2013년 12월 31일 화요일
Tyler's Investments vs Andy in Seattle and Ron in NJ November 13th
Tyler's Investments vs Andy in Seattle and Ron in NJ November 13th
This week, Tyler tries to have back to back winning weeks. He takes on two new on-air challengers plus John in CT's written picks. Here's how it broke down.
Tyler's Picks:
Oregon -25.5 (vs Utah)
Louisville -15.5 (vs Houston)
Colts -2.5 at TEN
Packers +6.5 at NYG
Andy in Seattle's Picks:
Houston +15.5 vs L'Ville
Duke +3.5 vs Miami (FL)
Saints -3 vs SF
Chargers -1.5 at MIA
Ron in NJ's Picks:
UCLA -2.5 vs WASH
K. State -10.5 vs TCU
Giants -6.5 vs GB
Jags +6.5 vs ARI
John in CT's Written Picks:
Duke +3.5
Kansas State -10.5* vs TCU (John used -11.5 but we'll use 10.5 for investment purposes)
Bears -3 vs BAL
Bucs +1.5 vs ATL
Good luck to everyone and their investments! You can hear them for yourself on this week's Dave in the City Podcast.
Steven Moffat on Writing
Steven Moffat on Writing
Sherlock, Steven, the DoctorMy current obsession is Steven Moffat. He's the screenwriter behind the best mind-blowing episodes of Doctor Who and Sherlock on BBC. His plots are crazy creative, with plenty of twist and turns that you never see coming, but are planted so perfectly. I know without looking at the credits every time that it's a Steven Moffat episode. They're that amazing.
So naturally I had to see what this guy had to say about his writing process. I scoured the Internet for anything I could find. (You're welcome.) Steven doesn't like to delve much (you can tell he's tired of getting asked about advice), and I think he's written for so long, the process is simply intuitive to him. But it is still fun to learn what I can from such a genius. Most of all, I was comforted to learn that behind his master mind, he's an insecure writer like 99% of the rest of us.
General Writing Advice:“Write. Write
lots. Dont ask for advice, just write. And read the kind of stuff you want to
write, because thats the only advice that matters. If its screenplays, read
William Goldmans - he know EVERYTHING.”“Every writer writes about what theyve personally been
through, just because thats whats to hand. I dont know if its an important
rule of thumb –you should tell the story that most animates you.”
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“Just write. The big break is easy
if youre good enough. I hear people saying, Im desperate to write
–Ive written this script. And I want to say: Why havent you written
50 scripts?... You have to write all the time and not worry so much
about going to the right parties or the contacts you have in the business
–theyre completely irrelevant. And stop badgering people for advice
because there almost is none –If you write a truly brilliant script, it
will get on the telly.”
On the Controlled Release of Information:
“The controlled release of information – which is more or less what storytelling is – is really, really hard. Especially on Doctor Who,
where you do need quite a lot going on, because everything is new. Its
not like youve got a big regular cast, or one set that youre going to
see every week. In Doctor Who, youre lucky if theres one you
see every week! So you need to release quite a lot of information. Its a
whole new world and you have to know what a normal day is like there,
so you can twist it.”
“I know that, in the past, Russell has
given notes to writers, saying, Tell everyone everything thats going
on, all of the time. Broadly speaking, I wouldnt agree with that to
the last heartbeat, but I think that comes from the right place.”
“I
think that, right up until the last minute, youre constantly changing
your mind about the release of information in a story. Theres a fine line between mysterious and confusing. And Ive often drifted over it!”
On Writing Villains:
“[V]illains arent necessarily evil. But I do think that straightforward evil is actually meaningless. All the evil acts in the history of the world have been committed with a pretty exact and precise agenda: people do what they think is right. You fly a plane into the World Trade Centre because you think its a necessary thing to do – not because you think its going to improve your day. Its an insane and evil act – of course it is, its appalling – but its done to an end. Real evil is just an agenda we dont understand, and frequently we have to work out what it is.”
