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Miami, FL – Kris Medlen is back in the win column and will try to embark on another long winning streak for the Atlanta Braves.
Medlen tossed seven strong innings of one-run ball in the Braves' 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins in the middle test of a three-game set.
Medlen (1-1) surrendered an unearned run on three hits and two walks for the Braves, who have won five in a row and are off to their best start since 2007.
Atlanta had won 23 consecutive Medlen starts during the regular season until he yielded two runs on six hits and four walks over five frames in the Braves' 2-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
"I made some better pitches," Medlen said.
Evan Gattis smacked a two-run homer and Justin Upton added an RBI double in the victory.
Wade LeBlanc (0-2) allowed two runs on six hits and a walk over six frames for Miami, which has dropped 16 of its last 19 contests against Atlanta.
"We just have to keep grinding," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
The Braves struck with a pair of runs in the opening frame. Andrelton Simmons lined a one-out single to right and after Upton struck out, Gattis clubbed a two-run shot to center.
Miami got a run in the second on Rob Brantly's sacrifice fly, but were unable to capitalize with runners in scoring position over the next two innings. Giancarlo Stanton flew out to center with two outs and Juan Pierre on second, while Adeiny Hechavarria grounded into a fielder's choice with two outs and runners on the corners in the fourth.
The teams traded runs in the eighth. After Simmons singled and advanced to second on an A.J. Ramos throwing error, he came home when Upton belted a double to center. But Placido Polanco's two-out RBI single to right in the eighth cut the deficit to 3-2.
Craig Kimbrel walked just one Marlin in the ninth to pick up his fourth save of the year.
Game Notes
Polanco had two of Miami's four hits ... The Marlins were 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position, while Atlanta finished 1-for-9 with RISP ... Pierre tallied his first steal of the year.

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ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – Many in the health and medical fields have rallied for a reduction in youth consumption of sugary beverages such as soda. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is one of those agencies calling for healthier drink options for children throughout the nation.
"Results from the 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study … a school-based survey that collected information on physical activity and dietary behaviors among a nationally representative sample of high school students … underscore the need to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages," researchers wrote on the CDC's official website.
But while a large amount of concern is due to the negative physical effects of drinking soda and other sugar-heavy beverages, a new study shows that soda consumption in children could also have negative mental and emotional effects.
CBS News is reporting that the results of a collaborative study between researchers from Columbia University, Harvard University and the University of Vermont indicated a significantly higher likelihood of physically hurtful or damaging behavior in children who drank the highest amounts of soft drinks.
For the study, 3,000 children from 20 major cities throughout the United States were tracked since their births, with their beverage consumption habits and behaviors chronicled through surveys completed periodically by their mothers.
Researchers found that over 40 percent of the children involved in the study enjoyed at least one soft drink per day, while just 4 percent had four or more in a given day.
These figures then allowed the team involved in the study to figure out that increasingly larger amounts of sugary beverages lead to behavior problems such as aggression or problems with paying attention, CBS News learned.
"We found a significant relation with soda consumption with the overall measure of aggression and with the three specific behaviors we felt were most indicative of aggression: destroying things belonging to others, getting into fights and physically attacking people," wrote the authors in a written statement obtained by CBS News.
They added, while recommending reductions in soda consumption, "Soft drinks are highly processed products containing carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, sodium benzoate, phosphoric or citric acid, and often caffeine, any of which might affect behavior."
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Disney Principles 6 - Staging -1 - Clarity
Main point: They are playing pin the tail on the donkey (Pluto).
2nd point: Mickey is blindbolding a clone. This is the focus of the scene. Everything else is framed around this acton.
3rd point: More clones are watching. They are grouped together and set away from Mickey and clone 1. That space between them makes it easy for us to see what Mickey is doing and helps to frame the action.
The pin the tail on Pluto poster is big and not hidden by the action so we can see it easily.
Composing the elements to focus on the main point:
The shadow of the tree helps to frame Mickey and make it even clearer that what he is doing is the focus of the idea in the shot.
Having this many things to set up in one shot could easily be mishandled. The extra Mickey clones could all be in separate poses, to close to the focus and the image would be cluttered and hard to see what is going on.
Like this mess of clutter:
Obvious clear staging show exactly what Daisy is doing and is artistic and appealing at the same time.
Carl Barks was a story board artist/writer at Disney's. Storyboarding is the first step in staging the cartoons. You figure out how to present each idea of the story in sequence and decide how best to present it to the audience. You are telling the story first logically, by choosing the framing and angle of each idea so that the audience can easily follow along. You can get artistic with it too, but clarity is the most important function of telling a story.
Geting more artistic with the staging is usually the layout artist's job. The basic clarity of the storytelling and gags is the storyboard artist's, but these duties can overlap.
This idea of staging things logically had disappeared from the animation world when I started working. Each studio in the had storyboard and layout manuals that told you to stage things at random, for no reason.
They would tell you crazy things like: Vary the shots to keep things interesting. Mix long shots in with close ups and medium shots.
They would tell you to start shows on a down shot to establish the room and let the audience know where every lamp, pen holder, desk blotter and bald patch on the top of someone's head were in the room in relation to each other. I wish I could find a Dic Storyboard Manual. Anyone have one?
More on staging to come...
27 comments:
- Paul B said...
this is what was missing!
hey, i was seeing the documentary ChuCK Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens and this part explains many of the things you've taught
Here's the link:
The whole documentary is in youtube, is really great!
- fedemilella said...
Wow always great to read your blog (although I should comment more often)!!!
I take the chance to wish you all the best.
- Timefishblue said...
That Star Trek storyboard is highly illogical, captain.
- depotato said...
Hey John, my name is Mario DeMatteo. I've been going on your blog now for about 3 years off an on. I grew up watching Ren n Stimpy every morning before school. My mom regretfully bought me a set of videos that were an early morning must. I am 24 now, so I was about 7 years old then. I distinctly remember cruising to school and before a word was spoken, I kicked my best friend in the shin and said, "'Yooouuu Stuuuuupid Idiouot." Before Ren n Stimpy, I demanded a juice box every morning to watch Looney Tunes re-runs. These two cartoons are what largely shaped my entire perspective on life.
