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Twitter wants to kill third party clients, bids to compete with Facebook?
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Yesterday, Michael Sippey wrote an extensive blogpost on the new Twitter API on the Twitter developers blog. It talks about delivering a consistent Twitter experience as its main motivation. But in between the lines, there seem to be secondary goals. Goals of a much more strategic nature that can influence the way we are using Twitter across the board.
Naturally, the blogpost starts off with changes to the authentication process (security) and the new way in which rate limits are set. (Those limit the amount of requests your application can make through the Twitter API.) And that is al good and nice. It is pretty positive news, as it promises improvements for all of us. However, then it turns towards changes to the developer rules of the road. And this is where it gets tricky. For one, everyone now has to adhere to Twitter's Display Guidlines. Those determine that a tweet should look the same regardless of where it is published. Which will influence a lot of the third party clients we now use to send and receive tweets. Beyond that, every new application needs to be certified by Twitter, giving them control over the whole channel. In other words, you might have an awesome idea that you can build on the back of Twitter, but if the boys at headquarters believe it is not in their best interests, you might never gain access to the Twitter API.
One of the most interesting decisions by Twitter is where they require developers to work with them directly if you need a large amount of user tokens. It is all brought in the most positive way possible, but in the end, this is where the restrictions for third party apps come into play. If you believe you will ever need access for more than one million users, you need to work with their developer team. But if you are building something that captures the home stream for a user, you need Twitter's permission to build it if you expect it to go over 100,000. Obviously they say they will not be shutting down applications, but they do state that you can no longer grow beyond that 100,000 users point without their permission. Clients that currently have over 100,000 users can grow to twice their current size, before they too need to go to Twitter for permission to grow bigger.
This smells like control. But it gets worse. They then get into the ecosystem story around the whole thing. And at the end of that, they more or less publicly state that services like Storify, Favstar.fm are in a quadrant that they do not want to have third party apps in. So are pure Twitter clients like Echofon and Tweetbot. And that is where control really grabs a hold of Twitter HQ.
Is it imaginable that Twitter wants to go the way of Facebook? I believe so. Between the introduction of Twitter Cards and the limit to the way you can use Twitter, this seems to aim to keep the customer solely at Twitter's website and official apps. For those of you who have not heard, Twitter Cards is more or less a preview of links posted as you would see on Facebook and Google+. Obviously, Twitter already added photo sharing last year. If you combine that with having to go through the Twitter site or specific applications for use, then you are in control of a platform that allows better advertising hence more income. Also, you might keep more people on your own service than moving towards Facebook's timeline, as they get all their information bundled at one place just like Facebook.
Personally, I am not a fan of this approach. And I doubt whether it strategically is a good one. Twitter grew on the back of the third party apps that allowed easy access in the way people wanted to use Twitter. In fact, the way users have used Twitter, has never really been the way in which it was planned by Twitter in the first place. And that is what made them big. Twitter only wanted single sided statements online. Users wanted conversations, users invented hashtags and retweets to facilitate those conversations. Twitter has picked up on some of them, but has overruled others.
This is going to be an interesting race. Twitter has a huge following, but will it stay with Twitter as it apparently tries to grow into a network that can rival Facebook and Google+ etc. for the users' attention? Specifically as Twitter seems to always ignore the users' requests and follow a slightly different course. What are your thoughts? Let me know.
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Disastrous figures for low budget UK films
Richard Boddington replied to David Mawson's topic in General Discussion
Phil and I are back in contact, it's a beautiful thing. 🙂 R,
Well Phil, I have survived the Lions Gate delivery 🙂 . To say that it's tough would be the understatement of the year, but that is, as they say...show biz. Also Phil.....how come no more responses to my emails???????????? R,
Pretty much a guarantee Phil. Also, BFI has made it very very clear......white males need not apply. Their sole focus now is emerging women filmmakers, they have zero interest in any other classification of filmmaker. So note to all white males in the UK, do not waste your time with them. R,
It's not that easy for dubbing. The dubbing territories have very high standards for the voice acting, and all the best actors are going to be union. If you try and submit a "cheap" French dub it will just be rejected. Also many broadcasters have signed agreements with local unions that prevent off shore dubbing. A typical French dub is going to cost about 20, 000.00 Euros, and there really isn't a way around this cost. Your assessment of the "gritty" movies is bang on. Yet the BFI is obsessed with this format and continues to invest millions of pounds into these movies. The BFI is dropping 1 million pounds per movie, and it's shocking how little distribution those movies then go onto receive. The UK distributors I talked to over the last six months just laugh at the prospect of distributing anything BFI is involved with. R,
I could add a lot to this one. Something that's been missed is that the real money for indie films is TV and cable. The delivery costs are very low and broadcasters always pay, they have to. Here's the problem, 99% of indie films I see simply are not good enough for worldwide cable TV and broadcast sales. They need to be "slick" for lack of a better word, and not "indie." If you are making an "indie" film that's fine, but it probably won't go beyond its festival run, if it can get one. I have found my family genre movies sell well to TV and cable, the broadcaster doesn't need to edit them for sex or violence, and they can air in any time slot. I also pre cut them exactly to 90 mins bang on the nose, which is what TV buyers like. The easier you make it for the end user, the more sales you will make. I find that few indie filmmakers think in these terms. One also needs to consider that in the dubbing territories the cost to dub and re mix a movie is astronomical! Few distributors will spend that kind of money unless the film really warrants it for sales potential. Since we are talking about the UK....proud to say I have had four movies in a row air on SKY movies, and Channel 5. Also sold all my titles to TF1 (France), Antenna 3 (Spain), and RTI (Italy). If you watch SKY this Sunday at 10:30PM, my latest film will be running.....again: http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/against-the-wild-the-great-elephant-adventure-2017 They must have aired it over 50 times since acquisition. Lions Gate bought the US rights, and made this very nice trailer, although they use a different title in the US. So all 50 territories were sold on this title, nothing left. Now I head into my 6th feature film on Sept 16th. Things can be done as an independent producer/director/writer/editor, it's not super easy that's true, but doable. Now Phil, before you start in, I will concede a point to you.....BFI is the most useless organization I have ever come across in my life, ok you win that one. So my "UK" project has three other streams it is going through for financing, and even though it's about as UK centric as one can get, not a frame will be shot in the UK. Which is sad in a way. R,
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Richard Boddington replied to Manu Delpech's topic in On Screen
I do find it hysterical that the US Oscars now resemble the Canadian version, the CSAs. People watch the CSAs and no one has ever heard of, or seen, any of the titles nominated for Best Picture. In the old days, the 1980s, when you watched the Oscars, everyone had heard of the films nominated in the Best Picture category. These days, so many of the films nominated in the Best Picture category at the Oscars are art house movies, unknown to the general public. Congratulations America, you have caught up to the cinema snobs living North of the border. R,
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I'm sure it was never intended to be. But that's still my view of what a "Best Picture" looks like. I have no idea when a Best Picture became a small scale drama driven by whatever oppressed group was the flavour of the month. R,
Uh, ok, like I said, I'm a Philistine on this one, film criticism at this level is beyond me. You say it evoked,"Lawrence and Ghandi", Hmmmm, geeez, I missed that big time! R,
I'm afraid I'm too much of a Philistine to understand this movie. Looked like a student film from NYU. I'm from a time when movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire, were "Best" Picture quality movies. I have no idea what happened? Then again I did not get Moonlight either, or how it could possibly be a "Best" Picture. R,
Best Cinematography Oscar Snub
Richard Boddington replied to Jonathan Flanagan's topic in General Discussion
Alfonso Cuarón, may not be given an entry VISA to the US so he can pick up all his awards. R,
And the academy has reversed course! They cited this thread as the number one reason why! R,
You were nominated for an Oscar Robin? R,
I would really hope that a number of the "big" producers, directors, and actors, will speak out over this and boycott the show until their fellow artists and technicians are put back into the show. R,
Where to begin with this one? I think Gregory hit the nail on the head above. The Oscars are a platform to attract an audience of women, so the advertisers can sell them soap (As Rupert Murdock once famously stated.) Women care about seeing women in glamorous gowns, and handsome male movie stars, that is what attracts them. The people nominated in the technical fields like, cinematography, are complete unknowns to the audience and *gasp* some of these guys are not even good looking, the nerve!! That's part 1 of the issue. Part 2 is the fact that the public has no clue what a cinematographer, editor, production designer, VFX artist does. Editor is the one that baffles them the most, heck many Hollywood film executives don't understand what an editor does. The public understands actors, they see those. And they kinda understand what a director or writer does. I will spare this thread my thoughts on this years, "diversity" awards. Or the fact that Hollywood celebrities now feel that award shows are their personal platform to spout off about their BS political views. (As if multi-millionaire celebrities are going to be affected by shifts in government policy.) I watched this years BAFTAs, two people decided to take a swipe at BREXIT during their acceptance speeches, such a joke. R,


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When Chris Timmins buys a book, her dog Pacific pays the clerk. When she goes into a darkened classroom to teach, the Labrador retriever jumps up to turn on the lights.