“Doctor Who stories work particularly well if theres a good mystery: how does it all fit together? Thats good, because it puts the Doctor at the centre of the story. Hes going to be the man who decodes it, figures it out and pieces it together. If you just have villains who are evil and want to conquer the universe, what does that actually mean? Think what a lot of admin that would be! But if you have villains with complex ideas of their own, then the Doctor is again at the storys centre. He works out what they want, and what it is that theyre trying to do. And stops it. But it allows him to have a big dramatic moment where he says, This is whats been going on, and looks clever. Him looking clever is important. Whereas a straightforward military threat brings out the least interesting parts of the Doctor. He becomes a bit superfluous.”
“[Y]ou can have the moral debate. But its slightly pointless because it then comes down to, Im better than you. Im a good man and youre a bad one! It sort of works with the Daleks, but a lot of the time Im not really sure I care about that. I care about the cleverness of the hero. So the more mystery there is in the story, the more there is for the Doctor to do. He is a kind of Sherlock Holmes character, who makes quick intuitive leaps and is absolutely brilliant.”
On the Importance of Keeping Secrets as a Writer:
“It changes the experience of writing it if I give too much away. Right now, Ive got an idea for the ending which Im extremely excited about, but I dont wanna say it out loud. Not because it would matter if anyone knew about it, but just because saying it out loud might spoil the magic. You might look disappointed. So I need to cling to this idea. In fact, thats a relevant thing to say about writing. Before, Ive told people things and they seem underwhelmed, so Ive lost faith in it from that point on!”
“The most truthful thing I have said in this interview about writing is the importance of these secrets. The magic of Not Telling Anyone Yet. I know Russell thinks that way too – he wont tell anybody what hes doing. Because it turns to ashes in your mouth. It almost becomes ordinary.”
On Beginning a New Draft:
“When you have a lot of things to do, sometimes its good to write a few pages so you then think, Yes, I can do it.”
“You
think of an idea, then think of all the things youd like to do with
it. Ooh, itd be creepy if that happened.... [S]uppose the
cliffhanger was like that! You cant fit all these ideas into the
story, but you have a lovely period - a golden honeymoon period - where
you think youll be able to fit all of those in easily. Then you realise you cant, and you start prioritising to all the cool bits.”
On the Writing Process:
“There isnt one single script when Im not, at some point, sick-makingly terrified of my inability to write it. I mean, its just hard! I asked Russell, Do you ever wanna stick your head out the window and shout, I dont know what Im doing!?... [E]very time I make a script work, it feels like luck. I dont think that feeling ever goes away. It really is that hard, and thats what its supposed to be like. The sheer amount of thinking you have to do, to make this work! When I read scripts that are bad, its often because theyre just lazy. The writer hasnt thought things through in the way that I would. There was a quote from John Cleese, around the time he was ruling the world with Fawlty Towers: If Im any good at writing comedy, its because I know how hard its supposed to be. And thats it. Its shockingly difficult and emotionally upsetting!”
“No one is that self-assured when theyre writing, or that assured about their writing. Theres no experience worse than handing your script in, and waiting.”
“You can go into an empty room with just a desk and a computer without internet, and youd still lose focus. Because sometimes youre not ready to write it. Youre not comfortable with what youre doing and you have to get there.”
“No writer truly stays focused, all day, every day.... Two or three hours will pass and Ill have done nothing: not even had a useful thought!”
“People talk grandly about range, but the truth is that youre just writing.”
Sources:
http://jasonarnopp.blogspot.com/p/doctor-who.html
http://sherlockology.tumblr.com/post/23501865686/steven-moffat-live-chathttp://guru.bafta.org/steven-moffat-special-award-interview
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Oro Valley Community Academy Is A Worthwhile Experience
Oro Valley Community Academy Is A Worthwhile Experience
You may want to consider attending the Oro Valley Community Academy. We did. It was a worthwhile learning and networking experience. The academy is run by the Oro Valley Development and Infrastructure Division. The sessions were led by Oro Valley Senior Planner Matt Michels.
