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- Published 13.05.12
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He's the new poster-boy of the Bengali film world. Parambrata Chattopadhyay has vaulted into the limelight nationally as the rookie cop in the highly praised Kahaani. His recent Bengali release Bhooter Bhobishyot is still running to packed houses and he has a string of movies about to release in the coming months.
The success of Kahaani has propelled Parambrata into a new league. Ever since the film's thumping success he's been inundated with thousands of phone calls and congratulatory messages from all over the country. But he refuses to be moved by the torrent of praise and is weighing his next move with utmost care. He says: "Right now, I am in no hurry to sign Hindi films. I do see a lot of interest in Bollywood and I'm reading a few scripts that have been sent to me. I still need some time to sort things out."
At a time when Bengali cinema's getting adventurous and trying out newer subjects, Parambrata likes to see himself as a front- runner of the newly evolved Tollywood. But even more crucially he's very different from most movie actors — in fact, you might say that acting was his fallback career choice.
"I consider myself a filmmaker rather than just an actor," he says emphatically.
Consider this: How many movie actors take a year's sabbatical to learn about global cinema? Parambrata took a year off and went to study film and television production at Bristol University in the UK. "Since I have made my passion for cinema my profession I took a year's sabbatical to learn more about world cinema," says Parambrata who first appeared on screen at the age of 19.
In fact, Parambrata returned just in time for the Kahaani shoot after finishing his course. And he was travelling in Europe when he received a call offering him the role in Kahaani. Says the movie's director Sujoy Ghosh: "I briefed him about his role over the phone. Taking him for this role has been the biggest blind gamble I've ever played and he did full justice to his character."
| Bhooter Bhobishyot (top), Parambrata's Bengali release soon after his Bollywood debut with Vidya Balan in Kahaani (above), is still running to packed houses.
Pic: Aranya Sen
But Parambrata also moved quickly to fulfil his behind-the-scenes ambitions of becoming a director after coming back from Bristol. His first film Jiyo Kaka was released early this year. "I've been itching to direct a film for a long time and as soon as I came back I started work on it," he says.
Parambrata feels that his film course has made him more confident about choosing subjects. "I am more focused now. It has helped me understand the nuances of filmmaking better," he says.
It's important to remember that Parambrata comes from a very different background from most movie actors. He's the grandson of legendary director Ritwik Ghatak and his parents were also in movie industry related jobs. His mother Sunetra Ghatak Chattopadhyay was a noted film critic and head librarian of Chitrabani, a film library in Calcutta and his father Satinath was a journalist and cultural editor of a Bengali daily. "Films and music were part of our daily discussions at home. By the time I reached Class VIII, I was sure that cinema would be my calling," says Parambrata.
Perhaps that's why it's easy to believe him when he says he's not seeking stardom. Instead, he insists that he's determined to be known as an actor who can make his mark by doing convincing roles. "I have never believed that cinema is just for entertainment. Of course we all want our films to sell, but at the end of the day I want to make realistic cinema. And as a student of cinema, I want to be seen as a performer rather than as a star."
Ask him what it is about him that appeals to audiences and he says: "I like to bring a certain amount of honesty and intellect to the table. And this comes across in the roles I choose to play onscreen." As for selecting his scripts, he makes sure that content is king. "Many people believe that I am a snob when it comes to choosing scripts," he adds.
Even apart from Kahaani, he's been having a great run in Tollywood in recent times. Bhooter Bhobishyot directed by Anik Dutta is still running to packed houses. In it Parambrata plays a filmmaker who makes the acquaintance of a bunch of ghosts who are on the verge of losing their 'haunt' — an old zamindari mansion — to a greedy promoter, and who want him to help them voice their concern over urbanisation displacing tradition and heritage.
The coming months should also be good ones for the actor. He has several movies about to release, and others for which shooting is underway.
| The actor with Raima Sen in a moment from Maach, Mishti 'N' More.
Pic: Sanjoy Chattopadhyay
His most recent release — just over a week ago — is Teen Yaari Katha, an adult comedy directed by filmmaker duo Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha. Then there's the eagerly awaited Hemlock Society directed by Srijit Mukherji. This movie, which is releasing in June, is a black comedy inspired by the right-to-die US organisation of the same name. (Parambrata also starred in Mukherji's 22shey Srabon, where he played a young crime branch cop determined to crack a murder mystery.)
Parambrata says shooting for Hemlock Society has been memorable as he has never played that kind of role before. The movie's about a young man who runs a training workshop to give people the technical knowhow on committing suicide. Parambrata had to work overtime with the director to get under the skin of the character.
He's equally at ease doing light movies. Take, for instance, his upcoming film Mach Mishti 'N' More, directed by Mainak Bhowmik. "It's a tale of lives and loves of three young boys and I play one of the brothers," he says.
He will also be romancing actress Paoli Dam in Basanta Utsav directed by Rhitabrata Bhattacharya. He says: "It's a relationship-based film with five stories woven into one. The backdrop is Holi celebrations in Santiniketan and all the narratives deal with desire, quest for love and meaning of life."
So what is it about this young actor that has the fans craving for more? His best friend and actor Rudranil Ghosh says: "The biggest quality that works in his favour is his intelligent look which gels with the character he plays in every film. Also, he puts the director in a comfort zone as he's a director himself. A director has to do less homework with him." Ghosh and Parambrata started their film production company, Workshop, last year.
Parambrata also reckons he's lucky to be part of the change that has come to the Bengali film industry. "A lot of contemporary directors are willing to take risks in terms of content and experiment with various styles of filmmaking. Things are changing in Bengali cinema and I want people to remember me as part of that change."
|Srijit Mukherji's hit 22shey Srabon saw Parambrata share screen space with Tollywood star Prosenjit Chatterjee
Perhaps it was not surprising that Parambrata made an early foray into both television and the movie industry. He appeared first in director Anjan Dutt's television series Half Chocolate. In 2002, when he was 19 years old, he made his film debut in Hemanter Pakhi directed by Urmi Chakraborty. He followed it up with his second film Bhalo Theko, directed by Gautam Halder — coincidentally opposite Vidya Balan who was also making her cinematic debut.
After that the offers came flooding in even though he was still studying English Literature at Jadavpur University. But the biggest milestone happened when Sandip Ray signed him on as Topshe (detective Feluda's assistant) for the three Feluda films Bombaiyer Bombete, Kailashe Kelenkari and Tintorettor Jishu. "Playing Topshe has been the best thing in my career and a learning experience. But after doing three in a row, I was itching to do something different," he says. He then proceeded to act in a slew of other films like Anjan Dutt's The Bong Connection and Chalo Let's Go and Gautam Ghose's Kaalbela.
During the course of his 10-year career, there have been movies that he found tough. One such film was The Bong Connection. "There was a lot of hype surrounding it considering it was the first crossover Bengali film. I'd just started out as an actor then and I was terribly scared of Anjanda on the sets. The film was shot in Houston and it was difficult to adjust in a completely new environment," he says. In the film, he's a middle-class Bengali boy who emigrates to the US.
Another tough role was playing a village boy in Shekhar Das's Kaaler Rakhal. "Getting into the shoe of a typical village boy from the interiors of Bengal was challenging considering I am an out-and-out city boy," he says.
But he's not losing sight of the future. He has a full plate of roles on offer. But he's also taking time out to finalise the script for his next movie which he'll be directing. He adds, "I am planning to direct a thriller next and am in the process of locking the script." Besides directing his next film, he is also spreading his wings as a producer with Rudranil. "Initially, we are concentrating on being line producers and creative producers. But we will slowly get into full time production in the coming months," he says. (Line producers are usually in charge of the business aspects of bringing out a movie.)
Currently, they are line producing a film made by director duo Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha which will release in June. The next one coming up is a contemporary love story by Partho Sen called Balukabela.com that will release in July.
Even though he has had a successful career, he reckons he still has a long way to go. "Nobody can predict the hits and misses in this fickle world of movie-making. But I want my audiences to remember me as a passionate actor who likes to contribute creatively."


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Perishing Cold This Global Warming. Isn't It?
Yes, yes, okay. It's an awful cliché to point out that what with this global warming it's awfully cold in Britain and northern Europe right now. Rather than it being extremely hot, which 'warming' would imply.
But tonight – having travelled home over Richmond bridge in London with the snow lying thick on the ground already (and 17 inches of the white stuff promised) – I think it's worth saying, gently, that the warming aspect of things doesn't seem very apparent. This is the point at which global warming enthusiasts shout loudly that climate change means wild fluctuations in temperature – with more droughts in summer and mini-ice ages in winter. Well perhaps. Still, perishing cold this global warming. Isn't it?