About 4 years ago, while on a surfing trip to Costa Rica, I broke my neck diving into a swimming pool, ultimately confining me to a wheel chair. Although devastating, it was a twist that may have changed my life for the better. Before my accident, I had a driving passion for only two things: surfing and girls. After my accident, with surfing a bit out of reach and getting girls a gnarly challenge, this void was filled with reading, watching cartoons, and drawing. Drawing cartoons mostly. For a few months, I went through and copied 4 Zap comics I had, cover to cover. That was my first session of home art school.
About 2 years ago, I started a design/B2B screen printing shop with a friend of mine. At the same time, I was working on a couple children stories that I thought might be cool children books. Since then, I have fervently worked on the story and more importantly, the mythology, of my characters. Over the past 3 months, we have explored the potential of going straight to cartoons or even a live action/cartoon variety show like Peewee's Playhouse. A nice lady named Caroline Manolo, who's been in the animation world for a long time, asked me, "If I could have anyone from past or present work on the cartoon, who would I choose?" I instantly answered, "Chuck Jones, Hanna-Barbera or John K." She suggested I write you for kicks, so hear I am.
I know you're extremely busy, so I'm not expecting much. You may not even get this email. I guess I really just wanted to show you some of my storyboards and character boards to hear your thoughts. I also wanted to send you some cases of Monster energy as a token of appreciation for all you've un-knowingly done for my life. I have a big hook-up there. I know someone in your studio would drink that stuff. I used to post on the blogs under Mongo, but lost my password and mail account, so I started this one. I also wanted to thank you for your blog. It has been a blessing, especially the art school section w/ Blairs book. I printed every lesson and the binder sits front row on my shelf. I am constantly referencing the lessons and/or Blair's book.
Thanks for your time John. Hope to hear from you. You have been a huge inspiration in my life.
Mario DeMatteo
- Aaron said...
thank you. very informative.
- petebob said...
I hope you don't mind a big long ramble (with the odd bit of shouting & fist waving).
I could go on at length about the fact that kungfu movies suffer from the same problem these days - you may as well watch a half-arsed fistycuffs between cyclists on youtube because, when you're watching a kungfu movie these days, you CAN'T SEE THE ACTION. Then when you watch the "making of" section on a dvd, you go "when did he do that?" because the documenters took a better shot than the main camera. Pans & closeups are useless on such fast action, but that's what they do - never the same shot for more than 1 second, or even 1/2 a second in most cases, which totally destroys the credibility of the situation - you say to yourself "they're not really doing that" - and the coreography of the whole ballet. Would you close in on Nureyev's face just as he lifts Fonteyn on one hand? (hmmm. where would you close in on?)
And about the Chuck Jones vid from Paul B's comment, he really understood the function of all elements of a cartoon, and knew that design follows function. Your quest is to tell a story & make it funny, so you design things that do just that.
It seems to apply to everything between 1900 and now, where at around the turn of the 19th-20th C, design USED TO BE ABOUT function. You designed something to work, not to look good. It only looked good because it worked! (which follows on from your Wolverton blog). Everything was built to serve and to last. And as you also already put it in about so many words: nothing seems to last these days.
Here is a storyboarding manual Brad Bird and Chris Roman wrote for The Simpsons and King Of The Hill. It's unintentionally hilarious.
They keep saying to make the camera pan down, to break up the characters, and to show at least 3 planes in a room.
Someone tell Harold Lloyd he's doing it wrong.
I also like John's comments on storyboarding in his manual:
"Don't add actions. Do not rewrite scenes by adding actions that are not in the storyboard. I understand
the urge well. At the normal studio that uses scripts, the shit never works. It isn't funny
and the artists are thought of as low-life forms. So to do something to make it entertaining, you add stuff to at least make it weird, which is better than being boring.
Our storyboards do work, and they are funny, and now what they need are great drawings that tell the story even better than the storyboard."
- Niki said...
Those guys must have been taking a film class, and failing. That look-around-the-room or whatever shot is an establishing shot, and it's supposed to show where they are not what the f-ing room looks like. It's cause we try to explain things that we most don't understand, I know I tried, luckily the shows were awful so hopefully none will follow it.
Oh and on a topic of colours, Mr. John, Do you know if there is a way to make an animation that looks REALLY colourful without colour clashing? I was thinking about mixing a number of colours like blue and red (or purple even) in one frame, but laying a green tint on all of it to make the whole frame match but still have a wide varying look in colours. this is my first try, but I really want it to look nice.
- The Jerk said...
daisy has ecstasy? egad!
but seriously, this is good stuff, essential to learning how to properly create a scene. thank, john k.!
- HemlockMan said...
Interesting how things go lost over the years. You'd think that once it was established how to do it right, that it would pretty much stay that way.
Nice to see you mention Barks. I have loved his comics since I was seven years old. So I've been looking at that stuff for 44 years.
- colemeister said...
Hey, I've just discovered your blog yesterday AFTER ordering my own copy of Cartoon Animation. I have started following along with your lessons (so far 1) and my eyes are beginning to open to this wonderful style that I loved so much when I was younger (I am now 17). I printed all of the original sheets from Preston Blair and am studying them.
I work with 3d right now, but suddenly stopped when I realized that I can't draw very well, and if I can make something in 3d, I should be able to draw it. My imagination has grown too, and I am very impressed with all that you have done/doing. Thank you!
- Zoran Taylor said...
If there's nothing going on and the characters are stupid cliches, what's the point of doing daring shots? But I see nothing wrong with unorthodox shots. There are plenty of things that COULD be happening that would justify doing such things. If only the people who are interested in doing that stuff didn't consistently come up with inane plots that make artistic approaches look stupid by virtue of their pointlessness in the context of a bad show.
- Zoran Taylor said...
BTW, anyone who wants to give me lip for daring to support the evil idea of putting cinematic touches into the staging of a cartoon would be advised to go watch so Frank Tashlin and put a lid on it. Thanks.
- The enigmatic Wayne C Spencer said...
"decide how best to resent it"
I think you meant present or represent here.
Also, great post.
- JohnK said...
Whoops! Thanks Wayne.
I need a proof reader!
- Zoran Taylor said...
I actually like Bird's staging, but it goes over the top sometimes. But at its best that stuff is funny BECAUSE the angles are weird - like upshots on flab! Like you're saying, "HOLY SHIT, THIS GUY IS SCARY!!! oh yeah, and he's fat too." One dramatic emphasis, plus another ironically "accidental" one in the same shot. There's a perfect example of that idea at work about halfway through "Stimpy's Pregnant" - when Stimpy is about to plunge into his specialty feast. It's a hilarious shot!
