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jnoreiko yahoo com (2005-12-13 at 1104.40 +0000):
> --- Josue Farde <josuefrade sapo pt> wrote:
> > to make it more
> > friendly and
> > aceptable to everybody there is a need to change the
> > graphics. They look
> > old and 'taky', for the user to have a better
> > feelling when using gnome,
> > gnome needs to to heve a more modern look.
> To be usable, controls do need to be clear, simple to
> understand, and easy to read.
> I think that the current default on my distro
> (Ubuntu's 'Human' theme) and the GNOME default
> 'Clearlooks' both do this very well.

Themes can change icons (or even remove to make the UI cleaner), draw
scrollbars differently, etc but not change the look in a deeper way,
like serious layout changes.

My take is that sometimes there would be less confusion if things were
shown in a more pleasing way. And yes, I know the HIG puts examples to
demostrate how the proposed style is better (vs a crappy old one, no
idea if real or faked for the occassion, but so bad that anything has
to look better). It also covers nice ways to put text in dialogs and
so on. That does not mean it could not be changed to make it better.
The unbalance to the left side and the expansion of things to edges
always looked strange to me in dialogs, sometimes even disturbing.

I think there was at least one person lurking around here that was
focused in the visual layout issues. Let's see if him or others are
still interested.

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Thankfully, I don’t have to worry about a wedding anymore but I do know the headache and DIY craziness you can go through trying to figure out what to do for your big day. I love this guide compiled by TreeHugger on how to go green from invites to tips on how to declutter and recycle goods at your local thrift store. Lots of great tips and links to resources! Link.


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Repetition as proof. Repetition as proof!

I’m not a fan of mindless formulas. But here’s one that works really well in TV (because it’s not mindless):

  1. State the premise.
  2. Show example after example that proves that premise.
  3. Show how that relates to the product.

Watch this brilliant spot by Lance Accord.

Here’s how this formula works:

  1. We understand that Molly is a brilliant inventor.
  2. Scene after scene we see proof that she’s a brilliant inventor.
  3. This is the kind of brilliance GE values and employs.

Here’s another one (full disclosure, I was the writer on this spot).

This is the formula at work with Henry:

  1. Henry stains carpets.
  2. Henry spills all kinds of things on carpets.
  3. LifeProof carpet is strong enough to stand up to someone like Henry.

Last one.

  1. Squares are boring.
  2. Squares are everywhere.
  3. The VW Beetle is anything but boring.

I’m not saying this is the only way to make a good TV spot. But it is one way. These are the things you need to keep in mind:

  1. I kind of went a little numbers crazy in this post. But the theme is repetition, so there you are.
  2. The proof can’t just be the same idea repeated over and over. There has to be something unique about each scenario. Molly has to invent cooler and more interesting things. Henry’s spills have to get more and more diabolical. Even those squares have to have a little surprise in them like the loading pallet or the sponge in the sink.
  3. The proof solidifies the strategy. These spots work because they’re strategic.

To clocks, bad ads and good ads are identical.

In Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This! Luke Sullivan reminds us that it takes just as long to make a bad commercial as it does to make a good commercial. Whether it’s a brilliant, shining idea or a dripping wad of hair and toe jam, you’re still going to have to do storyboards for it. And present it to the client. And walk through a director through the idea. And sit through a pre-pro. And sit in video village. And edit. And revision after revision after revision.

So don’t cut corners on the idea. Make the idea solid. Because even if the client strips away your very best shots, and makes you change the music you love, and doesn’t want to pay $1 million for the celebrity voiceover, you’ll still have a strong idea.

If you spent the time to uncover it.

How to Write for Television (When You Have Never Written for Television)

If you want to concept TV commercials, you’ve got to start with premises. Do not write scripts. Let me explain…

Forever ago, I did a summer internship at GSD&M in Austin, Texas. I was in between semesters at the VCU Adcenter (before it was the Brandcenter), and I was excited not only to be at an agency that had been all over the award annuals, but to be partnered with a classmate of mine who was a fantastic art director. It was going to be a very good summer.

That first week, we were given a chance to write TV commercials for Chili’s. Yes, the Chili’s of Baby Back Rib fame. Our first year in school, we had worked on lots of print campaigns, but had never worked on TV. (This is before digital was even a thing. Web banners weren’t even a thing. Like I said, this was forever ago.)

So we sat down and spent days concepting. We came up with a story about an Amish boy. We had another one about a kung fu master and his disciples. We had one shot from the point of view of a bird. And we crafted each script in detail. We argued over dialogue for hours. I thought the Amish boy should say, “Yea, verily,” because it sounded funny and biblical. My art director thought he should say, “Even so, mother,” because it made more sense. This went on for days.

Finally, we brought five or six scripts in to our creative director. Who killed them all. Welcome to advertising.

So we came up with five or six more scripts. And we agonized over dialogue and descriptions. Again, we showed them to our creative director. Nothing.

We were feeling disappointed and a little bit of pressure because we knew that the interns VCU sent to this agency the year before had actually produced a commercial for Pennzoil. That’s insane. Summer interns producing a TV commercial? But it happened. And we wanted it to happen for us, too.

But it never did. We had a fun summer. But we produced nothing. (To be fair, the idea that interns would produce anything other than spec work is a little unrealistic. But we didn’t know that.)

On the last day of our internship, our creative director gave us an evaluation. And we were shocked to hear that it wasn’t so hot. He said we came in with five or six scripts a week. According to him, the team that had produced the Pennzoil spot last year came in with 100 ideas the day after they were briefed. Maybe 100 was an exaggeration. But it was certainly more than five.

It took me the better part of my career to learn that there is a difference between writing premises and writing scripts.

A premise is a short two to three sentence blurb about what the spot’s about.

A script is a crafted document that tells you exactly what happens in the commercial.

A premise is loose.

A script is tight.

You can write 100 premises in a day.

It might take you an entire afternoon to write a decent script.

A premise is something you jot down as a potential idea.

A script is an idea you begin to craft.

So if you have the chance to write TV scripts. Don’t just start writing TV scripts. That’s like crafting the body copy for a marker comp. Start with a premise. And then come up with another. And another. And another.

Happy Accidents

I don’t usually post my own work on this site. But this one comes with a point, and a good cause.

About a year ago, I began doing work for Volunteers of America. They’re a 117-year-old national charity that had never advertised before.

We ended up producing print, online, outdoor, and TV for them. But my favorite spot was never scripted, never presented, never even concepted. It was just a happy accident.

While we were shooting in Los Angeles, our director wanted to get some extra footage. So he rolled down Skid Row with his camera hanging out of the van door. Then his producer ran back down the street and gave some cash to have the people he filmed sign release waivers, just in case. Some of this footage made it into our final spots.

But when we were in the editing studio we were looking at that shot, and thought it was kind of amazing. We wondered how could we share it?  So we started playing around with it. We slowed it down. Wrote some copy to serve as supers. And sampled a few demo tracks. (We ended up recording Jennifer Perryman to sing an original track.) We showed it to the client, and were lucky enough to have them approve it. Here’s the finished piece:

Gold Lion at Cannes? Nah. But does it help the client get their name out there? Yep. Am I proud to have it on my reel? Absolutely.

