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I've finally screen-capped Aaron in his latest film: A Million Little Pieces.. There are over 3,000+ screencaptures of Aaron from this film.
Warning: These captures do contain nudity. This is a warning. It's got heavy drug scenes and nudity. You have been warned.
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Aaron and Sam have been promoting 'A Million Little Pieces' the last few weeks and I've went ahead and added all the appearances thus far to the gallery.
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I've went ahead and added a Fandango Interview at San Diego Comic Con that Aaron and Elizabeth did for promotion of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the actor who portrayed Quicksilver in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has confirmed that the character will not reappear anytime soon. Although Quicksilver made his first appearance in the MCU in a mid-credits scene for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, moviegoers got to know him better in Avengers: Age of Ultron as Pietro Maximoff, the twin brother of Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch.
The orphaned Maximoff twins hated Tony Stark and the Avengers due to an experience they had in their early childhood. Eventually, HYDRA recruited Pietro and Wanda to become subjects in an experiment that gave them their superpowers. While Wanda developed great mental powers, Pietro gained the ability of superhuman speed. However, the two eventually switched sides to help the Avengers defeat Ultron with Pietro sacrificing his life to protect Hawkeye and a child. But in the MCU, characters often return from the dead, such as Loki, so it's possible that Quicksilver could return, too.
If Quicksilver does return to the MCU, though, it won't happen anytime soon. In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Taylor-Johnson denies any plans for his return to the MCU. This is despite several upcoming Disney+ projects that could make it happen, including WandaVision and What If…? Although Taylor-Johnson didn't rule out the possibility of Quicksilver returning, he was adamant that Marvel has not approached him about it, so fans shouldn't get their hopes up. He said:
"I think we're both open to possibilities, like the Marvel Universe like it has been over the years, but obviously yes, I'm aware of the Disney+ platform and all of the shows that are going and I'm still in touch with a lot of the people. I mean, I think it's safe to say that no, I'm not gonna… there will be no appearance of me coming out or Quicksilver appearing anytime soon."
Instead, Taylor-Johnson is busy with other projects, including the upcoming A Million Little Pieces. Taylor-Johnson not only stars in the film but also co-wrote the script. A Million Little Pieces, based on James Frey's controversial memoir about a recovering alcohol and drug addict, is directed by the actor's wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson. It releases on Dec. 6.
Taylor-Johnson has previously said he would be interested in reprising his role as Quicksilver if Marvel asked him to return. There's certainly a demand for the character, many fans were disappointed with how little screen time he got in the MCU. At least Evan Peters got more screen time in the Quicksilver role as part of the X-Men franchise. Disney now owns the film rights to the X-Men, though, so that universe will likely get a reboot. That could potentially lead to an opportunity for Taylor-Johnson to return as Quicksilver, but it remains to be seen. That still means one thing is for sure: Quicksilver's return to the MCU won't happen anytime soon.
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Between lingering kisses and adoring sidelong glances, artist turned filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson and her dashing actor husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, open up to friend James Frey (whose book A Million Little Pieces they have adapted for the big screen) about the coup de foudre they experienced when they first met—and how they keep that spark burning bright more than a decade later.
She was a world-renowned artist, her work hanging in museums around the world, selling for outrageous sums in galleries and at auction, the mother of two young daughters living in London and spending weekends in France or the English countryside. She had also survived cancer twice. She was healthy, brilliant, beautiful, and successful beyond her wildest dreams. She was about to direct her first feature film. Her life was full. Or so she thought.
"I wasn't expecting anything that day. Just to see a bunch of actors pretending to be John Lennon." He was an actor, working since he was six. He'd been onstage, in films, on television, successful enough to get by, but the breakthrough hadn't come. He'd been preparing for this audition for six weeks. If he got the role, it would change his life.
"I remember it very, very clearly. I know exactly what she was wearing. This white shirt that she still has, that I love. It definitely changed my life, though not in the way I expected."
"We were very professional through the entire film."
"No funny business at all."
"But everyone on set knew. And as soon as we finished, he told me he was going to marry me. We had never been on a date, or even kissed."
"And a year to the minute after we met, exactly one year to the minute, I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me."
"In the 10 years we've been together, we've only been apart for maybe two or three days." "And those were the worst days of those 10 years."
Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson both laugh, share a lingering kiss. They're in the courtyard of their lush, art-filled home, a sprawling Spanish-style villa at the foot of a canyon in the Hollywood Hills, hidden behind a 12-foot wall at the end of a dead-end street. They have one of Hollywood's great love stories, one that rivals those of Bogie and Bacall, Taylor and Burton, Steve McQueen and Ali.
MacGraw, but one that is somehow more beautiful because it hasn't been played out in the public eye. They met in 2008 during the casting for Nowhere Boy, the critically acclaimed John Lennon biopic that Sam directed and Aaron starred in as the teenage Lennon. They now share four daughters and live between L.A. and wherever one of them might be shooting a film. "We live behind walls," Aaron says. "Literally, figuratively, and deliberately. You'll never see our children or any of our most personal moments on social media or in the press. We have our professional lives and our life together, and we keep them apart." Except when those things intersect, as they did when they met, and in 2018, when they made my book A Million Little Pieces into a film. "We always wanted to replicate that experience, to do something that had that type of intensity, to make another film together," Sam says, taking Aaron's hand.
Aaron smiles at her. It's a true smile—a big smile. One filled with love and respect and admiration. "We had a few opportunities. But nothing felt right. Or something bigger would come along. For Sam, Fifty Shades [of Grey], or Nocturnal Animals for me. But it was always there. What are we going to do together?"
