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Most companies have more than one IT project on the go at any given time, each with its own objectives and planned outcome. Then, after a while, especially in silo managed organisations, it becomes obvious that elements of the various projects overlap and some projects may even be combined.
In an ideal world, project management kicks off with a cohesive end in mind; an end that ties directly back to the business' strategies. In other words, start with what you want to achieve and work backwards. If you begin with individual projects you are immediately in a reactive position, dealing with piecemeal initiatives.
Simply put, projects have a defined start and end, deliverables, budget and resources. A programme is a collection of projects and a portfolio is a collection of programmes (and their individual projects). A company could even have different portfolios serving different sectors of the business.
Companies that work from the bottom up seldom have a portfolio concept, or even a portfolio manager. This means that they could invest millions with no underpinning strategic intent.
Perhaps the best way to underscore the importance of portfolio management is to understand the different skills sets required to manage projects, programmes and portfolios.
In this context, the project manager (PM) is essentially a 'gun for hire', only interested in and focused on the project; ideally with predominantly technical skills, as opposed to business skills.
The programme manager is juggling oversight of more than one project and needs a bigger picture view, and much more business than technical skill.
The portfolio manager – who functions as the project investment manager – needs to understand project management but business skill is what this role is all about. To the portfolio manager falls the task of overseeing the two most important aspects of IT project management: cost versus benefits and Return On Investment (ROI).
Portfolio management is essentially a measurement of the business benefit derived from projects undertaken and involves the identification of candidate projects; and the prioritisation, oversight and measurement of ROI of these. One could argue that there is always, by default, a portfolio of projects but the differentiator is whether they are managed as such.
It takes a very mature business model (as opposed to individual 'fiefdoms' each protecting their own turf) to judge all projects equally, using ROI as the all important yardstick. Those organisations brave enough to go this route, will certainly reap the rewards.
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January 2019
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Scrabby Mummy - every morning at abt 6.30am, I have a *LIVE* alarm clock that will wake me up de. Sound of this alarm clock varies in different high pitches of vocal chords..sometime soft soft whine, sometime high pitch shriek! This alarm clock very very accurate also de...no matter weekdays or weekends, no matter it's wet or dry morning..no matter whether me semi-retire or started to work again, sure on the dot at 6.30am will come wake me up de!
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The economy is changing. Workers today are learning to reinvent their skills to match the needs of tomorrow — and switching careers can mean upping pay grades and increasing job security.
To encourage all job-searchers to think outside their professional boxes, Monitor staffers each week comb the job listings in search of interesting places to work. The most intriguing jobs we found this week are in Bellevue, Wash.; Washington, D.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Lexington, Ky.; Sioux City, Iowa; Park City, Utah; Montrose, Pa.; Somerville, N.J.; and Verona, Va.
1. Seed research technician
Employer: Weyerhaeuser
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Work with a team to improve design of manufactured seeds used to better sustain yields of commercial forest lands. Job involves work in nurseries and sterile environments. (For more information click here.)
Location: Bellevue, Wash. (pop. 117,521; median family income $92,272) considers itself a "city in a park," because its gleaming downtown high-rises are surrounded by woodsy neighborhoods and extensive green spaces just east of Seattle, between Lakes Washington and Sammamish.
2. Ballpark photographer
Employer: FanFoto
Wages/salary: Not listed (hourly plus commissions)
Details: Take photos of fans at Washington Nationals baseball games. (For more information click here.)
Location: Washington, D.C. (pop. 585,267; median family income $60,970) is famous for its many walk-up attractions, but people also flock to its three most popular ticketed attractions: the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Washington Monument, and the International Spy Museum.
3. Interactive creative director/marketing
Employer: Hallmark Cards
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Lead a team of interactive art directors and designers in providing creative and strategic development for all Hallmark digital initiatives, including Hallmark.com. (For more information click here.)
Location: Kansas City, Mo. (pop. 436,562; median family income $52,726) has more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other US city.
4. Nanofabrication facility director
Employer: Binghamton University
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Administer the daily operations of a newly constructed $2 million "clean room," used in nanofabrication, which entails the design and manufacture of devices with dimensions measured in the millionths of a millimeter. (For more information click here.)
Location: Binghamton, N.Y. (pop. 43,059; median family income $35,446) calls itself the "Carousel Capital of the World," a reputation established by a local shoe tycoon who donated six carousels to area parks. Children ride them from Memorial Day to Labor Day at no charge.
5. Arch expert
Employer: ULTA
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Demonstrate and sell products by performing brow and facial waxing services. (For more information click here.)
Location: Lexington, Ky. (pop. 275,726, including Fayette; median family income $64,341) is not only the home of the University of Kentucky, but its population ranks 10th among the most college-educated in the country, with nearly 40 percent of residents having at least a bachelor's degree.
6. Underground utility locater
Employer: ELM
Wages/salary: $12 to $18 an hour
Details: Use maps to locate underground utilities and work with utility mangers, crews, homeowners, and contractors in discussing utility location issues. Must walk up to five miles a day at least twice a week. (For more information click here.)
Location: Sioux City, Iowa (pop. 82,385; median family income $52,391) is the business hub of a tri-state area where Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota meet.
7. Pet stylist
Employer: Petco
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Perform basic grooming services, including brushing, bathing, and conditioning of animals. Follow owner's instructions on breed standards when clipping, stripping, or trimming an animal's coat. (For more information click here.)
Location: Park City, Utah (pop. 7,371; median family income $77,137) has gone from being a silver mining capital in the 1800s to a popular skiing destination that claims it has the "greatest snow on earth." It was the site of Alpine skiing events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
8. Driller
Employer: General BS Quarries, Inc.
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Drive truck-mounted drilling machines to bore large blast-holes to specified depths in open-pit quarry. (For more information click here.)
Location: Montrose, Pa. (pop. 1,547; median family income $46,607) is in Susquehanna county, where Joseph Smith, founder on the Church of Latter-Day Saints translated the Book of Mormon from a homestead.
9. Flavor/fragrance production assistant
Employer: Elite Personnel, Inc.
Wages/salary: $16 to $18 and hour
Details: Assist in the large-scale formulation of some of the world's leading fragrances. (For more information click here.)
Location: Somerville, N.J. (pop. 12,682; median family income $60,422) is a center for medical, government, and business facilities in its area, which means its population nearly doubles during the day.
10. Salvage coordinator
Employer: Adams & Garth Staffing
Wages/salary: $9 per hour
Details: Supervise the day-to-day operations of the Salvage department for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank network; assist in disposal of product not fit to be salvaged. (For more information click here.)
Location: Verona, Va. (pop. 3,638; median family income $36,263) is in the Shenandoah Valley, where Cyrus McCormick in 1831 invented the first reaper.
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Ian Boots' goal with 1:39 remaining lifted the second-ranked Oswego State men's ice hockey team to a thrilling 5-3 win over visiting fourth-ranked Plattsburgh Saturday night in Oswego. The Lakers erupted for three goals in the third period, including two in the final two minutes, on the way to their fourth straight win over rival Plattsburgh. The win boosts the Lakers to 4-0 in conference and 6-0 overall, while the loss drops the Cardinals to 2-2-0 overall and in the SUNYAC.
Oswego State gave the sellout crowd something to get excited about as it got on the board early. Just past the halfway point in the first period, Luke Moodie corralled a loose puck off the stick of Matt Singleton outside the left circle and rifled a slap shot into the top right shelf past the glove hand of Plattsburgh netminder Josh Leis. The Lakers added their second score of the game at the 14:03 mark when Stephen Mallaro fired a shot that ricocheted off the boards and came right back to the stick of Andrew Mather in front of the net, who put it past a sprawled out Leis for the 2-0 lead. Justin Fox was also credited with an assist on the play.
Six minutes later, Plattsburgh pulled the goalie and added a sixth man on a delayed Oswego penalty. Patrick Jobb took the puck at the blue line and fed it to a cutting Cody Adams at the right circle who dealt a one-time pass to Nick Jensen, who knocked it home above Oswego State goaltender Paul Beckwith's glove side. On the ensuing power play, Kyle Kudroch knotted the game at two at the 17:12 mark when he took a pass at the right faceoff circle, beating Beckwith on the glove side just inside the left pipe. Ryan Corry and Paul Puglisi were credited with assists on the goal.
After a seesaw, scoreless second period the scoring picked up once again 7:59 into the third period when the Lakers scored their third goal of the game as Singleton fed Tyler Leimbrock at the right circle, who sniped a shot into the top near corner of the net. Just over a minute later Plattsburgh responded with a rebound power-play goal by Dylan Clarke. Eric Satim and Mike Grace assisted on the marker. With less than two minutes remaining, Oswego State knocked home the eventual game-winner when Boots evaded Leis sending the puck into the center of the net sending the Campus Center crowd into a frenzy. Fox and Chris Laganiere registered feeds on the score.
After the Oswego State goal at the 18:21 mark of the third period, Plattsburgh called a timeout and pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. However, they could not muster a shot attempt and Owen Kelly stole the puck at mid-ice and finished the empty-net insurance goal with 1.5 seconds left.
Beckwith made 22 saves in net for the Lakers, who outshot their opponents 41-25, and Leis stopped 36 shots for the Cardinals. Plattsburgh went 2-for-6 with the extra attacker while Oswego State was just 1-for-4.
Oswego State will host Cortland Friday in the Campus Center Ice Arena at 7 p.m.


