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'' The development feasibility needs to be water tight. I've got a budget to maintain, a super tight schedule and KPI's to meet. Costs and forecasts need to be tracked and cash flow managed efficiently ''
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'' I make critical lending decisions, so I need to understand any risks to the project. I want to know how sensitive the project is to changes in revenues and costs and to be across the financing and risk behind each transaction. I'm only interested in feasibility studies I can trust. ''
'' I'm keen to get a head start in my real estate career. Being certified on the industry standard software solution for real estate developers makes perfect sense to me – it means I'll be work ready.''
Property Development Suite is an integrated solution for your entire property development life-cycle, enabling you to conduct feasibility analyses and valuations, manage cash flows on live projects, and generate detailed reporting - from concept through to completion.
EstateMaster Development Feasibility (DF) helps you to calculate – with ease and accuracy – each of the key performance indicators for development appraisals and feasibility studies. Profit Margin, Residual Land Value, NPV and IRR to name just a few – all precisely quantified.
EstateMaster Development Management (DM) helps you track and manage your project's development cash flow and monthly performance with certainty. Update forecasts with actual costs and revenues and compare current forecasts against original or revised budgets at any time – from project start to finish.
EstateMaster Corporate Consolidation (CC) delivers a corporate level view of your entire property portfolio or multi-staged project with consolidated cash flow forecasts and corporate funding needs. It's your key management tool, collating all the detailed project intelligence and analysis already modelled in EstateMaster DF, DM and IA.
EstateMaster Hotel Feasibility (HF) is a hotel operation performance evaluation and feasibility tool. With hotel income being interrelated to assumptions like room rates, guests per room and occupancy rates, it is important you are able to capture all these inter-dependencies in order to accurately forecast the hotel's cash flow.
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Designed specifically to meet the needs of real estate valuation and appraisal firms, EstateMaster Development Feasibility Lite (DF Lite) is perfect for projects requiring a valuation and feasibility process that is less complex. DF Lite offers the property professional a robust, professional solution that is quick, easy to use and affordable.
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EstateMaster presented an offering to encompass the lifespan of the development and address the need for remote access. London & UK Property selected the Development Feasibility tool to appraise potential acquisitions and combined it with the fully integrated Development Management software to track the progress of their live developments. Most importantly, the software suite was offered as a Cloud hosted solution to enable ease of access for all staff.
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Your article "American lets go of Panama Canal" (Dec. 13), on the US motives for handing over the Canal to Panama, mentioned the gains the US expects from the handover. But in the very thoughtful US Senate debate on the issue, the long-term interests of the US were not the only consideration.
Those interests were stressed, but it was striking to me that there were a number of senators who said that whether the handover served US interests or not, returning the Canal Zone to Panama was the only right or honorable thing to do. We had virtually stolen the zone; morality required us to return it. I used to lecture regularly on Immanuel Kant and called my students' attention to this philosophy - that some people wanted to do was right just because it was right.
John T. Wilcox Binghamton, N.Y.
The Nature Conservancy's expenses
Your article "A Guide to Giving" (Dec. 6) incorrectly lists The Nature Conservancy's percentage of total revenue devoted to programs at 42.8 percent. The correct percentage is 88.3 percent - one of the highest percentages among the nation's largest nonprofit organizations.
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Two of the primary tools we use to accomplish our conservation mission are land acquisition and stewardship - taking care of the land we own or manage. Dollars spent on land acquisition and stewardship were not included in the figure used in your article. These two components account for the remaining 45.5 percent, and reveal the accurate program expenditure of 88.3 for 1998.
The difference in numbers is due to an Internal Revenue Service requirement that land purchases and stewardship be categorized as "capital allocations" and "net additions" instead of "program expenses."
David Williamson Arlington, Va.
The Nature Conservancy
Debt relief for well-armed countries
The opinion piece "Strides in the cause of the debt relief" (Dec. 8) described a wonderful, positive step toward helping developing nations. While it provides much-needed support and should be continued, it does not address the root cause.
How can we get these small countries to stop spending all their money on armaments and start building stable governments?
We (the world community) haven't solved that problem yet and definitely need to spend more resources in the diplomatic arena.
Terry Zaccone Saratoga, Calif.
More variety, please
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However, I write to complain of columnist Godfrey Sperling's vituperative attacks on President Clinton. Regardless of my personal view of Mr. Clinton, I'm sick and bored with Mr. Sperling's repetitive, vindictive listings of Clinton's shortcomings. The reader knows them all too well. Surely, Sperling can write of other concerns.
Mrs. L.E. Schaub Tyron, N.C.
Adults reading Kid Space
Thank you for your Kid Space spread "Once upon a wetland" (Dec. 7). I'm no kid, but I live here and I still learned a lot about wetlands from the article, as well as the students' and teachers' work in establishing this local preserve.
Bess Ward Park City, Utah
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One of the most popular features on The Psychology of Human Sexuality is Sex Question Friday, in which I answer readers' questions about sex, love, and relationships. The sheer number of questions that have come into the site to date is incredible and I continue to do my best to answer as many as I can; however, I have noticed that some of the same questions get asked time and again as new readers discover the site. In light of this, I thought it would be worthwhile to run a list of the ten most common sex questions (with links to the answers) that have made their way to my inbox. Keep sending in your questions, and remember: knowledge is power…and pleasure!
10. What percentage of the population is gay?
9. Is it really possible for women to have multiple orgasms?
8. How many sexual partners do people usually have in their lives?
7. How can I last longer in bed?
6. Is female ejaculation real?
5. I want more/less sex than my partner. How do we save our relationship?
4. What's the best sexual position?
3. Why do some people have fetishes or other unusual sexual interests?
2. What is the average penis size?
1. Do women really care about penis size? And is deeper penetration better?
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When I was a kid I remember hearing about whistles that were so high, only dogs could hear them.
Sure enough – dogs can hear up to 45,000 Hz whereas we humans only hear up to 20,000.
So that was my starting point for Callum Boyce with his very high voice.
Sometimes we have enough trouble getting other people to understand us even when they're listening, so how frustrating must it when you can't understand the language or, in Callum's case, when no one can actually hear you?
It was a fun story to write and sing (in a very high voice). Kids seem to like singing along to the oohs and aahs and it's nice getting those different textures when I play it live.
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Use the tracks below to practice playing through all of the modes and every position you've been learning. Remember, you can play all 7 modes over each track below. The chords will dictate the sound of the scale you play. If you hear a wrong note, quickly navigate to a consonant (good) sounding note.
C Ionian (Major) Mode #1
D Dorian (minor) Mode #2
E Phrygian (minor) Mode #3
F Lydian (Major) Mode #4
G Mixolydian (Major) Mode #5
A Aeolian (minor) Mode #6
B Locrian (diminished) Mode #7
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Brandon Heat, a silent and passive man, is living a laid back life with his friends. He`s got his eyes on Maria, but her father forbids their relationship. After the brutal murder of his friends and Maria`s father, Brandon is on the run together with the only friend he has left; Harry McDowell. When he finds out custody over Maria has been taken by Millennion, the largest mafia syndicate in town, he and Harry decide to join the syndicate. He goes through many hardships after joining the syndicate but he is willing to risk everything as long as he can be close to Maria.
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This June we are reminiscing over Nora and Joe's stunning Fall wedding. The bride and groom sparkled through the rain of the day. We loved Nora's elegant a-line dress with a lace bust and silky off-white skirt, with a ribbon accentuating her waist. She looked euphoric, sophisticated, and purely over-the-moon! Accents of yellow, orange, and plum accompanied the beautiful ceremony and reception.
