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The Cup Part 5
33rd Americas Cup
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Part 5
Part 6: The Heat is On
Greetings yachties
The Cup is about to enter a new level of awareness. The yachts and the Wing will spread the word far beyond our sailing shores, far beyond any level of any sport. Viewer numbers in February will be unbelievable. The Americas Cup Event in 2010 will be bigger than anything we have ever seen before.
With just a fortnight to go to the Match, race training is key; it seems though that the weather gods have other plans for the Defender over the next few days in Valencia. Alinghi.com checked in with Jon Bilger from the weather team for a forecast of what is to come.
"We're expecting very strong north-easterlies tomorrow and potentially for the next three maybe four days so it's unlikely that we are going to be able to get any sailing in. It's unfortunate but expected at this time of the year… it's an interesting place to have an America's Cup in February!"
Russell Coutts talks to international press here
America's Cup Defender submits 'constructed in country' opposition papers and a counter motion
Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), the 33rd America's Cup defending yacht club, today presented its opposition arguments to the New York Supreme Court in response to Golden Gate Yacht Club's (GGYC) ninth lawsuit; a misguided interpretation of the 'constructed in country' (CIC) requirement of the Deed of Gift, the event's governing document. SNG's comprehensive set of papers reaffirms its interpretation that only the 'yacht or vessel' has to be constructed in the country of the club holding the Cup, and that sails do not.
SNG's affirmations are supported by historical precedent, as reflected in the expert declaration of John Rousmaniere, a leading America's Cup historian, 'the donors of the original Deed of Gift never contemplated limits on foreign sails or foreign sail technology. Those donors, in fact, hoisted British sails in first winning the Cup with the schooner America. In fact, in adding the CIC clause to the Deed in 1882, George Schuyler, the last surviving donor, sought to ensure that the Cup remained a genuinely competitive event, while preserving the Cup's international character. He thus struck that balance by limiting the CIC requirement only to a competing vessel's hull, but not its sails.'
Additional documents presented to the court confirm that GGYC's CIC claim is factually wrong: SNG's sails were constructed in Switzerland and this fact is supported by an affidavit from Tom Whidden, president of North Sails, and an official certificate of Swiss origin from the Swiss Chamber of Commerce.
GGYC seeks redress over NOR and SIs for AC33
Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) has issued a revised NOR and SIs for the 33rd America's Cup, but the Challenger Golden Gate Yacht Club has accused SNG of bias in both documents.
Credit: Gilles Martin-Raget
BMW ORACLE Racing, first trials off Valencia for USA
Tom Ehman, spokesperson for the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) issued the following statement:
The America's Cup defender, Société Nautique de Genève, issued today a revised Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the 33rd America's Cup Match set to begin on 8 February in the waters off Valencia, Spain.
Both documents are riddled with errors, and continue SNG's practice of interpreting rules, or creating new ones, solely to favor Alinghi and harm the chances of the Challenger.
The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions are heavily biased in favor of the Defender and its yacht despite input from GGYC and ISAF, the sport's world governing body, during last week's meeting in Singapore and a meeting in late December in Sydney.
Therefore, today GGYC has made an application for redress to the International Jury, asking that the Jury be convened as soon as possible to negate or revise the biased provisions before the Match.
Specifically, SNG has:
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Why are we here?
More debate, more noise, more memos, more letters, more slanging matches, more briefs, more complaints, more court filings, more wasted energy, more money, more waste.
Both Larry Ellison (USA), chief of BMWOracle, and Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI), chief of Alinghi, are billionaires who should know better – so should their yacht clubs – but as you know, and I know, there is pathology at work here.
Depending on who you are, Ernesto is totally obsessive – and worse, he is European, you know, born to decide and to rule. On the other hand, he just wants to sail his boat and win America's Cup 33.
Depending on who you are, Larry and his cohorts have consistently said the same thing and made the same demands – notably, fair, objective rules for AC33, and a level playing field for all. On the other hand, all he wants to do is win this event in the New York courts.
You have your view.
The fact is, everything has gone far, far beyond that.
SNG issues 33rd America's Cup Sailing Instructions and amended Notice of Race
Société Nautique de Genève has issued the Sailing Instructions and the amended 33rd America's Cup Notice of Race.
Scheduled dates of racing
Monday 8th February 2010 First Race
Wednesday 10th February2010 Second Race
Friday 12th February 2010 Third race (if required)
Reserve Days
14th February 2010 to the
25th February 2010
The courses to be sailed will be as follows:
(a) The first race: twenty (20) nautical miles to windward and return;
(b) The second race: an equilateral triangular race of thirty nine (39)
nautical miles, the first side of which shall be a beat to windward;
(c) The third race: (if required) twenty (20) nautical miles to windward
and return.
Valencia Sailing
Russell Coutts talks to Valencia Sailing
The 33rd America's Cup match is right around the corner and Valencia Sailing had the opportunity to briefly catch up with Russell Coutts, CEO of BMW Oracle. Here is what the legendary kiwi sailor told us.
Valencia Sailing: We have a mere 3 weeks left until the starting gun is fired for the 1st race of the 33rd AC. Do you feel confident?
Russell Coutts: We are ready to race on February 8th. We remain committed to trying to get any rules questions resolved prior to the start of racing so that the winner on the water is the undisputed winner of the America's Cup.
Valencia Sailing: You launched BOR 90 on Saturday but you stepped a conventional mast and not the hard wing. What is the reason?
Russell Coutts: We are using the conventional rig for our structural load testing prior to the commencement of sailing.
Valencia Sailing: When do you expect to sail her for the first time in Valencia?
Russell Coutts: We plan to sail Tuesday.
Valencia Sailing: Have you made a decision on the crew that will race the Cup?
Russell Coutts: James Spithill is the Skipper and helmsman. Come race day, he will put the best crew on board for the job.
Valencia Sailing: As far as tactics are concerned do you think James Spithill's exceptional match racing skills will make a difference in prestart or is it going to be a long drag race?
Russell Coutts: Jimmy has done an amazing job with this boat. Unlike traditional Cup programs, we haven't had two-boat testing so it will be really interesting once we line-up against the competition. I have no doubt Jimmy's match racing skills will come into play. There is incredible anticipation for that first race. That's part of the excitement. Neither team knows what's going to happen. But I think this race will be more about boatspeed than match racing skill. The fastest boat will almost certainly win.