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Aperyer is a fully bespoke, creative catering service based in Yorkshire. There's no set menus, no traditional packages, no one-size-fits-all approach to presentation or service, instead we put the emphasis on each client, offering a fully tailored service focused on you, your event and of course, the food you love.
We love working closely with our customers and find the best events are always designed with them in mind – happy client, happy caterers! By working in this way, we're like a personal pop-up and every event is totally unique. Collaborating with clients leads to all sorts of imaginative, innovative and interesting paths, in fact we never really know where it might lead – and that's exactly why we love what we do!
With years of professional catering and hospitality experience behind us, we can guarantee a high end, professional and reliable service alongside beautifully presented, great tasting food, served exactly as you'd like it.
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Ours was a classic chef/waitress love story forged over the kitchen pass in a busy city-centre restaurant in the heart of Bristol. Fast forward two years and we were catering our own wedding – a rustic feast in a field – the bride elbow deep in salad and the groom and his band of brothers busy on the grills.
As far back as we remember, we've both loved food. Matt made his career as a professional chef, training at the prestigious Le Caprice in London and travelling the world on his trade before returning to his native Bristol. After stints in different restaurants, perfecting various cuisines, he settled in at the two rosette Goldbrick House where (as Head then Executive Chef for five years) he oversaw the running of a renowned fine dining restaurant, a rustic cafe, three gastro pubs and a successful outside catering wing.
Meanwhile, Gemma spent her younger years serving food in local restaurants, pulling pints and running busy cafe bars around South Yorkshire. The hospitality bug lingered through two degrees and a career in history and heritage. But food was always there, in fact she wrote her dissertation on the fish eating passions of the Romans and Greeks (!).
After catering our own wedding we found ourselves doing the same for others, and for a while our we continued to work in kitchens and restaurants while devoting our free time to catering events, pop-ups and parties. But with more and more of our free time spent indulging our real passion, it was time to make things official: we moved back to our beloved Yorkshire and Aperyer was born.
There's absolutely no other way we can think to spend our lives, we love creating great food and we love doing it together. We thought long and hard about how we'd do this and it all comes down to people. Bringing people together with food they love; it's our greatest passion both personally and professionally. It's how we live our lives and what we want to bring to every individual client.
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Expert to analyse Tennant technology in Kärcher court case19th of July 2012
Kärcher's law suit against competitor Tennant over its claims about the ec-H2O water-based technology continues with news that the Stuttgart District Court - which is local to Kärcher's German headquarters - is to appoint an expert to investigate.
"We welcome this ruling by the Stuttgart District Court unreservedly," said Markus Asch, deputy chairman of the Kärcher Group's management board. "The ec-H2O technology that Tennant advertises is now to be put to the scientific test by a court-appointed expert. That tallies with the approach we have pursued since the start of the proceedings."
Kärcher instigated legal proceedings against several advertising claims made by Tennant, especially the claim that ordinary tap water can be converted in scrubber-driers into 'active water' that has a powerful detergent effect.


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EVO Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask About EvolutionSpring 2012 DVD
Filmmaker and environmentalist John Feldman offers nearly two hours of fact, theory, and thought-provoking commentary in EVO Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask about Evolution. Narrated by Feldman, and augmented by interviews with an impressive collection of scientists and scholars gathered for the World Summit on Evolution, this educational film manages to deliver advanced scientific concepts in a way that is both entertaining and accessible for a general audience.
So which questions should everyone ask about evolution? The list ranges from Who was Charles Darwin? to What is natural selection? and Why should we care about evolution? Each question is broken down into its own segment and features interviews, bold nature cinematography, interesting animation, and vintage footage as it explores the answer.
This film also asks the question, What is the controversy surrounding evolution? addressing the national debate pitting Evolution against Creationism in American public school education. A 10-minute segment explores the controversy and scientists and philosophers trace its roots throughout history. The sequence definitely does favor science but it does so through a discussion that is respectful and even-tempered, and it provides a framework (supported by Charles Darwin himself) suggesting that the existence of God is not contradictory to a belief in evolution.
The information in this film is appropriate for use in middle- and high-school science classes, and even for adults interested in brushing up on scientific concepts. (FYI, The suggested age range for this program says 5 - 18 but it's unrealistic to expect kids younger than 12 to connect with the content as it's presented here.) Overall, EVO Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask about Evolution offers a clear, informative, and provocative exploration of evolution appropriate for youth and adults, and it's likely to inspire deep thought as well as lively debate.


