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Cofounders, Hiring and Firing

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What talent do you need in the beginning to be successful? How do you recruit the first team members with extremely limited resources? How do you conduct a thorough interviewing process? How do you compensate? How do you set expectations, measure results and remove or fire under-performing resources? Do you need a cofounder? Do you need to have engineering in-house?

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Partner, Right Click Capital

Benjamin has a track record of investing in and building successful Internet-related businesses over the last fifteen years. These include Online Agility, an incubator and developer of online concepts, and Jetabroad, one of Australia's leading online travel companies.

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Andrew is the co-founder of Anchor, an Australian-based web hosting and management company. Anchor uses a deep technical expertise to deliver a hosting service that goes all the way through the application stack to the code, going beyond the role of a traditional hosting ...

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Print to Projector: Calvin and Hobbes

As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations. I read so you don’t have to. This week, Print to Projector presents:

Calvin and Hobbes

by Bill Waterson

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”

A creative, curious young kid has huge adventures (and battles against the harsh injustices lobbed on him by parents and stinky girls) with his trusty tiger best friend.

Not too long ago, author and artist Bill Waterson gave a rare interview and gave the answer that everyone was expecting to the question people had been dying to ask. Why did he quit writing “Calvin and Hobbes” at the height of its popularity? The answer, of course, is what’s come to be known as The Seinfeld – it’s better to go out on top. While I agree wholeheartedly, and I also agree that one of the worst sins perpetrated on fans of any serialized story is when the story outstays its welcome, I also think that the time is ripe for Watterson to come out of retirement in a huge way.

There’s no denying that the comic strip might be the single most influential strip of my generation. It’s heartfelt, ridiculous, captures the heart of youth and wonder, and it has the equal ability to make you think, laugh, cry, or want to go blast some aliens in your spaceship.

The strip was an instant success, and it’s no surprise why. It connects directly with almost all audiences – from the young to the young at heart.

Potential Problems

One of Watterson’s primary concerns when he retired was the pressure to commercialize the property, an action, he thought, that would rip the soul right out of it. He’s correct. The difficulty in bringing these characters to life would be many. For one, there’s a lot riding on them – the memories and nostalgia of millions of fans. Those expectations. But at the core of these is the necessity of making sure that the film is done in the right spirit, in a spirit of the art and the story telling, and absolutely not done to sell Burger King Kid’s Meals.

The Pitch

I see no way to do this live action. Proof? They’re doing Marmaduke live action, and even though that comic is so far below the quality of Calvin and Hobbes that they don’t belong on the same newspaper page, it seems clear that the jump for it was done in pure commercial spirit.

Simply put – make Calvin and Hobbes animated or don’t make it at all. Make it with the utmost care for the material or don’t make it at all.

There is no question that the script has to be written by Bill Watterson. I think even the strongest writers would struggle to capture the tone, and no one knows the characters as well. He mentioned at his retirement that he felt he was done with the constraints of the daily grind and the panels – here’s a chance for him to expand characters he clearly loves into a larger world that can inhabit 24 panels per second.

Here is where it gets tricky. I racked my brain for days trying to come up with the right combination of skill and reverence, and no one seemed to fit perfectly. There were names that had skill in telling children’s stories, but not in capturing adaptations. There were names great at doing both, but with no animation experience. It’s a difficult position to be in because it would require either Watterson doing everything himself, or a director helping him with the feature length structure, or a team of animators learning to give birth to a stuffed tiger.

In the end, there was no perfect name – but like anything dangerous, it will require a leap of faith. I was incredibly tempted to stunt cast Spike Jonze after his phenomenal showing with Where the Wild Things Are, but at the end of the day, I think more and more that the job would have to go to Andrew Stanton with the caveat that Stanton would be working outside of Pixar and outside the normal Pixar look and feel.

The movie would have to evoke the style of the comic strip – that means traditional animation.

Rightfully, Watterson has claimed that seeing the animation could possibly be magical but that hearing Calvin and Hobbes speak would be scary. It would be. It’s perhaps the most precarious element of the entire work – the actors that would breathe life into beloved characters that we’ve heard speak in our head for decades. They’d suddenly be concretely shoved into our brains and the chances of getting it absolutely right involve a camel and the eye of a needle.