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HONOLULU and New YORK (HawaiiNewsNow) – With Hawaiian Airlines service to New York only about two weeks to go, ground crews have been running drills at JFK airport.
Hawaiian's daily flight will use a gate in Terminal 5, which otherwise is entirely occupied by JetBlue, which has the contract to service Hawaiian's jet, both above and below the wing, to use airline industry parlance.
Postings on http://www.airliners.net indicate that JetBlue's usual pushback vehicles couldn't handle the new Airbus jet so one that can was ordered.
The first Hawaiian flight to JFK leaves Honolulu on June 4. Service will be daily.
For years the only nonstop service between Hawaii and the New York area has been a daily Continental Airlines flight to Newark Liberty. Hawaiian's service to JFK will be more convenient to the millions of people who live on Long Island.
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Bernart de Ventadorn (c. 1147–1180 or 1217) is one of the numerous troubadours whose biographies come to us in vidas, stories of the poet/composers' lives that were included in the manuscripts along with their compositions. The accounts, which are known to be fanciful and are therefore highly suspect, record that Bernart was the son of servants in the castle of Eble II, viscount of Ventadorn (near Limoges). He fell in love with the lady of the castle about whom he wrote a number of songs, and was therefore banished from the castle. He next went to the Norman court of Eleanor of Aquitaine, again falling in love and composing songs in her honor until she left to become the wife of King Henry II of England. One theory is that at this point he stopped composing and joined...
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TEMPERANCE — Bedford Township remains without an interim fire chief after the board deferred action on the appointment at its regular meeting last week.
The consent agenda part of the meeting, which is reserved for routine, noncontroversial matters, included a recommendation from Supervisor Greg Stewart that the board name Assistant Fire Chief Jim Neorr to the interim position effective April 1. He would replace Chief John Bofia, who is retiring as chief after more than 40 years with the township department.
The item was pulled from the agenda at the request of Trustee Nancy Tienvieri, who said she did not want to vote on an appointment to a paid position without discussion. She said the position should have been posted, pursuant to township policy.
Mr. Stewart said the pay and hours for the position had not been settled and agreed the matter should be tabled. He said the appointment was on the consent agenda because he had wanted it to be disposed of in a timely manner.
In other action, the board unanimously declined to spend $600 as the township's share of the cost of removing a tree on Smith Road west of Lewis Avenue. The $1,200 cost of the tree removal was to be shared equally with the Monroe County Road Commission, at the commission's request.
Board members, however, were wary, fearing that paying would set a bad precedent.
The willow tree in question poses no danger to drivers, but its roots plug a drainage tile on the south side of Smith, causing flooding. The road commission wants to remove the plugged section of pipe and clean or replace it to restore proper drainage. The agency does not want to do this before removing the tree. Whether the tree is in a public right-of-way is unknown.
Board members said they did not believe the tree was a township responsibility.
"This is a maintenance problem," Trustee Larry O'Dell said. "By law, they should do it. I don't want to give them a helping hand."
Mr. Stewart said the money was not the issue. Agreeing to pay could open the door to more cost-sharing for projects that were the road commission's responsibility.
Trustee Rick Steiner agreed. "If we help clear up one issue, where does the next maintenance issue start?"
The board did approve spending $46,370 as the township's share of replacing the Minx Road Bridge across Little Lake Drain. Erie Township will pay the same amount. The Monroe County drain commissioner will cover other related costs.
Board members agreed that the small, single-lane bridge was in terrible condition and a potential safety hazard. The new box culvert crossing will have two lanes.
The board also discussed whether the township needs an ordinance providing for inspection of rental properties. Ms. Tienvieri said Bedford should have some mechanism for helping renters whose dwellings are unsafe because of fire or electrical code violations.
But a succession of landlords disagreed. Michael Sprott, a real estate agency broker/owner, said such an ordinance was unneeded and would discourage building in the township. He said the township could protect tenants by getting a judgment against bad landlords and instructing tenants to put their rent payments in escrow.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
naked lightsaber battle
Marty the Slurpee Man
Susannah: "Ba dun dun dun bada dun ba du ba dun dun dun badun dun..."
Meridith: "Could you...not?"
Susannah: "You don't like my banjo version of the Wicked soundtrack?"
Meridith: "Haha, no. But the real question is: did you realize you were doing that?"
Susannah: "Hahaha, nope."
Susannah: "Yes...yes it is. Why yes it is. Yes. Why yes it is."
Meridith: < stares wide-eyed >
Susannah: "Don't look at me like that! If you look at me like that I won't feel comfortable being weird with ANYONE!
Honeyman: "You are a dork. A funny cute dork."
Honeyman: "On a first date you have to be...more girly. I mean, you're capable and like guy things, which is cool, its one of the things that makes you the perfect girl, but you need to tone that down at first. You're kind of...I don't want to say a 'manly girl' but..."
Susannah: "Thats ok. I'm a manly girl. I'm OK with that."
Honeyman: "No graphic tee shirts for at least 3 dates."
Susannah: "Hahaha, ok, deal. So skirt and heels?"
Honeyman: "Yes. Definitely heels."
Susannah: "...what if its skirt, heels, and graphic tee shirt? hehehe."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "Come on!"
Susannah: "I haven't been on a date in like four years!"
Meridith: "...with a guy."
Susannah: "HAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHA, touché. But I didn't know I was dating the lesbian until she told me The Rock was the only man she'd go straight for."
Susannah: "DON'T CHUCK MARTY! ...ya jerk."
Honeyman: "Whats that rattling sound?"
Susannah: "Your mom."
Honeyman: "They're two geeks. There is going to be a naked lightsaber battle at some point."
Susannah: "In the movie [17 Again] Zac Efron and Thomas Lennon get in a lightsaber battle with a master replicas force fx lightsaber. I want that!"
Honeyman: "What?"
Susannah: "I want a master replicas force fx lightsaber! They are like $90 to $180 depending on where you get it."
Jessica: "Whats a lifesaver?"
Susannah: "That pains me."
Susannah: "I want one. The red one. Just so you know: I want one."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "Come on."
Honeyman: "No."
Susannah: "I'm just throwing it out there: I want one."
< phone rings >
Susannah: "Hey!"
Sarah: "Hey."
Susannah: "So guess who I just got a call from...oh wait, sorry, you called me. I shouldn't just start talking."
Sarah: "I just read this article...the president of Iran says his country is racist."
Susannah: "... ? ...Was that the reason for the call?"
Sarah: "What? No."
Susannah: "Oh, ok. Bwahahaha"
Brady: "You seem so happy and have a lightness about you and you have a spring in your step that you haven't had before and it makes me so happy to see you that way."
Susannah: "Oh."
< whispering during church >
Susannah: "I cut myself shaving! Look at this..."
Susannah: < throws leg over Ryans lap >
Susannah: "Can you see all those little cuts?"
Honeyman: "Uh...yeah."
Susannah: "Oh. Was that inappropriate?"
5 comments:
- Sarah C. said...
Technically, he said that Israel was racist. But whatever. It works the same both ways, really. ha ha
- 1:40 PM, April 20, 2009
- meagan said...
With a guy....
Love it (:
- 1:53 PM, April 20, 2009
- Amy said...
Too funny..He thinks I am a manly girl too...
- 8:45 PM, April 20, 2009
- Ross & Amanda Goodman said...
I have been LONGING for another post like this! Bless you! :)
- 10:47 PM, April 20, 2009
- Ashley said...
"What's a lifesaver..." That one made me chuckle!!!!
- 11:06 AM, April 21, 2009
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Although he famously sat out directing X-Men: The Last Stand in favor of helming Superman Returns, Bryan Singer now says he's open to the idea of returning to the mutant movie franchise he spawned.
The Coventry Telegraph points out an interview that Singer did with Total Film where he addressed his departure from the X-Men franchise and his eagerness to rejoin it. "I'm eternally intertwined with X-Men now. What takes an audience four hours to watch -- the first two movies -- took six years of my life. So, to not be part of it... It's a shame," said Singer.
One X-Men project in-development that Singer says he would "possibly" consider directing is the Magneto prequel. "The only thing that concerns me about Magneto is that if the prequel were to follow the track I used in X-Men, which is Magneto's history in the concentration camp, then I've lived in that world," Singer explained. But he added, "Apt Pupil, X-Men and now Valkyrie... I've lived in that Nazi universe for quite a while. I just might need to take a little break before I do something like that."


