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In 2005 Franklin Leonard surveyed almost 100 film industry development executives about their favorite scripts from that year that had not been made as feature films. This list of scripts became the first ever Annual Black List. Since then, the voter pool has grown to about 500 film executives, 60% of whom typically respond. The Annual List has served to help spotlight scripts which would go on to earn over $26 billion in worldwide box office and to receive 256 Academy Awards nominations and 48 wins, including Best Pictures SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, THE KING'S SPEECH, ARGO and SPOTLIGHT, and ten of the last fourteen screenwriting Oscars.
Today, the Black List has expanded our scope to include more ways to support writers. In addition to releasing our Annual List each December, we now allow writers anywhere in the world to host their feature film and original pilot scripts, for a fee, on our online script platform (www.blcklst.com). With the use of our rating system and recommendations algorithm, we promote scripts that have been highly rated by our industry members and our group of professional industry readers. Through our online platform, we've also partnered with several major studios and television networks, including Warner Bros., Disney, and Studiocanal, to create paid writing opportunities for new writers.
We also turn some of the best unproduced scripts into live readings and recorded table reads. Our Live Read series at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood has taken some of the best unproduced scripts and cast them with some of the best talent, shining a new spotlight on some great overlooked material. Similarly, our Black List Table Reads podcast on the Earwolf network has turned more scripts into movies for your ears. These live and recorded reads are just another way we're highlighting the work of writers.
The Black List also creates resources, both online and in person, for writers everywhere. In addition to our monthly happy hours in over 20 cities around the world, we've gathered writers in person for both casual get-togethers and intensive writing workshops. Our annual Black List Screenwriters Lab each October has given non-professional writers a weeklong networking and workshopping residence and partnered them with working industry writers, including Kiwi Smith (10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU), Beau Willimon (HOUSE OF CARDS), and Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL).
Since our online launch, we've partnered with screenwriter and prolific blogger Scott Myers: his blog Go Into the Story has has been our official blog and offers thousands of posts on screenwriting. Our team blog, edited by Kate Hagen, offers more film and television resources including writer interviews, monthly film series, and our original Page One series.
We will continue to expand our mission to support writers and discover the best film and television content from writers known and unknown.
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Originally posted on October 16, 2012 by Franklin Leonard on The Black List Blog
Dear Reader,
Yesterday morning, the Black List announced what we hope will be the beginning of a paradigm shift in the way screenplays are discovered by people who make movies. As with any shift of this nature, there were a number of questions and concerns from people likely affected by it, via email, via Twitter, via Facebook, via our official screenwriting blog Go Into The Story, via the forums on DoneDealPro, via the comments on Deadline Hollywood Daily, and a few other places I'm sure that I'm forgetting at this late hour of the early morning.
Frankly, I'm glad there were. I'm glad because it means that the community of people likely affected by this are aggressively policing those who may do them harm, and I'm glad because it demands that I explain why I believe that this is a tide that can raise all boats, especially those of writers writing good screenplays.
After spending the evening trying to answer each question individually, I decided that the best approach might be to try to answer them all. What follows is my (possibly foolhardy) attempt to do just that:
During the almost ten years that I've worked in the film industry, there have been long periods wherein I haven't read a great screenplay. We've all had those periods. It's the nature of the beast. There are more scripts generated and circulating in Hollywood every year than it's possible for one person to read. Consequently, you do everything you can to get your hands on the good ones. It's your job after all, and life's just better when you're reading better scripts. Trust me.
The Black List began during one of those periods. I took a survey of my peers and asked them to send me a list of their favorite screenplays from the previous year that wouldn't be in theaters by the end of it. I aggregated the information and sent the list back to those who submitted.
I've repeated that process every year since and though some of the finer details have changed, the essence of the thing is identical. Today, I don't include every script that gets a single vote. I change up the voting period and add other internal protections to limit the potential for gaming the system. I disclose misleading information to prevent anyone from knowing exactly what's on the list before it's released each year. But the essence of it is the same. People who make movies, who read scripts as a vital part of their job, anonymously share the names of the scripts they love, and the Black List shares the names of the scripts that are most beloved.
As I say on every list, the annual Black List is not a "best of" list. It is, at best, a "most liked" list. That is all that it is. What's remarkable is that what is "most liked" is often an eccentric mix of wildly ambitious screenplays from writers who are just starting out and screenplays that are set up at studios with writers who are already household names, at least in Hollywood. This has always been the case. Aaron Sorkin's script for CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR was the #5 script on the first list, and David Benioff's script for THE KITE RUNNER followed just behind it.
There's something special, I think, about a list where Aaron Sorkin's script for THE SOCIAL NETWORK, which would go on to win an Oscar, is behind a speculative Jim Henson biopic written entirely outside the Hollywood system. The absolute net effect of it I can't and won't speak to for fear of overstating it, but I am certain that it is positive.
What has also been remarkable about the list is the success of the films that have been on it. The extent to which the Black List has catalyzed these films getting made is fundamentally unknowable, and I prefer to err on the side of conservatism in speculating, but my experience suggests that in sum it's not insignificant. But even if you believed it was utterly irrelevant, it's ability to predict future success seems noteworthy. The Oscars are obviously an imperfect evaluation of quality, but over 140 Academy Award nominations, 25 wins, 2 of the last 4 Best Pictures, and 5 of the last 10 Screenwriting Oscars says something.
I'm not claiming genius in assessing scripts though anyone who knows me knows that I have a healthy opinion of my own ability to do so. I am claiming, however, that what we've created and are continuing to improve on is an infrastructure where the genius that matters – the writing – can be recognized more efficiently and promoted within an industry that is highly subjective and desperately in need of good screenplays.
It's far from perfect, but it's better than anything that currently exists, and we're going to do everything we can to make it better.
As for our new venture...
Think of our industry professional community as a real time Black List. We approve a select group of industry professionals based on their involvement in the film industry and the extent to which their job relies on reading, evaluating, and getting involved in working with screenplays (just like we curate the people who vote for the Black List). They range widely, from agency assistants to studio presidents of production like Greg Silverman at Warner Brothers and Hannah Minghella at Sony (both of whom serve on our advisory board) and A list actors and directors. Our current membership of almost 1300 may seem large, but less than one in four who have applied have been approved.
These members are allowed to rate the scripts they've read on a scale of 1-10. Those ratings are then aggregated to create a real time Black List that's filterable and sortable along a number of dimensions (a functionality we continue to expand.) Instead of once a year seeking out a simple list, our members can, for example, see a list of most liked dramas in need of a producer or most liked comedies over the last quarter that have a producer attached but haven't yet found a director.
We use these ratings further to make individualized recommendations using a recommendations algorithm built by our CTO Dino Simone with a little early help from a few of the people who won the Netflix Prize. Without revealing too many of our herbs and spices, we look at your taste and people with taste similar to yours and predict other scripts you might like based on the relationships between them. Those recommendations are similarly sortable and filterable. In practical terms, if I'm a producer I can go looking for a comedy script I am personally likely to like that doesn't yet have one. If I'm a manager, I can go looking for action writers that don't yet have a manager and who suit my tastes.
Three aspects of this part of our site I'd like to note:
Most importantly, (and I will bold this for emphasis) we do not make scripts available without the explicit consent of the rightsholder of the screenplay. Our industry professionals have access to a script's title, author(s), representation, and production information (as they would on the annual Black List.) We assume that if you've been approved for a membership, you have the resources to get a copy of a script you'd like to read as part of your daily work.
Our top lists are not simply a ranking of average ratings. Like Amazon, Netflix, and many other services we use in our daily lives these days, we use Bayesian estimates to determine our top lists.
A script's average rating is NEVER visible on the site. While we use the ratings to determine our top lists (again, Bayesian estimates), the hard numbers are never visible. In fact, the only number our members ever see are our algorithm's predictions of what they would rate it were they to read the script.
I should begin this section by saying this very plainly: The annual Black List will continue to exist separately from this new initiative. It will be constructed using the same process we have used for the last seven years.
That said, yesterday we launched a service that allows anyone who has written a screenplay to pay $25 a month to have their script hosted and indexed as part of our database. For a writer's $25 a month, we make their script available to our industry professional membership so that they may download it, rate it, and contact writers directly if they so choose. All of these reads are 100% free.
