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TV Knows What You Want -- More Shows on Psychics; Buscemi's Budget Movie
TV psychics used to populate the late-night hours, offering a glimpse of the future for $2.99 a minute. Now, they're taking over prime time.
On Wednesday, the cable channel Sci Fi will debut "Psychic at Large," a new reality series in which the "spiritual intuitive" Char Margolis drives around the Los Angeles area, delivering her insights to people she hasn't met before. Her revelations reduce many of them to tears -- including a nudist (interviewed nude), a police officer (in uniform), and the wife of Burt...

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Dead & Company returning to SPAC
The first announcement for a 2017 SPAC pop show is out: Dead & Company is set to return to SPAC June 20. Tickets go on sale December 9 -- they're $40 for the lawn, $75.50 and up for the pavilion. (There's also a limited number of lawn four-packs for $99.)
Dead & Company features Grateful Dead members Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Bob Weir -- plus John Mayer, with bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. It's the same lineup that's been with the group when it's made stops here in 2015 (TU Center) and 2016 (SPAC).
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BumblebeeDecember 21, 2018
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
VenomOctober 5, 2018
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
The NunSeptember 7, 2018
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in "The Conjuring 2" as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
Solo: A Star Wars StoryMay 25, 2018
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
Ocean's EightJune 8, 2018
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemNovember 18, 2016
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
CreedNovember 25, 2015
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Kong: Skull IslandMarch 10, 2017
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryDecember 16, 2016
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
PrometheusJune 8, 2012
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
The Lego Batman MovieFebruary 10, 2017
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made "The Lego Movie" a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
Annabelle: CreationAugust 11, 2017
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
AnnabelleOctober 3, 2014
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.
ElektraJanuary 14, 2005
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
American Pie Presents: Band CampDecember 30, 2005
The original American Pie characters have moved on, except for Sherman and Jim Levenstein's still understanding dad. Steve Stifler's little brother Matt wants to join his brother's business (the hit it big Girls Gone Wild) and after everything Matt has heard from Jim's band-geek wife Michelle, he plans to go back to band camp and make a video of his own: Bandies Gone Wild!
Sharpay's Fabulous AdventureApril 19, 2011
After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag. But theatre's a dog-eat-dog world. Fortunately, Sharpay also meets Peyton, a handsome student filmmaker who finds Sharpay nearly as fascinating as she finds herself.
Yoga HosersSeptember 2, 2016
Two teenage yoga enthusiasts team up with a legendary man-hunter to battle with an ancient evil presence that is threatening their major party plans.
Batman: Assault on ArkhamAugust 12, 2014
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad.
Madly MadagascarJanuary 29, 2013
Your favorite Madagascar pals are back in an all-new adventure! Alex's favorite holiday, Valentine's Day, brings hilarious surprises and excitement for the entire gang. Melman plans a big surprise for Gloria, Marty tries to impress a new friend and everyone wants to get their hands on King Julien's love potion. You'll fall in LOVE with Madly Madagascar!
Daphne & VelmaApril 29, 2018
Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online - until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma's school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school's benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear - only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.


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Zombie Whisperer by Caterina Torres | Review
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Awesome review, Kendra. So excited to see more people loving this book with me. :DReplyDelete
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Randy Attwood of Getting Attwood Published checking in on the blogfest. Confession time: I tend to watch Zombie movies, but have not read Zombie books. When I checked Amazon not long about found there were like 14,000 books with Zombie in the title. When I mentioned that to someone they noted. They may be the Westerns of our day. Indeed.ReplyDelete
@Kela: YESSS! I was shocked by how much I loved this!ReplyDelete
@Cat: I'm glad to be of service. (: Your suspense is just magical. Makes me want to skip funerals. ...Yeah, that sounds really mean. But it actually happened while I was reading it. SO.
@Randy: They might be the Westerns of our day... This was my exposition to the zombie hype, and it was fantastic! But gosh, 14,000 titles with 'zombie' in them... o.O
This is a great review! I want to read this book now.... :DReplyDelete
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With growing financial pressures on academies, the view that they should seek to achieve procurement efficiencies and value for money is becoming increasingly prevalent. As academies are spending public money, the Academies Financial Handbook imposes a requirement on each academy to ensure that public funds are used openly and fairly. This can be demonstrated through good procurement practice that effectively achieves the best value for every penny spent.
1. How can our academy demonstrate good procurement practice?
The key questions to ask are:
- What are we buying?
- How much do we pay for it?
- Can we get greater value for money elsewhere?
If the last question creates uncertainty, the first step towards achieving greater procurement efficiency is to make every effort to save money. It is just as important to compare or benchmark prices for your academy as it is for insurance and holidays. Shopping around for the best prices for products and services will save your academy a large amount of money and is more cost effective than continuing to purchase from familiar providers on a rolling contract basis. It is important to remember that value for money is not always about finding the lowest price. It is about getting the right balance between quality and cost.
2. How do we identify where savings can be made?
As an academy is responsible for its own financial management it is vital to keep detailed records of its deals and contracts. When an academy understands its finances it makes it easier to identify where potential savings can be made. Interestingly, although academies and schools spend most of their budget on teaching staff, according to DfE statistics they collectively spend approximately £9.2bn on other areas including energy, catering and back office.
For example, could your academy:
- Hire equipment? This will remove the need to make a purchase. Have an understanding of how long your academy will need to use the equipment and whether it will be more financially beneficial to hire for a period of time.
- Collaborate with other academies to share resources and/or increase your buying power? When a maintained school converts to an academy, it no longer benefits from local authority guidance on matters such as procurement and collaboration. Similarly to maintained schools, academies could and potentially should try to collaborate with other academies wherever possible. What if like-minded academies agree to approach the same energy provider, for example, and guarantee that a number of them will sign up to the provider's services if it lowers its costs?
- Benchmark its performance against other academies? This will enable you to identify significant differences in the way academies manage their resources. Through comparison with other academies' spending, you can determine whether there is scope for reducing costs, improving efficiency or identifying the potential scope for savings.
- Particularly if you are a member of a multi academy trust, consider creating a Procurement Board if you have not done so already. This Board could meet regularly and implement a centralised procurement strategy to ensure that academies within the trust have the highest standard facilities and services for the best value the market has to offer.
- Consider "buying green". Your academy can become more sustainable by buying green office supplies, for example. Putting emphasis on waste minimisation and consuming sustainably could save your academy a small fortune.
3. How do we take our purchasing strategy forward?
There are several avenues to explore in order to achieve greater value for money and demonstrate that public money has been used with integrity.


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In the annals of great sitcoms that might have been, consider this one: not long after the comedians Richard Lewis and Richard Belzer met at Catch a Rising Star in New York in the early 1970s, they began writing a pilot for a television show in which they would star.
It was about two brothers who had the same first name, Richard — "because the parents were so neurotic," Mr. Belzer recalled during a joint interview on Monday — and whose daffy uncle, to be played by Carl Reiner, ran a nursing home for retired entertainers.