Nora and Joe had this to say about working with the Bisou team:
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
To find out how your finances could be affected, we've summarised six key points:
1. More brass in pocket
As already revealed, the income tax allowance will increase to £10,000 from April 2014, with Osborne announcing a further increase to £10,500 from April 2015.This April's increase will put an extra £112 a year into the pockets of many basic rate taxpayers, with the allowance for 2015/16 adding a further £100 next year.
2. ISAs will be even NISA
As well as increasing the annual allowance to £15,000 from July, the Chancellor announced that cash and stocks & shares would be merged to create a New ISA, or NISA. The increase in the allowance means you'll be able to squirrel away a further £3,480 a year - equivalent to £290 a month - into a tax-efficient ISA. This is particularly good news if you only used your cash ISA allowance in the past, as you'll see the amount you can save increase from £5,760 to £15,000 from July. Additionally, with the relaxation of the rules around transfers, you'll be able to move your money between cash and stocks & shares ISAs as you want.
3. Allowance boost for kids' savings plans
The Junior ISA and Child Trust Fund allowance is set to increase to £4,000 a year from July, allowing family and friends to save an additional £280 a year towards a child's future. There is also good news for working parents in the form of a childcare subsidy worth up to £2,000 - a benefit that will apply to each child under 12 from autumn 2015. Under this scheme, working couples will be able to open a 'tax-free childcare' account and any money paid into them will receive a 20% subsidy from the Government. The accounts can be used to pay any registered child carer.
4. Tax-free savings to benefit lower income households
From April 2015, the 10% savings tax will be abolished, benefitting low-income savers. Additionally, the government will raise the amount of savings the 0% rate applies to from £2,880 to £5,000. This will mean that if you have a total income of less than £15,500 (the £10,500 personal income tax allowance plus the £5,000 savings allowance), you'll be able to register for tax-free savings.
5. Pensions made easy (well, easier!)
Radical reforms will enable more people to take their pensions as cash rather than having to buy an annuity. Further consultation is expected but the changes already announced - and effective from 27th March 2014 - will allow anyone with a pot worth less than £10,000 or those with total pension savings of less than £30,000 to take it as a lump sum.
6. Tax cuts for treats
As well as helping savers and pensioners, the Chancellor also showed his softer side with a number of tax cuts on life's little pleasures. Beer duty was cut by 1p a pint while the duty on spirits and ordinary cider was frozen. Motorists also benefitted with September's planned fuel duty rise cancelled.
This blog is intended to provide information, not financial advice, to help you make an informed decision about savings and investments. We do not offer financial advice. You should contact a financial adviser, who may charge a fee, if you want financial advice.
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URC to Lead Quality Health Services Project in Cambodia, Continue Improving Systems for Maternal and Newborn Health
USAID has awarded URC the USAID Quality Health Services project in Cambodia. With this five-year, $16.5 million cooperative agreement, URC will build on more than a decade of work in Cambodia to strengthen reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition care and systems. The URC-led project team—Angkor Hospital for Children, Stanford University, Marie Stopes International Cambodia, Medical Teams International, Open Institute and Partnership for Better Health—will draw on and scale up successful initiatives started under USAID Cambodia's recently ended Better Health Services (BHS) project, which was also managed by URC. In addition, the team will apply the knowledge and systems built during BHS to create new capacity-building activities in areas where critical gaps remain.
The Cambodian Government has succeeded in building a comprehensive network of public health facilities from the ground up; Quality Health Services will complement previous work and address the next level of challenges in the ongoing process of elevating Cambodia's standard of care to its most vulnerable populations. URC's extensive experience with the Cambodian health care system, from health centers to hospitals to national programs at the Ministry of Health, will ensure that Quality Health Services can meet these challenges with no loss of time, expertise or relationships.
Quality Health Services aims to improve RMNCHN services in all health centers (550) and referral hospitals (38) in nine Cambodian provinces: Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampong Cham, Tbong Khmum, Kampong Speu, Pailin, Prey Veng, Pursat and Siem Reap. URC intends to meet the project's goals through a comprehensive, sustainable health systems strengthening approach to improve the quality of basic newborn care; the detection, referral and management of neonatal complications; the timeliness and quality of care provided to women with obstetric complications; the availability, quality and use of family planning, especially long-acting and permanent methods; referral linkages for obstetric, newborn and postnatal care; and the screening, counseling, referral, prevention and treatment of child malnutrition and related diseases.
URC and its partners recognize the importance of a team-based approach to improving the quality of RMNCHN services. A holistic, encompassing program of training, coaching and mentoring, supported by health systems strengthening approaches, is necessary to affect sustainable, replicable results in improved patient health. The Quality Health Services project, designed to generate positive, permanent changes in health care for vulnerable populations, is an important component in Cambodia's goal of high-quality national health services. URC is committed to developing and implementing sustainable solutions to improve systems and empower providers.
URC Approach
- Strengthen capacity-building efforts in close collaboration with both the Cambodian Ministry of Health and development partners at all levels of participation to further RMNCHN goals.
- Introduce evidence-based practices appropriate to the context: URC will employ replicable, scalable models for improvement and build on the successes of BHS and other programs to bring quality improvements to the Cambodian health care system.
- Develop client-focused, cross-disciplinary teamwork through a continuation of team meetings of the maternity coordination alliance, proven successful under BHS, and the introduction of a parallel, pediatric alliance to support nurses and physicians. Knowledge and skills learned will be reinforced and monitored in training, follow-up sessions, mentor programs and hands-on training.
- Improve health center and hospital quality through leadership orientations; on-site continuing medical education programs; follow-up coaching and assessments of health centers; clinical skills practices in regional hospitals; technical assistance and improvements in the use of health management information; appropriate reimbursement for RMNCH services under Cambodia's social health protection schemes; and monitoring and evaluation of project results, annual quality surveys of delivery practices in regional hospitals and national, Level 2 quality assessments in all hospitals and health centers in the target provinces.
Key Components
- Improve the quality of basic newborn care in health centers and referral hospitals through a number of inexpensive, effective, evidence-based interventions. The project will analyze the need for immediate and/or essential newborn care training and follow up in referral hospitals and addressed it in a manner that supports team-based participation.
- Strengthen identification, referral and management of newborn complications by 1) introducing procedures that help prevent problems from occurring through improved antenatal and postnatal care and specific interventions and 2) educate health staff in the early detection of critical newborn conditions and the use of interventions, like kangaroo mother care, to improve health outcomes.
- Strengthen the quality and utilization of emergency obstetric care to eliminate life-threatening delays in medical care for time-dependent emergency conditions; URC will focus on strengthening in-facility care, as well as the identification and referral of critically ill maternal and newborn patients. Triage systems previously developed by Stanford and URC will be scaled up and implemented at each referral hospital; working with the National Maternal and Child Health Center, the team will provide technical assistance to establish level-specific protocols covering common critical complications in mothers and newborns before, during and after childbirth.
- Improve the quality of postnatal care in health centers and referral hospitals; the team will scale up quality improvements approaches and tools, using best practices developed from URC's prior support of 50 health centers in Pursat and Siem Reap provinces, to provide comprehensive postnatal and combined mother/newborn care.