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Raidmax Scorpio V Review
Raidmax Scorpio V: Inroduction
Today we are taking a look at one of Raidmax's newest chassis in its ever expanding lineup. Raidmax was founded in 1988 with the mission of providing innovative design, excellent performance, and quality products. Its biggest market is gamers that are on a budget, but will not compromise quality. The Raidmax Scorpio V is the fifth revision and just over 10 years since the first one was released. It's priced competitively at $79.99 MSRP. This puts it slightly above the rest of the competition within the mid-tower chassis category.
With last year's encounter with the Vampire chassis being a disappointment, and the Raidmax Horus passing expectations for a low budget chassis, Raidmax has been all over the place. Plus, CES 2014 was nearly sixth months ago, so companies are revising old series with new ones slowly trickling into the market one by one. So let's jump into this review and see what Raidmax is offering with this mid-tower.
Raidmax Scorpio V: Closer Look
Once the packaging is removed and the chassis is revealed, you can see that the newest Scorpio is a mixture of common design elements. Each design choice is placed together to make the chassis stand out and hold its own in the current market. Before getting further, let me first give you a run-down of the exterior of this chassis. From left to right: the front has a similar three exposed 5.25" bays covered by a hinged door that the Raidmax Horus also uses. On the back of the chassis is supplied what should be standard for a modern tower. These items include a 120mm fan, eight PCIe expansion slots, and spacing for a bottom mounted power supply. Moving on, the left panel includes a small window to allow onlookers to peep into the guts of the computer. Finally, the right panel is solid, but holds a bit of interest with its extruded side to allow a little extra space for cables to be routed.
The top of the Scorpio chassis has a few hidden gems, which become more present after the initial glance. Similar to the Raidmax Vampire, the top not only contains all the I/O buttons, but an assortment of other features like a 2.5" hot swap bay, fan controller, and neatly aligned USB and audio ports. A secret fan dust filter that is separate from the panel itself is also included. Simply press down on the mesh section for it to release its hold. By default no fans are included on the top, but for anyone who wants to light up the chassis and add more airflow, this is the way to do it. The built-in fan controller makes this tedious process easier than ever.
Flipping the chassis over, the underside has a nice amount of space off of the floor courtesy of raised corners. Raidmax has added separate dust filters for the power supply and extra fan mount. My experience with a single, long dust filter is that it can be warped over time, which causes it to lose the filtering effect as dust goes around the outside seal. It's good to see the Scorpio avoid this problem by using two separate filters for both the power supply and the extra fan mount.


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BWW Exclusive Q&A: Michael Crawford Talks Return to the Stage
Juggling both film and stage careers, Michael Crawford had established himself as one of theatre's finest leading men long before he opened as "the Phantom" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, beginning one of the most widely acclaimed and memorable performances in theatre history. Few stars are as widely connected to a single role as Crawford is to "the Phantom." His Los Angeles and Broadway performances earned an astonishing catalogue of critical recognition including the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Los Angeles Dramalogue Award and Drama Critics Award.
Since leaving PHANTOM after nearly four years in the role in London, New York and Los Angeles Crawford has become a multi-platinum recording artist and one of the world's most sought after concert and stage performers, playing to sold-out venues around the globe. In addition to his recent concert work, stage credits in London and on Broadway include Billy, Flowers for Algernon, Black Comedy, Dance of the Vampires, The Woman in White, and Barnum.
It was announced late last night that he will make his eagerly awaited return to the stage alongside Danielle Hope, winner of the BBC's smash hit Over The Rainbow, when the show opens at the London Palladium next year. We checked in with the star to get the first scoop!
The first question is of course -- how did all of this come about?
Andrew (Lloyd Webber) had the idea about my being involved about 6 months ago he tells me and then I heard about 2 months ago from him about it. At the time, I was away traveling around Europe with my family and when I got back about 3 weeks ago, I started having some initial meetings with Andrew and the creative team. We talked about it and I became more and more intrigued and I also refreshed my memory and re-watched the movie which was so, so great.
So, it became more and more intriguing to me and then I met the director Jeremy Sams and got along very well with him and I also met with Bill Kenwright, who is the other producer, and they were all very good and very constructive meetings.
And what intrigued you about the project so much?
It was very exciting to just see what the conversion to the stage would be and understanding that. Really, Dorothy is the star of the show and I'll play one of the hopefully supportive and important sidekicks, who is also important to the story. I think that there are six roles all on the side of being 'equal' in terms of performance - the two Witches, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and of course the Wizard. They're all important characters to support the story.
Also, the design and the staging look very exciting. It's of course a long way to go to the stage -- a long, yellow brick road - but there's a lot of effort and a lot of creative juices flowing...
Along with all of the classic songs, there's of course word that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice are writing new material as well - including a song for you -- what can you tell us about that?
I've heard one new song that Andrew has added to it for me and Tim has written the lyrics for and I liked that very much. Hopefully I'll be singing it with Danielle (Dorothy) who has a lovely voice and she is very gifted.
How much time have you gotten to spend with her so far?
We did that photo together, before the deal was set... I was leaving London, so we met to take the picture, with the hope that we'd then finalize the deal (which we did). She had been up and working since 6am that day, taking ballet class and she's a very dedicated young girl.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Danielle Hope and Michael Crawford (photo by Gabrielle Crawford)
Will the part of the Wizard be changed or expanded from the film? Will you be popping up as he did on screen throughout the show?
It's similar to the effect of the film in terms of the amount appearances -- certainly no more than that. It's not being written up, it's just to be really adapting what was on screen and on the page for the stage.
How long are you currently signed to be with the show?
Right now, for 6 months.
And might Broadway be next?
If it's a success, that's always a hope that one would hope to go to Broadway. I think shows that start in either place are always hoping to travel across the water.
It's been a while since you've been seen on stage, how are you now preparing?
I've been working on my voice every day and just did 100 lengths of the pool. I'm doing everything to make me as fit as possible and I'm still using Ian Adam's (Crawford's singing teacher who passed away in 2007) tapes. They're of course converted to CD now, but I'm still using the lessons from 30 years ago, and it's still great to hear his voice and use his technique and I'm doing that every day.
You've talked about being reluctant to return to the stage and have been enjoying your time -- what made this role 'push it over the top' to bring you back?
I do not know. I honestly do not know. I think that it's something that has the possibilities of light heartedness, that I rather like. It has SUCH a joyous feel about it and the original music is so beautiful and it's such a classic piece that I was just drawn in.
And you'll be working with Andrew Lloyd Webber again...
Andrew's stuff has been very good for me before and there's no denying that and so I'm very grateful from that point of view. It's hard to believe, when you actually look at the dates of when we opened and when we started Phantom that it's been so long.
It's a whole new audience of people - some of whom weren't even alive then and that's very exciting!
Amongst that new audience, will I assume be your grandchildren getting to see you onstage as well?
Yes and it's important to me that they're very excited - that definitely was a factor! I told my daughters about it four to five days ago, because nothing was sorted out fully and nothing was finalized. I've really been superstitious about that kind of stuff always, because it's not fair if someone else was to then do it, for them to read that it was offered to me first ... so it's best to be as discreet as possible and that's a definite superstition.
How did they react?
They were really, really pleased and they told my grandchildren who were also very excited. My daughter asked one of my granddaughters - "can you keep a secret?" And, she said "Yes...I just have to tell one other person!" Now thankfully, word is out!
The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum is directed by Jeremy Sams, choreographed by Arlene Phillips, music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg, with additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice with the set and costumes designed by Rob Jones.
Tickets are available from The London Palladium Box Office on 0844 412 2957or online from www.wizardofozthemusical.com