Oh, and I don't mean to be touchy Jorge, but from experience here, let me just say don't waste your time starting an "argument" with me. I already know how little we agree on. There's no point.
- Adam T said...
Here is a storyboarding manual Brad Bird and Chris Roman wrote for The Simpsons and King Of The Hill. It's unintentionally hilarious.
I checked it out. I wouldn't totally dismiss it. Some of it's good information too. They provide lots of actual storyboard drawings so you can judge for yourself if the techniques work as well as they say in the text.
- Elana Pritchard said...
Confuse the audience so they forget that your show is boring.
- Hans Flagon said...
That Star Trek storyboard reminds me of Adult Swim making fun of the exact same sort of staging, on shows like Sealab 2021. Well I assume they know it is bad, then toy with making it worse.
Alex Toth could design a page, but when he storyboarded stuff like this, like SuperFriends, he was transcribing at least 8 scenes if not more to a 8 1/2 x 11 page in thumbnails, just cranking it out. One shot Two Shot wide shot close up.
But you get the idea that the Mickey Cartoon, probably at least had an individual index card dedicated to the set up shown. Also assumed is that the same story pitch shown so many times as "the Disney Way" was taking place, so those who submitted a story point or gag made damn sure it was readable to people sitting in the back, or Walt strumming his fingers at the end of the row itching for a smoke.
- colemeister said...
I'm pretty new to using Blogger (blogs in general), but I've started following and copying Preston Blair's Cartoon Animation (until my copy arrives I'm using the printed papers I got off this blog - thanks), and I was wondering if the book, The Animator's Survival Kit would be a good companion..? Thanks!
- Nate said...
great stuff as usual, John. Happy New Year to you!
- The Butcher said...
John, this is off subject, but I'm dying for a post that goes more in depth about digital verses analouge sound.
- Joakim Gunnarsson said...
Great post.
Too many artists, including myself, forgets to stage things properly. Always good with a reminder.
Looking forward to part 2!
- Raff said...
I hate those Filmation face closeups. Hate 'em, hate 'em, hate 'em. Then again, their shot choices have always been senseless.
The He-Man series is about as entertaining as those guys ever got, even if only for the catchy color schemes and an unintentionally funny Skeletor.
Good posts.
- MistahB said...
Darn it I'm a doctor not a storyboard artist!
- JasonPayne said...
Zoran's comment is very misguided. It's one thing to have interesting shots and variety, but it's quite another to use the process sloppily without direction.
I'd advise anyone who thinks that the "language of film" (or even visual storytelling in general) is one of just interesting angles and pans and zooms and dolly shots for the sake of "interest", to go read director David Mamet's book entitled "On Directing Film." A competent director will use staging that directs our attention to what's important in the shot, the shot as it's used to further the story. A masterful director, an auteur, will perhaps be able to find a more "interesting", however the same principles remain.
But very much like the inbred natured of cartoon characters today, movies have become horribly inbred as well as it's become all about the technique and not the substance. And unfortunately the same thing has happened to comic books too (I honestly find most mainstream comics nauseating. Give me good ol'standard solid layout, please!)
I remember John said in a post awhile back that he bets he could direct a movie better than most doing it today. I'm willing to bet that he could!


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When the current ownership of Kudzu's Bar & Grill bought the eatery in September 2011, tables were full, the parking lot was packed and the business kept busting its projections.
Jerry King, one of Kudzu's owners, said every month the results would be as much as a double-digit percentage above what had been projected. That, however, was before Hostess' Downtown Memphis Wonder Bread plant closed late last year.
Kudzu's Bar & Grill has seen a drastic drop in its lunchtime crowd following the November closing of the Hostess Wonder Bread plant nearby.
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Kudzu's nighttime business has held steady, but the bar's daytime traffic immediately dropped by about half. Since November, when the Hostess plant closed, business has been down every month.
Hostess Brands Inc. warned it would go out of business last year as a result of striking workers across the country bringing production to a halt. The company had a roster of about 30 brands, and its Downtown Memphis plant employed a few hundred workers.
The closure still resonates. To put in perspective how much business it's lost since the plant closure, Kudzu's used to serve between 30 and 40 customers pretty consistently for lunch. Below 30, and that used to be what passed for a slow day.
Now, King recalled two days recently where Kudzu's saw only five people for lunch one day and six people for lunch the day after that.
Trying everything he can think of to gin up more business, King said he turned to Facebook.
"Trying not to sound too desperate, Kudzu's needs your support," Kudzu's wrote on its Facebook page. "Since the closing of the Wonder Bread factory last year we have pretty much lost all of our daytime business. Keeping this landmark open is a daily struggle. Please keep us in your thoughts when you are deciding where to have lunch. We cannot maintain on night business alone. Thank you."
Another bit of help comes in the form of Sun Studio, where Kudzu's keeps menus and which occasionally steers customers there to eat.
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I was so keen to visit Flour + Water that I made us arrive at the restaurant more than an hour before opening time. B was none too impressed but I didn't want to miss out on the limited walk-in seating that was available (he later admitted that the meal was worth the wait). And that is how I found myself at the front of the line when the doors opened on Friday night.
Flour + Water is located in the Mission District (as it seems most good restaurants in San Francisco are) and they specialize in hand-made pasta and wood-fired pizza. We opted for the 7 course tasting menu for $60 each. Spoiler alert: everything we ate was absolutely outstanding so no running commentary is required.
1st Course: Citrus cured opah with fennel, avocado and radish.
2nd Course: Porcini and ricotta tortelli with pinenuts and sage.
3rd Course: Parsnip caramelle with salsify, preserved lemon and thyme.
4th Course: Saffron chitarra with clams, asparagus and capers.
5th Course: Radiatore with braised hen, prosciutto, arugula and meyer lemon.
6th Course: Garganelli with lamb sugo, broccolini and olive
7th Course: Citrus bonet with vin santo and brown sugar crumble.
I cannot rave about Flour + Water enough. It was easily the best meal that we had in San Francisco and I'd recommend a visit there over Delfina, even though Delfina was fantastic. I absolutely recommend booking well in advance, unless you want to line up and risk missing out. When we were there they were booked out at least a week in advance. The great thing is that they split half of their room for reservations and half for walk-ins so you could be lucky like we were.