- Increase the use of a full range of family planning methods by making them available in public health facilities to meet a high, unmet need for long-term family planning (over half of women in a 2010 national survey reported not wanting more children). The team will address challenges to the uptake of family planning, including availability, health care provider training in long-acting and permanent family planning methods and appropriate reimbursement levels for providing these services.
- Strengthen referral linkages for obstetric, newborn and postnatal care to reduce deaths from maternal and newborn complications. The entire referral system, from home to facility to referral hospital to the national level, requires improvement. URC's systematic approach, already tested and scaled up in two Cambodian provinces, includes the standardization of referral forms; clinical hotlines to respond to obstetrical emergencies; improved availability of transportation through the health equity fund; and the creation of a national hotline based in the National Maternal Child Health Center. An emergency triage training program, developed with Stanford University under BHS, will be updated to include a focus on core areas of pediatrics/ neonate care, obstetrics, and cardiology and trauma care.
- Strengthened prevention, identification and management of child malnutrition and related diseases (including pediatric TB) to improve preventive nutrition care and screening at health centers, as well as treatment and screening for severe acute malnutrition in referral hospitals. URC will continue its close collaboration with the National Nutrition Program and the National Pediatric Hospital. The team will scale up health center quality improvement efforts in all health centers in the nine provinces. It will also support clinical skills practice in the identification and treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children under five at the referral hospital level.
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Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), the largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue, is growing more predictable by the day.
The company reported its fourth-quarter earnings results before the opening bell on Tuesday, delivering a 3% decline in sales to $13.12 billion from Q4 2013 and reporting a 4% decline in adjusted profit per share to $0.54. Comparably, though, these results were favorable compared to Wall Street's very timid expectations of $12.9 billion in sales and just $0.53 in EPS for Q4.
For Pfizer, the story was much the same as we've been hearing for the better part of three years: exclusivity losses hampered its growth, yet the company made substantial headway in cost-reductions and in returning cash to shareholders. In fact, Pfizer managed nearly $12 billion in capital returns to investors in the form of share buybacks and dividend payments in 2014, bringing its total capital return to investors since 2011 to nearly $65 billion!
For investors, the report was a non-event, with the stock ending the day little changed. Yet the report also shed light on one thing investors should be seriously concerned with, as well as one negative that they should probably ignore.
One thing investors shouldn't worry about
One clear reason Pfizer's sales and profits have suffered over the past year has been the rising U.S. dollar. Generally, a rising U.S. dollar is good news for Americans, because it means their currency has more "buying power" in foreign markets. For U.S.-based global businesses that derive a decent chunk of their revenue outside of the United States, however, a strong dollar is bad news.
In the latest quarter, Pfizer generated $8.07 billion of its $13.12 billion in revenue in international markets. Because Pfizer reports its results in U.S. dollars, the company has to exchange the foreign currency it receives as payment into U.S. dollars at (in this case) a disadvantageous rate. In fact, excluding currency effects, Pfizer's sales actually rose on an operational basis just fractionally in the fourth quarter.
What I'd suggest investors do is largely ignore these currency-based adverse effects. Yes, they do have an effect on sales and profitability, but they give a false impression of how well or poorly the underlying business is performing.
One thing investors should be concerned about
The one thing investors should actually be concerned about is the ongoing weakness created by patent exclusivity losses. It could be years before revenue lost from the introduction of generic medicines is outweighed by sales growth from innovative new drugs.
For example, Pfizer's forecast for 2015 suggests that it'll experience a negative impact of $3.5 billion from expected product exclusivity losses. Pfizer's cholesterol-fighting drug Lipitor, the former best-selling drug in the world, continues to face generic drug pressure in the U.S., and saw its total sales dip 6% to $572 million in Q4. Similarly, anti-inflammatory blockbuster Celebrex came off patent late in 2014 and saw its revenue in the U.S. tumble 44% to $295 million.
Generic drug introduction usually results in a branded drug losing around 80% or more of its annual revenue within the first two years. Pfizer, which has lost Lipitor, Celebrex, Detrol, and Spiriva in a number of countries, just can't replace these lost dollars with new drugs fast enough to offset the loss from the introduction of generics. It's a serious problem that could keep most investors on the sidelines until a stabilization or reversal of this trend is observed.
Something to be excited about
Despite being a relatively by-the-book earnings report, Pfizer did share one tidbit of information which should have Wall Street and investors excited.
The very first discussion concerning pipeline developments involves HER2-negative breast cancer drug hopeful Ibrance (formerly known as palbociclib) and its upcoming PDUFA decision date on April 13, 2015. Pfizer announced that the Food and Drug Administration informed the company that there was no plan in the works for a review of Ibrance with the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. It was instead in discussions with the FDA regarding labeling of the drug.
Although nothing is a certainty when it comes to the drug approval process, the FDA's waiving of a review prior to the PDUFA date and Pfizer's admission of labeling talks would appear to indicate that Ibrance is going to be approved on or before April 13, 2015.
As a quick reminder, Ibrance nearly doubled progression-free survival for advanced breast cancer patients to 20.2 months from 10.2 months and led to a 4.2 month improvement in median overall survival to 37.5 months. Most people were hoping for a more substantial improvement in median overall survival, but Ibrance nonetheless has the potential to eclipse $3 billion in sales on an annual basis, if not more, if it garners additional indications (as seen in the timetable below).
The smartest thing you can do right now
As an investor, I believe the smartest thing you can do with Pfizer is to stick to the sidelines. In just over three years, Pfizer's nominal share price has gained around 50%, yet its top-line sales have fallen from $67.4 billion in 2011 to a projected $44.5 billion to $46.5 billion in 2015.
Is management doing what it can to control costs and make it worth shareholders' worthwhile to stick around? They're certainty trying, I'll give them that. Pfizer ended 2014 with just 6.37 billion shares outstanding compared to more than 8 billion as of 2010. This better-than-20% reduction in share count has helped buoy EPS in an otherwise unfriendly environment for Big Pharma.
But share buybacks and cost-cutting are no substitute for a lack of organic growth. Until Pfizer is growing its top-line organically there's no real reason to own the stock, especially with an inflated forward P/E of around 15.


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Out of all the beloved fiction we have — television, movies, video games, comics, and so on — and all of the sequels, prequels, and side-stories, the words "expanded universe" usually lead to one thing: Star Wars.
The complicated Star Wars canon can be separated into two groups. The official, main Star Wars canon is composed of the (currently) six feature films and the animated Clone Wars series, while the expanded universe is composed of everything else — every weird book you see in the sci-fi section of Amazon, every video game, and every comic.
The canonical Star Wars universe is a mess, and now that Disney owns the franchise, the House that Mouse built has appointed a committee to sifting through that mess, and determining what the official Star Wars canon will be.
Before you grab your red lightsaber and misguidedly march down to Orlando to tell Disney to leave Star Wars alone, it's worth keeping in mind that the best thing to come out of the Star Wars universe since The Empire Strikes Back is a video game from 2003. The universe could use some maintenance, and perhaps Disney could breathe some life back into it. We're not yet sure exactly how Disney plans to tackle the canon; there are those who would prefer the entire expanded universe completely vaporized.
A member of the Lucasfilm Story Group, Leeland Chee, tweeted that all official Star Wars canon is now decided upon by this group. He explained that one of the goals of the group is to consolidate the film and expanded universe canons, and remove the hierarchy that separates the two.
It remains to be seen if this change will affect the upcoming films — the first of which is targeted for a 2015 launch — but after the critical disappointment of the prequel trilogy, it's worth giving Disney a shot. Maybe it can revitalize this stale franchise.