Pacific is a service dog, a highly trained canine that has the intelligence, motivation and skills to help people manage and overcome disabilities. He is trained to help Timmins, a quadriplegic, with hundreds of day-to-day activities. Pacific learned his trade from Tender Loving Canines, Assistance Dogs (TLCAD), a nonprofit organization located in San Marcos, Calif.
An assistance dog is a canine specially trained to help people manage physical or emotional problems. TLCAD is just one of scores of similar organizations dedicated to training dogs to help people lead happier, more productive lives.
There are several types of assistance dogs: there are the well-known guide and hearing dogs. Guide dogs have been giving the blind greater mobility for more than 70 years. Hearing dogs came after that. They alert the deaf to the phone, the alarm clock, fire alarm, etc. Therapy dogs (also called "facility dogs") help people with cognitive or emotional problems. Some the dogs are trained to perform certain tasks, and others simply possess a gentle, calm and loving nature that draw people out of their shells.
Then there are service dogs. These canines primarily help the physically disabled and/or mobility impaired. They retrieve objects such as keys and cordless phones, open and close doors, turn light switches on and off, and even get objects from the refrigerator and take clothing out of the drier. Service dogs include "balance dogs," which are specially trained to help people walk. These dogs have a guide-like harness attached to them to allow people more freedom of movement.
Service dogs are more recent than guide or hearing dogs, notes Betsy Howell, program coordinator for the Susquehanna Service Dogs. She says they have been around for about 25 years. Howell explains that people with disabilities have been achieving more independence over the years, which is one the most important criterion a person has to show to be accepted into a program.
These dogs have demonstrated tremendous benefits, notes Sally Montrucchio, an apprentice trainer at TLCAD. A study published in 1996 in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that service dogs greatly improved the self-esteem and well-being of people with severe disabilities, as well as increasing their feeling of being in control of events.
The study also showed a cost-savings benefit. The participants in the study showed dramatic decreases in the hours of paid and unpaid assistance. "There's a real cost-benefit, if you measured it that way," notes Montrucchio.
The emotional benefits, of course, are priceless. Dogs (and pets in general) give people a sense of being needed.
The many organizations devoted to this kind of work generally use positive training. Dogs are corrected when they do something wrong; they are not punished. But programs may differ in size and specialties. TLCAD, for instance, trains a very small number of dogs (perhaps two a year) for a specific person. Each dog undergoes 18 months of training, from puppy to adulthood, learning basic positional cues (sit, stay, come, down, back, etc.) and advanced cues (bringing specific objects and doing very specific tasks on cue). At this point, the dog is paired with a disabled partner – based on ability and personality – for six months of team training with a trainer. The disabled handler studies dog behavior, how to be pack leader and how to handle the dog in private and public.
Montrucchio says the process of learning is as important as what's being taught. "During the first 18 months, the dog learns how to learn," she explains. "During team training, the handler learns what the dog knows – about 100 commands – how the dog learns, and how to teach the dog new tasks that apply specifically to him or her." For instance, the handler learns how to rearrange and re-label commands to get the dog to put clothes in the laundry basket, in addition to putting metal cans in the recycling bin.
Pacific, Timmins' dog, follows her instructions exactly. When they are in school, he turns on and off lights that are too high for Timmins to reach. During class, he curls up on a bed or under her desk while she teaches. In a store, Timmins hands the money or credit card to the dog to give to the clerk. The dogs are taught what side of the wheelchair to stay on, that they need to back up to let a person through, etc. At TLCAD, dogs are not taught to pull manual wheelchairs, but they will retrieve the chairs or other walking assistance devices.
Larger programs, such as the one at Susquehanna Service Dogs, use different training methods. Howell explains that dogs are kept with foster families and trained in basic obedience until they are about 1 1/2 years old. They are then fully trained at the Susquehanna Service Dogs facility outside Harrisburg, Pa. When they are about 2 to 2 1/2 years old, they go to a recipient. They both undergo about 2 weeks of training to learn how to work and live together. Dogs in this program are taught to pull wheelchairs when they can.
Both programs favor retrievers because of the breed's intelligence, natural abilities (they are genetically hard-wired to retrieve) and eagerness to please. They add that retrievers are more "socially approachable," meaning people are not intimidated by this breed as they would, say, by a German shepherd. Both stress that the German shepherd is a wonderful breed, but that it's a matter of public perception – these dogs are associated with military and police work. Labrador and golden retrievers have a gentler reputation.
Dogs are obtained through donations by responsible breeders, a program's own breeding program, breed rescues and, more rarely, shelters. Shelter dogs are not favored because they may have physical or emotional troubles that are not readily apparent. Training a dog can cost $5,000 or more and takes several years, so a program is risking a lot of time and money if the dog suddenly cannot be used. By knowing the history of a puppy – the health of the parents, their temperament, etc. – these risks are minimized.
Most programs are nonprofit, with funding coming from government, business and private donations. Many hold fundraisers, such as Susquehanna's "Pawsabilities" event, held in March. Dogs compete in games, show off tricks and march in a parade, among other activities. Proceeds go to Susquehanna Service Dogs.


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Another one from Daily Flute
Monday's Missing Link is an eclectic mix of political and broader posts, as well as a couple of rugby league posts from Shaun Cronin. No dominant theme, but a wealth of good reading.
Editors again are myself, James Farrell, Patrick Garson, Darlene Taylor, Cam Riley and Jason Soon.
News and Politics Stuff
Peter Martin has an excellent roundup of the medicare card morphing into a modern version of the Australia Card. From the article:
When it [the Senate Committee] asked a representative of one of the companies bidding to build the scheme to tell it how many new cards it could add to the scheme in a day the representative replied: âYou can ask, but we canât answerâ. He had signed a deed of confidentiality with the government that prevented him from providing those details to the Senate.
All in all it was good work by a Senate Committee acting as Senators first and being a legislative check on the executive.
This morning Peter Martin also reports on Kevin Rudd's announcements of Labor's new position on funding private schools. Apparently not only is he junking Loopy Latham's silvertail private school hitlist, but also completely removing any funding distinction between state and private schools. Errr, does Kevie have any understanding at all of equality of opportunity? Is there actually any point in electing a "Labor" government whose pollies are so radically indistinguishable from the Tories? (oops, blatant editorial comment again – couldn't help myself – KP)
Across the Tasman, Kiwi republican Lewis Holden discusses the responses to New Zealand's constitutional inquiry.
Mirko Bagaric continues his long march through judicial institutions debunking what he thinks are tired old verities. His latest target is judicial impartiality. Sayeth the Bentham of the 21st century:
The notion of judicial impartiality and objectivity is a con. Judges donât just interpret the law. They make it â or at least that is what they will do if the legislature gives them an inch â to suit there underlying political and moral sentiments. As noted by Allan Dershowitz earlier this year: âAlmost all justices vote almost all of the time in accordance with their own personal, political and religious views. That is the reality. ⦠On many occasions, the impact of [a judgeâs] biography is overt and conscious. Other times it is subtle and unconscious. But it is always there
Bagaric's dressing down of Chief Justice Gleeson, for daring to obstruct the will of the people, also caught the vigilant eye of Gummo Trotsky, who thinks (as Katz put it, in a comment) that 'Bagaricâs gloating partisanship for executive tyranny is deplorable'. Doubting his own expertise in constitutional law, Gummo is trying to outsource the details of critique to someone called Ken. Who could that be?