We also provide the ability for those writers to monitor the volume of traffic to their script within our site. They will know how many people have viewed their script page, how many people have downloaded it, and how many people have rated it. They will also know their average rating. It is their decision and their decision alone to make that number public to our industry membership.
Writers will not know the names of the people who viewed, downloaded, or rated their scripts, only the number of people who do. We do this to encourage reads, and it reflects the reality of the way material is discovered in practice. It's possible that in the future industry professional members may have the ability to opt into making their identity known in this way. It's something we are considering.
Writers can also pay an additional $50 per read to have their script read by readers we have hired who have expressed a specific interest in the genre that they are evaluating. We encourage, but do not require, writers to purchase these reads as it generates additional data which we can use to more efficiently and effectively connect these scripts to people who may like them and want to reach out to the authors. As with the average rating, the decision to make these evaluations public is the writer's alone.
Writers who have uploaded scripts but who are not industry professional members are unable to read or rate scripts by other authors. The only information visible to them is a script's title, author, genre, and logline, just as it would be on the annual Black List. Yes, there are professional writers who have industry professional memberships. We extend it as a professional courtesy, recognizing that many professional writers also direct and produce and want to facilitate their ability to do so.
We could require paid reads as a part of joining the service. We could require a staggered process wherein a writer pays for a read and then makes their decision about whether to list their script. We could require a monthly purchase of these reads. We could require that each writer spend $500 on ten reads so we could be even more confident in our algorithm's ability to recommend well. But we're not.
We considered all of these options, but we chose the structure we have because it provides a writer maximum flexibility, at this early stage of this project, to decide how they want to put their script into our ecosystem. If a writer wants to index it in our database without being read by our paid readers, they are welcome to do so. It's easy to imagine particularly creative and ambitious souls, like the mythical duo of Robotard fame, coming up with ways to get their script read in our ecosystem without ever using one of our reads to catalyze the process.
To us, the most important thing is that we give writers the information necessary to assess how their course of action is affecting interest in and response to their script. We strongly encourage them to respond accordingly.
Let's be honest: most screenplays circulating in Hollywood are not great. It's why everyone's constantly asking each other "Have you read anything good lately?"
Scripts from outside Hollywood are likely to be, on average, worse. The overwhelming majority will get very low ratings from our readers. The first bad read should be a wake up call. If the writer chooses to get a second read, and it is reviewed similarly, it is unlikely that our site will draw attention to their screenplay and therefore unlikely that someone will find it, love it, and contact them unless they find one of those more creative ways to get read.
It's up to each writer to decide when to remove their script from our database, just as it's up to each writer to decide when to stop slipping their scripts to their industry contacts, stop writing query letters, or stop writing screenplays altogether. As "ratbag" in the comments section of Deadline Hollywood said, "It should be the same mentality as listing your house. Don't let it get stale on the market if it's not selling."
Will some terrible writers manage to slip through our systems and into positions as working writers in Hollywood? Highly doubtful. However, if they manage to stay employed despite consistently failing, they have skill of some sort even if it's not writing, and someone clearly thinks they're worth spending money on.
Will some brilliant writers still get overlooked? Possible, but I doubt it. Here's why: Great scripts mean a better chance of making a great movie, which means a better chance of making a lot of money. And like any business, Hollywood is in the business of making money, both because of the perhaps lesser elements of human nature and because making money means being able to make more movies.
Moreover, even if your movie is not implicitly the money-making type, this industry, and I think human beings in general, are looking to be inspired, to feel some true emotion whether it be noble or base. It's why we watch movies at all, is it not? To laugh, to cry, to be afraid, to be in awe, to feel what it would be like to be somewhere else, as someone else or as a few people or as a robot or a zombie, for a few hours before returning to our own lives. If you can do that, in a screenplay, to a few people who spend their lives reading screenplays in the hopes of making movies that do just that, the rest will take care of itself. At a minimum, you'll have a real chance at writing movies.
The point is, if there's a reliable source of good screenplays, people will pay attention, even if it's imperfect. That's why the annual Black List has become what it has become.
It's an imperfect analogy, but I'm reminded of a story about two friends out for a hike who see a bear who is quite clearly about to chase them. One turns around and begins to run. The other sits down and begins putting on running shoes. The first turns around and yells "What are you doing? Running shoes aren't going to help you outrun that bear." The second calmly responds, "I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you."
When it comes to finding good material, think of the Black List as running shoes. Really, really good running shoes.
The traditional process of finding great scripts and getting great scripts will continue, as it should. The Black List exists alongside it and to make it more efficient. If your script is getting consistently poor reviews, do not continue to give us your money. Please. The Black List exists to identify and promote work that people will want to make, the kind of work that will allow people, including the writers, to continue to make movies whether it's because they make a lot of money or because they inspire us to continue to make movies.
Our readers are a mission critical part of this venture, and they have been selected with a seriousness that reflects their role. Of the 250 who applied to be Black List readers, less than forty were chosen to begin this project along with us. They have all worked as first filters at major studios, agencies, production and management companies, the companies that compose our industry professional membership, companies that make movies. They have also read widely and are familiar with the current market for screenplays. It's part of the reason they were selected: their evaluations of other scripts are what allows our algorithm to make its best recommendations amongst the screenplays submitted.
We give our readers scripts in the genres in which they have expressed interest and expect them to read each script in its entirety. Consequently, the speed at which we turn around these evaluations is entirely contingent on the number of requested reads we have at any given moment. We make every effort to turn these around within the first month a script has been submitted. As things stand now, we expect to be able to do so.
Despite the rumor circulating that we'd already had almost 4000 screenplays uploaded, that number refers to the total number of scripts indexed in our database. We've had several hundred uploaded thus far. If demand increases dramatically, the wait time may be longer. We prioritize quality over speed and will only hire and keep readers who can deliver both. We will not, however, hire or keep substandard readers in order to deliver reads faster. It would defeat the point of the entire endeavor.
There is no perfect way to evaluate something as subjective as a screenplay. Two rational people with decades of experience can disagree vehemently and frequently do. Our readers were selected because the knowledge and experience they do have working in concert with the system we've created is likely to efficiently identify the type of material worthy of an argument between those two rational people with decades of experience.
Having diagrammed the apparatus, I want to highlight the ethic largely responsible for its construction: do no harm.
From its inception, the Black List was about celebrating well-liked screenwriting. We weren't designed to be a "big dick measuring contest" as Nikki Finke has written, nor were we designed to stigmatize writers whose work was not so well received.
That ethic continues here. The only ratings that might be visible on the site are the individual ratings of our readers and the aggregate rating of a screenplay, and they are only visible if the writer wishes them to be so.
The Black List only spotlights screenplays that are highly rated by the industry professional members who read them, highly rated by our hired readers, or that our algorithm predicts an individual industry professional would like based on their tastes and previously expressed interests.
The Black List was birthed in the feature world, but only because I was working there when the idea occurred to me. There has been a great deal of demand for us to accommodate television, theater, and shorter form work. While we're not ready to do that yet, we will be soon, and we're excited about the interplay between these forms and the opportunities it could create for writers working in one or another.
To conclude, I'm going to paraphrase the response I made on Done Deal Pro's forums to Jeff Lowell's typically astute comments and concerns about this paradigm shift:
We are building something that has never before existed. I am confident that this is a tide that can raise all boats, especially writers'. Moreover it was explicitly designed to be exactly that. Quibble with our methodology as much as you like, we welcome the opportunity to explain why we've created what we have in the way that we have and to hear the ideas and concerns of those who might be affected by what we're doing. We will almost certainly incorporate many of these suggestions in order to improve the service.
Our fundamental goal is to make the market for screenplays more efficient so that an excellent script "finding its way into Hollywood" doesn't take years and involve coercing your aunt's husband's brother who works at UTA into looking at your script in the hopes that he'll pass it to someone who might like it, so that it's not necessary to network like a banshee in order to find someone who will read your script and can do something with it.
It's about making the work the focus and creating an infrastructure where the best of it can rise more quickly to the top.
If we're able to do that, and I think we are, $75 (or more) is, I think, a small price to pay for access to it. Obviously, we hope you agree. Until you do, we'll do our best to convince you in practice.
Franklin Leonard
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MOSCOW — The capture of an alleged CIA spy in Moscow on Monday by Russian security officials comes against the backdrop of increasingly tense relations between Russia and the United States and could serve to stoke anti-Americanism.
"Ruling political structures need there to be a negative image of the West right now," said Alexander Konovalov, president of the Moscow-based Institute of Strategic Assessment.