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Utica is a wonderful place to be when fall comes around. This year celebrate fall with a trip to Starved Rock Park to see unforgettable foliage and treat your family to a fun Halloween outing. The park is just a stone's throw away from our resort. After a morning hike, you can come back and relax at the indoor water park or enjoy a meal at one of our restaurants. Here are just a few of the upcoming events at Starved Rock State Park:
Fall Colors Weekend - October 15 & 16
Don't miss the spectacular foliage of Northern Illinois. You can join park guides for a walk to view this amazing show that nature puts on every year. Taking place right around peak season for fall colors, this hike takes you to beautiful overlook canyons to experience the bright colors of the trees of Starved Rock State Park. Along the way, the guides will point out interesting facts about local history and geology. The hikes begin at 9 am from the visitor center.
Haunted Halloween Night Hikes and Storytelling - October 29
Bring the whole family for a daring walk through the park to kick off your Halloween Weekend. Join the park naturalist on an unforgettable adventure after dark. As you make your way through the woods, you'll hear haunted tales and spooky stories about Starved Rock State Park. The hikes leave from the visitor center at 5 pm and 6 pm and story time starts at 7 pm.


text: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Tablet sales surged in the first quarter of 2013, as sales more than doubled to 49.2 million, IDC reported Wednesday. Tablet shipments surpassed the total for the entire first half of 2012, IDC said. Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.36% remained the dominant tablet vendor with 39.6% total market share, although that also represented market share loss for the iPad maker which had 58.1% in the year-earlier period. Samsung was at No. 2 with 17.9%, up from 11.3%. However, tablets based on Google Inc.'s GOOG, -0.17% Android operating system were the overall top seller for the first quarter with 56.5% total share, up from 39.4% in the year-earlier period. Apple's iOS was at No. 2 with 39.6%. IDC said "sustained demand for the iPad mini and increasingly strong commercial shipments led to a better-than expected first quarter for Apple." Analyst Tom Mainelli also said in a statement that Apple "avoided the typical first-quarter slowdown" when it moved the iPad launch to the fourth-quarter of 2012.


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Rod Stewart Wants to Tour with Elton John Before They're "Both in Wheelchairs"
On Monday night in London, Rod Stewart presented Elton John with the inaugural Brits Icon Award, and then the two sang a duet together onstage. But if Stewart has his way, he and John will be sharing stages together in the future for a lot more than a single evening.
Speaking to ABC News Radio, Rod says that he and Elton -- longtime friends and rivals -- are getting along so well these days that he wants to work with him more closely. "We did do a duet on one of my Great American Songbook albums, but really I'd love to -- before we're both in wheelchairs -- go out and do a tour together," Stewart reveals, adding, "I'd love to do that."
However, it's not clear when that would actually happen. John has just told a British paper that he wants to drastically cut back on touring since his appendicitis operation, and Stewart's schedule is pretty full at the moment. He'll be touring Europe for the rest of the month, and then he'll kick off a U.S. tour with Steve Winwood in October. In between those dates, he's got another run of shows scheduled for Las Vegas. And then there's the matter of making a follow-up to his current album, Time, his first album of original material in more than a decade.
Asked if he'd continue writing original songs, Rod says that depends, but his next project may be yet another collection of classic covers. "I'm slated to do a country album," he tells ABC News Radio. "I mean, it's probably the only genre I haven't covered."
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We are very proud to tell you Aliya Whiteley's The Beauty was listed on the James Tiptree Jr Awards 2014 Honor List.
The Tiptree Award is given out every year to reward those women and men who are bold enough to contemplate shifts and changes in gender roles, a fundamental aspect of any society. The award is named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. The aim of the award is not to look for work that falls into some narrow definition of political correctness, but rather to seek out work that is thought-provoking, imaginative, and perhaps even infuriating.
The award was selected by a jury of five, which this year was made up of Darrah Chavey (chair), Elizabeth Bear, Joan Haran, Alaya Dawn Johnson, and Amy Thomson. Their chosen winners (there were two this year) share a $1000 dollar prize and also receive a specially commissioned artwork based on their book. Given previous examples, this makes it a particular favourite award of Unsung's.
We would like to congratulate the winners Monica Byrne, with The Girl in the Road, and Jo Walton, with All My Children. Congratulations also go to Kim Curran, with her short story A Woman Out of Time, from another UK-indie, Jurassic London. Size isn't everything.
You can buy The Beauty from Unsung Stories, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.


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Nearly two years after his mother was killed by white supremacist in a South Carolina church, Chris Singleton realized his dream of playing professional baseball when the outfielder was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.
Singleton, a right-handed center fielder at Charleston Southern University, was chosen by the defending World Series champions with the final pick of the 19th round Wednesday (No. 585 overall).
Singleton's mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, was one of nine people killed by Dylann Roof on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study class at Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, WLTX reported. Coleman-Singleton, 45, had taught her son at Goose Creek High School and also was a pastor.
Roof was convicted of 33 federal hate crime charges and acknowledged he was hoping to incite a race war.
Despite the tragedy, Singleton continued his college baseball career. He batted .276 with four home runs for Charleston Southern this season.
"It's a lot of God and a little bit of me right now," Singleton told the Post and Courier of Charleston. "It's timing itself up perfectly in my eyes, so it's really a blessing."


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Pastiera di Pasqua (Easter Tart)
No Easter is complete in Naples without Pastiera. Custard-like in texture, and filled with grain and citrus aromatics, Pastiera is a dessert tart of legends. Eggs, a universal symbol of rebirth, prominently feature in this classic dish, which make it an indispensable part of Easter throughout much of Campania.
Making Pastiera is an event in itself. The true recipe calls for 'grano duro' or farro that is soaked in several changes of water for at least 24 hours. Many take the easier route and buy pre-cooked grain, which is convenient, but lacks a certain ritualistic authenticity. And I will forewarn, the recipe below is a beast! It contains many steps and A LOT of ingredients. It also bears noting, that in Naples, we always make Pastiera in large quantities—as in enough to feed an invading army. The recipe below is for four Pastiera.
You might feel like Stanley Tucci preparing his infamous Timpano in Big Night when you make this Pastiera, but it is worth it. Get ready for some fun. You will need to be prepared and organized! I highly suggest using a kitchen scale to weigh your dry ingredients. The metric system, which I use in the recipe below, might be a bit of switch for those accustomed to American baking methods, but the recipe is easier to remember and prepare according to the universal metric system. That aside, Pastiera is a joy to make. The aromas of orange blossom, cinnamon and vanilla in the recipe below are enticing and are forever associated with Easter in my mind.
Yes, there are a striking number of steps. Yes, there are easier ways to prepare Pastiera. But it's Easter, and this is the ultimate celebratory recipe. In the last week I have had the privilege of making Pastiera with many women in Agerola. These ladies make Easter special for us all. The recipe below is based on my experience with these fine women and amazing cooks. Special thanks to my sister-in-law, Fiorina and my good friend, Silvana for making my first Easter in Agerola a memorable (and delicious) event!
Happy Easter to All!
Pastiera (Neapolitan Easter Tart)
Serves 8 as a dolce
Pastiera Filling
1 kilo farro
1 tablespoon salt
1 liter whole milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 kilo + 250 grams granulated sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
Zest from two lemons
1 kilo(about 2.3 lbs) fresh ricotta (*Note: If you purchase industrial brand ricotta outside of Italy, it will be heavily water logged. To remove the excess moisture, set ricotta over cheesecloth covered bowl overnight in fridge.)