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Celebs who said they'd leave country if Trump won | Dozens of celebrities vowed to leave the country if Donald Trump won the White House, saying they'd flee to everywhere from Canada to Jupiter. The threat is a common one after any election outcome: Canada's immigration website crashed from heavy traffic as it looked increasingly likely that Trump would win : TheHill
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How Donald Trump broke the old rules of politics — and won the White House - Donald Trump ran against himself and won. The Manhattan billionaire who for decades boasted of his playboy lifestyle, stiffed contractors and vendors, hired illegal immigrants, eschewed churchgoing, embraced liberal causes, and counted Hillary and Bill Clinton as friends and allies pulled off one of the most brazen pivots in American history : The Washington Post
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Mordaehoth 'Eens weer prevaleert het heidens hart' review
'Eens weer prevaleert het heidens hart'
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Why Mordaehoth are not more well-known in the black,pagan metal scene, after hearing this release? The band plays a more harsh,raw black metal with a lot of of folk influences throughout the songs to give the band an extra layer of creativity and intensity. The band uses acoustic guitars,well-sung clean male vocal patterns. The band is not afraid to show it's violent side with some really intense black metal with fast guitars, shrieks and fast drums. If you enjoy violent black metal with touches of pagan,folk metal then Mordaehoth just may be a band you want to hear.


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February 11, 2013
cartas de amor (love letters)
Jen at Made By Girl is incredible! She is an inspiring woman, a blogger, a very talented artist, and she adores her husband so much. Funny story, back in 2009 her blog was the very first blog that I came across and it was her that inspired me to start a blog of my own. So I was beyond excited and thrilled when she asked me to be a part of Cartas de Amor, a collection of 18 love letters from other blogger's significant other (valentine), including a love letter to me from my husband. In addition, there's a whole bunch of great valentines day gift ideas, delicious desserts & much more! The publication is in a magazine format, so grab a cup of sweet tea and flip through these sweet love letters. Take a look here
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Your card from your hubby was so sweet and lovely!!!
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What a lovely idea! Your blog is so lovely, too. Glad I found it :)
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Yours in on page 32.....how sweet...love the photo of you both! Thanks for sharing.
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Since we only have one army, we decided to split the Carthaginians in half and play a scenario that saw a small group of Libyan, Spanish and Numidian allies angry about not receiving their pay from the Barcids. To take matters in their own hands they foolishly decided to attack a nearby Carthaginian camp in hopes of securing some treasure.
It was a very straightforward game as I was teaching Maxwell the rules. He particularly enjoyed playing the part of the leader of the rebel band and shouting commands to each unit and then threatening them with terrible consequences when his orders were not followed!
The Numidian light cavalry saw their first action on the field and were the heroes of the day as they were able to push the Carthaginian formed cavalry entirely off the field. Their swiftness and agility, which allows them within the rules to move out of combat, is a huge asset and I'm looking forward to trying them against the stubborn Romans.
It was a very fun afternoon. Please enjoy these photos of the game:
|The enemy commander Maxwell prepares the battle lines.
|The mercenaries had control of a Carthaginian elephant.
|Skirmishers prepare to engage.
|The commander of the unhappy mercenaries looking for their pay.
|The moment just prior to the lines clashing.
|The Carthaginian elite guard races to secure the flank.
|Lines separate and small fights break-out across he field.
|The Numidians are released to engage the enemy.
|Loyal veterans assaulted by the Spanish and a large elephant.


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2010-2011: Futures
At the start of the twenty-first century, we live as never before under the shadow of the future, seeking to predict, manage, control, a global future that seems precarious on many fronts. Are we on the threshold of an epochal change? Are we entering a new technological, biological, ethical, ecological age?
Whatever the answer, how do individuals, institutions, governments, and the diverse peoples of the world deal with the fact of the future? What is there to know, say or do about the milliseconds and millennia to come? Anticipating, predicting, foretelling, managing, conquering the future is in many ways foundational for the human condition. From fortune tellers and visionaries to imaginary time travellers and real physical experiments, there is an obsession with the facts of life (or the shape of its Other) to come. Whether in the struggle to survive cancer, or arrest the spread of foot and mouth disease, through efforts to control climate change, to avert catastrophes, or by constructing a market for it, the effort expended to shape, manipulate, or materialise the future far outweighs the effort spent in excavating the past. Except, curiously, in the world of academic research and intellectual debate, where unlocking the secrets of the past tends to be more compelling than foretelling the future.
The IAS in supporting a theme on Futures seeks to stimulate thinking on the question of what happens next (epochal or otherwise). Artists summon the future (they sing it to life, paint it into existence, write it into being) doom tellers deny it, modellers predict it, business invents it, technology shapes it, individuals approach it, the dying fear it, religions hope for it, fortunes hang on it: what is the future all about?
The IAS annual theme on 'Futures' is designed to attract researchers from across the disciplinary base to address a wide variety of topics spanning the sciences, social sciences, and the arts. A number of sub-themes have been identified and developed by inter-disciplinary teams of staff at Durham to ensure a wide-ranging programme of activities in 2010/11.


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Police are hunting a suspected arsonist after a field fire in Market Deeping.
The fire began in a wheat field off Towngate East, near Duke Meadows, at about midnight last night (Sunday).
Thankfully no-one was hurt and the fire did not spread to any buildings, but an area of wheat about 150m by 30m was destroyed.
Police found firework packaging at the scene and are treating the fire as arson. A spokesman said: "We'd like to speak to anyone who knows anything about the fire. This may have been a prank gone wrong but it could have been quite serious."
Call 101 quoting incident 5 of August 3 with information.


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This is very much a tried and tested recipe, in fact I think I've been using it for about 6 years, it never fails and is so quick and easy to make I would never look at any other recipe, although I'm sure there are some great ones out there.
I made this particular cheesecake last week for our Burns Supper and i think its fair to say everyone loved it.
300g digestive biscuits
150g soft butter
300g cream cheese
60g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
250ml double cream
2 capfulls of whisky
1 punnet of raspberries
1. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor until beginning to turn to crumbs, then add the butter and whisky and whiz again to make the mixture clump.
2. Press this mixture in a 23cm springform tin; press a little up the sides to form a slight ridge. I then pop it into the freezer as the whisky makes it a little wet.
3. Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a bowl until smooth.
4. Lightly whip the double cream, and then fold it into the cream cheese mixture.
5. Take base out of the freezer, spoon the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base and smooth with spatula. Put it in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight.
6. When you are ready to serve the cheesecake, unmold it and scatter the raspberries on top.
You can change the biscuits to chocolate digestives
You can leave out the whisky or use a drink of your choice
You can change the topping.
I love this recipe as its so simple, so yummy and so versatile.
The original recipe is by Nigella Lawson, which can be found on her website or book - Nigella Express.