Over at the Australian Libertarian Society blog, many of the regulars lament the fact that the anti-war, anti-spending and hard core constitutionalist Ron Paul is running for higher office in the US rather than Australia. Given what's on offer here, many independent thinkers, left or right, wouldn't begrudge them that regret.
It has been a productive week for Modia Minotaur. In time for the recent Harbour Bridge celebrations, she provides some fascinating background on the bridge's link with that noted master of the oratorical arts, Jack Lang. Elsewhere, she considers some miscellaneous issues in connection with the NSW election. Was Peter Debnam's undignified grab for 'protest votes' rational? Can the Greens take any more ground from Labor? Do independents really make parliament more democratic?
Andrew Bartlett points out some of the obstacles that confront disabled people in finding employment, including a high effective marginal tax rate, and an increasing reliance on the Job Network agencies, who don't want to know about them.
Tim Lambert laments the accelerating barrage of anti-science commentary in the national broadsheet.
Ken L at Surfdom rejoices that over in the mother country there are a few perceptive souls who appreciate our leaders for the men of steel that they are, even if their own constituents don't appreciate them. Melanie Phillips of Spectator is a case in point, and Ken basks in the reflected glow of her praise for Howard, Downer and Costello.
Fascination with the Santoro Affair is undiminished. The youthful but apathetic Gan leaves the analysis to Freddie Mercury:
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, eh
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Taking a broader view, Kim notes that in fact almost all of the PM's troubles are coming from Queensland. She propounds the novel thesis that the desiccated one is merely repaying a debt to the cosmos.
Also on the federal politics dirt train, Pavlov's Cat is nonplussed that Tony Abbott chooses to persist in analysing the Bert Rudd case when he has all the evidence he could ever need that 'Joe Public despises this kind of thing'.
Bryan 'Ozpolitics' Palmer has some useful hints on how to read and interpret opinion polls, while William "Pollbludger" Bowe focuses on the NSW upper house (Legislative Council) election.
Anatomical Teaching Model of a Pregnant Woman – Stephan Zick, 1639-1715 (why the toy coffin?) – from bioephemera via Saint in a Straitjacket (some of the other models are much more gross)
Life and Other Serious Stuff
Gary Sauer-Thompson pictures a heated-up Australia.
One plus one equals three admires airport aesthetics and the Korean passion for all things robot;
Koreans (and their neighbours the Japanese) have a profound fascination with robots. We've seen the Sony dogs and more, and Korea has even been developing a "Robot Ethics Charter to cover standards for users and manufacturers" and they're even drawing up an "ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa".
David Jacobson rounds up the points made at an AVCAL (a venture capital association) discussion in Queensland on private equity.
Continuing his excursion through the hypocrisy of environmentalist luvvies, JF Beck's latest target is the craze for bottled water in Europe which apparently is more environmentally unfriendly than meets the eye and brings down a few knotches the Green-cred of the Euros that every RWDB loves to hate. I must say I've never understood the craze myself, though it seems to have spread on from gym-going yuppies to Joe and Jane Public.
Amir at Austrolabe discusses a new Adelaide Bank housing finance product which may have the potential to meet the Muslim prohibition on interest with further development: In the process he also calls on Muslim religious figures to figure out new ways of helping Muslims adapt modern instruments to religious prohibitions:
Itâs unlikely that Adelaide Bank created this product with Muslim customers in mind but shared equity schemes of this type may have the potential to offer Muslims a permissible mode of finance that satisfies the risk management and other requirements of the banks. Regardless of the efficacy or appropriateness of this particular scheme, it is encouraging that banks are willing to look beyond the more traditional lending products and may be open to innovation.
As an aside, it would be nice if the religious figures in this country who have spent the last few decades declaring things to be haram, might reallocate some of the time they dedicate to discovering prohibitions to working out how some of these things might be improved within the context of Australian law
Photo by Olaf Breuning via Australian Centre for Photography via The Art Life
Still on matters religious, Steve Edwards, not satisfied with his current list of philosophical enemies, continues on an earlier theme that the seemingly benign looking religion of Bahai'sm is a communistic religious front devoted to a New World Order.
Having noticed a lacuna in her education, Tigtog has been getting up to speed on evolutionary psychology. Her guru is a men's rights activist called Richard, and in this weeks lesson explains the science of why 'following a strong man is liberating'. Emma Peel understood that, at least intutively.
From her balcony, Helen reveals why she refuses to buy tickets in a raffle for Haileybury College, not just because it's an expensive private school, but because of its role in undermining the public school system.
Andrew Leigh reports on research (quoted by legendary US economist Gary Becker) that the children of "intact" (i.e.two parent) families generally do better than those from broken relationships. Andrew points to research showing that marriage doesn't make any difference. As far as I can see they're talking at cross purposes: an intact family need not involve a marriage.
Andrew also understandably expresses disquiet about former Singapore PM/dictator Lee Kuan Yew receiving an honorary doctorate from ANU. Certainly Singapore remains a "tiger" economy, but then Mussolini made made the trains run on time. Does an autoctatic ruler merit internaitonal plaudits merely because he restrained himself from invading other countries (not that Lee could have doe so even if he had wanted to).
Here at Troppo, Don Arthur revists the Lakoff hypothesis (part of which suggests that voters relate to political leaders rather like parents: either mother or father). Australians, Don suggests, seem rather to prefer a priggish big brother who exudes authority at home but grovels to varying degrees to absent parents overseas, even when those parents behave like teenage boys proving who has the biggest penis.
Steve Edney expands on a previous post showing that rainfall levels in south-eatsern Australia haven't in fact fallen over the last century, despite media and politicans' claims to the contrary. But Steve seems to ignore the role of higher evaporation levels flowing from higher temperatures. Nevertheless, his figures and maps do suggest that current water shortages owe as much to politicians' failure to build new dams to keep pace with growing population as with global warming.
Saint in a Straitjacket blogs on a recent Papal Exhortation (the encyclical you have when you're not having an encyclical) which retates and amplifies the traditional conservatism of the Catholic Church on a range of issues including priestly celibacy and the doomed status of divorcees.
Niall "Bannerman" Cook focuses on research about why blokes tend to fall asleep after sex. The study Niall links also notes: "A recent survey of 10,000 English men revealed that 48 percent actually fall asleep during sex." Should we be surprised?
Cam Riley examines the huge disparity between Australia-US airfares and those from the US to Europe, suggesting that protecting Qantas's monopoly doesn't look like a very good idea (except to Qantas shareholders).
Legal Eagle exposes a Gadens (national law firm) "joke" contribution to Lawyers Weekly bulletin about the firm's participation in a forthcoming law careers fair for high school students:
Who from your firm will be attending?
A representative selection of some of our finest and most earnest young solicitors may attend, subject to their daily billing targets. If the stall is unattended, itâs because weâre all doing something more important. …
What items/information will you have for graduates to take away?
We will be giving away a manila folder containing a sample time sheet, a list of after-hours dinner delivery services in the CBD, a guide to achieving optimum personal billing statistics during your summer clerkship and a bus ticket.
Isn't humour supposed to involve exaggeration?
The Yartz
Melbourne Runway has a fascinating project of documenting street fashion; while Vigil has a series of powerful art/photography on the politics of indefinite detention; and on a light note, Fumbling Toward Geekdom links to some bizarre tiny street art.
Richard Watts reviews Infamous, the opening night film for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
Mad, Bad, Sad and Glad
Upshake has a gay old time reading a trash and treasure novel.
Grab Your Fork writes upon the culinary pleasures of Petersham's Portugese Festival.