Valencia Sailing: What do you make of Alinghi 5, now that you have seen her sailing 2 days in Valencia? In the following days, when you also train with BOR90 will you try to get close to her and potentially try to assess any differences in performance?
Russell Coutts: Alinghi has some great people on both the design and sailing teams. From what we know, it seems they are well suited to light air conditions. We will assess what we can but our focus is on getting our own boat and team race-ready and to put our best package on the start line on the 8th of February.
Valencia Sailing: Tom Ehman, in the press conference in Zurich, stated that one of your team's proposals was to postpone the regatta for a month or so and hold it in March. Why?
Russell Coutts: Alinghi has taken a big risk in building its sails in the USA and GGYC has flagged up the issue of CIC for over a year. Constructed in country (CIC) is the DNA of the America's Cup. It is fundamental to the Deed of Gift – 'competition between foreign countries'. We have no wish to DSQ Alinghi. If they need more time to build legal sails, we would offer it. It would also make for a better AC33, moving it from a direct clash with the Winter Olympics.
Valencia Sailing: Do you have any explanation to why Alinghi left the negotiation table in Singapore, despite the fact your team had signed an agreement drafted by them?
Russell Coutts: Their representatives telephoned back to Alinghi. They were not given permission to sign the Singapore Agreement.
Valencia Sailing: Ernesto Bertarelli said on Friday that "if Russell Coutts wants to win the America's Cup in the NY Courts all he has to do is call me and I'll send it to him". Have you called him?
Société Nautique de Genève has replied to the challenger's letter regarding the recent meeting in Singapore: "None of us were in Singapore and we both have to rely on the reports we received from our teams. Your accusation against a highly respected sailor is without grounds and very unfair. GGYC's representatives clearly bear the substantial responsibility of the negotiations' failure. While Alinghi representatives were acting in good faith in Singapore, GGYC lawyers filed a factually and legally baseless motion with the New York Supreme Court on a topic (Constructed in Country) that was a subject of those negotiations…"
Alinghi 5 sails in Valencia.
Photo credit: Luca Butto'/ Alinghi
"We are ready for the Match!" declared Bertarelli to the media present. "The team is here, I am here and we are prepared for the America's Cup Match on the 8 February," he said. "All the pieces are in place for the event to begin, we have an agreement with the City of Valencia to run the shore based side of the 33rd America's Cup, and we are just waiting for the blessing of the central government in Madrid."
As the vast sails were lifted on to the catamaran with a crane, the latest lawsuit – BMW Oracle's ninth – was discussed; Ernesto Bertarelli was firm on the subject: "Our sails are rooted in Swiss technology and they have been constructed in Villeneuve, Switzerland. This Swiss technology has been used by both defenders and challengers in the America's Cup since 1995 and we have been through years of development in Switzerland to construct them. Should the American justice system outlaw their use, it would be like asking Roger Federer to defend his title without using his tennis racket. BMW Oracle would win the America's Cup in court as, without our sails, we cannot race."
Valencia Sailing
Alinghi 5 sails for the first time in Valencia, venue of the 33rd America's Cup. Valencia, 15 January 2010.
Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
Valencia Sailing
January 15, 2010
Dear Commodore Firmenich
The 33rd America's Cup
I am formally asking your yacht club to retract immediately the comments made by representatives of your America's Cup defender Alinghi.
My yacht club, BMW ORACLE Racing and our partners are owed an unreserved apology for the falsehoods set out by Brad Butterworth about the attempts to negotiate a mutual agreement in Singapore.
Our side did not withdraw the offer to settle. The opposite was true.
The final document was signed by Tom Ehman and Richard Slater on behalf of GGYC /BMW ORACLE Racing. The other signature belongs to David Kellett of the International Sailing Federation, acting as witness.
Not withstanding the false statements made by Alinghi to the press, GGYC remains committed to resuming talks so that all the outstanding issues are cleared up before racing starts for the 33rd Match starts.
As Trustee of the America's Cup I am sure your club understands its responsibilities in this regard ;
Yours sincerely,
Marcus Young
Valencia Sailing
Alinghi 5 sails for the first time in Valencia, venue of the 33rd America's Cup. Valencia, 15 January 2010.
Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
Valencia Sailing
January 15, 2010
Dear Commodore Firmenich
The 33rd America's Cup
I am formally asking your yacht club to retract immediately the comments made by representatives of your America's Cup defender Alinghi.
My yacht club, BMW ORACLE Racing and our partners are owed an unreserved apology for the falsehoods set out by Brad Butterworth about the attempts to negotiate a mutual agreement in Singapore.
Our side did not withdraw the offer to settle. The opposite was true.
The final document was signed by Tom Ehman and Richard Slater on behalf of GGYC /BMW ORACLE Racing. The other signature belongs to David Kellett of the International Sailing Federation, acting as witness.
Not withstanding the false statements made by Alinghi to the press, GGYC remains committed to resuming talks so that all the outstanding issues are cleared up before racing starts for the 33rd Match starts.
As Trustee of the America's Cup I am sure your club understands its responsibilities in this regard ;
Yours sincerely,
Marcus Young
On his return to Valencia, Brad Butterworth, Alinghi team skipper and representative at the recent Singapore meetings with BMW Oracle, comments on what happened: "We had a meeting with BMW Oracle representatives from 09:00 SGT on Tuesday 12 January until 20:00 that night and agreed to reconvene the next morning to continue as there were a lot of issues that we had agreed on but a few that were holding us apart. We agreed before the ISAF representative, David Kellett, and the ISAF AC Jury chairman, David Tillett, to have a media blackout and to do nothing that would jeopardise the discussions until we had had sufficient time the following day to talk these remaining issues through. As it happened, we all ended up having dinner together and continued the discussions, which concluded that night with a gentleman's agreement.
Photo Gilles Martin-Raget
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Alinghi 5 just arrived in Valencia?
Update, 7pm Valencia tine: It is indeed the cargo ship carrying Alinghi's catamaran that arrived today (Sunday) at noon (Valencia time) in Valencia. The ship is now waiting outside the commercial port and will enter on Monday but it will not unload before Tuesday.
