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AYWalton: Good afternoon, 3rd. hope you are doing well.
3rdthawkins: hello AY, yeah, doing good, trying to reorganize my research binders
AYWalton: sounds like a good undertaking. good time to re-organize and throw out unnecessary clutter.
3rdthawkins: yeah, had to expand to two binders, I decided to use one for Maternal and the other Paternal
AYWalton: the most important thing is that you have a system that works for you.
3rdthawkins: right
AYWalton: I am multi-tasking as usual.
3rdthawkins: finished with that, perhaps I can get to my notes and documents faster
AYWalton: well that's good! It is good to go through things at least once a year like that.
3rdthawkins: I have dividers, separated by Surname
AYWalton: I shall return shortly.
3rdthawkins: hello alt
alt: hi 3rdthawkins.. folks taking the day off?
3rdthawkins: (shrugh) don't know, AY was here earlier, said she would return
alt: I see you're in the re-organizing mode.
3rdthawkins: yeah, families got to big for one binder lol
alt: that happens.... so what's your take on folks and their use of Ancestry for 'tree' storage? good, bad, indifferent?
3rdthawkins: for Storage? I don't like it because it defeats the purpose of having it on there, other's would like to connect I have mines private and a lot of people don't like a person having their tree on Ancestry then set it to private.........I just hate when people put a tree online of someone they are not related to, Unless, they are doing a project
alt: I guess ,, I have many 'trees' on my website to folks I'm not related to. Lot depends on your purpose... Family, community, projecrs, etc.
3rdthawkins: right, if you live in the same area of the people who is in your tree, Ok, but you're in Canada and doing a tree of people in Texas, I don't know
alt: tha's why my Title id 'Art's Family's & Other Folks" to suggest it isn't just a 'tree' of my family, but rather a databse of trees. I've recently started adding the families of those in the A.M.E. church that had some connection to my family and community ties. it is an eye opener seeing the different places the clergy have been located from their early days as Pastors up thru their being named Bishops in the A.M.E. church.
AYWalton: Good afternoon all. Hello again 3rd.
3rdthawkins: wb AY
AYWalton: Howdy alt!
alt: hello AYWalton
AYWalton: Talking about your AME info, alt? howdy Ms. Selma!!
3rdthawkins: hello Selma
alt: hello Selma
Selma: Afternoon you alt, ay and 3rd
AYWalton: how's it going, Selma? anything new down your way?
alt: , I was telling 3rd hos interesting it is in following some of the clergy that have been connected one way or another with my family history
AYWalton: is that right, alt? That is interesting.
Selma: Doing Ok..just got back from a workshop on Conducting Oral interviews
AYWalton: is that new information that you are obtaining? where was the workshop, Selma?
Selma: At the library...N News Library is initiating an Oral History Project..
AYWalton: what a great idea!!! of local elders?
Selma: City of Hampton initiated one about 5 or 6 years ago...leading up the the celebration of their 400th Anniversary, which is now in 2010
alt: is it going to be an 'ongoing' project Selma... from technique, tools, preservation, etc.?
Selma: Of Elders..and anyone else (mostly older) who might have something interesting to say..about their life here in Newport News
AYWalton: I think that is wonderful!!!
Selma: The have purchased a camera..mike, lights
AYWalton: other places should use that program as a model to follow.
alt: ah so... wonderful
AYWalton: How will participants be found?
Selma: I think Houston has one..
alt: who will be doing the actual interviews?
Selma: We submitt names I hadn't planned to...I am hoping Drusilla will be one of the interviers, since she has done a few The workshop is being conducted by Dr. Sandra Newby-
alt: is there a 'flyer' or process you can share with us?
Selma: Alexander from Norfolk State (you will probably meet her when you come to the Civil War conference). She has done many oral history interviews, one project was to interview the retired judges of VA Supreme Court
AYWalton: that is wonderful news. I hope she is involved also. Druscilla is really doing some great things!
Selma: I have handouts Atl..I can copy for you
alt: good!!! you have someone who is familiar withthe process of oral interviewing techniques. that would be great Sellma please do 'copy' me Hasker Nelson was going to do on Oral Interview training workshop with our group... He became ill and it never got off the ground.
3rdthawkins: gotta go you all, have my SonDo list
Selma: The Houston Interviews (I think it was Houston) on are line
alt: Hasker's booklet is in the AfriGeneas Bookstore... He did a TV talk Show in Cincicnnati, Oh for 25 years called "Black Memo".
AYWalton: I remember Hasker Nelson!
alt: it was the longest running TV show of it's kind by an AA when he retired.
AYWalton: where is he these days? (hoping he is still with us.)
alt: he is still in Cincinnati, retired and doing a little consulting work when he is able.
AYWalton: ahhh that's good to know. Selma have you seen the promotional video for the conference in September? The CW conference I mean.
Selma: I see the announcment of the Low Country project has been announced No I haven't have you
AYWalton: yes, I was talking to Toni Carrier last week----she was so excited!
alt: yes, and it looks like they've done a wonderful project too.
AYWalton: It should be really useful. they are also looking for people to assist with Indexing the data.
Selma: Over 2000 folks attended the Civil War Conference in Richmond...just about as many folks have registered for this one..the venue is smaller
AYWalton: anyone who assists will be able to promote their work if they have a website or blog. They have created an indexing badge for volunteers.
Selma: The VA Pilot is running a series on Contraband Camp at Fort Monroe..I posted first yesterday..today is the 2nd
AYWalton: yes, I love it!
alt: WOW!!!! that is wonderful Selma... many AA participants? and was it tilted? Union vs Confederate?
AYWalton: having ancestors who lived in an Contraband camp this is great!
Selma: It wasn't tilted either way..as far as I heard..you can watch on the web at the Civil War site
alt: okay Selma, is there a link?
Selma: It was more a conference on VA in the year before the Civil War started..this one is one The Tough Stuff..Slavery Let me see if I can find.
alt: okay, for sure that iS 'Tough Stuff"
AYWalton: when you have a chance watch the video promoting the conference in September in Norfolk VA. http://nsu-media.nsu.edu/RaceSlaveryAndTheCivilWar.wmv
Selma: What can't I paste links... Alt..put Virginia Civil War Conference in Googel..the 2009 archive came up
alt: I think AYWalton has post a link.. I have the video playing in the background.
AYWalton: it is great!! hit alt TAB to find it Alt---worth watching for 3-4 minutes.
Selma: I will watch when I get off...can't do 2 things at once like you Mizz AY
AYWalton: lol
alt: watching AYWalton
AYWalton: Selma when pasting a link, hit Control v and then it should come up.
Selma: http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/2009conference.php Why thank you Mizz AY
AYWalton: I am thinking about beefing up my Arkansas page for the Sequicentennial of the CW. Making sure that my Arkansas USCTS are represented.
Selma: You should AY...it is gaining momentum
AYWalton: you are welcome Miss Selma! I hope that folks take up arms (so to speak) all over the country!! hmm......reminding me---I wonder if AAHGS will address that at the conference---if any presenters will talk about it.
alt: we're 'battling' here in Ohio with the CW150 committee on getting AA regocnition noted before the establishment of the USCT
Selma: I don't see why it should be a battle ..All should be included
AYWalton: Oh----BTW, I have created a group on Facebook, for Black "professional" genealogists. A place for folks to share info on workshops, calls for papers and anything else that comes to mind. You don't have to be a professional taking clients---you only have to be a leader of sorts in the community to join. It is called BlackProGen. so if you are on Facebook, find the group and join it. alt is there a website focusing on black involvement in the early days of the war? or an organization that illustrates that history?
alt: there was a tremendous amount of AA particapation leading up to the CW and in the early stages and there isn't too big of an effort by the Ohio CW150 committee to acknowledge that fact.
