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Five proven methods to achieve true self-awareness
Written by Annie Makoff-Clark Tuesday 26 January 2021
Great leaders understand their strengths and weaknesses. But achieving genuine self-awareness is not always easy
Self-awareness is the key to being a better manager, as any good leadership book or credible website will tell you. But as a concept, it's not always obvious how to reach this holy grail. How, after all, does one become more self-aware in the workplace, and what does it involve?
In a recent CMI webinar, David McLaughlin CMgr, ChMC assessment manager at CMI, outlined the key areas managers might want to consider.
'The unexamined life is not worth living': Socrates
This may be a philosophical statement, but according to David, it resonates in a workplace context because it reminds us to reflect on how we are living our lives and how we're behaving and performing in the workplace.
"Are we performing and behaving in ways we really want to or have we fallen into the trap of pretending to be something we're not?" he asks. He refers to this as the 'chameleon effect' where people find themselves behaving or acting in a way just to fit in. This behaviour is often unconscious but the key, says David, is to regularly 'check-in' with ourselves to remain authentic. "As cheesy as it sounds, the world needs you, not you pretending to be someone else."
What is self-awareness?
Self-awareness, says David, is being aware of who we are and how we come across. He suggests three questions:
How much do you understand about how you come across?
What impact do you and your behaviour have on other people? What are you saying without words?
Thinking about how we come across to others is vital and being aware of the non-verbal cues we unconsciously give off is crucial. And not just body language, either. It may be in facial expressions, gestures or, in a non-pandemic social distancing world, how much space and distance we give others.
"All of these things have a big effect on the way people interact and deal with you, the way people trust and rely on you and the way they may consider you for roles in the future, all based on how you behave," David explains.
It's not all about IQ
According to David, there's a lot more to self-awareness than intelligence. The emotional approach is vitally important. He highlights five areas to reflect on in particular:
Self-awareness – emotions and confidence
Self-regulation – self-control, trustworthiness and adaptability
Motivation – personal drivers, commitment
Empathy – understanding others, reading the room, developing others
Social skills – influence, communication, leadership collaboration, conflict management
As David explains, we need to consider all these things through the lens of self-awareness to develop and improve as people. It's just as important to be aware of our emotions and question if they are effective (or indeed manipulative) as it is to think about how adaptable or trustworthy we are as individuals. We also need to consider our motivation and personal drivers: have we been asked to do something that might be against our values? Are we working somewhere which doesn't fit with who we are? Are we our unique, authentic selves?
"A big part of self-awareness is being authentic and genuine," says David. "I can't stress that enough. If you are not authentic and genuine, people will see right through you. They will see it's a sham and they will stop trusting you on that basis."
But there's a caveat to all this: while it's important to reflect and question ourselves on these issues, it's essential to move on. Otherwise, David warns, you risk 'falling down a rabbit hole'. As David puts it: "So answer the questions then move on or you'll drive yourself mad. It's a balancing act to ensure you keep yourself sane and mentally well."
Use the Johari Window technique
David recommends using the Johari Window technique to better understand yourself and your relationship with others. It is based around four panes:
Open – what we already know about ourselves
Hidden – what others do not know about us
Blind Spot – what we don't know about ourselves
Unknown – what is unknown about ourselves and unknown by others
"We all have one mouth and two ears, and we should use them in that proportion," says David. It's about active listening: paying complete attention to someone without doing anything else. Interrupting or finishing someone's sentences because you think you understand is also a no-no.
"Finishing someone's sentence isn't empathy," David cautions. "If you're listening, you need to give them your full attention and be able to watch what their non-verbal communication is showing you. You need to be present in order to understand."
Self-brand and our personal environment
How we act, dress and behave, and what we surround ourselves with all creates an overall impression of the sort of person we are. But, says David, it's crucial to think about what impression this gives off. It's as much about being true to our values as it is about the image we create through our personal environment and choice of clothes. Do you want to be known as the person with the messy desk or the individual who wears t-shirts with inappropriate slogans?
"There are no right or wrong answers, it's just something to think about," says David. "So if all this is what you want to say, crack on. If not, you may need to change things."
David believes it's important to consider where our own 'personal power' comes from:
Power over (formal authority)
Power through (expertise or knowledge)
Power of (resource control)
Power from (Interpersonal skills)
"We need to check in with ourselves where our power is coming from," says David. "Again, there's no right or wrong. Are we coming from a place of empathy and social interaction? Are we genuine? Are coming down too hard and using our power?"
Undertake an inventory and SWOT yourself
We can develop genuine self-awareness from critical friends and colleagues' insight: people who will tell you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear. Self-analysis and 360-degree feedback can be helpful, too. And so too can a SWOT analysis. Identify your strengths and weaknesses, be open-mindful and flexible but ultimately, maintain a sense of balance, so you don't become overly fixated on one issue.
"Treat yourself like a project," says David. "It sounds ridiculous, but it works for a lot of people."
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Q: kinect Gesture recognition in SimpleOpenNI I want to implement a kind of drums. For every hit I want to play a song. So I need to detect every "hit" and the position. before I start implementing a function who will analyse the positions and detect "hits" I want to be sure that there is no other solution, so is there any event, gesture detection who allow me to detect that ?