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This is from Science, one of the top peer-reviewed journals.
When it comes to academic achievement, Asian-Americans outclass every other ethnic group, with more than half over age 25 holding a bachelor's degree—well above the national average of 28%. To find what gives Asian-Americans a leg up, a team of sociologists scoured two long-term surveys covering more than 5000 U.S. Asian and white students. After crunching test scores, GPAs, teacher evaluations, and social factors such as immigration status, the team reports a simple explanation online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Asian-American students work harder.
The team found that students from all Asian ethnic groups put greater importance on effort than on natural ability. This outlook, the team argues, causes students to respond to challenges by trying harder and has a greater impact on Asian-Americans' academic achievement than does cognitive ability or socioeconomic status. However, the team says Asian-American students reported lower self-esteem, more conflict with their parents, and less time spent with friends compared with their white peers. The team suspects the high academic expectations or their "outsider" status in American society could be to blame.
I know this will come as a shock to people on the left, but race has literally nothing to do with academic achievement. If non-whites work harder than whites, then they outperform whites. Period. What matters is how hard you work.
Let's go into detail to see why Asian children are so much better than non-Asian children. It starts with their mothers.
Consider this article in the Wall Street Journal.
The article is written by Amy Chua:
Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first book World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability was a New York Times bestseller, was selected by both the Economist and the Guardian as one of the Best Books of 2003 and translated into eight languages. Her second book,Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and Why They Fall was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. Amy Chua has appeared frequently on radio and television on programs such CNN Headline News, C-Span, The Lehrer News Hour, Bloomberg Television, and Air America. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and the Wilson Quarterly. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two Samoyeds in New Haven, Connecticut.
And now, an excerpt from the piece itself:
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it.
[…]Despite our squeamishness about cultural stereotypes, there are tons of studies out there showing marked and quantifiable differences between Chinese and Westerners when it comes to parenting. In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that "stressing academic success is not good for children" or that "parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun." By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be "the best" students, that "academic achievement reflects successful parenting," and that if children did not excel at school then there was "a problem" and parents "were not doing their job." Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams.
What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. To get good at anything you have to work, and children on their own never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override their preferences. This often requires fortitude on the part of the parents because the child will resist; things are always hardest at the beginning, which is where Western parents tend to give up.
And here are her three main points:
Chinese parents demand perfect grades because they believe that their child can get them. If their child doesn't get them, the Chinese parent assumes it's because the child didn't work hard enough. That's why the solution to substandard performance is always to excoriate, punish and shame the child. The Chinese parent believes that their child will be strong enough to take the shaming and to improve from it. (And when Chinese kids do excel, there is plenty of ego-inflating parental praise lavished in the privacy of the home.)
[…]Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything. The reason for this is a little unclear, but it's probably a combination of Confucian filial piety and the fact that the parents have sacrificed and done so much for their children. (And it's true that Chinese mothers get in the trenches, putting in long grueling hours personally tutoring, training, interrogating and spying on their kids.) Anyway, the understanding is that Chinese children must spend their lives repaying their parents by obeying them and making them proud.
[…]Chinese parents believe that they know what is best for their children and therefore override all of their children's own desires and preferences. That's why Chinese daughters can't have boyfriends in high school and why Chinese kids can't go to sleepaway camp. It's also why no Chinese kid would ever dare say to their mother, "I got a part in the school play! I'm Villager Number Six. I'll have to stay after school for rehearsal every day from 3:00 to 7:00, and I'll also need a ride on weekends." God help any Chinese kid who tried that one.
Then she tells a story about how she coerced one of her children into playing a difficult piece on the piano.
Now you go read the whole article to read the coercion story. Read the coercion story now, I coerce you!
And what do we learn from it? Well, what I learned is that if we Christians want to have any hope of having an influence in the public square, then we will have to marry well, and we will have to train our children like Amy does. We should not be thinking of marriage as a way to have feelings and to gain happiness and fulfillment. Marriage should be about service to God. And one of the ways we serve is by producing children who will have an influence. I think that parents in the West tend to have the idea that the world is a safe place, and that we should try to please our children and make them like us – so that everyone will be happy. But there is one person who will not be happy if we focus on ourselves instead of serving God. Do you know who that might be?
One thing I would say in criticism of Amy is that she seems to only care about grades – which are assigned by teachers who are not necessarily going to have the same goals as a Christian parent. Liberal public schools teachers will grade conservative children down, while grade liberal children up – at least in non-STEM classes. If the class is math or computer science, then your children should be required to be the best. Honestly, public school is child abuse, you should not send your kids there except as a last resort. If you have to budget your whole pre-marriage life to have the money to keep your kids out of public schools, then do it.


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So says ipolitics (pay wall), referring to the NDP surge that was confirmed this week by polls released by EKOS and by other groups. They go on to demonstrate that, while NDP numbers jumped dramatically with the recent Alberta provincial election results, the upsurge really began as early as February. What this graph (shown below) also shows is the NDP vote appears to be coming at the expense of both the Liberals and the Conservatives, indicating that they are benefiting both from disapproval of the performance of the government and uncertainty (or outright distrust) of the Liberal Party.
There are probably a hundred reasons for this, and I'd love to hear what others think. I will highlight two. First, the NDP have been aggressively announcing their platform in very frank and clear terms – $15/day daycare, home mail delivery, changes to income splitting, amendments to the first-past-the-post electoral system, and others. The Liberal strategy, conversely, has been to keep relatively quiet about their platform for now. Their only campaign-style announcement was their plan for daycare, but even with that came questions as to whether they had botched their own accounting of the costs. If the Liberal strategy is to keep their powder dry until the campaign is in full swing, they had better get their timing right or they might find themselves out of the discussion.
The second thing I can quickly put my finger on (and again, there are I'm sure many others) is the partys' stands on Bill C-51. The Conservatives are trying to run the standard boogeyman strategy – keep the population scared and hope that they decide to cast their ballots on security issues. They peaked in popularity with the attack on Parliament Hill last year and see this as a strong issue for them. C-51 keeps security in the discussion, which is a good campaign strategy, however they may have misplayed their hand by making it too strong, and opening up the civil liberties argument. This is a place where the Liberals and NDP have starkly different stands – the Liberals voted in favour of the bill, saying that they will amend the more odious bits of it later should they win the election, while the NDP rejected it outright and said that should they come to power in October they will scrap it root and branch. Forum polling on the bill shows that Canadians are beginning to have reservations about it and are concerned about the civil liberties issues it represents and it may be that the NDP are being seen as their champions in this case.
I will leave this post with another graph from the ipolitics article, this one showing the vote distribution as it breaks down on income level (see below). It would usually be expected that right-leaning parties would do well in the higher income brackets and the left-leaning in the lower and so the basic shape of the distribution is unsurprising – the Conservatives dominate among the most wealthy and the left-leaning NDP among the poor.
This time around, the Conservatives have to be concerned with the results, as the groups they do well in are shrinking in size as a result of the well-documented wealth gap. Add to this the fact that they will have an uphill job fighting against the perception that they are the party of the rich, as the opposition parties and the media have done a good job showing how their taxation policies have preferentially benefited the wealthy and employment results keep showing troubling trends towards instability and lower wages. Also, their one real hope appeared to be to look like the responsible economic party, carrying a balanced budget proudly into the campaign. This has gone badly. Delaying the budget because of the economic situation seemed desperate at its face, and the "balance" was immediately questioned as it was created by fuzzy economic growth models and raiding the EI fund.
The results have to be a concern to the Liberals as well, as the NDP lead in the "lower class" demographic is massive and it represents a sadly large potential voting block. If the electorate is really going to make a choice this election on "left" versus "right" issues, the traditional Liberal place in the middle, which has made them the natural governing party for many years, might be a dangerous place indeed. They may find themselves forced to one side or the other during the campaign, and that will leave them with the job of convincing the electorate of sincerity of their intentions.
If this is a high-turnout election, which it often is when the public is unhappy with the performance of the incumbent governing party, and the NDP can mobilize their base, this election might not even be close.
It's early days yet, but these are interesting signs.