Growing Delight enjoys the peace and tranquility gardens of Wollongong's Nan Tien Buddhist Temple.
Cafe Grendel goes cupping at Perth's Fiori Coffee.
It's NRL season again, and Shaun Cronin previews the season at Sidelined. Shaun also gave his predictions for Round 1. With the benefit of hindsight, you wouldn't be signing up to follow Shaun's advice in a tipping competition. Especially sad about Parra getting flogged by the Kiwis. Where's Brian Smith again? Oh that's right, helping the Knights beat the Bulldogs despite losing Johns to a head high tackle from Sonny Bill in the fourth minute of play. And Jason Taylor? Hmm. If I was a Parra fan I'd be demanding a mass culling of the club administration.
Saint in a Straitjacket reproduces a truly dreadful extended pun sure to warm the cockles of Homer Paxton's heart.
John Surname condemns the new hagiographic movie about the thuggish Maroubra surf gang the "Bra Boys", and wonders whether it's a great idea for Singo's new beer brand "Bondi Blonde" to be sponsoring it. Then again, it isn't an obvious downmarket move from using megaslut Paris Hilton to launch the brand.
Legal Eagle argues that a messy desk doesn't equate with a messy mind. As a perennial messy desk person myself, I can only self-interestedly agree (KP).
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Hmmmm. A notable lack of posts about the Tahs from the regular yawnion crowd.
Ken Parish says:
Yes it's much too embarrassing. Not to mention the Queensland Reds, who are too depressing even to think about. I might pretend not to be a rugby supporter until after the World Cup, or maybe cultivate a Kiwi accent.
Francis X Holden says:
Thanks for the roundup again.
I thought this might be the place to ask:
I've always wondered if Musso actually did make the trains run on time.
What was happening before?
How did he do it?
Were there less trains?
Less stops?
Was there a fare increase or decrease?
Are there any lessons we can learn?
You'd think people would use the internet properly before asking questions to which EVERYONE knows the answer.
From Snopes:
….The Italian railway system had fallen into a rather sad state during World War I, and it did improve a good deal during the 1920s, but Mussolini was disingenuous in taking credit for the changes: much of the repair work had been performed before Mussolini and the fascists came to power in 1922. More importantly (to the claim at hand), those who actually lived in Italy during the Mussolini era have borne testimony that the Italian railway's legendary adherence to timetables was far more myth than reality…..
Sorry, can't claim any credit for doing any work on this edition, so please take my name off.
Apologies.
Ken Lovell says:
He redefined the meaning of 'on time', a tactic later known by the railway cognoscenti as 'The Scully Obfuscation'.
Best Missing Link in a while imo, the others have been missing something.
That said sadly I had all ready read all the posts I was interested in earlier today.
Keep it up guys.
John S. says:
Paris Hilton launched it, eh? Not surprised. Thanks for the link!
At least I got the Bunnies last night. But, if anyone is going to bag my tipping I suggest it would be good form to have their own tips on the public record. ;-)
As for the Eels, well there are 25 rounds still to go. The season is a long way from over for all sides.
Andrew Leigh says:
Ken, thanks for the two generous mentions.
Minor comment. You say:
As far as I can see they
Yes he is (mostly talking about legal marriage, that is), but I still think you're talking at cross purposes. Becker largely ignores the existence of de facto "intact" families. However he does observe in passing:
Even if having two parents in a household is beneficial to children, it is far from clear whether marriage per se benefits children compared to having parents who live together without being married.
The Bjorklund, Ginther and Sundstrom paper you link demonstrates that, although there are clear advantages (on average) conferred by being the child of an "intact" (i.e. two parent) family, it doesn't matter whether those parents are legally married or not. Thus Becker's post doesn't contradict the studies you linked, although he then goes on to discuss at length whether there should be tax or other subsidies for legal marriage (concluding that there shouldn't).
David Jackmanson says:
Not to mention the Queensland Reds, who are too depressing even to think about.
When are they going to be promoted to the Under-19 comp, do you think?
Btw, I'll brook no more bagging of my footy tipping unless baggers post their tips. You can use the sidelined Friday NRL preview comments to do so. It is only fair.
It's no fun if you can't sanctimonioulsy rely on hindsight. But I might deign to post my non-existent wisdom in Sidelined comment boxes when I get time. Still, I reckon I would have done better than your Round 1 performance, which was just plain shithouse Shaun, face it.
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These savory little pies taste great whether served warm or at room temperature. And you can double or triple the recipe for large gatherings. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and fresh thyme before serving for a pretty presentation.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add shallot; cook, stirring often, until slightly transparent and fragrant, 1 minute. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, and rosemary; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 minute. Add sherry, and cook until liquid is nearly all evaporated, 2 more minutes. Remove from heat; let cool slightly, 10 minutes. Mix in cream cheese, goat cheese, kosher salt, and pepper.
Coat 2 (12-cup) miniature muffin pans or 1 (24-cup) miniature muffin pan with cooking spray. Unroll both piecrusts on a work surface. Using a 3 1⁄4-inch round cutter, cut out 12 dough rounds; using a 2 1⁄2-inch round cutter, cut out 12 more dough rounds, combining and rolling out remaining dough once, if necessary.
Whisk together egg and water. Fit a 3 1⁄4-inch dough round into every other muffin cup in pans, leaving a small edge at top. Brush edges with some of the egg mixture. Spoon about 1 tablespoon mushroom mixture into each dough cup. Top each filled cup with a 2 1⁄2-inch dough round, crimping edges of bottom and top crusts together to seal.
Brush tops of pies with remaining egg mixture, and sprinkle with flaky sea salt and thyme. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
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Union reveals Federal Government fund to address mental health of FIFO workers untouched
The Electrical Trades Union has revealed a Federal Government pledge of more than $6 million, promised to address the mental health crisis among Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) workers last year, has not been spent.
As highlighted in Senate Estimates last night, the $6.3 million is sitting untouched, with contracts not even signed.
ETU Acting National Secretary Michael Wright says the Federal Government must amend this immediately.
"This is another failure to deliver by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and its FIFO workers, who are essential to our economy, who are bearing the cost. He's all smiles when he wears the hi-vis, but when the cameras switch off so does he." Mr Wright said.
"It's absolutely disgraceful. FIFO workers are living through the perfect storm for a mental health crisis, they have to choose between having a job or seeing their family. Workers who test positive on-site have to self-isolating in a 4×4 room that's little more than a cell. And Scott Morrison can't even be bothered to spend the money his Government has budgeted.
"The Federal Government must allocate this funding and sign the contracts as soon as possible. It is desperately needed and should have been delivered last year.
"It is the least the Prime Minister can do when lives are at stake."
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Hochul Finally Responds To Zeldin Calling For Criminals To Actually Be Properly Jailed
This past Tuesday evening during the gubernatorial deabte, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) finally issued a response to Republican nominee Lee Zeldin regarding Zeldin's avid insistence that criminals need to be locked behind bars, and her response was quite shocking.
"I stated that the first day that I'm in office, I'm going to declare a crime emergency and suspend Castles Bail and these other pro criminal laws, because there is a crime emergency," stated Zeldin. "My opponent thinks that right now there's a polio emergency going on, but there's not a crime emergency."
"Different priorities that I'm hearing from people right now, they're not being represented from this governor who still to this moment, what are we, half way through the debate?" Zeldin went on. "She still hasn't talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes."
"Anyone who commits a crime, under our laws, especially with the changes made to bail, has consequences," chimed in Hochul. "I don't know why that's so important to you. All I know is that we could do more."
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to address the spike in violent crime? More gun control.
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LEE ZELDIN (R): Yeah, I mean, listen, I stated that the first day that I'm in office, I'm going to declare a crime emergency and suspend Castles Bail and these other pro criminal laws, because there is a crime emergency. My opponent thinks that right now there's a polio emergency going on, but there's not a crime emergency. Different priorities that I'm hearing from people right now, they're not being represented from this governor who still to this moment, what are we, half way through the debate? She still hasn't talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes.