Selma: Oh jeez does that mean I have to join Facebook..can I just visit
AYWalton: well I hope folks are making noise! I think so---but to join you have to be a member of facebook.
Selma: Just start screaming alt...
alt: lots of noise AYWalton LOL
AYWalton: trying to get folks to start interacting with each other more.
alt: Selma, we're screaming with documented facts & figures in our hands.
AYWalton: oh!! Guess what-----I was on Footnote looking at the SC information and I am on Footnote everyday anyway----and found an update to the Southern Claims----found out that my Amanda got $150 payment for a mule that was taken from her!!! that was a fun find!
Selma: I bet that was AY
alt: I would think so AYWalton
AYWalton: Alt, there needs to be some press about your efforts.
Selma: $150 bucks was a good amount of change back then Iwould imagine
AYWalton: Oh yes it was, indeed!
alt: press... there is a 'back room' effort at the moment...
AYWalton: I had never found that, and have been going over Southern Claims off an on for years!
Selma: How did you catch it this time?
AYWalton: well they need to tell the story----two stories---the stories of the ancestors who were involved in the war, and the story to get those facts included!! The resistance involved in telling the story is also worth telling. they had a category of approved claims---still kind of scanty---but I just looked at the states and the county listing---and I saw Tippah county.
Selma: Why are they hesitant to include alt..
AYWalton: There was an alpha list so I checked Young and there was Amanda Young.
alt: there are quite a feww examples of AA's who were'passing' that were able to join the Union Army prior to the USCT and also the cooks, Teamsters etc. that aide the Union Forces.
AYWalton: those stories need to be told, alt.
alt: I wouldn't say hesitant Selma, just unaware and the typical 'oversight' of not being inclusive.
AYWalton: I understand being unaware. It is our reponsibility to make people aware. AND to use the technology of the future to tell the stories of the past! this needs to be everywhere!!! Folks gotta get with it!
alt: of AA history in telling the story of AA involvement.
AYWalton: we can't sit back and say---oh I don't do that ----we have to combat nonsense everywhere.
Selma: So why don't you do a web page of their involement Alt
alt: there are 'efforts' being made as we speak ..
Selma: Is there an annoucment of the new Footnote project.....
alt: many are involved including Bennie, Henry Burke, Hasker Nelson and other active AA storytellers and recorders of AA History in Ohio.
AYWalton: I am glad Bennie is involved! that is wonderful!
alt: there are several exisitng webpages/sites already up explaing AA's in the CW.
AYWalton: alt how far are you from Indianapolis?
alt: bout 2 hrs. drive AYWalton
AYWalton: I have been invited to speak at the Eiteljorg in May 2011. Thought I would mention it.
alt: is that NA and/or IAAGG?
Selma: What is Eiteljorg?
AYWalton: the museum is the largest Museum devoted to Native American history.
Selma: Oh...where is that?
AYWalton: east of the Mississippi, I should say. in Indianapolis. it is a beautiful facility.
alt: They have a great Western & NA Museum at Eiteljorg.. that is where IAAGG meets and also have their annual workshop there
AYWalton: http://www.eiteljorg.org/
Selma: You are going.......right?
AYWalton: the museum itself invited me to speak.
alt: it is fabulous Selma
AYWalton: Yes, I shall be speaking there. it is beautiful.
alt: let me know the date so I can pencil you in my calendar AYWalton
AYWalton: as soon as I have it confirmed, I shall let you know. would love to see you there!
alt: wonderful!!!!
AYWalton: I wish I was attending that Midwestern Roots conference. sounds really good. is that conference held every year?
alt: We can help to 'promote' your presentation to the AA community of genealogists in this area of IN/OH.
AYWalton: wow, thanks alt, I really appreciate that.
Selma: I gotta go folks...
AYWalton: ok Selma. take care. quick question before I go as well. does the Midwestern Roots conference take place every year?
alt: Midwestern Roots, yes .. every year by the Indiana Genealogy/Historical Society
AYWalton: to your knowledge?
alt: I've been the last two years... that is where I met Megan a couple of years ago.
AYWalton: always in Indianapolis or does it move around?
alt: I think it stays in Indy.
AYWalton: ahh ok, great! I have come to realize that Indianapolis is a well kept secret. quite an impressive city!
alt: No place else has the hotel room capacity to hold it.. the usuallyhave 300-500 in attendence.
AYWalton: wow. if you find out about the next Call for Papers, let me know, I might submit an abstract to speak.
alt: well, maybe Ft. Wayne with their ACPL
AYWalton: the midwest has wonderful offerings. Us folks on the coast need to look into the interior a bit more frequently.
alt: yes, we do :}
AYWalton: well, I had better run. Take care.
alt: yes you do
AYWalton: lol
alt: laters
AYWalton: bye


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When the remains of hundreds of colonial-era Africans were uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, one coffin in particular stood out. Nailed into its wooden lid were iron tacks, 51 of which formed an enigmatic, heart-shaped design.
The pattern was soon identified as the sankofa — a symbol printed on funereal garments in West Africa — and it captured the imagination of scholars, preservationists and designers. Ultimately, it was embraced by many African-Americans as a remarkable example of the survival of African customs in the face of violent subjugation in early America.
The sankofa was widely invoked in 2003, when the 419 remains were reinterred at the site, now known as the African Burial Ground, following painstaking examination. It was chiseled into a black granite memorial unveiled in 2007. It is featured in an interpretive display in the federal building at 290 Broadway (the construction of which led to the discovery of the graves), which describes it as a direct link to "cultures found in Ghana and the Ivory Coast." And it serves as a logo for the African Burial Ground as a whole.
Michael A. Gomez, a professor of history at New York University and an authority on the African diaspora, said the design's apparent link to 18th-century Africa "is of enormous meaning and carries a lot of symbolic weight." For decades, historians and anthropologists have debated the extent to which the continent's cultural practices endured and came to influence art, language, music and religion in the Americas — a question with particular resonance for the African-American community.
The burial ground sankofa was important in this debate, Dr. Gomez said, "because, let's face it, we don't have an extremely large amount of material culture with which to work."
But now a peer-reviewed study, published this month in a leading history journal, argues that the heart-shaped symbol is not, in fact, a sankofa, and probably does not have African origins at all. Indeed, it suggests that the sankofa probably did not yet exist as a symbol in Africa at the time the coffin was made, and that the design is likely Anglo-American in origin.Continue reading the main story
The National Park Service, which has managed the burial ground since it was a declared a national monument in 2006, is itself stepping back from the original claim. As a result of research by scholars who prepared reports in 2006 for the federal government, the interpretive sign in the service's new $5.2 million visitor center, scheduled to open on Feb. 27, will say only that the design "could be a sankofa symbol" and that "no one knows for sure."