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Prof. Paul Myers calls for blog readers to participate in
deliberate and malicious violence against Holy Eucharist
Washington, D.C. (11 July 2008) – Following the hate-filled blog rant of Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, Judie Brown, president of American Life League, called upon university administrators to fire him.
"It's one thing for someone to express an opinion on a matter," said Brown. "But Paul Myers specifically called on his readers to participate in a deliberate and malicious act of violence against the very center of Catholic worship. That is hate speech, and he should be fired for it."
Myers was reacting to a recent incident surrounding a University of Central Florida student who walked out of a Catholic Mass with the Holy Eucharist and held it hostage for several days. His blog post, entitled, "It's a Frackin' Cracker," called on his readers to steal the Holy Eucharist, revered by Catholics as the actual body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ, so that he can show them "sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare." Myers said that once obtained, he would treat the Holy Eucharist "with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web."
"When a caricature of Muhammad or report of a flushed Koran surfaces, there is rioting in the streets and plenty of press coverage," said Brown. "But when someone actually calls for physical violence against the most precious Catholic Sacrament, it is ignored."
According to the university's policy statement, "contents of all electronic pages must be consistent with University of Minnesota policies."
"Under their code of conduct, which is one of the university's policies, 'when dealing with others, faculty … must be respectful, fair, and civil,'" said Brown. "What Myers posted was profoundly hateful toward the person of Christ, who is truly present in the Eucharist. We fully expect that the University of Minnesota will follow its own policies and take the appropriate action."
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Michael Hichborn at 540.226.9178.
- Christian News Wire: Minnesota Prof Pledges to Desecrate Eucharist (07.11.2008)
- WFTV 9: 'Body of Christ' Snatched from Church, Held Hostage by UCF Student (07.09.2008)


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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Frederik Schodt at the Mechanics' Institute
§ Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: A Lost History, and a Lost Page from San Francisco's History
Frederik L. Schodt
Mechanics' Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM
2 comments:
- Michael Strickland said...
Schodt is a very cool character who lives in the Inner Sunset and who crosses cultures with trailblazing enthusiasm. He was the discoverer/translator of "The Four Immigrants" manga along with being one of the major Tezuka (Astro Boy, etc.) translators and essayists. Envy you seeing him and glad to hear he's got another strange, fabulous project.
- January 31, 2013 6:16 PM
- Axel Feldheim said...
Indeed, I have the Four Immigrants manga as well as other of his books. The 1st time I saw Schodt in person was, I believe, at an Asian Art Museum event where he was the translator for someone from the Tezuka museum in Japan.
Schodt happens to be a member of the Mechanics' Institute. He told us that the Risley book was one of his most fun books to research. He also mentioned that on-line archives of 19th century newspapers were a huge help.
- January 31, 2013 10:01 PM


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Katrina holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from the University of Texas at Austin. She works with select clients to create print and web materials. Her specialties include branding, visual hierarchy, project management, web design, and photo retouching. Contact her for rates and availability.
Gardea Psychotherapy, 2017
Speed Dating Spoon
The Speed Dating Spoon is a long, double-headed spoon to be used across a table by unacquainted couples. It provides a quick reading on how the pair learns to navigate new situations together — a necessity for any successful long-term relationship.
Natural Expression features works on silk by Valerie Short and wooden sculptures by James Nelson.
Design Exhibition:
States of Matter, 2011
A collaboration with the University of Texas Design Class of 2011
The exhibit format offers viewers a multifaceted understanding of each project through the inclusion of process and contextual materials presented alongside a final artifact. This tripartite arrangement situates all states of the project for equal consideration and suggests that the design process can yield more than one conclusion.
Laundryworks, 2013
Designed for a chic laundromat in the heart of Austin, Texas.
A collaboration with Stephanie Osan, Ayham Ghraowi, and Robbie Polk
A Wayfinding Proposal for the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information developed to keep students and faculty oriented in the space by using visual cues to cognitively link the iSchool's unusually territory: the first and fifth floor of an administrative building.
Design History Database
This design history database makes the editor's role alarmingly visible by saturating the layout with deliberate ambiguity. The sparse, but highly ordered homepage and its dubious, bolded links instill the user with a conscious feeling of hesitancy in his quest to gain knowledge. This site presents an honest lack of authority and conveys the message that no fact is free from the communicator's perspective nor the perceiver's interpretation.
This, That, and the Other
This triptych is a study of the identification and articulation of characterizing visual elements. The first and third image were chosen, based on visual appeal, from a pool of unassociated photographs. After analyzing the distinguishing aspects of each image, the center photograph was composed to bridge their discrepancies.