That’s why my only idea is an iron-clad rule: No celebrities. No movie stars. Professional voice actors are the only chance that this movie has of any authenticity. Hire veterans like Paul Rugg or Rob Paulsen or Billy West and have them create something new and fresh. It would be difficult no matter who gets hired, but I would lose my mind if I heard Jack Black or Will Smith’s voice hiding behind Hobbes’ face.

I’ve never walked out of a film before, but that might just be enough to do it.

Who Owns It:

Bill Watterson.

I realize this is a hard position to defend. There are 1,000 versions of this film that are atrociously bad and 1 out there that is transcendently fantastic. It’s the chance for that one brilliant burst of creativity, the possibility that the right talent could come together in concert with Watterson to build a film that would satiate rabid fans and become a modern classic. It’s that chance that matters.

It’s a long shot, but that’s partially what this column is about: my stupid dreams and the bright future of phenomenal films that currently only exist in my mind. It’s my sincere hope that Watterson still has Calvin and Hobbes running around in his – that he’ll eventually get the itch to bring the characters back to life and to do so in the biggest way possible.

The audience is out there, and we’ll be waiting.

A veteran of writing about movies for nearly a decade, Scott Beggs has been the Managing Editor of Film School Rejects since 2009. Despite speculation, he is not actually Walter Mathau's grandson. See? He can't even spell his name right.

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Here are a couple of interesting economic links from Italy courtesy of reader Andrea. The translations from Italian are a bit choppy, but the gist of the articles is easily understandable.

Non-Performing Loans Jump 15.3%, Write-Downs 21.6%

From Thompson Financial News: Non-Performing Loans Jump 15.3%

Non-performing loans amounted to approximately 117.6 billion, 1.8 billion more 'than in August and 15.6 billion in more' than in September 2011, marking an annual increase of 15.3%.

With regard to loans net of write-downs at the end of September totaled 67.2 billion, about 1.5 billion more 'than a month before and almost 12 billion more' than in September 2011, with an annual increase of 21.6%.

450,000 Businesses Shut Down in Italy in Three Years

La Stampa reports 450,000 Businesses Shut Down in Italy in Three Years.

In just three years, from 2010 to 2012, about 450,000 companies closed with a loss of over 300,000 jobs, while the Italians caught up in terms of wear [usurious loans] increased to 600,000.

These are the data provided by Sos enterprise-Confesercenti usury-day. In particular, wear Italian capital Rome and Naples are confirmed.

It is "wear submerged, chameleon, now violent now` hit and run 'which marks a difference between the demands of incredible help and legal reality." [Bankruptcy looms]

The President of Confesercenti Marco Venturi pointed out that "the rest of the bank lending to businesses fell by 6%, rising instead both protests, particularly in the South, both failures, especially in Lombardy and the north-east. Do not forget that over the years has formed an army of 5 million people who for various reasons - bad payers, protested - is effectively excluded from the banking system and therefore must satisfy all its needs for cash."

The fact that more businesses shut down than jobs lost in those businesses says that many of the businesses are shell corporations. However, the implied stress is very real.

For more from Andrea regarding Italian bankruptcies, please see Reader Comments on Italy's Insane Labor Rules

Spain takes a giant step towards a full-blown constitutional crisis as Catalans overwhelmingly elect candidates promising a break-up vote.

Catalonia has delivered a sweeping mandate to political parties pledging to hold a referendum on independence in elections that place the northern Spanish region on a collision course with Madrid.

In a vote billed as “the most decisive elections in the history of Catalonia” by Artur Mas, the region’s president, pro-referendum parties won 87 of the Catalan parliament’s 135 seats.

Following weeks of intense debate about Catalonia’s future relationship with Spain, turnout was 69.5 per cent, the highest for a Catalan regional election in nearly 30 years.

The vote comes amid pressure from various regions around Europe for more independence, including proposals for a referendum on the issue in Scotland in 2014.

Spain’s central government has said any move to push ahead with a referendum on independence for Catalonia, which has an economy the size of Portugal’s and makes up about a fifth of Spanish output, would be illegal and against the Spanish constitution.

Catalonia has built up a debt pile of €42bn, the largest of all of Spain’s 17 regions, and is currently locked out of international capital markets. Earlier this year the region was forced to request an emergency €5bn credit line from Spain’s central government to avoid defaulting on payments.

Messy Politics

The ruling (Center-Right) Convergència i Unió party which favors a referenced actually lost 12 seats in the election, from 62 to 50. However, it lost those seats to more radical pro-independence groups.

