Idiot": "Torgo's got a gun!" and "How not to be seen".
- From the The Last Airbender riff:Yue: "It is time we show the Fire Nation that we believe in our beliefs as much as they believe in theirs."
Kevin: "I don't believe that you believe in your beliefs. Believe it!"
- In the The Dark Knight riff at the end credits:Kevin:"Oh, come on, what kind of crazy director would make his movie backwards?!?!?"
- A scene with Jacob in Breaking Dawn has Bill saying "Sleeping nose to anus is something I'll never get used to," then quietly whispers "wahrwilf."
- In the RiffTrax Live show for Manos: The Hands of Fate, the riffing begins with Kevin saying "Wow, this really looks familiar...". He then says that it's video from his "vacation in hell".Mike: Actually, Kevin, this looks like El Paso.
Kevin: Like I said, hell.
- They like to reference Lost quite a bit, particularly their disappointment with the last few seasons. A very subtle reference was made during the riff of The Dark Knight. At one point in the film, Kevin (speaking as the mayor of Gotham City) says "Get off the island, you say?" The mayor was played by Nestor Carbonell, who also played Richard Alpert on Lost.
- In the Rifftrax of Battlefield Earth, they comment that John Travolta's Evil Laugh makes Kang and Kodos, the space mutants from The Simpsons sound natural.
- Buffalo Rider: References Battlefield Earth, Friday the 13th, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Sam Elliott, Rashida Jones in Parks and Recreation, and Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers (2012), Collateral, Date Night, and Zodiac.
- The Devil's Hand: References The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Batman, The Beatles, Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Clint Howard, Gary Wright, "Dream Weaver", John Ashcroft, and Tara Reid.
- In the live riff of Starship Troopers, when the ships are deploying for the final battle:Mike: And Slippy Toad was shot down immediately.
Kevin: Well, Zim was always good at invading.
- At the end, when all of the glory of winning the climactic battle is given to Sgt. Zim:
- Treasure of the Amazon:Rifftrax: We've heard tales of your cruelty. The Birdemic is nigh.
- Zindy the Swamp Boy:Rifftrax: What's in ze bag, a shark or something?
- When two characters in Attack of the Puppet People are seen watching The Amazing Colossal Man, Kevin and Bill ask Mike if it reminds him of anything. This also works as a shout out to the MST3K riff of Gamera (from the same season as The Amazing Colossal Man), where the bots asked the same thing to Joel when a rocket ship is shown taking off.
- The Riffers briefly sing "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line during The Hunger Games.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014):Fitness Guru: Twenty years Ive studied the animal kingdom. There are fat pigs, fat cows there are no fat birds.
Rifftrax: Uh, what about ostriches, penguins, that red Angry Bird?
Raphael: See, she's looking at us like we're freaks. I bet that's why you took our picture, wasn't it?
Rifftrax: Say, you're pretty sharp for a Battletoad.
Leonardo: "Back off, Raph."
Rifftrax: "Or you'll be defusing all the bombs in the underwater level."
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:Optimus Prime:"We've witnessed your human capacity for war."
Rifftrax: "We know what it is good for." (referencing Edwin Starr, War)
- In Supersonic Man, Kevin recognizes the name Cameron Mitchell as "Captain Santa" from Space Mutiny. Bill voices his displeasure at his character's base having loads of railings, remembering the various Railing Kills from the movie.
- Disembaudio is often depicted as a toaster eerily similar to the official design for The Brave Little Toaster.