KATHY HOCHUL (D): Anyone who commits a crime, under our laws, especially with the changes made to bail, has consequences. I don't know why that's so important to you. All I know is that we could do more.


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HomeAnswersNo vs. Nope: What's the Difference?
No vs. Nope: What's the Difference?
By Guru Prasad
We all know No as the opposite word of Yes and use it many times. But, with the internet, our slang has changed, and so has the choice of words.
Most of us now use Nope instead of a simple No.
If you are wondering why people say nope instead of no, we explain to you in a detailed way in this guide the differences between no and nope. Let's get into it.
What is No?
No is a word that we use to indicate a refusal to do or accept something. It is widely used to refuse something, to indicate something that is not true, to deny something or something that we use when we don't want to say Yes.
It is a basic word that does not have a deeper meaning if not for a situation. It is a formal word to refuse or deny something.
For example, when someone asks if you know how to read Spanish and you don't know it, you respond by saying No. That's it. There is no other meaning to it. It
What is Nope?
Nope is an informal way of refusing or denying something. You might have seen your friends and family who use nope when they are refusing something in chats or in real life.
Nope has gained its popularity through text and new internet slang used by the younger generations.
It is widely used in casual conversations, online chats, text messages, and on Social media. Nope is used instead of no in all cases.
Both No and Nope have the same meaning. There is no difference between them in terms of meaning. They both are used to refusing or denying something.
No is used formally, and Nope is used informally with friends and family. Often, both words are used interchangeably to deny something.
No is considered to be a professional word and is used in official documentation, too, which is not the same as Nope.
Is it rude to say nope?
Nope is used informally among friends and family. Some people may find it rude as they are used to the word No. Most people use Nope instead of No, and they may sound as rude for that usage.
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Quasi-judicial body legal definition of Quasi-judicial body
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The action taken and discretion exercised by public administrative agencies or bodies that are obliged to investigate or ascertain facts and draw conclusions from them as the foundation for official actions.
As a general rule, only courts of law have the authority to decide controversies that affect individual rights. One major exception to this general rule is the power of an Administrative Agency to make decisions concerning the rights of parties. An administrative agency is a body of government created by a legislature and charged with supervision and regulation of a particular area of governmental concern. Part of the regulatory power given to an administrative agency is the power of adjudication. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237 [5 U.S.C.A. § 551 et seq.]), an agency engages in adjudication when it follows a process for the formulation of an order. With the exception of rule making, any decision by an agency that has a legal effect is a quasi-judicial action.
Complaints against administrative agencies often arise when an agent denies benefits or places restrictions on an individual. For example, a homeowner who seeks to build another structure on her property must obtain approval from a number of administrative agencies. If the local conservation agency refuses to issue a permit for the building of a new structure, the homeowner may appeal this decision in a hearing before the agency's administrative board. The board may hear testimony and examine evidence at the hearing, and then it will decide whether to issue the permit or uphold the agency's refusal.
Quasi-judicial activity is limited to the issues that concern the particular administrative agency. For example, the social security administration may resolve disputes on issues concerning Social Security contributions and benefits, but it may not decide any other issues, even those related to Social Security benefits such as tax, estate, and probate questions.
An administrative agency must hold a formal hearing only when required by statute. A formal hearing is a complete hearing with the presentation of testimony, evidence, and arguments. An informal hearing usually is a simple meeting and discussion between an agent of the agency and the individual affected by the agency's actions. As a general rule, the scope of a hearing depends on the importance of the right at issue. If the Internal Revenue Service attempts to take away a person's homestead, for example, a full hearing would be required. By contrast, when an agent of the Department of Safety issues a small fine for illegal parking, the agency needs to provide only a brief, one-to-one meeting with a hearing officer regarding the issuance of the fine.
Quasi-judicial action by an administrative agency may be appealed to a court of law. With a few exceptions, a plaintiff generally must exhaust all remedies available through an agency before appealing the agency's decision in a case. One notable exception is that a person may appeal directly to a court of law and bypass the quasi-judicial activity of an administrative agency if the agency's remedies would be inadequate. For instance, if the creditors of a failed bank are suing the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, they need not go through the agency's hearings before filing suit in a court of law because the agency has adverse interests to the creditors (Coit Indep. Joint Venture v. FSLIC, 489 U.S. 561, 109 S. Ct. 1361, 103 L. Ed. 2d 602 [1989]).
Mashaw, Jerry L., Richard A. Merrill, and Peter M. Shane. 1992. Administrative Law: The American Public Law System; Cases and Materials. 3d ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West.
Administrative Law and Procedure; Bureaucracy; Public Administrative Bodies; Regulation.
adj., adv. referring to the actions of an agency, board, or other government entity in which there are hearings, orders, judgments or other activities similar to those conducted by courts. Example: a public utilities hearing on setting telephone company rates is quasi-judicial. (See: judicial, quasi)
proceedings that seem judicial but that are conducted by a person other than a judge - or at least not in his or her judicial capacity.
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Giving the board authority to routinely appeal or challenge the department's decisions would have created a quasi-judicial body that would have become enmeshed in labor disputes and created a bureaucratic nightmare.
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Q: El segundo indice del metódo indexOf y lastIndexOf no funciona correctamente Mi preocupacion es el porque a yo ejecutar un segundo indice en "indexOf" o "lasIndexOf", éstos no empiezan desde ahí y no acaban tampoco donde se especifica.

let a = "Buenos dias, que dia, diabolico"
console.log(a.indexOf("dia", 15))

Consola: 17

A: Vamos por partes, cuando le damos un parámetro al indexOf(), es porque estamos buscando la posición en donde se encuentra ese parámetro en la cadena (el primero que encuentre), ejemplo:

let cadena = "Buenos dias, que dia, diabolico";
console.log(cadena.indexOf("dia")); // imprime 7, ya que "dia" se encuentra en la posición 7 en la cadena.

Y al pasarle otro parámetro, nos referimos a que el indexOf() comenzará a buscar a partir de ese índice en adelante, ignorando los índices anteriores:

let cadena = "Buenos dias, que dia, diabolico";
console.log(cadena.indexOf("dia", 12)); // busco a partir del índice 12 e imprime 17, ya que "dia" se encuentra en la posición 17 en la cadena cuando buscamos a partir del índice 12.

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Volume 9, Issue 2 /
Pandemonium At Promontory
The official painting is full of dignity and decorum lamentably absent in the actual photograph.
Lucius Beebe
Thomas Hill's famous painting depicts the ceremony of the driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, UT, on May 10, 1869, but was a largely fictional vision. California State Railroad Museum.
Historians are agreed that the most dramatic and at the same time the most significant single date in the record of the American West was May 10, 1869, when the rails of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met and were joined at Promontory Point, a desolate spot in the Utah desert, about forty miles northwest of Ogden. Here in a single day and hour worlds met head-on, the American people achieved a continental dimension, Manifest Destiny was realized, and the Old West reached its apotheosis. All that had gone before in the conquest of the American continent by white men was met and recapitulated in the driving of a spike of California gold in a ceremonial tie of laurel, along with a tie of Nevada silver from the Comstock Lode and another from Arizona of silver, gold, and iron in equal parts.
But Promontory's great hour was not only a shining moment of splendor and achievement of empire, it was also a scene of low comedy and lamentable moral tone that redeemed it forever from holy or virtuous significance. The details of Promontory's finest hour were just a little out of drawing.
To begin with, the Union Pacific train from the East was delayed by heavy rains and washouts in Weber Canyon and was a day late. The ceremonies were postponed from May 9, but no word of the change in plans reached San Francisco in time, with the result that the entire city closed up shop a day before the event it was celebrating and stayed at a fine pitch of patriotic alcoholism for three whole days.