In an interview, Erik R. Seeman, the historian whose new study treats the sankofa claim skeptically, acknowledged that his argument could be politically fraught. In his article, published in the January issue of The William and Mary Quarterly, he makes a point of emphasizing his belief that African influences did play a major role in the lives of early black Americans — although generally as part of hybrid traditions.
"As free and enslaved blacks created a distinctive culture in the New World, they drew on remembered African practices and Anglo-American religious and material culture to fashion something altogether original," wrote Dr. Seeman, who teaches American history at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Seeman's article, adapted from a book, "Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800," to be published in May by the University of Pennsylvania Press, argues that scholars "have too readily attributed cultural practices to African antecedents without convincing documentary or archaeological evidence."
After archaeologists who examined the bones "emphasized the African origins" of the beads, shells, rings and other objects in the graves, Dr. Seeman writes, "historians followed this lead, seeing in the African Burial Ground artifacts glimpses of a long-hidden African worldview in New York."
Particularly striking was the coffin labeled Burial 101, containing the remains of a man between 26 and 35 who died sometime after 1760. (Some of the tacks within the heart-shaped symbol can be read as the number "69," suggesting that the man died in 1769.)
The hexagonal, larch-wood lid of the coffin was studded with 187 cast-iron tacks, 51 of which made up the heart-shaped pattern, about 18 inches wide and 19 inches high.
"It can be safely concluded," Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, an expert in African art at Howard University, wrote in a 1995 newsletter of the archaeological excavation, "that the image was meant to be" the sankofa — one of several hundred symbols that are stamped on adinkra cloth, used by the Akan people of present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Although a series of reports produced for the African Burial Ground project in 2006 backed away from this definitive stance — stating only that the design "has been interpreted" as a sankofa — it was nevertheless used as a central element in the granite memorial completed the next year at a cost of more than $5 million.
(There has also been some inconsistency regarding what the sankofa, thought to stand for a West African proverb, means. The 2006 reports render the proverb as, "It is not a taboo to return and fetch it when you forget," while the new interpretive display offers the easier-to-grasp phrase, "Look to the past to understand the present.")
Dr. Seeman's study finds several problems with the sankofa identification. First, he writes, there is no evidence that the cloth existed in the 18th century. (The earliest surviving example of adinkra cloth, now in the British Museum, dates to 1817, and the earliest known depiction of the sankofa comes from a 1927 catalog of adinkra symbols.)
Second, Dr. Seeman writes that it was customary for masters to supply coffins for their slaves, and so, if the man in Burial 101 was a slave, "it would have been his master's decision to pay extra for the tacks on his lid." Finally, Dr. Seeman notes that hearts portrayed by an outline of tacks were a common form of decoration on Anglo-American coffin lids.
But several anthropologists and historians, including Michael L. Blakey, who as the scientific director of the African Burial Ground project oversaw the archaeological excavation and analysis of the remains and artifacts, remained unconvinced that Dr. Seeman's arguments were decisive. They were shown a draft of his article.
"We often are unable to ascertain which meanings persons in the past held for the objects they created," Dr. Blakey, director of the Institute for Historical Biology at the College of William and Mary, wrote in an e-mail message. (The journal publishing Dr. Seeman's article is based at the college, but Dr. Blakey had no role in the publication of it.)
The sankofa, Dr. Blakey maintained, is one of several "plausible meanings" of the design, and one that "most perfectly expresses the meaning of the site for many people around the world."
Anne-Marie Cantwell and Diana diZerega Wall, authors of "Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City" (Yale University Press, 2001), said it was not enough to look at documentary records or — given how little West African cloth of any kind has survived from before the 19th century — the extremely limited physical evidence.
"As archaeologists, we are keenly aware of how much is left out of the written record and the consequent pitfalls of relying on it, especially in such cases where the texts are few, far between and written by outsiders," they wrote in a statement in response to a reporter's question. "In this case, we think it is better to keep the door wide open to the possibility that the heart-shaped symbol might have been interpreted by the 18th-century mourners as a sankofa from their homeland."
And Dr. Gomez — who says he sees Dr. Seeman's article as part of a wave of scholarly work that "pushes back against the notion of concrete, specific connections between Africa" and its slavery-related diaspora — predicted that it would "cause a ripple" because "it was meant to cause a ripple."
He said that he believed that the article was vague and excessive in its claim that scholars had too quickly ascribed African origins to black American cultural practices and that it contained some faulty assumptions — that Anglo-American burial practices of the time were uniform and stable, for example.
Still, Dr. Gomez said, even if he was unconvinced by the argument for an Anglo-American heart motif interpretation, "Seeman may very well be right that this is not a sankofa symbol," either. Perhaps the best answer, he said, is the National Park Service's answer: "No one knows for sure."Continue reading the main story


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On Friday 4 May, the "summer" movie season commenced with the eagerly anticipated The Avengers, a box office juggernaut (and according to reviews, a comic book movie masterpiece). The first Friday of May has become all-important for the film business. For two decades, Memorial Day was considered the start of the summer movie season. Never mind that actual summer does not begin until the fourth week of June and that it ends the fourth week of September, in the movie biz, the summer blockbuster season traditionally commenced the Wednesday before the Memorial Day Weekend (thank you, George Lucas) and concluded before Labor Day weekend (thank you … Jerry Lewis telethon?). All that changed with the release of The Mummy in 1999. That film's surprising success pushed the start of the summer season to the first Friday in May and for the past several years, Marvel has staked out that day for the likes of Iron Man, Spider-man 3, Iron Man 2, Thor and now, The Avengers.
Even before the release of the Joss Whedon-directed blockbuster, Summer of 2012 certainly looked like it would be a record-setting one box office-wise, with such sure-fire hits as Will Smith's return to alien policing with Men in Black III, Ridley Scott's return to the Alien franchise with Prometheus, an action-adventure take on "Snow White" starring Thor and the gal from the Twilight movies, a G.I. Joe sequel with both Bruce Willis and The Rock, a Spider-man reboot, Christopher Nolan's conclusion to his Dark Knight trilogy, another "Bourne" movie (only without Jason Bourne), and a follow-up to Sylvester Stallone's testosterone dream team ensemble action movie The Expendables.
Even the more "risky" studio fare seem like relatively safe bets. Sure, the television series on which Dark Shadows is based is not much remembered and those who do remember it might not be fond of the tone of parody the big-screen adaptation takes. Still, it's a Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp. And it seemed like a good counter-programming idea at the time. After all, who could have guessed that The Avengers would prove to be so funny? That budget of $150 million before marketing costs, however? That kind of math will turn many hits into "disappointments". Sacha Baron Cohen's latest vehicle The Dictator is certainly being marketed as the new "risky" comedy, from a comedian who takes "risks". Yet, when a film is being marketed as "risky", that's usually a pretty good indication it was considered a safe bet financially-speaking.
While musicals haven't exactly come back in force, Rock of Ages sure seems to have momentum going for it. If it is successful, it will be almost impossible to remember that at this point a year ago, people were wondering whether Tom Cruise was "done" as an A-List star. And can it really have been ten years since Catherine Zeta-Jones reached her career peak in Chicago? Meanwhile, talk about comebacks, with Robert Redford's The Conspirator, Steven Spielberg's upcoming Lincoln and this summer's Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Abraham Lincoln seems to be starring in just about everything these days! A case could be made that this sudden interest in the sixteenth President might reflect how the U.S. is currently a house more divided than at any time since the Civil War, though that case won't be made here as it is probably untrue and is nowhere near as interesting as writing about vampires, so … Honest Abe's latest vehicle finds him battling the undead in a genre mash-up that has inspired high hopes in the Comic-con crowd. It looks like this year's Cowboys and Aliens, by which I mean it could be really cool, it could be so bad it's good, or it could be so bad it's … Bad. Unlike Cowboys and Aliens, however, The Great Emancipator's foray into sci-fi, horror and action came in at a reasonable budget of $70 million, so whatever the outcome, it won't hemorrhage money the way Cowboys and Aliens did.