15 eggs (room temperature)
Zest and juice from two oranges
2 teaspoons cinnamon extract (or ground cinnamon)
2 teaspoons orange blossom extract
1 ½ tablespoons Millefiori extract (** Note: Millefiori, literally means 'one thousand flowers' in Italian. It is an extract that is ubiquitously used in Easter Pastiera. You can order it online or find it in Italian markets. If you are unable to find it, mix equal parts lemon extract and vanilla extract as a replacement.)
150 grams minced candied orange
150 grams minced candied citron (***Note: You will generally find candied fruit in your grocery's spice and baking aisle. If you can't find candied citron or orange, buy mixed candied fruit that might look vaguely like something you would put in a fruitcake. I promise the results of this recipe will be far better than fruitcake!)
Soak farro in large bowl or casserole dish with enough water to cover it for 24 hours, changing water at least four times.
Place soaked farro in large, heavy-bottomed pot, add a 1½ teaspoons salt and cover with cold water.
Bring farro to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for one hour, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon (****Note: It is important to stir regularly or farro will begin to stick to the bottom of the pot.)
When water is completely absorbed and farro is tender (but not mushy), the farro is done. Allow to cool completely! (*****Note: You can place farro, covered in fridge and continue with further steps the following day if you prefer.)
Once farro has cooled, place in large, heavy-bottomed pot, and add 1 ½ teaspoons salt, milk, butter, 250 grams sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract and zest from one lemon.
Bring farro mixture to boil.
Once farro mixture reaches a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes, stirring often with a wooden spoon.
While your farro mixture is cooking, whip ricotta and½ kilo sugar in a very large bowl (this will be the bowl into which you later mix all of your ingredients), using an electric mixer on medium speed for three minutes. All lumps should be removed.
In a separate bowl, using an electric mixture on medium speed, beat eggs with additional ½ kilo sugar for two minutes.
Gradually add egg mixture to ricotta mixture, using electric mixer on medium speed to fully incorporate.
Set aside ricotta/ egg mixture.
When farro mixture has finished cooking, off heat and set aside to cool completely.
Once farro mixture is completely cool, fold it into egg/ ricotta mixture using a rubber spatula. (******Note: If you really can't take it anymore, you can cover and refrigerate your mixture at this point and pick up tomorrow.)
Add remaining lemon zest, orange zest, orange juice and remaining tablespoon of vanilla extract to mixture, stirring to incorporate with a wooden spoon.
Add cinnamon extract (or ground cinnamon), orange blossom extract and Millefiori extract (or mixture of vanilla and lemon extracts), stirring to incorporate with a wooden spoon.
Add candied fruit and stir to incorporate with a wooden spoon.
Your Pastiera filling is now (finally!) complete. Set aside while you prepare your crust.
Pastiera Crust (Pasta Frolla)
1 kilo all purpose flour
400 grams sugar
Zest from one lemon
6 eggs (room temperature)
1 tablespoon vanilla
400 grams lard at room temperature (*Note: Alternatively you can use butter.)
Dump flour onto clean work surface.
Create a well in the center of flour pile.
Add sugar, lemon zest, eggs and vanilla to center of flour well and beat with a fork.
Spoon lard (or break butter into pieces) in the center of the egg mixture.
Use hands to mix fat into egg mixture, and then gradually incorporate flour.
The dough will begin coming together at this point. Continue using hands and mix together as if forming a ball of cookie dough. Your crust is complete when flour is fully incorporated and resembles play dough. (**Note: The texture of this crust, known as Pasta Frolla, is quite different from a typical American pie crust. It more closely resembles cookie dough. Recall that your ingredients are at room temperature, which is the opposite of an American pie crust, and the result is more cookie like.)
Form your dough into a big loaf and cut into four equal parts. (***Note: You do not need to refrigerate your crust for this recipe.)
Pastiera Final Assembly
Ricotta/ Farro filling
Pasta Frolla Dough
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Butter and flour four 9" pie dishes.
Dust work surface in flour.
Roll first portion of dough into a roughly uniform circle about 1/4 " thick and 14" in diameter.
Place crust in pie dish, firmly pressing into bottom.
Trim excess crust, using a fluted pastry wheel.
Set excess crust aside.
Perforate bottom of crust in pie dish with the fork tines.
Repeat to form 4 total Pastiera crusts.
Form all remaining excess dough into a ball and roll out to create a sheet 1/4" thick.
Using fluted pastry wheel cut 32 strips of dough roughly 1/3" wide and set aside.
Fill each pie dish to just below crust with ricotta/ farro filling.
Working each pie dish one-by-one, place 4 crust strips across filling, parallel and equidistant from one another, as if forming a grid.
Place 4 additional strips diagonally across to form 'x's,' as shown in the picture above.
Bake two Pastiera at a time (attempt to get both onto middle rack of oven if they fit) for one hour, until golden.
After baking for one hour, test Pastiera with tooth pick. If the toothpick comes out clean, Pastiera is done. The Pastiera will puff up like a soufflé due to the eggs in it. It will eventually deflate.
Allow Pastiera to cool and set four at least 12 hours before eating.
When you are ready to serve, sift powdered sugar over each Pastiera.
Technically you are not supposed to eat until Easter day, but I already broke that rule twice, so enjoy………


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"Gay Marriage? I'm fine with it. "/
And with those words uttered from the mouth of my 14 year old son, I feel like I won the lottery of parenthood.
It's an extremely personal issue to be sure. I knew when I sat down to write this that what I consider a triumph in parenting, others might consider a travesty. Everyone will have their opinions, but I see it as more than this one issue. To me it's all about how we view and treat other people in general, regardless of anything that might make them "different" from ourselves.
The truth is, I never really sat down and talked specifically about gay marriage with my son until now. But it didn't seem to matter.
Me: "So, how do you feel about gay marriage?"
Zach: "Why? Are you going to blog about this?" He knows me too well…
Me: "Yes, it's for something I'm writing, but it's important, just answer the question."
Zach: "Well, I don't know mom, it's kind of awkward, I like girls you know…"
Me: (laughing) "I'm not asking you if you want to marry a boy, I'm asking how you feel about people who happen to be gay being able to get married just like everyone else."
Zach: "Oh, yeah, I'm fine with it."
Me: "Really? You can't think of any reason they shouldn't? Any reason it might be wrong?"
Zach: "No."
Me: "If you were invited to a wedding of a gay couple would you go?"
Zach: "Sure."
Me: "If you were old enough to vote and our state was asking if gay marriage should be legal, would vote yes or no?"
Zach: "I'd vote for it, yes."
Me: "Thanks, hon, that's all I needed to know!" And as he went off to do some 14 year old boy thing, I couldn't stop smiling.
Zach is very fortunate in several ways. He has a brother with special needs. His brother is "different". Zach has been acutely aware of the disrespect and and ignorance of others because of this. Zach knows what it's like when other people treat you like you shouldn't be allowed to do what they are doing just because Josh isn't like everyone else. These experiences have not been lost on him. He also has extended family members on both sides that are gay, and married to their partners. This has never been discussed or presented to him as anything other than a matter-of-fact and he has spent time with both couples over the years.