A: As far as I know there is no "event" that is defined natively other than stream callbacks which are called when you receive data such as the joint positions and depth image which should be enough to get you started.
I would take a look at this:https://code.google.com/p/kineticspace/ in order to know what to expect or how to proceed with your own code.
Once you manage to get the skeleton data just find where the hand is at that time, put a threshold to its position and start tracking for a certain amount time and see if its movement path fits your pattern for a particular gesture such as "translation in y direction for x amount of seconds". Then you have very simple "hit" gesture detection. This can get as complex as you need, but there is not much to it at the basics in terms of what you receive from the library side.
Good luck.

A: I made a drum kit with the Kinect using this is a wonderful class for placing and using boxes in Kinect.
Import Libraries:
import processing.opengl.*;
import SimpleOpenNI.*;

Use something like this bit of code inside your Setup()
myTrigger = new Hotpoint(200, 10, 800, size);

Use the methods inside your draw()
if(myTrigger.currentlyHit()) {
          myTrigger.play();
          println("trigger hit");
      }

Use the following methods inside this class!
class Hotpoint {

  PVector center;
  color fillColor;
  color strokeColor;
  int size;
  int pointsIncluded;
  int maxPoints;
  boolean wasJustHit;
  int threshold;

  Hotpoint(float centerX, float centerY, float centerZ, int boxSize) {
    center = new PVector(centerX, centerY, centerZ);
    size = boxSize;
    pointsIncluded = 0;
    maxPoints = 1000;
    threshold = 0;
    fillColor = strokeColor = color(random(255), random(255), random(255));
  }

  void setThreshold( int newThreshold ){
    threshold = newThreshold;
  }

  void setMaxPoints(int newMaxPoints) {
    maxPoints = newMaxPoints;
  }

  void setColor(float red, float blue, float green){
    fillColor = strokeColor = color(red, blue, green);
  }

  boolean check(PVector point) {
    boolean result = false;
    if (point.x > center.x - size/2 && point.x < center.x + size/2) {
      if (point.y > center.y - size/2 && point.y < center.y + size/2) {
        if (point.z > center.z - size/2 && point.z < center.z + size/2) {
          result = true;
          pointsIncluded++;
        }
      }
    }

    return result;
  }

  void draw() {
    pushMatrix();
      translate(center.x, center.y, center.z);

        fill(red(fillColor), blue(fillColor), green(fillColor),
          255 * percentIncluded());
        stroke(red(strokeColor), blue(strokeColor), green(strokeColor), 255);
        box(size);
    popMatrix();
  }

  float percentIncluded() {
    return map(pointsIncluded, 0, maxPoints, 0, 1);
  }