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Saturday, April 25, 2009
dark alliance orcs
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Looking forward to seeing these myself. Do you suppose they will make a good set for Uruk-Hai? Theyr emind me of the Rebel Minis bag of Orcs...also 20mm 1/72.ReplyDelete
Where did you buy these? They are a very nice alternative to Caesar's savage fur-pants orcs.ReplyDelete
i have bought mine from always models, see link below. very friendlyReplyDelete
guy, you can ask to send the minis without boxes to save postal.
got mine in yesterday. they look realy nice, more lotr feel to it. I want to use them as black orcs, but they are a bit smaller compared to caesars...
link to always models, his ebay shop is more up to date, but you can always mail him for any details


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Arsenal have been handed a fitness boost ahead of their clash with Manchester City after Mesut Ozil returned to first-team training.
He was withdrawn in the final minutes of the 1-1 draw with Leicester City 10 days ago with an ankle problem and subsequently missed Germany's European Championship qualifying victory over Scotland on Sunday 7 September.
His absence from his country's win in Dortmund immediately threw the 25-year-old's participation at the Emirates on Saturday into doubt but he looked to have overcome the knock during Wednesday's session.
In a further boost to manager Arsene Wenger's plans, Mikel Arteta is back to full fitness after recovering from his own ankle problem. The Gunners skipper suffered a knock in the first leg of the club's Champions League play-off first leg draw with Besiktas in August but is likely to be ready to lead his side out on Saturday 13 September.
Aaron Ramsey has also confirmed he hopes to feature against the Premier League champions after suffering an injury scare on international duty. The 23-year-old rolled his ankle on Andorra's heavily criticised artificial pitch in the latter stages of Wales' victory on Tuesday 9 September but is confident it is nothing serious.
"I'll be alright - the pitch was very hard, there's no give in it, so I rolled my ankle a bit," Ramsey said. "Hopefully it will be nothing and I'll be available for Saturday. These are the games you want to play in and I'm looking forward to it."
England quartet Jack Wilshere, Calum Chambers, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Welbeck are expected to return to training while Alexis Sanchez, who played for 86 minutes against Haiti on Tuesday, is expected later in the week.
After featuring in Colombia's 1-0 defeat to Brazil on Friday 5 September, David Ospina is also expected to feature in Arsenal's squad for the first time.


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Gorgeous card.
Valerija xx
What a sweet spring card Janice! Those colors are perfectly springy. Happy Spring to you!ReplyDelete
A gorgeous spring card Janice, it's a shame that the weather has not lived up to the time of year too(raining and cold here today).
Sue xx
Absolutely wonderful Spring card Janice. Shame about the winter weather today though! Love the dies you've used and the design. ShabneezReplyDelete
Such a HAPPY Hello card! Love the bright Spring colors and all of that glorious texture! The scallop dies are so pretty, especially layered like that!ReplyDelete
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So sweet! Thanks for joining at Lemon Shortbread: Anything Goes
A lovely card Janice, pretty colours and great embossing.
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a very lovely card!
thanks so much for playing along with us at make my Monday!
hugs and kisses from germany,
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Lovely card Janice, beautiful embossing and die cutting.
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Super card, Janice. Love the design with the bright, layered scalloped strips and lovely die cut sentiment. xReplyDelete
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Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) assistant professor of education Dr. Israel Peniel will lead audience members on a journey through Black History accompanied by the sounds of gospel music Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall.
This is the second year that Dr. Peniel's "Songs for Freedom: Black History Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," is offered at TAMIU. Sponsored by TAMIU's Office of Student Affairs, this event is free of charge and open to the public.
Special guests Tony and Cecy Gutierrez III, who pastor the New Life Assembly of God in Laredo, and Johnny J Gonzalez and Family Ministries of McAllen will provide an added spiritual uplifting that night.
"I will share my experience of having seen America change over the years from having existing Jim Crow laws to the present-day progression of having our first African-American president, Barrack Obama," Dr. Peniel explained.
He will share the experience of growing up in the Deep South in a segregated society deeply rooted in racism, when Blacks were considered second-class citizens.
"I'll share the heartfelt songs that kept Negro slaves alive and filled with hope of one day being free…up to the present-day of contemporary gospel music that appeals to our youth," Peniel added.
Originally from Tampa, Florida, Dr. Peniel has over 30 years of teaching experience and is an assistant professor for TAMIU's College of Education, Department of Teacher Preparation and Pedagogy, Special Education-Professional Programs. He is a gifted writer, singer, musician and teacher and provides inspiration and hope to all.
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The right to be forgotten debate brings data privacy to the fore
The right to be forgotten, a new regulation in Europe, has people abuzz about whether erasing data from the Internet will open Pandora's box.
The right to be forgotten regulation, which was passed by the highest court in Europe, has caused a stir among proponents of an open Internet.
The right to be forgotten enables European citizens to lobby Google to remove links from search results that are "irrelevant" or "outdated." Since the decision passed in May, Google has been inundated with thousands of takedown requests.
There are questions about whether this kind of regulation makes sense, who could serve as decision maker on whether information can be removed, and so on. There is also worry that it could change the nature of the Web, which is predicated on the open exchange of information.
"Who really gets to decide that it is in fact irrelevant?" Sandra Serkes, president and founder of Valora Technologies, a search application software provider in Bedford, Massachusetts, said. "You could say, 'I no longer live at that address,' so that should be removed so that [information] is obsolete. But I'm going for a security clearance, and they need to know the past five places I've lived. Now it is relevant. So the context of who is asking about something or what the purpose is colors the decision about whether it is irrelevant and who gets to decide. This is where I foresee the biggest breakdown in this law. Who is the arbiter [of these decisions]?"
Even if a similar law never arrives stateside, the right to be forgotten has implications for data privacy, data management and the responsible stewardship of information. Companies should craft policies with an eye toward the implications of this regulation. Serkes discusses the possible ramifications of the right to be forgotten in this podcast.