So be open to happy accidents. Find a way to make them work. Play with them. Get them in front or your clients and champion them. And everyone will be a little better off.

(If you’d like to donate anything to Volunteers of America, please click here. They’re amazing people who do amazing work.)

Things Portfolio School Didn’t Teach Me: Awarding A Director

The process of getting a director to shoot your TV spot, online film, long-format video, etc. isn’t something you can really teach in portfolio school. But here’s what I’ve learned over the years:
  1. After a client as okayed a script, you’ll work with a producer to find a director. Sometimes the producer works for the agency, sometimes he or she is freelance. That usually depends on the size of the agency.
  2. Typically, the producer will have some ideas of which directors will work best for your concept. But you should have some ideas, too. If it’s a dialogue-driven spot, you should look for directors who handle dialogue well. If it’s a car spot, you want someone with a proven track record of making sheet metal gorgeous. Don’t just focus on the concept. Look at the acting, lighting, film quality, and camera angles. It’s a much harder job than just saying, “That spot was cool.” I recommend keeping notes.
  3. You will usually narrow down your list to three to five directors, and then jump on the phone with them. You’ll walk them through your spot, and they’ll throw out different ideas of how they’ll treat it. This will also give you an idea of which director you think you can work best with. Again, I recommend keeping notes.
  4. After that call, you’ll receive what’s called a “director’s treatment.” It’s usually a pdf that goes through their vision. They’ll talk about casting, music, lighting, etc. I always look for directors who can take my ideas and make them better, not just regurgitate what they think I want.
  5. The producer and the account executive will submit the bid from each director to the client. As a creative, you can easily go your entire career without knowing what it costs to produce a commercial. But I’d encourage you to find out. It helps your concepting if you know that client has $2 million to spend vs. $500,000.
  6. You’ll present the director reels and estimates to the client (probably won’t present their treatments), and make your recommendation. The client will have the final say, so you should be happy with all three directors. Your second choice may be $100,000 cheaper than your first choice. Or your third choice could have a spot that the client likes more than any other. Best case scenario is having three directors you love so much, you want the client to make the decision for you.
  7. Your producer calls one director to award the job, and the other directors to deliver the bad news.

How to Choose An Actor

When you’re shooting a TV spot, you’ll see about 50 people audition for every role you’ve written. Typically, you’ll watch all of these online, and you, your partner and the director will mark the ones you like best. These actors (maybe a third of the people you originally saw) will come in for callbacks, which you’ll usually attend in person. Actor after actor will come into a small room with a camera and act out the scene for you.
I’m shooting with a director who’s very good with actors and dialogue, and I’ve learned a few things from him in callbacks that are great guidelines for choosing actors:
  1. Watch their eyes. Their eyes will give away whether or not they believe in their character and the scene. That sounds very ethereal, but when you’re watching 50 different actors audition for one role, just watch the eyes and it will become apparent who’s into it.
  2. In dialogue, watch the person who isn’t speaking. It’s easy to look at the person who’s reciting the lines you or your partner wrote. But if you look at the actor who’s supposed to be listening, you can tell if they’re invested in the other character or not.
  3. Good actors support their co-actors, bad actors automatically shift into competition. We were auditioning for the role of a father and a son building something together. The son was supposed to say, “You’re going to need a new crosscut saw.” When they start adlibbing, the best actors would simply smile and respond, “Yep. You’re right.” The bad actors would say, “There’s nothing wrong with that saw!” And then the sons would reply, “Come on, Dad! This thing’s been around since the Jefferson administration!” And then the Dad would say, “Ah, you kids don’t know quality when you see it.” Bad actors are looking to stand out, and pitting themselves against any other actor in the room is the easiest way to do that.
This isn’t the kind of thing you’ll learn in portfolio school. So tuck this away and use it when you start casting actors.

Remember, watch the eyes…

And remember, bad actors avoid competition…

How to Write a TV Script

If you need to write a TV script, do not start by writing a TV script. Start by writing a premise.
Here’s a short story to tell you what I mean:
The very first time to I sat down to write a TV script, I was an intern at GSD&M. My partner and I had no experience at all writing thirty-second scripts.
The assignment was for a restaurant, which the brief assured us was the place to go for celebrations. So we came up with one idea where a kung fu master takes his two 10-year-old students to lunch after a tournament. Realizing there’s only one jalapeno popper appetizer left on the plate, one student tries to grab it. His fellow kung fu student blocks the reach with a wax-on-wax-off move. Then he tries to take it, and the other kid uses some kung fu move to block the reach. This results in a flurry of blocks, jabs, reaching, wax-on-wax-off fist movement over the plate as their master sagely looks on. Then the two kids realize the popper is no longer on the plate, and their teacher smiles and says something like, “He who is not distracted gets the popper!”
Kind of a funny spot, we thought. Might not have been super p.c., but I would have enjoyed seeing that on TV. So my partner and I scripted it up.
And that was one of the most agonizing experiences of my internship.
We debated on whether we should open outside the restaurant, or open on one of the booths. Should the jalapeno poppers be freshly delivered to the table, or should they already be eating them? Should there be a waiter or waitress? At the end, should the teacher say, “He who is not distracted…” or “Lesson #8…” or “You have much to learn…” It took us hours to figure out that script.
But the thing is, we’d already figured out the premise. The creative director didn’t need a finished script. He wanted an idea. We gave him five scripts. But in the time it took us to script up five fully-formed scripts we could both agreed on, we could have concepted and written a hundred premises.
A premise is a five- or six-sentence description of what the spot is about, and what happens in it. Keep it loose. But keep it interesting. If it doesn’t work well as a premise, it’s probably not going to work as a script.


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Malaysian Jet Tragedy Propagandized – Ron Paul

Sending our deepest condolences to MAS – the  tragedy of Malaysian Flight 17. Many speculations started fueling the world jumping into conclusion pointing finger against who’s and who’s!

This article is interesting for widening our readers’ perspective – BY RON PAUL!

Malaysia Airline Media Statement

Malaysia Airline Media Statement

Please do not blame the Malaysian Government nor Malaysia Airlines because SQ flight was just 25 km away from where MH17 was allegedly shot down.

A Singapore Airlines plane was reportedly only 25km away from flight MH17 at the moment it crashed near the Russian border in Ukraine, according to images posted by a website that tracks global aircrafts in real time. tweeted a graphic showing Singapore Airlines SQ351 and Air India AI113 and said both planes were about 25km of MH17 when the Boeing 777 disappeared and crashed after being allegedly shot down.

Flight MH17, bound for Kuala Lumpur, had taken off from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. There were 280 passengers, 15 crew members and three infants onboard.

Read the STOMP Singapore Press – Rebel allegedly bragging about shooting down a plane thinking it was the Ukrainian military jet! “That looks like this?”

Some leaders are born retarded thinking we are blind and can’t read between the lines. The world has abandoned Ukraine airspace and not Russian airspace! The foolish people always think the world is a place for them to lie.