On the other hand, OceanLady, the cargo carrying BOR90, is now off the coast of Andalucia in southern Spain and is expected to arrive in Valencia on Monday morning at around 6am.


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Irwin Belk Track | Greensboro, N.C.
- The NCAA Championship quest for 25 Tennessee track & field athletes starts at Irwin Belk Track inside Aggie Stadium at North Carolina A&T this week, as the contingent of 15 Vols and 10 Lady Vols heads to Greensboro, N.C., for the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet looking to punch their NCAA tickets.
- With the Big Orange entries split between 19 events, the Vols and Lady Vols will jump into action on Thursday and continue through Saturday. Each day of competition begins with field events at 10 a.m., with the track events serving as the nightcap.
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- Upperclassmen Nijgia Snapp and Kianna Ruff will represent the Lady Vols in the 800m. Snapp and Ruff stand No. 7 and No. 15 in the event in the East, respectively.
- Highlighting the outstanding performers of the 2013 outdoor season, the SEC announced last Friday (May 17) that four University of Tennessee track & field athletes had earned league honors for their performance at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
- Leading the way for the Vols was Hoty, an All-SEC Second Team honoree who finished as the runner-up in the shot put competition. Hoty recorded a push of 61-11 (18.87m) to earn the second-place finish.
- After being named the SEC Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year for the indoor season, Blankenship finished fifth in the pole vault competition with a height of 17-3 (5.26m) to earn SEC All-Freshman Team honors.
- Brown came alive early this outdoor season and continued her success at the SEC Championships, finishing fourth in the 200-meter and leading the Lady Vol 4x100m relay to a fourth-place finish. Her time of 23.22 seconds in the 200m finals made her the league's top finishing rookie and results in SEC All-Freshman Team honors.
- Known best for her shot put skills, Wertman surprised the conference with her fourth-place finish in the discus throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships this season. However, it was her performance in her staple event that earned the Lady Vol SEC All-Freshman Team acclaim. Wertman finished sixth in the shot put at the meet with a throw of 52-0.5 (15.86m).
- The Lady Vols have won two NCAA Indoor team titles in 2005 and 2009, both coming under J.J. Clark, while the Vols claimed the 2002 team title.
- The Lady Vols have won four NCAA Indoor titles in the distance medley relay, coming in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010, all under Clark. The 2009 unit set world, American and NCAA meet records at 10:50.98.
- The UT women have seven top-10 NCAA Indoor finishes in Clark's previous 10 seasons, including titles in 2005 and 2009, a runner-up effort in 2010 and a third-place result in 2007.
- Clark, a three-time SEC Indoor Women's Coach of the Year, also piloted the Lady Vols to SEC Indoor titles in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
- In 10 full seasons leading the Lady Vols and three with the Vols, Clark's athletes have won 60 SEC titles (Women 31 in/27 Out; Men: 1 in/1 Out).
- Tennessee has now had 295 combined indoor and outdoor All-Americans in program history. Under Clark, the Lady Vols and Vols have combined for 202 All-America certificates.
- The top 12 finishers in individual events and relays at the East and West Preliminary Round meets will secure their place in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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On this first day of the fiscal year, Governor Paterson is urging New Yorkers to lobby their lawmakers to approve the now overdue state budget.
The Senate and Assembly have left Albany for a more than week long holiday break. Governor David Paterson in a statement to T.V. and radio stations said the work legislators completed before their vacation was inadequate. And did not cut enough to close the state's $9 billion gap.
PATERSON: None of us including the legislature will benefit from a budget that appears to substitute electioneer window dressing with real fiscal reform.
REPORTER: Paterson urged the public to contact their state representatives and to tell the lawmakers to make the tough cuts, as the governor says families have had to do all along.


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Chan Ho Park (39) -Surrendered Barry Bonds' 71st and 72nd homers.
Garret Anderson (40) -Holds a bunch of Angel franchise career records...Once drove in ten runs in a game.
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Bud Black (55) -The current Padre manager, he gave up Reggie Jackson's 500th home run... One of only three former starting pitchers to win a Manager of the Year award (Larry Dierker and Tommy Lasorda).
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Over the past few years, BSAC divers and snorkellers from more than 100 BSAC clubs have:
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Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara Xbox 360
- Publisher: Capcom
- Release Date: Jun 19, 2013
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U
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Jul 2, 2013The pinnacle of arcade scrolling beat 'em-ups and still amongst the best the genre can offer today, despite some change-chomping difficulty spikes.
Jun 28, 2013Chronicles has loads of content, faithfully translates the arcade games to home console, and does it all with stylish, deep gameplay. I just wish those bosses didn't feel so soul-crushingly cheap today.
Aug 25, 2013The Dungeons & Dragons titles were some of the most evolved side-scrolling fighters of their day, with design and gameplay concepts that made them stand out from their contemporaries. However, a $15 price-tag makes it tough to recommend the package to anyone who wasn't already a big fan back in the day.
Games Master UKJul 29, 2013No amount of shiny achievements can take the 'dung' out of these dungeons. [Sept 2013, p.71]
Jun 27, 2013It is a nice trip down memory lane, but against modern competition like Castle Crashers or Odin Sphere this multiplayer brawler shows its age.
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Jun 26, 2013OK before i start with the rant, here is a short disclaimer for anybody in new generations of gamers who have not been blessed with seeingOK before i start with the rant, here is a short disclaimer for anybody in new generations of gamers who have not been blessed with seeing and playing this game on Arcade Machines at the time of its release. This title has been EPiC among all gamers and Arcades in the world, a fight against a necromancer withstanding a trial of time, a game offering a great visceral gameplay and beautiful hand drawn sprite graphics. D&D unmatched by name, by TSR brand and definitely unmatched by all "new xbox-live indie games" (i own xbox and buy all the titles on marketplace as well as PS3 so i have an easily comarable cross-platform experience). if it has not been, it would not have been re-released by CAPCOM right? right?
Well, not really. This release is one more out of countless examples that show how little thought the corporations give to "porting" the old games. This blatant outrageously sloppy release (many thought to be Capcom's reaction to coming soon Dragon's Crown) has not even minimum but absolutely NO effort being put into it.