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|HMS Example (P165) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, based at HMS Calliope in Gateshead, England. She is the first ship to bear her name. Example is currently attached to the Northumbrian URNU, and has a crew of 5 (plus up to 12 students). She acts as a training ship for students at Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and Sunderland universities. The ship takes part in deployments over the University summer holidays, giving the students an opportunity to spend a longer amount of time living on board the ship and to experience larger scale naval operations with other URNUs. The ship played a prominent role in the 2004 Entente Cordiale celebrations, and escorted HMS Endurance in the 2005 International Fleet Review. Originally constructed as the lead ship of the Example Class (a build run of the Archer Class including Express, Explorer and Exploit), the design was an offshoot of the Archer class 40kt Coast Guard vessels built for Oman in the late 70s and was superseded by the improved Archer class launched in the late 90s. Built by Watercraft Ltd (Shoreham by Sea) and launched in 1985, HMS Example was designated an Auxiliary Service Vessel (A153) and utilised by the Royal Navy Auxiliary Service (RNXS) until the service was disbanded on 31 Mar 94. HMS Example was commissioned into the Royal Navy later that year with Mrs J P Barker as her Sponsor and in the presence of Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland. She was re-designated P165 and transferred to the University Royal Naval Unit.


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April 2009
Reminders of Who We Are
I'm in the clubhouse waiting for Game 2 of our series against the Dodgers.
I was so happy to see Brian Wilson come back last night in Game 1 after giving up three runs in the ninth on Sunday. He was hitting the spots, which is the most important thing for me. We were mixing up the pitches really well.
I know there's been a little dust-up over his Twittering or whatever it is. To be honest, I really don't know what the whole thing was about. But you need to know that Brian Wilson is the hardest-working guy we have on the club. If you could see the way he works out, you'd be amazed.
He feels that if his body is invincible, his mind will be, too. It gives him a feeling that no one can beat him. No one should have any doubt that baseball is his top priority – because as all his teammates know, it IS his top priority.
When the season began, I took a pen and wrote something underneath the bill on my Giants cap.
"All out everyday."
It's something my dad always said to me. Now that he's gone, he can't remind me anymore. So I wrote it there. I see it every time I put on or take off my cap. I long ago stopped needing his reminder to play all out everyday. It's what I do. It's part of who I am as a player.
But I still needed to hear it. Not for the words. But for his words. The way he said it was like another way of saying he loved me. It was his way of still being my dad. He knew I always played all out. But he still said it because it was a thing between us, something he had been saying since I was a child.
Last week, I added another reminder of him, and of my mother, too, to my Giants uniform.
It's a small patch sewn to the inside of my jersey in the spot that rests over my heart. On the patch are two words: "Mai" and "Pai" – mom and dad.
Still pumped
We're in Arizona on our day off and still pumped from yesterday's win over the Padres. As you might imagine, the flight to Phoenix yesterday afternoon was pretty loud. Everyone was joking and laughing. It was just a great environment.
Those are the days when you are especially grateful that you play baseball for living. It's an amazing gift every single day to play a game you love and get paid the way we get paid for the privilege, but yesterday's bottom-of-the-tenth win – I mean, what's better than that?
I told the reporters that, sure I was thrilled to have the game-winning hit, but to be honest, I wish it had been one of the guys who had fought so hard throughout that game. I was so happy when I touched second and saw that we had scored the winning run -but I was happy because we won, not because I'm the one who got the hit.
One of the writers asked if I had ever come off the bench and hit the game winner before this, and I truly can't remember. Those aren't the kinds of things that stick in my mind. My brain doesn't seem to pay much attention to what I do personally in a game but what the team does.
It's funny how things work out. At first, when Bochy told me he was giving me the day off yesterday, I welcomed it. I really thought I needed to rest after playing every game so far. But as soon as the game started, I wanted to be out there so bad.
I spent the game on the bench watching and talking, mostly to Holmy, about what was happening on the field, the different situations. Pablo sat next to me between a few innings and asked me things. He caught an awesome game. He and Zito were completely on the same page. And he made an amazing catch on the pop-up behind the plate. Those are the toughest playes. Pablo had to look directly in the sun and couldn't see the ball. In that situation you have to guess where it's going to come down. Pablo did a great job of adjusting as soon as the ball reappeared in his line of sight and made a lunging catch.
The guys had battled so hard all day, I wanted to do something for the team. I was happy when Bochy told me to grab a bat in the ninth. I took a few swings in the batting cage downstairs behind the dugout. I was expecting the pitcher to come at me with sliders and fastballs so I was kind of surprised to see a change-up.