The passing of the black box is gonna tell something…someone is making a big mistake and trying very hard to hide it. Why passed the black box in the first place?

We may be the oldest oxes on earth but we’re still that sharp and quick in assimilating the whole episode in this finger-pointing crisis.

We pray for the truth to be out soon and we support the Malaysian Government to pursue such cruelty against humans and to get justice for MAS flight 17!

We support Dutch PM Mark Rutte for his vow of justice if Malaysian plane is attacked.

Netherlands has dispatched Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans and a team of forensic experts to Ukraine to probe the disaster.

Thank you Dutch PM and Malaysian Government for your acts against inhumanity!

To the opposition party who shamelessly speculating against MH370 and MH17 without a single bullet we say to you please grow up don’t just growing old by whining and whining till the kingdom comes home you’ll still whining because you people are just the whiner and the Rhinos! Can’t you please unite with the present Government to protect your own country from the invasion of foreign forces?

Please whine more about the invasion in eastern side of Sabah and get your asses down in the field and face those uninvited enemies if you are the country men and women! Otherwise you people are mere collaborators for your own enemies!

The sabotaging acts by Ahmad Jauhari, Zahrah Zaid and Azhari Dahlan – Part 1

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) which bear the brunt MH370 tragedy now facing serious internal problems when nearly 1000 cabin crew‘s resignation have caused a massive loss of RM100 million over the next two years in terms of training costs.

Overwork stress and burned out factors;  other than ‘caught’ in between the other airlines – AirAsia and AirAsiaX prompted about 120 aircraft technicians; engineers (40); cabin crew (300) and 30 pilots completed their service in the company have left MAS for AirAsia and AirAsiaX. This proves that MAS has now become the National Aviation Training Centre for AirAsia and AirAsiaX under the leadership of Ahmad Jauhari, Zahrah Zaid and Azhari Dahlan and their proxies collaborators –  Izham; Hayati Ali and bunch of MAS Senile Executives.

Each resignation took place upon the lacking of welfare for employees in the last three years especially the Technicians, Engineers, Pilots and Cabin Crew were under this trio’s brutalities; whose collaboration with the middle management – Senile Non-Performer is to sabotaging the company’s operations by the power of Flight Operation Director – Izham; Inflight Services Senile Woman-In-Charge – Hayati Ali; working hand in gloves with the Senile Non-Performing executives.

These bunch of executives are known as FAN-NERDS and apple polishers. They are out to design a structure to kill the airline by collaborating with NUFAM feeding the yellow union turns EMPLOYEES’ killer all the insight information so to increase the pressure forcing MAS Cabin Crew to resign whilst providing a higher workload with shortage of manpower; finding ways looking to reduce the allowances and benefits that the employees are entitled to.

In shortest explanation; MAS Flight Operation Director Izham, MAS Human Relics Director Zahrah Zaid together with Senile Women in charge – Hayati Ali are at best proposing unsound structure for MAS Cabin Crew with only USD 0.60 cents increased per hour for MAS Cabin Crew and non-stop 23 working days for the Pilots so to pressure them leaving the company and destroy the operation once and for all. They stole the surplus from the Cabin Crew’s expenditure to pay the increased and kept the remaining RM1 million for their own secret bonus before Prime Minister of Malaysia announces the new take-over.

Cheers to the TRIOs of this thread for successfully musketeered the work for Tony Fat Pariah Fernandez by collaborating with MAS middle management.

Zahrah Zaid and Hayati Ali authorised for every completion of the training funded by the company; there must be a massive pulling out of these new trainees by her collaborators – a bunch of senile Fan-nerd executives using highest pressures and purportedly discriminatory work pattern with the help of the whispering campaigns from Tony the FAT ASS’s syndicate so to force them out of MAS and into AirAsiaX. This is done by also promoting AirAsiaX to the newly recruited MAS Cabin Crew via badmouthing the company’s situations.

Sources informedfor several years not only the company failed to give bonuses and benefits for employees getting vacation with the family that also ceases whilst coping with a tremendous increased in workload during this shortage of staff in so much a way to abuse them and pressuring them to leave the airlines for AirAsia and AirAsiaX.

Various factors including an increasing employees’ eagerness to continue working with the company is now totally lost via this collaboration framework between MAS and AirAsia (which is still in existence despite the dodgy “share-swap” deal with AirAsia was cancelled by the Prime Minister of Malaysia).

Almost now and then the employee concerned after having completed their training will always find another attractive job offer from another airline with a higher rate of pay. It seems there are AirAsia’s syndicates who‘s watching MAS and wait for the right time to fishing’ MAS new caliber staff.

Here is one example of the newest syndicate who joined MAS to recruit its quality Cabin Crew so to join AirAsiaX…this ugly Pondan is a member of NUFAM.

AAspy1We saw this gay asshole who keeps fanning Dato Kamarudin in one the parties we were invited.

First this gay prostitute joined MAS…

And he reported frequently to Dato Kamarudin Meranun and AirAsia Chief Operating Officer Bo Lingam; is now promoted to AirAsiaX after he (this gay prostitute) successfully influenced MAS new recruit to join AirAsiaX.

AAspy5Concurrently he also recruits MAS Cabin Crew via his facebook. So guys and gals do you see what we have discovered from Tony Fat Pariah Fernandez’s strategy to slowly killing MAS via the collaboration framework? His next promotion is Manager of Cabin Crew for AirAsiaX after he managed to fan Azran Osman.  It looks AirAsiaX is recruiting lots of gay prostitutes to fulfill the market supply possibly for the BABI too – Brother Anwar Bin Ibrahim.

Good advice for all airliners in the world; stay away from doing business with Tony Fernandez the Pariah low caste airline and do not hire his men or his staff such as Ahmad Jauhari; Zahrah Zaid and Azhari Dahlan.

Information obtained indicates MAS large amount of funds is allocated for staff training programs of which RM200,000 is for each MAS pilots who must undergo two years of training and RM190,000 is the cost of training the flight engineer over the next period of five years.

In addition; the cost of two years of training for each technician is about RM75,000 and the four months training period for a steward and stewardess  a stewardess involves expenditure of RM50,000 each.

The source said Who wants to work with MAS if there are companies that offer a salary of RM30,000 per month for experienced engineers from seven to 10 years and some technicians also are offered RM8,000 a month, compared to RM3, 000 in MAS.”

This is how MAS bleeds to death with such losses in trainings; and human assets.

Asked whether the tragedy MH370 affect employees of the company; the source said added it certainly indemnify the company RM1.7 billion otherwise would have been in worse situations.

“If it was not for MH370 MAS staff morale has weakened over the last three years,” he said. Another word; MH370 fosters closer ties internally.

The source said, the roster for Pilot and Cabin Crew force them to work for long hours shuffling between international and non-international flights and at worst quick turning around the flights to save cost so for fattening the salaries of Ahmad Jauhari; Zahrah Zaid and Azhari Dahlan whose salaries grew over 200% increment in these three years whilst the staff working beneath them sufferred heart attack; burned out over the high workload and lowering paid for those who have been committed to the National Carrier their entire life.