Capcom is already renown among ios users for hideous ports of his games while at the same time demanding for them prices high above itunes average. These games have worse joystick emulation EVER (coming from the arcade games corporation of long standing history mind you) and look hideous on ipads and iphones alike absent of any filters and special effects.
The temerity of Capcom is incomprehensive as they release afterwards a "vip" versions of the previous failures at even higher prices supposedly promising a better performance and looks (the most important thing in such a game namely controls is still pitiful, take example from CAVE or TAiTO who put great effort into creating a home brew touch controls system which perfectly emulaties joystick controls).
Needles to say, after witnessing years after years of games which clearly only purpose is to MiLK the audience and suck a few more out of their pocket with NO effort from the corporate machine whatsoever, still i think that Capcom's "D&D" is the one which so brutally showcases these shady dealings.
Back to the subject i brooded about in the disclamier. I had hUUUUUge expectations toward this game, but don't misunderstand me i would be happy with anything if properly done. My expectations were rather coming from my belief that in spite of witnessing a sh!tstorm of blatant ports this one will be special, MUST be special and will not be mistreated by Capcom. There were also 2 more facts behind my reasoning:
1. this incredibly expensive retail special edition of the game http://www.play-asia.com/Dungeons_Dragons_Mystara_Eiyuu_Senki_Limited_Edition-paOS-13-49-en-70-6ml3.html
2. the name of the games itself being a mix of names from two original games: "chonicles of mystara". i had some wild hope of Capcom creating a special "black label" of D&D combining two games into one monstrous mashup version...
Nothing of that sort. We receive the original two games looking hideously bad on nowadays screens, devoured of any filtering available on MAME which would make a world of difference to this release. Whould it be so hard to add some reasonable graphic filters?! MAME can run this game on old Pentium 200 with shadowmask and make it looks great, lets customize controls and be amazingly playable. Whats hard in letting players SET CONTROLS instead forcing me to use arrow keys?! It's worse port EVER!
The game looks indigestable on Playstation 3 and Steam alike. The final straw are the FiXED controls and the player being forced to play with ARROW KEYS. (for fvkcs sake!!!!)
This is a sad day but also important one marking my awakening to the realisation of corporate greed. The recipe for success taking the old game and branding it as a remake after slapping some "achievements" on it has just stopped working in my case. And hopefully also in yours. Thats also a reason why i give this "port" a zero, because of zero effort put into creating it and "innovating" the release in a blandest way imaginable achievements.
vote with your wallet and let capcom rot in hell … Full Review »
Aug 10, 2013This is a pretty decent compilation of 2 RPG-style beat-em-ups (D&D: Tower of Doom and D&D: Shadows Over Mystara) that have never graced NorthThis is a pretty decent compilation of 2 RPG-style beat-em-ups (D&D: Tower of Doom and D&D: Shadows Over Mystara) that have never graced North American consoles until now. Shadows Over Mystara is the better of the 2 games, with more balanced gameplay and more characters. Both games are traditional beat-em-ups with RPG elements such as a loot system, shops, leveling up and branching story paths. However, both games are clearly designed for multiplayer, as playing solo can be a real challenge (especially in Tower of Doom). All in all, this is a pretty good couple of beat-em-ups. Just bring some friends along for the ride.… Full Review »


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Ontario says 2015-16 deficit smaller than projected, debt rises
By Ethan Lou
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario ran a smaller deficit in the 2015-16 fiscal year than previously projected, although net debt increased, the provincial government said on Monday in an unaudited annual report.
The government said the deficit for the 2015-16 fiscal year ended March 31 would come in at C$5 billion ($3.81 billion), versus the C$5.7 billion projected in February.
The net debt has risen by C$10.7 billion to C$305.2 billion, according to the Liberal government's report, which added that Canada's most populous province remained on track to balance its budget by 2017-18.
Provincial Treasury Board President Liz Sandals said the government published the report unaudited because of a difference of opinion on accounting methods with Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk.
In what it called a departure from the usual practice, the province said Lysyk had wanted the surplus on two public-sector pension plans off the government's balance sheet.
Lysyk's views were ultimately taken into account in the unaudited report, Sandals told reporters, saying the deficit would have otherwise been even lower at C$3.5 billion.
"We wanted to take a cautious approach during the period under which this issue will be reviewed by experts," Sandals said, without giving a timeline.
Lysyk said by telephone she was "disappointed" by the government's move but that her office was proceeding with an audit of the report. Continued...


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the wasteful activities on the right-hand side of Table 1 and what is driving the need for them. It will become clear that the root cause involves delays, and that is what we want to eliminate. [1]
Re-doing requirements is a common practice in software development. It occurs because we often get requirements too early. There is a delay between when a requirement is first mentioned until the development team starts working on it. Inevitably, the requirements will have to be updated or redone; otherwise, we will have another activity, working from old requirements , which clearly causes wasted effort.
Consider "fixing" bugs . The quotes around the fixing are intentional: although most developers believe they spend a considerable amount of time fixing bugs, in reality they spend more time looking for the bugs. This is not just semantics. Imagine a developer who writes a bug but is immediately told about it. She can probably fix the problem fairly quickly. Now, consider the situation where the same error occurs, but the developer is not told about the problem for 2 weeks. It will take her considerably longer, even if nothing else changed. It is even worse if it falls on someone else to fix it. Where did this new work come from? It comes from the delay between creating and detecting. I call this "induced work" because it is caused by delay: Just like moving magnets induce electricity in wires, delays induce work in development.
A similar phenomenon happens with "integration" errors. Virtually every "integration" error I have seen in my years of development has been caused either by communication errors between two groups or one group not doing what they said they would do. While such an error is detected at integration, it doesn't make it an integration error.
Note how all of these "wasteful" items, including building unneeded features is exacerbated by delays in information or in people being available. Overbuilding frameworks is perhaps the only item in the right-hand column that is not caused by delays. [2]
Let's look at the work in Table 1 again. How much time do you spend on the left hand side and how much on the right hand side? Seriously, stop and think about it a minute. In my classes, when I ask people this question, people tell me they spend between 30% and 70% of their time on the left hand side, doing useful work. This means that between 70% and 30% of the time is spent on the right hand side, doing work that is essentially useless!