In my last post I talked about the Ferry Building and how wonderful it was. Well, it got even better! We went there on Saturday morning for the larger farmer market and I could not believe how exceptional the food was. Surrounding the outside of the building were local farmer and food purveyor stalls that were over-flowing with fresh produce, or artisanal items such as meats and breads.
We got another Blue Bottle coffee and strolled around, trying to make the hard decision of what we would eat for breakfast. We finally settled on a breakfast burger from 4505 Meats. It was an absolute pleasure to wake up to great coffee, a delicious breakfast burger, and the buzz of happy people enjoying food.
Over-whelmed with so many choices, I ending up spending a small fortune on supplies for our journey to Napa Valley. Cheese from Cowgirl Creamery, bread from Acme Breads, and salami and jerky from Fatted Calf Charcuterie, all found their way into my basket (and later, my stomach).
Wow! How can one area have so many purveyors of fine foods? It hardly seems fair! If I'm being completely honest, the Ferry Building Farmers Market puts Granville Island to shame (except for Oyama and a few other exceptions). If you are in San Francisco on a Saturday, make sure that you make the Ferry Building Marketplace a stop for breakfast and supplies. You won't regret it.


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For environmental reasons, we do not recommend it. Sometimes from a conversation we can tailor make a mattress to suit.
Hope everyone is having a brilliant summer — have you managed to squeeze in a lovely holiday? We actually moved her in there when she was four months old, a couple of months earlier than is recommended, as she started sleeping through the night when she was eight weeks lucky us, I know!
You can see Mimi happily rocking in hers here. However, I was very interested to know whether the design would live up to the practical demands that would be placed on it.
Anyhoo, back to the cot.
Other than how beautiful it looks it genuinely is the first thing anyone comments on as soon as they walk into the nursery the second thing that appealed to me about the cot was its smaller than average size.
Also, it is designed to grow with your baby as the sides are removable so it can become a toddler bed and the ends stretch out to become a junior bed until the age of about seven with a mattress extension piece. However, the base of the cot is adjustable so that you can have it at its highest level and easily reach a newborn. That made it the perfect place to safely pop her down when she was teeny tiny if I needed to be hands free or to dress her there.
Look at this cute picture of the one and only time I managed to put her down there for a nap when she was teeny. As she got a bit more alert she loved lying there watching a moving mobile so that gave me precious time to do the million other things I had fallen behind with.
As she began to move around and learning to roll she loved playing in there and exploring how to use the sides of the cot as launchpads for movement. It was definitely a very well used space.
Once Mimi moved into her own room and we made the tricky transition from co-sleeper crib to full size cot we lowered the mattress base and I really began to appreciate the design. We stayed with family recently and she slept in a traditional cot with bars and she woke up so many times with stray hands and feet getting caught between them and she got so distracted being able to see straight into the room.
You can see the full nursery tour here. It also makes it feel more cosy and she often rests her back against it and sleeps on her side or wedged into the corner. The beautiful detailed illustrations are quirky and unique and I can see us basing bed time stories around the funny characters for years to come as the bumper can be used when it becomes a toddler bed, too.
She thrashed around like a baby dolphin without the swaddle but she was also in a Sleepyhead so that helped and after a few nights she was pretty settled again. At about 16 weeks we decided to take away the Sleepyhead as she was just getting too big for it and started to look uncomfortable.
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All I can say is, FUCK YEAH!
Now just waiting for subs. BTW, thanks to EveTaku for picking this up. Quality subs within 24 hours of airing is no small feat. Hope you guys consider more of the same for the future *hint*hint*nudge*nudge*
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AKB0048 General Election sounds interesting. I'm little worried about the character development though. Most of these characters are already pretty well developed so the psychological drama might not be as interesting as in the first series. We'll see.
On another note, when Chieri called Kanata captain I was grinning like an idiot. Chieri and Kanata for next Yuuko and Takamina!!
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I really hope they have a little more (or a lot more) than this in store for us.
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As long as there's a season 2, it's all good. I won't know what happens in this episode until a translated version comes out (and I have time to watch it), but there's no way at all they could have wrapped up everything and still managed a good episode. Since folks say the episode was good, that means there are still some mysteries left to uncover.
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More than mysteries, I'd like the second season to bring Chieri's parents into the picture. To begin with I find it hard to believe her dad wouldn't send a direct attack on Akibastar to retrieve his daughter. I want Chieri to confront her parents like Nagisa did hers.
And yeah, the Center Nova and all that... honestly I don't really care that much about this anymore.
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Best episode and season 2 by 2013!
I am happy with everyone getting what they deserved. Nagisa reunites with her parents, Yuka meeting Mamoru again and Orine saying goddbye to her mech. Takamina finally get to retain her position.
About Center Nova, all the understudies are Center Nova. I understand why Miichan freak out when she is a Center Nova, you basically get send to I dol Heaven and meet the original members.
Lastly, a Kirara's glow produce dualium. Nowonder the idols is DGTO's enemy.
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If fans don't like them, they wouldn't be willing to support them :P
Beside I consider their marketing genius to actually turn an underground group no one know, with only 8 people in the audience at their first show into a money printing machine.
Beside, that management donated over 15 million USD and 30 buses for tsunami victims, and AKB girls still do visits every month to perform concerts, their recent single sales was partly donated to charity too. At least they gave back
I guess it's for the better goods or w/e.
But for some reason the new trainees nullified the effect of being center...maybe this is like related to team works? lol.
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Perhaps, but Kawamori decided the series shouldn't try to follow more recent "Action Idol" series' footsteps. Its better that way, the whole "Crying Trainees scene" made me thought something bad was going to happen. But this series is pretty by the numbers. Very simple and a heartfelt letter to AKB48 above all else.
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On the greedy marketing thing, that was more of Anti-talk than anything. AKB's way of selling CD, is now pretty much the standard. Besides, looking from an subjective view, while you can way taht having different C/W songs in different edition is under-handed tactic to get fans buy multiple copies. It is also a fact that for the same amount of money, an AKB or 48-group singles CD gives you more value for the money than other artist's single.
For an AKB CD, you not only get the CD, but a DVD with MV on them as well as various bonus footage like behind-the-scene, comedy sketches, etc. In addition, there are tickets for handshake event, 3.5x5 member photo, votes for election and AX100 concerts. That's not counting the shop specific goodies you get. They also discounted regular edition have just the CD, thus makes it cheaper then other artist's single.