  boolean currentlyHit() {
    return (pointsIncluded > threshold);
  }

  boolean isHit() {
    return currentlyHit() && !wasJustHit;
  }

  void clear() {
    wasJustHit = currentlyHit();
    pointsIncluded = 0;
  }
}

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Farhan Zaidi addresses the media as he is introduced as the new San Francisco Giants President of Baseball Operations on Nov. 7, 2018. (Ryan Gorcey / S.F. Examiner)
San Francisco Giants sign former A's ambidextrous reliever Pat Venditte
Ryan Gorcey
The San Francisco Giants announced on Friday morning that they had agreed to terms on a one-year Major League contract with ambidextrous free agent pitcher Pat Venditte.
New Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi is familiar with the switch-pitching Venditte, who appeared in 15 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, when Zaidi was the team's general manager.
Over his final 10 games with Los Angeles, the 33-year old Venditte threw 9.2-scoreless innings, allowing only three hits and two walks. Venditte appeared in 45 games with triple-A Oklahoma City, going 4-2 with a 1.75 ERA (10er, 51.1ip) and a 0.85 WHIP.
Venditte was non-tendered by the Dodgers, who had five years of team control left over the Creighton product. He made $545,000 last season.
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 45th round of the 2007 MLB Draft, Venditte became a national story during his early minor league career, when he and a switch hitter for the Brooklyn Cyclones had a lengthy back-and-forth figuring out who would approach an at-bat from which side. That precipitated a new rule for when switch-pitchers face switch-hitters.
Venditte broke into the major leagues with Zaidi's previous employer, the Oakland Athletics, in 2015, after signing a minor league contract with a spring training invite. He signed with the club shortly after Zaidi left to become GM of the Dodgers.
The Omaha, Nebraska native has appeared in 56 big league games between the A's (2015), Toronto (2016), Seattle (2016) and Los Angeles-NL (2018) and owns a 2-2 record with a 4.45 ERA. The two-way reliever has had more success against lefties, holding them to a .186 average (21-for-113), while right-handers have hit .277 (36-for-130) off him over his Major League career.
With Friday's addition, the Giants 40-man roster now stands at 38 players.
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Today we drove into Saline to take in "preschool day" at the Saline Community Fair. Since the fair website wasn't altogether informative as to what "preschool day" meant, I wasn't at all sure what to expect, and as it turned out I never really got a chance to find out. The only specified preschool activiity that Calvin was interested in was the Gemini concert that was already underway when we arrived, and as soon as the performance was over he wanted nothing to do with the remaining preschool activities (which seemed to include a number of kiddie games with junk candy prizes anyway), and instead made a beeline for the animal showing barns. He clearly remembered the animals from the Chelsea Fair and was raring for a repeat. I have no idea how the two events truly compare, but the barns at the Chelsea Fair felt larger, fuller, more informative, and more inviting, which, after the bombing of "preschool day", left only one major draw at the Saline Fair - the Whipsering Pines Animal Sanctuary. When Jon and I first became acquainted with this group several years ago, we had the opportunity to pet a juvenile Okapi, one of our very favorite (very rare) animals, and we have been fans of the event ever since. Every year their visit is a little different, and while there were no Okapis this year, Calvin had a great time feeding and petting llamas, goats, sheep, a baby bison, and two kangaroos. Oh, and he road a camel. All by himself. The man running the exhibit was a little hesitant to put such a youngster on a camel alone, but I assured him that Calvin had ridden quarter horses with no assistance, so he tried it. Calvin was quite at ease, and quite content, on his camel (most kids ask for ponies...we see where this is going). The morning was so much fun that Calvin asked to take daddy back after nap time (he wanted to show him the bison and the camels), and he was such a good boy that morning that we decided to go ahead and go. We didn't ride any camels the second time around, but we did feed all the animals again, and got the chance to hold an armadillo (Jon) and a fenec fox (me). Calvin wasn't so sure about the armadillo–he really kept his eye on him at all times and only gave him a brief pet–but he was much more at home with the charming little fenec fox. Our own little zoo at home will never feel the same again.
More pictures in the Sept 2008 Album.


How do we save the world with a tiny house ? Well we don't . We empower one family at a time though !
I have got a lot of responses and emails expressing sadness about my prior circumstance and though a appreciate the love and concern conveyed by everyone I want to reassure you that I am thankful beyond words that I had these experiences for so many reasons. One of the biggest reasons is it has changed my outlook entirely on life. There was a time when I honestly felt if someone lived in poverty it was their choice, either because of their bad decision making or their lack of work ethic or some other flaw they may have. This wasn't my first expedience with living in poverty as a young single mom of a bunch of kiddo's we had it rough, but I powered through and fought my way out leaving me to believe everyone else could and should do the same. Poverty is not drug addiction, alcoholism, abuse or laziness, those things afflict people in all walks of life, we can look at Hollywood and see that. Some of the hardest working people I have ever known live in poverty now that I think of it. People getting rich on welfare ? Nope I was on welfare and I can assure you I was not rich. I remember standing in line at the grocery store with a Coach bag on my shoulder just last year. I got the bag at a yard sale for 5 bucks. My intentions was to resell it but before I did I just wanted to use it for a few days. I checked out and reached into my bag and pulled out my EBT card, within seconds the lady behind me let me know I had know business owning a Coach purse. I was crushed… I never used the purse again.
Because of this I am searching for a way to start a tiny house community so others like myself can breathe easy and know that they will never be homeless again.
Now back to the bathroom !!
Now seriously could this get any cooler ?!?!? I am so tickled about how this project is coming out ! For a few pieces of metal roofing and a galvanized troth this is beginning to be one classy bathroom. Now some trimming a few shelves and just the right shower curtain nd we will be Pinterest worthy !!