Artur Mas, leader of Convergència promised a referendum but will have to align with even more radical groups to produce one according to CNN.

Artur Mas, president of the region's parliament, promised a referendum on independence for one of Spain's most important regions if he won re-election.

But after the election, Mas has a more difficult task because his center-right Convergence and Union coalition lost 12 of its 62 seats, a strong setback for a party that was hoping to gain a simple majority in the 135-seat legislative body.

The Catalan Republican Left party was the big winner in the elections, winning 21 seats, according to the Catalonia elections web site, which reported 98% of the votes had been counted.

The Catalan Republican Left party also backs independence, and the two parties could form a majority in parliament on the independence issue.

They, however, differ on most other issues, especially economic policy.

Voters in Catalonia, the most powerful economically of Spain's 17 regions, heeded the call that these would be historic elections, even if independence wasn't on the ballot Sunday. They voted during a deep economic crisis in the eurozone countries, especially in Spain and in Catalonia. Voter turnout was the highest in 24 years for Catalan elections, officials said.

The Spanish government in Madrid vows to block any self-determination referendum, arguing that the constitution does not permit a region alone to decide its independence.

Last September 11, an estimated 1.5 million people -- 20% of Catalonia's population -- filled the streets of Barcelona, the Catalan capital and Spain's second-largest city, demanding independence.

A survey earlier this month by the Catalan government's polling center showed 57% of Catalans would vote for independence, a 6% increase from last June and a 14% increase from a year and a half ago.

Judging from the election, I suspect the percentage who would vote for independence is much higher.

A showdown with Madrid looms.

Mike "Mish" Shedlock

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Robert Kiyosaki

Whistleblower Pattie Brassard | Mega Quake to hit California this Month between 17th and 26th August

Whistleblower Pattie Brassard | Second Sun with7 planets around it approaching.

The information presented is the opinion of the interviewee and is not the opinion of the host or Veritas Radio. The information is presented for informational purposes only. It is up to you what you do with this information.

Feel free to share it far and wide. As the saying goes, don't wait until you're thirsty to dig a well or. The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Pattie L. Brassard's experience ranges from US Army, NASA, Bell Labs, Lockheed Martin, and others.

  1. Anagrams
    Trayven Martin (Orig) - No ID: Invent A Martyr & Vain Martyr Not
    Bradley Manning: Blaming Any Nerd
    Brand Name Lying
    & Anger Many Blind
    Julian Assange:Jail Saga Ensues
    Pattie Brassard: Bastardise Trap
    & Bastard Sea Trap
    Eric or Edward Snowden

  2. Mr. Brassard is quite clear cut in what to expect from the "Powers that Be," but DOES NOT mention God in ANYTHING he speaks about. God is IN CONTROL, and knows EVERYTHING about these evil entities, and their intentions! FEAR NOT, for He that has overcome the world knows how to handle these DEMONS! Yes, we will see a great deal, but not a hair on our head will be touched unless He deems it so.

    1. Patti Brassard is a woman.

    2. its a SHE not a HE

  3. Since this has happened several times before as the Hopi and Mr. Brassard have stated then where was god for them. We are not any more special than previous civilizations. The earth and the universe are mother nature and she cleans house and that makes more sense to me than a god that allows some catastrophes happen and others prevents. Not that I am aware.

    1. Patti Brassard is a woman.

    2. He/she sounds suspiciously like Jordon Maxwell

  4. I think if this event was so imminent there would be Gulfstream Private Jets inundating Denver Airport as the so called Elite and so deemed VIP's scampered to get to their underground facilities?
    As usual it shall all pass as have almost all other dire predictions! Actually I for one am hoping it does come to pass and put the majority of the dumbed down masses out of their included. I think many would hope for the same as the lives most are living is empty at best, just indebted slaves to evil masters... bring in on....hurry up!!!

  5. 99% bullshit. 1% truth.
    You people waste your time with this garbage. My first time listening to this moron, gave me a good laugh.
    Thanks for the laughs, you should work at Yuk Yuk's.

  6. Seems like uncorroborated disinfo, heavily laced with injections of 'fear hormone' for the listener; don't we already have enough real things to worry about?

  7. I'll just grab my tin foil hat!

  8. The best and accurate source for large earthquake predictions is with Dr. Turi - SOS TO THE WORLD

    1. Why must you blow your own horn....if you are 25% as good as you self proclaim there would be plenty of others to proclaim your greatness. You're so full of destroys your credibility.