Russia's security agency, the FSB, said Tuesday it had detained Ryan Christopher Fogle — wearing a blond wig and carrying spy gear — on Monday night. Fogle has been identified as a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy political section in Moscow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry ordered him to leave the country immediately. It was the first case of an American being publicly accused of spying in about a decade.
The FSB says Fogle is a career CIA officer and was trying to recruit a Russian officer to work as a spy. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow declined to comment on the reports. The CIA in Washington also declined comment.
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Footage carried by the state-owned RT English-language television channel showed a man identified as Fogle being led by the arm by plainclothes men into the headquarters of the FSB.
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Russia's authorities in recent months have increased pressure on Russian human rights organizations it accuses of receiving funding from abroad in violation of a law that went into effect last November forcing such groups to register as "foreign agents."
"He was detained at a very convenient time. It serves to justify the pressure," Konovalov said.
Fogle was referred to as a "foreign agent" in the Foreign Ministry statement. Russia said Fogle had on him a letter to a potential recruit promising up to $1 million for long-term cooperation. The FSB said Fogle had a large amount of cash on him in plastic sandwich bags, RT reported.
Russia and the United States have been at odds over Russia's human rights record at home and its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, who President Obama has said needs to be removed from office because of his campaign against a rebellion that has killed 70,000 people.
Konovalov suggested the detention of Fogle was done to distract Russians from other problems with their own government.
A spy case is "good for domestic consumption; when people ask why they can't get by on their pensions ... they're shown that there are foreign spies to worry about."
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"This is a down-payment from someone who is very impressed with your professionalism and who would greatly appreciate your cooperation in the future. Your security means a lot to us. This is why we chose this way of contacting you. We will continue to make sure our correspondent remains safe and secret."
The letter ends with the words: "Thank you for reading this. We look forward to working with you in the nearest future. Your friends."
READ: Translation of purported CIA recruitment letter
One FSB photo shows a table filled with what is purportedly spy gear, including a blond and a black wig, three pairs of glasses, a flashlight, a map of Moscow and small plastic bags filled with 500-Euro notes.
The unusual publicity — complete with video and photos — given to the detention case is particularly noteworthy and is apparently intended either as a warning to the CIA about being too aggressive in its recruitment efforts or to other potential recruits of the risks involved.
Contributing: Kim Hjelmgaard, Doug Stanglin, Oren Dorell; the Associated Press

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Since the news broke regarding Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus and his car accident in Hamburg, it led to the discovery of another player on the team being a part of the situation. Starting defensive end Jerry Hughes was identified as the other driver in question of the alleged street racing.
Following Wednesday's practice, Hughes admitted to being behind the wheel of his black Camaro on Friday, the day of the accident.
"Was I there? Yes," the defensive end said. "I was driving my car. I was on the street while [Dareus] was on the street driving his vehicle as well."
Past that, Hughes wouldn't say much regarding the situation and rightfully so. It's an ongoing legal matter, so the veteran couldn't divulge much information regarding the case. The insuation of the case is that the two were street racing, which led to Dareus crashing into a tree near a Hamburg area restaurant.
Hughes was asked point blank if that was the case, and they were indeed street racing. He paused, thought about it, gave a half laugh and then went to a similar refrain throughout the three-minute interview.
"Like I said, they won't let me speak on the facts. So, it's a legal matter that the Hamburg Police is working on right now," he remarked. "They won't let me say too much about it. The facts are the facts though, I will say that."
Hughes has been approached by head coach Doug Marrone and the two talked about the situation. The player didn't divulge the contents of that conversation, but he did say he's going to abide by what they talked about when the situation was broached.
As for Hughes, he isn't going to change his driving habits. He believes he is a law-following citizen, despite what has unraveled over the past couple of days.
"I've always been one to abide by the law and to follow the guidelines and speed limits that they have set out there for us," Hughes said. "Will my approach change? No, because I've always been one to abide by that."
The defensive end was a full participant on Wednesday during the team's fifth practice of Organized Team Activities. There have been no formal charges issued by the Hamburg Police to Hughes, while Dareus faces three misdemeanors and four traffic and property violations for his role in the incident.
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whatch the episode of evangelion where Asuka gets mind raped by the astral angle. that will be Aizen's Bankai. If he uses a resurection the physical pages of the manga will burst into flames. If you read it online it will break the internets!
whatch the episode of evangelion where Asuka gets mind raped by the astral angle. that will be Aizen's Bankai. If he uses a resurection the physical pages of the manga will burst into flames. If you read it online it will break the internets!
Yeah the thing is basically that Aizen is both incredibly strong & incredibly hax. He is so hax that his shikai has anyone beat if they see it even once. To the point that supposedly all of the Gotei & the Vizards are all already beaten. On top of that he is an incredibly strong shinigami...he has power that is on par with Yama or just under Yama & still above the seniors. Both him & Yama got 560/600 on strength, intelligence & the shinigami arts. Then you add to that that he may have had another powerup from hollowfication & may have a ressurecion now....Lol I wouldn't want to face that guy!
so after the fight with Ulquiorra, is Ichigo's power now on par with Yama-ji's?. or Aizen's for that matter?.
Aizen's resurrecion will be him with angel wings and a halo. that's right, Aizen is Lucifer. Lucifer Satan.
aizens bankai, i could totally see that being a house of mirrors.. O.o or his ressurecion possibly.. bankai more likely though. His ressurecion i could see being water based, cause they said his release was supposedly water based, causing illusions for those who see it, right?
what i dont get is, they should all know his bankai.. unless he actually used his shikai to create an illusion for everyone to think that it was his bankai. Although they might know and unohana couldve told ichigo in the garganta, we obviously couldve missed a chat there... but if they know and havent told ichigo theyd all be dumbasses since hes the only that wont get put under an illusion, yet. :-/
His initial release his already badass dangerous, so i was thinking, what can aizen's bankai be? What's better than suck vivid illusions? I'm taking a guess and saying making those illusions real by manifesting them through a large amount of spiritual energy, which aizen already posseses.. I'm sure i'm not the only one that had this thought. Manifesting his illusions into reality?
am I the only one who thinks his bankai could be the sharingan and his ressurecion could be him turning into a tengu?
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Roxie Majors Sitterud, 1926 - 2010, age 83, loosened her mortal bonds on June 1, 2010 in Ferron, Utah.
Roxie was born Oct. 13, 1926 in Huntington, Utah to Oscar Virgil and Pearl Lott Majors. She married Harold Sitterud on Jan. 5, 1944, their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS temple on June 12, 1945. They lived in Ogden, Utah for 40 years before returning to their home town, Orangeville, Utah.
Roxie is survived by her children: Michael (Anne) Sitterud of Orangeville; Harold B. Sitterud of Ogden; and Phillip (Bonie) Sitterud of Hooper; two brothers: Bazil Majors of Raymond, Wash. and Lott Majors of Cleveland; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was especially close to her niece Marci Hanks and grandson Nathan Sitterud. The family would like to extend a special appreciation to the staff at Emery County Care and Rehabilitation Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Russell Majors and her sister LeAnn Dawson.
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What It Is Puts Out a Whole Lotta Catalogues!
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Just wanted to let you all know that the Oak Park, IL domestic art space What It Is has made catalogs from several shows from its 2009 and 2010 years of programming available for purchase on their website. I don't know how long these publications have actually been available, but the info just hit my RSS feed today and since they all look so nice, I thought I'd pass this along as an FYI. Publications on Jonathan Franklin, Sabina Ott + Michelle Wassen, Irene Pérez, Michelle Welzen, Collazo Anderson & Bernard Williams, Andrew Rigsby, and the group shows Permission to Work and Physicality, Perspective and the Consciousness of Relating are all available via the website. Each catalog even has this neat little preview slide show thingee so you can page through and take a look at the book in advance, before buying. Way to go guys!
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The historical and etymological genesis of the word `Hindu' is an ongoing controversy. Indologists differ in their opinion regarding the origin of the word 'Hindu.' The term 'hindu' is not a Sanskrit word and scholars have not acknowledged the use of the word in Vedic literature.