"We never pitched it," Mr. Lewis said.
"We weren't famous," Mr. Belzer added. "If we pitched it now we could probably do it." Said Mr. Lewis, "We're a little old now."
Even for someone who still remembers the breakout appearances by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Belzer on "Late Night With David Letterman" or Howard Stern's radio program, it can come as a jolt to learn that the two comedians are in their early 60s, and have each logged nearly four decades in show business.
That collective experience will be on display this Saturday night, when the two Richards are scheduled to perform on a rare double bill at Town Hall in Midtown.Continue reading the main story
Though there is little overlap within their material — Mr. Lewis, 61, still agonizes about relationships and his therapist; Mr. Belzer, 64, can be more of an insult comic in the vein of Don Rickles or Groucho Marx — the close friends have much in common. Both have created memorable roles on prime-time television: Mr. Lewis on the sitcom "Anything but Love," and, more recently, on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and Mr. Belzer as Detective John Munch on "Homicide: Life on the Street," and, since 1999, on "Law & Order: SVU."
More important, each also represents a living bridge between comedy's borscht belt past and Web-tethered present, and has maintained strong friendships with mentors like Jerry Lewis and Mr. Reiner (Mr. Belzer) and Jonathan Winters (Mr. Lewis).
But over a late lunch on Monday at J G Melon on the Upper East Side, Mr. Lewis expressed little confidence that their interviewer would be able to put their careers in the proper perspective.
"Of course," he said, "you'll condense all that to, 'He was a Jew, and he wore a black suit.' "
Both, in fact, are Jews, and they still wear all-black, though, in a reflection of their hard-won success, each favors Armani these days, with Mr. Belzer accenting his trademark sunglasses on this particular afternoon with a Nehru jacket. Both are also authors. Mr. Belzer's novel, "I Am Not a Cop!" (written with Michael Black), was published last year by Simon & Schuster; Mr. Lewis's memoir, "The Other Great Depression," was recently reissued by PublicAffairs, with a new afterword.
All of which prompts a question: having long ago replaced painful upbringings and protracted waits for success with financial stability and happiness in marriage (Mr. Belzer has been married more than two decades; Mr. Lewis for four years), is it harder to be funny?
Or, as Mr. Belzer put it, "What am I going to do, go onstage and say, 'My wife is so beautiful that ...?' "
This would seem a particular occupational hazard for Mr. Lewis, who became a fixture on Mr. Letterman's NBC and CBS talk shows by lamenting how various girlfriends (and therapists) had dumped him.
"I'll speak for me," Mr. Lewis said, "though it's hard for me to speak for myself, because I don't know who I am."
"The truth of the matter is," Mr. Lewis continued, "once you get onstage, there's still that darkness, that cloak of dysfunction, those past abuses."
Of his wife, Joyce, whom he met at a record party for Ringo Starr, Mr. Lewis said: "I keep thinking the rug is going to be pulled out from under me. I still think this is a practical joke and she has a million affairs and is married to someone in Italy. She keeps saying no, but I haven't seen her in a few days."
The seeds for Saturday's performance were sown at an appearance by Mr. Lewis about a year ago at the club Comix in Manhattan. Mr. Belzer, whose stand-up work the last two decades has been more intermittent than Mr. Lewis's, was in attendance.
"I saw him onstage," Mr. Belzer recalled, "and I said: 'What am I doing? I've got to get back out there.' It was really inspirational."
Said Mr. Lewis: "Then we started to talk, and it was like, let's do it together."
It didn't take long for Mr. Lewis, who is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, to realize how much life had changed since their days together at Catch a Rising Star. One of a handful of shows they did as a lead-up to their New York appearance this week was at Harrah's casino in Lake Tahoe, Nev. After the show Mr. Lewis called Mr. Belzer in his hotel room.
"It was 10 o'clock," Mr. Lewis said. "Back in '71 or '72, we'd just be waking up, or going on. I wanted to see him after the show, but it was almost as if he had his pajamas on. He was like" — and here Mr. Lewis's voice turns gruff and faint — " 'I don't know, maybe I'll watch the Weather Channel and go to sleep.' In my mind, I saw him with a stocking cap on and little teddy-bear pajamas. I said, 'This is not the Belz of '72.' "
On Saturday each will do his own act, and Mr. Belzer will probably open. As of Monday's interview, though, they had not resolved how much to appear together onstage, if at all.
Mr. Belzer: "I think maybe we should come out and take a bow."
Mr. Lewis: "I don't know. It depends what my pressure is."
Mr. Belzer: "Here's what I think we should do, though maybe for the next time."
Mr. Lewis (interjecting): "Do we have to plan our show in front of the writer?"
Mr. Belzer (oblivious): "We do a Q. and A."
Mr. Lewis: "What do you mean, we do a bookstore in Vermont?"
Mr. Belzer: "No, we do a Q. and A. at the end. Jerry Lewis does that."
Mr. Lewis: "I like to grab the microphone, make them forget their lives and go home."
Mr. Belzer: "He's right, never mind, I understand."
Mr. Lewis (not letting it go): "A Q. and A.? Why don't we do some oil painting after we come out for an encore."
Mr. Belzer: "See how he treats me."Continue reading the main story


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I've been doing so much haul lately, but I was so lazy bird to make a post about it. But now, i feel like to do one! So lets digging into it.
when i was in Malaysia past Raya holiday, last month, these are a few items that I managed to grab at Aman Central.
shall we start with the pink vintage box and the white plastic box. I was planning to put the box on my table just as a decoration plus I can throw everything I want inside it but it still do look tidy. But currently, it is still empty and feel a bit regret of why do I bought it. I just don't need it really, but I will absolutely find a way to use it one day.
moving on to the make up remover wet tissue. I've been eyeing this type of make up remover since I used it during event[BEAUTY BOUND ASIA] last year. We have hackathon at that time as we need to remove our make up and then apply it back in a given time. It was the make remover wet tissue from SIMPLE. And it did the amazing by removing all my eyeliner,eyeshadow clean and clear. I was amazed and planning to get one, but took me a year to get it. Plus I am not getting from brand SIMPLE, i bought wet make up remover tissue from SASA. Will review it later insyallah
I was actually been eyeing the blushed nude palette from Maybelline too. I was contemplating to get NAKED 3 or this Blushed Nude. Of course Blushed Nude is 3 times cheaper than NAKED 3 palette so no need to think anymore right! But the consistency will be different of course. Anyway, I was soooo tempted to get the palette after swatching it on my hand, so yeah!
Next, eyelashes! I am not a person who really wear eyelashes. I feel quite my eyes quite heavy and uncomfortable but I still want to give it a try it out because our eyes will pop out once you put eyelashes on. I'm jealous with those who has the spidery long lashes,.