Sam had read A Million Little Pieces in 2003, when it was first released. And she had tracked the various attempts to film it over the years. "I had just moved to CAA. And my agent, good old John Garvey, called me and asked if I had ever read it. And I was like, 'Oh, my God, that's what I want to do. Why, what do you know?' And he said, 'The rights have just been reverted back to the author, and I thought it might be up your alley.' I laughed and said, 'I have the author's e-mail here. Just give me a second, I'm going to call you back.' Twenty minutes later, we were on the phone, and you gave me the rights. And Aaron and I had our project."
Though neither were writers, they decided to write the screenplay together. As they speak about their process, they don't look at me but at each other, clearly enamored. "We had a studio opposite David Hockney's place where I was making art, and it became our writing office," says Sam, to which Aaron immediately responds, "We had cards everywhere, and we were structurally trying to lay out the story." To which Sam, smiling widely, says, "Aaron would be sitting at his desk, and he could work for 10, 12, 14 hours straight." Says Aaron, "Sam was like a caged tiger, pacing and throwing out idea after idea."
Once they had a script, they found financiers, cast the film with Aaron playing the lead alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Charlie Hunnam, Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, and Odessa Young, and started shooting at a college campus in Pomona, about an hour east of L.A. "Initially, the hardest thing was that it was the first time both Mommy and Daddy were working at the same time," Sam says. And with a tight schedule of 20 days, they worked long hours with both cast and crew doing the film at cut rates. "The actors and crew were saying, 'One for the soul, we'll do the next one for the money, this one for the soul.' That felt like the spirit of it."
And with the film being released this past August in the U.K. and coming to theaters in the U.S. in December, I ask them if they want to do it again. Both of them laugh, glance at each other, still holding hands. Aaron smiles. "You want to do it again, right?" She says, "It was the best thing we've ever done." Aaron nods. "Even better because we did it together." She agrees. "The best." I ask where they see themselves in 20 years. They each look to the other to respond, then Aaron turns back to me. "A remote island somewhere." Sam nods. "Maybe the Hebrides?"
Aaron looks back at her. "Realistically, hopefully still doing this, but only like we did on this one, with each other."
Sam looks at him for a long moment, taking him in. "I love you."
He leans in, kisses her. "I love you too."
They keep kissing. Doesn't matter that I'm there, that anyone would be there. They keep kissing. Love.
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Review: Nope
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By Jesse Lab July 23, 2022
Nope was a movie I wanted to know as little about before I went into it. Of course, I was going to see the latest Jordan Peele horror movie, especially after loving Get Out and being mildly pleased by Us. When the initial teaser trailer dropped, I was sold. I didn't need to see any more. And yet, the trailers kept coming out and revealing more and more of the plot. And my interest began to dwindle.
As I watched Nope, I wondered if my enjoyment of it was being hampered by knowing too much about it. I was undoubtedly enjoying myself, but it felt like I would have liked it more if I didn't know what the main goal of the plot was. By the time the credits rolled, I can safely say the trailers don't give away the game entirely, but the shocking moments weren't as shocking as they could have been.
That being said, Nope hits more than it misses, delivering a solid summer blockbuster that anyone can get behind.
NOPE | Official Trailer
Director: Jordan Peele
Rating: R
OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) is a horse rancher in California working for his dad (Keith David). After his dad is killed by mysterious falling debris and is unable to have their horses hired for film shoots, OJ is forced to start selling horses to a local theme park owner Jupe (Steven Yeun). His sister Em (Keke Palmer), wants the ranch to be sold because she feels nothing towards it and only visits to tie a few loose ends, but both siblings start to experience strange things at the ranch. Horses are being startled/mysteriously taken and the electricity fluctuates wildly, with both siblings discovering this is the result of a nearby UFO. So the pair decide to document the UFO and profit off of the discovery of a century… if they can even photograph the damn thing.
I like the overall simplicity of the plot. Everything about Nope feels like an honest-to-goodness, back-to-basics approach for Peele. There aren't any complex allegories present here that define the movie. It's a simple story about two siblings trying to document a UFO and not die in the process. There are a lot of great moments that lend themselves to horror, but it's more of a thriller at times with several intense scenes. In fact, a lot of the movie line sup more with films like Jaws and Tremors than Get Out or Us.
Daniel Kaluuya does a great job at giving a very understated performance. He feels like a perfect realist audience surrogate. When he sees the insanity unfold around him and dangerous scenes start to present themselves, he just doesn't engage, usually to hilarious results. His subdued nature made him a perfect foil to Keke's Palmer's more energetic character, who felt a bit more cartoony at times, but still had an infectious energy. Together, they have a great dynamic that allows them to play off each other and the people they come across in brilliant little moments.
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And that's really where Nope shines best. There are individual scenes that are great throughout the film, whether they're due to some excellent cinematography, dripping tension, horrific imagery, or little character moments. There are plenty of these watercooler moments that people will talk about after seeing the film because of the sheer spectacle of it, and it's going to occupy a lot of my headspace when I talk about stunning film moments of 2022.
That being said, a fair bit of the movie felt meandering. Steven Yeun's character has this interesting backstory that you think is going to factor into a lot of his modern-day actions, but they don't. His scenes are the ones where I feel like there's a deeper meaning to them, but it's not clear what the purpose was. If it was a commentary on child stardom, it wasn't very clear what the point of it was and it ultimately results in nothing significant. Leading off with one of his flashbacks sets an odd expectation for the film that never really comes back for the UFO plot.
I already took issue with the marketing of the film in how much it reveals, but the movie seemed to feed into that with a lot of moments that felt like they only existed for the trailer. When there is a facially scarred woman creeping around and looking up into the sky in a trailer, it piques your interest. In the movie, she has no lines, only appears in one scene, and her purpose seems to only be for trailer footage. That's a problem that the movie has a fair bit of. So much of the really striking imagery serves no purpose other than to be edited into a trailer to make the movie look more ambitious than it actually is.