Genre mashing didn't work so well the last time out for Ben Stiller with Tower Heist. The caper aspects of that film were competent enough. The comedic aspects were … Wait, were there comedic aspects?
Neighborhood Watch stars Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill as suburban dads who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines and find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion. Sci-fi/comedy mash-ups can work quite well (Ghostbusters, anyone?). They can also make you never want to see a movie ever again (Evolution, anyone?). With the heavy-duty comedic talent on board this project both in front of and behind the camera, it's hard to imagine the film not at least proving profitable, though Fox's decision to re-title the film simply The Watch so as to avoid confusion with the Trayvon Martin case does indicate a certain paranoia on a distributor's part. Ordinarily, that kind of paranoia would lead this observer to believe the distributor lacks faith in the product they are selling. When the distribution company in question is owned by Rupert Murdoch, that paranoia might just prove to be … Paranoia. Discuss among yourselves. Only, I'd advise against doing so on the phone. Rupert would likely be listening …
No topic discussed on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour seems to draw such passionate disdain from listeners as the subject of remakes. Marketing companies seem to be aware of this fact and so opt for euphemisms like "re-imaginings". Filmmakers often go out of their way to point out that they have returned to a property's source material to re-interpret that material, rather than simply "remaking" a previous film. Definitely in the minority opinion, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness don't particularly care about any of these distinctions. Is a film interesting or is it not interesting? Is the approach to making that film interesting or not interesting? Is the marketing of that film interesting or not interesting? Of course, the financial desperation that inspires so many of these remakes IS, charitably, uninteresting. On the other hand, the almost always-superior originals still exist and often are treated to improved re-issues as a result of produced remakes. Plus, many people find out about originals they never would have encountered were it not for the remakes, so …
Where were we?
Oh, yes. Total Recall. Len Wiseman's remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1990 cinematic adaption of Phillip K. Dick's We Can Remember it For You Wholesale boasts an awfully impressive cast – Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy, Ethan Hawke, John Cho – it's quite possible that given an interesting approach to the original source material, this "Recall" could be superior to its forebear. The odds of it being as much fun as the Schwarzenegger-starring original are slim at best, however. In fact, Wiseman's "Recall" had better be superior in quality to the original because if it's bad there's no way it will be nearly as enjoyable as Verhoeven's was when IT was bad! Plus, as "safe" a business as remakes generally are, spending $200 million on a film starring Colin Farrell (whose name can be translated as meaning "no U.S. box office") strikes us as career suicide for whichever bean counters pressed the green light on this one! In that regard, perhaps Total Recall will prove to be this summer's Cowboys and Aliens, the answer to the question, "What American film spent $200 million to generate $100 million at the box office?"
Still, Summer of 2012 looks to have at least eight blockbusters, and possibly more than a dozen. Coupled with the record-setting start to the year, in which The Hunger Games was the biggest hit but was itself preceded by an unprecedented string of strong performers, it might be tempting to believe that the film business is breathing a collective sigh of relief. After all, it was just last year that the sky was falling, when from August until the end of December the North American box office suffered a drought the likes of which it had never known. If there is a sigh of relief in any quarters, it seems premature, and would belie the behavior on the part of studios AND stars.
Fewer films are being made by studios, which means fewer opportunities for big paydays for stars. Fewer independent films are getting theatrical releases, which means lower paydays for the actors who star in those. One look at the current films in development that have generated show biz headlines over the past few months and it's clear that no matter how successful 2012 might prove to be at the box office, studios and stars are more desperate than ever to create sure-fire properties.
How else to explain the reboot of The Rockford Files as a big-screen vehicle for Vince Vaughn or that Disney is adapting the old Night Stalker series (itself the inspiration for Chris Carter's The X-Files) as a vehicle for Johnny Depp? Shouldn't Disney be concerned that making that film might cause Depp to be unavailable to play the titular role in their latest effort at turning a theme park ride into a movie, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride? When it comes to adaptations, however, no project currently in development more represents an industry eating its own like the forthcoming Friday Night Lights film, based, of course, on the television series, which was based, of course, on a feature film!
Of course, many of the titles in the news are remakes/reboots/re-imaginings … There's a musical remake of Dirty Dancing, a remake of Dario Argento's 1977 horror film Suspiria, a reboot of The Mummy franchise (which will no doubt attempt to push up the start of the summer movie season even earlier), and a re-imagining of A Star is Born being directed by Clint Eastwood.
Those fail to excite you? Perhaps your tastes run more to sequels.
Not surprisingly there will be a sequel to this year's Woman in Black, which brought back the legendary Hammer label and which proved to be the UK's most successful horror export in decades. Never mind that the star of the first installment can't return (spoiler alert!). Somewhat surprisingly the team that brought us the cult favorite Anchorman, which no one outside the U.S. saw, is currently at work on Anchorman 2.
Fans of Die Hard will be "treated" to not only another sequel, but to several remakes as well. And by "remakes", we mean rip-offs, and by "rip-offs" we mean re-imaginings of the premise like Speeding Bullet, White House Down and an air thriller, Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson.
Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production shingle, is getting into both the sequel and remake games with Grown Ups 2 and a re-do of the 1987 Mark Harmon vehicle Summer School.
And speaking of the 1980′s, every single film from that decade has a sequel in development.
We're exaggerating.
Midnight Run 2 is being directed by Brett Ratner and Robert DeNiro returns to his role as a bounty hunter, though his co-star from the original, the incomparable Charles Grodin is unlikely to return as he turns down jobs that prevent him from sleeping in his own bed at night …
Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito will be returning to Twins, this time with Eddie Murphy in Triplets …
Beetlejuice 2 is starting to pick up development steam …
Top Gun 2 is currently being written and both Tom Cruise and original Top Gun director Tony Scott are on board …
To each of these, we can only exclaim, "At last! The wait is over!"
Seriously, the only common-sense question that comes to mind when mulling over these pending sequels that range from the unnecessary to the unfortunate is "What would Whitney want?" And, of course, we have our answer, courtesy of Fox 2000′s president, Elizabeth Gabler, who defended her company's decision to move ahead with a sequel to Waiting to Exhale, even though that film's popular star is now dead, by saying, "It's almost in her honor that we think to soldier on."
Of course, there's bound to be a big-screen biopic based on the life of The Bodyguard star, and if so, she won't be alone. For even when filmmakers in the current economic climate decide to tackle something original, what they are often tackling are show business stories. For example, we have Darren Aaronofsky's Judy Garland biopic starring Anne Hathaway to which we can look forward.
Even more interesting to audiences than a biopic of a show business icon is the "real" story behind the making of a legendary film! That is why Scarlett Johannson will be playing Janet Leigh in a film about the making of Psycho. Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock, who almost didn't get to make the original because back then, no one would finance a "lowly" horror film. Now, if you want to get a film made and it ISN'T a horror film, it really helps if your project is ABOUT the making of a horror film!