In essence, all they did was taking the Limited Edition concept that you often see in videogames and manga and applied it to music industry. It's hardly anything new, but probably helped due to it's Akihabara root. I mean, really, a lot of its current marketing direction were the result of the meetings the management had with its core fans (mostly otakus at time) during the earliest stage of AKB's existence.
As for there music, the win Japan Music Record, and runner up before that is acknowledgement enough even if I personally think the group have many other songs that were better and Fly Get or even Beginner.
I'm just happy that there is going to be a 2nd season.
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CHICAGO, Ill. – The Chicago Fire (5-3-3, 18 points) once again conceded the first goal but used a stunning 45th minute strike from Sebastian Grazzini and a 63rd minute tap-in from Marco Pappa to earn a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over FC Dallas (3-7-4, 13 points) Wednesday night at Toyota Park. With the win, the Fire bring the Brimstone Cup back to Chicago for the first time since 2001.
It was Dallas that knocked on the door early when winger Jackson forced a turnover just outside the box on the right. Attacking midfielder Andrew Jacobson pounced on the ball and powered a low, first-time effort just wide right of Sean Johnson's goal 38 seconds into the match.
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FC Dallas came out of the break looking for another go-ahead goal and set up the opportunity when halftime substitute Bruno Guarda beat Nyarko into the box before Dominic Oduro brought him down, forcing referee Hilario Grajeda to point to the spot. Looking for his fifth goal of the season Perez stepped up to take the penalty kick but saw his low shot saved when Johnson dove to his right to deny the Panamanian international.
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The hosts nearly made it 3-1 in the 78th minute when substitute striker Orr Barouch played Rafael Robayo into the box on the right. The Colombian midfielder drove forward before playing a low ball across the goal mouth that was just out of reach of Nyarko who slid in at the back post.
Dallas nearly found the equalizer just at the stroke of stoppage time when Benitez' lobbed ball was flicked on by Jacobson before falling for Benitez at the back post. The striker whipped a belter that deflected off Jalil Anibaba before just missing an outstretched, diving Hedges at the opposite post, giving the Fire all three points.
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- The win marks the sixth time this season Frank Klopas' side has come back from a deficit to earn at least a point and stands as the fourth come-behind victory of the 2012 campaign. The Fire record for come-from-behind wins in a season is five, set in 2000.
- Fire midfielder Sebastian Grazzini's 45th minute equalizer was his second goal of the season. The Argentine playmaker has tallied seven goals and seven assists over 22 MLS matches since joining the club in July 2011.
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Following the match, FC Dallas assistant coach Drew Keeshan was dismissed.
Chicago Fire 2 – 1 FC Dallas
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Dan Gargan, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Logan Pause ©, Rafael Robayo; Patrick Nyarko, Sebastian Grazzini (Pavel Pardo 76'), Marco Pappa (Corben Bone 89'); Dominic Oduro (Orr Barouch 59')
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Hunter Jumper, Daniel Paladini, Federico Puppo
FC Dallas: Kevin Hartman; Zach Loyd, George John (Carlos Rodriguez 46'), Matt Hedges, Jair Benitez; Jackson, James Marcelin (Bruno Guarda 46'), Andrew Jacobson, Daniel Hernandez, Bryan Leyva (Scott Sealy 72'); Blas Perez
Substitutes not used: Chris Seitz, Moises Hernandez, Victor Ulloa, Jonathan Top
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FCD – Matt Hedges (unassisted) 41'
CHI – Sebastian Grazzini (Marco Pappa) 45'
CHI – Marco Pappa (unassisted) 63'
Misconduct Summary
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Your children look to you to model healthy habits — the way you eat is the way your children will eat. By focusing on eating intuitively, you can help them develop life-long healthy attitudes toward food. But how do you do that? Here are 7 intuitive eating suggestions that will provide long-term results for your family.
Jane Bernard is a mother and author of Am I Really Hungry? 6th Sense Diet: Intuitive Eating.
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1: Turn off the TV
With childhood obesity on the rise and so many unhealthy food choices readily available, the best way to protect your children is to help them notice how their body feels when theyre hungry and when they feel satisfied. They cant do this with the TV on.
Are TV ads to blame for child obesity?
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2: Talk about your priorities
Show kids that dinner is a time to socialize by exchanging ideas and and sharing in the pleasure of eating. Children who learn to be social when they eat don't turn to ice cream for comfort as are adults they've learned to communicate what matters to them with words, not food.
How to give kids a healthy attitude about food — even if you dont have one
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3: Teach your children to notice what they're eating
Talk about how food tastes, smells, and looks. Let your kids know you serve what you believe will keep them healthy and strong, and talk about why that is. Encourage curiosity its an intuitive tool that opens doors for thinking. You want your children to be curious about what they eat so they can make healthy choices. Also, encourage older kids to find why certain foods are beneficial to their bodies, and ask them to let you know about it during your next meal together.
Picky eater? 10 tips for getting kids to eat
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4: Let kids share their ideas of what's delicious
Everyone has a different idea of what tastes good, so be flexible. Don't force them to eat what they don't want. Offer only healthy options, and then encourage your kids to participate in family eating choices. This teaches them to tune into their bodies, take charge of their eating choices, and think critically about what they eat. Plus, you're showing them that you respect what they think, which builds self-esteem.
How can we raise girls without eating disorders?
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5: Play with your food
For fun, have a meal of "tastes" designed by your child. Let them experiment with various food combos and since a taste is just a teaspoon, don't worry about whether they'll be good or not. You may find yourself tasting ketchup on pretzel or biting into a raw potato. Encouraging exploration teaches your child that he can be in control of his eating choices. (But be sure to have some back up good food "just in case.")
Make lunchtime fun with these tips for toddlers
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6: Listen to your body
If you had a big business lunch and you're not really hungry at dinnertime, eat light. By listening to your body instead of eating by the clock, you teach your children that eating is personal. By respecting yourself, you teach your children to do the same. It will serve them well throughout their lives.
Mark Bittman shares his 5 tough-love tips on cooking for kids.