Now, we can speed things up either by doing the work on the left hand side faster or by figuring out how not to do the work on the right hand side at all. While you might be able to do the work on the left hand side faster, with the exception of automated testing, it is not likely you will realize significant improvements doing so. On the other hand, getting better (faster) feedback and having the right people work on the right tasks at the right time can virtually eliminate most of the work on the right hand side.
Shift your focus from productivity to working on the right things at the right time with the right folks. Better productivity and lower costs will come as great by-products. How to do this in software development is exactly what Kanban focuses on. [3]
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Drake [drake] as a boys' name is pronounced drayk. It is of Middle English origin, and the meaning of Drake is "dragon". From Drakon (Greek) or "draca", the medieval term for "dragon". Originally Drake designated the man who kept the inn with the dragon trademark, or the "Sign of the Dragon". English explorer Sir Francis Drake.
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Hiya. I am attempting something that I probably should not but at any rate, I am being safe. Bear with my vocabulary as it is not very electricaly technical! The main wire (with black , white and red wires) comes in to a box with three light switches. The three light switches seem to be all randomly connected (blacks together and whites together) There is one wire coming out of this pile into an outlet (it works fine). I want to install a second outlet. (The first outlet is already going out to another outlet so no more room to connect there (unless....do I connect them all together with marrettes?). Whatever. I went from the light switch box into my other outlet (technically the third from the light switch box) BUT....(here's my problem)....If I connect black on one side and white on the other (of the outlet) the only outlet that works is the one that the black is on. I have tried doing some switching around but....what have I missed?
When you say "the only outlet that works.." do you mean that the other outlets on the circuit stop working? or that only one of the two receptacles on the new outlet is working? If the second, then perhaps you have used a 'split' receptacle for use in a kitchen? Anyhow, I'm NOT an electrician so wait for some real advice, good luck.
Hiya and yes.....I finally figured it out (but thanks anyways) I was infact using a split receptacle and had not noticed. I chucked it, replaced it and all works fine now. Will keep this forum in my favorites! :)
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You say you got things working but I have a couple of questions. Is this in a kitchen? The red wire has got me thinking. Where does the red wire connect to in the light switch box? Does it connect, or has someone just used a three conductor wire with the red unconnected? Another thing that got me thinking is that you said you found a split receptacle and chucked it. Split receptacles are a must in a kitchen for countertop receptacles where you would use electric kettles, toasters etc.
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Gearing up for the September 2nd release date, DreamWorks Pictures just rolled out a fresh preview trailer for "The Light Between Oceans."
Based on the novel of the same name, the forthcoming flick features stars like Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz and Caren Pistorious.
They're real-life lovers, so it's not surprising that Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander have great chemistry in the new trailer for "The Light Between Oceans."
Showing his range as an actor, Colin Farrell looks to be in fine form in the new trailer for his forthcoming film "The Lobster."
Celebrating the feminine side of Tinseltown, Vanity Fair recruited a dozen darling dames for the 22nd annual Hollywood Issue, coming to newsstands February 8th.
No stranger to a sultry photo shoot, Rachel Weisz stars in a fashionable and flirty pictorial for Violet Grey magazine.
The "About a Boy" babe is the cover girl for the new issue, posing for Ben Hassett in a wardrobe chosen by stylist Alicia Lombardini.
She's enjoyed both critical and commercial success throughout her long and distinguished film career and it looks like Rachel Weisz has managed to grow even more beautiful over the years.
Bringing plenty of eye candy to the red carpet, a bevy of Tinseltown beauties turned up for the premiere of "Youth" at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday (May 20).
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Dog canal rescue reminder for pet safety this Fourth of July
INDIO, Calif. - A German Shepard is safe after she was rescued from an Indio canal early Thursday morning. Riverside County Animal Services says thanks to a microchip, Lola will be reunited with her family, but it serves as a reminder for pet owners to be extra cautious during the holiday weekend.
The bombs bursting in air this Fourth of July can be fun for the whole family,but to your dog it can be terrifying.
"They see these things popping up in the air they don't know what's going on so they will try to get away from that even if it means leaving the area, and that could be your backyard into a busy highway into a canal for instance in this case," said Riverside County Animal Services Sargent Miguel Hernandez.
The 3-year old German Shepard was missing for nearly two days when she was found clinging to the side of this canal.
"She was actually holding her paws up against the wall it seemed like she had her nails really dug into the wall," said Hernandez.
After a few tries,Hernandez and a Coachella Valley Water District employee were able to pull her out.
"He laid down on the ground, lowered the lariat down and we got it around the dog's waist and I was able to pull the dog up at that point," said Hernandez. "She stood up shook off all of the water and just looked at us saying thank you."
Hernandez believes she was in the water for at least an hour and somehow managed to stay out of the swift moving current.
"About 2 more feet to the right she would have gone into the siphon filter and who knows what would have happened to her," said Hernandez.
Lola's paws were torn up, but otherwise seems to be fine and thanks to a microchip, she will be going home.
"I thought I was just bringing in a stray dog, brought her in to the shelter, scanned it and she had an avid chip it was easily tracked to the owner through our system and that's the great thing about microchips," said Hernandez.
While this has an happy ending, Hernandez worries that won't be the case for other dogs during this Fourth of July weekend.
"Animals get scared and they don't know what to do they will just try to get away," said Hernandez.
Instead, Riverside County Animal Services recommend you keep your pets inside all weekend long.
"Put your dog in a nice quiet back room, put the radio on or the TV, let the dog play around with his favorite toy or a Kong filled with peanut butter, just little ways you can relax your pet during this stressful period," said Riverside County Animal Services spokesperson John Welsh.


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Modern Etiquette: How introverts can survive the party season
By Mary Mitchell
SEATTLE (Reuters Life!) - Are you secretly dreading holiday party invitations in your mailbox?
Would you prefer to share celebrations with one person or a few friends rather than a big party? Do you feel drained after social situations, even when you've enjoyed yourself? Do you become grouchy if you're around people or activities too long?
