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Which Carriers Have The Fastest 3G and 4G Connections Right Now? [Carriers]
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Nikon D3200: Nikon's Entry-Level DSLR Goes Pixel-Hungry Too [Cameras]
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Microsoft details memory reclaiming process within Metro-style apps
Microsoft has made clear that Metro-style apps will be "suspended" when they aren't the foremost app that's running, enabling the associated CPU to divert its power to more... shall we say, pressing matters. But for those wondering about memory in the aforesaid scenario, there's an entire post now dedicated to explaining precisely that. Microsoft's own Bill Karagounis -- group program manager on the Fundamentals team -- has penned a behind-the-scenes look at how memory will be reclaimed within Windows 8, even when Metro-style apps are suspended. The long and short of it is this: starting with Windows 8 Consumer Preview, "whenever Windows detects memory pressure on the system, it will repurpose nearly all the memory that suspended Metro style apps would otherwise hold onto; [the OS] can reclaim this memory without having to terminate an app." For those seeking an even deeper understanding, the source link has your name written all over it.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Reactive Listening ? The Cynical Girl
My good friend Jennifer McClure just returned from the SHRM New Mexico state conference where she saw Mike Jones give an excellent keynote speech. She told me all about it ? but funny enough, I was only listening to half of what she was saying because an article of mine had just been rejected by the Harvard Business Review.
Dang.?Apparently, I read the request for an article but only wrote half of what they needed. Because that?s how I roll ? incomplete. Ugh. Such an amateur move. I was busy. I was distracted. I thought to myself, ?I?ve written this kind of article a million times. Easy peasy.?
Funny how people expect you to pay attention, which is exactly what Jen was trying to tell me. I snapped back to reality when she Jen?described Mike?s speech. I guess he talked about the difference between active and reactive listening. What?s the difference? You?re not stupid. You can figure it out. Reactive listening is assuming the question and having the answer ready before you?ve even been asked anything. (Or something like that. Shit. Busted. Next time I?ll take notes, JM.)
Anyway ? when it comes to reactive listening, I do that all. of. the. time.
Part of it is confidence ? and?I have learned to be confident from the best. I once worked with a CEO who said, ?When you?re talking, I?m not.?
And I recently spent some time with a Chief Medical Officer who told me that it took him many years to realize that other people were allowed to talk in a meeting, too.
Men like that have power. They can command a room. But they also have a high percentage of being right. You are allowed to be arrogant and ignore people if you nail it each. and. every. time.
In the case of Harvard Business Review, I did not nail it. In fact, I bombed.
Dang. Oh well. Onward.?They?ve given me another chance to be awesome. And I read the scope of the request and thought ? I can do this. In my sleep.
Although I?ll hold off on being arrogant ? and being reactionary ? until after the article is published.
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A to Z Challenge: ?K? is for ?(The) King and I? (1956)
Because I?m a memoir author and because I love movies, I chose Golden Movies as my theme for the A to Z Challenge. I hope the movies I highlight that are mainly from the 1940s and 1950s (I was born in 1940) might resonate with you whether you are as old as I am or much younger! And as an author, I?ve discovered that studying films has helped me with my writing. It?s all in the ?scene.?
The musical version of The King and I is one of my all-time favorite movies, partly because Deborah Kerr was one of my favorite actresses (next to Susan Hayward).
I was sixteen when it hit the Villa Theatre Cinemascope screen in Salt Lake City.
Bing.com begins its synopsis:? Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein?s 1951 Broad musical hit was based on Margaret Landon?s book Anna and the King of Siam. Since 20th-Century-Fox had made a film version of the Landon book in 1946, that studio had first dibs on the movie adaption of The King and I.
It starred Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, and Rita Moreno. They were awesome. The settings were scrumptious.
Besides the exotic culture, and the romantic overtones that Hollywood added to the relationship between the King of Siam and the English widow, my most vivid memory is the soundtrack. The movie made the rounds of the major theaters in Salt Lake, and I kept going back and back to see it until I had pretty much memorized all the song lyrics.
I remember the song that Deborah Kerr supposedly sings (she?s dubbed by Marni Nixon):? Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect, and whistle a happy tune so no one will suspect I?m afraid.
I was sixteen going on seventeen at the time, and though I was very shy in high school, I forced myself to be involved in activities I loved, mainly creative writing, and debate and extemporaneous speaking. In the debate class, whenever it was my turn to perform, I was terrified until I got up in front of the class and began speaking.
And so I would sing that first verse of Whistle a Happy Tune that widow Anna Leonowens sings to her young son as they?re landing in Siam. I would sing it softly out loud if there wasn?t anyone close nearby, or otherwise I would think the words in my head while taking deep, trembling breaths. Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect . . .
This film version has been called ?stagey.? But what the hey. Thank you Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno (and the unseen Marni Nixon), and all the other stars in it from the Golden Age of Hollywood that was such a wonderful and vivid part of my youth.
I found this blog that has a whole string of stunning scenes from the movie. Here are a few of my favorites:
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B.A. English, Brigham Young University. M.F.A. Creative Writing (poetry and fiction), George Mason University. Freshman English, Grammar, and Introduction to Literature Instructor, BYU and GMU. Editing intern, BYU. The Writing Place Tutor, GMU. Textbook proofreader. Author of In the Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets, and of stories, poems, and essays that have won awards and been published in various magazines and anthologies. Full-time caregiver of a disabled daughter. Mother of four and grandmother of seven.albert haynesworth banana republic apple store academy barnes and noble nook 12 days of christmas a christmas carol
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