We're fairly certain that the upcoming film about how Walt Disney spent 14 years convincing author P.L. Travers to allow him to turn Mary Poppins into a movie won't be in the horror genre, especially considering the fact that the project stars Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. On the other hand, if Disney's head really has been preserved in a freezer, then maybe we can hope for a Stuart Gordon Re-Animator-esque third act. And come to think of it, so many of the ideas for these projects seem to be coming from a frozen head that one can only wonder how long we will have to wait until the horror story behind the green-lighting of all these projects thrills us on the big screen.
Certainly, a few of the aforementioned projects might prove to be good, but the calculated nature of them all just seems so … Well … Desperate.
You might be asking yourselves, are there any films currently in production to which your friends in podcasting are actually looking forward?
Well, there is ONE …
The great documentary filmmaker Erroll Morris, who disappointed us with his most recent work, Tabloid, will return to his "wheel-house", with a follow-up of sorts to his Oscar-winning 2003 doc The Fog of War in which he profiled former Secretary of Defense and Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara. Morris' new film focuses on two-time Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. Once described as "a ruthless little bastard" by President Nixon, who made Rumsfeld his anti-poverty czar despite the fact that Rumsfeld voted against the very post's creation as a congressman, Rumsfeld was a champion of transparency who co-sponsored the Freedom of Information Act, ensuring public access to U.S. government records. He was also the Iraqi-war commandant and architect of "enhanced interrogation techniques" that led to the torture of prisoners of war at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Apparently Errol Morris has gotten the two-time Secretary of Defense to sit for a lengthy series of interviews. Morris aims to release his new documentary feature later this year.
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Foxwoods fetes its 20th anniversary
Monique Sebastian, executive director of entertainment at Foxwoods Resort Casino, puts it this way: "We're celebrating 20 years, and I think that's a major accomplishment. So we want everybody to feel the energy we're feeling."
How they're doing that: with "The Platinum Party" on Friday at MGM Grand Premier Ballroom.
Hosting will be Diddy. Besides being a music mogul, he's known for elaborate, over-the-top parties and, in fact, just hosted one at the Playboy Mansion after the Grammys.
The scene at Foxwoods promises aeralists spinning above the crowd and two DJs pumping out all varieties of music, from house to reggae to top 40. Rapper Jim Jones and his fianc� Chrissy Lampkin, of VH1's "Love and Hip Hop," will be hanging out.
Keeping with the platinum theme, four go-go dancers will be bodypainted silver.
Folks in the crowd (a max of 3,000 people can attend) might get to win one of the giveaways - tickets to the April 13 Cee Lo Green concert, among them.
Sebastian spoke last week about the whole shebang.
How Foxwoods decided to stage a party to mark its 20th year:
"There were a lot of ideas going around, but we wanted to do something that was cool and hip and fun and open to the general public. We said, 'Why not have one of the biggest parties that this area has ever seen? What better way to do it than with the party king himself, Diddy?'"
Diddy has been at Foxwoods before and helped open MGM Grand at Foxwoods in 2008:
"He did two parties for us, and we had to turn people away from Shrine the last time he came. So that's why we said, 'You know what? We'd better do it in the ballroom. Let's make it as big as we can.'"
How much will the general public get to mingle with the celebs?
"When Diddy was here the first time, he stayed in his VIP area and went into the DJ booth. The second time he was here in '08, he actually got on the bar and started passing people shots. So it's totally up to him ... But you'll definitely see him. He's in a great place in the room where everybody will be able to see him. He'll definitely get on the microphone."
About the dress code:
"It's dress to impress: no sneakers, no jeans, no athletic apparel, no hats. ... It's a very elegant, upscale evening."
Comparing how this party stacks up against other big events Foxwoods has staged:
"I think we now are at a peak, to where we've gained 20 years, and now let's really show the Northeast what we can do. Along with the new ad campaign that just got released, as well as the shops coming this spring, we're looking at stepping it up a notch. The party is just a small piece to the master puzzle that we have here for Foxwoods."
"The Platinum Party," 10 p.m. Friday, Premier Ballroom, MGM Grand at Foxwoods; 21+; $35; 1-800-200-2882, foxwoods.com.
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Many people never thought Rayfield Wright had any chance of making it in the NFL. For Rayfield, this was nothing new. He has been defying the odds ever since he was a child growing up in poverty in the deep south.
After lettering in basketball in high school, he went to Fort Valley State University where he was named All-American. In 1967, he was drafted by the Cowboys in the 7th round and his prospects of making the team were slim at best. However, he forced his way onto the team through his hard work and sheer determination, and for the first three years of his career, he was used in a variety of roles that included tight end, defensive lineman, and offensive tackle.
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Columbia County Resident Named Top Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor of Year
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Published: March 10, 2011
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division recently selected Dennis Ellis as the 2010 Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor of the Year. This award is presented annually in recognition of an instructor who displays outstanding volunteer efforts in educating sportsmen and women on wildlife conservation and the importance of safety while hunting.
"For over 18 years, Dennis has displayed a high level of professionalism while teaching students to be safe, responsible, ethical hunters," says Corporal Ben Payne, Richmond County Ranger. "He is involved with every aspect of the planning process for classes and goes out of his way to give his attendees a personal experience."
Dennis Ellis has been a volunteer hunter education instructor since 1991. He was the WRD Region III Instructor of The Year in 2003 and also received a certificate of appreciation from Fort Gordon and the US Army for his volunteer work for the community including teaching the Georgia Hunter Safety Program. Dennis prepared the 2-hour homework assignment often used by instructors in 10-hour Hunter Education classroom courses.
Dennis has been a member of the Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club for 33 years. He is a member of the Ft Gordon Hunting and Fishing Advisory Council. He is a certified Range Safety Officer and Instructor for the Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club. He achieved the Director of Civilian Marksmanship rank of Distinguished Master Pistol and Expert Rifle Shot while a member of the All Army Marksmanship Unit. He has also successfully completed the very difficult 12-week German Hunter Certification and Fishing Certification programs.
The selection of the Hunter Education Instructor of the Year begins at the region level. Each of the seven WRD Law Enforcement Regions picks the outstanding instructor in their area and sends them to the DNR Law Enforcement/Hunter Education office. The applications are then submitted to the Hunter Safety Committee. This committee is made up of WRD personnel from Game Management and Law Enforcement who are knowledgeable in working with volunteers and about hunter safety education. The committee then makes the final selection.
For more information on the Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor of the Year or hunter education classes, call the WRD Hunter Development Program Office at (770) 761-3010.
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Second Class Rank
(Quoted from: Advancement Policies #33088, page 27)
"For the Second Class Rank, a Scout must participate in a service project or projects approved by his Scoutmaster. The time of service must be a minimum of one hour. This project prepares a Scout for the more involved service projects he must perform for the Star, Life, and Eagle Scout Ranks."
Star and Life Ranks
(Quoted from: Advancement Policies #33088, page 27)
"For Star and Life ranks, a Scout must perform six hours of service to others. This may be done as an individual project or as a member of a patrol or troop project. Star and Life service projects may be approved for Scouts assisting on Eagle service projects. The Scoutmaster approves the project before it is started."