  9. The most trustworthy predictions on the Internet is with Dr. Turi.

  10. Im not sure of your validity of the dates but the official code name of the main object is Road Runner...That tells me she was never in the loop so to speak.

  12. I've done research as well. All this does make sense. Too much sense. Except the moon not being hollow, which is not what I know as true and the 500 thousand to be left on this planet...the Georgia Guidestones say 500 (million) Otherwise, everything else makes sense. I hope it doesn't happen but I do know that we are all spiritual beings having a physical experience, and in my opinion we just need to detach from surviving and let go and see what happens on the other side. What if you survive? Then what? Suffer by getting clean oxygen? And what if you run out of water or food, then what? Nah!! I'm settled with whatever is going to happen.

  13. Pattie Brassard suggested that people who wanted better data to watch the video titled, "2012 The Truth your not being told part 1 & 2" available on youtube. Check it out - you will find it to be quite informative.

  14. Absolute nonsense...So this "object" is now supposed to be between the earth and sun, a brown dwarf with seven planets, and one bigger than Jupiter? Does anyone listening to this drivel have even an ounce of sense in their heads? Of course, no one knows or sees this thing, except Patti and a few chaps on youtube. None of the hundreds of thousands of amateur astronomers all over the world see anything at all...just the handful that put out youtube vids with ominous soundtracks behind them. This is complete baloney, from A to Z.

  15. Patti Brassard is a man.

  16. Brassard is the one that successfully made the flight over the coo coo s nest and went to live in a place far far and away. And was never heard from again.

Governments keep a lot of secrets from their people . . .
Why aren't the people in return allowed to keep secrets
from the government?

“Some call it Communism, I call it Judaism.”

Rabbi Stephen Weiss

“Anti-Communism is Anti-Semitism.”
Jewish Voice, July - August 1941

Whatever God gave You (Life & Rights) , only He can take from You "

The Tax you pay is The Bill for Staying Stupid

Stefan Molyneux

What You Own Owns You

There is NO political answer to a spiritual problem!
Steve Quayle

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin

litical Correctness is a Political Stand Point that does not allow Political Opposition , This is actually The Definition of Dictatorship
Gilad Atzmon

The modern definition of racist is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal
Peter Brimelow

“The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is, perhaps, the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banks can in fact inflate, mint and un-mint the modern ledger-entry currency.” Major L L B Angus

The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or so dependent on its favours that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system will bear its burdens without complaint and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.
The Rothschild Bros

"Debts must be collected, bonds and mortgages must be foreclosed as rapidly as possible. When, through a process of law, the common people lose their homes they will become more docile and more easily governed through the influence of the strong arm of government, applied by a central power of wealth under control of leading financiers.

This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world.

By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished."

USA Banker's Magazine, August 25 1924

When People lose everything and have nothing left to lose , They Lose It !

Your Greatest Teacher is Your Last Mistake

The one who Controls the Education System , Controls Perception

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

Albert Einstein

In The Left Nothing is Right & in The Right nothing is Left

Taxing People is Punishing Success

No man escapes when freedom fails; The best men rot in filthy jails. And those that cried 'Appease! Appease!' Are hanged by those they tried to please

Freedom is not Free

Cutting Tax Rates stimulates Economic Growth creates more Profit , more Jobs and therefore The Treasury ends up with more Tax Money

Taxation is legalized Theft

"The Objective of the Bank is not the control of a conflict , it's the control of the debt that a conflict produces . The real value of a conflict , the true value is in the debt that it creates . You control the debt , you control everything . this is THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY , to make us all , whether we be nations or individuals , SLAVES TO DEBT " An UNKNOWN Banker

Patriotism is the last refuge... to which the scoundrel clings .... Steal a little and they throw you in jail ..steal a lot and they make you king ....

Bob Dylan

Don't Steal The Government Hates The Competition
Ron Paul

"Buy The Rumor , Sell The Fact " Peter Schiff

You can love your Country and not your Government

Jesse Ventura

" The Government Works for ME , I do not answer to them They Answer to ME "
Glenn Beck

"Tyranny will Come to Your Door in a Uniform "
Alex Jones

"The Government is not The Solution to our Problems , The Government is The Problem "

Ronald Reagan

"Corporations are stealing billions in tax breaks, while the confused, screwed citizenry turn on each other. International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit." Robert Reich

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato

The world is a tragedy to those that feel, and a comedy to those that think...Beppe Grillo

"The people should not fear the government for it is the government who should fear the people" UNKNOWN

"If You are looking for solutions to the world's problems , look in the Mirror , You Are The Solution , You have the power as a human being on this planet " UNKNOWN

"They don't control us , We empower them " UNKNOWN

"Serial Killers do on a Small Scale What Governments do on a large one..."