We thought I knew a lot about our town. Now, we know even more!
Did you know that:The Oro Valley Magistrate Courts processes more than 10,000 cases a year, most of which are traffic violations
The Oro Valley budget serves 4 purposes: It is a policy document, an operations guide, a financial plan and a communications tool
Former Council Member Barry Gillaspie helped bring Basis School to Oro Valley
Council Member Bill Garner has been an advocate for "Signature Events"
College teams train in the Oro Valley Aquatic Facility
Oro Valley has three distinct histories.
Oro Valley has a 2-year strategic plan whose development coincides with the election cycle.Those are just some of the things we learned after completing the six week, 2-hour per session, course.
Topics covered included Oro Valley's history, how the town works, Oro Valley's role in the region, the General Plan, Oro Valley Water, Oro Valley roads and transportation, conservation, town finances, economic development, the Oro Valley strategic plan, and the 2015 General Plan process.
Speakers included Town Manager Caton, Finance Director Lemos, and a number of our department heads and employees.
Our "takeaway" is that Oro Valley employs a number of competent, concerned employees who enjoy and welcome your participation.
Though completion of the course in required if you wish to sit on a board or commission, it is worthwhile even if you don't.
Contact Matt Michels (520) 229-4822 to learn more about the program and the next academy.
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Maine Map Wall
Maine Map Wall
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How Do I Say
How Do I Say
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SAYING yes to Jesus is a familiar catchcry, but
what does it mean when we break past the niceties of cliché – which are, the
nod and ignore responses of a Christianity that is so far beyond being reached?Saying yes to Jesus is an action expressing the
single notion, “I follow you, Jesus, and I do what you say, even when I dont like it.”
That is discipleship. Its nothing more complicated
than that. What might be a continual test of our love, our resolve, our
patience, and our faith, is actually based out of quite a simple decision.To follow Jesus is a decision.By virtue of the decision we do what we have
decided to do. We act. Our faith has traction in the decisions we make that
align with what the Holy Spirit is leading us to do.When we seek to answer the question, “How do I say yes
to Jesus?” we are often left with an altar call situation – saying yes for
the first time.But saying yes for the first time is no different
than saying yes the second time, or the third, the twenty-third, and the 907th.
The first time is just the first time. Not that it isnt significant – of course
it is!Saying Yes With All the Earnestness of Our ConvictionThere is no greater protection afforded any
individual person than this: to say yes to Jesus by discerning and doing Gods
will.Nothing will invoke the full power of the Holy
Spirit and avail the presence of Gods guardian angels more that seeking and
securing Gods will by acts of obedience.We must obey aggressively, declaring war on our
disobedience.Saying yes with the earnestness of our full
conviction, by holding nothing of ourselves back, by casting all the things of
this earth into the chasm of oblivion; that is aggressive obedience of faith.Glorious blessings of confident assurance, growth
and renewal are found in this: when we take Gods line, seeking the knowledge
of his will earnestly, and deploying his will sacrificially, then we begin to
comprehend the vastness of his nature of multiplicity – life expands
exponentially before us: New life.This is how we say yes to Jesus: we discern his
will and we do it.***The command of the Great Commission is to make
disciples, so we ought to be disciples so we can make disciples.© 2013 S. J. Wickham.
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Don't Believe The Hype!
Don't Believe The Hype!
I can't believe I'm about to say this. But I finally realize that Public Enemy's Flavor Flav is a very, very wise man.
Once upon a time, he spoke to me through music and said, "don't believe the hype". Yet I chose to ignore him and carelessly dropped a lot of hard earn money on pieces of cardboard that were nothing but "hype".