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Behind Shutter IslandShutter Island takes place in a shocking, macabre world that has been largely
unseen on the movie screen: that of the 1950s psychiatric institution, in an era when
treatment for those at the farthest and most violent reaches of madness was about
to undergo a major revolution. As the dark days of "warehouse-style" asylums
gave way to a new era of powerful brain surgeries and neurological drugs, it was a
time when some patients were lost in a Kafkaesque system while others were part
of cutting-edge experiments that forged many of our contemporary theories about
criminal insanity. In the midst of Shutter Island's tangled mystery, Martin Scorsese
provides a transporting glimpse into this darkly compelling world that was long
hidden from view.
Asylums for the insane date all the way back to the Middle Ages but, even
before then, societies agonized over what to do with those too mad to function
safely in the outside world. Some have even posited that the term "ship of fools"
referred to roaming vessels that carried the insane offshore as an early form of
European asylums of the 16th and 17th Centuries were the progenitors of
asylums in the U.S. They were essentially prisons, not treatment centers, bleak
hellholes in which the patients were chained and abused like animals, beaten into
submission and "stored away" in gruesome conditions, often until death. Perhaps
the most infamous example was the large, intensely grim asylum at London's
Bethlehem Hospital, a name which was soon shortened to Bedlam Hospital, and in
turn gave rise to the word bedlam, meaning "house of confusion." The hospital
opened its doors to visitors, allowing them, for the price of a penny, to watch, poke
and instigate the chained prisoners into bizarre reactions. With the inhabitants
viewed by society as willing tools of the Devil, there was little compassion for their
plight. (Intriguingly, by contrast, medieval asylums in Persia were relatively
enlightened, initiating the use of soothing baths, music therapy and early forms of
talk therapy to try to return patients to everyday life.) Bedlam would also come to
be a 1946 Val Lewton film, with its poster proclaiming: "Sensational secrets of
infamous mad-house EXPOSED!"
It was in 1792 that an asylum in Paris first experimented with cutting patients'
chains and turning the facility from a windowless dungeon into a sun-lit retreat.
They were encouraged when a few patients actually recovered, which was
previously thought impossible. Thus began the slow-dawning era of "New
Treatment," with a greater emphasis on seeking cures, although sometimes by
extreme and brutal means. Unfortunately, what emerged initially was a ghastly
legacy of experimental treatments ranging from spinning patients at high speed in
special chairs to "calm their nerves" to literally torturing them to "bring them to
their senses," a process that only further sealed the reputation of asylums as
horror-filled realms from which few returned to normal society.
Over the next century and a half, Western asylums remained places
surrounded by fear and revulsion. The first asylum in the fledgling United States
was started by Benjamin Rush in 1769 at Williamsburg, Virginia and remained the
only such facility in America for the next 50 years. In those years, most of the
mentally ill in America wound up in poorhouses or prisons, but in 1827 an "Act
Concerning Lunatics" forbid the confinement of insane persons in jail and a number
of institutions were built around the country. Though there were some progressive
exceptions, most notably the Quaker asylums in Philadelphia, Boston and New
York, these were still largely unwelcoming places by today's standards, where
common treatments included placing the patients in straitjackets in order to teach
them restraint over their behavior, and even bloodletting and purging.
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The pre-installed web browser on Android phones is okay. We wouldn't care to be any more enthusiastic about it than that. It's a bit limited, can be slow and isn't inspiring from a user interface perspective. The good news is that it's been given its marching orders, and will eventuially be replaced with Google Chrome.
But there's a problem. Chrome only works on Ice Cream Sandwich phones, so if you don't have one, you have no option. Well, at least you didn't, until now. But Firefox Beta has recently arrived in the Play store, and it brings new and exciting features that no other browser - even the original Firefox for Android - could manage.
Firefox for Android beta
- Platform
- Android
- Price
- Free
- Where
- Google Play
For us, Firefox is the first non-Google browser that really appeals on Android. We've tried everything, from Opera to Dolphin HD, and none of them has ever had the features and performance to attract us - and some are outright bad and ugly.
The Firefox Beta, on the other hand, is one of the most stylish browsers we've seen. There's a simple URL bar at the top and a button to add more tabs, or to see those you already have open and running. It's clean and simple, something you very much need on a small device like this.
There are also add-ons. This is a boon, because it means that if there's a feature you don't have in the default browser, you can just download an add-on to improve functionality. We noticed that there was no option to "spoof" your user agent - handy for sites that palm you off with a rubbish mobile site. So we downloaded a plug-in called Phoney, that did it for us. Brilliant.
Speed seems good, perhaps not as lightning quick as Google Chrome - but then we tested Firefox on a slower handset, and can't do a side-by-side comparison because we're not yet on Ice Cream Sandwich. Even so, we think it's better than the stock browser.
The browser also allows you to turn any webpage into a PDF document. Which could be very handy for saving things for later, or sending information to friends via email, without all that messy copy and paste mumbo jumbo.
Overall, we like Firefox. We think it could be a little quicker, but as an alternative to the pre-Ice Cream Sandwich browser selection, it's a winner.


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Author's Note: The following is an excerpt from my review of Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. For additional information see my posts Reexamining Ardipithecus ramidus in Light of Human Origins, Those Cheating Testicles, or Who's Your Baby? as well as Helen's Lament and the Origins of Forbidden Love. Christopher Ryan also blogs at Psychology Today.
When we think of the first swinger parties most of us imagine 1970s counter-culture, we don't picture Top Gun fighter pilots in World War II. Yet, according to researchers Joan and Dwight Dixon, it was on military bases that "partner swapping" first originated in the United States. As the group with the highest casualty rate during the war, these elite pilots and their wives "shared each other as a kind of tribal bonding ritual" and had an unspoken agreement to care for one another if a woman's husband didn't make it back home. Like the sexy apes known as bonobos, this kind of open sexuality served a social function that provided a way to relieve stress and form long-lasting bonds.
For the husband and wife team Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá in their new book Sex At Dawn, this example is one of many that suggests the human species did not evolve in monogamous, nuclear families but rather in small, intimate groups where "most mature individuals would have had several ongoing sexual relationships at any given time." We are the descendants of these multimale-multifemale mating groups and, even though we've constructed a radically different society from our hunter-gatherer forebears, the behavioral and psychological traits our species evolved in the distant past still manifest themselves today. Ryan, a psychologist, and Jethá, a psychiatrist, argue that understanding human sexual evolution this way helps to explain our species' unique creativity inside (as well as outside) the marriage bed. It may also shed light on why fidelity has been such a persistent problem for both men and women throughout recorded history.
Read more at Seedmagazine.com.


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How to: use Notepad++ with Textfile on Cloud (Dropbox)
Using Evernote almost everyday on mobile phones since year 2011, like it because of the convenient and user friendly interface. However, it is still not powerful as Notepad++ (text and source code editor on Windows platform) which is a lightning fast application and suitable for most text-based tasks.
Prefer to use Notepad++ on office desktop and personal latpop, i find open Notepad++ in background together with Photo editing software such as Adobe Lightroom and Affinity Photo is smoother, compare to using Evenote on sometime laggy Firefox and Chrome. I don't't see the purpose of install Evernote application on Windows as Notepad++ fit my needs.
Now, Notepad++ doesn't have cloud service themself, but you can integrate it with your existing cloud service, tested on Dropbox and Onedrive, both works. In this case, i can sync / edit those text file between Dekstop, Laptop and mobile devices.


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The TPS7A30 series of devices are negative, high-voltage (35 V), ultralow-noise (15.1 µVRMS, 72-dB PSRR) linear regulators that can source a maximum load of 200 mA.
These linear regulators include a CMOS logic-level-compatible enable pin and capacitor-programmable soft-start function that allows for customized power-management schemes. Other features include built-in current limit and thermal shutdown protection to safeguard the device and system during fault conditions.
The TPS7A30 family is designed using bipolar technology, and is ideal for high-accuracy, high-precision instrumentation applications where clean voltage rails are critical to maximize system performance. This design makes the device an excellent choice to power operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), and other high-performance analog circuitry.
In addition, the TPS7A30 family of linear regulators is suitable for post dc-dc converter regulation. By filtering out the output voltage ripple inherent to dc-dc switching conversion, maximum system performance is provided in sensitive instrumentation, test and measurement, audio, and RF applications.
For applications that require positive and negative high-performance rails, consider TIs TPS7A49 family of positive high-voltage, ultralow-noise linear regulators.


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"Title IX of the Education Amendments was passed by Congress and signed
law by President Nixon in 1972--30 years ago. To commemorate the occasion,
AGELE--the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (formerly
NCSEE) will present a salute to Title IX at its annual July conference in
San Diego. The planning committee for the Salute is extending an open
invitation for those who care to participate to send a memory, reflection,
or some other comment about how Title IX has affected them personally to
the committee. Submissions will be read at the conference. Please be
brief. E-mail your reflections and comments directly to email@example.com --
not to this list."
Darcy Lees
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Supermarket chain Aldi plans to open a second store in Burnley – creating 40 new jobs.
Aldi's proposal for a second food store in Burnley moved a step closer with the submission of its planning application to Burnley Borough Council.
Aldi hopes to redevelop land off Todmorden Road with a new food store. The site is currently occupied by an industrial unit, car wash and scrap metal storage site.
The proposal would see Aldi have a second store in the town, as the existing store at Active Way will remain open.
Aldi told the Express it had received a positive response to its plans, which were unveiled at a public exhibition in February, with 96% of all feedback received from the community supporting a new Aldi store in the east of Burnley.
A spokesman for the business said: "We are encouraged by support we have received from the local community for our plans for a second food store in Burnley.
The proposal will deliver a multi-million pound investment in the local area and create up to 40 much-needed new jobs, as well as reviving the site and improving the appearance of Todmorden RoadAldi spokesman
"At our exhibition, many residents told us they currently have to travel across town to shop with us.
"We feel a new store offers a great opportunity to increase local-shopping choice and improve convenience for residents in the east of Burnley.
"The proposal will deliver a multi-million pound investment in the local area and create up to 40 much-needed new jobs, as well as reviving the site and improving the appearance of Todmorden Road."
Burnley Council will determine the application, with a decision expected to be made in late summer.
Aldi would like to encourage anyone who would like to find out more details about its proposal for Burnley to contact the project team on the information line number, 0800 298 7040, or visit the project website, www.aldiconsultation.co.uk/burnley.
Aldi is one of the world's largest privately owned companies with more than 7,000 stores across Europe, North America and Australia.
It opened its first stores in the UK in 1990 and now has more than 540 stores across the country.
Aldi currently employs more than 17,000 people in the UK, including 13,000 in its stores. In 2013 it became the first retailer to win the Which? Best Supermarket award for two consecutive years.