But there is a generally accepted scholarly view regarding the origin. The word 'Hindu' is derived from the River Sindhu otherwise known as
Dr Radhakrishnan also echoes similar views. He writes in the 'The Hindu Way of Life' 'the Hindu civilization is so called, since it original founders or earliest followers occupied the territory drained by the Sindhu (the


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I stopped by a shoot in Los Angeles with my best bud Joakim, one half of Forever Kid, and threw a quick 10 questions his way. We chatted everything from street art to Eggo® Waffles, Kangaroo Court to who's cute. They've also recut and rereleased the first remix they ever did, a classic by Whitney Houston, their way of looking back as they take the next big step. I love Whitney Houston.
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Consistent companies: 5 time honorees
Last year was the fifth year of Top Places to Work, and to commemorate the occasion, we decided to look back at the most consistent companies. Check out what companies were featured each of the past five years as the best in the state. Next
Analysis Group
2012 rank: 1 (large employers)
The economic, financial, and strategy consulting company holds weekly Microsoft Excel training classes. Next
Bright Horizons (pictured)
2012 rank: 3 (largest employers)
Bright Horizons has about 19,000 employees across the country.
Edward Jones
2012 rank: 15 (medium employers)
The financial service company's headquarters is in St. Louis, Mo.
ConvergEx's Eze Castle Software
2012 rank: 25 (large employers)
The technology company has more than 300 employees in Massachusetts. The offices of Convergex's Eze Castle Software held a Friday social hour called "beer time" before an annual auction held by their Community Service Committee in 2009. Next
Cell Signaling Technology
2012 rank: 18 (large employers)
This biotechnology company in Danvers has about 363 employees in the state.
American Student Assistance
2012 rank: 28 (large employers)
The financial services company employs 478 people in Mass. Next
Cubist Pharmaceuticals (pictured)
2012 rank: 20 (large employers)
The research facility in Lexington is the maker of the skin infection drug Cubicin.
2012 rank: 16 (medium employers)
Nearly 150 people work for WinterWyman in the state. Next
Eastern Bank Corp.
2012 rank: 17 (largest employers)
The financial services company has about 1,670 workers in the state. Chairman and chief executive Richard Holbrook attended Boston College's Chief Executives' Club of Boston annual luncheon this year. Next
Eaton Vance (pictured)
2012 rank: 34 (large employers)
The public financial services company has 839 employees in Massachusetts.
John Snow Inc.
2012 rank: 25 (medium employers)
The health consulting firm has nearly 200 employees in the state. Next
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
2012 rank: 11 (largest employers)
Patients use the Wii video game console as part of their rehabilitation at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Burlington.
Hill Holliday
2012 rank: 2 (large employers)
The advertising and marketing company produced the Dunkin Donuts' "What are you drinkin'?" campaign.
AEW Capital Management
2012 rank: 17 (medium employers)
The Boston-based real estate investment company employs 179 people. Next
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2012 rank: 1 (largest employers)
The past couple years, Millenium has been inching closer to the top of its category. In 2010, it came in third, and the company reached second last year. Next
Natixis Global Asset Management
2012 rank: 22 (large employers)
The Boston-based financial services company has more than 300 employees in Massachusetts. Next
Roche Bros. Supermarkets
2012 rank: 12 (largest employers)
The local grocery chain employs about 4,200 workers in the state. Next
2012 rank: 31 (large employers)
The Lexington-based Vistaprint offers free lunch to its employees as part of its perks. Vistaprint is a small business marketing company.
Broad Reach Healthcare/Liberty Commons
2012 rank: 23
The assisted living and nursing care company is based in Chatham. Next
Winchester Hospital
2012 rank: 4 (largest employers)
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Peacebuilding Fund – High-Level Stakeholder Meeting
New York, 24 June 2014
STATEMENT BY H.E. Karel J.G. van Oosterom Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund – High-Level Stakeholder Meeting
Thank you Madam Chair,
I would like to thank you for your leadership and personal efforts to make this world a better and safer place to live. I thank the PBSO for organizing this important meeting. Peacebuilding is an essential link in the chain of transition from conflict to peace and development.
Peacebuilding seeks to prevent societies from relapsing into conflict and chaos. The UN has a large and important role to play in this process. We have come a long way over the last decade. We have established the Peacebuilding Commission, a forum to discuss peacebuilding and to formulate common goals; we have established the Peacebuilding Fund to finance peacebuilding endeavors, and we have created an office to support our efforts. The essential elements of the UN peacebuilding architecture are in place. Now we need to continue to improve the performance of the system, and monitor its work. We welcome the outcome of the Global Review and its recommendations. Please allow me to briefly highlight three issues that are of particular importance to the Netherlands:
First, Resolution 1325, with which we have committed ourselves to include women in peacebuilding and to focus on participation, protection, prevention, and mainstreaming of a gender perspective. We continue to stress the importance of involving women in all peacekeeping and peacebuilding measures, both in policy and practice. The 2014 Review on Gender and Peacebuilding has given PBSO the tools and insights to do so.
Second, Integration. Successful peacebuilding depends on a smart combination of elements to promote peace, justice and development. Key factors for success are careful analysis, solid planning, learning from experience, looking at local context, ensuring local ownership and, last but not least – new solutions for great challenges and taking calculated risks.
And third, monitoring and evaluation. Measuring and showing results remains crucial to maintaining political and financial support from constituencies back home. High-quality monitoring and evaluation are indispensable to showcase that PBF-funding is making a positive impact on peacebuilding on the ground. It also contributes to the steady expansion of a body of evidence on what works, and what doesn't, in peacebuilding.
I am glad to say that the PBSO has taken these points into account in the new business plan.
Supporting the PBF has been a priority for the Netherlands since the inception of the Fund. It pleases me to say that our commitment continues and the Netherlands stands ready to replenish the fund with an additional EUR 10mln for the period 2014-2015 if the PBF meets its targets. The Kingdom of The Netherlands is your partner for Peace, Justice and Development, and the Peacebuilding Fund is crucial in realizing these ambitions for those countries that need it the most. That is why we will continue to support the Peacebuilding Fund.
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What a relief
Ryan Lambert
March 19 2009 10:12AM
That was just what they needed.
Calgary, I don't have to tell you, was really draggin' ass at the end of that road trip. They just looked worn out and not entirely willing to play hockey.
But they caught a couple days off and got to come back home, and I think that made all the difference last night.
The Flames not only seemed rejuvenated, like they'd been plugged into a charger after having the battery almost run out against Toronto, but they also seemed, I don't know.. interested.
The forecheck, I think, was the best it's been since the Philadelphia game, which, not coincidentally was the team's last win in regulation. It was certainly the reason for the second goal, obviously, but it was also effective in turning back the Dallas rush more than a few times, and that disrupted Dallas' flow through the neutral zone and, consequently, limited the Stars' chances in transition. Five days ago, Calgary was giving up goals like that with alarming regularity.
The defense, too, seemed more into the game. They pounded the crap out of Dallas last night, leading the Stars in hits 26-9. If a Dallas player ended up along the boards, he was getting a good, solid jolt from SOMEONE and that helped set the physical tone. After the first period and a half or so of that, the Stars were a lot more reluctant to spread the defense out and work the cycle.
This was, in a lot of ways, played like a road game. Calgary hit hard and took its chances when it could (that Lundmark goal was so pretty it hurt) and ground out a win. I've always felt like that's the best way to break out of a tough slump: play a greasy, hardnosed game when the other team probably isn't expecting it. Dallas had no answer for Calgary last night, and that's something to which I could become rather accustomed.
The Good
Eric Nystrom — Real nice goal. Real nice.
Dustin Boyd — Probably the best Flame on the ice last night. Even if he doesn't make the gorgeous one-handed pass to Nystrom or get an assist on the Lundmark goal, he and the rest of the checking line did a great job to produce scoring chances in transition.
Jamie Lundmark — He has been playing his ass off lately. It's really nice to see him contributing not just on the scoresheet, but by getting in a fight as well.
Team defense — I thought Calgary did a great job last night of producing turnovers, and not just on the Nystrom goal. It would appear as though the three or four days off and return to Calgary really helped the team refocus, because it looked completely different from Saturday night's debacle. Limiting a decent offensive team like Dallas to 19 shots is always good.
Olli Jokinen — No points but he was really dictating the game when he was on the ice. Something like three legit scoring chances and five shots, which is just fine. He also seemed to have won a good amount of own-zone draws, which is also important.
The Bad
The power play — Calgary went 0 for 4 and, despite seven shots, I didn't think it looked all that good.
The Ugly
Nothing for now. I'll just let this one sit so I can enjoy it a little bit.