“This situation has resulted in staff suffering pressures; physically and mentally forcing them broken up with their family with no time spent for family when working with MAS” the source said.

The situation got even worse when MAS flight into Bangalore turned back due to emergency landing and another flight into Inch-eon; Korea turned emergency landing into Hong Kong have frightened both the Pilots and Cabin Crew to the highest degrees forcing them to contemplating a quick resignation with MAS. All these emergency landings were orchestrated by Azhari Dahlan with the help from AirAsia’s Engineering who planted something foreign during the logging of AirAsia’s aircraft parked next to MAS and Firefly aircrafts inside MAS MRO. The firefly is next on target by Tony the Pariah Fernandez.

Sources have revealed Ahmad Jauhari and Zahrah Zaid have stolen the available budget approved by ex-MAS CEO/MD Tengku Azmil for MAS Cabin Crew where they could have been paid USD15 an hour (RM45) but the available budget is used and injected into his salary for his own personal gain. AJ shared his remaining budget with Zahrah Zaid; Izham; Azhari Dahlan; Salleh Tabrani and other directors and shot up the directors’ salaries to 250% to keep them quiet about the accidental surplus of the available budget for staff below the management level.

The end result the trio have delivered successfully – Skytrax awardes best Cabin Crew 2014 is Garuda Air. MAS used to be best Cabin Crew in the world now dropped to number five whilst AirAsia and AirAsiaX maintained Number 1 & 2 low caste airline in the world.

Congrats to Khazanah the blind ladies who never saw this coming! We have information there are a bunch of conmen now eying at AJ’s position. We hope the Prime Minister of Malaysia will make the best decision not to let these bunch of conmen bring him down again.

The Prime Minister of Malaysia must also know the disintegration plan on MAS is to also share with some politicians from opposition side especially Anwar the Gay De Facto Leader who are out to gain profit from MAS selling its entities and a golden opportunity to own a lucrative long-term business because MAS despite the hurdles is still generating revenue for the country. The GAY De Facto Leader may not win the position from Selangor current Mayor so to prepare his next campaign for PRU14; the gay leader must own MAS by hook or by crook.

In short; AJ and gang is betraying Khazanah (Tan Sri Azman Mokthar will take the fall after all) and Khazanah the ladies in red is to be blamed for the fallout in the next PRU14.

MAS management could not be reached for comment and the public need to file for missing MAS spokenman for unable to comment on this sabotaging act by Ahmad Jauhari; Zahrah Zaid and Azhari Dahlan who work for Tony the Pariah Fernandez.

Stayed to our upcoming part 2 – INNER revelation ON AJ and Tony!

Punish the Management, but save the airline, MAS first CEO tells Putrajaya

Pouring scorn on calls to declare Malaysia Airlines (MAS) bankrupt, former chief executive officer Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said the loss-making flag carrier should not be punished for mismanagement by government-appointed teams, but instead, Putrajaya should bail it out once again.

Abdul Aziz said MAS was in a deplorable state now as those who manage it are “not doing their jobs very well” and have not been able to adapt to the competitive airline industry.

“The problem started in 1994 when the government decided to give up its shares and sold it to a private group. It all went downhill from there,” he told The Malaysian Insider.

“By 1998, the government had to step in and redo the whole thing to salvage it. Since then, the government has bailed out and changed its management teams many times but until today, the problem has not been fixed.”

In 1994, Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli bought a 32% equity in MAS and was the airline’s chief executive officer from then until 2001, after which he sold back the shares to the government at RM8 a unit, when the market price was only half of that.

Since then, Tajudin has been entangled in a complicated series of expensive suits, counter-suits and appeals with various parties due to failure to service a billion ringgit loan he took to purchase the major stake in the national airline.

He has claimed that his purchase was forced “national service”, disguised as an arm’s length commercial deal, because the government wanted to appease the investment community and the public.

Abdul Aziz said until the late 1990s, MAS operated in a closed domestic market but then found that it could not compete with other emerging airlines, including budget ones which had rapidly taken over its market share.

“I can appreciate the people’s feelings. Because after helping so much, nothing has changed. If I were in their position, I would do the same. But, we have to think this way… that this is the national carrier. It can still be revived.” – Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, former CEO of MAS.

“There was rapid economic development in the world and people got very ambitious. They began to have more airlines in all parts of the world and here also, we have AirAsia, AirAsia X and others. These provided competition internally and externally.”

“It became very competitive but MAS management could not adapt themselves to the sudden competitive environment because those who are managing it are not doing their jobs very well,” he added.

Abdul Aziz, who chaired MAS from 1982 until his retirement 10 years later, stressed that he was against any suggestion for MAS to file for bankruptcy following its continuous dismal showing in profits, adding that it was not too late to save it.

“MAS is not an ordinary company that is selling rice, or sundry goods. It is an established organisation catering for the whole world.”

“This (filing for bankruptcy) is the easy way out for people who don’t like to apply their minds but I will always stress this point. It was so difficult to establish it in the first place, back in the early 70s, when we were lacking in so many things and we had no money,” he said.

Despite the challenges and limited resources in the early days, he said MAS built itself up, made profits and became the pride and joy of the nation.

“Why? Because of the pride of Malaysia. Because it carries our flag. I will say that a national carrier is the representative of the people of the country globally in the skies and on the ground. The logo has been there for more than 48 years and it must not disappear just like that.”

In a recent interview with the The Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that bankruptcy could be among several options as a way to restructure MAS, after years of losses and bitter conflicts with its labour unions.

This followed MAS recording a net loss of RM443.4 million in the first quarter of this year, up from a net loss of RM278.8 million in the same period last year.

MAS had earlier said the tragic MH370 incident had a “dramatic impact” on the traditionally weak first quarter performance, adding that the airliner experienced high numbers of cancellations and a decline in long-haul travel after flight MH370 went missing on March 8.

MAS had lost money for the last three years, beset by high costs and stiff competition, and this was the carrier’s worst quarterly loss since October-December 2011.

However, Abdul Aziz acknowledged that MAS has not seen a turnaround despite the multiple government bailouts, which has caused taxpayers to be against yet another one.

“I can appreciate the people’s feelings. Because after helping so much, nothing has changed. If I were in their position, I would do the same,” he said.

“But, we have to think this way… that this is the national carrier. It can still be revived. Put the right people there.”

“And maybe, you catch hold of those who made these blunders and hang them. Maybe the people would like to see that. It will give confidence to the people that you are serious about solving the problem.”

Calling MAS his “baby”, Abdul Aziz said said he was “deeply engraved” in MAS, having helped with its start up after splitting from the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines in the early 70s.

He was also among those who had been roped in to draft both the Civil Aviation Act 1974 and the Civil Aviation Regulation 1996

“That is why I feel strongly about certain things pertaining to MAS,” the practising lawyer said.

“In the early days, when we started the airline, we did it from scratch. So everybody who joined the airline worked very hard to make sure it was successful. Because it was a challenge to us and for the sake of the nation.”

“And everyone was united on this. I think that is the reason why we were so proud of it. We put all our effort into it.