When I swung, I knew I hit it pretty good – not home-run good but I thought it had a chance to reach the wall. The outfielders were playing shallower than usual to prevent Torres from scoring from second. When I saw the ball was going to land between the left-fielder and center-fielder, I knew we had won. There are few experiences more exciting than having your teammates rush out of the dugout and mob you and jump up and down around you like kids. I guess we're all still kids when it comes right down to it. You never get jaded to the thrill of winning a game like that – particularly in your home ball park.
A little side note: Someone recently asked about how we travel. We fly on a chartered plane. We go through security in the parking lot at the ballpark before we board the bus, which pulls up right to the plane. Management sits in first class and the players sit in the coach seats, though many of us get whole rows to ourselves. Some of the veterans sit in the same seats on every flight. I always sit in row 21 on the left side. I sat there on my first trip with the Giants because no one else was sitting there, and I've been there ever since.
It's great, too, because we don't have to deal with our own luggage. This is a wonderful thing about the major leagues – a big difference from the minor leagues. The bags are delivered not just to the hotel but to each of our rooms. We can't get too accustomed to it, though, because when we're on our own, we're standing in security lines and lugging our baggage like everyone else in the world. But I have to tell you, it's a luxurious, wonderful thing to go from bus to plane to bus without touching a suitcase.
Today, on our off day, I just rested. Jamie flew down to be with me. We slept in, ate, came back to the hotel, watched baseball on TV, napped and now we're heading out either to the Cheesecake Factory or to Havana Caf�.
We're excited to get back on the field Friday against the Diamondbacks. We've got Timmy on the mound – always a good thing.
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Back on Track
It's been great watching our pitchers the last two games – Randy Johnson on Sunday and Matt Cain yesterday. Both were in a groove and doing what they know and we know they can do.
Sometimes I can tell in the bullpen before the game when a pitcher is on – like with Timmy on Saturday. I wasn't sure with Randy on Sunday. But I could see in the first inning he had his fastball and slider working and his change-up.
With any pitcher, with a no-hitter going, you just stay away. You kind of stay away from Randy anyway. That's how he operates. Sometimes Rags or I will mention something to him – watch out for this or that. But there was nothing to say on Sunday. He was awesome to watch.
On our off day Monday, I just rested. Then Jamie and I went to McCovey's restaurant in Walnut Creek and had the best experience. The food was great and there was a ton of memorabilia to look at. It's only 10 minutes from our house, so I know Jamie and I will be going there a lot. Willie McCovey happened to be in Murph's office in the clubhouse yesterday, so I told him what a great time we had at his place. He was really happy, and Freddie Lew was standing there next to me. Willie said I had to get Freddie to go now.
Got the news yesterday that Steve Holm is coming back up. It will be so great to have him back. You know by now how much I love that guy. I'm looking forward to sitting and talking about the strategy of catching with someone who loves the position as much as I do!
See you at the ballpark.
It was a quiet clubhouse last night, as you might imagine. To lose the fifth game in a row when we were so close after Aaron's three-run homer – it's incredibly frustrating. We were all very down and angry at ourselves for not coming through when we needed to. As frustrated as you are as fans, let me assure you we are ten times more frustrated as players.
What's going wrong? A few obvious things.
We haven't been putting the ball in play. You have to give a lot of credit to the opposing pitchers. They've been throwing great. That's been a factor. Then the longer you go without hitting, the more you start pressing. And when you lose four, five games in a row, you go up to the plate trying to hit a seven-run homer with no one on.
Second, we haven't been making our pitches. We're not hitting our spots. We're falling behind in counts. If we're going for a fastball away, we're leaving it over the plate. Curve balls are hanging. We need to hit the corners for strikes. Our poor hitting isn't helping the pitchers – it puts even more pressure on them.