I think my own upbringing and experiences have helped guide his acceptance as well. And I very specifically use the word "acceptance" and not "tolerance". Although there are several meanings for the word, some of them involve "suffrage" and "endurance", both of which cause me a lot of difficulty when we are talking about people. There are those in the world who do see themselves as "putting up with" those different from themselves as though somehow they are better and those people would describe themselves as "tolerant". To me this is wrong. So I use acceptance, as there is no suggestion of superiority or someone else's beliefs/practices adversely affecting me in any way.
Growing up, I never once heard either of my parents utter a negative word or thought against any group of people. Ever. We traveled a lot so I was exposed to many different cultures and practices. I grew up in the 70's, when we were singing about peace and love in the school choir. And as it happened, there was a gay couple that lived in our neighborhood. As a child, I didn't know them as "a gay couple", I knew them as Jope and Herman, the artist and the piano teacher who lived a few houses away from us. No one ever talked about it as anything out of the ordinary, these two men living together, so I never thought twice about it. They were in fact, our favorite place to trick-or-treat at Halloween because instead of giving out candy, they always gave us little bags of art supplies, which was incredibly awesome. I never heard any of the other kids or parents say anything to indicate they were bothered by them or that there was anything unusual about their being together. So this was my template, the basis for which I lived my own life once I was old enough to do so. I've had many "gay couples" as friends over the years, though I never differentiate them as "gay couple" unless I need to for purposes such as this. To me they're just couples, like any other couple, because that's how I saw my parents accept it and subsequently how I'd accepted it from childhood.
I've always tried to be straight forward with Zach about things without bringing too much of my own judgement in to whatever it is we're discussing. I want him to make up his own mind, trust his feelings. I have explained that there are people who feel it's wrong, usually for religious reasons, so he does understand that there are people who see the issue differently. But, being the accepting person that he is, he passes no judgement over them either.
I love that he's able to do this. I hope that down the road, he can be the example for his children. Even as we do our best not to force our own opinions on to our kids, we do influence them by example - so maybe I've done a thing or two right along the way after all…


text: Measuring the impact of man-made aerosols on global climate change may become a little more accurate, thanks to a new device termed a 180° backscatter nephelometer. The device, developed by Theodore L. "Tad" Anderson and his colleagues in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, measures the light scattered by particles suspended in a gas; it will enable atmospheric scientists to compare the results of satellite-based lidar systems against standardized data gathered on the ground. The apparatus could provide a reference point for researchers, enabling them to "ground-truth" their lidar results for the atmosphere against a known quantity. Researchers suspect that aerosols contain particulates that reflect solar radiation out into space before it reaches the Earth's surface, cooling the planet in the process. Lidar can be used to estimate the amount of light scattered by aerosols if the ratio between extinction and 180° backscatter is known. Extinction is the number of photons scattered or absorbed per unit distance; 180° backscatter refers to light scattered back directly to the laser. This ratio could only be estimated previously from theoretical models of aerosol properties. Lack of knowledge of this ratio prevented quantitative use of lidar data for studying the aerosol climate problem. Enter the 180° nephelometer. Like traditional nephelometers, it measures the amount of light lost to scattering by drawing aerosol particles through an enclosed chamber. A portion of the chamber is illuminated, and photomultiplier tubes sense the light. However, where traditional nephelometers use illumination over a broad range of angles, this one uses an Nd:YAG 532-nm laser beam and a set of mirrors designed so that the only illumination to reach the tubes comes from just the 177° angle -- close to the 180° angle at which lidar systems operate. Satellite-based lidar can give information about broad areas of the atmosphere, but it must be checked against local sampling areas that use nephelometers to measure the amount of light lost to scattering. A new 180° nephelometer measures this scattering at the same angle at which lidar systems operate, allowing for more accurate interpretation of lidar data. By drawing a known particulate into the nephelometer and measuring the ratio of extinction to backscatter, researchers can validate their remote lidar measurements against a calibrated, on-site technique. The 180° nephelometer will be commercially available from TSI Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., in approximately one year.


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L'Amour du Vin at Knoxville Museum of Art
We had the pleasure of working with Carla May Pare for the 2017 L'Amour du Vin, the finest food and wine event in Tennessee. This wine auction and dinner partners with Relais and Chateaux property Blackberry Farm to create a spectacular evening to remember. Now in its 15th year, L'Amour du Vin has become one of Knoxville's most eagerly-anticipated evenings.
Held at Knoxville Museum of Art, the 2017 L'Amour du Vin's featured artist was Jered Sprecher. His piece "Mirror That Tells" inspired the event design we created. We pulled hues of yellow, green and grey from his artwork to incorporate into the theme. The open atmosphere allowed for guest to move around and network during the tasting before moving into another space for dinner and a live auction. Lexus of Knoxville has been a longstanding event partner, and guests love the display of cars outside!
L'Amour du Vin is the number one contributor for Knoxville Museum of Art. It allows the museum to provide free admission, scholarships, grants and offer exhibitions featuring outstanding art and artists from East Tennessee and around the world. To read more about L'Amour du Vin click HERE.
Planner + Producer: Carla May Pare with Knoxville Museum of Art // Event + Floral Design: ROQUE Events // Photographer: Finch Photography // Culinary: Blackberry Farm


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Magic Musings: Orlando holds off Brooklyn for home victory
ORLANDO, Fla. — For the second time this season, the Orlando Magic were able to do something that the defending NBA champions, the Miami Heat, have failed to accomplish this season – beating the Brooklyn Nets.
The Magic led most of the way Wednesday night and held on down the stretch for a 115-111 victory. It was their second win in a row and 23rd of the season, meaning they can finish with no worse than the third-worst record of any team in the league.
Even with Nikola Vucevic missing his third game in a row with a sore left Achilles tendon, the Magic turned in a solid all-around performance and withstood a 31-point effort from the Nets' Joe Johnson.
"We've been in a lot of those (close games) this year where we weren't able to come out with a victory," said Tobias Harris, who bounced back from a scoreless first half to finish with 16 points. "So tonight was a big step for us."
Arron Afflalo got them off to a good start with 11 points in the first quarter. But the biggest lift came off the bench from E'Twaun Moore, who hit all four of his 3-point attempts during a 21-3 run in the second quarter which gave the Magic a 16-point lead.
Moore also hit a 3 to end the third quarter and give the Magic an 83-78 lead after the Nets, who were coming off an 88-87 win Tuesday night at Miami, wiped out their earlier deficit.
"After you hit one or two shots, you just start feeling good," said Moore, who tied his season high with 17 points. "You feel like you're on fire. So they keep coming to you, and you just knock it down."
"When we shoot with him in practice, he'll go for like 15 or 20 in a row," Magic rookie Victor Oladipo said. "He can really shoot the ball. So when he gets hot, it's always good for us."
The playoff-bound Nets were without Paul Pierce. He was held out because of right hip pointer, marking only the sixth game the 36-year-old veteran has missed all season. Kevin Garnett played for just the second time after missing more than five weeks with back spasms but spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench.
The Magic went ahead to stay with 4:24 remaining on a dunk by Dewayne Dedmon, who made his second start in a row in place of Vucevic. A dunk by Maurice Harkless and four free throws by Jameer Nelson in the final 30 seconds helped them hold off the Nets for good.
Kyle O'Quinn blocked Johnson's potential game-tying 3-pointer with the Magic up 112-109.
Afflalo had his best game in more than a month with 25 points.
The Magic shot a season-high 55.8 percent from the floor, a figure which included 11 3-pointers in 24 attempts.