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7: Really enjoy your food and your family
It's intuitive to enjoy eating. When you savor what you goes into your body, you eat slower, digest your food more efficiently, and naturally crave the nutrients your body needs. And lingering over dinner shows your kids you enjoy their company, too. By combining the pleasure of healthy eating with the pleasure of family time, you'll be "feeding" your kids in more ways than one. After all, sometime a nice hug is the perfect dessert.
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This book is a complete guide to the operation and features of the Nikon Coolpix P600 digital camera. The book explains all shooting modes, menus, functions, and controls of this superzoom camera in clear language, accompanied by more than 300 full-color illustrations and sample photographs. This guide shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to capture still images and videos with the Coolpix P600, and why to use the cameraas many shooting options to get the results they want. The book explains topics such as autofocus, manual focus, depth of field, aperture priority, shutter priority, HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, ISO, memory cards, and flash modes. The book includes a discussion of techniques for using the cameraas phenomenal zoom lens, with a maximum focal length of 1440mm, to full advantage. The book also discusses the cameraas features for image transfer and remote control through the P600as built-in wireless (Wi-Fi) network). The book includes images taken using the creative settings of the camera, including the Picture Control settings, which alter the color processing of images; the Scene and Special Effects shooting modes, with settings optimized for subjects such as landscapes, portraits, pets, sunsets, and action shots; and the cameraas features for continuous (burst) shooting and time-lapse photography. In addition, the book provides introductions to topics such as infrared photography, street photography, and macro photography. The book also explains the video recording abilities of the Coolpix P600, which can shoot high-definition (HD) video with stereo sound and can record clips of high-speed video at rates up to 4 times normal speed. In addition, the book describes procedures for playing back images and videos in the camera and for using the Filter Effects option to add special effects to images after they have been captured. In three appendices, the book discusses accessories for the Coolpix P600, including cases, external flash units, charging options, and a filter adapter. The appendices include a list of useful web sites and other resources, as well as a section with aquick tipsa to help users take advantage of the cameraas features in the most efficient ways possible.Play your movies in iTunes, and on iPods, iPhones, and iPads. Because the P600 records movies in the .mov format, which uses Applea#39;s QuickTime software, ita#39;s easy to play these movies on your computer if you have downloaded Applea#39;s freeanbsp;...
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(For a list of 54th GRAMMY Awards nominees, click here.)
Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will air live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll through some of the golden moments in GRAMMY history with the GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — in 10-year increments before capping off with a look at the last five years. In the process, we'll discuss the winners and the nominees who just missed taking home a GRAMMY, while also shining a light on the artists' careers and the eras in which the recordings were born.
Join us as we take an abbreviated journey through the trajectory of pop music from the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 1959 to last year's 52nd telecast. Today, the GRAMMY Awards celebrates its 35th anniversary.
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Feb. 24, 1993
Album Of The Year
Winner: Eric Clapton, Unplugged
k.d. lang, Ingenue
Annie Lennox, Diva
U2, Achtung Baby
Various Artists, Beauty And The Beast
Clapton won his second Album Of The Year award (and his first on his own) for Unplugged. (Clapton had won 20 years before as one of the all-star players on The Concert For Bangladesh). This was the first album from MTV's "Unplugged" series to be named Album Of The Year. Another, by Tony Bennett, would win two years later, followed by a win for Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York in 1995. U2, who won the award in 1987 for The Joshua Tree (and would win again with 2005's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb), made the finals with Achtung Baby. The album, which spawned the hits "Mysterious Ways" and "One," won a GRAMMY for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. Lennox, who was half of the GRAMMY-winning duo Eurythmics, scored with her solo debut Diva. The album spawned the hits "Why" and "Walking On Broken Glass." Lennox's video, also titled Diva, won a GRAMMY for Best Music Video — Long Form. Lang received a nod for Ingenue, which spawned the hit "Constant Craving." The soundtrack to the animated movie Beauty And The Beast rounded out the category. It was the first soundtrack to make the finals since Flashdancein 1983.
Record Of The Year
Winner: Eric Clapton, "Tears In Heaven"
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
Celine Dion And Peabo Bryson, "Beauty And The Beast"
k.d. lang, "Constant Craving"
Vanessa Williams, "Save The Best For Last"
Clapton received his first Record Of The Year award for the heartbreaking "Tears In Heaven," his reflection on the tragic death of his four-year-old son, Conor. Clapton would win again in the category four years later for "Change The World." Dion and Bryson were nominated for "Beauty And The Beast," which was featured during the end credits in the animated movie of the same name. Dion and Bryson won a GRAMMY for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for the track. Dion has since returned to the Record Of The Year finals with two more movie themes: "Because You Loved Me (Theme From Up Close & Personal)" and "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)." Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" was the first country hit to receive a Record Of The Year nomination since Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" 10 years before. The field was rounded out by lang's "Constant Craving," which won a GRAMMY for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; and Williams' "Save The Best For Last," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
Song Of The Year
Winner: Eric Clapton, "Tears In Heaven"
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
Celine Dion And Peabo Bryson, "Beauty And The Beast"
k.d. lang, "Constant Craving"
Vanessa Williams, "Save The Best For Last"
For the first time in GRAMMY history, the nominees for Record and Song Of The Year were exactly the same. Clapton and co-writer Will Jennings took the Song Of The Year prize for "Tears In Heaven." Clapton was the first artist to win GRAMMYs for Album, Record and Song Of The Year in the same year since Christopher Cross achieved the feat a dozen years before. Jennings would win Song Of The Year again six years later for co-writing "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)." "Tears In Heaven" was featured in the movie Rush. "Beauty And The Beast" brought Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman a GRAMMY for Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television, as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song. (It was a posthumous award for Ashman, who died of AIDS in March 1991.) Menken won Song Of The Year the following year for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)," which he co-wrote with Tim Rice. "Achy Breaky Heart" was penned by Don Von Tress and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. The category was rounded out by "Constant Craving" (co-written by lang and Ben Mink) and "Save The Best For Last" (co-written by Wendy Waldman, Jon Lind and Phil Galdston).
Best New Artist
Winner: Arrested Development
Billy Ray Cyrus
Sophie B. Hawkins
Kris Kross
Jon Secada
Arrested Development was the first hip-hop act to win the GRAMMY for Best New Artist. The seven-member group was also the largest ensemble to win the award. "Tennessee" brought the group a second GRAMMY for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. Another hip-hop act, Kris Kross, made the Best New Artist finals. The teen duo topped the chart with "Jump" in 1992. The field was rounded out by Cyrus, whose debut album, Some Gave All, topped the Billboard 200 and the Country Albums chart in 1992; Hawkins, who had a hit with "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"; and Secada, who had a hit with "Just Another Day." Secada was a Cuban-born protégé of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. The latter sang background vocals on the song.