Last night was a killer because we were so close. Wilson came in in a tough situation – bottom of the ninth, tie game, bases loaded, no outs. He got a grounder to short – exactly what you want — but we couldn't turn the double play. So with Loney up – who had hit a sacrifice fly on a high fastball earlier in the game – we wanted to keep the ball down so he'd keep it on the ground and we'd get a second shot at a double play.
Unfortunately, on a 3-2 count, the fastball was too low and Loney walked. Game over.
Like the other veterans on the team, I talk to the young guys and remind them that it's a long season. We're not even out of April yet. We have to stick together and work hard and make sure each of us does everything we can to be ready for every play, every pitch. That's all you can do, and inning by inning, game by game, you rebuild.
The truth is, our young guys are handling this rough stretch really well – with much greater perspective than you might expect. Pablo Sandoval, who has really been struggling at the plate, is still really positive and energetic. His attitude is great – he lifts everybody up.
And Timmy's another kid who has such a positive attitude no matter what's happening. He loves the challenge of things. He knows what he's facing, and he's got that fierce competitiveness that gives you no doubt he'll be absolutely fine.
I think returning home tomorrow and playing in our own park in front of our own fans will close the chapter on this awful past week and we can start fresh.
I know you're disappointed and frustrated as fans. But it's more important than you can imagine to stick with us. Don't turn your backs on us in the tough times. We're working as hard as we can to break out of this, and I know we will. We need you there with us in good times and bad – maybe even more so in the bad times.
I hope to see you this weekend when we play the Diamondbacks. This is a great group of players, and an even better group of men.
One thing I can promise: This team will never give up. I hope you won't either.
Lessons in Perspective
One of the many things you learn playing baseball – perhaps playing any sport – is to accept what is out of your control. Sometimes the ball has eyes and finds the gap. Sometimes you hit into a double play with the bases loaded.
I went 0-fo-5 yesterday after a good game at the plate on Opening Day. But believe me when I tell you there was no difference – meaning that I wasn't "on" one day and "off" the next. I felt good last night. I hit the ball well. Some days it goes right at people. Some days it gets through.
That's baseball. A few inches one way or the other, and it's a different game. Randy Johnson's pitch to Gallardo last night, for example. We wanted a fastball higher than the letters on his chest so he would chase it for the third strike. The ball wasn't as high as it needed to be. That kid is a good hitter, too, don't forget. But if the pitch is just a little bit higher, we get him.
This game so often comes down to the slightest of margins, the tiniest bits of bad luck.
To tell you the truth, I never thought we were out of it last night. I always expected we'd come back. But we're going to have many more chances, so you can't dwell on what didn't work for us last night. You have to just get ready for today's game.
As for Tim on Opening Day, I was thinking he might have a tough day even when we were warming up in the bullpen. When he walked the first batter and hit the third, I went out to talk to him. I'm not going to tell him anything about mechanics, of course.
"Keep battling," I said. "Keep grinding it out. You're going to get out of it."
He didn't have command of his fastball or his curveball. Usually if one isn't working, he has the other. But people have to remember this kid is a human being. He's not a machine. I admired how he kept fighting out there. That's one of the beautiful things about baseball. The days when you really aren't at the top of your game are the days when you test yourself the most. Those are the days you earn your money.
And afterward I told Tim that sometimes you need to struggle to come back stronger. You have to keep it all in perspective, too, which is tougher when you're young. There are way more important things to worry about than giving up some walks or going 0-for-5.
Today was the worst kind of reminder of that. I keep thinking about Nick Adenhart, the young Angels pitcher killed by a drunk driver last night. It's the kind of news that gives you the chills. Makes you shake. We're playing a game, but once those lights go out in the ballpark, it's real life out there. I keep thinking how you can be doing everything 100 percent right, but some other guy right next to you isn't doing the right thing and you pay the price.
I keep thinking that if Adenhart's car had entered the intersection two seconds earlier or two seconds later, maybe he goes home thinking about his next start.
The slightest of margins, the tiniest bits of bad luck.