Lundmark in a fight. I have seen it all now. LOL.
It was nice to see a grinders win again. We all know that we have firepower, now we need to prove that we can win a game by battling along the boards too. It seems to me that's what last night's game was.


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Virgin Australia Makes Starlight Wishes Come True11/05/2011
Virgin Australia Airlines is the official wish partner of the Starlight Children's Foundation, announced today at a special ceremony at the Starlight Express Room in the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne to celebrate the Starlight's 7000th wish in Australia.
Group Executive Corporate Communications Danielle Keighery said the airline was extremely proud of the partnership that would provide families the opportunity of a life changing experience in very difficult circumstances.
"Virgin Australia Airlines is excited to be able to make children's wishes a reality and bring some much needed happiness to many families who are experiencing hardship and despair while their child is unwell due to serious injury or disability.
"The entire Virgin Australia Airlines team will enthusiastically welcome each Starlight Wish child and their family onboard our aircraft on what will be a memory-filled holiday.
"As Wish-Granting Partner, the airline will carry Starlight children and their families across our domestic network to many favored tourist destinations, such as the Gold Coast," she said.
Ms Keighery said that partnership underscored Virgin Australia Airlines' commitment to community and was aimed at helping as many children as possible.
"The team at the Starlight Foundation performs such outstanding work, Virgin Australia Airlines is proud to be a key partner," she said.
The Virgin Australia Airlines work in the community provides for many organisations such as:
·The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Program;
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Starlight Children's Foundation CEO Louise Baxter said the partnership with Virgin Australia Airlines allowed the Foundation to make children's wishes come true.
"Starlight grants a life changing Starlight Wish every day and most of these require the child and their family to travel. This partnership with Virgin Australia will be a wonderful contribution to the Starlight Wish Granting program, enabling us to provide a once in a lifetime wish for these children at a time when they need something positive in their life," she said.
Ms Keighery said the Group was thrilled to be able to contribute to the Starlight Children's Foundation at such a wonderful milestone such as the 7000th wish.


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Flames Forwards: Who's Coming Up Short?
Robert Vollman
November 28 2011 01:21PM
If you've been following the weekly Black Box statistical summaries then you've also been following the OZQoC Charts, and you know how the Flames forwards are being used. Here's how it sits today at the season's one-quarter mark.
The players near the top of the chart are the ones facing the top opponents, and the ones on the left side of the chart are the ones getting to start in the offensive zone the most often – an easier, and more offensive-minded role.
You don't need to be an OZQoC expert to know that the expectations for players like Curtis Glencross and Olli Jokinen should be different than those for Roman Horak, or Tom Kostopoulos, but what should those expectations be instead?
By searching the league for players being used in similar ways we can see how the Flames are stacking up against their peers on other teams. It will probably be obvious which players are playing their roles very well and which ones might need a change of assignment.
The Top Six
Using goals and assists, the so-called box score statistics, to figure out who is doing their jobs well has two fundamental flaws. First, luck has a tremendous influence on scoring over such a small time period. Secondly, and more importantly, it doesn't tell us how well everyone is doing defensively.
Since hockey is a team sport, it's more interesting to see how well the Flames are doing as a team with each of these players on the ice, and in a way that involves as little luck as possible at this early stage of the season. That's why we'll use Corsi%, which is simply the percentage of all attempted shots made by the Flames rather than their opponents, something over which luck has a far lighter grip than which ones actually go in. Let's start with the top line.
Jarome Iginla, 48.7%
Similar players: Eric Staal, Joe Thornton, Patrik Elias, Anze Kopitar, Patrik Berglund, Derek Stepan, Jeff Carter, Patrick Marleau, David Backes, Dainius Zubrus
Group Corsi: 51.7%
Jarome Iginla is off to a horrible start, and a big reason why the Flames are struggling early is because their top line is getting beaten every night. The New York Rangers' Derek Stepan is the only comparable top-line player with whom his team is enjoying less success than Jarome Iginla.
Often lack of scoring can be chalked up to bad luck, but in Iginla's case it is largely bad performance. In that at least he has company in his statistical clone Eric Staal, both of whom are scoring at half the rate of anyone in the group except Patrick Berglund. If Iginla doesn't improve then he'll have to begin his inevitable transition to a 2nd-line player.
Alex Tanguay, 48.2%
Similar players: Patrik Elias, Patrik Berglund, T.J. Oshie, Michael Grabner, Anze Kopitar, Dainius Zubrus, Eric Staal, Brian Gionta, Patrice Bergeron, Chad LaRose
Group Corsi: 52.4%
There's only a slight difference in role between Alex Tanguay and his linemate Jarome Iginla, so there's no surprise that he has all his peers' teams are enjoying more success with heir top lines than the Flames. At least Tanguay is right in the middle of the pack scoring-wise, closest to Dainius Zubrus.
Teams use their top lines in different ways, and there are roughly four that are used very similarly to Iginla and Tanguay, which we can put in box-score format for those less comfortable with our fancy stats.
Unit GP G A PTS +/- Cap Hit Thornton/Marleau 38 14 25 39 +12 $13.9M Elias/Zubrus 40 15 17 32 +4 $9.4M Oshie/Backes 42 13 13 26 +10 $6.9M Iginla/Tanguay 40 9 16 25 -17 $10.5M Staal/LaRose 46 10 14 24 -24 $10.0M
In contract, let's look at their most frequent partner, David Moss.
David Moss, 53.0%
Similar players: Bryan Bickell, Patrik Elias, Patrik Berglund, Ales Hemsky, Michael Ryder, Michael Grabner, Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley, Brandon Dubinsky, Chad LaRose
Group Corsi: 48.6%
Beofreb eing injured, David Moss was frequently being used as a top-line player, alongside two superstars who are clearly struggling, and still beating his peer group. In fact, only New Jersey's Patrik Elias has been more effective in this role so far. And despite the the solid collection of players in his peer group, Moss's even-strength scoring rate is roughly middle of the pack, closest to Michael Grabner. Great work by Moss.
Let's move on to the second line, anchored by Olli Jokinen and Curtis Glencross, which we'll treat as a single entity since their usage has been identical.
Olli Jokinen, 47.4% and Curtis Glencross, 48.0%
Similar players: Brad Richards, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, Derek Stepan, Radim Vrbata, John Tavares, Matt Moulson, Joe Pavelski, Justin Williams, Eric Staal
Group Corsi: 50.0%
Though the second line has certainly been below par, it would be considered typical in New York, where both of the state's teams have lines with similar roles, and similar results, once again shown in more familiar box score format.
Unit GP G A PTS +/- Cap Hit Tavares/Moulson 38 14 13 27 -4 $6.9M Jokinen/Glencross 39 12 13 25 -8 $5.6M Richards/Stepan 36 10 14 24 +3 $7.5M
Coach John Tortorella shakes up his top lines frequently, with Brad Richards frequently playing with Ryan Callahan or Brandon Dubinsky while Derek Stepan might play with Marian Gaborik, but their over-all roles they've been assigned are similar to Jokinen and Glencross, which is why we've grouped them together here even though they're not a unit persay.
Scoring-wise both Glencross and Jokinen are middle of the pack. Speaking of the middle of the pack, let's look at Calgary's.
The Middle Pack
Lee Stempniak, 50.6%
Similar players: Matt Calvert, Marco Sturm, Daymond Langkow, Richard Park, Jamie Benn, Steve Downie, Antoine Vermette, Paul Stastny, Magnus Paajarvi, Frans Nielsen
Group Corsi: 53.6%
It's interesting to see Daymond Langkow, the player for whom Lee Stempniak was traded, playing the exact same role in Phoenix – though for a lot more money, and with far greater results. Stempniak is doing well, but he should be doing much better based on his average usage against lighter competition.
Stempniak has the 3rd highest scoring rate among his ten-player peer group, right after Jamie Benn and Frans Nielsen. Magnus Paajarvi's the worst of the bunch Corsi-wise saving Stempniak, along with Steve Downie and Frans Nielsen, from being the lowest.