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Passengers enjoying the on-board magic show reported a lurch followed by a shudder; diners, picking over a starter of squid, sautéed mushrooms and salad, reported the lights going out and the smashing of glasses and plates as they fell from tables and crashed to the floor.
The ship – for whatever reason – had hit a reef on its way from a port near Rome to its next stop, Savona in the north west of Italy.
It was due to arrive the next morning. The Costa Concordia never got further than 200 yards from the tiny island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany.
A member of the crew – a cabaret singer from Birmingham – recalled watching a film in her cabin when the ship tilted. Her television then "went flying to the floor". The terror and the chaos that came next was in stark contrast to the holiday atmosphere that had preceded it.
Having enjoyed a leisurely dinner, Julia Zhou, 61, a freelance fashion consultant from New York, and her sister returned to their cabin. Outside, it was getting dark and the pair were heading for bed.
"Suddenly there was an enormous bang. It was like an earthquake – everything fell on the floor," recalled Miss Zhou. "The lights went out – there was a blackout."
At 9.30pm in Milano, one of the ship's five restaurants, Christine Hammer, 65, from Bonn, was at the second dinner sitting.
"Suddenly we heard a crash. Glasses and plates fell down and we went out of the dining room and we were told it wasn't anything dangerous," she said.
Luciano Castro, another passenger at the second sitting, said: "We were having supper when the lights suddenly went out. We heard a boom and a groaning noise and all the cutlery fell to the floor."
Alan and Laurie Willits, a Canadian couple celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, were watching the magic show when they felt a lurch as if from a "severe steering manoeuvre" followed by a "loud scraping sound along the side of the ship".
"As soon as we all heard the noise, the magician was off – he didn't hang around," said Mrs Willits, 52.
As the magician fled, the rest of his act was stuck on stage.
Rosalyn Rincon, 30, from Blackpool, was inside a box during the magic show when, she said, "I realised that everything stopped. The music stopped."
Everything on the stage fell on top of her and other people in the act. "There was no signal as to what was going on until about 30 minutes into it," she said.
Her boyfriend, an engineer officer on the vessel, told her that there was a blackout and the ship crashed into something.
"They told us there was a fire," she said.
Then another blackout occurred, and the ship went into darkness, she said. She put on her life vest in her cabin and about 15 minutes later, "the captain of the ship told us it was an electrical problem," she added. "We ran to our cabin and grabbed what we could," said Mrs Willits.
"There was very sketchy information, and they just said there was a generator problem. An alarm sounded but we didn't know that it meant that water was coming into the ship."
Reassured by a Tannoy announcement that it was "just a technical problem" and that there was nothing to fear, passengers largely stayed calm at least for those first 45 minutes.
It may not have helped, according to some witnesses, that many of the crew were from Asia, and didn't speak much Italian, English, French or German – the main languages spoken by the ship's passengers.
But there are suggestions that some crew members may have paid a terrible price; their quarters were in the lower of the 13 passenger decks, where divers are now searching.
In the fourth-deck restaurant, Fernando Tofanelli, a 38-year-old Italian studying English in London, said: "I was sitting down to dinner at around nine, when I suddenly heard a very loud noise and felt an enormous bang.
"At first I thought it was something mechanical with the engine, but after a few seconds we felt the ship starting to lean over from one side to the other. Plates and tables were flying all over the place and people were falling over as the tilting got worse. People were shouting and screaming and it was absolute chaos.
"At first the crew of the ship said it was nothing serious and they didn't do anything to begin emergency procedures."
Nobody, it seems, expected a state-of-the-art, £350 million cruise ship to encounter such a problem. Even with the ship listing – first one way and then the other – not all the passengers realised at this stage just how serious their predicament was.
But as the ship lurched, so the realisation of the seriousness of the situation began to dawn, especially among the crew.
Amelia Leon, 22, the cabaret singer from Birmingham, was in her cabin; she had been watching a DVD with her boyfriend.
"Suddenly the boat went on its side and we were like 'this is a bit strange'," said Miss Leon, a veteran of cruise ships despite her youth.
"Because it wasn't moving it was just tilting more to the side and suddenly the TV went flying to the floor and the lights went out and then I started to really panic. I was like 'Oh my god, what's going on?"
Miss Rincon talked of the moments immediately after the captain had sounded the order to abandon ship: "Then panic set in. The life rafts weren't opening. We had to let the passengers go first.
"The ship was going down. The water was rising. And I just thought there was only one thing to do – jump and swim – and there were mountains nearby that we could get to."
With the vessel listing severely she admits she was terrified.
"We were going higher and higher, and were in a vertical position. I was holding on to the railing. All we could [hear] was noise and creaks. It was very, very scary It was just chaos."
Many passengers had to be carried to the lifeboats. Some had fainted and others had injuries to their face or body.
Crew were left with a choice of jumping into the water and trying to swim ashore or waiting for a lifeboat, which Miss Rincon eventually did after all the passengers had left. "We were literally thrown into the boat," she said.
Miss Zhou, who had taken a sleeping pill, suddenly realised what was happening. "I looked out of the cabin and everyone was putting on life jackets – but nobody had told us," she said.
"We left straight away. I lost everything – my camera, computer, iPhone, jewellery, money. I just grabbed our bags and ran."
Out on the decks, panic and fear had inevitably spread. The announcement was made to abandon ship, signalled by horns blaring amid the darkness; the mad scramble had begun to get into lifeboats.
But by then – at about 10.30pm and an hour after the initial collision – vital time had already been lost. The ship was listing badly; water was flooding into the lower cabins and it was not easy to launch the lifeboats. Some passengers jumped into the sea. At least one is thought to have died that way, suffering a heart attack as he entered the cold water.
The evacuation was clearly easier on one side of the ship than the other. On the side now tilted closest to the sea, the boats could be lowered fairly easily. Some passengers and crew even jumped straight into the water and swam to shore.
But on the side now raised up toward the sky, many lifeboats appeared to have been rendered useless, unable to be lowered down into the water.
One witness described seeing a man in his 70s in a wheelchair struggling to get into one of the lifeboats. Many others – because by now the ship was leaning so steeply – could not be launched at all.
Women and children were supposed to go first, but fathers, desperate to be with their families, ignored the order. This was very much every man for himself.
Some passengers even fought with each other to get on to the boats.
"There was a lot of panic, screams, children crying," said Giuseppe D'Avino, a pastry chef from Modena. "Some passengers came to blows as they tried to get in the lifeboats."
Fabio Costa, a crewmate, who tried to bring order to the chaos, said: "We were giving priority to kids and women and trying to leave the men until last, but they were not accepting it because it was their families.
"So that is why there was a huge confusion. We were just trying to stop people getting stepped on."
As the vast ship listed, the Ananias family from Los Angeles were on their hands and knees, crawling along stairways and near-vertical hallways to get to the top deck.
"Have you seen Titanic? That's exactly what it was," said Valerie Ananias, 31, a schoolteacher who was travelling with her sister and parents.
"We were crawling up a hallway, in the dark, with only the light from the life vest strobe flashing," said her mother Georgia,
"We could hear plates and dishes crashing, people slamming against walls."
Tears welling up, she told how an Argentine couple handed their three-year-old daughter to her, unable to keep their balance as the ship lurched to the side and the Ananias family found themselves standing on a wall.
"He said 'Take my baby,'" Mrs Ananias said, covering her mouth in realisation of the horror.
"I grabbed the baby. But then I was being pushed down. I didn't want the baby to fall down the stairs. I gave the baby back. I couldn't hold her. I thought that was the end and I thought they should be with their baby."
Her daughter Valerie whispered: "I wonder where they are?"
Mr Tofanelli recounted: "After about an hour the ship finally sounded several blasts on the horn, and that was the signal to go to the lifeboats, but by now people were pushing each other to get out of the way, and some were leaping over the side into the sea.
"They didn't have enough lifeboats for all the passengers because some appeared to be underwater from the ship leaning over.
"Fortunately I was above the water line, but I could see it climbing higher and higher towards us. Some of the crew didn't seem to even know how to release the lifeboats or start the lifeboat engines once they were down on the water. The crewman in charge of our lifeboat was absolutely ashen-faced, he just didn't know what to do." Some of the lifeboats could only be launched by cutting through cables or smashing the fixings with a hammer.
"It took hours for people to get off the ship," said Mr Costa. "It was easier for people to jump in the sea because we were on the same level as the water so they just started to swim."
Agata Martisi, 40, and her husband Falici, 43, who had been celebrating their 22nd wedding anniversary, were left dangling in a lifeboat because the cable had become snagged.
"It was terrifying," said Mrs Martisi. "One of the cables of our lifeboat snagged and we were stuck there for 10 minutes before they managed to lower it.
"The boat made it to a nearby island where the local priest opened up the church for us and gave us all blankets to keep warm.
"It was absolutely traumatic. As the lifeboat was leaving the ship, we could see it leaning right over on its right-hand side. We can't have been very far from the coast when it began because we could see the lights quite nearby.
"Thank God I left my daughters at home. One of them is only seven. We've managed to speak to them and tell them we're all right. There was no help or apparent co-ordination from the crew. We felt as if we'd been abandoned."
The island, with a population of just 700, was soon overwhelmed.
Jim Yates, 64, a deputy sheriff from Louisiana, who was accompanied by his wife, Margaret, said: "One boat fell into the water after a cable that had got stuck was cut with a hatchet. It was panic. People were jumping into lifeboats even when they were full.
"It didn't seem to be a case of passengers first, the crew were just taking care of themselves. Basically the Costa people were taking care of the Costa people."
The evacuation took hours. By 3am, there were still as many as 100 people on board, largely crew.
Among them was Rose Metcalf, 24, from London, one of eight British women in the dance troupe.
"My name is Rose, it's Friday 13th and I'm one of the last survivors still on-board the sinking cruise liner off the coast of Italy," she wrote in what she may have thought were her last words on Facebook, the social networking site. "Pray for us to be rescued."
Miss Metcalf was one of the last people left aboard the Costa Concordia; she was eventually airlifted off by helicopter to a nearby naval base. Others had made their way to shore by swimming. They were freezing, many wearing evening wear, or nightclothes.
Miss Zhou, recovering from her ordeal, was yesterday as angry as she was relieved. "The ship's management lied to us," she said, "A lot of passengers are saying they want to sue. People died last night for nothing. If there had been more warning … but there was no safety drill, no alarm, no knock on the door.
"The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is coming up and we were talking about it before we came on the cruise.
"I told my sister 'Don't worry, this is the 21st century'. But the handling of this accident was as bad as on the Titanic. I just want to get home to New York."
Reporting team: Nick Squires in Porto Santo Stefano, Harriet Alexander, David Barrett, Josie Ensor, Claire Duffin and Melanie Mulhern in London