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Monday, December 24, 2007
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible 1 - Flying Teapot (1973)
This is the first installment of Gong's three-part Radio Gnome Invisible series. Gong was formed in the late 60s by Australian guitarist Daevid Allen (ex-Softmachine) and his wife Gilli Smith.
The group released three records prior to this series. According to allmusic.com, the Radio Gnome Invisible series is about Zero the Hero, who "is a space traveler from Earth who gets lost and finds the Planet Gong, is taught the ways of that world by the gnomes, (pothead) pixies, and Octave Doctors and is sent back to Earth to spread the word about this mystical planet." I really haven't taken the time to venture into this lyrical realm and probably never will. The music is good though, so who cares about that weird shit. Flying Teapot is considered prog-rock but I'm sure most people will find it far more idiosyncratic and goofy than the majority of prog-rock
(I think the cover makes this pretty clear). It has a rich sound through the use of a variety of instrumentation, including saxophone, piano, synth, and space guitar courtesy of Steve Hillage. Hillage's guitar playing is often reminiscent of Hawkwind and I suspect that he influenced the likes of Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple. The vocals are one of the biggest highlights. Allen and Smith deliver their mythic space tales through whispers, howls, cackles, sexually explicit ramblings, and yeah, singing too. Flying Teapot is an interesting album to say the least.
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Part one is my favorite what rescues the trunk of memories of my father in their golden age in which he was a big fan and now I enjoy this
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Ways to put in the salt (2002)
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PremièreFirst performance: Sunday 30 June 2002; New Music Indaba 2002, Grahamstown, South Africa; John Tilbury piano — performance details.
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Ways to Put in the Salt was written at the request of John Tilbury to be played in a concert with Morton Feldman's Palais de Mari. In the course of researching Xhosa music (in the Eastern Cape, South Africa), one of Prof David Dargie's informants, Mrs Amelia No-Silence Matiso, told him how the Xhosa people like "to put salt into their songs" to bring the performance to life. Salt may be added rhythmically, melodically and harmonically through the use of cross-rhythms, clap-delay techniques, altered scale tones, parallel melodic and harmonic parts, non-harmonic tones, dissonance, pattern-singing, and a variety of vocal techniques. The now legendary Nofinishi Dywili, whose live and recorded performances are among my most memorable musical experiences, was probably the greatest exponent of uhadi bow music. The day after I had completed the piece I heard from Andrew Tracey that she had died.
And it also included a new Michael Blake piece based on the music of Xhosa composer and master bow player Mrs Nofinishi Dywili, who died recently. Michael Blake's Ways to Put in the Salt was almost a Well-Tempered Klavier for the uhadi. It explored the forms of improvisation and ornament that traditional Xhosa players use to spice up their themes, but applied to a theme that was brutally modern in its simplicity. Tilbury — and the audience — had fun with its wit and engagement. But there was fragility and dignity in the interpretation too, instantly recognisable to anyone who had heard Dywili perform.
Ways to put in the salt (2002) van Michael Blake is 'n klavierwerk waarvan die titel ontleen is aan 'n anecdote wat lui "Xhosa-sangers hou daarvan om sout in hul liedere te sit om die uitvoerings daarvan lewendig te maak". 'n Onderliggende beginsel in Blake se estetiese beskouing lyk na die konsep van onderbreking. Maar dit is nie so eenvoudig soos wat dit klink nie. Musikale gedagtes word meestal deurgevoer, maar nie as "ontwikkeling" nie. Gedurende die werk is daar skadu's van reeds verskene oomblikke, eggo's van reeds gehoorde klanke. Die punt van belang is egter dat "ontwikkeling" in die sin van die ontgin van die musicale moontlikhede van material, nie hier plaasvind nie. In hierdie opsig is daar 'n verwantskap te hoor tussen hierdie musiek en dié van die uhadi-boogmusiek van die lengedariese Nofinishi Dywili, wie se sang en spel hierdie musiek geïnspireer het. Die musiek bestaan as 'n sikliese uitbreiding binne 'n afgepende ruimte, 'n uitspel van los idees wat nie verstaan wil word as formele "uitwerk" of "deurwerking" nie.
Ways to put in the salt (2002) by Michael Blake is a piano work of which the title is borrowed from an anecdote which reads "Xhosa singers like to put salt into their songs to make the performances lively". An underlying principle in Blake's aesthetic view looks at the concept of interruption. But it is not as simple as it sounds. Musical thought are mostly implemented, but not as "development". During the work there are shadows of previously presented moments, echoes of previously heard sounds. The point of interest is however that "development" in the sense of mining of musical possibilities of material, does not take place here. In this way there is a relationship to be heard between this music and that of the uhadi bow music of the legendary Nofinishi Dywili, whose singing and playing inspired this music. The music exists as a cyclic extension within a defined space, a spinning out of loosely related ideas which cannot be understood as formal "elaboration" or "development".
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There's a couple of central jokes at the heart of "Brother's Justice," a new fake-umentary opening this weekend.
1) Dax Shepard wants to make a martial arts movie.
Dax Shepard, if you recall, was a comedic performer who got his start on the hidden comedy prank show "Punk'd." While it seemed like his sudden omnipresence in a number of studio comedies could be attributed to a relationship with "Punk'd" creator Ashton Kutcher, he was able to carve out a respectably funny persona in supporting roles from films like "Baby Mama" and "Idiocracy."
In "Brother's Justice," Shepard documents what he feels is a million dollar idea: a martial arts film featuring him as one of two brothers who are forced to battle numerous assailants as they make their way down a mountain. The idea itself seems half-hearted, and we only get snippets of the story, but it doesn't sound like an unworkable story concept. The joke seems to be that this undertaking would happen courtesy of Shepard, and that there would be an implausibility to a comedic performer like himself trying to be an action star.
The problem with this conceit is… who is Dax Shepard? Despite a solid resume, he's only a bit-player in Hollywood, a supporting actor who doesn't necessarily come across as a comedian. His best roles seem to play off his gangly physicality and a delivery that can go from disinterested to overwhelmingly aggressive within seconds. In fact, if you were to know nothing of his career, you would see him and conclude he was some sort of action star, or at least a manageable dramatic actor. Seeing him try to develop a kung-fu film is meant to subvert our image of Shepard, but there simply isn't an image to subvert.
2) Dax Shepard is trying to get a movie made without a script.
We see Shepard pitching a number of celebrities, including best friend Kutcher, on "Brother's Justice." But no one bites. Part of that is because Shepard, who has sold scripts in real life that have yet to go into production, is pitching himself to close friends as an action star. What's more noticeable is that, at least early on, he has nothing written down. No scriptment, no outline, no storyboards.
You could make a joke about how many movies genuinely start like this, but Shepard, like his onscreen counterpart, divorces himself from reality with the involvement of James Cameron. When Tom Arnold claims Cameron would be interested in directing "Brother's Justice" sight unseen, it has the potential to play two ways. One, that a major director would agree to shoot a low budget actioner starring Shepard without seeing a script or even speaking to him. Or two, that Cameron is being dismissive of the idea and jokingly saying yes (off-camera) and/or Arnold is mocking Shepard with a lie. The first way would suggest that Shepard, the filmmaker, thinks we're stupid. The second way is a joke that just doesn't work or make sense, especially considering Arnold tells this dim variation on Shepard that Cameron isn't free for a couple of years due to "Avatar" sequels.
3) Dax Shepard knows nothing about martial arts.
As the premise continues to stretch incredulity even further, we realize not only does Shepard know not even the barest amount of martial arts, but that upon initial training, he openly rejects any outside teaching. At this point, Shepard is playing himself as a vain buffoon, which again, would have a chance to be funny if Shepard were subverting an image of him that already existed.