For the record, I have no issues with Nope's lack of ambition. It tells the story it wants to tell, and that's that. If I did have a genuine issue, it would be that the climax drags as OJ, Em, and their little crew finally attempt to film the UFO. It just seemed to go on for far too long, and if it was a bit leaner, the movie would have certainly benefitted from it. As it stands, the movie is a little over two hours and begins to overstay its welcome towards the end. The rest of it was paced very well, including the meaningless flashbacks. Sure they were meaningless, but they still infused Nope with some of its most chilling imagery.
By all accounts, Nope is a very fun thriller with a solid cast and equally entertaining moments almost because it doesn't have any deep social commentary it's trying to make. If you're going into it expecting something like his previous films, you're going to be disappointed, but you'll still come around to liking it. You may not love it, since its diversions serve more as distractions than anything else, but you'll come out pleased and ready to tell others that they should check it out. It's the perfect thriller to see on a hot summer day with a group of friends.
I liked this one, and you will too.
Nope nails a lot of simple blockbuster charms that thrill and excite viewers, but drags towards the end and gets sidetracked too easily with not very significant side plots and flashbacks.
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A period is a natural and biological function for women and girls and many trans men and non-binary people. Despite the fact that periods are a natural bodily function that cannot be controlled, they continue to be a taboo subject with high levels of stigma attached and are rarely discussed nor given the attention they need.
On this island, this is evident in the recent backlash and decision to ban an advertisement for Tampax tampons in July 2020, which explained how to properly insert tampons1 . The advert received 84 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) for being "crude", "vulgar", "disgusting", "offensive" and allegedly "unsuitable for children" and was subsequently banned, despite the fact it simply emphasised the need to properly insert tampons for them to be effective.
The high levels of stigma around periods further prevents necessary discussion around the barriers in accessing products, including financial barriers and the social implications this creates in the everyday lives of those who struggle to access period products. This stigma around periods and the barriers attached to accessing period products can further exacerbate gender inequalities that are prevalent in Northern Ireland.
Period poverty references the lack of access to period products due to financial constraints. Therefore, those impacted by period poverty are those who need period products and are unable to afford them. The reasons for this can include low income, homelessness, abuse, health conditions which make periods more painful/heavy or because they have no income of their own. An average period lasts around five days and can cost about £8 per month for tampons and pads, with some being unable to afford this cost.
As a result, some women and girls are forced to use alternatives such as toilet roll, socks or even newspapers as they are unable to afford the sanitary products they need. Furthermore, some may need to avoid educational, work or recreational activities altogether due to not having access to products. This is clearly not acceptable and is detrimental to daily functions, in particular, impacting the ability to learn, work, concentrate and participate in everyday life.
These issues are significantly worsened for those with conditions such as endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition that affects 1 in 10 women with symptoms of pain and heavy periods and costs the UK economy £8.2 billion a year in treatment costs, healthcare and loss of work2 . The average diagnosis time from first experiencing symptoms and receiving a diagnosis is 7.5 years. This is compounded by societal stigma around periods as well as a lack of awareness and effective treatment.
Many women and girls suffer in silence for many years with bleeding that is difficult to control. There is no doubt that the consequence of this is increased costs and increased period poverty as a result of missed days from school and work, damage to clothes, fear of leaking and increased expense with sanitary products. If the stigma and expense was eliminated, it would not only reduce expense and period poverty but would bring the topic of periods into the public domain. Increased public awareness of periods and health conditions associated with them could increase endometriosis diagnosis rates and enable women to control their symptoms more effectively.
For schoolgirls in particular, period poverty can have an extremely detrimental impact on their wellbeing and ability to study or concentrate in school as they are worried about their lack of products and how to afford them. Access to these products is essential to the health and wellbeing of women and girls across the world. In addition, trans people can also face particular stigma in purchasing period products, especially for trans children who may be "outed" or "clocked" as trans when purchasing them in shops.
If we really want to tackle stigma around periods, sanitary products should be made visible and accessible in communal places with posters and clear information about provision. For too long, women and girls have felt as though they have to hide their tampons and pads because they are seen as a source of embarrassment. This should not be the case. There is no need to hide the natural process of a period cycle. If we continue to whisper about periods and sanitary products then we add to a sense of unnecessary shame and stigma.
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Are you in charge of software projects at your company and facing problems with your software? Do you want to improve the quality and have no idea where to start? Then this article will help you to start implementing QA processes!
QA stands for Quality Assurance and is a very important subject in the complex world of software development. We observe our software and find that it has discrepancies with customer expectations. A discrepancy in software is called a bug. If we remove the bug from the software, it does not automatically mean that it now works flawlessly. A requirement is the term for customer expectations for a system and it could be that the bug hides there as well. Sounds difficult, right? That is why we need dedicated QA engineers!
Let's start with the assurance part in QA. Spoiler: Nobody in the industry can assure that your software is flawless. Every software application has at least one bug, the question is: Do we know what it is, where it is and do we want that others (end-users, competitors, hackers) find it? Now that we accept that, we can move on. How can we ensure that we know about all the relevant bugs in our software? We test the software! We can also test all kinds of documents, design and code. Testers have a comprehensive toolbox on how to collect information about the system in test.