Rene Bourque, 45.0%
Similar players: Dustin Brown, Kris Versteeg, Colin Wilson, Derek Roy, Teddy Purcell, Teemu Selanne, Tomas Fleischmann, Tyler Bozak, Chris Neil, Jordan Caron
Group Corsi: 50.3%
Rene Bourque, the most common linemate for Olli Jokinen and Curtis Glencross, is scoring at the same super-low scoring rate as Jarome Iginla, easily the lowest scoring rate of his ten-player peer group, far behind Dustin Brown. If we had taken ice-time into consideration when compiling the peer list then David Booth would have knocked off Jordan Caron, and saved Bourque from being the lowest scorer.
Kris Versteeg is the real jewel of the group, being the highest scorer, followed by Teddy Purcell, and barely trailing Chris Neil for the best Corsi percentage, along with Colin Wilson. Needless to say Rene Bourque is dead last, right below Tyler Bozak.
Roman Horak, 40.3%
Similar Players: Jordin Tootoo, David Steckel, Patrick Kaleta, Aaron Asham, Matt Cullen, Philippe Dupuis, Loui Eriksson, Scottie Upshall, Paul Gaustad, Gregory Campbell
Group Corsi: 47.7%
Rookie Roman Horak has been assigned an interesting role – lots of time in his own zone, but fortunately against fairly average or weak competition. Among those sharing that type of duty, Horak has the 2nd highest score rate, the same as Matt Cullen's, and a notch down from Loui Eriksson.
Unfortunately the team as a whole hasn't done nearly as well as Roman Horak, suffering worse than even Nashville, with Jordin Tootoo's 41.7%. It's a tough role to succeed at, as the only ones with Corsi percentages over 50% include David Steckel, Patrick Kaleta (the two lowest scorers) and Scottie Upshall.
The Fourth Line
The one line that has outplayed their opponents most night is their fourth line, composed of veterans Tom Kostopoulos, Tim Jackman and Matt Stajan.
Tom Kostopoulos, 48.9%
Similar Players: Trent Hunter, Ben Eager, Matt Hendricks, Petteri Nokelainen, Kyle Clifford, Tom Wandell, Blake Comeau, Maxime Macenauer, Trevor Lewis, Scott Nichol
Group Corsi: 49.1%
Tom Kostopoulos' clone this year has been San Jose's Brad Winchester, who just missed this list. They have the highest scoring rate of the bunch, and are both middle of the pack in Corsi percentage, well ahead of Ben Eager's lowly 37.8%, but well shy of Trent Hunter.
Tim Jackman, 52.4% and Matt Stajan, 52.7%
Similar Players: Kyle Clifford, Blake Comeau, Scott Nichol, Petteri Nokelainen, Maxime Macenauer, Ben Eager, Nicklas Bergfors, Trent Hunter, Devante Smith-Pelly, Matt Hendricks
Group Corsi: 47.1%
If Tom Kostopoulos has been playing like Brad Winchester, then Tim Jackman closest comparable has been Los Angeles' Kyle Clifford. Their usage has been virtually identical, as has their middle-of-the-pack scoring, and how well their teams have done around them.
Once-promising rookie Trent Hunter has been off to a better start than his humble numbers suggest, leading the pack in scoring along with Nicklas Bergfors, and like Matt Hendricks, enjoying more team success than the others. Fortunately Stajan and Jackman are only slightly behind by that measure, and their scoring has been middle of the pack, like Hendricks and also Patrick O'Sullivan. Here's how their fourth lines shape up to those being used more similarly.
Fourth lines GP G A PTS PIM +/- Cap Hit Kostopoulos/Jackman/Stajan 54 2 9 11 51 -5 $5.0M Winchester/Desjardins/Murray 56 4 5 9 40 +2 $1.8M Hunter/Clifford/Lewis 51 1 5 6 34 -3 $2.2M
Five million is a rather large cap hit for a fourth line, especially since one with Brad Winchester and Kyle Clifford would presumably have identical results.
The Flames top lines, which are being used similarly to those you'd find in New York, San Jose, New Jersey, St. Louis and Carolina, are being outplayed, with David Moss standing out as the sole shining light. One could argue transitioning Jarome Iginla to the 2nd line, but there's really no one to take his place.
Things actually get deceptively worse as you approach the middle of the pack, with Lee Stempniak actually underachieving, and Roman Horak and Rene Bourque getting blown away. Only on the fourth line have the Flames been beating their opponents every night, but it has come at the cost of using higher-priced forwards rather than young, developing and inexpensive players.
Hopefully things may turn around with players like Mikael Backlund and Brendan Morrison re-added to the mix, otherwise Calgary's struggles may continue through the second quarter of the season.
November 28 2011, 01:51PM
That's a pretty rough-looking set of results on the whole.
I'll say it again, Horak should be lpaying top minutes in the AHL. I like the kid, but there's only so much he'll develop his game at the NHL level.
And yes, that means at the expense of ice time currently being given to the 'ringers' they added this year like Kolanos.
I'll say it again, Horak should be lpaying top minutes in the AHL. I like the kid, but there's only so much he'll develop his game at the NHL level.
And yes, that means at the expense of ice time currently being given to the 'ringers' they added this year like Kolanos.
I have to agree. I know alot of people want the "kids" on the big club, but with the likes of Horak, Brodie, Byron and Smith would it not be better to give them another year playing top minutes in the AHL? If the team was a contender maybe it makes sense for these players to stay up and learn but all they're seeing up to 1/4 point is how to make mistakes and not play the system the coach wants.
If the team is just going to muddle through this year and wait to see what changes come in the off-season why not just bring Kolanos up here to ensure room and playing time for our future roster? Which brings me to another point...Why is PL3 still with the big club? He's not seeing any action and I can't see a scenario where he would be lacing them up anytime soon.
If we had had PL3 on the ice during Sunday's game in Minnesota, it might have deterred Clutterbuck from spraying water at Iginla!
Seriously though, we should have just taken a flyer on some low round kid rather than waste it on this goon.
When I saw the title to this article, my first thought was "Bourque, Iginla, Tanguay, etc" and the list goes on. We don't need statistics to know that this team is underperforming - they went from something like 6th in the league in scoring to near dead last in the span of a few months. We've been shut out 3-5 times already and only managed 1 goal in more outings than that.
November 28 2011, 10:04PM
Horak is in a pretty interesting spot. If I read the chart right, he's playing against average competition, but is starting most of his shifts in the defensive end. That seems a little strange to me; never really seen a coach do it before.
As for Boatanchor Matt Stajan, it's amazing how he managed to stay in the lineup as long as he did. The guy was gettin fed some of the easiest minutes on the team, and he still was playing poorly. Boggles my mind that D.Sutter signed him to that big extension.
Darryl's way of saying, "you don't like the trade? I'll show you!"
November 29 2011, 09:40AM
No word on Hannan or Tanguay?
Doesn't change the fact that he played like crap when he came here and everyone at the time still denounced the signing.
November 29 2011, 12:42PM
The problem with Stajan (BTW, I was excited when he came into the NHL scored a goal in his first game)but he played on such bad Leaf teams that his lined got all the scoring. Look at some bad teams, the mid 90's Flames the best scorer got 50-60 pts. Did that mean they were great players? No. Players arent really playing to expectations with a few exceptions, Byron, Horak. Hmm and what kind are they? Young, enthusiastic. (I thought they'd fizzle so i'm eating crow on that) What this team needs is a coach who will promote offense not stifle it.
Lastly, is it me or is Feaster really starting to be testy? (job on line?)The questions he gets, sure they are dumb at times but gotta take them. Glad he isnt in Toronto, he'd be murdered. I think maybe he should defer to Connie, everyone loves him and somehow he sounds believable.
I hear you, it's like you're in a hockey market, not TB anymore. Expect some difficult questions.
November 29 2011, 01:02PM
Oilers fan who lives in the 960 AM area and listen to flames discussion. So end up following both.
Love the comp to Zone start chart. lays out the groups a player belongs to. for trending vs. results.
One stat I like is knowing how a team has to perform the rest of the way to make the playoffs.
Oilers need to be a 98PT season pace (32-20-6)for the rest of the year to get 96 points. based on a 8 OL total. which is less than the average of 10 So still a chance but top 6 pace for the conference.
The flames are in the area the oilers had to sadly accept two years ago.
You are currently in a lottery position and the team has to play at a 106 PT pace (35-18-7) for the rest of the season. It is unrealistic to expect the team to play as a top 3 team in the league in the more difficult conference.
Your currently have two incosistent but good goals/Million rate in Bourque and Glencross. Great prospect depth for 2nd and 3rd line centers in Horak, Reinhart, and Backland with one of them moving to the wing. A future 55-60 point winger in Barschi.