“Although there were some employee-employer problems, we ironed it all out amicably. Why? Because we were proud of the establishment. Everyone worked hard. We were inspired to make it work.”

Now, said Abdul Aziz, in order to save itself, MAS needs to “quickly adjust” to the competition and make sure they are still “vicious” in the fray.

“MAS does not seem to have the right formula to challenge the competition. The economic environment and the aviation industry have changed. It is now a more liberal market, open skies policy. They have to adjust themselves. If you are slow in adjusting, you will be in trouble.”

“Others are running and you are walking. How do you challenge them? If they are running, you should also run. In fact, you must run faster,” he added.

MAS should also take its employees into consideration as they are prepared to “work hard to make sure it survives,” he added.

“So MAS has the right foundation. It has the employees – the main asset – who are prepared to work hard to make sure we survive. We have the facilities now too, the expertise and the image.”

“If you as a leader or employer don’t pay attention to the union and your staff, then they, likewise, will also forget about you,” he said. – May 31, 2014.

Malaysiaairlinesfamilies salute Tan Sri Abdul Aziz for his patriotism and loyalty toward MAS.

To save MAS, the thick-skinned monkeys who keep clinging to the wreckage of MAS airplanes should leave MAS in urgency.

For MAS and its loss making trend under Ahmad Jauhari, Azahari Dahlan and Zahrah Zaid still staying put thinking they were the heros (?).  It is true they are heroes but the heroes with monkey faces and tails who carelessly caused huge losses to the national airline.

They should be arrested and investigated for the crime they organized against the national airline.  While they are not aware their asses are on the hot plate burning to the 1st degree; they should prepare to parachute out of MAS taking with them the stockholm Syndrome disease they employ on the middle management.

The Khazanah ladies in red too must be eradicated for the conspiracy they offer to Tony Fernandez to save AirAsia and destroy MAS tarnished the GLC status.

In a brief encounter, whenever the public read our posting against Tony Fernandez; the public will also be enjoying a hammering post from Tony’s baby – The NUFAM crooked gang on MAS. That is because Tony Pariah pays NUFAM to disrupt MAS from the outside simultaneously paying the TRIO bastards to destroy MAS from the inside.

Then the tax payers get MAS going down the drain and AirAsia going up the hill.

Not only that with MAS down and AirAsia up; here comes the hidden heroes who have been organizing to take over Putrajaya but failed; the Daredevil And Party of the desperado instigated by foreign forces to destroy the unity of its own country. Bearing the name of treason-ship Daredevil And Party are now taking MAS too with their magic hands swinging behind Putrajaya waiting in line to contract out MAS into pieces. The short story is You take One AJ&Gang take Two Tony Takes All.

Stay united MAS if you want to save the airline. Continue hammering the red devil if you want to survive. God Bless MAS and Malaysia!


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10, 11 (or maybe 12) things you don’t know about me

Every 25-30 seconds, I see a new article about a celebrity (that I usually haven’t heard of) called something like 25 things you don’t know about ___________ (whoever)

meetauthorI don’t know why I click on those stories because most of the things on the list are boring and/or fall into the TMI (to much information) category. No doubt, some massive computer somewhere records my click, gives the site a higher rating, and insures that I’ll probably be bothered by a lot more of these kinds of stories the next time I show up on the Yahoo home page.

You never click on those do you? If not, how did you show up on this post? Okay, since you’re here (and the NSA already knows you’re here), you might as well read the list.

  1. Barbra Streisand and I share a fear. We both get stage fright every time we walk in front of a large audience. I solved that by not doing it (walking in front of a large audience) while she solved it by singing.
  2. millieThe first actress I had a crush on was Millie Perkins. Since you probably don’t know who that is, this proves I’m a lot older than you. She never wrote back so nothing came of it.
  3. I was raised by alligators in a Florida swamp. Sure, I had regular parents and they were nice people, but they weren’t as exciting as the gators. I learned more from gators than I did from my school teachers. I’ve kept this secret all the years because, well, who the hell knows why, maybe because I didn’t figure anyone would believe it. I’m not even sure I believe it, even though I remember Papa Gator telling me that tourists love gators.
  4. sentencediagramAlthough my first language was (and still is) English, my grade school and junior high school English teachers didn’t think so because I made lousy grades. I knew how to speak and write my native tongue, but couldn’t force myself to study grammar, learn parts of speech and do other silly things. (Hell is an afternoon spent diagramming sentences on the chalkboard.)
  5. If I'd spent ten years learning how to cook, I'd be better off than a failed piano player
    Tempura – If I’d spent ten years learning how to cook, I’d be better off than a failed piano player

    I took piano lessons (against my will) for some ten years and now I can proudly say that I can play chopsticks with fewer errors than people who think chopsticks are only used for eating tempura and other cool foods. I happen to like tempura, but most people don’t. As an experiment, ask some random guy on the street what he thinks of tempura and he’ll probably tell you it’s a kind of paint.

  6. One reason I didn’t go “the Barbra Streisand route” to conquer my stage fright was simply that I can’t sing. I learned this on the job when I delivered signing telegrams to people’s houses and didn’t get any tips. I did better with regular telegrams and candygrams. Yes, I know, I sound like some guy who grew up on the frontier when I mention delivering telegrams. No, I didn’t ride a horse.
  7. I kept this ancient radio until we moved last year. I found a guy who actually knew what it was and had been looking for one to restore.
    I kept this ancient radio until we moved last year. I found a guy who actually knew what it was and had been looking for one to restore.

    I was a ham radio operator when I was in high school and once had my receiver on radio Moscow because our high school band was playing some Russian music. A visitor to our house thought I should tell the Feds that I was picking up “the commies” on my radio. Goodness knows what he told his folks when he got home. I still know Morris Code but there’s not a lot of call for it.

  8. Magician card in old Tarot deck.
    Magician card in old Tarot deck.

    I believe in magic. As a writer, this has caused problems with some magazines and publishers who wanted me to place my work in the fantasy or paranormal genres while I was complaining, “but this stuff actually happened.” I lost all those arguments. My parents (not the alligators) weren’t comfortable with my all my magic books, telling me that later in life, people would just assume I was crazy. They were right about that.

  9. I’m a Leo. Okay, I guess you probably already figured that out.
  10. madonna2Madonna and I used to sit in one of those Rocking Chairs on the front porch of a Cracker Barrel restaurant and talk about the Kabbalah until too many people started taking selfies with us in the background. Frankly, I think they cropped me out of them, the bastards.
  11. Contrary to popular belief, I was not born on a table top in Tennessee and did not kill my first bear when I was only three.
  12. Mercifully, this list is coming to and end with the news that I tend to put hexes on people who don’t read my books or who give them bad reviews (or no reviews). Since you don’t believe this, there’s nothing to worry about. 🙂

KIndle cover 200x300(1)Malcolm R. Campbell looked up how to put hexes on people while working on his novella “Conjure a Woman’s Cat.”

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  1. #2 Maureen O’Hara
    #6 Can’t sing
    #7 I bought a radio at an auction when I was 11, 1958, it picked up radio Havana. We listened during dinner.
    #8 Magic is real. If it wasn’t we wouldn’t be talking about it.
    #9 Me too
    #12 I read The Sailor. I liked it.
    #13 I was on the Ranger 66-69. IOIC. We were shipmates.