This joke specifically doesn't work because Shepard openly eschews traditional martial arts training, but for what? We know only snippets of the unwritten story driving Shepard's "passion." And despite some name-dropping (Chuck Norris earns a few ironic unironic mentions), we never get the sense that Shepard has any affection for kung-fu movies. He's not setting out to make an "action" movie, or a "drama," he's explicitly trying to make a "martial arts" film. With no appreciation of the genre, we don't understand where Shepard's understanding of what a martial arts movie would be, never mind what he envisions for "Brother's Justice."
And so "Brother's Justice" wags its tail for an interminable length, trying to find a joke through sloppy improvs. Among show business mockumentaries, "Brother's Justice" may be the least believable yet with a tin ear for how Hollywood works and a complete disinterest in its own subject matter, and Shepard favoring endless scenes of pigheaded arguing with more rational parties (including real-life producer Nate Tuck, very obviously not a real actor). There is one moment that rings true, a back-and-forth with Tom Arnold in which he and Shepard shake hands while talking over each other, agreeing on two completely different things. It's easy to imagine that the pitch meeting for this sub-"Funny Or Die" skit of a film went exactly the same, the financiers stipulating that Shepard has to make something "funny." [F]
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To neatly relate this back to my own work I think I'll post that too.
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Mark Twain, A Biography Vol III, Part 2: 1907 - 1910
Appendix D: From Mark Twain's First Lecture, Delivered October 2, 1866
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After a full elucidation of the sugar industry of the Sandwich Islands, its profits and possibilities, he said:
I have dwelt upon this subject to show you that these islands have a genuine importance to America--an importance which is not generally appreciated by our citizens. They pay revenues into the United States Treasury now amounting to over a half a million a year.
I do not know what the sugar yield of the world is now, but ten years ago, according to the Patent Office reports, it was 800,000 hogsheads. The Sandwich Islands, properly cultivated by go-ahead Americans, are capable of providing one-third as much themselves. With the Pacific Railroad built, the great China Mail Line of steamers touching at Honolulu--we could stock the islands with Americans and supply a third of the civilized world with sugar--and with the silkiest, longest-stapled cotton this side of the Sea Islands, and the very best quality of rice .... The property has got to fall to some heir, and why not the United States?
They are very fond of funerals. Big funerals are their main weakness. Fine grave clothes, fine funeral appointments, and a long procession are things they take a generous delight in. They are fond of their chief and their king; they reverence them with a genuine reverence and love them with a warm affection, and often look forward to the happiness they will experience in burying them. They will beg, borrow, or steal money enough, and flock from all the islands, to be present at a royal funeral on Oahu. Years ago a Kanaka and his wife were condemned to be hanged for murder. They received the sentence with manifest satisfaction because it gave an opening for a funeral, you know. All they care for is a funeral. It makes but little difference to them whose it is; they would as soon attend their own funeral as anybody else's. This couple were people of consequence, and had landed estates. They sold every foot of ground they had and laid it out in fine clothes to be hung in. And the woman appeared on the scaffold in a white satin dress and slippers and fathoms of gaudy ribbon, and the man was arrayed in a gorgeous vest, blue claw- hammer coat and brass buttons, and white kid gloves. As the noose was adjusted around his neck, he blew his nose with a grand theatrical flourish, so as to show his embroidered white handkerchief. I never, never knew of a couple who enjoyed hanging more than they did.
It is a solemn pleasure to stand upon the summit of the extinct crater of Haleakala, ten thousand feet above the sea, and gaze down into its awful crater, 27 miles in circumference and ago feet deep, and to picture to yourself the seething world of fire that once swept up out of the tremendous abyss ages ago.
The prodigious funnel is dead and silent now, and even has bushes growing far down in its bottom, where the deep-sea line could hardly have reached in the old times, when the place was filled with liquid lava. These bushes look like parlor shrubs from the summit where you stand, and the file of visitors moving through them on their mules is diminished to a detachment of mice almost; and to them you, standing so high up against the sun, ten thousand feet above their heads, look no larger than a grasshopper.
This in the morning; but at three or four in the afternoon a thousand little patches of white clouds, like handfuls of wool, come drifting noiselessly, one after another, into the crater, like a procession of shrouded phantoms, and circle round and round the vast sides, and settle gradually down and mingle together until the colossal basin is filled to the brim with snowy fog and all its seared and desolate wonders are hidden from sight.
And then you may turn your back to the crater and look far away upon the broad valley below, with its sugar-houses glinting like white specks in the distance, and the great sugar-fields diminished to green veils amid the lighter-tinted verdure around them, and abroad upon the limitless ocean. But I should not say you look down; you look up at these things.
You are ten thousand feet above them, but yet you seem to stand in a basin, with the green islands here and there, and the valleys and the wide ocean, and the remote snow-peak of Mauna Loa, all raised up before and above you, and pictured out like a brightly tinted map hung at the ceiling of a room.
You look up at everything; nothing is below you. It has a singular and startling effect to see a miniature world thus seemingly hung in mid-air.
But soon the white clouds come trooping along in ghostly squadrons and mingle together in heavy masses a quarter of a mile below you and shut out everything-completely hide the sea and all the earth save the pinnacle you stand on. As far as the eye can reach, it finds nothing to rest upon but a boundless plain of clouds tumbled into all manner of fantastic shapes-a billowy ocean of wool aflame with the gold and purple and crimson splendors of the setting sun! And so firm does this grand cloud pavement look that you can hardly persuade yourself that you could not walk upon it; that if you stepped upon it you would plunge headlong and astonish your friends at dinner ten thousand feet below.
Standing on that peak, with all the world shut out by that vast plain of clouds, a feeling of loneliness comes over a man which suggests to his mind the last man at the flood, perched high upon the last rock, with nothing visible on any side but a mournful waste of waters, and the ark departing dimly through the distant mists and leaving him to storm and night and solitude and death!
"The inimitable Mark Twain, delivered himself last night of his first lecture on the Sandwich Islands, or anything else.
"Some time before the hour appointed to open his head the Academy of Music (on Pine Street) was densely crowded with one of the most fashionable audiences it was ever my privilege to witness during my long residence in this city. The Elite of the town were there, and so was the Governor of the State, occupying one of the boxes, whose rotund face was suffused with a halo of mirth during the whole entertainment. The audience promptly notified Mark by the usual sign--stamping--that the auspicious hour had arrived, and presently the lecturer came sidling and swinging out from the left of the stage. His very manner produced a generally vociferous laugh from the assemblage. He opened with an apology, by saying that he had partly succeeded in obtaining a band, but at the last moment the party engaged backed out. He explained that he had hired a man to play the trombone, but he, on learning that he was the only person engaged, came at the last moment and informed him that he could not play. This placed Mark in a bad predicament, and wishing to know his reasons for deserting him at that critical moment, he replied, 'That he wasn't going to make a fool of himself by sitting up there on the stage and blowing his horn all by himself.' After the applause subsided, he assumed a very grave countenance and commenced his remarks proper with the following well-known sentence: 'When, in the course of human events,' etc. He lectured fully an hour and a quarter, and his humorous sayings were interspersed with geographical, agricultural, and statistical remarks, sometimes branching off and reaching beyond, soaring, in the very choicest language, up to the very pinnacle of descriptive power."
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