If you collected cards back in the late 80's, then you're probably familiar with this card:
1989 Pro Set #47At the time of its release, I wasn't really collecting football cards. I'd buy a pack every now and then, but most of the money I earned working at Thrifty's was spent on baseball cards.However 1989 Pro Set and their error cards and variations lured me like a moth to a flame... and symbolically burned me too.There's no way of knowing how much money I spent in search of the famous William "Refrigerator" Perry Pro Set card. But it's safe to say, I wasted a nice percentage of at least two or three pay checks.
What made it so famous? Well... Pro Set produced and released a Perry card in their first series product. Unfortunately, Mr. Perry hadn't signed a contract with the NFL Players Association, so they were forced to pull his card from production and replace him with Perry's teammate Ron Morris.The outcome? Collectors started buying up Series 1 packs of 1989 Pro Set in search of the short printed variation.
According to The Official NFL Pro Set Card Book, collectors originally paid three figures for this totally "hyped" up card. I never ended up pulling one, but earlier this year I found one online for a few bucks and grabbed it. Beckett still lists it in their price guide at $15, but completed eBay auctions usually end in the $5 to $13 price range.
It's actually nice to see that it has somewhat retained its value. At least it's not a 5¢ common. But I just can't help but remember the effect this card had on my wallet when I was younger. The good thing is I'll typically stay away from "hyped" up cards or products these days until things die down and prices become more reasonable.
What are some of your favorite cards that were at one point or another overly promoted for one reason or another?
Happy Sunday and sayonara!
Best. Investment. Ever.
Best. Investment. Ever.
Remember when I finally decided to buy a bamboo steamer?My. Was that the best investment I've made in a while.All those months of being bao-less. All that time searching for dumplings...admittedly, things still aren't great as the frozen bao selection in this city isn't fantastic but I'm slowly getting there. What has really helped is finding a store that sold homemade dumplings (jiaozi), which while not as good as those from somewhere like hutong or shanghai street, will do for now.
Steaming away...where have you been all my life?!
Top shelf - the mushroom and vegetable baos transformed from hard and frozen to puffy and steamy.
Lower shelf - oh yeah...I showed this to Markus who grew to love jiaozi when he went to Shanghai. He wanted to know when I was going to ihim over for lunch.
Om nom! Not as good as those made by Marene's parents but they'll do.
Anyway, I for see a hopefully bao and jiaozi-filled winter. All I have to do is find someone who sells frozen charsiu bao and I will be a happy mallymoodle indeed.
31 DAY NAIL ART CHALLENGE HONOR NAILS YOU LOVE
31 DAY NAIL ART CHALLENGE HONOR NAILS YOU LOVE
It's finally here :) The last day of my 31 Day Challenge. I've been waiting for it for a long time, not because it's the last day, but because I've known exactly what design I've wanted to recreate for a while now! So without further ado... here's the design!
I first saw this design a few months ago when I was watching YouTube videos on nail art (it's one of my favorite past times :P). The YouTuber who posted the video isCult Cosmetics, and the designis their design inspired by The Great Gatsby. I Highly recommend watching the video! Their nails turned out absolutely flawless!
You might think I'm crazy but when I was getting closer to finishing this design I was kind of disappointed with the result. Here's why: I don't have studs smaller than the ones pictured so they seem a little to big for this design. Also, the silver polish I used on my pointer finger and thumb is gross. Lol! I know...I just don't like that it doesn't match the consistency of the gold, like in the video. But the more that I look at the design, I do love it! I'd prefer to just paint the silver part gold, but overall, now that I've acclimated to it I love it! :)
The polishes I used were China Glaze, Liquid Leather, White On White, Passionand nc2 by Nu Colour, Lighting. I have no idea where I got the nc2 polish, I know I have had it for a long time! It's probably one of my first polishes, and I've barely used it. It's not that I don't like it, I've just always like bright, fun colors on my nails until now (now that I'm into nail art), and I don't use silver a whole lot.
I hope you guys like this design and check out Cult Cosmetics' video :) I'll do a recap post with a photo of each day in the challenge. If you have any requests for nail designs I am open to them! I need some ideas. Have a great night! :)
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