Two bits of news – one small, one really big
Just a short note to let you know that KPIX is doing a story for tonight on my mother visiting me for the first time in San Francisco. Kim Coyle caught up with Jamie and me and my mom in the Marina. We wanted to show my mother where we used to live and also show her the Golden Gate Bridge up close. The story is supposed to be on after the NCAA Final.
And I keep forgetting to tell you – I'm going to be a dad again in July. Jamie is due with a girl. We're hoping she arrives during the All-Star Break!
See you tomorrow on Opening Day!
A visit from Mom
It was great playing last night back at AT&T, even though the wind was unbelievable. I felt really good at the plate. I saw the ball really well. Shows that practice pays off. And Timmy looked great, as usual. He's ready to go.
I know these games don't mean anything, but winning in our home park – hitting in our home park — against the A's just gives us that added confidence. It means we're going to be in a lot of games. We're going to score more runs than people think.
Just being in the park, with the lights and the crowd, gives you a lot of energy. It's such a different atmosphere from spring training in Arizona.
So we're settled in the rental house. The girls have been with us but have to go back to Yuma on Sunday. They love the new place – with pool and game room and huge yard. It's way bigger than our house in Yuma.
The best thing is my mother is here in San Francisco for the first time. She spent about a week with us in Arizona and now is here about 10 days before flying back to Puerto Rico on Thursday. She has to be home by the 11th because in our church, we have special prayers every month for six months on the day of somebody's death. My father died on October 11.
It's been so tough on my mother. She cries and says, "Oh, Benja, oh Benja." That's what she called my father, Benja. I realized she got teary every time she saw a photo of my father, so I put away the ones in my house and in my car. For me, it helps to look at my father and remember. For her, at least right now, it's too painful.
But we've had fun, too, of course, while she's here. On the way from the airport to Lafayette, she asked, "Where's that big bridge?" We'll take her to the Golden Gate before she leaves. I also want to take her to Alcatraz. We drove through the city the other day and I took her to my favorite Puerto Rican restaurant, Fruitlandia. She loved watching me at AT&T for the first time but she was freezing! She was so bundled up I could barely see her face.
I spent this afternoon at the Play Ball Luncheon at the Hilton in San Francisco, which is a fundraiser for the Giants Community Fund and Junior Giants Baseball. Every player on the team was there, plus all the coaches and broadcasters and even Mays and McCovey. Each player got to walk into the ballroom with one of the Junior Giants players. It was wonderful to talk to some of the kids and hear how much baseball – and their coaches – have helped them in their lives.
Another game against the A's tonight. Looking forward to catching Randy Johnson one more time before Opening Day.
See you out there.
Back in the Bay Area!
Jamie and I spent the whole day unpacking boxes in our new rental house in Lafayette. You can't sit down or you'll never get back up and the job will never get done. We just plowed through and I think we have two boxes left. But I'm taking a break now. (I thought catching was tiring . . .)
It's great to be back in the Bay Area and about to start the season. It was a long spring and the team got through it without any major injuries. Randy Johnson and I have been working hard at learning how to work smoothly with each other. I'm still learning how to call the game he wants me to call, to call the pitches he wants. He's the man, the Cy Young winner, the veteran, so it's up to me to learn how to make him really comfortable during a game. We got closer to that in his last game and we have one more before the season starts, so I know we'll get there.
The really tough part about this time of the year are the difficult decisions that have to made about who makes the team and who gets sent to the minors. I'm glad I don't have to make them.
The toughest one for me was Holmy. Steve Holm is one of the really good friends I have on the team. I love Holmy. He's one guy I talk to all the time about catching and hitting and strategy. So that was really tough for me. Really, really tough. But you have to go with it. You have no choice. I'm not the GM. I'm just trying to do my job. But it hurts me as a friend. I wish we could have him on the team.
Other than missing Holmy, it doesn't matter to me that the team chose not to carry a full-time back-up catcher. I'm confident that I can play every day. If Bruce Bochy needs me for 162 games, I'll be out there for 162 games. If that's what they need me to do, you just step up and say, "Let's go. Let's do it."