If you answered, "Yes," to these questions, you are probably an introvert like me, and find the holiday entertaining season draining when it's supposed to be joyful.
Until I married an extravert, I never truly appreciated the fact that introverts and extraverts are simply hardwired that way. Parties energize extraverts, but drain the rest of us.
The kicker is that we are very sociable. We appear to be having a swell time - and very often we are - so extraverts assume parties are easy for us, and bring us along for more.
"There is a whole culture developed around introverts having to hide to get what they need," said Dr. Larry Richard, a psychologist who heads the Leadership & Organization Development practice at Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, and an expert on the famed Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test.
"Extraverts don't understand introverts nearly as well as introverts understand extraverts."
Studies indicate that introverts naturally generate elevated levels of electrical stimulation in the neo-cortex, and burn a great deal of glucose, Richard said. That takes energy, which is why we introverts can feel exhausted after a party, when others want to keep going into the wee hours. Continued...


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U.S. Postal Service Launches new 1963 March on Washington Forever Stamp at Newseum Ceremony (photos)
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new "forever" stamp at the Newseum Aug. 23. The stamp completes a series of three that honor the struggle for civil rights in the United States. The latest stamp is an impressionistic depiction of a diverse group of protesters bearing signs calling for equal rights and jobs with the Washington Monument in the background. The program, hosted by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr., featured Rep. John Lewis and deputy postmaster general Ronald Stroman, who jointly dedicated the stamp. In 1963, Lewis was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and an organizer of the march. Actress Gabrielle Union was on hand and Joe Coleman of the Platters performed.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM - Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM (EAT)
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"The combination of Ubuntu Linux's growing popularity with all the big changes coming up in the next version mean that Natty Narwhal, or Ubuntu 11.04, might just be the most widely and anxiously anticipated release of the open source operating system ever.", outlines a post by Katherine Noyes – Thu Mar 31, 7:30 pm ET.
And true to the post, it brings to GNU/Linux this huge list of cutting-edge features. Try Before you Buy which enables a user to test an application before installing, Love Handles which introduces to Gnu/Linux a set of drivers for your touchscreen devices and more security features, all coming as a single disk. This follows their announcement to discontinue maintaining a separate netbook disk (iso) image.
In addition to these, there are a myraid of other changes that have stirred mixed reactions in both the Ubuntu community. This are such as Mark shuttleworth's announcement that Ubuntu will be replacing Gnome with Unity as the default desktop environment on Natty Narwhal, the replacing of Open Office with Libre office, replacing Rythmbox with Banshee as the default multimedia player among others.
Join us on April 30th, 2011 at the iHub and be the first to find out whats true about all this talk. The Release party will be preceeded by an hour of BitMagic.
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Buick mini-van heater problems...
I have this Buick Terraza Minivan, it's the same as the rest of the GM mini's. It's a 2005 and it's loaded. It has the dual climate zone heating and AC up front, but the problem is that the passenger side is now a refrigerator and will not blow out hot air! The driver side does work fine, the rear H & C works fine, nice and hot. I took it to a mechanic and he showed me two plastic sticks, he said these had fallen out after a door controlling the air on that side broke them off and now has gotten stuck. He also told me it would be a cool thousand dollars for him to fix it! I'm curious, has anyone faced this problem with the GM vans and is it such a job that a mechanically inclined fella can fix it or should I pay this guy too much to do it... My concern is actually getting the parts I need.
I don't know about that vehicle specifically, but usually the job is a major pain. You're probably looking at taking apart the bottom of the whole dashboard to get at the ducts. It's pretty labor-intensive, that's why the price is high.
If you're really lucky, you might be able to reach the broken linkage without taking too much apart, and then you can always just manually move it and jam it in the right position to get heat. At least until you feel like fixing it properly, or paying to have it done.
Hey pl1338 did you ever get your minivan temp controls fixed? I have the exact same problem happen on the way home today from work. Fiddled with the rotary dial numerous times and it still blows cold on the driver and the passenger has heat.
Frustrated (and chilly) here, any help appreciated!
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Given the massive role of special effects in today's film industry, the Visual Effects Society has plenty of material to consider in determining each year's stand-outs.
And earlier today, the nominees for the 11th Annual VES Awards were announced, spanning 24 categories of film, animation, television, video games, and commercial projects. The winners will be declared during an official ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 5th.
They teamed up on the big screen for last month's release "Prometheus", and now Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender are reunited for the cover of the August 2012 issue of W magazine.
The 36-year-old actress looks ravishing in a Dior Archive lambskin dress with a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver necklace while her 35-year-old cover partner is clad in a DSquared2 lambskin vest with Viktor & Rolf Monsieur leather pants and a Bess belt for the Mario Sorrenti shot front page.
With one animated film replacing another, "Brave" easily shot atop the box office over the movie-going weekend of June 22-24, 2012.
In what's their thirteenth straight first place release, the Pixar/Disney created action/adventure tale about Princess Merida churned out a $24.5 million opening day followed up with $23.6 million on Saturday which places debut weekend estimates at a respectable $66.5 million.
Continuing its reign atop the movie world, "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" grabbed up the lead at the box office and never looked back over the weekend on June 15-17, 2012.
The DreamWorks animated sequel voiced by Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain and Chris Rock enjoyed a $9.9 million Friday and a $13.3 million Saturday while ending with a sophomore weekend net of $35.0 million.
Making for a big weekend of movie money-making, "Prometheus" stormed out to the early lead at the box office to begin the weekend on June 8-10, 2012.
The Ridley Scott directed film starring Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender conjured up a solid $21.4 million opening day while simmering down with a $16.4 million Saturday to make for second place worthy total first weekend of $49.5 million.
She's all about helping raise money for good causes, but Charlize Theron told Conan O'Brien that it's not always on the up-and-up.
The "Snow White and the Huntsman" babe, who was spotted prettying up at The Wilda Salon yesterday (June 6), explained that she'd recently been auctioned off to a strange man for a charity date.
Gearing up for another interview, Michael Fassbender was spotted at NBC Studios for his appearance on the "Today" show this morning (June 5).
Joined by his costar Noomi Rapace, the "Haywire" hunk plugged "Prometheus," which hits theaters this Friday (June 8th).