The weather at Promontory was inclement. Low clouds and rain and a chill wind off Great Salt Lake made for discomfort. Collis Huntington, one of the Central's "Big Four," was in New York, while Charlie Crocker and Mark Hopkins, other members, had been unable to leave Sacramento and San Francisco, respectively. Brigham Young, president of the Latter-day Saints, sent his excuses and stayed away in a huff because the right of way had avoided the Mormon capital at Salt Lake City. William Henry Jackson, greatest of western photographers, got mixed up in his dates and arrived a week after the excitement was over, but his place was taken by Colonel Charles Savage, who immortalized the event on wet plates in his enormous view camera, capturing the scene at a moment when a timid sun emerged briefly from behind the dull gray clouds.
But if a number of distinguished guests who should have been present were elsewhere than at Promontory Point, a considerable number of celebrants arrived to maintain to the end the low and joyous moral tone which had characterized the progress of the Union Pacific all the way from Omaha and constituted the "Hell on Wheels" that accompanied the track-laying gangs across Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and part of Utah. A generous contingent of prostitutes arrived from Corrine, a construction camp a few miles down the track. "They contributed a quota of furbelows," recorded Edwin Sabin, the U.P.'s official historian, delicately, but their presence was the occasion of hard looks from the Reverend John Todd of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, imported to lend piety to the doings.
Then, too, the construction workers themselves displayed a lamentable lack of restraint. Bottles passed freely from hand to hand amidst uncouth salutations, to show up prominently in Colonel Savage's official photograph of the great moment.
At the ceremony itself contretemps of a minor nature gathered and multiplied. Everyone had to wait on the Western Union telegrapher, who was testing the circuits that would instantly convey to Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other great eastern cities the news that the spike had been driven. When the gold spike itself was inserted in the hole prepared for it, President Leland Stanford of the Central Pacific took a mighty swipe at it with the official silver spike maul and missed by a generous margin. There was rude laughter among the numerous experts present. Vice President Thomas C. Durant likewise missed. A professional, General Jack Casement, head of U.P. construction, finally smote the spike home amidst ironical cheers from the Paddies.
Col. Savage's photograph of the event was not inspiring enough for the railroad executives.
When Colonel Savage's historic wet plate was developed, the result was beyond all question the most important single photograph in the iconography of the Old West, but it wasn't altogether satisfactory to Stanford. It was raffish in its general tone, uncouth, and, for a perpetual candidate for public honors, a bit boozy. Three champagne bottles showed in the precise center of the picture, and the presence of others was strongly suggested. Stanford himself didn't show up in the group and neither did the imported man of God. From Stanford's viewpoint it was all most unfortunate.
Stanford, therefore, commissioned Thomas Hill, an understanding portrait painter, to clean up history a little, and Hill set about including the likenesses of seventy citizens of blameless life in one of the greatest portrait studies in the history of art. It was also one of the most monumental historic fakes. No ladies from Corrine appeared in the finished masterpiece. There were no bottles. A look of appropriate solemnity was on every bearded face. Included were at least four persons who hadn't actually been present—Stanford's three associates, Crocker, Hopkins, and Huntington, and Theodore Judah, original engineer of the Central Pacific, who had been dead for years. Conspicuous in the foreground were the Reverend John Todd and, of course, the well-composed features of Leland Stanford.
Even though Hill's painting had been tailored to his explicit directions, Stanford, when he saw the finished work, wanted no part of it, any more than he had of Colonel Savage's photograph. Several people whom he felt might be useful to him politically did not appear very prominently.
The painting hangs today in the California capitol in Sacramento, a bogus re-creation of a dramatic and hilarious moment in American history, an object for mirth, pity, or cynicism, whichever may move the individual beholder.
leland stanford
Promontory Point
Colonel Charles Savage
Thomas Hill
Where Two Lines Raced To Drive The Last Spike In Transcontinental Track
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It Was Bad Last Time Too: The Crédit Mobilier Scandal of 1872
by Roy Hoopes
In a classic model of government corruption, the promoters placed shares of the company's stock "where it will do most good"—in the pockets of key Congressmen
How Railroads Forever Changed the Frontier
by James P. Ronda
They created towns and became the center of Western life, enabling wheat, cattle, and minerals to flow out of the West
Death Stalked The Grand Reconnaissance
by William H. Goetzmann
Our half-known new western empire was mapped, in a great mass exploration, by the Army's Pacific Railroad Surveys of 1853
Queen Of The Highways
by Steve Sanger
A Pony Express stop for our time
The Transcontinental Railroad
by Dee Brown
What it was like for the first travelers
The Big Road
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Building the transcontinental railroad was the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century. Was it also the biggest swindle?
Building the Transcontinental Railroad
Completed 150 years ago this month, the railroad's construction was one of the great dramas in American history, and led to a notorious scandal.
Astley David Montague Cooper And The Matter Of Mrs. Stanford's Jewels


This leaflet lists 48 math goals for the year, written clearly as *I CAN* statements. The goals are organized by Common Core cluster but can be used even if your curriculum is a variation. See related card sets for practice with key goals throughout the year!


This one is not a Mill Hill bead kit, but a project that I did a while ago and thought I would share.
This was a Catherine Jordan piece that I stitched and just love it! One of these days I will stitch another using the tangles my oldest son likes to draw.
Well, Amarillo is yellow in Spanish so there you go!
Most Mill Hill patterns have a little of the paper showing, but not this one!
I still have a bit to go on it, but hopefully it will be done next month.
I am afraid to start this one with all the white on it. Maybe if I get brave I will work on it next year.
First up is this little kit. Another card, if I ever get it done.
Q is for quality. I like it that every thing I need is in the kit. Very rarely have I run out of thread or beads and Mill Hill has always been helpful in supplying what was lacking.
R is for Rosa. I love the blue flower on her head!
T is for Tulip Egg. When I bought this I did not realize that it is all beading. Pretty, but not a take along piece.
U is for useful. The little penguin is a magnet holding up my son's college schedule.
V is for Verde. What can I say? I am addicted!
If you made it to the bottom of this post, congratulations! I allowed life to get in the way of my posting. I also admit that I do not like the new A to Z Challenge format. I find it nearly impossible to find other craft blogs. Sigh. Oh well. I am getting a bit of stitching done. Some I cannot show you, but hopefully there will be a finish or two in May.
I fell in love with these little Owlets when I first saw them. Alas, I did not buy the whole series, but I think I have enough Mill Hill bead kits, don't you?
Yes, another Calavera Sugar Skull. I love the teeth on this one for some reason. I know-weird.
First up is my A to Z blog challenge. I wish I had bought the whole set of these little hearts. The others had different things on them-music was one- and they would be so fun to stitch and give away. Oh well!
And here is my Easter stitching!
I really don't have much. Each year I tell myself that I should stitch something new for the different holidays/seasons. Each year I find other things to stitch.
I love kits! Which is probably why I love Mill Hill. The kits contain everything you need-thread, perforated paper,pattern, needles and beads. They are easy to grab and go. What is there not to love?
I am sure I have done this angel before or at least one very similar....But it is tucked away in my Christmas box so I can't check!
I can't remember if I have done one of these yet. I love how delicate they look.
I think this Hummingbird kit is one of the prettiest that Mill Hill makes. Which is why it is in my stash.
Sorry, not photos, but I wanted to post this before I totally forgot!
Well, Gone Fishin' Froggie... My kids picked this one out too, I do believe. It will make a cute card, one of these days.
I think my kids picked this out for me to do years and years ago. He is kind of cute, don't you think?
Ok, ok...I had NO kits that started with an E so I noticed that Autumn Basket had elderberry colored beads.
I love these ornaments! One of these days they will be part of my Crazy Challenge!
Or Chippy the chipmunk. I hate these little rascals as they dig up my garden and take a single bite out of my tomatoes, but a beaded one...that I can handle!
A to Z Blog Challenge Begins!