Learners credited with this unit standard are able to acquire and induct project team members and explain the project and the required procedures to them. Learners will also be able to source, acquire and allocate 'non-people' resources as well as be able to establish the physical and virtual workplace environment for a project.
Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4 or equivalent.
Computer Literacy at NQF Level 3 or equivalent.
Unit Standard: Develop an integrated project management plan for a simple to moderately complex project at NQF Level 5.
A high degree of stability, few uncertainties or low rate of change with regard to expected deliverables, phase contents, organisational process and procedures, legislation and team members.
Limited range of different methods or approaches relating to; the design and creation of deliverables and end products.
Low to moderate impact on the environment and or socio economic elements; Moderate to low need to comply with legislation; Moderate number of stakeholders affected by or interested in the project.
Low strategic importance to the organisation or organisations involved; Not necessary identified in strategic plans.
Stakeholders, that are in agreement about the characteristics of the product of the project; Benefits of the project well defined and agreed.
Low number of different organisations participating in the project; A low number; and or wide variety of interfaces between the project and other organisational entities in order to produce the end deliverable.
Demonstrate an understanding of the project and the project management procedures.
The purpose, approach, scope, deliverables and time frames of the project are explained in accordance with the approved project management plan.
Project management processes and phases are identified and explained in line with the project management plan and agreed timelines.
Project methodology to be used is explained in accordance with the approved project management plan and operating requirements.
Project methodologies include but are not limited to control procedures, purchasing procedures, templates and standards.
Stakeholder relationship management plan and communication management plan and methods are explained in accordance with project management plan.
Acquire and induct project team members.
Project team members are identified and acquired in line with defined project roles and responsibilities.
Team members may be permanent or contracted.
Team members are briefed and orientated on the project and work environment within required time frame.
Team and or individual roles and responsibilities are delegated according to the project management plan.
Project work is allocated to individual project team members in accordance with the project management plan.
The needs of Individual team members are identified and addressed in accordance with legislative and/or organisational policy and/or project policy.
Project team rules are discussed and agreed with team members and recorded in required format.
Acquire and allocate 'non-people' resources for the project.
Resources may include but is not limited to: equipment, tools, seating, furniture, communication tools such as web access, e-mail, cell phones, specialised equipment.
Resources are acquired in accordance with the agreed project management plan and or internal or external acquisition procedures.
Resources are allocated in accordance with the agreed project management plan.
Resources required by team members to conduct project work are made available as and when required.
Project asset register is maintained in line with project and or organisational standards and procedures.
Establish physical and virtual workplace environment.
Virtual workplace may include but is not limited to: project activities are not always conducted in the same physical location.
Available facilities are investigated and needs to accommodate project team members and other resources are identified in accordance with legislation, the project management plan and team member needs.
Needs could include but are not limited to: seating, storage, communications, technology, access, equipment, special needs of team members e.g. wheelchair access.
A safe working environment is established in accordance with relevant legislation.
A secure working environment is established in line with integrated project plan.
Develop project procedures, standards and templates.
A team charter is compiled in the required format that describes the team expected behaviours.
Project control procedures are compiled in accordance with project management plan requirements.
Control could include but are not limited to: safety requirements, reporting escalation, change control, purchasing, approvals, levels of authorities.
Documentation procedures and standards are compiled in accordance with the project management plan requirements.
Standards could include but are not limited to: naming, filing of content.
Moderation of assessment to be conducted by an accredited provider according to internal approved provider policy and the relevant ETQA guidelines.
Knowledge of team management methodologies.
Knowledge of procedure and template design.
An understanding of effective communication methods and techniques.
An understanding of asset management and asset register.
Identify and solve problems related to the allocation of resources to meet project objectives.
Work effectively with others in the process of establishing the physical and virtual workplace environment.
Collect, evaluate, organise and critically evaluate information while acquiring and allocating 'non-people' resources and project team members.
Communicate effectively with individuals when explaining the project management strategy for a project.
Use science and technology when explaining the project management strategy of the project and communication requirements.
In order to contribute to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of society at large, it must be the intention underlying any programme of learning to make an individual aware of the importance of being culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts especially when acquiring and inducting project team members.
> A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK Guide), 2000 and 2004 versions, from Project Management Institute (PMI�).
> Extensions to PMBoK� Guide from PMI�.
Body of Knowledge from Association for Project Management, UK.
IPMA Competence Baseline from International Project Management Association.
Project Management role delineation studies from PMI� for CAPM and PMP.
Project Management Competency Development Framework from PMI� 2002.
Emerging global performance standards for project management personnel (GPSPMP - Global).
Australian National Competency Standards for Project Management 2003.


Back in February of 2011, Myrtle Beach Restaurant News reported on a new delivery service for the south Strand that would deliver your to-go orders from area restaurants.
For ten months Myrtle Beach Restaurant Delivery (MBRD) would pick up your restaurant order and drop it off to your door, as long as you lived between Huntington Beach State Park and the Backgate. But now that business is doing well, MBRD is expanding to the Myrtle Beach area and with it, some new participating restaurant partners.
The service only charges a nominal delivery fee, "$3 for pizzeria deliveries and $5 for all other restaurant deliveries." In a month the business owners plan on expanding to the grocery delivery business as well. Hop on over to The Sun News for all the details on what new local favorite restaurants have joined the MBRD service.