Stepping out for an enjoyable evening, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron were spotted at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards last night (June 3).
The "Snow White and the Huntsman" babe and the "Inglourious Basterds" stud looked playful as they jumped around onstage at the Gibson Amphitheatre while the crowd looked on.
Stepping out for an exciting evening, Tom Hardy was spotted at the UK premiere of "Prometheus" last night (May 31).
Joined by his girlfriend Charlotte Riley, the "Inception" stud looked a bit scruffy given his massively bushy beard as he strolled out tot he Aqua nightclub for the after party.
It's the hottest sci-fi flick of the year, and "Prometheus" held an illustrious World Premiere event in London, England today (May 31).
Among the cast members in attendance were Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, and Guy Pearce, who all showed up at the Empire Leicester Square to greet fans and members of the press.
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Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye?: Trusting God with a Hope Deferred
by Carolyn McCulley
No current Talk conversations about this book.
One the whole, this is a great book, and I quite appreciate McCulley's approach to her topic. She offers much practical advice, but does so with a an eye to spiritual considerations. She is sympathetic to the trials that single women face, but doesn't encourage women to engage in self-pity or blame others (men, their churches etc) for being single. Instead, she focuses on how we can do God's will and serve others.
Having said that, there are a few caveats:
1. She keeps quoting Douglas Wilson, who I generally find extremely problematic. The bits she quoted weren't bad, but I would not want someone to read her and then move onto WIlson - who's outlook on women wavers between openly chauvinistic and patronizing.
2. At one point, she openly states that women were created to help men. Wrong. Women were created to glorify God and enjoy him forever.I suspect that this unqualified statement was just a poorly worded and thought out sentence that got missed in the editing process, but it really spoils one chapter.
3. The first 2 caveats are kind of nitpicky, but this last one is actually a pretty glaring hole. When talking about careers, McCulley doesn't seem to think that a woman's career might be an essential part of her calling. As a single woman, I believe that glorifying God in my career is an essentail part of my calling and my life as a Christian. While McCulley encourages women to work dilligently in their careers, she implies that a career is a secondary part of our lives. Just as married women should put their family first, single women should put serving their church, working in charities etc first. Now, there may be some truth to this, but just as men serve God through their vocation, so do women. I wish that MCulley recognized this. Should I be active in my church and hospitable to other Christians? Absolutely. But I also serve God daily in striving for excellence in my career and applying his Word to the daily choices I make.
Carolyn McCulley has written Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? for Christian single women, particularly for women who remain single beyond the time when most women are married. It's a book full of encouragement--encouraging the single woman to trust God with his plan for her life and to live her life fully for His glory.
Carolyn McCulley has become one of my favorite people! This book is just a great resource for single women of any age to help them make the most of their time. "Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom," right?
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KTSCB Announces Cleanup Challenge Winners
Organizers are celebrating the completion of another Toccoa-Stephens County Cleanup Challenge.
Keep Toccoa-Stephens County Beautiful announced the winners of the annual competitive cleanup event at a party to recognize the teams that was held Tuesday at the Stephens County Courthouse Annex in downtown Toccoa.
This year's Cleanup Challenge took place during the months of March, April, and May.
KTSCB Executive Director Linda Scofield said this year's challenge went very well.
"Everybody is so proud of what they have done," said Scofield. "The numbers show for themselves."
According to statistics presented by KTSCB, 101 volunteers put in more than 3,000 hours of time to pick up nearly 700,000 pounds of debris.
Volunteers cleaned up more than 1,300 tires, 14 cars, three boats, and a motor home, along with beautifying numerous properties around the city and county.
Scofield said she feels that the work these volunteers have done has really made a difference.
She pointed to Mulkey Road, where work was done on both a barn and house that cleaned up properties.
"They were so happy to see it go," said Scofield of the neighborhood's reaction. "They said they were going to maintain it from now on."
According to Scofield, the city provided some grass seed to help with that.
"Everybody is just joining in. It's so great," said Scofield. "It is bringing the community together for beautification."
As for the winning team, it was a group of citizens called the Toccoa Roto League that was captained by Mark Marsteller. That team collected more than 480,000 pounds of debris and hauled off nearly 600 tires.
A team representing the Lake Harbor Shores community finished second place and a team representing Amedisys Hospice finished third.
This was the fourth annual Toccoa-Stephens County Cleanup Challenge.
Scofield said plans are in the works to hold the event more frequently and start another cleanup challenge in September.


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Behold The Magical Powers of ... Bratzillaz???
LAS VEGAS, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Licensing Expo -- Award-winning toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment extends 'best witches' to all who love fantasy play with the summer debut of Bratzillaz-, an all-new line of charmed fashion dolls who possess extraordinary magical powers. The enchanted good witch cousins of the popular Bratz , Bratzillaz- takes girls on a supernatural flight of imagination and discovery to reveal their own inner secrets and special powers, including the ability to communicate with animals, fly through the air, see into the future and find true love. Designed to encourage a girl's imagination to dream big, the powers of Bratzillaz- will magically appear in retail toy aisles and young girls' hearts in July 2012.
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Prepare to be transported to a mesmerizing world where magic meets glam as MGA Entertainment invites you to meet Bratzillaz-:
Cloetta Spelletta- has the power to change you into anything you want. She'll help you show there's two sides to you; Magic Power: Can transform into anything; Witchmark: Moon & Stars; Fave Pet: Barkthalameow-; Fave Class: History of Platform Shoes; Fashion Passion: Girly Glitter.
Jade J'Adore- has the power to help you find your one true love. She'll help you heal your broken heart, too!; Magic Power: Heals broken hearts; Witchmark: Heart Arrow; Fave Pet: Kissifuss-; Fave Class: Fashion Magic; Fashion Passion: Urban Witchy.
Yasmina Clairvoya- has the power to see the future. She'll help you be ready for anything coming your way!; Magic Power: Sees into the future; Witchmark: Egyptian Eye; Fave Pet: Winkers-; Fave Class: Purses & Potions; Fashion Passion: Vintage Romantic.
Sashabella Paws- has the animal kingdom under her spell. She'll help you communicate with creatures everywhere!; Magic Power: Can communicate with animals; Witchmark: Tribal Cat; Fave Pet: Fluffinscruff-; Fave Class: Exotic Animal Languages; Fashion Passion: Fierce faux fur.