Eagle Scout Rank
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- Advancement Policies #33088
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President Bill Destler will address the RIT community at 3 p.m. today in Ingle Auditorium as part of the Open Administration series. He will discuss the university's cost-containment strategies.
The presentation will be streamed live at www.rit.edu/president during the event. A recorded copy with captioning will be made available on the site later in the week. Slides from the presentation will be posted later today at www.rit.edu/president/open_administration.html.
Interpreting services will be provided in Ingle.


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The multichrome it reminds me most of is the magical stuff in Max Factor Fantasy Fire, so I swatched 2 coats of each on alternating nails over a few coats of BYS Matte Royal Blue. Here it is from a few different angles:
L-R: Fantasy Fire, #4, Fantasy Fire, #4.
#4's shimmer is a lot more reflective and has larger particles than Fantasy Fire. The multichrome is more pronounced in Fantasy Fire though, especially at the more extreme angles where it hits a solid green, while #4 is still a more golden shade, even though it's a lovely green in the bottle.
#4 is definitely not a Fantasy Fire dupe, but if you can't get your mitts on Fantasy Fire, this is in the ballpark. And at $2.80, it's a steal!
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Posted by: ThePseudotarian on November 18, 2010
I'm an unashamed food nerd. In fact, I own the top score at my local watering hole's electronic game thing for food trivia. No joke (ok, that is kind of embarrassing). I'm also a writer at a job where my writing is about as creative as a two-by-four, so I started this, since I love to cook and I love to write (but not like two-by-fours). I've been cooking with my dad since I was two years old (much to the horror of one of my grandmothers who found me stirring boiling water at the age of six) and I love being in my kitchen. My boyfriend, Matt, who you will get to know well in the course of this blog, was a pescatarian when we met and still is. Over the course of our time together, meat has sneaked out of my diet, and I don't miss it one bit!
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Some of you may think the speaker dock is dead, but Bowers & Wilkins doesn't seem to agree. The audio stalwart has launched two new wireless AirPlay speakers in 2013, both of which feature Lightning docks for Apple's latest iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPod Nanos.
The step-up Zeppelin Air ($599.99) simply updates the "old"
After getting an early listen to the Z2 back in March when it launched, I wrote up some quick first impressions, saying that, as you might expect from Bowers & Wilkins, "it's a great-looking little speaker that sounds very good for its size, putting out a lot of sound with punchy bass.
The speaker sat around in our offices for a while, and I kept meaning to post a full review, but then some high-profile product would come along, and the Z2, which isn't such a high-profile product in a world seemingly dominated by Bluetooth speakers, would slip to the back burner.
Well, a few weeks ago my loan agreement came due, so I thought I should have another listen and post something more substantial before I sent the Z2 back to Bowers & Wilkins.
Lo and behold, my views on the speaker didn't changed all that much, especially as far as the design goes. But upon further review I came away thinking the speaker didn't perform quite as well as I thought after putting it through its full paces. It still sounds good for its size, just not great. And that's not what you want to hear when you're playing $400 for a speaker system.
Design and features
Bowers & Wilkins products usually get high marks for their design, and the solidly built Z2 certainly is a sleek, compact speaker with good lines that will fit well with most modern decors (it comes in black or white).
I like that the designers moved away from the flashy mirrored surface of the previous
For those who aren't familiar with AirPlay, it's Apple's answer to Wi-Fi streaming, so if you don't have an Apple product -- and particularly one with a Lightning connector -- there's little reason to to be interested in the Z2.


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Leavenworth County commissioners are looking to sell the 4-H building in Lansing.
Leavenworth County commissioners are looking to sell the 4-H building in Lansing.
They voted this past week to begin the process of disposing the property.
County officials have indicated the building, located at 101 4-H Road, has extensive maintenance needs. County Administrator Pat Hurley said it's estimated that needed repairs to the property will cost $100,000 or more.
"The property has a lot of value," he said Thursday. "The building is not in good shape."
The building is used for 4-H activities and and rented for private events, but it is owned by the county government.
The building is located on an 8.37-acre parcel of land, all of which is owned by the county. The County Appraiser's Office has appraised the total value of the land and building to be $414,280.
An independent appraiser also has looked at the property, but the County Commission has not released the amount of this appraisal.
County Counselor David Van Parys told commissioners Thursday that they can dispose of the property after making a finding that it's no longer needed for conducting county business.
He said commissioners have options regarding how it can be sold including the use of sealed bids or an auction. He said the county can set a reserve price. Commissioners also can reject any and all bids.
"You're given latitude," Van Parys said.
Brenda Taxeras agreed that the building has a number of issues.
She is the 4-H youth development agent for the K-State Research and Extension office in Leavenworth County.
"Everything in there is old," she told commissioners.
But Taxeras said the building is a meeting place for several 4-H clubs and activities.
She said she probably uses the building three or four times per month. But the building also is rented for private events, such as baby showers and family reunions, at a rate of $50 per day. She said the revenue from the rental of the building is turned over to the county.
Taxeras said a $100 deposit is required from a person who rents the building.
"They're pretty good about cleaning up after themselves," she said.
She said the building already is booked for private events for about every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in November and December.
Commissioner Dennis Bixby suggested that if all of the weekends are booked and the county is going into the hole with the building, the rental fee should be raised.
Bixby said he doubts the money from the rentals covers the utilities, which are paid by the county.
Taxeras said the rental fee was increased from $35 per day to $50 this past summer.
Commission Chairman Bob Holland said if the fee was raised to a level that covered expenses associated with the building, no one probably will want to rent it.
Bixby said he believes the building should go away. He said he knows this may be a hardship for 4-H programs but there are other spaces available.
Hurley said there are some potential liability issues for the county government related to the use of the building.
"It is our building," he said.
Van Parys asked Taxeras if there is an age restriction regarding who is allowed to rent the property.
Taxeras said there are rules that prohibit alcohol and smoking, and youth are supposed to be supervised. But she said there is no one policing the events to make sure the rules are followed.
Bixby later said he was concerned that alcohol may be used at the building. He said alcohol is sold at a neighboring business.
"It's a one-minute walk," he said.
Bixby said he would like to think this is not happening.
Bixby made a motion to to close the 4-H building after events already scheduled there are canceled or carried out. His motion also called for the start of the process to dispose of the property.
Van Parys also asked that a certificate of liability insurance for $1 million be required from people renting the building.
The motion passed unanimously.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Authorities have released the name of a 19-year-old man who drove the wrong direction on Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs and was killed when he crashed into an oncoming semitrailer.
The Gazette reports ( http://bit.ly/TZlBmM) the El Paso County Coroner's Office identified the victim Friday as Mathou Valenciano of Colorado Springs.
Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis says Valenciano was traveling north in the southbound lanes when he crashed into a FedEx truck south of Fountain at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazette.com


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Twins moving toward return to contention
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The 85th All-Star Game is going to be played at Minnesota's beautiful Target Field on July 15, and for baseball fans in the Twin Cities, this could be the highlight of their summer.
They'd prefer to have their Twins contending for an American League Central title to complement the All-Star Game and its accompanying events, but that's not likely to happen.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The 85th All-Star Game is going to be played at Minnesota's beautiful Target Field on July 15, and for baseball fans in the Twin Cities, this could be the highlight of their summer.