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Australian batsman Michael Clarke has scoffed at suggestions his team's mantle as the world's top cricketing nation is under threat after the retirement of players ranked among the all-time greats.
Opponents have been hoping that the loss of players such as Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist will spell the end of Australia's long dominance of world cricket but Clarke said such speculation was premature.
"I think Australia is playing as well as ever, and I think our squad is as good as it has ever been," Clarke told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"We have definitely lost a few great players in the last two years, but people come and go and the game stays the same," he added, in comments published Thursday.
Clarke, speaking ahead of Australia's tour of the West Indies, said both he and captain Ricky Ponting were excited at the prospect of a new crop of players stepping up and fulfilling their potential.
The 27-year-old, regarded as Ponting's natural successor, admitted he was left drained by the recent series with India, which was marred by allegations of racism and poor sportsmanship.
Clarke was one of the few Australians to reject big-money offers to play in an on-going Indian tournament, preferring instead to spend time with his fiancee and family, including father Les, who is battling Hodgkin's Disease.
"It was a big summer, a very competitive summer," he told the Herald.
"Just getting away from the game at that stage, getting away from the limelight, I really needed it.
"I love cricket, but at times it can feel like being stuck in a garage and I wanted to get back to that place where you are so keen to get back into it.
"And now I'm feeling great, I feel very fresh at the moment. It's great to be back with all the boys and I'm really enjoying some outdoor cricket training."
We're still the best - Michael Clarke
Australian batsman Michael Clarke has scoffed at suggestions his team's mantle as the world's top cricketing nation is under threat after the retirement of players ranked among the all-time greats.


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One of the characters in the series I'm reading asked this question, and I've been pondering it for the past week. I've almost concluded that the answer is "No". Although it may differ slightly depending on personality types/temperaments.
Speaking as a rather sanguine individual, I do not think my heart could truly desire what my eye does not admire. I tend to be very external, I love beauty in the grand sense. Interior decorating was a natural profession choice as I am naturally drawn to beautiful things to an extent that I don't think the average person "suffers from" ;). My jaw drops at the ornateness of Baroque wall furnishings, the delicate curve of a Queen Anne chair, and my fingers tingle at the touch of a well woven and patterned fabric on an old antique rocker. If I didn't have this appreciation for decor, would my heart and mind seek external beauty in the decor realm? No. Which also makes me question whether I would seek Catholic art? Probably not. So would I seek the beauty and truth that the inside of my own parish church reflects? I doubt it, or at least I doubt as to how strongly. That's not to say that my faith stems from interior decorating. Not at all. But rather, I was given the help of the external appreciation of beauty to aid me in seeking for Our Lord. The eye catches what the heart should seek. So in my case, I think no, the heart cannot desire what the eye does not admire.
Someone of a more internal personality then myself may not be affected the same way from external things. Their heart may know instinctively what to strive for without their eye first having to admire it, or their senses first having to draw them in. I imagine not everyone is the same. But could you overlook completely what the eye sees? You would not, for instance, desire to go into a decrepit shack, where you could instead go into a prettily pristine one right beside it, would you?
Of course there is also the truth that we live on faith, and desire God without having seen Him. But we have external beauty that leads us to Him, we do not solely desire Him without knowing even a glimpse of beauty. So for even internal temperaments, does the heart desire what the eye does not admire, truly?
Maybe I should continue pondering this… I don't think my answer is as concrete as I thought… although I lean towards the answering being "No".
Thoughts and comments welcome on this one.


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Brooklyn DA Charles "Joe" Hynes really needs to win re-election next month — because his second career as a writer is actually costing him money!
Hynes, author of the 2007 murder mystery "Triple Homicide," has reported $6,430 in losses promoting his debut novel over the past five years, according to tax returns he filed with the IRS and disclosed to The Post.
Sales of the book generated just $1,051 in income, compared to $7,481 the veteran lawman spent on advertising and marketing, the records show.
Meanwhile, rival Ken Thompson — who has raked in big bucks representing plaintiffs including the hotel maid who sued former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault — has yet to release his returns.
A Thompson spokesman said last week that the records would be made available "in the coming days" but failed to produce any copies by Sunday.
Hynes' spokesman Jerry Schmetterer blasted Thompson's foot-dragging, calling the tax returns "another thing that Ken Thompson is hiding, like who is running his campaign" — in reference to the alleged role of corrupt ex-pol Clarence Norman in Thompson's election efforts.
"Joe Hynes has run the most transparent DA's office in the state," Schmetterer said. "How can someone who wants to be the chief law-enforcement officer of Brooklyn not be forthcoming about his personal finances? It's unacceptable."
Thompson spokesman James Freedland shot back: "While Democratic primary winner Ken Thompson will release his tax returns in the coming days, Republican Joe Hynes fought tooth-and-nail not to release innocent men he sent to prison for decades for crimes they didn't commit."
Hynes' tax returns show that between 2008 and 2012, he and wife Patricia reported combined annual income ranging from $255,188 to $262,513.
The bulk of the dough came from his $174,000-a-year salary as DA, along with part-time teaching gigs at Brooklyn, Fordham and St. John's law schools.
For 2012, they reported paying $81,681 in federal, state, city and other taxes on $261,014 in income.
Schmetterer said earlier returns for 2006 and 2007 show that Hynes was paid $15,000 to write "Triple Homicide" but that he spent $13,705 on marketing and research.