Contact lenses! Gosh, i didn't know how many contact lenses already i have. But to be honest, all contact lenses I have, usually I will only wear it one time while the expired period is 1 month/3 month. And then the contact lenses will harden and I threw it. I know it was Such a waste!! But I really afraid of getting any eyes infection that's why I rarely wear contact. However, this time, I want to get serious, taking care of the hygiene and really want to wear it more often, insyallah.
I bought 3 colors, baby aqua, brown and emarald green.
and then I also grab a few other things from Daiso apart from the boxes above. I grabbed very random things like cute black kitty phone holder and the earphone rolls.they've been useful so far. So that's great!
That's all for the haul!


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Sometimes, when you need to make a change, you're the last person to know. Friends and family might drift away unless you change your ways. The quality of your personal life begins through self improvement, but how can you address this? Follow the information you are shown here, and make a start on the path you seek.
Don't put off making decisions, as this could deny you opportunities. You should not fear making decisions even if you do not feel as sure about it as you would like to be. Your good instincts will develop through your successful decisions. Even when you make a bad decision, you can learn valuable lessons from your experience. Wrong choices ensure that new choices will be better ones.
Use your time efficiently so you can get more done in a shorter amount of time. Some say there is a trick that involves taking frequent breaks throughout the work day. This may seem wrong, but the truth is that more breaks give you a chance to relax and recharge yourself; when you return the work at hand, you can be more focused and get many things accomplished.
Building a better you starts with building leadership tendencies. The best definition for leadership is "influence". Review your total experiences as a leader. What are the specific incidences that made the biggest influence in your life? How did the events that took place have an effect on you? What are your qualities that make you shine in a team environment? Thinking deeply about these issues can bring awareness of the level of your leadership and team member skills.
You need to know what your beliefs are in order to make a personal development plan. These are the areas that will have greater impact on your development instead of conflicting value areas. Instead, take your energy and time and focus them on things that are aligned with your values. Changes to your life, in the personal or professional spheres, will be easier to make permanent when they reflect your ideals.
Self improvement can be a difficult and laborious process, but it's worth every second. However, if you stay focused and surround yourself with a reliable support system, you can achieve your self improvement goals, and learn many important lessons along the way. Let this article inspire you to take that first, crucial step toward self betterment.


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Extra long drum roll please! Finally, the agenda/program for the Food and Wine Blogger Indaba 2012 is in a fit state to release to the public. This is a moment that I have been working towards for weeks and it gives me the greatest pleasure to give this (almost finalized) draft to you. I still have a couple of confirmations to come in and then I will finalize it. But in general this is what the day will look like……
|08h00 – 08h30
|Registration, tea and coffee
|08h30 – 08h40
|Welcome and introduction
|Paul Raphaely (NOMU)
|08h40 – 09h15
|Ethics, etiquette and why we blog
|Jeanne Horak-Druiff (Cooksister)
|09h15 – 09h50
|Web design and web usability
|Ricky van der Walt (Webshift)
|10h00 – 10h25
|Monetising your blog
|Alida Ryder (Simply Delicious)
|10h25 – 10h35
|Yuppiechef blogger presentation
|Paul Galatis (Yuppiechef)
|10h35 – 11h00
|11h00 – 11h30
|Building your blog brand with social media
|Linda Harding (Squashed Tomato)
|11h30 – 12h00
|Writing for the Web
|Carine Visagie (Fresh Living)
|12h00 – 12h30
|Pinterest for bloggers
|John Gardner (Fresh Living)
|12h30 – 12h35
|Instructions for afternoon workshops, introduce the lunch and wines
|Paul Raphaely
|12h35 – 13h30
WORKSHOPS – You may choose to attend ONE workshop from Group A (before tea) and ONE workshop from Group B (after tea). Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please let me know via the contact me page as soon as you have registered which workshops you would like to do.
|13h30 – 15h00
|Food Writing workshop
|Samantha Woulidge
|13h30 – 15h00
|WordPress and plug-ins
|Mark Forrester (WooThemes)
|13h30 – 15h00
|Food Styling & Photography Workshop
|Sam Linsell (Drizzle & Dip) & Tasha Seccombe
|13h30 – 15h00
|Getting the most out of your camera – photography basics
|Jeanne Horak-Druiff (CookSister)
|13h30 – 15h00
|Writing and publishing a cookbook and a cooking dem using a recipe from her new book "Bitten"
|Sarah Graham (A Foodie Lives Here)
|13h30 – 15h00
|Hands-on cake decorating workshop
|Grace Stevens (Cupcakes by Design)
|15h00 – 15h30
|15h30 – 17h00
|Basics of food styling and props
|Sam Linsell (Drizzle & Dip)
|15h30 – 17h00
|Photoshop, post processing and how to "read" a photograph
|Jeanne Horak-Druiff (CookSister) & Alida Ryder (Simply Delicious)
|15h30 – 17h00
|Food and wine pairing workshop/Tasting workshop
|To be announced
|15h30 – 17h00
|Search engine optimisation for bloggers & live blog audit
|Neil Pursey (Webgrowth)
|15h30 – 17h00
|Gorgeous Bubbly and canapé matching workshop
|Pieter "Bubbles" Ferreira (Graham Beck) & Garth Almazan (Steenberg)
|17h00 – 17h30
|Charity auction and prize draw
Please note that all sessions and speakers are subject to change and the organisers reserve the right to do so, should the need arise
And then……………TADAAAAAA………the registration form is operational and you can now go and register and book your seat. What a relief it is to be able to finally say that. I am thrilled beyond measure and would just like to mention two fabulous women who have helped me so much today behind the scenes…..Jeanne from Cooksister and Tandy from Lavender and Lime Thank you ladies. I so appreciate all the help.
Please note that we now sport a PAY NOW button directly below the registration form rather than waiting for emails asking for payment. Progress has been made 🙂
And on that high note……….go to it and book! I am getting an early night for a change!


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What caused the financial crisis of 2007-9 and the recession that followed? How did governments and the international banking system respond? Senior Lecturer William Brown is joined by three course team members to address the key issues that emerged as a result of the financial crisis and what it reveals about shifts in the international system. The album also explores how the principles of game theory could be applied to regulating complex financial problems. This material forms part of The Open University course DU301 A world of whose making?
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Track 1: Global response to the financial crisis
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If there is one thing which most freelancers don't give enough attention to – it's that pesky web design contract! We do understand your pain – the admin work is boring, takes away from "productive" and billable time and sometimes it seems just like overhead.
Why do you need to cover yourroc ass with a web design contract?
Because, you'll be kicking yourself, however, when things start to go awry.
It's only a matter of time when you start hitting those bumps in your project. Clients wanting more than initially agreed, clients not doing their part in the development and design of the new site, problems with payments, and suddenly you're spending MORE time fixing the problems which a few good contracts would have spared you the hassle of. So to save you from this hassle, we've compiled this awesome bundle of all the web design contract templates and sample web design agreements.
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- What should a web design contract contain?