Meygana Broomstix- not only has the power to fly, but also to make dreams come true. She'll help make your wildest dreams take flight!; Magic Power: Helps you fly; Witchmark: Wings; Fave Pet: Wingzy-; Fave Class: Broom Gymnastics; Fashion Passion: Sporty Supernatural.
In August, Bratzillaz- will extend into the digital space with interactive content on www.bratzillaz.com, a newly designed website that offers an immersive 3D experience including the cutting edge technology of parallax scrolling, multi platform games, augmented reality experiences, character bios, and more! In a first for MGA Entertainment, Bratzillaz- games will also be available on apps for smartphones.
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Why film awards matter
Julie Rigg
The first job for the AACTA has to be an awards ceremony which reaches out to Australians, and lets us all share a tribal celebration of Australian films, writes Julie Rigg.
Do film awards matter? Watching the dismal Oscars telecast this year, with Seth McFarlanes neon smile failing to mask the pain of every thudding joke, I wondered why I, along with forty-plus million viewers, kept watching.
Once upon a time I wouldnt have bothered. When I began as a film journalist I scorned the Oscars as sheer hype and marketing, the pinnacle of Hollywood arrogance: big money, and many collective misjudgements. Year after year so many great films were beaten by those with glitz and frivolity. And behind it all there was a lot of politicking going on. Bah, humbug. What did this have to do with cinema?
Now I see them differently. I take an anthropological view. Film is a way to share stories; stories which bind us together emotionally and culturally. These awards ceremonies are tribal gatherings of our storytellers, a time when we get to tell stories about the storytellers themselves.
I think it was 1998 Oscar telecast that won me over. That was the year Gwyneth Paltrow cried. Shed won the Academy Award for Best Actress for a sweet but not particularly memorable performance as Shakespeares muse Viola (Shakespeare in Love) beating Cate Blanchetts majestic turn as Elizabeth I. At the microphone Paltrow sobbed uncontrollably.
It confirmed a number of things. That the best people and best pictures dont often win. That Harvey Weinstein could beat any other Oscar campaigner hands down, and that tribal loyalties run deep. Paltrows father was diagnosed with throat cancer the same year. The tribe assembled in LA had more forbearance than the millions of incredulous viewers. This viewer went away and invented a new award the Tosca for over emoting during an Academy Award ceremony.
1998 was also the year of the Queens. There were two Elizabeths: Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, and Cate Blanchett in white face makeup as The Virgin Queen. So when host Whoopi Goldberg, also in white makeup, swept onstage in a scarlet and white Tudor gown and announced Ah am the African Queen, I was hooked.
Awards do matter, and in Australia, film awards are in trouble. Theyve often been in trouble down the years but this year the awkwardly named AACTAs our own version of the Academy Awards -left the Australia Film Institute in the red, according to the online journal Screen Hub.
AACTA lost a major sponsor, Samsung, two months out from Februarys ceremony. Its laid off half its staff - six people have gone and is once again going back to the drawing board, consulting its membership; combing through the books.
Ironically enough, this year Channel Ten got the telecast just about right. Russell Crowe stepped in to replace Hugh Sheridan (who?) as host, and he was concise and charming.
The AACTAs have also come under fire for slavishly following an American model, complete with a Los Angeles ceremony bestowing international awards: mainly to Americans or Australians now making it in Los Angeles.
For many in an industry reborn in the 1970s under the banner of telling Australian stories, this was just too much. Tom Ryan, the respected Melbourne film critic wrote: Talk about a betrayal of Australian filmmakers. Talk about cultural cringe. Instead of celebrating Australian cinema, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards ceremony - now known with little affection as the AACTA awards - has left local filmmaking as a background blur...
Why on earth did the AFI take this route? Alan Finney, AFI President says when he and CEO Damian Trewhella went to Los Angeles in 2011 they noticed that the British Academy, which runs the BAFTAs was everywhere, holding screenings for Hollywood members. They were impressed with the goodwill towards Australian films, especially from international figures such as Quentin Tarantino.
But Alan, of course they would say nice things about Australian films. Thats what people do, at parties. More so when youre hosting the party.
And we arent the UK (population 62 million, with a screen industry contribution to the GDP of £4.6bn billion in 2011 from 136 feature films, and the rest.) Were Australian, population 22 million, and the last time I looked we made around 25 feature films a year. Some of them, like The Sapphires, are bloody good ones.
I think the AFI/AACTA emissaries to Cannes and Los Angeles may have become a little, well, overexcited. Yes, local awards, including AFI awards do help launch a film in overseas markets. So do film festival awards, online campaigns, hit sound track albums and a lot of other savvy marketing strategies.
But the first job for the AACTA has to be an awards ceremony which reaches out to Australians, and lets us all share that tribal celebration of Australian films.
Baby steps guys, baby steps: It takes time to build an Academy.
I do think its time Australian broadcasters including the burgeoning digitals channels stepped up to the plate, instead of, as Tom Ryan says, hand passing the telecast from one to another, as they have done for decades. Maybe a local awards levy, as part of the Convergence Reviews new legislative measures?
What do I dream about? That telecast ceremony with cutaways to Russell Crowe and Jacki Weaver in the audience become as familiar as those Oscar cutaways to Jack Nicholson beaming and mugging in a red plush seat in Los Angeles. I even want those unguarded moments.
When memories of Seth McFarlanes idiocy fade, heres how folks will remember the 2013 Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence , who won for the wrong film (it should have been Winters Bone, two years back) stumbling in her dress, recovering with aplomb and then totally disarming a bunch of ditsy entertainment journalists backstage who asked how she prepared for this momentous occasion? What was her process getting ready?
Her response: I took a shower.
Good move. I hope the AFI emissaries do likewise.
- Julie Rigg
Top image: Deborah Mailman, front with Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens in a scene from Wayne Blair's The Sapphires. A Hopscotch/ Entertainment One film release, 2012 (image.net)
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This is my regular order at Chowking. I like this dish a lot. The serving's pretty inconsistent, though.
This isn't my order. It looks so appetizing but the pork was too tough. Disappointed.
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