Serial Killer Richard Ramirez

There is a Class War going on in America, & unfortunately, my class is winning." Warren Buffet

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

Thomas Jefferson

"College is a waste of Money"
Albert Einstein

Schools manufacture people who think that they're smart but they're not.
Robert Kiyosaki

Education is what you learn after you leave School
Robert Kiyosaki

" Schools were designed to create employees for the big corporations."
Robert Kiyosaki

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he is obligated to do so" Thomas Jefferson

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism
Thomas Jefferson

“True education makes you feel stupid. It makes you realize you have so much more to learn.” Robert Kiyosaki

There's the rich, the poor, and the tax payers...also known as the middle class. Robert Kiyosaki

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." - Gerard Way

"Aspire not to have More but to be More "

The losers in life think they have all the answers. They can’t learn because they’re too busy telling everyone what they know.
Robert T. Kiyosaki

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. -This time more intelligently." Henry Ford

If you expect the government to solve your problems, you have a problem. Robert Kiyosaki

"Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." Benjamin Franklin

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” -
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Always trust someone who is seeking the truth , never trust someone who found it" Jordan Maxwell

Be The Change you want to see in The World

Failure inspires winners but defeats losers
Robert Kiyosaki

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people” A Chinese Proverb

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me." UNKNOWN


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Hutchinson, KS - United States

Love the colors, makes me wish I was there. I want to visit Canada some day hopefully sooner than later. You have a very nice variety of paintings and photos.

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Thank you Carolyn, I hope you do visit Canada one day.. Its a beautiful country!!

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Thank you Basant. I am glad you like it.. It is very much like the place I grew up.

One of the best ..!!!

Calgary, AB - Canada

Just a real Fantastic piece of work Reb! Love it!

Verdun/Montreal, QC - Canada

Thank you so much for your comment!

Montreal, QC - Canada

Very, very impressive work, Reb ! Excellent ! All the Best, Juergen

Castries - Saint Lucia

Reb, Excellent work. Inspiring story of the link-up between you and Carole. Thank you for the comments on my work.. There are a real compliment coming from a talented artist like yourself.

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Thank you both for your comment.. !

Suffolk, VA - United States

Hi Reb, This is a really nice painting. It gives the sense of way back when. I can hear the barnyard animals. lol Love the colors.

Winnipeg, MB - Canada

Awesome collaboration Reb & Carole!

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Rebecca, thank you so much for such a heartfelt acknowledgement..very appreciated, unexpected, and not necessary...but since you did it, I am greatly honored. . What can I say about your painting, firstly it is REALLY BEAUTIFUL. You have taken a scene, familiar to me, and made it totally your own. I know that you grew up on a farm, loved all the animals there, and have so many great stories to share. This painting is one of them, you have created a mellow, timeless mood of days gone by.You have chosen just the perfect sky tones to compliment the warmth of the barnwood, varying the barn colors perfectly. Your subtle use of color is exquisitive,surface textures are rich and true to life. I love the effects you achieved in the dirt road, leading our eyes toward the friendliness of the barns and the old homestead. The modulation in tone and color in all your grassland areas is superb., as is the challenging brushwork that you so obviously mastered. I love this painting,very, very much...thanks for doing it, hope you show it to your folks.. your friend, Carole

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Tree fiber for vehicles

I’ve commented in this space before about the efforts of Ford Motor Co. and other OEMs (as well as other vehicle-related suppliers) concerning a wide range of research efforts aimed at using organic-based materials to craft automotive components – everything from seat covers and interior carpeting to tires and engine parts.

Ford’s most recent endeavor in this area is experimentation with tree fibers (a substance more readily known as cellulose) for its woven materials (think seat covers again) as well as to replace a variety of plastic composites.

Basically, Ford’s biomaterials research team is working with forestry firm Weyerhaeuser to use cellulose fibers from trees to replace fiberglass and/or mineral reinforcements that go into making components such as armrests.