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- 12 – Privacy and Cookie Policy
- 13 – Mobile Application Development Contract
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- The web design contract you hope you won't need
- 16 – Collection of dues
- 17 – Cease and Desist
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What should a web design contract contain?
At BeeWits, we believe that whatever form it may take, a web design contract should have a number of essential elements. While these may vary, they should be a necessary part of any contract. As a web designer just starting out, your best bet is to take *hints* from web design contract templates you download online, but you should definitely create one which you can call your very own.
So what are the essential elements of any web design contract?
- Summary of the project or work to be undertake
- Clear scope of the project or work
- What are both parties agreeing to do?
- What are the design elements that are included in the contract
- Is the text content of the web design project included or not?
- Who will provide photography, videos and who will own the copyrights? Are stock photography accepted? Should images used have a particular license or not?
- Who will program, debug, and update HTML, CSS and JavaScript and other coding elements?
- Who will perform browser testing on all platforms, and then make any changes necessary?
- Who will provide different (responsive) device browsers testing (desktop vs tablet vs mobile) and who will be responsible for any changes?
- Will technical support be included in the web design contract? For how long? Will there be any extra charges under specific conditions?
- Who is responsible for changes and revisions
- Any legal stuff recommended by your lawyer
- Who will own the copyrights and intellectual property of the code and designs?
- How will payments be made and the schedule of payments
- How the transfer of information will be handled
- The dotted line – all of that signature and dates when the web design contract came into effect
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Are these contracts legally enforceable?
Strictly speaking, all that is necessary for most contracts to be legally valid are the following two basic elements:
- All parties are in agreement to the contract (hence the signatures) where an offer has been made by one party and accepted by the other
- Something of value has been exchanged, typically cash, services or goods/assets for something else of value (money in exchange for services in this case)
However, given that we are not lawyers ourselves, should you want somebody to give you professional advice, BeeWits recommends Rocket Lawyer.
Rocket Lawyer is an online legal service company that connects people to the legal help they need (without breaking the bank in the process). The beauty of this service is that they have thousands of easy-to-create legal documents, quick access to independent local attorneys, and much more.
Check out the RocketLawyer Web Development Agreement here
If you're interested in having a look at the rest of the documents available, read on!
Incidentally, as a web designer, you might want to look at this fantastic communication tool for your website projects.
It's incredibly effective when it comes to pitching and communicating with a client to communicate with them directly on the website or result you expect to produce for them.
If you use a product such as Project Huddle to mockup and comment on the pages directly, your client is much more likely to have a clearer picture of what the end result would look like and is much more likely for the project to be completed successfully.
Even if you have shown that you will be using such a tool when the project agreement has been signed, the client will feel that they will have a direct input and good line of communication with you, putting their mind at rest on a number of concerns.
1 – Killer Contract by Andy Clarke
This is a bit of a simplistic web design contract which loosely binds both parties to reasonable terms – and it doesn't really use a lot of legal terms or things which most non-lawyers wouldn't have a clue about. It's a contract nonetheless, so if you want to keep it simple, friendly, whilst still having a binding agreement, you can work with this one.
If you're looking for a web design contract which has much more legalese, you might want to move on.
2 – Project Acceptance Form and / or Statement of Work
The Project Acceptance Form is for those who want to state much more explicitly exactly what is going to be delivered and (what isn't). It has various tables with web design works which will be delivered including (but not limited to – of course, you can add more as necessary),
- Design and development
- Copywriting and content population of (defined) number of pages
- Post-launch online marketing (for post web design services)
- Milestones and timelines
- Support and Maintenance agreement
- Small print – legal rigmarole
and contains specific sections regarding exact payment terms. If you are looking for a complete web design contract – this would be definitely one to look at for web design freelancing work.
3 – The AIGA Standard form of agreement for Web Design services
Whilst this is a fairly old document, this guide towards creating a web design contract is very thorough, and despite its age is still relevant in this day and age.
Rather than being a one-size-fits-all approach, or being an actual web design contract template which you can change to suit your needs, this is a guide such that designers and design firms create their documents as necessary for them, including terms and conditions as appropriate.
Once you've read through this and followed the guidance, you'll have created your custom web design contract template which you can reuse for each design project which comes along.
4 – Web Design Client Questionnaire
Of course, if you want to do a superb job, besides a good web design contract, you'll want to know what the client would like exactly. It is essential and crucial to understanding what the customer needs. The way we like to do it is to send a very comprehensive questionnaire to the client about what the website or web design work is all about. Work should not commence before this questionnaire has been completed and completely understood by the freelancer.
The questionnaire has such pertinent questions about the company as:
- Why do you want this site?
- What user demographics will the website target?
- Which direction do you want your company to go towards?
And more website specific questions such as what special features will be included in the website (newsletter, blog, video streaming, online store etc.)
So while this is not, strictly speaking, a web design contract, it's still something which is going to make your contract much easier to agree to.
(Extra extra – are you also looking for a website checklist to make sure you've covered all of the things you need to do? We've got your back!)
5 – Website Design Agreement Contract tool
This is not a web development contract – but if you use this tool, you will create a web development contract as a result. It's for USA residents only, so if you're not based in the US, move along to the next web design contract – we've got quite a few on this list, so don't you worry 🙂
6 – Contract for contracting (Independent / Freelance) development services
As a freelancer or agency, you're very likely to be outsourcing work to various other contractors. Of course, just like you need to have contracts in place with your clients, you'll want to have a good web design contract in place with your contractors. Here are a couple of versions which you might want to opt for.
The contract for development services is a statement which is essentially an agreement of a rate per hour or project fee (you choose). It also transfers intellectual property/copyright to the clients while retaining rights for generic coding solutions, unless they are specific to the Clients product.
7 – Andy Rutledge Design Project Contracts bundle
Another project contracts bundle – this time from Andy Rutledge, this bundle contains an "Authorization to Proceed" template and "Terms & Conditions" template. They're quite complete in scope, so they're great for usage as a web design contract, or as a starting point for your contracts.
8 – Web Design and Development services contract
This contract (originally by BidSketch) is a fully-fledged web design contract which sorts out all the aspects of the web design and development process. If you're looking for a bullet-proof web development or web design contract, this is the one you should be using. It might take some time to complete, but it covers all project and legal aspects including
- Project scope including the definition of various phases
- Acceptance tests per phase – an agreement that Acceptance tests will be run by the client after each phase of development – this ensures that both the client and the contractor have agreed that the site has passed acceptance tests conforming to the original website specifications
- Contract clause for the inclusion of 3rd party products including the fee of these products as part of the terms of payment
- Project management – the allocation of a project manager on both sides such that communication is prompt and efficient during the website project
- Changes and Payment clause
- Site content – inclusion of website content provided by the client
Other full Legal terms in this web design contract include
- Warranties
- Limitation of remedies and liability
- Intellectual property rights
- Term and termination
- Data protection
- Force majeure
- Confidentiality
- Audit
- notices
- Publicity
- Assignment
- Entire Agreement
- 3rd party rights
- Variation and waiver
- Severance
- Governing Law and jurisdiction
A very comprehensive web design contract if there ever was one.