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Great article and something we should all remember.
I've recently been reminded of that all-powerful law of the internet which is: nothing gets deleted.
Even if you delete something you've written, someone somewhere has probably made a copy of it, or commented on it, or referenced it somewhere else. Trust me, it's still out there.
And don't even get me started about backup and cached copies. Information lives on.
In some ways this can work to your benefit. You have proof that you were on one side of an argument, or that you came up with an idea first (thanks to time stamps), but (and that should really be a large "BUT") here's where it can bite you in the butt – the internet is not the place to take your petty arguments and your insecurities.
Especially if you are trying to establish a writer's platform.
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Association Executives Welcome to AE Talk
Welcome to AE Talk. We are the resource for Association Executives of Real Estate Associations. This blog is powered by a partnership between RealTown and RE Altitude. We invite you to explore this site and maximize the value that you can bring to your association.
Lead Generation in Real Estate
Many real estate agents are all about the leads. They ask questions like: Where can I get leads? How can I get more leads? And why don't my leads convert? But leads are only a small part of building a relationship with a client. Saul Klein and John Reilly spend some time examining the concept of leads and how to best consider this controversial topic.
Hiring Attorneys
You may love them, you may hate them, you may even be one! But attorneys perform a critical role in the real estate industry. Do you need one and if so when? Saul Klein and John Reilly (who knows a thing or two about lawyers) spend some time examing this interesting topic.
Presenting Offers
Presenting an offer is an exciting proposition for even the most seasoned industry professional. But this is also a delicate time fraught with pitfalls and confusion. Industry experts Saul Klein and John Reilly take a couple of minutes to hit the highlights of important parts to consider when navigating this critical detail of the real estate transaction.
Multiple Jobs in Real Estate
We've often heard the mantra proclaimed by Saul, "Work for free, work for free, work for free, work for free, get paid." It's the call of the real estate agent and it's true even today. Saul Klein and John Reilly spend some time discussing the idea of working multiple jobs while making your way in the real estate trade.
Opt In vs. Opt Out in Real Estate
Are you in or are you out? Did you know that data from the MLS is regularly harvested and utilized for all kinds of purposes? Did you authorize this? Maybe you did and you don't even know it! Make sure you understand the difference between opting in and opting out when it comes to the use of data in the MLS.
Managing Security Deposits
You've rented a property and collected a security deposit. Now what? There are lots of in and outs when it comes to managing a security deposit. Here Saul and John discuss the evolution of this concept and how managing this kind of situation can be tricky.
Real Estate Commissions
It's the most taboo topic in real estate. Even watching this video could land you in prison! But wait... Maybe somewhere along the way real estate agents got confused about what they really can and can't say about commissions. Saul Klien and John Reilly take some time to discuss this interesting topic and uncover some of the misconceptions about commissions in real estate.
Organized Real Estate
Technology companies often make the mistake of developing products for the real estate professional without understanding the many ins and outs of working with the technology that runs real estate and the associations that control that technology. Long-time real estate expert Saul Klein dives deep in this video to explore the world real estate tech development and what issues must be considered before diving into real estate tech.
Seller Representation Among Real Estate Agents
In real estate everybody represents the seller, right? Not so fast, this idea that was once a foundational part of the real estate business changed some time ago. Saul Klein and John Reilly take some time to examine the elements behind who can really represent the seller in real estate.
Facilitate and Communicate
Communication Plan for Associations - What's Your Plan of Action? - In our decades of working for and with real estate associations across the United States, we've found the most common complaint coming from association staff and membership is regarding executive directed, organization-wide communication.
Communicating effectively at all levels of the organization seems to be a challenge for many associations. Great communication requires the creation of a communication plan and commitment to its implementation.
We've encountered this exact issue so often we've developed a communication implementation plan. Use these guidelines for enacting a new communication plan for your association. Or review these guidelines to ensure your current communication plan is robust and thorough.
Communication Plans Require the Following Considerations
ONE. Identifying the different channels of communication at your association. Some examples could include:
- Leadership to Staff
- Staff to Leadership
- Staff to Staff
- Staff to Member
- Member to Staff
- Member to Member
- Association to Public
- Committee Chairs to Committee Members
- Committee Chairs to Committee Chairs
- Committee Chairs to BOD
TWO. Identify benefits derived from effective communications and which of those benefits you wish to experience.
- Cost Savings
- More Participation
- Greater Understanding of the Workings of the Association by Everyone (Members, Staff, Public, etc.)
THREE. Identify current communication means used by your association and other tools you are not using.
- Meetings
- Magazine
- Newsletter
- Telephone
- Website
- Autoresponders
- Social Media - Facebook/Twitter/RealTown Communities
FOUR. Identify sources of content to communicate besides the "as needed" communications.
- Minutes
- Agendas
- Calendars
- Magazines
- Schedules
- REALTOR.org
FIVE. Decide which communication tools will be employed for each communication channel.
SIX. Determine the frequency of current communications down the channels identified.
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Annually
- President to Board of Directors - Monthly by Meeting and Weekly by E-mail, Supplemented by Website
- Committee Chairs to Committees - Monthly by Meeting, Weekly by E-mail
SEVEN. Determine person responsible for ensuring the implementation of the communication plan.
EIGHT. Monitor results.
If you feel you need better communications at your association, what are you doing differently to accomplish your desired results?
We've heard insanity defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I think Albert Einstein said this, or maybe it was Ben Franklin, actually, it's probably a Chinese Proverb. But getting serious about communicating with your membership and the other people within your association is no laughing matter.
Too often Association Executives delegate communication plans to others, rubber stamp the entire process, or leave out disciplined communication entirely. But building, implementing and monitoring an organization-wide communication plan is one of the most important tasks an AE can endeavor.
What's your experience with communication within your organization? How did you overcome obstacles set in your path to deliver a great communication plan? We'd love to hear from you!
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Triodos Groenfonds (Triodos Green Fund) has participated in a syndicated loan arranged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the first wind power plant in Georgia and the Caucasus region. It is the first renewable energy project of Triodos Groenfonds in the ECCA region (Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia).
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The wind farm will have a total installed capacity of 20.7 MW and an expected annual electricity output of 85 GWh. It will foster low carbon generation and contribute to Georgia's energy demand, especially during the winter. As the first wind farm in Georgia, it is expected to act as a model for other investments in this sector and support the diversification of the country's energy resources.
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KCKCC's mission is to provide higher education and lifelong learning to the varied communities, primarily in its service area of Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties.
In addition to the more than 100 degrees and certificates the college offers, KCKCC is a part of dozens of transfer and articulation agreements that make transferring to a four-year college/university easier than ever.
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KCKCC offers affordable education to students throughout the Kansas City area. In addition, there are a variety of funding sources to assist students including financial aid and scholarships.
KCKCC offers small class sizes with faculty that are willing to spend the time to help students succeed. Looking for a more technical career? Look at the programs offered at KCKCC-TEC!
Students, faculty and staff can show their support of the Blue Devils through the Blue Crew. Members of the Blue Crew are eligible for free events and entered into giveaways.
KCKCC offers many opportunities to help business owners get the necessary training they need to be successful.
Ewa Unoke, Ph.D., is the founding editor of the KCKCC Electronic Journal. As Head of the Political Science/Pre-Law Programs in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Ewa is currently the Director of the Henry Louis Center for Global Transitional Justice and Founder of two forward-looking student clubs - Students for Global Peace and Ralph Bunche Society.
Professor Unoke, a former child-soldier with the Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighters, BOFF, obtained a doctorate in Political Science from Howard University, Washington D.C.; M.Sc. from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; and B. Sc. (Honors) from the University of Liberia, Monrovia. He specializes in International Relations and Comparative Politics (transitional justice) with Africa as regional area concentration.
Professor Unoke, a Patricia Harris Fellow and UNCTAD-Ake Lindberg scholar was also honored as the 1992 Best Political Reporter of the Year, by the Enugu State Chapter of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Prof. Unoke, formerly the Political Editor of the Daily Star, Editor-in-Chief of The Flame Newspaper is a kamenuist. Kamenu, an African social teaching is the ancient path to truth, justice and freedom. As a kamenuist and transitional justice advocate, Dr. Unoke is a motivational speaker and author of many books including: Citizen Power: American Government for Ignorant Citizens 2018; Dear God, Never Again: Memoir of a Different Child Soldier, 2015; Africa in a World of Mendacity: Understanding the African Condition and Why Political Paranoids can be Prosecuted (2008); Ever Bold to Battle Wrong: Black Liberation Pedagogy and Reflections on American Transitional Justice (2006); Drumbeats of Destiny (1997); The Untold Story of the Liberian War (1993).
Ewa Unoke currently serves on the Governing Board of the Providence Medical Center; Member, Kansas State Advisory Committee U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Ewa was also appointed a Reader in American Government by the Advanced Placement and Examination Testing Services, (AP/ETS) based in New Jersey, USA.
The e-journal is another milestone in exploring a scholarly community at the KCKCC. As a sequel, therefore, our editorial philosophy speaks to the spirit of community building, as a vision for the 21st century.
Our core value of making life better positions our great journal as a pacesetter in learning and teaching. As used in this e-journal, the term community is defined not only as a locality to be served, but also as a climate to be created and nurtured.
According to the report of the Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, the network of community, technical and junior colleges have become the largest single sector of higher education in the United States today. The central mission of these colleges is uniquely that of building communities, hence the urgent need for educators and employers to remain actively engaged in scholarly research and writing for the promotion of community vitality and spirit.
In establishing the e-journal, the KCKCC reaffirms its commitment to community spirit through educational excellence. E-Journals have become indispensable tools in shaping knowledge and ideas in the 21st century. "Community colleges have an urgent obligation to keep students informed about people and cultures other than their own," according to the Commission's report. Consequently, the exchange of scholarly ideas and knowledge must not only be local and national, but also international. In a post-9-11 world order, parochialism is not an option, hence, the import and timeliness of the KCKCC e-Journal.
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Editorials in the form of commentaries or literature or exhibition reviews. Final decision on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.
Editorial feedback from reviewers and other comments from the editorial board or the editor will help to guide the author in the publication process.
Wherever possible a "blind review" process will be used (i.e. the author's name will be deleted from the manuscript when circulated for review) to internal and/or external reviewers.
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No, agency Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, built the building for Philip Morris USA.
Really? Well, sort of ...
While neither Burnett nor Philip Morris last week would discuss in detail the techniques used, citing the "mystique" of the ad, the truth is there was little in the way of high-tech magic.
Burnett actually built a seven-story facade in Los Angeles, then lifted models up to desks, strapping them in with seat belts.
The building, shot by English photographer Duncan Sim, is part of a new campaign aimed at giving Benson & Hedges a distinctive image that's lighthearted in the vein of the classic campaign featuring people having odd problems with a 100-millimeter cigarette. The new campaign breaking in May magazines uses the theme "The length you go to for pleasure."