    1. Maureen O’Hara was quite a looker, say, in movies like The Quiet Man. Short wave radios were the fad for a while. Quite a few people in high school had them. Glad you liked The Sailor. On the Ranger, I was put in PAO because I had journalism degree. I did the shipboard newspaper a lot of the time, working at night and sleeping during the day.

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In 2012 @egypt and I taught Metasploit Mastery for a day and a half @DerbyCon . This was a lot of fun but we had to cram a TON of slides into that short period of time. PLUS we had a CTF at the end where people had to break into a corporate network (virtualized) and sell their shells, data, passwords, or flags to us (egypt and I were acting as opposing countries). You could sell low to one and high to another whatever. Most money at the end wins. (We used a score card with ranges to keep it even)

We are doubling down on the content being provided and doing a 3 full days @CanSecWest. You get to learn the nooks and cranies of Metasploit’s guts from the egypt himself, and operational use from me, with a ton mixed in between. I mean, just getting in the room with egypt’s beard is worth the price of admission.

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International Dishes…Guess I’ll Have to Try Them Now!

Okay, confession time. I know next to nothing about international desserts. Nobody in my house divulged in the baking world. Dishes like baklava and tiramisu would never be made in my house. No sir. If we went out to eat? My family gravitates towards the chocolate anything variety.

So, I know NOTHING about any of these dishes. It’s a travesty, a shame, a sad little state of affairs. We must rectify this immediately!

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Have I Got Something Special For You!

Hey y’all! For you college students, you guys are probably swimming with finals and papers and projects. My finals week is shockingly mellow. A few presentations here or there. Nothing too scandalously crazy.

This left me a lot of time to craft this elaborate post for you to devour (Pun: Intended).

I’ll give you a wee little hint. It centers around international desserts. Will it but churros, cannoli, crème burlee, or tiramisu? Well by golly gee, you’ll just have to tune in to find out!

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I’ve actually never had a churro before (and as you will soon learn, not many other international desserts). However, deep-fried dough and cinnamon? What more can a gal need?

I’ll also let you know that I crafted some surveys, timelines and maps for your viewing pleasure. I even did a little research on the said dishes to learn a little history on food. It will all be in a nice, concise little post for you to read while you’re taking a break from those dreaded finals. I hope to have it up sometime this weekend. If not, it will definitely be up by Monday!

It will get you something to look forward to as you become a slave to school. So get your excited caps on!

‘Tis the Season for Food…and research!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This has been my motto for the past week. Let’s be real, past month.

 In case my manic fall posts didn’t make it abundantly clear, I am fanatical about festive spirit. I can’t wait to snuggle by the fire with my snowman mug filled to the brim with coffee. Here’s to hoping it’s actually cool enough in Kansas to warrant such behavior.

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Look at the snow! Look at the lights! Look how the all meld together to form this perfect Christmas snapshot!

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I can’t believe how fast this semester went. I am already beginning to packing adventures for my month long vacation back in Kansas. What? Wasn’t it just yesterday I was packing for the long haul to college? Unfathomable.

Despite finals looming, there is only thing on my mind right now: Holiday baking! There’s something immeasurably better about baking in the cold December air. There’s nothing quite like making a batch of our family’s almond joy balls with the sounds of Michael Buble’s Christmas album in the background. Since I’m all about “honesty is the best policy” here, I am going to go ahead and say Michael Buble’s voice is crafted specifically for Christmas carols. Step aside Frank Sinatra, there’s a new man in town. Sssssssssh! Just listen…

Way back in September, I made a commitment to make goodie baskets for our close family and friends for the holiday season. As if that wasn’t daunting enough, I agreed to make desserts for my dad’s side of the family’s Christmas. I found out this week that so far, that Christmas dinner entails approximately 25 guests. Now I don’t know for sure, I’m just spit balling here, but I think, I think, I may regret these commitments. By the end of next week, you may find me buried beneath a mountain of flour and sugars.

Another issue: Most of my close friends are scattered across the country. I had to do a little research to determine the best recipes for shipping and storing dough to make them as fresh as possible. Luckily, I found this link that allows me to make big batches of cookies, then cook them right before I am ready to mail them.

So, I started compiling the lists. My sister and I made a pact to go on a baking binge when I get home. It’s debatable whether it will actually happen or not. Funny tangent story time! My sister and I have a tendency to think of these grand plans that sound wonderful in theory (like going to a cider mill or re-watching the first season of American Horror Story) but usually leave us thinking, “Why did we think that would be fun again?” We call these moments “Goober” moments inspired by the peanut butter and jelly jarred mystery concoction. In theory, putting the peanut butter and jelly in the same jar deters from your peanut butter becoming jelly-fied. However, there’s just something about the two sitting in a jar together that’s a tad off-putting.

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Don’t tell me this isn’t a tad alarming. You know once you start eating, those clearly delineated lines will be no more.

I have a feeling these goody baskets and Christmas dessert and sisterly bonding baking will fall into the “Goober” category.

However, without further ado, I present to the current (and ever growing) list of things I plan to make for the holiday season!

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Chattin’ with a Brazilian

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve come curious about foreign foods. As you well find later this week (Oh, the mystery of this tiny hint!), I even have gone so far as to do a little research on international dishes. That’s right, a student doing unrequired research. Teachers around the world rejoice. I figured what better way to learn about the culture of another country than go directly to the source?

This year, my aunt decided to host a foreign exchange student, Lorena. A mom of two boys, she was tickled pink to finally get the daughter (albeit temporarily) she’s always wanted.

This is pretty much any family gathering at my house. A card game called Five Crowns, my grandma being a goofball, and my aunt taking pictures. I’m also convinced my grandma cheats because she wins. Every time.

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Fresh Green Bean Casserole

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Well, ladies and gents, I finally made the long, long trek back to Kansas last week. I couldn’t even imagine home would feel so good. My bed. Oh, sweet lord. My bed. If I didn’t have a mountain of things to do and people to see, I would have sprawled on that bed all week.

One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is sitting next to my momma with my morning coffee in tow, watching Macy’s Parade. I was enthralled this year with all the musicals out there. There’s an Elf musical? A Bring It On musical? A Cinderella musical? Who knew?

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The Life of Giada de Laurentiis

Hello, folks! Guess what I am doing? Guess! Guess! Guess! I am writing this from a living room. That’s right. A living room. This means only one thing: I am home! Aaahhh….home sweet home. Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. I could throw in any cliché about home, but the essence is just the same. Home equals a happy place.

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My Baking Trivia Challenge!

Whew! The big push before break. It seems as though all my classes are beginning to wind down. I can’t determine if they are winding down or if my mentality is “eh, it’s almost break, so who cares!” Either way, my workload seems to be dwindling.

This leaves me faaaaaaar too much time to indulge in my cooking shows. I soaked up all the Thanksgiving meals being whipped up on Semi-Homemade, Giada at Home, and Pioneer Woman on Saturday morning (coconut hot chocolate? Sign me up!).