Ellen Lee, Ford's plastic research technical expert, said the automaker and Weyerhaeuser have been working together for three years dissecting how cellulosic fibers can be used in light vehicles, discerning along the way that such “tree fiber” has a high thermal stability, doesn't discolor and doesn't produce an odor.

[Tree fiber, by the way, is already being used to make clothing. Indeed, check out how Patagonia uses wood pulp-based fiber to make its goods – fiber gleaned from eucalyptus tree farms in South Africa.]

More important, Lee’s team found that such tree fiber-based components weigh about 10% less than fiberglass-based materials, can be produced 20% to 40% faster, and require less energy to be manufactured.

Thus Ford concludes such weight and process savings can enable equivalent or reduced component costs – hopefully contributing in some form to price savings for vehicle buyers when all is said and done.

"All of that's important because it opens the door for use of the material in a wide range of applications that could eventually add up to significant environmental benefits across our product line,” Lee (at right) said.

She also stressed that her team’s research indicates that cellulose material can not only be used in vehicle interiors but for exterior and under-the-hood applications as well – all because Weyerhaeuser's cellulose-based plastic composite materials meet the automaker's requirements for stiffness, durability and temperature resistance.

The other benefit is that the “raw material” is available in abundance and can be renewed fairly easily. Indeed, Weyerhaeuser alone oversees more than 20 million acres of sustainably managed and third-party certified forestland around the world and plants more trees than are harvested (no worries about supply shortages here!)

Tree fiber, of course, isn’t the only “sustainable material” Ford is experimenting with. Indeed, Ford is already using quite of few such materials in current production. For example:

  • The company’s new Fusion sedan uses the equivalent of about 42 recycled plastic bottles in its seat fabric and post-consumer recycled carpet in its cylinder head covers.
  • The Fusion also contains the equivalent of slightly more than two pairs of average-sized American blue jeans as sound-dampening material
  • Ford's entire North American lineup of vehicles contain soybean-based cushions and head restraints, while the plastic bins in its Flex crossover are partially made from wheat straw. Incidentally, using soybean-based cushions and head restraints saves the automaker from using about 5 million pounds of petroleum annually.
  • Kenaf fiber – derived from a plant related to cotton and okra – is used in the door bolsters of Escape compact SUV.
  • The equivalent of 25 recycled 20-ounce plastic bottles help make up the Escape's carpet
  • The Focus Electric uses a wood-fiber-based material in its doors and recycled plastic bottles in its seat fabric.

Perhaps the biggest critical factor with all of these “sustainable materials” is that they offer Ford – and other vehicle makers as well – the opportunity to reduce costs across a wide range of areas; savings that will hopefully (as I stressed before) get transferred down the line to the vehicle buyer. If that happens, you’ll no doubt see usage of such “green” stuff only increase.

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That's a great invention,but I think this will result in cutting down of many trees.

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Using cellulose fibers from trees to replace fiberglass is a great idea, this will allow the car manufacturers to produce cheaper cars. My nephew showed me how to get car detailing products at, I saw already a couple of Ford models that have replaced fiberglass and mineral reinforcements with cellulose fibers.

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Why I chose Fletcher: Having completed my MA at Fletcher several years ago, there was no question on where I wanted to pursue a Ph.D. when I received a 3-year doctoral fellowship earlier this year. As a career military officer, I have witnessed firsthand the importance of the Fletcher education and experience. Whether working on bilateral negotiations with Japan or working on national security policy issues in the interagency, the Fletcher network is strong and alumni are playing critical roles in national decision making. As a C-17 transport pilot, I have travelled the world and I can't remember ever going to a location where I couldn't coordinate an impromptu Fletcher reunion or get-together. The Fletcher faculty is amazing and very accessible for both students and alumni. I've discovered that this type of relationship and access is very rare at graduate institutions. I am very happy to be back at Fletcher. I am looking forward to another 3 years of the Fletcher experience and working toward a multidisciplinary degree that will best prepare me for future military leadership endeavors.

How I plan to use my experience at Fletcher to make a difference in the world: Senior United States Air Force leaders decided to send a select group of officers to top tier institutions for advanced degrees in security studies. As a recipient of one of these fellowships, I am committed to utilizing the knowledge, network and other tools from my Fletcher experience to help build the international relationships and internal capabilities to transform our Air Force to meet the challenges of the future. I am convinced that Fletcher provides an outstanding academic experience, and I am further convinced that the friendships and connections forged here during the non-stop activity of classes, study groups, student organizations, internationally acclaimed guest speakers, and innumerable social events, will enable me to best make a difference in the world.