The first step is to analyze bugs in a software with the aim of finding the source. Why and how did a defect find a way into the software? Possible questions to ask: Is our system architecture too complex? Bad (or no) technical documentation? Vague or contradictory requirements? Do our people have the necessary skills to design/implement/test the software?
Second step: To define a set of actions and procedures to avoid appearance of the same bugs in the future. A typical approach might be: define a set of guidelines and standards to prevent this type of failure in the future, improve the quality of requirements by creating a checklist of what good requirements should cover, or use a specific tool to help us.
To summarize, with the help of analytical techniques we collect information about the software, with the help of constructive software quality assurance methods we prevent reappearance of bugs from a known source.
Quality Assurance requires processes and structure in order to analyze and improve software quality.
Now we need to talk about the quality part of QA. To better understand the topic let's use the analogy of a chair. If we need new chairs for our dining room, we go to the store, see 20-30 different types of chairs and feel lost. How to find the right model? Which chair can we describe as having good quality? Different people mention different things. For me, it is important that the chairs fit with the rest of the interior decor, and that they are stable and easy to clean (because of my kids). For my son, it is important that he can swing on it without the fear of falling backwards. The best way to address these needs, is to create a list of requirements. Do we need armrests? Should they be stackable? What kind of material/style/colour?
We do the same with software. We create a list of requirements and measure the degree of compliance. The biggest problem is that software development is a very complex process and many customers lack an understanding of it. Customer requirements influence up to 50 % of project success. That is why we talk about quality attributes. One way to classify quality attributes and metrics is the standard ISO/IEC 25010:2011.
Like testing, quality aspects can be applied to all kind of sources: software, subsystems, documents, single requirements, design and code. When starting a project, consider which quality aspects you will cover and what you will use as measurement. Choose it wisely, because what you measure, you will improve.
To illustrate the idea of quality, I used an example of finding a set of chairs, but software is a very complex system, more like a house. Quite often in development teams we hear customers saying: "We do not have the final set of requirements, but you can start and implement what we have so far." This is wrong for many reasons, but I will mention just two of them. Firstly, a requirement baseline is part of the contract between customer and service provider and should be synchronised with a SLA (service level agreement). Secondly, imagine building a house and, when your constructors are halfway done, you have the idea to put a swimming pool in the basement. Will it work? No. It is the same with software. If you cannot read the source code and see software architecture yourself, it does not mean that it does not exist. Your software has a structure and developing it requires you to follow certain rules.
Software development is a complex process which involves specialists from different domains. Quality Assurance is a discipline which shadows SD starting with the gathering of requirements and ending with testing rollback scenarios, with the aim of finding errors as soon as possible, analyze them and improve the process to reduce or eliminate those types of bugs.
Why do we do all this? Because prevention and reduction of errors as early as possible cost less than the rework involved in fixing the bug. In this case we can talk about build-in quality. It is a smart business decision to invest in effective software quality assurance.
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EU leaders meet without Britain to forge path toward Brexit talks
Published: June 29, 2016 at 6:45 a.m. ET
Natalia Drozdiak
Gabriele Steinhauser
Article 50 may not be invoked until after summer
France's President Francois Hollande, Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel talk at the EU Summit in Brussels on Wednesday. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are also at the summit.
European Union leaders were meeting without the U.K. for the first time in more than four decades Wednesday, as they work to reaffirm their union after Britain's decision to leave it.
The leaders have to decide what stance they want to take toward the first-ever member to depart the EU and how to stop growing discontent with Brussels to lead to similar rejections in one or more of the 27 remaining countries.
The debate is bound to be divisive. Leaders have widely different views on how to treat the U.K. during the exit talks, which are expected the last around two years, and the subsequent discussions on what kind of relationship London will maintain with the EU.
Some countries, which fear anti-EU uprisings in their own countries, want to take a tough path, in which the U.K. is made to feel what advantages it is foregoing by ditching the EU's single market and cooperation on everything from security to climate policies. Others, which rely on the U.K. as a major trading partner and geopolitical ally, have argued for a softer tack that leaves the EU closely bound to one of the world's largest economies and military forces.
The government in London has yet to formally initiate exit talks. After a summit with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday, EU leaders appear to have resigned themselves that the task of triggering Article 50 of the EU Treaty, which sets out the exit process, will be left to a new government that won't take office until after the summer. That leaves the other 27 states in limbo over what kind of relationship the U.K. wants to have with the EU after its departure.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.
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Look, Christopher Plummer is no slouch, but this is quite impressive: not only is he receiving widespread critical acclaim, but he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this year's Golden Globes for his portrayal of J. Paul Getty.
As you might remember, following multiple allegations of rampant sexual harassment and assault, Kevin Spacey was not only fired from House Of Cards but was also recast and replaced in All The Money In The World by Plummer. And because of that role, Plummer has maybe given the performance of his life.
Plummer, who spent 10 days in November reshooting Spacey's scenes, is being called a "godsend" by USA Today for his portrayal of J. Paul Getty, while the New York Post says he's "superb" and Rolling Stone says he "aces" the role.
All the Money in the World is an upcoming American biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on John Pearson's book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty. Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Mark Wahlberg, the film tells the story of J. Paul Getty's refusal to cooperate with the extortion demands of a group of kidnappers, from the organized crime group 'Ndrangheta, who had abducted and mutilated his grandson John Paul Getty III in the 1970s.