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That's My Boy Winner Goyong After 20 Years
Some aspirants to join the entertainment industry will always push their luck by joining reality shows or contest search and be hopeful that talent managers would be able to spot them among the contestants. There have been several stars nowadays who are products of these. Though a lifetime career cannot be guaranteed in the world of show business, you can always find your way in, though on a different career. If you happen to be a 90s kid, you definitely have heard this segment on the longest running variety show, Eat Bulaga, the segment is entitled, "That's My Boy". It is a counterpart of the segment, Little Miss Philippines, where the goal of the show is to discover witty and smart, and talented little boys and develop them as future stars. It will always give delight to everybody's home seeing these kids and hearing their witty answers from simple questions, and how they confidently interact well with the hosts and the audience. One of the remarkable kids there is Goyong or Stev
Meet The Beautiful Daughter Of Wima Doesnt
Every mother's much awaited chapter of her daughter's life would be her upcoming promenade. The mother will get excited to choose which gown would best fit her princess and would do so much to provide what her daughter desires. And it will earn so much pride for the mother as she will see the improvement of her daughter and how astonishing she looks like, at the same time it may bring back memories to a mother on her once prom night, or might feel like they looked the same or even prouder that the daughter looks more beautiful. Just what had happened with Wilma Doesnt. Wilma Doesnt was a known celebrity actress and comedienne, and model in the Philippine television. She had become an icon for her very petite physique and her skin color. Nevertheless, she might have portrayed comic character on films or sitcoms, her beauty is still appreciated whenever she models clothes for magazines. You would be surprised that Wilma already has a teenage daughter, and the latter proudly shared
Celebrity Rags to Riches Story
There are several rags to riches stories that we can hear everyday that may inspire us to strive and be successful in life. And good examples would be the stories of our celebrities who can be seen on our TV screens. They might look well-off and well provided, but some of them have experiences you would not thought they have experienced, that life had been hard on them too. So what ever fame they are experiencing right now is all worth it. So here are some of the celebrity icons who are considered to have rags to riches story. Who would have thought the once heartthrob, Marvin Agustin who had become famous in the 90s was once worked as a waiter before he ventured to the entertainment industry and now owned a lot of restaurants. Sarah Geronimo on the other hand experienced poverty when their family business went bankrupt, and from there, she used her talent to improve their way of leaving and fortunately, she was hailed a winner on the singing contest she joined, and at present
Meet The Beautiful Daughter of Edu Manzano
It is very fascinating to see how siblings would always be proud of the achievements of one another. Though being compared with one another is inevitable, but it can be relaxing seeing how they can go well together, respecting each other and encouraging with one another in terms of their strengths and potentials. What more if your sibling would share the equally good looks from the same genes of their father. That is it! It has been no secret that Luis Manzano has other siblings from his father, who always greet him on cam on special occasions. And with this, the audience was able to put their eyes on them, and they took time to stalk and look over the details of them.One is the twenty one year old sister of Lucky, whose name is Addie Manzano. Addie's mom is the former model, Rina Samson. No doubt, Addie really came from good genes. Try to imagine the age gap of Luis from Addie which is almost 16 years, she could pass for Luis' daughter, but Luis seemed to drank the fountain of yo
Filipino Tricycle Driver Catches The heart Of This Beautiful Foreigner
As they say, love is blind, that falling in love you would look past the imperfections of the person, even what the people around you are saying no matter how they discourage you from the relationship that feel that may doom to fail. Your other senses will be numbed except for that immeasurable feeling of light headedness, heart fluttering emotion. The feeling of that once imperfect person would look like a knight in shining armor on you and there would be no one else who would surpass such emotion you feel towards the person. That is the effect of love to an individual. It has been the ancient emotion in the whole world starting from its creation. The society might have set its own standard on whom should be paired with whom, who belongs to one another, what kind of relationship should we consider a perfect couple. But there will really be an exemption to the rule, despite the eyebrow's raised from people, love still wins. It's a photo featured of a tricycle driver, and beside
Remember Andrea Del Rosario? She's Now Living Inside This Beautiful House
You might have heard the novelty song "Bubuka ng bulaklak, papasok ang reyna, sasayaw ng cha-cha ang saya saya…" and you probably are familiar with the girl singing group Viva Hot Babes. They are a group of beautiful and sexy girls who had their name famous in the early 2000s, and their songs like Bulaklak and Basketbol had been played in every radio station. But what had happened with one of its original members, Andrea del Rosario? Andrea del Rosario was a model, beauty queen, actress and a performer. She might not be heard for a while but she had become a politician, a mother and an entrepreneur. At the age of 41, we can say she has experienced her ups and downs, but what will always be worth celebrating would be the achievements she has triumphed. Just recently, she was featured in the show Rated K, she toured the researcher team in her house in Pasig City. She mentioned that she bought the house ten years ago and she made sure that she will be hands on in the decoration
Chienna Filomena's Amazing Transformation
source: youtube Despite all the challenges of how puberty hits you, with photos being revealed on the social media, discovering one will always surprise you on how far have you evolved and changed, some would want it to be forever buried with their memories, but some would find it amusing and knowing that you have transformed for the better. source: instagram Chienna Filomena's photos have gone viral recently, on how much she has transformed from her teen years. She was once a cosplayer in 2009, and she was just 13 year old during that time. She first attended the Ozine Fest and she was dressed as Sakura in the Naruto Anime. She was really passionate with her cosplaying that gave her the opportunity to become discovered and be part of the entertainment industry. During her cosplay season, she was able to work with famous local cosplayers Alodia and Myrtle Sarosa. sosurce: instagram With these changes, at 22, Chienna really was groomed to be a model, and a lot of fol
Meet The Beautiful Daughter of Willie Revillame
It has been no secret that the comedy host Willie Revillame had been engaged to several relationships. Maybe because of his good nature and his allure to women, and his role being father did not waver as he provides the needs of his children. Though Meryll Soriano was one of the known children of Willie who also joined the entertainment industry. Another daughter of her seemed to get the attention of the netizens. His child from his ex-partner Sharon Viduya is earning attention from her photos resurfacing online. That this another child of his has this "artistahin" looks that would qualify as one of the artists or a commercial model. This pretty face still has the mask of innocence and a fair skin that she may endorse skin care products.Her name is, Marimonte Shanele "Mont" Revillame, though it took a very long time before she was revealed to the public, it finally came to a realization that Willie has this budding beautiful teen daughter. This is due to the fact that Mont was rai
A Genius Old Man Discovered Living on the Street
As what they will always say, "You cannot judge the book by its cover." Years ago, one may be considered impressive and intellectual if you can identify and name the scientific names of animals and plants. But they become few nowadays for the internet is very much accessible in looking for such information But recently, a Facebook user, Debei Cargando posted a photo of an old man who wears tattered clothes and who looked homeless But, you will be surprised on what this man can do and share the moment you attempt to talk to him and he opens his mouth. He is Alfredo Manuel, 61 years old from Sta. Ana, Manila, in his daily life he would walk the streets of Manila to look in trash bins and garbage cans for good materials that can be sold to the junk shop and will use it as his allowance for the day and the next day. photo credit: facebook/andrew pamorada photo credit: facebook/julie garcia There will be times you will see him sitting on one corner of the street and scribbli


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Dan Dulberger
Dan Dulberger is a family therapist and psychologist specializing in NVR-oriented systemic interventions. He is internationally recognized as an expert in the Non-Violent Resistance approach, as well as in NVR interventions with families of socially withdrawn adolescents and post-adolescents who fail to emerge into adulthood. His professional activities include clinical work with families in crises, consulting to mental health organizations, training, teaching and speaking, in Canada, Europe and Israel. He currently serves as staff member, clinical supervisor and therapist at the Calgary Center for Family Therapy, and as director of the Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology, an international private NVR counselling group for families and organisations, originally co-founded with
Professor Haim Omer, the originator of the NVR approach. He has developed and published, together with Professor Omer and the center team, an NVR-based intervention model for Adult Entitled Dependence. He is also founder of an international forum of NVR practitioners and a team member of the School of Non-Violent Resistance. Dan holds an M.A. degree in Social Psychology from the Tel-Aviv University, is a graduate of SHINUI (the Israeli Institute for Systemic Studies, Family and Personal Change), and was personally trained by Haim Omer in the NVR approach. Dan is certified by the Israeli and Canadian Associations for Marital and Family Therapy and is a Israel-registered psychologist.