9 – Short form Web design Contract
There's also the web design contract for developers who hate contracts, just like the web design contract from Andy Clarke, this is also quite a simple document which still binds both you and the client. Even quick and short jobs have the potential to turn nasty, for example with constant toing and froing of revisions and changes so for your own sake, fill in this web design contract which does a few simple but essentials things such as limit the number of revisions to a specific amount, specifies an upfront fee (or deposit), payment terms and pro-rated fees in the event of cancellations.
10 – Work for hire / Retainer agreement
If you're good enough to have been able to get a retainer for your work, you'll still want to put a simple contract in place, which once again, gives peace of mind to both parties, since it specifies the retainer fee, the monthly hours and any additional services rendered. Work done on a retainer should still be bound by a web design contract.
11 – Non-Disclosure Agreements
When you're doing business of any kind with a company or individual who you have not worked with before, you want to make sure that anything you say will not be shared with anybody else unless it is in the course of doing business. Even though you might not be doing top-secret sensitive work, you want to put an NDA in place, because your relationship will probably develop – and you know, just in case.
The short form is one way only; the mutual NDA binds both parties from disclosing any information.
12 – Privacy and Cookie Policy
All websites you develop should have one very specific web design contract if we can call it a contract.
Privacy policies are those nagging pieces of content which may be just lurking on every website but don't tone down their importance and your obligations to have a privacy policy in place. In today's ever-increasing privacy aware web, you'll want to have a privacy policy which states what you do with any information your website collects. Again, not strictly speaking a web design contract, but something which you are surely going to need in your web design projects.
13 – Mobile Application Development Contract
If you are developing a mobile application, many of the provisos and clauses in the legal texts above may be a little bit off, so these versions of some of these documents are specifically tuned towards mobile app development.
Just like a website needs a web design contract, development of an app will require a contract too – all of the things which apply to a web design project, also apply to developing a mobile application. Once again, protect
14 – Privacy Policy for mobile apps
While we're on the subject of mobile apps, any mobile apps you developed will need a privacy policy which is specific to mobile apps. This is a privacy policy which has terms which apply to mobile apps as opposed to websites.
15 – Invoicing clients
Of course, if you want to get paid, many times you're going to have to issue an invoice based on the agreements you've signed. Invoices are fairly simple documents which show what services have been undertaken (or are about to be), payments terms, payment details and some contact details. Also, when invoicing, you'll have to take notice what you are bound to by the web design contract you have signed.
The web design contract you hope you won't need
After the above list of web design contracts which are mostly there to proactively safeguard your rights and obligations, the following web design contract templates deal with a different aspect – that which is reactionary towards any grievances you've suffered.
They're not something nice, but you have to be prepared for every eventuality, unfortunately.
16 – Collection of dues
There are many many valid reasons why someone did not pay you on time, but there are even more excuses which people tend to find to delay payments. As a freelance web designer, or a small business struggling to make ends meet, payment on time is essential. This letter is a friendly but firm reminder for the collection of payments.
17 – Cease and Desist
In case somebody has been pinching your Intellectual Property – this Cease and Desist letter is something which you start proceedings with.
You'll probably need to amend these texts to suit your needs, and of course, these documents do not waive the need for professional legal advice. We're just providing a bit of a starting point. You'll find the whole bundle of web design contracts below!
Download the bundle here
If you're not happy with using a template, you might want to use this Online Contract Generator on Behance to generate a contract.
Besides contracts – what about Tools for Web Designers?
Here at BeeWits – we want to make your life as web designers easier – you focus on what you do best – creating AWESOME websites, whilst we help you out with the boring bits.
First of all – have you decided what your web design hourly rate is going to be? Although many times your hourly rate is going to depend on your experience and expertise, you can get some guidelines of what your hourly rate should look like for your region.
If you are new to freelancing, you might want to estimate an hourly rate by working out your expected expenses, billable hours, expected annual income and other variables BEFORE thinking about drafting a web design contract. Also, do make sure that you've covered ALL of your expenses in your hourly rate.
Of course, you can't inflate your expenses, or put costs for everything, and expect the clients to cough up. Charging of any rate has to be in line with your experience, your location, the location of your customer, the rates typically charged in the location of the client and the average rate charged by people of the same know-how as yourself.
We've come up with a handy tool to help you calculate your web design freelancer hourly rate – right here
Once you've figured out your freelance hourly rate – it would be best to give your potential customers an itemized quotation of the web design project.
By showing them exactly what work is involved in the design of a new website, you can easily justify your prices – so once again, BeeWits comes to the rescue. We've designed a tool to help you create an itemized web design quotation. It's easy to use, fill in your details, those of the clients, hours of work expected and hourly rates on various items, and we'll send you a nice PDF by email. Your quotation is going to be part of your web design contract anyway, so might as well get it out of the way.
Generate your next web design quotation right here
Once you've gotten verbal or written acceptance of your quotation, you'll need to use one of the bulletproof web design contracts we've listed above. As you can see we have provided you with various samples of web design contracts which you can use. We've also thought about including a few other contracts and documents which you might you need in your budding web design freelancing career.
Download Web Design Proposal Templates
Finally, and this is also very important, particularly if you want to keep your pipeline healthy, you'll need to figure out a way to generate proposal quickly. Besides an extensive feature of how to write a proposal which helps you close a sale every time, we've also got a nice web design proposal template ready for download (actually, we've got a number of different versions, so you can choose the one which you believe works best for you).
Don't you love how easy we've made getting started for you ? 😉
Hey Web Designer – your contract is sorted! Want to manage your projects better?
So you've got your web design contract sorted out. Well done – you're on the right track. If the brown stuff hits the fan, at least you have a legal alternative to turn to.
But why would you want to go through the hassle of a legal battle?
Why not just make sure that you have managed your web design projects right? BeeWits is a tool, written specifically for web design freelancers, agencies and professionals. As cliche as it may sound, this is project management tool for web designers, built by web designers.
And no – it's not meant for project managers. In fact, we prefer thinking about it as the project management tool for non-project managers.
Are there other web design contract templates which we should add to our bundle? Have you come across a contract which should know about. We always appreciate when your visitors contribute to make our articles better!
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HARARE - Human rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), has reacted angrily to a proposed plan by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF to place stickers on supporters' homes ahead of next year's watershed elections.
In a statement, ZPP said Zanu PF is taking notes from the Nazi era when Germany was under feared dictator and war monger Adolf Hitler.
"The Zimbabwe Peace Project learnt with shock that Zanu PF intends to mark its members' houses with stickers.
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Addressing a Zanu PF inter-district meeting held at Masvingo Teachers' College last week, Masvingo provincial party chairperson, Lovemore Matuke reportedly said it was mandatory for every Zanu PF supporter to have a sticker on their doors for "easy identification".