They'd prefer to have their Twins contending for an American League Central title to complement the All-Star Game and its accompanying events, but that's not likely to happen.
Manager Ron Gardenhire's 2014 crew should be improved, but it's a stretch to predict the Twins will finish ahead of Detroit and Cleveland. Or even the young Kansas City Royals.
The last three seasons have been dreadful for the Twins.
Since they won the division title in 2010, the Twins have finished in last place twice and fourth place once.
"Brutal, terrible," Gardenhire said without hesitation of the past three years before a recent Spring Training game. "In 2011, we had all the injuries and everything; we just couldn't keep our people on the field. The next year was a little bit of both -- bad baseball and guys beat up. Last year was just terrible. We were not good and it wasn't any fun."
The improvement for 2014 should be modest, but the key is, yes, the Twins will be better. Picking up the pieces and returning to contention obviously will be difficult.
In 2010, the Twins went 94-68 and won their sixth division title in nine years. In those other three seasons, they finished no worse than third.
The fall has been difficult for their fans, not to mention Terry Ryan, one of the most respected and successful general managers in baseball, and Gardenhire, who has a knack for getting the most out of less-than-superstar players.
Last season, the Twins' starting rotation had a 5.26 ERA, worst in the Major Leagues.
Ryan addressed that during the offseason when he signed starters Ricky Nolasco (four years, $49 million) and Phil Hughes (three years, $24 million). He also re-signed Mike Pelfrey (two years, $11 million).
Former AL MVP and three-time AL batting champ Joe Mauer moving from behind the plate to first base has been one of the top stories in Twins camp this spring.
Mauer missed the final 39 games of 2013 with a concussion after taking a foul ball off his catcher's mask. Mauer said it took him more than three months to eliminate the symptoms from the concussion. Moving permanently to first base is a wise move for Mauer, whose .323 career batting average is tops among active players.
Gardenhire said Mauer is adjusting well at first base.
"When Joe was spot playing at first he did his thing and never really worried about it," Gardenhire said. "I think he's now seeing playing every day there's a lot more involved in it. So, it's an adjustment."
Giving up catching was Mauer's decision.
"Physically, I felt like I could catch a few more years, but if I go back there and take another shot, what I got from the doctors is I'd miss another three months or even more," Mauer told the New York Times. "I can't do that, especially to my family or the organization. I've got to be in the lineup. I think we both understand that."
Mauer, who turns 31 on April 19, signed an eight-year, $184 million contract extension prior to the 2010 season.
Gardenhire, 56, completed his 13th season as Twins' manager in 2013, and there was talk he night step down. Or be asked to.
Instead, Ryan gave him a two-year extension.
"I've never been big on running from something," Gardenhire said. "It's a challenge, plus this organization has been so good to me. I told Terry Ryan, 'You've got to do what you've got to do. You're not obligated to me at all. You've given me every opportunity and if you think a change is needed at the top, you make it.'"
Gardenhire added he loves managing the Twins, and he told Ryan, "I want to stay here, but it's your decision. I'm not going to walk. I'll do what you want me to do."
Said Ryan: "Ron's a very good manager. We've had a lot of success in this organization. We've fallen on some hard times, there's no doubt about that. Nobody's pretending that everything has gone well the last three years, frankly.
"We need to clean it up, and we think we have the right man in-house to do that, and I'm very happy he's decided to come back."
When Spring Training opened in mid-February, Gardenhire said his message was to the point.
"I told them, 'We've had our butts kicked for three years now. That's enough of that [garbage]. It's time to get back to playing baseball. We've got some really good young players who are going to be pushing people and knocking on the door. You better take heart to that if you want to stay here."
There was concern in Gardenhire's face when he said "this is a work in progress. We've got a lot of change. We haven't done well offensively this spring. Too many guys aren't swinging well.
"This last week I'm going to run them out there on a consistent basis and see if we can get them all swinging together. …We're catching the ball well, and the pitching is going to be better."
And the Minnesota Twins? They should be better than last season's 66-96 record, but catching the teams ahead of them in the AL Central won't be easy.
Hal Bodley is the senior correspondent for MLB.com.


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SEATTLE -- A new Zillow analysis released Thursday found that it would take a single homebuyer in Seattle 17.1 years to save for a down payment on a median-priced home in the city.
It would take a Seattle couple 7.6 years to do the same.
The median home value in Seattle used for the analysis was $394,400 from June 2016, which is the same time the latest data from the American Community Survey for incomes came out, according to Zillow.
The current median home value in Seattle is now at $468,000, Zillow said.
Nationally, the report said it takes 11 years for a single homebuyer to save for a 20 percent down payment on a typical U.S. home.
According to the Zillow report, less than half of all U.S. homes are affordable for a single homebuyer. The report said a couple could afford a home worth more than twice as much.
For couples in Seattle, the Zillow report said a couple could afford to buy a home worth $529,317, which is 68 percent of homes. While for a single buyer in Seattle, they could afford a $234,656 home, which is 12 percent of homes in the area.
"Nearly two-thirds of Americans agree that buying a home is a central part of living the American Dream, but for unmarried or un-partnered Americans, that dream is increasingly out of reach," Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas said in a press release. "Single buyers typically have more limited budgets, which means they are likely competing for lower-priced homes that are in high demand. Having two incomes allows buyers to compete in higher priced tiers where competition is not as stiff."
Portland is not too far behind Seattle. It would take a single homebuyer 16.8 years and a couple 7.6 years to save for a down payment on a median-priced home Portland.
The report said that single buyers have it the easiest in Indianapolis, where it would take less than eight years for a down payment on a median-priced home.
The hardest places? San Jose at 30.7 years for a single homebuyer and San Francisco not far behind at 27. 8 years for a single homebuyer to make a down payment.


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A Missouri man is leveling allegations against an Ohio-based customer service company, claiming he's dealing with persistent and explicit acts of racism in the workplace. And now, he's coming forward with the photos to help his case.
DeAndre Martin, who works for Convergys in Arnold, Mo., told St. Louis Fox affiliate KTVI that harassing images began appearing on July 11, when he allegedly received a crude drawing depicting a man hanging from a tree at his desk.
Warning: Some readers may find the following images offensive and disturbing.
Below is a photo of the alleged drawing:
Then, on July 15, Martin clocked out and went to his car in the company parking lot, only to find the "n-word," he said, and an image of a noose spray-painted on his car:
"You see the N-word and then a big picture of a noose, and that's a big deal to me," Martin told the station. "The first time never should have happened, and the second time was over the top. It's always like a shock and awe but then suddenly anger sets in."
Martin said he brought the images to the attention of Convergys management. In astatement to KTVI, the company said it is taking the matter seriously, and that it is under investigation. According to the Convergys website, the company "values individual differences" and seeks to "[foster] mutual respect and communication"throughout its workforce.
Martin said that the harassment was particularly disappointing in light of "current world events," possibly alluding to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. "What perfect timing," Martin observed.
This isn't the first time allegations of discrimination have been leveled at Convergys. In 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Convergys over religious discrimination, claiming that the company had violated federal law by refusing to hire a call center worker because his religion forbade him to work on Saturdays.
"Giving an employee an alternative schedule in such a large call center should not be impossible," Barbara Seely, regional attorney for the EEOC St. Louis district office, said in a statement at the time. "Refusing to hire a person in this situation without even discussing a possible accommodation for his religion is unlawful discrimination."