Dr. Peter Jakob
With a background in social work, Peter has worked as Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist in both CAMHS and Adult Mental Health for over 35 years, specialising in children and families involved with child protection. He has in-depth knowledge of treating trauma as the after-effect of childhood maltreatment, as well as extensive experience in providing therapy for parents' mental health problems. Peter has introduced Nonviolent Resistance to the UK. He has adapted the approach for heavily traumatised, multi-stressed families, and his work with looked-after children has inspired him to develop a child focus in NVR. Peter is a prolific national and international presenter. Aiming to develop collaborative working relationships in which dialogue can flourish and service users' experience and perspectives are centred in conversation, Peter considers social awareness as a cornerstone of engaged therapeutic practice.
Dr. Michaela Fried
Dr. Fried is a child- and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She specializes in NVR case management for acute and complex crisis situations, as well as trauma therapy, sexual abuse and borderline states, general parent counselling, and psychiatric and medical practice. Dr. Fried is contractual partner of the Institut für Neue Autorität in Austria ( INA), and helps assimilate NVR Methodologies as supervisor and coach in several schools and foster homes in Austria. Formerly, Dr. Fried worked as a senior psychiatrist in the child- and adolescent department of the Mauer Mental Health center in lower Austria. In parallel to her psychiatric and therapeutic practices she has been involved in different social projects in Europe and abroad, such as street work with homeless people and drug addicts, work in hospice medicine for terminal ill people, and various missions in war zones with several NGOs. Dr. Fried has considerable experience in voluntary humanitarian work with terminally ill people (UK), drug addicts (New York) and war refugees (former Yugolslavia, Macedonia and Afghanistan). She is a graduate of the University of Vienna and has completed her Post-doctoral fellowship at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Her medical areas of expertise are psychiatry and paediatrics. She is also a certified psychotherapist and trauma therapist and has completed Haim Omer's basic and advanced training courses.
Ohad Nahum
Ohad is a clinical psychologist with expertise in NVR interventions, dynamic and cognitive behavioral therapies and sports psychology. He works in private practice with children and adults, and is a founding member of the Tel-Aviv Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology, with emphasis on Adult Entitled Dependence and Childhood Anxiety Disorders. He has worked with Professor Haim Omer since 2001, served as a team member of the school for NonViolent Resistance, and lectures on a variety of NVR topics in various international forums and professional training workshops. Ohad conducts NVR interventions with a wide range of populations and in several fields, and trains professionals internationally in NVR psychology and the New Authority. Ohad completed his M.A in child clinical psychology at Haifa
University, where he is currently finishing his PhD in clinical sport psychology. He also works as a sport psychologist.
Nevo Pick
Nevo is a senior clinical social worker and an organizational consultant, specializing in systemic therapy for complex families, NVR parent counseling, and individual therapy for all ages. He is a founding member of the Tel-Aviv Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology, a private body dedicated to NVR interventions in general including special emphasis on Adult Entitled Dependence and Childhood Anxiety Disorders. Nevo supervises social work trainees at the University of Haifa School for Social work, and works as a consultant for welfare departments in several municipalities. He holds an M.A. degree in social clinical work from Haifa University and is certified as a group therapist by the Tel Aviv University School of Social Work. In his organizational consultation, Nevo helps organizations assimilate the principles of NVR in relationships between managers and employees, and advises municipalities on how to deal with emerging adulthood -related trends and phenomena.
Mazal Landes
Mazal serves as a rehabilitation and family therapy consultant at the Center for Parent Empowerment. She is a psychotherapist and a senior rehabilitation and clinical social worker, a certified supervisor in couple and family therapy, and a senior trainer in mental health rehabilitation under Israel's Ministry of Health. Mazal has over 30 years of experience in individual, couple, and family psychotherapy and parent counseling. She specializes in supporting family members of those suffering from mental or emotional problems, and she supports adolescents and adults suffering from personal, emotional, and couple crises. In the past, Mazal trained and supervised individual professional therapy and rehabilitation teams at ENOSH, the Israeli Association of Mental Health, where she founded, managed, and supervised several counselling centers for families of mental patients. Mazal teaches in the central schools of social work and rehabilitation at Ono Academic College. She holds a second degree in social work from Tel Aviv University and is graduate of the Bar Ilan University psychotherapy school and the "Hidabrut" program at the Jerusalem Psychoanalytic Institute.
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In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.
The Evil Dead is a series of media that originated from a trilogy of horror films created by Sam Raimi. The films focus on the protagonist, Ashley "Ash" J. Williams, who is played by Bruce Campbell. Ash deals with 'deadites', which are demons created by the Necronomicon.
Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, a common guy who travels to the cabin in the woods to spend the weekend with his girlfriend Linda. As the story follows, he must defeat the evil powers around him that keep growing. After enough attacks, he decides to take the evil head-on equipped with a shotgun and a chainsaw and sets out to face the enemy.
Army of Darkness is a 1993 comedy horror/adventure film and the third installment in the Evil Dead series. Bruce Campbell stars as protagonist Ash Williams who finds himself in the Middle Ages where he must battle the undead in his quest to return home. The film was directed by Sam Raimi, and written by Raimi and his brother Ivan, and produced by Rob Tapert.
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda take a romantic vacation to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods (which is all just basically a recap of the first film to catch viewers up with the plot). While in the cabin, Ash plays a tape of an archeology professor (the cabin's previous inhabitant), reciting passages from the Necronomicon (or "Book of the Dead"), which he has discovered during an archaeological dig. The recorded incantation unleashes an evil force which kills and later possesses the body of Linda. Ash is then forced to sacrifice his girlfriend for his own safety. After he buries and dismembers his girlfriend, a spirit is seen on the hunt for Ash.
The Evil Dead is a 1981 U.S. horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker. The film is a story of five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a wooded area. Their vacation becomes gruesome when they find an audiotape that releases evil spirits.
Evil Dead and Army of Darkness Movie Prop Peplicas, Figures, Toys and Collectibles!
The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in the movie.
From the Manufacturer: Capturing all that is awesome about Bruce Campbell as the cult classic icon, Ash Williams returns to the remote cabin in the woods where he must hack and slash his way past hordes of relentlessly deranged Deadites who want him dead by dawn. Just your average convenience store employee with a penchant for sweet-talking the ladies, the resilient, blood-stained survivor has been through hell and back in his torn shirt and brown pants. Thanks to the forces of darkness summoned by the evil Necronomicon, the glorious gorefest continues as Henrietta's disfigured remains emerge from the cellar, dying to swallow his soul. But 'armed' with more than cheesy quips, Ash can definitely hold his own with his infamous chainsaw appendage, and handy sawed-off double barrel shotgun. Bring it on, baby.
The Book of the Dead Necronomicon Prop Replica! Based on the book used in Army of Darkness. Inmany scenes, actor Bruce Campbell battled with what seemed to be a very alive book...and actually Bruce was controlling the book like a puppet with his hand. Now you can recreate those scenes with your own properly scaled Necronomicon complete with puppet features allowing you to insert your hand and bring the book to life (funny thing for a Book of the "DEAD"). This 1:1 Prop/ HAND PUPPET.. is a show stopper! Put your hand in the back and make the mouth open and close! Latex puppet that will leave the customer petrified with fear. by Bump in the Night Productions, 2008.
This great character features the likeness of Bruce Campbell as Ash in his S-Mart employee uniform from the film, Army of Darkness. This figure is a Blue Light Limited Edition of 3,000 pieces and comes with an S-Mart smock and a lever action rifle with holster.
From the classic Army of Darkness movie comes this humerous take on Ash as seen in the end of the film. 'S-Mart Ash' is in his store employee uniform which comes complete with stock cart, water bottle, rifle, and price tags. Both movie-accurate and highly detailed, this fan-favorite figure stands an impressive 7' in height.
This scary 6-inch bust is based on the "Evil Ash" character from the cult-classic film, Army of Darkness. Sculpted by Gabriel Marquez, this bust commemorates the 10th anniversary of Army of Darkness! Painted and ready to display. Limited edition of 1,993 to commemorate the year the movie was released.