Decent young base for D in Bouwmeester, Giardano, Butler, Brodie. Irving showing signs of being a starter.
Iginla, Tanguay, Kiprisoff should get you very good prospect return. One hopefully being a top 20 for center points (60). To add to a base the oilers did not match 3 years ago.
Maintaining the lottery pick should get you a high scoring big winger or offensive Dman.
The decision has to be made but your young base is there for shorter rebuild.
November 29 2011, 07:29PM
@rickithebear -
You are very intelligent for an Oiler fan. I suspect you may be faking it. Anyway, if the Oilers can shore up their D and make it into the playoffs (also, if Khabibiibiulan keeps playing out of his mind), they could be real trouble for somebody in the first round. Wishing them well because the Flames probably need the Oilers to have some success in order to expedite the process here.


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East-West Dialogues: Modern Architectures in Florida is a two-part symposium designed as forum to investigate the multiple forms and meanings of mid-century architecture across the State of Florida. The symposium was organized to solicit critical reflections on modern Florida through the lens of the architects who defined it, and to further survey the discourse among them. These architects, and the diversity of their work, have received varying attention as individuals, but little recognition as a group. This symposium is particularly inspired by the architectural legacy of Mark Hampton, a critically acclaimed Florida architect with work spanning the state from Tampa to Miami.


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Jerky Boys
The Jerky Boys Characters are the creation of Johnny Brennan, who is also the voice behind Mort Goldman and Horace in the unrelated TV show Family Guy.
Frank RizzoEdit
Rude, crude and very, very loud, Frank Rizzo is a angry Italian New Yorker. He's been a salesman, an insulator, and a game show casting director, among other things. He's also the owner of Frank's Pickle Barrel-ass, a pickle joint in Maspeth. Played by: Johnny B.
- From "Car Salesman":
Rizzo: "I grabbed some guy, he's ahh, you know, he don't know if he wants to buy, I push his face right in the fucking hood; you know, 'You buy this fuckin car or I'll break your fuckin head.' I had problems over there Paul.
Paul: Well, it sounds to me like if you did that you'd have problems anywhere.
Rizzo: Ahh! You know, it's hard times. These fuckers, they gotta buy. I need, you know, I need dough like anyone."
- "You know how when a dog is crippled you put his back legs in a wheelchair? I think Willie the Jackass really puts a smile on kids' faces. I drag the ass-end of the costume around the park cause I ain't got nobody to fill that spot. The back legs are crippled." (from "Willie the Jackass")
- "What's so silly about the pizza?" (from "Silly Food")
- "Me, I don't give a fuck. You know, a hole's a hole. As long as there's a little heat in there I don't give a fuck." (from "Testing for Jeopardy")
- "You sound like you got a nice pair of them fuckin' balogna tits on ya, huh Willy?" (from "Testing for Jeopardy")
- "How many pits are in a pear?" "Aah, two." "You know damn well there's much more than 2 pits in a pear." (from "Testing for Jeopardy")
- "If you can't whip out answers like that, that man (Alex Trebeck) is liable to, during a commercial break, punch your fuckin' mouth loose!" (from "Testing for Jeopardy")
- "How do ya say there, bottlenose?" (from "Hucklebuck")
- "Whatever you need sold I'll sell it. Bring in a tank and I'll sell the fuckin thing." (from "Car Salesman")
- "How the hell am I gonna see the company name when I'm busy rolling underneath the fucking truck? I can give you serial numbers, that's the best I can do for you, for christ sakes, the goddamn gear box crushing me in the ground, and you're asking me for the fuckin-the name of the business? What do I look like, a... a tomcat? a nightcrawler?" (from "1-800-How's My Driving")
- "Why don't I come down there and read that book with you? I can pet you, feel you up like you're my little turtle." (from "Super Gay")
- "GET BRETT WEIR I SAID!!!!" (from "Super Across the Way")
- "My wife's up there (on the roof) poking around like she knows what the fuck she's doing, I fired her ass off onto the fuckin car." (from "Roofing")
- "I got me a funny little drinking problem." (from "Drinking Problem")
- "Some guy told me I parked to (sic?) close to his car - I busted his jaw for him." (from "Drinking Problem")
- "(to receptionist) I got a little side job for you, honey. Get me someone I can talk to. I'm a very busy man!" (from "Diamond Dealer")
- "(to a diamond dealer) I got some stones I wanna get rid of. I whacked a fucker out last night and I need to get rid of these stones."(from "Diamond Dealer")
- "And he's got this silly looking Santa hat on, next thing he's down at my pants. He's trying to pull the fuckin', the balls outta my pants!" (from "Santa's Delivery")
- From "1000 Chickens Trilogy":
Frank I'm having a party, I need to get me some chickens. I need a lot of chickens.
Salesman (sarcastically) What do you need, like a thousand chickens?
Frank A thousand? What is a thousand? I need at least two thousand chickens.
Salesman Sir, this isn't Perdue. These are live chickens.
Frank They're live chickens, so what? There a problem with that? I'll come down there and hack the bitches to death myself.
- From "Nam Hu":
Receptionist Hello?
Frank Yeah let me speak to Nam Hu.
Receptionist Who is calling?
Frank Nam Hu.
Receptionist Who is calling?
Frank My name is Nam Hu.
Receptionist (pause) Hold on.
Nam Hu Hello?
Frank Hello, is this Nam?
Nam Hu Yes.
Frank Nam who?
Nam Hu Yes.
Frank You're saying yes, I'm asking you- Nam WHO?
Nam Hu My name is Nam Hu.
Frank God bless you.
Frank's Nicknames for People:
- Sizzlechest
- Bottlenose
- Picklenose
- Nits
- Sweet Charlie
- Toots
- Sweet tits
- Smartmouth
- Rubberneck
- Barrelass
- Bologna tits
- Salami tits
- Fruitcake
- Liver lips
- Chief
- Babe
- Tough Guy
- Jerky
- Speedracer
- Lefty
- Sweetnuts
- Flapjack
- Happy ass
- Butt Nut
- Fuck Face
- Milky Licker
Sol RosenbergEdit
Sol is whiny, paranoid, most totally Jewish, and frightened by his own shadow. Played by: Johnny B.
- "And he invited me fishing and he whipped me with the rods"
- "God help us, Jesus, God and BABY Jesus help us." (from "Sol's Phobia")
- "He says terrible things on the airwaves"
- "Can't you see how evil and vicious you're being towards me?"
- "We call her Gimpy. That's not very nice but...what's she gonna do about it?" (from "Sol's Turnstile")
- "I'm Gary Dell'Abate's mom. This is his mom." (from "Bright")
- "It's not right what you did to my beautiful horse-faced boy! I'm gonna come down there and kick you in your cunt you sick bitch!" (from "Bright")
- Sol: Hello, I bought glasses there, my name is Sol Rosenberg.
Optometrist: Yes?
Sol: And my eyes are going crazy.
Optometrist: Okay. Let me pull your file. Hold on..
Sol: Okay, thank you
Optometrist: Hello, did you go to the Empire State Building?
Sol: I went to the Empire State Building and I can't see so good...
Optometrist: Would you like to come see us?
Sol: I went to the observatory and, because of these glasses, I can't see, Goddamn it.
Optometrist: Okay, would you like to come in and see us?
Sol: Sure. Okay
Optometrist: We're at 30 East 60th Street.
Sol: 35 78th Street, Ok.
Optometrist: No, no..30..three zero
Sol: okay
Optometrist: East 60th Street.
Sol: Alright. And should I bring all my glasses with me?
Optometrist: Do you need an examination?— Mr. Rosenberg, do you need an examination?
Sol: Okay.
Optometrist: Do you need an examination?
Sol: Alright.
Optometrist: Yeah, alright. Do you need an appointment?
Sol: Right. And I'll bring all my shoes and my glasses with me... so I have them.
Optometrist: Mr. Rosenberg?
Sol: Sure.
Optometrist: Do you need...do you want to see the opthamologist?
Sol: Right.
Optometrist: Do you need an appointment?
Sol: I'm sorry.
Optometrist: Do you need an appointment?
Sol: Okay.
Optometrist: Okay, hold on, I'll have my girl make an appointment for you to see the doctor. Okay, do you have the address?
Sol: Fantastic then.
Optometrist: Do you have the address?
Sol: Yeah.