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  • MS, Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University

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  • The Joint Staff, Japan Country Director, Northeast Asia Branch Chief - Pentagon, VA, U.S.A.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Canadian Film Review: Last Train Home (2010)

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Director: Lixin Fan

Man, whenever you get to thinking that your life is rough, just watch a documentary about life in China. Lixin Fan's Last Train Home centers on a family of migrant workers struggling both to make enough money to keep the family afloat and, ultimately, to keep the family together as generational conflict threatens to tear it apart. It is a thought provoking film and very well made, but damn is it ever depressing as hell.

The film focuses on Yang and Changhua Zhang, two of the 130 million migrant workers who travel back to their home village only once per year during the New Year's holiday. The two work in a garment factory and live in an apartment approximately the size of a shoebox. They work hard in the hope that their children, who live far away in their home village with Yang's mother, can have an easier, happier life, so that they can go to school and become educated rather than enter into a life of endless toil. Both are well aware that once someone starts down this road, there is no escape; education is the only way out.

As can easily be imagined, the family's circumstances have complicated the relationship between the parents and their children. The Zhang's daughter, Qin, is particularly hostile and resentful regarding her parents' absence from her life, insisting that they're little more than strangers to her. To her parents' dismay she eventually abandons life in the village and the educational opportunities that her parents have worked so hard for, in order to pursue her independence in the city. Her decision devastates her mother, who feels as if the sacrifice that she made by choosing to go to work has been for naught.

Fan filmed the family over a series of years and a series of New Year's holiday visits. The tension between the members of the family mount perceptively with each encounter and late in the film things explode when Qin swears at her father and he responds physically. It's a difficult scene to watch, especially when Qin turns to the camera and screams that now we know how she, and the family, really are. By the end of the film we learn that she's barely in contact with her family, calling at New Year's but opting not to make the journey to visit.

Fan is able to give Last Train Home both an intimate and a more universal feel. It focuses on this one family specifically, but makes it clear that their story is far from unusual. The film opens and closes with shots of the massive crowds waiting to get on trains to make the holiday journey and the sheer number of people is absolutely staggering. Though the film rarely comments directly on the political situation (and, when people within the film do directly comment on it, it's usually in the context of comparing how hard they work and how little they have to show for it with how they perceive the average American to live), the entire film is an examination of the human cost of China's rise as an economic superpower. It's a very powerful piece of work and certainly worth of the wealth of praise it has received.

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Such a dramatic and heartbreaking story. It’s a reality check about the struggles of life that people face daily. Beautifully done.


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Applegate's Circus of Flying Animals

While I was researching a story set in Philadelphia, I came upon the tale of Applegate's Circus of Flying Animals. James R. Applegate was an entrepreneur who had made a fortune with daguerreotype studios.  In 1890 bought the First Moravian Church in the Tenderloin district and erected an indoor carousel in the churchyard.  A circus of flying animals being simply a poetic  way of saying merry-go-round in the newspaper advertisements.

The attraction quickly became a playground for children during the day and adults at night.  For one half of the wooden structure housed an enormous theme bar, with waiters dressed as clowns, waitresses in tights, and waiters dressed as circus strongmen.  Also prostitutes -- lots and lots of prostitutes.  Which was convenient because there were also rooms on the second floor which could be rented by the hour.

Things got lively, the Moravians (who were allowed to stay in their church while they scouted out a new one) were upset, city reformers and the police got involved . . . and the building burned down.  James Applegate was on trial for running a disorderly house at the time, but the d.a. cut a deal letting him off with a suspended sentence because many of the young girls working for him had returned to their families and the shock of having to testify might force them back on the streets.

Mr. Applegate was known to be very generous to police officers and other members of the legal community.

This charming story can be found in more detail in Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love by Thomas W. Keels.  A book I am enjoying enormously.

The church and all the neighborhood around it were razed long ago.  All that remains is Franklin Square.  Which today includes a very nice carousel.

And speaking of tokens . . .

The merry-go-round token above, showing two asses and bearing the evocative slogan When Shall We Three Meet Again? is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.  Not in the National Museum of American History, as you might expect, but in the National Air and Space Museum.

That word "flying" misled them, apparently.