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One of Billy Wilder's last films is a story of Sherlock Holmes that could not be told until many, many years after his death. And in this film we find out why the story had to be kept secret so many years after the death of the author of Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. May both Holmes and Doyle rest in peace. OK, have I convinced you that Holmes was a real person?
I've watched this "unwatchable" movie at least 50 times. On my Top 10 All-Time Favorite Movies list, this comes in at #4. No, it's not a wacky comedy, and it's not a traditional Sherlock Holmes mystery. It's a look at the man behind the magnifying glass and under the deerstalker cap (or whatever it's called). Billy Wilder originally intended this as a 3-hour roadshow movie, but unfortunately MGM chopped it down to 2 hours so some of it is a little erratic. Still, a very moving, funny movie. I always tear up at the final scene.
I was hoping for something entertaining, intriguing, captivating. Instead I got about 45 minutes of nap time and wondered why on Earth did Billy Wilder think this was a movie worth writing and producing and directing. The film opens with a famous Russian ballerina offering Holmes a Stradivarius violin if he would be willing to sexually impregnate her because she wants a child with a proved genius for a father. Holmes begs out by telling her that he and Doctor Watson are engaged in a homosexual relationship and that women are not his 'cup of tea'. When Watson finds out what Holmes has said he is beside himself. This is not comedy. I hoped the film was going to improve its' entertainment but, alas, this didn't happen. Unwatchable!
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Crazybulk Reviews Give An Idea On What The Users Feel
The online resources comprises best of the stores where you can buy some of the steroids. There are amazing body building steroids which are used by the people who workout in gym and those who are athletes. If you want to find one of the supplements for yourself, then you need to make use of these online resources to know which one is the best supplement for you. You have to be very careful as there are many of them who sell either duplicate products or they sell those steroids which are banned.
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Mostly people are not aware of the wide range of supplements that are available in the market. Because of improper knowledge and misguidance they end up buying low quality supplements and those supplements which are harmful to the health of the person. When a person buys a steroid for themselves, they do not even bother to get an idea of the composition of the supplement. How many of you have an idea of what is the composition found in the supplement. You would find very few who take initiatives to find out in detail about these various aspects.
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THANK God the snow has finally left us. I thought it was never going to go.
The worst thing about the cold snap was the behaviour of so many supposed 'grown ups'.
There is something decidedly weird about adults getting giddy about a bit of frozen rain.
Snow is nothing but a nuisance.
If you are over the age of 18 and you get excited by the prospect of snow, here's my advice - grow up!


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First, a simple one: you can drag a file or folder from Explorer to the CMD window. The path to that file/folder will appear as text which you can use in a command. Pretty spiffy. Second, short-cuts to the Run command in the start menu. 1) You can drag-drop the run command straight to your quick-launch…
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One more…Ray seems to like Longhorn
Ray Ozzie has an interesting perspective on Longhorn storage: moving to a common store may have the same benefits of using common protocols on the Internet. I hope so!
The Beginning of the End of the Internet?
I'm finally caught up with all of the stuff I wanted to blog. On a sad note, an interesting question: Is the Internet Dying?
The Many Paradoxes of Broadband
A great article about the technology and politics behind broadband. Our friend Professor Lessig just wrote a related article for Wired. Both are good reads.
Glass in IE6?!?
Those of you lucky enough to attend the PDC keynote this year saw the cool glass effects we're working on for Longhorn. Well, you don't have to wait for Longhorn to get glass on your desktop. You can do it with IE right now! http://w3future.com/2003/glass/glass.html The author claims the use of nothing but "HTML, CSS…
Doing Templates before Whidbey comes out
I like using templates for sites. Sadly, there won't be support in ASP.NET until the next release. Thankfully Paul Sheriff has a work around: Simulating include Files with ASP.NET Server Controls
The Distributed Library Project
How many books do you have that you haven't touched in the last [insert double-digit number] months? Exactly! These clever kids have implemented an idea I was toying with last year: a distributed library. The name for their project: Distributed Library Project [I said they were clever]. There are many sites set up around cities….
Hey, Don't knock Iowa
I grew up in Iowa [close to Okoboji]. I've done my share of knocking my home state, how I'd never live there, etc. Well it turns out that Fast Company disagrees. It turns out that Des Moines, IA [the state capitol] is the best place to work in the US. I never would have guessed…until…
The Law of Leaky Abstractions
In one part of his Artima interviews, Anders Hejlsberg discusses the notion of simplexity. I've started using this word a lot as I find it applies to a great deal of my work. Amar, my esteemed GPM, pointed me to another article by Joel Spolsky on 'The Law of Leaky Abstractions'. Very related. Very interesting.
More with Anders Hejlsberg
Part 5 of the interview I posted earlier. This one talks "about DLL hell and interface contracts, strong names, and the importance of interoperability." http://www.artima.com/intv/interop.html


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Friday Would Not Be Complete Without These 12 Awesome Reaction GIFs
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How I feel when I try hanging out with the cool kids
When I look at my bank account in the middle of the month…
When I saw on facebook that a girl I slept with a year ago is heavily pregnant.
When I beat someone at a game they were telling me I was bad at
After eating mostly bbq for 3 days in a row
When my finals end before everyone else's.
When somebody who shouldn't be wearing yoga pants wears yoga pants.
When I looked at my semester grades that were posted today
Whenever I try to play my little brother at video games
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Bonnie August, who pioneered a new way of dressing for women with her bodywear collections based on the leotard and tights basic to ballet garb, died Saturday of ovarian cancer in New York City. She was 56.
August perfected the "disco" look with a stretchy unitard, a one-piece bodysuit, worn with a flowing wraparound skirt, which became a fashion uniform of the late-1970s disco era. She was among the first to apply bright color patterns and prints to the exercise clothing that dancers and other fitness buffs wore to classes. Earlier, black had been the dominant color.
As a designer for Danskin from 1975 to 1983, August helped move a full range of bodywear styles out of dance and exercise rooms onto city streets. Stirrup tights, leggings, tunics and cropped tops became part of many women's weekend and after-work wardrobe.
Recalling the start of the trend, August credited the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever," which captured the disco scene. "I was one of the first to create a multipurpose leotard that could go from the dance studio to the street," she later said.