"You are supposed to have stickers at every household so that we identify you. Our real supporters should have them wedged at their places. If you do not have that sticker at your place, you will be skipped," Matuke is reported as having said.
With elections looming and Zanu PF's political life hanging precariously in the air, Matuke's comments are likely to evoke memories not only of Gukurahundi but the 2008 atrocities that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 300 opposition supporters.
"ZPP sees this as a direct move to harass and intimidate the electorate on the eve of a very crucial election.
The Zanu PF party has in the past used freebies such as food and agricultural inputs to lure voters.
"We realise that people's rights are going to be violated as a result of this proposed Zanu PF identification process," ZPP said.
"There is no doubt those stickers would be used to identify people who do not support Zanu PF, who would then be victimised during and after the elections. The whole move is designed to instil fear in the hearts and minds of the electorate and it violates the people's freedoms of association and the rights to freely choose a political party of their choice."
ZPP called on all the parties in the fragile coalition government to "strongly consider the lives and welfare of the people before, during and after the elections in 2013".
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First Online: 12 March 2013Received: 15 January 2013Revised: 28 January 2013Accepted: 28 January 2013DOI: 10.1007-s00018-013-1277-5
Cite this article as: Ruhrberg, C. & Bautch, V.L. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2013 70: 1675. doi:10.1007-s00018-013-1277-5
The developing central nervous system CNS is vascularized via ingression of blood vessels from the outside as the neural tissue expands. This angiogenic process occurs without perturbing CNS architecture due to exquisite cross-talk between the neural compartment and invading blood vessels. Subsequently, this intimate relationship also promotes the formation of the neurovascular unit that underlies the blood–brain barrier and regulates blood flow to match brain activity. This review provides a historical perspective on research into CNS blood vessel growth and patterning, discusses current models used to study CNS angiogenesis, and provides an overview of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that promote blood vessel growth and maturation. Finally, we highlight the significance of these mechanisms for two different types of neurovascular CNS disease.
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Andrew Lansley pushes through the most madcap, unpopular legislation in the history of the NHS, then announces the coalition backs plans to reduce pay to staff in poorer areas of what will be left of the health service.
He inevitably cites how regional pay works in the commercial sector, despite the evidence it is unworkable, unfair and inefficient. The one group not just exempted from Lansley's plans but who will need increased pay – the managers implementing the changes to the NHS.
Cue Lib Dem MPs saying this is outrageous and they'll ensure it never happens. Yeah, right. We've been here before. Following their disgraceful shenanigans on the NHS bill, Nick Clegg and his party proved their consistency in professing outrage at proposals for wholesale surveillance of our emails and internet activity without a legal warrant, until it emerged Clegg was part of the group that initially discussed the policy.
It's worth thinking a bit more about Mr Clegg. The Sheffield MP has openly pushed for policies that are predicted to cost up to 8000 public sector jobs in his city. He came to power promising to lead a party that would break the mould. And it has, breaking election promises with an unashamed enthusiasm rarely seen before. I hate it but understand it, if he can eventually get away with it.
It's presumed it's electoral suicide. But I think Clegg looks at the electoral landscape and calculates the Lib Dems are likely to continue holding the balance of power, whichever is the largest party after the next election. Ruin public services, upset a million public sector workers and there are no real consequences. Which means his brand of politics could be the continuity between different governments.
But the last thing the NHS needs is another barrier between nurses and managers – who will be on the front line of the regional pay issue. Navigating a path through the chaos of the next few years will fall to these two groups in particular and one of the few chances the NHS has of remaining functional. A new relationship is required that will take serious movement on both sides. Uniting against Lansley's latest plans will be a start. Perhaps we should argue MPs pilot taking less money in poorer areas, Clegg included?
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of course they will, otherwise they would be hypocrites. We have to remember that we're all in this together as they tell us and they wouldn't say that if they didn't mean it, would they? It's not as though they they are lying, treacherous snakes in the grass, how can you think such a thing?
Anybody would think they were all at it (mostly) with the expenses scandal and were just thinking about their own self interests and don't care about the working classes at all when they have our very best interests at heart and are trying to help us realise that we must all go through this period of austerity, cuts, slash & burn and the best place to start is with our nations health service.
These are people we can trust with health and future wealth. They have a plan and they know where we are going, and are fully paid up members of the flat earth society. What could possibly go wrong?
hi tink i take there was a hint of sarcasam.
Aren't MPs already part of a regional pay structure in the UK or do MSPs, AM's and MLA's get the same as Westminster MP's?
Anonymous | 21-May-2012 9:21 am
I was terribly drunk at the time:)
tinkerbell | 21-May-2012 6:08 am
I`m sure you are right Tink, and that we don`t have anything to worry about, as the wisdom of our leaders will see us through this tough time, ensuring equal sacrifice on all sides.
My first thought however was:
"All Pigs are equal, but some Pigs are more equal than others !!!!!!!!!!"
I`m sure I`ve heard that somewhere before, and seems to fit quite nicely at them moment.
Tipperary Tim | 22-May-2012 12:28 pm
Apparently its from the book 'Animal Farm'. Steve Williams mentioned it once before and i looked it up. An analogy of power struggles and manipulation with animals playing the role of humans and basically how human nature sucks and it comes down to dog eat dog, although as far as i know no dogs were mentioned in the book and as i haven't read the book and only a summary i might be doing it a disservice.
All pretty sordid stuff though much like what is happening to the nursing profession
with this shower of unelected carpet baggers and bandits, who quite frankly are becoming a real pain in the butt, and i mean that quite literally but won't elaborate on my latest medical condition brought on no doubt by all this insane crap.
Following discussion with other staff on the ward found out most of us are now suffering with this condition too. Perhaps they've put something in the water. Wouldn't put it past them.
It was "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Boxer's (the RN analogy) mantra was always "I will work harder" despite the fact he could see the pigs were just taking advantage of his strength and good will.
There's also an interesting quote that could be used for nurses generally "...the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings."
Steve Williams used to frequently liken himself to the character "Benjamin" in the book... "Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse - hunger, hardship and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life."
As for the army of former nurses who are now employed as pen-pushers...
"No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
What jobs, based in London, require no formal qualifications or experience? A quick look through the classifieds gives loads of examples at minimum wage but none at the MPs current salary of £77000.
As for predicting if Mr Lansley could be counted on for supporting the idea, his past behaviour may be a predictor:
- Whilst earning 3 times the salary of a staff nurse as shadow health secretary, he claimed for the redecoration of his 2nd home (which was in the country) which included Farrow and Ball paint, new handmade curtains, recovering of a chair (fabric £45 a metre), replacing the shingle on the drive, and a new Laura Ashley sofa at £750. Bearing in mind that the expenses are meant to facillitate MPs working in London, not help with country homes, and that within months of spending your money on his country home, he sold it, and the 'flipped' his 2nd home claims to his London residence! When challenged, his response was that it is within the rules! Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5305406/Andrew-Lansley-sold-home-after-expenses-renovations.html
Now, with his current £145000 salary, and his talent for spending your money 'within the rules' which just happens to have the unanticipated knock on of personal gain, do you think he will support changing MPs salary to 'market facing'?