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Author Notes: This is a roasted chicken dish that we cook on special occasions. It is easy to prepare and looks spectacular. It is moist and delicious.Candyland Queens

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  • 2 teaspoons sea salt (coarse)
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • cranberries
  • cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  1. Mix sea salt (coarse), paprika, butter, garlic, pepper. Rub the whole chicken with it. Cut the lemon in two halves and put them inside the chicken. Cover it and leave it in the fridge overnight.
  2. The next day, take the chicken out of the fridge; add two spoons of extra virgin olive oil. Preheat the oven at 350 F. Roast the chicken for 2 hours (every 45 minutes turn the chicken over – after 1.5 hr. remove the lemon from its inside).
  3. When golden, remove the chicken from the oven, let it sit for a few minutes and garnish with cranberries and cilantro. It looks fantastic and it is great for any occasion.

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Real Time Web Analytics Foodie Gossip: Chicken Wing Milkshake

Monday, December 19, 2011

Chicken Wing Milkshake

If you’re a fan of 30 Rock, milkshakes and Buffalo wings, then you’ll love this article! Or maybe you’re like me and think its subject matter is terrible! Apparently, in an episode of NBC’s 30 Rock, Tina Fey walked by a sign that said, "The Buffalo Chicken Shake is back!" This prompted Lunch Blog KC writer Robert Bishop to create a recipe for a bizarrely intriguing concoction. Here is a video of Robert making the shake alongside Tracey Wigfield, one of 30 Rock’s writers. Personally, I think this recipe is a terrible idea. But if you like the video and would like to make it at home, you can find the recipe in Robert Bishop’s blog.

Personally, I like my Buffalo wings in a more traditional way. If you happen to live in New York, you’re in luck! Every year on Labor Day Weekend a festival called (what else?) the National Buffalo Wing Festival is held in NY. This year’s festival had 85,000 attendees and 555,000 wings were served, which is equal to 37 tons of wings. The festival has become a pretty big deal since its first year in 2002. Furthermore, for a list of the best Buffalo wing restaurants visit Wild for Wings.

So two things come to mind with this article. First, should shows have a moral responsibility to NOT encourage this kind of ridiculous behavior? Second, are we so easily influenced by today’s media that we’re willing to create an obviously fake and over-the-top dish such as this shake? Please feel free to let me know how you feel in the comment section.

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  1. Think I'll pass. Chicken wing shake doesn't sound any better (or worse really) than chicken and waffles with syrup.

    Not to be a wet blanket (I really DO have a sense of humor), but stirring up crazy concoctions that are going to end up being tasted and tossed is rather irresponsible in a world where 1/6 of the population is starving.


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Norwich vs Tottenham Preview, Team News, Likely Line-ups & Predicted Score

By on January 30, 2013

Carrow Road

Tottenham face Norwich City at Carrow Road on Wednesday night looking to cement their place in the top-four.

Spurs head into the game off the back of Sunday’s disappointing 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Leeds United and Andre Villas-Boas will be demanding a response from his players.

However, the north Londoners have shown their qualities in the Premier League recently and have tasted defeat only once in 11 league games, a run which has left them three points clear of fifth place Everton in the table.

Norwich were also knocked out of the FA Cup by lower league opposition last weekend with non-league Luton Town securing a shock 1-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon.  The Cannaries are also without a win in their last six league games so Chris Hughton will be desperate to get back on track against his former side.

Team News

Tottenham are hoping to have Jermain Defoe back for the game after the striker underwent intense treatment to overcome a pelvic injury. Depending on his fitness, the England striker may find himself on the bench with Clint Dempsey continuing up front.

New signing Lewis Holtby is in the squad but is expected to start among the substitutes while defender Willian Gallas is struggling with a calf injury.

Emmanuel Adebayor is away a the African Cup of Nations, Younes Kaboul and Sandro remain out with a knee injuries and Tom Huddlestone is unlikely to take part as he may be on the move before the close of the transfer window.

Norwich expect to welcome back defender Sebastien Bassong after he recovered from a calf problem in time to face his former side.

Steven Whittaker is also fit but Harry Kane is ineligible to face his parent club. goalkeeper Lee Camp is back in contention but Steve Morison is still short of fitness.

Likely Line-ups

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Predicted Score

Tottenham have an excellent record away at Norwich in recent seasons, winning four of the last five meetings between the two sides at Carrow Road. We can see this trend continuing tonight. Norwich 1-2 Tottenham

What would your line up be and what’s your score prediction for the game? Get involved in the comments section below.

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