Friday night vs. Washington, 7 p.m. (FOX Sports Florida).
You can follow Ken Hornack on Twitter @HornackFSFla or email him at email@example.com.


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Richard Barnum
Dr. Richard Barnum is a board certified child & adolescent psychiatrist. He was Director of the Boston Juvenile Court Clinic for over twenty years. In that capacity, he conducted psychiatric evaluations of thousands of children and families involved in Massachusetts courts, and also provided consultation to the Massachusetts Departments of Mental Health and Youth Services, regarding cases involving complex legal and clinical problems. He played a large role in establishing the Massachusetts statewide system of Juvenile Court Clinics, and helped to train many of the clinicians working in those clinics. He has also provided direct psychiatric treatment for hundreds of children committed to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, and has consulted extensively with the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division regarding psychiatric care provided to incarcerated juveniles in other states. He was formerly an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and was affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.


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Well this is fun. Theatre & Globalization has been translated into Slovak by the Theatre Institute of Bratislava. They've also done Theatre & Education in the same series by my colleague Helen Nicholson.
From this book I have discovered two things. First, that in Slovak they translate names, presumably because nouns have different case-endings and names are part of the same system. Hence, Helen, on the cover of her book, becomes , Helen Nicholsonová. My name is untampered-with, curiously. The second thing I have discovered is that the title of John Galsworthy's The Skin Game in Slovak is Podfuk.


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Welcome to the Cloververse/
We are moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas: welcome to the Cloververse. For those of you that hate the trend of studios mostly backing blockbusters, micro-budget movies, and the remake/adaption culture, rejoice for you have a new champion, J.J. Abrams. I know that almost everyone knows who J.J. is, now that he has brought back Star Trek and Star Wars, but the man has done almost nothing wrong over the last 16 years. He had a rough start to his career with most of his work performing poorly, both financially and with critics. Once the 2001 movie Joy Ride was released, almost every project he has been involved with is golden. Since then, you can count his failures in TV and film on less than one hand. With the Cloververse, they are creating an anthology series unlike any we have seen before. There have been anthologies throughout the history of TV and film, such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt. What makes this one different is that, instead of telling multiple stories in one movie or episode, they are connecting multiple movies in subtle ways that, in J.J.'s words, 'will lead to something great if given the time.'
"We do have a big, fun idea that hopefully will get a shot to realize," Abrams said over the phone. "But in the meantime, I think the easiest way to consider this is that it is something of an anthology. But it's also something else that we're playing with. Fingers crossed that we get to execute."
Here are a few ways how J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Paramount could be changing the face of the medium budgeted movie universe:
Fan intrigue and interaction
Abrams' Bad Robot team has mastered the art of keeping secrets in Hollywood and causing suspense and excitement among its fans. It all started with the release of the first Cloverfield movie. It took months for them to release its true title. The initial publicity material only referenced 01-18-08, as the movie release date and depicted a devastated New York. With the mystery came online forums, discussions, and websites where the studio and producers gave out clues and back-stories so fans could interact and unravel the secrets of what happened to New York. That trend continued with 10 Cloverfield Lane. Websites that were not active for nearly eight years started updating and sending out messages to fans. There were new clues for them to unravel and even a tie-in product. In the film, you see people drinking Swamp Pop, which it turns out is a real product that you could order and drink while watching the movie. If the trend continues, sometime around the first of the year we should see the website back at it, giving fans a couple of months to figure out how God Particle ties into the Cloververse, something one of its stars, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, doesn't even understand at this point.
More important than their secrecy and fan involvement are the people that they have chosen to lead their projects:
The Nurturing of young talent
If you look at the three directors that have worked on Cloverfield films to this point you will notice that, while they have different backgrounds and came to this point in unique paths, they are all talented newer directors and may go on to much greater things.
Since directing Cloverfield, Matt Reeves has gone on to direct Let Me In, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and its sequel War of the Planet of the Apes, which will be released in 2017. Before Cloverfield, his most successful directing outing was the 1994 David Schwimmer vehicle, The Pallbearer, which no one has considered a hit. He is the oldest director of the group by almost a decade. He was 42 when Cloverfield was released, but he was still inexperienced when given the chance to direct Bad Robot.
Dan Trachtenberg is a 35-year-old that was best known for the Portal: No Escape short before getting his hands on 10 Cloverfield Lane. Since Working on that project, he has directed an episode of Black Mirror for Netflix and is currently writing Crime of the Century for Universal, which will be a heist film with a Sci-fi twist that is being produced by the writer of Fast Five. So here's hoping they can top the safe dragging scene from that movie.
Next up is Julius Onah, a 33-year-old man from Nigeria, who until now has directed about a dozen shorts and one feature film, The Girl is in Trouble, which was almost fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. He is currently set to direct the adaptation of Brilliance, which has had Will Smith and Jared Leto in talks to star. It is the story of a gifted detective on the trail of another powered individual that is also a terrorist, continuing down the Sci-fi genre path of the previous Cloververse directors.
All three of them are moving on to bigger and hopefully better projects for other studios, so they must have done something right to convince another studio that they are worth the risk before their Cloververse project even hits theaters. They have surrounded these directors with great scripts and talented casts, making their job a little less stressful.
Great cast on a budget
Cloverfield was the most expensive movie of the three produced so far, with a budget of 25 million dollars. I know you might think that is strange, because the lack of famous people and being a found footage film. However, you have to remember it was effects heavy, especially compared to all but the final minutes of 10 Cloverfield Lane, and those costs have come down in the last decade. With a budget of 15 million, 10 Cloverfield Lane was able to do some good effects, but most of the money went into signing on its two main stars, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman, giving a disturbing performance as Howard Stemper. The cast of God Particle is even more star-studded with David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Daniel Brühl, with only an estimated 10 million dollar budget. So far, they have done a great job of picking talented directors and well-written scripts that convince actors to take less than their normal paycheck to be part of something they believe in.
If Bad Robot continues down this path, it may become something great that other studios try to emulate, instead of trying to copy Marvel Studios. My biggest fear is that they will start to rush the process and stop putting out quality films, or raise the budgets to a level where profit is at a minimum, causing the Cloververse to collapse in on itself. So far, each of the projects have had multiple years to be realized and that may end with the recent comments of releasing one movie a year. Looking at IMDB to see what could be coming soon that would fit in this world, the obvious choice is the J.J. produced Half-Life movie. If you do not know what Half-Life is, then you need to listen to the Nerdpocalypse's sister podcast Dense Pixels more often. The short explanation is that Half-Life is a video game where a portal opens at a secret research facility, allowing aliens into our world. The main character must fight to save us all. If that does not sound like a perfect companion to this series, then I don't know what does. I am excited to see where things go and see how far they can take it, because after two movies, there is already more going on here than in the No Man Sky universe.


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How do I fix my virgin mobile android it turns on and flashes android and won't turn off help please
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Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
- 4 cups chicken stock see note
- 1 cup masa harina corn flour
- 10 oz enchilada sauce
- 15 oz crushed tomatos
- 1 cup water
- 1 lb chicken
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 4 oz green chilies
- 14.75 oz roasted corn drained
- 15 oz black beans drained and rinsed
- Toppings
- Horizon Sour Cream
- Horizon Mexican Shredded Cheese
- diced tomatoes
- pickled jalapeños
- Whisk the chicken stock and masa harina together. Combine this and all the rest of the ingredients (except the toppings) in a large slow cooker .
- Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or low for 6 to 8. Remove the chicken from low cooker, shred, and return to the slow cooker.
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Assistant Coach Kasia Kaufman
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Jason Berric Women's Head Coach
Coach Jason is a product of the Winter Park rowing program as both a rower and coach. He
rowed at Winter Park for two years during high school, before attending North Carolina State University where he coached Men's and Women's crew for three years. He graduated from NC
State in 2005 with a BS in Chemistry. Upon moving back to central Florida, Jason returned to the Winter Park rowing program where he was the Freshman Girls' coach for two seasons. He led
the freshman to the 2008 State Championship title, as well as taking fifth at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.
Jason then joined the Lake Brantley Rowing Association staff in 2009, and brought his successes to the girls' program. In 2011, the Junior 8+ earned the program's first Stotesbury Cup medal and National Championship medal in the 8+, claiming silver at both events. His girls were the 2012 Florida State Scholastic Champions, winning both the Varsity 8+ and Lightweight 8+ titles. In 2013, the Junior 8+ landed on the Stotesbury medals dock once again earning a bronze medal.
In 2014, as the head coach for the entire North Orlando Rowing squad, the girls' varsity 4+ became the first State Champion in program history. The team put eight boats in the finals at Southeast Regionals, with four boats bringing home medals. Of the medalists, the girls' pair went on to finish 7th at the Youth National Championships in Lake Natoma, California.
Since joining the staff at St. Andrew, the women's team finished 8th at the 2016 Head of the Hooch in the Women's 8+. He also helped guide SA to their first points trophy in years by sweeping the 8's at the 2016 Head of the South. The women have qualified both the 4x and 2x for Youth Nationals.
Jake Kazlow - Men's Head Coach
Coach Jake Kazlow began as a distance runner in high school where his team finished first in their region each year that he was on the team. After high school he went to Georgia Tech to pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Here, while looking for a new sport, he joined the Georgia Tech Crew Team.
After Graduation Jake went to coach at AJRA. During his year with the program, he helped the men's lightweight 4+ win gold at both Head of the Hooch and at Southeast Regionals. This 4+ also went on to earn a bronze medal at Youth Nationals, the first Nationals medal in AJRA program history.
In the fall of 2016, he became the St. Andrew Men's Head Coach. During his first year with SARC, the men's lightweight 4+ took silver at Southeast Regionals and became the first SARC men's boat to make it to nationals in five years. At the 2017 Youth Nationals, they went on to finish 6th best in the country.
Kasia Kaufman - Assistant Men's Coach
Kasia Kaufman has been on a rowing team since her freshman year in high school, when she was a coxswain for both the men's and women's teams at the Louisville Collegiate School in Louisville, KY. She went on to cox the Varsity Men at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and, after graduating, moved to Atlanta to pursue her PhD in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University. After earning her doctorate, Kasia began teaching honors Biology and coaching crew during the winter and spring seasons at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta. During the summer and fall, Kasia enjoys coaching the competitive camp and the men's team at St. Andrew!
Liz Kantak - Assistant Women's Coach
Liz Kantak, an SA alum from the class of 2012, has returned for the 2017 season to assist in the coaching of the women's squad, after joining the coaching staff in the fall of 2016. Liz was recruited to row at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, where she went on to win the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award in 2013 as a freshman. She has participated in development camps hosted by ARC in Atlanta, as well as Penn AC in Philadelphia on the historic Boathouse Row. With Penn AC, she won gold in the intermediate 4+, bronze in the intermediate 8+, and bronze in the senior 4- at Club Nationals in 2014. As a college senior, Liz received the MVP award from WVU Rowing, as voted on by her teammates. She graduated from WVU in the spring of 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.
Bridget Fowler - Coaches' Liaison
Bridget rowed competitively for SARC from 2001 to 2005. In the women's 4+ she went on to win gold at the 2004 Head of the Schuylkill, Head of the Hooch, and at the 2005 Southeast Regionals, and the bronze medal at the 2004 Head of the Charles and the 2005 Youth National Championships. She went on to row at the University of Virginia from 2005 until 2009. While there, UVA won the ACC Championships in 2006, 2007, and 2008, placed 2nd as a team at NCAA's in 2007 and 4th as a team in 2009.
After graduating, Bridget came back to her home team as the Varsity Women's Head Coach. Her women took Silver in the 1x and 6th in the 4+ at the 2011 Youth National Championships. Her 2012 team would go on to take 13th in the 4+ and 17th in the 4x at the Youth Championships. Bridget went on to coach at the University of Iowa for the 2012-2013 year, but once again returned to her home team in the fall of 2013.
After serving as an assistant coach since fall of 2014, Bridget has moved into the role of Coaches' Liaison, where she is excited to have the opportunity to work with both the coaching staff and the SARC board.
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No. 9 USC Serves Up Solid 6-1 Upset Of No. 4 Cal
Feb. 22, 2014
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- The No. 9 USC women's tennis team left little doubt in today's clash against No. 4 California, taking out its Pac-12 foe with a strong 6-1 victory at Marks Stadium. Now 7-2 overall, the Women of Troy have a big win in the books as they continue along in 2014 action. Today's victory over the Golden Bears came with the Trojans snagging a tight doubles point and then rattling off four straight-set singles wins in a row to bring home the win. Freshman Zoë Katz showed no fear against her ranked opponent in coming through with the clincher on her 6-0 6-4 victory over Cal's #84 Klara Fabikova.
On court one in doubles, USC's defending NCAA champs Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria were in winning form for an 8-2 victory at the top. The Golden Bears answered back with an 8-6 win over USC's #4 Olmos/Scandalis to even the score, cranking up the tension on court three. The decider would come down to a tiebreaker there, with USC's #8 pair of Brynn Boren and Zoë Katz pulling of the clutch win with a 9-8 (2) decision over Cal's Chi/Duranteau to notch a big 1-0 lead for the host Trojans.
That edge was an important momentum boost for the Women of Troy. At the No. 4 spot, #50 Zoë Scandalis rebounded from that doubles defeat and was all business in her singles clash with #15 Denise Starr. Scandalis drummed up a 2-0 lead for the Trojans with her swift 6-1, 6-1 decision. Fellow junior #26 Sabrina Santamaria delivered a 6-2, 6-1 win over Cal's #37 Annet Schutting on court one next, and USC was up 3-0 on the No. 4 Bears. Freshman Zoë Katz came out with guns blazing against #84 Klara Fabikova at the No. 5 spot. Katz shut out her Golden Bear foe in the first set and would roll on to a 6-0, 6-4 victory that got USC ahead 4-0 for the clincher. On court four, junior #99 Giuliana Olmos followed her doubles partner Scandalis to end the day on a win with her 6-3, 7-5 upset of #66 Lynn Chi, and USC was holding a 5-0 lead on the Bears. Cal's only point of the day would come on court two, where #16 Zsofi Susanyi was able to fend off USC's #118 Brynn Boren with a 6-3, 6-2 decision that made it 5-1. The Women of Troy would be sure to have the last word, however, with #123 Gabriella DeSimone finishing off one last upset with her 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (6) victory over Cal's #59 Maegan Manasse on court six to wrap the 6-1 win for USC.
The Trojans' next action come up on Thursday (Feb. 27) when Saint Mary's comes back to town for a matchup at 1:30 p.m. at Marks Stadium.
#9 USC 6, #4 California 1