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Under a blue sky as bright as their futures, more than 425 students were presented their masters and doctoral degrees during the University of Hartford's Graduate Commencement on Saturday, May 17. The 10 a.m. ceremony was held on the University Green on the Bloomfield Avenue campus in West Hartford, Conn.
"When you came to graduate school, we asked that you raise your game, and you did," said Fred Sweitzer, associate provost and dean of graduate studies at the University of Hartford, in congratulating the graduates.
"I want to salute the main ingredient in your success," Sweitzer added. "Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of success is showing up, and show up is what you did. You showed up for classes at the end of a long day, sometimes a 12-hour day. You showed up to labs at 8 o'clock in the morning, you showed up to the studio because that design project wasn't going to care of itself. Music students, you showed up to practice rooms when maybe you wanted to be somewhere else. So, thank you for sharing a piece of your journey, and thank you most of all for showing up," he said.
The Graduate Commencement speaker was University of Hartford President Walter Harrison, now in his 16th year as the University's leader. He told the graduates and their gathered family and friends who swelled attendance numbers close to 1,000, that "Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American poet, said to Walt Whitman, another great American poet, after he'd read his first book, Leaves of Grass, 'I greet you at the beginning of a great career.' And I feel today that I am greeting you at a great beginning," Harrison continued. "I know you're going to make it great. I know you'll feel engaged in your work and I know you're going to have very happy lives. That degree you earned today assures you of that," he said with a smile.
"On behalf of the entire University of Hartford community, we congratulate you and we look forward with great anticipation to all the good you are going to do in the world," said Harrison.
Also during the festive Graduate Commencement, the University presented honorary degrees to Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund; and to world-renowned chef Jacques Pepin. Both were presented with a Doctor of Humane Letters. (For more information on these honorees, go to http://bit.ly/S1DVSh).
See a photo gallery from the Graduate Commencement.
On Sunday, May 18, the University will present about 1,100 students with their bachelor's and associate's degrees at diploma presentation ceremonies following Sunday's main ceremony. Joe Torre, who currently serves as Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations and who is being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, will deliver the Commencement Address at that ceremony. For more details, go to http://bit.ly/S1DVSh.


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By: Deborah White, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 28 Nov 2012
Editor Deb White will discuss the recent adaptation of her skills in communicating via text to the world of video communication. She also offers links to a variety of short films that highlight the various ways that having a storytelling/communication background can stand you in good stead for a career in the digital age.
As museums have been radically changing the way they tell stories and engage with their audiences, so too have museum staff had to radically change the way they work. I've been investigating the ways that communicators can increase their digital skills to be more integral to their museum's digital engagement strategy. As the apparently mythological quote of Darwin says, 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.' Be a survivor!
This blog will give you a quick run down on how communication skills can be applied to the digital medium and what skills a communicator can develop – using my own professional development as a case study.
I've worked at the Australian Museum for 15 years and my primary role was to write or edit exhibition text. Over the last four years, though, I've been applying my text editing skills more and more to digital editing and I've found that many of these skills translate quite well. For the last few years, I've been creating short films for our exhibitions and website, text for the web and mobile apps and text and films for interactives.
What I'd like to focus on here is the creation of short films as this job shares many similarities with image and text storytelling. So if you're a 'professional communicator' and you're interested in trying your hand at film editing, the job isn't so different to what you're used to.
As communicators, our job is to:
The digital communicator has to do all of these things too. It's just the mode of delivery that's different.
Some examples of my work that highlight the similarities in storytelling are here:
Videos like these are where I began with digital storytelling. I had a lot of control over the narrative and the images and it felt very much like my normal job.
There were some very obvious differences, though.
As time has gone on, though, I've had to produce different types of clips that are not so easy to control. One of the hardest has been producing interviews. The challenges there have been different again. With interviews, you don't always have the luxury of just using nice, high res images and clear music. You have to:
Some examples that highlight these differences are here:
Researching and Preserving the Scott Collection
What extra skills do you need?
Apart from getting your head around the challenges listed above, you will need to invest and be trained in some editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. The interfaces of these programs are very intuitive and they're easy to use. It's also a good idea to learn some very basic aspects of Adobe Photoshop. Both of these programs are easy to learn. While they are professional programs, they are not beyond the amateur.
Cameras are becoming more and more fool-proof and getting usable footage isn't that hard. HD video cameras can give anyone broadcast quality – even though you don't really need it! Most have automatic functions and are 'point-and-shoot' capable. Most people have used a camera in the past and are fairly familiar with the ways they're used. And there are plenty of websites and books on how to frame a shot or footage.
So, to finish, this journey of change has been very interesting and exciting for me. I've had the pleasure of working with the museum's collection and the NSW State Library's. It's been a fun way of broadening my skills and if you're interested in doing something similar, it's not as difficult as you might think. Museums are getting more and more digitally focused and all of us will have to get on the bandwagon to keep our skills current. And engagement is not necessarily about the medium, it's about a good story. Storytellers are in a unique position to make some technical adjustments to their skillset and get on, not under, the digital bus.


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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is apparently Blake Lively's mantra. On Wednesday, the Savages actress was spotted four times striking the exact same pose (can you say 'left-hand-on-hip, right-hand-hanging-down' four times fast?) in four different ensembles while doing promotion for her new film in New York City. Below is a rundown of Lively's stylish yet busy day:
The Gossip Girl star started out strong at Good Morning America, donning a fire-engine red Michael Kors pantsuit paired with Christian Louboutin cage sandals and pulled-back hair (left).
For her second pit stop (second from left), the blonde bombshell went flirty in a floral Monique Lhuillier mini that was literally right off the runway: it's from the Resort 2013 collection that was shown earlier this month. She finished off her look with pink-and-black ankle-strap Christian Louboutin stilettos.
At a photo call later in the day (second from right), Lively opted for a lace-and-green below-the-knee Marios Schwab number, T-strap heels accented with a cute bow, a black-and-gold clutch and a relaxed hairstyle.