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow and over the weekend – and then the real games start. Can't wait.


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Got out to the theater last Saturday to see Ant-Man. Not only did I enjoy the movie more than I expected, but I loved a bunch of the trailers, and I got the wonderful shaded parking spot under the wonderful hackberry tree. Between the tree and both sunshades, my car wasn't back at all when I got out, despite the horrible dew point.
Happiness is yummy guacamole and chips, thanks to my Trader Joe's gift card!
Since Geren book 1 work has been devouring my life this year, the only way I can justify spending time to watch something is if I'm also on the exercise bike. So I'm delighted to have a total of 177 miles pedaled in July...AND I'm really enjoying season 2 of 'Elementary.'
Pass 6 of my first Geren book just hit the 2/3rds mark!
On Monday when I got home from work, Shado was doing his usual celebration of the event when he took a fall through the stairs. Poor guy sounded like a bowling ball, since he hit a few things on his descent into the basement. (Also, perhaps due to his higher amount of Asian Leopard Cat genes, he does NOT know how to turn in a fall--he falls horribly, like a dog or a human). Very grateful that he seemed fine afterward, and that he was not sore the following morning. Thank you, God!
I couldn't watch Shado Monday evening because I was off to a memorial service for Mr Washburn, my high school chemistry and physics teacher. I am so grateful that I found out the service info on the obituary website, and that it was on an evening when I could go. Also delighted by the fantastic turnout, and wow, what a service. What a life lived to the glory of God! What an inspiration! I am so glad his 90 year race has come to a glorious end and he is Home with God at last.


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The artist describes her vocals as: "wayward phrasings and introspective lyrics, sometimes mumbled, sometimes pointed out clearly, like a salty finger in the wound of ongoing life.
Puns and structures. Patterns and norms. Lofty love and wicked war."
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"mimu at nite" – »experimental folk«?(www.myspace.com/listentomimu), a solo performance with voice, accordeon and laptop. The accordeon is played minimalistically, either rhythmically or droning – according to the certain song, the voice is layered over that solid ground in a very flexible way. the vocals are very narrative, the stories are clothed in metaphoric constructions of a flowery language.
The laptop provides distinct atmospherical components such as field recordings of varying places (such as woods, cities) or incidents (fighting dogs, car accidents), or samples of old movies, that correlate to the context.
other baubles of mimu can be found on SOUNDCLOUD (www.soundcloud.com/mimu and www.soundcloud.com/whatshereads) that site contains produced sound material (the other one contains mostly live recordings of concerts), that leads more towards direction "electronica", several voices, live-looping, spoken word collages and pictorial samples of integrated work of art.
As a visualist (from 2001 to 2008) she accompanied acts such as DMX, Ellen Allien, Modeselektor, Gustav, Felix Kubin, Iambic Squared, Jake Fairley, Squarepusher and many more.
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War photographer Robert Capa would be 100 years old Tuesday, and marking his birthday, the International Center of Photography, which his brother Cornell helped found, has released the first-known recording of Capa's voice.
Significantly, in this recording of a 1947 interview on the morning NBC radio show "Hi! Jinx.," Capa explains how he took his famous "Falling Soldier" photograph during the Spanish Civil War. Many have alleged that the photo was staged.
But Capa reveals that he placed the camera over his head to take the photo — never actually viewing what he was capturing. "That was probably the best picture I ever took, and I never saw the picture in the frame because the camera was far above my head."
Capa, whose first language was Hungarian, was being interviewed about his book, "Slightly Out of Focus," an autobiographical novel. Capa went on to help found Magnum Photos and died in 1954 covering the French Indochina War. Photographers and photo students alike have him to thank for encouraging them to get closer. "If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough," Capa famously said. In advance of the opening of the ICP exhibit "Capa in Color," Magnum will be releasing photos from other notable photographers that respond to Capa's images. The public is invited to participate by tagging their own photos with the hashtag #GetCloser100.


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