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by Corey Moffet, Frank Motal, Josh Gaskamp, and Mike Proctor
Prescribed fire is a powerful tool that can be used to achieve management goals and manipulate vegetation. When conducting the burn, good communication between the burn crew members is critical for conducting it safely.
A common bit of information that needs to be communicated among crew members is where resources, such as a containment or ignition crew, are located. To facilitate this need, crew members are typically issued a map showing the burn unit and several labeled locations along the burn boundary prior to the burn. Radio communications reference these labeled locations. An example communication might involve an escaped spot fire. The location of the spot fire needs to be communicated to the burn boss. In turn, the burn boss will communicate which resources will respond and where the fire has escaped relative to the nearest labeled point.
A desire to improve on this system led us to ask, "Is there an app for that?" A search for an app specifically designed for aiding in conducting prescribed burns or managing wildfire responses was not successful. One app we found that looked promising, ActInNature, is designed as a hunting app. It is available for iPhone, Android phone or Android tablet, and it has several features we were seeking. The app supports basic (i.e., free) and advanced user (for a small annual subscription) types, the main difference being that advanced users can edit "areas" and share "tags." We used "areas" to define the burn unit and "tags" to mark points of interest, such as ignition sequence points. The app also polls weather data and provides current wind speed, direction, temperature and relative humidity. Advanced users also get three-hour and six-hour temperature and relative humidity forecasts.
Our experience with this app for conducting prescribed burns was generally good. We used the app with one advanced user and the rest as basic users. We set up a group, which allowed us to define areas and tags that only the group could see. This also required users to enter a password chosen by the advanced user. All users could see other group users regardless of the distance between them. Without groups, only users within a 5-mile radius are displayed. This feature is nice because a group member, anywhere in the world, can view progress being made on the burn.
The advanced user digitized the burn unit on the ActInNature website, used their mobile device to add tags at the ignition sequence locations and then shared the tags with the group. The ability of each crew member to see his position on the map was helpful. The ignition crew could quickly confirm where they were, relative to other crew members and the burn boundary. It was easy to adjust the pace for ignition sequences where it is desirable that one ignition crew be igniting at a more downwind position relative to the other crew. It is also reassuring to see where the containment crews are positioned and their progress on patrol. During mop-up, it was useful for the advanced user to add and share tags or spots that needed attention from the crew.
On the downside, the app requires a good network connection (i.e., 3G or better), which is still not available in many rural areas. In addition, the app does not play well with other software. For example, there is no ability to import maps created with other GIS software, and tracks created by GPS fixes of where a user has been can't be exported. The name of each tag is not displayed – only the symbol – so the user had to select the tag to get the name of a point. Finally, the app accesses GPS often, which means it uses a lot of power. This is not a problem if the device is in a vehicle or is plugged into an external power supply. For users that are on foot, it may be helpful to get an external battery pack to extend the battery life. Perhaps someday there will be an app specifically designed to conduct prescribed burns; in the meantime, the ActInNature app brings some abilities that we would not otherwise have.
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Howdy ho!
Thanks to random.org, the winning commenter was #32 -
I am sorry for the horrendous picture! I am now operating on a Mac and don't know how to do a screenshot. Ha! Too much to learn.
The Harper Family! Congratulations! I'll zip your contact info to FunBites and you will hear from them shortly.
Another giveaway should be up this coming week, especially for likers of the Another Lunch Facebook Page! Over the last few days we passed the 7,000 mark! Crazy! Fun! I'd like to celebrate by having a giveaway -- bento goodies from my mega stash! Yay!!
Sure hope everyone is having a nice weekend! Me, I'll be cleaning out a big closet and loading it with pillows and blankets, preparing for the kiddos to sleep in tonight. Tornado weather is a'comin our way. Shout out to the southern peeps - keep an eye on the weather forecasts! I didn't have a clue until a friend alerted me this morning! Sigh.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
FunBites giveaway WINNER ANNOUNCED
Posted by Melissa at 11:08 AM
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6 comments:
- Amanda said... [Reply to comment]
To do a screenshot on a Mac... press Shift+Command+4. Your arrow will turn to a little crosshairs, and you draw a box around what you want to save. It will save a PNG image to your desktop. :)
- January 22, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Ah, thank you!!! I need all the tutoring I can get! :)
- January 22, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- sara m. said... [Reply to comment]
Alternatively, if you want a shot of the entire screen, you can use the shift+command+4 and then hit the space bar. It will capture the entire open window :)
- January 22, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- another said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks, Sara! I never would have figured this out on my own. I am too embarrassed how long I spend inspecting the keyboard for a "printscrn" button. Haha. *blush*
- January 22, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- Alzbeta said... [Reply to comment]
you can always google it :). That's what I did when I made the switch!
- January 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM
- The Harper Family said... [Reply to comment]
Woohoo! :) Thank you!! I am so excited!
- January 23, 2012 at 10:19 PM
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Remember that insane Symbian cameraphone that was unveiled at this year's MWC, which blew some of us away? Looks like the PureView camera technology that provided the Nokia 808 with a 41MP shooter has been confirmed to be heading to a Windows Phone near you (check out some of our hands-on coverage to witness what this will mean for consumers).
Nokia's Jo Harlow validated the speculation that the manufacturer would be brining this technology to the Lumia Windows Phone family in an interview with Finnish newspaper Aamulehti. When queried about when we should expect to see such a device, Harlow replied with (rough translation): "I can't say precisely when, but it will not take very long." Windows Phone Apollo (when we're more than likely to see PureView on Microsoft's platform) just got that little bit sweeter, no?
This is sure to rock the socks off of both our George and Dan if all goes ahead. Say cheese!
Source: Aamulehti, via: e's phoneblog; thanks damthman for the tip!


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Kazuya Horimi
Tokyo, Japan
Class Year:
Prior Education:
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Law
What I Did Before Law School:
After I worked for a general trading company, I have worked for Kirin, a Japanese beer, beverage and pharmaceutical company. I have dealt with legal matters such as contracts, M&A and dispute resolution as an in-house counsel.
Why I Chose Penn Law:
I chose Penn Law because I can take not only law-related courses in the LLM program but also business related courses in the Wharton Programs for Working Professionals at the same time. The accessibility to the faculty and the kind support from the office of Graduate Programs were also the reasons I chose Penn Law.
My Best Experience at Penn Law:
The interaction between the students with various backgrounds from all over the world is my best experience at Penn Law. The experience to study with those students and the relationships with them will be valuable assets in the future.
Professor Who Influenced Me Most:
Professor Eric Feldman is the most influential professor because he knows Japanese laws and cultures very well, and gave me a lot of effective advice for the success in the LLM study at Penn Law.
My Favorite Course:
"Corporation" taught by Professor David Skeel and "Legal Writing" taught by a JD student, are my favorite courses. The professor's lecture includes how corporate law relates to the economy and business. Legal Writing class is effective in gaining an understanding on how to write legal documents in the U.S.
My Favorite Philadelphia Moment:
Driving near Philadelphia area is one of my favorite. Though Center City, Philadelphia is very small, there are a lot of nice places to drive within only one or two hour driving distance.
What I'm Most Proud Of:
Being a member of Penn Law.
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus:
The courtyard of the Law School. It is the best place for reading and talking with friends.