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Can you believe it’s almost Thanksgiving? Lordy where did the time go?

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Map Mashup

As y’all are well aware at this point (and if you aren’t you really need to work on your observation skills), I am from Kansas. Seeing as I have only been in Pittsburgh two months, I haven’t had a ton of time to try all the different bakeries and food niches here.

However, back home, I knew all the spots to check out and all the places to bring out-of-towners. I know eastern Kansas like the back of my hand. I decided to share some of this knowledge.

Here is a map of some of the well-known dessert eateries in the area. Most of them have specialties (cupcakes, cookies, donuts), but all of them have an aspect that makes them a unique experience.

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Florida statutes section 28.222 states that the Clerk shall file the following documents:

a) Deeds, leases, bills of sale, agreements, mortgages, notices or claims of lien, notices of levy, tax warrants, tax executions, and other instruments relating to the ownership, transfer, or encumbrance of or claims against real or personal property or any interest in it; extensions, assignments, releases, cancellations, or satisfactions of mortgages and liens; and powers of attorney relating to any of the instruments.

(b) Notices of lis pendens, including notices of an action pending in a United States court having jurisdiction in this state.

(c) Judgments, including certified copies of judgments, entered by any court of this state or by a United States court having jurisdiction in this state and assignments, releases, and satisfactions of the judgments.

(d) That portion of a certificate of discharge, separation, or service which indicates the character of discharge, separation, or service of any citizen of this state with respect to the military, air, or naval forces of the United States. Each certificate shall be recorded without cost to the veteran, but the clerk shall receive from the board of county commissioners or other governing body of the county the service charge prescribed by law for the recording.

(e) Notices of liens for taxes payable to the United States and other liens in favor of the United States, and certificates discharging, partially discharging, or releasing the liens, in accordance with the laws of the United States.

(f) Certified copies of petitions, with schedules omitted, commencing proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act of the United States, decrees of adjudication in the proceedings, and orders approving the bonds of trustees appointed in the proceedings.

(g) Certified copies of death certificates authorized for issuance by the Department of Health which exclude the information that is confidential under s. 382.008, and certified copies of death certificates issued by another state whether or not they exclude the information described as confidential in s. 382.008.

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Learning to Embrace Change through Awareness

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When it comes to change, the negative is exactly where most people tend to focus unless you help them focus on something else. Actively directing their focus is exactly the job of leadership.

The best way to begin turning the sour lemons of change into sweet lemonade is with a four-step process that creates awareness.

  1. The moment you recognize a change is approaching, start documenting reasons why it’s happening.
  2. Identify all problems with the existing situation.
  3. Then list key benefits of the coming change.
  4. Now tell everybody!

One of the subtler yet potent benefits of using this awareness approach is related to how change is perceived. Instead of grumbling about the inconvenience of change forced upon them, staff, participating in the process, is better prepared to embrace it.

When change is forced it can blindside operations. Using this process, resistance dissolves and acceptance becomes the norm. Attitude often takes a 180-degree turn from negative to positive and launches a mindset of continuous improvement.

By focusing on the first three processes above, the initial negative reactions to change will be softened and a more positive state of mind will emerge.

Given the inevitability of change, it’s never too early to start nurturing a culture that accepts change. Developing an appreciation for change will pay dividends throughout your organization and your life.

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Radhe Maa’s Pyaar Wali Diwali campaign a huge success

In support for the Supreme Court decision on Diwali firecrackers this year, Radhe Maa launched her own campaign ‘Pyaar Wali Diwali’ which emerged a huge success.

In and around Borivali suburb in Mumbai, where she stays, Radhe Maa propagated the cause with hoardings, posters and banners saying, “Say no to firecrackers this Diwali.” She even ran Twitter posts with hashtags #PyaarWaliDiwali and #Safediwali.

Her campaign included posters showing cows, birds, cats and dogs; pointing out how troubling it is for pets and other animals to tackle noise created by firecrackers, Diwali bombs and rockets. “Saying no to firecrackers will show that you care for animals. Teach your children to be kind to animals. They will grow up being kind to people,” read the message on her posters. Her campaign for a noise-controlled Diwali was welcomed by most residents in the city.

Though a thick haze engulfed Delhi after Diwali celebrations, Mumbai skies were relatively clear and the pollution and smog levels were lower than most years in the past. “It’s a significant development, but just a beginning. Much more work needs to be done by us as a society too,” said Radhe Maa.

“In future, we should all take more effort and care that the two-hour time-slot for firecrackers is strictly adhered to. Also the green firecrackers initiative needs to be implemented by all,” she added.

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New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover

April - August 2017

Festival Overview

New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover was the Mann Center's fourth consecutive festival. The festival, which was announced during a Black History Month celebration, featured an inspiring collection of original artistic programming linking the arts and sciences. New Frontiers was a six-month festival inspired by the 75th birthday of Colonel Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., a pioneering NASA astronaut, Philadelphia native, and the first African-American in space.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
A Space Odyssey

The Heavens are Telling: Bernstein, Haydn, Holst, & Williams with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Mann Festival Choir. Signature Festival Concert in tribute to Colonel Guion Bluford, Jr.

This Mann pavilion concert featured the world-class Philadelphia Orchestra performing a mixed program of space-themed and space-inspired music. The concert was highlighted with the world premiere of Nolan Williams, Jr.’s Hold Fast to Dreams, a commissioned work honoring the legacy of Col. Guion Bluford composed for orchestra, choir, soloists, and spoken word. Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director for The Franklin Institute, served as narrator. The Mann Center Festival Choir was comprised of participants from Intermezzo Choir Ministry, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Sounds of Joy, and The St. Thomas Chancel Choir of the historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas.

Saturday, August 19, 2017
Super Solar Saturday: Family, Friends & Art Day

A FREE community and family day at the Mann! On this day, the Mann campus was transformed into a space-themed park with space-inspired face painting, hands-on science experiments, global performances, roving life-sized Star Wars characters, and more.

The Space Shuttle/Please Touch Museum Traveling Exhibition
The Please Touch’s Museum Imagination Playground is an innovative exhibition that encourages learning, social development, movement, and, above all, fun. Using a portable set of blocks, big and small, the Please Touch Museum's educators and staff facilitated guided play to encourage families to imagine and build vehicles and tools needed for space travel at the Mann’s Super Solar Saturday Festival. Imagination Playground combines all

of the benefits of block play on a larger-than-life-size scale that encourages kids to play together in groups and to have more fun.
Science 2 the Max Audience Engagement Presentations
Attendees had a chance to participate in interactive science experiments related to matter, static electricity, Newton’s three laws of motion, chemical reactions, and forensic science. The experiments were led by Science 2 the Max, an educational organization that specializes in teaching science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) through exciting, interactive play, science experiments, and child-friendly entertainment.
These Science 2 the Max presentations were all aligned with Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

Live Global Performances
Local artists were presented on three performance stages throughout the Mann’s campus, continuing the Mann’s commitment to identifying and providing performance opportunities for burgeoning, young talent!