Despite the reshoots, the film's release was only delayed by three days, changing from a December 22 to Christmas Day release.
With his win at age 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest person to win an Academy Award for acting.
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The Wacky Cactus 6 comments
Can you identify this cactus???
The flower stalk is a spectacular 20′ tall!
Posted May 31, 2013 by henrymowry in Photography
Tagged with cactus flower, photography, unknown cactus
The Yucca Fades Leave a comment
Tagged with photography, Yucca
Portraits: Thomas Jefferson 1 comment
Thomas Jefferson, portrait by Mather Brown. London,1786. Painted with a statue of Liberty over his shoulder, and commissioned by Jefferson for $25. Now in the National Portrait Gallery.
The 3rd President of the United States, 1801 – 1809
AKA: The Sage of Monticello, The Man of the People, The Apostle of Democracy, The Negro President
College: The College of William & Mary
Married to: Martha Wayles
Children: Martha, Jane, Mary, Lucy, Lucy Elizabeth
Party: Democratic-Republican
Previous Jobs: Lawyer, Delegate to the First and Second Continental Congress, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Governor of Virginia, Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, US Minister to France, Secretary of State, Vice President
In His Words: "We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."
"The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavours of our lives."
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law."
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
"Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. — We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine favour towards us, that his Providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy, until we were grown up to our present strength, had been previously exercised in warlike operation, and possessed of the means of defending ourselves. With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverence, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan."
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will."
"The greatest good we can do our country is to heal it's party divisions & make them one people. I do not speak of their leaders who are incurable, but of the honest and well-intentioned body of the people."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as of duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only."
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."
"That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected."
"Good wine is a necessity of life for me."
Not true: Jefferson was the greatest writer from America's Founding Fathers, and it's inevitable that modern society has created many phrases that support their beliefs, and attributed them to Jefferson. It's just not true. Don't believe all of those graphics you read on Facebook. Jefferson did NOT SAY THESE THINGS:
NO – Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
NO – Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
NO – My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
NO – The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
NO – The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
True: Jefferson was appointed to write the first draft of what became the Declaration of Independence. Others at the Continental Congress contributed to the effort. For example, Jefferson had written, "We hold these truths to be sacred and un-deniable…" Franklin changed it to, "We hold these truths to be self-evident."
Months before Jefferson actually assumed the role as Minister to France he arrived in Paris on August 6, 1784 and four days later rode to greet his old friend Benjamin Franklin. When the French foreign minister, the Count de Vergennes, commented to Jefferson, "You replace Monsieur Franklin, I hear," Jefferson replied, "I succeed him. No man can replace him."
Thomas Jefferson was the first to be inaugurated in Washington DC. Jefferson also was the only one to walk to and from his inauguration.
Jefferson was vehemently against the corrupting influence of banks and monied interests. He joined with Madison, and actively worked against Hamilton. Washington nearly dismissed Jefferson from his cabinet over this, and Jefferson did leave the cabinet voluntarily. Washington, however, never forgave and never spoke to him again.
Jefferson sought to purge from government the Federalists appointed to government jobs during the previous administration … a practice common today, but greeted with howls of protest in the early 1800s.
Ohio became a state during Jefferson's Presidency.
The Louisiana Purchase was completed during Jefferson's Presidency. Historians disagree with how that happened, exactly. Did Napoleon Bonaparte initiate the transaction? Does Jefferson deserve credit? Madison? Monroe? The price was $15 million, and it was a bargain. Jefferson gets credit for completing the deal, in spite of the lack of constitutional authority to do so (which Federalists criticized him for).
Historians have long disagreed about Jefferson's commitment to the anti-slavery cause. Many believe he was the father of one or more children by Sally Hemings, a slave that he owned. It is true that in 1807, he signed a law that banned the importation of slaves into the United States.
Jefferson believed that all (white, landowning) men were created equal and should be treated the same. His home was open to all citizens. In 1803, England's foreign minister came to call on him at the Presidential Mansion … wearing full diplomatic regalia. Secretary of State Madison couldn't find Jefferson … but when he finally was found, Jefferson came to the meeting wearing slippers.
Lewis & Clark gave him two grizzly bears, which he kept on the White House lawn for some time.
Jefferson's original tombstone is on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia, my alma mater. His epitaph, which Jefferson wrote, does not mention that he was the 3rd President of the United States!
HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON
AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
The Official Portrait: Rembrandt Peale painted the Official White House Portrait of Thomas Jefferson in 1800.
Big Mo
Monticello.org – Bad Quotes
Posted May 29, 2013 by henrymowry in POTUS
Tagged with 3rd President, Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, President of the United States, Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson
Portraits: George H. W. Bush Leave a comment
Bush sat for this portrait at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine. The picture's backdrop, however, is the East Room of the White House. Among artist Ron Sherr's aims was to balance the formality of the composition with a warmth capable of drawing the viewer into the picture. National Portrait Gallery.
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 – )
The 41st President of the United States, 1989 – 1993
AKA: 41, Poppy, Papa Bush
From: Massachusetts, Texas
College: Yale University
Married to: Barbara Pierce
Children: George Walker, Pauline Robinson, John Ellis "Jeb," Neil Mallon, Marvin Pierce, Dorothy
Previous Jobs: US Navy Lieutenant, sales clerk, oil industry entrepreneur, company President, US Congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Envoy to China, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Bank Chairman, Vice President