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You can now take a virtual tour of Assad's notorious torture prison in Syria
GlobalPost
August 18, 2016 · 5:30 PM EDT
By Richard Hall
For those who passed through Saydnaya Military Prison and survived to talk about it, recounting the ordeal is a painful experience.
But 65 torture survivors have done just that, in the most painstaking detail, to create an immersive picture of the Syrian government facility and what goes on inside it.
Based on their testimony, a 3-D model of the prison has been created that allows people to tour the facility and hear personal stories of what happened in each room. The experience recreates the screams of prisoners under torture, and the shouts of guards.
Samer, a lawyer who spent time in the prison, said of his time there: "They treated us like animals. They wanted people to be as inhuman as possible. … I saw the blood, it was like a river. … I never imagined humanity would reach such a low level … they would have had no problem killing us right there and then."
Another former inmate describes it as "the worst place on earth."
"I lost five years of my life there, I nearly died there," he told the Guardian. "I just want it to remain so that other generations will see this horrible place."
The project was a collaboration by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London.
"As there are no images of Saydnaya, we were dependent on the memories of survivors to recreate what happened inside. Using architectural and acoustic modeling, we helped witnesses reconstruct the architecture of the prison and their experiences of detention," the rights group said in a statement.
Explore the full interactive here.
The project accompanies a report that estimates more than 17,000 people have died in government custody in Syria since the civil war began in 2011.
Read more: These are the victims of the Assad regime
"The catalogue of horror stories featured in this report depicts in gruesome detail the dreadful abuse detainees routinely suffer from the moment of their arrest, through their interrogation and detention behind the closed doors of Syria's notorious intelligence facilities," said Philip Luther, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Program. "This journey is often lethal, with detainees being at risk of death in custody at every stage."
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The Rest of the Movie
Posted on September 29, 2021 September 29, 2021 by rebeccadeniston
Happy Silent Movie Day!
Anyone who's ever watched a documentary about film history, especially of MGM, has probably seen a shot of John Gilbert lunching with a group of his fellow stars. That clip comes from 1928's Show People, a fantastic Marion Davies vehicle that's beloved by film buffs and geek bait for historians.
The Mind Reels
Peggy Pepper (Marion Davies) and her dad, Colonel Marmaduke(!) Pepper (Dell Henderson) are speeding through Culver City on their way to MGM to see the casting director. It's the usual thing: Smile pretty and show me your glossies.
While eating in the commissary later, Peggy and the Colonel meet a cute young guy, Billy (William Haines) who pegs the two of them as hopefuls, or, in his word, "punks." At first Peggy is highly affronted at this ruffian who plops down at their table with a plate of spaghetti, but she likes him in spite of herself. Billy's a natural schtick man, and he's more than willing to show Peggy the ropes.
Peggy's debut is rather inauspicious, as her first scene involves a faceful of seltzer water. Billy gives her a friendly pep talk while wiping her face and fixing her lipstick. If she wants to be in the movies, she's got to take it on the chin.
Well, Peggy not only takes it on the chin, but her first movie is a hit and she becomes a big star. It's only a matter of time before High Arts Studio (read: MGM) comes calling and Peggy becomes a Serious Actress. Just her, though. Peggy is sorry to leave Billy, but he talks her into it. Even though the two of them won't be able to see each other as often, it's a great career move.
Peggy goes like gangbusters into her new status as an A-lister. She eats with her fellow stars, wears the finest clothes, and puts on affectations, including one frequently-used facial expression that looks like Punxsutawney Phil sucking lemons. Really, that's the best descriptor I can come up with–it just has to be seen.
And Peggy gets an attitude. The head of the studio wants to meet with her? He's got to wait until after lunch. Poor Billy tries to come around for a visit, but Peggy acts as if he's a lowly, vulgar comic and takes up with Andre Telfair (Paul Ralli), who claims to be a count.