Optometrist: What's the... what room?
Sol: I don't know...you say 35-8-7?
Optometrist: No. 30 East 60 th Street
Sol: 30 East 50 th Street Okay. Thank you.
Optometrist: Do you need an appointment? hold on.....
Tarbash, the Egyptian Magician, has a very feeble grasp on our language...but don't tell him that. Played by: Kamal
- "...then I woke up with my pants unbuttoned." (from "Dental Malpractice")
- "What do you cuss at me for, I need your help." (from "Pizza Lawyer")
- "He took foot and hit my ear!" (from "Pizza Lawyer")
- "I fill balloons up with deadly poison gas and then float them out over the audience." (from "Stop That")
- "I need you to come RIGHT NOW and sweep all these beer bottles, all from my floor." (from "Little Elf")
- From "Egyptian Magician":
Tarbash: Then I punch my chest...and it disappears, into the crowd!
Nightclub Manager Lady: You punch your chest and it disappears into the crowd...that's it?
- Tarbash: "What does 'iconoclast' mean?"
Diane the Flower Lady: "I don't know."
Tarbash: "Then I speak English better than you. It means breaker of idols, icons. Iconoclast."
Diane the Flower Lady: "It's not a word."
- Tarbash: "You know when you get out of the bath and your skin is nice and...open? You ever feel that way? I feel very open today, very much open."
Diane the Flower Lady: "I'll tell you what's open is your ASS!"
Tarbash: "That is open, too."
Jack TorsEdit
Prancing and effeminate, Jack Tors is among the Jerky Boys' most popular characters. He's extremely vain, and is always searching for ways to improve both his looks and his bizarre "act"- which consists of setting himself on fire, wrapping his friends in plastic, and beating a spider monkey... among other things. Owner of Jack's Pickles and Penis Pumps, where a small box of potatoes costs $2,000. Played by: Johnny B.
- "We have a little emergency here....We were boiling some potatoes and we dip them in vaseline, and shoot them at each other, and Peter was looking back making sure it was lined up with his ass, and it shot him right in the fucking eye!!"( from "Tennis Ball Machine")
- "I put a little ballerina skirt on the monkey and I beat him into oblivion. The crowd seems to love this." (from "The Gay Model")
- "I'm also known for pulling large pieces of furniture from my ass. I'm the best." (from "The Gay Model")
- "You're a little early, and that is very presumptuous on your part." (from "Flower Lady #2)
- "I seem to be breaking balls or something." (from "The Need to Dance")
- "I need to dance, you fucker, don't you see it? I need to dance. And I'll tell you, I'm gonna dance all over you, you scumbag. I'm gonna do a dance right in your fucking ass. Are you crazy? You fuck." (from "The Need to Dance")
- "They're very, very small, almost microscopic. You can barely see them with the naked eye. As a matter of fact you may need a penis pump to see these damn things." (from "I Pickle They")
- "I'm only scarred about the face, breast, chest, neck, and head. It's not too bad, but other than that I look fine - a little makeup conceals everything." (from "The Gay Model")
- "Runway is just old hat to me, sweetheart." (from "The Gay Model")
- "I wanted to move my penis around to the back side of my ass, because I don't know which way I'm swinging just yet. But I'd like to keep it just in case." (from "Breast Enlargement")
- "Is the Fat Muffin Man there?" (from "Paradise")
- "I smell bacon. Do you smell bacon?" (from "Bacon")
- "I'm his partner, I'm his lover for three years, don't you think I would know about the wedding? I mean what's the story?" (from "Flower Lady #2")
- "Harry loves schmaltz, is there something wrong with that? He makes perhaps the best schmaltz I've ever had." (from "Flower Lady #2")
- "Listen, he carved out a hole in the middle of the floor and he's building you a volcano. That's all I know. And you're supposed to come down with your flowers and make sacrificial offerings. And he's supposed to throw you into the volcano. This is all I understand." (from "Flower Lady #2)
- "I'll come down there and I'll slap your face." (from "Moonlight Matinee")
- "(talking to a man in Florida, New York) Shit, I didn't know New York had a Florida. That doesn't sound right. I don't think you know geography very well, you're being silly." (from "Florida, the Tropical State")
- "We're casting for flat-chested tap-dancing freaks." (from "Diva")
- "What I would do was I'd shoot people's heads up with Novocaine and carve grooves in their skulls." (from "The Gay Hairdresser")
- "This one time I gave this guy a haircut he didn't like, he kicked my fucking ass all over." (from "The Gay Hairdresser")
- "As long as my appearance wouldn't startle you- I'm carved from head to toe." (from "The Gay Hairdresser")
- "I'll bring my children over, I carved the shit outta their heads too, but it looks good." (from "The Gay Hairdresser")
- "My lover fell asleep with a cigarette in the bed and burned up all my ass and legs." (from "The Mattress King")
- "We really rock the house." (from "The Mattress King")
- "I heard that they hang you upside down and kick your face out the back of your ass. I also heard there's a little room where they heat up hot bacon grease and fire it all over the face" (from "Facelift Without Surgery")
- "I"m always slugging myself in the genitalia." (from "Breast Enlargement")
Rosine likes balloons. And swimming. And...lobsters. Played by: Johnny B.
- "Do you have any lobsters?" (from "Rosine Like Balloons")
- "I don't even eat that shit, I lick that shit, and then I slappeded that shit right off my table." (from "Rosine Like Balloons" when referring to the lobsters)
- "You do have any balloons that I can touch and lick?" (from "Rosine Like Balloons")
- "I wanna be a swimmah, a big time swimmah with my legs in the air." (from "Synchronized Swimming")
- "See that shit, I play the flute too, in more ways than one too." (from Signin')
- -What's the apartment number?- "1F." -S as in Sam?- "No F as in fuck baby." (from Signin')
- "Bye-bye baby bitch." (from Signin')
Nikos, the owner of Nikos's deli. Mixes English in a heavy Greek accent with phrases in Greek-sounding gibberish to confuse victims. Played by: Johnny B.
- "Hello Sam? What are you doing?" (from "Bad Tomatoes")
- "The tomatoes supposed to have them by seven and a half! Is Nikos!" (from "Bad Tomatoes")
- "Hey Baba stop playing you break-a the window! Go play down the block!.... Motherfucker! SAM!" (from "Bad Tomatoes")
- "He try to sell-a me the corn on the cock, I don't know dis son-a-bitch es talkingabout!!" (from "Bad Tomatoes")
Big Ole Badass Bob the Cattle RustlerEdit
He does EVERYTHING big! Sounds a bit like Foghorn Leghorn. Played by: Johnny B.
- "Don't get smart with me, woman. I'll come down there and split an ear off you."
- "Now I'm gonna be inclined to come down there and give you a shoe in the ass, honey."
- "Dammit, woman, you're not listening to me."
- "If I didn't know any better I'd say you was a regular jackass!"
- "I drive them big eighteen-wheelers, that's all. I'm an old cattle rustler... I'm an old dancing boy."
Mike DeruckiEdit
Mike...is strange. Very strange. And a bit forgetful. Played by: Johnny B.
- "You know I got a parrot, a bird, this fuckin bird says hi to me all the time. More than you're doing. Fuckin bird says, 'Hi there, sir, hello. Had a nice day? Wanna fuck me in the ass a little?' I don't know where he picks up that bad language from." (from "Hello Ray")
Mike Yeah, hi honey- you remove dead pets?
Woman Pardon?
Mike Dead pet removal.
Woman (confused) Dead pet removal? Is that what you said?
Mike Yeah, do you remove dead pets?
Woman What kind of pet are you talking about?
Mike This is a little embarassing, but I fell asleep on a park bench and a pigeon seems to've flown up into my ass and died.
Woman No, I'm sorry...
Mike Christ, honey this thing is killing me. I can't walk around like this, it's already dead two, three weeks in there.
- "Hurry up." (-any character being told to "please hold")
See also Kerpal


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I had the same problem. I did a search of the wiki site and found this:http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/File:TFT_TouchScreen_for_Arduino_1.0.zipSteve
Try Here For the good lib's and sketch demo's... They work well for Me.http://henningkarlsen.com/electronics/library.php?id=52Bob
Help I have everything working even with the sd card but the bit maps are all pixels not the images of the flowers here is my code maybe it will help you guys Seeed Touch Screen V1.0 from Radio Shackthe lib i got working is in the zip
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