Garrison Carida® is a chapter of the 501st Legion, serving Pennsylvania and Delaware, that participates in a wide array of charity and non-profit events throughout the community. The 501st Legion consists of Star Wars re-enactors who freely volunteer their time to help others while celebrating the exciting world of Star Wars. Attendees to our festival were able to interact directly with their favorite iconic figures from the popular film series as ten fully costumed characters moved about the Mann's campus throughout the festival day!

The day concluded with a FREE community screening of HIDDEN FIGURES. This Golden Globe®-winner and Academy Award®-nominated film reveals the untold story of NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, three ingenious African-American women who worked behind the scenes to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space. Super Solar Saturday was a prelude to the Great American Eclipse scheduled for Monday, August 21. Super Solar Saturday was presented in partnership with The Franklin Institute.

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 and Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Star Rhapsody

Mann-curated musical performances at The Franklin Institute Fels Planetarium featuring the Clef Club Ambassadors Big Band and Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School Concert Choir

Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute is renowned for its cutting-edge astronomical presentations on the planetarium’s immersive dome, measuring 60 feet in diameter. The Mann took the FI planetarium experience to another level with two days of live music programming that featured Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School Concert Choir on June 6th and the Clef Club Ambassadors Big Band on June 7th. Each performed curated musical sets synced with breathtaking visuals that immersed attending students in an out-of-this-world experience!

Star Rhapsody was presented in partnership with The Franklin Institute, The Clef Club of Jazz, and String Theory Charter School.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 and Thursday, May 4, 2017
Gravity Gabbing and Grooving

Connecting Arts-N-Schools (CANS) Series featuring NASA Astronauts and the Festival commissioned dance work by Rock School for Dance Education

The Mann is delighted to announce that we recently brought our Connecting Arts-N-Schools (CANS) initiative to our festival partner schools. To date, CANS has reached more than 60,000 students citywide through a series of multidisciplinary programs in music, dance, and theatre. The New Frontiers CANS assembly, Gravity Gabbing and Grooving, featured a NASA astronaut as the guest speaker and the performance of a commissioned festival dance work by The Rock School for Dance Education, which honored Col. Bluford and celebrated the themes of ambitious exploration and discovery.
Connecting Arts-N-Schools was presented in cooperation with NASA and in partnership with The Rock School for Dance Education.

Friday, April 28, 2017
Star Party

An evening of live music and stargazing presented in partnership with The Franklin Institute at Global Leadership Academy
Think you can’t see the stars of the night sky in the city? Think again! Star Party was the biggest star party in the region, as local astronomers brought their gear for a spectacular tour of the cosmos. Stargazing wasn’t the only item on the agenda; attendees also had a chance to launch an Alka-Rocket and to participate in a cool citizen science project! The night included continuous, hands-on telescopic observing all evening, lots of fun activities, and special music by students of Global Leadership Academy and KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy.

Star Party was open to the public and was presented in partnership with The Franklin Institute and Global Leadership Academy.

Spring / Summer 2017

Col. Guion Bluford, Jr. "Philly's Native Son in Space" Art Exhibition
The Mann's “Philly’s Native Son in Space” featured works by young artists from three partner schools: Global Leadership Academy, Universal Bluford Charter School, and Overbrook High School. "Philly's Native Son in Space" was a mixed-media art exhibition curated in tribute to Colonel Guion Bluford, Jr., a pioneering NASA astronaut, Philadelphia native, and the first African American in space.

This exhibition was on display at Philadelphia City Hall from July 12, 2017 - August 4, 2017.

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New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover was Presented in Partnership With:

The Franklin Institute
Free Library of Philadelphia
GLA Charter School
GESU School
History Making Production
KIPP DuBois Academy
NEWorks Productions
Our Mother of Sorrows
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz
PNC Arts Alive

New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover was Sponsored By:

Bank of America
Independence Blue Cross
The Lenfest Foundation
Republic Bank
TD Bank
Wells Fargo
Louis N. Cassett Foundation
The Anne M. and Phillip H. Glatfelter, III Family Foundation
This project was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts

The Mann Center Festival Team

Catherine Cahill, President & CEO

Toby Blumenthal, Vice President of Artistic Programming and Chief Innovation Officer
Rhoda Blount, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement
Maggie Bond, Festival Project Manager
Donald Hunt - Assistant Education Associate
Dorothy Funderwhite, Festival Graphic Design Partner


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Goodwill Celebrates Workers with Disabilities

By Laura Walling

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). NDEAM celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities and educates about the value of a workforce inclusive of their skills and talents. This year’s theme—”America’s Workforce: Empowering All” —aligns with Goodwill’s defining mission of providing all workers, including those with disabilities, with job placement and training services.

The origin of NDEAM dates back to 1945, when Congress established a week of recognition for workers with physical disabilities. The period was expanded to a full month in 1988, and now spotlights the employment needs and contributions of workers with all types of disabilities. NDEAM is overseen by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.

“A workforce that empowers everyone is good for job seekers as well as job creators,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. “Continued steady job creation will provide even more opportunities for all Americans to get hired and provide for their families.”

While the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has fallen steadily since 2009, it remains more than double the rate for people without a disability—8.0 percent versus 3.8 percent in August 2018. It is evident that more work needs to be done to educate employers and support people with disabilities.

Goodwill has a 116-year history of commitment to providing support for job seekers, regardless of ability or circumstance. Last year, Goodwill’s network of 161 organizations helped place more than 288,000 people in jobs, and delivered in-person services to more than two million people in the U.S. and Canada. For more information on NDEAM, visit:

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April 5, 2010
Jesus is arrested

I enjoy shooting the Easter pageant here in The Dalles, which begins with a “Last Supper” and ends with the resurrection. The arrest of Jesus in the garden scene is the hardest to photograph due to the total absence of light. I’ve tried for just this shot many times, and it just hasn’t worked. This time I used a tripod, but more importantly I got lucky. That said, I wish Jesus was just a little more visible in the background.

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  1. April 6, 2010 01:57

    You caught a very good shot. That pageant would be something to see, though – the whole thing. I hope you had a good Easter.

  2. April 6, 2010 02:54

    Wonderful photo! I wish we were free Easter weekends, to join you at this pageant. I’ve had trouble with night lighting, too. You’ve done great with this picture! VERY cool!

    By the way, if you have time, check out today’s blog. (grin) I think you’ll like it!!!

    Have a wonderful week!

  3. April 6, 2010 09:49

    Nice shot Mark! I didn’t notice Jesus at first, but liked the depth of field that had him slightly burred. Ideally you would have been 10+ feet above this scene. This is what these super high ISOs are for I guess. Keep up the good work.

    • April 6, 2010 20:51

      A high ISO, a fast f2.8 lens and a tripod are needed…and then its a matter of luck and shooting “on the fly” as the scene unfolds.

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    6) When new testimonial created then notification email send to customer and admin both. Once admin approved testimonial then email send to customer.
    7) Provide widget feature for display testimonial slider easily .
    8) Complete testimonial settings given into admin like email notifications, widget options, different settings of testimonials listing and testimonial form.

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