What you have to understand about the Conservative ideology is that they believe that state should not interfere in people's lives. As such, state provision of healthcare must be removed - allow people and the market to decide - and they will employ any strategy to change the NHS from it's current provider of healthcare to a commissioner of healthcare.
By allowing competition and market facing pay, it is the first step along the road. Whilst they are happy to make us experience the results of that, it isn't something they want to taste personally!
Animal Farm and 1984 are both fairly short easy ( although uncomfortable) reads, A level material really.
Robert Tressell in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells it like it really is, and has got a lot more laughs ( bit like Corrie v Eastenders)
Animal Farm. Thanks for all the info.
'Orwell suggests that we cannot eliminate government corruption by electing principled individuals to roles of power; he reminds us throughout the novella that it is power itself that corrupts'- Sparknotes.
So are we all doomed?
Hopefully not, whilst we have a few good men/women to fight the good cause.
Please excuse but i will pass on the full read, i think it would spiral me downwards to do that to myself, get the general gist though, the doom and gloom. Bloody depressing but remain ever hopeful even though we may all end up in the 'glue factory'.
Think I'll stick with disney. I'm better off that way and it gets me through the day to focus more on our good qualities which ultimately triumph, otherwise our whole planet would be run by these despots/tyrants/megalomaniacs and though they may succeed for a period of time eventually they are brought down and good prevails.
A manager once told me whilst i was depicting a hopeful, happy ending to a situation, 'this isn't a fairy tale you know'. He had me sussed in that one liner. It was a fair cop.
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I have to admit I was afraid when I solo traveled to Iran. A country that could be considered dangerous, anti-western and hostile. Media show crowds burning American flags, nuclear deals with scary old men, executions on the streets, neighbouring countries submerged in terror. What did I get myself into?
My fear, prejudice and nerves disappeared the moment I set foot on Iran soil. It took me two hours to be drinking tea in the home of an Iranian family. It was in the weeks that followed that I experienced a different Iran; couples secretly holding hands on the street, women not wearing a hijab the moment they entered a private space, a bottle of vodka behind every closet, a market for USB sticks containing illegal American music, grandma's sewing western brand patches on everything they could get their hands on. It seemed that everything the government was trying to impose on society was being ignored the moment you entered a space with four walls.
I found myself driving through the desert in the middle of the night with my new Iranian friends, blasting some Kendrick classics - Fuck the system, fuck the truth, fuck religion, fuck the government, fuck the law, fuck the prisons. This no man land provided them with the possibility to do just that. While watching our campfire slowly burn down we did not discuss politics, but what it meant to be alive.


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The Internet is in a tizzy trying to decide if a leaked clip of Dennis Quaid going ape crap on a movie set is legit or some kind hoax. Quaid appears to be being filmed by cell phone camera as he goes off on someone on a movie set (shades of Christian Bale, whose meltdown was real). Quaid drops every four letter word in the book as he lights into the unfortunate person who who apparently wasn't paying sufficient attention to his "pro" acting.
Quaid, who is currently filming a movie called Truth about journalist Dan Rather, may have beenon that movie set, but it's unclear. Is it real or is it another Jimmy Kimmel-esque hoax? Check it out and decide for yourself. Video is NSFW:
Well, if it's real, this makes Quaid a jerk along the lines of Bale and director David O. Russell, whose expletive-laced tirade at Lily Tomlin also hit the web. But I'm thinking someone, somewhere is being very savvy about how to promote a movie. No longer do ads do the trick -- you must have some kind of social media sensation. And this has already gotten FAR more press than anything else Dennis Quaid could have done -- short of dying or reuniting with former wife Meg Ryan.
More from The Stir: Chris Brown's Twitter Meltdown Proves Our Deleted Tweets Are Still Out There
But how sad that acting like a complete moron is what gets everyone's attention -- and that Quaid will no doubt be slapped on the back and praised for it if he comes out and says it was all a joke. (Meanwhile women like Katherine Heigl continue to have to defend their reputations years after whispers of being "difficult.")
Given the notoriously oddball behavior of his brother, Randy, it could just be in the DNA.
Do you think this is real?
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A 27-year-old South Boston native was gunned down in a parking lot at the West Broadway Housing Development yesterday in what friends said was a fight over a stolen Sony PlayStation.
Wow, that is terrible. First that guy kills that little girl over his xbox, and now this. I can't believe people are this messed up.
3 years ago this guy broke into my house while I was out of town to steal my X1. He was a total moron because I knew he was the only person who knew I was leaving and I took it with me. All he got was my suround sound. But when I got home I went to his apartment with my thunder stick and got back my stuff. Lets just put it this way he knew I was not for games.


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Just Say Sorry
Waiting for like 30 minutes outside a bank near my office and it was like 33-34 degrees Celsius. I was sweating but the wind was blowing. It was a relief! But with dusts sticking on my sweaty forehead and probably covering my entire face? That totally pissed me off! I wasn't even informed it would take him that long to meet me outside the bank. I ringed his phone about 3 times. On my 4th call he picked up only to tell me he and his companion dropped by some place first before heading to the bank. No "Sorry." He never felt sorry for being late! NEVER! When he finally reached the bank, I was like some rotten fruit already and I was not in any kind of GOOD MOOD. I sort of threw the bag of clothes he asked me to bring for him and immediately left. No "Sorry."
That one word that would somehow turn things nicely instead of nasty: SORRY. Sometimes I find it hard to say it too (specially when I feel like I wasn't the wrong one). But I know how things would be much better when it's uttered.
According to iloveswmag.com there are 10 rules for a happy marriage. The 9th says: When you have done something wrong, admit it and ask for forgiveness. Humility will bring you closer and it's never ever too late to say "I'm sorry."


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Ossett Town will hope to get their Evo-Stik First Division North title bid back on track on Saturday when they visit Goole AFC for only their second away game of the year so far.
The Reds have not won a game since the start of the year but midfielder Jake Ellam is not concerned, saying: "Going into Saturday's game confidence remains high. Although results haven't been going our way we have still been performing."
Goole AFC were founded in 1997, a year after Goole Town were disbanded, and despite the formation of the new club, Ossett Town's record against both is remarkably similar.
Town are without a league victory over their Yorkshire neighbours with the only successes, including this season, coming in cup competitions.
Despite being reduced to ten men in their FA Cup clash with Goole last August, Town reached the first qualifying round with Dev Morton's brace.
The Vikings exacted revenge a month later, winning 2-0 at Ingfield in the first league meeting of the season.
The Reds will be welcomed to Goole by a number of faces well known to Town fans. Player-coach Steven Jeff played for the Reds on 119 occasions and midfielder Sanchez Payne is expected to make his Goole debut having recently signed from Bradford Park Avenue.