Despite Peggy trying really, really hard to fit into the Serious Actor shoes, the public begins to sour on her. Can a marriage to the Count fix everything? And why can't she stop thinking about Billy? The ending credits won't roll on Show People until all these questions are answered and more.
Show People is adorable. Like A Star Is Born, only way less depressing. There are lots of hugs and no one ever quite hits the curb. There's always something to break the fall, whether it's a smile or a pie in the face. Take that as you will, because I'm not giving spoilers. It's too good for that.
Because the film came out in 1928, it has music and a few sound effects, especially audiences laughing, but no audible dialogue. It doesn't need it for so many reasons, but it's interesting to think about what would have happened if it had come out post-Jazz Singer.
One of the coolest things about this movie is that it shows both the Essenay Studio, which was demolished soon after the film's release, and MGM as it was during the tail end of the silent era. The filmmakers run all over the studio, from the long-gone glass soundstages, to the commissary, to the lawns outside, to the famous gates on Washington Boulevard, to the dressing rooms that are used for offices today. It's almost like found footage, because the film takes place in the midst of whatever was going on at MGM during the shoot. Nothing was changed. It's something between time travel and really deep navel-gazing, and it's just so danged eye-popping.
And there are celebs galore. MGM loved promoting their galaxy of stars in their films, and Show People is a great early example of this. There isn't a lot of name-dropping, but these people don't need introductions. Charlie Chaplin makes an appearance, as does the aforementioned John Gilbert, plus Norma Talmadge, William S. Hart, and about a dozen blink-and-you'll-miss-them star sightings. There's even a short cameo by the film's director, King Vidor, who later would work with Davies on The Patsy.
Oh, and speaking of deep navel-gazing, Marion Davies does a cameo as herself, staying onscreen just long enough for her counterpart to get stars in her eyes. It's one of the few bit appearances the movie announces, natch.
The casting is great too, but Marion Davies is Show People's one and only queen. She produced the film and she dominates the film. While Peggy is supposed to be a parody of Gloria Swanson, she's pure, unadulterated Davies, who was such a natural comedienne. I suspect about thirty to forty percent of the gags in this movie were ad-libbed, because Davies was famous for off-the-cuff cutups. It's almost a hundred years since Show People came out, and it still works. She and William Haines were clearly having a ball from start to finish, too.
I know I've said Peter Pan and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari are ideal first silent films, but Show People is another treat. It easily makes the silent film newbie forget about the lack of audible dialogue, and it's a rare glimpse of places that no longer exist.
For more superb silents, please see Lea at Silent-ology and Crystal at In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood. Thanks for hosting this, ladies–Silent Movie Day is a blast! Thanks for reading, everyone, as always, and I hope to see you tomorrow for Michaela's Biopic Blogathon…
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Patricia Nolan-Hall (@CaftanWoman) says:
Great review. Show People and Marion are so appealing. It is irresistible and should win over anyone shying away from movies of the era.
Thanks, Paddy Lee, and definitely! It's such a fun one.
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thestoryenthusiast says:
I really enjoyed this one a lot. Having previously only seen Davies in talking pictures, this really shined the light on why she was considered a great comediienne. And William Haines! He surprised me in a great way. You've got me wanting to re-visit this now.
Oh good–glad it brought things back. 🙂
The Classic Movie Muse says:
Utterly delightful review! I haven't seen this movie but it's now on my list. Love all the MGM sights we get to see – too much fun!
Thank you–hope you enjoy it! It's almost like a tour sometimes.
I love, LOVE this film.
And I loved your review, too. 🙂
Thank you so much–glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Lea S. says:
SHOW PEOPLE is the first silent I got to see in a theater, so it'll always have a special spot in my heart! The Chaplin cameo might be my favorite part. Thank you so much for contributing this review to the blogathon!
You're very welcome, Lea! I like the Chaplin part, too, and that's great. I'd love to see some silents on the big screen. 🙂
Interesting. Will have to put this one on my Netflix (DVD) list. 🙂
Cool, thanks, Paul. Hope you enjoy it. 🙂