Lively saved the best for last, however, arriving at the big premiere in a gorgeous canary-yellow Gucci gown (the actress was just named the face of the brand's newest fragrance). She went boho with the styling, adding multiple bangles, turquoise drop earrings (all by Lorraine Schwartz) and a fishtail braid.
It's worth noting that Lively wore a fifth look (a bubble-gum pink Lanvin frock) earlier in the day for another appearance, but unfortunately didn't strike her signature pose while wearing it.
We already knew the star always looks amazing, but yesterday she proved that she is also the master of quick changes — and apparently, she did it all without the help of a stylist! If that's true, the girl should win an Oscar just for completing such a feat. Tell us: Which look was your favorite?
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We had a chance to speak with Keith Colburn who is the Captain of the Wizard, on The Discovery Channel's hit show Deadliest Catch. He has teamed with Crown Royal to stress the importance of boating responsibly this summer. Colburn encourages adult consumers to wait until they are safely on land before celebrating their fish tales with a Crown Royal cocktail. For more info on boating safety visit Crown Royal's website.
We chat with Keith about his crew on the show Deadliest Catch, what makes a true reality show, and what the fans of the show always ask him. You can follow Keith on Twitter, Facebook, and his site. Below are his answers to the Gunaxin 6Q, for the full interview, check out the latest episode of The Gunaxin Show.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says that a true safety net for farmers must reach beyond subsidies and bring growers "real and substantial market access" if they are to continue to lead the nation and the world in agriculture.
As he has at USDA Farm Bill Forums around the country, Johanns again claimed the current farm bill is contributing to agriculture's problems because farm payments are being capitalized into increased land values and benefits are not being distributed equitably.
Those were some of the secretary's comments as he spoke to farm organization representatives at a Commodity Club luncheon in Washington. The speech was billed as a progress report on what Johanns has learned during the 17 farm bill listening sessions he has hosted since July.
His remarks were delivered two days before U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman offered to reduce U.S. farm subsidies by more than half and eliminate U.S. export subsidies to help get the Doha Round of WTO negotiations back on track.
Johanns acknowledged that many Farm Forum participants have been calling for extending the current farm bill to maintain the "safety net" that many growers say has made the difference in their ability to continue to farm. But Johanns questioned that term.
"I ask you to contemplate the purpose of a safety net, and whether current farm programs truly fulfill that purpose for American agriculture," he said. "Consider the concerns our producers have raised, including: The WTO cotton case and other potential program challenges, the inability of young people to enter agriculture, government payments capitalizing into higher land value and rising cash rent, large farms getting the lion's share of payments, and two thirds of farmers being provided little protection by our farm programs.
"Now I ask you, is that the best we can do? Certainly it is not. We must become more inclusive and effective in the delivery of support to our farmers and ranchers."
During the 17 forums he's participated in, the secretary said he heard "some very strong opinions expressed by some very passionate people" that have caused him to think beyond the boundaries of current farm policy.
Saying his thoughts should not be considered an outline of farm policy for the next farm bill, Johanns said he's beginning to see consensus among producers and other stakeholders on some policies — and a definite diversity of opinion about others.
"We've heard a lot about the importance of competitiveness and opening doors to new and expanded markets for U.S. agricultural products," he said. "Farmers and ranchers believe in trade, but they believe it must be fair trade, and I share their view. Producers understand that more than one-quarter of farm cash receipts come from trade.
"On the other hand, we are hearing a range of opinions when it comes to our farm support programs. Some predicted that all we would hear is a desire for more of the same. We have heard that, but clearly we have also heard from producers advocating for change."
The responses have varied by region of the country and by program with many in the Midwest, for example, urging stronger payment limits, while in the South, farmers strongly oppose the idea.
"On a broader scale, concerns have been expressed about farm payments being capitalized into increased land values, farm program support being directed toward one third of all producers, and the greatest benefits going to the largest farms," he said.
"As I have said before, I believe the 2002 farm bill was the right policy for the economic conditions at the time, but I also recognize that times are changing. Soon, we must decide as a nation whether to embrace a new age of agriculture or continue relying on a policy structure that was conceived 75 years ago."
Johanns said he's heard "very compelling" stories from young people who want to carry-on the tradition of farming but are financially unable to do so because of high land values and cash rent.
Other USDA Farm Bill forum participants have said that when farm support programs are tied to production, they translate into more land being acquired to continually produce more crops in an effort to obtain more support.
"When farm policy encourages farms to become bigger and produce more — regardless of market demand — we should not be surprised when prices for our commodities are low," Johanns noted. "Another message I am consistently hearing is small and minority farmers expressing frustration about the lion's share of federal farm support being focused on large operations."
Farmers have also expressed frustration with the fact that some crops are offered more protection than others by price support programs, including fruits and vegetables, Johanns said.
As a result of the listening tour, the secretary asked for data relating to the distribution of support payments.
"Clearly, we do not have uniformity in the level of support offered by current farm policy," he noted. "In fiscal year 2005, we spent an estimated "$15.2 billion on program crops and less than one half of $1 billion on all other commodities covered by price and income support programs."
Johanns said the World Trade Organization's decision against the Step 2 competitiveness program for cotton "shook the confidence many felt in the ability of current farm policy to provide a true safety net.
"Add to that the potential challenge to our rice program and Canada's investigation into our corn program, and you can understand why I describe the current farm bill as perhaps the most high-risk approach we could take for our nation's farmers and ranchers in the future.
Farmers can sit back and watch as "our farm policy is disassembled piece by piece or we can begin a discussion about how to craft farm policy that provides a low-risk, meaningful safety net for our farmers and ranchers," he said. "We must choose wisely, remembering that a quarter of farm cash receipts depends on trade."
Johanns said the United States must use the WTO to force open markets for U.S. products. "Let me be clear that the WTO will not write our next farm bill, but we must show leadership in the area of support program policy to gain market access in other countries.
"There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we can show tremendous support of agriculture without trade-distorting subsidies. I am confident that America's farmers and ranchers can compete with any farmer or rancher in the world if given a fair opportunity."
He said that a true safety net for all of agriculture is much more than subsidies. "It is good farm policy that opens real and substantial market access. A true safety net is also good tax policy, trade policy, sanitary and phytosanitary policies, and investment in new markets. I believe in providing a safety net for farmers and ranchers, but it must be inclusive, predictable, and beyond challenge."
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