In His Words:"I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, 'Read my lips: no new taxes.'"
"I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be with us today, not only because this is our Bicentennial Inauguration, but because Washington remains the Father of our Country. And he would, I think, be gladdened by this day; for today is the concrete expression of a stunning fact: our continuity these 200 years since our government began. We meet on democracy's front porch, a good place to talk as neighbors and as friends. For this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences, for a moment, are suspended."
Official White House Portrait Photo, 1989
"I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led, rewarding. We will work on this in the White House, in the Cabinet agencies. I will go to the people and the programs that are the brighter points of light, and I will ask every member of my government to become involved. The old ideas are new again because they are not old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, commitment, and a patriotism that finds its expression in taking part and pitching in."
"I do not like broccoli and I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. Now look, this is the last statement I'm going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that's coming in."
"Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education."
"We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons."
"It is possible to tell things by a handshake. I like the "looking in the eye" syndrome. It conveys interest. I like the firm, though not bone crushing shake. The bone crusher is trying too hard to "macho it.: The clammy or diffident handshake — fairly or unfairly — get me off to a bad start with a person."
Not true: A 1992 New York Times article famously portrayed Bush as being amazed by a common supermarket scanner, which helped to paint him as an elitist who was out of touch with everyday American life. In reality, the scanner that Bush was so impressed with was an advanced prototype that could weigh groceries and decipher mangled and torn bar codes. Further, it was later discovered that the writer of the infamous article wasn't even present at the convention where Bush was shown the scanner in question.
True: While serving as the Chairman of the Republican Party, he asked Nixon to resign the Presidency for the good of the Party.
After Ford became President, Bush was considered – and rejected – as his Vice President.
After serving as the Director of Central Intelligence, Bush decided to leave the government during Carter's administration. He served as a part-time professor at Rice University.
When Reagan needed surgery on his colon, Bush became the Acting President for 8 hours until Reagan recovered from anesthesia.
When Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and then threatened to move into Saudi Arabia, Bush rallied the United Nations, the U. S. people, and Congress and sent 425,000 American troops. They were joined by 118,000 troops from allied nations. After weeks of air and missile bombardment, the 100-hour land battle dubbed Desert Storm routed Iraq's million-man army.
George and Barbara had two sons that became governors: George, of Texas, and Jeb, of Florida.
When son George ran for president in 2000, his father told voters, "This boy — this son of ours — is not going to let you down." George W. Bush's election made his father the second president in history, after John Adams, to witness a son elected president. Years later, when the latter President Bush was criticized, family members noted that the proud patriarch took the barbs more emotionally than he ever had those once directed at himself.
George and Barbara Bush were married in 1945; they are celebrating the longest marriage ever between a President and his First Lady.
The Official Portrait: The Official White House Portrait of George Herbert Walker Bush by was painted by Herbert E. Abrams in 1994. Abrams, who also painted the Official White House Portrait of Jimmy Carter, died in 2003.
The painting in the background is The Peacemakers by George P. A. Healy.
Tagged with 41, 41st President, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, Herbert Abrams, poppy, President of the United States
Boy's Life, July 1936 Leave a comment
Posted May 27, 2013 by henrymowry in Scouting
Tagged with Boy Scouts, Boy's Life, Cub Scouts, July 1936, Sea Scouts
words Leave a comment
35 is the fifth tetrahedral number – and I can pronounce that word correctly, without help from the word's creator.
The above graphic is an animated .gif. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, and they can be either static or animated.
The inventor of this handy file format, Steve Wilhite, finally settled a controversy in the graphics community by declaring his preference for the pronunciation of the universally accepted short-hand name of this file, "gif." He created this format 26 years ago, in 1987.
It's "jif," with a soft "g" sound. Not the hard G, as in graphic.
So, I've pronounced it wrong for all of these years, as have most (but not all) of the graphic artists I've worked with. My apologies to Mr. Wilhite and to the creative community for the mistake!
Wikipedia on .gif
Posted May 26, 2013 by henrymowry in Living Life
Tagged with gif, how to pronounce gif, Steve Wilhite
A Shameful Secret and a Silly Hat Leave a comment
I share Sarah's shame … but it's worse for me. I did not even attend kindergarten, you see, so my academic career is doubly shamed.
Tagged with graduation, kindergarten, mortarboards
Pink Hibiscus Leave a comment
The hibiscus really doesn't belong in Santa Clarita … it does freeze here for one night about once every 3 years. Last winter (and I know I use the word loosely for those of you suffering in where weather consists of more than hot winds and sunshine) we got our freeze, which almost killed the 2 hibiscus that we have planted.
I didn't expect any flowers from this pink hibiscus this year … but it's good to be surprised, isn't it?
The flowers often only last a day or two … so I had to shoot this bloom quickly. Who knows if the green bud underneath this bloom will be as pretty!
Tagged with hibiscus, photography, Santa Clarita
Portraits: Richard Nixon 2 comments
Artist Norman Rockwell admitted that he had intentionally flattered Nixon in this portrait. Nixon's appearance was troublesomely elusive, Rockwell noted, and if he was going to err in his portrayal, he wanted it to be in a direction that would please Nixon. National Portrait Gallery
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 – 1994)
The 37th President of the United States, 1969 – 1974
AKA: Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, Gloomy Gus, The Boss
From: California
College: Whittier College, Duke University School of Law
Married to: Pat Ryan
Children: Tricia, Julie
Previous Jobs: Lawyer, Navy Lieutenant Commander, US Representative, US Senator, Vice President
In His Words: "We were poor, but the glory of it was, we didn't know it."
"I always remember that whatever I have done in the past or may do in the future, Duke University is responsible in one way or another."
"What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism?"