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The most awaited title, Awaken: Chaos Era showed its soft launch in selected regions namely, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. This soft launch is available for Android users of these regions. Till now, it is unclear about its availability in other regions and also about the date of the global launch of the game.
Century Games Publishing brought a new role-playing game Awaken: Chaos Era. This is sketched on the time to awake the inner hero and get yourself engrossed in battle. As the story unfolds you will be taken into the mythical world. Here you have to choose your path by taking up the arms. You should be strategic and your skill should be upgraded to reign on the battlefield. The storyline and the gameplay will hopefully bring more and more positive reviews about the game.
The game is now out on Android of selected regions
The huge numbers of positive reviews about the game during the closed beta stage test resulted in the soft launch of the game on Android devices of Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. It has been decided by the developer on the tremendous support from players during the year test that all in-game purchases will be returned to the ACE tokens linked to Facebook or Google Play account and 150% return on all purchases made.
To appreciate the support from them which helps to optimize the game, it is decided that an additional 50% will be received on all purchases in ACE tokens. The redeem code will be claimed by June 30, 2022. If you are from the above-mentioned regions download the game from the Google Play. Before you download the latest version, delete all the previous CBT versions of the game. People from outside the selected regions can make pre-registration on the Google Play so that it can be automatically installed. Otherwise, they can also use the APK link to download.
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The game has shown its soft launch on Android in selected regions. Hopefully, it will come soon on iOS devices and also in other regions. Till now no information is there about the release on iOS and in other regions. It can be predicted that it will get more positive reviews just like the closed beta test stage. And if it happens, the developer will hopefully bring this on the iOS platform and in other regions soon. Till then those who got the chance to enjoy the game, share their experience with us. And if we get any information about the game, will soon update it.
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In case you haven't heard the news, CDSS is co-sponsoring the Southwest Regional Organizers Conference (SWROC) that's coming right up on Sept 19-21, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to gather with dance organizers from across the SW and bring lots of new resources, connections and energy back to your home community!
August 5 is the last day to register for the early bird rate. Please visit this link and register soon! After this date, the fee will go up to $100. Scholarships are still available, and here are other ideas to help pay your way.
The SWROC Program Committee has lined up a skilled and enthusiastic team of session leaders. They'll be providing many resources and tools to help strengthen our dance organizations, increase attendance, encourage youth participation and much more. Visit the Program info on the website for a list of session topics and leaders.
This weekend will also offer plenty of chances for talking shop, sharing stories, dancing and having fun with fellow organizers. It's the first of its kind in the Southwest corner of the U.S and is SURE to impact dance communities throughout the region for years to come!
Got questions? Please contact the SWROC Steering Committee at swrocinfo@gmail.com or call 480-893-3328.
Know any dance organizers in the Southwest? Please refer them to the SWROC website and invite them to come. For glimpses of other conferences co-sponsored by CDSS, visit this link.
We hope to see you in Albuquerque in September!
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Im 27 weeks along with twin girls (fraternal). Last Dr. Apt was 4 days ago and the girls are 2 lb 14 oz, and 2 lb 11oz. Perinatal dr says my cervix is nice and long and that a good thing. Only 86 more days till my due date 4/20. We are looking forward to meeting our lil ones.
I too am pregnant with Fraternal Twin Girls. I'll be 28 weeks tomorrow and am due on 4/25. Just found out that my girls are 2lb 14oz and 2lb 6oz. So many similarities...not to mention that yours is the first belly that I can actually say resembles my own. Good Luck to you and your family!