Also on the books at Goole is goalkeeper Thomas Beaurepaire, defender Jack McCarthy, midfielder Joel Dixon and forward Matt Semley. The reunion will be completed by Town's Ashley Jackson who returns to his former club, where he was top scorer during his time there.
Reds' new signings Marcus Day and Labi Adeniran made their debuts last weekend and Ellam said: "Both lads wanted to contribute to the club this season and help us succeed. It also creates competition for places which is always healthy within a squad."
Despite Town being on top for much of the last two games, against Ramsbottom and Colne, the ball has only hit the net on two occasions but Ellam is confident things will quickly turn round.
He said: "I don't believe we need to change anything to our game as we are still playing well. Every team at every level will go through a patch of bad luck in a season.
"It's a long season so it's how we pull through it and get back to winning ways that matters and with the lads we've got, that shouldn't be a problem."


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Accordion and Bandoneon Virtuoso, Composer Richard Galliano expresses himself in all musical fields, from classical to jazz. Richard Galliano is nowadays the only accordion player to record for the prestigious classical music label "Deutsche Grammophon ".
After having learned, since the age of 4, piano and accordion from his father, Accordion player and teacher, Lucien Galliano, he is welcome at the Conservatorium of Nice , directed by the famous Pierre Cochereau, and studies Harmonies, Counterpoints… as well as Trombone (First prize in 1969). In 1975, he meets Claude Nougaro while settling down in Paris. Richard Galliano will be his accordion player and Orchestra chief till 1983. He will compose for him the music of Allé des Brouillards, Des Voiliers, Vie Violennce,… In 1980 , second important meeting: Astor Piazzolla who will advise him to create a French New Musette the same way Piazzolla invented the Argentinian New Tango.
Richard Galliano has recorded more than 50 albums under his own name and collaborated with an impressive number of artists like Chet Baker, Eddy Louiss, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden or Serge Reggiani.
His "Bach Project" on Deutsche Grammophon has beaten all classical sales with more than 50.000 copies in 2010.


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Why travel to the Moon or Mars if we only continue our wars there with Russia or China or Africa? Why build rockets at all? For fun? For adventure? Or is this the same process that sends the salmons back upstream year after year to spawn and die - a subliminal urge in mankind to spread, in self-preservation, to the stars? Are we then secretly fearful that one day the sun might freeze and the the earth grow cold or the sun explode in a terrific thermal cataclysm and burn down our house of cards?
Thank you for inviting me here today " I said my voice sounding nothing like me. "I'm here to testify about things I've seen and experienced myself. I'm here because the human race has become more powerful than ever. We've gone to the moon. Our crops resist diseases and pests. We can stop and restart a human heart. And we've harvested vast amounts of energy for everything from night-lights to enormous super-jets. We've even created new kinds of people, like me."But everything mankind" - I frowned - "personkind has accomplished has had a price. One that we're all gonna have to pay." I heard coughing and shifting in the audience. I looked down at my notes and all the little black words blurred together on the page. I just could not get through this. I put the speech down picked up the microphone and came out from behind the podium. "Look " I said. "There's a lot of official stuff I could quote and put up on the screen with PowerPoint. But what you need to know what the world needs to know is that we're really destroying the earth in a bigger and more catastrophic was than anyone has ever imagined."I mean I've seen a lot of the world the only world we have. There are so many awesome beautiful tings in it. Waterfalls and mountains thermal pools surrounded by sand like white sugar. Field and field of wildflowers. Places where the ocean crashes up against a mountainside like it's done for hundreds of thousands of years. "I've also seen concrete cities with hardly any green. And rivers whose pretty rainbow surfaces came from an oil leak upstream. Animals are becoming extinct right now in my lifetime. Just recently I went through one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded. It was a whole lot worse because of huge worldwide climatic changes caused by... us. We the people." .... "A more perfect union While huge corporations do whatever they want to whoever they want and other people live in subway tunnels Where's the justice of that Kids right here in America go to be hungry every night while other people get four-hundred-dollar haircuts. Promote the general welfare Where's the General welfare in strip-mining toxic pesticides industrial solvents being dumped into rivers killing everything Domestic Tranquility Ever sleep in a forest that's being clear-cut You'd be hearing chain saws in your head for weeks. The blessings of liberty Yes. I'm using one of the blessings of liberty right now my freedom of speech to tell you guys who make the laws that the very ground you stand on the house you live in the children you tuck in at night are all in immediate catastrophic danger.
Michael Heseltine, a wild-haired visionary, Klaus Kinski to Margaret's Thatcher's Werner Herzog, pushed Docklands across the Thames to the East Greenwich Peninsula. The Millennium Dome concept was a remake of 'Fitzcarraldo', a film in which suborned natives (expendable extras) drag a paddle steamer over a hill in order to force a short cut to more exploitable territory. The point being to bring Enrico Caruso, one of the gods of opera, to an upstream trading post. An insane achievement mirrored in the rebranding of the Dome, after its long and expensive limbo, as the O2 Arena, a popular showcase for cryogenic rock acts: Norma Desmond divas and the resurrected Michael Jackson, whose virtual rebirth, post-mortem, gave the shabby tent the status of a riverside cathedral.
Two chemicals called actin and myosin evolved eons ago to allow the muscles in insect wings to contract and relax. Thus, insects learned to fly. When one of those paired molecules are absent, wings will grow but they cannot flap and are therefore useless. Today, the same two proteins are responsible for the beating of the human heart, and when one is absent, the person's heartbeat is inefficient and weak, ultimately leading to heart failure. Again, science marvels at the way molecules adapt over millions of years, but isn't there a deeper intent? In our hearts, we feel the impulse to fly, to break free of boundaries. Isn't that the same impulse nature expressed when insects began to take flight? The prolactin that generates milk in a mother's breast is unchanged from the prolactin that sends salmon upstream to breed, enabling them to cross from saltwater to fresh.
Time is like a river flowing endlessly through the universe. And if you poled your flatboat in that river you might fight your way against the current and travel upstream into the past. Or go with the flow and rush into the future. This was in a less cynical time before toxic waste dumping and pollution filled the waterway of Chronus with the detritus of empty hours wasted minutes years of repetition and time that has been killed.
We are swimming upstream against a great torrent of disorganization... In this, our main obligation is to establish arbitrary enclaves of order and system... It is the greatest possible victory to be, to continue to be, and to have been. No defeat can deprive us of the success of having existed for some moment of time in a universe that seems indifferent to us. This is no defeatism... The declaration of our own nature and the attempt to build up an enclave of organization in the face of nature's overwhelming tendency to disorder is an insolence against the gods and the iron necessity that they impose. Here lies tragedy, but here lies glory too... All this represents the manner in which I believe I have been able to add something positive to the pessimism of... the existensialists. I have not replaced the gloom of existence by a philosophy which is optimistic in any Pollyanna sense, but... with a positive attitude toward the universe and toward our life in it.


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