"I leave you gentleman now. You will now write it; you will interpret it; that's your right. But as I leave you I want you to know…. just think how much you're going to be missing. You don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference, and I hope that what I have said today will at least make television, radio, the press recognize that they have a right and a responsibility, if they're against a candidate give him the shaft, but also recognize if they give him the shaft, put one lonely reporter on the campaign who'll report what the candidate says now and then. Thank you, gentlemen, and good day."
"The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker."
"The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep."
"I should say this—that Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. And I always tell her that she'd look good in anything."
"North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that."
"The Jews are irreligious, atheistic, immoral bunch of bastards."
"The Jewish cabal is out to get me."
"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal."
"We are faced this year with the choice between the "work ethic" that built this Nation's character and the new "welfare ethic" that could cause that American character to weaken."
"There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape."
"In any organization, the man at the top must bear the responsibility. That responsibility, therefore, belongs here, in this office. I accept it. And I pledge to you tonight, from this office, that I will do everything in my power to ensure that the guilty are brought to justice and that such abuses are purged from our political processes in the years to come, long after I have left this office."
"I have never been a quitter."
"Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation."
"I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in the Cabinet."
"As long as I'm sitting in the chair, there's not going to be any Jew appointed to that court. [No Jew] can be right on the criminal-law issue."
Not true: Nixon did not tell the truth to the American people. Here's how the Watergate scandal is described by Dummies.com:
President Richard Nixon's involvement in the infamous Watergate scandal is a controversial issue, even today. Nixon's role in Watergate has been under discussion and clouded in suspicious for years. In a nutshell, here's what happened in the greatest presidential scandal in U.S. history:
On June 17, 1972, McCord and four other men working for the Committee to Re-Elect the President (or CREEP — really) broke into the Democratic Party's headquarters in the Watergate, a hotel-office building in Washington, D.C. They got caught going through files and trying to plant listening devices. Five days later, Nixon denied any knowledge of it or that his administration played any role in it.
The burglars went to trial in 1973 and either pled guilty or were convicted. Before sentencing, McCord wrote a letter to Judge John Sirica, contending that high Republican and White House officials knew about the break-in and had paid the defendants to keep quiet or lie during the trial.
Investigation of McCord's charges spread to a special Senate committee. John Dean, a White House lawyer, told the committee McCord was telling the truth and that Nixon had known of the effort to cover up White House involvement.
Eventually, all sorts of damaging stuff began to surface, including evidence that key documents linking Nixon to the cover-up of the break-in had been destroyed, that the Nixon reelection committee had run a "dirty tricks" campaign against the Democrats, and that the administration had illegally wiretapped the phones of "enemies," such as journalists who had been critical of Nixon.
In March 1974, former Attorney. General John Mitchell and six top Nixon aides were indicted by a federal grand jury for trying to block the investigation. They were eventually convicted.
While Nixon continued to deny any involvement, it was revealed he routinely made secret tapes of conversations in his office. Nixon refused to turn over the tapes at first, and when he did agree (after firing a special prosecutor he had appointed to look into the mess and seeing his new attorney general resign in protest), it turned out some of them were missing or had been destroyed. (They were also full of profanity, which greatly surprised people who had an entirely different perception of Nixon.)
In the summer of 1974, the House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against the president for obstructing justice.
The tapes clearly showed Nixon had been part of the cover-up. On August 8, 1974, he submitted a one-sentence letter of resignation, and then went on television and said, "I have always tried to do what is best for the nation." He was the first and, so far, only U.S. president to quit the job.
The Watergate scandal rocked the nation, which was already reeling from the Vietnam disaster, economic troubles, assassinations, and all the social unrest of the preceding 15 years. It fell to Nixon's successor, Vice President Gerald R. Ford, to try to bring back a sense of order and stability to the nation. And no one had voted for him to do it.
True: Richard Nixon was 5′ 11′ and weighed about 175 pounds.
Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover were our two Quaker Presidents.
Nixon lost the first televised Presidential debate. Kennedy lost that same debate, according to radio listeners. Nixon refused to use make-up, and his 5 o'clock shadow made him look unkempt to TV viewers.
Nixon had the cottage cheese flown in every week from Knudsen's dairy in Los Angeles.
He was the first president in 120 years to have both the Senate and the House of Representatives controlled by the opposing party.
President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up, 5/22/73
Faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment, Nixon announced on August 8, 1974, that he would resign the next day to begin "that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America."
Nixon was the first candidate to carry 49 states (1972), a feat later matched by Reagan.
The Official Portrait: James Anthony Wills' 1984 portrait of Nixon is the official White House Portrait.
Tagged with 37th President, President of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon, Richard Nixon, Tricky Dick, Watergate scandal
Daylilies 3 comments
Daylily is the general non-scientific name of the genus Hemerocallis … and there's a wide variety of cultivars that have been developed. It's a perennial, and the name refers to the flowers that typically last no more than 24 hours. Most of the species open in the early morning and wither that night … often with another flower opening the next day on the same scape, or flower stalk. There are some night bloomers, but we've got day bloomers.
I really don't know why Velda hates daylilies. It's unfortunate, since when we had our landscaping done several years ago, we had a bunch planted. Tons of 'em.
Two dozen by the driveway alone. They must have been on sale.
So perhaps it's just because we're awash in the things. And, maybe, it's because they have long gangly green stalks that produce some very showy flowers … that sometimes only last a day or two. Hardly worth the effort. Especially when they are everywhere.
But will she let me take them out? No, she likes to suffer.
Good enough for me. Here you go: suffer.
Tagged with Daylily, Hemerocallis