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Covered California Builds a Narrow Bridge
By Health Access	February 27, 2013
The Board of Covered California met today in Sacramento.
The board and stakeholders in attendance heard a variety of reports on the progress of implementation. According to the countdown on the newly launched website, Covered California is 308 days away from providing quality affordable coverage to Californians.
The only action item on the Board's agenda today was related to the implementation of a "Bridge Plan" in the exchange, to provide a more affordable option for lower-income Californians, and to provide better continuity of care for those who fluctuate around the income cut-off between Medi-Cal and Covered California. Staff presented two options to the board:
1. A "Narrow Bridge" – that would provide coverage to individuals transitioning to and from Medi-Cal and CHIP, the families of those individuals whose income fluctuates between Medi-Cal/CHIP eligibility and Exchange eligibility, a projected 670,000-840,000 Californians. Covered California would encourage Medi-Cal managed care plans to bid to be the providers of the bridge plan in order to allow for a continuity of care and to allow families to stay together on the same plan.
2. A Broader Bridge program would include all individuals up to 200% of Federal Poverty ($22,980 annually for an individual or $47,100 for a family of four), but would need to clear more hurdles for federal and state approval.
Staff recommended first moving forward with implementing a Narrow Bridge, and estimated that they could have a program up and running by April 2014, and then later pursuing the broader effort. Secretary Diana Dooley spoke on behalf of the Brown Administration, saying that they would like to see a broader program, and advocates agree.
The board voted affirmatively to direct staff to move forward as recommended.
Here is a brief summary of the other progress reports given at today's meeting:
Staff presented the idea of keeping the board meetings in Sacramento for the next six months, while replacing the traveling board meetings with town hall meetings across the state. This will enable the board and staff to focus on listening to stakeholder feedback without delaying board business. Many board members and advocates were supportive of this idea. Town halls would take place in the following locations:
Inland Empire – March
San Diego – June
Eureka – August
Fresno – September
Bay Area – October
Small Business Market Qualitative Study
Staff presented the findings of a qualitative market research study of small businesses. Some interesting key findings include:
White Collar and larger businesses are more likely to currently offer coverage
Smaller businesses have strong desire to offer coverage
Cost is primary barrier
There is substantial confusion and misinformation
Initial skepticism, but more support as people learned more
Agents were not positively viewed, and were seen as having little information about the ACA
CalHEERS
Staff reported that work is generally on target, there are some items that may be delayed. The inclusion of Medi-Cal functionality on the website may be delayed to January, rather than being available in October when Californians will be able to start enrolling in other Exchange plans. Additonally, the CalHEERS team is planning a usability webinar in early March.
Staff provided an update on some pertinent federal rulemaking.
The final federal rules did not change a dependent coverage loophole that calculates affordability of a health plan based on an individual's premium and income without regard for the cost of dependent coverage – which may leave some family members without coverage and without ability to obtain subsidies for coverage.
The federal government has also said that it will not release rules for a Basic Health Program until later in 2013, with final guidance expected in 2014–meaning programs could not be operational until 2015. This means the "bridge plan" is the only alternative to address affordability and continuity of care issues.
Covered California has proposed a policy of requiring employees and contracters (like assisters and navigators) to undergo background checks and fingerprinting as they may have access to consumers' personal information. Some advocates felt that this policy may pose a financial hardship on community organizations interested in hiring assisters (organizations would have to pay the estimated $65 per person) and may also limit the people eligible to become assisters, especially from certain communities. The board took comment, but no action at this time.
Staff provided an update on the Special Legislative Session. The Individual Market reform bills (ABX1 2 and SBX1 2) have advanced through Health and Appropriations Committees and could have floor votes this week. The discussion around geographic rating regions have been contentious, and if major changes are adopted, could mean a 3-4 month delay in Covered California roll out, according to the Exchange's director of policy David Panush. The Medi-Cal expansion and simplification bills (ABX1 1 and SBX1 1) have advanced through the process as well and will likely see floor votes next week. A spot bill has been introduced to implement the Bridge Plan but details are not yet available, the bill number is SBX1 3 (Hernandez).
Regular Session bills have also been introduced, many right before last week's deadline, so more information will be available next month.
Outreach and Education Grant Program
The Outreach and Education Grant Program is moving forward with over 300 organizations and coalitions submitting letters of intent. An additional 50 letters were received expressing interest in outreach and education specific to the SHOP exchange. Covered California Director Peter Lee has been in discussion with six foundations who are interested in supporting similar work. Covered California is expecting to award 100 – 150 grants, and those who are not awarded may be able to seek funding from those foundations. Proposals are due on March 4th, and awards are expected to be announced on April 26th.
Staff has been working on numerous service center protocols, including customer service expectations that will apply across the board to all service representatives, whether they work for Covered California, the county human service departments, or other entities. Definitions of "Service Level Expectations" and "Warm Handoffs" were proposed.
QHP Contracting and Standard Benefit Plan Designs
Staff reported great optimism that the promise of the Affordable Care Act – asking insurers to compete based on quality and affordability rather than avoiding sick people who need coverage–is closer to being realized. Consumer groups thanked the board for the "game-changing" work on standardizing benefits, a long-time goal of health advocates.
Health Access and our allies have been working for years to win standardized benefit design – requiring a standardized design of health plans so that insurers can't build in hidden costs and consumers can know what they are getting and how much they will be responsible for paying. Covered California will be implementing this game changing reform that will truly allow consumers to shop for health insurance with their eyes open.
Though details of the health plans bidding to participate in Covered California are confidential, staff is confident that plans will be expanding their networks and providing more high quality coverage to California consumers. Staff is reviewing bids now, and final contracting will be complete by June.
The next Covered California board meeting will be held on March 21, 2013. Before that meeting, there will be at least one stakeholder advisory committee meeting. This Thursday, the Marketing, Outreach, and Enrollment Assistance Advisory Group will meet via Webinar from 9:00am – noon. You can register for the webinar here.
As always, we will continue to cover these meetings both on this blog and via Twitter, @HealthAccess, using the hashtag #CoveredCA.


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Mkhize denies receiving money from Sodi in his personal capacity
Controversial businessman Edwin Sodi testified before at the Zondo Commission that his company had made several payments to African National Congress and government officials - including Zweli Mkhize.
Zweli Mkhize takes to the podium as he declines the nomation for deputy president at the ANC's national conference on 17 December 2017. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EWN
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
Edwin Sodi
Veronica Mokhoali | 474 days ago
JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has denied that he received any donation or money from Blackhead Consulting Director Edwin Sodi.
This comes after the controversial businessman testified before at the Zondo Commission that his company had made several payments to African National Congress (ANC) and government officials - including Mkhize.
The minister has called the accusation levelled against him 'irresponsible and false'.
He said while he didn't receive money - personally -or through a third-party for his personal benefit - the minister confirmed that during his tenure as the treasurer general Sodi made several donations to the ANC.
In statement released on Friday evening, Mkhize moved to set the record straight: "I further wish to confirm that during my tenure as the ANC TG, Mr Sodi either directly or through his entities made the following donations to the ANC (This information has been verified with the ANC Finance Office today) R 3 million on 28 Feb 2014, R3.5 million on 03 April 2013, R 1.5 million on 29 September 2015 and R 150 000 on 08 January 2016."
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