Hi Folks, Originality trained by S. Ganapathy and to be ridden by B. Prakash looks well prepared for this feature event for the races to be held ... Shot of Gold 575 Sunnyland 571 Race No. 6: ORIGINALITY 663 Diamond Hunter 647 Salsera 626 Race No ... 639 River Island 636 Needofthehour 635 So Much More 626 Day's Best : ORIGINALITY Good Double :High Gleam and Originality ...

... note that 7/45 (15.556%) is worse than 9/50 (18%). So it seems that the box office appreciates originality more than the Academy. Take from this what you will. I might suggest that this is a poor way to truly gauge originality, as the top 50 box office grossers of the decade is a pretty high bar (500 million+), and seems to demand some kind of familiarity ...

... of our fourteenth album Sister Holler, this notion that "Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent" saved me from a life of non-art. When I was a child ... teen, I used to lie in my bed in the morning and despair about the notion of originality. Every good idea I had seemed like it came from somewhere else. Plus, there were only twelve tones on the keyboard; how, on an earth ...

ORIGINALITY For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13 FROM THE FATHER'S HEART My child, your frame was ... You design each of us with intricate and delicate care, just like a tiny snowflake. There are no two the same, for You specialize in originality. Lord, You created me as one of a kind, with my own unique, designer genes. You’re the best, ...

... to be the way to go. However, as Hollywood continues to move forward with franchises, sequels, and films based off pretty much anything, the film industry runs the risk of losing originality completely. If presented with both a new idea and a takeoff on something that’s been done before, why pick the new when the old is almost guaranteed to see success? 2010 already has numerous sequels, ...

<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.  C. S. Lewis

God knows I've been posting entries about originality and development of style for what seems a lifetime. I am not anywhere near coming to an opinion, either concrete or phenomenological. But the ideas for examining these questions often come to us from the most unexpected places. I was raking my front yard the other day in the middle of that day and noticed my neighbors' "For Sale ...

Okay, I think we've all been feeling entirely too happy around here, so time to bum you out with this: "Here's Proof Originality Doesn't Pay in Hollywood": Some enterprising Wikipedia contributor decided to pull together a list of the 50 films with the highest worldwide gross of this decade so far. Here's the thing: One has to go all the way down to No. 15 on the list, ...

Many people decry Hollywood for its lack of originality, what with all the sequels, rehashed plots, adaptations, and remakes. I understand this critique. I feel its draw. But, when I think about it, I'm not against those things. Riffing on a theme is the basis for a lot of great art, including some movies. If we couldn't appreciate taking the same pieces through different moves (or ...

... have been engendered by the original brand. Pinkberry is vivid proof of the importance of originality in strong brands. Apple is another great example, and so are IBM, American Express and BMW. All ... because they keep up this level of innovation to constantly refresh and re-energize their originality. It is why the Google brand is going to be hard to beat. And, it’s also why that great new ...

... of something I heard Adam Phillips say at a discussion to the effect that there is a fetish of originality as though that were the optimal state - an achievement of the fantasy of perfection. Perfection and ... ;s something very interesting in Leijen and Gabora's contention that originality has it's downsides because it really is only in the adoption of ideas that they truly live - and let&# ...

... -own-a-Calvin-Cline-t-shirt thing, I've tried to encourage and foster originality in private life and whenever possible in public life. I figure our individual weirdness is going to ... instead of following the crowd. Hmm. I don't think I can really justify following a paragraph about originality and not following the crowd with a picture of me doing a group activity as part of a big crowd in ...

It was you and me and the whole world right before us I couldn’t wait to start I saw you and dreams just like everyone before us We thought we knew what we got And then one day I thought it slipped away And I looked to my hands to hold on And then one day all my fear slipped away And my hands did so much more So maybe we won’t find easy But, baby, we’ve found the good No, maybe ...

Written by Jason Kottke Thanks, Keith! Also interesting is a comparison between the top grossing films of the 2000s and those for the 1990s and the 1980s. You don't have to delve too far to see how much has changed. Of the top 15 films in the 1990s, 7 are original properties: Independence Day, The Lion King, Sixth Sens... Original story at kottke.org . ...

Here I am, sitting on my new couch, dressed in fleece, sweats and Uggs, eating a chocolate croissant and ready to catch up on several days' worth of DVRed goodness. So many trashy shows to watch! Whatever will I choose first?! But alas, I made the mistake of checking to see what else was on TV before diving in. And I found a figure skating competition. Its a little known fact that I am an ...