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Q: Changing a class from Select I'm trying to append a class in a div via the values in the drop down. I've managed to do that, however, the previous class is still in the div and not getting replaced
so instead of getting

I'm getting

the classes are compounding
The HTML
<select id="layout">
<option value="one-column">one-column</option>
<option value="two-columns">two-column</option>
<option value="three-columns">three-column</option>
</select>

The JQuery

Any ideas, Thanks
Regards
Said

A: jsFiddle Demo
$(function () {
    $("#layout").change(function () {
        $('#layoutblock')[0].className = "row " + $(this).val();
    });
});

A: Try this code,
var oldVal = "";
$(function() {
    $("#layout").change(function () {
        if(oldVal) {
            $('#layoutblock').removeClass(oldVal);
        }
        $('#layoutblock').addClass($(this).val());
        oldVal = $(this).val(); //Update the old value
    }).change();
 })

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/hwznY/

A: try this:
$("#layout").change(function () {
    $('#layoutblock')
        .removeClass()
        .addClass("row")
        .addClass($(this).val());
})
.change();

A: try this
$("select option:not(:selected)").each(function () {
var value  = $(this).val();
$("#layout").removeClass(value);
 $("#layout").addClass($('#layout :selected').val());
});

A: Want to try
$("#layout").change(function () {
    $("#layoutblock").removeAttr("class");
    $("#layoutblock").attr("class", $("#layout option:selected").val());

    //Optional alert showing the new class of the div
    alert($("#layoutblock").attr("class"));
});

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/MvxLf/

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Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn — do these sound familiar to you? Since the social media and digital marketing boom, these three social platforms have stolen the hearts of marketing professionals everywhere.
It's time to rethink print-based marketing.
1. PRINT Provides Credibility — There's something about print that provides the feel of professionalism and trust. The web is filled with digital pollution: pop-ups, unrelated ads, and linked content. There's simply a sense of calm with print that you don't get through onscreen text. Anyone can create a webpage. But not everyone is going to take the time to design, develop, and distribute a printed piece.
2. PRINT Builds Your Brand — Print is essential for building your brand. Week after week, when someone opens their mailbox and sees the same font, colors, and types of photos, they are becoming familiar with your brand. Take Target, for example. The moment you sift through your mail and see the explosion of red and white with that adorable little Bull Terrier, you instantly know it's Target.
3. PRINT Is Tangible — A print piece is something you can actually hold in your hands. When you go to a friend's house or a doctor's office, they don't have iPhones or iPads laying on the table for you to look through. What do they have? A table filled with magazines, newspapers, and brochures. Print items stay in houses and offices for months — even YEARS — unlike digital material, which often disappears into cyberspace within seconds.
4. PRINT Reaches Your Target Markets — Placing ads or columns in specialty publications can effectively reach niche audiences that may be difficult to target online. If your company sells bridal gowns, would you place an ad in a hunting magazine? No, because that would be impractical. So why risk getting your product or service lost within the millions of niches online?
5. PRINT Is Engaging — Let's face it, when you're online, you have the ability to click multiple links, open several tabs at once, and — in a matter of seconds — become deeply entangled in the multi-layered World Wide Web. This is where print prevails. Print pieces hold a person's attention. When you're looking through a magazine or newspaper, you don't have the option to click links or have multiple pages open at once. Thus your customers' attention is much more focused with print media.
Certainly, the most effective way to market your business is to utilize as many channels as possible. Even though social media and digital marketing are vital pieces of your marketing puzzle, the whole picture won't be complete without print. There are those who still rejoice in the majesty of a printed page, so it's important to reach them, too.
Creating balance in your marketing strategies and tactics will increase sales, engage new customers, and — most importantly — bring your marketing plan back to LIFE!


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Long QT syndrome is a heart rhythm disorder that can cause fast, chaotic heartbeats. In some cases, long QT syndrome can cause sudden death. Long QT syndrome may result from a genetic mutation or be caused by certain medications and medical conditions. The condition is treatable with medication, surgery, or an implantable device. Because it may have serious consequences, it's important for electrophysiologists to know about long QT syndrome.